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Tuesday August 6th, 2013 12:55am
We've been looking forward to this premiere in the IL Gear Zone for some time now, and it's finally here. We are pleased to unveil the newest endeavor out of the Gear Zone (and the forthcoming ILGear.com): it's the Stringers Spotlight. The Gear Zone has been scouring the globe for the most talented, creative and some of the most consistent Stick Doctors around, and many of them have been cultivated from our own back yard: The Lacrosse Forums.
We've also connected with some notable figures in the lacrosse world, including former and current players, and even the fathers of former and current stars, all of whom are putting their best foot forward by stringing up some sticks for the Gear Zone to share with the lacrosse world. We think you're going to love the many great creations we've already got in the cue for this exciting effort.
We start the series with a something special we've had on the backburner for some time. The Gear Zone is close friends with Jerome "Hiana" Thompson, the former Onondaga Community College standout and the second-eldest of the four Thompson brothers (the others being former Syracuse Orange midfielder Jeremy and current Albany Great Danes Miles and Lyle).
Last year, before this writer made the move to Baltimore, I made a trip to the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation, where I had learned the Akwesasne Sports shop had a couple of Brine Clutch 2X heads in limited edition Iroquois colorways. My next stop was to grab some hard mesh. Then I drove a few miles away to visit Hinz, who had agreed to do some stringing for me.
While some of the pieces featured in the Stringers Spotlight will include instructional and/or tutorial elements, this feature brings you a dose of stringing history: While it might not be well-documented, and some might try to debate it, it turns out that the very popular stringing style that you've all heard referred to as an "Iroquois Top String" or an "Upstate Top String" pocket was an accidental creation of Thompson's. In 2003, as a freshman attackman/midfielder at LaFayette Central — where he and brother Jeremy would win two New York State championships (2003, 2005) — Jerome got his hands on a new stick, a free gift at the time. The face of that particular stick, however, felt too long to him.
"When I netted up the stick, the pocket was either too high or too low," Jerome says. "So I tried it again and I decided that I wouldn't net the top up. But I netted the sidewalls and put the mesh in so that it wouldn't go all the way up (to the scoop) and I didn't fit it snug. And then I made it look good."
The outcome, Jerome says, is a pocket that "helps you set the ball where you want it" — centered, with a quick release, great for crease attackman and inside finishers.
When it comes to the name, Thompson tried to keep it simple: "I just called it my 'top string.'"
And it quickly caught on with other players in Section 3 and beyond. Before he had even gotten used to the style himself, teammates were asking him to string up a "top string" for them.
"One of the first guys I strung one for was my boy Andrew Spack. He looked at my stick and thought it would help him on face-offs. Another early one was for Tyler Hill." (In case you aren't familiar with Tyler Hill, just look at the movie posters for Crooked Arrows — Tyler is number 26.)
Within a few years, the "top string" style was a trend in Upstate and Central New York, and quickly picked up outside of the area. Players closely connected to Thompson and the Iroquois community began using the stick, including Jerome's younger brothers, Miles and Lyle, and former Corcoran star James Cathers. Over time, the style gained the knickname "Iroquois Top String."
Though he estimates he's strung several hundred top string pockets, Thompson didn't make an outright effort to brand the pocket, and he thought nothing of it when he began noticing sticks strung in a fashion similar to his own creation with some small differences and tweaks. But he says the effect of it is all in the way he connects the mesh to the sidewall, which makes for the exceptional hold and quick release in his "top string" creations.
"It all happens pretty much because of the way I string the sidewall," says Jerome, who was on the Presidents Cup winning St. Regis Braves last summer and is currently playing for the Iroquois Ironmen in the new Canadian Lacrosse Leauge (CLax). "I like to tie to each diamond in the mesh, so there's very little movement. The tightness on the top really depends on the stick, whether it's a long or a short head."
Check out the images of the Brine Clutch 2X in custom Iroquois colors, purple and silver, and then head over to the Stick Doctor's Lounge on the Lacrosse Forums to talk about it. Tell us what you think and don't be afraid to show us any of your "top string" endeavors.
