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I'm working up a new design just because while watching Dr Who my mind began to wander into Oz, then what I was watching began to merge with what I was thinking and I came up with this.
Figure I'll post the different stages of work for this illustration and get any feedback along the way to help improve on it.
Figure I'll post the different stages of work for this illustration and get any feedback along the way to help improve on it.
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dippycow_5201 weeks agoi love the idea ,very good,it did make me chuckle,
missmad201 weeks agoLove the idea!
Ohcomeonnow201 weeks agoLove the idea....we need more TARDIS here.
kitsune201 weeks agoGreat idea, very funny! :)
razz007201 weeks ago
GAHHitsJON201 weeks agolooks really good, cant wait to see it finished.
razz007200 weeks agoafter looking at it the Tardis seems a bit small in length compared to the munchkins. I'm going to have to make it a bit taller in size
jgibson75198 weeks agoLove this idea...
hruna198 weeks agolooks awesome. could turn out so well!
wafflehearts172 weeks agoI love this so much.
Funny when I started on this one there was rarely if any Who shirts on Teefury. now they are all the rage, almost seems like I'm jumping on the bandwagon.
Gir15172 weeks agoThe TARDIS seems a little light, maybe darker like a dark blue. Maybe the other wicked witch being puzzled or something
atreydies172 weeks agoI have to agree that the TARDIS looks a little light. I think i would show more of the the witch's legs. It's kinda difficult to see what's going on.
I've had 2nd thought on the witches shoes as well. maybe stretch the legs out more and make the ruby slippers a bit bigger.
nimawai172 weeks agoLOVE the concept! I definitely love the new placement of the flying monkies.
I would also bring out the legs a bit more. Make the shoes a bit bigger & put sparkles on the shoes. They need to be distinguishable from the munchkin's shoes.
Other than that great shirt. Just please don't let them print it this month. My money is starting to run low & I'd love to own it.
CaitlinNerd172 weeks agoI would like the TARDIS to be a darker blue and I think the wicked witch's shoes/legs need to be a bit more noticeable. maybe make the shoes bigger and have the legs further out the bottom of the TARDIS. And it might look better if you try and put a bit less red around the ruby slippers (because the red socks, shorts and shoes on the munchkins get in the way a bit of the ruby slippers)
Kristina21172 weeks agoI love the idea and the execution, but there is a lot of green. The city kind of blends in with the grass.
Totally agree with the withces shoes, will be redoing that. The shoes do have sparkles on it but, once they shoes ar a bit bigger then it might be more noticeable.
All that green whould be the shirt color, though once the art idps totally done i'll probably play with some other color variations to see it would look good on some other shirt color. Thanks this has all been helpful
primus420172 weeks agoTwo things:
First) Please put a St. John's Ambulance badge on the TARDIS just because it has one now and this design is too cool to start off outdated.
Second) Please call this design the Wizard of Who.
Moonbean172 weeks agoThe idea is AMAZING! I would just, as many others suggested, reduce the amount of green. Also, maybe put a bit more detail into the tardis, and (possibly) keep the munchkin in front from blocking any part of the witch's shoes, because they're not very noticeable.
ArmaNarma172 weeks agoAgree with the above comments. LOVE this idea. I would try to make the TARDIS more "realistic" (I use that term lightly because, in fact, the TARDIS isn't real.) More detail? I liked the "POLICE" on the front in the original post. Keep working with it--it is on the right track to being amazing!
razz007171 weeks agoall text necessary text will be added once I get the colors, drawing all laid out just the way i need it to be.
St johns Patch badge? Will have to look that one up. Haven't seen any of the new episodes yet to realize it needed that.
Let me get to work back on it and make some updates to it.
primus420171 weeks ago
razz007 said:
St johns Patch badge? Will have to look that one up. Haven't seen any of the new episodes yet to realize it needed that.
It looks like this:
It goes here:
Thus far only 1st and 11th Doctors have had it but it is a part of the show now nonetheless.
nimawai171 weeks agoOh great, thanks primus420 :P, now I'm going to have to rewatch an ep from the new season.
I never noticed the St. John's patch. Oh well any night is a good night for some Dr. Who. :D Think I might rewatch the xmas special. I really loved that one.
One suggestion. You can take it for what it's worth. I think it would be really funny if both Dorothy & the Dr were peeking out from the Tardis. I know it's a lot of work. So do with that what you will.
I will be looking forward to this being printed. Get them to print is at the beginning of the month so I can buy it. :)
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firstname.lastname@example.com — In a time when God-like status is granted to those who can obtain the franchise tag for a film series, the true test of creative power is not falling flat when that third or later chapter is born. For every "Lord of the Rings" or "Star Wars" there is an "X-Men: Last Stand" or "Ice Age: Continental Drift," laden with a stale taste that challenges nothing and defeats the purpose of audience investment in the future.
It is oftentimes necessary to take at least a few risks to shake things up, damning the wrath of fanboys for a chance of at least one last refreshing ride and despite how uncomfortable some were with the changes in today's subject; it's at least not something we saw laid out in previews. Much like in the entirely fabulous line by the main villain in the trailer, many of us must admit it was a route we didn't see coming. "Iron Man 3" undoubtedly continues Hollywood's dismissal of purist fans' wishes, but upon full reflection it is a brilliant salute to the cliché that something may not always be what it appears on the surface.
Set not long after the series of events in "The Avengers," Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) has struggled a bit to find peace both on a personal level as well as through his relationship with Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) since saving the world as Iron Man. Complicating the whole inner crisis mess is yet another set of decisions not made so wisely in his past as well as the emergence of a new terrorist known as The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley).
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2Best Western Dauro IIstar
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GRAWN — Phyllis Gertrude "Fay" Dyke Magwood, 97, a resident at 4100 Nittany Lion Lane in Grawn, and formerly of Pennsylvania, Canada, and California, went to be with her Lord Jesus on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at Munson Medical Center. Fay moved to Michigan from Huntingdon, Pa., in 2006.
Born in Minaki, Ontario, Canada, she was the daughter of John Armour Dyke and Gertrude Hazel Woodside Dyke. She was married to Earle James Magwood on Aug. 30, 1941, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Magwood preceded her in death in February 2000. She was also preceded in death by her parents and five brothers and sisters.
