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Progress Lighting P8009-60 White 6" Shower Trim with Opal Glass for A19 or PAR30 Lamps
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Technical Specs
|Recessed Lighting Buying Guide
|Installation Sheet
|Specification Sheet
|Bulb Base
|Bi Pin, Medium (E26)
|Bulb Included
|Bulb Type
|Compact Fluorescent, Halogen, Incandescent
|CUL Listed
|CUL Rating
|Wet Location
|IC Rating
|Lens Included
|Light Direction
|Down Lighting
|Location Rating
|Wet Location
|Number of Bulbs
|Product Weight
|Shower Lighting
|Suggested Room Fit
|Trim Size
|Trim Style
|Shower Trims
|UL Listed
|UL Rating
|Wet Location
|Watts Per Bulb
|13, 18, 26, 60, 75
Configure your Progress Lighting P8009-60 6" Shower Trim with Opal Glass for A19 or PAR30 Lamps
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When ceiling joists are accessible
Ideal when access to ceiling is limited
IC Rated
Designed for direct insulation contact
Non-IC Rated
3" clearance from insulation required
Prevents air from escaping home
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- Non-metallic flange covers irregular ceiling openings
- Trim-Lok® action forces trim to fit snugly against the ceiling
- Socket mounts to trim for optimum performance and consistent lamp position
- 7-3/4" outside diameter
- 1 year warranty
- UL and CUL listed for wet locations
- Drop opal glass
- IC and non-IC rated
- Height: 6"
- Width: 7.75"
Electrical Specifications:
- Number of Bulbs: 1
Compatible Housings:
- P87-AT: For New Construction applications. Compatible with A19 lamps up to 60W, or PAR30 lamps up to 50W
- P187-TG: For Remodel. Compatible with A19 lamps up to 60W, or PAR30 lamps up to 50W
- P821-AT: For New Construction or Airtight applications. Compatible with A19 lamps up to 75W, or R30 lamps up to 75W
- P821-FB: For Firebox applications. Compatible with A19 lamps up to 75W, or R30 lamps up to 75W
Additional Progress Lighting Links
- View Manufacturer Warranty
- Shop All Progress Lighting Products
- Shop All Progress Lighting Shower Trim Collection Products
Our SKU: P8009
This product is listed under the following manufacturer number(s):
- White
*Denotes a finish or option that has been discontinued
3 Questions from the Community
The Progress Lighting P8009 light is 5.375 inches in diameter and the total width including the flange is 7.75 inches in diameter.
What is the diameter?
A. The Progress Lighting P8009 light is 5.375 inches in diameter and the total width including the flange is 7.75 inches in diameter.
The Progress Lighting P8009 turns and locks into place, so you have to turn it to unlock it and get to the bulb.
how do i get the cover off to change lightbulb?
A. The Progress Lighting P8009 turns and locks into place, so you have to turn it to unlock it and get to the bulb.
The Progress Lighting P8009 will NOT work with the P7TG discontinued housing. Only the P6678 or the P6676 will work with the P7TG.
Will this trim fit an existing P7TG housing?
A. The Progress Lighting P8009 will NOT work with the P7TG discontinued housing. Only the P6678 or the P6676 will work with the P7TG.
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Progress Lighting P8010
6" Shower Trim with Opal Glass for A19 Lamps$31.86-$31.86
Progress Lighting P8096
6" Shower Trim with Opal Glass for CFL Lamps$32.94-$32.94
Warranty Info
Progress Lighting
1 Year Product Warranty
When properly installed and under normal conditions of use, Progress Lighting, Inc. ("Seller") warrants its manufactured products, including their metal finishes ("Product(s)") will conform to its catalogue specifications and be free from defects in materials or workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of sale to end user, as specified in Seller's shipment documents for each Product (extended warranties may apply to Seller's fan motors and Energy Star® Products as indicated in Seller's Product manuals). Warping of wooden or plastic blades is not covered by this warranty. This warranty excludes fluorescent ballasts and high intensity discharge (HID) components, and Buyer agrees to make all claims regarding defects or deficiencies therefore according to the warranty of the manufacturer thereof as its sole source of recourse or compensation. Seller's obligations under this warranty and Buyer's sole remedy for its breach to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall be limited to the value of the cost of repair or replacement of the Product, pursuant to a written warranty claim validated in writing by Seller. IN NO EVENT SHALL SELLER BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSSES OR ACTUAL DAMAGES TO ANY CLAIMANT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, MULTIPLE, OR OTHER SUCH INDIRECT DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF REVENUES OR PROFITS), WHETHER ARISING OUT OF OR AS A RESULT OF BREACH OF CONTRACT, WARRANTY (EXCEPT THOSE SET FORTH HERIN), TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT OR OTHERWISE. In no case does this warranty extend to anybody other than Seller's customers, and no one is authorized to extend warranties or remedies on Seller's behalf. To be valid, the warranty claim must be made: (a) in writing according to Seller's procedures existing at the time of the claim, (b) within thirty (30) days of discovery of the defect, (c) within the applicable warranty period, and (d) include the dated store receipt or invoice evidencing purchase of the Product. Warranty claims should be sent to: Progress Lighting, Inc., P.O. Box 6701, Greenville, SC 29606. Products may be returned only after a Return Authorization Number has been issued by Seller's customer service department. Any unauthorized return, repair, replacement, modification or misuse of the Products by Buyer shall void the warranty. THIS WARRANTY IS THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR SUCH PRODUCTS, AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESS AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES. SELLER SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


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It took an awfully long time, but in 2008 Lexus finally threw its noodle into the alphabet soup of automotive performance variants. The Lexus IS lineup's compact sport sedan is the IS-F. Equipped with a 416-horsepower, 5.0-liter V-8, the IS-F is claimed to sprint from zero to 60 mph in less than 4.9 seconds. It's designed to compete with the Audi RS 4, BMW M3 and Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG.
