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Top 5 Budget Date Ideas
Dating can get expensive if you're the type who insists on always paying for your date (I'm not, but hey, whatever floats your boat!). But who says frugal and romantic are mutually exclusive? Of course, it goes without saying that you actually need to find a date first. If you're still dateless, bookmark this page and head over to Match.com. Now that you've cleared that hurdle, ere are my top 5 budget date ideas for a great time without coming off like a cheapskate.
- Check Your City's Event Calendar – Most city's have free events scheduled weekly during the summer months and beyond, depending on the local climate. These can include concerts, plays, improv shows, and movie screenings. Just this week, I attended a free improv comedy show in Piedmont park. A cheap bottle of wine, some cheese, and a blanket makes for a fun, affordable evening. Or you can skip the cheese and buy more wine.
- Picnic In The Park – Same basic idea as above, but this time without the free organized entertainment. Don't fret, though, because making snarky comments about how ugly the guy doing laps around the park's shoes are is a great bonding experience. Of course, for this to work it helps if you're not incredibly boring. If you are, stick to the option above.
- Hiking – This is a great opportunity to show off your rugged manliness and if your date just happens to be a bit over-weight, struggling up the side of a mountain can serve as a subtle hint they need to start working out more. Also, sweat really gets those pheromones flowing.
- Take a Brewery Or Winery Tour – Are you an aspiring alcoholic without the funds to make your dream come true? Local breweries usually have tours and free/discounted samples of the merchandise. Many micro-breweries also throw weekly parties with live bands and sometimes cheap food. My personal favorite is the Sweetwater Brewery tour, where you get six drinks and a beer glass to take home for $8. I usually don't go on the actual tour, though. If you want a more laid-back date and live in a place where the weather doesn't suck, you can check out a local winery tour. Bonus points if you know which type of grape Chardonnay is made with.
- Take a Free Dance Class – Women love to dance, so what better way to show them a good time than take them dancing? It's ok if you don't know how, because many clubs hold free dance lessons early evenings during the week in an effort to get people out on an otherwise slow night. Why not impress your date by taking salsa lessons with her at 8 followed by a real-world application at 10 when the club starts to fill up? As an added bonus, you can skip your morning workout that day because you'll be exhausted after 4 hours of dancing.
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The Tri-state Oversight Committee is a partnership between state-level agencies in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia to jointly oversee safety and security at the Washington, DC Metrorail system.
September 23, 2015
The Tri-State Oversight Committee (TOC) was notified by WMATA of the Metrorail third rail power loss and evacuation that took place last night at Georgia Avenue-Petworth Station. TOC stayed in communication with WMATA representatives regarding the status of the emergency until all passengers were evacuated and power was restored. TOC will conduct an investigation with WMATA into this incident, identify the root causes, and develop corrective actions plans.
September 3, 2015
TOC is aware of the attempted child abduction took place on the Orange Line on Wednesday, September 2, 2015, as reported in various media outlets.
During the course of the incident, passengers reportedly experienced difficulty in attempting to contact the train operator via the on-board emergency intercoms. This is not the first instance in which TOC has been made aware of potential problems with WMATA's on-board emergency intercoms, nor with emergency communications protocols and procedures. TOC has been monitoring several corrective actions resulting from an internal assessment in 2013 stemming from passenger complaints about the train intercom system. TOC continues to work with WMATA to monitor progress on the corrective actions and see the mitigations through to completion.
August 14, 2015
Emile Smith, previously the District of Columbia's part-time member to the Tri-State Oversight Committee (TOC), is TOC's new Chair, effective immediately. Mr. Smith fills the role formerly held by Klara Baryshev, who continues to serve as a full-time TOC member.
Mr. Smith brings several years of experience with the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) and TOC specifically. Mr. Smith previously served as the District of Columbia's full-time TOC member and more recently has worked in DDOT's activities related to start-up of the DC Streetcar. Mr. Smith intends for the TOC to work with WMATA in implementing TOC's recommendations from TOC's continuous safety and security review process, as well as the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA's) recommendations from the recently-completed Safety Management Inspection (SMI), and generally work with WMATA and FTA to ensure the safety and security of the Metrorail riding public.
Mr. Smith, a DDOT official, is scheduled to remain Chair through the conclusion of the District of Columbia's term as Chair of TOC in April 2016. All TOC-related inquiries should be directed to Mr. Smith.
August 13, 2015
The Tri-State Oversight Committee (TOC) was provided advanced notice of WMATA's intent to provide an update on the August 6, 2015 Metrorail derailment near Smithsonian Station.
TOC is gravely concerned at WMATA's failure to address a major track defect in a timely manner. In recent TOC audits of various departments, TOC has observed and communicated to WMATA the deficiencies in implementation of maintenance procedures and standard operating procedures, in general. Earlier in 2015, TOC participated in the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA's) Safety Management Inspection (SMI) of WMATA. As such, TOC is aware of and concurs with FTA's Findings issued in the SMI Final Report regarding WMATA maintenance and inspection compliance:
Further information on the FTA SMI, including the Final Report of the SMI of WMATA, is available on FTA's website at http://fta.dot.gov.
TOC will meet with WMATA personnel for updates on this situation and will work with WMATA to ensure a thorough investigation is performed and that all necessary corrective actions are implemented with expediency. TOC is committed to addressing the systemic issues that have the potential to impact the safety and security of the Metrorail riding public, WMATA employees and the region's investment in infrastructure.
June 22, 2015
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently published the final reports from its Safety Management Inspection of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), as well as the State Safety Oversight Program Audit of the TOC. TOC actively participated with FTA in all review areas, and we are in the process of digesting the findings and recommendations from both reports. TOC looks forward to working with FTA and WMATA to address the findings and recommendations identified in both reports. TOC is committed to its partnership with FTA to enhance its own safety program as we work toward TOC's shared goal of the continued improvement of the safety and security of the Metrorail system.
The TOC has been, and remains, actively engaged in overseeing WMATA's implementation of its safety program. The TOC often works cooperatively and collaboratively with WMATA towards the implementation of safety program requirements, and we believe this has resulted in benefits to the TOC program effectiveness given the structure and design of our program. In response to inquiries regarding the actions of the TOC in the wake of the issues identified by FTA, we are pleased to provide the following broad overview of TOC's recent and ongoing program activities and initiatives:
Audits and inspections. TOC began the current cycle of "triennial" safety and security audits of WMATA in 2013. Starting with the current cycle, TOC began performing these required audits on an ongoing basis, with the current cycle scheduled to conclude later this year. TOC safety program audits completed as part of the current audit cycle include:
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Stations Maintenance and Inspections
Elevator/Escalator Maintenance and Inspections
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All of the above audits have resulted in detailed reports describing findings and recommendations. These reports are published on the TOC website as they are finalized. TOC works closely with WMATA through the Corrective Action Plan (CAP) process to track and monitor WMATA's responses to each finding and recommendation.
