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The Surface Transportation Board will receive an updated report on the state of rail-industry competition this fall. The agency is paying Madison, Wis.-based economic consulting firm Christensen Associates $125,000 to feed data from 2007 and 2008 into a revision of the report, "A Study of Competition in the U.S. Freight Railroad Industry and Analysis of Proposals that Might Enhance Competition," that it released last fall.
In an announcement Thursday, the STB noted that "Christensen was chosen by the Board in September 2007 to provide a comprehensive analysis of a wide range of issues in the freight rail industry, including competition, capacity, and the interplay between the two. In addition to incorporating the latest economic data, the update will also make some technical corrections to the report."
The Association of American Railroads on Thursday reported continued "slight" improvement in U.S. rail carloadings for the week ended July 25, though traffic remained down from the same period last year.
Railroads originated 273,943 carloads in the latest week, down 17.4% from 2008. Intermodal loads added up to 193,332 trailers or containers, down 17.9%. Total volume for the week ending July 25 was estimated at 29.3 billion ton-miles, down 16.3%.
U.S. carriers reported cumulative volume for this year's first 29 weeks of 7,610,311 carloads, down 19.1% from 2008; 5,376,118 trailers or containers, down 17.2 %; and total volume of 809.7 billion ton-miles, down 18.1%.
Canadian railroads reported 61,503 carloads for the latest week, down 18.4% from last year, and 41,902 trailers or containers, down 17.1%. For the year to date, Canadian roads reported volume of 1,728,034 carloads, down 23.8% from 2008, and 1,163,185 trailers or containers, down 16.2%.
Mexican railroads originated 11,541 carloads, down 13.8% from the same week last year, and 5,779 trailers or containers, down 15.0%. Cumulative volume for the first 29 weeks of 2009 was 329,211 carloads, down 14.7%, and 139,425 trailers or containers, down 21.8%.
Total North American rail carload volume for the first 29 weeks of 2009 on 14 reporting railroads was down 19.8% from last year, and intermodal traffic was down 17.1%.
Canadian Pacific Thursday noted a one-time gain from the sale of a share of the Detroit River Tunnel Partnership boosted it second-quarter net income. Net profit rose to C$157.3 million ($145 million), or 93 Canadian cents a share, for the quarter, compared with C$154.7 million, or C$1, in the comparable 2008 quarter.
Excluding items, earnings dropped to 59 Canadian cents a share from 97 Canadian cents a share a year earlier. That still beat analyst EPS expectations of 38 Canadian cents, before exceptions.
"The recession continues to have a significant impact on our business and although freight volumes appearto have stabilized, we have not yet seen a sustained recovery in traffic," Chief Executive Fred Green said in a statement. Freight volume fell 18%, CP said. Offsetting that to a degree were lower operating costs, down 10% to C$225.8 million compared with the second quarter of 2008.
CP said it would increase its 2009capital program spending to between C$800 million and C$820 million, up substantially from the previous outlook of C$720 million to C$740 million. CP shares climbed 9% in Thursday morning trading.
Kansas City Southern Thursday reported that second-quarter net income declined more than 86% to $6.7 million, 7 cents per share, compared with $50.5 million, or 56 cents a share, in the second quarter of 2008. That fell short of Wall Street analyst projections of 8 cents a share.
Revenue also fell short of projections of $357.9 million for the quarter; KCS notched revenue of $341.3 million, down from $486.2 million in the year-ago period. The railroad attributed some of the decline to lower fuel prices, resulting in a 72% drop in fuel surcharges.
Wall Street traders ignored the missed projections, sending shares of the company up 4.4% to $20.52 in late morning trading; KCS stock was up more than 6% Thursday afternoon.
"In the second quarter, KCS continued to demonstrate its ability to combat declining volumes with persistent efforts to improve operating efficiencies and to keep costs down," said Dahlman Rose & Co. analyst and <i>Railway Age</i> Contributing Editor Jason Seidl, who called the railroad's long term prospects "attractive." Siedl also said KCS's new Victoria-Rosenberg line in Texas "will eventually lead to solid long term growth."
"With the rail industry still trying to cope with the most drastic volume declines in recent history, we believe management will continue to focus its efforts on cutting costs and reducing capital expenditures," Seidl added. "However, despite the significant spending reduction, KCS announced that it did complete its Victoria-Rosenberg line in the second quarter as it had projected. While many may question the need for expansionary capital in a recessionary environment, this line should help reduce costs and improve service for the railroad's burgeoning cross border intermodal business."
Greenwich, Conn.-based Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $7.4 million, or diluted earnings per share of 20 cents, less than half the net income of $15.4 million, or 42 cents per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2008.
GWI's income from continuing operations in the second quarter was $8.1 million compared with income from continuing operations of $16.2 million, in the second quarter of 2008.
The company said revenue fell $22.7 million, or 14.8%, to $130.1 million, compared with $152.7 million in the second quarter of 2008. Same-railroad revenue decreased $37.7 million, or 24.7%, partially offset by revenue of $15.1 million from acquisitions.
GWI announced last month that subsidiary Huron Central Railway Inc. intended to discontinue operations in October. As a result, GWI said its results in the second quarter included a non-cash write-down of HCRY's non-current assets of $6.7 million as well as restructuring and related charges of $2.3 million (net after-tax impact of $5.4 million, or $0.15 per diluted share).
John C. Hellmann, GWI president and CEO, said, "Our financial results for the second quarter were consistent with the revised guidance that we provided in early June. Our revenues in the second quarter of 2009 proved to be 6% weaker than the first quarter of 2009, and we consequently implemented additional cost reductions. We now have 13% of our locomotive fleet parked and 10% of our employees furloughed. These and other cost-cutting initiatives have enabled us to maintain a core operating ratio in line with last year."
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority Wednesday released both its 2010 Preliminary Budget and proposed Four-Year Financial Plan for 2010-2013. The MTA Board will not consider a final budget until December, but MTA says the release allows for an extended period of public discussion about the MTA's finances and budget proposals.
The 2010 budget, as released, includes no service cuts or fare increases beyond those already planned, MTA said, adding that projected cash balances were $29 million in 2009, $39 million in 2010, and $1 million in 2011. "Manageable" deficits are projected for 2012 and 2013. MTA also cited "significant" spending restraints contributing to save $64 million in 2010. These savings grow to $279 million by 2013.
MTA Board Chairman H. Dale Hemmerdinger said: "We are grateful to Governor Paterson and the Legislature for their strong commitment to the transit system during this current economic downturn. Meeting the MTA's fiduciary responsibilities while sparing our customers from the drastic and painful measures proposed earlier this year will help us keep to our mission of providing safe, dependable, and affordable public transportation."
MTA Interim Executive Director and CEO Helena E. Williams said: "Today's presentation kicks off six months of public discussion before a final budget is approved in December. Engaging in a productive dialogue with our customers and stakeholders before a final plan is presented to the board assures maximum transparency throughout the entire process."
The financial plan anticipates a continued falloff in real estate tax revenue and ridership due to recession, also includes the 2009 Mid-Year Forecast which reflects changes from the February 2009 plan resulting from the passage of legislation to stabilize the MTA's short-term finances. As discussed with state legislative leaders in Albany, the plan includes a 7.5% fare increase in both 2011 and 2013.
More information on the plan is available online at www.mta.info. MTA said the complete plan will be online "in the coming days."
Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell says the Nutmeg State will expand a planned signal upgrade of Metro-North Railroad's Danbury Branch to cover the entire 24 miles of the line. Connecticut will use federal stimulus funds to do so; the entire project is projected to cost $53 million, including $30 million in stimulus funds.
Rell said the original plan called for installing Centralized Train Control on just eight miles of the branch, between Norwalk and Wilton, Conn. The Federal Transit Administration already has approved the project, which will allow Metro-North's Control Center in Grand Central Terminal to oversee operations on the entire branch.
"Upgrading this system will ultimately mean better, safer, more reliable service for the thousands of commuters who depend on the Danbury Branch to get to and from work," Rell said. "That is key to our effort to encourage greater use of public transportation and reduce congestion on ourroads and highways. Improving the commuting and business climate improves our economy."
Metro-North forces will perform the initial work, with a contract expected to be issued to a private-sector contractor in 2010 by Connecticut's Department of Transportation. Completion is expected by the end of 2011.
The Danbury Branch runs from its namesake city to South Norwalk, where it joins with Metro-North's New Haven Line.
Norfolk Southern is taking steps to ensure that its stored locomotives are ready to roll when needed.
