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The FTC will begin enforcing the Red Flag Rule on June 1st, which states that certain businesses and creditors must help fight identity theft as well as create an identity theft prevention plan. This applies to a very broad class of businesses: those defined as;financial institution- and those that extend any type of credit to their customers.
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- Detection: The plan needs to specifically call out processes and procedures that will be used to detect the previously defined red flags.
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Money and Risk | Creator | 5/29/2010 - 9:55 pm
John, The FTC extended the deadline to December 31, 2010.
DJ | Creator | 5/30/2010 - 11:52 pm
Some other things to keep in mind is if you have an online business and you have any dealings in the US, you need to include a disclosure policy if you are receiving compensation of any kind. They are really cracking down on all types of business related issues. I know its not directly on your thread or post, but certainly will have implications for millions of people doing business. Just a heads up more than anything.
NicoleD | Former Moderator | 6/1/2010 - 10:59 am
You can read the official word from the FTC here: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/04/redflagsrule.shtm
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And this is no lie . This is an official news bulletin .
Creator and co-founder of Dynamix , Damon Slye has written to me and announced that
The 1990 Smash hit '' The Red Baron '' is returning in 2014 .
Although the inspiration will be from the Original game , this Version will be a completely New Version with the same feel and atmosphere that you had , with the original one.
It has been in the making for several months and is being built to modern standards and also will be re-establishing its status of being one of the best combat flight sims of its time .
The aim is very well explained in this video posted earlier by Damon .
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The journey continues...In Die Walküre, the story of the Ring moves from the god's home, Valhalla - where Wagner left us at the end of Das Rheingold - to earth. Having bought Freia's feedom with the ring, Wotan sets about regaining the golden band and its unique power.Story: Wotan must sacrifice his son Siegmund, renounce his daughter Sieglinde, and abandon his favorite child, Brünnhilde, the leader of the Valkyries. Like all the Ring operas, Die Walküre stands on its own as great spectacle, masterful storytelling, and electrifying music.HGOco and its partner schools continue to explore mythology and man through this year's Ring theme: creativity. Using different approaches to the Norse myths on which the Ring is based, teachers will be led through a series of "gaming" techniques to engage the imagination. (Bring a computer, tablet, or smartphone!)
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Chicago resident Bill Hillmann, co-author of How to Survive the Running of the Bulls, was gored during a bull run in Pamplona, Spain Wednesday morning.
Hillmann, 32, was gored in his right thigh at the San Fermin festival, Reuters reports. The black bull that gored him was the heaviest of the morning's six bulls and weighed roughly 1,300 pounds. Three other men were also taken to the hospital with lesser injuries from the stampede.
Hillmann underwent surgery and is expected to be fine. The Navarra regional government told The Associated Press that Hillmann's injury was not life-threatening.
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) was David Letterman's guest on Wednesday night's Late Show, and Letterman asked about the kerfuffle over the "religious freedom" law in his home state, Indiana. Franken and Letterman both agree that gays and lesbians, because they are people, should not be discriminated against, and that Gov. Mike Pence (R) erred in signing the law. Then Letterman got down to brass tacks.
"Here's what I want to know," Letterman started. "I love Indiana, and I'll probably be buried in Indiana, and I know I've embarrassed the state many, many times.... What can I do now to make the governor feel uncomfortable." Franken had a brainstorm: "As a matter of fact, there's an open seat there," with Sen. Dan Coats (R) not seeking re-election in 2016. "I think you should run," he said. Letterman, who will be jobless next year, shakes his head no, but Franken has a point: Candidates with 35-40 years of professional comedy under the belt have fared pretty well in politics. —Peter Weber
Cynthia Lennon, the first wife of John Lennon and mother of their son, Julian, died of cancer on Wednesday at her home in Mallorca, Spain, at age 75. Cynthia Powell and John Lennon met in art school in Liverpool, and married in 1962 after she became pregnant but before the Beatles recorded their first single, "Love Me Do."
It was not a very happy marriage, according to her two memoirs and several interviews, and it ended after John started a relationship with his future second wife, Yoko Ono. After their divorce in 1968, Cynthia Lennon remarried three times, and her last husband died in 2013. She is survived only by Julian Lennon, who posted this video after her death. —Peter Weber
If new Late Late Show host James Corden wasn't familiar with America's April Fools Day tradition before Wednesday's show, he was afterward. Katie Couric is the guest, and anything else would kind of ruin the punchline. Watch below. —Peter Weber
Any publicity is good publicity, right?