Be sure to routinely check the Gear Zone as we'll be rolling out a ton of great custom strung pockets done by some of the best stringers around, in some of the hottest heads on the market.
Stick Doctors: Think you've got the talent to be featured on Inside Lacrosse? Drop me a line at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Bruce and Sherrie McMullin announce the marriage of their daughter Haylee Ann to Steven Ray Thomas, son of Mark and Jennifer Thomas of Highland.
They will be married Feb. 13 in the Mt. Timpanogos LDS Temple. A reception will be held in their honor the following evening, Feb. 14 from 7-9 p.m. at the Cleveland Second Ward LDS Church.
Haylee is a 1997 graduate of Emery High School. She also graduated from the College of Eastern Utah and the Utah College of Massage Therapy. She served a LDS mission in the California Santa Rosa Mission from 2000-02.
Steven in a 1999 graduate of Lone Peak High School in Highland. He served a LDS mission in the Alabama, Birmingham Mission from 1999-2001.
The couple will make their home in Cedar City where they are employed and attending Southern Utah University.
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Taylor announce the marriage of their daughter Lexie to Chuck Rich son of Mr. and Mrs. Bus Rich and the late Jeanine Rich. Lexie and Chuck have chosen Feb. 15 to be married.
A reception will be held in their honor that evening at the Huntington LDS Stake Center from 6-8 p.m.
Lexie is the granddaughter of Jack and Janet Taylor of Huntington and John and Sue Ratcliff and the late Shelby Ratcliff of Las Vegas, Nev.
Chuck is the grandson of Ann Allred of Cleveland and the late Cotton and Lucille Rich of Vernal and the late Homer and Ruth Robertson of Provo.
Lexie and Chuck will be attending school. Chuck served a LDS mission in the Philippines Manila Mission. They will reside in Cleveland.
Jana Jeffs and Kyle Larsen will be married Feb. 15 in the Manti Temple. They are both graduates of Emery High. Kyle served as a LDS missionary in the Anchorage Alaska Mission. He has attended College of Eastern Utah and Bridgerland Tech. Jana graduated from Snow College and is currently completing her degree in health education at Utah State University. The couple will make their home in Logan.
Jana is the daughter of Jay and JoAnn Jeffs of Castle Dale and Kyle is the son of Kent and Laurie Larsen of Ferron. Grandparents of the bride are Darold and Henrietta Hansen and Stella Reid. Grandparents of the groom are Mervin and Ruth Duncan and Delyle and Loretta Larsen.
A reception will be held in their honor Feb. 15 from 7-9 p.m. at the Museum of the San Rafael.
Max and Beth Lopan of Huntington announce the marriage of their daughter, Kori Ann LeRoy to Brad Bunderson, son of Brent and Beverlee Bunderson of Grantsville.
Kori and Brad have chosen Feb. 15 to be married in the Salt Lake Temple. An open house will be held to honor the couple on Feb. 14 at the Huntington First Ward building from 6-8 p.m.
Kori is a graduate of Provo College in medical assisting and an intermediate EMT with the Springville Ambulance.
Brad completed a mission for the LDS Church in the Philippines and graduated from Snow College with a degree in business. He is now attending the University of Phoenix.
The couple will make their home in Springville.
Kori is also the daughter of the late Jim K. LeRoy.

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With approaching warmer temperatures, public health officials in the region are ramping up surveillance efforts to deal with mosquitoes carrying both West Nile and Eastern Equine Encephalitis, or EEE. Dr. Catherine Brown, a veterinarian with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, says mosquitoes carrying West Nile and EEE generally begin to show up on animals like horses and birds around July, with human cases being reported in late August and into September. She says complex environmental factors make it difficult to forecast how prevalent the viruses will be this year. But Brown says a robust monitoring program will begin in mid-June to track infected mosquitoes as they emerge.
"While we can't really rely necessarily on animal cases of either disease as indications of risk, by being able to trap and test mosquitoes every single week, people will know when and where the highest risk exists. And then they can take the appropriate precautions to protect themselves from getting mosquito bites."
