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Articles on social change from the latest edition of SSIR
Spring 2014
Volume 12, Number 2
The spring 2014 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review includes two articles that highlight the tension between innovation and continuous improvement. In the cover story, "The Re-Emerging Art of Funding Innovation,"' the authors argue that foundations need to take more risks in their grantmaking. In "Fundamentals, Not Fads," the authors point out that many nonprofits fail because leaders don't focus enough attention on fundamental management tasks.
The Re-Emerging Art of Funding Innovation
A growing number of foundations are reintroducing risk-taking into their processes and portfolios as one way to create breakthrough change.
Meeting the Challenges of Global Health
In bringing health care to the developing world, innovators can benefit from lessons others learned the hard way. Includes magazine extras.
Programs Aren't Everything
The evaluation of nonprofit outcomes shouldn't focus exclusively on programmatic activity. Here's a look at what it means to take frontline work seriously.
Why Nonprofit Mergers Continue to Lag
The three hurdles that nonprofit managers must overcome to create successful mergers. Includes magazine extras.
What's Next
Women at the Wheel
In Mozambique, an effort to train women as ambulance drivers enhances public safety and fosters opportunity.
Funding the Sun
Village Power Finance gives members of nonprofit associations a novel way to pay for solar conversion projects.
Lots of Opportunity
An online platform helps city governments to discover, organize, and market publicly owned property.
Bike-Sharing Goes Small
Local bike-lending arrangements offer an alternative to bigger, more complex bike-sharing systems.
Field Report
Law Without Lawyers
Timap for Justice trains ordinary citizens to provide legal assistance in a country—Sierra Leone—where legal professionals are scarce.
Scoring Sustainability
Through an initiative called Earthwards, Johnson & Johnson aims to create a greener company—one product at a time.
A Smarter Way to Park
In San Francisco, planners are using variable pricing to reduce the congestion, pollution, and aggravation that come with big-city traffic.
Citizen Chronicles
A program in Alberta, Canada, showcases the way that people with disabilities contribute actively to their communities. Includes magazine extras.
Case Study
Growth Force
A few years ago, the Salesforce.com Foundation revamped its revenue model. Today, it's not just a grantmaker. It's a rapidly expanding software vendor.
Fundamentals, Not Fads
The experience of prize-winning social sector leaders highlights the enduring lessons of nonprofit management. Part one of a six-part series.
Making a Healthy Exit
In places like rural Guatemala, the quest to sustain a vital social enterprise often depends on finding the right private-sector partner.
Advocacy Isn't "Soft"
Evaluating efforts to promote shifts in policy requires methods that are at once rigorous and flexible.
A Fault in Funding
An initiative undertaken by the World Bank reveals a troubling gap in the financing of social enterprises.
Lean In—Together
Gender pay equity is higher in countries where women's involvement in advocacy and organizing efforts is more robust.
Do Volunteers Make Better Employees?
People who perform volunteer work, far from being distracted by it, tend to perform better at their jobs.
Fatal Flaw
After a disaster, donors to relief funds pay more attention to the death toll than to the needs of survivors.
Leading Indicators
Team dynamics strongly affect the level of commitment shown by volunteer leaders of nonprofit associations.
Safety as a Civil Right
Lawless violence in the developing world is a plague that undermines efforts to end extreme poverty.
Future Thirst
Meeting the world's growing demand for water will require advances in technology that build on 3,000 years of progress.
Going With the "Idea Flow"
An emerging "data-driven" science of human behavior promises to help us understand and solve social problems.
The Long Race
The art of expanding an organization is less about aiming high than about "grinding it out."
Last Look
Resurrecting Traditional Practices
There has been a renewed interest in traditional Indian spiritual practices by Native and other Americans alike.
What Would It Take?
The president and CEO of GEO describes what the organization learned over the course of its Scaling What Works initiative.
Emerging Pathways to Transformative Scale
The cofounder of and a consultant at The Bridgespan Group elaborate on important strategies for scaling up social impact.
Pathways to Scale for a Place-Based Funder
The VP of program at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation explains how her organization supports local nonprofits.
The Road to Scale Runs Through Public Systems
The president and CEO of the Annie E. Casey Foundation writes about the importance of working with public systems.
From Innovation to Results
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Perspectives on the Social Innovation Fund
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Partners in Impact
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We Need More Scale, Not More Innovation
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More Resources, More Co-Investors, More Impact
The president and CEO of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation elaborates on the vital role growth capital aggregation plays.
In Collaboration, Actions Speak Louder than Words
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Welcome to the most complete Stormfall: Age of War walkthrough on the internet. Use this guide as a quick start article if you are new to the game. We created separate and detailed guides on most of the game features that require it, like Raiding or Units strategies. If we were to give you a single useful tip when starting out, this would be to follow Oberon task chain, the game is flooded with options and you will simply get lost if you try figuring out things by yourself. The logs are always located on the right side of the screen and you will also see battle warnings and in-game ad offers as well. Besides, complete the tasks will give you rewards to help you level up and construct new buildings fairly quick during your early stages.
There're three type of resources in Stormfall: Age of War; Gold, Iron and Food. You need them to construct buildings, discover Lost Arts and produce units.
The amount of Gold and Iron you can gain per per hour depend on the number of fields you have for these Resources. It varies for different Castles – some have more encampments, others have more ore fields, the terrain you are given is random and cannot be modified.
You can make up for the discrenpacy by trading Resources with other players.
How do you produce more Gold, Iron and Food?. To gain more resources, construct and upgrade Townhouses and Mines and resource buildings – such as the Forge and Dungeons. The amount of Gold and Iron you can store is limited by your warehouse capacity. Upgrade your warehouse to store more resources (once you reach the Gold, Iron or Food limit, you will see the "limit" word in red letters right next to the resource, upgrading the warehouse increases the limits.)
Food is collected from Farms. Build and upgrade your farms and the Spring of Life to increase the rate at which you collect Food.
The amount of Food you can store in your Castle is limited by the capacity of your Barns. Make sure you upgrade your Barn at the same rate at which you increase your food revenue or anything over your capacity will go to waste. (The same goes for your warehouse).
You also need Food to maintain your Units. Every military Unit in the game consumes its own set level of Food per hour. If you run out of Food, your forces will begin to starve and desert you. You can exchange excess Resources or Food at the market for Resources or Food you're low on. Your friends and allies can also gift them to you. – or you can steal them from other Castles during Raids.
Read our in-depth guide on resource buildings following the link.
You can use Sapphires to temporarily boost your resource production for 3 days by 25% (see the Sapphires section below). There are also special relics which can improve the production statistics of your Castle (see the "Relics" section for more details).
Sapphires give you extra advantages in the game (these are considered hard currency)
- Get a 3-day boost to your Gold, Iron or Food production by 25%
- Boost the rate of your building construction , reduce the time needed to discover Lost Arts, and speed your Unit production.
