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Great fine motor, pinching, practice for my favorite 3-year-old!
Warning: Blurry Turkey Action Shot!
We made two turkeys; one to keep at home and one for my daughter's preschool class.
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Ooooh! I love this idea! It makes a simple color game so much more fun! And I love that we can reuse stuff from around the house to make this.
What a perfect activity! Love it! Thanks for sharing! Kerri
This is such a great idea! It will be a wonderful gift for the grandparents and will give S1 a chance to practice reaching one of his OT goals. Thank you for posting!
Oh, I'm going to make some of these! We've been practicing with clothes pins last week -- this is perfect timing. Thanks.
Thanks Tom!
Even if you don't want to make turkeys (or let the kids make their own with cardboard/stiff felt/ or paper plates) the feather clothespins are really fun!
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Nice; first post has a completed map I like how you have the piers go several feet inwards to the huts. It's a small detail, but I was attracted to it.
First post here. I've just started getting back into map making, and I've just started using Photoshop too. I must say I love the program.
Here's a town map I whipped up over the last two days using Larb's great Town Map Tutorial. I really love the style of maps it produces. I used RobA's tree and tower brushes from here, and some cliff overlays I got from Dundjini ages ago.
Hope you like the map. I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out. It's basically done, but I'd like to figure out a way to indicate which way the river flows (off to the right). It flows into a bay a little way off to the right, and the sandy area you see is flooded every high tide.
Nice; first post has a completed map I like how you have the piers go several feet inwards to the huts. It's a small detail, but I was attracted to it.
Heh, that happened because i was working fast while using the line tool. It was easier to have it go under the buildings than trying to line it up with the edge of the buildings. Now that i look closely at it, I like it better this way too.
Obviously, I looked at the map first, then read the description
I really like the sandy part now, just trying to imagine that at high tide. Maybe you could do a high tide map.
With regards to the river, it looks like it's much to narrow. I'm not sure what you can do to give it direction with that little space, but it's look a lot more like a river if you opened it up. Remember that a river Estuary is wide and sometime shallow. Even if it's not a big river, it could easily triple it's width where it meets your main water area.
The town looks cool. I liked the brown-roofed buildings the most. Are the yellow ones straw-roofed? I couldn't quite tell. Maybe you could add some more detail to it my using an actual image of straw-roof (if one exists).
However, I think this map is really quite great, especially if you're getting back into maps and working off the tutorials. I've done a bunch of hand-drawn maps ( http://www.cartographersguild.com/fi...ak-castle.html <-- for example) but I've yet to do learn how to use the computer programs. I started looking over the basic tutorials today and I hope my map looks something like this when I'm done.
Nice work
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(CNN) -- Raven-Symone, who played 3-year-old Olivia on the 1980s sitcom "The Cosby Show," indicated for the first time Friday that she is a lesbian.
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"I was excited to hear today that more states legalized gay marriage. I, however am not currently getting married, but it is great to know I can now, should I wish to," she said.
Earlier Friday, Symone posted a tweet: "I can finally get married! Yay government! So proud of you."
In response to media inquiries after that tweet, her representatives said that "Raven is not getting married. She was just supporting the fact that she heard on NPR that more states legalized gay marriage today."
Symone then subsequently issued her official statement.
In the past, she has said her sexual orientation was a private matter. "My sexual orientation is mine, and the person I'm datings to know. I'm not one for a public display of my life," she wrote on her Twitter page in May 2012.
After "The Cosby Show," Symone was featured with Eddie Murphy in his "Dr. Dolittle" films and starred in Disney Channel's "That's So Raven."


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Gas prices hold steady, match mark from 2011
Published: Monday, December 24, 2012 at 12:01 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, December 24, 2012 at 12:01 p.m.
The price of gasoline held steady last week in Florida and the United States, experts said, and after a year of volatility the average price is virtually the same as it was at this point in 2011.
Average gasoline prices per gallon
National: $3.247
Florida: $3.280
Gainesville: $3.398
Week ago
National: $3.248
Florida: $3.261
Gainesville: $3.378
Month ago
National: $3.429
Florida: $3.389
Gainesville: $3.438
Year ago
National: $3.228
Florida: $3.248
Gainesville: $3.318
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In Florida, the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline was $3.25, the same as last week. One year ago, it was $3.24, according to the website GasBuddy.com.
The average price in the United States is $3.24; one penny above the $3.23 mark from this time last year.
Prices remained higher in Gainesville, the website said, with an average of $3.39, up from last week's $3.37 average, according to GasBuddy.com. Last year at this point, the average price in Gainesville was $3.31.
The range of prices in Gainesville is a low of $3.28 and a high of $3.72.
Oil prices reportedly fell on Monday as experts watch for developments as the so-called "fiscal cliff" deadline approaches.
If no deal is reached by Jan. 1, steep tax increases and government spending cuts will automatically take effect that will jar the U.S. economy and potentially throw it into recession, economists have warned, according to the Detroit Free Press.
The benchmark price for oil for February delivery fell 10 cents to $88.56 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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Kindergartener Azaira McDonald ripped through wrapping paper Friday afternoon, her face filled with excitement.
"It looks beautiful," said the 5-year-old said about the pretend beauty kit she received from her teacher.
Though Santa doesn't officially come until Tuesday night, the Christopher Columbus Elementary School class celebrated this past week watching The Polar Express movie, singing songs and giving gifts.
With the holidays approaching, it was hard to keep the students focused on lessons this past week, not to mention adding the new Common Core Learning Standards into the curriculum.
Columbus kindergarten Teacher Lianne Nimey said she tried to add the holidays into her lessons for example teaching that Christmas trees are conifers versus deciduous trees.
But for the most part she tried to get everything done ahead of time so last week could be set aside for the holidays.
"A lot of teachers have tried to integrate the Common Core into it, but they've been working so hard all year long," said Columbus Principal Elizabeth Gerling. "It's a time to relax and get ready for the holiday then come back refreshed and hit the Common Core again."
Besides celebration, a number of area schools focused on the aspect of giving.
For example Rome elementary school students did the Holiday Mail for Heroes program, sending holiday cards to service members, veterans and their families.
Students in the Poland and Central Valley Central School Districts collected school supplies to send to needy students in the Dominican Republic.
And in the Mount Markham Central School District, eighth graders in the introduction to building trades technology class made 46 toys for local kids including toy sail boats, puppets and a pull behind duck on wheels.
"The premise of the class is doing for others rather than doing for themselves," said Tavish Rathbone, the middle school technology education teacher.
"They take a lot of pride in them, it makes them feel good," he said.
As for Azaira, she just can't wait for Dec. 25.
She said she's been wishing very hard and already told Santa what she wanted.
"I wished for a rocking horse, iPad and a Barbie house with a lot of Barbies," Azaira said with a smile ear to ear.
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We thought our Thanksgiving was ruined when a stove fire occurred midway through the cooking process. Fortunately, the damage was confined to the stove.
The firemen arrived promptly, disconnected the stove and set up fans to remove the smoke.
My family and I were still dazed by the ramifications when the doorbell rang. A neighbor I had never met, along with his family and friends, stood at my front door with a complete, cooked turkey! He heard what happened and thought we needed some help.
This group of strangers returned a short time later with all the fixings. I didn't catch his name so I'm sending this letter to you in hopes it is read by this Good Samaritan.
We seen to live in a cynical, contentious world, but our holiday was saved due entirely to the generosity and kindness of our neighbors in the Twin Maples development.
Turns our this was our best Thanksgiving ever and Saugerties is the best small town in America.


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LONDON (AP) — Bats are finally getting their revenge on Ozzy Osbourne.
The BBC reports Osbourne wants to turn a barn on his English estate into a two-bedroom home, but the local council has refused him permission because there's evidence that bats and owls live there. Bats are a protected species in England.
Osbourne bit the head off a bat thrown onstage in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1982, thinking it was made out of rubber.
Osbourne will not be able to continue work until an environmental survey is done.
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Last month, the Frederick City's code enforcement manager announced that he would crack down on chronic violators, and this week he announced two more properties are condemned.
"The writing tickets part never got us anywhere," Dan Hoffman said Wednesday. "We're going to go one by one and condemn every building."
Last week, an electrical cord's trail helped condemn one downtown property belonging to landlord Duk Hee Ro. An inspector saw a cord going from the front of the Asiana building at 123 N. Market St. and snaking upstairs from the vacant restaurant, Hoffman said.
That cord tipped off the inspector that someone upstairs needed electricity, Hoffman said. The inspector could not go in without an invitation or a warrant, so he waited outside for someone to come out.
The inspector established that the man who emerged was living upstairs.
"He took our inspector inside," Hoffman said.
