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If history is on his side, Dogwood Stable's Palace Malice has a good chance of running in the money, and a strong possibility of winning Saturday's Kentucky Derby.
The 3-year-old son of two-time Horse of the Year Curlin drew post position No. 10, and there are a number of factors that suggest fate may be on Palace Malice's side. The bay colt was trained in Aiken by Legacy Stable's Brad Stauffer.
The 139th edition of the 1¼-mile, $2,199,800, Grade 1 Kentucky Derby, the first jewel of Thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown, has an approximate post time at 6:24 p.m., and the broadcast will air on NBC Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m.
The jockey factor is among those variables in the equation. Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith will ride Palace Malice on Saturday. The horseman's lone Kentucky Derby win came in 2005 where he successfully piloted Giacomo to victory from none other than post position No. 10. There have been 10 previous winners from the 10 hole, with Morvich being the first in 1922, and two Triple Crown winners have won from the same post position, Omaha in 1935 and Secretariat in 1973. A total of 76 horses have started from post position No. 10, with 10 of those horses going on to win the Kentucky Derby. More than 30 percent of the horses breaking from the 10 hole in previous Kentucky Derbies have gone on to hit the board.
There have been 15 horses that have won the first race of their sophomore campaign in the Kentucky Derby, one of those being Morvich. The Dogwood runner has been multiple graded stakes placed, but has yet to win as a 3-year-old.
Palace Malice is trained by Todd Pletcher, the trainer of Super Saver, the winner of the 2010 Kentucky Derby, and, like Palace Malice, was coming into the Run for the Roses not having won a race at age 3.
The horse who draws post position No. 10 will also be loaded last into the starting gate in the field of 20 starters. Palace Malice is co-11th choice on the morning line at odds of 20/1.
Overanalyze, who drew post position No. 9, and will be the horse to Palace Malice's left, was the Dogwood Stable entry's workmate last Saturday for their final breeze in preparation for the race.
AP photo Exercise rider Jake Nelson rides Kentucky Derby entrant Palace Malice for a workout at Churchill Downs on April in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)×
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Step 1: Parts
-crescent/ adjustable wrenches
-chain breaker
-extra chain
-electric drill
-bolts/ nuts
-two bicycles, nothing fancy (possibly a smaller frame for the stoker if you'd like, and if you're picky and want certain cranks, go with frames with square/ taper BB's)
-crank puller (optional)
-allen keys
-basic bike tools
-probably some other stuff I can't remember right now.
Step 2: Wheelses
using a combination of wrenches and or pliers, do what you can to remove the axle from the front wheel that you just took off. we're discarding it, so make no special effort to keep it in great shape, though I highly recommend keeping the innermost washers in the best condition you possibly can.
we're also removing the rear wheel's axle, so once again, try your best to remove all the washers while keeping as much as you can in tact. a workbench clamp is very helpful in such removal, as sometimes certain sides get stuck. I do not at all recommend using a pair of plyers as a clamp, as you'll strip the threading on the axle easier than you can possibly imagine.
anyhoo, just make sure you have all the washers and nuts from both hubs aside from the ones that press against the bearings in the rear, because they'll probably be a bit of a different size.
the whole point of this step if you're handy enough and don't feel like reading, is that we're putting the rear axle in the front wheel. it's longer, and we need that extra bit of length.
I haven't tried this with a quick-release axle, though I'd be surprised if it didn't work. under the same token, why would you need one?
As another poster here discusses, I used to string 3 or 4 bicycles together by this method. I never tried more than 4.
FYI: "Tandem" refers to the arrangement of one in front of another; not to quantity. Mother duck and all her little ducklings following along behind her are "in tandem".
At any rate, if I build another one, it probably will have independent drivetrains!
We laughed so hard!
It's a very nice idea !
I'll try to make one as soon as possible,
It steers like a truck because it can't flex around the middle wheel.
Back in the middle of the last century (ok, I'm an old coot ), we used to chain as many as 15 bikes together by hooking the fork of one over the axle of the bike in front, usually for parades. Watching them snake thru the floats was wild as all the riders usually dressed up as clowns.
Each bike kept it's own chain drive and coaster brake (pre-ten-speed era), but the lead guy decided where you went ... and no arguing about it.
Take the bolts out, disconnect the rear bike drive from the front bike and you'll find it works a lot better.
It shows another solution to the same problem which is arguably simpler and more manuverable.
While (I agree) this would be catastrophic for the drive train that you've built, it would work fine if each bike were to keep it's own (independent) drive train.
What I mean is, why not just connect the front fork of the rear bike, to the rear axle of the front bike, and be done?..
And best of all, this way you wouldn't need to splice a super-long chain together, or deal with complications of trying to share the drive train.
I was just thinking - if both riders leaned different amounts, there'd be some serious twisting stresses on that joint.
I'll never make one, but I do like the look of it.
I wonder if this would work as a modular thing - each bike powers its own back wheel, but you can fix loads together. Imagine the chaos that could be caused on one of those reclaim the streets events. Everybody arrives, takes off their front wheel and they build one single vehicle, three blocks long...
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Yay! Now there will be even more kids begging and bribing their parents for iPads. Seriously, though, good move by Apple. It really is an awesome device for a kid (as long as they don't break it).
