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Bach, Casals and the Six Suites for 'Cello, a project that took Hancoff eight years to complete, is a fascinating, immersive multimedia extravaganza that combines music, history and art, a gem for classical music enthusiasts.
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Jane Tesh is a retired media specialist and pianist for the Andy Griffith Playhouse in Mt. Airy, NC, the real Mayberry. She is the author of the Madeline Maclin Series, A Case of Imagination, A Hard Bargain, A Little Learning, and A Bad Reputation, featuring former beauty queen,…Continue
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As my family left a science museum on our vacation, we passed hundreds of girls lining the streets near a local arena. They were dressed in fan gear - shirts, shorts, socks, buttons, jewelry, hats - from head to toe and were holding signs, banners and flags for One Direction. And despite the heat and that it was four hours before the concert was supposed to start, there they were.…Continue
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Oh hello Monday, you bitch.
You can fight it all you want but it is here again and if you are not one of the chipper ones (where is my effin' coffee) then we hope this new Punky Mom mixtape will help you battle through what comes your way today.
Songs about working, about making that money, and about well, it being Monday. As always though, a great mix of punk, classic rock and a few new tracks in there.
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My son was singing in the bathtub. This is not new. What was new was what he was singing. There, echoing off the bathroom walls, in his slightly off-key, boys soprano came the classic lyrics of:
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I'm currently obsessed with Taylor Swift's newest hit, Style. I admit I wasn't always a fan but over the past months, I've changed my tune, no pun intended. Her music is peppy and catchy but what really impresses me is the way she's been able to transform her brand into a vocal empire.…
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I have never been a model employee. From the age of 14 until I was 25, I've held around 12 jobs (I may be forgetting a couple). In each and every one of these positions, I would show up to work and do my job with one foot out the door. When I worked at Wal-Mart, I was forever filling up receipt tape with random notes to myself. Story ideas, song lyrics, scraps of poetry, random observations. I'd watch the customers for inspiration for character's that I would one day write about. I'd…Continue
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Today my son came into my room with this really strange disk thingy in one hand and a rectangular thingamajig in the other. At first I was so ready to yell at him, wondering why he's walking around the house with a smoke detector but as he got closer I realized it wasn't a smoke detector. The condition of it made it look like it could've been some type of artifact used by our grandparents, but it wasn't. At first, I myself…Continue
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** Whoever declared the recorder a "musical" instrument was obviously deaf.
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When I was in fourth grade, I remember watching Saturday morning cartoons with my younger brother while my mom would sleep late. In between these cartoon shows, ABC began airing these four-minute music videos by a Puerto Rican group of teenage boys who called themselves Menudo. While my brother would point and laugh at these dark-haired pre-pubescent boys wearing matching outfits, shaking their little hips and singing Spanish songs about shopping malls and…Continue
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If you have a music lover in your house, you should check out these great Pre-Black Friday deals on the following electronics. Don't wait until wait to start your Christmas shopping on Black Friday, beat the crowds and check out these great deals. These offers below will end on November 23 and subject to end at any time.
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Thought provoking reflections on life.
This story begins in Arkansas with the nine-year-old Michael, and his younger brother, abandoned by their father, living with their strict grandmother who regularly beats them. The family attend church regularly, he discovers at a young age, he has a gift for playing the organ and it is the beginning of a lifelong love of music.
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As any mother of a three-year-old knows, you spend a lot of your time asking your child, "Are you listening to me?" (The answer, by the way, is almost always 'no.' Children have much better things going on than listening to their mother.) One way to improve your child's hearing may be to give them music lessons.
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Ever make plans to go somewhere, and it doesn't pan out the way you expected? Yet, where you do end up ends up being some how, uh, better? Well, yesterday my sister and niece came over for a visit and our intent was to check out a car show, because car shows are cool, lol. I had no idea it was canceled, so after driving all the way there and seeing the location deserted, I had the bright idea to just go to the Marina and enjoy…Continue
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In my family, we are serious, music-loving fools. Now, granted, none of us can actually play an instrument (well, not yet anyway!), but we sure as heck appreciate people who can. Yep, we dig it so much that it's generally playing in our house in some form or fashion 24/7.…Continue
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Don't get your panties in a twist, I'm not asking about *that* first! Who was your first favorite band/singer? What was your first favorite song? Do you remember? I listened to a lot of music with my mom in the late 80s/early 90s. I liked my mom's music a lot when I was little, and a lot of it I still really love (take Madonna, for example. Loved her music back then, but not her new stuff). It…Continue
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Mediterranean Snacks fans, help us celebrate Celiac Awareness Month this May and educate others about sensitivity to gluten! Did you know? • In the United States, approximately 3 million people have celiac disease • Of this 3 million, only 5% know they have it • 1 in 133 Americans have celiac disease Educate Celiac disease is an autoimmune digestive disease that damages your small intestine. It prevents proper absorption of nutrients your body needs from food, so your body reacts every time you consume gluten. Celiac Awareness Month is the perfect time to help your family and friends understand what … Read More
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On June 7, some 28 dogs were unleashed on Main Street and will remain there through the summer. No, downtown Boonton is not going to the dogs, but rather designers and these life-size fiberglass dogs are a celebration of the arts in Boonton. Boonton Dog Daze of Summer … Art Unleashed, a public art project from Boonton Main Street organization, gave artists a chance to express themselves with a dog as the canvas. Each canine is a unique work of art and is sponsored by a business. After the summer, the dogs will be auctioned off with proceeds going to … Read More
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College Hockey:UNH Comes Back To Down MTU
Wildcats Take Third In GLI
DETROIT — After losing in an overtime heartbreaker to Michigan State on Wednesday and falling behind 2-0 to Michigan Tech in the first period, New Hampshire had not held the lead at any point in this year's Great Lakes Invitational. That was true until sophomore Brett Hemingway's second period power-play goal gave the Wildcats their first lead, 3-2, and they never looked back on their way to a 4-3 victory.
Hemingway received the puck at the left side of the Tech blue line after two quick passes from center ice left Hemingway all alone. The 6'1″ right winger skated to the top of the circle and fired a blast that beat Huskey goalie Cam Ellsworth high and right over the glove side.
"I had just come of the bench and I got a nice pass from Daniel Winnik," Hemingway said. "He saw me, I was cutting and I had a lot of speed going over the line and caught the defenseman flat-footed. It gave me a lot of room to get wide and just tried to shoot the puck far post and it went in."
The Wildcats added their fourth goal just 13 seconds into the third period and survived a late Tech rally to preserve the victory.
"We're thrilled that we pulled off that win," New Hampshire head coach Dick Umile said. "Michigan Tech, obviously, is a lot better than their record indicates. Coming out here and playing in such a great tournament should make us a better team. Coming out of here with one win is going to make us a better team in the end of the season."
The loss was Michigan Tech's eight in a row in the GLI since 7-3 victory over Michigan in 2000.