What the inspector found was an uninhabitable mess, he said.
Sagging ceilings, evidence of water damage from a leaky roof, an incorrectly installed electrical panel, no running water, no electricity and no heat source condemned the apartments, Hoffman said. That forced the sole occupant to leave, though Hoffman said he is not sure where.
"We allowed him to get his stuff," which was not much, Hoffman said.
Ro could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
Hoffman, who has managed the code enforcement department since December 2010, said downtown merchants and residents are sick of looking at vacant and blighted properties that have only gotten worse over the past decade. Ro's four downtown properties, which include 10 addresses, generate most of the complaints, Hoffman said.
In the past week, his department condemned apartments she owns at 123 and 125 N. Market St., above the Asiana, and all of 314 N. Market St. The vacant ground floor of 123 and 125 N. Market, which housed the Asiana, is not condemned.
At 314 N. Market, two people were living in an apartment without electricity, Hoffman said. For the second time since 2005, the city condemned that building under Ro's ownership.
Ro's property at 300 N. Market St., the former home of That Cuban Place, was condemned a year ago and is still classified as such.
A building must undergo a thorough inspection for condemnation to be lifted. Someone has been doing cosmetic work inside 300 N. Market, but the work is not sufficient to get the condemnation lifted, Hoffman said.
Unless a code violation presents a hazard outside the building, the owner can let the deterioration continue as long as no tenants are present, he said. The owner would be fined for permitting occupancy before the building passes inspection, he said.
New state laws and local policies may give the city some leverage to change what happens to vacant and blighted property, Hoffman said. A city task force is considering incentives and taxing policy that could reward property maintenance.
Soren Dodge, manager of the Record Exchange at 151 N. Market St., said he would like to see people take more responsibility for their buildings. He does not want to see a lot of condemned buildings.
Hoffman said Ro has been communicating more openly with his office than in the past.
"We're going to … get all of her issues taken care of," Hoffman said. "We're not out to put her out of business; we're out to make her run her business like everybody else does … in all fairness to everybody else who does it right."
Ro and the city could benefit if she gets her buildings in shape for new business, Hoffman said.
"She's sitting on a gold mine," he said.
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Capital Goods: April 2012
Debt and taxes
James Madison got it right. Dealing with taxes, its difficult to separate self-interest from the public interest. At the nations founding, he wrote that their apportionment could tempt lawmakers to trample on the rules of justice. Every shilling with which they overburden the inferior number is a shilling saved to their own pockets. By inferior number, he meant constituencies under-represented in a legislature.
Madisons remedy to this inclination toward self-interest was a diverse, representative form of government. (OK, so his definition of diverse might not equal our own. Nonetheless, in his day, putting a Pennsylvania Quaker merchant in a room with a Virginia Anglican tobacco farmer would have led to some diverse opinions.) I suppose it is in the eye of the beholder as to how well the remedy has worked. What is true whether in 1787 or today is that when you are the one paying the taxes, they can seem awfully burdensome. And once that money leaves your pocket, it is not always easy to see the benefits.
That cost-benefit equation is being discussed a lot these days regarding unemployment-insurance taxes in North Carolina. Unfortunately for state businesses, a big part of the benefits have already accrued. The costs, escalating after three years of high unemployment, are just now coming due. Thats because North Carolina has borrowed $2.7 billion from the federal government for unemployment benefits. Now, the money has to be repaid.
So far, policymakers in Raleigh have been content mostly to sit and chew on just how to do it. State legislators instructed the Department of Commerce, which was recently given authority over the states unemployment-benefits system, to study the question. House Speaker Thom Tillis decided to have a separate task force examine fraud estimated to be $170 million a year in the system. But those studies wont change the reality facing employers, workers and decision makers. Only three real options exist: Employers are going to have to pay more taxes, general taxpayers are going to have to pitch in, or the length of time recipients get unemployment benefits must be cut.
The unemployment-insurance tax is a dedicated tax. Employers pay it, and the money goes only to pay out unemployment benefits. The arrangement protects the money and, in times of plenty, has led to surpluses and cuts in the tax. It also has put the onus on employers to repay the debt. With no action by legislators last year, the tax rose automatically in January, by $7 per worker per year, due to the debt. More automatic increases loom unless one of those other options is taken.
As for putting general taxpayers on the hook, its hard to imagine that flying politically when school teachers are being laid off and college tuition is increasing three times the rate of inflation. In these days of tight budgets, you wont find half a billion dollars lying around in some state agencys untapped account. Even if you did, legislators would hear plenty of hollering from all kinds of folks if they started using general operating revenue, from sources such as sales and income taxes, to repay the unemployment debt. Some of the yelling would be about how legislators cut the unemployment-insurance tax four times during the 1990s, which seemed the right thing to do then. With the states jobless rate low, the tax was generating a surplus. Still, when bad times came, the surplus dried up, and those cuts ultimately contributed to the debt.
North Carolina is hardly alone. Thirty states have borrowed more than $44 billion from the feds to pay out unemployment benefits. As the debt mounted, several decided that the way to get ahead of the curve and begin repaying the debt was to reduce the duration of benefits. Most states, including North Carolina, traditionally paid 26 weeks of benefits. (More recently, workers could qualify for 53 additional weeks through a federal program.) Last year, Arkansas and Illinois reduced benefits to 25 weeks. South Carolina, Michigan and Missouri cut back to 20 weeks, and Florida reduced the time to as little as 12 weeks, depending on the unemployment rate.
There is little doubt that business groups here will push state legislators to follow suit. Maybe, if the economy and employment numbers keep improving, the pushback wont be so great. As the debate begins in earnest, its worth recalling the benefit of these benefits. When most of this debt was piling up back when the economy really stank in 2009 and 2010 those unemployment checks kept people in their homes and allowed them to keep spending. That money circulated through the economy and prevented a bad situation, for everyone, from getting worse.
Scott Mooneyham is editor of The Insider, www.ncinsider.com. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Along with MSR's quickly-becoming-legendary 360-degree traction system and easy-peasy SpeedLock Comfort bindings, the MSR Men's Lightning Axis Snowshoe features the Axis Gait Efficiency System. This system adjusts to your extra-wonky walk to make snowshoeing as natural as strolling down the beach.
- Durable frame made from aircraft aluminum features 360-degree traction for supreme grip over challenging technical terrain
- Pivot Crampon shares a rotating hinge with your binding to provide secure traction regardless of your foot position or the angle of terrain
- Bilateral binding adjustment neutralizes variances in foot positions to give you the most natural-feeling stride possible
- Glove-friendly SpeedLock binding adjustment system adjusts quickly and easily
- The Ergo Televator heel lift system reduces calf fatigue, conserves energy, and improves traction on the steeps—the intuitive design engages in seconds with a simple flick of your pole
- Optional Modular Flotation Tail allows you to custom-tailor your footprint size to match trail conditions—attach the connector piece when expecting powder, and leave it off for hardpack (sold separately)
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Some good and some bad design features.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
First, I like the binding that you adjust once and then enter or exit the snowshoe using the rear binding strap and I like the all direction traction given by the the edge crampons. BUT, THE BILATERAL BINDING ADJUSTMENT IS A VERY POOR DESIGN. IT DOES NOT POSITIVELY LOCK IN PLACE.. IT CHANGES POSITION WHILE I'M SNOWSHOEING AND THE FRONTS OF BOTH SNOWSHOES SEEM TO WANT TO ROTATE INWARDS AND THE TIPS CROSS CAUSING ME TO LOSE MY BALANCE. I CAN'T BELEIVE MSR DID MUCH TESTING WITH THIS DESIGN. I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED A ONE TIME SCREW DOWN ADJUSTMENT TO THE UNRELIABLE QUICK ADJUSTMENT FEATURE PROVIDED.
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You owe it to yourself to get a pair of great snowshoes. For me, living in NJ, getting snow is a big event for us. Knowing that you only may use them 10X per Season is definitely a factor. That said, you want something that can stand up to the rigors of snow, ice, and steep climbs. The crampon is super sharp and the frame is serrated, allowing you to lock into ice with command and control. I found that the size, the 25", were perfect for me (170lbs) and provided enough float. I got these and immediately drove to the Catskills, hiked Indian Head and Twin with ease. Highly recommended.
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In the brief amount of time that I have had these, they have been awesome. The SpeedLock bindings are super easy to set inside, and quick to put on outside. And while they are on, they are very secure. I have had buddies comment on how quick and secure they look. Good grip and floatation. Great snowshoe!
Love em'
Great shoes, been hiking all over Utah's peaks with them.