She is survived by three children, James Thomas and his wife Gayle from Twin Oaks, Calif., John Robert and his wife Anika from Jacksonville, Fla., and Linda Faye Christine and her husband Wayne from Grawn. Also surviving are 12 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren, and four great-greats; along with a brother, William John Dyke, from Sarnia, Ontario, Canada; a half-sister, Doreen Lay of Virginia Beach, Va.; numerous nieces and nephews; and several cousins.
Mrs. Magwood graduated from the McKellar General Hospital School of Nursing in Fort William, now Thunder Bay, Ontario, as a RN in 1940. The Magwoods moved to California in the early 50's, where she worked for 43 years in nursing as a private duty nurse, a floor nurse, in a doctor's office, and retired from the Sonora Community Hospital as Surgical Supervisor in 1980.
She became a Naturalized Citizen of the United States on September 17, 1959 in California.
In California, she was active in The Order of Eastern Star for numerous years and was a member of the Chapel In The Pines in Twain Harte. After her retirement from nursing, she moved back to Thunder Bay, Ontario, where she was caring for her mother and aunt until 1994, at which time she and her husband moved to Huntingdon, Pa., to be near her daughter and her family. In Pennsylvania she was active in the Salvation Army Auxiliary and was a member of the Christian & Missionary Alliance Church.
She currently was a member of East Bay Calvary Church in Traverse City, where she regularly attended Bible studies, was a member of the Lightbearers ABF class, and knit hats and scarves for the children in Voronezh, Russia.
Over her lifetime she had many passions: oil painting, sewing, knitting and cooking. She was a great communicator with others all over the world by writing letters and sending cards of love and encouragement. She was a great Prayer Warrior, studied her Bible for hours daily, was very interested in and supportive of church missions, attended Bible studies, loved music, and delighted in being with or hearing from her family that is scattered all over the country. Although being an older member of the church, she loved to see the youth step up and have an active part in church services. She always said that the youth were the future of the church and "we older people" need to allow them the opportunity to grow in their faith and be used by God. Her arms and her heart were always open to offer safety and love to others, and she was known as Mom or Grammie to many over the years.
A "Celebration of Life" memorial service will be held on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 11 a.m. at East Bay Calvary Church in Traverse City. Pastor Kendal Dennis will lead the service. Fay will be laid to rest next to her husband at a later date in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, at the Mountain View Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be given in Fay's memory to the East Bay Calvary Church, 2225 Hammond Road E., Traverse City, MI 49686. Please visit www.reynolds-jonkhoff.com to share your thoughts and memories with the family.
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TERRE HAUTE — The following individuals were booked into the Vigo County Jail by area law enforcement on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, based on jail records. Charges are recommended by arresting officers but are not final until the Vigo County prosecutor reviews the case and files official charges.
• Carl L. Humphrey, 43, 3500 block of South Odell, Bloomington, booked 7:36 a.m. Failure to appear (two counts).
• Kyle Willig, 27, 200 block of West Hickory Wood Avenue, West Terre Haute, booked 2:52 p.m. Probation violation and bond revocation.
• Lorna L. Cottom, 47, Terre Haute, no address given, Terre Haute, booked 3:49 p.m. Probation violation.
• Stewart J. Macpherson, 58, 600 block of Third Avenue, Terre Haute, booked 6:12 p.m. Battery and resisting law enforcement.
• Emanuel D. Bained, 37, 1100 block of Cleveland Avenue, Terre Haute, booked 6:41 p.m. Criminal conversion and parole violation.
• Story Crabtree, 24, 600 block of Washington Avenue, Terre Haute, booked 7:06 p.m. Bond revocation (two counts) and false reporting.
• Anthony M. Campbell, 46, no address given, Terre Haute, booked 7:32 p.m. Battery-domestic.
• Sunny S. Jones, 37, 2000 block of 13th 1/2 Street, Terre Haute, booked 2 a.m. Failure to appear.
• Rha-Keisha A. Dean, 21, 2400 block of Fifth Avenue, Terre Haute, booked 2:26 a.m. Failure to appear (two counts).
• Bradley K. Nutter II, 24, 1800 block of North 12th Street, Terre Haute, booked 5:30 a.m. Operating while intoxicated.
• Andrew I. Hogue, 22, 1400 block of Elm Street, Terre Haute, booked 6:14 a.m. Probation violation.
• Alan W. Dove, 36, no address given, Terre Haute, booked 11:11 a.m. Court order.
• Robert E. Bauer, 32, 3900 block of Tower, Terre Haute, booked 12:20 p.m. Burglary.
• Maron A. Mitchell, 24, 1900 block of Blaine Avenue, Terre Haute, booked 2:22 p.m. Contempt of court.
• Eric M. Blackburn, 31, 7900 block of Sweetwater Court, Terre Haute, booked 3:57 p.m. Failure to appear.
• Marianne M. Saville, 31, 200 block of Marigold Drive, Terre Haute, booked 4:29 p.m. Receiving stolen property.
• Jason A. Todd, 34, 2200 block of Locust Street, Terre Haute, booked 4:48 p.m. Residential entry, invasion of privacy and battery (two counts).
• Kenneth R. Masterman, 28, 2200 block of Fifth Street, Terre Haute, booked 5:48 p.m. Court order.
• Nathan A. Placentia, 40, no address given, Skagway, Ark., booked 6:21 p.m. Failure to appear.
• Maurice L. Martin, 33, 2200 block of First Avenue, Terre Haute, booked 6:39 p.m. Criminal trespass.
• Heather N. Crowther, 20, 4200 block of South Spring Acres, Terre Haute, booked 8:07 p.m. Fraud.
• Jorgio A. Lowe, 24, 1900 block of North 23rd 1/2 Drive, Terre Haute, booked 9:09 p.m. Public intoxication and disorderly conduct.
• Angel D. Estremera, 23, 1100 block of South 11th Street, Terre Haute, booked 9:34 p.m. Criminal trespass.
• James M. Porter, 39, 1100 block of Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute, booked 9:58 p.m. Failure to appear.