"At the end of June, we had just over 600 locomotives stored, about 16% of our fleet," EVP and Chief Operating Officer Mark D. Manion said in a second-quarter earnings presentation Tuesday. "In June we started to reduce the number of locomotives stored from a high of 700 at the end of May. This reduction represents, in part, a need for more locomotives to handle an increase in coal trains from May to June, but more important, to support a new effort to cycle our stored locomotives."
"In the past when storing locomotives it has been for periods of time less than a year," Manion noted. "With the uncertainty of the economy, we are taking additional preventative maintenance action to ensure that all of our stored power remains in good working order. So, when demand justifies their return to service, we can do so smoothly and with minimal delay."
Manion also said that at the end of June NS had 35,000 freight cars stored. "This includes about 28,000 cars owned or leased by Norfolk Southern as well as cars from Norfolk Southern's allocation of stored national pools managed by TTX for automotive and intermodal, as well as TTX flats and some boxcar equipment. It also includes about 900 cars stored under car-hire arrangements with various short lines."
When full demand for this equipment will materializes is still uncertain. But in another presentation, Norfolk Southern EVP and Chief Marketing Officer Donald W. Seale said that that while "the duration of the recession and the shape of the recovery are still question marks ... we are encouraged that the erosion of our traffic volumes that we have seen in the past eight or nine months seems to have stabilized. It does feel like we've reached a bottom."
Association of American Railroads President and CEO Edward R. Hamberger told the the Midwest High-Speed Rail Summit in Chicago Tuesday that "striking the right balance between passenger and freight rail expansion is key to the success of high speed rail in America."
"America's freight railroads support the goal of increased passenger rail investment," Hamberger (pictured at left) said. "It's good for our economy and the environment when more people and goods move faster by rail."
He pointed out the privately owned freight rail network is "the literal foundation for high speed rail in America."
"We are critical stakeholders that need to be engaged from the very beginning of project planning and development. Passenger and freight efforts to grow and expand must complement, not compromise one another," Hamberger said.
Attending the the summit were Illinois Gov. Patrick Quinn, Iowa Gov. Chester Culver, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Missouri Gov. Jeremiah Nixon, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, and Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle.
Hamberger said each high speed rail project needs to stake into consideration "volume of freight traffic, terrain, number of grade crossings, and track configuration. These issues will help determine the feasibility of operating high speed passenger trains on the freight rail network."
Hamberger stressed that agreements addressing liability,compensation, and increased maintenance need to be approved prior to project planning and development.
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CHICAGO, Ill. -- Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced Tuesday the wager they made on the outcome of the series between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins for the Stanley Cup.
The governor of the losing team's state will volunteer at the food bank of the winning governor's choice. If the Blackhawks win, Governor Patrick will volunteer at the Greater Chicago Food Depository. If the Bruins win, Governor Quinn will volunteer at the Greater Boston Food Bank.
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I may make the same pattern several times, but I've never made the same quilt twice. Isn't it amazing how minor alterations can really change the look of a finished piece? Perhaps this is why I'm more of a cooker than a baker– you can throw in improvisational ingredients without fear. Spices, salt, seasoning… they're like quilting stitches and colors.
For instance, compare this version of the Sidewalk Quilt to the original.
Instead of quilting within each square, I decided to try one large swirly motif. This, for the record, was very difficult for me– but I'm quite pleased with the results!
I also made an alternate version of my Twice Spliced quilt.
To be honest, I think I liked the first version a bit better (ironic since that's the one I made from very limited sources) but this one is growing on me.
It occurs to me that my quilts aren't unlike the Sunday spaghetti bolognese that I make for our weekday lunches. I always add a different cheese, veggie, spice– and I'd play around with the meat but that's one thing Kyle refuses to experiment with. Similar basic ingredients, but what a difference little alterations can make.


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Bethlehem City Council slashed the administration's $4.3 million proposed borrowing plan for capital projects by about $600,000 during its Tuesday meeting to consider numerous other requests.
With council's vote, the administration can proceed with obtaining proposals to borrow $3,675,000 in municipal bonds to finance projects totaling nearly $8 million. The remainder of the projects, which include traffic signals, a fire rescue truck, additional improvements on Sand Island and a fingerprinting system for the police department, will be paid for with a federal grant.


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Lions hire Kelleher as BLESTO scout
The Lions hired Joe Kelleher as the team's BLESTO scout on Friday.
Setting aside worries helped Lions' Logan take off
Confidence in himself, and some confidence from his new team, went a long way for Lions RS Stefan Logan last season.
McGinest not exploring a return to NFL
Former Patriots and Browns OLB Willie McGinest appeared to be interested in returning to the NFL after three years of retirement, but said Saturday that he plans to stay retired.
Report: Lions WR Burleson to have elbow surgery
Lions WR Nate Burleson will have minor surgery on his right elbow, according to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press.
Hall of Fame RB Johnson dies at age 81
Hall of Fame RB John Henry Johnson died Friday in Tracy, Calif., at the age of 81. He played for the 49ers, Lions, Steelers and Oilers during his career.
Lions add Brandon Fisher to coaching staff
The Lions have added Brandon Fisher to their staff as an assistant to the defensive coaching staff.
Lions employees to take furloughs
Employees of the Lions began two-week furloughs on Monday, the Detroit News reported.
Readers would like to see Lions on 'Hard Knocks'
PFW's readers would love to see the Lions on this year's edition of HBO's documentary series "Hard Knocks," which gives viewers an inside look at an NFL team during training camp.
Lions' Cherilus has Week One as goal
Lions ORT Gosder Cherilus, who had microfracture surgery in December, believes he can return to the field by Week One.
Lockout limbo: Lions report
The Lions need to get Matthew Stafford back under center again, and they can't wait to find out what they have with all of their talent on the defensive line.
Lions could part ways with Williams, Johnson
Second-round WR Titus Young has become the instant odds-on favorite to win the slot WR spot, adding even more speed and explosiveness to the Lions' offense.
Readers: Lions had best draft among NFC teams
Respondents to a PFW poll question asking which NFC team did the best in the 2011 NFL draft decidedly picked the Lions.
Lions turn attention to DBs, linebackers
In the afterglow of the Lions' draft, in which they added some very talented players, especially in Rounds One and Two, there was this reality: They still need help in the back seven on defense.
Fantasy outlook: WR Titus Young
The fantasy prospects for the Lions appear very good. But right now, you have to consider Titus Young a No. 5 receiver for fantasy purposes at best.
Which team did best in the first three rounds?
With the first three rounds of the NFL draft in the books, PFW editors make their pick for which team, including the Saints, that has had the best draft thus far.
The Raiders placed Bartell on the reserved/injured list.||||||| Bartell broke his shoulder blade in a season-opening loss to San Diego. Under a new NFL rule, Bartell is allowed to return to practice Oct. 27 and could play as early as Nov. 11 at Baltimore.
Bartell, who sustained a season-ending neck injury in the opener, plans on playing next season.||||||| Bartell, the team's top coverage corner, said Monday that doctors have told him there's no extra risk in playing again. He fractured two bones in his neck when he absorbed a block by a Philadelphia Eagles lineman in a 31-13 loss on Sept. 11.
Bartell is active for Sunday's game against Kansas City.||||||| The Rams lost 31-13 at New Orleans without Bartell, their top coverage man. Bartell vowed Wednesday that he'd play this weekend against the Kansas City Chiefs given the team's playoff hopes.
Bartell missed practice because of a sprained ankle sustained on Tuesday.||||||| St. Louis Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo had feared the injury would be serious, but X-rays were negative and Bartell was listed as day-to-day.
The St. Louis Rams re-signed Bartell to a four-year contract, addressing one of their free agent priorities on Wednesday.||||||| Terms were not disclosed, but the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Bartell gets $13.6 million in guaranteed money, with the overall deal reaching $28 million if incentives are met. Bartell started 14 games last season. He tied a career high with three interceptions last season and broke up 20 passes, the most by a Ram since Jerametrius Butler had 22 in 2004.


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Dipping temps and a rising heating bill is a recipe for frustration. A propane shortage is causing many people to rethink the way they heat their homes and businesses. While there may be a little relief from cold temperatures, unfortunately the high price of propane is probably going to be sticking around for a while. This squeeze is forcing many people in South Dakota to be extra conservative when it comes to their heat. When it comes to temperature, there's not much separating the outside from inside Canton Construction's workshop. "Instead of keeping it nice and warm we are going with minimal heat, I mean so you can work without gloves but you are working with a jacket on." Said Tom Schorn.
