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Orlando Pacheco is a rarity in the Bay State's budding green-energy sector, having managed to navigate a phalanx of local zoning laws and traditional NIMBYism to establish the first municipal-owned solar farm in the central region of the state.
Such efforts earn praise form state officials and clean-energy proponents, who point out that the commonwealth is well on its way to achieving its goal of getting 250 megawatts of solar power installations by 2017. For Pacheco, the town administrator for Lancaster, Mass., the installation offers a mix a bragging rights and responsible governing that should result in 610,000 kilowatts of energy annually, once the town's solar farm is connected to the grid.
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Nutek Inc. (OTCBB:NUTK) announces OEM Purchase Agreement with Energizer to supply batteries for NuLight product.
Murray Conradie, Nutek CEO, stated, "We are pleased to announce this Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) Agreement with Energizer. Energizer offers an excellent product and we will be displaying the Energizer logo on our packaging including the wording `Replace with ENERGIZER brand batteries'."
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Energizer Holdings Inc. (NYSE:ENR) is the world's largest manufacturer of dry cell batteries and flashlights. Its Energizer and Eveready brands are recognized around the world and are marketed and sold in more than 160 countries.
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The NuLight switch cover plate is a revolutionary safety lighting device for every home, office, hotel and hospital. All that is required is to unscrew the existing light switch cover plate and screw on our new safety cover plate. No wiring is required.
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The SEC West is going to be rather tough again in 2012. Arkansas, which found out earlier this week that running back Knile Davis would be returning from a knee injury next year, got some more good news on Friday. Quarterback Tyler Wilson will be returning to Arkansas for his senior season.
"I have decided to stay at Arkansas for the 2012 season because I am extremely excited for what this team has the opportunity to accomplish and to finish earning my degree," said Wilson in a release. "After the feedback I received, the decision was difficult to make. Ultimately, the chance to complete my academics and play one more season as a Razorback were compelling reasons for me to remain in Fayetteville. This past year was great for us with 11 wins and a top-five finish and we want to build on that. The group of players we have returning has high expectations and wants to work hard to compete for championships. Although my goal is to play in the NFL, I believe I can benefit greatly from another year of working with Coach (Bobby) Petrino and Coach Paul Petrino. I am excited to be able to spend one more season at a university where the leadership shows a tremendous amount of support and the passion of the fans is the best in the country."
Wilson took over as Arkansas' starting quarterback in 2011 after Ryan Mallett left for the NFL, and had great season for the Razorbacks. He finished the year throwing for 3,638 yards and 24 touchdowns for an offense that averaged 36.8 points per game.
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Pakistan's former military leader has announced he's returning from exile and wants his old job back. Here's what he would do differently -- and why he wouldn't want Hamid Karzai as his counterpart next door.
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Laura Wells is a freelance journalist based in Istanbul.

On any given day, Pakistan tops the list of states on crisis alert. But this week has been rocky in the south Asian country, even by that low standard. On Monday, the country's government looked like it might imminently fall; the prime minister's ruling coalition shattering as its second-largest party pulled out. Then on Tuesday, one of the country's most moderate politicians — Punjab Governor Salman Taseer — was assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
So it's perhaps not surprising why some in Pakistan are looking with a bit of nostalgia to the government of former president and military leader Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who ruled the country for nine years. Musharraf, who has been in a self-imposed exile in London since 2009, has leaped at the chance to come back to politics, announcing on Jan. 3 that he'll be back in Pakistan with his newly formed political party in time for the next round of elections. Late last year, prior to his announcement, Foreign Policy spoke with the former president about what he would do, if given a second shot at ruling Pakistan. Excerpts:
Foreign Policy: You once said that being in charge of Pakistan may well be "the hardest job in the world." But you have just announced that you are going back into politics. Why?
Pervez Musharraf: [It's about offering] another alternative to the people of Pakistan. At this moment, they are stuck between two alternatives: the [ruling] People's Party and PML-N, the party of former prime minister and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif. If you look at both of them, [they are] dysfunctional.
I call Nawaz Sharif a closet Taliban. He's a man who is — who has been — in contact with Taliban. He is a man who, today, appeases the clerics and mawlawis [Sunni Islamic scholars] — the extremists. Moreover, he has tried [his hand at leadership as prime minister] twice in the past — and he has failed. Why are we giving him a third chance to destroy Pakistan? My new party is an alternative to the people of Pakistan with the hope of changing the conditions of the people of Pakistan and the state.
At this moment, there is such hopelessness, and there is such a sense of despondency in the people of Pakistan. It's worrisome. People are quitting Pakistan. They want to leave the country. There's a leadership vacuum, and no political party has the wherewithal to meet this challenge. What I've done really is to present to the people of Pakistan with "here's another, an alternative." [And] I have been tested also for nine years.
FP: Why should Pakistanis give you another chance if they weren't happy with you at the end of your presidency?
PM: I came into office on a very high pedestal; people wanted a change. Until 2007, I was very popular. And now with the situation that Pakistan is facing, my [favorability] graph has again gone up. Because Pakistanis now see what is happening. The poor man is seeing what is happening. Essential items' prices have gone up about four to five times [since I left office]. Wheat flour, rice, and pulses [legumes] — everything is now five times higher. People have realized what has hit them. And a lot of people are calling me back, [saying] they want me back to save Pakistan. If you see my Facebook [page], which I launched eight months back, I have a fan [base] of 350,000 now today.
FP: You said this fall that Pakistan is doing enough to fight terrorism, despite international criticism to the contrary, especially from the U.S. and some European governments. Does that mean you think that President Asif Ali Zardari has been doing a pretty good job in the war against terrorism?
PM: One has to give the entire credit to the military, which is involved in fighting terrorism, fighting al Qaeda and Taliban. It has suffered about 2,500 deaths [in doing so]. It is the military which is doing very well.
Now, whether we can win or we are winning — well, I think we are not losing. The important thing is not to lose there. And we will not [lose] if we show resolve. On the Pakistan side, I am reasonably sure that we can win.
