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Carrie Underwood To Play at Rimrock Auto Arena!
Just announced...Carrie Underwood is returning to Billings to play at Rimrock Auto Arena on February 19th, 2013!
Just announced...Carrie Underwood is returning to Billings to play at Rimrock Auto Arena on February 19th, 2013!
We had received rumors that the October 27th, 2012 for Don Williams at the Alberta Bair theater had been cancelled. We called the Alberta Bair theater and have confirmed this information.
The Don Williams concert scheduled for October 27th, 2012 has been cancelled.
Country superstars Rascal Flatts are coming to the Magic City! The group just announced that they are extended their Changed tour into early next year whichincludes two stops in Montana! According to the band's website, they will be in Billings at the Rimrock Auto Arena on Saturday, January 26 and in Missoula at the Adams Center on Friday, January 25. Metra Officals have yet to confirm the show.
American Legion Andrew Pearson Post 117, and Blue Star Mothers invites you to a benefit concert and BBQ for U.S. Navy Seal, Bo Reichenbach. The Benefit is at Zoo Montana with the BBQ running from 3:30 to 6:30
Big Sky Polka Club is hosting the 19th Annual Big Sky Polka Festival, starting with a Jam Session tonight at the Shrine Auditorium from 7p-10p.
Dancing all weekend long!
Friday, 3p-10p
Saturday, 2p-11p
Sunday, Sunday Polka Mass and Worship Service at 11a, Dancing from 1p-6p.
The 3rd Annual Chords for Kiddos is this Sunday at 2 in Homesteader Park in Huntley! There will be all kinds of music and family fun, including your chance to win one of 4 guitars donated by Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw
The 19th Annual Big Sky Polka Festival is kicking off this weekend at the Shrine Auditorium. The fun gets going Thursday night with a Jam Session from 7-10. Then Dancing is scheduled as follows;
Friday, 3p-10p
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Country legend Loretta Lynn is coming to Billings this fall! She is scheduled to perform at the Alberta Bair Theatre on Tuesday, October 30 at 7:30p.m with special guest Chuck Mead! Tickets are $76 for premiere seating, $61 for main floor and loge and and $46 for the balcony. Tickets went on sale this morning and there are still some premiere seats left!
August Rush kicks off this afternoon outdoors at the Shrine Auditorium, rain or shine!
The Gates open at 2, music runs from 3p-10p, featuring, House of Quist, Rob Quist and the Great Northern Band, D'Tective, and the Jared Stewart Band! Food, beverages and merchandise will be for sale at the concert
Nashville, Tenn. has long been known as a major hub in the music industry, but Music City's status will certainly rise with the announcement that this year's 'Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown to Music's Biggest Night' will be held in the home of country music. The stage will be aired on CBS on Dec. 5. from Bridgestone Arena, located in the heart of downtown Nashville.
Today is Pioneer Days in Belfry!
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The fun gets going this afternoon at 4 with the Parade. Followed by a potluck and kids pig races, then for the adults, it's the Barnyard Olympics! The night winds down after the street dance, starting at 9 with Nile Express. You know the best times in Montana are in the small towns!
Whenever possible, Luke Bryan loves to use his music to give back to people who need his support. That's why the 'Drunk on You' hitmaker devised the Farm Tour — an annual set of outdoor concerts that give back to local farming communities. This year will be the fourth-annual event, and Bryan has finally announced the dates and cities to his eager fans.


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Rockets' Turner to interview for Suns' head coaching job
By Jonathan Feigen | May 15, 2008
Photo By Brett Coomer/Houston ChronicleHouston Rockets assistant coach Elston Turner (right) will get the chance to be a head coach as he will interview for the vacant position with the Phoenix Suns.
Hoping to move from veteran lead assistant to first-time head coach, Rockets assistant coach Elston Turner on Thursday became a candidate for one of the most coveted positions in the NBA.
Turner will interview for the Phoenix Suns' head coaching position next week, with the Suns receiving permission on Thursday from the Rockets to interview Turner to succeed Mike D'Antoni, who resigned to become the coach of the New York Knicks.
Suns president Steve Kerr on Thursday, interviewed Pistons assistant Terry Porter, who like Turner was an assistant under Rockets coach Rick Adelman when they were with the Sacramento Kings. Kerr is scheduled to meet with ESPN analyst Mark Jackson today.
"I'm excited," Turner said. "I'm looking forward to it, very much looking forward to talking about it and seeing if I'm the kind of guy they're looking for."
Turner was an assistant with the Kings for six seasons, the last two as Adelman's lead assistant, and was an assistant with the Portland Trail Blazers for four seasons.
With the Rockets, he helped guide the defense to second in the NBA in opponents' field goal percentage.