Apple Retail Stores replace iMacs with iPads for kids
Apple Retail Stores have replaced the iMacs that traditional served as their "kid's table" with iPads. The tables, which had previously been decked out with a quartet of iMacs, now sport 4 iPads instead.
Like the previous iMacs, which were set up with educational and game programs, the iPads had a variety of child-friendly apps. I'm not sure exactly when this happened, but I noticed it for the first time today when I visited my local store to pick up a repaired Mac. My 3 years godson, who was with me, took only a couple of moments to adjust. He launched a book app and began playing, just as he does at home. It was much easier for him to find an app and use the iPad than it had ever been to handle the iMac and mouse, so that was a huge win.
I'll miss seeing those big screens around the kids table, but iPads are clearly Apple's future, and nothing makes that clearer than how they're deploying them for future generations of Apple customers.
Apple previously replaced in-store display cards with interactive iPads, and replaced the MacBook Pro computers at the Genius Bar with iPads. Apple Store concierges also use iPads to handle appointments.
There's no sign yet that they'll start replacing the actual Geniuses (or other staff) with iPads... but it can't be long now, can it?
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Apple Retail Stores replace iMacs with iPads for kids
Apple products do seem expensive, however, if people are lining up to buy them, economics says they are priced too low.
Apple is closing in on half a billion customers, we're waaaaaaaay beyond the 'Apple fanatics' or 'marketing'. Get over it. People are choosing Apple because the products are good and deliver value. So what if you don't agree. Good for you. You're in the minority.
Overpriced? Four years ago, if you had appeared on the White House lawn with one of these, you would have been treated like an emissary from an alien planet. (slight exaggeration) Remember, when we first landed on the moon, the sum total of all of NASA's computing power was less than one of these. (no exaggeration!)
Overpriced? Compare it to:
What you spend on coffee in a year
What you spend on soda in a year
What you spend on cigarettes in a year
What you spend on gasoline in three months
What a New Englander spends on oil heat in just December-February
What you spend on parking in one month if you live in an urban area
And I could go on... buy any prescription medicine lately?
Nice! Get the kids hooked early, It's too late for mine, they're already hooked.
I hardly think they're overpriced, I bought a G5 Tower 10 years ago and only now does it need replacing, can't say as much for my friends who went through 4 PC machines in that time. Same can be said for the iPad, we have a 1st generation and the thing still keeps rolling along and taking a beating from the kids, whereas my friends have already switched from a kindle, to a playbook, to a samsung in the same time frame. Say what you will, the Apple ecosystem is still by far the simplest, sure the upfront is more expensive but in the long term it works out.
Also I noticed something I've never seen before is that the USB cables they use have a padlock symbol on them that represents some locking pin inside that keeps it from getting disconnected from the iPad. Since this is the only cable connected to the iPad, it's also a security device. So power & security all in one. I wonder how strong they are and where I could get one.
Also the iPads use some sort of jail-breaking app that keeps all the important stuff out of reach, like the "settings" and such.
It's called "iPCU" the iPhone Configuration Utility. You can make really unique operational parameters, way more granular than the Parental Controls.
'a jailbreaking app', Apple? You've got to be kidding me.
Oh and iPCU is a free download from Apple.
I think this is a great move by Apple.
I was skeptical of the iPad when introduced. But after spending a few minutes on my wife's iPad 2, I finally got it. It's far more than a big iPhone. The extended gestures alone, make me feel like I have leapt into the future.
iPads are on the top of kids' Christmas lists, for a reason.
That is great because kids master iOS really quickly, and the minority of kids who want to go on to program or do pro graphics or pro music can easily add a Mac later. The Mac is an iPad accessory now — a way to open up the "back" of the iPad and develop apps, music, movies, books for it — and it has never been better. The Mac used to be a laser printer accessory and then a Web browser accessory. Developing now for what is basically another Mac but with instant everything and no visible pixels and easy 1-click payments and easy updates is squaring the circle.
And these kids apps come alive when they move from Mac to iPad. Suddenly there are 10 fingers instead of 1, and direct manipulation of objects. Really great apps, really empowering kids.
and the minority of kids who want to go on to program or do pro graphics or pro music can easily add a Mac later
No need. Those kids can go on to program, pro graphics, or pro music RIGHT on the iPad NOW. Just install Codea (Lua IDE for iPad, also check for Cargo-Bot; a game made entirely using Codea on iPad), Brushes, and GarageBand are advance enough yet still easy to use for those kids. My 8 y.o kid is the proof! :)
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Math FTW! If we sort women into groups after the fact and look at their bp readings during pregnancy, there's a clear difference between the groups. Blood pressure readings from women in the set of normotensive pregnancies make one distinctive curve, chronics another, women with gestational hypertension another, and women with preeclampsia another. (Question: what do superimposed preeclamptics look like?)
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I had my first baby 7 months ago due to severe pre-e by emergency c-section at 27 weeks. I'm just over 3 months preggers with #2. My protein is +3 and my BP is up and down, from 138/89 to 168/110. My OB has me coming in ever 2 weeks right now, and I have to do a 24 hour catch.
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Originally posted by Wighty
They don't enforce it because they don't even design for it. That's the problem. They've gone the complete opposite direction. The ability for players to break up into smaller groups of like-minded or similar interest groups is absent in most MMOs.