I think that the Pakistani Frontier Corps, which is the second-line force, needs to be reinforced substantially with more manpower and with tanks and guns to be able to [keep] all the tribal agencies' law and order. The Army should remain as a backup. [But we need] to relieve the pressure now on the Army. The Army is dealing with al Qaeda and Taliban in the West, and the Army has to watch the borders on the east, because the Indian military orientation is towards our border. And then when things like this terrible flood [happen], the Army again has to go for flood-relief operations. The Army is overstretched.
When [the West] blames the Army [for not doing enough, they also] blame the ISI [Inter-Services Intelligence, the Pakistani intelligence agency.]. But the ISI itself has suffered about 250 people deaths in bombing attacks. So, on one side the Taliban are attacking them; on the other side the West thinks they are in league with the Taliban.
FP: Is it true, however, that some parts of the state security apparatus has sympathies with the Taliban — as they did in the past?
PM: Yes, yes, that's right. Elements who have sympathy toward Taliban or al Qaeda in the past were there. They must still be there. But to blame the Army or the ISI is just having a very negative impact. As I said, the Army is there doing their job; it has suffered so many casualties. If anyone thinks that [there are rogue elements] at a strategic level — at the level of the government or the Army headquarters or the ISI headquarters — that there is an instruction being given down to cooperate with the Taliban — this is absolutely baseless.
There may be some elements who are [cooperating with the Taliban]. But even there, we must understand and differentiate between strategy and tactics. Strategically, we have to defeat the Taliban and al Qaeda. But the moment [the West starts to] micromanage how to do that, we are in conflict with those [security forces] that are operating on the Pakistan side.
FP: What advice would you give Barack Obama today about AfPak?
PM: I'm against this idea of setting a timeline for withdrawal [from Afghanistan]. We have to install a stable, legitimate government in Afghanistan before we quit the area. So, to that extent, I do not agree with what he has decided. If they were to quit, all of a sudden in 2011 or start quitting, it may lead to problems in the area — destabilization of the entire area. Announcing [a pullout] is [also] a bad idea because the moment you announce it, you put new forces into play. The Taliban and al Qaeda get encouraged. Time is on their side. They lie low and they come up again in 2011. So, therefore announcing this time schedule — I wouldn't say it's a wise step that was taken.
Other than that, the advice that I would certainly like to give him is to give importance to Pakistan and to be conscious of the sensitivities of Pakistan in his political dealings in the region.
FP: What should the Americans be doing in Afghanistan?
PM: [The Americans and NATO] must show resolve and bring about a legitimate government in Afghanistan. But Karzai is not the right man, which he has proved. Who's the next is the question. [We need to] wean away Pashtuns, [the primary ethnic group from which the Taliban derive] from the Taliban and put them in government. We are [also] looking at dealing with moderate Taliban. We have learned after eight years to go in and deal with moderate Taliban — something I was saying in 2002 and 2003.
FP: If you are elected back to office, how will your approach to fighting terrorism change?
PM: We have to use the military, the political, and the socioeconomic — a three-tiered strategy. We have to wean away the people from the Taliban. In the past, we [thought that we] needed to gradually get [the regions] away from the tribal culture and bring the government into play — provincial government, local government, and national government. But the demand of the day is very different now. We need to empower the ex-tribal maliks to counter al Qaeda and the Taliban because those tribal maliks were the ones who held sway over the tribes. If the Sept. 11 attacks had not happened, one would have preferred elections and local government to do away with the tribal culture. But now, with the Taliban being there, we need to get that same tribal culture back and ask the tribal maliks to take charge against the Taliban and al Qaeda.
Educating the masses in the tribal agencies, especially the women — that is very, very important. We should introduce education into the provinces, into the tribal agencies, and get the people educated. It's a long-term strategy of transforming the tribal agencies and integrating them with the rest of Pakistan.
Let Pakistan handle its situation in Pakistan, and you [Americans] handle the situation in Afghanistan. All the blame for whatever is happening in Afghanistan, including the cross-border activity, is put on Pakistan. Why? Why isn't the cross-border activity blamed on the coalition forces, the Afghan National Army, the Afghanistan government — why is it not their fault? Is Pakistan responsible for every movement across the border? Doesn't anyone else also have a responsibility, also? If Pakistan is failing to stop al Qaeda and the Taliban from going across the border, then the coalition forces, the United States, Afghan government, Afghan National Army is also failing to do that.
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A committee of former prosecutors, hired by the NYPD to review the way it audits crime statistics, recommends the department improve documentation and training.
The review began two years ago after critics, including a former police officer, accused the department of cooking the books via its CompStat system. Ongoing allegations suggest that there's top down pressure to keep crime statistics low.
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Three Asian cue sports events, scheduled to be held in Chandigarh from April 4 to 14, have been postponed due to visa issues.
"Due to the forthcoming elections and time constraints, which did not permit us to ensure visas to players in time for all participating (players from different) countries, the Billiards and Snooker Federation of India (BSFI) regretfully announces the postponement of the Asian under-21 snooker, the Asian billiards championship and the Asian Grand Prix," BSFI Secretary S. Balasubramanium said a release on Monday.
Top cueist Alok Kumar, who is also the Secretary of the host Punjab Billiards and Snooker Association (PBSA), said, "I learnt that players from at least five countries — China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Pakistan and Iran — have not got visas. Apparently, they have not got clearances from various ministries. It is disappointing since we had been working hard for the last one month to organise the event."
According to the BSFI, fresh dates for these events would be announced by the end of April.
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Ashe scored its second conference win of the year, earning a 4-3 win at rival Wilkes Central on Thursday.
Central jumped ahead quick with a goal in the second minute from Mary Hollis.
Ashe tied the game in the eighth minute with a goal from senior Candi Sanchez.
The Lady Huskies added two more goals in the first half. Alexis Parks netted the first of those two goals in the 19th minute before Natalie Harless put Ashe in front, 3-1 in the 39th minute.
