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CONSERVATIONISTS are working in a remote North Yorkshire river to preserve a rare and endangered species of fresh water pearl mussel.
Experts from the University of York and the Environment Agency are working in the River Esk near the North York Moors.
By introducing a series of microscopic glochidia (the mussels' young) into the water, it is hoped they will latch on to the native fish and migrate to areas where they can mature.
Freshwater pearl mussels are an important indicator of water pollution and quality, and are threatened by a variety of pollutant factors such as cattle manure, over-sedimentation, decline of salmon and trout numbers and historical pearl fishing. This mixture of threats means they are believed to be threatened with possible extinction in less than 40 years.
Even despite this work, the outlook according to York Biology Student Sam Jones, is quite grim. "The river Esk is a big place and, as we have so few mussels remaining, the likelihood of the glochidia attaching to the gills of the fish – a process known as encystment - is exceedingly low."
The conservationists are working to ensure the future of the freshwater pearl mussel. This includes catching trout and salmon from the river through harmless electro-fishing and holding them in containers near the river banks with the fertile female mussels to increase the chances of glochidia encystment.
According to Allison Pierre, a technical officer of the Environment agency "With work such as this and improvements to the river habitat we hope to start finding some young mussels in the river over the next few years".
Freshwater mussels were once common across the UK, but now they only live in small enclaves, the River Esk being the only one in Yorkshire. They can live for over 100 years, with most in the Esk averaging 60.
The National Park Authority has also worked with 50 farms, installing fences, planting trees and providing crossing points and alternative stock watering to help benefit the local habitats and wildlife. It will also go on to benefit kingfishers, otters, dippers and water invertebrates as well.


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Beer is arguably the world's original social network, helping real people to connect in real life for thousands of years. Within this category, Anheuser-Busch InBev has become the world's leading global brewer and one of the top five FMCG companies. Chris Burggraeve, chief marketing officer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, described how the company is now fusing physical and virtual social networks to drive brand growth. AB InBev's dream is to become the best beer company in a better world.
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"Beer: The Real Social Network." Chris Burggraeve, Chief Marketing Officer, Anheuser-Busch InBev. ANA/WFA Global Marketing Conference, 3/14/12.
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This week is all about Brad Keselowski as NASCAR's newest star celebrates his first Sprint Cup championship.
For the past week, NASCAR has shuttled Keselowski all around the country, showing off its new champion and showcasing his colorful, engaging personality. Keselowski's whirlwind tour will wind up this weekend when he is officially honored at the season-ending awards ceremony in Las Vegas.
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Meanwhile, many fans are celebrating, too, reveling in the fact that NASCAR finally has a new Cup champion for the first time since 2006. And reveling in the fact that Jimmie Johnson, the five-time champion that ruled NASCAR for half a decade, is no longer the face of the sport.
Those fans should enjoy themselves and soak up the anti-Jimmie sentiment.
Because it's not likely to last long.
Johnson, 37, will be back with a vengeance next season and will have an even better shot at winning his sixth Sprint Cup championship.
Johnson, who won five straight titles from 2006-10, has now gone two straight seasons without winning the championship.
While that delights many fans, it no doubt makes Johnson and his Hendrick Motorsports team even hungrier and more determined to bounce back.
After his historic championship run, Johnson had an off year in 2011, winning just two races and finishing a career-worst sixth in points. After such a long and dominant run, it was understandable that Johnson and his Chad Knaus-led team faded a bit last season.
It likely was burned out from the tremendous focus and commitment that it took to produce such a spectacular run. How many athletes and teams could sustain such excellence for even that long?
Johnson and Knaus vowed that they would bounce back in 2012, and they did. They won five races and were on the verge of wrapping up their sixth title when a couple of rare mistakes and unlucky breaks in the final two races ruined their chances and opened the door for Keselowski to produce an upset.
Now, Johnson and Knaus likely will be even more ticked off and even more determined to make another run at a sixth championship. And they aren't likely to make the same mistakes again.
Johnson and Knaus, arguably the greatest driver-crew chief duo in NASCAR history, desperately want to win a sixth title to move one step away from a record-tying seventh. That would put Johnson in the elite company of legends Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt, and just one title away from breaking the record they share.
That is incentive enough.
But Johnson and his Hendrick team have another big factor in their favor.
The new 2013 Sprint Cup car.
NASCAR will unveil a brand-new, completely different car next season that it has spent the past two years developing.
The debut and implementation of that car will be a major storyline next season and a big challenge for all Sprint Cup drivers and teams.
While the car is expected to be a big hit with fans and the auto manufacturers, it likely will be a huge headache for drivers and teams. It took them nearly six years to adapt to the current model, and even that is debatable with the struggles many teams had getting a handle on the quirky machine.
With a different aerodynamic balance, new rules and a dozen nuances that will make the 2013 model vastly different, it will take the top drivers and teams months to fully adjust and get comfortable with the new car. For some, it likely will take much longer, making the 2013 season a throwaway year.
That plays right into the hands of NASCAR's biggest and strongest teams.
And that means that mighty Hendrick Motorsports could dominate in 2013.
Hendrick has ruled the sport for nearly two decades, winning 10 Sprint Cup championships in the past 18 years. And it is at its absolute best when things change, when NASCAR makes a major move to shake up the competition in its top series.
With more than 500 employees and the largest engineering staff in the sport, Hendrick is simply better equipped to adapt to such changes than any other team.
In 2007, when NASCAR first introduced the current car, Hendrick dominated as the new car was raced in 16 of the 36 races. With teams switching back and forth between models, Hendrick won 10 of the first 14 races and wound up winning 18 of 36.
Johnson and Hendrick teammate Jeff Gordon were the dominant drivers that season, combining to win 16 races and racing head-to-head for the championship. Gordon dominated the regular season, building a 300-point lead over the first 26 races, before Johnson won his second straight championship by winning four straight races in the Chase.
A year later, when the current was implemented full time, things were more balanced, with Hendrick, Roush Fenway Racing and Joe Gibbs Racing each winning more than eight races. But Johnson still dominated the Chase, cruising to a record-setting third straight title.
In the first three years with the new car, Hendrick won 39 races—16 more than the next closest team.
While the competition caught up in 2010-11—just 11 Hendrick wins in those two seasons—Hendrick bounced back to win the most races again this season (10).
And with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kasey Kahne now on the rise, you could argue that Hendrick has its greatest driver lineup ever.
All four drivers are likely to be in the Chase again next year and any of them could be serious championship contenders.
Jeff Gordon's last great season came in 2007, when the current car made its debut. He has seen first-hand how Hendrick is always on the cutting edge of new technology and always the first to adapt to big changes.
"I think Hendrick Motorsports in general has shown how well they prepare when a new challenge is thrown at us like this new car," Gordon said. "So I think we've got some great things in store for us for next year."
That likely means another season of dominance for Hendrick Motorsports.
And that means Johnson enters 2013 as the early favorite and has a great shot to win a sixth Sprint Cup title.
So all the Johnson haters should enjoy their new champion and relish the brief respite with Johnson not on top of the NASCAR world.
Because it likely won't last long.


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RICHMOND — Private businesses that contract for work with the city may be prohibited from asking questions about prior criminal convictions on employment applications, the City Council decided Tuesday.