"There are striking similarities between the teams," Turner said of the Suns and Rockets. "Both teams had two of the biggest men in the league (Shaquille O'Neal and Yao Ming) and you have to put those guys where they can excel on both ends of the floor. They're an up-tempo team and I've been with Sacramento and that's what we're trying to do here, as far as being up-tempo. We led the league in scoring a couple years I was in Sacramento. They're looking for more aggression, being more productive on the defensive end.
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The major discovery here, Young says, is not that this magnetic tool can hinder moral judgments, but that any interference with the RTPJ can have an effect.
"It's less about a 'moral center in the brain' and more about how we infer another's mental state when making judgments about their actions – and mis-infer … after transient disruption of the RTPJ," says Kristina Visscher, assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
In the past, researchers have found evidence that the RTPJ may play a key role in our moral judgments. One study by Young found that people who naturally had more activity in the RTPJ were more likely to forgive those who cause harm unintentionally, for example.
"This region has been associated with higher cognitive abilities for a good while," says Dr. Peter Fox, director of the Research Imaging Center at the University of Texas Health Science Center. "It has been called a convergent zone, or association area, because it processes multiple different kinds of information," but only recently have scientists investigated how the RTPJ is specifically needed for moral cognition, he says.
"Previous studies…have shown that this brain region lights up when you are making moral judgments, so this study predicted you could impair that function…and it did," he says.
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Villa / 4 bedrooms / sleeps 8
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Located just some minutes from town of Agia Napa, in Cyprus, the restaurants and the beach, Mersinia House is a rental house that will complete any vacation. The house has four bedrooms, a balcony with lovely view and a bathroom and a shower room and can accommodate up to eight people. It has a nice and fully stocked kitchen and an impressive living room for entertaining with TV and wireless internet. Each of the four bedrooms has a double bed and air-conditioning. Up to 8 persons can stay and enjoy their accommodation in this villa. Everything in the villa, from the furniture to the kitchenware and the decoration, gives a modern feeling. Moreover there are two outdoor areas, two dining areas and a a big area with sofas for relaxing. Additionally, there are some garden furniture so that you can relax in the garden, the terrace and the balcony.
|Sleeps up to 8, 4 bedrooms
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|Limanaki Beach 2 km
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|Car advised
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|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages
|Some pets are welcome - please contact the owner, Yes, smoking allowed
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|Kettle, Toaster
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|4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms and 1 Shower rooms
|Double beds (4), Dining seats for 16, Lounge seats for 16
|Linen provided, Towels provided
|Balcony or terrace, Private garden, BBQ
|Parking, Not suitable for wheelchair users
The Famagusta District
In Cyprus except of the beautiful sandy beaches you can visit amazing archaeological places such as churches and mosques and historical monuments. You can easily travel around Cyprus, just don't forget to rent a car!! You can have a combination of beach and mountains. Relax at the beach in the morning hours and visit the mountains later and have a traditional cypriot dinner in a restaurant in Limassol or Nicosia during your return from the mountains. Almost everyday in Cyprus is sunny, so don't think of the weather. If you search for a sunny place, Cyprus is ideal for all the seasons!!
Holidays in Famagusta are perfect for relaxed beach holidays and especially for beach lovers with its wealth of golden, sandy beaches. Famagusta 's seafront is the most cosmopolitan destination on the island. Famagusta has a wealth of colourful restaurants, cafes and bars where you can sample the delicious local cuisine.
Ayia Napa
It is in an excellent position, close to shops, restaurants and bars and some minutes drive to the lovely beach of Agia Napa.
Ayia Napa Square is around 1.5 Km far from the villa. You need around 4 minutes by car or motorbike, and around 15 minutes on foot.
The nearest beach is Limanaki Beach which is around 2 Kilometers (5 minutes by car or motorbike). Limanaki Beach is a large sandy beach backed by hotels in the heart of Ayia Napa. Everything is within walking distance from Limanaki Beach including plenty of shops, bars and restaurants.
The distance from the Nissi Beach is 4 Km and you need around 10 minutes by car or motorbike.
The villa is 3 minutes far away from the high way of Ayia Napa, 10 minutes drive of both Paralimni and Protaras and just 30 minutes away from the city of Larnaca and its International Airport.
I suggest you to rent a car or a four-wheel motorbike, as the most tourists usually do, since taxis are too expensive in Cyprus.
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The High Stakes Behind 'Hunger Games'
Director Gary Ross and the cast on the behind-the-scenes drama of the $90 million Lionsgate epic that should bring young people back to the movies, propel Jennifer Lawrence into the stratosphere and launch another (fingers crossed) "Twilight"-sized franchise.
None of this was evident when ross committed to the film.