Central's Taylor Shew was able to get a shot by Chrissy Simmons in the 40th minute to send a 3-2 game to the halftime break.
Both defenses buckled down early in the second half with scoring chances limited each way.
Sanchez tallied her second goal of the night in the 69th minute to give Ashe a 4-2 lead.
The Lady Eagles kept battling hard and pulled back to within one goal when Sierra Massucco scored on a quick counter attack.
Simmons and the Ashe defense held strong in the final 10 minutes to get the Huskies a much-needed win.
Earlier in the week, Ashe shutout Starmount, 5-0.
The Lady Huskies are now 3-4-1 overall and 2-1 in the Mountain Valley Athletic Conference.
This week, the team is scheduled to play three matches. The ladies head to East Wilkes on Tuesday and then Avery County on Wednesday for a non-conference match. Ashe wraps up the week at home against North Wilkes on Friday.
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As demand for manufactured electronic items continues to drop amid the recession, semiconductor chipmakers are being forced to face plummeting sales.
Global semiconductor sales dropped 28.6 percent to $15.3 billion this January, compared to January 2008, the Semiconductor Industry Association said.
Sales declined by 11.9 percent from December 2008 when sales were $17.4 billion, it said.
"Worldwide semiconductor sales in January, historically a relatively weak month for the industry, reflected a continuing erosion of consumer confidence and the effects of the global economic recession," SIA President George Scalise said in a statement.
"Sales declined across the entire range of semiconductor products, as sales of important demand drivers such as personal computers, cell phones, automobiles and consumer items remained under pressure."
"Inventory levels are very low and there are some signs that forward visibility is improving."
SIA said the new Economic Recovery Act along with measures adopted in other countries could help "drive future demand for semiconductors while addressing important issues such as energy, health care, and infrastructure improvements."
"This is the worst recession the semiconductor industry has seen since its inception," said Sean M. Maloney, the chief sales and marketing officer at Intel.
Today, chipmaker Xilinx Inc changed its March-quarter outlook to forecast sales drop of 13-18 percent compared to a previous forecast of 15-25 percent. The company cited better-than-expected wireless communications sales.
On Monday, Xilinx's rival, San Jose, California-based Altera Corp raised its sales outlook for the same period, citing stronger demand for next-generation wireless equipment in China. Altera now expects a decrease in sales by 15 percent to 20 percent rather than its previously forecasted 15 percent to 25 percent.
Altera posted fourth quarter net income of $83.04 million or $0.28 per share, up from $65.48 million or $0.20 per share during the same period last year.
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When Mike MacIntyre decided to become a head college football coach, after years of working in the NFL and two seasons at the helm of Duke's defense, he inherited what amounted to little more than dumpster fire at San Jose State -- one of college football's worst programs.
The Spartans had managed just three winning seasons since 1993. And in MacIntyre's first season in 2010, San Jose State sputtered to a miserable 1-12 and enacted the nation's longest losing streak.


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Rabid Rider is a 2010 Looney Tunes film starring characters Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner. It was directed by Matthew O'Callaghan, written by Tom Sheppard, produced by Reel FX Creative Studios[1] and released by Warner Bros. It is the third Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner movie made into CGI in 3D and it was released with Yogi Bear.[2] The short was also released on the Yogi Bear Blu-ray.[3]
A "4-D" version - enhanced with physical effects like vibration, flashing lights, and blasts of air - runs in a specially equipped theatre at the Cincinnati Zoo.[4]
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Wile E. intends to use an ACME Hyper Sonic Transport to catch the Road Runner, but the transport has inherent problems of its own.
- ^ Desowitz, Bill (December 16, 2010). "Getting Looney About Road Runner and Coyote". Animation World Network. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
- ^ Maltin, Leonard (September 27, 2010). "Welcome Back, Wile E.". Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
- ^ "'Yogi Bear' Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D Detailed". High-Def Digest. February 14, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
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Five death row convicts got some relief on Friday after the Delhi High Court refused to confirm their death sentences and modified the same to life imprisonment while holding that the case did not fall under the "rarest of rare" category or honour killing.
A Bench of Justices S. Muralidhar and Mukta Gupta refused to confirm the death sentences awarded to Old Delhi residents Mohammad Saleem, Shaheen Abbas, Sajid Wasim, Shaheen Zargam Ali and Shhabir Kasim for murdering one Tariq in 2008.
The trial court had on September 7, 2011, sentenced them to death while holding them guilty of the murder and the attempted murder of Tariq's brother Mohammad Sadiq. A fine of Rs.15,000 was also imposed on them.
The trial court held it to be a case of honour killing as Tariq had married the sister of accused Sajid Wasim and Shabbir Kasim on May 1, 2007. The police had said enmity had developed between the two families on account of the marriage and Tariq and his wife had started living away from the family to avoid their wrath. They returned to the family 10 days before Tariq was shot dead in July 2008.
The State moved High Court for confirmation of the death sentence, while the accused challenged their conviction.
The Bench, however, held that "...the present case cannot possibly be termed as involving the crime of an honour killing. The incident took place more than one-and-a-half years after the marriage. Both families were staying in the same area. Yet there is no evidence to show that there was any incident of a quarrel between them prior to July 7, 2008".
The Bench also noted that Tariq's wife had stated that theirs was a love marriage but did not depose about having received any threats from any of the families.
The Court also said: "On the aspect of sentence apart from concluding that it was an honour killing, which therefore falls in the category of rarest of rare case, the trial Court has not analysed the role of each of the accused and the mitigating factors vis-à-vis each of them. The accused were of different ages and differently related to the wife of the deceased. By putting all the accused in the same basket, the trial Court has overlooked the legal requirement of carefully weighing the aggravating and mitigating circumstances qua each of them before awarding the extreme penalty."
"...the Court declines to confirm the death sentence awarded to each of the accused. The impugned order on sentence is modified by sentencing each of the accused to life imprisonment" for offence of murder, the court said while maintaining their conviction.