In addition to the above audits, which are part of the regularly-scheduled audit cycle, TOC also completed several special studies and audits in response to specific safety concerns, including fatigue management, yard safety, escalator barrier compliance, public address system checks in stations and on-board railcars, and an evaluation of the rule compliance and enforcement program.
The audits and inspections performed by the TOC are designed to serve as independent oversight of WMATA's process implementation. That is, the TOC works to ensure that WMATA has appropriate plans, policies, and procedures in place to support the safety of the rail system, and that they are implementing the processes described therein. While TOC has a regular schedule of audits, and will conduct special audits in response to specific safety concerns, TOC audits and inspections are not intended to replace the routine maintenance, audit, and inspection programs that WMATA must implement as part of the overall operation and maintenance of the second-busiest rail transit system in the U.S.
Oversight of Accident Investigations and Hazard Management. As the State Safety Oversight Agency (SSOA), TOC is responsible for ensuring the investigation of accidents and incidents. While most SSOAs use the baseline requirements contained in current Federal rules, TOC's investigation requirements go significantly above and beyond the minimum requirements. For example, unlike most SSOAs, TOC requires WMATA report the following accidents and incidents, which we feel warrant serious attention:
Derailments in rail yards
Red signal violations and overruns
Wrong-side door openings
Door openings while trains are in motion
Employee electrical shock exceeding 200 volts
Other WMATA employee injuries while on the job
TOC adopts WMATA's investigation reports as its own, the TOC holds WMATA to a high standard, and all WMATA reports are subject to an iterative review and revision process. The TOC also reserves the authority to require WMATA to investigate hazards in response to specific safety concerns or deficiencies, and we have done so on multiple occasions since 2010. TOC believes that addressing hazards proactively helps prevent small occurrences that may appear innocuous individually from becoming major safety problems.
Corrective Action Plan (CAP) Tracking and Monitoring. The TOC holds monthly meetings with WMATA to discuss the status of open CAPs, which are developed by WMATA to correct deficiencies identified in TOC reviews, WMATA internal audits, accident and hazard investigations, and other sources. These monthly in-person meetings go significantly above and beyond baseline requirements under existing federal rules. The meetings allow TOC to interface directly with WMATA subject matter experts to understand the status and progress made on all CAPs, as well as obstacles and deficiencies preventing timely implementation. Due to the numerous audits and investigations that have taken place, there are many open CAPs. As with investigation reports, TOC holds WMATA to a high standard with regard to the appropriateness of the proposed actions, the analyses involved, and the proof required to demonstrate that each CAP has been fully implemented.
Regular reports to the WMATA Board of Directors. TOC gives a quarterly presentation to the WMATA Board of Directors Safety and Security Committee. TOC is one of the only SSOAs to provide such reports at this level, and is TOC's opportunity to ensure that the Board members are aware of TOC activities and concerns.
Oversight of Major Capital Projects. TOC has been closely engaged with WMATA on major projects such as the Silver Line Phase 1 and Phase 2 construction and the procurement of the 7000-series railcars. TOC's responsibility is to oversee the "safety and security certification" process for both Phase 1 and Phase 2 and the railcars, which WMATA must use to ensure that they have identified and addressed potential safety hazards before carrying any passengers. TOC regularly attends project working meetings, reviews key project documents, and performed detailed reviews to gauge the readiness of these projects to operate safely and securely.
Establishment of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with WMATA. No other SSOA has a MOU with a transit system. TOC developed this MOU as part of the process to strengthen its oversight relationship with WMATA, and to better define the protocols for interfacing with WMATA leadership in cases where we are unable to reach agreement on key safety program activities at the staff level.
Compliance with MAP-21. Congress passed the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Act in 2012. MAP-21 included new provisions for public transportation safety, including SSOAs. In late 2013, FTA determined that the TOC was not compliant with MAP-21, along with almost every other SSOA (only two SSOAs nationwide were considered compliant). To reach compliance, the TOC and its three constituent jurisdictions (the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia) have committed to establish a new, independent oversight agency, the Metro Safety Commission (MSC). The MSC is a long-term project described in TOC's Certification Work Plan, which FTA approved in May 2014. Work towards the development of the MSC has advanced in collaboration of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Each jurisdiction must adopt and pass enabling legislation to create the MSC, and that legislation must grant the MSC the increased oversight authority required by MAP-21. Such authority is needed to be able to compel the transit agency to take action in response to safety deficiencies. The jurisdictions will take up such legislation as soon as FTA releases all relevant Final Rules regarding SSOA program requirements, and other rules regarding rail transit safety that are still forthcoming. SSOAs like the TOC will have three years following the release of the Final Rules to fully comply with MAP-21. In the interim period until the MSC is established, the TOC must continue to operate under its current structure. However, we are the process of making enhancements to the program to meet MAP-21 targets, including codifying new authorities in TOC's key program documents. These enhancements will be directly transferrable to the MSC once it is created.
TOC response to January 12, 2015 Smoke Incident at L'Enfant Plaza. TOC was notified of the January 12th incident within two hours of occurrence, and TOC members responded to the scene to join the investigation at once. TOC became a formal party to the investigation led by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and TOC members become actively engaged in the investigation activities. TOC is committed to working with the NTSB to address investigation findings and recommendations to help ensure that an incident of this kind does not happen again.
June 10, 2015
The TOC is aware of WMATA's decision to remove the 4000-Series Metrorail cars from service to investigate recent door problems while in service.
April 6, 2015
For the last several weeks, TOC has participated in the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Safety Management Inspection (SMI) of WMATA. Thus far, TOC has participated in FTA's reviews of Metrorail operations, the Rail Operations Control Center, rail vehicle maintenance, track, signals and communications, capital programs, elevators and escalators, and other Metrorail disciplines. TOC has been in constant communication with FTA regarding review activities and observations. This is yet another activity undertaken by TOC's comprehensive approach to system safety of the Metrorail system. TOC looks forward to its continued coordination with FTA and all of the other Federal stakeholders in ensuring a safe and secure Metrorail system for the riding public.
February 25, 2015
Over the last several weeks, TOC has continued its activities for its Safety Readiness Review of the WMATA 7000-Series Railcars. TOC continues to work with WMATA to ensure that the 7000-Series Railcars will be safe and secure for passenger revenue service.