There isn't a "right" or "wrong" way to play, if you want to use a screwdriver to put nails into wood, have at it, simply don't complain when the guy next to you with the hammer is doing it much better and easier. - Allein
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Originally posted by jimdandy26
Responses above in yellow
Edit: Let me add quickly that there are much better ways to hold people accountable for their actions that can fit into the game mechanics. I still think that encouraging proper socialization and rewarding good behavior is better than focusing on punishing bad behavior, but there are plenty of ways to punish bad behavior that can fit into the game design. For example if you have a game with open PvP you can add a bounty system that let's you personally hold people accountable when they grief you by putting a bounty on your head. Strong moderation in game holds people accountable. A tribunal system, while it has the potential for abuse and I don't think it's a good solution (again I believe reward > punishment), can hold people accountable. Prevention is also good too, making it more difficult to grief in a game (again GW2 does a fair job of this, certainly not flawless) promotes good community, though obviously that's much harder to do, especially in games with heavy PvP emphasis.
Originally posted by Wighty
No not everyone uses real ID networking in the world and no it isn't barbaric to not use it.
Privacy is very important. So is the ability to question and criticize all forms of authority - the inability to do so is unhealthy.
Originally posted by Wighty
Computer Science senior graduating in May here. I'm high on science, mathematics, and software engineering.
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Joined: 7/09/04
If you can't kill it, don't make it mad.
Originally posted by Wighty
Not going to happen. There are way to many down sides, that impact the real world. Especially when you consider the uses various authoritarian governments would have for such a system.
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Joined: 12/10/08
Originally posted by Wighty
"Natural civility"? Are you sure you don't mean "climate of fear and intimidation"?
edit: *mumbles at myself about whether being analytic and nitpicky is really the most positive contribution I can make in this thread*
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For what it's worth, Gandhi said:
"If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. … We need not wait to see what others do."
I think it applies to communities of all sorts: here in this forum, in our games, and in the world at large.
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If you can't kill it, don't make it mad.
Originally posted by steelheartx
Yes it is. Pity that some people actually enjoy ruining other peoples play experience. But then Goonies will be with us always. But one should not allow such types to change our enjoyment of the various games, or allow the fear and anger of others to dictate how we may interact.
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Originally posted by maplestone
That is exactly what he means.
People asking for RL information is looking for retaliation of some form. Harrassment, violence, and/or vandalizing property. I live in a Stand Your Ground State, so not much worried about the last two things happening, and I don't think I can hear drum circles out front of my property. But, it's the other people that are more at risk from some do-gooder causing harm. Funny how naughty words constitutes violence from the tolerant.
There is no other goal here so don't let them tell you otherwise. It isn't against the law to be a jerk, or make hateful comments. And no, saying naughty things anonymously in general chat to anonymous others doesn't fall under the Arizona Cyberbullying Act.
Nope, if they want to pay $15 a month to be a nanny, watching general chat and reporting everyone that doesn't go along with their political/social views, they can do it in game. They can spend their game time talking to GMs and sending chat logs and screenshots.
Or they can turn on their profanity filter, if they are that sensitive to everything around them.
Or they can use ignore.
Or they can stop going where they are not wanted and play with different people that are like-minded.
I've never personally known any paying customer banned for name calling or dirty jokes or harrassment. Usually a GM talks to you and that person moves on. They move on knowing that if they contact the "complainer", they WILL get in trouble. Sorry if I stole your satisfaction nannies.
Games have all these systems in place. Use them.
And if you don't like someone in your guild for their behavior, politics, and /or stance on social issues, kick them out.
And if you don't want a nanny in a guild causing problems, kick them out and go back to screwing off with others in peace.
Problem solved for everyone.
Censorship is intended to create an illusion that one side of the debate is correct and unopposed. Silence is not consent.
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I am more than some of my parts
Eliminate sandbox games. Eliminate hostile player interactions. Eliminate chat.
All of my posts are either intelligent, thought provoking, funny, satirical, sarcastic or intentionally disrespectful. Take your pick.
I get banned in the forums for games I love, so lets see if I do better in the forums for games I hate.
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Originally posted by eyelolled
Some but not all of this sites problems would go away if there were a greater diversity in gaming options. Namely more games like EVE, there are plenty of options when it comes to games like WOW. A few well made games that focus on player interaction/community as well as conflict like EVE, would go a long way toward appeasing many of the individuals posting here IMO. Not trying to speak for people, only offering an observation.
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Yes, this is a personal attack.
Originally posted by LadyEuphei
Spend less time looking, and more time nurturing the OBVIOUS positive aspects of humanity.
and if you already do this? what is the point of this thread?
please don't tell me that you're actually stumped on this and looking for answers. there is nothing you can do other than treat people decent and hope that they do the same.
if you can't handle the negativity, then maybe playing online games with anyone but your freinds is not a good idea for you. and i say that with sincerity. when i get tired of the way it is online, i take a break.
but as far as the game companies themselves; i agree with the LoL system. it was not as moderated when i started playing LoL, then i quit for months, and came back to a much nicer game. granted, i prefer the 3v3 map, which has a more chill air to it. but still, it is nice that they are trying.
i started playing SMITE, and it could really use such moderation. I hope after the game is launched (and they have a heavier playerbase) that they moderate similar to how LoL is doing now.
