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Alabama Head Coach Kristy Curry Opening Statement: "I'm just disappointed we weren't able to finish down the stretch and find a way to make some shots today. I certainly credit Tennessee, and we really appreciate the support today. The atmosphere was great and we appreciate all the fans that came out to support. We're just continuing to work and get better every game. We'll be better because of the experience today."
#0 Daisha Simmons, Guard On what Tennessee did differently in the second half: "I think it was more of what we didn't do. We had a lot of mental breakdowns defensively, not finding the shooter and not boxing out, so, I think it was more about what we didn't do."
#33 Sharin Rivers, Guard On what the team need to do to close games like this: "We just have to keep competing. We can't be complacent because we are up by 15. We just have to keep fighting and play to win, not play not to lose."
Tennessee Head Coach Holly Warlick Opening Statement: "This was a tale of two halves. It's been a little bit of our M.O. with regards to the comeback. Alabama was gritty, they were tough. They played hard. They played like they didn't have anything to lose. They're a tough basketball team. We had to make some adjustments at halftime. We weren't able to get the ball inside in the first half, and we couldn't shoot the basketball. We finally settled in, we played good defense. We played better the second half."
#10 Meighan Simmons, Guard On what they were thinking when Tennessee was down by 15 points: "Just to stay steady. I wasn't worried at all about our deficit. There was never a doubt in my mind that we weren't going to win this basketball game. We're too talented of a team, and we've been in that situation before. We've been down at halftime before, and we're going to continue to fight until the clock hits zero. My teammates kept on encouraging me, and kept believing in me to shoot the ball. They found me when I was open, and I was thankful that I was able to put some shots in. I think it was really a team effort. Our post did an excellent job of passing the ball tonight."
On what the key to success was for her this season: "I just want to keep on building. I don't want to look back. I'm satisfied with the way I'm playing right now. I feel like I'm finally playing to my fullest potential. I just want to continue to have fun, and play with my teammates. That's what's allowing me to play the way I am right now. I'm just trying to go out there and compete with my teammates."


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New charter arms model
I grew up with toy guns - But REAL GUNS should not look like toys. :frown:
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I grew up with toy guns - But REAL GUNS should not look like toys. :frown:
That one looks better than the pink/SS model they have. :puke:
My wife would think it was cute.
Pink and black would be ok, but pink and stainless? :scruntiny:
I want a Purple slided black framed G19 now. :rofl:
nice colors. nothing wrong with fixing up your gun to look nice.
You know, normally I don't care for those types of different colored guns. But the burgundy on that one made me think. If they made that burgundy and gold with a Redskins logo on the grip, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
I saw on one of those yesterday at a gun show here in fayetteville. I thought it was pink though. Maybe my memory decieves me, but I could have sworn it was pink.
Maybe the BG would laugh so hard that he would fall over and you won't have to fire a shot. :rofl:
Next thing you know, they'll be coming out with 'pistol skins'---kinda like cell phones and all. Cool---but not for me. Yo.
Haha ram rod,..or pistol tattoos like they got for iPods,print it up yourself...people'd be carrying flower printed 1911s :gah:
Actually I think it looks pretty nice.
I am as much a functional person as most of those here, but once in a while I like to see something different.
I would own and carry one without any concern of manliness. I have thought about changing the color/look of my EDC when the finish wears to the point of needing attention.
Manufacturers build the same old thing over and over and over. Not that that is a bad thing, but I have rather liked seeing some of the newer models coming out in different colors and finishes in the last few years.
That's not as bad as this one....
Although, at least the color motif matches the weenie round. LOL!
Thats not as bad as what I saw at the gun show today; a M1 Garand in a red, green, yellow, blue, and orange laminate stock. There should be a law...
Geat, now the girlfriend wants the pink one :tired:


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Claude Coma And The I.V's – "Art From Sin" LP (1982)
From what I've been able to gather, Claude Coma was San Diego's answer to Wayne County and the Electric Chairs, insofar as the man was a cross-dresser and an older guy with older rock influences. While this LP came out in 1982, what we have here is more along the lines of Class of '77 KBD-ish Punk with one notably un-Punky tune and a couple of songs that sound a bit like early Radio Birdman. Another notable feature about this LP is that the man can clearly play guitar, but prefers playing shit Punk in lieu of showcasing his technical skill—you gotta love that! He has been written about elsewhere on the web, for anyone who cares to find out more, but what remains unclear to me is his discography. I've heard tell that this was his only album, but I know I've seen at least one other record. What's the deal? At any rate, this is an honest Punk record from an old school Punk weirdo and it's worth a listen.
Minimum Wage Menace To Society Let's Go To Hell And here's the backwards message on "Let's Go To Hell". Download HERE
by Dan Davenport
Brother of the Piano here….. Thanks for the download. These albums are very hard to locate and to be able to download it was a 'scratch off of the bucket list'.
Pretty sure it turns up once in a while, but I don't really seek out the old Punk stuff. Just pick it up where I find it. Found this around 1996 or 1997 in Chicago.
Cool site! Just helping with some fact checking. The CD came out in 1980. Claude didn't play the guitar – that was Don Story. We were on a live compilation CD called, "What's Happening?", in 1981. After we broke up, Claude continued on with a new cast of characters and they did record a couple of tunes we had worked up, "All Day Suckers" and "Junkman". In an odd twist, the guitar player in the new band was also named Dave Davenport – but it's a different guy. You can find info on Claude out there, but his details are a bit hard to find. They made an EP or 45 that I have somewhere.
He was 27 years old at the time. His chief influence was probably Root Boy Slim (his references to Baltimore/DC area are in "I spent a night at the Congress Hotel"). He was a character and a very good friend who I miss.
David Davenport (keyboards, CC & the IVs)
The story I heard was that he had health problems, drug problems, and kept all his stuff in a storage shed. Heard he was still alive, though, but in not-so-great shape. Can't remember why I was under the impression he played the guitar. West coasters seem to like to make up up some crazy stuff sometimes–I should know better!
by eddie seijas
hi is very nice to hear claudes band again after many year i was lucky to work for him as a sound engineer back in 1982 1983 in san diego i wish i could have more tracks from this album is there a way to locate this lp ??? thanks in advance
by Jack
I just picked-up a copy of this LP on orange vinyl. I have not had time to give it a spin.
Orange on mine, too. Probably all.
by Lynn
I knew Claude after he played with the IV's. He was in a band called the Love Monsters and also Coma and Savage, a spoken word duo. I remember the Love Monsters doing a song about the KMart blue light special and another called You Can't Kill a Zombie. I believe after that, he had another band and had a record come out but I don't remember the name of the band. I believe he lives in LA now.
I think he performed in Black Witch or something like that…maybe six years ago.
Have not heard anything about him since.
by 655321
Been looking for this one for years, thank you for sharing!!


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Bowling News USA - March 28, 2011 Jaros, Weiss and Allen Adance at Dick Weber Playoffs
Seven-time Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour champion Steve Jaros of Yorkville, Ill.; 10-time PBA Regional winner Randy Weiss of Columbia, S.C., and two-time PBA Tour titlist Dick Allen, also of Columbia, S.C., advanced to the Conference Championships in the Dick Weber PBA Playoffs after victories in the Go RVing Regional Championships Round at Woodland Bowl.
Jaros used a Roto Grip Rising Star™ on the telecast.
The Go RVing Regional Championships Round, which aired Sunday on ESPN, featured three three-player regional championship matches with the winners advancing to the Conference Championship Round, and the two lowest scores being eliminated. The Conference Championships will air Sunday, April 10, at 1 p.m. Eastern on ESPN.
Jaros, who has now made a television appearance in 20 consecutive seasons, nipped Tom Smallwood of Saginaw, Mich., 258-257, to win the East Region championship. Scott Norton of Costa Mesa, Calif., finished third in the three-player East Regional final with a 224.
Weiss, in his national television debut, threw five strikes in a row to end his game and stun 12-time PBA Tour champ Tommy Jones of Greenville, S.C., 239-238, in the South Region championship. Ryan Shafer of Horseheads, N.Y., also was eliminated after rolling a 207 game.