Both viruses attack the central nervous system and can cause permanent disability and death. 33 human West Nile cases were identified in Massachusetts last year, the most ever recorded in one season. Brown says fatalities are not reported to the DPH, but there was at least one from West Nile. Seven human cases of EEE were also reported last year, with 3 known deaths. Connecticut's trapping and testing program is slated to begin next week and continue through October. 21 human cases of West Nile were reported last year, all but two were in the state's southern counties. None were fatal and, according to the state's mosquito management program, there has not been a documented human case of EEE in Connecticut.


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Today i'll present you some games of a classic genre: Rogue
Rogue is a dungeon crawling video game first developed by Michael Toy and Glenn Wichman around 1980.
The roguelike is a sub-genre of role-playing video games, characterized by randomization for replayability, permanent death, and turn-based movement. Most roguelikes feature ASCII graphics, with newer ones increasingly offering tile-based graphics. Games are typically dungeon crawls, with many monsters, items, and environmental features.


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Pros: Portability and sound.
Cons: No padding on headband.
I bought these for portable everyday use, and I can't say enough good things about them. They are perfect. The sound is amazing. I have Beyerdynamic DT770's and these sound like small versions of those. These have very punchy bass and nice mid and treble, with beautiful sound stage. All of this coming out of a small headphone. All the specs are good, and I couldn't believe these were 32ohm. Awesome!
They are "on ear" but they nearly cover my ears, which is great. I didn't want really small on ear phones.
The cord is really short, which is great. No more having to deal with million foot long cords bunched into my pocket all day.
They fold DJ-style, which is beautiful. When around my neck I can fold them in this way (flip the earcups so they are facing out) and I don't even know they are there.
They are SO light. So light in fact that I don't really feel them while I wear them, but after a couple hours I may adjust them on my head as I may feel the headband a bit, as it doesn't have padding. But this is really no big deal. I thought to put 3M foam strip adhesive padding under the haedband, but really they are so light there is no need. Other regular full sive DJ headphones (even my Beyers) hurt the top of my head ALLOT more.
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DUBAI, U.A.E., 22nd January 2013: Emirates has unveiled a new rendition of its distinctive music, with a specially choreographed performance of the renowned Dubai Fountain in Downtown Dubai, inspired by the Hello Tomorrow theme. Set against the backdrop of the iconic Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, the Emirates fountain show is a vibrant display of the essence of global harmony and spirit of Hello Tomorrow.
Emirates' signature tune has been brought to life by England's national orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London and the Soweto Gospel Choir in Johannesburg, who midway through the composition brings an unexpected dramatic element, by singing the words "Sawubona Ungomso" - Zulu for 'Hello Tomorrow'. Designed specifically for The Dubai Fountain by Grammy Award-winning composer Christopher Tin, the composition is not just a fusion of contrasting musical styles, but also captures the philosophy behind Emirates' Hello Tomorrow platform.
See the fountains dance to Emirates' 'Hello Tomorrow' music every night after the 'Water, Fire and Light' lake show at 8PM and 10PM until February 4, 2013 at Burj Lake in Downtown Dubai. After February 4, the Emirates fountain show is the newest addition to The Dubai Fountain repertoire, where residents and visitors to Dubai can be immersed in the grand scale of the Hello Tomorrow composition.
"The coming together of talent from across the globe to create a single harmony is the embodiment of what we stand for at Emirates, and the driving force behind Hello Tomorrow," said Boutros Boutros, Divisional Senior Vice President - Corporate Communications, Emirates. "In our journey towards creating a cultural movement, the music is a key element to setting the tone and mood in our communication, and creating unity in Emirates' vision. The fountain show against the backdrop of a celebrated Dubai landmark provides an ideal setting for Emirates to unveil this evocative, global-inspired composition."