Solid pair of snowshoes
I've had these for going on two years and they've been my go-to shoe for all of my winter excursions. They work well on pretty steep ice/snow where crampons aren't necessarily warranted and equally well on flat terrain where all you're looking for is to stay above the snow. The SpeedLock binding is really convenient. Set the binding to your boots beforehand (2 minutes), then it is one less set of snap-in straps to put on with cold fingers at the trail head. The binding is basically the difference between these and the Lightning Ascents. A bit pricier and heavier than the Evo's, but worth it in my opinion.
Note: You'll definitely need the tails in really soft, deep powder otherwise you will essentially be post holing with bigger, more awkward feet. This is true for all snowshoes, though.
I dont think these have tails like the plastic cousins. At least mine don't, they are all tough aluminum. I use 30in shoes, im 6'7"and weigh 240 plus a 40 lb pack and they dont post hole on my in deep powder.
Here are the tails for the Lightning series snowshoes: http://www.cascadedesigns.com/msr/snowshoes/snowshoe-accessories/lightning-tails/product
Has anyone tried running in these? How do...
Has anyone tried running in these? How do they perform at a higher cadence?
I have used these and the Lightning Ascent on numerous accasions and they can take a higher cadence for sure. The truth is that the EVO models being more flexible will probably handle long running better than the lightning series, but in terms of weight they are actually pretty much the same. The binding holds up well and the pivot works very well when I run in them. If you are running a lot in your snowshoes I would favor something like the EVO or possibly the Lightning Flash. However, if you want the extra traction the lightnings provide and want the ascending bar, but also want to be able to run on occasion, this shoe will work great for you.
How do the bindings fair? will they fit a...
How do the bindings fair? will they fit a snowboard boot snuggly?
Yes, they will fit a snowboard boot
How durable is the "edge", it looks...
How durable is the "edge", it looks "plastic"?
Hey Tim, yeah its anodized aluminum, so it kinda looks plastic in the picture...
The edge is bombproof. Far stronger than the standard aluminum tubing. I have the Lightning Ascents (same except for the binding) and have put them through treatment normal snowshoes wouldn't survive. It is like having a crampon all the way around.
Agreed - the edge is serrated anodized aluminum. Very durable and gives you the edge when it comes to steep hills and ice.


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Ocean Cargo: Shipping analysts say vessel scrapping has declined
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During the first six months of 2010, the active containership capacity has risen by 15.3 percent, jumping from 11.55 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) on January 1 to 13.32 million TEU at the end of June, according to figures released by Alphaliner, a Paris-based consultancy.
The 178 million TEU increase includes new ship deliveries (0.74 million TEU) and the reactivation of idle ships (1.16 million TEU) while 0.12 million TEU of cellular capacity was removed through scrapping and conversions. The total cellular fleet (active and idle) has reached 13.67 million TEU, up from 13.06 million TEU at the beginning of January.
Despite the influx of new buildings, the idle capacity dropped from 1.51 million TEU at January 1 to 0.35 million TEU end June. According to Alphaliner analysts, this was largely due to the higher-than-expected recovery in demand in the first half of the year and to the impact of "Extra Slow Steaming," which has absorbed an additional 0.32 million TEU in 6 months.
"The pace of scrapping has slowed down considerably since last year's highs" said an analyst. The number of container vessels scrapped in the first six months of this year has reached 111,000 TEU.
He added that another 8,500 TEU were removed through conversions of cellular ships into other ship types (bulk carriers and sheep carriers).
"All major carriers saw their active capacity increase in the last six months," stated Alphaliner. "NYK was the only carrier in the Top 20 to have recorded a decrease in active capacity as it embarks on its new strategy of reducing its exposure to the liner trades."
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Funding to complete the renovation and remodeling of the New Ute Events Center in downtown Rifle seemed to "pass muster" at the Nov. 7 City Council meeting.No official vote was taken on a plan to transfer $714,000 in city funds from various departments to the project, since the council was not considering an appropriations ordinance, said City Attorney Jim Neu.That ordinance will be before the council on Dec. 5, when it considers the city's 2013 budget for final adoption, he added.But the informal "thumbs up" from five of the city's seven councilmembers - after Mayor Jay Miller asked if the proposal would "pass muster" - was met with applause from a packed room of events center supporters. Key to the efforts of the New Ute Theatre Society, or NUTS, a nonprofit group that would oversee the center, is to have at least five councilmembers approve the transfer of $226,000 from the city's capital reserve fund for the work. The city code requires such a "supermajority" of councilmembers to transfer money from the fund, Neu said.One councilmember, Rich Carter, left the council chambers before discussion began to avoid a conflict of interest and will not vote on the matter. Carter's architectural firm has done work for the NUTS group and would likely bid on future jobs, Neu said. Councilwoman Jennifer Sanborn was absent from the Nov. 7 meetingThe city plans to use $1.24 million from its capital reserve fund and federal mineral leasing funds, a $200,000 grant from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, $228,000 in other grants, $13,766 from the city visitor improvement fund, $10,000 from the Downtown Development Authority budget and $200,000 from the Rifle information center budget to finish the $1.9 million renovation and remodeling of the center.NUTS board members told the council they plan to use a recent $35,000 private donation, annual $10,000 contributions from both the city's visitor information fund and Rifle information center, and eventually hold an average of 204 events a year that would generate ticket revenue to help cover operations and maintenance costs. A consultant recently said similar events centers in Colorado require a subsidy of around $300,000 a year to stay open.NUTS secretary Garrick Frontella said other funding sources include rentals and an audience base predicted to grow over the years, along with membership dues.Vice president Todd Seiber said the center would initially schedule 65 events in its first year, so the O&M cost would be about 33 percent lower than the consultants' estimate.Miller wondered if the center would have a harder time raising revenue, since it would be smaller than others and seat fewer people."Some acts we've been in contact with don't want to book the larger venues, so they will come here," Seiber answered.Garfield School District Re-2 would likely be a strong supporter of the center, President Helen Rogers noted, since the high school auditorium is a poor place for school plays and other student performances.Frontella said retractable seating will be an integral part of the center's success, even though it will not be included in the initial remodeling work."That would definitely open up a variety of options and uses for all kinds of rentals and acts," he added.Gary Miller, owner of Miller's Dry Goods in Rifle, said an events center would add an important attraction to the city, along with the Centennial Parks summer concerts, street dances, quality parks and even the Walmart store.Alan Burnham, an official with the American Shale Oil research project, announced that his company will make a $10,000 donation to the NUTS group."It's a recruiting issue for us," Burnham said. "We'd like to see Rifle be an attractive place for our employees to live from both a safety issue with shorter commutes and just a variety of things for them to do in their off hours."Rifle resident and artist Kathy Roselli asked council what affect the use of city funds to finish the Ute project would have on any future ballot questions to fund a recreation center.Councilman Keith Lambert said the two projects are separate issues. To date, the recreation center plan has been handled by the Rifle Regional Economic Development Corp., with no city funds or involvement."I would hope a potential funding method for a recreation center would involve a bond issue to build it, then that it would generate enough money through use fees and parks and recreation money to cover its operations and maintenance costs," he stated. "We've cobbled enough together to help pay for an asset to the city in the events center remodeling. In my mind, that has nothing to do with a recreation center."Economic Development Corp. President Michael Langhorne said the events center fits into his group's downtown design plan, will bring increased sales tax revenue and help revitalize downtown."We might have to compromise on some of these plans, but we don't see the recreation center and the Ute competing for money," Langhorne said. "But I'd say after the results of the water plant vote [passage of a three-quarters of a cent sales tax hike], we might have a limited ability to get a sales tax for a recreation center. So it might have to be a more community-oriented tax with several projects."A recommendation on how to proceed with a recreation center is to be presented to the city council in January, Langhorne added.Garfield County Commissioner Mike Samson, a Rifle resident, said he was "throwing in" with the NUTS group."This is such a nostalgic part, Americana if you can, of Rifle," he said. "It would be a great blessing to see this go forward and really something of a historical monument to many of us in Rifle."Lambert likened the project to that of the former Midland Hotel on East Third Street, another historic building that was renovated in recent years.Scott Aibner of Rifle said the city already has great attractions, "but not a soul.""If you stand under the lights at night on Fourth Street and look up at the Ute with that beautiful facade, you'll feel the soul," he said. "I hope you choose to instill and propagate the human spirit in Rifle."Councilman Alan Lambert noted the large turnout and strong support behind the project "was just what we had in mind when we bought the building. This is what will make it happen."
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The Pleasant Ridge Community Council wil get words of advice and inspiration tonight from environmental activist Lois Gibbs, who was instrumental in the fight to clean up Love Canal in New York during the 1970s.
Gibbs will speak to the group at 7 p.m. at the Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church.
Nearly two years after the economic meltdown in fall 2008, the U.S. Senate voted Thursday to approve a sweeping financial reform bill aimed at the reckless Wall Street investors who caused the crisis.
