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Grover Norquist and the Koch Brothers (and Republicans/Fox "news" viewers) are NOT anti-tax. They are anti INCOME tax.
They are just fine with sales tax increases and payroll tax increases.
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The Koch's are about the worst humans on earth.
We already tax wind generated electricity, why not tax solar converted electricity ?
So are you 1st going to admit that taxes are being used by mommy government to manipulate behavior?
2nd "solar mandates" is a bad idea. Free market should dictate. But wait solar is still expensive and not as cost effective, so let us make mommy government subsidize what it is mandating. Oh but then since this is so great and the home owner can make money by selling it back we should also let them do that. And you now call the guy who points out that hey, this is wrong, a bad guy and polluter? And solyndra worked and was about magic green job and not about a magic donor pay out with out tax stimulus money. -
Of course this will change when the Koch Brothers buy out ALL the solar panel Manufacturers!
Then they will be all for Solar…just as long as THEY end up making money from it. -
Just as Waren buffet after yet another oil train derailment, he buys stock in the pipeline. Now that a rich democrat has an interest we hear how good the pipeline is?
Koch Industries makes over 100 billion annually. It is the second largest business in the US. Obviously they should be able to tell the rest of us what to believe.
But but we must make people buy it to save the earth and all. That is why we the tax payer should pay for part or all of someone elses power supply.
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Mmmmm, just smell that fragrant coal smoke and oil exhaust!
NPR's "fresh air" program did an article on the koch bros.
Go to npr.org, click on programs A-Z, click on fresh air,
click on older 'til you get to May 21, 2014 "Wednesdays show"
entitled "how the koch bros remade America's political landscape"
You'll need DSL or higher to listen to the audio. -
The Koch brothers employ thousands of people and actually create things of value. They contribute to many causes that are not political. They have as much right to their causes as the left side of the political spectrum.
The oil companies are the richest corporations the world has ever seen, and they get special tax breaks from the government. Saving the ability of humans to grow their own food is more important than protecting the oil and gas industry's taxpayer funded profits. Great cartoon, by the way. I love the last panel.
Like an alcoholic tearing his house apart for a bottle he thinks he stashed, the oil industry is tearing up the landscape and poisoning the water for one last jolt of petroleum. As it gets more and more expensive, solar and wind look better and better.
Mr. King, that hoax report is almost as funny as the GOP guy who said that wind power was going to use up all the wind!
Still no news story about billionare hedge fund manager,Tom Styer paying the dems $100 million to talk about global warming.
Obama and Reid both did like they were paid to do. -
Still no news story about billionare hedge fund manager,Tom Styer paying the dems $100 million to talk about global warming.
Obama and Reid both did like they were paid to do.
The term "two faced" comes to mind.
Dems are for the highest donor and expect us to believe that they aren't that way. -
This is a joke, of course. It must be. Please tell me it's a joke.
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Markets seem to be still reacting to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments that were, in our view, misinterpreted as dovish. Cable broke above its recent high of 1.5950, returning to levels not seen since November last year.
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Audi Club Wisconsin has a tradition of conducting annual driving clinics for teens to improve their driving skills. The goal is to teach many of the driving dynamics and skills that are often omitted in today's world of basic driver education. The club conducts the clinics as a community service event and all teens are welcome. You do not need to be related to an Audi Club member to participate in the clinic.
The goals of the Street Survival program are to teach students some of the basics of car control, to enhance their enjoyment of driving and to improve their competence as drivers. We want the students to understand how their actions govern a car's responses, and as a result to become safer, more effective drivers on the road.
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The Audi Club of Georgia is hosting a 2-Day Driving School at Atlanta Motorsports Park! Once again, this year's driving school is presented by Audi North Atlanta!
Atlanta Motorsports Park (AMP) is a road course designed by famed Formula One architects, Hermann Tilke. At AMPs heart is a 2-mile road course with 141 feet of elevation changes, technical course layout, high speed straights and two 'signature' corners designed to pay homage to famed European race courses; Belgium's Spa-Francochamps and the iconic 'Carousel' from Germany's Nürburgring.
Registration for this event is now open!
The clinic is designed go far beyond what is typically taught in Drivers Ed or a driving school, with an emphasis in keeping the students in their cars and only a little time in the classroom. This is best described as a classroom within the car.
The event is open to all teen drivers between the age of 16-19 that have either a valid Drivers License or Provisional Driving Permit. All makes and models of cars are welcome.
Come out for PCC's Annual Fall VIR Driver Safety and Education School at one of the premier road courses in the country sponsored by Criswell Audi of Annapolis.
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Got the need for speed? This is a premier event to experience the famed Daytona International Speedway first hand. Take a winter break and head on down to Florida for a fun driving school that's like no other!
You can use the registration form below for the details. You can also go over to MotorSportReg.com and register online. Don't miss out on a chance to drive the famed Daytona!
The Northeast Chapter of the Audi Club NA (NEQ) is holding a special Women's Only run group HPDE School at Lime Rock Park in the beautiful Northwest corner of Connecticut on Thursday May, 15, 2014. We will have the track to ourselves for the afternoon. Instruction will start at 10:30 AM, Lunch will follow and then four 25 minute sessions on the track from 1-5 PM. The women's run group will be limited to 24 participants. This will allow us to have four full track sessions under ideal conditions.


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Children are the new frontier for sales of prescription drugs.
Growth in children's use of drugs outpaced increases for all other age groups last year, says an annual report on prescription drug trends from Medco, a big manager of drug benefits.
A quarter of insured children took a prescription medicine to treat some kind of chronic condition last year, Medco says. Some big categories include drugs to treat asthma and ADHD. Overall, spending on prescription drugs for kids increased by 10.8 percent last year — more than triple the amount for seniors.
Many children now take medicines more typically prescribed for grown-ups, such as cholesterol-fighters, potent heartburn remedies and diabetes treatments.
"All these adult drugs are popping up in children, which is really disturbing," Medco's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Robert Epstein said in a media brieing about the report. Childhood obesity is a common thread.
Separately, Medco's data confirm a report from the AARP earlier this week on big price increases for brand-name drugs. Medco said prices increased 9.2 percent last year. That's the biggest move up this decade, the company said.