Tom says his company is in the middle of renovating the shop and he's using a few propane heaters to make the environment bearable. While the Midwest propane shortage won't keep him from getting the fuel, he'll have to pay the price to keep the shop warm. "Supply is not the issue in South Dakota it is a little bit farther out west but not so much in the Sioux Falls area but the price, you are going to have to pay the price but it will be there." Said Matt Staab, owner of Northview Fishing and Pets."We went from around $35 for 100 pound bottle up to over $100!" Said Schorn.
In Sioux Falls, propane suppliers like Staab are also feeling the sting to ensure their buyers have a product. So far, the prices aren't a deterrent. "The high prices have actually increased business a little bit people know that there's demand so they're coming out to get it, so it's actually helped with business." Said Staab.
The price up tick has forced many people into difficult financial choices. While it may be easy to pass the blame, Tom realizes it's just one of those things. "I understand where they are coming from I mean we had a wet fall so they used a lot of propane and now we've got a cold winter well the two don't go together for keeping your price low." Said Schorn.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, last January in South Dakota a gallon of wholesale propane cost you around $.86. The most recent numbers show that same gallon will cost on average $2.12. Remember, these prices are averages, they can depend on location, and as it keeps getting colder they could climb higher.
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At the October board meeting, during the education segment, we watched the documentary "Shift Change." In it, we observed a wide variety of co-operative businesses, mostly worker-owned.
In the Basque country of Mondragon, Spain, there are 120 independent co-operatives, employing 84,000 people and earning $25 billion annually. Mondragon has the lowest unemployment in Spain. They have the largest supermarket chain and one of the world's largest construction companies, a university research institute, and a machine tool company among other giant manufacturing businesses.
They also have a small co-op which assists women in starting their own co-op housecleaning businesses with a two-year incubation period. As some of these businesses are now in their fourth generation of ownership, there is concern that the younger people may lose sight of the original importance of the cooperative structure.
Spain's co-op movement was started in 1941 by a visionary priest. In 1956, the first industrial co-op was formed by five graduates. In 1959, a co-op bank was started with profits going to workers. Now, all of Spain's co-ops gather at an annual congress in Mondragon to address their common issues.
Benefits of working for the co-ops include everyone being a part of the decision-making process, one person/one vote. CEO's only earn three to five times the wages of lower level workers (In the US, that difference can be as much as 300 times more for the CEO). More people making decisions about the company has meant that no one is fired when it is a rough year.
A number of US co-ops were included in the film as well. Isthmus Engineering, Union Cab, and Community Pharmacy in Madison, WI were among them. Union Cab uses gas-saving Prius cars. We observed Evergreen Co-op Laundry and Evergreen Energy Solutions, worker co-ops in Cleveland, Ohio, as well as Equal Exchange Coffee company. Clearly, just about any business can be run in a co-operative manner.
After the film, the board discussed how worker-owned and consumer-owned co-ops are different. The main difference is that Bloomingfoods exists primarily to satisfy the needs of the consumers while still trying to create a good employee environment, whereas in the worker-owned models, keeping people employed (including decisions that lower everyone's wages during stressful times) is the prime objective.
Last month, you, the member-owners of Bloomington Cooperative Services, elected three new board members. Each of you had one vote. Your board will continue to make decisions based on the shared values of our member-owners outlined in the Ends Statement, Co-op Principles and Mission Statement published in every issue of our newsletter. Thank you for participating in this democracy.
Carol Bridges
for the Board of Directors
Two new board members, Kristina Wiltsee-Meeker and Dedamia Whitney, were welcomed to the board in November. As is our practice, the Ends Policies were read and our first hour of discussion focused on a review of the formal Business Plan and how it relates to those policies.
It was emphasized that being a sustainable business is just as important as being a profitable business. Creating a strong community is a necessary part of sustainability. Money earned by the co-op stays in the community. Supporting local growers feeds the local economy.
BCS participates in many local events, gives talks about the co-operative business structure and donates to many local charitable organizations. With five stores and ongoing involvement in our community in so many ways, BCS has become a very important part of the sustainable local economy.
Ten percent of the businesses in the city of Bloomington are non-profit organizations. This shows us that as a whole, we are very oriented toward helping each other in all kinds of ways. Co-operation in all its forms is an outstanding mark of Bloomington itself.
We may live different lifestyles and have widely varying opinions on specific topics, but we value being able to discuss and learn from each other. We are a spontaneously self-organizing system. As we become aware of local issues and trends, we respond in ways that bring order. Sometimes this involves personal discipline, often humor, and always a sense of respect for the history of rules that have been created and knowing when it is time to change them.
Part of the board's responsibility is to continue to review the "rules" which we call Policy Governance and make sure they are still leading us where we want to go as peacefully and efficiently as possible. Some of these "rules" are called the Co-op Principles and Mission Statements printed in the newsletter and the Board of Directors Policy Manual and Employee Manual available to those in these positions. We find that the more clear we are about this foundation, the easier it is to spontaneously act to bring about the benefit of the whole.
You keep this method alive by shopping at Bloomingfoods, voting for directors that are intelligent and experienced, and continuing to share your ideas with us. Your involvement, whether just a verbal comment or serving as a volunteer, an employee or dropping us a note in the store or on the web continues to be of primary importance in creating the kind of stores you need.
We live in a world of nearly limitless choices at this point in time. It can be overwhelming. Just trying to learn about the best forms of nutrition for your own body, then research brands, read all the labels, understand the unpronounceable ingredients on the packaging, buy the product, figure out what to do with the packaging, prepare the food, then finally eat it can involve hours and hours of your seemingly shrinking available time! Bloomingfoods stores have narrowed it down for you while still providing a variety of options. Come in, find what is tasty and good for you and still have time to chat with friends. We are part of Bloomington's history, and with your very present support, we will still be here for you in the future.
Carol Bridges
for the Board of Directors
You can do so many things online these days, nearly everything in the world seems only the touch of a screen away. But, so far, we have not been able to replace our need to feel textures and temperatures nor to taste and sniff our objects of desire on screen. Perhaps it is in this era that our co-op grocery has an advantage.
If you take the time, you can meander down the aisles, smelling, touching and sampling tastes, delighting all the senses that are neglected in the world of screens. You might even hear the live voices of friends and decide to sit and sip while you engage in a conversation longer than a Facebook message.
Keeping in touch is not only about updating information, it is a mandate for satisfying all of your senses. Our eyes and ears are often overloaded with media input, but our hands and mouths may not be bringing in the kind of nourishment that keeps us not just physically healthy, but emotionally healthy as well.
With our amazing technology, we have plenty of delightful eye candy. Photos of delicious foods invite us to come on down, try a new recipe, engage in a feast for all the senses. Sure, you can rush through shopping, list in hand, efficiently gathering supplies, but what if you thought of shopping as a sensuous experience? Come on in to one of our small, intimate stores, take a deep breath, look around, say hello. Pick up one of our frequent samples that await your tasting. See if there is someone with whom you might share a kind word. Listen. Attend to the moment. Often, there is a customer who needs help finding something and would appreciate your guidance.
Back home or at the office, we can type messages to people on the other side of the world, and the messages most of us like to share are about our real life experiences, the experiences of our senses. Good weather, good coffee, vacations, family interactions, feelings about life – these are the multi-sensory incidents that we claim as our real life.
At its core, a co-op is a business founded by people who want to enrich their own lives by being involved with others who share mutual goals. It is about people helping each other by staying aware of each other's needs. It is about maintaining connection more than it is about money.
It is easy to forget to make that connection when your life is busy and responsibilities loom large. It is at just such challenging times, however, in which most co-ops have been started. We share a common purpose. Thank you for remembering that this purpose is to benefit each other. Our BCS member-owners do this well. Next time you are in the store, open all of your senses and enjoy the experience.
Carol Bridges
for the Board of Directors


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spencerian wrote:Anyway, he recommended that whatever the XMIL asked for was fine.They now get the 4th weekend every month.9 days of vacation time with the kids.
spencerian wrote:One day (the 26th, or the 23rd) to spend Christmas with the kids.
spencerian wrote:I will lose Christmas in 2015, 2016, and Christmas eve in 2017.
spencerian wrote:My issue is I LOSE every Memorial Day weekend.
spencerian wrote:NJ hasn't seen the kids in 20 months. But she still has the option.What happens when she pops up and wants that < parenting time > again?Will she give up HER weekends to XMIL? Seriously?That also means I would get one weekend a month.
