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Chris Cantwell operates a skateshop in Bradenton, Florida, and even though it's got a really nice skatepark, Chris decided he needed his own concrete. I once built a 6 foot tall miniramp in the front yard of a house I was renting, but Chris's vision and execution is so much more amazing. The closest thing I can think of is that small front yard skate obstacles set hidden somewhere in Seattle, and this is at least an order of magnitude larger. The Seattle front yard was built for a little kid, nothing over2 feet or so. The owners got some flack from the neighbors but the zoning was OK. I remember seeing it in a video, and I'd swear I posted it here, but it's getting harder and harder to find old posts on S&A – We're past 6k posts on the blog part alone. Chris's project is also legitimate in the eyes of the city where he lives. Check out the pics after the jump.
– Thanks to Tito for the tip.
From Chris:
My neighbors were not into it when they started seeing random dump trucks dumping ripped up parking lots in my front yard.
But before I started pouring, I went down to my county admin building and cleared it with them, showing them pics and what not. They asked what it's for and after explaining it was for skateboards they said oh, if it's for skateboards we consider it "playground equipment" so no permits necessary.
My only limitation is to not infringe 15ft to center of the road for my front easement….
Skater: Hunter – I took a quick glance, I thought he had a severely dislocated shoulder.
Damn…he blocked off a 2 car garage!?! My wife would kill me
i will keep you in mind next winter when i hit the gulf side of florida
great job. your neighbours must love you!
This rules!
Realtors call that "curb appeal".
I'm guessing the jack hammer comes out before the realtor does
I do have the most amazing wife ever for her to let me do this. We turned the garage into a room before the build. This was my first experience with concrete, learning with each pour, each section get a little better from the garage out to the street & I finally stopped being a dumbass and got a truck for the that last section. fuck dem bags! Thanks for the post Skate & annoy!
What type of Crete did u get? I seen too many beginners pour plaster type Crete that gets reduced to a power…
I was mixing 80lb bags of 5k psi & adding a shovel full of portland per bag. The last section by the road was 3k psi.
He's dramatically increased or decreased the re-sale value of the house, depending on the buyer…
the only mark would be the 5 inch wide kntch out where the tranny meents the flat of the driveway, I didn't rebar it to the slab… the other side of the driveway will be… there's a shit load more going in
keep pouring , my wife is the best too i poured a 40 foot long kidney pool
way up here in montreal canada .i believe to be the first in the great white north!
I just showed the wife this, she said 'your making me mad stop'
So you don't need rebar if you use all that rock for backfill?
I used wire mesh, $7 per 4×8 sheet & added 2 ft long pieces of rebar placed about a ft apart to tie section to section… but proper would to have also cut through the slab all the way where the tranny meets the flat, drill in and secure rebar pins and tie those to the wire mesh… this piece is just sitting on top of my driveway… I also used silka bonding agent in the knotch out to help prevent it from chipping up when it cracks, that's added as you pour so its still wet when you fill with concrete.
That's amazing! Do you know the general transition radius?
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Egypt's Sisi heads for big win in early provisional count
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Former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was on course for a sweeping victory in the country's presidential election on Wednesday, according to early provisional results.
Sisi's campaign said their man had captured 93.4 percent with 2,000 polling stations counted, while judicial sources said he had 89 percent with 3,000 polling stations counted.
Turnout was 44.4 percent of Egypt's 54 million voters, according to the judicial sources.
The lower than expected turnout figure raises questions about Sisi's credibility as leader of the Arab world's most populous nation.
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text: Academy Award®, Golden Globe®, Emmy®, Tony®, and BAFTA Award® winner, Ellen Burstyn stars as Margaret BarrishFormer First Mother-in-Law Margaret Barrish is the tough, tell-it-like-it-is matriarch of the family, mother to Elaine and grandmother to T.J. and Douglas. A former Vegas showgirl who's seen (and done) it all, Margaret appreciates a cocktail or two, doesn't shy away from the limelight, and never feels the need to conform to convention. Though a staunch supporter of her daughter and grandsons, Margaret isn't blind to their shortcomings, and is willing to show some tough love and speak her mind when it comes to the choices she fears may take too heavy a toll on her family.


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Writing about the new Digital Publishing Suite has been keeping me so busy that I haven't been updating this blog with juicy InDesign tips. If you're interested in creating books or magazines for the iPad or other devices, go to the Adobe Labs site. You can download the necessary tools, as well as the user guide and the tutorial assets. To see what kinds of questions people are asking, go to the user forum.
If you're interested in submitting an app you create to the Apple Store, you'll want to join the prerelease site. Go to the Adobe prerelease page and choose Digital Magazine Publishing for product. The tools on the prerelease site are updated more frequently than on the Labs site. Also, the prerelease Downloads site includes a document called "iPad Publishing Process Overview.pdf" that helps you get started with the submission process.
If you have an iPad, check out some of these apps that were created using early versions of the Digital Publishing Suite tools.
InDesign Magazine Viewer (Free)
Mobile touch devices can provide a reading experience that's better in some ways than websites or printed magazines. But the apps have to be done correctly. The "Take Color for a Spin" article in this issue takes advantage of this new format. Unfortunately, some of the other articles use a basic, flat structure when slideshows, videos, and other interactive designs would have improved the viewing experience. Then again, it's free. Let's hope future versions of this great magazine take better advantage of the format. (Download in iTunes)
Martha Stewart Living – Boundless Beauty ($3.99)
Martha made a guest appearance at the Adobe Max conference, and an Adobe bigwig named Kevin Lynch just returned the favor and entered Martha's kitchen.