New for 2010
The 2010 IS receives a few technology updates: A USB/iPod connector is now standard, and the optional navigation system's voice-recognition software has been improved. A new telematics system has similar functionality to GM's OnStar service. It comes with a year's worth of service free; after that you'll have to pay a subscription fee.
Cosmetic exterior and interior changes are always part of the high-performance package. Changes compared with the IS 250/IS 350 include:
- Wider fenders
- Flared bumper with a larger mouth
- Vents behind the front wheels
- High-domed hood
- Quad tailpipes
- Small trunklid spoiler
- 19-inch alloy wheels with performance tires
IS-F interior changes compared with the IS 250/IS 350:
- Body-hugging sport seats in black, white or a new two-tone option
- F logos all around
- Carbon fiber trim
- Chrome shift paddles
Under the Hood
The 416-hp V-8 cranks out 371 pounds-feet of torque; the redline is 7,000 rpm. The car has one transmission — with enough gears for two. The eight-speed automatic has a manual mode and steering-wheel-mounted shift paddles. There is no true manual available. Lexus says the transmission, which it calls Sport Direct Shift, changes gears within one-tenth of a second and executes rev matching for smoother downshifts and decreased wear. Not to be confused with some automated-manual transmissions, like Audi's S tronic, this one uses a fluidic torque converter.
- 416-hp, 5.0-liter V-8 with 371 pounds-feet of torque
- Eight-speed automatic transmission with steering-wheel-mounted paddle shifters
- Upgraded brakes with larger, cross-drilled discs and six- and two-piston calipers in the front and rear, respectively
- Brembo-brand calipers are gloss black and bear the Lexus logo
- Upgraded springs, shocks, stabilizer bars, bushings and steering tuning are all optimized for performance driving
- Car sits 1 inch lower than the IS 250/IS 350
- Electronic stability system with special mode between fully engaged and fully defeated, with Sport mode that allows more wheelspin and sliding before interrupting and keeping you on track
Lexus' new Safety Connect service, which automatically notifies authorities in the event of a crash, is standard. Other standard safety features include:
- Knee airbags
- Side-impact torso-protection airbags
- Side curtain airbags in both rows
- Seat belt pretensioners for front seats and backseat
- Antilock brakes
- Electronic stability system
- Vehicle Dynamic Integrated Management, which Lexus says is meant to integrate all systems to anticipate skids and react faster than an electronic stability system alone
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Why I don't get American Giant's "Don't Get Comfortable" slogan. In the promotional products and apparel industry, we at Show Your Logo have a lot of customers who are looking for a number of different things when it comes to purchasing apparel. Some are looking for strictly the fastest turnaround time. Others wish to find… Read more »
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Excessive Branding – Is There Such a Thing?
So I guess I'm on nerd warp-drive as I get closer and closer to Comic Con. The other day I was watching Resident Evil: Retribution (don't judge me!) and I had to pause at the scene where Jill Valentine (played by Sienna Guillory) "boots up" and her eyes turn from her normal color to the… Read more »
Does Social Media Influence Your Purchasing Choices?
Last month Business Week released a short blurb talking about advertising and online marketing, saying that only 5% of Americans claim that social media has a large influence on what they buy and 30% claiming that it had only some influence. The percentages shift slightly amongst millennials, but not a great deal. Some feel that… Read more »
Would You Rather: Real World Edition
True story: I'm not much of a board game player, but in my opinion there's no better ice breaker than a game of "Would You Rather." I've only ever played a few times because I usually cannot contain my laughter at every other player's answers, but that's primarily because the questions in general are SO… Read more »
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With the booming popularity of DVR's, it would seem like commercials are a thing of the past. If this is true, why would large companies still want to promote products using this form of advertising? The answer is simple: because they work. Ever been at the movie theater and swear to yourself that you wouldn't… Read more »
The U.S., Soccer, and Branding
Here at Show Your Logo, we know why soccer has not taken off in the Unites States like has in the rest of the world! It isn't the perceived notion that there's more action in hockey and basketball, nor is it that you "don't get the physical play as you do in American football." Both… Read more »
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Opening Friday
"Bless Me, Ultima" (PG-13): In World War II New Mexico, a man (Luke Ganalon) relies on the help of an old doctor (Miriam Colon) to fend off invaders.
"Dark Skies" (PG-13): Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton play a couple who attract the interest of a mysterious evil force. That's what we call unwanted attention.
"The Gatekeepers" (PG-13): This Oscar-nominated documentary goes inside Shin Bet, the Israeli secret service that was involved in every major turning point in the country's history. Six former agency heads talk about their successes -- and their failures.
"Happy People: A Year in Taiga" (NR): Werner Herzog co-directed this documentary about the indigenous people who live in the remote areas of the Siberian taiga. San Francisco and Berkeley only
"Snitch" (PG-13): Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson stars as a father who goes undercover for the Drug Enforcement Agency to clear the name of his wrongfully accused son.


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Spreading Wings of Hope
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. – Ricky Pires plods through two feet of crusted, powdery snow on the edge of Bridger-Teton National Forest. Flurries fly on the frigid wind as she and her team trudge in the snowshoe wake of a biologist.
They're searching for cougar tracks in the vast whiteness of the Wyoming winterscape – a far cry from Pires' natural habitats: the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge in Big Cypress Swamp, the CREW Marsh Trails and the Panther Posse room in FGCU's Reed Hall, where she and her volunteers educate schoolchildren about conservation and Florida's endangered cat.
But "Ms. Ricky," as the youngsters call her, is on a mission to take her message beyond Southwest Florida. A nonprofit group that advocates cougar protection worked with Pires to adapt her program for Wyoming's native cat. This fall, she heads to Georgia to train volunteers there for a posse program scheduled to launch in 2013. With another prospect in Argentina, she's opening the door to wider awareness of the need for wildlife conservation – as well as gaining priceless international exposure for the university.
Last spring, FGCU's award-winning 12-year-old Panther Posse program spawned its first offspring: a Cougar Posse in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Elementary schools around the small valley town tucked in between the Grand Teton and Gros Ventre mountain ranges sent their first classes through the free program in March.