Weiss used a Storm Anarchy™ on the show. Shafer used a Victory Road™.
Allen was nearly perfect in throwing a 289 game that eliminated Walter Ray Williams Jr. (221) of Ocala, Fla., and Mika Koivuniemi (201) of Hartland, Mich., in the Central Region finale.
In the East Region championship, Jaros started with seven strikes before leaving back-to-back 10 pins, but Smallwood battled Jaros into the 10th frame. Jaros finished first, throwing a strike on his first ball in the 10th and filling the frame with a 10 pin/spare. Smallwood needed the first strike to win, but left a 7 pin. After converting the spare, he then needed a strike to tie Jaros, but he left a 4 pin on his fill ball.
Jaros said he thought the match would be close, but "I figured it would be Tom or me versus Scott after the way he bowled in practice. But Scott just didn't look comfortable once the show started."
Weiss was the surprise of the day with his clutch finish to nip Jones after a horrible break ended Shafer's hopes. Shafer was very much in the hunt, but trying to extended a double in the eighth and ninth frames, the four-time PBA Tour winner left a 7-10 split on a pocket hit in the 10th frame to end his chances.
At the same time, Jones overcame the carry issues he had during the first half of his game, stringing five strikes before leaving a 4 pin on his fill ball in the 10th frame. That pin gave Weiss an opportunity to strike out in the 10th to win by one pin.
"I knew I was going to have to strike because these guys are really good," Weiss said, "but they are human, so I knew I had to stay in my world and see what happens.
"My thought in the last frame was that there is no way you could ask for anything better than an opportunity to win in the 10th, so I told myself to get a good shot off my hand and let the chips fall where they may.
"Mike Machuga may have given me the best advice when he said it'll be the fastest 10 minutes of your life, so slow it down in your mind as much as you can, and that's exactly what I did," Weiss added. "I just kept slowing my thoughts and not watching what they were doing, and I focused on what my job was."
In the Central Region match, Allen and Williams both started with five strikes while Koivuniemi struggled to strike after starting with a double. Williams' string ended when he also left a pocket 7-10 in the sixth frame, but Allen kept on striking until leaving a 10 pin on his 11th attempt. By that time, thanks to a 4-6-7-10 split by Williams in the ninth frame, the match was over.
"I followed all of the old clichés – keep your head down, don't watch what they're doing, make one shot at a time – and that's exactly what I did," Allen said. "I wasn't worried about anybody else. I know when I throw it good, I can strike with the best of them."
Allen has a history of being one of the PBA Tour's more volatile players, but after the birth of his first child in early March, "I came here with less negative thoughts," he said. "I've got some cool pictures on my phone, I'm smiling more because of (daughter Piper). My mind's in a different place and I'm not so upset if I make a bad shot. And I'm not making as many bad shots because of a grip change and a swing change I made, and those are probably the keys to success more than anything.
"I got away with about three bad shots," Allen added. "That was probably the highest 220 game I've ever shot; let's put it that way. Without a doubt I knew I was going for 300. When Walter got that second split in the ninth frame and I knew the match was over, I told myself to finish it off. Unfortunately I threw a really good shot in the 10th and they didn't fall."
The Lucas Oil Regional Championships Round will complete the field for the Conference Championships. The Lucas Oil Regional round, which airs Sunday on ESPN at 1 p.m., will feature three finalists each in the Midwest (Jack Jurek, Wes Malott, Bill O'Neill), Southwest (Brad Angelo, Dino Castillo, Jason Belmonte) and West/Southwest (Chris Barnes, Lennie Boresch Jr., Lonnie Waliczek) Regions.
On Sunday, April 10, the Conference Championships telecast at 1 p.m. Eastern will include the East Region winner (Jaros) against the South (Weiss), the Central (Allen) vs. the Midwest winner, and the Southwest vs. the West/Northwest winner. Those three winners will return to Woodland Bowl on Sunday, April 17, for the live ESPN finals at 1 p.m. Eastern.
First prize in the inaugural Dick Weber PBA Playoffs is $50,000.
Woodland Bowl, Indianapolis, Sunday
East Region Championship (winner advances to Conference Championships to meet South Region winner Randy Weiss on ESPN on Sunday, April 10, at 1 p.m. Eastern):
1, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 258. (Roto Grip)
2, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 257, $6,000.
3, Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif., 224, $5,000.
South Region Championship (winner advances to Conference Championships to meet East Region winner Steve Jaros on ESPN on Sunday, April 10, at 1 p.m. Eastern):
1, Randy Weiss, Columbia, S.C., 239. (Storm)
2, Tommy Jones, Greenville, S.C., 238, $6,000.
3, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 207, $5,000. (Storm)
Central Region Championship (winner advances to Conference Championships to meet Midwest Region winner on ESPN on Sunday, April 10, at 1 p.m. Eastern):
1, Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 289.
2, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 221, $6,000.
3, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 201, $5,000.
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It has been a while since we've had a Captain Hook-centric episode and the trailer for episode 3x17 "The Jolly Roger" on "Once Upon a Time" looks like it will be the perfect antidote. The video, which appeared immediately after the airing of last night's episode, "It's Not Easy Being Green" was posted on YouTube on April 6. Here's a rundown of the episode 3x17 spoilers it reveals.
In the "The Jolly Roger" trailer, Emma and Hook are standing on the pier of Storybrooke on a beautiful sunny day. He says to her, "To what do I owe the pleasure?" They are all smiles at first but in another brief clip, their expressions are more serious. Hook says to her in this moment, "You can't just pretend like this never happened." Is he talking about their simmering romance or her life in Storybrooke that she keeps saying she wants to put behind her for Henry's sake?
In an announcer voice over, we see clips of Hook's pirate's life and learn there were "too many women." Surprisingly, one of them seems to have been Ariel. She is seen pulling someone down to the bottom of the seas as she says in a voice over, "My name is Ariel. You're going to pay for what you've done."
Then in a disturbing scene, Zelena is face to face with Hook and warns him he is out of his depths. She knocks his sword out of his hand easily. He is seen fighting someone aboard the Jolly Roger and in the final clip, someone either grabs him or hits him from behind and he falls to the ground where he remains, shaking his head groggily. Who is the new foe? Could it be Blackbeard whom we heard was coming in the second half of season 3 or someone else?
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Gamers Arena have posted a couple of pictures of Gigabyte's upcoming Haswell-compatible motherboard, the Z87 G1-Killer. There's two pictures that we've posted below, check them out.
The first one is a close-up of the motherboard, showing us that there is a lot going on around the CPU socket, with some extra cooling for the VRMs which is great to see. The second shot is a full photo of the motherboard, which has me in goosebumps. It looks awesome, and I want one, now.


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Erie Times-News Breakout Wrestler of the Week: Keller Watkins, General McLane
Keller Watkins, General McLane
Keller Watkins is only a sophomore, but the General McLane standout is wrestling like a veteran this season. After an impressive fourth-place finish at the prestigious Tool City Tournament, the 126-pound wrestler picked up two crucial wins in Region 4 duals. He started off with a 6-4 overtime win against Cathedral Prep. The Lancers were struggling at the time, but Watkins' thrilling win sparked McLane in a 54-12 win. He then earned a 15-0 technical fall to help McLane rout Titusville 52-16.
Poll results:
Keller Watkins, General McLane (30 percent, 352 votes)
Jordan Bryan, North East (28 percent, 331 votes)
Trevor Beiter, Seneca (11 percent, 128 votes)
Eli Humes, Fort LeBoeuf (8 percent, 97 votes)
Tim Suydan, Corry (7 percent, 83 votes)
Andrew Welton, Central Tech (4 percent, 44 votes)
Dakota Geer, Franklin (3 percent, 38 votes)
Jeff Burger, Union City (3 percent, 31 votes)
Jarray Norris, Sharon (2 percent, 27 votes)
Sam Breese, Lakeview (2 percent, 21 votes)
John Beach, Oil City (2 percent, 18 votes)
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Lehigh's Kerry Kinek was named Anaconda Patriot League Rookie of the Week for the sixth time Monday.