I bought this issue, but I haven't been able to critique it yet because my wife has taken possession of my iPad. I may have more to say if I can get my iPad back. (Download in iTunes)
WIRED (Free Viewer with preview issue; $3.99 per retail issue)
WIRED was the first magazine to use our tools to build an iPad app. There are six issues you can buy, including the newest one with a racy cover, "100% Natural." In all their issues, they create amazing effects. My favorite article shows 360 panoramas from within various cockpits, allowing you to zoom in on controls. After viewing that article, I firmly believe that I learned enough to fly a small plane. Don't try to tell me otherwise. (Download in iTunes)
Cool app for photographers. Here's the description: "DI magazine is the new interactive publication for all Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and Lightroom users. Built from the ground up specifically for the iPad, the magazine provides essential step-by-step techniques, not-to-be-missed insights into the inner workings of your editing software and inspirational folios and is designed for image makers of all skill levels and interests . . . And for a limited time, your first issue is free." So grab it now. (Download in iTunes)
German travel magazine. The photos and slideshows are amazing, but I couldn't understand a word of it. (Download in iTunes)
This is an application from Chile based on the print edition of Sabado magazine. This magazine has great interactive effects, but the type is a little too small to read comfortably on the iPad. (Download in iTunes)
Here, I'll let iTunes explain it: "Download iGIZMO to get the latest in gadgets and consumer tech direct to your iPad. It's like a magazine, website and TV show wrapped up in one, with HD video reviews and features, unbiased verdicts on all the latest kit, plus amazing 360-degree product shots and bags of interactivity. It's your one stop shop for the tech that matters." (Download in iTunes)
The New Yorker (Free viewer with preview issue; $4.99 per retail issue)
Last but not least, this one is my personal favorite. The free viewer has a quirky video from Jason Schwartzman (Bored to Death, Rushmore) that describes how to use the New Yorker app on the iPad. I love viewing this magazine on my iPad. (Download in iTunes)
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Tombstone Tales: Gravestone Motifes Part 4
Willow Tree and clasped hands
Trees represent Life. Willows are found in a variety of styles. This symbol is of German origin and usually represents sorrow
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I went roller skating for the first time in three weeks (gasp) on Friday. This is a big deal for me since I normally roll twice per week. One of my skate buddies wondered if I had died. Ummmm... Oookay. Like I said, it's a big deal. I still sleep a lot (11 hours this past Saturday), but at least it is nearly not as bad as it was a couple of weeks ago.
I attended the American Sewing Expo last weekend and had a wonderful time. I got to meet up with my dear friend Deepika and share many lasting memories with Melody, Sharon, Rachelle, Tina, EveS, Leslie (in Austin), Tenia, KBurkhardt, KristineKay, and many more (sorry names are escaping me right now). Even though I didn't take any classes, I enjoyed every single moment of the Expo. Pictures? Well...see...what had happened was... I'll have to grab photos from someone and post them here.
On the sewing front, my machines saw power for the first time yesterday. I finally had the energy to sit down and sew. I sewed for about two hours straight and completed another version of the Simplicity Cardi Wrap 2603. I am working to complete some projects and commitments that I started in August - one of which is a small 6-piece wardrobe, referred to as a 6PAC. The idea is to create a small set of coordinating clothes for the current season in three months. The current 6PAC is as follows:
Skirt or trousers (neutral)Since the start of the sew along, I've completed four garments - not totally following the plan, though.
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- Released: Nov 17, 2009
- Sound: 8
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Sound — 8
The Casting Crowns continue to revolutionize Christian music with Until The Whole World Hears. The album is similar to their previous albums, with a few big differences. First of all, the album contains new themed songs looking more toward the tough times of today and the future of the world. Second, this album also contains more traditional sounding praise songs than previous albums, making this album more Gospel music sounding than other albums. But don't think the rock influence in their music stands out any less in this album. Until the Whole World Hears, Holy One, and Shadow of Your Wings have a more modern rock/80s rock influence to them. They've came a long way since Altar and the Door two years ago, clearly.
Lyrics — 9
Here's what I think of the individual tracks: 01. Until the Whole World Hears: one of the standout tracks, clearly a "looking forward" song. 8 02. If We've Ever Needed You: the perfect song describing the Christian faith in the modern world. 8 03. Always Enough: good one. Not as good as the previos tracks, though. 7 04. Joyful, Joyful: sounds like a simple praise song, but don't be fooled. 7 05. At Your Feet: not a very strong track. 6 06. Glorious Day (LIving He Loved Me): Brings the album back to life, good followup to At Your Feet. 7 07. Holy One: don't be fooled by the "old hymn" sounding title. Modern rock/pop sounding. I really like it. 8 08. To Know You: older sounding song made to sound modern. Good. 7 09. Mercy: sang by the band's violinist, I think. More Gospel sounding. 6 10. Jesus, Hold Me Now: now the album is falling apart, it's getting boring. 5 11. Blessed Redeemer: sang by the violinist again I think. Ballad. 6 "This can't really end the album?" is what goes through your head, but click the track button to track 12. It's a hidden track. Man, I love hidden tracks. 12. Shadow of Your Wings: wow! It doesn't say anything about this on the back of the case. But man, it should. It's a live track with a great guitar riff. You might dissagree with me, but I think it sounds like Cheap Trick music with Christian lyrics. See what you think. 80s rock sounding. Now THIS wraps up the album. 9 Mark Hall, the lead singer, wrote or co-wrote 11 out of 12 of the tracks. Impressive. He's a really good singer, and so is the violinist and piano player. That's talent. The songs are very well-written. No slaking.
Overall Impression — 9
Probably their best album yet. I really enjoyed it. Don't let the titles of some of the songs fool you. This isn't a gospel album. This is a Christian Rock album. This is Casting Crowns. This album is worth buying. Make sure to listen to track 12. Make Sure. Sincerely, guitarslinger


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Betsey Johnson- Skull Locket
Skulls never grow old, whether you have it on your shirt or around your neck, like this super sweet skull necklace from Betsey Johnson. Made of gold plated metal in a very girly style, you can definitely get your groove on with this piece of jewelry around your neck! Tagged at US$65, have fun with it!
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The 25-year-old singer writhes on the floor, hugs herself, and throws her head back and forth in the 'demented' music video.
Rihanna's new music video "What Now" has arrived in full via VEVO. Described as "a little demented", the video plays with silhouettes and eerie images of Rihanna as a lonely woman longing to feel anything at all.