- They allow you to produce Imperial Units
- Purchase Fortifications, Improvements and exclusive Units
- Expand your castle
Purchase additional Saphhires at the Bankk by selecting the "Bank" button in the top right-hand corner of the screen. You can get free Sapphires in several ways – completing the game tasks, levelling up, playing the game 5 days in a row, placing in the top Ranking positions, or by completing Feats of Valor.
You must master the Lost Arts in order to access new types of buildings and Units. Construct the House of Scrolls to begin discovering new Lost Arts.
The more you upgrade the House of Scrolls, the faster you will finish discovering new Lost Arts. Discovering each Lost Art costs Gold, Iron and Food. The more advanced the Lost Art, the more expensive it is. The cost of discovering a give Lost Art will become progressively more expensive with each Mastery Level.
After a certain point you will find that you need to adquire a set number of Scrolls to unlock discovering on a new specific Lost Art. You will get a new Scroll from your Scribe every day you play, but you must have a complete set of specific scrolls for a given Lost Art before you can begin research. For example, if you have 3/6 Scrolls for Runic Blades and 5/8 for Wyvern's Blood, you still can't discover either one.
You can trade with other players for specific scrolls you need, so in this case Trade 3 of your Runic Blades Scrolls for 3 more Wyvern's Blood Scrolls, then you can begin discovering Wyvern's Blood.
You will gain access to a variety of different kinds of Units; Infantry, Cavalry, Occult Units, and Bestiary Units. You can use them to protect your Castle,, besiege or raid other Castles, and support your Allies, in coordinated campaigns. Discover the Lost Arts and construct new Buildings to unlock new, more powerful Units. Given the complexity of this topic, we've created a separate Stormfall: Age of War units guide, where we explain in detail the Offense and defense, regular vs imperial units, Unit Statistics, Wraiths and how to properly make use of your units when sending them battle.
There are several types of buildings in the game, and each is connected to a different sphere of your Castle's life. They fall under the following categories: Military, Command, Resource, Improvements, Fortifications and Black Market.
Without some Buildings basic player interactions such as war, trade, and exchanges between Allies are unavailable. You will need to discover certain Lost Arts and produce resources in order to construct new buildings.
To construct a building do the following:
- Once in your Castle, click on the Constructions icon on the right-hand side of the screen (hammer icon)
- Choose the desired tab (Resources, Defensive, Etc) and building.
- Read the information regarding the cost and requirements for construction – many of the buildings require a certain Lost Art or substancial upgrading of other buildings before they can be built
- Click build, choose a place inside the Castle, and start construction. Some buildings can also be constructed in designated areas within your Castle, they will be highlighted with a green frame.
For example, Fortifications can be constructed only on the Castle Perimeter sections highlighted in Grey. The same goes for several of the Improvements that can only be installed on Gates and Towers.
The Counselors, located on the middle of the top toolbar section, help you keep track of changes in your Castle and update you on interactions with the others Lords of Stormfall (don't worry, they're just human players.)
Grand Marshal.
This character is responsible for providing you with battle reports, your military affairs, not only Raid reports are included, but also:
- Your Spy mission results;
- Other player attempts to spy on your Castle;
- Other player's attempts to spy on your Allies' Castles;
- Tracking Reinforcements to and from your Castle;
- Other player's threats to attack your Castle;
- Other player's threats to attack your Allies' Castle;
- Results of battles between your units and Enemy's Units;
- Results of battles between your Allies' units and Enemy's Units;
- Any event involving Reinforcements you have sent to your Allies or occupied territories
Lord Steward.
Your Lord Steward keeps you up to speed on your commercial activity. The Lord Steward reports on;
- Caravans arriving to your Castle
- Your Caravans arriving at their destination Castle
- Other players exchange requests
Your herald keeps you informed on the status of offered and current Alliances. The Herald reports on:
- "Alliance" offers sent to you
- New Allies
- Termination of Alliances
- League Invitations
Your Scribe updates you on the status of your Lost Arts. The Scribe reports on;
- Lost Arts discovery completion
- Scrolls exchangeg with other players
- New scrolls deciphered by your Scribe
- Lost Arts upgrade
INTERACTING WITH NEIGHBORS (a.k.a. Lords)
Interacting with other Storfall: Age of War players, known as Lords will be the key feature of your gameplay experience. To succeed you will need to master all the different ways of influencing and enganging other Lords. There are several ways to do this. You can interact with your fellow neighbors from the map interface by going to the map and positioning your mouse over another Lord's Castle and choosing an action from the range of options offered in the pop-up menu.
You can also interact by visiting their Castle. Go to the other Lord's Castle, click actions on the right menu and choose the action you want to perform. Alternatively, you can perform most interactions from your military and Command buildings.
As you make more contacts (can be friend or foe), you will find that keeping track of them will be easier from the Command building interfaces rather than scrolling on the map. You can perform military actions, conduct diplomacy, and engage in trade from the keep, Embassy and Market, respectively.
Once you get most of your buildings up and already gone through Oberon's tutorials, you will spend most of your time doing exactly this, Raiding. Calculating how long will it take your units to go, battle and then come back will be crucial to your success when growing your small town into an empire. You're not simply raiding a Ogre's Cave just for the sake of it, you are obtaining XP points, which are meant for levelling. Other human players cannot raid your city if you're a much lower level than them, and it's highly suggested that you raid computer battlegrounds lots of times until you understand the gameplay mechanics fairly well. Raiding is a rather complex feature and we've put up this raiding strategy guide for beginners
Read our guide on spying before sending your silent one when you're not yet prepared.
You can send letters to other players through the game message system. To send letters to your friends and Allies, click "Letters" on the user menu. In the inbox folder you will find letters received from your friends, Allies, and Enemies.
In the sent tab you will find letters you've sent to other Lords. To write a new letter, click "New Letter". Choose a Lord from the list, enter the message subject, type the text, and click "Send". You can also exchange letter with other players by going to the map, placing your cursor over the player's castle, and clicking the envelope icon. Then simply enter your message text and click "Send".
To stop receiving communications from other users, add them to your blacklist. Messages from users on your blacklist will be automatically deleted. Open the "Mail" window and click the "Block User" button to blacklist a player.
You can send messages to other online players in real-time using the game's chat function. To use chat, click on the Chat button on the right side of the bottom bar, on your friends panel. You can interact with other players from the Chat interface by clicking on another Lord's name and choosing a desired action (Open Profile, Add to Contacts) from the pop-up menu.
To view your rankings against other players, click Rankings from the user menu. Global ranking displays your position against all the users the play Stormfall: Age of War. The Friends Ranking shows your position among all your Friends that play Stormfall.
Rankings are divided into Legends, Champions and Current Ranking according to level of importance. Legends displays the name of all players to ever place in the Weekly Rankings. Champions displays the name of all players that took top positions last week. Current rankings shows the current players relative positions.
There are 4 types of Rankings:
- Offense – ranks the players who defeated the largest number of enemy units while attacking other Castles.