David Snow, Medco's CEO, said the big price jump has a lot to do with the looming tax on pharmaceutical companies to help pay for health overhaul. "No one is going to absorb this kind of cost without passing it on to the ultimate" customer, he said of the drugmakers' price increases.
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Bowling refers to a series of sports or leisure activities in which a player rolls or throws a bowling ball towards a target. In pin bowling variations, the target is usually to knock over pins at the end of a lane. In target variations, the aim is usually to get the ball as close to a mark as possible. The pin version of bowling is often played on a flat wooden or other synthetic surface,[1] whilst in target bowling, the surface may be grass, gravel or a synthetic surface.[2] The most common types of pin bowling include ten-pin, nine-pin, candlepin, duckpin and five-pin bowling, while in target bowling, bowls, bocce, carpet bowls, pétanque and boules, both indoor and outdoor varieties, are popular. Today, the sport of bowling is enjoyed by 100 million people in more than 90 countries worldwide.
The earliest most primitive forms of bowling can be dated back to Ancient Egypt[3] and the Roman Empire. From records and artifacts in ancient Egypt, going back 3000–5000 years ago, remnants of bowls used at the time were found.[4] Balls, made of husks of corn, covered in material such as leather, and bound with string were made. Other balls, made of porcelain, also exist, indicating that these were rolled along the ground, rather than thrown, due to their size and weight.[4] Some of these resemble the modern day jack used in target bowl games of today. Bowls games of different forms are also noted by Herodotus as an invention of the Lydians in Asia Minor.[5] About 2,000 years ago a similar game evolved between Roman legionaries: it entailed tossing stone objects as close as possible to other stone objects (this game became popular with Roman soldiers, and eventually evolved into Italian Bocce, or outdoor bowling).[6]
The first standardized rules for pin bowling were established in New York City, on September 9, 1895.[7] The oldest surviving bowling lanes in the United States is part of the summer estate of Henry C. Bowen in Woodstock, Connecticut, at Roseland Cottage. The lanes, now part of Historic New England's Roseland Cottage house museum, dates to the construction of the cottage in 1846. It contains Gothic Revival architectural elements, in keeping with the style of the entire estate.[8]
Rules for target bowls evolved in each of the countries who had adopted the predominantly British based game. In 1905, the International Bowling Board was formed, and it subsequent constitution adopted the Laws of the Scottish Bowling Association, with variations allowed for various regulations at individual country level.[9] The oldest known bowls green for target style bowling is that which is now part of the Southhampton Bowling Club, in southern England. The use of the land as an area for recreational bowling dates back to 1299, and was then known as the "Master's Close".[10]
Today, bowling is enjoyed by ninety-five million people in more than ninety countries worldwide[11] and continues to grow through entertainment media such as: video games for home consoles and handheld devices.[12]
Pin bowling[edit]
Five main variations are found in North America, varying especially in New England and parts of Canada:
- Ten-pin bowling: largest and heaviest pins, bowled with a large ball with finger holes, and the most popular size in North America
- See also Introduction to Ten Pin Bowling
- Nine-pin bowling: pins usually attached to strings at the tops, uses a ball without finger holes
- Candlepin bowling: tallest pins, thin with matching ends, and bowled with the smallest and lightest (at 1.1 kg) handheld ball of any bowling sport
- Duckpin bowling: short, squat, and bowled with a handheld ball
- Five-pin bowling: tall, between duckpins and candlepins in diameter with a rubber girdle, bowled with a handheld ball, mostly found in Canada
Target bowling[edit]
Another form of bowling is usually played outdoors on a lawn. At outdoor bowling, the players throw a ball, which is sometimes eccentrically weighted, in an attempt to put it closest to a designated point or slot in the bowling arena. Included in the outdoor category:
Health benefits[edit]
Bowling is an anaerobic type of physical exercise, similar to walking with free weights. Bowling helps in burning calories and works muscle groups not usually exercised. The flexing and stretching in bowling works tendons, joints, ligaments, and muscles in the arms and promotes weight loss. While most sports are not for elderly people, it is possible to practice bowling very well at advanced ages.
Apart from the physical benefits, it also has psychosocial benefits, strengthening friendships or creating new ones in groups.[13]
Technological innovation has made bowling accessible to members of the disabled community.
- The IKAN Bowler, a device designed by a quadriplegic engineer named Bill Miller, attaches to a wheelchair and allows the user to control the speed, direction, and timing of the ten pin bowling ball's release. The name comes from the Greek work "ikano", which means "enable".[14]
- For Bowls the sport has introduced a number of innovations to enable people with a disability to participate at all levels of the sport, from social through to Olympic Standards:
- The use of bowling arms and lifters enables bowlers to deliver a bowl minimising the amount of movement required
- Wheelchair and green manufacturers have produced modified wheel tyres and ramps to enable wheelchair athletes to access bowls greens.
- Modified conditions of play as outlined in Disability classification in lawn bowls
In popular culture[edit]
Many Dutch Golden Age paintings depicted bowling.
Bowling is often depicted as a group date, teen outing, and blue-collar activity.
In films[edit]
The sport has been the subject of a number of "bowling films", which prominently feature the sport of bowling. Examples include:
- 7-10 Split (film) (2007), renamed STRIKE for its USA DVD release in 2009
- Alley Cats Strike, a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie
- The Big Lebowski (1998), bowling played a pivotal role in the film and figured prominently in the film's promotional advertisements.
- Blackball – a 2003 comedy film about a young bowls player, based upon Griff Sanders.[15]
- Crackerjack – a 2002 Australian comedy film about a wisecracking layabout who joins a lawn bowls club in order to be allowed to use a free parking spot but is forced to play bowls with the much older crowd when the club enters financial difficulty.
- Dreamer (1979 film), a direct-to-video film
- The Golden Years (film), a 1960 sponsored film that promoted bowling as a family sport
- Kingpin (film), a 1996 slapstick comedy film
- Spare Me (film), a 1992 "bowling noir" film
- A League of Ordinary Gentlemen, a documentary film about 10-pin bowling that was released on DVD on March 21, 2006 and stars four PBA Tour players
- Strikes and Spares (1934), a sports shorts film that was nominated for a 1934 Academy Award for Best Short Subject (novelty)
- Jackass 2
Bowling is an important theme in other films, as well.
- Bowling for Columbine (2002), Michael Moore's documentary addressing the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, features multiple bowling themes.