Feb. 25, 2013
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - The regular season is hitting the home stretch and the Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament is on the horizon, and two crucially important performances last week were recognized Monday as the games take on more and more meaning.
Navy junior forward Jade Geif was named the Anaconda Player of the Week, while Lehigh freshman forward Kerry Kinek was honored as the Anaconda Rookie of the Week for the Feb. 18-24 period.
Geif tallied her 1,000th career point in Saturday's win over Colgate, and has been named Player of the Week four times this season, including three times in the last five weeks.
Kinek is now a six-time Rookie of the Week selection, having collected the award each of the last three weeks. She is one behind Army's Kelsey Minato, who leads this season with seven awards.
The second-to-last set of Patriot League women's basketball games will be Wednesday. The slate features Army going to Holy Cross, Navy hosting Lehigh, Lafayette entertaining Colgate and Bucknell traveling to American. Tip times are set for 7 p.m.
JADE GEIF, NAVY Jr., F, Lakeville, Minn.
Geif led Navy in points, field goal percentage and steals on the week, helping the Mids go 2-0 with wins at American and at home against Colgate. The 6-foot forward narrowly missed a double-double in both games, scoring 14 points with nine rebounds in Wednesday's 52-42 victory over the Eagles, and dropping 22 points and nine boards in Saturday's 63-48 triumph against the Raiders. She netted her 1,000th career point Saturday, making her the fifth Patriot Leaguer this season to reach that mark. Geif averaged 18.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals while shooting 16 of 29 (55.2 percent) for the week. It's her fourth Player of the Week award of the season.
KERRY KINEK, LEHIGH Fr., F, Whitehall, Pa.
Lehigh ran its win streak to four with two double-digit wins last week, and Kinek was a big reason. She broke Lehigh and League single-game records with 22 rebounds to go with 11 points, four assists and two blocks in the Mountain Hawks' 49-37 win at Bucknell Wednesday. She followed that with 16 points and eight rebounds and was 7 of 10 from the foul line in Lehigh's 60-40 victory Saturday night over visiting Lafayette. For the week she averaged 13.5 points, 15.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists while shooting 8 of 19 from the floor (42.1 percent) and making 10 of 14 from the line.
KELSEY MINATO, ARMY Fr., G, Huntington Beach, Calif.
Averaged 15.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists for Army during its 1-1 week. Scored 20 with three steals in the Black Knights' 61-46 triumph over American Saturday.
MARIAH JONES, COLGATE So., G, Silver Spring, Md.
Scored in double figures in both games, including 17 points in Wednesday's 60-56 win over Army. Averaged 15.5 points per game last week.
BRISJE MALONE, HOLY CROSS Jr., G, Springfield, Mass.
Averaged 13.0 points, 9.0 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game with a 3.6 assist-to-turnover ratio in two Crusader victories. Logged an 11-point, 10-assist double-double Saturday versus Bucknell.
MOLLY HOURIGAN, HOLY CROSS Fr., C, Memphis, N.Y.
Tallied a career-high 16 points with a team-high seven rebounds in Saturday's 57-49 win over Bucknell. Averaged 12.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 3.0 blocks in 18.5 minutes per game last week.


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Grand Park Hotel Wuxi
- Location: Wuxi Railway Station
- Address: No.403 Zhongshan Road, Chongan District, Wuxi
- Tel: 0510-88688688 (Book this hotel, call 800-2682918)
- Hotel Name in Chinese: 无锡君乐酒店
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Air Marshall's Reserve Corps proposed by San Diego Judge Larry Stirling (ret)
Here is a Guest Column by retired Judge Larry Stirling. His life experiences include being a US Army Captain in scenic Korea, and a GOP
State Senator and Assemblyman.
Janet Napolitano is a nit wit. Nothing in her professional experience qualifies her to take charge of the security of a Wal-Mart store, let alone a nation under attack by a world-wide Muslim terrorist movement.
The daily operations and conduct of the blatantly incompetent and entirely misnamed Transportation Safety Agency directly reflects her level of ineptitude.
How do we know? Because a Muslim named Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab boarded a Northwest Orient Airliner bound from Amsterdam to Detroit. . He did so with a crotch full of the material used in detonation cords and attempted to set it off over America territory.
And he did so it fully six months after his own father repeatedly warned the authorities at the US embassy in his home country that his son was a radicalized nut and would do something dangerous…six months before!
His father lives in Nigeria where Islam is the dominant religion. His father has put his life on the line to save us from his own son.
And we squandered the information thanks to the Napolitano team. God bless and protect Mr. Abdulmutallab senior but shame on you Janet and you too Mr. Obama for appointing and keeping her.
Given the current vacuousness of American journalism and especially the Associated Press, you probably don't remember when Napolitano alienated our oldest and closest ally by falsely claiming that the 9-11 hijackers entered the United States via Canada.
They didn't. They were welcomed directly into our country by American immigration authorities.
Perhaps you do remember that she issued a report directing national security resources to track American military veterans because they might be motivated to kill Barack Obama because he was of mixed race.
Her attack on America veterans was disgraceful and worse completely unfounded. Obama guaranteed himself the protection and good wishes of every American by appointing the Rogaine-challenged Joseph Biden to be vice president.
A great nation can survive a rogue as president, but not a clown.
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The system worked as "it should?"
When someone calls our embassy from a predominately Muslim country and says my son, with a really long name and really short temper, is dangerous to your country, protect yourself and Janet's team ignores that, what should we call that?
His son then boarded an aircraft with explosives (when I can't take on Listerine) and then tried to kill everyone and give our Muslim enemies yet another victory.
As a result and to cover their collective derrieres, the Napolitano TSA then adopts rules that we citizens will now not be permitted to leave our seats during the last hour of the flight or have anything on our laps.
How does that help our team get valuable intelligence to the boarding authorities to keep dangerous people off of our airplanes?
They screw up and we have to suffer even more restrictions on our God-given and hard-earned liberties? Balderdash!
I will be interested if even one person among the sacred bureaucracy gets canned over this mess. Not likely.
There was one piece of good news. On this plane, like every other, there were passengers of courage who were ready to protect not only themselves but the rest of us.
I remember flying right after 9-11 and giving my card to the flight crew. I indicated my seat location and that if they needed any help whatsoever, to feel free to call on me.
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And I know from Todd Beamer's famous words "Let's roll" from Delta Flight 1989, that there are thousands of others just like me.
Thus, I propose that the government authorize the establishment of an Air Marshal's Reserve Corps.
Perhaps even the Mickey Mouse DHS can cobble together a relevant program of instruction prescribing reasonable training that thousands of willing citizens would voluntarily undertake at our own expense to augment air-travel safety.
Right now the Muslim radicals are probing our defenses. They are looking for and finding the weak spots. Once they have scouted those out, they will launch a major attack on our air transportation system.
They found our major weakness: Janet Napolitano.
My hope is that the next time one of the Muslim jock-strap bombers gets aboard one of our planes, he will encounter a bunch of people trained and organized to take him down.
I know, unionized bureaucracies hate volunteers, but they are not on those planes, we are.
It is clear that the cowardly TSA is more comfortable herding American passenger sheep rather than confronting Muslim wolves.
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Great article! It seems like every time my family and 3 yr old children travel, we are always selected for additional screening by these inept TSA jokes, yet to maintain their Politically Correct ways, they let the usual suspects slide right by.
Napolitano is a joke as well. Our current administration doesn't care about our citizens safety.
Great article, I have been thinking about this for years and keep wondering why they are not developing an air marshall reserve program. As a 20 year veteran and officer in the US Navy reserve we have thousands of qualified reservists that have security clearances and military training that fly frequently in civilian careers, this force could be used directly from the reserves or as NEW program for TSA. Question is, when is somone going to start thinking about this and develop the program with resources we all ready have!!! Someone go to DC and pitch this to the DHS Secretary PLEASE!!
Excellent article and right to the point.
This needs to gather momentum and publicity and needs to be presented to someone much higher up than Napolitano.


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Shortcut to danger?