- Defense – ranks the players who defeated the largest number of enemy units while defending their own Castle.
- Raid – ranks players who seized the largest amount of Resources when raiding other Castles.
- Sieges – ranks players who laid seige upon the highest number of Castles.
You gain experience points for defeating Enemy Units, discovering Lost Arts, and constructing and upgrading buildings. Once you've gained the required number of experience points, you level up. The Experience progress bar is on the top menu, showing you how many more points you need before the next level. Each new level earns you Sapphires.
To find out how many experience points you get for discovering the Lost Arts and constructing buildings, open a Lost Arts information window in the Lost Arts panel, or view info about the building in the construction tab. Your level serves to show other players your progress in the game. Players can view each others levels by visiting their castles, or from the map.
You will receive Skull Runes with every new experience level you reach in the game. The number of Runes received with each level up will increase over time:
Here is the table of Skull Runes obtained on each level range:
- Levels 16-30 2 runes
- Levels 31-60 4 Runes
- Levels 61-75 6 Runes
- Levels 76+ 8 Runes
Skull Runes cannot be bought at the black market, given as gifts, or traded. Skull Runes have been applied retroactively t reflect your current experience level.
To go to the map, click "Map" on the right hand side of the screen icon. You can always come back clicking on the "door" icon on the right-hand side of the screen as well.
You will notice that all Castles have x coordinates (number at the bottom of the screen) and y coordinates (numbers on the left of the screen), you can position the mouse on any player's Castle and see their complete coordinates right below their names.
The map also contains the location for known enemy bases.
To move any of your buildings within your perimeter, click on the "Edit" button on the right-hand side of the screen. Click on the object you want to move. You can also rotate them. Some objects can only move along the outside perimeter, such as fortifications, and cannot be placed inside the Castle's inside perimeter. Click on save to finish the modifications made.
While modifying your Castle's perimeter Fortifications and improvements, remember that there are 2 levels – lower (Walls, towers and Gates) and upper (Catapults, Ballistae, Sentries, etc, these can only be placed on top of towers and gates)
You can do this by clicking on the player's photo, clicking on the chat button, go to the lord's castle and click on open profile. Even though you cannot see the number and type of units another player has, you can see the following info; Coordinates, current level, Feats of Valor, League, player's Offense, Defense, Raid and Siege points.
This is the list of achievements of Stormfall: Age of War. Click the "Feats of Valor" button, represented by a crown icon on the top-left hand corner of the screen to check out your medallions. You can use the Hints next to each type of Medallion to find out how you can earn one.
Battlegrounds are locations on the Map that have either been occupied by Balurs Orcish horde. or are under threat of imminent attack. By waging war upon these Battlefields you can claim valuable trophies and Quest items. liberate friendly Units. seize Resources. or gain Experience Points. If you cannot find the Battleground
Be forewarned – these battles may cost you dearly in men and Resources. and a reward is not always guaranteed to the victor… While many may contain valuable Resource caches or captured friendly Units – some will offer nothing but hordes of Enemies and the opportunity to earn Experience Points. if you are victorious and gain nothing – take heart… Each Battlefield you rid of the Enemy significantly increases your odds of receiving a bonus on your next attempt – so keep trying!
Each Settlement pays its conqueror Tribute in one of the three main types of Resources (Gold, lron, and Food), or in Sapphires. There are three types of Settlements: Large. Medium, and Small The amount of Resources received from the Settlement per hour and the total amount of the Tribute available depends on its size. The larger the Settlement. the more Resources it can collect per hour. and the greater its total worth. When all the Tribute at a Settlement has been collected (or its time limit expires] it will disappear from the Map. The time remaining until a Settlement disappears is displayed on the pop-up Map menu and at your Command buildings (Keep and Eagle's Nest). Go to the Eagles Nest to detect new settlements . Every new Settlement starts off vacant and unguarded. so be the first to find the new ones! Any player can view the amount of Resources stored in the Settlement by placing their cursor over it.
Here is our in-depth Guide to Capturing Settlements in Stormfall: AOW
Leagues allow Lords to unite their Allies under a well-organized command structure with one name, banner. and hierarchy. Each member of a League has their own credentials. duties. and responsibilities within the group. Here is our detailed Guide on Stormfall Age of War Leagues
Hope our Stormfall Age of War walkthrough for beginners was of any help. Don't forget to read the in-depth guides on other features of the game.

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Inbox Dollars | The Inbox Dollars Scam Truth
Inbox Dollars at a Glance:
Inbox Dollars is a membership site that seems to share the revenue from its advertisers with its members. Advertisers provide numerous ways for Inbox Dollars members to receive rewards for performing small tasks that include reading email and shopping online. The rewards for completing the tasks are usually in the form of cash or some form of money saving discounts.
Inbox Dollars on the Web:
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Facebook URL: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Inbox-Dollars/165362130170221
Twitter URL: http://twitter.com/#!/inboxdollars
Inbox Dollars Review-How it Works:
To participate in the Inbox Dollars program one must become a member. The membership, however, appears to be free. The required form asks for your name, address and a password. In fact they claim that they will pay you $5 for creating a membership account. This membership then allows participation in any of the offers available. There does appear to be some limitations to memberships that prohibit multiple accounts in one household or multiple accounts using any one computer.
The program offers and services of Inbox Dollars seem also to be free with perhaps the odd exception within the online gaming offers.
These offers include:
- Reading Emails
- Taking Surveys
- Watching video Ads
- Redeeming Coupons
- Playing Online Game
- Searching the Web
- Shopping Online
Offers are normally only able to be redeemed one time and should be completed immediately after clicking on the offer. Otherwise it is possible not to receive credit for the completion. Any cash earned by the successful completion of an offer will apparently be held in the member's cash account until a minimum of $30 is accrued. The minimum payment, as stated in the membership terms and conditions, is $30.
Is Inbox Dollars a Scam?
Inbox Dollars is part of Cotter Webb Enterprises, a company that is the parent company to the two largest online loyalty marketing communities online. It appears that Inbox Dollars provides legitimate services to its members and allows advertisers an outlet for their offers. The ability to earn money through this website is viable, however one may question whether the time involved is adequately balanced by the earning potential.
Do you have any experience with Inbox Dollars? I would welcome comments or opinions.
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France stands up against Al-Qaeda
For those of you who've read many of my articles knows that I am anything but a fan of the French government. I feel the government stands idly by while Islamic driven anti-semitism runs rampant as well as laying down on the battle against global jihadist movement. HOWEVER, tonight I saw this article and wanted to write a little giving the French government some props (the cynic in me says not to expect this often and to wait for it's chance to come back out). Seems the French intelligence agencies have arrested 11 people accused of being part of a recruiting ring for jihadist activities in Iraq.
The French anti-terrorist police arrested 11 people they asserted were connected to a Qaeda recruiting network for the insurgency in Iraq, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday.