The Senate voted 60-39 to pass the reforms sought by President Obama. Three Republicans — Scott Brown of Massachusetts, along with Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine — joined Democrats in supporting the bill.
Phil Burress' obsession with other people's sex lives is continuing unabated.
Burress, the head of Sharonville-based Citizens for Community Values (CCV), is upset that this year's Cincinnati Equinox Pride Festival is being held downtown on the Fourth of July and could potentially intrude on some Independence Day events. CCV has sent a mass e-mail to its followers, asking them to write letters of protest to companies sponsoring the event.
An animal rights group had one of its members question executives of the Kroger Co. grocery store chain at its annual shareholders meeting held here Thursday.
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) had member Lindsay Rajt, who also is a Kroger shareholder, ask during the meeting whether Kroger has plans to move toward a less cruel method of poultry slaughter, called "controlled-atmosphere killing" (CAK), instead of its current practice.
Just as the White House is criticizing one Republican lawmaker for apologizing to BP, it's been revealed that a local GOP leader has extensive stock holdings in BP and other oil companies.
The Associated Press is reporting that U.S. Rep. John Boehner (R-West Chester), the House minority leader, bought dozens of stocks in December including shares in BP, Exxon, Chevron, ConocoPhilips and Occidental. Each of the stocks is valued between $15,001 and $50,000, according to annual financial disclosure reports released Wednesday.
In a stark turnabout from the company's previous position involving the incident, Cintas Corp. has settled a lawsuit filed by the wife of an employee who was burned to death in an industrial dryer at an Oklahoma facility.
When Eleazar Torres-Gomez was killed at the Cintas laundry near Tulsa, Okla., in March 2007, the company took no responsibility and blamed him for his death. Further, Cintas initially tried to block Torres-Gomez's family from claiming workers compensation benefits.
In 1908, the automobile was considered nothing more than a rich man's plaything. The technology existed but could not yet be applied on a large scale or made affordable. Soon, Henry Ford supplied those missing parts and, with some outside help, transformed the 20th Century.
In 2010, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and the rest of Ohio's congressional delegation have a rare chance to vault us into a position of global economic leadership by passing a comprehensive clean energy and climate bill.
With the federal income tax deadline looming next week, people can expect Tea Partiers and others to moan and shout about giving some of their money for the common good. If those tax protestors really wanted to make an impact, though, they'd focus on making sure large corporations pay their fair share.
The Internet's strange allure can't be resisted.
First, local blogger and veteran journalist Bill Sloat decided to revive his excellent Daily Bellwether blog after an absence of several months, once again offering his fresh take on news around Ohio's major cities.
Now Jim Hopkins has brought back his insightful Gannett Blog, offering news, analysis and criticism about the newspaper and media giant that owns The Cincinnati Enquirer and USA Today.


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Police: Man makes mistake of pulling knife on Fla.'s top cop
Published: Thursday, August 15, 2013 at 11:17 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, August 15, 2013 at 11:17 a.m.
It appears Larry Jackson flashed his knife at the wrong guy Thursday morning: Marion County Sheriff's Cpl. Timothy Liberatore.
Liberatore was wearing street clothes at the time. Before long, Jackson was wearing handcuffs and sitting in the back of a police cruiser awaiting a ride to jail.
Just last week Liberatore was named the Florida Sheriffs Association's law enforcement officer of the year. The Star-Banner put his picture on the front page.
Jackson, 56, who is from Palatka, apparently did not see the photo.
Liberatore said that, at about 9:15 a.m. Thursday, he was walking from the south side of the Marion County courthouse toward his vehicle. When he was 8 to 10 feet from the car Jackson approached with a towel wrapped around one hand.
He flicked the towel off, displayed a folding knife with a 4- to 5-inch blade, and asked Liberatore what was up, according to Ocala police.
Liberatore identified himself as a Marion County sheriff's deputy, drew his gun, pointed it at Jackson, and ordered him to drop the knife.
He then called for assistance. OPD Capt. Keith Escaravage arrived and handled the arrest.
Jackson was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Jackson, wearing jeans and a red sports shirt, declined comment to the Star-Banner while sitting in the back of a patrol vehicle.
State records indicate he has been in and out of prison since February 2003 for various offenses including burglary, grand theft and petit theft. He was last released from a Florida prison in June 2012.
In 10 years with the Sheriff's Office, Liberatore has worked as a patrol deputy and drug agent and now is assigned to the Tactical Investigations Unit in the Crime Suppression Division.
In addition to the rank of corporal, he also is considered to be a master deputy.
Last year, Liberatore made 260 arrests resulting in 115 felony and 167 misdemeanor charges, according to the Sheriff's Office.
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A group of Ohio State students are making news after the university's student newspaper reported they found a man living in the basement of their off-campus home – and he'd been there a while.
The roommates told The Lantern that before their rental company evicted the squatter, they thought his makeshift room – which had been locked from the inside – was a utility closet.
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Actually, rather than filling up a forum with such posts you could just put the list on the wiki itself. People could update the list vis-a-vis - "I'm doing this one", "Unallocated" and so forth, themselves?
So, I had a brief chat with IndustryGothica a while back about how I was interested in getting involved with the CWPB, and I recently decided I might take the plunge and give it a shot. So, I browsed through the wiki and these forums in an effort to figure out how to jump in. To be honest, it is incredibly nebulous, and hard to get a handle on as a newcomer--I'd imagine that is the biggest hurdle to a huge project like this. I see a good number of "I'd be interested in helping but I don't know how to go about getting started" posts.
I have a simple idea (either one of those 'so simple its brilliant' or 'so simple it must have already been thought of and rejected' type things). It goes like this: One of the Big Dogs who has a good handle on how the project works (Redrobes, IndustryGothica, Torq, Ravells, etc.) come up with a list of a few specific areas that could do with expanding and make a monthly post in the Mapmaking Request Forum. I know I for one would be a lot more eager to jump in in I saw something like this--I wouldn't be worried that I was jumping on anyone else's toes, or going about it wrong. Also, if it was a monthly post, people might not have to wade through threads 15-20 pages deep to figure out what they need to do.
A few maps from each 'category' each month would be great:
-Two or three regional scale maps an image/grid showing what area of what region could use expanding (even better if there could be some kind of template to work from like the approximate overlay from Ravell's map here.
-Two or three cities that have yet to be mapped
-A couple temples/forests/underground networks that could use battle maps.
I'd be pumped to see something like this become a regular feature, and I know I'd pick one up whenever I wasn't busy with other projects. If it isn't crossing a line I haven't had the good sense to see yet, I think I am going to try and start this myself but feel free to delete the thread in this isn't welcome (again, I am terrified that I am stepping on toes or going about this wrong).
Actually, rather than filling up a forum with such posts you could just put the list on the wiki itself. People could update the list vis-a-vis - "I'm doing this one", "Unallocated" and so forth, themselves?
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I think this is a pretty good idea. I've been slow to complete my one (albeit major) contribution to the CWBP but did find it hard to figure out how to get started. Putting a list of open "reqs" on the Wiki's not a bad idea but putting them in the help wanted forum will better serve to put it in front of people that might not have considered taking part in the project.
I'd really like us to revisit the whole CWBP project and do it from scratch with some coherent end in mind to make it a living world. The guild has matured incredibly from when we first started on the CWBP.
For example: I saw IG's post about an RPG he was running which was set in the CWBP - something involving us all expanding outwards from a point (so the players/DM have maps galore) would be good.
Or: We actually make something like a Greyhawk world map with descriptive text leading the mapmaking.
Or: We have some sort of simple Guild game (I'm not sure how this would work) in which there is some sort of RPG aspect to the mapmaking. E.g. Cartographers get sent hither and yon to map a bit, but they might not make it there or back again alive.
We really could make this project immersive and fun which I think will encourage all guild members to have a bash at doing the mapping.
Crayons - Do you think trying one post a month in the Map Making Request forum would be cluttering the place up too much? I was thinking along the same lines as Mearrin--I would bet if there was a single post with a small list and a good chunk of detail and guidelines in once place (a brief step-by-step), it might seem more attractive and welcoming to people, whereas editing a wiki feels so formal, to me at least. But I like the idea of having links to all the areas and having a "This area needs a map" tag attached to the empty links. But you might have a point--If anyone else thinks this is a bad idea, I'll consider this vetoed. Otherwise, maybe I'll try it once and see what happens?