A big, ebullient man best known for his writing (with Oscar nominations for 1988's Big and 1993's Dave), he grew up in Hollywood, the son of Arthur A. Ross, writer of Creature From the Black Lagoon.
He was used to a comfortable life with his wife, producer Allison Thomas (2008's The Tale of Despereaux), writing in the morning, working out in the afternoon and earning several hundred thousand dollars a month as one of Hollywood's top script doctors. Every film Ross had helmed, including 1998's Pleasantville, had come from his own mind; he'd never had to compete as a director-for-hire -- let alone against Sam Mendes (American Beauty) and David Slade (Twilight: Eclipse), who also were salivating after Games.
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Nor had he encountered the kind of turbulence surrounding a major franchise. It wasn't just that fans put everything under a microscope, lashing out when Lawrence, a blonde, was cast as the olive-skinned Katniss ("I talked to Suzanne; Katniss' ethnicity is unspecified in the book," says Ross of the character many believe to be biracial); Lionsgate itself was under fire.
The company had been dogged by flops, and more would follow (Abduction, Conan the Barbarian). Its stock was battered by Wall Street following a slew of attacks from investor Carl Icahn, who was attempting to oust its leaders, Jon Feltheimer and Michael Burns. The mini-major wasn't just making Hunger Games; it was living through Hunger Games of its own.
Why would Ross want to deal with this when the nearly two years he'd spend on the movie would wrench him away from his family and pay $3 million to $4 million, a pittance in Hollywood terms? "I hadn't seen a piece of material that touched the culture and moved me the same way in a very long time," he explains. "And if you fully commit, you fully commit."
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Which is precisely what he did once Lionsgate brought him on, rewriting a script by Billy Ray (after Collins had done her own draft) and plunging into the world he wished to create.
Ross' likable, easygoing manner can mask his considerable intellect. This is a man with a passion for J.D. Salinger who recently had taken a Harvard course on the Civil War. Even during the shoot, he'd find time to wander the bookstores of Asheville, N.C., walking out with a new edition of Shakespeare, "just to see if that would make him think further," says Lionsgate production president Alli Shearmur.
That probing mind worked in tandem with a healthy pragmatism -- and Ross had to be pragmatic because Lionsgate operated on a tight budget. True, the studio was handing Collins hundreds of thousands to option her novels (and will end up paying her millions if the films succeed), but it was hoping to make Games for $60 million -- more than the $35 million Summit had paid for Twilight but negligible for a tentpole that needed months on location and 1,200 CGI shots.
Ross wrote a script that would give the material its due without costing a fortune (the picture eventually came in at slightly more than $90 million, reduced to $78 million after subsidies). He drew on his familiarity with such intimidating places as China's Tiananmen Square and the architectural form known as Brutalism when it came to conceiving the Capitol -- the city at the center of Collins' brave new world of Panem, set hundreds of years in the future. But more than the place, it was the people who concerned him.
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Numerous actresses were considered for the lead -- among them Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit), Shailene Woodley (The Descendants) and Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine) -- but Ross never felt he had the right person. He needed a woman young enough to play a teenager, vulnerable enough to capture audiences' emotions and strong enough for this endurance test.
Then he met Lawrence, fresh off an Oscar nomination for Winter's Bone, the 2010 indie release that put her on the map.
Sitting with Ross in a very un-chic Indian restaurant in Hollywood, where he knows every dish by heart, his belief in her comes through almost by osmosis. "There was such a power and an intensity and a command," he says. "I was floored."
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But Lawrence hesitated, aware this could take her from being respected by peers to the center of a pop-culture tornado -- precisely the fate that had befallen Kristen Stewart with Twilight.
"It was the middle of the night in England, and I was in bed when I got the call," she remembers. "I was so in love with the books and the script, and suddenly it was right in my face -- and the size of the decision was terrifying."
Three days later, however, Lawrence said yes, even though the pay was a modest $500,000 (about what Stewart received for the first Twilight), plus "escalators," bonuses based on the movie's performance.
Hemsworth (The Last Song) was chosen to play Gale, with whom Katniss hunts in their home, District 12, and Hutcherson (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island) took the role of Peeta, a fellow "tribute," or competitor, in the games. The cast was rounded out with seasoned actors Woody Harrelson, Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks, Donald Sutherland and Toby Jones.
Hunger Games was ready to begin filming in and around Asheville on May 23, 2011.
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Chicken Florentine
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Chicken Florentine is an irresistible side dish recipe. The deadly combination of chicken and ham is something you would never want to miss out on!
|Fine dry seasoned bread crumbs
|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
|Grated parmesan cheese
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Boneless skinless chicken breasts
|12 Large
|Sliced green onions
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|2 Tablespoon
|2 Tablespoon
|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Frozen chopped spinach
|10 Ounce, thawed and drained (1 Package)
|Sliced ham
|4 Ounce, chopped (1 Package)
Combine the bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese in a shallow bowl; mix well.