"It's going to be kind of eerie, very creepy," Rihanna dished out when she shot the video last September in Phuket, Thailand. "Everybody is probably expecting a narrative video and a love story of some sort, and something really soft and pretty. It is kind of soft but it's really a little demented."
Rihanna went for both cream and black gowns with glamor gothic overall look. "The two looks we came up with were actually really last-minute," clothing designer Adam Selman said. "The first dress in the white room is a dress I made for a shoot that never got used and it got lost in the mail for like a month, and then it turned up."
The video, which is directed by Darren Craig, Jeff Nicholas and Jonathan Craven of The Uprising Creative, was supposed to be shot over two days but Rihanna was feeling "hyper" that it was completed within 22 hours. "It's still day one," Rihanna said when the cameraman joked they were in day two. "I mean it's hyper, it's extended. Why go home when you can come here and keep shooting?'
"What Now" is one of the singles from Rihanna's seventh studio album "Unapologetic". It is included in the set list of her Diamond World Tour.
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The oil has a grassy aroma with a hint of tomato leaf and thyme. Its color is deep green tinged with yellow. The flavor is very round, sweet and apple-y through the middle, like a big juicy fruit. It made me want to chew on it, a good sign that it's ready to join dinner. Bring it out when you're dressing a fresh leafy salad, or pour it generously over roasted, crispy vegetables just out of the oven.
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The theme of diversity has been one of the most defining elements of this year's Berlinale, but it is the documentaries, rather than feature films, that seem to have made the biggest impression. Apart from Monster's Ball and 8 Femmes, the busiest sales agents are likely to be those handling documentaries such as Uncle Frank, Lost In La Mancha, animal doc Travelling Birds and Mika Kaurismaki's Moro No Brazil.
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Blackhawk holds on to capture 2nd WPIAL title
In a span of about 15 minutes, Brendan McKay went from bidding for a perfect game to needing the perfect play.
After retiring the first 17 Belle Vernon batters he faced in the WPIAL Class AAA baseball championship Thursday at Consol Energy Park, Blackhawk's sophomore ace loaded the bases on two walks and a hit while his Cougars clung to a 1-0 lead with one out in the bottom of the seventh.
Time for a conference.
"Pretty much everyone in the infield, they talked to me, calmed me down," McKay said. "They were just saying if it comes to the infielders, throw it home, and we'll go from there."
Not a bad plan.
Following the meeting, McKay fielded a lightly hit ball by Matt Callaway in front of the mound and tossed the ball to catcher Matt Emge for the force out at home before Emge threw a dart to first base to complete the 1-2-3 double play and clinch Blackhawk's second title.
"I was proud of Matt Emge because he had a rough day at the plate," Blackhawk coach Bob Amalia said of his Ohio State-bound backstop, who went 0 for 4. "He's playing 90 percent, if that, because he has a bad ankle. ... I can't say enough. He threw a laser, and there's not many high school catchers that can catch the ball and gun the guy out like that."
The throw preserved Blackhawk's third 1-0 win in a row. Second baseman Joe Lopez's fourth-inning single to right-center drove home Tyler Craig for the lone run in a game that included the Cougars (21-2) stranding seven runners.
"I think we'll break out and hit the ball," said Amalia, whose team has a bye in the first round of the state playoffs next week. "We needed that one big hit. Sometimes I worry about our kids being so used to the pitchers going out and throwing zeroes on the board, and they aren't focused in."
McKay, who had success locating his fastball to go with his typically solid breaking ball, fanned 11 in the final and finished with a two-hitter.
"I was getting there," McKay said. "I was sweating a little bit, my nerves were pumping and I was a little anxious."
In the end, Belle Vernon coach Dan Palm said McKay was "the best pitcher we've seen all year." But the Leopards (18-5) received a strong start from their sophomore pitcher, Dylan Pietratoni, who yielded six hits and stymied some of the Cougars' top hitters.
"That's a good team. For him to hold them to one run, that's good in itself," said Palm, whose Leopards meet District 6 Punxsutawney in Monday's first round. "And you know what? For them to win a championship, 1-0, 1-0, 1-0, every playoff game is incredible."
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To put things simply, contemporary wushu is the modernised version of traditional Shaolin kung fu. It is a modern day sport / martial art rooted firmly in the ancient martial and cultural arts of China. Wu translates as war or military, shu translates as arts or skills. Therefore' wushu means martial arts.
Master Chen teaches Chen Style Taichiquan, which he learnt in Chen Village, one of the most famous Taichi origins in China. You will have chance to explore more in his class. Find out more about Tai Chi.
As well as the currently running classes, a new Tai Chi class has now started.
Jin Long Martial Arts Academy is a professional Martial Arts Academy, established in 1999 by Master Chen De Qing. We teach genuine contemporary Chinese Wushu (more commonly known as Kung Fu), Weapons, Sanda (Chinese Kickboxing), Qigong and Taiji to people of all ages and levels. Through the medium of martial arts, we aim to provide an environment where the qualities of family, self- discipline, respect and personal growth are able to thrive within all our students.
We are an official member of the BCCMA (British Council for Chinese Martial Arts) and regularly participate in competitions both in the UK and all over the world. Our achievements include a representative on the National British Team as well as gold, silver and bronze medals in international and open competitions.
We are regularly involved within the community, aiming to introduce, showcase and integrate Chinese culture within Greater Manchester. We are the main organizer and sponsor of the annual professional theatre production of Chinese New Year Spectacular run by Stockport Council, as well as Chinese New Year Celebrations in the Trafford Centre and Manchester China Town. We also give reputable workshops within multiple primary and secondary schools within the local areas of where we teach.


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Dammit, Just Play This! – Halo 4
There are very few times when I get to renege on a long held belief; something deeply rooted that for some reason I eventually came to see as completely inane. It took a full night of research, about five hours of YouTube videos, and sixteen hours (and counting) of audiobooks. What revelation did I come to?