January 30, 2015
The Tri-State Oversight Committee recently posted the most recent reports from its ongoing safety and security review and audit program. These reports include the following:
January 13, 2015
The TOC is a party to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation of the fatal smoke incident that occurred Monday near L'Enfant Plaza Metrorail Station. Due to the NTSB investigation, the TOC is prohibited from commenting on the incident or circumstances related to the situation. Please contact the NTSB Public Affairs Office for any inquiries regarding the incident. As always the TOC will continue to accept information and will respond regarding any other safety issues as we continue to work on our ongoing mission of Metrorail safety oversight.
December 19, 2014
On Friday, December 19, 2014, the TOC continued its Safety and Readiness Review of the WMATA 7000-Series railcars. This review is intended to ensure that the 7000-Series railcars are safe and secure for passenger service.
The TOC is working closely with WMATA to facilitate a review that enables WMATA to continue its efforts in readying the cars for revenue service while also ensuring that safety- and security-related items are properly addressed.
The TOC will continue to closely monitor WMATA's safety and security certification efforts on the 7000-series railcars as WMATA completes the necessary steps for preparing the cars for safe and secure passenger service.
December 8, 2014
On Friday December 5th, representatives from TOC and WMATA met to discuss the TOC's concerns regarding flaws in the process used to ensure that the 7000-series railcars will be safe to carry passengers. TOC had publicly expressed these concerns at the November 20th WMATA Board of Directors Safety and Security Committee Meeting.
Pursuant to discussions with WMATA, TOC has received additional clarification intended to help address TOC's concerns. TOC believes that, working closely with WMATA, we have identified a path forward that allows WMATA to better ensure that the new railcars will be safe.
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Hello Paul, 2011/1/30 Paul Nollen <paul.nollen <at> skynet.be>: > It seems to me that Demexp activities are halted about a year ago. Not officially but in practice. For myself, I'm no longer part of the project. > But > similar initiatives are starting all over the world. The first, and only > sofar, to succeed was Demoex (Democratic experiment) in Sweden, Vallentuna > (suburb of Stockholm) in 2002. > > For the moment we are trying to organise most of the comparable initiatives > on Participedia http://www.participedia.net/wiki/Direct_Democracy and in > cooperation with Democracy International. > > If there is anyone interested to restart Demexp we will be glad to welcome > you. > > We also are working in cooperation with OPC (Canada) who will open a website > in French soon. > > OPC (Jean-Fançois) , in cooperation with Demoex Vallentuna ( Per Norback) > and Citizens for Direct Democracy (we) made a manifesto (draft) proposition > for all of us: > > http://www.participedia.net/wiki/Electronic_Direct_Democracy_(EDD) Thank you for the pointer Paul, I will look at it.(Continue reading)


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Put $B_p := \left\{ \begin{pmatrix} a & b \\ 0 & c \end{pmatrix} \in GL_2(Q_p) : a, b, c \in Q_p \right\}$ the subgroup of upper triangular matrices in $GL_2(Q_p)$, $Q_p$ denoting the $p$-adic rationals. I have already figured out that the modularity function is
$$\Delta \begin{pmatrix} a & b \\ 0 & c \end{pmatrix} = (|a|/|c|)^\lambda$$ i.e. if $\mu$ is the Haar measure on $B_p$ and $M$ is a measurable set then for any $x \in B_p$, $$\mu(Mx)=\Delta(x)\mu(M)$$
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Polk Named Pac-10 Player Of The Week
Senior quarterback Jake Locker won the Guy Flaherty Award, the Washington football program's oldest and most prestigious team award, for the second straight season, while Chris Polk, Mason Foster, Kiel Rasp and Greg Walker won MVP honors at the Husky football team's postseason awards dinner. The dinner, which included coaches, players, family and fans, was held Tuesday evening at the Westin Hotel in downtown Seattle.
Locker, from Ferndale, Wash., closed out his college career by leading the Huskies to their first bowl game since 2002 as the Huskies will take on Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl Dec. 30. He completed 179 of 316 passes for 2,209 yards and 17 touchdowns. Locker is only the fourth player ever to win the Flaherty Award more than once, joining Tom Ward (1911-12), Don Mcketa (1959-60) and Jordan Reffett (2006-07).
Polk, a sophomore from Redlands, Calif., was named the 950 KJR Most Valuable Offensive Player for the second straight season. He rushed for 1,238 yards in 2010, making him just the second Husky ever to rush for 1,000 yards or more in two seasons.
Foster, a senior from Seaside, Calif., won the 950 KJR Most Valuable Defense Player. Foster was named first-team All-Pac-10 earlier Tuesday as he led the Pac-10 and was second in the nation with 151 tackles. He also won the UW's defensive MVP in 2008.
Rasp, a junior punter from Seattle, and Walker, a sophomore safety from Bellflower, Calif., shared honors for the 950 KJR Most Valuable Special Teams Player award. Rasp is currently on pace for a school record with his 44.0-yard punt average. The walkon from Nathan Hale High took over the punting duties after one game when starter Will Mahan was injured. Walker posted eight tackles on special teams duty this season.
Junior defensive tackle Alameda Ta'amu (Kent, Wash.) won the L. Wait Rising Defensive Lineman of the Year Award while senior guard Ryan Tolar (Pasco, Wash.), won the John P. Angel Offensive Lineman of the Year.
Polk also took home the Earle Glant Tough Husky Award while senior safety Nate Williams (Renton, Wash.) was honored with the Chuck Niemi Big Hit Award.
The Travis Spring Outstanding Freshmen Award winner was true freshman defensive end Hau'oli Jamora (Laie, Hawai'i.), and the Husky Fever 12th Man Award was presented to freshman tailback Jesse Callier (Downey, Calif.). Senior linebacker Victor Aiyewa (Fresno, Texas) took home the 101 Club Academic Achievement Award while senior cornerback Vonzell McDowell Jr. (Kent, Wash.) won the Academic Achievement Award.
The Bob Jarvis Offensive Scout Squad Player of the Year was split among five true freshman offensive linemen: James Atoe (The Dalles, Ore), Mike Criste (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Micah Hatchie (Haleiwa, Hawai'i), Ben Riva (Seattle) and Colin Tanigawa (Pasadena, Calif.).
Freshman defensive linemen Andrew Hudson (Redlands, Calif.) and Josh Shirley (Fontana, Calif.) were named co-winners of the Mark Drennan Defensive Scout Squad Player of the Year. The Brian Stapp Special Teams Scout Squad Player of the Year Award was presented to freshman tailback Willis Wilson (Lakewood, Wash.).