Rinse the chicken and pat dry.
Coat chicken lightly with the crumb mixture.
Set aside remaining crumb mixture.
Arrange coated chicken in a 9xl3 inch baking dish.
Saute the greenonions in butter in a saucepan over low heat until onions are tender.
Whisk in the flour.
Stir in the milk all at once.
Cook until thickened and bubbly, stirring constantly.
Cook, stirring, for 1 minute longer.
Stir in the spinach and ham.
Spoon the spinach mixture over the chicken.
Sprinkle with the remaining crumb mixture.
Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes or until browned and chicken is cooked through.
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Australian coal industry magnate Nathan Tinkler, whose wealth has deteriorated due to a slump in prices for the fuel, said Tuesday he was looking to sell Patinack Farm, the country's largest locally owned thoroughbred racing and stud business.
Mr. Tinkler said in a statement that he no longer had "the time to manage" Patinack Farm, adding that his Tinkler Group would narrow its focus to its resources, port-and-rail infrastructure and property investments. The businessman is looking to fetch as much as 200 million Australian dollars (US$208.5 million) for the asset, a person familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal.
Nathan Tinkler built his career on bold purchases. Now, parties are being invited to make a substantial purchase of their own, as receivers offer the mining entrepreneur's private jet and helicopter for sale.
A private company owned by Mr. Tinkler–TGHA Aviation–fell into administration last year and the aircraft are being placed on the market to raise funds for a major creditor.
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Nathan Tinkler's bold bets on Australian resources have turned the former electrician into one of Australia's most high-profile entrepreneurs, allowing him to indulge a passion for fast cars and contact sports.
But a failed 5.3 billion Australian dollar (US$5.5 billion) takeover campaign for Whitehaven Coal has cost Mr. Tinkler more than a loss of face and a blow to his pride.
More evidence piled up Friday that Australia's mining boom has lost momentum after multi-millionaire Nathan Tinkler pulled out of 5.3 billion Australian dollar (US$5.5 billion) deal to buy Whitehaven Coal.
The collapse of the deal caps off a bad week for the Australian mining industry, following BHP Billiton's decision to scrap, or delay about $50 billion of projects to boost output down under, along with falling commodity prices casting a darkening shadow over the country's miners.
Australian billionaire Nathan Tinkler has briefly diverted his attention away from Tinkler Group's US$5.4 billion offer to take Whitehaven Coal private, giving the go-ahead for the sale of around 350 horses from his Patinack Farm breeding operation at Australia's Magic Millions.
The sale of more than 200 mares, 50 three-year-olds, 56 two-year-olds and 40 racehorses could fetch around US$5 million, a person familiar with the matter told Deal Journal Australia.
The board of Sundance Resources is likely to recommend a 12% lower offer from China's Hanlong Mining, which would value the Africa-based miner at around 1.5 billion Australian dollars (US$1.57 billion), a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
The new bid will be at A$0.50 a share, the person said, adding that the lower price to be offered reflected a change in market conditions.
Nathan Tinkler's much-anticipated indicative bid for Australia's largest independent coal company, Whitehaven Coal, is in. But questions remain over whether the electrician-turned-mining magnate can secure the financial backing required to take the business private.
Those questions are likely to get bigger if the Tinkler-led bid vehicle is required to raise the A$5.20 a share offer, analysts say.
The conditional proposal — which was released Friday and is subject to funding — is at the lower end of what markets had been expecting.
"The obvious hurdle to a higher offer is the main hurdle to the current proposal – funding," Macquarie analysts say.
Whitehaven Coal has agreed to open its books to Nathan Tinkler after the mining magnate's Tinkler Group tabled a non-binding cash offer valuing it at about 5.3 billion Australian dollars (US$5.4 billion).
The move comes as share prices of Australian coal companies are dragged lower by doubts over the strength of China's economy, and its near-term appetite for foreign coal to feed its power plants and steel mills.
Whitehaven Coal hasn't allowed a looming buyout bid from coal magnate Nathan Tinkler to distract it from its own consolidation efforts.
Australia's biggest coal-only producer has, with little cost to itself, gained the support of Coalworks' board for its $142 million bid.
Coalworks in a statement Friday said its board will recommend shareholders accept the offer after Whitehaven removed earlier conditions and agreed to allow Coalworks to distribute to its shareholders shares from its 33.4% stake in Orpheus Energy. That effectively raises the A$1 a share cash bid by about 2.5 cents, valuing Coalworks at roughly A$176 million.
Millionaire Nathan Tinkler has the support and financial backing to pull off plans to take Whitehaven Coal private, according to CLSA analyst James Stewart.