Cost savings weighed against public safety on Alango Road
Tom Klein
FIELD TOWNSHIP – Township residents, alarmed by several accidents involving young drivers on Alango Road, question the St. Louis County School District's decision to have school buses take the road as a shortcut to the North Woods School.
"We were told there would be no bus traffic on the road," said Jim Eisner. "But the district is using it big time with at least four buses on that road twice every day."
District officials say they received assurances from St. Louis County that the road had been upgraded. In addition, the district's Transportation Director Ed Dorman determined the road was safe.
But officials acknowledge part of their motivation for using the route is to save money. Dorman told school board member Nancy Wall Glowaski that he is under pressure to keep transportation expenses in line, and Superintendent Teresa Knife Chief said using the route for four buses saves the district $12,222 a year.
Safety concerns
During the permitting process for the school, local residents and county officials had raised concerns about the safety of Alango Road, citing poor lines of sight due to rolling hills and an old narrow bridge that crosses Flint Creek.
"If Alango Road were to see significantly more traffic, the bridge would require replacing due to its narrow deck width," wrote Chris Morris, who at the time worked for St. Louis County Public Works Department. In his email to Mary Anderson of the county's Planning and Zoning Department, Morris added that hills on the road would need to be modified "to improve sight distance to a safe level."
But the county did not take those corrective actions, relying instead on an assumption by higher-ups that the road would see little increase in traffic. "The bridge is in decent condition and we would not rebuild it on the basis of the school being built," Public Works Director Jim Foldesi wrote in an email to Planning Director Barb Hayden and Anderson. Foldesi's recommendation was conditioned on his stated belief that traffic on the road would not increase noticeably.
But township residents say traffic has gone up significantly on the rural road since the school was opened last fall and cite several accidents in just the past six months as evidence.
The most recent occurred last week when a young girl slammed her vehicle into a Caterpillar. Eisner was clearing snow from his driveway when the girl's car came over the hill and slid into the back end of his machine. Neither Eisner nor the girl was hurt, but the latest in a string of incidents on the road has shaken residents.
Earlier in the school year, a car missed the turnoff for East Olson Road and ended up in the nearby woods. In another incident, a vehicle surprised a woman riding her horse as it came over the hill, spooking the animal.
"Those hills are vicious," said Carol Kleven, a local resident. "They are not that high but you can not see traffic approaching. And now the gravel road is very slippery with snow and ice. Somebody is going to get hurt sooner or later."
Field Township Chairman Keith Aho said the increase in traffic should have been anticipated. The road reduces the travel distance for some students to the North Woods School by several miles. In addition, he said, it provides an alternative route for those exiting the school after sporting events and other activities that draw large crowds.
"When you have cars lined up waiting to make a right turn on Highway 53, people are going to look for an alternative," Aho said.
Those same issues were raised at public hearings when the district applied for a conditional use permit to construct the school. Gheen resident Dennis Peterson told the commission he was concerned over access to Alango Road, which will be primarily used by "young, inexperienced student drivers and creating a threat to roads that are already dangerous."
Linden Grove Township resident John Hess raised the same concerns, saying that sight lines were poor on the road and a narrow bridge would likely need to be replaced.
"Given the large number of inexperienced drivers who are likely to travel the road if the school is built, it's an accident waiting to happen," he said.
Field Township officers voiced similar concerns, but were told that the increase in traffic on Alango Road would not be significant. Township supervisors pointed to what they considered a flaw in officials' logic. "Why would the plan provide for 390 (parking) spaces and project peak hourly traffic at 98?" they asked in a June 6, 2010, response to an Environmental Assessment Worksheet for the school.
The St. Louis County Planning and Zoning Commission, which approved the conditional use permit on a 7-1 vote, stated in its motion that the Minnesota Department of Transportation had determined access roads near and at the school were adequate.
Then-Planning Commission Chairman Jack Huhta, who voted in favor of the permit, deflected criticism when challenged by Jim Saranpaa about the accidents that have occurred on the road since the school opened.
"The roads and access was a decision made by state and county highway departments," he wrote to Saranpaa.
Safety upgrades?
Superintendent Knife Chief said the county upgraded the road last summer and contacted Dorman to advise him that the road was acceptable to use. Dorman did his own inspection prior to the school year and concurred with the county's assessment. Following the events of last week, he did a repeat visit and again found the road to be safe, according to Knife Chief.
But the upgrades made by the county were minimal. A contractor was hired to install new guardrails on the bridge and some additional signage was posted along the road, according to Dale Johnson, the maintenance supervisor for the Fourth District. The road received some additional gravel and was bladed, but Johnson classified those actions as "routine maintenance."
The steps proposed by Morris — such as replacing the bridge and lowering the hills — were not undertaken.
Foldesi could not be reached for comment by the Timberjay's deadline.
Meanwhile, the district, dealing with a budget deficit, has another incentive for traveling Alango Road.
In an email to the Timberjay, Knife Chief said using the road "saves four miles per trip and is the most efficient route for several of the buses that travel to North Woods." Using the route saves the district $12,222 annually, she said.
While the road is technically designed for two-way traffic, local residents note that the bridge is, practically speaking, only wide enough for one vehicle at a time, particularly when buses are involved. Even when two cars meet near the bridge, it's common practice for one to wait while the other passes over the bridge. The narrow bridge is also located near the bottom of two relatively steep hills, which local residents say increases the dangers posed by the bridge.
Reopening debate
The use of Alango Road has reopened debate on the district's site selection process for the North Woods School. Several local residents had warned that building the school in what is designated as rural agricultural land would undermine the rural character that residents in the township treasured and would prove to be a financial boondoggle for the district.
Saranpaa, an open critic of the district, goes as far as suggesting that Johnson Controls Inc., which served as the district's consultant on the school remodeling and construction project, should be billed for any improvements made to increase the safety of access roads to the school.
Others, however, just want the county and state to move more quickly on creating safer entrances to the school.
"The way Alango Road is now just isn't safe for the kind of traffic it's getting," said Field Township resident Jim Enzmann, who lives along the road.
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It was JCI that recommended to ISD 2142 Board that the Field Township site be approved over the the Gheen Corners site recommended by the appointed citizens committee. Then Board Director Zelda Bruns told us at a meeting at the Orr City Hall that JCI told the board that if the Gheen Corners site was selected, then the District would lose students to Virginia. That is what we were told by Zelda. Therefore, JCI, that wanted it's way, should have to pay. That's what my mommy and daddy told me when I was a little boy. You accept responsibility and consequences for your actions. Commissioner Mike Forsmann and Senator Tom Bakk, send the bill to JCI in Milwaukee.
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8 Weird Uses for Windows
From Margaret Everton on December 16, 2009 in Window Replacement
If necessity is the mother of invention, these mutant windows are the illegitimate offspring of some very overactive imaginations. Most folks look at a window and see a window. Other, more visionary types see a window as a door through which opportunity can dash in and rescue the helpless window from its mundane existence of incessant opening and closing and constantly being looked through like it wasnt even there. When these intrepid dreamers hear, Better door than a window, they ask, How about both?
#1 - Window Balcony-On Demand
The clear thinkers at Bloomframe came up with this window that converts into a glass-bottomed balcony. Its meant for the space-impaired urban dweller trying to maximize every inch of their co-op studio/supply closet. The designers claim that the size of the Bloomframe can be adjusted and the materials customized to match the facade of new or existing buildings. However, this product is also not recommended for anyone with vertigo or a tendency to go commando at will.
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Originally invented as a torture device for Mac users at Guantanamo Bay, this window surrounded by Windows offers a unique Vista into the life of the average PC lover. The owner tried to close the blinds for this picture, but they froze up and he had to reboot Oh! Burn!
#3 - Support Our Geraniums
Uh, what the heck is this thing? Green 1970s den windows-turned-bizarre patriotic flowerbox? A pint-sized Uncle Sam must be trolling around nearby
#4 Window Collage
Dusty old family photos once again see the light of day in Debapakas collage. She used the panes of a chipped, old window to tell the individual stories of her family. In case you were wondering, the artist is the pink little baby in the lower-left frame. Ah, now aint that sweet?
#5 Décor Pan-demic?