- There Will Be Blood (2007), in which anti-hero Daniel Plainview's private bowling alley serves as the setting for the film's last scene.
- The Next Karate Kid (1994), in which Mr. Miyagi referred to a variant of bowling called "Zen Bowling" where players would bowl with their eyes closed.
In shorts[edit]
- The Bowling Alley Cat is a 1942 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 7th Tom and Jerry short. It was produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on July 18, 1942 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and reissued for re-release in 1948.
On television[edit]
- Several game shows have centered around bowling:
- Many local television stations produced Bowling for Dollars as part of a franchise, mainly in the 1970s.
- Nick at Nite had a one-time special entitled King Pins, which featured contestants bowling in unusual ways. Its bonus round featured the winning couple attempting to knock down six giant pins with a likewise oversized ball.
- Comedy Central produced a televised version of a radio show, Let's Bowl, which featured two contestants (usually family members) settling some sort of dispute between each other and competing for nearly worthless prizes, with the hosting and modeling abilities of the cast likewise played for laughs.
- On The Hub's game show Family Game Night with Todd Newton, there is a game called Yahtzee Bowling where families play Yahtzee with a bowling twist.
- "King of Queens" Season 2 Episode 11, "Sparing Carrie", Doug has to decide whether winning bowling games is more important than hurting his wife, Carrie's feelings.[16]
- In The Honeymooners and Jackie Gleason Show, bus driver Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason) and sewer worker Ed "Lillywhite" Norton (Art Carney) belonged to a fraternal organization called the Raccoon Lodge and regularly bowled on its team, "The Hurricanes", at the Acme Bowling Alley.
- In The Flintstones (which imitated and spoofed The Honeymooners and The Jackie Gleason Show),[17][18] "bronto" crane operator Fred Flintstone and his next-door neighbor and sidekick, Barney Rubble, often bowl. Fred is an avid bowler who has won championships based on his incredible bowling skills. A number of episodes address Fred and Barney's bowling adventures, such as:
- In "Wilma's Vanishing Money" (1962-01-26), Fred steals Wilma's money to buy a bowling ball, while Wilma thinks it's a burglar who stole it. She, meanwhile, was planning to use the money to buy Fred that ball he wanted for his birthday.
- In "Bowling Ballet (aka Rush-in Ballet)" (1962-10-05), Fred goes so far as to take ballet lessons in order to improve his game, which leads to his nickname "Twinkletoes". The nickname of "Twinkletoes" stuck with him when Fred attended a local college and became eligible to play on their football team, and it became his call sign.
- In "Seeing Doubles" (1965-12-17), Fred and Barney have a bowling game on Friday night, the night that they are to take Wilma and Betty out to dinner. After failing to convince the wives to let them go bowling, The Great Gazoo makes two robots that look like Fred and Barney. The robots can only say "yes" and "no" and they take the wives to dinner while Fred and Barney go bowling. The robotic impersonators, however, take Wilma and Betty to the most expensive restaurant in town and cause havoc the entire night. It's up to Fred and Barney to round them up and bring them back to Gazoo in order for them to be snapped out.
- In episode 86-4.14 of Roseanne, titled "The Bowling Show", Dan Conner (John Goodman) and Arnie Thomas (Tom Arnold) try to bring their bowling team out of last place in their league.
- Bowling featured prominently in Laverne & Shirley; Laverne (Penny Marshall)'s Italian-born father, Frank De Fazio (Phil Foster), runs the Pizza Bowl, a local hang out featuring pizza, beer, and bowling.
- In episode 221 of The Andy Griffith Show, titled "Howard the Bowler" (originally aired September 18, 1967), Howard Sprague (Jack Dodson) fills in on the bowling team and rolls a perfect game.[19]
- Bowling is the main theme in the JDrama The Golden Bowl.[20]
- In episode 29 of Smile PreCure!, titled "The PreCures Are Sucked Into a Game!?", Cure Peace challenged Red Oni to a bowling game. She eventually won because of her lightning skills.
- Bowling is featured in episode 19 of Dokidoki! PreCure called "Betting the Crystals! Jikochu's Game!". In the episode, the Cures challenged Jikochu for the crystals with bowling as the second game. The Selfish Trio also played bowling during the series' run. Ai also played bowling in episode 38 of the series called "Beel's Scheme! Ai Becomes a Jikochu!?".
- The Simpsons episode 89-1.9 episode, "Life on the Fast Lane," has Marge Simpson taking up the sport in a fit of pique when her husband, Homer, thoughtlessly gave her a bowling ball engraved in his own name for a birthday present. In doing so, she finds herself attracted to an amorous player and finds her marriage in jeopardy.
- One episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood features Fred Rogers and Mr. McFeely playing the game.
- In episode 1.7 of The Golden Girls, ("The Competition"), Dorothy (Bea Arthur) and Blanche (Rue McClanahan) bowl a game against Rose (Betty White) and Sophia (Estelle Getty). If Sophia and Rose win, Dorothy will allow Sophia to go back to Sicily for a visit with an old beau; if Dorothy and Blanche win, Sophia will give Dorothy a pair of antique earrings.
- In Japan, Bowling Revolution P-League is an 18-player tournament, played in rounds of three bowlers and aired on a weekly basis.
In video games[edit]
- 10 Pin Bowling
- 101-in-1 Sports Megamix
- 101-in-1 Sports Party Megamix
- 4-Player Bowling Alley is a 4-player, monochrome, ten-pin bowling arcade game released by Midway Games in 1979. This featured the "Flash".
- Alley Master is a ten-pin bowling arcade game released by Cinematronics in 1986.
- Bowling is an Atari 2600 video game released in 1979.
- Crazy Taxi
- Dynamite Bowl is a 5-player bowling game released for the Nintendo Family Computer, the MSX computer system, and for the NEC PC-8801 in 1987.