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Games that required player interaction and group play to progress effectively enforce a positive community as undesirables find themselves unable to get anywhere in the game. FFXI was one such game. The early days of EQ2 were the same. When a game fundamentally requires players to get along in order to get anything done either everyone behaves in the interests of progress or all the trolls simply leave because they can't have their 'fun'.
IMO the main reason the MMO community has become such a mess as of late is due to the fact that no one really needs the other players in the game. Systems like the dungeon finder seen in a few games facilitate the perception of other players as simply tools to get something done, and discarded afterwards.
The way to cure the community is to give players a reason to need others. The first step would be to eliminate the solo-only mentality and make group play ultimately more rewarding and desirable (and no systems to find groups automatically). As long as everyone can just solo to do everything they have no need for positive relations with other players and thus don't care who they annoy/upset/troll/harass/etc.
I know the soloers are going to hate me but it's the truth. Group-centric MMOs generally have much more positive communities.
Originally posted by Alberel
Call me cynical, but frankly that sounds more like it would perpetuate a "I'll be nice to this guy only because he gives benefits. I still don't give a shit about him because he is my ticket to loot" mentality.
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Originally posted by Distopia
Please don't bring EVE into this. EVE's community is one of the most hostile, intolerant ones I've ever been a part of. Oh sure, they're all nice and sweet as long as you 'toe the line' when it comes to political / religious views. However, should you even hint that you believe something contrary to those views, you will be ostracized immediately. Not just that, but station camped, threatened with death, etc. In fact, I was forced to reroll because I let it slip in general chat (very amicably, and just in casual conversation with people whom I thought I knew) that I held a differing opinion.
Sad thing is, I'd formed gangs with some of these people. When I was new, they gave me money and helped me out. Yet they turned on me the second I voiced a differing opinion, without any hope of reconciliation.
Granted it's not the same as sexism / racism because I choose my own beliefs, but I sure as hell shouldn't be getting death threats because of them (unless I were a Klansman or something, although even then it's extreme).
The most damnable thing of all is that I filed tickets with CCP, and presented them with the EVEmails I got threatening my life. What did I get in return? "Oh, use the ignore function"
Yeah. Thanks a fucking lot, CCP.
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Originally posted by Distopia
I thought we were talking about the mmorpg community, not the mmorpg.com community. If it was just to clean up this community I would say give the mods the ability to think and act not just based upon guidelines, but with common sense as well. Ban people just for being negative asshats. Screw the "I've got a right to speak my opinion" ideal, and bring in the "you've proven that you have something valuable to say, so you deserve to be heard" ideal.
As for the mmorpg community
I really could care less about sandbox games, it was more the perspective of removing any sort of conflict. Competition is great in a controlled environment, but it an uncontrolled environment like the internet, it tends to be pretty sloppy. Lets face it, if some griefers computer caught fire, the people he's griefed would probably smile just a bit. I'm not saying that they would want him to die in a fire, but they would feel better to know he got what was coming to him. I'm also sure that is exactly what he wants as well. To be hated. He thrives on the frustration of others and then hides behind the cloak of "it's just a game, relax"
If we continue to let this sort of behavior happen, then it's obvious whats going to happen, and that's some emotionally challenged individual is going to snap and do something stupid. And afterwards, people will be talking about how it's not videogames fault, after all, he was mentally unstable. But the problem isn't the video game, it's people. And if people don't have conflict and competition, they are alot more agreeable.
All of my posts are either intelligent, thought provoking, funny, satirical, sarcastic or intentionally disrespectful. Take your pick.
I get banned in the forums for games I love, so lets see if I do better in the forums for games I hate.
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For my 2 cents..
I know the OP doesn't want to get into "who's to blame" thread, and I will do my best not to.. hmm How to make the community better? From where I sit, that is easy, however, it will come at a cost.. (maybe) The tone of today's games has changed from being a true PvE enviroment to an indirect PvP enviorment.. Before I explain my solution, we must first understand the issue I'm addressing.. Most of the main MMO's today that I have played have factions.. Whether it be Horde vs Alliance, or Sith vs Republic etc etc.. Even within each faction there are guild rankings.. This isn't true PvE, but it's PvP indirectly.. It is still one side vs the other.. I don't mind that such servers or realms exist for those PvP minded players, however for someone like me, I do not want to be confined to a PvP design..
Using WoW as the example, do I have the option as a human to gain faction with the Ogres so that one day I can walk into Ogrimaar without being KOS? NO.. Can I group up with the undead? NO.. Sure the game claims to be PvE, but that is only a mask for it's true "ESport" design.. Adding in features such as raid lockouts, and limits only corners the playerbase more, where many feel they have to pick and choose who they associate with..
So, that being said.. If you want to better the community we need to start designing games to promote COMMUNITY play.. How do we (or the devs) do this?
There is more to this.. But I wish to keep this short and simple to start.. Today's PvE games need to get back to PURE PvE gaming minus the esport bs.. We need to start designing the games that promote to pull the entire communities together to defeat the DEVS, instead of this formula we have now.. Much of today's games have "exlusive" features that split the community up, instead of pulling them together.. But at what cost? I do believe today's gaming community and society are more competitive then ever.. IF the devs do what I ask, how much of the vile player base will leave or never sign up? I do believe it's that competitive fever that spills over into text chat and forums..