"I was awfully proud of our kid's effort," Michigan Tech head coach Jamie Russell said. "Obviously, we gone through a lot of adversity this year. There's been a tremendous amount of frustration. Give our kids a lot of credit. They keep battling, they keep working, they keep competing hard. One of these days we're going to hit a post and it goes in instead of out. We'll get a bounce that goes on our stick instead of over it. In the second and third period, I thought our kids played remarkably well."
Senior captain Colin Murphy was one of the bright spots for the Huskies, recording one goal and two assists on the weekend.
"I thought as a line, with Taggart Desmet and Chris Conner, we played pretty well," Murphy said. "We were communicating well and moving our feet. Overall, I thought we had a pretty good weekend."
After falling behind, New Hampshire leaned on its power play as the Wildcats went 3-7 with the man advantage and freshman goalie Kevin Regan.
"He settled down after letting a couple goals (past) him," Umile said. "He's only a freshman so he showed an awful lot of composure and made some big saves for us, especially a couple of key moments when they could have gone ahead of us."
Freshman Tyler Shelast opened the scoring quickly for the Huskies with his second goal of the tournament 3:23 into the first period. Parked in front of the net, Shelast found the puck off the rebound of a Murphy point shot and knocked it just inside the left side of the net.
Just a few minutes later, Murphy collected his first goal of the tournament to put the Huskies up by two. Murphy brought the puck into the Wildcat zone all by himself, slid the puck between the legs of the last Wildcat defender, circled around from right-to-left and beat Regan through the five-hole.
New Hampshire had a golden opportunity to get back in the game with a five-on-three power play shortly after the midway point in the first, and it capitalized. With the all three Husky defenders collapsing on the net, the Wildcats fired several slap shots at Regan before senior defenseman Robbie Barker's shot found the back of the net from the top of the slot.
Just as important as Barker's goal was that it came nine seconds before two-man advantage expired, giving New Hampshire another five-on-four power-play opportunity. Just 12 seconds later at 12:03 in the period, junior Brian Yandle fired yet another slap shot that slipped past Ellsworth's glove arm and trickled into the net.
Then, just 3:09 into the second period, Hemingway put the Wildcats up for good.
"That was a tough one," Russell said of New Hampshire's third goal. "We had a defenseman that stepped up on a bouncing puck and it bounced over his stick. They got the breakaway, they buried it. We had our chance on a breakaway and we didn't capitalize."
After New Hampshire jumped ahead only 13 seconds into the third, the Huskies mounted a spirited comeback, but were only able to muster a power-play goal from junior Nick Anderson.
"I think we got off to a better start tonight, but we got into penalty trouble," Russell said. "Obvioulsly the five-on-three hurt us, but I think as the game went on, we got stronger. In the second an third periods, we had the advantage, certainly in shots on goal."
Michigan Tech will travel to Denver for a pair of games with the Pioneers on Jan. 7-8 while New Hampshire looks forward to a home-and-home series with Providence on the same weekend.
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Copper: Season Two
The gripping crime series Copper returns for its second and final season with 13 all new episodes. Set in New York City on the brink of Lincoln's assassination, Detective Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones) struggles to tame the wartime metropolis while wrestling with personal demons, including the betrayal of his wife and best friend. And when Tammany Hall's outspoken General Brendan Donovan (Donal Logue) returns from the Civil War to restore law and order in the Sixth Ward, loyalties will be bought and sold both uptown and in the slums of the Five Points as Corcoran, and those around him, fight to find their places in an unforgiving city. The series is from the brilliant minds of Emmy-winner Tom Fontana, Academy Award-winner Barry Levinson, Academy Award-nominee Will Rokos, executive producers Christina Wayne and Thomas Kelly. Bonus materials on the 3-disc set (DVD) and 3-disc set (Blu-ray) include three set tours, three "Insider" featurettes and two character profiles.
Top of the Lake
Elizabeth Moss and Holly Hunter star in this critically-acclaimed, Emmy-winning mini-series written and directed by Academy Award- winner Jane Campion. Set against the stunning, untouched backdrop of New Zealand, Moss plays Robin Griffin, a gutsy but inexperienced detective called in to investigate the disappearance of a pregnant 12-year-old girl named Tui. As she becomes more and more obsessed with the search for Tui, Robin slowly begins to realize that finding her is tantamount to finding herself–a self she has kept well-hidden.
Last of the Summer Wine: Vintage 2001
Everyone's favorite senior ne'er-do-wells are back in this hilarious season of the world's longest running sitcom. Whether they are road-testing mopeds, starting rumors about tigers running amok, or buying giant garden gnomes, these misbehaving seniors show that wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age and there are always life lessons to be learned … with hilarious results. Includes the 2001 Last of the Summer Wine Christmas Special: "Potts in Pole Position."
Top Gear: Season 20
The world's most popular car show returns for an explosive 20th season with hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. In the course of six packed episodes the boys pay tribute to BBC Television Centre with the help of a motorcyclist and a pair of Parkour runners, race a car against an America's Cup yacht up the coast of New Zealand, and do their bit for European economic turmoil by blasting across Spain in three "affordable" supercars. They also tackle the growing problem of flooding by designing a car that can turn into a hovercraft, and Richard Hammond attempts to find a hot hatch hero from a trio of newcomers, the Renaultsport Clio 200, Peugeot 208 GTI and Ford Fiesta ST. Cars on the test track include the BAC Mono, a modern recreation of the classic Porsche 911, and the Mercedes SLS Black, and the celebrities trying their luck in the brand new Reasonably Priced Car include Benedict Cumberbatch and Ron Howard. Bonus Materials include six "Stig Cam" featurettes as well as "Great Moments in Top Gear History."
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Stunning wildlife footage provides an intimate and often playful look at the first year of life of a special group of baby animals born in some of the coldest, harshest places on Earth. Including polar bears, arctic wolves, snow monkeys, reindeer, otters and more, these cute and plucky youngsters learn what it takes to survive in a world of snow and ice, with a little help from their friends. Bonus materials include Polar Bear–Spy on the Ice, a thrilling two-part series which gets closer than ever before to the world's greatest land predator: the polar bear. Witness in amazing detail how these elusive creatures use their intelligence and curiosity to survive in a world of shrinking ice.
Penguins–Spy in the Huddle
Get up close, beak to beak, and join the huddle with Penguins–Spy in the Huddle. Using Penguincams (super-realistic animatronic cameras disguised as penguins, chicks and eggs) Spy in the Huddle gives an inside look at all the drama and challenges these "tuxedoed" birds face throughout the year, with no shortage of laughs along the way. From the regal Emperor penguin in the freezing Antarctic to the blushing Humboldt of South America to the tiny Rockhopper of the Falkland Islands, the Penguincam provides an unprecedented view of these enigmatic creatures and their fascinating lives.


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Log Homes >> Log Home Building vs. Frame Houses
Why the difference?
First off, logs are more expensive than Sheetrock and dimensional lumber. Also, labor is more specialized. Simply because log homes are rarer, it's harder to find people who are experienced in building them. This usually means a higher labor cost.