• David S. Hall, 43, 2300 block of Washington, Terre Haute, booked 10:21 p.m. Public intoxication and resisting law enforcement.
• Devinn Null, 18, 500 block of East 43rd 1/2 Drive, Terre Haute, booked 10:37 p.m. Failure to appear and criminal conversion.
• Steven J. Massutti, 31, 1400 block of South 11th 1/2 Street, Terre Haute, booked 11:04 p.m. Resisting law enforcement.
• Jeffery L. Hickman, 30, 3800 block of College Avenue, Terre Haute, booked 12:13 a.m. Operating while intoxicated.
• David G. Bouffard, 32, 4200 block of East 75th Avenue, Terre Haute, booked 1:01 a.m. Probation violation.
• David A. Sandifer Jr., 32, 1400 block of Plumm, Terre Haute, booked 3:16 a.m. Probation violation and false reporting.
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The New York State Senate approved legislation that would bring a major overhaul of gun control laws.
The bill, which passed on Monday by a vote of 43-18, includes provisions that, based on similar events that, according to published reports, are in response to the Sandy Hook School mass shooting in Newtown, CT and the fatal shooting of two volunteer firefighters in Webster, NY. To read the full bill, click here.
The legislation also includes a provision that allows pistol permit holders who meet certain criteria to opt out of having their names and addresses publicly disclosed, which seems to be in response to a controversial permits map published last month by The Journal News. The paper obtained its information through Freedom of Information requests.
The criteria in which people can opt out of disclosure are for: current or retired law enforcement, a person who has an order of protection, a criminal case witness or juror, and an applicant with a spouse or partner who could pose a safety threat to them. Requests for exemptions can be made after a license has been granted and they would not be disclosed.
Provisions in the overall package include a ban on high-capacity magazine clips, a strict definition of what constitutes an assault weapon, requiring background checks for private gun sales and the use of a statewide database and registry for licensed gun holders.
The state Assembly, according to media reports, is considering its own legislation today.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-New Castle) praised the senate's passage of the legislation, which he calls the NY SAFE Act.
"Tonight, the Senators that voted for the NY SAFE Act of 2013 made a bold statement, coming together in a bipartisan, collaborative manner to meet the challenges that face our state and our nation, as we have seen far too many senseless acts of gun violence," the governor said in a statement.
State Sen. Greg Ball (R-Patterson), who voted against the bill, blasted the legislation and criticized Cuomo for supporting it.
"We needed solid provisions to keep the violently, mentally ill from harming our communities, our kids and our families," Ball said in a press release. "That didn't happen tonight. While much in this bill, as far as stiffer penalties for real criminals and help on the mental health front is good, the last minute push, in the middle of the night without critical public input from sportsmen and taxpayers was outrageous and forced members to vote on a bill they had not read. While I'm glad we won on many fronts, including my permit privacy legislation against the Journal News, I simply cannot support a bill that turns law abiding citizens into criminals by creating an entire new category of illegal firearms out of currently legal rifles and shotguns," he added.
Ball, among the most vocal critics of the paper's map, issued a separate press release supporting inclusion of a non-disclosure item in the overall package.
Provisions of the passed bill include:
- Closing a loophole for private gun sales, which would curtail purchases without background checks
- Limiting high-capacity gun magazines to seven rounds, and with no grandfathering for those that do not.
- Using a statewide database for licensing and registering guns.
- A stricter definition for what constitutes an assault weapon. The state's proposed language for banned weapons would involve a "one-feature test," which would include semi-automatic guns that have detachable magazines that have at least one feature "commonly associated with military weapons." The the old "two-feature" test, which was used is an expired federal ban, required two military weapon features for a gun to be banned. All assault weapons much be registered and transter of the weapons is limited to dealers and out-of-state buyers.
- Gun licenses must be recertified every five years by counties.
- Allowing for pistol permit holders to request keeping their names and addresses private if they meet a list of exempted categories of people.
- The statewide database for records and licenses will not be disclosed, but it can be accessed by law enforcement. Records can be released through a court order.
- Gun owners are required to safely store their weapons to prevent them from falling into the hands of people who are barred from having them, such as those who have been convicted of crimes with prison time more than a year, people "determined to be mentally defective" or committed, people under orders or protection and people convicted of domestic violence offenses.
- Requiring mental health professionals to report someone who "is likely to engage in conduct that will cause serious harm to him- or herself or others." However, if the person makes their decision in what is called good faith, then they would not be subject to criminal and civil action.
- Extending initial supported outpatient mental health treatment from six month to a full year.
- Intentional murder of first responders will be a Class A-1 felony, with a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment.
- Bringing a gun on school grounds or on a school bus will be elevated from a misdemeanor to a felony.


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One of newborns' biggest vulnerabilities is largely invisible: In the weeks after birth, babies are especially susceptible to infection because their immune systems aren't fully functional. There are a handful of theories to explain this liability, and now a research team has added a new one to the list: Immune suppression in early life might help prevent inflammation in the infants' intestines as they become colonized by the helpful bacteria they need to stay healthy.
Newborns are more likely than older babies to catch, and die from, serious infections. The reason is fuzzy - indeed, there may be more than one explanation. One theory is that much like their brains, their lungs, and the rest of their bodies, infants' immune systems just haven't fully matured yet. Another is that both mothers-to-be and their in utero companions have suppressed immune systems, so that neither rejects the other. After birth, the thinking goes, it takes babies a month or so to boost their immunity.
Seeking new ways to better understand this process, Sing Sing Way, a pediatric infectious disease doctor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, wondered whether transferring immune cells from adults might rev up their immune systems. Yet when he and his colleagues injected infection-fighting cells from the spleens of adult mice into 6-day-old pups, nothing happened: The pups were just as vulnerable to harmful bacteria as control animals. Probing more deeply into this surprise, they found that the injected cells simply stopped functioning in the newborn animals. Then Way's group did the reverse transplant - they gave adult mice newborn immune cells that were inactivated in the pups and found that they "turned on" in the mature animals. These experiments "told us it wasn't a problem with the neonatal cells themselves," Way says. Rather, he believes, the environment - either a newborn body, or an adult one - guided how the cells behaved.