Wow, sounds like France is helping us in Iraq! Let the mea culpas from those who've blasted them as laying down to islam begin! Ok wait, let's think about this..you know the old adage…if it sounds to good to be true then it probably is right? France is helping America by stopping recruiting for the insurgency in Iraq? Say What? I've always had the feeling that Chirac would pay the airfare out of his own pocket for any Islamic terrorist in France who wants to go to Iraq and bloody American soldiers. So just to make sure I'm not misreading things I do some more reading of articles etc…look for proof of a sea change or even a little wave of change in Chirac's attitude towards the US. That's when the cynic in me finds this article and jumps on with both feet.
A French intelligence report says that France is being targeted by al-Qaeda, the London-based Arabic-language newspaper al-Hayat reported Friday.
The report warned decision makers of a series of scenarios, including a terror attack which will take place ahead of the presidential elections in a bid to influence their results.
Al-Qaeda trying to influence a European election? Anyone remember Spain? Perhaps the 11 people arrested weren't recruiting for Iraq but rather for attacks in France? Seriously, isn't the only reason there is terrorism in the war in Iraq and Bush right?
The report added that "what contributes to the severity of the threats is that senior al-Qaeda members need to prove that they can still exert their influence in Europe and not only in the traditional jihad countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan."
Well I'm sure all the terrorists are in Iraq now and the French have nothing to worry about right?
The report detailed four "threat centers" from which the activists would emerge. The first is "the Iraqi networks": Hundreds of Muslims with a European citizenship who volunteered to fight in Iraq against the US army and returned last summer to Europe. Since their return, they have been working on building secret cells or preparing terror attacks.
Most interesting, to me, out of these four "threat centers" was this one here:
A fourth source of concern for France, and perhaps the most severe, is the organizations in North Africa, mainly those affiliated with a radical Islamic organization in Algeria. The leader of this organization has threatened France several times in the past two years.
This was especially interesting in light of this article:
Algiers, 13 Feb. (AKI) – Six people died and another 16 were wounded in a series of explosions on Tuesday targeting police stations and government offices in the Kabylia area in eastern Algeria, satellite television al-Arabiya reported. At least five car bombs exploded in the cities of Tizi Ouzu and Bourmedes in attacks police believe were carried out by the Salafite Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC).
The GSPC is believed to have recently changed its name into the Organisation of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb after it pledged allegiance last year to the international terror network led by Osama bin Laden.
An Algerian Islamic insurgency started in 1992 after authorities cancelled elections an Islamist party was poised to win.
The insurgency is now conducted by the GSPC with an estimated 500 militants, significantly less than in the 1990s when some 30,000 insurgents operated in the country. Militant strongholds are located in Algeria's mountains and parts of the southern desert
So one of the 4 "threat centers" is already highly active and on the move. Perhaps the French really weren't helping to "stop recruitment for terrorists in Iraq" but rather save themselves for being hit by terrorism. I'm not against that, heck I'm thrilled when any of the cult of islam terrorists get bagged, but hey call it what it is. This action plus a French newspaper posting some mohammed the molester cartoons shows that France might actually be standing up to threat against it's culture.Sphere: Related Content


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As we get cozy in December, we can be assured it's not just Christmas to look forward to but a real festive season! This December, Show Time events are giving us more than Christmas, they are giving us divas!
Regional music divas will be the main entertainers at this year's Jungle Party slated for December 22 at the Kivu Serena Hotel.
Our very own, Knowless Butera and Young Grace, will lead the pack that will comprise of Keko, Lillian, Cindy and Jackie Chandiru. This will be Keko's first time in Rwanda while the other divas have all been here before.
"Every year, the Jungle Party comes with something new. This year we are focusing on the best lady musicians from the region because they have put in a lot of time and effort to get themselves to where they are today. We want to show the audience the power of female music," explained Davies Genza, CEO of Show Time events, the organisers of Jungle Party.
Genza also hinted on the fact that such events help in promoting local female artistes, bringing them closer to their counterparts from the region who have made it internationally.
"If Young Grace and Keko exchanged tips about their music, Knowless and Lillian or Cindy would also do the same. Our goal is to promote music by recognising the efforts put in by these ladies."
Apart from the lady musicians, Show Time Events is also bringing in the best female DJs from the region - names will be confirmed soon.
The party, dubbed 'X-Mas Jungle Party' will, as usual, go for Rwf 10,000 and starts at 9pm till dawn. Serena Hotel and Mutzig are the sponsors.


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Mass gay kiss-in protest in Rome
4:24 PM — Over a thousand same-sex couples took park in a mass 'kiss-in' last night, the second such protest after two men were arrested for 'public indecency' in front of the iconic Roman monument last week.The amorous demonstration was called by Italian gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender association Arcigay.The two men, identified only as Roberto L, 27 and Michele M, 28, were arrested by seven armed Carabinieri and held for 45 minutes last week.
Conference to discuss fire and rescue LGBT issues
3:51 PM — Gay rights organisation, trade unions, politicains and fire and rescue professionals from across the country are to meet later this year to discuss LGBT topics.Avon Fire Service, the Fire Brigades Union, Stonewall and Unison are holding a groundbreaking conference to discuss LGBT equality in the fire and rescue service.The two-day conference, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality in the Fire Service - an Absolute Taboo? will feature speeches from Ben Summerskill and Brian Paddick.
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3:40 PM — The gay-hostile Archbishop of Nigeria is planning to ordain his own 'flying bishop' in England, in a direct challenge to the authority of Rowan Williams.Archbishop Peter Akinola has already appointed a bishop to minister to Anglicans in America who object to gay people in the church, despite a plea from the Archbishop of Canterbury not to split the worldwide Communion.A source describing himself as a 'worker in the Nigerian diocese' said Archbishop Akinola's plans were common knowledge.
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1:35 PM — The UK's biggest Pride parade, complete with musical-theatre themed parade, a festival and promises of sunshine, will grace Brighton this Saturday.Pride in Brighton Hove, which is free, attracted over 120,000 revellers last year.Torsten Højer, editor of Brighton's leading gay magazine 3Sixty, told PinkNews.co.uk: "We are so excited about this year's events and tomorrow's parade should be the best ever - plus the sun is going to shine!"
TURING: An awkward trip to the seaside
12:40 PM — The young couple still looked devastated.Their faces somehow managed to capture the ephemeral nature of human facial expression, and transform it into a permanent imprint, a record, if you will, of human emotions.They existed outside the law then; they exist outside the law now. In a strange land where the national passport allows for their existence, the law doesn't.
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12:25 PM — The Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, is introducing legislation to ban same-sex couples from adopting children from other countries.The Family Law (Same Sex Adoption) Bill could be introduced as early as next week.If it becomes law, children adopted in other countries by same-sexcouples will not be granted visas to enter Australia.
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11:45 AM — Former Liverpool and Sweden footballer Glenn Hysén opened Stockholm Pride this week with a speech denouncing homophobia in sport."Sometimes, sport turns us into good team players, but sometimes sport turns us into anxious homophobic herd animals," he said, according to TheLocal.seHysén was widely decried as a bad choice for Stockholm Pride, after he infamously punched a man who allegedly propositioned him in a Frankfurt Airport toilet in 2001.