I like Halo.
Furthermore, I respect Halo.
Dammit, Just Play This – McPixel
What made me obsessively play this seemingly stupid game?
This question doesn't come from a place of wanting understand something grand about the human condition; it is more of an exploration of how interactive media can hook a player through repetition or seemingly nothing at all.
In the medium of games, this is actually a common occurrence. We commit to the same types of actions; shooting, stabbing, pulling/pushing/breaking objects, but for what reason? Take the perennial whipping boy of first person shooters, Call of Duty. Since its inception, the main (and to some singular) action is to pull the left then the right trigger until all the bad men are dead. Whether those enemies are Nazis, Russians, Middle Eastern, or American the conclusion remains the same; kill them all. What makes this constant repetition work seems to be something as simple as a change of venue. Creating diverse and interesting set pieces makes the shooting and following bearable for the usual six hours. This same flow, which some would call a "crutch," explains why I love McPixel.
The Friend Zone
Hiya! Long time no see. Remember how I said how this blog thing would not have a schedule? Yeah, I wasn't lying. I am not too good at the whole "keeping to a schedule" thing. But, being disgustingly late with articles is better than no articles; or at least that is how I see it.
But you know what? I think the wait will be somewhat worth it. What I want to ramble about today does not deal with video games, music, movies, technology, or any of the stuff that I am usually known to discuss. I tend to leave philosophical or emotional aspects of my psyche cooped up in my mind until I meet someone who is comfortable with trying to help me decipher these problems. Basically, I try not to think about the big stuff too much; the world already throws so much shit at us, why ruminate on complex ideas for the sole function of a "mental exercise"? But this write up is different. I have tangentially spoken to some people about this, but nothing too in depth (except for the people who proofed this thing for me, Lucas AKA Transylvanilla, and a wonderful lady by the name of Lucia). My reasoning is simple: I wanted to write something "emotional."
People who know or have even crossed paths with me will (hopefully) come away thinking that I am on the bearable side of quirky. I try not to be overly annoying, and generally have a smile on my face. Happy people tend to attract happiness around them, or multiple death glares from those more cynically-adjusted folks. My jovial nature comes from the desire to see other people happy; that said, I am not a saint and I have, and will in the future, hurt people. However, I try to limit those actions and try to lift someone's day, however briefly. So I am content with myself, right? I understand my humanity and that the many {many[many(many)]} mistakes of my past and dealt with them, right? Rhetorical questions are stupid, right?
Dammit, Just Play This! – Rocksmith
Here we are! Another installment of DJPT! Acronyms are cool and catchy, which I why I use them. Today's focus is out of the ordinary. When coming up with this games to talk about in this series, I am leaning heavily into singleplayer experiences with a focus on storytelling. I love a good story, and an interesting way to tell it; however, analyzing a game purely for its mechanics also tickles my fancy. Rocksmith fits into this latter category.
I love music games, it comes with being a musician. Singing and playing guitar are daily activities in my household, much to the chagrin of siblings and the parental unit. In my youth, the music game genre never entered my mind, even though I had encountered examples like Parappa the Rapper and Rez. However, my first experience with what has become the modern music game was, like many others, Guitar Hero. The then semi-unknown developer Harmonix released a truly insane idea, to approximate the feel and experience of playing lead guitar on some of Rocks greatest tracks. It was not the most original idea, as Konami executed the exact same formula in Japan with the long running Guitar Freaks series. But, the genre was designed for the arcade market, and rarely ended up on consoles. Harmonix was breaching a new market, and one that had huge business consequences. Bundling every copy of the game with a plastic instrument can be quite pricey, and trying to convince a Wal-Mart or Best Buy to give up three feet of precious shelf space to an unproven product can be quite difficult. Sometimes risks pay off, and this time it absolutely did.
Dammit, Just Play This! – The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
It has been a while! I have had this blog for a month and a bit and only put up one article. Maybe I should have a set schedule… Nah!
So, this article is going to be the first of many in the "Dammit, Just Play This!" series. My goal for these ramblings focuses more on a semi-traditional review structure, but does not attach a score. As shown by the article's title, I think these games are pretty rad; hopefully I can explain the extent of their radness and illuminate some interesting/wacky aspects that cropped up in my jumbled head. That being said, off to Skyrim we go!
Full transparency: my experience with the Elder Scrolls series does not span the gargantuan depths of time like other players. To experience all of the content for these games would realistically take around six-hundred hours. Even just starting at Morrowind, the mainstream breakthrough for the series, a player could spend up to three or four-hundred sword-swinging, magic hurling, backstabbing hours in their incredibly detailed worlds. Stepping into this narrative, this lore, and this style of design daunts the senses. I briefly forayed into Morrowind and played about a tenth of Oblivion in fits and starts; so I have not given myself over to the Medieval Western RPG in some time. Needless to say, I was excited but with a sense of temperance. I know that Bethesda, makers of The Elder Scrolls and the recent Fallout games, make quality experiences but ones that I seem to fizzle out. Then I started playing, and I kept playing. If I did not have school work/blog posts to be working on, I would still be playing it. The hooks are in, and the main question, to myself, is "why?"


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The term "gun buyback" is anti-gun agitprop. For one thing, a government can't buy back a gun they never owned. For another, there isn't a shred of scientific or even anecdotal evidence that "gun buybacks" do anything to reduce firearms-related crime, suicides or negligent discharges. But the basic concept isn't without its advantages. Forget "buybacks." Think recycling. As cincinnati.com reports, Deer Park City, Ohio councilperson Charles Tassell goes there . . .
There is no regulation of gun buybacks in Ohio.
There are no laws that determine what happens to the guns after they are collected.
Typically, the guns are destroyed in buybacks conducted by cities and police departments.
Deer Park City Councilperson Charles Tassell, who is pro-gun and holds a concealed-carry permit, didn't think that was the best way to run "Street Rescue," his gun buyback program.
Instead, he turns in the collected guns to federally licensed firearms dealers to be sold to the right hands.