Others in Way's lab study the gut microbiome, the constellation of healthy bacteria that populates our intestines. Newborn mice, just like human babies, are born "clean," with little intestinal bacteria. Very rapidly that changes. Way wondered whether there might be some connection between this colonization and what looked like a purposeful suppression of the immune system in his mice.
To find out, his group focused on immune cells that eventually develop into red blood cells and that express a surface receptor called CD71, which causes immune suppression of other cells. Knocking out about 60 percent of these CD71 cells-as many as their technology could manage-was followed by significant inflammation in the intestines of the mouse pups. Way and his colleagues also found that, as the mice grew, fewer and fewer cells boasted CD71 receptors, suggesting the suppression wasn't needed. He theorizes that that's because the gut has been colonized by that point.
The work, reported online Wednesday in Nature, "adds a new and very important chapter" to the story of how the immune system develops, says Mike McCune, an immunologist at the University of California, San Francisco. Immune suppression, at least in newborn mice, appears to reflect a purposeful shift in the balance of immune cells. The concept is definitely a plausible one, agrees Heather Jaspan, a pediatric infectious disease specialist and immunologist at the University of Cape Town and at Seattle BioMed in Washington. She wonders about other cell types, in addition to those with CD71 receptors, that might play a role. "It would be interesting to follow this up with more cause and effect studies," she says, to nail down definitively that specific immune suppression allows bacteria to colonize the gut without harming a newborn.
One big caveat is whether what Way's team observed will hold up in human babies. A baby's immune system develops differently than that of a mouse, and Way is interested in looking for CD71 cells in babies born around their due date, as well as those born prematurely. Very premature infants often die of a condition called necrotizing enterocolitis, a massive inflammation of the intestines. Way and McCune wonder if that's driven partly by a lack of CD71 cells in these babies - if, essentially, their immune systems are still fetal, not ready for the natural colonization of gut bacteria that happens after they're born. In theory - and far in the future - say the researchers, preemies could receive immune cells that would make their immune system more like a full-term baby's, allowing their guts to stay healthy.
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By FELICIA KRIEG
---- — PERU — A judge declared a pit-bull mix legally dangerous after it killed a poodle last week.
"The breed gets a terrible name, but it's the owners not being responsible with their dogs that causes the problems," said Peru Town Supervisor Peter Glushko.
"It's a responsibility because they (pit-bulls) do have the capability of doing a lot of damage."
On April 16, Jim Duval's dog attacked and killed Terri Cioppa's 7-pound poodle, Jean Claude, according to witnesses.
She was walking her dog on its leash on Elm Street near Peru Community Church Fellowship Hall when the other canine lunged after it. The larger dog had been running loose, and Sarah Davis, who saw it as she dropped her son, Cooper, off at Peru Nursery School that morning, had caught it.
While awaiting the dog control officer, she had used a jump rope as a temporary leash.
Duval, a resident of Conwell Mobile Home Park in Peru, appeared in Peru Town Court before Town Justice James Kirby last Friday. The ruling on Monday deemed the dog dangerous.
When a court makes that designation, the animal must be implanted with a microchip that would identify it as dangerous, and it must be neutered or spayed, Glushko said.
The dog had already been neutered, he said.
Kirby also required that Duval's pit-bull mix be restrained on a leash and supervised by an adult 21 years or older whenever it is on public premises, in accordance with New York State's Agriculture and Market Law.
"The judge had several options," Glushko said.
A judge could have required that the dog be evaluated by a certified behaviorist, securely confined for a period of time determined by the court, muzzled when it is in public, and/or that the owner pay for a liability insurance policy in an amount determined by the court.
In addition, if a judge finds a dog dangerous, he or she may order euthanasia or permanent confinement of the dog if the animal, without justification, caused serious physical injury or death to a companion animal, farm animal or domestic animal for a second time within two years, according to the state law.
Glushko said he has been getting many calls from Peru residents about the April 16 incident.
A number of people had been in the vicinity when the dog attack happened and were very distressed over it. It was commonly known that Cioppa was much devoted to Jean Claude and took him for walks in the hamlet frequently.
This type of incident is "very rare" in the town, the town supervisor said, noting that Duval recently moved to Peru.
Duval will be issued five citations for violation of the Dog Licensing and Control Law of the Town of Peru, which took effect in January 2012.
"The (town) leash law was put in place to prevent things like this," Glushko said.
Duval was cited for several violations: for a dog running at large; off the owner's property without a leash; unlicensed dog; causing damage to personal property; and harassing a person.
Duval will be issued citations in Peru Town Court on Tuesday, Glushko said.
According to the Peru Dog Licensing and Control Law, a violation of the town law or the State Agriculture and Markets Law is a misdemeanor and can be punishable by a fine ranging from $25 to $1,000 and/or imprisonment for a minimum of 15 days and a maximum of a year.
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|2007, 3rd round, 14th pick by Packers
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Jones had 100 yards on seven catches including his NFL-best 13th touchdown reception in Sunday's 55-7 drubbing of the Titans.||||||| Jones has at least one 100-yard game in each of his six seasons. His 722 yards also tops his previous season best.
Jones caught five passes for 60 yards and three TDs on Sunday.||||||| Jones has four multi-touchdown games this season.
Jones had two TD receptions, including a beautiful, diving one-hander in the fourth quarter for the Packers (3-3) in Sunday's 42-24 win over Houston.||||||| Jones has two TD receptions in each of the last three games.
Jones caught four passes for 46 yards with two TDs on Sunday.||||||| With Greg Jennings hurt and Jordy Nelson off to a slow start, Jones is becoming a favorite of Aaron Rodgers and fantasy owners alike.
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8:41 p.m.: Power outages are worsening in Waukesha County. At 8:30 p.m. almost 4,000 customers were coping without power. Most were in Pewaukee (1,312), Waukesha (1,291) and Lisbon (456). But most communities in the county had at least a few people without power.
7:50 p.m.: Almost 2,000 people remain without power in Waukesha County, according to the We Energies outage map. Greatest numbers are in Waukesha (1,091), Lisbon (605), and Sussex (96).
7:31 p.m.: Muskego Patch editor Denise Konkol reports Lt. Rick Renz of the Muskego Police Department says roads overall are in good condition but people should take caution while driving. There have been a few cars in ditches but no additional accidents.