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11:39 AM — Italy has urged Iran to stop executions, today, citing Rome's 'deepuneasiness' with a spate of executions of gay people in the IslamicRepublic.More than 140 people have been executed in Iran so far this year, many of them convicted of 'hooliganism,' which some reports say includes consensual gay sex.Islamic law states that all sexual acts outside of a heterosexualmarriage - referred to as sodomy - are forbidden.
Dutch use aid to push for gay rights
11:20 AM — The Netherlands is to step up pressure for gay rights in countrieswhere it has strong aid ties.Dutch embassy officials in the 36 countries where the Netherlandsdonates much of its aid will draw up an inventory of gay, lesbian and bisexual rights legislation, according to development cooperation minister Bert Koenders.
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11:15 AM — Openly gay Episcopalian Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire endorsed Democratic Presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama yesterday.Bishop Robinson says he was lured to Obama's campaign because of the Illinois Democrat's experience with racism and discrimination."Frankly, I don't think there's any major candidate that is where we in the gay community would hope they would be on our issues," the bishop told AP said.


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Dr. Hans Rosling is a legendary TED presenter: He's appeared there a half-dozen times, using stats in ingenious ways to dispel common myths about the developing world. A professor at Karolinska
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It is true that we are falling behind in development in almost every industry imaginable, and also true that we live in one of the most (if not the most) closed societies on earth. Our interest for the rest of the world is minimal and our education, news and reporting is one of the worst in the world.
We need to turn things around fast.
to David Rosen who wrote: "...how the West is not growing...while others are growing."
Well, duhhh. Maybe that's because we did our growing several generations ago. It's called a plateau.
These other nations are just catching up to the West. We don't 'need' to maintain the same pace of growth as a developing nation. We're already 10,000 yards ahead of the pack.
I found Rosling's perspective to be plausible and realistic. The real challenge is can the world globalize, think globally and figure out how to balance the resources and production across countries without conflict?
Can we think globally while still acting locally?
My greatest concern is that the US is still not positioned to support the infrastructure and quality of life growth that is occuring outside of the US. And, the lego example provides a great demonstration of how the "West" is not growing over teh next 40 years while others are growing.
I look forward to learning more from Dr. Rosling.
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@BB: What a load of Nietzschean crock.
I love the comment about Eastern Europe. Western Europe had the luck of being liberated by the Western Allies. Eastern Europe had the bad luck of being liberated by the Soviet Union. It had nothing to do with standing up to tyranny and if you think that you have no knowledge of modern history. If the Normandy landings had failed, France, Belgium, Norway, Denmark bla bla might have become part of the Soviet Empire.
As far as Mexico is concerned, well Mexico had the disfortune of being conquered by conquistadors, not English/French as was the case with North America. The same factors that made England great made the US great (rule of law/enterprise) made the US great. Nothing to do with birth or race which is your implication.
As far as Dubai or Kuwait are concerned, those countries appeared in the 20th century. 4 generations ago they were parts of the Ottoman Empire - as was Iraq. China (or Italy or England) has been at war with 'someone' for thousands of years with stable mostly governments & economies.
As to belonging in the gutter - you should be grateful you were not born in Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq, India etc. Then you would find how easy it would be pull yourself of the 'gutter' with 'willpower'.
You should take up politics or commentary on Fox.
OK, so he sets up the problem, which I do agree with. The gap between the Western world and the "war torn countries like Somalia, Afghanistan, and [DR] Congo" is certainly getting wider.
However, he then jumps to the wrong conclusion. According to him, the issue is the lack of global government. Sure, that would solve the problem; it would push the world down to the lowest common denominator. The rich countries would be taxed to pay for the poor countries, and the engine that drives our standard of living would grind to a halt.
How about the other solution... fix the poor countries? In most of them, you'll find some sort of dictatorial government, corruption run rampant, and the elite government officials living like kings while their people starve to death. Get a democratic republic, where the government actually has to listen to the people, and you'll find they quickly join the rest of the world.
What a crock. Its bleeding hearts like this that are taking the world down a path it cannot recover from. "Globalization" and "world government" are keywords for putting 6 billion people on global welfare while 1/10 of 1% of the rest of us supports them.
"Western Europe & North America" have no advantage... What kind of comment is this? Of course Western Europe & North America have an advantage... We have taken what we were born with and made the most of it. Case in point... The U.S. & Mexico. Both have been around exactly the same amount of time... What has the U.S. accomplished? What has Mexico Accomplished? (ask any of the 6 million illegal immigrants which country they prefer.)
Another Case: Take any Western European country and compare it to nearly any former eastern block country. Western Europeans had the backbone to stand up to tyranny and made the most of what they had.
Take a look at Dubai or Kuwait verses Iran or Iraq. The former have stable governments, economies, and peace... Iran and Iraq on the other hand have been at war with someone for thousands of years.... I'm sorry but their idiots.
Everybody starts off equal at some point... people and countries. If an individual or a country is too weak-willed to pull themselves out of the gutter, so be it, that's where they belong. No amount of welfare, political correctness, or the west's money is ever going to make any difference.


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How in the world can anyone keep track of all this? Imagine the number of transactions – buys, sells, dividends paid, dividends reinvested, capital gains distributions, stock splits, etc... If you've got a taxable account you'll have to hire a CPA just to keep track of this. Do you or your advisor really think you can adequately research so many companies and money managers? Think about the financial statements, charts, and economic data you have to pore over. Is this really worth your time and money?
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MODERATOR: We have Quinnipiac head coach Rand Pecknold and Zack Currie.
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COACH PECKNOLD: We're extremely proud of our players and how hard they've competed throughout the season and very excited to move on to the Frozen Four. It's a great accomplishment. And we're looking forward to competing against St. Cloud.
MODERATOR: Questions?
Q. The conversation with the team, maybe it's that third period against Canisius and how you turn it around and turn it around significantly against Union less than 24 hours later.
COACH PECKNOLD: Yeah, I was aggressive in between periods. I think I've only probably yelled at this team I think three times all year.
That was probably the third time. They've been great all year at responding. And to when we haven't been playing well and been resilient.
But I guess sometimes as a head coach you try to save the amount that you yell at them so you know it's going to hit home hard when you do.
Again, it wasn't anything out of the ordinary but I was just aggressive in my tone and thought, hey, we've got a great opportunity here and we need to take advantage of it. And just so proud of how the guys responded. We had a great third period and had a great 60 minutes against Union.
Q. Secondly, for those who are looking from the outside or maybe even watching the game against Union, the final score was if not lopsided, it looked like a convincing win. But those of us who know hockey know that it could have been a much different game if Hartzell had not made that save early on in the break‑away. Could you talk about that save? Is it indicative of Eric's play over the course of the year?