The youngsters learned how to identify the tracks of cougars and other wildlife. They ducked into a camouflage tent to discover how cougar kittens are tracked and studied. They danced a conga line to "The Pink Panther Theme" between learning stations.
"It didn't take much to get me hooked on this," says Bari Bucholz, a science teacher at Journeys School, a private K-12 institution in Jackson. "It ties into concepts we are teaching, integrates a lot of different subjects. And it's the kind of learning where they don't realize they're learning because it's fun.
"It's kind of a stewardship thing – it ties them to this place."
Making that connection to the natural world is what everyone involved hopes will inspire children to respect wildlife and practice conservation. If not, the cougar could face the same fate as its endangered cousin, the Florida panther. Licensed hunters can still kill mountain lions for sport in Wyoming and 12 other states, and cougars are often captured and moved without regard for their needs because of public safety fears.
"It will work," Pires assures organizers in Wyoming. "It's just going to take a lot of time. If we start now, you won't have an endangered species."
Cougar cousins
Photos offer rare glimpse of cougars
Acclaimed natural history photographer Tom Mangelsen, whose cougar images are featured in this spread, has had his work published in National Geographic, Audubon, Smithsonian and Life, among other magazines. His galleries, Mangelsen - Images of Nature, are located in six states.
In 2000, he published "Spirit of the Rockies: The Mountain Lions of Jackson Hole," a collection of photographs shot during the unprecedented appearance of a family of mountain lions on the National Elk Refuge in Jackson in winter 1999. His images offer a rare glimpse into the natural life of the elusive predator.
"It was such a great opportunity to see a cougar family as wild as you could get," Mangelsen says. "They were there for 42 days. Within two weeks, there were 500 people coming and going, hoping to get a view."
That experience – and the knowledge that mountain lions have few protections in Wyoming and other western states – inspired him to co-found The Cougar Fund in 2001, to promote scientific research and the survival of the species.
The nonprofit organization now has more than 2,000 members in 48 states.
"People are impassioned about it," says co-founder Cara Blessley Lowe, a writer and photographer based in Jackson Hole and Los Angeles. "We started homing in on the scientific side. Science cuts through ethical and emotional arguments."
For more information, go to www.cougarfund.org.
Guigons receive foundation's highest honor


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The Grand Junction Police Department has lifted its accident alert as of 12:30 p.m.
Original Story
Slick roads and icy conditions have prompted the Grand Junction Police Department to issue an accident alert this morning.
That means any driver involved in a minor collision should report the accident at the GJPD lobby within the next 48 hours.
Call police immediately in the following incidents:
This policy will be in place until further notice.


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Marine Mammal Stranding Network
The California Marine Mammal Stranding Network (CMMSN) coordinates approximately 20 public and private institutions involved in recording the circumstances and biological information surrounding marine mammal strandings. The HSU Vertebrate Museum is responsible for all dead strandings from Pelican State Beach (near the Oregon border) to Siskyone Wilderness State Park (north of Highway 1, Mendocino County). We also assist in live strandings and the necropsy of specimens that die during rehabilitation efforts. Our participation includes gathering data on specimens (species, sex, size, condition, etc.), collecting tissue samples for toxicological and genetic studies, examining stomach contents and studying parasites.
If you find a stranded or deceased marine mammal in our region, please contact the Vertebrate Museum immediately and we will coordinate an effort to assist the stranded animal or to collect the specimen. The Marine Mammal Protection Act makes it illegal to harass living marine mammals or to collect or possess any parts of deceased marine mammals without proper permits and authorization.
To report a stranded marine mammal please provide the following information:
- A description of the animal. Estimate the size, color, and other distinguishing features. Is the animal a seal, sea lion, dolphin, or whale? Is the animal alive or injured? If not, what is the condition of the body (e.g., decomposed, missing parts)?
- An accurate description of the stranding location, including the name of the beach and the distance from the nearest parking lot, road or trail.
- Record the date and time you last saw the animal. Also, please leave your name and phone number in case you need to be contacted to provide further information.
- Please note any other information that may be valuable in finding the animal, or that may have contributed to the injury or death of the animal.
Vertebrate Museum Marine Mammal Stranding Contacts:
Dr. Dawn Goley, Stranding Coordinator
(707) 826-4168 or (707) 826-3650
Dr. Thorvald Holmes, Collections Manager
(707) 826-4872
if neither can be reached, please see the following website for up-to-date cell phone contact information:
Marine Mammal Education & Research Program - Strandings


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ALAMEDA -- A three-step proposal for the run-down swimming pools at Encinal and Alameda high schools' swim centers has been slimmed down to one option: the retrofit of Encinal Swim Center.
The remaining two proposals -- to make competitive pool upgrades and separate the pool systems at the Emma Hood Swim Center at Alameda High and to later build a new pool there -- are off the table because of city and school district budget constraints.
A subcommittee of school and city representatives voted Wednesday to focus on the Encinal upgrades, projected to cost about $500,000. The city and school district will each pay a portion of the expenses. The Emma Hood upgrades estimate was set at about $60,000, and the cost of a new pool there was projected at nearly $2.7 million.
The city and the district have an agreement in which the city funds routine maintenance of the swim centers, and the district handles capital improvements and major repairs. The arrangement was made to help the school district fund needed repairs at the facilities, which are located at Alameda High School and Encinal High School. City Manager John Russo said he didn't want the city to take "stopgap" actions and preferred a long-term solution.
"The pools have been on their last legs for years," he said. "This is a ticking clock. I don't know how much more financial help the city can give."
Councilwoman Lena Tam said while focusing on Encinal repairs isn't a long-term solution, the city can't afford a long-term solution at the moment. School trustee Barbara Kahn agreed.
"I don't think we can afford anything fancy," she said. "We need the pool to be clean and safe -- basic things."
Mayor Marie Gilmore directed the two staffs to work together to firm up a plan for Encinal's pool repairs.
"Let's get a joint proposal, and then we'll figure out what to do with Emma Hood," she said. "Let's focus our energy and money on the Encinal pool now because it's economically feasible, as opposed to Emma Hood."