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Originally posted by Yakkin
The thing is that mentality only arose from the dungeon finder because there is no persistance to the players you group with. Every group in the dungeon finder is with a new bunch of randomers and so you never have the time to actually build a friendship with any of them. In games like FFXI and the early days of EQ2 that I mentioned you would regularly group with the same people simply because you'd likely be in the same area for a couple of days... as a result you develop a friendship and this evolves into a network of players across the game over time.
It's precisely because interaction between any two given players is so fleeting and inconsequential in modern MMOs that the general community has fallen to its current state. Build a game where any two given players will interact repeatedly over a span of time and you'll be more likely to see those players get along and less likely to see them antagonise each other (because they'll actually have to put up with the consequences).
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mmo communities went downhill when people did not need to depend on their community. It used to be if you got a bad name that was it, you may as well reroll (and that meant more than a few weeks worth of work). Now you can just solo/auto-group with dungeon finders through everything.
The fix is to reverse that, it would of course cut the mmo population down to around 10% of its current size.
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I think you need to step back, wow! The way you describe the community, makes it sound horrible!
There are simple ways to improve your gaming exp. Dont group with jerks, use your ignore list and friends list, try and develop and build your own group of like minded players.
Ignore the trolls and jerks, AND STOP SPREADING FEAR AND HATE.
There are more and more articles like this everyday, turning the gaming community into the same cesspool our society has become, full of hate and fear of each other.


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Check this out. I think I want one.
SHOT Show 2013: Fostech Arms ORIGIN-12 Shotgun - YouRepeat
Check this out. I think I want one.
SHOT Show 2013: Fostech Arms ORIGIN-12 Shotgun - YouRepeat
That link doesn't have a place to sign up for one...
Definitely a "Do Want"...
"What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?" -Thomas Jefferson-
"Our rights come from our humanity and may not be legislated away -- not by a vote of Congress, not by the consensus of our neighbors, not even by agreement of all Americans but one." Judge Andrew P. Napolitano
Found there web site. They are now taking pre-orders. $2,600 ouch.
I bet they are high dollar!! Gives me some ideas though! It needs one of those slide fire stocks & a 20 round mag.
" Save a tree...........Eat A Beaver!"
I seldom talk to liberals.............................. But when I do, I order fries............
Looks good, but for half the price, I love my MKA 1919.
That really don't yank my ya ya to much, to bulky IMO. There's allot of semi's out there that have extended mags that are more what I like. I'd handled a couple S-12's and some other one, don't remember right now who made it . But I really didn't care much for them myself, just personal preference I guess.
In the video he said it was made by Alliance Armament, isn't that the company that makes/made the over priced S12 drums that didn't work right?
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" Ronald Reagan


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Recently re-read The God Delusion and I'm currently reading God is not Great.
I'm probably in the minority of people who believe the works of Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, Hitchens and many other atheists should be taught in schools. Sadly, for many places an acceptance of the theory of evolution is still a problem.


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BSN Program. There are two tracks within the BSN program.
MSN Program. There are three tracks within the MSN program.
DNP Program - Doctor of Nursing Practice
Millikin is launching a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), a practice-focused doctorate. The Doctorate of Nursing Practice is available to professional registered nurses who hold a Bachelor of Science in Nursing or a Master of Science in Nursing degree.
The DNP consists of two tracks:
Certifications. In addition, the School of Nursing collaborates with the School of Education to prepare registered professional nurses from accredited baccalaureate nursing programs to be eligible to apply for the State of Illinois certificate issued by the Illinois Board of Education with the School Nurse Certificate (Type 73).


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Sunil Ramalingam
Director of Externship and Pro Bono Programs
College of Law
875 Perimeter Drive MS 2321
Moscow, ID 83844-2321
phone: (208) 885-7947
fax: (208) 885-5709
Administration Office: 208-885-2255
Dean's Office: 208-885-4977
fax: 208-885-5709
Menard 101
711 S. Rayburn Drive
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College of Law
University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 2321
Moscow, ID 83844-2321
phone: 208-364-4074
fax: 208-334-2176
322 E. Front St., Suite 590
Boise, ID 83702
At the core of our commitment to public service is our Mandatory Pro Bono program (in addition to our Public Service Externship program and in-house Clinical program). Each student is required to complete at least 40 hours of attorney-supervised pro bono legal work, guided by the principles of Rule 6.1 of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, in order to graduate. Our program is in the highest American Bar Association (ABA) category for law school pro bono programs, and Idaho is among the few law schools in the entire country, and among the even smaller few in the Western U.S., with such a program.
The purposes of the pro bono requirement include instilling in students a commitment to their responsibility as lawyers to give back to the community and promote justice by assisting the underserved and underrepresented. As a result of the program, students gain practical legal experience, clients are served, and legal service providers gain valuable assistance.
Students are given the opportunity to fulfill their public service requirements in a wide range of settings, including legal service organizations, government agencies, private firms (pro bono cases), nonprofits and legislative offices. All work must be of a legal nature, approved by the Director of the Pro Bono, and professionally supervised.