The Council voted 5-1-1 to have the city attorney draft a new ordinance that would expand a 2011 law prohibiting the city from asking questions about criminal history when hiring public employees.
"It's the right thing to do," said Councilwoman Jovanka Beckles, who proposed the motion. "We are simply removing (the question) from the initial stage of the game."
A staff report outlining the proposed law says, "The intent of this resolution is to support the successful reintegration of formerly incarcerated people into the community by removing barriers to employment after their release from prison."
Beckles said expanding the law is key in reducing the city's high unemployment and reducing recidivism. Dozens of parolees return to the city from incarceration stints each month.
Nearly 80 percent of local parolees are unemployed, according to a city staff report.
The new law would extend the current law to all private vendors and contractors who have city contracts.
According to the National Employment Law Project, Richmond is one of 43 cities nationwide and eight cities and counties in California that have adopted some form of so-called "ban the box" legislation. Compton, in Southern California, is listed in the November 2012 NELP report as another city that has extended the law to private businesses that contract with the city.
More than 10 residents spoke in favor of expanding the law.
Police Chief Chris Magnus said he supports expanding the law because it may improve public safety and reduce recidivism.
But there were critics of the resolution. At least two residents said the law is an overreach that would impose new regulations on local firms and noted that businesses would still be able to discover applicants' criminal history with background checks.
Proponents said it is crucial to remove the question in order to get applicants past initial hurdles to employment.
Councilman Corky Booze abstained. Councilman Nat Bates voted against the ordinance, saying it would do little to improve employment for formerly incarcerated people because they would still be passed over due to background checks conducted by most businesses.
"Life is not fair, it has never been fair, and it never will be fair," Bates said. "The tag goes with them the rest of their life."
The ordinance is slated to come back to council for approval next month.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Dodgers pitcher Chad Billingsley said he had some soreness Sunday after throwing breaking balls off a mound Saturday for the first time since undergoing Tommy John surgery on April 25.
"It was a little stiff last night and I was kind of worried, but I had treatment and it's pretty good today," said Billingsley. "I'll play light catch today and have my next [bullpen session] Tuesday and incorporate cutters."
Billingsley threw fastballs, changeups and curveballs in the Saturday bullpen session.
"I've never had surgery on my elbow before, and you almost forget what it's like to throw again," he said. "They said to expect soreness, it's normal. My forearm is a little tight, but they say that's expected."
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Empowered local governments key to local developmentApr 3, 2014
March 27, 2014—The second national Local Self-Government Forum in Lviv discussed the need for a local self-governance reform with a view to place the community in the centre of local policy and provide greater powers to local authorities in the areas of local development, local public finance, and urban development policies. Particular attention was paid to the role of e-governance in improving the quality and efficiency of services delivery to people in Ukraine.
Supported by UNDP and other partners, the two-day event brought together over 120 participants representing the Government of Ukraine, local, regional and municipal authorities, international organizations and diplomatic missions as well as national and international experts on self-governance.
During the forum, UNDP shared its successful experience in promoting participatory local governance and decentralized management mechanisms in rural areas as part of its development projects, in particular ongoing EU-funded Community-based approach to Local Development and Smart Practices for Oversight by Non-State Actors on Administrative Service Provision Projects.
"People are at the centre of our local development work ", said Oksana Remiga, Senior Programme Manager at UNDP Ukraine. "We help make the voice of people, including of the most vulnerable, heard by engaging them in the development of their communities".
Sergey Tcibitovskiy, Head of Legal Department of Secretariat Ukrainian Association of Regional and District Councils (UARDA), presented a web-based Knowledge Hub Portal (KHP), an online platform developed by UNDP and UARDA which fosters professional networking in the local government and development sector by helping people connect, share and learn from each other. In addition, practitioners, professionals, policy makers and academia in the field of e-governance connect and exchange best practices through the E-governance Portal.
Vitaly Zagainov, Deputy Chairman of the Lviv regional branch of the Association of Ukrainian Cities, highlighted the support provided by UNDP and EU in piloting a public monitoring of administrative services initiative in Lviv. He expressed hope that the similar initiatives started by 15 public organizations in 2014 in their cities can help ensure an effective dialogue between citizens and local governments on improving the quality of administrative services.
Participants of the forum developed a roadmap for the Government outlining a series of amendments to the legislation which are key to ensure efficient self-governance. They also highlighted the importance of engaging people and civil society organizations in discussing efficient mechanisms for a sustainable local development.


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Scammers pretending to represent two government agencies are at work in the area, it was warned Tuesday.
Residents have received letters purportedly from the Internal Revenue Service and calls allegedly from the Butte County Sheriff's Office. Both agencies reported Tuesday the contacts were frauds.
Business and nonprofit organizations in the area are getting what looks like a genuine letter from the Internal Revenue Service, asking for a federal identification number.*
"The letter is fraudulent and is meant to get the recipient to give their federal ID number" on a voice mail, if they call with questions, said Chico accountant Randy Johnson of Johnson and Heller.
"To the unsuspecting, it looks real," Johnson wrote in an email to this newspaper.
"We preach to our client never give out your federal ID number, business or personal. And when in doubt call us or the local IRS office or its toll-free number."
The letter, addressed from the IRS office in Sacramento with the name "R Sanderson, revenue officer." When the listed phone number — 916-974-5325 — is called, Sanderson is on the voice mail and asks the caller to leave their phone number and federal ID number for a call back.
The letter is asking for "unified returns."
In Chico, the IRS office is at 1395 Ridgewood Drive, and is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. but is closed 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. There is no telephone contact at this office, but individuals can drop in without an appointment.
The IRS web site also provides a contact phone number of 1-800-829-1040 for individuals and 1-800-829-4933 for businesses.
In the other scam, multiple residents have reported receiving a phone call from someone identifying himself or herself as an employee of the Sheriff's Office.
The caller alleges a warrant is about to be issued in the resident's name, unless he or she makes a payment within 90 minutes, according to a press release from the Sheriff's Office.
A technique known as "caller ID spoofing" is thought to have been used, which allows the caller to make their phone number appear to be from the Sheriff's Office.
The Sheriff's Office states it does not call citizens to inform them of warrants being issued.
Anyone who receives a phone call from someone stating they are with the Sheriff's Office and advising of a warrant should not provide any personal information or credit card numbers, and should report it to authorities at 538-7322, according to the press release.
"The safety and security of the citizens of Butte County is very important to us," according to the Butte County Sheriff's Office. "We have initiated an investigation into these phone calls and will provide updated information when possible.
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CONCORD, N.C. — Brian Burns, who was the interim crew chief for Bobby Labonte for the second half of the 2012 season, has been named the permanent crew chief for JTG Daugherty Racing's No. 47 car.
Burns took over the team in August after Todd Berrier left for Furniture Row Racing.
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"Anytime we have needed Brian to step into a crew chief role and lead our team, he has risen to the challenge," co-owner Tad Geschickter said in a statement. "He has done a solid job for us and we're pleased he accepted the position to guide our team in 2013."
JTG Daugherty Racing hired Bobby Hutchens last year to replace Berrier as general manager, and now Burns will stay in his role as he calls the shots for 2000 Cup champion Labonte. Burns has worked for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, Front Row Motorsports and Michael Waltrip Racing.