7:25 p.m.: And now it's wind and cold. The 7 p.m. conditions in Waukesha, according to the National Weather Service, were 30 degree temperatures with 35 mph winds, making the wind chill index 14 degrees. Wind chills are expected to be in the teens on Friday.
7:09 p.m.: Would that we could embed the DOT traffic cameras here. The 7:05 p.m. views of the I-94 camera at U.S. 18 and again west of Brookfield Road are remarkable indications of current conditions. Yuck.
6:51 p.m.: @MKESkywarn tweeted that a trained spotter picked up a 45 mph wind gust in Waukesha. Additional details on outages from We Energies: 1,057 in Waukesha, 991 in Lisbon, 407 in Menomonee Falls, 146 in Lannon, 101 in Sussex.
6:36 p.m.: @TotalTraffic MKE just tweeted: Accident blocking left lane on US-41 SB at Pilgrim Rd in Menomonee Falls.
6:33 p.m.: Another power outage is listed on the We Energies map as affecting 1,138 customers in Waukesha. The start time was listed as 6:22 p.m. The Sussex outage remains on the map.
6 p.m.: The We Energies outage map shows a power outage in the village of Sussex, centered around Good Hope Road near Lannon, with 1,641 customers affected. The alert was posted at 5:15 p.m. and the outage remains under investigation.
4:42 p.m.: Today's TMJ4 is reporting that AirTran and Southwest say they have canceled all flights leaving Milwaukee today. Check your flight here.
4:37 p.m: Our media partners at FOX6 News have just updated the list of closings and there are several places that are closed tonight due to the weather. So far, there are no Friday school closings on the list.
4:31 p.m.: Muskego Police Capt. Craig Moser says the city's roads are OK, but slippery and are likely to get worse soon with a drop in temperatures. There was one minor accident at Moorland and Janesville roads that was weather related, but no other problems. Motorists are advised to keep plenty of distance between their vehicle and the one in front of them.
4:18 p.m.: The Waukesha Public Library is closing at 5 p.m. because of inclement weather conditions, according to the Waukesha Reads Facebook page.
4:12 p.m.: What's happening in the Milwaukee area so far is nothing compared to what folks in Dane, Dodge and Jefferson counties have experienced today. Here are the latest snow totals for those areas from the National Weather Services: Middleton, 18.5 inches; Verona, 16 inches; Beaver Dam, 14.5 inches; and Lake Mills, 11.8.
3:50 p.m.: Waukesha's snowstorm is "a lot less than we anticipated," said Waukesha Public Works Director Fred Abadi.
"Everything is under control," Abadi said. "They are out, they are salting, but there isn't much to plow right now."
The city has nearly three dozen trucks on the roads and they're ready to start plowing if the snow sticks to Waukesha. After tonight's possible plowing is concluded, the plow drivers will go home for a few hours, get up early and do another pass to ensure the streets are ready for morning commutes.
"We should be in pretty good shape," said Abadi.
3:35 p.m.: The University of Wisconsin-Waukesha has canceled all evening activities tonight as well as evening final exams because of the poor weather. Activities will be cancelled at 5:30 p.m. after late afternoon exams are concluded. The final exams scheduled for tonight will be made up on Friday.
2:40 p.m.: Once the snow hits, Menomonee Falls will have drivers clearing the roadways on roughly 30 routes, covering the 200 square miles of village roadways.
2:37 p.m.: When and if Muskego gets snow (no flakes here yet), there are 20 pieces of equipment at the ready, and 2,000 tons of salts in the sheds. Crews were out earlier today doing so pre-salting and salt spraying to anticipate the dip in temperatures.
2:25 p.m.: The City of Brookfield Highway Department is now involved in a full salting and plowing operation now with snow sticking on city roadways. Two dozen trucks will be on the roads this afternoon and through this evening keeping the streets clear of snow as the city expects anywhere from 3 to 6 inches.
1:45 p.m.: The state Department of Transportation has just issued an advisory urging motorists to cancel or delay travel plans today and Friday because of anticipated treacherous road conditions that "could have life-threatening impacts."
Not only is a winter storm that expected to make conditions hazardous, but the high volume of holiday traffic also could create numerous problems on state roads, the DOT says.
In the Milwaukee area, the current rain will begin to freeze and change to snow this afternoon, which will create very hazardous driving conditions during the afternoon rush hour, according to the DOT.
1 p.m.: CBS 58 just Tweeted that had this been all snow in Milwaukee, the forecast would have been for 18 to 24 inches.
11:20 a.m. Though many Waukesha County schools are closed, many communities are getting rain and not snow at the moment, according to the FOX 6 radar.
Users on the Brookfield Patch Facebook page report that baking is big on the agenda for this "snow day." One person said she "played out in the pouring rain with (my kids) for a bit."
8:12 a.m.: Thin traffic and the predominance of rain in Milwaukee County has made the morning commute uneventful. Patch will resume more regular updates closer to 3 p.m. as snow blankets more of the area and wind increases.
7:28 a.m.: Traffic cameras from the DOT along I-94 in Waukesha County are showing very light traffic at this point in the commute. Could be all those school closures that are keeping some parents home.
7:24 a.m.: About 60 customers without power near Sunset Drive and Highway 59 in Waukesha. We Energies reports the outage is under investigation.
6:48 a.m.: We Energies reports spotty power outages in the area, but no significant ones in Patch communities.
6:44 a.m.: If you have a reason to fly out of Mitchell International Airport today, departure times for most flights are not impacted so far. But keep up with the airport's online listing of departures, and of course check with your airline on specific flights.
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6:31 a.m.: Muskego Schools are not closed today, just about the only public district in Waukesha County that is not closed. The curse of being further south.
5:58 a.m.: From Twitter @triveraguy, in Waukesha County: "This wasn't supposed to get heavy till later. Looks like 6 inches already overnight. Could be an interesting day."
5:48 a.m.: Waukesha Catholic Memorial High School is closed today, along with a long list of other parochial schools. FOX 6 has a long list of closures.
5:40 a.m: From Twitter @rayloraylo: "Big flash and booming thundersnow in Oregon, WI!"