COACH PECKNOLD: Yeah, I think Eric Hartzell is the best player in college hockey. Dominant all year. Certainly there's a lot of great players. Drew LeBlanc at St. Cloud, Czarnik at Miami, and on and on. There's a lot of great players.
But I just think from a standpoint of what Hartzell does for us, my leading scorer is 99th in the country in scoring, and yet we're ranked No. 1 in the country.
So what Hartzy has done for us is carried us on his back all year long. He's been great. Whenever we've struggled, he's been there to bail us out. Even that 21‑game unbeaten streak. We probably had I would say five games we should have lost in that span that he won for us. But I think that save‑‑ it was early in the game. It's hard to say it was the pivotal moment in the game, but it was certainly a big part of the game. We made that save and Peca scores the goal in three minutes 12seconds, and we were off to the races after that.
Just so you know, Zack Currie is in the room now. He's in here from class.
Q. A lot has been said about like Matthew Peca and the Jones twins, but I want to talk about some of the lesser known guys on your team who have played such integral parts throughout the season, guys like Russell Goodman and Kevin Bui and Cory Hibbeler, could you talk about how their contributions have been so crucial in the team's success not only throughout the season but also to get to the Frozen Four?
COACH PECKNOLD: Yeah, we definitely‑‑ we're a good definition of team. We're well‑rounded. We're deep. Like I just said, we barely have a score in the top hundred in the country. But we have four lines, they all contribute. Kevin Bui has contributed with some big goals here in the playoff run. Russ Goodman had a big one in the Canisius game to tie it up.
We've been by committee all year, and certainly you can't go past my four senior defensemen, Currie and Loren Barron and Zach Davies and Mike Dalhuisen, they've been awesome back there. They've been really good along with Federico and Tolkinen. So it's been a fun year. 11 seniors. All playing well. They're all buying in. Great group of guys from a character standpoint.
And I think you saw that resiliency in the Canisius win. We had that great first period and really struggled in the second and came out and were dominant in the third and found a way to get it done.
Q. Zack, we couldn't help but notice after the Union game you guys clinched the first Frozen Four ever for the school, and yet there wasn't a ton of celebration on the ice, it was just skating down going to see Hartzy and all the pleasantries afterwards. Why was the celebration so muted for you guys?
ZACK CURRIE: I think a big part of it was that we're not done. We realize that it's a huge accomplishment to get to the Frozen Four, and we're ecstatic about reaching that. But we're going for the national championship.
And it's another huge win for our program, a huge win for us. But I think part of it was just that we know we're not done. And I think the other part of it was just that we weren't‑‑ we've never won that game before. So I don't think we were 100percent sure how to react in that situation until after it kind of sunk in what we had actually accomplished.
Q. Everyone's talking about Eric because of his numbers, and obviously he's been fantastic for you guys, but just looking at the way your season's evolved, there's been a lot of games where you guys have kind of made it easy on him, just the amount of shots that you guys allow, it's far lower than it is for most teams in the country. Can you just talk about the team defense element of it and how you guys are able to make sure teams don't have that many quality scoring chances?
COACH PECKNOLD: Yeah, it's clear we're the No. 1 defensive team in the country. It's a team game. Hartzy is our stud, but we certainly play well in front of him. There's games where you don't get a lot of shots. I think it's tougher on a goalie where you only see 14, 15 shots and you get kind of cold. I think goalies get more in a rhythm when they see 35 or 40. And it's a team game for us. It's been funny, I feel all year long the members of the media keep thinking we play like this prevent defense thing, and it really couldn't be further from the truth.
We're aggressive. We attack. We don't know the word trap, and there's certainly teams in hockey that trap now in NHL. We want to go and we want to possess the puck. And that's how we play defense, with a good offense and a good forecheck.
Q. Zack, I wanted to ask you, when you chose Quinnipiac way back when as a freshman heading into college, did you ever think this might be on the horizon? Was it something that crossed your mind that early?
ZACK CURRIE: I think right off the bat, it's not something that crossed your mind right away.
You know, you have to get yourself situated in the college game and see where your team lands, and obviously my freshman year we started off 12‑0 there and it seemed pretty easy. And we kind of had a reality check. It's something that I definitely not necessarily expected, but it was something that I think as a group we've been working for every single year. And as we went along, it became more and more apparent that it was definitely a possibility.
So I'd say right off the bat it wasn't something that crossed my mind. But it was definitely something that we wouldn't really know?
Q. What in your mind does this say about your sport? I mean, we don't see a more unknown, relatively smaller program make the finals in a lot of other college sports. I guess how would you speak to that?
ZACK CURRIE: I mean, it's the programs that are arising and moving up the ranks just have a lot of commitment from their schools and backing from their schools. Just the parity in our league. You see teams making the tournament, two Atlantic hockey teams make the tournament. Canisius gave us a tough game in our first one, and they came seventh in the regular season in their league.
So it just shows that any team, when they show up on that night, can take out any other team. And it's nice to see that any team can take on anybody.
Q. If I could just build off the last question. In the late '80s and early '90s we saw a lot of teams win a championship for the first time. I think since'93 we've only had one. Could you talk about that idea of parity, and was it always as strong as people thought it was and how have you seen the change in the last three, four, five years where we're seeing Duluth win a national title and using Union going to the Frozen Four and this year we have three first‑time Frozen Four teams?
COACH PECKNOLD: I think the first thing, to go back to the previous question, the first thing you can't really compare hockey to basketball or women's basketball or football or some of the other big sports. And the reason why is hockey is‑‑ goaltending is such an equalizer. It changes everything. And goalies are so hard to recruit and so hard to judge how good they're going to be at the college level from where they are in high school and juniors.
And you see over and over again some of the bigger schools will make mistakes on goalies and it could cost them their season. And you see over and over again where some of the mid‑tier programs hit home runs with bringing in phenomenal goaltending, and there's certainly luck involved, but it's also‑‑ I think it's up to those schools to develop those goalies, and I think it's something we've done a great job here at Quinnipiac with developing Eric Hartzell and didn't play a lot as a freshman. Won the job as a sophomore. Junior was really good. He's just gotten better and better.
And our goalie coaches over the timeframe have done a phenomenal job of making him better, Dan Meyers, our current goalie coach, and Steve Valiquette had Hartzy in the past, and then Justin Eddy had him for his freshman‑sophomore year.
I think goaltending is a big issue, from the recruiting standpoint and creating parity in college hockey and playing individual games. You can outshoot a team 65‑8 and lose that hockey game. And the game of basketball, if you're that dominant, you're going to win. And I think that's sometimes we try to draw comparisons to other sports. And I don't know if that's really the right move is.
Q. The Jones‑Peca line were just incredible, probably as good as they were all season. They finished last season really hot, especially Peca. To have them heating up especially this time, what's that mean for you guys?
COACH PECKNOLD: They've been good all year, and their numbers are significantly down from last year. It's not for lack of chances. They generated the same amount of chances this year and they've been a little bit snakebit for most of the season, hitting some posts, hitting a lot of posts, and missing some empty nets.