Ravells - I had similar thoughts. I doubt anyone would want to throw away the awesome contributions the guild has already, but having a small area to focus on absolutely sounds like the way to go: Rather than making a patchwork world and working from the outside in, starting with a small setting and fleshing outwards would give DMs enough material to start an adventure. It was IG's post that inspired me, actually: I figure picking one region, then a few cities and areas that are right next to each other and prompting for maps would be a lot of fun, and more useful than a bunch of disparate cities so far apart that no PCs could ever travel from one to the other. And IG has kindly provided a convenient starting point!
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Actually, I think both aspects are useful. You and mearrin are right, it needs to attract people - and I hope to have a go myself but came across the same sorts of issues you mentioned.
However, threads have a tendency to fill up, or distract. The current Request forum is probably best left as it is for other projects and have another sub forum for CWBP "requests" as a more internal function.
The wiki page is just something that would provide a one page "status" of each request.
All this does need managing tho! It could be that the status is just a constantly edited "sticky" - that would work.
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While it could use some tweaking, I made this this category for unmapped locations quite some time ago. It's not much, but it's a start...
IG: Yes, tweaking!
If it were tabulated and had a "Being done by" column, that is updated as people take on the task? That would be the basics covered, I think?
It's one thing to keep track of who's doing what, it's another to get them into CWBP in the first place, so "advertising" each change/addition to the table in its own "Request" forum in the main section of CG might accomplish that - linking to the table too, of course. It's all very "tidy" having CWBP all bundled on its own but it rather hides things away too?
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Yes yes ! The thing I tried to do in my area was to make a small section so detailed that you could start to game in that region so people might like to play in it so that when they stepped foot into an area that was not mapped that they might post their un-detailed hacky map and we could then do something about it to freshen that area up a bit. Then the likelihood is that we would get an area fully mapped and ready to use by non mappers. I don't care which area that is but that's what id like to see. Were gaming with IG around Port Magalie in the Witchlights area and IG is making a few maps for that but we need more people to game in it generally. Id not like to completely restart the CWBP but I would like to focus on one area and do more detail just there. I think we could do a better job next time but redoing the amount of maps in there so far is not really a goer.
I reckon there is a feeling that were a bit too protective about regions but we should just map anything we like even if that means having multiple maps of an area in a collision situation. Obviously better to do different areas but Id rather people just mapped than hold off in case of colliding.
So to answer the original post - yes id like to see map requests but being driven from people gaming who need the map for that area not just random points sprayed over the map. Maybe the gamers could just rough sketch what they did or would expect from the place as a kind of starting point to make it fit with their current game. I was always hoping that we could not only have all the maps but maybe some game mechanics text for the areas too from peoples adventures.
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I think Redrobes has brought up a valid point. There really is no reason that anyone can't map an area that has already been mapped, or take two areas--or portions of two areas--and merge them into a single map. In fact, I think it would be kind of neat to see multiple maps of the same area done by different people. Hell, even updated maps done by the original artists... I can't tell you how many times I've thought of redoing the Witchlight Strand.
That being said, a cartographer would have to realize that, in most cases, an area's history has already been written, and that a re-imagined map does not include a re-imagined history. Unless, of course, that history is an account from a certain sect of peoples or whatever. For instance, I'd love to see a map from the perspective of the Stoutlings in The Hallows of the Tawaren Basin, which may include their version of the history of that area... to include the onset of the Plague and the devastation that followed.


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On Sunday, November 11 at George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch in Nicasio, CA, Vanity Fair, Hugo Boss, and Lucasfilm hosted the fourth event of the Vanity Fair Screening Series Presented by Hugo Boss – a screening of Focus Feature's Anna Karenina starring Oscar-nominated actress and gold-medalist in cheekbones, Keira Knightley. Over 200 guests drove up the winding Lucasvalley Road to Skywalker Ranch to attend the screening in what Anna Karenina director Joe Wright calls "the best theater in the world to screen a movie" – the Stag Theater at Skywalker Ranch, whose audio/visual components were all designed with George Lucas's meticulous attention to cinematic perfection.
The audience, comprised mostly of voting Academy members from the PGA and DGA along with guests of Lucasfilm, Focus Film, and San Francsico area notables including Vanessa Getty, were treated to a pre-screening reception as well as a post- screening Q&A where director Joe Wright, through the coaxing questions of Vanity Fair's own Krista Smith, revealed fascinating information on his inspiration and process in making this impressive film. From the unparalleled setting to the gorgeous film to the lively interview, the night was a total success that Wright himself called "quite a classy affair."


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I had a Zimbra 3.1 installed in a machine running SLES9. I have a full backup of the '/opt/zimbra' dir (i did a tar.gz of the whole dir). The thing is i had i disk crashed (completely DEAD!). So now i would like reinstall Zimbra again, but would like to see how it behaves in some other distro like red hat 4.
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Lou Groce '11/M '14, former graduate assistant in sports information, has landed new job as director of media and information for the Midwest Conference.
Lou Groce '11/M '14, former North Central College graduate assistant to the sports information director, has landed a new job—one that's perfectly suited for him.
Starting May 7, he's the new director of media and information for the Midwest Conference (MWC), similar to the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW), but with 11 member institutions. He will handle all sports information duties for 20 sports among all the schools, manage the conference website and promote the MWC brand through various forms of written, visual and social media communications.


text: Archives > Writers Page 1 of 3 Next Page > The moral revolution's threat to Christianity By R. Albert Mohler Jr.Posted Nov. 28, 2015Books | Helping Christians and the church understand the challenge and face it with faithfulness [http://www.worldmag.com/2015/11/the_moral_revolution_s_threat_to_christianity] The Henry search for church harmony? By R. Albert Mohler Jr.Posted April 26, 2014Sexuality | Responding to pressure to unify the church by denying Scripture and accepting homosexual behavior [http://www.worldmag.com/2014/04/the_henry_search_for_church_harmony] Man knows not his time By R. Albert Mohler Jr.Posted April 12, 2003Culture | Daniel Patrick Moynihan-an intelligent public servant -fit neatly into no one's political label [http://www.worldmag.com/2003/04/man_knows_not_his_time] Well-intended failure By R. Albert Mohler Jr.Posted March 22, 2003National | An elite journalist reinforces the stereotypes that he sets out to dismiss [http://www.worldmag.com/2003/03/well_intended_failure] A new low? By R. Albert Mohler Jr.Posted April 6, 2002National | "The Word Made Fresh": Revisionist theologians offer instead more stale liberalism [http://www.worldmag.com/2002/04/a_new_low] An ethical wake-up call By R. Albert Mohler Jr.Posted Dec. 8, 2001The clonal age is here. We cannot say that we were not warned. Nobel laureate James D. Watson (co-discoverer with Francis Crick of the DNA molecule) predicted… [http://www.worldmag.com/2001/12/an_ethical_wake_up_call] More light than heat? By R. Albert Mohler Jr.Posted June 16, 2001Culture | 2001 SBC convention follows a year of useful theological controversy [http://www.worldmag.com/2001/06/more_light_than_heat] Brits go a step further By R. Albert Mohler Jr.Posted Sept. 9, 2000National | We are the first species to have taken evolution into our own hands," claimed the late Carl Sagan. His words sounded chillingly prophetic last month when the… [http://www.worldmag.com/2000/09/brits_go_a_step_further] Does God give bad advice? By R. Albert Mohler Jr.Posted June 17, 2000Culture | New evangelical view of God presents a deity with a backup plan [http://www.worldmag.com/2000/06/does_god_give_bad_advice] Uncommon cause By R. Albert Mohler Jr.Posted March 25, 2000Why did the NAE rescue the NCC from irrelevance? [http://www.worldmag.com/2000/03/uncommon_cause] Your tax dollars at work By R. Albert Mohler Jr.Posted Dec. 18, 1999National | A cease-and-desist warning against Christian evangelism arrives on congressional stationery [http://www.worldmag.com/1999/12/your_tax_dollars_at_work] Cork the champagne By R. Albert Mohler Jr.Posted Dec. 4, 1999National | NCC throws a $750,000 party for its 50th anniversary, but does the organization have a future? [http://www.worldmag.com/1999/12/cork_the_champagne] Page 1 of 3 Next Page >


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Fernando Verdasco + Feliciano Lopez were spotted launching The Davis Cup by BNP Paribas: The Year in Tennis 2008 highlighting Spain's win over Argentina in the final. The Aussie Open semifinalist and DC hero is the book's coverboy while Feli gets the back.
Nando looks, well, like Nando but the important question here is: how cute does Feli look with his new 'do?!
So long rat's tail, hello hotness. *swoons*
PS - You can purchase the yearbook here.