According to the Daily Mail, Barbara Walters, who created ABC's The View in 1997, believes that bringing on a controversial figure as co-host would boost the show's floundering ratings.
Walters sold the rights to The View to ABC last year. In an interview with David Letterman in 2014, Walters said that she didn't think that being on the show was what Lewinsky wanted at the time, but added, "I think it'd be great if she were on The View, but I wouldn't expect it tomorrow."
The "network source" quoted by the Mail said that Walters thinks Monica would attract a younger demographic interested in her story and what she has to say, though her presence would likely bar an appearance by Bill or Hillary Clinton.
Lewinsky has reportedly been asked to appear on the show as a guest to discuss her anti-bullying campaign, but a network executive said there are no plans to bring her on as a co-host.
Thirteen U.S. senators have signed a letter to the head of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) in a bipartisan effort to allow for a vote on moving the 2018 World Cup to a different location.
Fox News reports that Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are leading the charge to find a new host country for the competition. The senators cite "Russian aggression" and point to the fact that nearly half of the 2014 World Cup participants have joined international sanctions against Russia as reasons to consider "[denying] the Putin regime the privilege of hosting the 2018 World Cup."
When workers from Russia's Rosneft oil company set out on a land reclamation project, they had no idea they would stumble on an important discovery. The workers unearthed the tusks of a female woolly mammoth during the project, near the city of Nyagan in western Siberia.
When the first tusk emerged in an excavator bucket, the workers began digging with hand shovels. They found the second tusk as well as tibia, ribs, and teeth, and jaw fragments from the animal.
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Rosneft called the Khanty-Mansiysk Museum of Nature and Man to assess the find, and museum paleontologists confirmed the remains are at least 10,000 years old. They believe the mammoth was 30-40 years old when it died.
The museum will clean the tusk and bones, and experts will use radiocarbon dating to determine the remains' exact age. The experts also hope to determine whether the mammoth was part of the European or North American subspecies.
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) on corruption charges over his alleged use of his office to secure business deals for a friend in exchange for gifts.
The product of a years-long investigation, the 14-count indictment alleges Menendez received free trips on a private plane and that he improperly lobbied on behalf of a top donor, Dr. Salomon Melgen. The ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Menendez has said he did nothing wrong.
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A group of eight bipartisan Senators has reached broad compromise on immigration reform.
The Gang of Eight, as they've come to be known, released highlights of the bill this afternoon. ABC News reports the bill would:
"allow many of the 11 million undocumented immigrants to seek U.S. citizenship, but only after the federal government implements stricter border security standards and cracks down on employers who hire undocumented workers, according to a 17-page outline of the bill provided by Senate sources to Univision and ABC News.
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The reality TV star, who first gained popularity on longrunning series West Coast Choppers, will appear on American Chopper Live - The Build-Off on America's Discovery network for a two-night run beginning on Monday (05Dec11).
And James hopes the project will help him re-establish his reputation among fans, who took aim at the the mechanic in 2010 for cheating on The Blind Side beauty during their five-year marriage.
He tells the New York Daily News, "For the last five or six years, I don't think people know what the f**k I do. They think, oh, he's famous because he married Sandra Bullock. They don't know what my skill set is. Maybe it's about reminding people.
"There's going to people who hate me no matter what I say or do. I can't let those people dictate anything. I just to have focus on the positive and on the stuff I can control, and focus on people who want to see stuff made and some skills. There's a more achievable approach than trying to make a difference to f**knuts who watch Oprah or some s**t like that."
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What is an easy, inexpensive trellis to make for cucumbers? I don't know if I can find cattle fencing. I was thinking of an A-frame of some sort. Thanks.
I built freestanding trellises out of PVC (1.5" for the base and vertical supports, 1" for the cross bars) and wire fencing that fit over my self-watering containers. They provided great support for cukes and winter squash and have held up well for two seasons so far. They're weighted at the bottom with sand and the wire is attached with zip ties. I'm building larger ones this year to fit over some of my raised boxes.
I used 1/2" conduit and nylon netting from home depot for a cheap lightweight trellis for beans and cucumbers. In the picture below, you can also see a heavier duty trellis made from 1/2" conduit and cattle panel in the background for tomatoes.