Also, log homes tend to have more custom features. Just look in any log home magazine or book and you'll see pictures replete with unique stairways, cathedral ceilings, extensive built-in wood shelves and cabinets, huge windows, and stylish wraparound decks.
But really, what did you expect? All it takes is one tour of a handsome log home to realize it's a much grander looking structure than your typical house! It usually only takes one tour to fall in love and know that's the kind of home you want, too.
Source: 2004 Log Home Workbook from Log Homes Illustrated
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We are PAWS!
About PAWS
PAWS is currently celebrating its 35th year of helping animals. PAWS is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting respect for all living things, as well as attempting to reduce the increasing companion animal population.
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Lulu lives every day of her life in fear after the care taker of her deceased owner abused her. Sadly, Lulu cannot get comfortable in her own skin, regardless of the structure or love she has been provided with . The fear and anxiety that runs through her body is not only sad, but painful for Lulu as well.
Lulu spent eight years of her life being her owners one and only. She never knew what it was like to feel the grass on her paws as she was only wee wee pad trained. Please click here to read more and to help!
We are recognized by the IRS as 501(c)(3), not for profit organization; we are chartered in New York State. Contributions are fully deductible to the extent of the law. Every dollar goes directly towards helping the animals. There is no money spent on salaries, rent or professional fund raising.
PAWS has many programs which are helpful in achieving our goals. PAWS operates Humane Education Program to help children to understand the importance of taking responsibility for their pets, including spaying/neutering. PAWS operates a humane education program that is presented to school aged students each year. The program is called "PAWS To Learn" and is offered free to schools, libraries, scouts and other civic groups. The New York State mandated curriculum is presented at an age appropriate level to various grades. PAWS has a low-cost spay/neuter program which enables many families to have their pets altered who would otherwise be unable to do so for financial reasons. This service is also provided for stray animals. Consequently, this reduces the number of unwanted animals that enter our already over burdened and over-populated shelters. Thousands of animals are spayed/neutered each year through our program which greatly reduces the number of animals being born and thus, the number being destroyed. We also have a free spay/neuter program for felines. Other programs also include: Seniors for Seniors and PAWS pet food distribution program. Please see our Programs page for a complete listing of all of our Programs.
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Chavez named Vice President Nicolas Maduro as his successor.
coldwarrior wrote:
Chavez named Vice President Nicolas Maduro as his successor.
Maduro? Isn't that a cigar?
he will live forever in the anals of the oppressed
I'll still bet that he croaked weeks ago back in Cuba.
The Osprey wrote:
coldwarrior wrote:
Chavez named Vice President Nicolas Maduro as his successor.
Maduro? Isn't that a cigar?
cigars will kill you as well
The Osprey wrote:
coldwarrior wrote:
Chavez named Vice President Nicolas Maduro as his successor.
Maduro? Isn't that a cigar?
it is, and its a bus driver
free men dig the blues…
Savoy Brown has the answer to every question
After reiterating that President Hugo Chávez's health is looking grave, Venezuela's vice president lashed out at the country's "enemies" and expelled two U.S. diplomats whom he accused of spying on the country's military.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Vice President Nicolás Maduro also pointed to the U.S. and other foreign countries of somehow poisoning Chávez with cancer.
here's some dead…poundin the drums…I dare you to open this link and listen…
Looks like the Dems want a war in Colorado:
Colorado: Sweeping Gun Control Legislation Passes Senate Committees
Yesterday, despite overwhelming public opposition present, the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee voted to advance the most sweeping and extreme package of Second Amendment-infringing legislation in Colorado history.
The Senate Judiciary Committee, by a 3-2 vote, advanced the following anti-gun bills:
•House Bill 1224 – Bans magazines with a capacity greater than fifteen rounds.
•Senate Bill 196 – Holds all manufacturers, distributors and owners of any rifle — excluding bolt-action — they produce, sell or use, liable if that gun is misused to harm another person. The definition of an "assault weapon" subject to liability in SB 196 includes a single shot or double-barreled shotgun and any break-open rifle as well as every semi-automatic rifle and shotgun. This is a backdoor to banning legal firearms and is in direct violation of the federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.
Also by a 3-2 vote, the Senate State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee passed the following anti-gun bills:
• House Bill 1226 – Repeals current law allowing individuals with a concealed carry permit to carry a firearm for self-defense on a college or university campus.
• House Bill 1228 – Imposes a "gun tax" for a background check when purchasing a firearm.
• House Bill 1229 – Criminalizes the private transfer of a firearm.
With the same lightening speed as the House when it passed four of these measures, all five bills above are expected to be on the Senate floor for a second reading this Friday.
Even though tens of thousands of pro-gun supporters have voiced their opposition to these measures through public testimony, calls, e-mails and rallies, Governor John Hickenlooper seems to think that your voice is in the minority. When asked about the outpouring number of individuals who have been showing up in Denver to oppose these anti-gun bills, Hickenlooper said, "Not only do they not represent the middle, I don't think they represent the Republican party. I don't think they represent a large number of people."
Hickenlooper can join Chavez in hell. This bullshit is being run out of DC by OFA, and NYC by Bloomberg. Those are "the people" he represents.
coldwarrior wrote:
@ heysoos:
grew up in the north, live in the west, party in the south…always been that way for me…I follow the groove as best I can bro
coldwarrior wrote:
@ lobo91:
jeeze! yinz need some stout hemp rope out there!
is that crap gonna pass?
Yes. And Hickenlooper will sign it.
We held the state House by 1 seat until November. Now the Dems control everything, and they're running it the same way Reid and Pelosi ran things in 2009-10.
Hundreds of people showed up to oppose all these bills in the committee hearings, and they all passed on straight party-line votes. The opposition was all from out of state (like Mark Kelly, who showed up yesterday).
I disregard the law…I do whatever I want
Like all dictators and crooked politicians he amassed a fortune of money stolen and ill gotten from his country and its poor. The liberals will extoll his virtues of helping the poor but once again when you steal one billion dollars from the poorest of the poor you are a crook.
Hugo Chavez of Venezuela is now an ex-looter.
He's not pining! He's passed on! This looter is no more! He has ceased to be! He's expired and gone to meet his maker! He's a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace! If he hadn't been nailed to the hospital bed he'd be pushing up the daisies! His metabolic processes are now history! He's off the twig! He's kicked the bucket, He's shuffled off his mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bloody choir infernal!! THIS IS AN EX-Looter!!
Yes, it's a second handing. I was a Monty Python fan at least a decade before I picked up a copy of ATLAS SHRUGGED.
Chaves is dead…fine..is there more?
@ The Osprey:
It's pretty obvious what they're up to here. This is a national effort by the Dems to ram all this stuff through. It has nothing to do with the state.
They picked Colorado for their testing ground because people think it's a state full of hunters and outdoor types, and that they can use it as an example.
Still dead according to the last report.
King Cancer – 1 Cuban medicine – 0
Dem Rep. Jose Serrano Praises Hugo Chavez As "Committed To Empowering The Powerless" – Update: Not Done Yet, Calls Him A "Truly Revolutionary Leader," "Proud To Have Benefited" From His Socialist Policies…
Of course, this asshat will still be re-elected.