"It's not my determination of the 'right hands,'" Tassell said. "It's the federal government's decision."
Buckeye Firearms explains why the system works so well:
"Allowing the guns to go back into the secondary markets is a much better solution than simply destroying the firearms," said Joe Eaton, treasurer of the Buckeye Firearms Association. "It protects the historical and collectible guns and makes families safer by making less expensive firearms available to them."
Stolen guns are returned to their rightful owners. "Normal" guns are returned to the legal market to be sold to legal, responsible gun owners. Valuable guns — including important historical artifacts — are sold to dealers at a fair market price. The funds are used to continue the program. It is a win – win for all concerned.
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OK. Except the Cobra's I see. Go ahead and melt 'em…
The one on the bottom right looks like an FN 1922. Absolutely would along with the Colts and S&Ws. The Jennings/relatives and the Rohm/Clerke guns can be taken or left. Could always use em to weigh papers, or give them to someone you didn't like.
Even if it's a Yugo copy, I'd still like to have it.
naaa stick a rail on the bottom, they will sell……….
There is a lid for every pot.
I'll take the guns no one wants….plenty of room in my safe.
I'd like that 6″ S&W.
I'd like all three of those Smith & Wessons. Too bad.
Not to mention the lucky guys who are able to stand outside the buyforwards and offer better deals
I approve of all of those things, and I hope the whinging from the morons who just want to see all guns destroyed moves beyond the frequencies of human hearing sooner rather than later.
Just curious…does anybody know for sure that police "buybacks" are legal if no one ascertains the seller is not a prohibited person, and that the buyer is not a prohibited person? Do all these police departments that put the guns back on the market have FFLs ? I can understand a state giving legislative permission to violate state-mandated background checks, but what about federal law?
I'm thinking that if they're legal, it's only because of the dreaded "gun show loophole" (I prefer to call it the garage-sale loophole) that lets any private party sell his own personal property to anyone else.
But regardless, any laws the government makes are applicable to you and me, but never to the government itself.
Buy back loophole??? OMG!!!!!!!!!!
A new source of Hi-Points is always welcome.
Still not sure if that's money well spent. Police should still make themselves available to anyone that wants to turn in an unwanted gun.
Most departments do, you can always give the gun and ammo to the police. They just tend to follow the officers home.
Cash for plinkers?
dollars for do-overs?
Revolving doors for dollars.
"It's not my determination of the 'right hands,'" Tassell said. "It's the federal government's decision."
These statements concern me. Federal Government employees, aren't they the same folks who leave their pistols in public bathrooms and have ND's? Yeah, never done either.
Fast and Furious.
I've got a POS I'm waiting to unload on a gun buyback.
I still have a problem with these "no questions asked" turn-ins. The problem is they imply the gun is the source of evildoing and not the criminal. The idea is if we get the gun off the street, the former gun owner will commit no more crimes. Meanwhile, a criminal turns in a gun to distance himself from the evidence. Oh, but at least we've solved the problem…
I don't care for this sort of consequentialist codswallop. I'm fine with clemency in return for confession, restitution, and turning in evidence. But we've already dismantled the rule of law so much and transferred our individual responsibility to "society" and foods and objects, I want no more of it, and the very people who are tasked with enforcing the law shouldn't be part of it, either.
If you inherit or otherwise find a gun you don't want, take it to Bass Pro Shops or a LGS and sell it to them. You'll get more than $50 (maybe) and maybe learn that guns aren't icky or scary. Maybe if the gun is worth nothing, they could disassemble it for you if you request.
The theory behind these events is, "If we buy back enough, eventually the criminals will run out of guns, and we will end gun crime."
wow 4 clerke 1st's in there……. we're safe.
Where are all the Assault rifles the Dems cry about?


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AT the time it was one of the most famous and glamorous marriages in the country.
But Hollywood producers have found telling the story of Romsey's Lord and Lady Mountbatten's relationship too controversial and have pulled out of making a movie based on the Hampshire couple's time during the last days of the British Empire in India.
The film Indian Summer had been due to star Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett as Lady Edwina Mountbatten, wife of Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma.
The movie, set during Britain's handover of India in 1947, became too hot for India's government who reportedly voiced concerns at the script, which focused on an alleged affair between Lady Mountbatten and the country's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
The relationship has often been described as an "intimate friendship"
between the two. Books written over the past 50 years by people close to the Indian prime minster show that the personal interests of the single Nehru and socialite Lady Mountbatten did nothing to diminish the rumours.
Now studio bosses at Universal have shelved the movie, originally scheduled for release in 2011, after additional problems over the film's budget saw the cost of making it spiral to an estimated £26m. It is believed that Indian officials had eventually given the film, based on the non-fiction book Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire, by Alex von Tunzelmann, the go-ahead.
But in an interview with trade magazine Variety, director Joe Wright admitted the wrangling with the country's officials sealed the movie's fate.
"We were in between a rock and a hard place.
The Indian government wanted us to make less of the love story while the studio wanted us to make more of the love story," he said.
Appointed Last Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten faced the impossible task of uniting Muslim and Hindu factions of the country when he arrived in Delhi in March 1947.
Civil war raged shortly after the Union flag was lowered on August 15 the same year but it was here that Mountbatten and his wife came into their own.
She organised relief work and medical supplies while he chaired an emergency committee – each spending 15 months in the country playing an integral part in its history.
Their union was far from conventional but they remained together until Lady Mountbatten's death in 1960, after almost 40 years of marriage.
Lord Mountbatten, who was great uncle to Prince Charles, died in 1979 after an IRA bomb attack on his fishing vessel off the north west coast of Sligo in Ireland. He was killed along with three others including 14- year-old grandson Nicholas who was twin brother to the current Lord Brabourne.
Oscar winning Australian born actress Blanchett and Atonement director Wright are still reportedly committed to the film if it ever goes ahead.


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Skip to comments.What would Obamas Supreme Court look like?...(Disaster for America perhaps?)