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About the Book
Join the band on their journey to superstardom.
This is the only official book from 1D charting their journey since 2012—from the places they visited and fans they met, to their thoughts and feelings, hopes and dreams, highs and lows. It was a phenomenal time—and this is a phenomenal story.
Packed with exclusive beautiful photos, backstage snapshots, hand-written annotations, and brand-new insights into the boys' world, Where We Are is a unique book that no fan's life is complete without—bringing the 1D story right up to date.
Our band
Our story
Hi guys, we're One Direction!
Here, in our official book, you can find out everything that's gone on over the last eighteen months, the inspirations behind our world tour, all the special people we've met, places we've been, and moments we've shared. From London to Sydney, New York to Tokyo, we've played to our incredible fans across the globe, seen our albums hit #1 on the charts, and even made our own movie—wow! Now we can share the ups and downs of it all with you, our fans. This is our story. It's still hard for us to believe that a few months ago we were just five kids with a dream. It's been a crazy trip—and this is the true behind-the-scenes story of how we got here. It's our way of saying thank you for all the love you've shown us, from every corner of the world!
Lots of love, 1D xx
Educator and Librarian Resources
Product Details
- Imprint: HarperCollins
- On Sale: 08/27/2013
- Trimsize: 7.438 in (w) x 9.75 in (h) x 0.952 in (d)
- Pages: 288
- List Price: 21.99 USD
- Ages: 8 to 12
- BISAC1: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Music
- BISAC2: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Boys & Men
- BISAC3: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Music / Popular


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Technical sales is a field in which professional credentials, particularly product specific certifications, are quite valuable. These types of professional development opportunities make you more competitive in your field and help you set yourself apart as the resident expert at your organization or as the go to person for your consultancy group. Either way, earning an HP certification through the completion of the HP2-K24 exam, the "Selling HP SMB Storage" test, expands your area of expertise and brings you focused client inquiries related to the SMB platform.
The HP HP2-K24 exam is a 60-minute test that features only 40 questions, but requires you achieve a minimum of 70 percent to pass the test. Because the exam is short, both in terms of allotted time for completion and in the number of questions that appear on the test, you must really know the materials before sitting for your test in order to ensure a passing score.
HP recommends no less than six months experience selling SMB Storage solutions, as well as targeted training and study prior to taking the HP2-K24 exam. You can also increase your competency level and knowledge retention by utilizing self study materials, tutorials and practice exams from providers like TestsLive.com, for example.
The HP2-K24 exam features questions in just five primary sections. The largest concentration of questions on the exam appears in the "business differentiators" section. This section encompasses topics like addressing modernization of storage for business enterprises and addressing virtualization, business protection and Windows-specific concerns through storage solution selection and integration.


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I've spotted two hoaxes regarding Facebook that have been floating around on the social media site among my friends this month.
The first one is an oldie, and I've blogged about it before in June 2012. It's the Facebook "privacy notice" hoax. Have you seen friends post the following text as their status, or something similar?
"Channel 13 News was just talking about this change in Facebook's privacy policy. Better safe than sorry. As of October 14, 2013 at 5:50pm Eastern standard time, I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use my pictures, information, or posts, both past and future. By this statement, I give notice to Facebook it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents. The content of this profile is private and confidential information. The violation of privacy can be punished by law (UCC 1-308- 1 1 308-103 and the Rome Statute). NOTE: Facebook is now a public entity. All members must post a note like this. If you prefer, you can copy and paste this version. If you do not publish a statement at least once it will be tactically allowing the use of your photos, as well as the information contained in the profile status updates. DO NOT SHARE. You MUST copy and Paste.""
Yeah...not true. Posting this does nothing. You can read more about this at Snopes.com.
The next hoax is regarding Facebook's "Graph App." Perhaps you've seen this message floating around:
"Hello to all of you who are on my list of contacts of Facebook. I would like to ask a favour of you…. You may not know that Facebook has changed its privacy configuration once again. Thanks to the new "Graphic app", any person in Facebook anywhere in the world can see our photos, our "likes" and our "comments". During the next two weeks, I am going to keep this message posted and I ask you to do the following and comment "DONE". Those of my friends who do not maintain my information in private will be eliminated from my list of friends, because I want the information I share with you, my friends, to remain among my friends and not be available to the whole world. I want to be able to publish photos of my friends and family without strangers being able to see them which is what happens now when you choose "like" or "comment".
Unfortunately we cannot change this configuration because Facebook has made it like this. So, please, place your cursor over my photo that appears in this box (without clicking) and a window will open. Now move the cursor to the word "Friends", again without clicking and then on "Settings". Uncheck "Life Events" and "Comments and Like". This way my activity with my family and friends will no longer be made public. Now, copy and paste this text on your own wall (do not "share" it!). Once I see it published on your page, I will un-check the same for you. Thanks so much!"
Two things about this one: Following these instructions will actually block updates from your friends from your timeline, and if you have your Facebook page settings to friends only, that still applies, "Graph App" or not. You can read more about this hoax at Snopes.com as well.


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During his funeral service his son Thomas spoke of his father's devotion to his wife and family and of his and their sadness that he had received no apology for the manner in which he was treated by those in positions of power in his own country. There were no political leaders at the funeral services, and no party issued a statement of regret at his passing.
In his eulogy in St Michael's Church in Urris, Thomas Gilmartin (junior) said: 'It is difficult to know where to begin. There are so many stories, so many achievements, so many ways in which my father left his mark that I could keep you here until my own funeral if I were to try to include even most of it. Suffice it to say, he was a one-off. I said to my wife, in the hour after his passing, that there was now a Dad-shaped hole in the universe.
'Dad grew up in Lislary, county Sligo, the oldest boy born to James and Kathleen Gilmartin. As a boy he was able to handle horses, fish for his supper, work in the fields, and, like his father before him, was an expert ploughman. But apart from being physically strong and able from such a young age, he was extraordinarily intelligent and inquisitive about the world around him. It wasn't uncommon, even in recent years, to hear him recite entire poems, from Robert Service's "Songs of the Yukon", word for word, which he had taught himself as a youngster.