"I'm looking forward to this season and working with Bobby again," Burns said. "The 2013 car may have leveled the playing field with all the changes and I feel like we will be able to turn some heads.
"We have some good things on the horizon and we are adding more engineering support. We are also staffing up to have extra support at the shop and track. Our team owners are providing us with the tools we need to get to the next level."
Labonte finished 23rd in the standings last year with two top-10 and 14 top-20 finishes.


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Seth Everett joins radio broadcast team on Mets flagship WOR 710 AM
FLUSHING, N.Y. - The New York Mets and Clear Channel Media and Entertainment today announced that Seth Everett will join the radio broadcast team for Mets games broadcasts on WOR 710 AM, the new radio home of the Mets.
Everett, a nationally known voice of baseball, will host a 30-minute pre- and post-game show before and after every Mets regular season game. Howie Rose and Josh Lewin are teaming up for their third season together as the play-by-play announcers for Mets games.
Everett will join WOR 710 AM from FOX Sports Radio and WINS Radio in New York - after previously hosting radio shows for ESPN New York and Sirius/XM's MLB Radio Network. His past experience includes eight years at Major League Baseball Advanced Media as a studio host for MLB Radio and video production for MLB.com. Prior to launching his national career, Everett spent three years in Seattle as sports director and on-air host at 950 KJR AM, Seattle's top-rated sports talk station, and two years at KKFN in Denver.
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.... game 1 .....
Curtis Painter still sucks. Took 3 plays. :laugh:
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.... game 1 .....
Curtis Painter still sucks. Took 3 plays. :laugh:
If you watched Purdue Football you didn't need to see him on the Colts to see that he has always sucked.
I can't believe he's on an NFL team let alone our Colts.
I don't watch college sports much at all. Before the drafts for sports I find as much film as possible. With the NBA lockout that'll probably change this year.
Annnnnd "Igor" (Orlovsky) throws a pick. At first viewing that looked like the WR's fault though.
I get nothing good out of Painter NOTHING.
This is what scares me about the Colts they have no contingency plan if the unthinkable happens.
Are they just going to tank the season if that happens?
Of course they will who am I kidding.
Tanking would mean losing on purpose. In my definition anyway. That's different than just sucking. I'd venture to say we'd just suck. :laugh:
Part of the problem is that no QB's would want to come here. One, nobody wants to come here knowing Manning hasn't missed a game in forever. They know the odds of playing are slim. Secondly, nobody wants to have to try to fit into a system created for Peyton that's not like any other system if they do have the chance to play. That would be setting yourself up to fail.
Well tanking is something the Colts have done before so that's nothing new.
I disagree about no QB's wanting to come here you don't need an elite QB for a backup but a serviceable one like Kyle Orton. Curtis Painter is not serviceable. He's making miss Sorgi
I mean Favre had decent backups: Warner, Hasselbeck, Rodgers(who ended up taking his job)
Why can't the Colts?
Its bad planning on their part.
Yes, bad planning. Clearly we should look for the best undrafted FA ever who won't even throw a pass in the NFL for 5 more years after being our backup. Or we should hope that the guy who was considered for the 1st overall pick (Rodgers) falls all the way down the draft board to us in the mid-20's. That's luck, really.
Are you sure you're a Colts fan? Even during the best stretch this franchise has possibly ever had, you complain like we're being run by Matt Millen. Sheesh.
Yes I'm a Colts fan but I don't need to be a blind homer to be one which is apparently your criteria.
Wanting a decent backup is not a horrible thing to wish for. Manning is 35 years old.
If Polian is this vaunted genius you people think he is you'd expect him to realize that maybe getting a decent backup isn't so awful an idea.
He doesn't need to be a Pro Bowler but someone that can win a few games.
To me that guy is not Curtis Painter.
Well, I guess I would rather be a blind homer, than a whiny nit picking complainer. At least the homer will actually enjoy watching the large amount of success this team has had, as opposed to taking it for granted and complaining about EVERYTHING.
They don't do this, they don't do that, they are tankers who am I kidding, we need a QB, we need this type of a defense, we need, we need, we should be able to ... blah blah ....
Where does the whining stop, really? Can't even discuss a preseason game without it coming out. Bengals, Lions, Browns and NFL fans everywhere except Pittsburgh and New England would kill for the product our pathetically inept management trots out there every year. They must be Colts homers too.
Purdue people treat Curtis Painter like he's the greatest quarterback since sliced bread...at least the ones i'm around :laugh::laugh:
Hummm we have had way too many Great QB's to even "compare Curtis Painter to the best thing since sliced bread"
The pick sucked but he didn't do bad other than that pass... He was 3/6 3 incompletions were a drop on a easy swing pass by Addai, the pick that was too high (it wasn't like he wasn't under pressure with a guy in his face), the pass at the goal-line was a pure timing pass and they really haven't had much time to get that down packed yet(Gonzo and Painter)...
The pass that he made down field was very nice though, he put it in a spot where his guy could get it in tight coverage and wasn't scared to let it fly. This is a very short sample size (just to drives), but I expect to see a lot more out of him next week....
Will say that I am impressed with what Donald Brown did...
Where was Devin Moore, and why wasn't he returning kicks...?
Spann did good out the backfield but not so much in the return game... Him or Gilreath...
Darren did good near the end of the game but that was against meaningless competition, didn't fair as well earlier in the game. First round of cuts is August 30th so he still has some time to show up, but he has to show it when it counts if he wants to stay around, especially with our RB depth.
It will be interesting seeing our two O-line rookies play with the first team.
Nate Davis didn't look good at all, neither did any of the receivers that we had brought in, Brown, Brooks, Gilreath, Williams... TJ will definitely be needed to add depth to our WR position.
Looks like we have a lot of TE's that can catch and run after, the one or two that stay around ill be the ones that show they can block...
Secondary seems so questionable especially after the starting group.
Rookie Safety Joe looked pretty good though, was around the ball often and always secured the tackles.
Kevin Thomas seemed to play a little too safe for a lot of the game, but it has been a yr since he has hit anyone or really played coverage in a game... glad to see that near the end he was actually making decent tackles.
Also I am not as down on Hughes as many people are, he didn't show the motor that I would like him to, but he was good in contain and run support.. he still has a lot to learn and work on, but I am not super worried right now, he will get it together...
I will say after only 2 weeks of practice I expect the guys that are new to the system to not do as well, the next 2 game should provide a lot more informative sample of what to expect from those guys..
I don't think there was anyone who liked Curits Painter...ever.
Also, like I texted my buddy in the first half...classic case of Colts preseason.
Time for the annual "PRESEASON" post.....
BTW, am I the only one that is really happy we have Darren Evans, kid could play at Va Tech.
Not really, but thats mostly because I'm a Ben Davis grad. :D
Beast is an understatement. He was arguably the best running back in the country when he hurt his knee. If he can come back healthy, he could be a HUGE pickup for us.
Honestly I don't think that he will make the team... His primary use right away for the Colts would be special teams and goalline situations, but with Delone Carter handling goal line duties so well in training camp they really won't have much use for him.