"We believe he has strong financial supporters, and if anyone can put together funding for the deal, it could be Nathan Tinkler," Mr. Stewart said in a note to clients.
He added that in a private-company scenario, strategic stakes at the asset level could be sold down to support the bid financing.
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I love my life and the people who are in it. I am probably the most open and honest person you'll meet. I come from a HUGE family and we're all very close knit, there are 16 of us! My parent's were slightly crazy and didn't think that having 7 biological kids in 8.5 years was enough, so they adopted 7 more from Ethiopia and Somalia. Yes, I was raised Mormon. Surprise, right? I'm amazed my parents survived raising us all. My siblings are some of my best friends. Most importantly, I have 2 little boys who are my whole world. They keep my active and on my toes, I never thought I could love two little beings as much as this. So I spend quite a bit of my time playing w/ Legos, Super Mario Brothers, old school Ninja Turtles that my brother saved and gave to my boys, eating pavement on a scooter that I can't quite get the hang of and building forts with the couch cushions. They're pretty awesome. I am a big art nerd. I started photography 12 years ago and have continued it since. I now own my own business that keeps me extremely busy. I travel often for work and would love to find someone to take along with me. I love my work and feel extremely lucky to be able to do what I love (did I say I love my job?). Owning my own business has given me the freedom I've been looking for. It's kind of empowering. :) I love to be social and strive to be happy in every moment. I am looking for someone who is the same. Someone who loves to dance, can hold a conversation for more than 5 minutes without looking at their phone, challenge my opinions and doesn't mind sitting on a park bench and people watching for an hour. You'll win my heart pretty quickly if you know who any of these artists are: The Beatnuts, Looptroop Rockers, RJD2, Jamie Cullum, Andrew Bird, Grieves, Brother Ali, Stoney LaRue, Michael Logen to name a few. I love to work out. Whether it is Crossfit or running, it is a vital key to my happiness. Nothing cures a 'bad mood' better than heading to the gym or pounding the pavement for an hour. I ran my first half marathon last year and I'm hooked.
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Pittsburgh dropped a 2-1 decision at PNC Park on Thursday as Cincinnati legged out a win behind winning pitcher Tony Cingrani.
Bettors who backed the Reds were rewarded as -115 favorites at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go UNDER the closing total of 7.5.
Cincinnati got 6 innings from Tony Cingrani, who gave up 1 earned run on 6 hits, while striking out 7. He earned the victory, while the Reds got 2 RBIs from Ryan Ludwick in the win.
Pittsburgh got a 7-inning outing from Brandon Cumpton in the loss. He gave up 2 earned runs, 1 walk and 4 hits in his time on the mound, while Neil Walker had 2 hits in the loss for the Pirates.
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The game was closed out by Jonathan Broxton who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 0 hits, 0 walks and fanned 1 batter to earn the save.
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Things I liked:After a long absence I decided to purchase a pellet rifle and started w/ looking in big box stores for a rifle. I was not impressed w/ the products or the knowledge of the employees. I wanted a quality product but didn't want to spend a fortune.I also wanted a rifle that was relatively short and light for casual backyard plinking and target practice. In my research I ran across a YouTube video review of the Hatsan 95.I had not heard of this company but the young man in the video did an excellent job of describing the article's strengths and weakness. I was interested in the 95 but looking for something more carbine-like.I then found the Striker and decided to purchase. I really like the workmanship and quality of this rifle.Great value for the money.Quarter sized groups offhand at 10 yards w/ open sights out of box! I like this so much I going to get the new 95 Quiet Energy in.177 when available. Hatsan thank you.
Things I would have changed:Like many others I don't like the included scope and offering an upgrade at additional cost would be nice.I would also like a more detailed manual w a schematic drawing and parts list. The rifle would benefit from a better trigger such as the one on the 95.
What others should know:I just started to explore th accuracy of this rifle with a good scope and a variety of pellets and so far my impression is that this rifle is capable of much greater accuracy than I can produce w/ my shooting skills.I am very satisfied w/ Pyramyd Air for the service, selection and the wealth of information available.The will be my go to guys for airgunning needs
Things I liked:Wood stock. Accuracy and a decent stock.
Things I would have changed:A slightly less bulky feeling stock.
What others should know:I sighted this rifle at 25 yards and once I got the scope zeroed, I shot several ten shot groups. After the first group, I thought, "this has to be a fluke", but after shooting five more ten shot groups and tearing the bullseye out of the 10 yard airgun targets,(still at 25 yards), I could not have been happier with my purchase. I would highly recommend this airgun to my friends and family. My rifle is in .22 as it was the only caliber I did not own. All my other airguns are pcp's and I wanted to try a gas piston rifle. I beleive I have a great rifle at a very affordable price.