- Elf Bowling
- Game & Wario
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Gutterball
- Gutterball 2
- Hasbro Family Game Night 4: The Game Show
- High Velocity Bowling
- Kinect Sports
- Kinect Sports Rivals
- League Bowling
- Mario Party
- Mario Party 2
- Mario Party 8
- Mario Party 9
- Mario Party Advance
- Paper Mario: Sticker Star
- PlayStation Home
- Polar Bowler
- RocketBowl
- Saints & Sinners Bowling
- Silver Strike Bowling
- Sonic Adventure
- Sports Champions 2
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Super Monkey Ball
- Super Monkey Ball 2
- Tekken
- Tekken Tag Tournament
- Ten Pin Alley
- Wii Sports
- Wii Sports Club
- Wii Sports Resort
- Yakuza 3
- Yakuza 4
Introduction to ten-pin bowling[edit]
Bowling centers[edit]
A bowling center (more commonly known as a bowling alley) is a facility that is equipped to play the game of bowling. Bowling centers usually have at least two lanes with larger centers having over 80 lanes. Depending on the building, lanes may be laid all on one floor, across multiple floors, or a setup with a group of lanes facing one direction and another group of lanes facing another direction. Bowling lanes are laid out in married pairs with each pair sharing a ball return rack, automatic scoring console, and in some cases a bowler seating setup. Weekly league sessions are normally contested on one married pair of lanes with equal play for each participant on each lane. In a tournament, one game will be played on a married pair of lanes and bowlers will change to a new pair of lanes after every game.
The lane bed is built from either wood or phenolic. A wood lane uses maple for pin decks, the ball impact zone and the approach while pine is used for the second half of the lane after the impact zone. The measurement from the foul line to the center axis of the head pin is exactly sixty feet. In ten pin, the pins are either Surlyn-coated maple or a plastic composite. For small ball bowling, all pins are now made of plastic composites. The pinsetter varies by game, but have two foundations — string and free-fall. Most ten-pin, candlepin, and duckpin centers are free fall while five-pin and soft belly duckpin centers are dominated by string pinsetters. String pinsetters have a lower operating cost. The ball return consists of a ball tray and an up-ramp. Most ten pin centers and some small ball centers use a power lift to raise the ball to the tray.
A bowling center requires a lot of space. A single lane requires a footprint of about 620 square feet including the lane bed, gutters, pit end, pinsetter, ball returns, and approach area. This does not include space for seating, party rooms, arcades, the concourse, kitchen, administrative areas, fire safety systems, and other building requirements.
The most common bowling is ten pin bowling. In ten pin bowling, matches consist of each player bowling a "game". Each game is divided into ten "frames". A frame allows a bowler two chances to knock down all ten pins. The number of pins knocked over in each frame is recorded, a running total is made as each frame progresses, and the player with the highest score in his/her game wins the game. Scores can be greater than the actual number of pins knocked over if strikes or spares are bowled. A "strike" is scored when a player knocks down all pins on the first roll in the frame. Rather than a score of 10 for the frame, the player's score will be 10 plus the total pins knocked down on the next two rolls in the next frame(s). A "spare" is scored when all pins are knocked down using both rolls in the frame. The player's score for that frame will be 10 plus the number of pins knocked down on the first roll in the next frame. A player who rolls a spare or strike in the last frame is given one or two more rolls to score additional points, respectively.
Two consecutive strikes is known as a "double" (also known among older bowlers as a hambone, prior to Pro Bowling Association/ESPN announcers changing it). Three consecutive strikes is known as a "turkey". Four consecutive strikes is known as a "hambone" (PBA announcing in 2009/2010) or "four bagger". Five consecutive strikes is known as a "five bagger", "dropping the nickel", or "Yahtzee" (PBA). Six consecutive strikes is known as a "six-pack" or "Six bagger". Seven or more follow the "-pack"/"bagger" rule, or is simply called (number of strikes) in a row. A perfect game consists of 12 consecutive strikes, one for every frame and two more on the extra rolls in the 10th, and results in a score of 300. A clean game is filling every frame with either a spare or a strike. In many forms of indoor bowling (specifically ten-pin, candlepin, and duckpin), the highest possible score is 300. In five-pin, the highest possible score is 450.
A common variation of the game is no-tap, a form of bowling where a specific number or more pins knocked down counts as a strike. Nine or eight pin no-tap is most often used. No-tap in five-pin awards a strike if the first ball leaves one of the corner pins. Standard only two people plays in the international tournaments.
Types of pins[edit]
Five main variations are found in North America, varying especially in New England and parts of Canada:
- Ten-pin bowling: largest and heaviest pins, bowled with a large ball with finger holes, and the most popular size in North America
- Nine-pin bowling: pins usually attached to strings at the tops, uses a ball without finger holes
- Candlepin: tallest pins, thin with matching ends, and bowled with the smallest and lightest (at 1.1 kg) handheld ball of any bowling sport
- Duckpin: short, squat, and bowled with a handheld ball
- Five-pin bowling: tall, between duckpins and candlepins in diameter with a rubber girdle, bowled with a handheld ball, mostly found in Canada
Bowling balls vary, depending on the type of bowling game. Ten-pin balls are large, up to 27 inches in circumference (approximately 8.59 inches diameter), and have as many as twelve holes, typically three holes. The balls come in various weights from 6 to 16 lbs, with the size and spacing of the finger holes often smaller on lighter balls to accommodate smaller hands. Different kinds of balls are available for different styles of bowling. There are balls for hook shots and balls for bowling straight. The bowling balls meant for hook shots have different core shapes and different chemical covers. There are a few types of chemical covers that allow a bowling ball to hook more. One of these types of covers is a resin cover. This resin cover is designed to move and absorb the oil on the lane to create a path for the bowler where there is less oil, increasing the amount of hook of the bowling ball. Balls for other games vary, e.g., candlepin balls which fit in the palm of the hand need no holes. Unlike most sports, the ball can be different weights based upon the player.
All bowling centers provide bowling balls (house balls) – their usage is included in the bowling fee. For ten pin bowling, the center will provide a fleet of house balls in varying weight and standard grip sizes while idle lanes have empty ball return racks. Customers that use house balls will pick a ball that fits from the house ball fleet and place it on the ball rack at the designated lane. When done, the customer should return the house ball to the house ball racks. In small-ball games, each ball return contains a quantity of house balls – usually in at most one or two color patterns.