Unlike our live, in-house legal aid clinic, our mandatory pro bono program does not take direct clients, and our Pro Bono Director cannot give legal advice or assign students to work on a particular client's case. Rather, our students seek out projects in which attorneys are already involved on a pro bono basis, and our students then apply their legal training to assist the attorney with a client's cause or other approved pro bono legal work, like group projects. Individuals in need of legal assistance and who are not already working with an attorney should contact the Idaho State Bar Association's Idaho Volunteer Lawyers Program (208-334-4500) and/or its Lawyer Referral Service (208-334-4500). For individuals of modest means who have a matter that might be within the scope of our in-house clinical services, please visit our clinical programs.
A majority of students find or develop individual projects for an extremely wide variety of clients, in coordination with private, public, and non-profit attorneys throughout Idaho, the West, and the nation. Additionally, a large number of students perform pro bono work in group project settings, like the following.
Farm Worker Rights Project: In this recurring project, groups of students spend weeks preparing for, and days delivering, pro bono services to farm workers, mostly immigrant and migrant workers for whom English is a non-native language, in the Othello, Washington area. The students make the approximate 2-hour drive via carpool and often stay overnight with host families or in community centers. The students, under supervision of licensed attorneys in the area and in coordination with community organizations, educate workers about the law, perform intake interviews and referrals, and give real-time advice on legal matters, including landlord-tenant matters, employment rights, education rights, and other legal matters.
CASA program: Substantial numbers of students, typically coordinated through the Public Interest Law Group or other student groups, receive in-depth training and are then appointed to serve as Guardians Ad Litem representing the interests of children in need and whose rights are at issue in domestic, child welfare, and other court proceedings in the Coeur d'Alene Tribal Courts, the Idaho Second District Court, and other courts throughout Idaho.
Citizenship Day/Week: students travel to Boise (300 miles away) and spend several days, under the supervision of attorneys and in coordination with the Idaho Volunteer Lawyers Program and other pro bono organizations, providing advice and assistance to immigrants progressing through the final phases of becoming United States Citizens.
Wills Projects: In a group event over one or many days, students educate needy and underserved members of the public regarding common needs and the law regarding wills, living wills, and powers of attorney, and then prepare such documents for the clients; this is all performed under the supervision of attorneys and in cooperation with the Taxation, Probate, & Trust Law Section of the Idaho State Bar, as well as the Idaho Volunteer Lawyers Program and other pro bono organizations. Underserved and needy groups the project has served in the past include elderly fixed income individuals, same-sex and other unmarried couples, and veterans.
Alternative Spring Break: The Public Interest Law Group typically organizes an alternative spring break program every year. In the past, students have spent their week off from classes providing pro bono services under professional supervision at Katrina devastation sites in the Gulf Coast, at the National Veterans Legal Services Program in Washington, D.C., at the Center for Justice in Spokane, Wash., in the Citizenship Day/Week programs in Boise, and at Idaho Volunteer Lawyer and Idaho Legal Aid offices in Boise.
Each student is required to complete at least 40 hours of law-related public service.
Students spend Alternative Spring Break helping the underrepresented.


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According to reports provided by the Aiken Department of Public Safety:
Four batteries were reported stolen from machinery at a construction site on Silver Bluff Road on Monday.
A 53-year-old Aiken man reported on Monday that he was scammed by a man asking for change for a $100 bill. The victim said the man approached him on a bicycle in a parking lot on Hampton Avenue and asked for change for a $100 bill. The man gave the suspect the money, but found out later that the $100 bill he was given was counterfeit.
A bicycle was reported stolen from outside Aiken Mall on Monday.
According to reports provided by the Aiken County Sheriffs Office:
The manager of a rental car company in Aiken reported on Monday that an unknown person cut a hole in the gas tank of a vehicle to steal gasoline.
A 41-year-old Aiken woman reported a phone scam on Monday after an unknown man called her and said she owed the IRS $9,700, and she had committed tax fraud.
A North Augusta man reported vandalism on Monday after someone wrote a racial slur on his vehicle and damaged the vehicles paint while it was parked on Kirby Drive.
A burglary was reported on Main Street in Graniteville on Monday. The owner reported money and jewelry missing.
Additional burglaries were reported on Kerr Street in Belvedere and Pine Street in Warrenville.
Vehicle break-ins were reported on Fox Pond Road in Aiken and Pine Street in Warrenville.
Vehicles were reported stolen from Old Bell Road in Aiken, Goldview Drive in Aiken and Vanest Road in Ridge Spring.
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For up and coming champions, the news is good too. Jordan Spieth, a 17-year old who won over the gallery at last year's HP Byron Nelson Championship and was in the run for the title, has agreed to return on a sponsor's exemption to the PGA Tour event in 2011, in an attempt to finish his senior high school year. The talented teenager will play golf at the University of Texas next fall. All the best to you Jordan!
Tiger Woods, as always, makes the news as well. The most recent news is that he will not play in the Honda Classic next week at the PGA Nationals in Palm Gardens, Fla. His agent says that the it is not because of his first-round loss last Wednesday in the Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona, but because of previously existing commitments.