'Unfortunately, my father was let down repeatedly by men for whom moral scruples, of the type my father lived by, were viewed as weakness. Later, giving evidence about his experience, he never wavered in his commitment to the truth, even when subjected to an extraordinary campaign of vilification. He would never perjure himself, even when it was disadvantageous for him to tell the truth, such was his honesty, so strong was his religious faith.
'Dad loved his country and was a proud Irishman. It truly grieved him, as the son of a man who fought for his country's independence, to see the sacrifices of his father's generation discarded by lesser men. It is a source of great sadness to us, his family, that Dad was never truly given the credit he deserved for what he did, or the apology he was owed for what was done to him. He deserved better.'


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By KEVIN VAUGHAN and BURT HUBBARD
I-News Network
President Barack Obama's county-by-county victories in Colorado virtually mirrored the vote to legalize marijuana use in the state - in all but eight mostly rural counties, pot passed in places that supported the president's re-election bid and failed in places that supported Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
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Only one county where the results were different - Weld, where voters backed both Romney and legalizing pot - was along Colorado's highly populated Front Range. The rest were small, rural counties scattered across the high country, Western Slope and southwestern parts of the state.
And in the view of several political operatives and observers, Obama's broad support - he won six of seven Denver-Metro counties - may have played a big hand in the passage of Amendment 64, which legalized the possession and use of up to an ounce of marijuana by people 21 and older.
"I don't think that Obama's going to be crediting pot for his victory in Colorado," said pollster Lori Weigel of Public Opinion Strategies. "I think that the pot people ought to be patting the Obama people on the back. The tail didn't wag the dog."
The relationship between Obama's victory and the passage of Amendment 64 was apparent in an I-News examination of preliminary election results, which won't be official until they are certified:
- Obama won all three of the heavily populated swing counties - Arapahoe, Jefferson and Larimer - that have become reliable predictors of the state's results. Preliminary vote tallies showed that Obama's biggest margin of victory in those counties was in Arapahoe, once reliably Republican, where he grabbed 53 percent of the vote.
- San Miguel and Pitkin counties, home to Colorado luxury resort towns Telluride and Aspen, had the highest percent "yes" vote for the marijuana amendment. In San Miguel, 79.2 percent of voters said "yes" while in Pitkin it was 75.3 percent of voters.
- Two Eastern Plains counties had the lowest percentage for marijuana vote - Kiowa, with 32 percent supporting it, and Cheyenne, with 35.7 percent. Not a single one of 16 rural Eastern Plains counties supported Amendment 64.
- Obama generally won the vote battle in the major Democratic counties versus Romney's numbers in major Republican counties. For example, Obama won 73.5 percent of the votes in Denver while Romney won 59.4 percent of the votes in the Republican stronghold of El Paso County. And Obama took 69.6 percent of the Boulder County vote, compared to Romney winning 62.6 percent of the Douglas County vote.
- Among the eight counties that did not fit the pattern - pro-Obama, pro-pot; pro-Romney, anti-pot - Romney won seven of them and voters approved Amendment 64, indicating the possible influence of Libertarian voters. Only Conejos County supported Obama and said "no" on 64.
Weigel, who has been involved in polling for candidates and ballot measures in Colorado for more than 15 years, said she believes the link between Obama's win and the passage of Amendment 64 can be attributed to one thing: Younger voters.
Although demographic data on those who actually voted in Colorado hasn't yet been compiled, Obama was widely credited with doing much better than Romney among voters in the 18-to-29 age group. And that group was also expected to provide the heaviest support to the marijuana legalization measure.
"That dramatic distinction has held throughout this election cycle that never went away," Weigel said of the support Obama enjoyed among younger voters. "There was a reason that Obama went to Boulder and practically every college campus in the country. Those are not swing counties - he knew he had to turn out young voters."
Indeed, Obama made 11 campaign trips to Colorado during 2012 - and during them visited the University of Colorado three times and made stops at Colorado State University, the Air Force Academy, and the three-school Auraria campus in Denver. His final campaign visit to the state, two days before Election Day, featured a rally at Community College of Aurora. He also made an appearance at Grand Junction High School.
Romney, by comparison, made one stop on the Auraria campus and three others to Colorado high schools during 2012.
Longtime Republican strategist Dick Wadhams, who has managed campaigns for numerous GOP candidates and previously headed the state party, said he believes Obama's victory in Colorado and other swing states had much to do with the way the president's campaign defined Romney in the summer - and with the failure of the former Massachusetts governor to define himself differently during those crucial months.
But Wadhams also agreed with Weigel's assessment, saying that he believed Obama won the "young" vote by a margin in the neighborhood of two-to-one and "that in generating a higher vote among young voters, it actually helped the marijuana initiative and not vice-versa."
"I think that's exactly right," Wadhams said.
And Denver political consultant Eric Sondermann said a pattern like that seen in the Obama and Amendment 64 votes "can't just be random."
"I'm skeptical that the marijuana initiative pulled a lot of voters out to the polls who otherwise weren't coming," he said. "If they weren't coming to vote for or against Obama, for or against Romney, I really don't think 64 was a sufficient magnet.
"Was Obama enough of a draw to young voters to perhaps impact it? Yes."
Seven of the eight counties that did not support both Obama and the marijuana initiative - Archuleta, Conejos, Garfield, Grand, Mineral, Park and Teller - have small enough populations that they could be considered statistical outliers.
Two other factors may also have helped Amendment 64.
"Colorado voters struck me in a more liberal mood - to overuse that 'L' word - than in some past years," Sondermann said. "And it's not just at the presidential level. If you look at some state legislative results, Democrats were winning seats in swing counties, Jefferson for starters, but not just winning them narrowly, winning them big. Even in conservative Colorado Springs, Democrats won two legislative seats by really substantial margins. School bond issues and mill-levy issues were passing not just in Denver and places where you expected them to pass, but also in small town and rural Colorado."