Donald Brown is showing that he still is deserving of PT, then you have Addai, I am expecting James to be cut as well... Colts are probably going to carry 5 RBs at the most with the last two being Moore and Spann, especially if Spann can get his KR stuff together, if not I don't think he will make the team either.
Pretty sure if they get cut though they will get picked up by other teams and if not atleast be signed to the practice squad...
Yes how dare some of us fans actually expect more out of a team that has the potential to actually be considered a dynasty.
Manning is a once in a lifetime player when he's gone barring some Aaron Rodgers/Steve Young type situation the Colts will be irrelevant for a very long long time. We will never see anything like this ever again.
The Colts want to settle for being good enough and think that's enough to win multiple SB's but its not and never will be and its irritating that they think otherwise. There's nothing wrong with wanting them to improve if everything was perfect with this team we'd never lose and win multiple SBs but they don't. And we're not the Bengals and Lions for a reason because we expect more than they do. They're willing to settle for mediocrity and that's a large part of why they're garbage organizations.
Instead they'll end up being another Favre led Packers which is fine for most teams but really they could've been more. You apparently expect less that's your problem.


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by T.W. Budig
ECM Capitol reporter
Two Columbia Heights Democrats want to make it tougher for violent felons to legally possess firearms.
Sen. Barb Goodwin and Rep. Carolyn Laine are carrying legislation requiring violent felons to appeal to the State Board of Pardons, a board consisting of the governor, chief justice of the state supreme court and state attorney general, for restoration of gun possession rights.
Under state law, felons convicted of crimes of violence are prohibited from possessing firearms for the remainder of their lives.
Other felons are prohibited until the restoration of their civil rights, which does not occur until completion of sentence.
But it is possible for felons to appeal to a judge to have their gun-possession rights restored, Goodwin said.
This allows felons the luxury to "shop around" for judges more likely to grant the request, she explained.
"There's a lot of problems with that," Goodwin said.
For one thing, local law enforcement doesn't get notified — her bill does that, Goodwin said.
"I'm really hoping it's going to pass," she said.
Goodwin's interest in felons and firearms was heightened by past gunplay in Columbia Heights.
Laine, who could be seen carrying her bill recently on the House floor looking for cosponsors, views it as a modest legislation.
It's just tweaking existing state law, she said.
The board of pardons, Goodwin believes, may do a more thorough background check on a felon than a judge.
Like others, Goodwin views the recent Connecticut elementary school shooting as changing the gun debate.
"I am hoping for that," said Goodwin, who unsuccessfully pursued her legislation last session.
She isn't worried about political backlash.
"My main concern is Minnesota is the loosest state in the nation right now. And I don't think it's necessary," Goodwin said.
While taking no position on Goodwin and Laine's legislation, the Minnesota County Attorneys Association (MCAA) voted last week to include a series of gun-related provisions in its legislative agenda.
"I strongly support these proposals and the vote on MCAA's Board of Directors, on which I serve, was unanimous as to this," Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom said in an email.
The MCAA agenda includes defining certain domestic violence offenses as "crimes of violence." Currently, criminals convicted of certain domestic violence crimes cannot possess firearms, but are guilty of a gross misdemeanor only if caught with one.
But under the "crimes of violence" definition, a violation would be a felony — a minimum five-year sentence.
The MCAA also wants to define unlawful juvenile gun possession as a "crime of violence." This could mean repeat juvenile gun offenders could face charges in adult court.
Additionally, county attorneys want to make it a crime to knowingly help people who legally cannot possess guns obtain them.
The MCAA wants state law to match federal law in prohibiting felons from possessing ammunition. Felons, under state law, cannot possess guns. But they can possess bullets and shells.
Finally, the MCAA wants a change in law concerning the mentally ill and firearm possession.
Currently, a person civilly committed to a treatment facility as mentally ill cannot possess firearms. The attorneys want to tweak the provision to include people who have been ordered civilly committed by a court, even when the order has been stayed.
Tim Budig is at [email protected].


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Here is my first blog and it is the road to WM29 ideas.
Royal Rumble
- Big Show beats Alberto Del Rio to regain the World Title
- The Rock beats CM Punk for the WWE Championship
- Ryback eliminates John Cena & Dolph Ziggler to win the Rumble match.
- Surprise entrants: Ric Flair, Brock Lesnar & Triple H
Next night on RAW
- 1st Segment- The Big Show comes out and brags about title regain, but Ryback comes out and gets in a face-to-face confrontation setting up the 'Mania World Title main event of Show vs. Ryback
- Last Segment- The Rock has an in-ring interview about his title victory only to be interrupted by CM Punk, Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar. All three attack The Rock until Triple H comes out (to go after Brock)..then Dolph Ziggler comes as well along with Big E. Langston and attacks The Rock as well. John Cena comes out to even the score. The lights go out and The Rock and Game are attacked by the Shield but noticably Cena is the only fan fav not attacked to close the show.
Following week on RAW
- Rock opens up the show by stating that something is up with Cena and the Shield and wants John to come out and address it. Cena denies the allegations, but then after congratulating the Rock on his recent WWE Title win enters himself in the Elimination Chamber match because he wants his shot.
Elimination Chamber
- John Cena wins Elimination Chamber when Sheamus is attacked by the Shield to end the match.
Next night on RAW
- John Cena turns heel as he reveals that indeed he is the leader of the Shield and all 4 attack the Rock.
- CM Punk challenges the Undertaker at WrestleMania saying that it will be the streak against the longest modern day champion.
- Feud between Lesnar & Game heats up when Lesnar sends Stephanie to the hospital after an attack.
- Dolph Ziggler-Vicki Guerrero verbal bashing heats up and Vicki insists on putting Dolph in compramising positions such as as handicapped match against Hell No.
Final RAW before Mania.
- Vicki Guerrero makes a match in which Dolph Ziggler has to put up his MITB Briefcase in a MITB Ladder match live on RAW against Alberto Del Rio. Before the match the Big Show attacks Del Rio after a backstage confrontation and Vicky forces a last minute replacement for Dolph and it is Ryback.
- Ryback now has the MITB briefcase by vertue of his win against Dolph on RAW.
- John Cena closes show by burning his usual John Cena hat and wristbands, etc. only to have the segment interruped by the Rock who sends all members of the Shield and Cena out of the ring by taking over. Rock and Cena have a stare down before we fade to black.
WrestleMania 29
- The Rock vs. John Cena -WWE Title
- Ryback vs. Big Show -World Title
- CM Punk vs. Undertaker
- Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar
- Alberto & Vicki vs. Dolph & AJ Lee
- Orton vs. Sheamus
- Team Hell No vs. Winners of 15 team tag battle royal
- Diva match
- Ryback beats Big Show for the World Title
- John Cena beats the Rock for the WWE Title..
- But at the last second Ryback's music hits and he cashes in the MITB briefcase and makes history by being the first ever person to win both titles at a WrestleMania. FEED ME MORE


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Take a wild look Appeal to chart verges teeming with activity Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is looking for volunteers to help assess the abundance of wildlife found on Dorset's 'mini nature reserves'.