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Postby spencerian » Mon May 07, 2012 3:18 pm
jumbledone wrote:If there is a < parenting time > (how else to describe grandparents) given, there should be a schedule, including holidays (since you have noted that Grandmama gets Christmas).
jumbledone wrote:Generally the holidays overrule normal < parenting time >. So, is Memorial Day spelled out? If not, why? If it is, and if falls on their weekend, and it is your year, too bad, so sad for Grandmama.
jumbledone wrote:I am sure you covered this elsewhere, but why is it a bad idea for XMIL to have kids? They should have some contact with that side of the family.
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THROUGH SO MUCH PAIN-- TO BE WITH HER LITTLE BOY. BUT THIS MOTHER ALSO SUFFERED áBEFORE THE CRASH THAT NEARLY KILLED HER.(how my life was before was so up and down. It was so.. I had so many more trials then, than I do now.") A LIFE THAT INCLUDED AN EATING DISORDER-- AND AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP. BUT THAT'S ALL IN THE PAST NOW -- AS AMBER WILKINS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. WE'RE ALSO HEARING FROM WILKINS' BROTHER TONIGHT-- BECAUSE THE FAMILY WANTS TO SHARE THE PAIN THEY KEPT SECRET-- UNTIL NOW. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S HANNAH PICKETT REPORTS. FOR NINE YEARS-- THE WILKINS' FAMILY HAS BEEN HEALING... AFTER LOSING THEIR YOUNGEST, KAYLA, IN A CRASH. A NIGHTMARE THAT áNEARLYá HAPPENED AGAIN IN 20-10 WHEN A DUMP TRUCK BROADSIDED THEIR MIDDLE CHILD, AMBER.(AMBER WILKINS "some people think i'd be angry about how life has changed for me, because it's not like it was from before at all, but it actually amazes me. I'm so thankful my life has changed because it's 100 percent for the better") AMBER SOUNDS-- AND LOOKS GREAT. HER FAMILY SAYS HER RECOVERY REALLY IS A MIRACLE-- ESPECIALLY FOR HER SON BAILEY. (NATS OF AMBER PLAYING WITH HER SON) HAVING AMBER-- AND LOSING KAYLA-- INSPIRED THEIR BROTHER TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT THE GOOD-- AND THE BAD. (RYAN " this isn't just a book about neat miracles, it's also a book about hardships and the miracles are all the better when you know about the hardships 11 it's not until you can understand the lows that you can appreciate the highs") THE BOOK--CALLED 'REALER THAN REAL'-- SHEDS LIGHTS ON THE áPRIVATE STRUGGLES EACH MEMBER OF THE FAMILY ENDURED. FROM ABUSE...TO EATING DISORDERS... DIVORCE...GUILT...AND SHAME. (RYAN " I wasn't willing to present the story without presenting the whole story") LIKE THE LIFE áAMBER KEPT SECRET FROM HER FAMILY FOR YEARS. SHE WAS IN AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP-- BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. A PART OF HER LIFE, SHE WAS áINITIALLY HESITANT TO SHARE. (AMBER " i was vulnerable as a person telling my story. it almost like helped heal me telling people though because i know that there are so many more people out there who go through the same stuff i went through, and if i would have had that, maybe who knows, that would have changed things for me?") JUST PART OF A FAMILY'S MESSAGE OF HEALING AND HOPE-- AFTER SUCH TERRIBLE DESPAIR.(RYAN "the hope was just that although everybody's own journey is a little bit different that people could relate with it in different levels 07 personally and spiritually")(HPI "half of the book's proceeds will go into trust funds to benefit amber and her son, bailey. The book is available in stores,
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Our Attitudes About TreesPeople who don't understand the strong ties between people and trees derisively call those who do "treehuggers." They might realize there is a deforestation problem in South America, but not in their own backyards - we have been cutting down trees in the United States for hundreds of years.
At best, we take them for granted, or act as if trees are in unlimited supply, as once they seemed to be when the U.S. was young. Most of the lush deciduous forest the first settlers encountered in the eastern half of the country has been razed to clear land for farms and other built environments or to provide wood to make and heat cabins. Trees were valuable as resources for the benefits they provided when they were cut down.
The value of a resource, its worth or desirability, is related to how well it can help humans survive and thrive. That value is whatever people believe it to be and this can vary from time period to time period. Historical developments in technology can change how humans value resources. That's why today in some places, trees are cleared because they are seen as having little or lesser value. For example, across the country, rather than trimming a live tree as they used to do, power companies are clear cutting any vegetation capable of growing more than a certain height (i.e. 12-15 feet) that could be an immediate or future problem to the electric distribution system, and doing so along the full width of a right of way at broad distances up to 150 feet on both sides of a power line. Expanded clear cutting and spraying with herbicides allows utilities to reduce their costs because they don't have to deal with vegetation as often.
Unfortunately, their cost savings comes at the expense of massive numbers of trees and the benefits they provide, important benefits of which many of us have no knowledge.
Trees Provide Substantial and Quantifiable BenefitsUrban forestry is a field concerned with the management of trees in urban areas. In recent decades, this field has produced many science-based studies that define and quantify how trees significantly meet our needs and affect our well-being and quality of life. Based on this evidence, here is a very cursory overview of the value and benefits that living trees provide:
- Trees add value and beauty to our life
- Trees provide a food source (nuts and fruit)
- Therapeutic value (improved recovery times)
- Psychological benefits (emotional well-being, stress reduction, happiness)
- Safety (less crime and domestic violence in treed neighborhoods/housing developments.)
- Sociable neighborhoods and stronger community relationships. (treed places get more use than treeless places.)
- Privacy screening
- Noise control/sound barrier (reducing noise from roads and overhead).
- Property values increase from 3%-20%
- Improved worker productivity
- Wooded locations enhance tourism and shopping
- Erosion control and soil health ($31,250 value over a 50-year lifetime-US Forest Service)
- Tree-created micro-climates moderate the effects of rain, wind and sun
- Trees can reduce home energy costs up to 40%
- Wind control/barrier (reduce wind speed and infiltration of dust and slow down weathering damage)
- Summer cooling (but removing trees creates "heat island" effect)
- Winter warming (barrier to cold winds; warming sunlight strikes buildings after leaves fall)
- Snow control provided by tall, densely-planted evergreens that trap snow, control drifting and improve road aesthetics
- Trees play an important role in the water cycle. Fewer trees mean less precipitation.
- Flood control and water quality. Trees slow and reduce surface water runoff, their roots help purify groundwater; ($37,500 over a 50-year lifetime-US Forest Service).
- Trees purify the air we breathe ($62,000 in pollution control over a 50-year lifetime-US Forest Service), filter dust and particulates, provide oxygen ($31,250 over a 50-year lifetime-US Forest Service), absorb tons of carbon dioxide, and remove carbon, ozone, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, volatile organic compounds, and other toxins.
Research indicates that the larger and lusher the trees, the greater the benefits and protection, especially for climate control, air quality, cooling, and perceived community attractiveness. Property owners can use a tree benefit calculator (i.e. www.itreetools.org) to learn about the monetary value of their trees.
Different Attitudes About Trees Needed?"The choices that people make concerning ecosystems are shaped by what they value in the system . . . Historically, human well-being was largely defined in terms of income and consumption; it is now recognized to include the material minimum for a good life, freedom and choice, health, good social relations, security, and peace of mind and spiritual experience." Ecosystems and Human Well Being: A Framework for Assessment (Millenium Ecosystem Assessment)
Woodlands are home to 70% of the planet's land plants and animals. Clear cutting results in the loss of essential habitat and biodiversity, upsetting the delicate balance of our ecosystems. Clearly, trees preserve the planet that preserves us.
The public and public officials need to be better informed about these benefits and start looking at trees as a resource in a new way, not for the value we derive when they are removed, but for the greater and ongoing value provided to humans when this resource survives and thrives.


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Ten Reasons I Would TV-Marry Modern Family's Phil Dunphy
Posted at 5:00 AM Apr 20, 2010
By Merritt Martin
For those of you who don't know him, Phil Dunphy is a dad of three, a husband, a real estate guy and the object of my undying affection. He's a geek for tech gadgets (iPad and insane remotes, included), a former cheerleader and an aspiring coach of anything his kids are interested in. He wears damn good pants, has gotten stuck in a porta-john and looks awesome in a fake cop-stache. Need I go on? Yes.