Who is Joe Kennedy now going to thank in those obnoxious commercials he has ("Joe4Oil")?
Via Powerline
And right on cue,
heeeere's Jimmy!
Jimmy Carter:
"We came to know a man who expressed a vision to bring profound changes to his country to benefit especially those people who had felt neglected and marginalized.
"Although we have not agreed with all of the methods [!] followed by his government, we have never doubted Hugo Chávez's commitment to improving the lives of millions of his fellow countrymen.
"President Chávez will be remembered for his bold assertion of autonomy and independence for Latin American governments and for his formidable communication skills and personal connection with supporters in his country and abroad to whom he gave hope and empowerment."
And he's not the only one.
BatGuano wrote:
@ lobo91:
This is obviously a violation of the 2nd amendment and if it passes will eventually go to the supreme court. There, John Roberts will uphold the law citing the commerce clause.
The one about holding manufacturers and dealers responsible for the actions of criminals is a violation of about every legal principle in the book.
Didn't stop them from passing it, though.
via Drudge, Army employees not to criticize dear leader.
I'm reading this POS our Senate is about to pass on liability. It's the most insane collection of garbage I've ever seen.
First, they define an "assault weapon" as anything other than a handgun, a bolt action rifle, or a pump shotgun. All semi-auto rifles and shotguns are now "assault weapons."
And I love this part:
(a) THAT ASSAULT WEAPONS ARE SOUGHT AFTER BY AND ARE USEFUL FOR CRIMINALS, MASS KILLERS, AND THOSE WITH CRIMINAL INTENT BUT ARE RARELY NECESSARY FOR LAWFUL PURPOSES; AND
(b) OF THE EXTREME LIKELIHOOD THAT AN ASSAULT WEAPON THAT IS SOLD OR TRANSFERRED WILL BE USED IN A CRIME OR WILL RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
Talk about making shit up…
The White House has ceased White House tours due to the
The tours are conducted by "unpaid volunteers."
Oliver Stone ✔ @TheOliverStone
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What an Ahole.
They added a new requirement for anyone (including a private person) selling what they call an "assault weapon":
Now, they failed to define what amounts to "sufficient communication and information" to determine this. That leads me to believe that the fact that the prospective buyer passed a background check isn't enough.
They did put an out in here, though. You can transfer those nasty "assault weapons" to a law enforcement agency, which will dispose of them for you (for a fee), and issue you a form that says you're no longer liable.
yenta-fada wrote:
@ lobo91:
If you saw the movie "Minority Report", this admin has become (and outdone) the 'Pre-Crime Unit'.
Their obvious goal is to make gun ownership so onerous that people won't bother.
Ironic but today is the 60th anniversary of the death of Joseph Stalin (March 5, 1953).
BatGuano wrote:
@ lobo91:
Correct. Which is a direct violation of the 2nd amendment.
I can't imagine that this mess would actually withstand a court challenge, particularly the part about holding manufacturers and dealers liable. It directly contradicts a federal law, after all.
I love the way they subtly shifted the burden of proof to the owner or seller of a gun, though. You're only liable if you didn't take "reasonable precautions," without defining them. Obviously, if someone steals your gun or commits a crime after buying it, you must not have taken enough precautions.
I have no direct knowledge of fully automatic weapons. A question to you more knowledgeable gun owners:If you had a fully automatic weapon and wanted to kill as many people as possible, would you use it in fully or semi-auto mode? I understand that in fully automatic mode you would be out of ammo quickly.
@ BatGuano:
If you actually want to hit anything, you use semi-auto, with very few exceptions (such as special ops troops clearing a building using specialized weapons like an MP-5).
The only real purpose for full-auto fire is to suppress the enemy. Someone uses a machinegun to keep their heads down, while others sneak around their flank.
@ lobo91:
The burden of proof has been shifted to the extent that the seller must have positive proof (which is impossible) that the weapon will not be used in a crime. That is like saying if you sell a car you must have positive proof that the buyer will not drive while drunk or use it as a get away car after a robbery.
BatGuano wrote:
Speranza wrote:
Ironic but today is the 60th anniversary of the death of Joseph Stalin (March 5, 1953).
RIP Joseph Stalin. His only concern was with the welfare of his people.
-Jimmy Carter
heh heh I am sure Carter would say something akin to that.
Don't these people even USE the WH?
BatGuano wrote:
@ lobo91:
Thank you. That is exactly what I thought. The "mob" in the 20′s and 30′s and totalitarian regimes used fully automatic weapons on individuals who were lined up and ready to be executed.
For an idea of how useful full-auto fire is to most people, one of the differences between the Vietnam-era M16A1 and the later models is that the former has the ability to fire on uncontrolled full-auto, and the newer models don't. They have a 3 round burst setting in its place.
@ BatGuano:
The classic Thompson SMG was designed with one purpose in mind, which was to serve as a "trench broom." The automatic weapons commonly in use in WWI were big, heavy belt-fed things, and not very portable. The SMG, like the short-barrelled shotgun, was useful for the rather specialized circumstances of the time–a bunch of people in a small area.
I wish I had full knowledge of automatic weapons…it'd be a big deal for this hayseed…
I'd rather shoot a Browning that meet John Lennon
@ BatGuano:
The average ammo expenditure during Vietnam was 12,000 rounds fired per enemy KIA.
Unknown numbers of monkeys and leaves were killed, however.
The M16A2/M4 fire fast enough that if you're aiming center of mass at someone and fire a 3 round burst, you'll probably hit them with all 3 rounds before the muzzle rises enough to pull you off target.
we should have a 'Mr Mom' thread
Bubbles @StripperTweets
RIP parody, a form of humor that existed until the early 2010s, when the overwhelming absurdity of reality made it impossible
Smith and Wesson sales at all time high.
yenta-fada wrote:
Smith and Wesson sales at all time high.
Pretty much all gun manufacturers are at all time highs.
@ yenta-fada:
@ lobo91:
I love it. Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. Reports 2012 Fully Diluted Earnings of $3.60 Per Share and Declares Dividend of 40.4c Per Share. And that's on top of the $4.50 per share special dividend that RGR paid in December. I own RGR and SWHC… the iron and the shares.
yenta-fada wrote:
Don't these people even USE the WH?
Perhaps she's getting ready to punish herself with a baby?
Adios pendejo!
@ lobo91:
First, they define an "assault weapon" as anything other than a handgun, a bolt action rifle, or a pump shotgun. All semi-auto rifles and shotguns are now "assault weapons."
Did you edit that, or am I reading that a double-barrel shotgun or a single shot shotgun would meet the definition of "assault weapon"? Also, a break action single shot rifle if that is the complete definition.
Sweet Jesus…what are these damn animals…
Someone must have slipped some psychedoolics into the margarita I
had at the airport taco bar… I'm about to board a plane from PHX to Orange County…
and I'm having a Hunter S. Thompson moment…I swear to God..I'm about to board an airplane
full of carnivorous lizards…there are some creepy looking people in this Godforsaken country…
Thank goodness the plane is only 2/3rds full at least I won't have I sit next to a lizard…
@ AZfederalist:
Here's a link to the bill on the state website.