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18th of October, lenta.ru news service transmitted that judge refused to sentence defendants of the so called "Antifa-RASH" case in Nizhni Novgorod. Judge Olga Koloverova demanded police to reinvestigate the case, in order to exclude contradictions, which are currently obvious.
According to the prosecution, participators of the extremist society "Antifa-RASH" planned to overthrow constitutional order and to establish anarchy. According to defendants, this is a fictional organisation made out by the political police force "E center", and it never existed.
Three persons were accused in the court – Pavel Krivonosov, Dmitri Kolesov and Oleg Gembaruk. Besides these, Albert Gaynutdinov and Artyom Bystrov are suspects, they are under arrest warrant and their current location is unknown. All accused claim that they hardly knew each other before the case.
According to prosecution, Albert Gaynutdinov set up an extremist society alone, and then recruited others. Activists of the organisation planned to attack against "social groups of well-off citizens" and "skinhead football hooligans". Prosecution did not provided a single expertise, according to which such social groups exist in the sense, which is required by Russian anti-extremist laws, which are sanctioning first of all "instigating hatred against national, religious or social groups". (more…)
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Even if the photos weren't sepia-filtered and retro-styled, they would call to mind images of Lennon's late father, John, in the creatively bold final stages of his life.
So too does the music the junior Lennon is conjuring with model girlfriend Charlotte Kemp Muhl under the moniker the Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger. Their first proper album, "Midnight Sun," will be released Tuesday, and it's also a throwback: a clattering piece of tuneful psychedelia, anchored by Lennon's tender singing voice.
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Back in October 2010, the duo released the agreeably dishevelled set "Acoustic Sessions" to generally positive reviews. The collection was intended as a mere "footnote," Lennon says now, but people liked it. So he and Kemp Muhl surprised themselves by actually touring the material, and really surprised themselves by staying on the road nearly two years.
Then, Lennon says, the pair got "very distracted" by other projects. Lennon produced the latest work of his mother, Yoko Ono, last year's "Take Me to the Land of Hell" and acted as the music director of her live show. He scored Jordan Gallands' 2012 film "Alter Egos" and the couple continued to operate their record label, Chimera, out of their kitchen.
That he's a serial tinkerer didn't help. Of course, the rollicking weirdo circus of "Midnight Sun" lends itself to instrumental excess and freewheeling doodling.
Lennon is an avid collector, who giddily expounds for minutes on the vintage gear colouring "Midnight Sun"'s horizons: a Roland SH-1000 he bought in Toronto while touring with Cibo Matto; a rare Chamberlin analog sampler that Lennon notes the Beatles used on "Strawberry Fields Forever"; and a lap steel that was a Christmas gift from acclaimed guitarist Nels Cline and, fed through a wah-wah pedal, fuels "Moth to a Flame."
"After meeting me, I think Charlotte got the bug for instrument acquisition as well," Lennon said. "We have a bunch of weird things, like marimbas and vibraphones and we also have a glass harmonica that Charlotte made custom — you have to make them custom because there's just not a big demand for glass harmonicas in the world.
"It has taken me 20 years to acquire all that stuff," he added. "It's not like I just went out and had some crazy weekend of buying keyboards."
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It's a tale that loomed large for Lennon growing up.
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"Not a lot of people know what it's like to grow up with that kind of thing, with that kind of possibility looming over your head — literally. I always felt really sorry for him. I always felt like I was one of the people that could understand that kind of fear."
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Arguably, Floyd is the best or second best P4P fighter in the world. Ortiz does not belong anywhere near the top ten. Floyd IS the guy who schooled Juan Manuel Marquez over 12 dominant rounds. Ortiz IS the guy who drew with Lamont Peterson just two fights ago.
Floyd is not is not Andre Berto whose style provided Ortiz with the perfect partner with whom to display his highly combustible style of fighting. That kind of fight is not Floyds and he is to savvy to be lured into something he doesnt like.
Thus, like assessing a mutual fund, one needs to look at past performance to judge the future. In this regard, Mayweather always shows up with his cylinders finely tuned and there is no reason to believe that wont be the case on September 17. He also always shows up with his full arsenal of superb skills the likes of which Vicious Victor can only dream about.
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While Ortiz clearly has power and can be extremely dangerous early, especially if Floyd should evidence ring rust, I dont see that as likely. It will take more than Victor Ortiz to break Floyds undefeated mark.
My expectation is that after an explosive start, Ortiz will be contained within the tight cocoon of Floyd Mayweather Juniors well-designed fight plan. Little Floyd will neutralize the explosive Ortiz after round 4 and then begin to find his rhythm in the mid rounds. Mayweather should finish the fight in cruise control using sharp counters, punishing and unanswered leads to Victors face (ala the Ricky Hatton fight), and an impenetrable defense unlike any Victor has seen.
I predict a dominant unanimous decision for Mayweather as he moves to 42-0.
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In the most recent debate for the Congressional race in Pennsylvania's 8th District, Democrat Kathy Boockvar called out her opponent, incumbent Mike Kitzpatrick's (R) voting record has been nothing but Tea Party rubber stamping:Boockvar is right, Fitzpatrick has voted consistently with the Tea Party congress and contributing to GOP obstruction that has been hurting our economy's recovery. That's because Fitzpatrick is just a rubber stamper. He just does what his party and the Koch brothers tells him what to do. He signed Grover Norquist's pledge to never raise taxes just like the rest of the GOP congress and he stands by his Tea Party colleagues Michele Bachmann, Allen West, Joe Walsh, Sean Duffy, Steven King, Paul Ryan and Eric Canter. He doesn't want to work with Democrats, he doesn't want to work with Obama, he doesn't care about governing, he's just a rubber stamping Tea Party obstructionist.
Boockvar dinged Fitzpatrick for his support of budget proposals championed by GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, which would slash government spending to cut the budget and convert Medicare to a reimbursement program — Democratic critics say voucher program — starting in 2023, while cutting taxes.