And Weigel said that the backers of 64 were "very smart" in drafting the amendment so that it would regulate and tax pot.
"Actually, in many ways, the way it was positioned was constraining, controlling," she said. "My general sense is that people see it as practically legal now, and why wouldn't you tax it and regulate it in a practical manner?"
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Then, Bad News Barrett rises up on his podium. He cuts a promo about Spring Break.
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Young attacks Titus with strikes around the ring. Titus tosses Young to the mat and drops an elbow. Young comes back with more strikes. Young goes for a pin attempt, but Titus tosses him into the corner. Young kicks Titus and goes up top. Titus hits a boot to the face that knocks Young off. He throws Young into the turnbuckles. Titus drops a leg on Young. He locks in Young's head. Young gets out, but Titus keeps up the offense. Titus lands a big clothesline. He locks Young's arm and head in again. Young gets to his feet, but Titus lands a big strike. He slaps Young's chest in the corner and hits a body avalanche. He kicks Young in the corner and drives his knee into Young's throat. Titus slaps Young's chest again. He picks Young up on his shoulders. Young wriggles off and pins Titus quickly for the win.
Winner: Darren Young
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Sin Cara vs. Damien Sandow
The two lock up. Sandow backs Cara to the corner. He strikes Cara to the mat and stomps on him. Sandow lands more strikes and screams you're welcome. He hits Cara with a vertical Suplex and then locks in his head from behind. Cara fights out and goes for a springboard crossbody, but Sandow moves. Sandow hangs Cara's head over the apron and elbows it. He knees Cara in the mid section repeatedly and hits his somersault Russian leg sweep. Sandow drops an elbow on Cara and locks in his head and arm.
Cara fights out, but Sandow shoves him back first to the mat. He drops a knee on Cara's head. Sandow sets Cara up top. Cara hits Sandow in the head and lands a tornado DDT. He hurricanranas Sandow and then goes up top. Cara leaps off and connects with his feet to Sandow's head. Cara hits a springboard back elbow. Sandow comes back by driving Cara back first to the mat. Cara powerbombs Sandow. He goes up top. Sandow gets up and knocks Cara off. He locks Cara in a leg submission. Cara kicks out of it. Sandow clubs him in the back and kicks him to the apron. Cara kicks Sandow in the face, goes up top, and hits his high angle senton bomb for the win.
Winner: Sin Cara
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Sometimes, this is what happens when two writers e-mail each other:
An ongoing conversation behind closed doors, equal parts experience, opinion, critique, and outright rambling, THE BASEMENT TAPES are an attempt to present somewhat serious discussion about the somewhat serious business of comicbooks between two writers waist-deep in the perplexing and ever-evolving morass of their own careers.
One of the upsides to the trade market finding its footing in the marketplace, in publishing strategies, and on everybody's bookshelves is that a lot of pages and panels from comics' history are seeing the light of day for the first time in a long while for a whole new audience. So now then, Sherman: set the wayback machine for 1970 and let's take a look back at comics' recent past...
FRACTION: All New! All Now! What the hell?
Most of the stuff I've been reading lately is thirty damn years old. I checked out OMEGA THE UNKNOWN for cheap in the wake of the Lethem announcement; Marvel's been filling out their ESSENTIAL catalog with Luke Cage, Defenders, Tomb of Dracula, Monster of Frankenstein. And I picked up two trades reprinting the vaguely infamous O'Neil & Adams Green Lantern/Green Arrow run. There's probably been more, but I'm blanking-- but I'm bringing these books up for two reasons. First off, that the mainstream seems to be filling in some of its back-history a little bit. Which is pretty great-- I remember wanting to read these GL/GA stories back when I worked retail and even the reprints were expensive.
Second, and really, what I want to talk about is... these things are just weird. It's... I mean, it's a whole 'nother idiom. Before now, most of my '70s history has been confined to Jack Kirby stuff and some odds and ends-- so, for better or for worse, this is like a whole new world to me.
CASEY: Sounds like you're experiencing what I call the Marvel Cosmic Trinity: Englehart, Starlin and Gerber. Between those three alone, we're talking about DR. STRANGE, AVENGERS, WARLOCK, CAPTAIN MARVEL, HOWARD THE DUCK, DEFENDERS, MAN-THING, OMEGA... truly a bizarre collection of drug-fueled comicbooks (at least, admittedly drug-fueled). And they're all fucking great. In the years when Stan Lee was busy trying to hustle Hollywood, and then-EiC Roy Thomas was still trying to figure out how to be Stan, these guys stormed the field in a big way. Hell, aside from the Lee-Kirby-Ditko explosion that kicked off the Marvel Age (and, to some degree, the one-two punch of Claremont/Byrne X-MEN and Miller's DAREDEVIL), this was the last blast of pure, uncut originality the company every really achieved. Kinda sobering when you think about it.
The best part about the comicbooks you're checking out... they were still for kids. Forget the college crowd that had picked up on the so-called "hip-ness" of Marvel, the kids and young teenagers were still the audience. This was before the Direct Market, so this was the shit you could find on the convenience store spinner racks...! I really love that.
FRACTION: Yeah, it's all new and vaguely relevatory to me. Stuff I'd certainly heard about but never could, or could be bothered to, track down is now just out there, waiting for a slow week and a fresh paycheck.
Now, the Marvel stuff is just outright weird-- and I mean weird-absurd or just weird-weird. Starting with the former: my pal and mine Jeremy Love (of the Love Brothers) pointed me to a story in the Luke Cage book that might just be the greatest comic story ever written.
Dr. Doom has stiffed Luke Cage for a $200 bill. I don't even know what Cage did to earn the $200, but he did something. So, anyway, in a rage over being ripped off, Luke Cage storms into the Baxter Building to forcibly borrow a vehicle that'll get him from New York to Latveria quickly, so he can beat the hell out of Dr. Doom and collect. He scraps with the FF briefly and Reed eventually decides Okay, you can borrow the rocket car. Because Reed's down like that.