Junior offensive tackle Senio Kelemete (Seattle, Wash.), junior linebacker Cort Dennison (Salt Lake City, Utah) and freshman offensive guard Colin Porter (Bothell, Wash.) picked up weightlifting awards while junior receiver Jermaine Kearse (Lakewood, Wash.) won the Apple Cup Big Play of the Game award for the second straight year.
Finally, head coach Steve Sarkisian introduced a new award, the Don James Perseverance Award, which was presented to senior receiver D'Andre Goodwin (Pacoima, Calif.) and junior cornerback Quinton Richardson (Seattle).
2010 Washington Football Awards
Guy Flaherty Most Inspirational
Jake Locker
950 KJR Most Valuable Offensive Player
Chris Polk
950 KJR Most Valuable Defensive Player
Mason Foster
950 KJR Most Valuable Special Teams Player
Kiel Rasp & Greg Walker
Don James Perseverance Award
D'Andre Goodwin & Quinton Richardson
101 Club Academic Award
Victor Aiyewa
Academic Academic Award
Vonzell McDowell Jr.
John P. Angel Lineman of the Year
Ryan Tolar
L. Wait Rising Lineman of the Year
Alameda Ta'amu
Earle T. Glant Tough Husky
Chris Polk
Chuck Niemi Big Hit Award
Nate Williams
Tyee Sports Council Community Service Award
Gregory Christine
Bob Jarvis Offensive Scout Squad MVP
James Atoe, Mike Criste, Micah Hatchie, Ben Riva & Colin Tanigawa
Mark Drennan Defensive Scout Squad MVP
Andrew Hudson & Josh Shirley
Brian Stapp Special Teams Scout Squad MVP
Willis Wilson
Travis Spring Most Outstanding Freshman
Hau'oli Jamora
Husky Fever 12th Man Award
Jesse Callier
Weight Lifting Awards
Offense: Senio Kelemete
Defense: Cort Dennison
Construction Crew: Colin Porter
Apple Cup Big Play of the Game
Jermaine Kearse


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From origami to sculpture, introduce your little artists to the many uses of paper by creating fantastical creatures and going on gallery scavenger hunts during A Bird in the Hand: FREE Family Sunday Workshop at Wilmington's Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts.
Fossil hunts, a dino-sized board game, dinosaur sock puppets and tattoos, interactive displays and meet and greets with Eddie the T-Rex are just a few of the activities on tap at Paleopalooza, a two-day festival on Sat. & Sun. at Philly's Academy of Natural Sciences.
Join the Barnes Foundation in Philly for a FREE Family Fun Day on Sun. The event will explore and celebrate art through crafts, art projects, family theater, a children's author reading and a movie for all ages. Stop back Mon. for more FREE projects and activities.
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The weather won't stop Rancocas Nature Center in Westampton, NJ from holding the Connect with Nature: Maple Sugaring tapping demonstration and tasting on Sun.
The show must go on! Catch the opening weekend of Miss Nelson is Missing at The Players Club of Swarthmore in Swarthmore, PA on Sat. & Sun.
Celebrate National Pancake Week through Sun. with photo ops, coloring sheets and all-you-can-eat pancakes at The Pop Shop in Collingswood, NJ.
Spend Mon. at the Delaware Museum of Natural History in Wilmington to explore how past presidents have impacted our natural history during the Natural Leaders: Presidents and Nature event.
Brush up on trivia, mingle with past presidents and make campaign buttons at the National Constitution Center's Presidents Day Weekend celebrations in Philly Sat. through Mon.
Step right up for the greatest show on earth, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philly through Sun.
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It's only when you find yourself tossing and turning at night or grinding your teeth that you realize you've got way too much on your plate. When you're not able to catch enough sleep because your mind is too active, you can be sure you'll be even more tired the following day at work. It's quite the dangerous self-fulfilling cycle. Vicious, even!
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The City of Arlington's Park and Recreation Department's annual Family Fun Campout is coming up in Veterans Park. Get some fresh air, meet your neighbors, and have some fun in one of the prettiest parks in the City of Arlington.
The night of sleeping under the stars is Friday, October 12, starting at 4 p.m. Filling the hours between 4 p.m. and 7 a.m., there will be a variety of activities designed to amuse, excite, entertain, and create memories.
Bring your appetite, because there will be s'mores—you can't have a campout without them, right? Bring your creativity and decorate your tent with everyone else. Bring your sense of humor and sportsmanship, as here will also be games and other types of entertainment that will suit all ages.
Since it's fall in Texas, the weather should be perfectly comfortable, but make sure you dress appropriately—it is still Texas, after all and the weather can change in a flash!
Cost for the campout is $10 per person over age 2 (children under age 2 are free). There are 250 available spots, but sign up early to make sure you get one.
After the campout is officially over, explore the park and take advantage of the many amenities it offers: bike/hike paths, playground, wildscape and xeriscape gardens, and even an 18-hole disc golf course. There's something for everyone here!
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Wales Online reports the reaction of politicians to comments made on Facebook by independent Welsh councilor, Mike Harris, in support of classifying all immigrants to the UK as 'illegal'. Harris declares his support for the BNP's immigration policies and links to the far right anti-Muslim party's website on his Facebook page. He also writes 'Muslim extremism is flourishing on the streets of Britain' and that 'Towns and cities all over our beautiful country now resemble parts of Asia and Africa.'
From Wales Online:
"An independent councillor has provoked outrage by advocating that all immigrants to the UK should be classified as illegal.
"His comments on his Facebook site were condemned by former UK Cabinet Minister Paul Murphy, the Labour MP for Torfaen, and the constituency's Labour AM Lynne Neagle.
"Mr Harris' Facebook comments include: "I would put a fence around the entire UK and stop any more illegal immigrants with immediate effect.
"Ahead of the fence builders I would rush an Act through Parliament to reclassify all immigrants as being illegal immigrants."
"The comments were challenged on Facebook by Labour councillor David Daniels, who wrote: "Are you seriously saying that you would personally welcome ALL immigrants being reclassified as illegal? How far back into the family history of each citizen do you suggest we go? I'm pretty sure that if I traced back far enough through my family tree, I'd probably find that we're not totally 'British' anyway."
Responding to Cllr Daniels. Cllr Harris stated that "David, I am a British ex-serviceman who wants to see the Great put back into Britain. We were doing just fine and dandy in science and entrepreneurialism before immigration started to get out of hand. Native British are now treated like second-class citizens in their own country while asylum seekers and immigrants are pushed to the front of the queue for housing, jobs and benefits.
"Towns and cities all over our beautiful country now resemble parts of Asia and Africa.