The roadside verges in the South Dorset Ridgeway Area of Outstanding Beauty (ANOB) from Bridport to Broadmayne are teeming with wildlife. As spring approaches, bluebells, snowdrops, small copper butterflies and bullfinches can be seen flourishing on the verges, which DWT says are an important part of our landscape, not only adding to the beauty of an area but also providing a home to a remarkable variety of wildlife.
The network of verges creates a wildlife corridor, allowing wildlife to link to larger areas of conservation and allowing less mobile species to move around more freely.
DWT's community conservation officer, Joy Wallis said: "There are around 100 roadside verges noted for their wildlife value in Dorset. As part of the Heritage Lottery-funded South Dorset Ridgeway Project and working with Dorset County Council, we need help to visit each section of the roadside verges south of Dorchester, from Bridport to Broadmayne.
"Each verge will need to be visited twice during 2014. We are looking for people who are reasonably fit and comfortable entering their findings online."
Verges will be assessed for their wildlife value and potential for improvement throughout 2014.
Recommendations will be made from this data, and a contractor will be engaged to carry out restoration and enhancement work of selected sites during 2015. These sites will then be monitored during the remaining three years of the project (2018) for signs of improvement.
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- 8 ounces uncooked fettuccine
- 1 large sweet onion, halved and sliced
- 1 medium green pepper, cut into 1/4-inch strips
- 1 medium sweet red pepper, cut into 1/4-inch strips
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cups cubed cooked chicken
- 4 teaspoons Cajun seasoning
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 jar (15 ounces) Alfredo sauce
- 1/2 cup spaghetti sauce
- 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- Cook fettuccine according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, saute onion and peppers in oil until tender. Add the chicken, Cajun seasoning and garlic; heat through. Transfer to a large bowl. Drain fettuccine; add to chicken mixture. Stir in Alfredo and spaghetti sauces.
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Brazil's first working-class president got a hero's welcome at the World Social Forum, wowing 10,000 leftists with a vow to reproach the planet's business titans for causing the global meltdown when he meets with them this week at a Swiss ski resort.
Former radical union leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva - known almost everywhere as Lula - was greeted like a rock star by activists in a sports stadium chanting "Lula, Lula, the warrior of the Brazilian people!"
He got more cheers after promising to scold world leaders and bankers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and to tell them the free market policies they have espoused for decades were to blame for the worldwide financial crunch.
"The financial system can't parade itself as a good example, because it ended up provoking the biggest crisis in recent years," said Silva, who leaves Brazil Wednesday night for Davos, where he will become the first head of state to receive the economic forum's new "Global Statesmanship Award."
Silva said Tuesday night that the Davos gathering won't have as much glamour as it did when he first attended it just after his inauguration in 2003. Now, he said, developing nations like Brazil only recently viewed as second-class countries will have a strong hand in setting a new world economic order.
While appearances by celebrities such as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have dropped off this year at Davos, organizers say overall attendance remains the same at about 2,500. Also, given Silva's statesmanship prize and the growing role of nations such as China and India in the global economy, this year's forum is viewed by most as including a greater variety of world views than ever.
As a storied leftist union leader, Silva was a popular fixture at the World Social Forum - started in Porto Alegre a decade ago as a counterpoint to the yearly gathering of the business and political elite at the World Economic Forum.
Silva has angered some activists by turning to the center since being elected president and by embracing free-market economic policies loathed by the forum's leftists, but he also spent heavily on social programs that have lifted millions of out of poverty. Brazil is also riding an unprecedented economic boom.
He was booed at the social forum in 2005 by some who felt he had betrayed his leftist roots and were more impressed with the presence of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a strident socialist.
But Chavez didn't show up at the social forum this year, and Brazilians attending the event said Silva should get most credit for the country's rapid advance on the world stage and for strong economic advances that have helped most of the nation's more than 190 million citizens.
Social forum activists on Wednesday warned that multinational corporations in cahoots with governments are trying to take control of a new multibillion dollar market for reducing emissions that cause global warming.
"The companies that caused the problems are saying, 'Trust us, we'll get you out of this problem,'" said Pat Mooney, a Canadian expert on biotechnology and biodiversity. "They're saying, 'Don't worry, because we have a new technology that you will pay for to control the world's thermostat.'"
Others said the Davos forum should start focusing on bettering global conditions for the poor and the environment, instead of debating whether global financial reforms must be enacted or abandoned because of concerns about over-regulation.
While the Davos participants sip champagne in luxury hotels, eat catered meals and try to find time to go skiing, "we're here camping in the rain and cooking outside with open fires," said Melissa Zumino of Uruguay, who works for a nonprofit group promoting human coexistence with nature.


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Butterfly walk in refuge
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"The Thorn Easter Experience" at Lighthouse
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The 48th Spring Arts Festival will be Saturday and Sunday, April 28-29, and the Cedar Key Arts Center is seeking individuals who want to support the festival by becoming a Purchase Award Patron. It's fun, supports the artists, the festival, and this year, there's a money back guarantee.
Tourist board meets
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Tax help
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The free evenings of bluegrass at the Old Town Elementary School Auditorium started two years ago when Big Cypress Bluegrass Band approached the Dixie County Historical Society and proposed the idea of a free evening of Bluegrass music in order to promote Bluegrass and also to give back to the community for supporting the band through the years.
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Re: Element Just Got Even Better (Not Appleyard)
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haha Bam isn't going anywhere he made Element so much money.
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retarded thread is retarded
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Quote from: smokecrack on October 08, 2010, 01:51:03 PM
here are some of my favorite parts of the Appleyard TWS interview:
What inspired the move to Element? Had it been in the works for a while?
I mean, I had a lot of options and I just figured that Element best suits my vibe. It?s just a nice company and kinda
earthy and nature-y and stuff
. I just felt like, ?Damn that?s where I wana be.? And then I met up with the guys and they were really cool and we just clicked. I?m down?it?s sick.
On a different note, what made you tattoo ?one love? on your forearm instead of buying a Bob Marley poster like everyone else?
[Laughs.] True. Maybe I should have just bought the Bob Marley poster but I was in Finland and a friend of mine tattooed at his apartment. I guess I was just feelin? it. I dunno, ?One love? is just kinda
or something. Or that?s what I was thinkin? at the time. [Laughs].
Fellow Element rider Muska once said, ?Money makes you thick.? Considering the new deal with Element, how thick should we expect you to get?
A little thicker than I am now, but not too thick.
More sushi dinners?
Yeah, some sushi dinners, but some more steak.
Just getting that Filet Mignon or what?
Yeah more Filet Mignon. [Laughs].
fuck yeah, Apples!! i'd be hyped too if i was on a board company that was more earthy and nature-y. so rootsy. hell yeah. i'm predicting some baller-ass dinner tonight!
Hell yeah, now I'm stoked to just go out and push!
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Man I can't wait for him to share a part with Bam, so I can see some hammers thrown down on some dropspots. $20 safety cone FTW!!!
Quote from: littlefuckboy on March 13, 2014, 05:42:40 AM
it's not fantasizing if it really happened.
your gay as fuck for even thinkin about them havin sex u fagit
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Quote from: Bubblegum Tate on October 08, 2010, 08:56:01 AM
too many symbols in the word asshole.