So Cage goes to Latvia, where he stumbles on to a robot slave revolution against Dr. Doom. These robots are fighting for their freedom from the oppressive and cruel yet ironic regime of Doom. Cage sorta follows the robots to basically get to Doom's castle, where he goes after Doom directly, ignoring all that robot rigamarole. He fights Doom a bit, who is totally impressed that he came all that way to whip 200 dollars out of his ass, and agrees to pay up if Cage helps to snuff out the revolution. WHICH CAGE THEN DOES, so blinded by his desire for 200 dollars that he's completely unaware of whatever symbolic parallels may abound. And abound they do.
Anyway. So, once defeated, Doom is impressed yet again that Cage is so tough, and so single-minded, and he pays up.
This is all ONE FUCKING ISSUE.
Man, they really don't make 'em like that anymore.
CASEY: Yeah, that story was Steve Englehart kicking ass yet again. That guy was multi-faceted, to say the least.
What hindsight shows to me -- about a story like that in particular -- is that there were statements being made, but just not consciously. The existence of Luke Cage, as realized by Englehart, Goodwin and others, was the statement in and of itself. But, hell, they didn't know that. By comparison, practically everything these days seems to be a self-conscious statement. And as much as I enjoyed the Azzarello/Corben CAGE series a few years ago, it really can't hold a candle to the ESSENTIAL LUKE CAGE, POWER MAN. And I don't say that because I read the originals when they were new. I'm not that old. I just happen to prefer that stuff over the NuMarvel Makeover.
I just don't think modern creators let themselves write with any lack of self-consciousness anymore. And I have no idea why...
FRACTION: Aside from the self-unconsciousness, which I'll get back to, is something that ties in to a couple recent TAPES-- the first thing that's really struck me is how dense these stories were and the second is how a lot of that density comes from these kind of... expired devices and forgotten tools of the medium.
I'm not wholly convinced that some of these devices-- narrative captions, thought balloons, etc.-- are best left in the past. There's a part of me that feels like comics needed to shed those tropes to reach a certain degree of sophistication, and now that that level's been reached with the right hands and the right minds behind it, these tools could be dusted off and reintroduced into the mainstream. If for no other reason that they're very... comic-y, you know? It's a unique genetic component to the comics form; they kind of help make comics, comics.
Self consciousness: this ties back, in a way, to like the first half of this year of TAPES... these books are anti-bloat, anti-coast, and absolutely don't allow for passive consumption. Skimming will get you the broad strokes (talk fight fight talk talk fight) but the actual guts of the story... well, it's almost more novelistic, isn't it? A lot of these books rely on the written word to drive what's going on over the visuals. These books aren't brisk reads. Part of it, I'm sure, is a more antiquated idiom making for a more awkward reading experience; and part of it is... shit, man, that's a lot of goddamn words on the page! They make today's books look like they were written by Beckett in comparison.
I'm drifting from my point slightly-- you can certainly impose a traditional structure to books of this era but it seems like-- from my albeit brief sampling of the era-- that these guys are just riffing on whatever they can and letting their stories ebb and flow and figuring fuck it, we'll fix it later if we need to. In a way, it's a little like that prime era Kirby to me, like, these books are reflecting the true lessons from that work: just let it all go and see what happens.
Today, I dunno. Maybe it's Movie Fever? Maybe it's that things got so formulaic for so long that comics have lost those chops to just riff?
CASEY: Well, to be fair, some of the narrative devices you cite stemmed from necessity as much as from anything else. Working the Marvel way (plot first, art second, dialogue third) meant that a writer would generally have to make due with whatever the artist decided to draw. Captions and thought balloons helped fill in the gaps that the art didn't provide. Now, in hindsight, this turned out to be a good thing in many cases, because the levels of information being presented became more multi-dimensional. But I'm sure guys like Englehart occasionally tore their hair out when plot points were left out of the art.
But you're right... those things are what make comicbooks... well, comicbooks. As opposed to sequential storyboards or some other psuedo-cinematic wannabe art form.
I think what the mainstream is in danger of losing is exactly what you say... the "guts" of the stories themselves. The density of information that I believe, in these "modern" times, can be laid in with a bit more sophistication than thirty years ago. A lot of times, that's what I'm striving for, at least. What else is a series THE INTIMATES supposed to be, if not that new stab at a kind of density?
FRACTION: Shit, that's true-- I didn't even think about the Marvel method. You see it, too, in GL/GA, which I'll get to here in a second...
Your pal and mine Steven Grant just wrote a bit under the heading "resurrecting dead techniques" (which I love) about the illustrated narrative caption, that oh-so-Toth technique. And it was like... you don't even notice that they're gone. It's like catching a post-Radar episode of M*A*S*H or something-- this weirdly fundamental element just goes away and you can't necessarily put your finger on what it is, or what it is that's missing. It's just gone, and the other stuff fills in the space left behind.
And I guess that's one of the levels I'm enjoying about these books-- there's a certain kitsch factor, no doubt, as these are some overwrought and silly books-- but most of all, it's a showcases for these lost, idiomatic techniques. It's the comics equivalent of massive sideburns and flared pants or something. I'm not sure they can be resurrected, but it'd certainly be neat to see it tried...
It's definitely impossible to separate that line of thought from something like INTIMATES-- I was thinking about this the other day, reading the summer break issue, that infoscroll at the bottom feels like those old Editor Captions on an ADHD rampage.
So, the flipside to this little Merry Marvel Meta society thing is reading the O'Neil/Adams Green Lantern/Green Arrow books which... I mean, I might be crazy, but I think that particular run has proven to be a boulder dropped in the middle of the comics pond that's got ripples we're still dealing with today. You ever read 'em?
CASEY: Keep in mind, resurrection can take many different forms. As good a movie as it might be, I don't know if I'd want to watch SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER again... but I'll probably watch BOOGIE NIGHTS another hundred times before I die.