"He's voted with the tea party on every issue of substance for the last 20 months," Boockvar said.
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Earlier this fall, the race for the moderate suburban swing district, which now includes parts of northern Montgomery County, was seen as one of the state's closest. Compared to some other congressional races, redistricting did little to increase Fitzpatrick's advantage, and the district has voted Democrat in recent presidential elections. - The Morning Call, 10/25/12
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Fitzpatrick of course has received his share of Super PAC donations but his biggest contributors come from the chemical industry in the 8th district:
In May, Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), along with scores of other lawmakers engaged in similar activity, submitted 12 bills to suspend importation duties on chemicals such as Isoviolanthrone Crude Dry Presscake and 4-Sulfo-1,8-naphthalic anhydride potassium salt. The proposals would reduce taxes companies pay when they import chemicals from overseas to produce products here in the United States.The biggest benefactor from Fitpatrick's proposals Arkema Inc., the U.S. division of Arkema, France's largest chemical company located in King of Prussia.
Now the International Trade Commission has estimated how much those proposals would cost taxpayers in lost revenue, which is also the monetary amount they would benefit the companies that are requesting them.
Eleven of Fitzpatrick's 12 proposals would benefit two companies — both significant campaign donors — to the tune of $5.2 million, the ITC documents show.
Like a lot of Tea Party Republicans, Fitzpatrick is just a former Bush rubber stamper trying to take on the role of deficit hawk, as the true fiscal conservative but his current voting record shows that he doesn't care about fixing America's debt. He voted for the Paul Ryan Budget which doesn't fix America's debt problem, it makes it worse. It also ends Medicare as we know, it makes devastating cuts to Social Security and a number of other essential programs that help the poor and middle-class, gives away more tax cuts to the wealthy while raising taxes on the middle-class and doesn't make one single cut to the defense department. This is a guy who campaigned back into the House of Representatives to preserve medicare and pushed the lie that Obama gutted medicare which of course is untrue.
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Worst of all, Fitzpatrick is trying to incite racial tensions in the race by tying Boockvar to Mumia to scare white Philly suburbanite voters:
Hello, I'm calling from the National Republican Congressional Committee at 320 First Street Southeast, in Washington, DC, 20003, 202-479-7000, with a recorded message about congressional candidate and legal activist Kathy Boockvar and convicted Philadelphia cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.It should be no surprise to anyone who is familiar with the way Fitzpatrick campaigned in 2004. The NRCC helped Fitzpatrick attacked his opponent, Democrat Virginia Schrader by putting mailers in voters mailing boxes that claimed Schrader was handing out pro-Hezbollah propaganda during a screening of Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 to help fundraise for her campaign. The NRCC mailer claimed that with Schrader, the "'Hate America' crowd has found their candidate." Fitzpatrick has remained unapologetic about the disgustingly dirty way he campaigns for office. There can be some pretty racist people in Pennsylvania, especially in Philadelphia where the City of Brotherly Love has had a long history of racial tension.
The husband-and-wife law firm of Boockvar and Yeager has represented one of the leading activists for Mumia Abu-Jamal – and Boockvar's husband was a lawyer for a witness to the murder who accused the cops of pressuring her.
Boockvar's husband himself accused the Philadelphia police of intimidating witnesses to the murder.
Boockvar's colleague at a legal activist group accused the Philadelphia police union of having the state's Supreme Court in its pocket when it comes to Abu-Jamal.
Last year, a group tied to Boockvar's husband, held an event at the Constitution Center honoring Mumia Abu-Jamal. The cop killer called into the event from prison.
Call Kathy Boockvar at (215) 839-9383 and tell her that's too radical for Bucks County.
I had a friend who's brother was in charge Patrick Murphy's campaign finances and remember hearing a lot about how awful Mike Fitzpatrick was and how big of a Bush butt boy he was in congress. I remember how happy and proud I was that election night seeing scumbags like Fitzpatrick, Santorum and Curt Weldon go down that night. I was also proud to hear that Pennsylvania voters had sent both a decorate Admiral of the Navy and a brave Iraq War Veteran to congress. Two years ago, Fitzpatrick had returned but instead of running as the neo-con Bush Republican he truly was, he instead embraced the Tea Party and acted as if he was a born-again Christian who had seen the light on federal spending. And the teabaggers ate it up. The teabaggers kicked out the first Iraq War Veteran because he bravely stood up in congress and lead the fight to repeal DADT and he did it by working closely with Barack Obama both while Obama was a Senator and as President. Fitzpatrick is like herpes, he won't go away and he is an embarrassing pain to live with.
Fitzpatrick has made CREDO Actions Tea Party 10. He's voted for the Paul Ryan Budget which does away with medicare. He's helped his Tea Party Republican colleagues hold the economy hostage and slow down the recovery to preserve tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. Instead of focusing on jobs and helping his constituents, Fitzpatrick has been preoccupied helping his fellow Republicans in their War On Women:
Residents of the Philly suburbs, especially in the 8th District, are pro-choice and Fitzpatrick has chosen to be another foot soldier in the War On Women. His decisions to defund Planned Parenthood could cause the voters to kick Fitpatrick out again. But the GOP Super PACs refuse to let that happen. They love Fitzpatrick and he is Mitt Romney's type of guy:
Speaking to a Tea Party group, Fitzpatrick was recorded telling them that "we need to support people who have a history and know what it is like to sign the front of a paycheck, not the back of a paycheck," which the PA AFL-CIO said "impl[ies] that people who receive paychecks rather than own businesses are somehow less important to the American economy."Also, Fitzpatrick is alien to the idea that woman could be a CEO or own her own business:
Fitzpatrick's Democratic challenger, Kathy Boockvar, said "[i]t's shocking that Congressman Fitzpatrick would so callously insult the hard working, middle class people who trusted him to represent them in Washington, and his divisive philosophy represents yet another example of why he's the wrong fit for Bucks and Montgomery counties."