"Muslim extremism is flourishing on the streets of Britain. What would our war heroes think if they could see Britain today? They fought to keep this country British. They fought to keep our nation free, sovereign and independent. They did not fight for multiculturalism, political correctness, or to see our country flooded with foreigners and our own people made into second class citizens.
"Time to put a stop to any more immigration or we will lose our identity."
Commenting on the remarks made by Harris, Welsh Assembly member for Torfaen, Lynne Neagle said: "These hateful comments from Independent councillor Mike Harris have no place in Torfaen – or in modern society. It beggars belief that a local councillor not only holds these vile views, but has chosen to parade them on Facebook, complete with links to a far-right extremist website.
"The fact that he would like to expel all those who have chosen to move to our country to live suggests he is incapable of discharging his duties with any fairness at all."
Torfaen Labour MP Paul Murphy said: "In a summer which has shown the best of modern Britain, it's disappointing to see a councillor with such extreme and hateful views. Here in Torfaen, we've always prided ourselves on being tolerant – after all, many of us came from Ireland or the south west of England to get jobs in our valley, in the coalmines or iron and steelworks.
"I hope Coun Harris will reflect on that history before making such inflammatory statements."
Defending the link to the BNP's website on his Facebook page, Harris states, "I'm not a racist. There is a difference between being racist and being anti-immigration. I'm anti-immigration."
Harris's opinions ignore entirely the many and diverse contributions that immigrants have made to the UK, both historically and in modern times. One of the most recent examples which received significant attention is Mohammed 'Mo' Farah's performance and sporting victories at the Olympics 2012, where the Somalia-born Muslim athlete won two gold medals for Team GB in track and field. As well as national sports icons, many individuals of migrant origins have contributed a significant amount to the economy. Chancellor George Osborne recently argued that immigrants are very much needed to help to UK get through these troubled economic times. As for British identity, large-scale survey research has found that ethnic minorities tend to identify more strongly as British that the white majority. As MP Paul Murphy is quoted as saying, one can only hope that Harris will "reflect on that history before making such inflammatory statements".
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After a fun filled weekend with the kids, I was in the mood for something simple for dinner last night. Those delicious tubes of biscuits were on sale at the grocery store and I knew exactly what I wanted to make with them….Bubble Pizza. I know it's not exactly gourmet, but it tastes like a deep dish pizza, and I was craving that rich crust with the nice crisp edges and gooey cheese. Of course, I also used a pizza sauce that had extra vegetables in it, so I did have a little trick up my sleeve. 😉 Another fun part about this meal is that the kids can practically do all of the work for you! I had one adding biscuits to the bowl, another stirring in the sauce, and another "cheese specialist". All I had to do was turn on the oven!
You can get creative with this recipe and use whatever toppings you like, but my house was pretty set on pepperoni!
Bubble Pizza
- 1 can Grands buttermilk biscuits, cut into 8 pieces each.
- 1 – 15 ounce jar of pizza sauce (I use an added vegetable one)
- 28 pepperoni slices (or as many as you would like to put on or eat while you make it)
- 3 cups shredded pizza blend cheese (usually a mix of mozzarella and provolone)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a medium mixing bowl combine 1.5 cups of cheese, biscuit pieces and pizza sauce. Gently stir until all biscuit pieces are coated with sauce and the cheese is evenly distributed. Pour mixture into a 9×13 pan or into an oven proof dish about the same size. (I used a 12 inch round "everyday" saute pan) Top with pepperoni slices and then the remaining cheese. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until cheese is golden brown on the top and biscuits appear to be cooked through. Remove from the oven and cut into squares or pizza wedges if using a round pan. Enjoy!
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Former Congressman Tom Tancredo, who has stirred up Colorado politics with his departure from the Republican Party and into the gubernatorial race, has published his pledge to Colorado voters on his campaign website. Called the Contract with Colorado, Tancredo states he will uphold the contract if elected in the November elections. "The contract with Colorado was written for the purpose of restoring faith in the system. People need to know that there are people who run for office for reasons other than to simply BE in office," stated Tancredo. "The contract is the reason I am running, not just a list of platitudes. Nor is it, as Dan Maes called it, 'toilet paper.'"
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1. I will veto any bill and oppose any referendum or initiative that seeks to increase state taxes, or temporarily or permanently relax any spending cap or Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) limit.
2. I will rescind the executive order unionizing state government, institute a meaningful hiring freeze, reduce the number of state employees by 2012, and reduce the amount of state expenditures associated with politically appointed positions, including the Governor's Office.
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4. I will veto, or refer to the public for a vote, any significant fee increase.
5. I will support legislation (modeled on the 2007 Arizona statute) requiring all private employers to verify the employment eligibility of all new hires through mandatory participation in the federal e-verify program.
6. I will work to reverse the massive increase in property taxes brought about by Governor Ritter's mill levy freeze, and the car tax imposed by SB 09-108
7. I will issue an executive order directing the Department of Local Affairs to thoroughly audit compliance with SB 06-90, and will order DOLA to deny state grants to any "sanctuary city" or any "sanctuary county."
8. I will veto any legislation that would curtail the constitutional right to keep and bear arms, and strenuously oppose any federal legislation or international treaty that may curtail that right.
9. I will support legislation, and revisions to state rules, that will promote the responsible development of all sources of energy, including wind, solar hydroelectric, oil, natural gas, coal and nuclear power.
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Forty stock cars come pouring down the infamous corkscrew at Laguna Seca Raceway. Their exhaust notes resonate off the hills surrounding this demanding Northern California road course as they snake through the series of curves and onto the long straightaway below where their big V-8s bellow before the grandstands.
It is a field of race cars like none other, made up of battle-worn veterans that often date back to the days when NASCAR was a regional attraction rather than a national phenomenon.
Drivers in the Historic Stock Car Racing Group are invited to compete as a support race for NASCAR weekends at Watkins Glen and Laguna Seca and are often the centerpiece for vintage racing weekends. The companion races to the NASCAR main events expose thousands of today's fans to the cars that helped develop the sport. For some of the fans, they offer a trip down Memory Lane at 200 mph.
Former sports car and NASCAR driver Gene Felton is the man most agree is behind the interest in vintage stock cars. He restored his first one 10 years ago when he bought a Sunoco Oldsmobile.
"The series has grown little by little," Felton says from his crowded 3,000-square-foot shop in Roswell, Georgia. "We have 60 cars on the East Coast and another 55 on the West Coast."
Felton has restored about 100 cars in the past decade. While most of them hit the tracks as vintage racers, a few end up in private collections for display only.