Well, hats off to Chonlahan for using her head for more than a pot rack. She cured a potential Pan-demic by mounting an old window to the ceiling with chains and hooks, and then added a little flair with some decorative ivy and grapevines.
#6 Ten Thousand Spoons
What better way to sell your killer collection of Christmas spoons than to reuse of these old windows as a craft display rack? Im not sure if the seller got the scoop on more sales, but its one of craftiest uses for old windows weve seen, not to mention its as green as green bean casserole.
#7 - Home, Sweet Rainforest Waterfall
Dont like the view? Make one of your own. Although the ceramic snail collection is a bit creepy, you have to appreciate the initiative of this basement apartment decorators use of an old window frame and the obviously fake view of a cascading rainforest waterfall.
#8 Hands Off My Porcelain Elf Figurines!
Tired of your coffee table decorations getting kicked around by that big-footed, TV-watching lounge hound? Heres an idea: put those scented candles, candy dishes and elf figurines under glass and out of harms way with this simple table-shadow box project using a latched window frame. Weird, but awesome.


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|Special Math Department Tea -- Staff Appreciation of Faculty
|The "Staff Appreciation of the Faculty" tea will be at 1:30 PM on Thursday December 9 in 114 McAllister. The faculty is grateful to the office staff who prepare or donate food items and who put this event together.
|12 / 06 / 2010
|He and Zhao receive GTA teaching awards.
|We congratulate Andong He and Yanxiang Zhao as the recipients of the 2010 Departmental Graduate Assistant Teaching Awards. These awards are given by the department to Graduate Teaching Assistants who have made outstanding contributions to teaching. They are selected by the GTA Oversight Committee, base on faculty classroom visits, student evaluations, as well as solicited and unsolicited student comments. These awards are departmentally funded, with cash award of $250 each. In addition, Andong and Yanxiang will receive award certificates at the annual departmental awards recognition night in April 2011.
|11 / 18 / 2010
|Distinguished Visiting Professor.
|Professor Giovanni Forni of the University of Maryland will by our Distinguished Visiting Professor for this academic year. He will be visiting the department for the first part of next semester (January/February 2011). Forni is the recipient of the 2008 Brin Prize in Dynamical Systems.
|11 / 09 / 2010
|Press release on NRC rankings.
|The Eberly College of Science has produced a press release about our department's national research rankings. The announcement includes supporting quotes from the presidents of the American Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, all of whom have Penn State connections.
|11 / 09 / 2010
|Joel Miller to join faculty.
|Dr. Joel Miller, who was offered a faculty position in Mathematics and Biology last spring, has now accepted the offer. He will arrive in our department in Spring 2012.
|10 / 25 / 2010
|PMASS program kicks off.
|PMASS is our new MASS-like program for outstanding mathematics students at an early stage of their undergraduate work. The program kicks off this spring. For more detailed information, please communicate with the director of the MASS program, Professor Sergei Tabachnikov.
|10 / 25 / 2010
|MASS / Math Club special event.
|This evening at 6:00 in 114 McAllister, there will be a special event sponsored by the Math Club and the MASS program. Professor Robert Connelly of Cornell University will give an entertaining public lecture, entitled "Rigid Polyhedra or Why Most Things Don't Fall Down".
|10 / 11 / 2010
|We are #9!
|Our Ph.D. program here in the Department of Mathematics ranks 9th in the USA, according to the National Research Council Quality Measure criterion at http://graduate-school.phds.org/rankings/mathematics/. A University press release concerning the recent NRC survey can be found at http://live.psu.edu/story/48956/. The press release features our department among several in the Eberly College of Science with "exemplary ratings that place them among the best programs in the nation."
|10 / 11 / 2010
|Conference on Undergraduate Research in Mathematics.
|Our Department of Mathematics will host its 2011 Conference on Undergraduate Research in Mathematics on November 4-5, 2011. This conference will showcase mathematical research by undergraduate students through 15-minute contributed talks. Financial support is available.
|09 / 30 / 2010
|Math Department ranking -- a dramatic increase!
|The US National Academies periodically conduct a Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctoral Programs. The ranking of Penn State's Department of Mathematics has risen dramatically. According to the previous assessment, in 1995, we were rated 37th nationally. The current assessment rates us approximately 10th or 11th! The detailed report is available at http://www.nap.edu/rdp/. (The new ratings are expressed in terms of confidence intervals. With 90 percent confidence, we are somewhere between 5th and 16th.) This dramatic increase reflects our efforts and accomplishments in research and graduate education.
|09 / 28 / 2010
|October visitors.
|The Department of Mathematics welcomes these visitors for the coming month:
|09 / 28 / 2010
|Mathematics Department picnic.
|A departmental picnic will be held at Spring Creek Park on Saturday, September 25. Games at noon, food at 2 p.m.
|09 / 20 / 2010
|Penn State University / Peking University cooperative program.
|Our Department of Mathematics is partnering with Peking University in China for a joint mathematics program. Penn State students work in small groups with Peking University students either at University Park or in Beijing. For the past two years Penn State math students have visited Beijing. This year, twelve Peking University math students studied at University Park. Both programs are planned to run again in 2011. Interested Penn State students may contact Assistant Professor James Brannick.
|09 / 14 / 2010
|Dynamical Systems Workshop.
|The 21st Dynamical Systems and Related Topics Workshop will take place in our department during October 21‐24. This has been a regular event in our department each fall since 1991!
|09 / 07 / 2010
|Courtesy appointments.
|The courtesy title of "Professor of Mathematics" has been renewed for the following colleagues based in other departments: James Brasseur in Mechanical Engineering, Francesco Costanzo in Engineering Science and Mechanics, Ed Green in Economics, Lyle Long in Aerospace Engineering. We are grateful for the perspectives and connections that they bring to our department.
|09 / 07 / 2010
|We welcome these visitors:
|08 / 30 / 2010
|Reimann joins the faculty.
|We welcome Jan Reimann who has just joined our department as an Assistant Professor. Jan received his Ph.D. from Heidelberg in 2004, and was recently a Morrey Assistant Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include mathematical logic and foundations, measure and integration, dynamical systems, and ergodic theory.
|08 / 16 / 2010
|New fixed-term appointments.
|We welcome these new colleagues on fixed-term appointments:
|08 / 16 / 2010
|Hager appointed as Public Scholarship Fellow.
|Senior Lecturer James Hager will participate as a Penn State Public Scholarship Fellow during the 2010-2011 academic year. The Public Scholarship program is based on the premise that ethical engagment and democratic capacity benefit from a university curiculum that enables students to discover ways in which the sciences, arts, humanities and professions inform the decisions individuals make as citizens of local, national, and global communities.
|08 / 11 / 2010
|Stienon promoted to Associate Professor.
|Our colleague Mathieu Stienon will rejoin us this semester after a period of leave spent at the University of Paris at Jussieu. We congratulate Mathieu on his award of tenure and promotion to associate professor.
|08 / 10 / 2010
|July visitors.
|We welcome these visitors to our department for the month of July.
|07 / 08 / 2010
|Vaserstein's paper appears in Annals of Mathematics.
|Professor Leonid Vaserstein has published a paper in Annals of Mathematics, a premier journal in core mathematics. The paper is "Polynomial parametrization for the solutions of Diophantine equations and arithmetic groups" (Annals of Mathematics, volume 171, March 2010, pages 979–1009).
|05 / 17 / 2010
|Li and Yee promoted to Associate Professor.
|Assistant Professors Xiantao Li and Ae Ja Yee have both been granted permanent academic tenure and promoted to the rank of Associate Professor of Mathematics effective July 1, 2010. Congratulations, Xiantao and Ae Ja!
|05 / 17 / 2010
|Levi and Tabachnikov receive MAA grant for highschool math enrichment.
|Professors Mark Levi and Sergei Tabachnikov have received the M. Dolciani Mathematical Association of America (MAA) grant. This grant is for projects designed to develop mathematical enrichment programs for talented students in middle schools or high schools. The goal of the program is to interest students who are ready for more challenges in the study of mathematics and encourage them to further their mathematical studies. Levi and Tabachnikov, in collaboration with G. Summers, a State High teacher, will run a biweekly mathematical physics club in the State College Area High School. The club's goals are to show student connections of mathematics with other sciences, primarily physics; to expose students to the unity of mathematics, exploring interrelations between algebra, calculus and geometry; and to demonstrate the beauty of mathematics, in particular, by solving challenging problems.