Bowling shoes are designed to mimic any style of flat shoe from regular dress shoes to athletic shoes. The sole of the non sliding foot is generally made of rubber to provide traction, while the sliding foot's sole is made of a smooth and flat material that allows a bowler to slide into the release with a rubber heel to allow for braking. Rental shoes are typically leather and rubber on both feet for durability. These shoes can be bought, but most casual players rent the shoes each visit to a facility. Players must be very careful while wearing them that the soft material does not get wet or excessively dirty; if it does get wet or dirty, it will not slide properly, and could damage the approach surface.[21]
Depending on the bowling center, shoe rental may be included in the cost of bowling or be added as a separate fee. To discourage theft, bowling shoes are often painted in highly distinctive patterns so that anyone who does steal them will not be able to wear the shoes in public without making the theft obvious.[22]
Hand guard[edit]
A bowling guard is a metal wrist support to attain a certain angle to the wrist when releasing the ball; to hook the ball. There are different types of hand guard, including those with a full metal finger design and ones with an uncovered portion for the middle and ring fingers. There are also wristguards. They allow a bowler to keep their wrist locked into place to generate revolutions on a ball or assist with position and/or weak wrists.[23]
Traditionally, personal bowling balls are carried in special zippered bags, along with shoes and a polishing cloth. Some bags are only large enough to fit shoes, while others can accommodate multiple balls, resembling roller bag luggage.[24][25]
Ball release techniques and delivery styles[edit]
Ball release[edit]
There are typically two different ways to roll a ball down the lane.
- Straight
- Beginners commonly just bowl the ball straight down the lane, hoping to hit the 1 and 2 pocket or the 1 and 3 pocket. When bowling straight like this, people often hold the ball with their hand in a "W" shaped form.
- Hook/Curve
- The hook or curve ball is commonly used by more advanced players. As the bowler releases the ball, the ball starts out straight and then "hooks" because of the rotation the bowler puts on the ball during release. When curving, most people use two fingers and a thumb.
Delivery styles[edit]
There are three different types of styles used when releasing the ball onto the lane. The three styles are the stroker, cranker and tweener styles.
- Stroker
- People who use the stroker style usually keep their feet square to the foul line. Stroking lessens the ball's spin rate and therefore decreases its hook/curve potential and hitting power. Strokers use finesse and accuracy.
- Cranker
- Crankers try to create as much spin as possible by using a cupped wrist. Bowlers that use the cranking method often cup their wrist, but open the wrist at the top of the swing. Crankers often use late timing, meaning the foot reaches the foul line before the ball does; this is called "plant and pull", hardly using any slide on their last step and pulling the ball upwards for leverage. Crankers rely on speed and power.
- Tweener
- Tweeners are bowlers that release the ball in a way that falls somewhere in between stroking and cranking. Tweeners often release the ball with a higher backswing than is normally used by a stroker or a less powerful wrist position than a cranker.
- The UFO style was create by Taiwanese and widely used in Asia. Unlike other different types of styles, the flat of UFO's rotation is parallel to the ground. The ball is spun in a counter-clockwise manner (right handed) and enters the pins close to the middle of the lane, deflecting and causing pins to scatter rather than fly around. A ball weighing 10-12 pounds is used.
Bowling safety[edit]
Bowling balls are heavy with varying weight ranges; to avoid back and wrist injury, they should be picked up with both hands. It's also recommended to bend one's knees while picking up bowling balls to avoid back injuries. Most bowling ball return mechanisms use a power-lift that includes a spinning wheel, and it is recommended that bowlers should keep their hands clear of it. Bowlers should also warm up their fingers before inserting them into a bowling ball, to ensure that their fingers do not get stuck in the ball.[26][27]
Even in small ball bowling, balls should be picked up with one hand on each side of the ball — small balls return to the rack with enough force to smash fingers.
It is very common in bowling to warm up in other sports by stretching the arms and legs. Some ways bowler stretch is by using the bowling ball as a sort-of medicine ball. They pick up the bowling ball and put the ball behind their head and stretch their arms. Normally bowlers squeeze the bowling ball. They also stretch their quadriceps by lifting their leg behind their back. "A warm up should begin with some light activity to increase blood flow to the muscles" (called "bowling stretches")[28]
It is imperative to keep the soles of bowling shoes dry. If the bowling shoe sole gets wet, it can stick like glue on an approach and result in the bowler suffering a wipeout or blown knee. The most common causes of wet bowling shoes tend to be spilled beverages, drips in washrooms and near concessions, and snowmelt or rainwater tracked into the bowling center. Outdoor footwear should be removed at the bowling center entrance. All spills should be reported to bowling center staff and cleaned immediately. A shoe cover is sold in most pro shops for bowlers who still want to wear bowling shoes while walking around the alley, in the washroom etc. Removable soles are sold with higher end bowling shoes to combat when a bowling shoe does get wet.
The lane surface carries a high amount of oil (lane conditioner) and is extremely slippery. A bowler should never cross the foul line at the approach. Only authorized personnel should step past the foul line, even if it is to pick up a loose item that fell onto the lane.
When cleaning lane conditioner from the bowling ball, care must be taken to ensure that the bowlers fingers don't slip into a finger hole while turning the ball over since it is possible to break a finger.
Major tournaments[edit]
- AMF World Cup
- Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championships
- PBA World Championship
- World Ranking Masters
- World Tenpin Masters
- WTBA World Tenpin Bowling Championships
- USBC Open Championships
Multi-sport events[edit]
- Asian Games
- Asian Youth Games
- Bolivarian Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games
- Mediterranean Games
- Pan American Games
- South American Games
- Southeast Asian Games
- Special Olympics World Games
- Olympic Games; there has been debate whether ten-pin bowling should be included; it was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Summer Games
- World Games
See also[edit]
- Open bowling
- Glossary of bowling
- Automatic scorer
- Battle of the Bowling Alley, so named for the narrow valley north of Taegu, South Korea (dubbed the "Bowling Alley"), where United Nations forces defeated North Korean forces early in the Korean War
- Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs (FIQ), the top international bowling organization
- New Zealand Indoor Bowls
- Pinsetter
- Skee ball — a game that plays similar to bowling
- Skittles, the sport from which alley-based bowling originated
- Bowls, Lawn Bowling
- ^ United States Bowling Conference
- ^ Crystal-Mark (2010). Laws of the Sport of Bowls. World Bowls Ltd. p. 9.
- ^ Help with Bowling: The History and Origins of Bowling
- ^ a b Pretsell, James M. (1908). The Game of Bowls Past and Present. Oliver & Boyd. p. 1.