I haven't tried it myself, but I've seen someone use upside-down tomato towers as a cucumber trellis. They tied the legs (now the top) together with some twine and pinned the whole thing to the ground for stability using the big u-shaped pins (that are usually used to anchor landscape fabric). Seems like a good idea, but not sure if they are big enough.
Here is a link that might be useful: DigginFood Trellis Roundup
I bought wire tomato houses from HD . It is 2 sizes 54 inches and 66 inches. I used for Tomatoes, Cucumber and Cantaloupe. I have enough land but these wire houses give me full control and keep the fruit clean. We had abundance of Crops. The only thing with cantaloupe you have to provide some support because when it grows it gets heavy. I used old pots and built support with little net and all worked very good. I try to plant my cantaloupe close to the fence. The Fence helps too.


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James Mercer and Brian Burton a/k/a Danger Mouse have completed work on the first album by their new and ongoing band Broken Bells. Broken Bells features Mercer on vocals, guitars and bass while Burton plays organ, drums, piano, synths and bass. The pair play all the instruments on the album with the exception of a full string section arranged by Daniele Luppi. Broken Bells was recorded by Todd Monfalcone and Kennie Takahashi at Mondo Studio in Los Angeles and produced by Burton. Each a long-tim... (more)e fan of the other's work, Burton and Mercer first met face-to-face backstage at the 2004 Roskilde Festival in Copenhagen. The pair immediately hit it off and kept in touch over the prevailing half decade and in May 2008 seized the opportunity to finally collaborate on original music together. Once in the studio, the musical floodgates opened, an intuitive ease and seemingly ego-less telepathy producing an astonishing flow of new material over the course of a year. From more than 20 pieces of new music written and recorded, Broken Bells was assembled from 10 songs that coalesced together the most seamlessly.
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A. As the contractor or consultant, you are usually responsible for satisfying specific performance expectations, which should be set in your agreement. The agreement should outline in as much detail as possible how dissatisfaction or a problem will be rectified. For instance, if it's a product, will you allow returns for a refund, or for a service-related job, will you redo it until it is correct?
Small cabin plans with loft nowadays are very popular. It is not because small cabin plans with loft are less expensive to build but mainly because of the functionality and practicality that small cabin plans with loft offers you.
The first thing I suggest you do is find another couple that has been through the process, buy them dinner and pick their brain. Secondly find a community college that has a general contracting class and attend it. The instructor will be a great source for you to find, and to put you in contact with people who are or have been through the process.
Miller said this was, "...Federal money being pumped into a Federal race to influence the outcome of a Federal election," and said it was wrong that taxpayer money was being used to advocate for a candidate.
It's a rewarding career, but what should you look out for? Working as an independent contractor or consultant can be a very rewarding, lucrative and satisfying career. Beyond knowing the dynamics of your field, however, you also have to understand how to keep the business operating smoothly and how to protect yourself and your assets. What does being an independent contractor entail and what should you be cognizant of along the way?
I don't think I had ever met someone before who confessed that he would be happier in his workshop than having to go into Kensington every day and it was refreshing. I mean lets face it, going into the building trade was never seen as a feather on your cap. Almost all of the tradesmen that I had ever met had drifted into the job rather than actually deciding to peruse an interest in the subject.
Businesses should consider reviewing their current payroll practices. Documentation and record-keeping procedures should be reviewed and updated if necessary. Even if a worker is found to be misclassified by the employer, the employer may still be entitled to partial relief from federal employment taxes if they participate in the Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP). There are specific requirements for participation which I won't delve into here. SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT THE QUESTION OF EMPLOYEE CLASSIFICATION IS QUITE COMPLICATED AND BECOMING MORESO.
One of the electrical problems a person can come across is simply having malfunctioning outlets and idle lights which are probably due to poor connection along the circuit. Other electrical disturbances are sometimes most likely caused by power surge of the increase of power given by an electricity company.
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BANGALORE: "Almost 400 million people in India earn less than Rs. 42 and this Deepavali too, like every day, many of them will go hungry to bed." This telling statement from an Oxfam Trust volunteer stood out starkly against the backdrop of a high profile shopping complex on M.G. Road, decked up to welcome the festival of lights in a frenzy of consumerism.