Absolutely I've read the O'Neil/Adams GL/GA. It's like required, textbook reading for superhero comicbook writers. Obviously, I read them long after they were new, and I never really bought the "You helped the blue skins... the orange skins... the purple skins... but you never helped the black skins!" in relation to Green-Fucking-Lantern, but that's just my own cynical hindsight talking. These days, I'm more drawn to the iconography of those stories, like the first cover, where GA is shooting an arrow through GL's battery as he's taking the oath, shouting, "Never again!" Or the Population Explosion cover. Or the classic cover of Speedy shooting up, where Green Arrow exclaims, "My ward, Speedy, is a JUNKIE!" and the hype caption that reads, "DC attacks youths' greatest problem... DRUGS!" Fuck Infinite Crisis... that's the kind of daring I'd like to see again...!
So I give Denny and Neal their due... they took chances that no one else was taking. And, yeah, it was Green-Fucking-Lantern (and, let's not forget, Green-Fucking-Arrow)... but these guys took the gig and turned it into something. The ripples still being felt, my friend, were simply the ripples of reinvention.
Again, compare the "guts" of those stories to the Self-Referentialism that's far too rampant in the modern mainstream...
FRACTION: Yeah, man... I didn't make that "All New! All Now!" shit up..
The covers-- sure, let's start with the covers. They're completely amazing pieces of work, no two ways about it; standing at some weird crossroads between the Infantino glory days and the mid-eighties days of grit, these pieces are... man, they're just so comics, you know?
The guts of the book, though... man. It dates. Badly. I totally understand that part of it comes from having two guys at the top of their games, wanting very badly to inject a degree of social relevance into their book to reflect the times. And their core audience was kids. So between the superhero genre, the youth of the audience, and, honestly, the sheer act of pioneering that kind of thing... it's an awkward fit. I've no doubt their hearts were in the right place, but today they read like overwrought after-school specials.
Beyond that though-- I mean, it's a product of its times, the same way that even Will Eisner's late works still feel like '30s back-lot Warner Brothers melodramas-- is the root of a lot of this shit we've been dancing around lately.
If you want to tell a story about heroin addiction (or race relations, or Native American rights, or a population boom or...), aren't you hobbling yourself from the get-go by saddling the narrative with a children's icon? I put it forward that this run of GL/GA is the direct antecedent to Identity Crisis, and all the rest.
I'm not wholly convinced that to be socially relevant, you should use what are ultimately children's icons to do the job.
CASEY: Well, that all depends on context. Captain America hanging around at Guantanamo Bay was a little cringe-worthy (no matter how good the writing and the art happened to be), but when Englehart had Cap take down the Secret Empire, only to find out that its leader was a corrupt, Nixon-like politician... that was the proper context. It took the mainstream superhero and fashioned a tale that worked on at least two levels... the action/entertainment level, and the socially relevant level.
But, y'know, it's perfectly fine that any comicbook series is ultimately a product of its times. As long as it accurately reflects those times. Which I think the 70's books definitely do. These days? I dunno... I guess I'm not so sure what Sue Dibny's rape or the Scarlet Witch going nuts reflects about this particular time period. So, yeah, maybe books like GL/GA eventually paved the way for something like IDENTITY CRISIS or AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED, but I think we might've taken a weird side street somewhere along the way...
FRACTION: Well, in the same way that all the wrong lessons were taken from DARK KNIGHT & WATCHMEN and whatever the hell else: what was Paul O'Brien's line a while back? "There is nothing clever or adult, let alone anything remotely deep or insightful, in the mere act of writing stories about dark or miserable things." I might be in the minority, but I'm not wholly convinced that WATCHMEN would've worked like it does had the Charlton characters it was originally supposed to be about been permitted to appear. I think by, intentionally or not, removing the story from that context opened the book up in a way that having it bound to these juvenile conceits wouldn't have allowed.
As hokey and stiff as those GL/GA stories are-- they're genuine attempts at complexifying content. I disagree with the vehicle of choice, but, hell, that was what those guys had. If you want to tell a story about heroin addiction, a character created to enthrall 9 year olds isn't... well, I don't want to say it's not the way to go, but there are certainly better roads to travel than that. Superheroes can be adult, sure-- but it doesn't mean they should be.
Even more-so than the idea of tying superhero comics with social relevance, I'd like to think the real lesson of that legacy is just that: they served-- and serve, I hope-- to free comics, to prove the notion that all these social and popular (populist? pop art?) stories certainly deserve to be told and deserve to be told in the comics form.
Just... you know, maybe rape doesn't have to be superrape.
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USA, 2010, 97 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Colorado, Documentary, Local, Sports
Programs: Documentary Films, Spotlight on ColoradoLanguage: English
DIRECTOR: Ryan Demers, Paul Pendell
Producer: Ryan Demers, Paul PendellEditor: Ryan Demers, Paul PendellCinematographer: Paul PendellPrincipal Cast:
The Denver Kickball Coalition (DKBC) got its start when a Norwegian foreign-exchange student complained that his American friends were nothing but boozers who never got outside or played sports of any kind. This group of artists, musicians, drunks and outcasts took up the gauntlet, finally settling on kickball as their sport of choice. Advertising in alternative news outlets for participation, they quickly put together a rogue league (which has no affiliation with the World Adult Kickball Association) and launched what is becoming more of a movement than a pastime.
The game itself is modeled on baseball but employs balls that are larger and bouncier than those used for soccer. Over the course of a decade, the league has expanded to run an entire season, developing staunch rivalries that are played off in a championship series. The prize? The spray-painted boot of the title.
Sports are only part of the story. The real power of this locally produced documentary lies in its in-your-face, tongue-in-cheek interviews with the oft-costumed participants. Fueled by endorphins and frenetic team spirit, they are walking examples of what it's like to live full out. The bizarre culture they've invented has a little of the brutal fun of hockey combined with plenty of the hardcore rock 'n' roll that's used as a soundtrack to their games. Sometimes they seem to be parodying serious athletes; sometimes they just sound like unruly barflies. But their most appealing qualities are their energy and their loyalty to the DKBC—and one another. This is the first feature film for local codirectors Paul Pendell and Ryan Demers.
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