Things I liked:Very good looking gun.
Things I would have changed:It is horribly inaccurate. At the same distance, I can get great groupings with my Beeman RS-2 .22. This gun is all over the place. High to the left, high to the left, to the left, high to the right, in the eventual "group" near center, repeat. Harder to cock than the RS-2, and harder to close when done. Where with the RS-2 I can bring the barrel up and then gently close it with one hand, this one requires near-slamming to close. The barrel could eventually develop a bend due to the force required to close it.
What others should know:I have the .25 and use open sights. Like I said, it is a great-looking ammo-waster that will probably gather a lot of dust. I wish I had saved my $$$ and bought an equivalent Crossman or Benjamen product.
An update -- after a few more outings with this gun, my opinion has changed! I really like this gun. It is quite accurate if you do NOT use an "artillery hold" like you might with other break-barrel springers. This is my first gas piston, so I am not certain if that is a characteristic of all of them, or just this model. It is a fun gun to shoot with! My apologies!
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The UpTake: Seemingly impossible-to-break-into industries are still permeable, as Apple's embrace of the Duck Duck go search engine shows.
D uckDuckGo is quickly becoming the little search engine that could. In the nearly impossible to break-into search engine space, this company that doesn't sell, or even collect user information today confirmed an epic partnership with Apple to be the company's built-in search engine for the soon-to-be released iOS and OSX. But in the end, it could be Apple who stands to benefit most.
"DuckDuckGo is thrilled to be included in Safari," said Gabriel Weinberg, DuckDuckGo's CEO and founder in a statement released today although the partnership was first mentioned yesterday at Apple's annual developers' conference in San Francisco. "It's great to see Apple making it easy for Safari users to access our anonymous search option."
While the percentage of Safari users dropped by 6 percent between September 2013 and April 2014, DuckDuckGo more than tripled its monthly users since Edward Snowden one year ago revealed the U.S. government was compelling Google and others to divulge user information. This could all be very good news to Apple.
"A significant percentage of people prefer our search experience and we're delighted to welcome Safari users," said Weinberg. To give some perspective though, as to exactly how much ground DuckDuckGo would have to make up to really help Safari and Apple compete, Google serves at least 100 billion requests a month and last month DuckDuckGo served 165 million requests.
Regardless, come this fall Apple will have a well-known, if still underdog, search engine on its browser, meaning users looking for increased privacy need do little more than switch browsers. Developers have access to the beta service today.
Michael del Castillo is the technology and innovation reporter at Upstart Business Journal, a member of American City Business Journals. A graduate of Columbia University, his work has appeared in the New Yorker. He is also the cofounder of Literary Manhattan, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting Manhattan's literary community and creating new ways to appreciate literature.
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Kazakhstan (Altai/Tuva) OSM Project 2012
This project is to spend 5 weeks this summer riding some un-mapped routes in Kazakhstan, and maybe the Altai and Tuva Republics of Russia, to increase the track data for the area in the online Open Street Maps (OSM) Project.
The bike I am using for the trip, formerly an X-Country but looking more like a Challenge now, is currently in a container, along with 11 other bikes from the Dutch AllRoadManiacs Group. The container is somewhere in Russia on the back of a train on its way to Almaty.
We all fly to Almaty on weekend of 14th July to pickup the bikes as a group before splitting and going our separate ways. I will be traveling east initially, to Charyn Canyon before turning north along the Chinese border. I believe most of the others are turning south into the Stan's
Here's a few photos to start things off.
I bought this XC.....mostly as a result of Walter's travels and my own experience with the weight of the GSA!
And then over the following year did extensive modifications to end up with this.....
Which is now packed into one of these......
And loaded into one of these.....this is actually my crate being loaded by Peet at Mainport Forwarding in Rotterdam
Along with the AllRoadManiacs !
Proposed Route round Eastern Kazakhstan and across the top of Lake Balqash.
The green line is the proposed route, the other colors are optional routes if I get blocked due to terrain or permit issues. I haven't got border permits unfortunately so I am hoping ignorance will get me through.:evil
Dogcam Sports in Cornwall, UK, have kindly loaned me a couple of bullit cameras to help record the trip and to supplement my handheld video camera. I have been doing business with this company for a number of years and have no reservations about recommending them to anyone looking for live action POV cameras. A big thank you to them for their support.
btw: As the trip doesn't officially start till 13th, be patient for the next update, which will be from Almaty itself, assuming I can find WIFI.
If there are any other riders planning to be in the Kazakhstan after 13th, feel free to get in touch, maybe our paths will cross!
As of yesterday, this is the location of the container/train carrying our bikes to Almaty.