Look at the definition of a "shotgun" that starts at the bottom of page 4. It actually specifies "loaded manually by pump action." Anything that doesn't fit that definition is now an "assault weapon."
Yes, whoever wrote this POS is a moron.
@ lobo91:
So, if it's not "loaded manually by pump action" even Joe Biden's beloved double barrel side by side becomes an "assault weapon"?
I swear, California has some dumbass libs but the combination of high altitude and strong cannabis really does
a number on your Coloradicals.
@ The Osprey:
That's what it says.
Notice that they also made no exceptions by caliber. That means a Ruger 10/22 is now an "assault weapon," too.
lobo91 wrote:
@ The Osprey:
That's what it says.
Notice that they also made no exceptions by caliber. That means a Ruger 10/22 is now an "assault weapon," too.
Well, if you add "the shoulder thing that goes up" to it, of course it is!
lobo91 wrote:
Yes, whoever wrote this POS is a moron.
It's like they are not even trying anymore. That's why I asked my question, it would have made sense if you had simply redacted the obvious; as it is, this is Twilight Zone stuff. The Onion just really has no future; they can't make up stuff as crazy as the crazies in the government are really doing.
@ AZfederalist:
Rush used to say he 'illustrated absurdity by being absurd'. Too bad the absurdity of reality has trumped even the absurdity tried to prepare us for.
@ AZfederalist:
I think my favorite part was where they made the kind offer to relieve people of the awesome burden of having these terribly dangerous weapons around–for a fee.
mfhorn wrote:
@ AZfederalist:
Rush used to say he 'illustrated absurdity by being absurd'. Too bad the absurdity of reality has trumped even the absurdity tried to prepare us for.
It's almost as if the left took Rush's absurdity as a goal rather than as mocking humor.
lobo91 wrote:
@ AZfederalist:
I think my favorite part was where they made the kind offer to relieve people of the awesome burden of having these terribly dangerous weapons around–for a fee.
Mighty decent of them, isn't it? Why just imagine the privilege of being able to pay the state to take that $1500 AR off of your hands. We just don't deserve such benevolence.
@ AZfederalist:
Mighty decent of them, isn't it? Why just imagine the privilege of being able to pay the state to take that $1500 AR off of your hands. We just don't deserve such benevolence.
And I notice that they used the term "dispose of" rather than "destroy" with regard to what they would do with it.
Yeah, they'll dispose of it, all right. By selling it to someone in a state that doesn't have insane laws.
Speaking of leftist absurdity:
Leftists Hold Candlelight Vigil For Hugo Chavez In San Francisco…
I'd really like someone to investigate who's paying for Mark Kelly's travels around the country preaching gun control. That asshole's shown up twice in Denver in the last two weeks to testify in favor of Bloomberg-backed bills.
Got my two Gun control messages off today to local politicians. Going to hit up all the GoP governors this week. TFK says I need money to make an impact but this is the best I can do at the moment.
A lot of very strong forces here coming together to work over gun control legislation. They won't take a soft no for an answer.
lobo91 wrote:
And I notice that they used the term "dispose of" rather than "destroy" with regard to what they would do with it.
Yeah, they'll dispose of it, all right. By selling it to someone in a state that doesn't have insane laws.
I suspect that the supply in Mexico is running a bit low by now, so Colorado can start working with ATF to get the supply chain restarted
Goodnight all
@ AZfederalist:
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The Indiana BMV has added 10 more specialty plates to its list, bringing the total to 99. These plate purchases send funds to designated organizations. The plate prices add an additional 10-40 dollars to the normal price. http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/indiana/Indiana-adds-10-new-specialty-plates
For emergency personnel, there are 4 plates; one for county police, one for state police, one for volunteer firefighters, and one for regular firefighters. These men and women place their lives on the line daily. And they deserve the honor. But one group is missing from this recognition. http://www.in.gov/bmv/2404.htm
Emergency Medical Services from around the state are vital to the welfare and well-being of the citizens of Indiana. They range from the dispatcher to the Paramedic. They work for independent companies, fire departments, and hospitals. But they also seem to be overlooked.
The police are known as "The Finest" and the firefighters are known as "The Bravest". EMTs have been called the forgotten. Very few get the recognition they deserve. They work day in and day out, placing themselves on the line, to save lives. They watch over victims of accident and violence, they care for firefighters on seen, instruct the public in matters of life saving techniques, and stop when no else is around for aid.
The pay varies widely but is miniscule for the function they perform. EMTs that work for private companies make about the same as working at McDonalds or Wal-Mart. And most of the press time given is when an EMT makes a mistake or commits a crime.
EMT week came and went with little fan fair. People in Indiana hear about the Police vs. Firefighters competitions (blood drives, physical competitions, etc.)., but how many have heard of the Governor's Cup Paramedic competition?
There needs to be the same specialty plate recognition for these lifesavers that the other 2 sections of emergency response have gotten.


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Famine killed almost 260,000 people between 2010 and 2012Listen /
• Almost 260,000 Somalis died from famine and food insecurity between 2010 and 2012, according to a report released by the Famine Early Warning System. The study, commissioned by USAID and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), says half of the people who died were children below the age of 5. It confirms that more should have been done before famine was declared on 20 July 2011.
Refugee children in Chad get a basic education
• One of the hardships that refugee children face is a lack of education to give them a foundation for their future. But, thanks to funding from the European Union, children from the DR Congo and the Central African Republic seeking refuge in Chad are getting a basic education. Some of the refugees who are able to earn money provide additional funds for their children.
World celebrates second International Jazz Day
• The Second International Jazz Day was celebrated on 30 April 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey. UNESCO proclaimed the day in November 2011. According to UNESCO, the day honours jazz's virtues as an educational tool, as a vehicle for peace, unity, dialogue, and for enhanced cooperation between peoples.
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The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen's harbor. Max Hartshorne
Blogging From Denmark: Compact, Cozy and Well Designed
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Copenhagen & Oresund Sweden is Our Next Destination
I am a bit nervous and scattered. That's because ahead of me is a four-hour drive to Newark Airport, then a 5:50 pm flight on SAS to Copenhagen. Paul Shoul and I are going on a trip that is billed as "A Thousand Year Odyssey." It will include the Danish city and then a trip over a very long bridge to the Oresund region of Sweden.
We will see ancient Viking boats, and enjoy the 24-hour sun of summer in Sweden. It's a short trip; we fly back Sunday. But it is always taxing and anxiety filled when I have to depart in the morning of a trip. So many things to wonder about. So many things I gotta do.
But when we sit back on the plane and sip white wine, and laugh about our fortune of being on another junket to a strange and marvelous place, we'll be relaxed and begin to unwind. Then we'll begin blogging, and note-taking, and pretty soon we'll be able to share our trip with thousands of others who tag along reading the blogs or read the articles on the website. Good bye soggy rainy New England -- hello Little Mermaid!