Distributing anti-poverty badges that read, "I will light poverty away with education," a group of Oxfam volunteers attempted to draw the consumers' attention to a different India that existed beyond the glitz of Bangalore.
Fight against poverty
Here's what Bharatiraja from Oxfam had to say: "We stand here on the street every day and find that most people in Bangalore seem to be unaware of the seriousness of the issue of poverty. We want the average Bangalorean to know there is another India beyond ITPL and Electronics City, and we want them to join us this Deepavali festival in fighting poverty in a simple way."
Oxfam team leader Anto Francis Bharat wanted the Deepavali shopper to also think of the below poverty line families.
"There is gross imbalance in the distribution of wealth, particularly when 65 per cent of our people live in the rural areas. Deepavali is not a celebration of consumerism," he said.
Did the average Bangalorean listen to him?
"Some people brush us aside, while others listen and some even get into a debate with us," he said.
His colleague Deena talked about how Oxfam was into poverty alleviation efforts through education, empowerment of women and by helping farmers to be sustainable.


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Might go to the Tralf April 12th
Posted 26 March 2013 - 01:36 PM
Might go to the Tralf April 12th
Have you been there before?
I'm still a little baffled - as I've only been there for Enter the Haggis.... I arrived fashionably late... but everybody was sitting down? My last ETH show was in a packed club with maniacal fans crushing at the stage..
It's a nice club, tucked up in like an office building or some shit...
a week after Donna the Buffalo, "The Maniacs" are there on 04/20 (dead cover?)
Posted 26 March 2013 - 01:37 PM
side note, saw this bit of Rochester, NY history last night:
Posted 26 March 2013 - 01:49 PM
Have you been there before?
I have, but it was a long time ago, and now that you mention it it was for a sit down show.... Bruce Cockurn.
Posted 26 March 2013 - 02:51 PM
People were sitting for ETH?
That's really strange.
Posted 26 March 2013 - 03:05 PM
maybe it's just a sit downie kinda joint.... I dunno.... at the very end the band came out into the audience to do this little focus jam and then people got up. I never sat, but nor did I stand in anyones way, which left few vantage points.
google image search shows most times, people sitting. :sleep:
Posted 26 March 2013 - 10:35 PM
Start Making Sense, a Talking Heads cover band is playing in Rochester at Water Street on the 5th. Followed by Ryan Montbleau and Jesse Dee on the 12th. I'll be at both.
Posted 26 March 2013 - 10:47 PM
I'm always sitting down and even I really don't like sitdown shows, unless it's like folk or jazz or something
Posted 29 March 2013 - 12:43 AM
Going to either The Manhatten Project at Nietzche's or a local band called Smackdab in Hamburg (my hometown) on Saturday.
Posted 29 March 2013 - 12:48 AM
yes, you are the only boardie here, easy answers
Posted 02 April 2013 - 01:19 PM
yes, you are the only boardie here, easy answers
Posted 02 April 2013 - 01:33 PM
this is really just for me, or anyone else livin close enough to the edge of the world
waiting for the good ones tba
Posted 02 April 2013 - 10:10 PM
Wound up at Nietzches for The Manhatten Project. First show I have ever brought ear plugs to and was so glad I did. Weird little place. the floor feels confined with the walls of the "balcony" being so high. Some good shows coming up including Kung Fu.
Posted 03 April 2013 - 01:37 PM
When was that? Last night? If so I walked right by the venue around 11:30 or so....
Posted 04 April 2013 - 09:53 PM
Night before Easter.
Posted 13 April 2013 - 06:58 AM
The dance floor was filled for tonight's DtB show.
There is a "strict" no readmission policy, though you can ummm go on to the street for a smoke.
maybe it's just a sit downie kinda joint.... I dunno.... at the very end the band came out into the audience to do this little focus jam and then people got up. I never sat, but nor did I stand in anyones way, which left few vantage points.
google image search shows most times, people sitting. :sleep:
Posted 24 April 2013 - 08:05 PM
some decent "Free"/Cheap outdoor Concerts coming up...