(image courtesy of Paul Zimmer)
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
PHOTO OP: Nando is Nando but Feli is a new man
Labels: Davis Cup, Feliciano Lopez, Fernando Verdasco, media, tennis
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- johanneJanuary 28, 2009 at 12:01 PM
Good for Tabasco & Feli - and Spain!! That was an awesome final.ReplyDelete
Btw, thanks for the Feli post! I always enjoy when he makes a cameo on DtL. And just for the record, he will always be smokin' hot to me, but I was definitely partial to his long hair - not a rat tail, Rich!! He's too metro for a rat tail ;) Nevertheless, lookin' good boys.
NOOOOO!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOReplyDelete
I *love* his locks!!!
nando looks kinda hot there. UGH.
*calls therapist+neurologist, makes appointment*
OMG am I the only one in the universe who's relieved to see that rat tail (yes johanee, i said it!) be gonners?ReplyDelete
*listens to deafening silence*
I'm not really a fan of the new hair but I also believe that he looks smoking hot. That man can make anything hot. Aaaanything (and nothing). *wink wink*ReplyDelete
- johanneJanuary 28, 2009 at 12:35 PM
RiCH - Tell me you don't want to run your fingers thru this: http://www.doublevixen.com/vixen_images/feliciano-lopez.jpgReplyDelete
Honestly?!?!?!?! I don't believe you!!! :D
He did not have a rat tail, it was gorrrrrgeous locks!ReplyDelete
Rat tail is like, Fed with long hair. Or you wanna see certified rat tails, check out football players. I mean soccer.
Johanne, I always thought he looked like a Greek God in that pic. Feli why. WHY.
- johanneJanuary 28, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Babz: Don't fret too much, Feli is still crazy gorgeous and his body is TOO DIE ;) I mean, those abs in the inset pic are totally ridiculous. Def Greek God-esque, as you say.ReplyDelete
johanne: HA! I only like longer hair on a few guys (Rafa clearly being one) but I prefer a more grown out look like he has now. Some guys I like it completely buzzed. Believe it or not Ripley!ReplyDelete
babz: Ugh I hated Fed's longer hair too. I much prefer it now. But it was a rat's tail!!!
*puts up dukes*
- johanneJanuary 28, 2009 at 12:50 PM
ooops.... TO DIE. Feli clouds my thinking! Can you blame me??ReplyDelete
PS - no arguing on the greek god status though...ReplyDelete
- johanneJanuary 28, 2009 at 12:54 PM
RiCH: I was JUST thinking that Feli might be one of those guys who looks downright smoldering with a buzz cut. He def has the chiseled face for it. Hmm...ReplyDelete
Sorry for the multiple posts! Spanish men make me crazy! ;)
He's totally working the Greek God status in the inset picture. When I read the Iliad that's what I imagined Achilles looked like.ReplyDelete
Omg Sara yes yes totally yes! I did the same thing tooooooo.ReplyDelete
I just think he looks so much better with longer hair. Most men cannot carry it off (and therefore SHOULDN'T, do you hear me Nalby??) but Feli could and he should.
No worries babz, looks like Nalby's been carrying something else aroundReplyDelete
I love his new look! It makes him look less slick or something.. And more cute ;)ReplyDelete
ohhh I'm liking the new look, definitely more doable..errr I mean in the sense of hair management...you know...:)ReplyDelete
- coughingcatJanuary 28, 2009 at 4:34 PM
erin, I agree 100% and I'm not talking about the hair.ReplyDelete
Though I'd still pick F-do for, uhm, closer appreciation 4 out 5 times between these two. One Serb's trash...
Ooooh me likey Feli's new 'do. It does make him look less slick.ReplyDelete
I mean, don't get me wrong, he was always SMOKIN' hot (Greek God hello!), but with the longer hair he always reminded me of those guys in "The Bold & The Beautiful" or "Days of our Lives", having names like Ramón and all that crap. LOL
The shorter hair is more masculine, YUUUUMMMMM!
PS: I find Nando totally ugly in this pic. :S
- AnonymousJanuary 29, 2009 at 7:23 AM
short hair for sure! he was always cute, not he's hott! i do like long hair on some though (nadal obvi) but on feli and also fed, shorter is better :)ReplyDelete
- coughingcatJanuary 29, 2009 at 11:20 AM
yes, his face is not perfectly symmetrical (mouth way off to the side) and when he moves his jawline in a smile or some other grimace it makes him look even more shellfish-like than Gasquet's neck+jaw during a service motion, but he still manages to somehow look hot. I guess attraction can be unpredictable. Just ask Nicole.


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On February 7, 1913, mine guards, operator Quinn Morton, and Kanawha County Sheriff Bonner Hill boarded an armored train known as the "Bull Moose Special." That evening, they attacked a miners' tent colony at Holly Grove on Paint Creek.
Learn more:
Testimony of Bonner Hill
Testimony of Quinn Morton
Testimony of Maud Estep
West Virginia's Mine Wars
"Eugene V. Debs in West Virginia, 1913: A Reappraisal"
Street car service between Moundsville and McMechen ended on February 7, 1941.
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I'd like to use a real life image of everyday cycling as a point of reference, so that nobody, and I mean anybody that lacks the aforementioned cortex tune up job, cries foul play.
Our specimen:
Location: the Netherlands, downtown Amsterdam, along a busy shopping street.
Weather conditions: 31 degrees Centigrade, high % humidity, no wind.
Cycling speed: approximately 15 km/h.
These observations can be explained, both empirically and by way of common sense:
These are outdated statistics, NL cycle death rate has dropped since
Besides these practical observations I can tell you, dear reader from presumably a car-dominated culture, that this is not at all an isolated case for Amsterdam. All over the Netherlands you'll encounter this phenomenon. However, it's not something of late or something that's been there for centuries. This infrastructure was built and improved over the last 45 years. Through public(!) and political will and determination, coorporation and vision (and a big bag of pragmatism). Nothing is easy, but it sure isn't impossible.
The same developments can now be seen all over Europe (besides bicycle friendly countries like the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany), even in some cities in the US. Paris transformed into a bicycle friendly city in just a year, for instance.
Bicycles are not suited for all commutes or purposes, obviously. But short trips (largest share) are. Having public transportation options i.e. alternatives also helps. Cutting down on car use has so many advantages, I don't think it needs an explanation. In Amsterdam over
40% 55% of all trips are done by bike. Nationally, it's 27%. Again: of ALL trips. That last figure has politicians and cycle organizations shaking in their boots, it's too low to them. So a new national cycle campaign has just started.
If you live in a country where cycling is marginalized or demonized, and you're thinking of joining or starting a cycle advocacy organization, please do me, and more importantly, yourself a favor. Don't make it more fringy, cultural or political...and certainly not 'the green thing to do'. That's just a by-product, it shouldn't be promoted as such, there's enough greenwashing going on already. Bicycling is normal, like how it started it out. Just do it, in normal clothes, comfortably. Have others join/follow your lead, inspire. If you currently can't count on political vision or will from your town/city council, sheer volume will get you there. Indeed, safety by numbers.
Maybe not today, but certainly tomorrow.
Ps. Don't assume we can all relax, sit back and dwell over our accomplishments.
Ps #2. I'm not against helmet wear, I'm all for personal choice. But I'll go ballistic when people or politicians push for mandatory laws, trying to legislate something that doesn't need or isn't helped by enforcement. So all you zealots, ill-informed and scared fellow human beings, read this post twice if you have to, challenge me and this basic concept of cycling, but let's do it with putting thought into it, ok? Cheers.
I'll finish this post with an episode from Amsterdamize Bicycle TV, a video impression of normal cycling ;-p.


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C-10 LED Brake Lights - Bright Idea! - TechWritten by on May 1, 2007 C-10 Led Brake Lights
In a day and age when almost every new vehicle on the road has taillight lenses bigger than a basketball, there doesn't seem to be a lot of drivers who are real bright. Couple this with either a cell phone stuffed in their ear or eyes glued to a dash-mounted TV screen, and the odds of getting rear-ended are real good. For classic truck owners with smaller original equipment taillights, the chances are even greater. Even in brand-new condition, the effectiveness of a stock truck taillight fixture with a typical 1034 tungsten dual-element bulb is not all that great. Add years and years of UV exposure from the sun causing the lenses to fade and haze up and the taillight beam becomes almost invisible. Sure, you can adapt much larger taillights from another vehicle, such as a '65 Ford Mustang, to the rear of your truck, but nothing adds "old man smell" to a classic truck faster than a pair of big goofy taillights. The development of light emitting diodes (LEDs) in recent years has been a great boon to increasing the visibility of truck taillights, but additional problems arose, the least being poor aesthetics, but more importantly, possible legal annoyances. In a worst case scenario, a guy gets pulled over by the police for illegal (not DOT approved) taillights, and the cop doesn't stop writing the ticket until he's gone from one end of the truck to the other looking for violations.