- ^ Pretsell 1908, p. 2.
- ^ Bowling in ancient Rome
- ^ Springdale USBC Site
- ^ "Roseland Cottage — Historic New England". Historicnewengland.org. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
- ^ Munro, J.P. (1951). Bowls Encyclopedia. Melbourne Australia: Wilke & Co. p. 167.
- ^ Linney, E.J. (1933). A History of the Game of Bowls. Edingburgh Press. p. 22.
- ^ Fit4FunKids site
- ^ AMF Bowling Pinbusters! for Nokia N-Gage
- ^ Calorie-counter.net - How to Lose Weight by Bowling
- ^ "Ability Magazine: IKAN Bowler''". Retrieved 2012-04-06.
- ^ "From bowling green to silver screen". BBC News. 2003-08-28. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwFToAqZIZM
- ^ Stinnett, Chuck. "Rango is latest reminder that animated films are thriving". Evansville Courier & Press, March 8, 2011
- ^ "The Flintstones Frequently Asked Questions List". Retrieved 2010-07-20.
- ^ Howard, the Bowler at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "Golden Bowl". jdorama.com. Retrieved 2013-07-16.
- ^ "Using bowling shoes". about.com. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
- ^ Imponderables, David Feldman, 1986.
- ^ Bowling Forum, 15 February 2010.
- ^ Broughton, Cristy (January 13, 2011). "Top five cheap bowling bags". Yahoo! Canada Sports. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
- ^ Gornstein, Leslie (August 22, 2012). "Mad Men Star Christina Hendricks'...". Fashion Police. E! Online. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
[..]somewhere between the '60s and yesterday, bowling totes evolved to look like roller bags[..]
- ^ BellaOnline - Personal Bowling Safety
- ^ Pinboy's Guide To Better Bowling
- ^ Bowling stretches. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.topendsports.com/sport/tenpin/warmup-stretches.htm


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2008 Prediction Results
Alright, it is about time we check to see how well I did last year. I am only 3 months late in doing so. :)
1) The STO license will stay with Perpetual as long as they keep their heads above water money wise. New announcements about the game will be few (comparatively speaking) but what is released will be carefully chosen and will make a few say "hmmm…" (in a good way).
Well, we all know that this did not transpire. However, I did make it a safe bet by saying if PE stayed financially viable. As they did not, I could claim this one as a score. I think we all understand that that was not the jist of what I was predicting here though. As such, I can only give myself the following score.
Score: 0
2) WoW will continue to glide along on its seemingly endless trade winds. I think it is a foregone conclusion that the new expansion will miss the 2008 mark (but not by much). We may however see some small parts of it released as a live patch in order to pacify some.
WoW did and does continue to glide on but Blizzard did make the 2008 release. I can only take refuge in the fact that I was not the only one out there who said it would be missed.
Score: 0
3) AoC will not be what many have conceived it to be. It will be in the same boat as D&DO.
This became all to apparent. Nothing more to say here.
Score: 1
4) Cryptic Studios will rise up with some exciting news. I do not know what but it will be something to get the community talking about them in a good light.
Champions Online, Star Trek Online and rumors of yet another game all came to light last year. While not quite a shining star in the industry and their only momentum at this point is a game they sold off to their publisher, these announcements have kept them viable in the blog and podcast world. Will these games deliver past their first 6 to 8 months of "newness"? I guess we will find out.
Score: 1
5) EQ II will continue to be the sleeper it is now while its subscriber numbers continue to rise.
While I have no official numbers to claim success here, I have to mark it as a hit. EQ II continually puts out quality content, updates and is very much treated as SOE's star product. There are no signs of this MMORPG slowing down anytime soon.
Score: 1
6) Warhammer will have a huge release (not much of a prediction there) but the community will be heavily commenting on it "failures" this time next year.
As with my AOC prediction above, it was somewhat sad to see this come true. Please keep in mind that the "this time next year" part of the prediction would have been the end of 2008.
Score: 1
) RMT will be announced to becoming to a true western market AAA game. I do not mean The Agency but something more liken to WoW or an EQ II. Whether it is a new game or a new server for an existing game is unknown.
Star Wars: The Old Republic unofficially "officially" announced a micro transaction plan. EQ II introduced the start of micro transactions with Station Cash. While not true RMT in the sence that players can make money off of ingame items. It is a big step for a traditional subscription based game.
We now know that my true prediction was only a few months off though. As all of the Vanguard servers will now part of the Live Gamer service.
Score: 0
8) Developers who are thinking about RMT services will start listening to the gaming community for new ideas that may be appealing ways to implement it instead of the normal "cash shops".
For this, I was not really thinking of removing cash shops but adding things to them that are a bit more than fluff. Something like name change, server transfers that are always available, race change, complete character re-customization. Or, something like…"you don't like your mythical weapon mounted on your back? Then buy this side mounted weapon that has all the same stats!".
I also kind of misrepresented this prediction. As I meant it to be micro transaction related and not RMT. I do think there is a distinct difference.
Score: 0
9) Some bloggers will be hired by developers/publishers as a new marketing tool.
No available information to sustain this as being true.
Score: 0
10) Bioware will still keep the Austin project quiet and we will start to see more and more "who cares" posts. Time starts to run out this year for them to make an announcement.
Missed on this too but I will say that before SW: TOR was announced this past year, I did indeed start to see a few "do we still care?" comments around.
Score: 0
While I have only scored a pure 4 out of 10 here, a lot of the ones I missed on still had a lot of truth wrapped up in them. And/or were just months away from becoming true. To that extent, I think I did well.
Original posting of these predictions can be found here.
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Well done RogueSlayer, hard to predict exactly what gaming companies will do.
It's only slightly late but I think Cryptic have saved number 9 for you with this site


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Killing Unwanted Text Messages from Yahoo! Alerts?
Re:I would... (388 comments)
In Canada, Telus (formerly ClearNet) charges Cdn$0.10 per incoming message (although apparently messages sent from other mobile phones as opposed to from email are now free). It used to be Cdn$0.50 per message, with no freebies. So it's going in the right direction, but it is still excessively expensive (IMO).