Some of the defensemen that will play with them have missed scoring chances, and it's nice to finally see the puck going in for them like it should, like it did last year. And I think it's a credit to our team, when those three were slumping a little bit early in the year, that's when Jeremy Langlois carried our team in the first half of the year with scoring, and Ben Arnt and Jordan Samuels got hot for a while there, and then we had the fourth line and Bui were contributing.
So it's been a great year from that. We've got a lot of good depth, and it just always seems that it's a different line every game that seems to win the hockey game for us.
Q. Zack, watching you guys all season, the defensive core and Eric have had such a great relationship, can you talk a little bit about that and how the way Eric has played all year has made your job a lot easier?
ZACK CURRIE: Well, I think part of it is obviously we have the four senior defensemen and Eric as a senior. And along with the junior in Zach Tolkinen and sophomore in Dan Federico, I think a big part of it is it goes both ways that obviously we're able to play comfortably and relaxed when we know we have Hartzell back there behind us.
At the same time, we do a lot of stuff, not even just as a defensive player but as a team that makes Eric's job easier. I think it goes both ways that we work together, and obviously we've put a lot of work in for the four years to build that relationship.
Q. Coach, first of all, congratulations. When you look at St. Cloud State, you guys played against them a couple seasons ago. Obviously most of the first ‑‑ some of the older kids played against them, but what jumps out against you about St. Cloud and what will be the challenges for you guys?
COACH PECKNOLD: The first thing that always jumps out at me is Coach Motzko. I think he's a phenomenal coach. And he's one of the great people in the game of hockey. I've always really‑‑ I've liked him. I've always been impressed with him. How he handles himself. He's sincere.
And I like the way his teams play. They score goals. They recruit highly skilled players. I like the way they compete. I haven't seen them a ton this year. Certainly we have a history of playing them in the past, and I'll pull up my notes that I keep on every team we play, so I have to pull those up. Haven't got to that yet. But we'll certainly be prepared when it comes time to play them.
But they're a fun team to watch and we're going to have our hands full with them on next Thursday.
But like I said, with St. Cloud, they've always got good power plays and they always find ways to score goals and compete hard. We'll have to find a way to shut that down.
Q. I know that you've been with your program a long time. And I had heard that you said that you kind of wanted to pattern yourself actually with how St. Cloud State kind of built the program, could you talk a little bit about that?
COACH PECKNOLD: Yeah, I've been here 19 years. St. Cloud is a good model of how they built up. I think Miami is a great model of how they've built up.
I think for us we've been successful for three reasons. One is we've always had great assistant coaches. And I've been really fortunate to hire well over the years, and those great assistants have gone out and done a great job recruiting. And number two is getting great players. And the third thing is the resources that Quinnipiac University provides us with.
We built one of the best rinks in the country. Opened in '07. That helped in recruiting. And President Lahey and Jack McDonald and Mark Thompson give us everything we need for us to be successful. I think there's a lot of things, and St. Cloud has certainly done a nice job when they moved up, and Miami has been another one that's done a great job and dominated the landscape of college hockey in the recent years.
Q. Zack, just looking at obviously there's going to be big crowds in Pittsburgh for the Frozen Four, just describe a little bit about maybe the challenge of playing in front of probably the biggest crowds you guys have played in front of?
ZACK CURRIE: I mean, yeah, it certainly will be the biggest crowd, I'm sure. But I guess the challenge in that is just making sure we stay grounded and that we don't let ourselves get caught up in it. We've done a really good job all year as a team focusing on what we can control and taking every game in stride.
So I think just as a team we have to make sure we stay grounded and realize that it doesn't change anything as far as what we can control and that's all that matters.
Q. Coach, I'll ask you the question, but, Zack, if you could weigh in on it. In a previous conversation we were talking about Eric being a great example why college is a great fit for some players seeing how he's come on in the last two years. So with a senior‑laden team, 11, I believe, can you talk about the importance of these guys developing into their early 20s?
COACH PECKNOLD: One of the nice things about college hockey is we get these kids for four years. And unlike major junior where you can trade kids and dump kids and cut kids, we have them for four years. We can develop them.
And I think in Hartzell's case, he came in as a freshman and had a talent and size and athleticism but kind of needed to learn the position better. And he didn't play a lot his freshman year. We were patient with him. And let him kind of evolve slowly. One of his big wins as sophomore year he beat St. Cloud at St. Cloud, and we split them on the weekend, we played Danny Clark the other game, and then Hartzy won. After that win is when Hartzy took the job in his sophomore year. That win over St. Cloud was a big moment in his history.
I think we can be patient with our guys and realize that there are kids that could be solid players for three years and be a superstar their senior year or be great in other areas or kids will evolve into penalty killing. That comment of Hartzell being great to college hockey, that compares us to major junior. Major junior route, 21 years old, you have to turn pro. Hartzy probably wasn't ready to do that at 21, and now he's had the extra two years. Now at 23 he's NHL‑ready.
And that was my comment that time about I just think college is the best route to develop these kids because we'll be patient with them, have them for four years and let them be a little bit older.
ZACK CURRIE: It's almost the same thing. But it just gives you‑‑ for those guys that aren't ready to jump to pro at 21, you have things to work on and college gives you that opportunity, whether it may be a mental side of the game or your skill set or whatever it may be.
Players that may turn into one day being pro players, that may never have gotten the chance if they had gone the major junior route because they just weren't ready at that time and you get pushed to the back of the pile, whereas if you go the college route, you have those extra four years or however long that may take you to get yourself ready and then you can make your run at it if that's what you choose.
So I think it just gives that extra little bit of time to whoever may need it.
Q. Maybe a couple of comments about interesting and unique Frozen Four in that all four teams have basically never been there. Yale's was about a half century ago. You guys are kind of on the same playing field coming in. Could you take us behind Rand Pecknold's scene and talk about how and from whom or where you're developing some sense of what this is is all going to be for you?
COACH PECKNOLD: Well, I was real fortunate I'm on the NCAA committee. I've actually stepped off for this run. So I won't be on it for this Frozen Four. But I was on it last year. I was down there on Tuesday when all the teams arrived. I kind of‑‑ not as a coach but more as like an administrator, but I saw a lot what went on, so I think that's going to help me a little bit in preparing our team for this run.
But in the end, the one thing about our team the whole year, is I haven't had to use any gimmicks or any tricks to get them motivated, like it's just an awesome group of guys. Great character. They come to the rink every day.
To me, probably the main reason we've been good this year is our practice habits. Like the kids just come, it's a war every day in practice. They compete. They battle. And I just‑‑ I expect us to be good when we get there. And I don't really need to do anything different.
We're just going to stay the course. I'll maybe talk briefly with them about five minutes, hey, let's not get caught up in all the media stuff. It's no different than what we said a couple times this year already with No. 1 ranking and the coverage we've gotten.
So the guys have done a good job being grounded. And I think we'll stay the course with that.
