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WASHINGTON, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Since the 1970s, the National Rifle Association (NRA) has worked to block federal regulation—including background checks on transfers—of black and smokeless powder. The NRA's decades-long campaign against regulating these two common explosives today benefits the gun industry "corporate partners" that help fund the organization according to the new Violence Policy Center (VPC) report, Time Bomb: How the NRA Blocked the Regulation of Black and Smokeless Powder to the Benefit of Its Gun Industry "Corporate Partners" Today ( http://www.vpc.org/studies/timebomb.pdf). According to numerous news reports, the explosive devices used in the Boston bombing most likely utilized black or smokeless powder.
Kristen Rand, VPC legislative director and study co-author states, "For decades, the NRA has effectively blocked public safety measures in order to protect the profits of the gun industry. In the early 1970s, when Congress acted to regulate explosives in the wake of bombings by radical groups, the NRA rushed in to protect the interests of manufacturers of black and smokeless powder. The NRA's actions to stop the regulation of black and smokeless powder is a time bomb that threatens all Americans."
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The VPC study details how in 1970, in response to a wave of bombings throughout the country, Congress, with the support of the Nixon Administration, moved to consolidate and increase federal regulatory oversight of the explosives industry and its products, including black and smokeless powder. Despite the clear threat posed by black and smokeless powder, the NRA--joined by other pro-gun organizations such as the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF)--worked to ensure that resulting legislation contained an exemption for "small arms ammunition and components thereof" which applied to most smokeless powder as well as to "black powder in quantities not to exceed five pounds." In 1974, over the protestations of the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), the NRA successfully lobbied to increase the amount of black powder exempted from federal regulation from five pounds to 50 pounds.
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WATERBURY — Rosaries in hand and wheeling a large portrait of the Virgin Mary, dozens of anti-abortion demonstrators marched Tuesday morning from the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception to the Planned Parenthood office on West Main Street, praying that the facility close its doors for good.
The portrait was one of two copies of an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe that the faithful believe supernaturally appeared on the cloak of a pious Mexican in the 1500s. The figure has since become a patron saint of the anti-abortion movement.
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Slady wrote on Sep 11, 2013 4:06 PM:
" If you don't like abortion, then don't have one. But how dare you try and take away that choice which is legal from others. Planned Parenthood helps MANY area women with common healthcare needs, screenings which otherwise they could not afford. Instead of traipsing around town, try educating yourself on just how much GOOD & needed services Planned Parenthood provides. No man should have the audacity to tell a woman what she can do with her own body, no uterus, no choice. And again, if your against abortion, then DON'T have one! "
Keith wrote on Sep 13, 2013 9:09 AM:
" If you use your rosary before you put on a condom then she won't get pregnant. Why are men on here, I didn't know they could get pregnant. "
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" Regardless of gender, every taxpayer in the US is funding Planned Parenthood through govt. funding, therefore every American citizen who pays taxes is paying for abortions. And every American citizen has a right to express opinions, regardless of gender. That is what these people are doing. I would fully support Planned Parenthood if they were to stop doing abortions and continue to perform all of the other services that you boast about. But they would go out of business very quickly without the income from abortions, which are much more profitable for them than cancer screenings. "
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I have been working at Wynn Resorts full-time (more than 3 years)
Beautiful resort, parking for employees isn't too horrible.
I like what I do and somehow manage to work around all the impossible paperwork and constantly changing policies to get my job done.
Uniforms in some departments are extraordinarily uncomfortable (actually painful) and make your job more difficult. No one seems to notice much less care. Management is all about keeping their job they do not care about their employees. Management shows up late, leaves early, takes long lunches, but there is no one monitoring them, ever. No sick days, they are completely inflexible with time off. Benefits have gotten worse and worse. Vision benefits are horrible, ironic? There is absolutely no advancement opportunities in most departments.
You need to stop worrying about being everyone's fake friend and start looking out for the best interest of the people that make your job easier. Work harder or at least as hard as your employees and you will increase moral immensely. I loved my job and then every day watching my bosses play favorites, walk in late, constantly put out fires they created has worn me down. I want to love my job again.
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Guard Spencer Dinwiddie was hurt and Washington ran away from No. 15 Colorado for a 71-54 victory Sunday.
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The Buffaloes made all 26 of their free throws, the most in a game without a miss in school history, and CU finished strong to beat Georgia 84-70 on Saturday night.
Dinwiddie Leads Buffs Past Rams At Moby Arena
Spencer Dinwiddie scored 19 of his game-high 28 points in the second half leading CU to a 67-62 victory over in-state rival CSU Tuesday night.
No. 23 USC Braces For Cold Weather At Colorado
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We are never too old, or too heavy, to make our dreams real!
This week: BACK TO THE GYM!
I continue on, tho change (and results) is certainly coming slowly.