Posted on 10/10/2012 7:21:19 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
Whoever wins the election this fall may be in a position to radically change the ideological makeup of the Supreme Court, a legacy that far outlasts a four-year term. On Wednesday, the nine justices will hear oral arguments over whether and in what ways universities can use the race of applicants as a deciding factor in admissions. Just nine years ago, the Court upheld race in admissions in a 5-4 vote when swing justice Sandra Day O'Connor joined the liberal wing of the court for the decision. O'Connor has since been replaced by the much more conservative Samuel Alito, and some judicial experts think the relatively recent decision will be reversed, displaying how quickly court nominations have consequences on the law.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
"A left-leaning court could alter laws on same-sex marriage, gun rights, affirmative action, campaign finance, property and a whole host of other legal issues we might not even know about yet."...VOTE out OBAMA!
On another thread here today there is mention of the long-time personal connection between the President and the FCC Chairman, which is another important area where government control should be noted.
Then he appointed liberal judges at every opportunity.
Obama would be bad, but Romney is no better.
Want to fire Obama, fine, but don't delude yourself into thinking that Romney will be any better.
At most Obama may get to replace a liberal with a liberal. But Romney will all most assuredly get to replace Scalia and Kennedy with liberals as he did in Massachusetts.
I agree 100%.
Also, the writed hit a pet peeve of mine here.
People covering the Supreme Court need to understand and use terminology more carefully.
The writed said the recent decision could be "reversed".
That's not really true. That case is over and done. When the SCOTUS reverses a decision that means they are reversing the decision of a lower court.
The writer here should have said that the case might be "overruled".
That's the proper word for when the high court overturns its own precedent.
The affirmative action case will tell us whether Roberts has "grown" and therefore gone as a conservative as some have suggested.
I don't think he is a lost cause just yet, although my disappointment last term was profound.
Let's get Romney in and hold his feet to the fire.
But Romney will all most assuredly get to replace Scalia and Kennedy with liberals
So will Obama!
I'd trust Elmo's judgment over the Wise Latina's anyday...
Shhhhh - logic doesn't work on these guys....
It you value life, the 2nd Amendment, the 1st Amendment, private property rights, you cannot rationally support Romney ..
It depends on when Scalia and Kennedy choose to retire. If Romney wins he's going to want a second term. If those two justices retire early in his first term their replacements will be on the Court and have a record going into the 2016 election. If they turn out to be Liberals, there would certainly be a solid challenge to Romney in the GOP primary and Conservatives would abandon him. And NO incumbent has won reelection following a serious primary challenge in the last what? 50 years? 60? 75?
Just like what happened when Pat Buchannan challenged Bush in 1992. Or Teddy Kennedy challenged Carter in 1980 and Reagan challenged Ford in 1976.
If he wants a second term Romney must govern as a Conservative for his first. That includes who he picks for the Court.
Scalia and Kennedy are no Spring chickens. They may not get to choose when they leave the bench, just like what happened with Rehnquist. There also may not be a winning Republican in 2016, or 2020 or 2024 for that matter, especially given changing demographics and the growth of the entitlement classes.
I don't like saying this, but I think Romney is the best - possibly only - chance at keeping the Court leaning Conservative.
As far as holding feet to the fire..give me a break. As long Romney has a R behind his name most so called conservatives will support him no matter how liberal he is...its all about your side winning ...don't you see...
Romney is a Trojan horse his election will seal the deal by giving the SC and the country to the liberals.
I wont vote for liberals but I think most conservatives will which is a shame....
History shows different. Particularly 1976 and 1992 when Conservative primary challenges to Moderate/Liberal Republican incumbents dened them reelection.
I have no doubt that if Romney fails to govern as a Conservative that there will be a serious Conservative challenge to him in the primary. By serious I don't mean that he'll lose the primary, but rather it will be strong enough to embarass him and deny him the general election. Just as happened in 76 and 92.
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Told with wit and honesty this is a heartwarming memoir that reveals the pain, the joys, the fears, dedication and complexity of life on the land.
From a childhood spent yabbying and riding horses on friends' farms where the sun always shone, Angela Goode has always wanted to live on a farm of her own. With the handsome cattleman her friends set her up with, she finds her romantic illusions of country life under challenge.
From one large cattle stud Angela and her cattleman husband Charlie move to another, this time with city partners. Here she is caught in the divide between city and country values, her past and her present. Land and animals are pushed hard, as farmers battle the drought under escalating interest rates.
Angela and Charlie's dream of becoming start-from-scratch farmers is at last possible when they find the run-down 'Field of Mars', a former sheep and onion farm, and home to endangered wildlife and rare trees. Slowly, they integrate cattle with rare wildlife, business with conservation, and make a life on the farm raising cattle and growing lucerne seed.
Through the Farm Gate takes us through the pain, the joys, the fears, dedication and complexity of what it takes to live on the land. Angela's honesty and her enduring love affair with the farm shines through every page of this funny, heartwarming memoir of dreams and determination.
About the Author
Angela Goode works on a farm near Naracoorte, South Australia, where cattle graze and bush stone curlews call. She has spent her writing life bringing the images and issues of rural Australia to a wider audience in books, newspaper columns, and on radio. From 1981 to 2008 she wrote a country column for the Advertiser in Adelaide. The many editions of Great Working Dog Stories and Great Working Horse Stories, alongside For Love of the Land, celebrate working lives beyond the cities - where animals and humans are expected to pull their weight. In 2008 she was inducted by Rural Media South Australia as a Rural Media Icon.
Angela spent many years in the saddle-mustering buffalo, trail riding on bullock tracks, hunting, jumping logs, and sometimes falling off. Her horses know little about hard work these days.
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A group of local employers went back to school recently to enable students at Penryn College to try out skills used in the workplace and gather more information about potential career paths.
The Have a Go event was one of a series of events held across England to raise the profile nationally of skills, vocational training and apprenticeships. The bite-sized tasters included website design with Digital Web Media whose managing director, Mark Grice, is keen to encourage young people into IT.