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Quote from: Sads Rag on October 08, 2010, 08:21:24 AM
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Quote from: finknoos on October 08, 2010, 08:03:35 AM
LOL if Bams off element, hes fucked!!!
no hes not. trust me.
Yeah, it's not like he bought that lamborghini from board royalties, he's had quite a few incredibly successful TV shows & movies. Bam is rich, were the poor suckers who are fucked! I imagine Bam will always be a part of Element and is probably ok with bring moved from pro status to icon status. The guy obviously has bigger plans and aspirations than being a pro skater forever.
And congrats to Apples, always been a fan of his.
I remember reading a few years ago that bam has sold more boards than any other pro ever.
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Icon Series = Your not fired but you're sure getting a pay cut.
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Bam is sick when he actually skates.
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Quote from: PsychOut on October 08, 2010, 01:50:57 PM
(better then they were) looks like Bam has been taken off, the days are over. fresh start.
Ethan Bubblegum Tate - Captain of the Harlem Globetrotters, lecturer of Physics at Globetrotter University.
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He is still on, they moved him to the icons team. Look around before posting.
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If element took bam off that would actually make them worse.
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October 08, 2010, 03:33:52 PM »
All in all its a good move . Flip has changed ALOT . In the interview he said he wasnt happy at flip , why work with something and represent it if you aint happy with it . Also says Appleyard is married now and with marrige comes big responsibilitys , specialy if you want to have kids and shit . congrats on getting married !
Element has one of the sickest pro teams now , timtim , stranton , brown , apples . While Element might not have been the coolest company , they were doing alot for the skateboarding comunity , They have a Europen Pro and Am team , Canadian , Japanese too I belive , plus they sponsor alot of contests and building stuff in europe atleast , not counting the number of dudes they are flowing
plus they have jeremy wray
The only thing I dont get about Appleyard is that in one interview just befor the thasher one , dude was saying that he doesnt want to milk his carrer , money aint that important , and hes not one of those dudes that are above getting a regular job when his carrer is over .
Anyways , stoked for Appleyard . Dude has nice style and tricks , he says hes slowing down but every clip hes had on the berrics hes murking it .
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Quote from: Bubblegum Tate on October 08, 2010, 08:56:01 AM
too many symbols in the word asshole.
that really bugged me alot too
and holy fuck at appleyard's trick on the berrics
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Quote from: Pavementi on October 08, 2010, 10:20:12 AM
I'm not sure I believe Appleyard. Check out his facial expression at the end when he says he's hyped. I can't tell for sure but it looks kind of forced, like he's not really that sure about this move.
Quote from: boyan on October 08, 2010, 10:06:43 AM
Maybe he's higher than a giraffe's ass. I mean he is all nature-y and roots-y and one love-y.
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Why is Bam considered an icon? discuss.
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Quote from: MyUserName on October 08, 2010, 10:24:27 AM
I posted this in the other thread, but this thread looks to be getting more attention, so...
What's been on your mind lately?
I'm always thinking of ways to live leisurely.
Ways to, you know, get rich.
Yeah, 'cause lately every time we're hanging out you're always talking about schemes so you'll never have to work again.
Exactly. I don't ever want to have to work. After skateboarding I don't think I could work.
Are you worried that you're not cut out for the world of employment?
Yeah. I'm just scared that I'm going to have to work, and I don't want to.
And I like nice stuff-cars and houses. I like the leisurely lifestyle
, so my mind's brewing on a lot of ideas. Sometimes they work out.
What are some of your winning ideas?
I had some money in United States currency and I waited until the Canadian currency was worth the most. When it was $1.00 to $1.40 Canadian I traded a couple hundred grand and made about $70,000 in the exchange.
This is very different from the young man dreaming about crooked grinds from a few years ago.
Yeah, well, you know, as time goes by you realize that it would be nice to be rich.
In fact, the last time we did an interview you spoke specifically about how you had gotten rid of your luxury car. You said, at that time, that luxury cars were stupid. What made you change your mind? I know these days you have two luxury cars and have even purchased some men's jewelry. What changed?
I think I just woke up to it. I was like,
"Shit! I like nice shit!"
The luxury cars are way better than the other ones.
im so glad you did this man. i remember reading that interview and thinking, man, appleyard doesnt give a fuck anymore. he'll probably go out and get one semi legit trick every 2 or 3 months just to keep his sponsors happy enough not kcik him off. the second thing i thought was jesus, its all about money with this guy. say what you want about malto, luztka, chazz ortiz, fucking apples is straight up like "ya i dont care about skating anymore, i just want to be rich". i wish his 19 year old self would nollie back heel a huge set then proceed to beat the living fuck outta his future selfs ass.
i agree completely with the new flip ad "fuck retirement homes" which exactly what element is for appleyard. a nice place to quietly relax and do some chill battle commanders or whatever as he coasts his way to retirement. fuck him.
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i agree completely with the new flip ad "fuck retirement homes" which exactly what element is for appleyard. a nice place to quietly relax and do some chill battle commanders or whatever as he coasts his way to retirement. fuck him.
Let me guess... you're still living with your parents, right?
What he
said in that interview was that he loves skating so much he doesn't want to get hurt doing a bunch of carcass tossing. He's older now & has to choose his battles more. He also said that he's realized he likes nice stuff and is starting to get that if he doesn't make some wise money choices now, he's gonna end up working some job he hates after skating is over for him.
This is called wisdom and maturity.
Your post indicates that you're a long way from either.
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Quote from: gkn00dlez on October 08, 2010, 04:20:20 PM
Why is Bam considered an icon? discuss.
Maybe because he doesn't really skate anymore yet still makes money from the industry? There are more than a couple of "icons" doing the same thing right now
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Also, looking at the black apples graphic made me think of buying an element board for the first time in around 9 years, A decent team really can do wonders for a company's image
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Bam is sick when he actually skates.
Definitely. Dude has switch back tails on lock, and can shred FDR no problem. ATV ripper...............the problem is getting him to actually skate and not "do jackass".
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Quote from: gkn00dlez on October 08, 2010, 04:20:20 PM
Why is Bam considered an icon? discuss.
its a fucking icon for element, he filled that shit with money
imagine if he would have stayed at toy machine.... templeton would be swimming (of course naked) on money
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Vallely on Flip
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i wonder if penny saw the ad?
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Quote from: gripittoripit on October 08, 2010, 03:17:26 PM
He is still on, they moved him to the icons team. Look around before posting.
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Here is my long winded version of the event. I thought it was a great skateboard history lesson and talk. Most of you already know much of the story but for those who don't here you go.
The skateboard panel event held at NextSpace, didn?t have the full house of (90) I?d hoped for but it did have the stories. If you skateboard and wanted to know the history of Santa Cruz Skateboards, the various changes in the history of skateboard wheel since the 70?s or about all the one off skateboard machines that NHS uses to test and build the latest greatest skateboard products, you missed your opportunity. You missed Aptos local, Don Bostick who founded the World Cup of Skateboarding (with his wife Danielle Bostick), talk about his passion for skateboarding and the lumps and bumps along his career path. You missed the story behind the Maloof Money Cup?s skate event with highest money purse in skateboardings history. Don?s his first introduction to events via Tony Hawk and how he hung up on them thinking it was a crank call and how they called back and changed his life?s path. And his early days working on the X Games to present day mega ramp events that are coming in the near future.