My troupe is getting ready for a dance competition in Tacoma next weekend, so there have been 3 troupe practices a week...I've had to do major alteration on my costume, because the vendor said "yes, I have your size!" then sent me a too small costume. No time to send it all back and say "you were dishonest we'll take our business elsewhere" - so I've had to modify.
When I send you my hip measurement as 53 inches (ouch that hurts to type) and you send me a belt 49" inches long - how does that fit? There has to be overlap to attach hooks so the belt stays on, so I needed at LEAST a 54" long belt. The top does not fit well at all either. The other three gals (all a "normal" size) costumes look nice and fit reasonably well. The only conclusion I can come to is they made these "plus" size costumes with no plus size woman around and they just made everything bigger rather than in proportion.
So I'm hitting the stage looking...like my costume doesn't fit well, because it DOESN'T, and while I've worked on it, there isn't much I can do about it.
The joys of being plus size. Sigh. I plan on posting pics sometime this week, to share the journey. It will be what it will be.
No change from last week, in either measurements or weight.
Troupe practices are ramped up - 3x a week instead of 2x. Because of the extra time/fatigue factor, I made it to the gym 2x instead of 3.
With working 6 days this week, I was/am tired.
Besides no measureable change, I am noticing my abdomen is getting really soft and flabby. Used to be quite firm. So, change is happening.
At the gym, I was able to extend my intervals of jogging on the treadmill from 1 min each to 1.5 min each. That's a first, so I can tell my cardiovascular strength is increasing.
Had to have a heart to heart with myself this a.m., as I've been procrastinating on my own competition routine. My troupe is competing, and I've put all my energy into that routine - I don't want to be the "weak link" you know? But that means I've completely ignored my own solo competition routine.
So this a.m, I ran through it 3x and have made a committment to myself to continue doing so every morning.
As in, STOP putting myself last. Whew. I can't wait til that is an automatic thing rather than something i have to continually battle.
Weight: 250 - down 2 pounds FINALLY
Waist: 47.75 - up .5 inch
Hips: 53:5 - down 1 inch.
The weight:
It took three weeks of the gym and changing things around to lose 2 pounds. Insanely grateful SOMETHING is happening, but, really? three weeks?
I realize it's very difficult to measure yourself and be in exactly the same spot week in and week out, especially with a lot of belly fat. I think these measurements are pretty correct tho, because...When you have a lot of abdominal fat and you begin to lose it, I've discovered before, you don't just "shrink". The fat....shifts. As I lose weight, my belly sags farther down and my rolls...change. I've been using my belly button as my "waist" guide mark, because of the way my fat sits on my body, that is where the narrowest part of my abdomen is. Since, however, there is a roll of fat above my "waist" and a roll of fat below it...as I lose weight those rolls shift. Measuring is helpful, but not always a concrete thing...just like weight.
Why go into all that? Because I didn't know it when I started measuring/weighing and working with a 100 lb excess of fat on my body. I had to figure it out the hard way and be discouraged when i saw my belly heading for my knees! Now I know - it means I'm making progress!
Continuing to tweak how I approach Me, The Experiment. Getting better at water, more regular in tracking calories, and finding balance in getting my workouts.
4 a week? totally not happening right now. Three a week is a stretch, so that's what I'm going to aim for.
Here's to another week of doing it.
Still don't have my year goals completely figured out! Decided I'd better get something on for February...you know, plan to succeed or plan to fail kinda thing.
I figured for down and dirty, I'd simply go for improving last month's stats.
Last month:
Worked out: 11 tunes (this is gym/strength, not dance)
Tracked food: 7 times (only started back up again 10 days ago)
Mileage: 9.91 miles
Calories burned: 2145
Blech. Overall, what sad numbers!
I can certainly improve upon that!
February Goals:
Workouts: 14
Track food: 20
Mileage: 5 miles a week - 20 miles
Calories burned: I have no idea how to make a reasonable goal for this, so as an experiment, I'll just go with doubling it: 4000
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FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — Bacteria from human waste may be entering several northwestern New Mexico rivers from septic systems or illegal dumping, according to unexpected preliminary results from an environmental group's testing.
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Bats Global Markets Inc., the stock exchange operator that acknowledged four years of bad trades, said the error affected fewer transactions than first estimated.
Bats Global Markets Inc., the third- largest U.S. stock exchange operator, said its computers allowed trades that violated rules intended to ensure all investors get the best prices for equities over a period of four years.
Bats Global Markets Inc.'s BYX Exchange reopened using a Chicago backup site after a computer malfunction forced the equity market to shut for three hours.
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Bats Global Markets Inc. gained two new owners after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s estate exited its investment in the operator of U.S. and European exchanges.
Proposals to study changing the price increments at which some U.S. stocks change hands may be getting closer to implementation.
Bats Global Markets Inc., the fourth- largest U.S. stock exchange operator, shut its main market for almost an hour today amid a malfunction in its computer systems.
Regulators approved a program proposed by Bats Global Markets over the objections of CBOE Holdings Inc. and other exchanges that allows market-makers operating on Bats to give certain brokers better options prices.
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