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Yearly Archive for 2008
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I got a glimpse into Sam Houston High School this week, a campus that's made headlines for being the only Texas school to receive the state's lowest rating for five consecutive years. The campus narrowly staved off closure last year. During a Project GRAD tour, I saw a relatively new College Center, where students can […]
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A 42-year-old English teacher was accused of giving oral sex to a 16-year-old student at Westfield High School last week — the third teacher in Spring to get arrested on allegations of having sex with students since late October. What is going on? Do you agree with Spring school district officials, who said today that […]
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So, I have to use up my okra, but don't have time to stand over a pot. Here is a slow-cooker version of gumbo. I didn't have any celery, so I put zucchini in instead. Submitted by EMPIERCE Carbs: 7.7g | Fat: 5.2g | Fiber: 0.9g | Protein: 13.1g | Calories: 127.1
A yummy way to start the day with very little fat and lots of flavor! Submitted by JOJOMKE Carbs: 23.6g | Fat: 0.5g | Fiber: 1.7g | Protein: 3g | Calories: 93.2
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A lighter accompaniment to Turkey. All the flavors of Thanksgiving without swimming butter and sugar. Submitted by 15THC_ODETTE Carbs: 22.5g | Fat: 2.7g | Fiber: 4.7g | Protein: 1g | Calories: 107.3
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Healthy and naturally sweet stuffing with generous serving portions. Submitted by ANNETTEONTHEGO Carbs: 27.6g | Fat: 2.9g | Fiber: 4g | Protein: 3.3g | Calories: 144.9
Gravy gets a bad rap, but this tasty sauce can be made with almost no fat. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 4.1g | Fat: 0g | Fiber: 0.1g | Protein: 0.9g | Calories: 20
This delicious soup may be low-cal but it is not low-taste!! Its very easy to make and will fill you up!! Submitted by MISTYGIRL1780 Carbs: 13.8g | Fat: 2.9g | Fiber: 1.6g | Protein: 3.7g | Calories: 92.8


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Most House committee members say they'd rather wait on Indiana gay marriage ban
INDIANAPOLIS - An effort to place a constitutional same-sex marriage ban on Indiana's 2014 ballot might not have the votes to make it to the House floor.
Most of the 13 members of the House Judiciary Committee, which must green-light the proposed amendment before it reached the full chamber for a vote, said they'd rather wait until next year – at the earliest – to take up the issue.
Four of those members say they support the amendment that would block Indiana from legally recognizing gay couples' relationships. Three oppose it. And six said they haven't firmly decided how they would vote.
Those who are on the fence and want a one-year delay pointed to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling expected to come this summer, as well as complaints from business groups that say the ban would harm their efforts to attract top talent to the state.
"Conceptually, I am in favor of marriage being defined as between a man and a woman. But we have to get it right if we're going to put it in the constitution," said Rep. Dan Leonard, R-Huntington.
Leaders in the Republican-dominated General Assembly have pushed the issue in previous years, but this year their interest has waned.
House Speaker Brian Bosma – the Indianapolis Republican who in 2004 declared a similar effort "the most critical piece of the people's business" – on Thursday brushed off reporters' inquiries on how the chamber would handle the amendment.
"Anybody have a real question, an important question?" he said.
Senate President Pro Tem David Long of Fort Wayne said Republicans there haven't discussed the amendment in caucus meetings yet.
"It's not the highest priority, obviously," Long said.
Lawmakers started the clock on the three-step process to amend a ban of same-sex marriage, civil unions or anything like them into Indiana's constitution in 2011, when both the House and the Senate overwhelmingly approved the measure.
If both chambers pass the exact same legislation again in either 2013 or 2014, voters would get the final say through a November 2014 statewide referendum. But if lawmakers don't approve it either this year or next, the clock would reset and the earliest such a ban could make it onto the ballot would be 2018.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Greg Steuerwald, R-Avon, said he has not decided whether or when his committee would take up the issue.
Steuerwald and three of his fellow Republicans – Rep. Thomas Washburne of Evansville, Rep. Eric Koch of Bedford and Rep. Jud McMillin of Brookville – said they support the ban.
But McMillin and Washburne said they want to wait until next year's legislative session to vote on it.
"The Supreme Court's going to have something to say that'll impact how Indiana wants to proceed, and we ought to take a look at what they say," Washburne said.
Opposing the measure are three Democrats – Rep. Ed DeLaney of Indianapolis, Rep. Ryan Dvorak of South Bend and Rep. Vernon Smith of Gary – who would prefer to see lawmakers drop the issue entirely.
"The last thing you'd want to do is set this train in motion and then have the Supreme Court derail it. The Democratic position is that we'd like to never see this, but a year from now is better than now," DeLaney said.
Six House Judiciary Committee members say they are undecided, including five Republicans and one Democrat.
The Democrat is former House Speaker Pat Bauer of South Bend, who noted that he blocked Republicans from pushing the measure in 2004 and again between 2007 and 2010. "I'm going to reserve judgment on that if they force it," he said.
The Republicans are Leonard, Rep. Peggy Mayfield of Mooresville, Rep. Wendy McNamara of Mount Vernon, Rep. Phyllis Pond of New Haven and Rep. Jerry Torr of Carmel.
Mayfield is a freshman, but the others all voted for the ban in 2011.
McNamara said she would "consider supporting it in the future," but that she wants to wait for the Supreme Court to rule.
"It's difficult to get something out of the constitution once you put it in, no matter what the subject," she said.
Leonard said his concern is that businesses – most prominently, Columbus-based engine maker Cummins Inc. – oppose the amendment's second sentence, which bars any legal recognition similar to marriage. "I think it might be better if we take that out," Leonard said.
Mayfield said she supports family values but since she's a freshman, she wants to hear both sides' arguments. Torr said he didn't want to address his concerns, but doesn't know how he would vote.
Pond said that "some of my friends are for it; some of my friends are against it." She said she does not oppose civil unions, but that it's too late to remove that portion if the amendment is to go on 2014's ballot.
She said she will "listen respectfully, carefully, and I probably will not change my vote." But, she said, lawmakers should "focus entirely on the economic issues" and wait until 2014 to vote on the ban.
Or, better yet, Pond said, "about 10 years from now."