5:33 a.m.: A FOX 6 reporter just said on the air that Pewaukee Schools are closed. Angelica Durica said there are 3-4 inches on the ground in Pewaukee and precipitation had briefly stopped.
5:28 a.m.: Waukesha School District and Elmbrook School District are closed. FOX 6 closings.
5:19 a.m: Hamilton School District is closed, according to Today's TMJ 4.
5:05 a.m.: Menomonee Falls and Arrowhead schools are closed, according to Today's TMJ 4.
5 a.m.: All public schools are open Thursday in Waukesha County, according to FOX 6. A look at the Wisconsin DOT traffic cameras shows more snow on I-94 at the intersections with Highway 67 and 83 than at the intersection with Highway 18. Further west and north, snow has fallen steadily and a television station in Madison tweeted it had measured 7 inches of snow at 4:30 a.m.
Wednesday updates
10:15 p.m.: The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning from 2 p.m. Thursday to 3 a.m. Friday for Waukesha County.
The service says while there will be a light snow overnight and early Thursday, the the significant snow is expected to start Thursday afternoon and diminish later on Thursday.
The service is warning that travel may become difficult during the evening commute Thursday as rain turns into heavy snow. Some power failures also are possible due to heavy, wet snow collecting on trees and power lines.
9:25 p.m.: Radar shows snow falling in Waukesha County and also central Milwaukee County. WTMJ-TV reports that one Waukesha County Highway Department truck is experimenting with spraying salt water, rather than pure salt, on the roads.
5:40 p.m.: FOX 6's mid-afternoon forecast predicts 10.2 inches of snow in Waukesha County on Thursday.
5:30 p.m.: According to the FOX 6 closings page, the only Waukesha County school to close for Thursday is St. Jerome in Oconomowoc.
Original article: The first winter storm of the season is expected to arrive in southeastern Wisconsin about 9 p.m. Wednesday night, according to a FOX 6 forecast Tuesday, but the exact impact on Waukesha County is unclear.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning beginning at midnight Wednesday for Waukesha County and areas north and west. However, it also says southeast Wisconsin will see more warm air that could produce more rain/snow mix and hence less accumulation.


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Will spring come early?
Not according to "groundhogs" Yahdee and Lee, who took a trip by raft down the Jordan Creek in South Whitehall on Saturday morning as some 70 onlookers braved the frigid morning.
The "groundhogs" saw their shadow -- which, according to folklore, means six more weeks of winter.
In keeping with Pennsylvania Dutch tradition, Grundsau Lodge No. 16 in Orefield hosted the Groundhog Day event at 7 a.m. along the Jordan Creek.
"There'll be some cold and there'll be some warm days," said David Adam, the president of Grundsau Lodge No. 16, after Lee (a puppet) whispered to its handlers.
"You can get your garden ready the beginning of March," he said. "By St. Patrick's Day, you can plant your peas."
The better-known groundhog "Punxsutawney Phil," according to a Twitter feed on Saturday morning, did not see his shadow, however. "Spring is sprung. RIP winter," it read, in contradiction to Yahdee and Lee.
In South Whitehall, spectators and media were on hand as members of the Grundsau Lodge, many in top hats, sang the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "She'll be Coming Around the Mountain" in Pennsylvania Dutch. They said prayers and recited the Pledge of Allegiance in Pennsylvania Dutch as well.
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For the first three sets, the Christian Academy volleyball team held its own against defending Class A state runner-up Trinity Lutheran on Tuesday night in the Class A regional.
But the Class A No. 4 Cougars won two of those three sets and ran away with the fourth set to win their third consecutive regional title at Christian Academy, 27-25, 19-25, 25-21, 25-11. Trinity Lutheran (32-4) will play either No. 2 Indianapolis Lutheran or No. 8 Hauser in the first semifinal of the Class A Loogootee Semi-state on Saturday.
"That's a very, very good opponent. I think they'll go far," Warriors' coach Walter Pauly said about Trinity Lutheran. "We weren't mentally tough like last Saturday [in the Class A Christian Academy Sectional final]. I think our youth came into play tonight."
The Warriors (24-6) nearly pulled out the first set. After the Cougars built a 16-12 lead, Christian Academy battled back to take a 23-22 advantage on a kill by Krista Boesing.
After a service ace by Ezra Staggers to keep the Warriors ahead by one point at 25-24, Trinity Lutheran scored three points in a row to prevail in set one.
"The girls have a lot of fight in them. The girls hit their spots when they needed to," Cougars' coach Chelsey Hackman said.
The Warriors showed some fight in the second set. Trailing 18-17 late in the set, Christian Academy made an 8-1 run to come out on top and tie the match at one set apiece.
But Trinity Lutheran answered in the third set. The Cougars broke an 11-11 deadlock with five unanswered points to go up five. Christian Academy rallied to pull within one at 22-21, but Trinity Lutheran held off the Warriors' charge with three straight points to capture the set.
"I think we were feeling good and we thought we were going to pull this out," Pauly said about claiming set two. "But in the third game, we didn't pass well. Again, I thought it boiled down to our youth."
The Cougars took full control of the fourth set right from the outset. They led 10-3 early and then proceeded to extend the advantage to 20-9. Trinity Lutheran secured the match with four consecutive points.
Senior middle hitter Sarah Stuckwisch paced the Cougars with 14 kills and five blocks. Teammate Mallory Barker spiked 13 kills.
Hackman expected a tougher match with the Warriors in the regional after Trinity Lutheran defeated them in the regular season at Christian Academy, 25-19, 25-22, 25-16. Plus the crowd was much louder than the previous meeting on Tuesday.
"I knew they didn't play that well in the first match, but they got some good hitters. We expected it to be more intense this time," Hackman said. "It was loud in here and it was intense."
Junior Emily Haworth was Christian Academy's top hitter with 12 kills, while the Boesing sisters — Rachel and Krista — each added nine. Rachel Boesing made four blocks, while Krista Boesing had three.
Haworth also led the Warriors on defense with 10 digs and in serving with three aces. Staggers and teammate Brooklyn Garrison each had three aces. Christian Academy freshman setter Alex Falcone dished out 28 assists.