June 12 Gov't Mule
June 19 MGMT**
June 26 Dispatch
July 10 O.A.R. and Friends
July 17 The Flaming Lips
June 4 Billy Idol**
June 11 Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
June 18 REO Speedwagon
June 25 Chicago**
... July 9 The Doobie Brothers**
July 16 Bad Company with Paul Rodgers**
July 23 Blue Rodeo
July 30 The Machine performs Pink Floyd
August 6 38 Special with Blue Oyster Cult
August 13 Lynyrd Skynyrd**
August 20 Gladys Knight and The O'Jays**
August 27 ZZ Top**
July 19th Tragically Hip
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Sunday, June 9: Primus and Beggar's Best, FREE
Sunday, July 14: Tea Party, FREE
Sunday, August 25: Rusted Root with Hypnotic Clambake, FREE
Posted 25 April 2013 - 01:12 PM
primus, they are teh suck.
Posted 25 April 2013 - 08:29 PM
i mean they reallllly suck.
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Posted 16 May 2013 - 12:36 PM
Pretty Decent list of Free Shows at the Buffalo Rocks The Harbor series...
June 6th - The Hold Steady and Hollerado
June 13th - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
June 20th - Steven Page
... June 27th - Teddy Riley and Blackstreet featuring Dave Hollister
July 11th - G. Love & Special Sauce and The Joy Formidable
July 18th - Los Lonely Boys
July 25th - The Fixx
July 26 The Wailers / w/ Giant Panda Guerrilla Dub squad
August 1st - Yonder Mountain String Band and Railroad Earth
August 8th - Halestorm
August 15th - An Evening with Todd Rundgren
August 22nd - Adam Ant and The Good, The Mad & The Lovely Posse
August 29th - Lotus
Some of the others are prolly pretty good too, just not familiar
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i bought this carcano rifle from a friend,he bought it from a co-worker about 2 years ago for 35bucks....he told me all he wanted was his money back,so i offered double his money back and took the lil rifle home....its a 6.5 cal i dont see any import marks on the gun...the chamber is mirror,riflings are strong,bluing so-so...it has a crack in the top forearm stock and was wondering if anyone sells the stocks?
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I don't know if they are available commercially, they very well may be, but here's a link to an outstanding milsurp site. Surplusrifleforum.com • Index page
Dead Bears, the only good kind.
I worked on a few Carcano's years ago. The progressive rifling is odd to say the least.
Freedom is not free. The best of us always leave too soon.
What is the bore condition? Is it frosty?
thanks for the link to the site CA357...
it would be awsome to find a side mount scope and throw on it...being it shoots about 4'' high @50yrds using what looks to be milsurplus ammo...
for the money i thought it was odd myself the condition of the chamber,riflings,ect...jp...should these things be shot to peices or something?i have another carcano like this..and the wood is perfect on it...but the rest of the rifle,not so good..maybe its had a rebarrel done in the past?either way im happy,for now...
the bore looks good from what i can tell...very little frosting..strong riflings,very good chamber...
The Carcano is a strong action. When Italy decided on the 6.5, they used a bullet that was to heavy/long. The bullet would catch the rifleing before it had fully left the case neck and would twist into 2 pieces. The answer they came up w/ is a progressive rifleing. The twist rate gets faster the closer to the bore you get. There is no other Military rifle that was built this way. 50 yards is not a true test. The sights are of the 300 meter variety. You are looking at 8"+ high at 100 yards. The Germans actually rebarreled them to 8x57. They have allot of History.
DUDE! Are those your ammo cans? *drool*
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And yes, I have confronted a fair number of rattlesnakes over the years. I use a stick to hold them down while I cut their head off with my pocketknife if they are in one of my buildings. If not I relocate them unharmed. Never shot one.
I don't think he meant defense against rattle snakes, but rather a defense that represents the warning noise that a rattlesnake gives without having to bite if the threat yields.
Firing a blank round would be equivalent to a snake shaking the rattle.
I shoot rattlers too when they sound off, so my evaluation of the defense is maybe a bit biased in favor of the person warned over the noisy snake. Rattlesnakes don't scare me as much as cottonmouths and copperheads. Sneaky bastiages.
. Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem." (I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude.). Thomas Jefferson
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
-Edmund Burke, Loosely translated from Thoughts on the Cause of Present Discontents. (1770)
CTD shipped my blanks, will be interesting to see if they work the action in my 9mm`s.
Looking into this more, seems mine was not an original thought, several countries in Europe have gone in and out of favor with rubber bullets, teargas bullets, paper wads and such, nonlethal forms of ballistics.