He said: "Website developers are so hard to find in Cornwall, so inspiring young people at an early age, to take this up as a career is essential."
Other employers included Cornwall Marine Network, who gave a practical introduction into careers in the marine sector; the Royal Cornwall Trust, who introduced the students to operating department practice and how to intubate patients; Falmouth Marine School, who demonstrated marine science, and the Army Reserves, who explained and demonstrated life in the forces.
Another practical session was run by the 2nd Chance Project who looked at sports and leisure, and a problem solving challenge around engineering was delivered by Cormac.
A career in catering and becoming a chef was delivered by Nick Evans, head chef at St Petroc's Bistro, and Premier Inn representatives challenged students to make up a bed and room in the shortest time.
Rachel Bastian, work related learning co-ordinator at Penryn College, said: "It's been fantastic having such a wide range of employers committed to providing such extensive Have a Go activities to inspire our young people."


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Despite his extracurriculars, multi-talented maker Jens Widerberg keeps it simple when it comes to design, drawing heavily from classic Scandinavian minimalism. The Swedish-born designer has a long and ecclectic resume: ranked as Sweden's number two slalom champion in his youth, he later moved south to become a windsurfer. He became Sweden's fastest kite surfer and the tenth fastest worldwide. Never one to rest on his laurels, Jens also funnels his energy (or whatever's left of it) into creating functional items for the home.


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The Hollow Rhetoric of Regionalism
Now the co-chairman of the Milwaukee 7, an organization allegedly formed to promote economic development within seven southeastern Wisconsin counties, including Milwaukee, is publicly opposing any preference in the city for hiring its own citizens hardest hit by unemployment.
Gale Klappa, chairman of We Energies and co-chairman of the Milwaukee 7, attacked the city's modest 5% bidding preference for contractors located in Milwaukee as an "anti-regional attitude."
Well, since when isn't the city of Milwaukee part of the region?
The argument demonstrates the indifference of many area leaders to one of the most visible reminders to city residents about how little people in power really care about those suffering the worst economic devastation in the region.
When work finally does come to Milwaukee, through major construction projects or even street repairs right in their own neighborhoods, Milwaukeeans of color—African Americans, Latinos and others—rarely see anyone working on those jobs who looks like them. That continues to be true even when city, county and state officials assure everyone that contracting requirements intended to promote minority and gender fairness in hiring are not only being met, but exceeded.
Obviously, there's a big difference between what a company's work force looks like on paper and what it looks like on the job. That's why Milwaukee Alderman Ashanti Hamilton wrote legislation adding a local preference, in which the city favors Milwaukee-based contractors whose bids are within 5% of the lowest bid.
The requirement has affected only two city contracts since taking effect in August, but losing bidders from outside the city sued, challenging the selection of a city-based construction company.
Milwaukee Needs Jobs
This issue becomes even more important as the city begins receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in federal economic stimulus funds to create more jobs here.
Milwaukee has applied for nearly half a billion dollars in economic stimulus. So far, it's been awarded $96.6 million. Decisions are still pending on applications for nearly $300 million.
The awarding of federal stimulus dollars is based on need. It may be one of the few times Milwaukee actually benefits from an appalling unemployment rate of nearly 50% among African-American males, the fifth worst among the nation's 35 largest metropolitan areas, according to the UW-Milwaukee Center for Economic Development.
That would make it particularly ironic if those hundreds of millions of dollars in federal stimulus money then went to construction companies located outside of Milwaukee instead of being used to hire city residents who are most in need.
Klappa's charge that any city preference for hiring Milwaukeeans is "anti-regional" could perhaps best be described as anti-rational.
Golly, wouldn't you think the co-chairman of an organization that claims its mission is to create jobs in the region would welcome the creation of as many jobs as possible where unemployment is highest in the region?
"It seems any type of legislation or policy objective that benefits the city of Milwaukee…somehow gets deemed anti-regional," Alderman Hamilton said. "As a region, for us not to focus on those (with the greatest unemployment) is a detriment to the region."
A co-chair of Klappa's Milwaukee 7—which includes Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Washington, Walworth, Racine and Kenosha counties—is Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett. With partners like that, Barrett doesn't need enemies.
The creation of the Milwaukee 7 was hailed at the time as some kind of regional breakthrough. For once, outlying counties that had built themselves up economically by luring companies from Milwaukee were going to be working with the city to create more employment for the entire region.
That would be pretty radical if it were true. But now all the hollow rhetoric of regionalism has been exposed. Regional cooperation on economic development seems to mean Milwaukee is supposed to do all the cooperating and outlying counties are supposed to get all the jobs. Jobs in Milwaukee are anti-regional.
If other counties in the region were really serious about regional economic development, they would favor increasing employment in Milwaukee to turn the state's largest city into a powerful economic engine driving the entire region.
Instead, regional leaders are demonstrating the same small-minded provincialism they did when they moved companies to remote areas away from the city and then proceeded to fight the development of regional public transportation that would give city residents any access to those jobs.
Some of those companies even began recruiting workers from Eastern Europe instead of hiring Milwaukee's unemployed just a few miles away in eastern Wisconsin.
Talk of regional development can't be taken seriously until area leaders start taking concrete steps to improve transportation, education and employment for those hardest hit economically in their region.


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When a press release arrived this morning announcing that GoDaddy has captured a gold-level Stevie Award for outstanding customer service, I immediately assumed that the beleaguered company's employees had won this honor simply for escaping 2011 with their lives.
Or maybe that the award was given to the industry service department that logged the most holiday-season overtime and confronted the single largest volume of rabidly disgruntled customers.
After all, few companies incurred more direct wrath last year than did GoDaddy, which became a primary target of grassroots Internet anger for supporting the SOPA anti-piracy legislation ... and received precious little in the way of forgiveness for withdrawing that support under duress. Tens of thousands of domain names were transferred from GoDaddy to other registrars, with the reverberations still being felt, witness Wikipedia's impending departure.