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Damn, I can't see the screen anymore... I must be getting old (pun intended)... When I was younger in 2007, I could see stuff on that HUGE screen... Now... Seems so small.
Apple posts three new videos to YouTube covering iPhone 4S, Siri and iCloud
Apple has posted three of the videos it used in yesterdays "Let's Talk iPhone" event to YouTube. The three videos are "Introducing iPhone 4S" which covers the features and benefits of the iPhone 4S, "Introducing Siri on iPhone 4S" which demos the Siri voice assistant features and finally "Introducing iCloud". The three videos are embedded below for your viewing pleasure.
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Apple posts three new videos to YouTube covering iPhone 4S, Siri and iCloud
apples trying to justify a crappy phone with cool videos
sorry not crappy phone... crappy update... my bad
Really? a crappy update? here you go children. Since i guess kids need PICTURES to explain things.
I'm digging it. Wish there was an iPhone 5, but I'm still on 3GS and won't wait any longer. I've used android, and they are cool... But I'm too into iOS and iPhones to switch... Not a fanboy, just too big a learning curve and too short a battery life with android, plus all my friends that went android are planning on coming back to iPhone. I could care less about a giant screen - its a phone, not a tablet!!!
I've got Sprint who clearly are the winners here. Def getting a 4S as my second phone
Siri isn't useful everywhere like when voice control was a big hype too
Def going to require 3G. It forwards what you say to a data base, just like the app.
Who was it that started the rumor of iPhone 5? We all expected a new design with a larger screen and we got disappointed. I have a 3G and a 3GS. I'd love to have the 4S. Not disappointed any longer. My good friend has a Galaxy II. He told me to stick with IOS as he's not sold on Android. He hates how Apple dictates how to upload/download to his computer (iTunes) and that's why he went with Samisn'thung.
For what it's worth, it says it "may" be required. Whatever that means.
Probably referring to wifi only when it arrives on wifi only devices like the iPad, cause it also refers to cell data charges.
Apple wouldn't make commercials of a guy running outside and using Siri if it required wifi. Pretty sure he would be running in and out of hotspots at best. Apple is a lot of things, but misleading isn't one of them. Siri will definitely be available over 3G...or even 3.5G (hsdpa)
I luv Apple! I'm a 43 year old X-microsft guy..... Apple did the right move. We as Americans are way too spoiled. We need things now. America, slow down. Trust me, I am a guy who works 60 hours a week, I need to smell the roses!! The new phone excites me. Yes, a larger screen would be nice.... I will be ok.
Siri should be updated to read toyou all the results it pulls up
ive been using suri for years ! works great =D ... oh wait that vlingo!! good try apple!! its been done and done again already
Internet connectivity (WiFI or 3G) is required only to access data for some responses (like - where is the nearest Chinese restaurant?). If your query is about data that is already on your phone, like setting up an appointment in your calendar, internet access will not be needed.
Internet access is not required for the speech recognition to work - that runs on the iPhone itself, which is why the A5's processing power is needed. Other speech recognition apps send your voice to their servers to be interpreted, which means they need the internet access to even function.
its up now on sprint the i phone 4 pre order now and the i phone 4s friday
4 days for UK ...how abt kuwait
I'm not sure I've ever heard a song that had zero rhymes in it before.
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Doing business in the rough-and-tumble arena of underdeveloped countries involves adhering to global business basics, such as researching markets thoroughly, while coping with surprises, writes a veteran international entrepreneur who first took his company overseas three decades ago. In entering the "emerging markets," entrepreneurs need to keep close tabs on how (and if) they will be paid, as well as on local managers overly eager to make sales.
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STAMFORD -- On Broad Street Sunday afternoon, 3-year-old Jase Reichin sat perched on his mother Lisa Reichin's shoulders while looking north and eating Cheese Doodles during the UBS Parade Spectacular.
"Here comes Santa. Look, look, look!," Reichin said to her son. "Behind the firefighter balloon."
Watching the Stamford balloon parade is similar to seeing the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, without having to spend the Thanksgiving holiday trundling two pre-schoolers into Manhattan, Reichin said.
"We get to enjoy a parade and still be home on the holidays instead of going to the city," she said.
Just after noon Sunday, the crowd cheered loudly as a cavalcade of police motorcyclists from Connecticut and Westchester County sounded their sirens, and, along with more than a dozen local police, fire, and emergency medical officials, led the parade's start at Summer and Hoyt streets. They were followed by the floating likenesses of Oscar the Grouch and the Very Hungry Caterpillar, as the New York City Police Department Emerald Society Band played "Jingle Bells" on bagpipes and drums.
The officials represented the city's first responders, who were honored as parade grand marshals, in recognition of their long hours answering emergency calls in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.
"I think this speaks very well of the city of Stamford to honor people who are committed to protecting others during those storms we experienced," Mayor Michael Pavia said. "It's also a great way for people to get back to normal and kick off the holidays after a tough couple of weeks."
Tens of thousands of spectators drawn from throughout Connecticut and New York packed themselves along the zig-zag route that followed Summer Street south across Broad Street and down Atlantic Street, as children awaited their favorite characters among this year's flotilla of 18 helium balloons as they hovered and spun downtown.