Of course, the bottom line is no one wants some idiot plowing into the rear of their customized classic truck, so we thought we'd share what we believe is a great solution with our valued readers. Starting from the inside out, we installed a pair of Dakota Digital's latest offering, LED taillights for '60-66 Chevrolet Fleetside pickups. Our subject vehicle was Custom Classic Trucks' newest addition to our stable of project trucks, a '66 Chevy shortbed Fleetside. After being bought brand-new in Yucaipa, California, the '66 spent all its life frying on Southern California's high desert. Amazingly, the truck still has what's left of its original paint, but although intact, the original taillights were deeply hazed, with the light buckets packed full of desert silt.
The first step of the Dakota Digital LED brake and taillight installation was to remove the stock lenses by removing the two CAD-plated Phillips head screws attaching it to the taillight fixture. For replacement parts such as the lenses, mounting screws, taillight bezels, and gaskets, we turned to the fine folks at Brothers Trucks in Corona, California. Often as not, the quality of aftermarket replacement parts can sometimes be a disappointment. To the contrary, the quality of parts we obtained from Dakota Digital and Brothers far exceeded our expectations. The Dakota Digital LED fixtures exhibited the precision of custom-made street rod components, while the Brothers' parts were flawless and faithful reproductions.
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Peeling back the dust boot on the taillight housing exposed the taillight plug we removed by twisting. It was easiest to cut the taillight wires where they were spliced into a trailer plug and the main harness.The first step to installing the Dakota Digital LED brake and taillight was to cut the plug receptacle off the taillight housing.Solvent cleaned the taillight housing and loosened up the original taillight lens gasket for removal.We used bright silver enamel to seal the bare metal exposed after cutting and restore reflective qualities to the taillight housing.
The brown, green, and black wires were coated with dielectric grease, then carefully pulled through three of the four holes in the aluminum plug supplied by Dakota Digital. The center (fourth) hole for the mounting stud was capped with a nut and not overtightened.Notice the wires were coiled around the light socket to allow an easy installation of the OEM protective boot.The stainless steel mounting screws supplied by Brothers exceed the quality of the original CAD-plated screws.Ditto for the taillight lenses from Brothers; they were an exact match of the original and exhibited unbelievable quality.We used a garden hose to flush out 40-plus years of dirt and grime from inside the bed, checking to make sure the existing drain holes were clear.
Before we installed the taillight fixture, we used Mother's to clean and polish the taillight opening in the bed.The taillight wires were fed into the opening, ensuring they were routed the same as the original wires, then spliced back into the harness.The Dakota Digital LED taillight can be mounted either way, but the stock Chevy taillight housing must be installed with the two drain holes at the bottom.


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Lifters Car Club King of ClubsWritten by on November 6, 2009 Run What Ya Brung In The Sun
There are some shows that for whatever reason become a "must-do" on many people's calendars. The Lifters Car Club's King of Clubs event is just that. This July saw the fifth such event, and my third consecutive year. Held on a Saturday at the eighth-mile dragstrip on the Barona Reservation, just east of San Diego, it offers the chance to put your rod or custom up the strip-and inter-club rivalry is encouraged with trophies in three classes: street, flathead, and race, as well as five bands and a burlesque show on an outside stage. There are more vendors every year, with beautiful surroundings and some killer cars.
While not a car show as such, by which I mean the cars are scattered throughout the venue, mainly grouped closely together in what is usually the pits area rather than parked neatly in rows, it's definitely a nostalgia-type event, and attracts cars and clubs of that ilk from as far away as the Los Angeles metropolitan area, though San Diego is a hotbed of traditional rodding anyway.
While the huge, plush Barona Casino is a mere 6 miles away at the other end of the reservation, and ideal for those who want a comfy bed at night, many, including us, elect to pack a tent and stay on site, rising lazily on Sunday, wending our way down the mountain to Escondido, and hitting a cool old roadside diner for a much-needed hearty breakfast. And that's part of the fun of the King of Clubs run; the road trip there and back is through great country scenery and winding mountain roads. The "Run What Ya Brung" is friendly, and the whole event is laid back, yet never leaves one lacking for something to do or see. Now can we have it for two days next year please guys?
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Host club, the Lifters, had their rides assembled en masse between the pits and the vendor/stage area, pretty much the first thing you saw as you entered the venue. These guys worked hard throughout the event to ensure it ran smoothly, from assembling and disassembling the stage to helping the announcer in the tower on the track, and even manhandling an errant roadster back to safety when its owner decided performing brodies with no front brakes was a good idea at the top of an embankment! Top work guys.Though there was a Flathead racing class, it seemed to consist of Bean Bandits club cars. The Fordor A sedan on the right, owned by Derby Patterson, won the class, also contested by fellow club member Aaron Oaks in his channeled '30 coupe.'53 Chevy Sport coupe featured a number of subtle body mods, the most distinctive being the '56 Packard Clipper taillights in their stock housings, and a reworked bumper to suit, frenched headlights and a v'd 'Vette grille.Marky Idzardi brought the Purple People Eater down to San Diego and silenced a few people who didn't believe the car even ran, let alone would make a pass down the strip, with squirrely, smoking runs the order of the day. You'll have to check out the video clips on the HAMB, 'cause I arrived too late to see it run!Butch Caltins (Lifters) and Dale Van Zant (Road Devils) face off in the final of the race, or El Mas Chingon class. Shame I wasn't on the other side of the track when Dale pulled this wheelstand in his Poncho-powered Chevy coupe, which has received a straight axle and primer repaint since last year.There's something about the shape of a '53-54 Studebaker Starlight coupe that makes 'em great drag or salt racing cars. 'Course, fill the engine bay with injected Olds power and it gets even better! The Olds V-8 uses a 90-degree bank angle, which gives it the big-block-type width.You can bet with a big-block and bias-plies this A coupe is fun to drive, and with that motor concessions to modernity such as disc brakes and a four-bar located rearend make sense.Thanks to Rich Benson's win in the street class on the strip, the Cat Killers took the King of Clubs trophy. These guys were racing non-stop and deserved the trophy for their participation alone.
You'd have to have vision to see the possibilities in a stocker, but look at what a neat kustom a '46-48 Plymouth coupe makes. Adding fender skirts and losing the squared-off rear wheelwells makes a huge difference, while this one's received extensive bodywork to fit a Packard grille, in addition to the roof chop.Last time we saw Terry Wallace's '39 Ford coupe was when we shot it in Santa Maria, though he's a San Diego resident, and member of the Turks C.C. Now missing the back bumper as well as the front, Terry won the Best in Show trophy, or as he put it when collecting his award, "Every time I take something off the car, I win something!"Just under 200,000 210 Chevy sedans were built in 1954, and it seems that 90 percent of those survivors have had their roof chopped! This black 'n' flamed 'n' chrome reverse rimmed version is a cool way to continue that trend.Rich Benson of the Cat Killers won the street class in his '30 Model A pickup against Victor Mack, taking the King of Clubs trophy, and managing to beat slick-shod cars while using bias-plies. This is the final, in which Victor's coupe spun the tires off the line while Rich headed for the finish line.With a hefty z'd rear and kicked up front 'rails, this cut-down Model A-turned-roadster pickup sits low over its stretched wheelbase. Lightening holes were drilled everywhere from the backing plates to the engine mounts, though they probably defeat the purpose of the carb scoop somewhat!


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I was surprised to see how cheap they are... I think of all the possible poor uses for these and all the regulations that will have to follow. Thanks Musket for posting those links.
I was surprised to see how cheap they are... I think of all the possible poor uses for these and all the regulations that will have to follow. Thanks Musket for posting those links.
Those are pretty cool links. I agree that the drones start to take the hunt out of it. I also agree that it is a legitimate tool. Hunting is big business. Whatever can get the extra edge you need will sell. For me, like many others it sounds like, getting out in the woods and testing my skills and knowledge against the animal and trying to improve my skills is what it is all about. I am not sure where exactly to draw the line on technology and the tools. Drones, I am pretty sure would not improve my skills in the wilderness. Forget trying to read sign, scouting, etc. just search and destroy. I don't want to use a stone arrowhead with a homemade bow, but I drones I think are over the line for me. GPS and google earth and stuff has become an essential part of the gear, and sometimes I think that is over the line. GPS seems to really annoy me lately, and I am not that old. What happened to being able to read a map and compass and use landmarks and just being smart and pay attention to where you are going. I am not an expert woodsman by any means, and GPS is certainly a tool that could potentially save your life, so I carry one. I have a double standard on many things. If people would just realize that I am right even when I contradict myself ...