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Wonderful Copenhagen: How to Eat Herring
Our friendly and outgoing guide Henrik Thierlein told us that herring is the Scandinavian sushi. And that the proper way to eat herring was on a piece of buttered whole grain brown bread, with a fork.
We toured this lovely city filled with canals how else? By boat. There are even boat bus stops, and the canals wind their way in and out of the old city. We passed by the house once lived in by Hans Christian Anderson. We had lunch at 'The Black Diamond,' an architectural gem in modern black glass and angles that make you seasick.
Tivoli Gardens. This shows a paper model of a new building
going up that will look like this when it is completed.
We passed the famous symbol of Copenhagen: The Little Mermaid statue. It was surrounded by Japanese tourists, snapping photos. Our ferry boat guide told us that the head had been sawed off twice. But she looks fine today.
Henrik took us through the Tivoli Gardens, another icon of this place, it is so much more than gardens. It is towering amusement rides, swinging chairs a few hundred feet up in the air, it is a gracious towering theater, and it is a paper facade that shows where a new gigantic emporium will be built soon. Today the facade marks the exact shape of things to come.
After a rest in the cozy Hotel Bertrams I am recharged. And ready to join my fellow writers Jenny, Lisa, Heather, our guide from NYC, and my favorite shooter, Paul, at a Danish dinner at Tina Baungaard Jenson's home.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Tina Sums Up The Four Elements of a Tourism Campaign
Tonight we met a young family who live just outside Copenhagen's city center. The house was a perfect metaphor, in some ways, for how the people here live. Small, compact, cozy and well designed.
Tina Baungaard Jensen, who works for Visit Denmark as their international press officer, told us the goals of the country's marketing, summed up in four words: Simple. Pure. Design. Perfection. The design aspects were everywhere in her little three-story house: elegant orange chairs with a perfect curve, designed by Jacobsen. A tiny black, round wood stove, only about two feet wide, with a full glass face and a little log storage area below the firebox. Wooden exposed beams in a bedroom that added a natural and outdoorsy look.
The appliances in the house were all compact, much smaller than anything you'd see in the U.S. In the finished basement, a tiny corner bathroom with a Liliputian sink in a corner. Tidy stacked halfpint washer/dryer. The small yard had a little greenhouse, and inside, herbs stood ready to pick for cooking, and a tree produced a berry called hyldebomst that Tina made into a refreshing drink, that tasted like lemonade and apple juice.
Her children were delighted to welcome the strange-talking guests from America. Her five-year-old boy named Asgar showed us his bunk beds and his three-year-old brother happily proclaimed, 'Good night' in English, (it's nearly the same in Danish, unbeknowst to us).
Tina's roast chicken was free-range, and the aoli sauce was a savory dip for the breadsticks. It was a treat to be able to have a family meal here, and learn what daily life is like for a typical Danish household.
The Ales Stenar, or Ales stones
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Over the Big Bridge to Scania--Southern Sweden
The sun poured into the room at an ungodly hour, so my wake-up call at 7:15 was redundant. It gets light at about 4:30 am here, a long day. We drove over the 16-kilometer (10-mile) Oresund Bridge, a combination of tunnels and graceful sweeping spindles, and drove along the flat green fields of Scania, Southern Sweden.
Our guide, Jessica Jonsson, told us that this was the country's breadbasket, here most of the lovely white potatoes, rapeseed, and other crops are grown. Windmills slowly twirled in the distance as we drove in the van toward Ales Stenar, all the way on the eastern coast.
Here we saw the stones. We parked next to the rich fishing harbor of Loderup. Up a hill, at the end of a windy path, the Ales Stenar, or Ales stones waited for us. These are 59 boulders standing on end, a sort-of poor man's Stonehenge, with all of the same mystery and ancient intrigue.
The position of the stones on either end lined up with the locations of the sun on the longest and shortest days of the year, the all important solstice. It's a stone ship and with us were a crowd of teenagers smoking, joshing and kicking a soccer ball outside next to the stones.
We learned that people in Sweden are taxed far less than their brothers across the bridge in Denmark. And they get paid more due to the higher currency value in Sweden. So many many Danes live over in Sweden, and commute using the railway over this bridge to their jobs in Copenhagen.
It's becoming one region. There was not much of a customs check. We just drove through. By the side of the road, I saw two deer standing in an open wheat field.
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The defamation lawsuit filed by New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was dismissed by U.S. District Court Judge Helen Berrigan on Thursday afternoon. Vilma filed the lawsuit in connection to the claims Goodell made against Vilma in the Saints' bounty scandal.
Berrigan said the claims of malice and outrageous conduct fail to meet the standard in a defamation lawsuit because they are "insufficient conclusory allegations."
"Vilma makes the conclusory statement that Goodellʹs statements 'were made with reckless disregard of their truth or falsity and/or with malice,'" Berrigan wrote. "The only facts he alleges in support are some version of the following: ʺGoodell had no reasonable grounds for believing the truth of his Statements. Goodell relied on, at best, hearsay, circumstantial evidence and lies in making the statements."
Vilma was originally suspended by the league last spring for the entire 2012 season for his alleged involvement in the bounty scandal. The league contends Saints players were paid for "cart-off" and "knock out" hits of opposing players from 2009-11 under the direction of then-defensive coordinator Gregg Williams. Vilma - and the three other players suspended by Goodell - never served any of the suspension as the punishments were vacated twice - once by a three-person panel right before Week 1 and again by former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue in December.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league wasn't issuing a statement about the ruling.
"We are obviously disappointed, strongly believe that the CBA does not give anyone - including a commissioner - a license to misrepresent and to manufacture facts, especially at the expense of another person's reputation and are considering our options," Vilma's lawyer, Peter Ginsberg, said in a statement.
Vilma didn't respond when asked for comment Thursday afternoon.
Gabe Feldman, director of the Tulane sports law program, said this should be the end of the line for Vilma's defamation case although Vilma has the right to appeal. Feldman added that it would take "a lot" to file an appeal.
"He may decide to pursue the appeal, but this case was a long shot to begin with," Feldman said. "We are mostly done with this case."
Berrigan wrote that a defamation suit can't survive a motion to dismiss when it "arises out of an arbitration involving discipline."
Berrigan also wrote that Vilma's legal team relied on previous defamation cases that weren't preempted and that one of the cases was "inapplicable and unpersuasive."
"Here, even according to the plaintiff's own Complaint, the defamation claims are directly related to Goodellʹs decision to suspend, that is, discipline Vilma, pursuant to the CBA arbitration procedure. Moreover, the defamation claims and the claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress would require interpretation of multiple portions of the CBA, not just the non‐suit provision ... as Vilma contends. As set forth hereinabove, for example, the CBA authorizes Goodell to suspend a player for what he considers 'conduct detrimental' and also authorizes him to investigate actions that he suspects constitute 'conduct detrimental.'