Despite falling in the regional, Pauly said his players have nothing to be ashamed of from the 2012 season. The Warriors' main accomplishment was winning their first sectional title since 2004 when the school was called Graceland Christian.
"We need to relish in the fact that we had a great season," Pauly said. "We don't want this match to define our team this season. We were sectional champions."
Christian Academy says goodbye to five seniors in Rachel Boesing, Meghan Curry, Michaela Roberts, Alex Dale and Nicole Kauchak.
Aces — Trinity Lutheran: Sarah Stuckwisch 1; Christian Academy: Brooklyn Garrison 3, Ezra Staggers 3, Emily Haworth 3.
Assists — Christian Academy: Alex Falcone 28.
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Digs — Christian Academy: Haworth 10.
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CLINTON — Four years ago this month, a tragic house fire took the lives of a Clinton woman, her two young sons and her mother.
It was that ending that led to a new beginning: the creation of the Clinton Smoke Detector Project aimed at keeping Clinton families safe from fire. And it is a program that firefighters say no doubt saved the life of a Clinton man this week.
The tragedy
Clinton Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Chapman has detailed memories of the Jan. 22, 2010, tragedy. There's a very personal grieving process, he said, that takes place when a firefighter doesn't save a life.
On that day, Clinton lost three generations of a family: Francine Molitor, her daughter Tonya and Tonya's two young sons — 6-year-old Tyler and 3-year-old Patrick. A reclining chair in their home at 2436 Dunham St. caught fire at approximately 11:30 p.m. and they died from inhaling toxic fumes created by the burning material.
"Anytime that you lose any life, it's a pretty somber experience," Chapman said. "You have thoughts in your mind, could I have done something more? We beat ourselves up pretty bad.
"When we lose a life, it changes the demeanor of the entire operation. It's a huge thing of emotions that go along with that. Every one that we've had, it takes a little bit of you with them. Things pop into your head and you don't forget the images."
Almost four years later city firefighters know the day as a turning point.
Nothing was inherently damaging about the fire itself. Estimated structure loss according to the official report was $25,000 — "minimal damage" said Chapman.
But one of the hardest parts for him to stomach was that the Molitors' smoke detectors weren't working.
A turning point
For Ryan Haxmeier, installing a smoke detector is like changing a lightbulb. Most of the time, he can show up to a home within the hour and return to the Central Fire Station 20 minutes later with devices in place. He does this three to four times per week.
Like Chapman, he was there during the 2010 tragedy and saw firsthand the changes that took place.
"We went into the smoke detector program hoping to save lives," Haxmeier — a four-year veteran of the fire department — said. "This has obviously been saving lives, for sure."
Clinton Fire Chief Mike Brown said that back then, the city was one of the leading fatality-per-capita cities in the state. The department shifted focus immediately after the tragedy.
"I believe that tragedy set a ton of things in motion," Chapman said. "We went from a passive program to one that's proactive."
The department already offered detectors for people without means to buy or install, but it had no formalized program in place. By February 2010, Clinton implemented the Clinton Smoke Detector Project, making smoke detectors available for all citizens.
"For us, it was just 'We've got to stop this,' " Brown said. "We've been really lucky since it started."
Like any device, smoke detectors cost money. Chapman said educators at Bluff Elementary School — where Tyler Molitor attended — reached out to Clinton FD for ways to improve fire safety.
"Initially it was huge," Brown said, adding the Parent-Teacher Association played a major role in getting what became an expanded smoke detector program started. "We had all sorts of issues trying to contact people on the weekends, at home. So it took lots of time."
The department turned to the PTA with a modest goal of raising $10,000 to implement a more accessible smoke detector program. The school district returned with $65,000 raised through donations, Brown said.
"The community just came out in droves," he said.
This goal to make detectors available to all preceded even the Iowa State Fire Marshal's smoke detector program, Brown said. He added a statewide campaign based on Clinton's project soon followed.
Immediately after the city started its program, firefighters like Haxmeier were called out for installations on a daily basis.
The department did one installation for someone at 710 10th Avenue South on Nov. 5, 2013. At 1:23 a.m., Jan. 6, 2014, those new detectors went off.
This week
At 1:29 a.m., Jan. 6, Haxmeier and other responders arrived on the 10th Avenue scene, where he said he found an older man waiting for him in the doorway. Haxmeier described the man's demeanor as "scared" and "shaken up."
Inside the house, smoke was consuming rooms, yet Haxmeier said the source of the burning wasn't self-evident; the department had to use a heat sensor to find it.
He remained with the man inside an ambulance with a blanket to keep warm.
"He had no idea there was any smoke in the house at all because he was in a separate room from the smoke and the fire," he said. "He said if it wasn't for the smoke detectors alerting him, who knows when we would've found out."
Firefighters found the source of the problem. A small fire resided deep within the home's furnace. The problem was solved, Haxmeier said, by turning off the gas.
There's no way to truly know what may have happened, but Haxmeier said with certainty that without smoke detectors this week's fire would have caused catastrophic damage and another life — either through carbon monoxide inhalation or by the fire itself — would have been lost.
"It was just a matter of time before the house would've been completely engulfed in flames," Haxmeier said.
Since the state enacted its smoke detector program lives lost have decreased every year, Chapman said. In the freshest year-to-date numbers, Iowa experienced 27 fatalities from fires in 2013; in 2012 the state lost 47.
On the flip side, 112 Iowa lives were saved by smoke detectors in 2013, according to state statistics.
"We also ended the year with zero firefighter fatalities," Chapman said.
The Clinton smoke detector program offers inspections, installations and devices free of charge thanks to grants. Any interested citizen should call the Central Fire Station at 242-0125 to schedule a time for firefighter assistance.
VIDEO: Clinton resident Erin George recently had free smoke detectors installed in her home


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The reelection of President Obama will bring new, restrictive gun laws that infringe on the Second Amendment and impede the lifestyle of millions of Americans.
That mindset prompted many Americans to support Republican challenger Mitt Romney. It's also why gun companies stand to do better business under President Obama than they would have under President Romney.