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I don't think drones should be used for scouting or hunting. Our game herds deserve more respect than that. The great thing about some country is it's just darned hard to get into and that's part of what helps critters get big . . . At a time when tags are becoming harder to get (partially due to our increased efficiency as hunters), there should be no argument over this sort of thing. I applaud B&C and CO for banning the use of drones. Get off you lazy azz and enjoy hunting/scouting as it should be enjoyed. You wanna cheat head over to Vegas . . . I don't know how you can put GPS units in the same category as a drone. They both have a battery?
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Yeah those landowner chips are very handy, I have run into areas where there is no fence, so signs, looked like BLM on an older map, but it turned out to be private and after that I went out and got the chip. Hopefully drones don't get to be as commonplace as the GPS.
I wasn't putting GPS in the same category I was just one of those deals where I got off on a tangent. What annoys me about GPS is that people tend to rely on them to find their way in the mountains. I understand that us flatlanders don't have the best sense of direction, but I have seen people walk off through the most dense bush and steepest route and walk in a complete circle because that is where the GPS said to go. It is a pet peeve of mine and probably way off topic. It seems that GPS has replaced having a plan and a direction of travel mapped out. In that situation it might be more of a danger because someone, even a resident, in a wilderness type area could really get themselves lost if they had to rely completely on the GPS and no other outdoor skills. It seems to be the direction things are heading with new technologies.
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No. They shouldn't be legal. To me it seems more like an assassination of an animal rather than hunting of an animal. What's next, jet pack scouting and hunting?
My 2 cents
Yes.. for wolves.
That's the spirit!
The Boone and Crockett club has recently barred any animal taken with the aid of a drone from being included in the record book.
Alaska banned their use also!


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Hook a sturgeon, and you're in for one thrilling fight
Really, there's nothing to sturgeon fishing. But once you get one hooked, a sturgeon can provide the thrill of a tremendous fight on your hands.
There's effective sturgeon fishing in local rivers, but the majority of these ancient fish are tallied in San Pablo and Suisun bays, upriver at places like Collinsville, just below Rio Vista, and in many surrounding sloughs and by-water.
Sturgeon meat is great, so mild, so favored by anglers. The great part is there is not one bone in a sturgeon's body. Their bones are outside in the form of plates, from the tip of their tail to their snout. Their encased spine is a cord.
Their bony outer shell can cut your line if you allow them enough slack to roll or put them aboard your boat and they thrash. The latter can tear up your boat and cause you great physical damage.
Heavy all the way with rod, reel, leaders and line
First of all, you need a rod with a heavy backbone and a fairly light tip. Most anglers will have a large star-drag reel loaded with no less than 40-pound test line. Most commercial sturgeon set-ups are wire leaders, oftentimes with two hooks.
Sturgeon don't have teeth to bite through the leader, and wire leader is more difficult to break should they roll on it. Two hooks can have the advantage of additional bait.
Successful sturgeon baits include mud, ghost and grass shrimp, along with eel and salmon roe, cured or fresh.
Sturgeon are bottom-feeders, their mouths constantly "vacuuming" anything tasty. Which means, the offering must be firmly anchored near the bottom for them to find it. That can mean a tremendous weight to begin with, generally a large pyramid weight, eight ounces or larger on a slide.
Sturgeon are a wary fish. If they suspect something isn't right with the bait, they'll move on.
Keep your eyes on the tip of the rod
Have your rod firmly planted but to where the tip can move to indicate a bite.
Sturgeon are large, but if you aren't constantly watching your rod, you can easily miss the first sniff a sturgeon takes to your bait.
The first "bite" isn't really a bite. They'll generally pick it up just to see if it's something they really want. Your rod tip will jiggle ever so slightly. Do not touch the rod – yet.
If a sturgeon finds your offering to their liking, it will pick it up for real. Your rod tip again will bobble, enough for you to know it's more than the tide trying to move it.
Give the rod the ol' heave-ho. Strike hard. If you hit the strike at the right time, there will be no question if you have it hooked. The fight will be immediate – and powerful.
To be successful in landing the fish, you need to totally tire it. Keep the pressure on and let him run. When he stops, start pumping and reeling him back. The back-and-forth runs often feel they're like taking forever, but the fish eventually will get so tired, by now generally near the boat, it will go belly up. Of course, you'll be just about as tired, too.
Now, the last thing you want to do is attempt to put that fish in the boat. If the fish gets its second wind and begins thrashing, you and the boat are in jeopardy. Have ropes aboard. Lash the head and tail and tie it to the side of the boat.
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You'll receive a text message from Little Jacob asking you to meet him. Once you arrive at the destination and get in the car, he'll tell you that he's followed some of Pegorino's men to the building just on your right, and that he believes they'll lead them to Pegorino and Dimitri. He also informs you of Pegorino and Dimitri's new found friendship.
The cutscene begins, and once the mobsters exit the building, they are aware of Niko and Jacob immediately. However, due to a meeting with the 'Peg', they'd rather not get in trouble for missing that, and try to shake off the company instead.
Chase The Mobsters
You now have control of the vehicle. The mobsters will start firing at you for the first few seconds, but other than that they do not pose much of a threat and all you need to do is concentrate on keeping track of the car. There shouldn't be any complications doing so since both yours and their car are relatively slow (in comparison to say, a Turismo), but they do pull a few tricks and you must effectively use your brakes to avoid being caught out by this.
The Old Casino
After you've followed them towards Jimmy's house, a cutscene begins where Niko and Jacob arrive at the Old Casino where Jimmy and Dimitri are hiding. Niko spectacularly skids his car across the road and slides across the hood to take cover from incoming fire. Niko and Jacob have a chat, and Niko convinces Jacob to not fight, and instead get him transport out of there. Once Jacob's gone, you'll resume play.
Scream, Aim, Fire
This bit is fairly easy providing you take your time and stay in cover. Use the auto-aim to eliminate the three guys on the rooftop to the right, and again to lock on to the targets that are hiding behind the cars. Once you've killed all of those you can see from your position, advance forward and take cover behind whatever is available. Once they're all dead, head towards the entrance door and prepare to go inside. When you reach the door you'll receive a text message from Jacob telling you to keep your eyes on the sky.
Inside The Casino
Take cover to the side of the door and carefully eliminate the enemies inside. Watch out for the guy on the stairs to the left as well as those behind various pieces of cover in front of you. Once the room is clear, grab the health pack from the portacabin and go through the archway.
Keep Your Friends Close...
A cutscene will begin where you'll see Dimitri execute Pegorino, then flee to the roof. Run up the stairs to the roof and pick off the four or so enemies waiting up here. No cover is required, a submachine gun should do the job fairly quickly. Climb on to the roof on your right and move to the other side of it to trigger another cutscene.
Hang Time
Dimitri and a goon have made off in a helicopter, which Niko manages to grab on to. The goon kicks Niko off into the water however, right next to a boat.
Land, Sea & Air
Get into the boat and immediately chase after Dimitri's helicopter. He'll start to fire rockets at you, so be careful, but it's absolutely crucial you keep close to the chopper. After some rocket dodging for a good few minutes, and you literally do have to dodge out of the way or you'll die, Little Jacob arrives in an Annihilator helicopter. Keep moving forward and Jacob will lower himself towards your boat. A little mission blip appears underneath the helicopter and you need to drive your boat underneath Jacob's helicopter before it's too late. If you make it in time, Niko will leap from the boat to the helicopter. Tap the sprint button repeatedly to get into the chopper.
The Final Flight
You now are commandeering the helicopter. Keep on Dimitri's tail and watch out for his rockets. Don't bother shooting him because you can't damage his bird. Jacob will eventually shoot Dimitri's Maverick down, but you also get hit too and another cutscene begins showing both helicopters crashing landing on Happiness Island.
No Happiness Here
Dimitri makes a run for it and a load of his henchmen are waiting for you. Pick off as many as you can, then chase after Dimitri. Once you reach him, behind some trees and bushes, you'll need to empty a few rounds into him to finish him off.
Once he's dead, watch the final cutscene.
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You get $250,000 for both Deal ending and Revenge ending
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For the deal ending you get 250k for the deal but no end of game reward
For revenge ending you get 250k after final mission
Either way YOU DO GET 250K
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Can't get to the helicopter in time... scared of staying close to dimitri's chopper incase his rockets get me!
They're both under the limit-I just checked!
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Get 8 rockets before this mission. It makes the first part alot easier. You can go around the back of the building and theres a ladder, if you climb up there is holes in the roof you can shoot the guys with inside.
For the last bit on Happiness Island shoot the first few guys near you, then run over to Jacob because there is a scooter behind him. Jump on that and drive to where Dimitri is.
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I think there is a mistake in the above description: When you try to enter the chopper from the boat, you have to tap the jump button and not the sprint button repeatedly.
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