What happens when you encounter a really bad sob who ignores your warning blank. He may knife you while you're fiddling a jammed gun.
IMO: Too much is made of the consequences of self defense shootings. The vast majority of folks who kill scumbags in self defense situations are never tried in court. If you're in court before a jury of your peers a few unfavorable things have happened to you:
The police did not believe your story.
The prosecutor did not believe your story.
The grand jury did not believe your story.
There is a very good chance the jury will not believe your story.
Do everything possible to avoid situations that put your life or the lives of your loved ones in grave danger.
Know the self defense laws of your state.
Be able to recognize a legitimate threat to your life or the lives of family members.
If, God forbid, you must shoot; shoot to stop the threat. When the perp/s are no longer a threat, stop shooting and call 911.
If the threat retreats do not shoot unless the perp is armed with a gun. A perp retreating while armed with a gun can turn and kill you in a heartbeat.
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Final Score: Calgary 1, Nashville 0
Calgary, AB (Sports Network) - Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 26 shots for his first shutout of the season to help the Calgary Flames to a 1-0 win over the slumping Nashville Predators.
Derek Smith's first career goal accounted for all the offense in the game as the Flames have won their past two.
"We made sure we were focused like we needed to be, when you play Nashville you need to stay with your game and be patient," said Calgary head coach Brent Sutter.
Pekka Rinne stopped 28 shots for the Predators, who have dropped five of six and have been held to two goals or less in their past five games.
"This year's a new group and it's a new identity, but I think we're headed in the right direction," said Nashville head coach Barry Trotz. "Sometimes I forget that we're the youngest team in the league."
The only goal of the game came with 1:10 to play in the first as a slap-pass from the top of the right circle by T.J. Brodie went to the low left side where Smith redirected it in.
During a sequence in the second period, Roman Horak rang a shot off the Nashville net and Kiprusoff preserved the lead moments later with a beautiful sliding save on a David Legwand wrister about five minutes in.
Kiprusoff made 17 saves over the final two periods to notch his 41st shutout of his career.
Game Notes
Calgary hosts Columbus on Thursday...Nashville plays at Vancouver on Thursday...Calgary swept the four-game series last season, but Nashville won in Calgary on Oct. 22.


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When technology fails, when the grid goes down, when the dollar and the economy collapse, you'll still want to eat. Will you know how? Supermarkets won't help you. With the transportation sector offline, 24 hours after the crash, store shelves will be bare. With electric power a thing of the past, your freezer and refrigerator will be as useful as an armoire as they would be for food storage. Count on your home reserve of Ramen noodles lasting for a while but that stuff in the fridge is as good as gone.
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Happy May Day, or Beltane, which translates as the "Fire of God"! Take in the lessons of gardening, the beauty of nature and the humility that's so essential for true love to manifest during our short little sojourns through this living space (Jupiter) and time (Saturn). Time for you to put your bare little feet on our Mother Earth to plant the seeds and accrue what (y)our deeds and dreams are worth. Here's mine: I love you. MOJOPOPlanetPower.com
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GDC 2007 Session ContentAuthored by Steve Pitzel (Intel)
Intel engineers spoke at a number of sessions at the 2007 Game Developers Conference. Here are some of the presentations we delivered at GDC.Last updated on 07/11/2014 - 13:39
Do you have a face for parallelism?Authored by Clay Breshears (Intel)
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Dr. David Padua - "Ecyclopedia of Parallel Programming" Parallel Programming Talk 115Authored by kathy-farrel (Intel)
Time for another episode of Parallel Programming Talk – This is show #115. Dr. David Padua is here to discuss his new book. NewsLast updated on 31/07/2013 - 08:49
A Meetup for Bay Area Parallel/Multicore Programmers 3/24/11Authored by kathy-farrel (Intel)
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Personal Review of Intel Under-NDA Sandy-Bridge EventAuthored by Asaf Shelly
Hi All,Last updated on 13/08/2013 - 11:39
Intel Academic Community at Supercomputing 08Authored by Paul Steinberg (Intel)
The Intel Academic Community is sponsoring live and online events at Supercomputing 08 in Austin Texas, starting Nov. 17. Joins us at the show or on the Net for discussions on parallelism in the classroom and in the enterprise Last updated on 26/10/2012 - 12:00
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