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If you use Yelp to review possible appliance repair companies, BE SURE TO READ The "Not Recommended Reviews" Yelp has some kind of Bot that monitors the new reviews, and either refuses the reviews or puts them into a "Not Recommended Review Category". I've had both things happen to me, I got ripped off by a Cadillac Dealer for service, wrote the review, The Bot hollers "Yikes" at me and refuses to post the review. Today, due to the Outstanding Service that I got on my JA Fridge repair, I wrote a positive review about the company, and at first it posted, but then it went into the "Not recommended Reviews"~~~~along with 7 other 5 Star Reviews of that company~~~and the stars don't get counted if they are in the "Not Recommended Reviews file". So that company really has not as high a rating as it should have, (Had all the reviews been counted). Sooooooo, go down to the bottom of the Yelp page you are looking at reviews on and click the not recommended reviews, ~~~~To see, "The Rest of The Story"!!!!!! In fact do this for anything you are reviewing via Yelp, reataurants, hotels, ~~~~~~U name it!!! Gary |
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- Posted by bobelicious (My Page) on Tue, Jul 8, 14 at 13:47
Gary, I read your post and looked at yelp... here's what they post in the FAQ regarding "not recommended reviews". I'm not making a value judgement on your post or BOT intelligence, just listing what they do state: "Why would a review not be recommended? |
Yes, their review filter is BS. It frequently assumes that good reviews are written by an employee of the business, and bad reviews are written by competitors. Terrible software. |
Yes I am a "less established member"!!!! I've only written 2 reviews on it and one was refused . Doesn't that defeat the whole review process? Gary |
- Posted by bobelicious (My Page) on Tue, Jul 8, 14 at 14:32
Funny. I suppose if you keep adding reviews that get tagged as "not recommended", then eventually you might get yours added to the "recommended" list and become a more established user. What would be nice then, is that your previously tagged "not recommended" reviews would automatically be placed on the "recommended" list! Sure, I bet that's how it works (being sarcastic)! That said, I imagine it's not an easy algorithm to implement. At least they do not just filter out completely the less worthy reviews. |
"At least they do not just filter out completely the less worthy reviews." Well, I beg to disagree, take a look at the reviews here. Note these are all 5 star reviews that were put into the "Not Recommended" category. Gary |
Here is a link that might be useful: Yelp Not Recommended Reviews
- Posted by bobelicious (My Page) on Tue, Jul 8, 14 at 17:38
I think you misinterpreted me but I agree with how bad the algorithm seems to be. This one cracked me up (1st time poster from your link (recommended reviews)). from the site... "My freezer stopped working and I checked yelp and saw the great reviews and true to form they are very good . I called in the morning and got a tech that evening! Tommy fixed my freezer and said I have another 10 years on it! Highly recommend them!!!" my skeptical commentary... a) Who's Tommy? (perhaps Yelp knows... maybe Tommy is NOT the poster's Uncle?) ? b) +10 yrs, wow! I want service from that company :-). Hard to see why that does not get onto the "Not recommended" list. |
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8 Great Winter Dates
By GalTime .com
If weather conditions permit, going sledding or tobogganing is the perfect way to establish physical contact without crossing too many personal boundaries. It is also great exercise, and it may take the damper out of an otherwise bleak winter afternoon. Plus, it is way more exciting than the typical "coffee date!"
Build a snowman
Sound silly? Consider that there's something about reliving childhood activities that tends to conjure up feelings of nostalgia, comfort, playfulness, and warmth—all of which go a long way in alleviating dating fatigue or dread. If you find yourself having too much fun and don't want the date to end, consider grabbing some soup afterwards to warm up and carry on some good conversation.
Visit a bakery and then spread some holiday cheer
My favorite date begins with stopping at your local bakery or coffee shop to purchase some hot chocolate and donuts to give away. Before doing so, set a reasonable budget (perhaps $20 between the two of you). Then step outside to whatever Winter Wonderland awaits you and share your goodies with strangers, the homeless, neighboring retailers, or whoever you know is in need. It's a great way to observe your date's social skills, and it's a relatively selfless, pay-it-forward endeavor. This activity also takes some of the pressure and focus off of you and your date so you're not stuck staring at each other across the table!
Cook together
Assuming it's a blustery winter day and going outside just isn't an option, try picking out some new or unusual recipes and then make them together. There's nothing like enjoying good comfort food on a cold winter's night, and then snuggling up in front of a movie to digest.
Recreate your first (or pivotal) date, if you met during the winter
If your partner planned it the first time, perhaps you can plan it the second time. Be sure to add a few touches that demonstrate how the relationship has grown or how that first date was so instrumental in allowing the relationship to evolve.
Volunteer together at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter
This activity not only allows you both to give back to your community, but you're doing a good deed while getting to spend time with each other. It's a win-win.
Keep in mind, this list just scratches the surface. There are endless possibilities when it comes to planning a winter date. Just don't let them slip by!


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Enjoy easier wheelchair access and transfer. This walk-in bath provides an accessible, safe and relaxing bathing experience. Made from fiberglass-reinforced acrylic for extra durability, it features a large outward-opening door, deep soaking dimensions, chair-height seat and textured floor for added comfort and safety.
Estimated List Price: $7877.00
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Rare 1950 Oldsmobile Futuramic 98 with 26403 original miles on the original 303 Rocket V8. This car is solid and rust free and runs great.Stored for many years,all original interior no rips a few stains ,all there,exterior is all original paint with 64yrs of patina! Nice original car for restoration or freshen up the mechanicals and drive it!
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Come and meet some of our Adoptables On Saturday, November 15th from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at
1044 Irvine Ave, Newport Beach, CA 92660 (949) 515-0000
We will have Dusty, Paisley, Cassidy, Sterling and CiCi at our Meet & Greet
If you would like to donate any items to the rescue, such as collapsible wire crates, x-pens, pet beds, fleeces, leashes, harnesses, and odor control products these are always gratefully received. A tax-deductible receipt can be provided.
These can be dropped off at the veterinary clinic our rescue uses at
Anaheim Canyon Animal Hospital at 781 Weir Canyon Road, #197, Anaheim Hills CA


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New Music: Soulja Boy 'New New'
Soulja Boy brags about making a couple million off YouTube on his new cut "New New." The new SODMG track is produced by Chi-Town's Fya Starta, and come on the heels of his other new tracks "All Black" "Handsome" and "Top Back." Soulja Boy is gearing up to release his Foreign 2 mixtape sometime in the near future. Listen to "New New" below.
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