"Vilma's argument that the statements were made in Goodellʹs individual capacity is unpersuasive as Goodell was sued as Commissioner of the NFL and all of the statements attributed to Goodell were made in connection with the NFLʹs investigation of the pay‐per‐performance/bounty allegations. Therefore, Vilma's claims are preempted and must be dismissed."
Berrigan added: "As for the intentional infliction of emotional distress claim, Vilma makes the conclusory statement that, 'Goodell's statements and conduct were extreme were outrageous.' ... He makes no further allegation in support. As a public figure, Vilma has the burden of show that Goodell made the statements with 'actual malice' under both Louisiana and New York law. ... Vilma alleges that the suspension and the appeal were so procedurally flawed that no reasonable person could have believed the statements were true.
"However, the statements themselves indicate that they were based on an extensive investigation. ... While the Court is extremely disturbed by the fundamental lack of due process in Goodell's denying the players the identities of and the right to confront their accusers, that was substantially rectified later in the process. So while the process was initially procedurally flawed, the statements were ultimately found to have enough support to defeat the defamation claims."
Berrigan disagreed with Vilma's claims that the court didn't need to analyze the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.
"The Court disagrees with Vilma's characterization and argument for the following reasons. Goodell's discipline, imposed first upon the nonplayer staff of the Saints and ultimately upon Vilma, was based upon the same underlying investigation into the so‐called 'Bountygate' allegations.
"Goodell's discipline, against both players and staff, resulted from that investigation, which likewise is based upon the CBA and related documents. Vilma's claims for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress have to be evaluated through the lens of what the CBA allows Goodell to do."
Feldman said what always made this case difficult for Vilma was that the NFL had the CBA on its side. Feldman said Goodell was acting as his role as commissioner and state law claims can't be brought.
"The commissioner has the right to interpret evidence that he uncovers and punish players based on that evidence, and that's what he was doing," Feldman said. "It would be a strange system if a player who disagreed with the league's interpretation could turn around and sue the commissioner for defamation."
Feldman also said there's nothing that gives Vilma the right to attempt to recoup any legal fees he has spent on the case even though the league vacated his suspensions twice throughout the process.
"I think this is one of those unfortunate cases where Jonathan Vilma clearly feels like he was harmed, and Saints fans fell like they were harmed. But there's no legal remedy," Feldman said. "What the players signed up for in giving the commissioner these broad rights, and to the extent that the players believe the commissioner went beyond the scope of his authority, Paul Tagliabue's decision affirmed that somewhat.
"But at the end of the day, the league got what they wanted in the sense that a judge didn't come in and interfere with the league's ability to govern their players. Although it came from Paul Tagliabue and not Roger Goodell, let's not forget Roger Goodell appointed Paul Tagliabue. So the NFL was able to maintain control of this process the whole time."
Dismissing the defamation suit almost brings the lengthy scandal to a close. Sean Payton's season-long suspension is expected to end Feb. 4 and assistant head coach Joe Vitt and General Manager Mickey Loomis served their suspensions this past season. The Saints still must give up their second-round pick in the 2013 draft. The Saints, with one of the top offense's in the league, finished 7-9 this past season as the team stumbled to an 0-4 start and never really recovered.


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Alpha Cross #2 - Report
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Photo Credit: Mountain Moon Photography
Race Report
I watched this race last year and have read some of the tweets about the race. Lots of grass at this venue. One tweet I read said "Where is the mud? Its the grass".
Racing Results
Top five for the Men's and Women's Open categories:
1) Allen Krughoff - Boulder Cycle Sport
2) Colby Pearce - Hudz-Subaru Cycling Team
3) Peter Webber - Boulder Cycle Sport
4) Jonathan Baker - Hudz-Subaru Cycling Team
5) Jon Tarkington - Natural Grocers p/b XP Companies
1) Nicole Duke - Hudz-Subaru Cycling Team
2) Lisa Strong - Hudz-Subaru Cycling Team
3) Margell Abel - Tough Girl
4) Kristal Boni - Blue Sky Velo
5) Karen Hogan - Louisville Cyclery
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35+ 4 Results
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
The ACA results shows 78 starters and 54 finishers. I think this is an error. I know that I finished the race, but am not listed as a finisher. has anyone else noticed this??
Points: -7
Yea, I don't see Anonymos
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Yea, I don't see Anonymos listed in the results...
Points: -3
back logged with lapped riders
Submitted by Eric (not verified) on
they will likely update on Monday (or so) when they figure out the placing of the lapped riders. otherwise contact aca directly.
Points: -2
Alpha put together an outstanding course
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Awesome race, this course was outstanding and the event was top notch.
Points: -3
Great organization (as expected)
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
and a well run event. They made the best of the location but IMO the course was kinda lame. Fast and tough racing but kinda lame.
Points: 7
Really? I thought the
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Really? I thought the course was great. It was fast and it flowed really well. In Colorado we get WAY too much single track, mis-placed barriers/logs, and sketchy off camber (yesterday for example) and Saturday was a very nice change from the norm. It reminded me of an east coast race. Alpha #2, Boulder #3 and the DBC designs have been my favorite this year so far. Just saying and no offense to anybody. It's about flow, speed and challenging the rider - I loved it, more please.
Points: 3
I thought the course was
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
I thought the course was fantastic! One of the best of the year. Great work Alpha Cross!
Points: 1
Quite a bit light on the tech
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
for my tastes. Not bashing the club, execution or general atmosphere but I found myself daydreaming on the many long straights. I still had fun.
Points: 4


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The past year has been a whirlwind for Hamilton, Ontario rockers Thought Beneath Film. But it's only been a build-up to the release of the band's full-length debut LP 'Cartographers,' arriving April 15 on MapleMusic Recordings.
Produced by the band, mixed by Tom Lord-Alge, and mastered by the legendary Bob Ludwig, 'Cartographers' is a potent blast of high energy guitar pop in the time-honoured Steel City tradition. After the title track introduced the band to commercial radio across Canada last fall, Thought Beneath Film have just released their current single, 'If I Could Fix You (You Know That I Would),' to radio and will be shooting an accompanying video shortly.
Formed by brothers Brent and Brian Wirth, they took the name Thought Beneath Film from an Emily Dickinson poem, which speaks to the hidden interpretations that can be found by looking at things through a different perspective. The band first gained notice in Hamilton with their debut EP 'Detours,' which led to a development deal with MapleMusic Recordings and Slaight Music by winning the 2012 edition of Slaight Music's 'It's Your Shot' competition.
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'Cartographers' Track List:
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2. The Art Of Giving Up
3. If I Could Fix You (You Know That I Would)
4. False Skin
5. Maybe I'm A Chump
6. Hearts On Overdrive
7. Paper Trails
8. Sixty-Six
9. Magnet
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Last night's Impact Wrestling did a 1.07 cable rating with an average viewership of 1,440,000 viewers on Spike TV.
Wrestling news, rumors, spoilers and results. We are a leading resource for WWE, TNA and everything related to pro wrestling.
By Richard Gray
It would be cool if you mentioned the past 1 or 2 TNA Ratings prior to the most recent one.