There are a lot of old-time racing organizations in the nation. Many of them let owners fabricate new "old" cars using reproduction body parts and up-to-date construction techniques. Others will allow someone to put a rollcage into an old sedan rusting behind a barn and declare it a "vintage" car even though it has no racing history. To some, as long as it looks right, it is right.
What makes the Historic Stock Car Racing Association unique is Felton's insistence that each car in the field has a pedigree. "They have to be a '93 or older car," Felton says. "And each one of them has to be documented as having been raced back then. We don't allow anyone to build a car and call it something it never was."
Felton says the paperwork is often the hardest part of a restoration. He says most teams didn't keep records of which chassis raced at what track in which event, and that most of the cars never carried any identification to help track their history. "Even the teams can't tell you where a particular car raced, unless it was something like the only road course car they had that season," he says.
"I go through the chain of ownership to determine where the car began," Felton continues. "It's a pain in the butt. There are some cars out there that no one ever will be able to document. It's a shame because some of them you just know have a history, but I won't buy one without knowing I can trace it."
Many old Winston Cup cars end up in a series like ARCA or Winston West. The longer they are raced, the less the present owners may know about them. "They are still out there," Felton says. "I'm looking for them constantly, always beating the bushes. I've been racing for 40 years so I have a lot of contacts."
"A guy called me four or five years ago and had a Sportsman car. He described it over the phone and I bought it. When I traced the history it turned out to be a Nova that was a Dale Earnhardt car. He raced it with his dad's number on it."
The history of the Earnhardt car alone makes it carry a premium price. "To some people the history means a lot," Felton says. "That is especially true for collectors who want to own an ex-Cup car and sit around and tell lies about it. I sold an ex-Davey Allison car to a collector in California. I had 100 percent of the documentation. It was a car Davey didn't like a lot, so it only got raced a few times. It probably isn't going to see a racetrack. Other drivers don't care much who owned their car, as long as they can race it."
Although they spent most-if not all-of their competition days on ovals, the historic cars are raced only on road courses where there is ample run-off room for drivers of disparate talent and experience. And there are both on-track and off-track conflicts among owners.
"I have a 25 Ricky Rudd car," Felton says. "I know it's authentic because I bought it right from Hendrick (Racing). But in 1992 and '93 there may have been 30 of those cars and there are a lot of folks who could claim to have the same one."
When does an original car cease to be original? "They get crashed and clipped all the time," Felton explains. "If they were raced at all, they were repaired."
Felton says he tries to restore cars to the condition they were in when they were raced in their prime, but that sometimes it is hard to figure out just what that means.
"Cars were changed all the time, and in some cases the equipment was changed based on the track they were at on that weekend," he says. "And the folks who are buying them, well, they are racers. The more the cars are raced, the more they get changed. Big brakes. Different cams.
"Everyone knows what a '90 Thunderbird looks like. As long as it looks right, for some owners it is right," he says. "They keep changing this and swapping that and raising the bar for the drivers they race against."
Felton says changes and updates are more common on the cars being raced on the Eastern Seaboard rather than the West Coast. "They (West Coast) are about five years behind us," he says.
That's just fine with owners like Mark Mountanos, who says that updating vintage cars with non-period specifications is like trying to change history. The California businessman helped bring historic stock car racing to the West Coast and doesn't like where it seems headed.
"At first we said a car had to be a 1990 or older," he says. "Then we said 1991 was OK. Then we moved it to 1995. I'm sorry, but that isn't a historic stock car. It may be someday, but it isn't now."
Mountanos races a 1987 Richard Petty aero coupe while his wife competes in a 1990 Lumina that Earnhardt raced during one of his seven championship seasons, and used for tire testing at Indianapolis.
"Neither one of them are what you might call 'restored,'" he says. "The Lumina still has all the little dents and scratches on it. The inside is full of nicks. It even has the original racer's tape."
Mountanos says the history of the car is what makes it significant. "My Petty car is valuable just because it is the only one left," he says. "It was an era when Richard was having a hard time financially and he only had four cars built for the season. This is the only one left, as far as we can determine. But Petty wasn't doing very well then, so it never won anything. While the owner was significant, the car really doesn't have much of a history.
"The Earnhardt car is really special. It's a warrior," Mountanos continues. "We bought it right from the Richard Childress shop and haven't done anything to it other than maintain it."
He says the Lumina's pedigree makes it among the most valuable stock cars in the series, its history pushing the value to between $150,000 and $200,000. "I don't think Linda would ever sell it," he says, "she's always been such a big fan of his.
"Anyone can take an ex-stock car and make it into a show car. All that takes is time and money. But you can't put back the patina that is acquired in competition. Once that is gone, it can't be reproduced."
Mountanos says his crew will paint and replace panels that are damaged in competition, but won't go beyond what a race shop would do during a season.
Because much of the value of a vintage racer is in its history rather than the sheetmetal, there is little risk in writing off the entire car in a wreck. "The cars can be worth a lot of money," Mountanos says, "but they are easy to fix and don't cost a lot to repair. The hardest part about keeping them original is finding the decals."
"The details like the right decals will drive you crazy," agrees Chuck Shafer, who recently finished restoring an ex-Richard Petty Plymouth. Shafer estimates he spends 10 hours a week doing research to find just the right parts for his modest fleet of race cars.
Petty raced the car in '71 and '72 and it is probably the one Petty won in at Riverside. He sold it to Hershel McGriff, who was both a friend and driver for Petty. McGriff, who retired from driving this year at the age of 73, finished fifth in it at the 1973 Daytona 500.
The car ended up with McGriff in the Pacific Northwest and went through a number of owners. Each new owner knew less about its history than the one before and the car finally ended up on a quarter-mile dirt track.
Shafer, of Portland, Oregon, says that Petty shop numbers were discovered on some castings on the car and that other identifying marks were unearthed under seven layers of paint.
Shafer is more particular than most historic racers. He insists that even his race machines look museum ready and are uncompromised originals. Shafer's shop is located next to J.R. Enterprises, operated by Hershel McGriff Jr. The son of the NASCAR legend helped with some of the interior detail and sheetmetal work.
"I've spent hours looking at old photos and going through picture archives and back issues of Stock Car Racing magazine for photos of the car," says Shafer.
Matching decals and parts can prove challenging. For instance, while Chrysler Corp. at one time sold cars they called "Petty blue," Shafer knew the factory color wasn't an exact match for the race cars.
"I had to go to Petty Enterprises," he says. "It took a bunch of letters and calls to do it, but I finally got permission to allow the paint supplier to mix me up some of the original color."
He jokes about getting into a bidding war on eBay for a decal and losing the piece with two seconds left to go when his competitor topped his offer.