|05 / 17 / 2010
|Jan Reimann to join faculty.
|Dr. Jan Reimann has accepted our offer of a faculty position as a tenure-track assistant professor. His research area is computability theory. He plans to join us in August 2010.
|04 / 20 / 2010
|Prof. Brezzi to deliver Marker Lectures.
|Prof. Franco Brezzi, of the University Institute of Advanced Studies in Pavia, Italy, will deliver this year's series of Marker Lectures in the Mathematical Sciences. The first lecture will begin at 8 PM Monday, April 19 and the remaining three lectures will begin at 4:30 PM Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, April 20, 21, 22. All of the lectures will take place in 114 McAllister Building.
|04 / 12 / 2010
|SIAM student chapter.
|In February the Penn State student chapter of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) elected new officers. They are: Yanxiang Zhao, President; Yanping Ma, Vice President and Treasurer; Kun Zhou, Vice President; Tao Wang, Webmaster. Recently Tom Manteuffel, former president of SIAM, gave a general talk entitled What is computational mathematics? Jingyan Zhang will represent the chapter at the SIAM annual meeting July 12-16, 2010 in Pittsburgh. More information about our SIAM student chapter is available here and here.
|04 / 12 / 2010
|Srikrishnan to receive Hoover Award.
|We congratulate Mr. Vivek Srikrishnan as this year's recipient of the Charles H. Hoover Memorial Award. This award is given each year by the Department of Mathematics to graduate teaching assistants who have demonstrated excellence in undergraduate teaching. This and other awards will be presented at the Department of Mathematics Open House, an event which will take place on Tuesday, April 13, 2010.
|04 / 08 / 2010
|Basu and Mu to receive GTA Awards.
|We congratulate Mr. Sankha Basu and Ms. Ge Mu as the Spring 2010 recipients of our Graduate Teaching Assistant Teaching Awards. These awards are given by the Department of Mathematics to teaching assistants who have made an outstanding contribution to teaching, as determined by faculty visits, student evaluations, and solicited and unsolicited student comments. These teaching awards are departmentally funded. The value of the award is $250. In addition, Sankha and Ge will receive award certificates to be presented at the Department of Mathematics Open House on Tuesday, April 13, 2010.
|04 / 08 / 2010
|Climenhaga and Ma to receive ZZRQ Award.
|We congratulate Mr. Vaughn Climenhaga and Ms.
|04 / 08 / 2010
|Our Department of Mathematics welcomes the following visitors.
|04 / 05 / 2010
|Xu appointed to Pentz Professorship.
|Distinguished Professor Jinchao Xu was recently appointed as the Francis R. and Helen M. Pentz Professor of Science. Congratulations, Jinchao!
|03 / 29 / 2010
|Departmental Awards Ceremony.
|From 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Tuesday April 13 will hold our annual departmental awards ceremony where we will present various student and faculty awards including Professor Augustin Banyaga's 25-year chair.
|03 / 22 / 2010
|Wilkinson is an ECoS Star.
|The Eberly College of Science recently recognized Staff Assistant Kelli Wilkinson as an ECoS Star. This is in recognition of having done something above and beyond or successfully tackling a particularly difficult task. Congratulations, Kelli!
|03 / 15 / 2010
|Job candidate: Jan Reimann.
|Our fifth job candidate talk for the year will be on Thursday, March 18 at 2 PM in 114 McAllister. Jan Reimann will speak on "Definability and Randomness".
|03 / 15 / 2010
|Rodriguez-Hertz to join department as full professor.
|Dr. Federico Rodriguez-Hertz has accepted our offer of a faculty position as full professor. His research area is smooth dynamics. He plans to join us effective January 1, 2011.
|03 / 15 / 2010
|Schwede to join department as faculty member.
|Dr. Karl Schwede has accepted our offer of a faculty position. His research area is algebraic geometry. He plans to join us effective January 1, 2011.
|03 / 15 / 2010
|We welcome the following visitors.
|03 / 15 / 2010
|Job candidate: Joel Miller.
|Our fourth job candidate talk for the year will be on Thursday, February 25 at 2 PM in 114 McAllister. Joel Miller will speak on "Impact of small-scale details on SIR epidemics".
|02 / 22 / 2010
|Job candidate: Karl Schwede.
|Our third job candidate talk for the year will be on Thursday, February 18 at 2 PM in 114 McAllister. Karl Schwede will speak on "Singularities of polynomials in characteristic 0 and characteristic p".
|02 / 15 / 2010
|Waterhouse elected to Faculty Senate.
|Professor William Waterhouse has been elected to a 4-year term as a Faculty Senator. Congratulations, Bill!
|02 / 09 / 2010
|Beane and Youstic are ECoS Stars.
|The Eberly College of Science recently recognized Lecturer Robbie Beane and IT Specialist Andy Youstic as ECoS Stars. This is in recognition of having done something above and beyond or successfully tackling a particularly difficult task. Congratulations, Robbie and Andy!
|02 / 09 / 2010
|Bressan receives Amerio Prize.
|Later this month Eberly Professor Alberto Bressan will spend a few days in Italy, to receive the Luigi and Wanda Amerio Prize from the Academy of Sciences and Letters of the Istituto Lombardo. This is a mathematical prize given to an Italian mathematician who has given particularly relevant contributions to the field of mathematical analysis. The Istituto Lombardo was founded by Napoleon in 1797. Its first president was Alessandro Volta. The prize has been recently established to commemorate the mathematician Luigi Amerio (1912--2004). The first recipient was Antonio Ambrosetti. The award ceremony will take place on Feb.25 in Milan, Palazzo Brera, best known for the Pinacoteca di Brera which contains one of the foremost collections of Italian paintings.
|02 / 07 / 2010
|Job candidate: George Barmpalias.
|Our second job candidate talk for the year will be on Thursday, February 4 at 2 PM in 114 McAllister. George Barmpalias will speak on Computability and Randomness. Dr. Barmpalias is a candidate for an assistant professor position.
|02 / 01 / 2010
|Climenhaga and Kibelbek win Martin award for excellent teaching.
|Two of our graduate teaching assistants, Vaughn Climenhaga and Jonas Kibelbek, have each been honored with a university-wide teaching award. The Harold F. Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award recognizes graduate assistants for outstanding teaching performance. This award is jointly sponsored by the Graduate School, through the Harold F. Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award endowment, and the Office of the Vice President and Dean for Undergraduate Education. The program is open to graduate students who have served as graduate assistants for at least two semesters within the last two years (Fall 2007 to Fall 2009). Typically, ten awards are made in the amount of $500 each. Congratulations to Vaughn and Jonas!
|02 / 01 / 2010
|Job candidate: Federico Hertz
|Our first job candidate talk for the year will be on Thursday, January 28 at 2 PM in 114 McAllister. Federico Rodriguez Hertz will give a talk on Homotopy and Dynamics. Dr. Hertz is a candidate for a full professor position.
|01 / 25 / 2010
|We welcome these visitors.
|01 / 25 / 2010
|We welcome the following visitors.
|01 / 18 / 2010
|Henderson wins Climate and Diversity Award.
|Professor Diane Henderson has been chosen as a winner of the first ever Eberly College of Science Dean's Climate and Diversity Award. Diane is extremely deserving of this award as she has provided our department as well as the ECoS with truly outstanding service and help in a variety of ways. Her award will be presented at a reception in the Gateway, 3:00-4:30 PM, Friday, January 22.
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AS A FRESHMAN IN 2008: Missed the season with an injury.
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LAREDO, TEXAS (KGNS) -- Two homes have significantly been damaged as a result of a fire at the intersection of Chicago and Eagle Pass street.
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March 2, 2008
PULLMAN, Wash. - With the 2007-08 regular season in the books, the Washington State women's basketball team prepares itself for the Pacific-10 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament. Its opponent: Oregon.