Admittedly, I'm a fan of Ty Burrell, the actor who plays Phil, but there's just something--at least 10 things, actually--about the bumbling goof with the good heart and the burly eyebrows that makes ABC's Modern Family more like a fantasy...in spite of the fact that I would never consider having three children (TV or otherwise).
Now, I don't know Ty Burrell from Adam (though I'm sure he's fabulous), and I'm fully aware that I'm discussing a fictional character, which is why the following is a list of reasons that I would TV-marry Phil (as in, I assure you I don't believe he is real), crush on Ty (as in, a celebrity looks/talent combo crush) and maintain at least a modicum of dignity (as in, I'm aware I'll get teased for this, but I'm also guessing I have some fellow TV-wives out there).
10. Claustrophobia/Severe Fear of Clowns
I appreciate a good phobia. I like a man that tempers his masculinity with a little vulnerability. And yet, while Phil is so tooooooooootally freaked out about small areas such as the crawlspace below the house or by his brother-in-law's surprising presentation as a professional Auguste clown, he's going to try his best to hide it from his kids. Mind you, that best isn't necessarily good enough, but the attempt is awesome. "My boy was in trouble, so I put my fears aside and I came to his rescue. Now, does that make me a hero? Yes it does." It also means that I could tackle the painted faced horrors and the closets if he could take care of any stray possums that might wander into my general area.
9. His Atrocious Attempts at "Peerenting"
As it says in his bio and he explains on the show, Phil "acts like a parent and talks like a peer." While Phil thinks this makes him the proverbial cool dad, it really doesn't. What it does do, however, is make him adorably loveable...and someone I'm routinely embarrassed for, but if that's not a perfect combo for a TV husband, I dunno what is. (Sidenote: I love that actor Ty Burrell can rock a character this funny and also nail a serious role like Allan Arbus opposite Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey, Jr. in Fur.)
8. His List of Desired Gifts
In "Great Expectations," Phil bought his wife jewelry, surprised her with balloons and sent her flowers for their anniversary. May seem trite, but they're awesome gifts for Claire, who, it turns out, is an awful gift giver. She awarded Phil with coupons for hugs because she says he's hard to buy for and never wants anything. But nothing could be further from the truth. As he told the camera during his talking head, he wants lots of awesome things: a robot dog, night vision goggles, a bug vacuum, a GPS watch, speakers that look like rocks, a yogurt maker... Seeing as how I once had a kinda-sorta robot dog I won from Dave & Busters and I desire all but the GPS watch, I think we'd be perfect together.
7. His Knack for Coming Up With Band Names
You might not know this from watching Modern Family, but you could probably guess it: Phil is a band name master. As the MF site will attest, he's got some ace candidates on his loose-leaf, including The Profiteroles, Tender Patch, Funk Shui, the Secret of My Intentions, Morbid Scoundrel and (one that I too "came up with" way back in 5th grade, and, sadly, I'm not joking) Oven Mitt.
6. That Time He Tried Role-playing
For Valentine's Day, Phil and Claire decided to mix things up and have a spicy night in a hotel...but with a twist. The two planned to meet in the bar as strangers and then see where the night took them. I absolutely applaud his commitment to the Clive Bixby character ("So what's your story? Miss America pageant in town?"), if not the mock turtleneck.


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Today we were having lunch as usual. My mom, pressing her fingers against the table, told us in what it seemed to me like slow motion: "you know I'm never afraid of anything, you know I come back home at 3 in the morning and walk downtown Caracas but today I heard this story of a 53 year old lawyer, who lives nearby… some guys entered his house for robbing and killed him with a punch on his head, and then they hanged him to make it look like a suicide…but the thieves were surprised outside and that's how everything was discovered…you know is not even about being worried because one of you is out at night… this happened inside a house, in the middle of the afternoon!" –
I got the feeling that her voice was slowly breaking and that she would start crying any minute now but she didn't. She just added "I'm afraid now" – And got off the table to went straight to her room.
My sister' face looked like a funeral. But my brother in law and I reacted in a different way. Although it is not politically correct to say this, I'm ought to admit that I felt angry with my mom for telling us that story; because there's nothing we can do about it so, What's the point on spending a valuable time of our lives worrying and fearing disgraces we cannot stop or change?.
Can we protect us somehow? No, we don't have the resources to install a wall and/or some security system at our place and there's no guarantee of protection on possessing a gun, besides my family values (thankfully) would never allow them to do that.
Can we ask someone else for protection? Also no. We trust the police even less than the thieves and assassins out there and if you continue reading this blog carefully you will notice that the government has not moved one single finger to reduce the delinquency but quite the opposite: has allowed it to increase. And it doesn't seem that another citizen request for security will bring anything besides an equally worse political retaliation.
Can we put our possessions somewhere else in a way that we don't look as "robbery or kidnap material"? I have refused to buy an IPOD and prefer to stay with a cheap Mp3 and a pair of old headphones fixed with scotch tape, I never wear any jewelry except only a pair of fantasy earrings and avoid, specially if I'm using public transportation, to walk around the city wearing good clothes. With those rituals, my hope is to look as a "bad business" for the delinquents. But my light skin, my sort of Spanish look- like face and the bus stop where I get down shows clearly that I don't belong to a poor neighborhood and there's nothing I can do to hide that.
Plus; there's a possession, the most valuable of all that you can't perform a lot of tricks to protect: its called life and it seems to be stolen to equally rich, poor people, middle class, people who seem to have a lot of money but don't even have a penny, to simply everybody in Venezuela. I think the delinquency is the most democratic thing Venezuela has at the moment. So the answer is also, no.
Is there's anything we can do to avoid suffering the terrible ending that lawyer my mom told us today had? To experience the million of similar stories, one worse than the other that we hear every single damn day? No.
"So, mom" – I said to myself – "Why are you telling us all this then? Perhaps with this situation we will live for another day, perhaps we are lucky enough to survive and grow old as my grandparents did. But the days we got left, we deserve to live them maybe not with an unworried happiness but yet, with a certain tranquility. I deserve to feel excited about my boyfriend coming home to visit tonight and not feeling (as I end up feeling after my mom's story) worried and guilty thinking that tonight maybe won't be a great night with him as usual, but instead when he gets down of his car and walks to my front door, he would be surprised not by my kiss but by a thief I couldn't notice, hidden in the garden…"
I don't want to move on with this imaginary story, sometimes I don't know if I should just call him and say "hey! lets not see each other again because our dates could be interrupted with the insecurity ghost… lets continue with out relationship over the phone and "live" our lives inside our rooms, inside our houses, waiting for the thieves who can also come inside our rooms, inside our houses, took away our lives and make it look like a suicide…" I just don't see the point of feeling fear if there's nothing you can do to change the circumstances that created that fear.
That's why I felt angry with my mom, because after another happy lunch, she filled our nerves with fear, tension, sadness, frustration, guilt, sorrow and a long list of etc. I know you will answer this story with things such as the free speech and the need for information, you will think about how is it possible that I'm promoting simply not to be informed about the events that are ought to be in front page of every single paper because of their cruelty. You will ask me "What about this lawyer? And his family? Don't they deserved to make the world know what happened?".
Dear reader, I'm completely agree with you. I'm a person who has repeated that couple of words (free speech) and has being mad to those who are irresponsible enough to simply not wanting to know what's going on out there. I'm one of those who yells at others things like "as long as it doesn't touch you, you are not going to care".
It's a paradox really. I know I need to know, I know I must know but yet I'm angry at mom because she made me know. And until that second she opened her mouth I was happy, I was so happy you couldn't believe it.
I got a new and lovely part time job that allows me to keep working on my thesis.. I saw the news on CNN to find out the time the debate between Obama and Mc Cain was suppose to start and made it into the perfect excuse for asking my boyfriend to come over tonight. I was planning to spend the afternoon between a thesis chapter I must finish and my piano, right after lunch; then a long bath, then choosing the best clothes (nothing that looked too classy, because after all he's only going to come over to watch a televised debate; but something that made me look at least decent), then a little make up and then to act casual until I saw his car stopping at my place. Then a hug, a kiss, a "how was your day at work?" I was so stupidly happy living my day and thinking about how great was going to be the rest of it.
Then came lunch, my mom told us a story about a lawyer killed inside his place for not other excuse than stealing lame less things. Then my sister' funeral face. And all my happiness switched with an intense fear mixed with the certainty that I can't do anything about it. My picture of a night laying in the couch watching a debate was changed for strange scenes of thieves and guns and who knows what else making me lose not only my money (I wish this were only about stealing money and that's it) but the ones I love the most. I felt like crying. I felt like writing here. I forgot about the piano or the thesis.