The work by Shafer and others provides new life for old cars. If you ever wonder what happened to a car driven by one of your favorite racers, chances are it is involved in an "old-timers" race at a track near you.


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Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City
Sunday 21st April 2013
Kick off – 1.30pm
Supporters are advised that tickets for our Barclays Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur have now sold out.
Official Match Ticket
Entry to the Stadium will be granted on the presentation of a valid ticket purchased from the Club.
The Club excludes all liability to any supporter who is denied entry to the Stadium as a result of their ticket having been purchased through an unauthorised seller.
The unauthorised sale or disposal of tickets may also amount to a criminal offence and the Club will inform the police as soon as it becomes aware of any unauthorised sale or disposal of tickets.
It is important that you have purchased, and are in possession of, the correct ticket and that it is activated to allow you access in to the stadium.
If the supporter who originally purchased the ticket is no longer able to attend the match, please contact the Supporter Services team on 0161 444 1894 (option 1, then option 3) to discuss, and where appropriate, upgrade your ticket.
Please note that in some instances, you may be required to visit the Ticket Office above the City Store at the Etihad Stadium in advance of the match so that we can make the necessary amendments to your ticket (this is applicable where there is a change from a concession to an adult).
Failure to upgrade your ticket before you attempt to enter the ground may result in a stadium ban.
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Should you misplace your ticket, we can arrange for a duplicate to be collected on the day of the match from the Tottenham Hotspur Ticket Office.
Please contact the MCFC Supporter Services Team on 0161 444 1894 (option 1, option 3) who will be happy to help.
Failure to provide the correct information in advance or on the day may result in either club not being able to provide a duplicate ticket.
Identification will be required at the Tottenham Hotspur Ticket Office.
Getting to White Hart Lane
Plan your journey following the directions as advised by Tottenham Hotspur. http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs/Matchday+Travel/stadium-directions.page
We would like to remind everyone why we have the best supporters in the country.
On your visit to White Hart Lane, please respect the stewards and staff at the Club and we ask that you:
- Remain in the seat that you have purchased
- Keep your ticket with you at all times
- Do not block the aisles or gangways
- Do not smoke
- Follow the ground regulations
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Find out more and buy online at www.mcfc.co.uk/Blue *2013-14 Season Membership subject to availability and any qualifying sales criteria.
The Ticket Office and Supporter Services are open Monday - Saturday, 9am to 5:30pm (closed Sunday & Bank Holiday).
Both facilities will open on the day of all scheduled First Team home fixtures.
For this match, Supporter Services will be open from 10am until 1.45pm. Please call +44 161 444 1894 (option 1, option 3).
All tickets are sold subject to availability and are issued subject to Manchester City Football Club Limited's 2012-13 away match terms and conditions of sale and the applicable Ground Regulations of the opposing team.
Please note: Tottenham Hotspur has asked us to advise all our fans travelling to White Hart Lane to arrive in plenty of time on Sunday.
This is to ensure that their mandatory search procedures and ticket checks can be carried out in sufficient time and that no spectator misses any of the game.
Turnstiles will be open from midday with the fixture kicking off at 1.30pm.
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The last two Hangouts with our Coach Vinicius Senger are taking place tomorrow Thursday:
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Sometimes we sense a presence in the world about us: perhaps in the glistening of water in a dappled stream, in the rising of the moon across the bay, or in the sibilance of a wind in branches on a starry night. Always there is shadow, and there is light.
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Every week we are going to display the new conference rankings. As we enter the summer session, college football is roughly three months away. In our first ranking installment, we are presenting the top SEC coaches list.
Every one of the positions are up for debate, and we're always interested in hearing what you have to say.
Another conference finally won the BCS championship, and now we enter the land of the four team playoff. There's quite a bit of new blood in the SEC coaching ranks and there seems to be a changing of the guard. Trust us, we will know a lot more by the end of the 2014. Most of the top teams lost their starting quarterback, so they'll be starting anew.
Let's take a look at the SEC coaching rankings.
1. Gus Malzahn: Gus Malzahn shows up at Auburn as offensive coordinator and the Tigers win a national championship. He leaves and the Tigers offense suffers dramatically. That's the story on Malzahn. In his first year as Auburn's head coach, he brought the Tigers within a possession of winning the last BCS title. There's no doubt, he is the cream of the crop in the SEC entering 2014. In two seasons as a head coach, Malzahn has a (21-5) record.
2. Nick Saban: Nick Saban had the most interesting call in the 2013 college football season. It backfired spectacularly. With the SEC championship game on the line, Alabama went for an improbable win, but came up way short. Did the leader of Alabama panic under pressure, or was this just a blip on the radar? It's a big season in Tuscaloosa. Nick Saban is (79-15) as the Alabama coach.
3. Steve Spurrier: Steve Spurrier lost the No.1 draft pick and their starting quarterback. Still we expect to see South Carolina vying for the SEC East title come November. If he gets there, it will be one of his best coaching jobs. The Gamecocks have had three straight (11-2) seasons. Spurrier is (77-39) as South Carolina coach.
4. Les Miles: Hint: Les Miles is not really weird. There's just a brilliant method to his madness. The Tigers will also be breaking in a new quarterback and receivers. They'll have a strong running game to rely on as well. We know the LSU defense should be better this season. Miles is (95-24) as LSU head coach.
5. Kevin Sumlin: Offensively, Kevin Sumlin has had the Aggies rolling. Now they have to do it without Johnny Manziel and plethora of skill position players. Can the defense be better? Like they were really bad. Historically bad last season. In two seasons as the Aggies head man, Sumlin is (20-6).
6. Mark Richt: The Georgia Bulldogs entered last season as a title contender. Then injuries curtailed the teams offense at every position. Richt did a good job of keeping things together, but he needs another solid year with Gurley as the offensive leader. Mark Richt is (126-45) as the Bulldogs head coach.
7. Gaty Pinkel: Pinkel answered his detractors with a strong second season in the SEC. Missouri played for the SEC championship against Auburn. Now they have to build on that season with another strong campaign. How will he handle the loss of a lot of major contributors? Gary Pinkel is (102-63) as Missouri head coach.
8. Butch Jones: In his first season, Tennessee had a rough stretch, but you could see the Volunteers getting better each game. They were (5-7) but did have a win over South Carolina. We expect a huge win increase by Tennessee this season. Let's see if Butch lives up to potential.
9. Hugh Freeze: In two seasons as Ole Miss head coach, Freeze has gone (15-11). Can he finally have a breakout season to win double digit games? Ole Miss has to show up in the biggest games.