Q. Question for Zack. Zack, two parts. First off, did you guys get the sense the beginning of the year that this team could achieve something special? And as the season progressed you've accomplished more, has it been more difficult or challenging for the guys to stay grounded and not get too kind of carried away with what you're doing?
ZACK CURRIE: I think to start off, even at the end of last year, we realized with the group that we had coming back and the kids we had coming in that we had that opportunity.
And at the start of this year, we certainly‑‑ we knew we had a chance to do something, and we addressed that and we set goals as a team. And those were step‑by‑step goals all the way up to winning the national championship. We believe we had the team and opportunity to do it.
And as far as the second part, when it comes to staying grounded, I mean, it is an aspect we had to deal with the accolades and the little things that came along with the No.1 ranking and all that, but I think it just goes to show how good of a character we have and the leadership we have throughout our team that we're able to enjoy those things that came along with the season but at the same time stay grounded and realize that the next game counted just as much as the last.
Q. Coach and Zack, for both of you guys, I know you can't help but look at the other side of the bracket and see Yale there from the conference and from right down the road and obviously the big rival. So just to have them in the Frozen Four, what's that like, not only as a conference team, but being Yale and just the possibility that you might see them on Saturday night, next Saturday night?
COACH PECKNOLD: I mean, honestly, we're just focused on St. Cloud. I have a word about‑‑ Lowell and Yale are great teams. I'll tell you what: I'll be happy to play either one on Saturday. But we'll have our hands full with St. Cloud. You could have picked any three teams in the country, we'd be happy to be there.
I haven't put a lot of thought into it, it's great for Yale and Lowell and St. Cloud and Quinnipiac, for all of us to be there, whether they're from our state or somewhere else.
ZACK CURRIE: I'd have to say the same thing. It's funny how many times I've been asked that question already. And like I said, it doesn't matter who I play or who we play. We want to win that national championship. That's a huge goal we have here.
And whoever gets put in front of us, that's who we're going to focus on and that's who we're going to have to deal with. It may be good for EUCAC, definitely good for EUCAC to have the two teams there, but we're focused on our first game here against St. Cloud and whoever is in that second game, hopefully we can meet them there.
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cheap clothing in Asian imports nearly killed production of "espadrilles" in the birthplace of this iconic summertime cloth and rope-soled shoe, but in a twist of fate Asia is now coming to their rescue.
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He built these in his garage.He didnt exactly get away with it he is sitting in Fed lockup right now.
He built these in his garage.He didnt exactly get away with it he is sitting in Fed lockup right now.
I don?t know whether you had this in mind when considering building a legal post-May, post-86 FA, but here goes.
FA is a rich man?s game not only because of the cost of acquisition but also the cost of caring and feeding the toy.
It is also a rich man?s game if you go the SOT 02/07 route. You have to be in business, be rich enough to be in business and careful enough to follow all the details and regulations of SOT status. I have a friend who started one as a retirement business and is happy to make posties for eventual demonstration/sale to the military or a law enforcement agency.
When he makes his first one for commerce, there is a special tax (about $1700 per year- two years payment in advance) he?ll have to pay. Note, this is not the 11% excise tax on firearms. Like I said, it is now a rich man?s game.
Spartan King Leonidas to the Persians in response to 'Lay down your arms.'
and here i thought you were one of those rich tycoons...
you got to kill it to grill it...Ted Nugent
I don?t even play one on TV.
Spartan King Leonidas to the Persians in response to 'Lay down your arms.'
thats not what these guys said...especially Wrangler Jane..
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you got to kill it to grill it...Ted Nugent
Originally Posted by yosuthnmasa
There are two different laws at work here regarding new manufacture of a subgun. The conviction that got overturned in Stewart was the 86 MG ban that prevents the new manufacture of machine guns for civillian possession. IIRC, the language of the law bans ALL MACHINE GUNS, but provides that proof the MG was legally registered prior to May'86 is a positive defense. The 9th Circuit ruled that since this law was based on Congress' "Interstate Commerce" regulatory powers, Stewart's somewhat unique situation did not fall under or affect Interstate Commerce, therefore the law did not apply to his situation and his conviction was reversed.
Basically, Stewart had built himself some STEN like MGs using mainly raw materials and unregulated parts. The court ruled that the completed MGs had never been in interstate commerce, so the law did not apply. Now, some IC based cases have won convictions on the grounds that by making your own (insert name of whatever strikes your fancy) you have "affected" IC because if you had not made your own, you would have bought one that had been in IC. Again, in Stewart's unique case, he was found to not have affected IC. Stewart was a convicted felon. As such, he was barred from owning MGs. Since he could not have legally purchased one, his "not buying one" had no affect on IC. The government presented no evidence that he intended to sell them in IC, so that argument was a wash too.
The second law is the NFA, the one that requires the registration and taxation of certain weapons. This is based on Congress' taxation power, which is virtually limitless. This is, on paper anyway, simply a tax law. The registration part is there merely to facilitate the collection of the taxes. There is no IC requirement in this law. Even if you built your own, you would still have to register it and pay the tax to be legal. Stewart did not do this, so he was still in illegal possession of an MG. I do not recall if they bothered to prosecute him under this law or not.
So, in theory at least, if you live in the 9th Circuit you could send in your form 1 just like you could prior to '86 and possibly get it approved. has that happened? I dunno, but if it had I'm sure we would have heard about it. I think maybe ATF is waiting to find out the results of their appeals before they act.
I for one would be more than happy to pay $200 to build a legal sten.We can only hope this gets heard by SCOTUS and they rule in our favor.
I've now of 2 or 3 people that have confirmed that a form 1 has gotten threw. But they think it might have got approved buy mistake or something. I shire would like to see a scan of the approved form 1.
I have heard the same thing and also heard they where revoked or whatever you call it after the screw up was caught.Also some are reporting that the ATF is holding on to some pending a final decision.
he destroyed it.I get sick every time I think about it as he had no kids so I could have possibly ended up with it after my uncles all died off
Nah Droog...thats what he told everyone...its in a hole somewhere Id bet... I dont know him but thats what I would prolly do.... then everyone would think it was gone...unless he had the slagged parts then ya thats a bummer....
Start huntin the property w/a metal detector... LOL
Anyone know if anyone has gotten an approved Form-1 back since Stewart? I hear one guy did for a SEAR but the BATF repealed it and now his lawyer is suing...
Im not rich enough and I live in CA anyway... .theoretically someone living in NV or AZ could cobble an SMG up from SCRATCH and be OK... I know some people say a parts kit doesnt constitute a gun so it counts as "home made" but I personally think the spirit of the ruling would be for TOTALLY homemade stuff like P.A. Luty's SMGs, or a STEN made from a fence pipe and a car axle where you cobble all the parts outta metal yourself... EVERYTHING.. If I was gonna attempt it, I would make every single part except the BBL, unless I could get a BBL machine setup and working....
Anyway...thats my .02c


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