Consider that firearm fever soared to record highs during Obama's first term, fueled by fear that Obama would introduce anti-gun legislation. Black Friday 2011 set a new record for gun sales, surpassing only Black Friday 2008. Today, Americans own roughly 300 million firearms, making the U.S. the world's most heavily armed nation.
Production and profit at U.S. gun companies have increased to keep up. Sturm, Ruger, the largest public U.S. gun company, actually stopped taking new orders this year when it could no longer meet demand. Ruger went from earning $9 million on $168 million in sales in 2008 to $40 million on $329 million in sales last year; Smith & Wesson made $9 million on $296 million in 2008, up to $16 million on $412 million in 2011. Meanwhile, shares of Ruger increased more than 500% since 2008, while Smith & Wesson stock rose 450%.
Now, it stands to reason that President Obama's victory last night will send more shoppers out to Cabela's, Dick's Sporting Goods and Wal-Mart for shotguns and rifles. The bubble in the gun market threatened to burst if Romney took office. It's virtually assured to exist a bit longer with Obama retaining residence in the White House. "I think that definitely plays out in the near term," says Northland Capital Markets' Reed Anderson.
Investors today seem to agree. In a very dismal day for stocks, when the broader market is down 2%, Ruger gained 7.5%, and Smith & Wesson went up 9.3%. Neither of these explosive stocks sell cheaply. Ruger fetches 22.7 times last year's earnings, Smith & Wesson trades at 25.2 times.
Looking ahead, it's unclear whether Obama can or would lead any charge against guns. Speaking at the second presidential debate, Obama did seem to advocate for a reintroduction of the Federal Assault Weapon Ban. This piece of legislation, passed during the Clinton Administration, expired in 2004. It made certain types of semi-automatics illegal—firearms designed to recall military-style weapons with detachable magazines. Many gunmakers today make rifles that bare strong resemblances to those issued soldiers.
The gun industry has christened these types of rifles as modern sporting rifles, a way to distance these products from any negative connotations. Certainly popular today, especially among young gun buyers more familiar perhaps with Call of Duty than the deer blind, an all-out ban on modern sporting rifles could dent the industry. Cripple it? No, in fact, modern sporting rifles are seldom the only gun in a house. More prosaic firearms—hunting rifles, handguns, shotguns—are the typical first purchase, according to data from the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
This assumes, though, that Obama could pass anti-gun legislation. The status quo in Washington, D.C., was maintained in the election. Obama faces a divided Congress. Prospects for accomplishing anything amibitious seem greatly limited.
Not to mention, since the early 1990s, a stark culture shift occurred toward supporting guns; even if Obama wanted to limit gun sales, there may not be the same support that the Clinton Administration tapped to create the Federal Assault Weapon Ban. Today, more women than ever have a gun, many favoring the small pistols and revolvers produced to take advantage of concealed carry laws, and nearly half of Americans own a weapon. "That alone to me reaffirms that this is an industry with a political and regulatory component that drives demand fluctuation, but you've also got a broadening base of customers," says Northland's Anderson. "The leaders in this industry are going to be OK no matter what."
When I profiled Ruger in FORBES' Best Small Companies issue, I pressed CEO Mike Fifer to talk about D.C.'s reach on his business. I wanted to gauge how Fifer worry about an upcoming ban. He did not seem apprehensive. He dismissed most of the chatter around politics and mass shootings as distracting noise (adding that nothing shook his belief in the industry more than the violence in places like Aurora, Col. and Owl Creek, Wisc.).
Those horrors aside, it's hard to see America's firearm fever breaking. Gun companies will likely keep their spark under the next four Obama years.
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Another case for gun ownership is that, with the trashing of the dollar, guns are a store of value in a similar manner that gold and real estate are.
Especially once you consider the ever-rising value of so-called curio and relic guns, which tend to increase in value due to collector value.
As an example, a few years ago, many of the old German K98 Mausers were worth $100-$200, for a nice example with matching numbers on all parts.
Now the cheap non-German examples start at $300 with the German all-matching examples going for $400 for a poor-quality example.
With limited supply, collector rifles only increase in value. Buying pre-ban guns and parts are another way to create a small economic portfolio (for example the people who bought up ammunition and are planning on selling it now, while speculation is artificially inflating the price).
And this is before we even mention the value guns have as an actual tool.
Real estate i agree with. If you believe that guns are illiquid, perhaps you should become familiar with http://www.gunsamerica.com/ and http://www.gunbroker.com/.
Real estate is facing a liquidity problem I agree. If you believe that guns are illiquid, perhaps you should become familiar with http://www.gunsamerica.com/ and http://www.gunbroker.com/.
the '94 aw ban didn't ban automatic weapons. the purchase of automatic weapons made after 1986 has been illegal since then. the purchase of automatic weapons manufactured before 1986 is heavily regulated and has been since 1934. nothing to do with the '94 aw ban.
I'd love to know where the idea comes from that Obama wants to get rid of guns, even though he hasn't said anything about them yet. Talk about fear-induced thinking.
I appreciate the response, however it took him seeing the 2011 Tuscon shooting, Fort Hood, Aurora CO., Norway's Anders Breivik, Virginia Tech many years ago, dare I say Columbine, the Sikh temple in Wisconsin, Texas A&M, 2011 detroit fireworks shooting, a 2008 Chicago university shooting, the 2008 santa claus shooter, 2009 nursing home shooting, the new york civic center shooting, and just yesterday the Apple Valley shooting in Cali, all for him to take a slight notice on this issue.
Up until this point, he's kept practically silent, because he is afraid of public opinion turning him into a tyrannical boogeyman. If ALL these shootings are apparently a "non-issue spurred by mentally ill individuals", then we're a financially AND morally bankrupt nation that deserves to kill ourselves with these unnecessary weapons.
Is there any hunter who needs a P90 to hunt? Or a Tec-9 with an extended mag to kill an intruder? We're arming for the zombie apocalypse, and so far the most dangerous thing to people with multitudes of guns, are themselves. Religion doesn't help either, though. (I should note)


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...because he has two National Championship rings plugged in his ears.
You may think Lane Kiffin is a bastard, but he is a magnificent bastard.
With Florida's 23-13 win over Tennessee, the Gators get the SEC East win they needed and the Vols get a rivalry back.
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