(Or linked to them on the site)
Just sayin'
We do. Click the Impact Wrestling Rating tag. You can also find it on the right side
Thanks for bring that to our attention. One thing I'd like to see is some kind of reference table on here charting the TV ratings for the major wrestling shows (Raw/Smackdown/Impact). Anyway it's just a suggestion.
Yeah I agree. It'd be nice up know the previous week or two, right in the message
They really have to start hitting 1.5s or 2.0s soon. They've had long enough on Spike to start gaining ratings! And with UFC going TNA are really up the creek!


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Passionate about glass from a small child standing mesmerised by the colours in the stained glass windows to finding little pebbles of sea glass on the beach. My journey in working with glass started in 2009 when I happened to find a Stained Glass evening class that incorporated Fused glass. That was it - completely hooked and totally fascinated by this technique which is my art work of choice. I also work with glass in jewellery making, flameworking, copperfoiling and stained glass.
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Bulls in Trouble?
Jason Haver
A new low would go a long way toward confirming an intermediate trend change.
Well, given the shape of the rally and yesterday's subsequent downside price overlap of some key levels, I think it's fairly safe to say that the bears still have control of the market. And that they're likely to retain control at intermediate degree for the foreseeable future.
(INDEXSP:.INX) was unable to do more than peek above its layered resistance zone, and that head-fake breakout immediately whipsawed -- and more significantly, then went on to overlap 1656, which was a key bull level. The rally counts as a complete ABC, and suggests new lows on deck for the near term. (Note there is a fairly obvious typo on the chart below -- but for anyone who's bad at math, the lower annotation should read "1656," not "1556.")
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I suspect that the S&P 500 will ultimately break my preliminary target of the low 1600s and head into the 1500s -- the biggest question in my mind is how we get there. I'm inclined to believe that the rally was a second wave, but it's technically possible that it could have been wave (4) of the current leg. I'll cover this in a bit more detail in a moment.
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Before I get into the complicated hair-splitting technicalities, let me make a couple simple statements to keep confusion from popping up among readers. I expect that near term, we're going to make new lows. I expect that intermediate term, the trend change we were anticipating is in the early stages, and the trend is now down. So I'm bearish, both near term and intermediate term.
The more subtle technicality is whether the rally we just experienced was wave (4) of the first leg down, or was instead the totality of the larger wave ii (much more immediately bearish). I'm giving a slight edge to the idea that it was wave ii, but I'll present the counter-argument below, using the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(INDEXDJX:.DJI) as an example. The Dow probably counts better as a fourth wave. Note this picture is still quite bearish; it's simply a question of whether the bottom falls out immediately or not.
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Russell 2000
(INDEXRUSSELL:RUT) (or RUT -- remember around the turn of the millennium when seemingly everything was named "2000"? No relation to RUT) suggests that the rally was a second wave, due to the price overlap at 1042. This chart paints a pretty bearish picture.
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Philadelphia Bank Index
(INDEXDJX:BKX) was completely unable to clear its pivot zone. This chart notes the alternate, more bullish count. I'm heavily discounting the bull option at the moment, but a breakout over 65 would suggest I'm wrong, and that the bulls have solid potential.
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In conclusion, a new low would be as close as the market ever comes to "confirming" anything, and should confirm a trend change at intermediate degree. I expect we'll make that new low, and I therefore expect we are indeed in a bearish trend at intermediate degree. As I see it, the best hope for bulls at the moment is for the next low to be the fifth wave of this first leg down, and thus give them a good bounce to sell in to. But either way, unless the bulls can pull a miraculous stick save and prevent a new low here, I believe SPX will see the 1500s (and possibly much, much lower) before it sees the 1700s again. Trade safe.
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New court documents released today provide further details on the death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, who was murdered in cold blood at the Mexican border by drug cartel criminals who used guns provided to them by the U.S. government.
The death of Agent Terry in 2010 began to unravel what became known as "Operation Fast and Furious" -- a dubious program initiated by the Justice Department and the ATF to deliberately place U.S. guns in the hands of drug cartels in Mexico, supposedly to trace the movements of Mexican criminals.
But somehow the ATF lost track of the guns and there never was any tracking of criminals. The guns the ATF sent to Mexico, however, did manage to wind up at numerous crimes scenes in the United States and in small Mexican towns along the U.S. border.
The murder of Agent Terry sent investigative reporters David Codrea of the Examiner and Mike Vanderboegh of Sipsey Street Irregulars on a quest to discover what exactly took place with Agent Terry's murder and the ATF's role in it.
The results of their investigation were explosive. ATF whistleblowers came forward to state both on and off the record that the Obama administration had deliberately used the ATF to send U.S. guns to Mexican criminals so that it could bolster its claim that "most of the gun crime in Mexico is traceable to lax U.S. gun laws."
A total of 2,500 U.S. guns were sent to the drug cartels. Two of these guns were found at the crime scene of Agent Terry's murder.
Despite dozens of hearings before Congress the administration has done little if anything to hold corrupt government officials responsible for their role in the Fast and Furious scheme. Attorney General Eric Holder refused to turn over subpoenaed documents to Congress and even lied to the committee investigating the scandal. For this Holder was held in contempt of Congress, the first attorney general in U.S. history with such a distinction.
And now, three years after Terry's murder, there is still no justice.
The court documents released today fill in some of the details previously unreleased concerning the last minutes of Terry's life. According to the Los Angeles Times,
"I'm hit! I'm hit!" U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry cried into the southern Arizona darkness that night, Dec. 14, 2010. "I can't feel my legs!"
The 40-year-old Border Patrol agent, who was less than four years on the job, collapsed and died in the desert brush near Rio Rico.
Terry's killing unraveled the Justice Department-sanctioned "Fast and Furious" gun-tracking operation and triggered one of the biggest political controversies of President Obama's first term.
More details are available in the LA Times article.
But perhaps the most astonishing detail of all is that the Border Patrol agents who confronted the Mexican criminals in the desert the night of Brian Terry's murder had been given only bean bags as ammunition against heavily armed members of drug cartels.
According to Fox News,
There's a principle in police work known as "plus one" -- which effectively holds that law enforcement should be better armed than the suspects they're pursuing. Confronting assault weapon-armed gang members in the desert with bean bags would seem to violate that principle.
Despite all that we know concerning the Fast and Furious scheme, Brian Terry's murder, Eric Holder's lies and his refusal to turn over subpoenaed documents, the administration has not moved to hold accountable those who not only carried out the illegal activity on the ground but their masterminds in high places within the administration.
As it has already been proved repeatedly within the past three years, Fast and Furious was a political scheme from the start, with Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder, Janet Napolitano, and others at the very top sharing in culpability. So far no one has been held accountable, just as no one has been held accountable for the cold blooded murders of U.S. diplomats in Benghazi.
It is beginning to become very clear that as long as the current crop of criminals run the U.S. government, there will never be justice for any wrongdoing whatsoever. And the feckless, timid, and cowardly Republican leadership in the House is helping them get away with it by refusing to act.
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