"As Congresswoman for the 8th district, I will represent all of the people, regardless of what side of the paycheck they sign," Boockvar added. - Keystone Politics, 9/27/12
In his recent remarks at a tea party fundraiser in Bucks County, U.S. Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick echoed Mitt Romney's comments and commended those who own businesses and "sign the front of the paycheck … . It's just you and your wife and your banker… ." Has he never heard of women who own businesses, who are CEOs, who are doctors, lawyers, professionals and who sign paychecks on the front, whether or not they have husbands? - The Morning Call, 10/5/12No wonder Republicans love Fitzpatrick. He's a condescending, out-of-touch douche, just like Mitt Romney:
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There are several reasons why we need Boockvar in congress and need to give Fitzpatrick the boot but it's incredibly important that we defeat him because we can't allow racist propaganda to cost us this race. It's bad enough that Fitzpatrick tied his first opponent to Hezbollah but trying to tie Boockvar to Mumia is playing into white Philly suburban fears of black people.
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The DCCC recently pulled it's ad buy in the PA-8th race to use it's resources in other races. On the surface, it looks like the DCCC is giving up on this race but the DCC is confident that Boockvar has what it takes to win:
DCCC spokesman Jesse Ferguson said the committee was confident in Boockvar.The DCCC has reserved a $722,000 scheduled for PA-8 in the final week of the campaign.
"With President Obama running strong in the Philadelphia suburbs and the NRCC following Mitt Romney and cutting out, we are confident that our strong Democratic challengers in the area will be able to capitalize on their opponents' toxic records," he said. - Politics PA, 10/10/12
Mike Fitzpatrick is a dirty politician who will go to great lengths to smear Kathy Boockvar's good name. In a blue district like the 8th District, there's no reason for him to be representing this district. He shouldn't have even been given a second chance in 2010. He will continue his rubber stamping for the GOP Tea Party and will not work with President Obama to help fix the economy. That's why we need to help Boockvar win this race. Boockvar has been on the Orange To Blue list for a long time and I am both impressed and proud of how supportive the Daily Kos community has been in raising money for Boockvar's campaign. It's because of this great community's dedication is why I haven't given up on this race. Lets help her pull an upset victory in this district. Lets put an end to Fitzpatrick's rubber stamping, put the adults back in charge and give Nancy Pelosi the gavel again. Donate to Boockvar's campaign today:
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Brian Shaw tees off on the Lakers over how his non-hiring went down
Jul 16, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
Brian Shaw has a reason to gripe. He waited and waited for the chance to become the Lakers' head coach after Phil Jackson retired. He sat through two near-retirements from Jackson. He coached the team when health problems prevented the Zen Master from being able to. He got to know the players, earned their respect…
Brian Shaw to interview to be Pacers assistant coach
Jun 20, 2011, 10:07 AM EDT
Just a few years back, Brian Shaw got the chance to interview to be the head coach of the Indiana Pacers. Didn't work out, they went with Jim O'Brien instead. Now, Shaw is back in Indiana interviewing, but this time to be the lead assistant for Frank Vogel. That's what Mike Wells of the Indianapolis…
Report: Knicks, Donnie Walsh to finally get deal done
May 30, 2011, 10:16 AM EDT
Remember all the drama about whether Donnie Walsh was going to have the extension on his contract picked up or be let go by the Knicks? Then it turned out he didn't have the extension picked up because they planned to give him a new deal instead? Except, he's been on the job without a…
Mike Brown can win with Lakers if Kobe buys in
May 26, 2011, 11:57 AM EDT
Mike Brown was hired because he was not Phil Jackson. That's not all of it — all accounts around the league are that Mike Brown gives good job interview, and his defense-first philosophy is a good fit — but not being part of the Phil Jackson coaching tree mattered. This was Jim Buss' move to…
It's official: Mike Brown is your new Lakers coach
May 25, 2011, 6:17 PM EDT
UPDATE 6:19 pm: The Lakers have released an official statement on Mike Brown. "In response to rampant speculation and reports about our head coaching position and Mike Brown, we've met with Mike and are very impressed with him. In addition, we have an outline for an agreement in place and hope to sign a contract…
Report: Kobe Bryant "surprised" Lakers to hire Brown
May 25, 2011, 11:58 AM EDT
Superstars are used to being consulted. So the report of Kobe Bryant's reaction to the Lakers being on the verge of hiring former Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown, from Sam Amick of Sports Illustrated, says a lot about how this decision was made. And maybe about how it will be received in the locker room.…
Mike Brown to Lakers is Jim Buss' call, showing power shift
May 25, 2011, 10:40 AM EDT
Jerry Buss is still the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers. But he's not the guy pulling the strings anymore, the power shift to son Jim Buss is pretty much complete. According to the Los Angeles Times, the move to set up and hire former Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown was the younger Buss' call.…
Lakers to hire Mike Brown to be coach
May 25, 2011, 9:55 AM EDT
UPDATE #3 9:55 am: By the morning, pretty much everyone with an NBA source has confirmed this. The Lakers are going to make an offer to Mike Brown, maybe for three, maybe for four years. The only potential catch is that it is not really going to be a negotiation, if he doesn't take the…
Lakers owner Buss says team is "very close" to hiring a coach
May 24, 2011, 7:19 PM EDT
According to the Los Angeles Times' Mark Medina, Lakers owner Jerry Buss said in a recent radio interview that the team is "very close" to hiring legendary coach Phil Jackson's replacement: Lakers owner Jerry Buss declined to provide a definitive timetable on hiring a replacement for Phil Jackson as the Lakers coach, but he said the organization is "very…
Whoever replaces Phil Jackson will make a lot less
May 24, 2011, 2:14 PM EDT
Phil Jackson was the highest paid coach in the NBA. By 100 percent. He was making $12 million a year when no other coach was making more than $6 million. Jackson made about $10 million last season. Technically that's a pay cut for him, but if my bosses want to cut me back to $10…
Should the Lakers stick with the Triangle offense?