Thursday night was the Santa Cruz Design and Innovation Skateboard Panel event at NextSpace which had a kind of high cover for this economy but it still had a crowd of around 50 people. In the audience was Jeff Kendall the VP with NHS. TC the owner of the new Santa Cruz Boardroom skate shop, and Annie Morhauser from Annie Glass with her son Taylor, and a host of others, I invited Rick Blackhart, Jimbo and Jim Phillips, Keith Meek and many other skaters though many didn?t make it.
If you every wondered what the letters NHS stands for you would of heard the full story as told by Tim Piumarta, the Director of R+D at NHS and skated for NHS back in the early days and started to work for them in his teens and has never stopped. His passion for skate and his knowledge was inspiring. Tim was the first speaker on the panel, who could have talked for the whole evening and we would have been more than happy to listen.
NHS stands for Novak, Haute and Shuirman and was founded in the early 70?s. Richard Novak still owns and runs the company with president Bob Denike, who is another true blue skater from back in the day. Doug Haute is the legendary surfboard shaper and owner of Haute Surfboards located on Swift Street on the West side. Jay Shuirman was a great counter balance and best friend to Richard Novak. Jay was an amazing person who died of Leukemia at age 42. (Read the book ?Built to Grind?by Independent Trucks and learn more about Jay?s amazing life and how his influence started a change in the skate industry that has made an ever lasting impact). The NHS brands are well known worldwide which include the following: Santa Cruz Skateboards, Independent Trucks, Ricta Wheel Dynamics, Krux Trucks, Creature Skateboards, Designarium, Nor Cal, Mob Grip, Bullet Products, Anti-Crime and Strange Notes. Some of the brands from the early days were Road Rider, OJ Wheels, Cellblocks, Park Rider and a few others.
Tim talked about the history of the skateboard wheel from back in the ball bearing days to the transition of the sealed bearing and how it changed skateboarding forever. How a man with an idea to put a bearing from a Xerox machine into a wheel for a faster and quieter ride and how he drove down 41st and stopped at the first surf shop he came across to try and sell his idea. He stopped at O'neills which at the time was managed and run by Jon Buckley and Michael Mitchell. They told their bosses who said we don?t do skateboards. Michael told the man to go to the Santa Cruz Surf Shop which was the closest one to the beach on 41st and owned by NHS. Jay and Rich worked out the deal to make the wheel design to fit the bearings and the rest is history. Maybe one day NHS will write a book about their amazing story.
Tim proceeded to show us the first wheels and it?s size to tall wheels, wide wheels, for each type of skating all the way to the present wheel which in contrast to the first wheel is surprisingly around the exact same size but with a radius edge and cores. After he spoke, next up was Connor Welles, Hard Goods Development Coordinator at NHS. His parents were in the audience and it was nice to see their big smiles. He talked about the process of getting skateboard products manufactured and working with product managers. Next was Don Bostick who?s life was guided by his skateboarding passion. Fourth on the panel was Erik Florio - CEO and Founder Whagaa/Go Learn to Skate Apple iphone application which is based in Scotts Valley. Erik talked about the early days of wanting to do apps before the iPhone and his connection with DK and how his app went to number one for a month on itunes.
I was next and talked about skateboarding and design and showed a short Powerpoint presentation. I talked a bit about when I graduated from San Jose State University back in the mid 80?s and how I worked at the Santa Cruz Surf Shop (the same shop NHS started) as manager, buyer, airbrushed surfboards and met many owners of surf and skate brands. One of my graphic design teachers, Russell Leong, encouraged me to use my action sports connections to start my own business Maximum Impact Design. During my presentation I showed an Electronic Arts ad that was a rough sketch design and then the finished product and how it was all done via oldschool mechanical art.
Last but not least on the panel was DK (Danny Keith) or Ricky Danny if you are on twitter or listen to KDON. He spoke about his Grind for Hunger non-profit, running a retail skate business and his love for skating and how it has driven his life. There was always this underlying tone of skate and passion with everyone?s talks. I hope the stories get spread around so people can tell their kids. Santa Cruz skateboard changed lives and will forever be changing lives in the future.
Thank you to all the sponsors for supporting this event. Santa Cruz Skateboard, Santa Cruz Skate Shop, NextSpace, Fringe, Khiro Skateboard Products and Parachute Design
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flip is blowing it all across the board. I hope apples and lil davey share a room on the next globe tour.
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i just noticed daveed is wearing the most obnoxious ring ever. I'm starting to hate him again.
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dudes been around forever though
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Looking forward to the next tour video
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text: Art & Design 4 February 2013 As the North of England's arts and culture is gutted, the London-centric press looks away Newcastle is to cut 100% of its art funding, but the southern-dominated media can't report it. Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML At the end of 2011, I signed on at Newcastle City Jobcentre Plus. Because of unusually high service demand, I was given a monthly seven-minute appointment on the fourth floor, halfway up an imposing building that teemed with the freshly down-and-out. Newcastle was grey, perpetually raining, and terminally pessimistic. Down on the second floor, two of my middle-aged relatives, recently made redundant, were signing on too. For the next six months, I regularly stood in a long queue of fellow twentysomethings, all bemoaning the system that was demonstrably failing us with a poignant sense of camaraderie. That Christmas, I went round every shop in the city centre and dropped off my CV when they began to advertise holiday vacancies; out of 27 stores, not one even called me in for an interview. This stung not just because I'd just graduated from UCL and therefore considered myself academically overqualified, but because I'd spent my university years working part-time in retail. My CV had been constructed around a Jobcentre template for the sector and I didn't mind the unspoken criteria (often actually voiced if you got to speak to the manager) of being easily laid off in January; I just wanted enough money to return to London, which I'd been driven out of, post-graduation, by skyrocketing rent. This story was familiar to most of those twentysomethings in the self-styled Queue of Little Hope. Like me, they were northerners who had defected to the south and been left gobsmacked by the relative levels of opportunity there. Those of us who wanted careers in the media knew that the requisite networking, the schmooze-and-boozing, the right-place-right-timing, had to be done in the big city. Unemployment in the North East was high, and wages were low. A girl that I met in the Jobcentre line, who eventually found herself employment with an advertising agency, then reluctantly picked up sex work to supplement her wage. The full-time job she'd been shunted into left her with £15 per week after bills and rent – and strip clubs were stepping up their recruitment drives in the wake of so many disillusioned, penniless female "NEETs" (young people not in education, employment or training) returning home. Recession tales like this are now, unfortunately, fairly commonplace. But Newcastle has made the headlines in the last few weeks for one very conspicuous decision: to cut 100 per cent of its own arts funding. This sticks out as a particular example of cruelty in a city which had only recently benefited from what many lauded as a cultural regeneration (in 2011, the Turner Prize was hosted by the Baltic Gallery on the local quayside.) Councillor Nick Forbes has already defended the contentious figures behind his reasoning for them in this magazine, and conspiracies about how his own ambitions affected his decisions have been rife. But all of this reporting and speculation has been done in a tone symptomatic of how the London-dominated media speaks about the north: with little actual outrage, and a lot of head-shaking and resigned passivity in its place. Newcastle will be a "test city" for withdrawal of all arts funding, journalists have suggested; the capital of the North East, razed of its accessible culture and its previously abundant community projects, will be a physical scar on the face of austerity Britain. A commenter on one such article accused Forbes of "martyring a city to prove a political point" – and there's no doubt that the gravity, the total and profound finality, of 100 per cent as a quantity has attracted attention. It speaks loudly and clearly of the reality of coalition government cuts across the UK, and their often disproportionate effect on the north. When it comes to proposing real action, though, the protests are left to individual institutions in Newcastle itself, bar a few Geordie celebrities who have attempted to generate national interest in a petition they created themselves. A comprehensive breakdown of Newcastle, presented in statistics and wildly depressing pie-charts on the local council's website, seems like the numerical manifestation of the old adage "it's grim up north." Just under a third of Geordie children live in poverty, with 26 per cent qualifying for free school meals. The city's own internal inequalities are stark: the difference in male life expectancy between the relatively affluent area of South Gosforth compared to the relatively deprived area of Byker is a staggering 12.6 years. In other words, this is no place for southerners' apathy. It is the place and the time for those with the clear media advantage to stand up for their counterparts. Some publications have been kind enough to pick Newcastle up of late, dust it off, and wonder loudly whether the city will show us all how terrible our national economic situation really is. But the overall impression remains that these particular cuts are an unfortunate but interesting social experiment to keep a sympathetic eye on, rather than a cause worth championing. The apparently politically conscious and fairly diverse cross-section of Londoners I now rub shoulders with were mostly unaware of the North East's arts situation when I asked them this week. 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A FOOTBALL club chairman has backed our Jack's Appeal to get defibrillators into all Gwent secondary schools after club members raised £1,000 for a heart charity.