And I just made a speech against free speech because life has remind me to build a commitment with the life itself sacrificing the commitment I had with ulterior things, such as the right to be informed.
Whenever I write about fear I think of this prelude of the first Cello Suite by Bach. Here's a lovely interpretation I found in youtube.


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Registration takes place at 9am in the Square, Glin with the cycle getting underway at 10:30am. Sponsorship cards are available from the names mentioned in the poster above.
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campgrounds on Mount Lemmon, say although they are able to reopen campsites they
are going to keep them closed.
Rose Canyon, Spencer Canyon and White Tail Group area on Mt.
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government is back up and running, Recreation Resource Management says they
will keep them closed because the camping season in those areas ends October 31st.
RRM says it would not be cost effective nor practical to reopen them for about
two weeks than have to close them once again.
However, near the bottom of Mt. Lemmon there are campgrounds
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Fun, varied climbing. The crux is right off the deck via a purple-Camalot sized crack. The climbing never gets too hard as you punch a few moves to a great hand jam and then repeat. When the two cracks get close enough you can stem between the two and employ a variety of jams to ascend this fun double crack system.
The route is easily identifiable as it looks like a wishbone with twin cracks that meet about halfway up. It's a few hundred feet left of Layaway Plan/Serrator/etc. There is a plaque at the bottom. There is also a new 5.10 just to the left with a plaque at the base. Looks mostly wide, fists to offwidth in a corner, and is called something like "Farkle ..(?)..".
A few purple Camalots and one or two of each from green alien to gold Camalot. Many options exist in how you protect this climb.


text: It just seems like an interesting possible coincidence... read about the possibility today. But Dallas hasn't had the opportunity to grab a true franchise quarterback in 25 years since Aikman. Romo is very good and even possibly a superbowl winning quarterback in the near future, but having someone the calibre of Luck being groomed. Well, it sounds good anyway. Also, what could Dallas potentially get for a Romo trade in two years? Another couple of number ones? Pull a Patriots move out? Also, the name - LUCK - just seems taylor made for the bright lights of Dallas. Thoughts?


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Hardball guest host Ron Reagan on Wednesday assailed Rick Santroum as a "lonely, homophobic voice shrieking in the wilderness." The liberal MSNBC anchor attacked the Republican presidential candidate for his opposition to gay rights, wondering if Santorum wanted to return to the days when husbands could beat their wives.
Reagan mocked Santorum for defending "traditional" marriage, scolding, "Marriage has, in various times and places throughout history, been treated as a property arrangement with husbands, in effect, owning their wives as they would cattle. Is that the tradition Santorum seeks to revive?"
The son of former President Ronald Reagan continued, "In late 19th century America, men were entitled to beat their wives, as long as they used a stick with a circumference no larger than their thumb, the so-called rule of thumb. Does Santorum harbor a yen for corporal punishment?"
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RON REAGAN: Let me finish tonight with Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum. Santorum is lately taken to comparing marriage equality to a choice of paper products. According to his whimsical logic, gay people mustn't be allowed the same opportunity to wed that straight couples enjoy, because, well, a paper towel is not a napkin. If only Santorum was a lonely, homophobic voice shrieking in the wilderness. But all the other Republican candidates, whether they choose Bounty or Brawny, have likewise signed on to defend the inappropriately-named Defense of Marriage Act, a law designed to solely disenfranchise gay couples. Even leaving aside the fact that some of us have been known on occasion to employ a paper towel as a napkin, it is an odd, nonsensical comparison. Santorum's larger point seems to reflect his discomfort with so-called traditional marriage being redefined. But what tradition does he have in mind?
Marriage has, in various times and places throughout history, been treated as a property arrangement with husbands, in effect, owning their wives as they would cattle. Is that the tradition Santorum seeks to revive? In late 19th century America, men were entitled to beat their wives, as long as they used a stick with a circumference no larger than their thumb, the so-called rule of thumb. Does Santorum harbor a yen for corporal punishment? Of course, Santorum and many of his anti-gay colleagues can do a lot better than paper towels. They're found of claiming that if gay people would be allowed to wed, we would have to allow polygamy, incest and bestiality. This is so absurd some people find it difficult to argue against. If you find yourself similarly flummoxed, just point out this very simple distinction. Laws against polygamy are non-exclusionary. Whether you are gay or straight, black or white, Christian or Muslim, you can't be married to more than one person at a time. Preventing gay people from exercising the same rights creates a separate, unequal class of people. It is exclusionary. That is the only meaningful distinction you need to keep in mind with- when arguing with people like Santorum. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It is impossible to believe that marriage to the person of one's mutual choosing doesn't fall into one or more of those categories. Santorum and his friends might want to consider the meaning of the word unalienable.
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Intelligence does skip a
Submitted by buddyc on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:33pm.
Intelligence does skip a generation.
What is sad is that no one likes the guy, left or right, gays or straight. No one can stand someone who shits on a father's legacy.
President Reagan was very supportive of gays but while in office progressive gays (I call them gutter gays) treated him like dirt. They claimed he either started aids or refused to deal with it properly because he didn't like gays. Nothing could have further from the truth.
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Very select
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:53pm.
RR is a member of a select group that could actually cause Tingles the Racer's viewers to miss him.
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When is Ballet Boy Ron Junior going to end the suspense
Submitted by frank14 on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 10:04am.
and come out of the closet?
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Is Ron Reagan Jr ...
Submitted by Fredy on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 7:03pm.
The reason that Nancy had a Just Say NO to DRUGS campaign?
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Ron Reagan? RON REAGAN???
Submitted by theduck6 on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 7:06am.
Other than being the family member that they all whisper about , a failed brief stint in ballet and ,of course, The EUKANUBA Dog Show, why would anyone give a crapola what this flea says or thinks? ...and I use the term thinks with reservation.
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Submitted by MrLuigi on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 7:21pm.
Ron Reagan Jr. is as desperate for attention as a contestant on a "reality" show. His words are as relevant as those of a "Real Houswife from wherever." The only thing missing is the plastic surgery.
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Does Jr think that American Wives are Property?
Submitted by Avitar on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 7:23pm.
The success of families raising children is of primary concern to societies as a whole. He is right that there have been societies that bought and traded wives but they aren't the United States or the North American colonies before the United States. Jr is holding the American families culpable for the faults of Muslim Societies and oriental cultures. In the meantime he is asking that the US adopt marriage that has not been official in a major culture since Julius Caesar.
We know that polygamous societies develop more violent tendencies then our society but it has been so many centuries since male to male bonding we do not know what that will promote. The ones in the past had lots of pedophilia and eunuchs but we don't know what will happen.
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What is your problem Junior?
Submitted by okiehawk44 on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 7:24pm.
Ron like many others you seem to firmly believe that your position of support on everything on the gay/lesbian agenda is correct. I have another view of many of these positions and don't agree with you and don't have a problem with you having your views but I must ask what your problem with your father is?
Sometimes we come from exceptional heritage and should thank our lucky stars -- you and your sister seem to disagree.
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"What is your problem Junior?"
Submitted by Red Jeep on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 7:15am.
I think he is a frustrated closeted gay.
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Well, Junior was kicked out of his prep school,
Submitted by UpNorth on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 7:25pm.
apparently was "invited" to not return to Yale, and, as Buddy said, crapped all over his father's legacy. Any wonder he's a "darling" of the left?
And, why should anyone pay any attention to this heterophobic "voice shrieking in the wilderness"?
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The usual derangement
Submitted by russedav on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 7:37pm.
Repeat a lie long enough and Ron thinks someone not as deranged as he is will believe it. There's no such thing as "gay" or "homosex-" and never was, like evolution and "anthropocentric global 'warming'/cooling." Just pay your favorite "scientists" (AKA lying immoral degenerate fascist who res) their desired payment of whatever (I won't go THERE to those sordid obscenities) and get your desired results (e.g. the perverts roaring fascist anti-science success that would have done their fellow 1930s Nazis proud at getting perversion reclassified by shrinks as "normal" via political action overthrowing the irrefutable SCIENTIFIC facts of it's sickness manifestly obvious by just looking at deranged Bwaney Fwank, his "boyfriend" adored by his who ring fascist party, like with the drive by media and Chappaquiddick Teddy who secretly laughed for years at how he got away with conning the people about being sorry for screwing Mary Jo. For those who know true versus revisionist history, the fascist Soviets took us over long ago without firing a shot as we gave ourselves up to our who ring lusts and turned our backs on God, raising our middle finger in His precious face and daring Him to break it off. He did, and that inexplicably and miraculously (http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/the-tornado-the-lutherans-and-homo...), but of course, fools that we are, we weren't impressed, as Jesus and Abraham said we wouldn't be (Luke 16:31).