May 19, 2011, 6:08 PM EDT
As blasphemous as it may sound, a fellow over at Silver Screen and Roll known only as "Actuarially Sound" thinks it's time for the Lakers to ditch Tex Winter's fabled offensive system after they hire their next coach. The article is 3,100 words and includes some nice graphs, so I encourage you to click over…
If it wasn't for lockout, Phil Jackson might have left earlier
May 19, 2011, 8:59 AM EDT
Phil Jackson had said that chasing a fourth three-peat played a big role in his return. Talking about himself after the Lakers were eliminated, he made it sound like that competitive fire more than passion for the game brought him back. But there was another reason — the lockout. That's what he told Mark Kriegel…
Apparently Dunleavy is serious candidate to be next Lakers coach
May 17, 2011, 10:32 AM EDT
This would be a big mistake — not because of his time with the Clippers but purely for stylistic reasons — but apparently the rumors are true. Mike Dunleavy is a serious candidate to become the next head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, according to Kevin Ding of the Orange Country Register. Make no…
Brian Shaw is a lot more than a guy who coaches the triangle
May 13, 2011, 6:59 PM EDT
Lakers assistant Brian Shaw is all over the place now. Interviewed in Houston, will get interviewed for Golden State, and of course is at the front of the line for the Lakers gig. Soon, somewhere, he is going to be an NBA head coach. On of the best bits of reporting this week came in…
Dirk Nowitzki likes the new, quieter Mark Cuban
May 12, 2011, 12:42 PM EDT
Mark Cuban's Dallas Mavericks swept the hated Lakers out of the playoffs in what was a cathartic experience for Cuban and Mavericks fans. Yet he said nothing. He almost didn't speak to the media and there was no gloating. No jabs at Phil Jackson. Which had to be hard for him. But Dirk Nowitzki, he…
Don't count on Byron Scott as next Lakers coach
May 11, 2011, 8:43 PM EDT
Byron Scott is a favorite son of Lakers owner Jerry Buss. Scott has openly lusted for the Lakers coaching gig. The Lakers have an open coaching vacancy, ergo… No. Don't go there. To start with, Scott has a job as the Cavaliers head coach and as the Cleveland Plain Dealer tweeted they are not giving…
Let the silliness begin — Phil Jackson to the Knicks rumors
May 10, 2011, 10:23 AM EDT
I would have thought this should have taken a week or so. I should have known better. The New York Post is reporting that the Knicks might have Phil Jackson as their coach in 2012. According to an NBA source, Jackson is definitely through with the Lakers, but would not rule out him coaching again…
Video: Phil Jackson's final press conference
May 9, 2011, 3:30 PM EDT
We've talked about Phil Jackson and his legacy. To go with that, we bring you some highlights from Phil Jackson's last press conference (well, at least until the next book tour) as well as some comments from Kobe about Jackson's influence. The video is below. If you think he is coming back, watch this again.…
Report: Lakers coaching search "wide open"
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Pau Gasol and revisionist history
May 9, 2011, 9:56 AM EDT
He won two titles for them. Yes, the Lakers had improved tremendously in 2007-2008 , but without him, they never would have made it to the Finals, nor won them the next two. It was only eight months ago that he was called "the best big man in the league" and touted as a possible…
NBA Playoffs: You can't tarnish the Lakers' franchise legacy, but their team sure tried
May 8, 2011, 10:11 PM EDT
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- By Paul Miller
If Mitt Romney is elected president, he will immediately face several urgent foreign policy crises. (For that matter, President Obama will face the same crises if he is reelected). What's worse is that the crises are the most urgent, but arguably not the most important issues he will face. He and his team will have to decide rather quickly their basic stance on these crises, and then clear the decks so they can focus on the longer-term and more important issues.
1. Afghanistan and Pakistan. The war in Afghanistan is not the most important foreign policy issue facing the United States, but with 80,000 U.S. troops in combat, it is still the most urgent, despite the media's criminal neglect of it. Romney would do well to follow in his predecessor's footsteps and order another Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review to reexamine the nature and extent of U.S. involvement there. The review should look closely at where we've made progress, where we are still lacking, when we can afford to transition, and what sort of stay-behind force should take shape after transition.
In my view, the review should affirm the importance of the war, recognize the slow security gains made in recent years, affirm the goal of transitioning to Afghan lead as conditions warrant (with 2014 as an aspirational, flexible deadline), pledge a larger commitment of civilian aid to bolster the Afghan government's capacity, and prepare for a stay-behind force of perhaps 30,000 to 35,000 troops to continue counter-terrorism, training, and village stability operations. It should also lay out a series of steps to increase pressure on Pakistan to compel it to stop supporting militants.
2. Iran. Do we bomb or not? This is one of the hardest questions for foreign policy wonks to answer because it is nearly impossible to know 1) how close Iran is to getting a nuclear weapon, 2) what Iran would do with it, and 3) what Iran would do if we bombed them. Bombing Iran could be a brilliant and low-cost means to stabilizing the Middle East (if we live in a Panglossian universe) or the prelude to general catastrophe.
At the very least, we need public redlines which will trigger a strike (such as enriching a certain amount of weaponized uranium, or assembling a nuclear-capable warhead, or some other step prior to a nuclear test), otherwise our vague threats are not credible. We also need a declared policy for how to respond if Iran successfully builds a nuclear weapon (a nuclear attack anywhere is an attack on the United States; the use by any actor of a weapon traceable to Iranian sources will be treated as originating from the Iranian government, etc.)
3. Syria. Do we intervene or not? Syria's descent into civil war is messy and awful. Less clear is whether the U.S. has any direct interests at stake in Syria's awfulness. The Obama administration has established a strange redline: the president threatened a U.S. military response against Syria if Assad uses chemical weapons against the rebels. Why would that make a difference? The use of chemical weapons might make Assad more awful, but it doesn't mean U.S. interests are more threatened. Are we now establishing a "no-use" taboo for all weapons of mass destruction? Is the U.S. going to enforce a global norm against any and all WMD, everywhere, forever? Because the Obama administration doesn't have a policy towards Syria, the Romney administration will essentially have to start from scratch. I may be in a minority amongst conservative foreign policy types in my hesitance to advocate an intervention in Syria.