Footballers from AC Pontymister raised the cash for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) off their own bat by taking part in last week's half- marathon in Newport.
The Argus has teamed up with Grant and June Thomas, of Oakdale, to launch the appeal in memory of their 15-year-old son, Jack, who died of an underlying heart condition.
Upon hearing about Jack's Appeal, club chairman Dave Randall said he backed the campaign 100 per cent and would like to be able to get a defibrillator for the club if finances allow.
"It is definitely a good idea to get defibrillators into schools," he said. "I work in the construction industry and a lot of people come back from first-aid training interested in getting a defibrillator on site.
"More and more [incidents] get you thinking we should have all bases covered and expect the unexpected. It's something that needs doing," he said.
This year members of AC Pontymister, who train in Risca and in the past have raised cash for Maisie's Steps to Hope and Breast Cancer Awareness, chose to push themselves by running the Newport Half Marathon and raise funds for CRY.
This was after their first-team assistant manager Mark Powell and his son, Luke, an AC Pontymister player, lost their son and brother, Craig, in May 2008, on his 22nd birthday, because of an undetected heart condition.
Club members Elliot Donald, Dave Cleere and Stuart Goodwin signed up for the challenge, followed by Laurie Kidman, Lewis Davies, Lee Elliot, Lewis Coburn, Dan Williams, Nathan George and Mark Powell.
Setting themselves an initial goal of £500, members took to social media, turning the dangerous social media craze, NekNominate, into the more sensible "Donate for a mate", which helped them to achieve their target a few days before the race.
Several drop-outs due to injury were replaced on the day by Connor Dimmick, Lewis Pontin and Stuart George.
Mr Dimmick was first to finish out of the group, in one hour 38 minutes, with the last returning 32 minutes later.
"It was a tremendous effort with great publicity for CRY and one that has been superbly appreciated, as when we returned home we had found that our sponsorship had gone from our £500 target to over £1,000," said Mr Randall, who has been in post for 12 years having joined the club as a player aged 16.
"People are still donating so hopefully with fingers crossed we can raise more for a charity that is close to our club and its players."
l To make a donation to Jack's Appeal, send cheques made payable to Welsh Hearts charity, either to its headquarters at Temple Court, 13a Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF11 9HA, or to Newsdesk, South Wales Argus, Cardiff Road, Newport, NP20 3QN. Please write 'Jack Thomas defibs appeal' on the back of the envelope.
Tickets for the The King and Queen of Hearts Summer Ball (in memory of Jack's Appeal) are £45 each, and include a sparkling drinks reception, a three-course dinner and entertainment. It will be held at the Hilton Newport Hotel on Chepstow Road, Langstone, NP18 2LX, on June 7, 2014. People are being encouraged to arrive at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. To book tickets to the Summer Ball contact Welsh Hearts Fundraising Office on 02920 786521 or email email@example.com


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I have three tables:
Table: nick_test name | nickname JAMES | JAMES JIM | JIM JAMES | JIM JIM | JAMES JOHN | JOHN
Table: master_test ln | fn | complete_addr VANDERSLICE | JIM | 4420 SERRA VANDERSLICE | JOHN | 123 MAIN
Table: name_src ln | fn VANDERSLICE | JAMES JONES | JASON
I'm selecting records I don't want. I expected only the JIM record from master_test, but the JIM and JOHN records are selected from master_test with this code:
SELECT master_test.complete_address, master_test.ln, master_test.fn
FROM master_test
LEFT JOIN name_src
ON master_test.ln = name_src.ln
INNER JOIN nick_test
ON master_test.fn = nick_test.name
AND master_test.fn = nick_test.nickname
What am I doing wrong?
remove the LEFT JOIN to name_src, and try again
I tried RIGHT JOIN and INNER JOIN. Both keywords produced two rows. I'm looking for one row returned. Is it just that keyword that's wrong? If so, what other kinds of joins should I consider?
before thinking about what kind of joins to name_src you want, please explain why you want to join to name_src at all... because your query isn't using it in any way
also, have a look at the join conditions for the join to nick_test -- you seem to want only those results where master_test.fn is equal to ~both~ nick_test.name and nick_test.nickname, which might be perfectly valid but...
I see what you mean. I think a JOIN with a WHERE is what I need.
This returns the three rows I expected:
SELECT master_test.complete_address, master_test.ln, master_test.fn
FROM master_test
JOIN name_src
ON master_test.ln = name_src.ln
I think a WHERE is needed to target JIM in master_test
Something like this:
SELECT master_test.complete_address, master_test.ln, master_test.fn
FROM master_test
JOIN name_src
ON master_test.ln = name_src.ln
master_test.fn = nick_test.name
AND master_test.fn = nick_test.nickname
Obviously the WHERE is wrong. If I'm on the right track, how to I make proper reference to nick_test?
instead of struggling with joins, let's take a step backwards
what is the purpose of each of the three tables?
I need to match the fn and ln in NAME_SRC to the fn and ln in MASTER_TEST so I can target the complete_addr in MASTER_TEST and its associated fn and ln. The nick_test table exists to target related firstnames (jim/james, james/jim, etc).
try this --
SELECT master_test.ln
, master_test.fn
, master_test.complete_addr
FROM name_src
JOIN nick_test
ON nick_test.name = name_src.fn
JOIN master_test
ON master_test.ln = name_src.ln
AND master_test_fn = nick_test.nickname
Bullseye! I can see how that would knock-out JOHN. I never thought of approaching it from the inside out. Excellent topic r937. Thank-you very much for your help.


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