The Cougars had to wait for the final conference game of the season to wrap up before learning who their first-round opponent would be. WSU, the No. 10 seed, will play the seventh-seeded Ducks in the conference tournament opener.
The Cougars and Ducks are slated to tip-off at 6 p.m., at HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.


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DENKAI EXPANSION - Denkai Animal Sanctuary has begun a 30-day drive to raise up to $100,000 to expand its veterinary clinic in Eaton. Founder Floss Blackburn says the Weld County nonprofit has outgrown its current space and has an opportunity to purchase a building attached to its current clinic.
"This extra 1,200 square feet will allow us to expand our veterinary service capacity and allow for housing of rescue dogs that would be view-able and adoptable by the public on a daily basis while continuing to utilize foster homes," Blackburn said.
Since opening the current location (217 First Street) in late 2012, Denkai has provided low-cost and subsidized veterinary care services for more than 3,000 clients and is growing at a rate of 60 percent a month, she said.
The final day to receive pledges will be April 25. More information: (www.denkaisanctuary.org)
RUMMAGE SALE - Animal Assisted Therapy Programs of Colorado (AATPC), a nonprofit, is looking for donations for its summer rummage sale. Proceeds will go to programming and caring for its animals kept at a Jefferson County ranch.
And if you need new items and shop online with Amazon, you can give money to AATPC via Amazon Smile. Every time you make a qualifying purchase with Amazon, a donation is made to AATPC. More information: (animalassistedtherapyprograms.org/).
COFFEE HOUR - Coffee is translating into cash for the Humane Society of Boulder Valley. The society continues its schedule of Happy Tails Coffee Hour events on Friday, April 4 at Barking Dog Café in Lyons from 8 to 10 a.m. When you buy a Boulder Humane coffee mug for $10, you get a free drip coffee.
The partipating shops, in addition to giving away free coffee, are donating a portion of their proceeds to the society. Mugs are available at the coffee hours, More information: (www.Boulderhumane.org.)
FOSTER CARE - The Humane Society of Weld County often receives young orphaned animals, especially kittens, during the warmer summer months; and, because of this the shelter needs volunteers to provide in-home foster care for its most at-risk population: baby kittens.
If you are ready to open your home to animals in need contact Kaitlyn Holloway at (970) 506-9550 x25, or email@example.com.
PINTS FOR A PURPOSE - This event is a fundraiser for No Kill Colorado at Copper Kettle Brewing Company, 1338 S. Valentia St, Denver. From 3 to 9 p.m.,on April 8, $1 of each drink goes to the group. More information: (www.nokilldenver.org)
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The Quote from Chicago Sun Tribune: "Auto Trader found that only one percent of car buyers used social media sites to shop for a vehicle." This statement while alarming at first, has no real connection with a customer's decision to actually do business there.
If you'd like to read the rest, click here: http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/chi-auto-sales-not-influenced-by-social-media-survey-20140813-story.html (don't worry, it's less than 300 words)
"Only five percent [Millennials] used social media to shop for vehicles."
Only 1,900 people were surveyed by Auto Trader and only 300 were Millennials. There's 237 million people over 18 in the US. Is 1900 an acceptable survey pool to represent the entire country?
"While a strong social presence doesn't affect 78 percent of the millennials surveyed, it may contribute to brand awareness." Since there were only 300 in the survey, that means that 234 believe it may contribute to brand awareness.
So if you're a reactionary and want to be that guy, here's your script, "I knew it! I told that kid he was waisting his time from day one. Now shut that crap off and get back on the point and wait for a customer to show up!"
However, if you prefer to respond, take note that this survey was, again, 1900 people in a country with 237 million adults. Not sure if that's enough to prove that social doesn't sell cars... but there in lies the rub, because the statement in 100% correct. Social Media doesn't sell cars. Neither does advertising and neither does having the lights on. "I bought a car because the lights were on" was said by no one ever. So if Auto Trader was to do that survey, would that call for the auto industry to abandon lights?
You know what does sell cars? People. People sell cars. Human beings that live and breath and in 2014 use the internet (including social media) as a means of deciding who, what, when, where and how they will buy something. So while a tweet has never sold a car, I can guarantee that a tweet certainly helped someone in or out of their process. Search "dealership sucks" in Twitter and enjoy... Have you ever searched your dealership on the Twitter?
So, how a dealer uses Social is another story all together.
Moving on the Automotive News article: http://www.autonews.com/article/20140812/RETAIL/140819982/even-millennials-bypass-social-media-during-car-buying-journey
Auto Trader VP of R&D Isabell Helms says, "social media is used to network with friends, not to shop for cars." Exactly, 100% correct.
Social media is about relationships. What else can you think of that is about relationships? Selling perhaps? How many sales gurus have said this in one way or another?
"Selling is a conversation and power comes from the words that you use." -Grant Cardone
Speaking about Grant Cardone, if you're a dealer or any business for that matter, take note of this excellent description from Sell Or Be Sold, "Social media is a way for you to connect, prospect, and make yourself known to those who may have an interest in what you represent."
Social media for the dealer is not about just selling a car. It's about building lasting relationships with clients. It's about telling your story in this noisy world. Thanks Gary V!
There's more to Facebook than posting inventory, specials and new customers. Those are all right hooks as Gary Vaynerchuk puts it in Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook. Dealers need to work on their jabs. And what are Jabs?
Here's a few examples / ideas.
1. Would it make since for the GM or Dealer Principle to take the ice bucket challenge right now? If you're tracking this, not only is it a noble cause, who wouldn't want to see a car dealer get ice water dumped all over them and what car dealer can't think of three competitors to nominate in 15 seconds?
2. Promote automotive events in the community. Car show? Race? Who cares if it's not your product. It's the community, your community. Be involved.
3. Movies and pop culture that's car related. Post, "Favorite car movie is..."
4. Throwback Thursday is a total gimme at a car dealership.
Grant Cardone has stated that the top 3 business problems are obscurity, uncertainty and persistence. How you plug these three in to your social media strategy will be the difference between success and failure.
David Bradley is a Sales & Marketing Manager with Cardone Training Technologies. David's been with Grant for over 3 years and has been studying the art and science of sales and selling for over 10 years. If you're looking for real solutions for your dealership in Social Media, Advertisement response, Follow Up, Internet and Phone processes, call 310-777-0352 for a complementary production and profitability analysis or visit http://cardonesolutions.com/


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2014 has offered tons of great films and the year is not even over. While there are not movies that would be considered Oscar contender (except for one particular flick), half of the year in cinema featured some of the most memorable moments on the silver screen in recent years from aliens in disguise to spectacular action sequences. Whether they are still in the theaters or at your local Redbox, here are the ten best movies of the year thus far.
10) "X-Men: Days of Future Past"
After directing films that range from mediocre to god-awful, Bryan Singer returned to the film franchise that initially started the comic book film craze with "X-Men: Days of Future Past." The movie reunites Singer with Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen while working for the first time with the younger mutants from "X-Men: First Class" like James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence. In the year 2023, humans and mutants are on the brink of extinction and it is up to Wolverine to travel back in time courtesy of Kitty Pryde. His mission is to enlist the help of a young Professor Xavier and Magneto to in order to save the future. "X-Men: Days of Future Past" is now playing in South Florida theaters.
9) "Edge of Tomorrow"
In what is Tom Cruise's most entertaining and intriguing movie in year, "Edge of Tomorrow" is a fantastic and rare sci-fi film that is neither a sequel or based on an established comic book property. Based on the magna "All You Need Is Kill," the movie takes place in the future where an alien race known as Mimics has invaded Earth. Meanwhile, a military officer (Cruise) unwittingly finds a way to travel back in time courtesy of close encounter with one of the aliens and enlist the help of a veteran soldier (Blunt) to stop them once and for all. This gave Cruise the opportunity to play a cowardly and unsympathetic character that slowly evolves into the prototypical hero Cruise usually plays. Emily Blunt also get to play a badass female character in the form of the Angel of Verdun, Rita Vratasky. "Edge of Tomorrow" is now playing in South Florida theaters.