On schedule for arrival 7th July by the looks of it :clap
Great bikes, great route, and helping OSM. I'm jealous ... and in! :clap
Location Update
The container (and train) is now in Aktobe, Kazakhstan. Only 2250kms to go :thumb
Bikes have arrived in Almaty. Only 4 days to go and We will be joining them :D , assuming we can find out which warehouse the container has been unloaded into......there's always something:hmmmmm
following you from Chile, safe ride.
Nice routes, maybe one of these days...
Me likey OSM mucho
Random Photos Outbound
Here is a selection of photos from the trip out to Almaty and the first day there......
First however, a big thank you to Yerzhan, a biker who is also our shipping agent in Almaty. He, and one of his clearance agents met us at Almaty airport at 04:00 in the morning....áirside! to complete the paperwork for clearing our bike. For some reason, not clear, this had to be done before we went through and aout of the airport. He had arranged a customs officer who signed and stamped our paperwork so that by the time we left, we had cleared paperwork that would enable us to exit Kazakhstan with the bikes. AND, we could simple ride them out of the customs warehouse on Monday. Better than we expected :rilla
The airport at 05:30 when we left.
Our hotel. It looks alot better than it is....
Large mosque in the centre of town
Tulips from Amsterdam ?
Memorial statue
Impressive building. I will edit the post later and add what it actually is....
We saw many wedding brides while walking round the centre of town.....well, it is Saturday, and loads of stretch limos. However, when we got to Panfilovtsiev park, they had all congregated in this area . There is some sort of flame in this park and each wedding party were having there photo taken by the flame. We arn´t sure why....does anyone know ?
There are plenty more photos, but am tired so will post tomorrow or Monday. I´ll also try and identify some of the places we went during our random walk.
The other 8 members of the AllRoadManiacs arrive tomorrow morning (04:00) so the group will be complete. While they catch up on some sleep, we intend to go visit Silk Road.
Nice :lurk Big thanks for contributing to OSM, I love it especially for finding hiking trails and adv roads etc :1drink
Nice hotel! Not sure about the dodgy sauna downstairs.
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WALLA WALLA — Wa-Hi's senior linebacker and avid angler Ryan James enjoys spreading fear and trepidation among schools of salmon and steelhead on the Snake and Clearwater rivers.
He doesn't mind doing the same to opposing passers and ball carriers on the gridiron, either.
And as a veteran center, and a budding engineer, James may be the main cog in keeping the Blue Devils' offensive wheels well-oiled and rolling.
By all accounts, Wa-Hi coach Marc Yonts highly values his contributions.
"Ryan is just a great athlete," Yonts said. "He's good at basketball. He's good at baseball. He's good at football.
"He's a real leader. He's very passionate. I don't think anybody wants to win as badly as he does," Yonts said. "He's very, very competitive."
Yonts explained that James played as a defensive lineman last year when the coaching staff recognized that it "had to get him involved more in the defense."
So, coaches moved him to inside linebacker in the spring.
"He excelled there," Yonts said.
Then, when defensive coordinator Ryan Carter accepted a baseball coaching position at Kamiakin, Wa-Hi switched up its front line and found a great spot for the 6-3, 220-pound James at outside linebacker.
"James has really, really been a good football player at that outside 'backer," Yonts said.
And he may be even more valuable at center.
"As a center in the shotgun he's just incredibly consistent, which makes the whole thing go," Yonts said. "In the spread offense, if you're having trouble getting the snap off, you can have a bad day in a hurry."
Born and raised in Walla Walla, James attended Davis Elementary, Meadowbrook Intermediate and Sager Middle schools in College Place before attending Wa-Hi.
He's played baseball, basketball and football in all grades, including high school.
On the basketball hardwood, James uses his size and strength to battle under the boards.
"Mostly my roll is to rebound and play defense," Ryan said.
On the baseball diamond, Ryan works chiefly on the mound, as a hard-throwing right-hander, where he became the ace of the staff during his junior season.
Despite his wide-ranging athletic abilities, James may concentrate on baseball in college.
"I'm thinking about playing baseball at WWCC," James said. "Baseball is what I'm looking to do in college. It's my favorite sport."
And he plans to study some type of engineering. He's not sure yet what the specialty will be, but he does like to build things.
James is the son of Dan and Julie James, and he has two brothers, Kenneth, who coaches football and baseball at Jerome, Idaho, and Justin, who played several sports at Wa-Hi. He also played center for Wa-Hi's football team and graduated in 2003.
Justin is presently an assistant coach, working with the defensive line, for the Blue Devils.
"He doesn't offer many tips about playing center," Ryan said and may have blushed slightly. "He usually stays with his 'D' linemen (at practice). And I stay with the offensive linemen."