For those who prefer truth to the derangement of Ron and the drive by media and most, "conservative" as well as "liberal" (whatever those meaningless words are) inevitably onboard with the perverts' propaganda (stemming from www.thepinkswastika.com) through their belief in the deranged fascist evolution fraud whose source of disinformation is the same as the agw/c's, see "The gay invention" at http://touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=18-10-036-f and see some of how effective the propaganda scam has been at www.DrJudithReisman.org.
For the issue of the true, great science of the greatest scientist, Sir Isaac Newton, creationist (versus the deranged vile apostate religion pretending to be science of the corrupt fascist clergyman Darwin, followed by nutcase Richard Dawkins), see www.creation.com and www.trueorigin.org. True history shows civilization was only great when creationist, until about the '70s easily beating evolutionist fascists at their own game until they took us over without a shot and we abandoned God's truth (e.g. creationist NASA head Von Braun) for Darwin's joke now the official state religion of the soviets who have ironically turned from it, recognizing its incompetence, unlike us, bound to antiChristian bigotry, sadly including most groups pretending to be "christian" while blindly and stupidly sleeping with Darwin's demons of the father of lies. I've fought to restore science to truth vs our present who ring after the bogus asinine evolutionist religion for decades and it's obvious that only God's intervention will avail our laughingstock where there's more freedom of true religion and thus true science in Russia than here in our who ring fascist antiGod delusions as exemplified in NY's recent committment to sodomizing and molesting its people, including their children. God help us.
To hear the voice of the "ex-gays" silenced by today's fascists whose double standard of alleged First Amendment demanding to be heard only applies to themselves, never to their enemies whose destruction they rabidly pursue, including the murder of their kids, see http://exodus.to
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Wow.....and he didn't even mention that creep Dan Savage
Submitted by djwolf12 on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 8:14pm.
saying that he wanted to have Hate Sex (RAPE) with Rick Santorum on live TV? If anything could be said to be the absolute truth about MSLSD, they play to the lowest common denominator, Scum of the earth hate mongers. I CANNOT wait until election day 2012. When Obama loses that night, it will either be absolute anarchy on MSLSD, 4 letter words will not be censored and you will see in real time the exposure of the real radical left. But, it could also look like the 2nd coming of Jonestown.
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He can't mention Savage; they're secretly dating.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 8:53pm.
I read that Ronnie has a "Danny Was Here" tattoo on his left butt cheek.
Of course that's just a rumor. By all accounts, Dan is still happily "married."
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Santorum believes marriage is
Submitted by rbosque on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 8:20pm.
Santorum believes marriage is a sacred act and sex should be between a husband and wife. Nothing abnormal about it, it is the basis and foundation of our society and it's the formula God gave us.
Because Ron wants to break God's laws he has it in for Santorum. Hey Ron: the problem with you is that you just don't want to obey God and want to continue living a perverted life. Santorum doesn't have a problem, YOU DO.
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And you know what else the problem with you is, Ron?
Submitted by ProudAmerican58 on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 12:06am.
You're one of the many deliberately obtuse (I'll give you the benefit of the doubt) proponents of same-sex marriage (an oxymoron if ever there was one) who confuses policy with definition. Yes, at various points in time certain practices were allowed within the tradition of marriage: a woman was treated as the property of a man; one man could be married to multiple women; a white man could not marry a black woman. See a pattern here, Ron?
Regardless of changes in practice and policy, marriage has ALWAYS been defined as the union between one man and one woman. The only union that brings together "the two great halves of humanity who are able to create new life and create the next generation."
If I've said it once I'll say it a million times: I WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED INTO DENYING NATURAL LAW!!!!!
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He missed it
Submitted by adamsmith on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 7:50am.
alright. He spoke of "other times"...The Ancient Greeks practiced homosexual sex but never married men. Women were for marriage and children, and the men were usually in a "mentor" relationship, an older patriarchal type and his young charge. Even in such a bisexual reality, no Greeks were men marrying men. It was an incompatible concept.
Me, I don't care if two people of the same sex want to stand in front of an altar and pretend that God is smiling down on this "union". Rather than a Constitutional Amendment that marriage is between a man and woman, as a Libertarian I think the concept of State recognized marriage should go by the wayside. It didn't start in this country until 1865, so blacks and whites couldn't legally intermarry. It's usefulness to whomever it was useful is long gone. Marriage belongs in church, not on courthouse steps.
Ron Reagan Jr. is another typical shrill liberal whining male. They ALL have father issues. Just look at Bill Maher....He hates his father because he DIDN'T rape him in the tool shed.
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Seems like an
Submitted by notinstl on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 8:22pm.
angry butt-pirate
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Without the name "Reagan"
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 8:40pm.
this guy would be mopping floors at McDonalds.
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Rad, I still think he is a product of accidental baby switching
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 8:46pm.
...in the maternity ward.
Vote for the American in November
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Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:15pm.
I bet Ron Sr. felt the same way, but was to much of a gentleman to say so.
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Or HE's the adopted one.
Submitted by Red Jeep on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 7:19am.
Not Michael.
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Reagan is the biggest
Submitted by Bhaal on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 10:55pm.
Reagan is the biggest dingleberry I've ever seen. If not for his dad he would just be another unknown malcontent misfit angry at the world.
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Submitted by jdripper on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 8:43pm.
The village just called they need their idiot back.
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Ron Jr is a bona fide member
Submitted by Maestroh on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:00pm.
Ron Jr is a bona fide member of the Lucky Sperm Club. Who'd care what he said if his name was Bob Wilson Jr?
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Ron Jr is a bona fide member
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:04pm.
LOL - You could have stopped right there.
Vote for the American in November
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I was thinking the same thing..........
Submitted by djwolf12 on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:24pm.
The False Murrow (Bathtub Boy, failed 8pm Primetime host on a cancelled TV show on MSLSD) had Robin (AKA David Shyster) as a sidekick. Now, could you imagine this lineup together: Tingle Matthews along with his bona fide Member?
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dj, Yeah, sometimes that subject line plays tricks on you
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:30pm.
...and gets to the point even faster than the rest of the comment.
Vote for the American in November
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The economy is...
Submitted by Order270 on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:40pm.
...in the toilet, there are no jobs and the debt is approaching the point of no return. Oh, and Ron Reagan Jr. called Rick Santorum a doodyhead. That's getting to the solution.
Every time I see someone with an Obama bumper sticker, I want to run them off the road and ask them what is their problem.
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I met Ronald Reagan Jr. once.
Submitted by drsamherman on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 10:04pm.
Not impressed. I looked at him a few times and wondered who in the world he was. Of course, he gave me his life story starting with, "Yes, I'm Ronald Reagan Junior!" After I heard that, I started a mini mental status exam (MiniMSE) on him. I can't say for sure, but the amount of pushed speech coming out of him reminded me of bipolarity. Why he thought it was necessary to tell me he was a celebrity (to some) and make a point of telling me how famous he perceives himself to be escapes my imagination.
He definitely did not inherit an iota of his father's communications skills. Since he can't make it on his own merits save for his famous name, he deserves a good, scorching obscurity in one of those "where are they know" programs some few decades hence.
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Reagan makes Matthews look smart
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 10:37pm.
REAGAN: If you find yourself similarly flummoxed, just point out this very simple distinction. Laws against polygamy are non-exclusionary. Whether you are gay or straight, black or white, Christian or Muslim, you can't be married to more than one person at a time.
We're looking at predence. Before the first state passed a same-sex marriage law, it was a state court that overturned an existing law that restricted marriage to one man and one woman. The argument that the gay advocates offered was that the state has no right to legislate who can love whom (A fallacious argument since states aren't concerned about love.)
Likewise, once marriage is broadened to include same sex couples, what's to keep a court from ruling that polygamy cannot be recognized?
This is why states need to get out of the marriage license business altogether.
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Your 15 minutes are over, go
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Wed, 08/24/2011 - 11:38pm.
Your 15 minutes are over, go back to working your gloryhole.
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Submitted by scarletandgold on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 2:19am.
what we need are many many more homophobic politicians,,,lol they make that out to be a bad thing
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Pretty sad, this guy...