10. Bret Bielema: After going (8-5) in his final season at Wisconsin, Bret Bielema started his Arkansas career with a (3-9) record. He's the one coach that needs a quick turnaround. Ready or not, Arkansas needs to show a lot of improvement.
11. Mark Stoops: The word is Stoops is stockpiling talent at Kentucky, but they aren't quite ready to win big yet. He's coming off of a two win season, so if they get to six wins, there will be a huge party going on.
12. Dan Mullen: Mississippi State has been in the middle of the pack since Dan Mullen arrived. He's (36-28) as the head coach, and this is a big season coming up. Thanks to Ole Miss, there is even more pressure in the SEC West.
13. Will Muschamp: Will Muschamp had the most disappointing season in college football. For every picturesque scowl, there was an offensive blunder by the Gators. After riding the wave to an (11-2) season, Florida succumbed to injuries and bad play to fall to (4-8). Muschamp has a chance to redeem himself in 2014. He has a (22-16) record in three seasons for the Gators.
14. Derek Mason: By default, Derek Mason falls to the last on the list. He was the man behind the dominant Stanford defenses of recent past. Mason will attempt to bring that same tenacity to the Vanderbilt defensive unit. Still he has a lot to live up to with Vanderbilt's rising program.


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Get a jump on your Oscar pool! Attend this screening for an opportunity to see some of the 2011 nominees for Best Documentary (Short Subject) in advance of the February 26 Academy Awards ceremony.
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
Directed by Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
(USA, 2011, 25 min.)
In the days leading up to Barack Obama's victory in the 2008 election, a former civil rights activist looks back on the early days of the movement.
Incident in New Baghdad
Directed by James Spione
(USA, 2011, 22 min.)
U.S. Army Specialist Ethan McCord recalls the tragic incident in Iraq that triggered his debilitating post-traumatic stress disorder and altered his view of the war.
Saving Face
Directed by Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
(USA/Pakistan, 2011, 40 min., in Urdu with English subtitles)
A British-Pakistani plastic surgeon works to help women who have been injured in acid attacks, while his patients struggle to come to terms with the aftermath of their disfigurement.
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Directed by Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
(Japan, 2011, 39 min., in Japanese with English subtitles)
In the wake of the devastating tsunami in Japan, the people of the region hardest hit by the disaster draw a measure of hope from the annual cherry blossom season as they fight to rebuild their lives. Co director Lucy Walker made the critically-acclaimed feature documentary on artist Vic Muniz, Waste Land, and won an award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for this short film.


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and Student Service for Financial Aid (SSS), in Princeton, NJ. SSS
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'If We Can't Sleep, He Won't Sleep!'
Samaria residents demonstrated outside home of Public Security Minister, after police banged on their doors at 5 A.M
By Gil Ronen
First Publish: 4/5/2011, 11:16 AM / Last Update: 4/5/2011, 11:11 AM
Residents of Samaria held a nighttime protest Monday night near the home of Public Security Minister Yitzchak Aharonovich. They were expressing their feelings of anger and pain over recent instances of police brutality against residents of Judea and Samaria - including a recent early-morning raid on the community of Itamar and a violent raid on Givat Ronen.
Dressed in nightgowns, protesters shouted: "Your police won't let us sleep, we won't let you sleep." Security guards did not let them near the minister's home and police eventually dispersed them.
Rabbanit Nurit Chai of Itamar said: "Just as he is sleeping at night now, we too deserve to sleep at night... We too deserve to sleep properly and not be woken up at 5 A.M. by knocking that is so loud and frightening that besides waking us up it could wake the dead. Too bad that it won't wake up our murdered ones."
The Knesset is still looking into a police raid five weeks ago on Havat Gilad, in which dozens of policemen in ski masks used violence and fired plastic bullets from close range at residents.


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Well I can't really say because the only one that I've heard is Live In Texas, but I doubt that it will compare with any other live recording and the quality on it is amazing...so I guess I'll go with Live In Texas.
Well I can't really say because the only one that I've heard is Live In Texas, but I doubt that it will compare with any other live recording and the quality on it is amazing...so I guess I'll go with Live In Texas.
My favorite is Chevelle's Live From The Road.
So... I'll keep searching for a place called home:
I'll rip my roots from this earth into the unknown.
Is it for the dreams I chased or the ones I caught?
This mystery, this misery is killing me.
So, now, I'll leave behind a murder scene.
My life isn't real; it's just a silhouette
and, when the sun goes down, I won't exist.
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1/31/2011 // A Thousand Suns Tour // Philadelphia, PA
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Slipknot - Disasterpieces. Amazing
Formerly known as Lostprophet
Nirvana - From The Muddy Banks of the Wiskah
Red hot chili peppers live in hyde park.
Its a great live album with 3 unreleased songs, 3 covers and a load of solos in the middle of songs.
And I went to the manchester gig the night before
NoFX "I heard they suck live!"
Chevelle - Live from the road
Live in Texas
The Used - Maybe Memories
Chevelle - Live from the Road
Personally, I think LIT is a terrible live CD/DVD because of how polished it is.
Finger Eleven's 'Finger Eleven' DVD that came with their latest album. Amazing live band.
Five Iron Frenzy - The End is Here and LIVE: Proof That The Youth Are Revolting
So, I'm going to go kick Abaddon in the balls. Later.
Rock In Rio from Iron Maiden
Metallica - S&M
Formerly known as Chris.
I forgot Tenacious D the complete masterworks
They put on an amusing show live
blink-182 - The Mark, Tom and Travis Show
Linkin Park - Live In Texas
Weezer - The Lion and the Witch
Chevelle - Live From the Road
Family Values 98, 99 and 2001
Korn - Live DVD
Slipknot - Disasterpieces DVD
Slipknot - Live @ Rock in Rio
Korn - Woodstock 99
Linkin Park - LIT
Muse - Hullabaloo
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04. Rammstein's Live Aus Berlin
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02. Johnny Cash's Live From Folsom Prison
01. nine inch nails' ..And All That Could Have Been
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After five years of Boondockers you might say we're lucky to be alive, and I'm not talking about the crashes and wrecks. Boondocking has come to mean more than just mind-numbing powder days, adrenaline-pumping drops, and technical climbs, it's a lifestyle where dedication and hard work provide the ultimate payout. Just like you we've spent our winters tracking every minute of every day. Riding till your heart screams, digging till your lungs burn, and pushing the limits of endurance, I guess you could say we've been living in dog years. Join us for our best film to date: an anniversary tribute to an endless winter of deep powder, unexplored terrain, and the unforgettable footage that tells the story. Lucky to be alive? Thank God is more like it!
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