Ryan said careful footwork keeps a center on his toes.
"You just have to take your same footwork and do it every time on every play," he said. "You've just got to make sure you trust your footwork."
And Ryan James enjoys fishing.
"Me and my dad, we fish a ton," he said. "We got to go to Alaska this summer and fish for salmon up there. We do a lot of steelhead fishing and bass fishing. We fish a lot (on the Snake River) at the mouth of the Tucannon (River).
"My dad went up on the Clearwater last week," James continued. "He caught a couple of salmon and a big steelhead. I caught a couple at the mouth of the Tucannon the other day, so that was fun. We troll with Hot Shots. We don't bobber fish."
And, of course, James looks forward to Friday's Big Nine Conference Cascade Division game with Richland.
Wa-Hi takes a 4-2 record and third place slot in the standings into the game.
The Bombers are 3-3 and tied for fourth. Wa-Hi needs a win to nail down a home field game in the first week of the playoffs.
"The Richland game is huge," James said. "To have home field advantage in the playoffs is huge. It's a really big deal.
"Richland is playing a lot better," he said. "Richland has a really fast get-off on the defensive line. Their 'D' linemen get up-field really far."
Yonts believes James will be ready to play.
"He does a great job for us," Yonts said. "He makes a difference. He's got a great motor. He works really hard and he's extremely competitive.
"He's the glue that makes the whole thing go for us."
Wa-Hi vs. Richland
Richland has won three of its last five games, and it threw a scare into unbeaten Kamiakin before falling 21-14 last week.
In the five-game span, the Bombers beat West Valley 21-13, beat Hanford 24-14 and beat Chiawana 16-6. Richland also lost to Eisenhower 20-0 in that span.
"Richland has settled into their running game a little bit," Wa-Hi coach Marc Yonts said. "They're an explosive play-action team. They hit a couple of big ones against Kamiakin.
"And they ran the ball pretty well," he said. "They've settled in to what they want to do."
The Bombers have run for 1,274 yards and passed for 499.
And Yonts describes the Bombers as being similar to the Blue Devils on defense.
"They're doing a good job," he said. "They haven't given up a ton of points, other than one game or so.
It will be a tough game."
Richland has allowed 126 points, and the Blue Devils have allowed 116.
"This is a huge game for us," Yonts said. "They beat Chiawana. They held Kamiakin to 21. They're a good football team, and we need to come out and play well.
"It's very important for us, for what's at stake."
A victory assures the Blue Devils a home-field venue for the first round of the Big Nine Conference crossover games.
Key offensive players for the Bombers include running back Jake McKinney (148 carries for 996 yards and seven touchdowns) and quarterback Haden Hilty (45 completions in 100 attempts for 550 yards and two TDs, with seven interceptions).
Wa-Hi counters with running back Austin Schilling (124 carries, 734 yards and five TDs) and quarterback Michael Weisner (72 completions in 133 attempts for 1,145 yards and 14 touchdowns with four interceptions).
Weisner is tied with Kamiakin's Corey Hitchinson with total TD passes, and Weisner leads the Big Nine in passing efficiency with a 155.2 rating.
Colton Arias, Wa-Hi's leading receiver with 20 catches for 273 yards and four touchdowns, anticipated a possible return to action Friday after a leg injury suffered against West Valley early in a game three weeks ago.
After missing the first three games, Wa-Hi receiver Gary Winston has moved into sixth place among the league's top scorers with 10 touchdowns.
Joe Fuerst of Eisenhower has scored 15 TDs.
"Our kids are ready," Yonts said. "I hope we're focused. We did a good job of focusing through all of the distractions last week.
"I'm going to bet our kids can handle it and will be ready to go," he emphasized. "We've got to come out and play well. We've done a nice job so far.
"But when Richland comes to our place it's a big test."
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Roosevelt's fiercest, most unyielding opponent was neither a foreign power nor "fear itself"—it was the U.S. Supreme Court. During Franklin Roosevelt's first term, a narrow conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court struck down several key elements of the New Deal legislation. In February 1937, Roosevelt retaliated with an audacious plan to expand the Court—to subdue the conservative justices by outnumbering them with liberals. The ensuing fight was a firestorm that engulfed the White House, the Court, Congress, and the country. Although the Court would remain at nine justices, the confrontation transformed the political and constitutional landscape, saving the New Deal and bringing the nation into the modern world. But it also dealt FDR the biggest setback of his political life and split the Democratic party, thus laying the foundation for a future era of Republican dominance. This brilliant work of political and judicial history unfolds like a thriller, with wonderful characters and unexpected twists. It uses new evidence to make clear that understanding the fight is essential to understanding the personality and presidency of FDR—and America at a crossroads in its history. 16 pages of photos.
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