Submitted by packman on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 8:37am.
I'm sure his Dad is rolling over in his grave every time this titmouse opens his mouth...
"...Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread..." ~Thomas Jefferson
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when you are totally devoid of talent or skill
Submitted by Kuso Jiji on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 9:11am.
there is one place you can go, the leftwing media.
young ronny has no talent, no skills, nothing original to offer so the leftwing media is more than happy to use him as they attempt to control the narrative.
Ronald Reagan was the greatest President of the 20 century. His son Ronny is only doing damage to himself.
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Hay, Ron...
Submitted by CobraMan on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 11:10am.
Hay, Ron, why don't you run for office and see just how popular YOU are!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
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He would rather pretend
Submitted by ohio granny on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 11:14am.
He would rather pretend that he is relevent. Maybe he is just jealous his brother Michael gets more publicity than he does.
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His dad
Submitted by spepper on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 12:27pm.
His dad, Ronaldus Magnus, HAS to be rolling in his grave, saying "There he goes, again"
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Hey Ron do us all a favor and
Submitted by Barack Must Go on Thu, 08/25/2011 - 5:26pm.
Hey Ron do us all a favor and come out of the closet already. Maybe then you won't be such a little ' mean girl '.
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Most public housing agencies can use rental income only for operating expenses and maintenance or upkeep.
They can't undertake major rehab, let alone the demolition and rebuilding, of public housing.
But under the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program — the brainchild of HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan — the Housing Authority of San Bernardino County would be able to use equity in the property as collateral for loans.
RAD also would give the Housing Authority long-term rent assistance from the federal government, the same way Section 8 landlords get rent subsidies for providing affordable housing.
That money will help National Community Renaissance of California, or CORE, fill a gap of about $40 million in the $200 million it needs to rebuild Waterman Gardens, said Steve PonTell, CORE's president and CEO.
CORE wants to demolish the 252-unit project and replace its deteriorating streets, sewers, water mains and electrical lines in order to build a modern, mixed-use complex.
It would include housing not just for low-income tenants but also moderate-income residents and senior citizens. Townhomes would be for sale to owners who will live in them.
Rebuilding would enable the nonprofit affordable-housing developer to increase the number of units on the 38 acres to 411. CORE also would develop a large community park linking the site to a nearby elementary school, if the school district agrees.
Although stricter management has rooted out problem tenants and street crime that once plagued it, Waterman Gardens still carries the stigma of public housing.
Nevertheless, CORE ran into a buzz saw of neighborhood opposition when it brought the plan to demolish and rebuild Waterman Gardens to the San Bernardino planning commission last summer.
"We were completely blindsided by the community's reaction," PonTell said.
CORE took the project off the table and regrouped, holding meetings with neighborhood associations, residents and other groups to explain that the new Waterman Gardens would have on-site management, residents would be screened and felons would be banned from the properties, PonTell said.
"Crime in our neighborhoods goes down when we come in and manage," said PonTell.
Neighbors also were concerned about the 252 families that would be displaced when Waterman Gardens is demolished. Plans were revised to take the project down in phases and relocate families on-site to prevent disruption, PonTell said.
By the time the proposal went back to the planning commission last month, opposition had evaporated. Planning commissioners approved it 7-1.
The project goes next to the City Council on Feb. 18.
Of 3,200 housing authorities nationwide, San Bernardino's was one of only 199 approved for the RAD pilot program.
It's a critical step in the process that enables CORE to seek loans, grants and low-income tax credits to tear down and rebuild Waterman Gardens, said Patrick Clancy, an adviser to CORE who has developed affordable housing in the mid-Atlantic region for 40 years.
If the program works, RAD could be offered to other housing authorities to transform substandard public housing into livable communities.


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As the article stated, their are rumors circulating about Lopez's ex-wife considering reconciliation. Last time I checked, she had a lot to do with the loss that he took last year.
Mentally, that shitty pending divorce surely took a toll on him leading up to that fight. Now, Im not solely blaming his performance on this alone, because we all know that he has bad habits between fights.
It sucks that a "reconciliation" is even brought up a week before this big rematch, when it had the most effect on him in the first fight. Not to get in this guy's personal life, but from what I know...it's cheaper to keep her...and it's hell if you dont take her back!
*Oh yeah...I dont want somebody to jump on here and say some cliche' shit like, "I dont care what happens in his personal life, as long as he comes to fight". M*therf*cker, wasn't his personal life the reason he looked bad in the last fight?


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...to react to the Bin Laden news.
"The internet has moved at a breathless pace since the world found out about Osama Bin Laden's death late last night, with experts from all fields being consulted to lend fresh perspective. Well, we think we've found a new area of specialty: pornstars! To show that Bin Laden's death has captured just about everyone's attention, we've rounded up some Twitter reactions from people who have sex for a living. Admittedly, out of the fifty or so accounts we scoped out, the pornstars below are the only ones who chose to address this momentous occasion on Twitter."
I don't want this getting to 150 or w/e words, so the reactions will be posted in the first comment.


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On Minnesota gay marriage vote, seniors a tough crowd
SHOREVIEW, Minn. (AP) — The word "homosexual" was rarely uttered in public when Louise Pardee was growing up, but now the 81-year-old is dialing up fellow Minnesota senior citizens trying to convince them gay relationships are nothing to fear.
"Often I find myself saying, 'I know this isn't an easy thing to talk about,'" Pardee said, between calls at a phone bank in suburban St. Paul set up to fight a proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage.
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text: Seriously, I realize some will view me as a conspiracy nut, but raiders seem to have a different threshold for inclusion in the hall of fame. Best wishes and good luck Timmy, hope you have the best saturday afternoon of your life today. Was really hoping Ray Guy and Lester freakin Hayes were also waiting for 4pm. I'm tired of being stabbed in the back. Suspect the below will have already told you where i am on this particular subject.


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Fitbit One
Reviewed by drumsmack (Currently owns)
After reading about "activity trackers" for about a month on an off, I decided to get a Fitbit One. After using it for one day I got my girlfriend one after she got really excited about it after hearing about my first day with mine.
24. 7. Not only does it track your steps, activity level, elevation change, calories burned, and miles moved, it also tracks your sleep quality if you wear it in a wrist band while you sleep (one is included)
The battery life is phenomenal!
The OLED screen is bright and sharp.
Many people in "reviews" claim that the clip (which the unit pops in an out of) is poorly designed. They are too limited to understand that you wear the clip with the fitbit facing into your body so that it cannot pop out of the clip holder... duh... so go ahead and ignore their reviews. Some even gave it a bad review score because they lost it and wanted fitbit to give them another one for free / lol.
The software is easy to use and the web interface is simple but powerful. If you want to start to quantify your-self, your activity level, and or your sleep, the FitBit one is probably your best bet for casual 24. 7. use. If you are an athlete looking to track yourself doing your thing, other products might be a better fit.
Well done Fitbit!
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2014 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
2014 Land Rover Range Rover Sport finally launched in the New York Auto Show 2013. All-New Range Rover Sport 2014 offers bold and progressive exterior design. RR Sport is the third model from the RR family (RR, RR Evoque, RR Sport). Sports is a premium SUV Land Rover's fastest cars and responsive.
The body more 62 mm longer than the previous model to be 4880 mm. However, the length is the shortest in the class of 7-seater SUV. Wheelbase grew to 168 mm gives the cabin more spacious and easier access for passengers. Overhang front/rear is shorter. While the width of the car increases 55 mm.
New long RR Sport is shorter 149 mm, height 55 mm lower than the All-New RR which became his base. In fact, 45 pounds lighter. Wheel-travel best in its class (260 mm front and 272 mm rear) and offers a 546 mm wheel articulation to cope with rough terrain though. Ground clearance increased 51 mm to 278 mm.
Revised air suspension and coupled with the latest generation Terrain Response System. Electronic power steering is completely new, lighter and feels right. Land Rover will offer 2 full-time 4WD system. First, 2-speed transfer case with low range option, with the distribution of 50/50 torque. Second, 1-speed transfer case with a Torsen differential. Torque distribution of 42/58. This system is 18 kg lighter.
The car body using aluminum, will be loaded with 5.0 liter supercharged V8 (510 hp) petrol engine and 3.0-liter diesel SDV6. Later engine options will be developed with the presence of a 3.0-liter TDV6 258PS and 4.4-liter SDV8 339PS diesel in early 2014. Hybrid diesel version can be ordered from next year.
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