Yet the public relations professional writing in behalf of the Stevie Awards notes:
"Excelling in sales and customer service is essential for prosperity in business, especially during tough economic times. Honoring organizations and individuals having mastered just that, the winners of the 2012 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service were awarded in categories like Global Sales Leader of the Year, Sales Department of the Year, Customer Service Team of the Year and Young Customer Service Professional of the Year. ... Some of the organizations honored this year include DHL Express, GoDaddy.com, Groupon, Marriott Vacation Club International, Office Depot, OnStar, Rosetta Stone, and Twitter. "
GoDaddy was the Customer Service Team of the Year recipient. Go figure.
But how?
Here's how (maybe): The final deadline for Stevie Award entries was Nov. 18, 2011, meaning that the brundt of the SOPA brouhaha -- including the boycott of GoDaddy -- happened afterward, presumably outside the judging purview of the contest.
Good luck next year, GoDaddy.
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Dew dropped some props at Hunky's Old Fashioned Hamburgers in Oak Cliff today, recognizing the restaurant for its water conservation efforts. Rick Barton, owner of Hunky's, accepted the props — framed certificates of recognition from Dallas Water Utilities' Noel Nielson and Dew, official mascot for DWU's water conservation efforts.
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Coral planting project
Together with the department of science and technology,i have the pleasure of attending a local coral planting.the next phase of the project by the department of science and technology (DOST) CORAL REEF RESTORATION ,will now move to planting live corals. with our support projects like this can only succeed with our wholehearted support and cooperation.
i will be a leading member in this project for our dive center,so anybody would like to join me,just drop us a line.
i hope all of the dive shops and employess of the local dive shops on boracay island philippines will take part in this project.


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As has happened many times in the past, stories of India captain MS Dhoni and Virender Sehwag not seeing eye-to-eye surface at a time the team has performed badly.
Indranil Basu writes in Times of India that Sehwag take over as the Test captain:
However, what is really disturbing is the talk of "an ego clash" between Dhoni and Sehwag. It's said that this affected Dhoni's captaincy and he couldn't quite assert his authority with Sehwag and a few others.
Dhoni also feels that Sehwag could have done better in Australia if had shown greater discipline while batting. The authorities are examining to what extent this dissension within the team contributed to its debacle in Australia.
Senior players like Sachin Tendulkar, Dravid or Laxman don't have had a problem playing under Dhoni (or under Sehwag, for that matter), but Sehwag has apparently made his opinions clear: he doesn't like Dhoni's way of handling things, be it in selecting the playing XI, field placements during Test matches or the issue of bringing in younger players. He feels that his views have not been heard.
What is wrong with the Indian batting? Mumbai Mirror's Sriram Veera tries to make sense of Sehwag's comments at the post-match presser.
Sometimes, of course, you can't take the cricketers at the face value. The cricketers say something just to deflect the media criticism. It will be crassly stupid to say the likes of Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman don't care. Here is what is really scary: This Indian team really doesn't know the reason why they have lost 0-8 in England and Australia. They know it's their batting but they don't know why it failed.
Sehwag presented a bit of that cluelessness. "Everybody practised hard at home, and then we came here and practised really hard. We make our own plans and it didn't click. The time is not good for Indian team, for individuals. Maybe that's why we are not scoring runs. The moment the time changes, the next year we will see, or in the coming series we will see our top order giving starts and middle order coming in and score big hundreds."
India's slump coincides with a happy time for Pakistan. For some Pakistanis, this is a matter of joy.
"Whether we accept it openly or not but such is our cricket rivalry with India that when they lose and we win it gives us more to pleasure," psychologist Dr Ambreen explained.
"The fact that the Indian media has been urging their players to learn a lesson from the Pakistan team is also very satisfying for our people," she said.
Former captain Moin Khan believes that Pakistanis are also happy with the situation because of the way the Indian cricket establishment has shunned Pakistani players from the Indian Premier League.
"Obviously there is a anger at the way our players are being treated and ignored by the Indians where the IPL is concerned. The better our team is performing the more the value of our players is increasing," he said.
Former Australia captain Ian Chappell wades into India's 'star culture'.
"The star system is well and truly ingrained in the Indian team and things won't improve, certainly not on the overseas Test match front, until this is changed," Chappell said on Sunday.
"The problem is that the star system is part of India's general culture and it's going to be difficult to change the approach in the cricket team.
"The average Indian fan is satisfied if Tendulkar scores a hundred but the team loses.
"India... needs to become a group of cricketers who perform as a team. It doesn't help when a number of those individually bright stars are playing for their own survival.
"Recent successes in all forms of the game has led to sloppy habits instead of a work and thought ethic that will bring prolonged success.
"Australia has played hard, competitive and smart cricket while India has just capitulated".
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Photo Flash: Before and After Broadway Rocks Anaheim 2011!
The Anaheim Performing Arts Center Foundation APACF hosted an evening of singing and dancing to continue raising money for the capital campaign for the building of a new performing arts center in Anaheim. The production, Broadway Rocks Anaheim 2011 featured some of Broadway's brightest stars.
The event took place on November 5 at 8:00 pm at the Heritage Forum in Anaheim.
Notable performers included Shirley Jones, Lea Thompson, Valarie Pettiford, Patrick Cassidy and Ace Young.
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Wood'nCoal wrote:This whole story doesn't sound good for Harman. Too bad Dane isn't as good of a businessman as he is a stove designer. With the new plant one would think they could meet the demand or at least provide more product then the article indicates.
CapeCoaler wrote:The dealers were selling stock not yet received. Pre-selling stoves they thought they would get.
jpen1 wrote:Once you file for bankruptcy all the steel and other things you order now become C.O.D
CapeCoaler wrote:I think both Harman and the dealer should have seen this train wreck coming.
I would still like to know if this dealer sold that many stoves on a regular basis in years past.
I started picking up used stoves before it was here and told my friends and family to get their stoves very early in the season.
'irrational over exuberance' on the dealers part and a lack of communication earlier in the season on behalf of Harman.
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