8) "How to Train Your Dragon 2"
The sequel to the Oscar-nominated film is an exciting and gorgeously animated film that is just as good as its predecessor. Five years since uniting both the dragon and Viking community, Hiccup and Toothless discover a hidden ice cave that is home to the mysterious Dragon Rider and hundreds of wild dragons. It is a movie that both adults and children will love as it tell a mature story that also has some dark elements. If you ever get a chance to watch this beautiful looking piece of cinema, make sure you see it in all of its three-dimensional glory. "How to Train Your Dragon 2" is now playing in South Florida theaters.
7) "The Lego Movie"
On paper, it looked as though "The Lego Movie" could be nothing more than an hour-and-a-half commercial for Legos. Just like they did with their interpretation of "Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs" and "21 Jump Street," directors/writers Chris Miller and Phil Lord made a meta-infused, quirky and hilarious movie that feature an all-star cast that includes Chris Pratt as a simple-minded construction worker, Will Ferrell as a tyrannous businessman, Morgan Freeman as a crazy old wizard and Will Arnett playing Batman as a egotistical jerk. The movie is filled with a ton of gags in each of its frame and brilliant twist in the third act that the movie in a different perspective. "The Lego Movie" is now available on DVD and Blu-ray.
6) "Living is Easy with Eyes Closed (Vivir es facil con los ojos cerrados)"
Set in 1960s Spain, "Living is Easy With Eyes Closed" is about a schoolteacher/hardcore Beatles fan (Javier Cámara) who travels with two runaways (Natalia de Molina and Francesc Colomer) to Almería where he hopes to meet John Lennon, who was shooting "How I Won the War." Director-writer David Trueba's latest movie, which was the recipient of six Goya Awards (the Spanish equivalent of the Academy Awards) including Best Film, Best Actor and Best Director. "Living is Easy With Eyes Closed," which made its South Florida premiere in March at this year's Miami International Film Festival, is a funny and sweet character-driven road movie that is anchored with a great and endearing performance from Cámara. "Living is Easy with Eyes Closed" is now playing exclusively at the Coral Gables Art Cinema and the Cinema Paradiso in Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood.
"Only Lovers Left Alive" is not only director/writer Jim Jarmusch's best film, but it might also be his most accessible film to date. It is a funny and unique take on this vampire flick that was mostly shot in a post-recession Detroit and features one hell of an ensemble that includes John Hurt, Mia Wasikowska, Anton Yelchin and Jeffery Wright. As great as that cast is, Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton delivers superb performances as Adam and Eve, the coolest vampire duo to ever grace the big screen. A depressed underground musician (Hiddleston) reunites with his lover (Swinton), but their relationship is tested when her wild child of a sister (Wasikowska) comes by for a visit. "Only Lovers Left Alive" will be available on DVD and Blu-ray on August 19.
While director-writer Wes Anderson's latest film may be his most ambitious film yet and the biggest hit of his career thus far, but it is also his darkest movie that also features a surprisingly large body count. Using certain elements based on history, the movie is set in the imaginary war-torn Europe and recounts the adventures of a legendary concierge (Ralph Fiennes) and the lobby boy (Tony Revolori) who would become his most trusted friend. What makes the movie unique aside from its quirky humor and tremendous production design, the movie changes aspects ratios depending on what timeline the film is taking place. A Wes Anderson film always features a tremendous cast including familiar faces from Anderson's previous films like Adrien Brody, Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum and new faces working with Anderson for the first time including F. Murray Abraham, Jude Law, Saoirese Ronan and Tom Wilkinson. Even though Fiennes tasted the comedy waters with his role as a foul-mouthed, ill-tempered gangster in "In Bruges," this film allowed him to dive headfirst into comedy. His role as Gustav F. is not only one of his best performances of his career, but it is the best performance in an Anderson movie since Gene Hackman in "The Royal Tenenbaums." "The Grand Budapest Hotel" is now available on DVD and Blu-ray.
3) "Ida"
Filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski ("The Woman in the Fifth") works for the first time in his native country Poland for his latest film, "Ida." Set in 1960s Poland and Germany where both countries are still haunted from the atrocities that occurred during World War II, a young Polish nun (Agata Trzebuchowska) on the verge of taking her vows is sent away from her convent to visit her only living relative (Agatha Kulesza). Trzerbuchowska, a non-professional actress Pawlikowski found waitressing in a local café, is a revelation as the novice nun who eventually discovers a dark family secret. Ryszard Lenczewski's and Lukasz Zal's beautiful black-and-white cinematography featuring some breathtaking composition shots. "Ida" is now playing at The Classic Gateway Theater.
2) "Under the Skin"
While she kicked some ass and taking names in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," Scarlett Johansson played type of Black Widow in visionary British filmmaker Jonathan Glazer's movie adaptation of Michel Faber's novel. In this haunting and visceral sci-fi movie, an alien (Johansson) disguises itself as a beautiful woman to seduce unsuspecting Scottish men and lure them back to her lair where a horrifying fate awaits them. With his first film in nine years, Glazer ("Sexy Beast," "Birth") used unsuspecting participants and hidden cameras to create another terrific entry to his directing resume. Once the end credits begin, the unforgettable images and Mica Levi's otherworldly, yet fantastic score from "Under the Skin" will leave lasting impressions on your mind. "Under the Skin" will be available on DVD and Blu-ray on July 15.
1) "The Raid 2"
Forget about all the action-packed blockbuster movies you've seen thus far whether it is shape-shifting robots or muscle-bound superheroes because this is a movie that all movie buffs who love action must see. This sequel to the Indonesian martial arts action flick, "The Raid: Redemption," is an action masterpiece. You do not even have to see the previous film to understand what happens in this movie. An Indonesian cop (Iko Uwais) goes undercover in order to bring down a powerful crime syndicate and expose police corruption. At the runtime of two and a half hours, the time will fly by fast and furiously with tons of intriguing plot twists and memorable action sequences including a lengthy car chase and a climatic battle that take place in a kitchen. "The Raid 2" will be available on DVD and Blu-ray on July 8.


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Tomorrow night is the episode of "The Walking Dead" season four that you do not want to miss. On March 14, Pop Dust was able to share huge spoilers about this upcoming episode called "The Grove." If you don't want to know who dies, then stop reading now.
First off this episode is all about Tyreese and Carol along with the girls that are with them. They have Lizzie, Mika, and Baby Judith. They are trying to find everyone else but for now it is just them. What will happen on this episode, will shock everyone.
Carol realizes that Lizzie doesn't understand walkers and that will turn out to be true. Lizzie does tell Tyreese that they don't always need to be put down. She will even start to play with a walker like they are a friend of hers. This is when it gets interesting.
Lizzie will go totally crazy. She kills Mika by stabbing her so that she can make her a walker and she even tells them that Judith will be next. Instead of letting this happen Carol will kill Lizzie in one of the most shocking scenes ever on "TWD." This is one episode you can't miss.
Don't miss this new episode of "The Walking Dead" on March 16. It will be season 4 episode 14.
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College: Idaho St. (school history) (Gutierrez college stats)
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Beginnings of a possible growing thing??
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USA 3000 Airline bans guns in baggage
Posted by David Hardy · 23 December 2005 10:24 AM
From Don Causeu of The Hunting Report, via Todd Rathner:
USA 3000 Airlines, has changed its baggage policies to prohibit passengers from transporting any firearms or ammunition as checked baggage. Thats right any kind of firearms or ammunition.
We learned of the shift in policy from subscriber Rob Hoskins, who tells us he spent some time arguing with a company representative via e-mail about the wisdom of such a move. We havent done the same, but we have confirmed with the company that it has imposed a blanket ban on the transport of firearms as checked baggage. Thats enough for us to call for a boycott of their services until the company changes its mind. We are going to make sure the NRA knows of this, and perhaps they will join the crusade.
In case you havent heard of USA 3000, it operates from cities in the Northeast and Midwest to Florida, The Dominican Republic and Mexico. The company also operates many charter flights to the Caribbean and other Mexican cities in conjunction with a tour operator named Apple Vacations.
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