Alongside perennial favorites such as Sesame Street's Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster and Popeye, a new pair of balloons -- the Lorax, an environmentally-conscious character from the Dr. Seuss canon, and Red, from Jim Henson's 1980s hit live puppetry series "Fraggle Rock" made their debuts in this year's spectacular.
Dozens of local and regional marching bands, dance troupes, including the cast of the Stamford All-School Musical production of "Beauty and the Beast" also paraded downtown, mixed together with a kaleidoscopic battalion of costumed stilt-walkers and clowns.
Jennifer Humphrey-Rosa, of Stamford, laughed as she watched the clowns performing alongside the stilt walker dressed as a giant green cricket. She stood in front of the Rich Forum with her daughters, Kori, 12, and Kamire, 10, and her husband, Rafael Rosa.
"Look at that cricket, oh my word, isn't that something?" Humphrey-Rosa said.
On upper Summer Street, Andrea and Brian O'Loughlin of Stamford found an open stretch of asphalt to watch the parade with their 4-year-old son Aidan and 2-year-old son Chase, along with their friends Ralph and Marie Anderson and their son Ryan.
Aidan said the quick arrival of the Very Hungry Caterpillar, second in the line of march of balloons, was what he was most excited to see.
"I like all the balloons but the Very Hungry Caterpillar is the best," he said.
Before the parade, hundreds of volunteer balloon handlers waited for the kick off on Hoyt Street, some drinking coffee and eating sandwiches and expressing gratitude for a temperate day without strong breezes.
Sammy Alemseghed, a manager of information technology for the City of Stamford, returned for his 13th year as a balloon handler, the past several with his 17-year-old daughter Sammi, a student at Academy of Information Technology and Engineering, also manning the ropes of the mustachioed Lorax.
"I have so many good memories of the parade waving to the people and seeing my friends," Sammi Alemseghed said. "Even if I go away to college next year I'll have to come back for this."
"We're old pros at this point," Sammy Alemseghed said.
A group of workers from the Sanitation Department, wearing bright orange vests, waited for the parade to start near one of the balloon vendors. Their duties are mostly to help with preparation and cleanup, surveying the parade as extra security while it's in progress.
"We're supposed to concentrate on crowd control, but you do get to enjoy the parade as well," Robert Fisher said. "By having all of us out here, it's an additional presence for security. It's a fun day, though. We love this job."
"It'll be spotless when the parade is over," Benny Garrett said, alluding to the city's speedy cleanup after the festivities.
David Klein, events coordinator with the Downtown Special Services District, walked up and down the parade route after his initial duties setting up, making sure everything was running smoothly.
"I'm running around making sure everyone is happy," Klein said, pausing for a moment in front of the reviewing stand. "It's really wild to get down here with the parade still going on."
Once the last float carrying Santa Claus passes the parade's start position, crews already begin their cleanup efforts, Klein said, working their way down the route in the wake of the procession.
For Klein, the day of the parade itself is a mixture of chaos and enjoyment.
"I really do have the most fun," he said. "The last note I gave to the balloon handlers and all the volunteers is to smile and have a good time. I'm also looking forward to a hot chocolate afterward, to get warm."
At the reviewing stand near the Rich Forum, dignitaries were granted one of the best vantage points, as the marching bands and dance troupes stopped to perform in front of the platform. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., among those watching at the reviewing stand, called this year's parade "the biggest and best in the state."
"It makes me proud to be from Stamford," Blumenthal said. "I brag about this parade in Washington. There's so many different ages and backgrounds, people from every walk of life participating and appreciating. It brings out the best in all of Connecticut."
State Rep. Gerry Fox III, D-Stamford, noted that Sunday was one of the biggest parade crowds he'd seen.
"The combination of all the different participants has made it a huge success," he said.
During the parade, children could be heard expectantly asking when certain balloons would pass, and shouting "spin" along with their parents, urging the handlers to rotate the balloons.
Madeline Pietrafesa, 8, stood with friends Tyler and Kylie Pruneau at the very edge of the sidewalk barrier.
"We always come here together," Madeline said. "It's cool because you get to see clowns and people juggling things."
Brendan Martino, 5, has been to the parade several times before with his dad, Matt Martino, and always likes to see the balloons -- but not the clowns. At his dad's prompting, Brendan demonstrated how he planned to hide when the clowns came by, pulling the visor of his red baseball cap over his face.
"The weather is a big thing," Martino said. "On a beautiful day like today, it seems to bring more people out. We'll keep coming back."
After all the balloons had passed the crowd by, Santa Claus made his appearance on a float pulled by a 1950 Stingray fire truck alongside cast members from the New England Academy of Dance's annual production of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker."
Sandy Goldstein, president of the DSSD stepped off the reviewing stand at the end of the parade, feeling satisfied with the results.
"I thought it was fabulous, the best yet," Goldstein said. "The balloons flew better than I've seen them fly. All you had to do was look at the faces of the kids -- what joy. It's such a pleasure to do this."


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Topic: Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs target right to join Sunderland?
Sunderland win race for Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs target
Sunderland have completed the signing of England Under 21 international Connor Wickham from Ipswich.
Read more: http://www.ontheminute.com/news/news.php?news=32305
Did Wickham make the right move, when he decided to join the Black Cats?
Sad that your club did not manage to sign the youngster?
Have your say!