4. The European financial crisis. I'm not going to pretend that I understand much about the financial crisis in Europe, other than that it is a Bad Thing, which also means I have little idea what to do about it, other than Something. Unfortunately, I get the sense that my level of expertise is typical for the foreign policy establishment. The United States is not in a position to bail out the EU, but it is not in our interest to stand by and watch our largest trading partner collapse, nor our strongest allies plunge into depression. The Europeans do not often welcome an American role in EU affairs, but is there room for some old-fashioned U.S. shuttle diplomacy between the Greeks and Germans (or the Germans and the Spanish, Portuguese, and Italians)? Could the U.S. play the role of a trusted outsider, an impartial third-party? Is it time for the U.S. to call an international summit to reform or replace the world's financial architecture? Doing nothing for four years has accomplished little.
With a policy in place on these three issues — ideally in NSC meetings held in the first few weeks of the new term — the Romney administration could then take a moment to breathe before starting more in-depth reviews of bigger challenges: China, Russia and its stance towards Europe, globalization and state failure, the global Islamist insurgency, the environment, the role of democracy in U.S. foreign policy, and lots more — which I hope to address in a future post.
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La Planche des Belles Filles
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|La Planche des Belles Filles
The western side of the mountain, seen from Ronchamp
|Plancher-les-Mines, Haute-Saône
|Nearest city
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|1,148 m (3,766 ft)
La Planche des Belles Filles (English: "Board of the beautiful girls") is a ski station in the Vosges Mountains, in France. It is located in the Haute-Saône département. Since 2012, the climb to the summit has been used during the Tour de France cycle race.
Etymology and legend[edit]
The name Belles Filles literally means "Beautiful Girls", but is actually derived from the local plant life. The mountain is attested from the 16th century as lieu peuplé de belles fahys, a "place inhabited with nice beech trees" in the local dialect. Belles fahys later became corrupted into Belles Files, though there remains a nearby village of Belfahy. Meanwhile, Planche, "board", is derived from the nearby small town of Plancher-les-Mines.
A folk etymology, in contrast, holds that the mountain took its name from the time of the Thirty Years' War. According to legend, young women from Plancher-les-Mines fled into the mountains to escape Swedish mercenaries as they feared being raped and massacred. Rather than surrender, they decided to commit suicide and jumped into a lake far below. One of the soldiers then took a board on which, with his dagger, he engraved an epitaph for the "beautiful girls".[1][2] A wooden statue, created by a local artist, is a reminder of the legend.[3]
Cycle racing[edit]
From Plancher-les-Mines the climb to the finish at 1,035 m (3,396 ft) is 5.9 km (3.7 mi) long, gaining 503 m (1,650 ft) and averages 8.5% with a maximum of 14%,[4] but with a short stretch from 22% to 28% near the finish.[5]
Tour de France[edit]
It was the finish of Stage 7 in the 2012 Tour de France, 199 km (124 mi) from Tomblaine on 7 July.[4] The stage was won by Chris Froome with his Team Sky team-mate Bradley Wiggins taking the race lead.[6]
Two years later it was the finish of Stage 10 in the 2014 Tour de France.[7][8]
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|Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
|Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
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- ^ "Légende de La Planche des Belles Filles" (PDF) (in French). www.destination70.com. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ "La légende . . ." (in French). www.stationdelaplanche.fr. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ "Sculpture de Jacques Pissenem". Légende de la Planche des Belles Filles (in French). www.bleuet-vert.com. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Stage 7: Tomblaine – La Planche des Belles Filles". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ^ MacMichael, Simon (4 July 2012). "TDF Stage 7: Video Preview - La Planche des Belles Filles". road.cc. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ "Tour de France: Bradley Wiggins takes yellow jersey". BBC Sport. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ^ "Le tracé tour de France 2014" (in French). 23 October 2013.
- ^ "La Planche des Belles Filles dans le Tour de France" (in French). ledicodutour. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
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I am repainting my boat by rolling and tipping. I am using Petit EZpoxy2 two-part epoxy finish. I'm having trouble getting the finish to flatten out. Also, the areas where the tipping overlaps is visible after the finish dries.
The past couple of days the temps have been 85-90 degrees with low humidity. Petit recommends 50-90 degrees for application, so it seems all is in order. I've been adding 8oz of Petit brushing thinner to 32oz of finish. I tipped the first coat with a badger hair brush and the second with a foam brush. Both left visible brush marks. I sanded down the first coat to remove the marks, switched to the foam brush, and ended with the same look.
Should I be thinning it more? Should I not thin at all? Any thoughts would be helpful. Tomorrow's supposed to be a few degrees cooler. Could the temp be the issue?
I have attached a couple of pics. You can see that the shine is good. The one of the transom shows the reflection of the rudder, but notice the brush marks at the right side of the transom. The other is my reflection. All would be fine if I was looking for some abstract artist look, but that's not what I'm going for. ;-)
Again, any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Get a piece of glass and set it at about 70 degree from the vertical. Roll and tip and see if the brush strokes disappear, if not add more thinner, if it sags and runs add more paint.
Wipe the paint off the glass with thinners let it flash off and try again. This worked for me with International 2 pack and the finish was near a perfect spray job.
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How to end a day of sexy celebrity hotness? The same way it basically started. With the uber-sexy Candice Swanepoel. The honey in my tea. The dew on my morning leaves (you thought I was going to say 'morning wood', didn't you, you dirty bastard). So hot here on St. Barts shooting her latest and great upcoming V.S. bikini photoshoot. I really am going to start crying again. Just look at that female body. Just like I imagined they could be as a boy in my bed. Enjoy.
Candice Swanepoel Bikini Pictures Drop the Uber- Sexy Bomb on St. Barts
Posted Under: Bikinis, Candice Swanepoel, Victoria's Secret