"For the Hello Tomorrow fountain show, I was inspired both by the international reach of the Emirates brand, but also by the range of emotions that the Fountain itself is able to elicit. I always wanted a piece of music that had a touch of international influences," said Christopher Tin on the musical arrangement for The Dubai Fountain. "The combination of the Soweto Gospel Choir chanting set against an arrangement performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, helped give the piece a global sensibility, while using the vernacular of late-19th-century Austria-- with references to waltzes and other dance forms--helped me showcase the humour, balletic grace, and exhilarating spectacle of the Fountain itself."
"Downtown Dubai, described as 'The Centre of Now,' is the world's most visited tourism and lifestyle destination. Celebrating the spirit of global collaboration that Dubai upholds, the 500-acre mega-development of Emaar has several compelling attractions including The Dubai Fountain, which plays an extensive playlist reflecting the multicultural diversity of the city. The addition of the new playlist, highlighting the essence of Emirates' theme, further builds on the growing appeal of Dubai's flagship carrier in connecting the world with the city," said Ahmad Al Matrooshi, Managing Director, Emaar Properties PJSC.
As Emirates evolves from a travel brand to a global lifestyle brand, the theme music resonates across multiple touch points along a customer's journey, serving as a reminder of life's potential and embracing the future with all the possibilities it holds. Underscoring the Hello Tomorrow campaign, the music cuts across cultures and reaches out to a global audience from the brand's advertising, to the ambient music played onboard any Emirates flight.
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30 Bright and Beautiful Window Box Planters
Hot tamale
If you like your colors spicy hot, plant this design in a red or bright yellow box to underscore the vivid plant selection. Put coleus varieties 'Skyrocket' and 'Tabasco' in the back and New Guinea impatiens across the front and sides. Vinca vine trails in front. Grow this arrangement in partial sun.
Bold beauty
The rich shades of coleus make a statement next to spots of bright color from blooms. From left: coleus 'Stained Glassworks Copper', Lantana 'Dallas Red', beargrass, coleus 'True Red', coleus 'Stained Glassworks Big Blond' and licorice vine.
Old-fashioned appeal
Variegated trailers dangle over the edge of this box filled to brimming with cottage favorites including hibiscus, impatiens, pansies and periwinkle.
Red, white & nearly blue
Plant petunias in red, white and the bluest-looking purple you can find for a star-spangled scene in a red, white or blue container. Arrange plants in rows for stripes of color. Let vinca vines cascade over the edges. Grow this box in full sun.
Pastel pleasures
For a light, delicate look, plant pink 'Wave' petunias and blue lobelia in front of silver 'Icicle' helichrysum. Vinca vine trails over the ivory-color box. Set in full sun.
Airy look
Two white pots and three window boxes in coordinating colors line a sunny shelf. Fill with plants with ferny leaves, such as daisies or coreopsis, for an airy look.
On the shady side
For a spot of color in a shady setting, make groupings of coordinating colors of impatiens, such as pink and burgundy. Boston ferns separate the groups. Vinca trails over the cool green box.
Springy statement
Tulips and pansies combine in a simple, bright spring window box arrangement.
Cheery trio
Yellow petunias mingle with spikes of grass and a variegated trailer in a window box decorated in lattice matching that used on this porch.
Awesome autumn
Fresh and dried flowers make for a bountiful fall look. Oversize cabbages and hydrangea blossoms anchor an arrangement that has branches twisting out in fun swirls.
Serene scene
At a woodsy retreat, this subdued collection of petunias and other plants fills a craftsman-style box.
Shady simplicity
Sweet potato vine and some coleus thrive in this shady setting and coordinate with the wood colors of this log cabin.
Untamed growth
Trimmed and tidy is overrated. Let your plants grow like wild for a beautiful arrangement that falls naturally. Sweet potato vines are ideal for overhang while shades of 'Floral Showers' snapdragons, browallia 'Blue Bell' and 'Graffiti Pink' pentas sprinkle color throughout.
Punch of purple
Vibrant 'Wave' petunias mixed with coleus and sweet potato vine make modest containers captivating.
Floral frame
Garden art catches the eye when framed by a bursting of foliage. Start by centering a boxwood topiary near the back of the box. Build around the piece with 'Wave' petunias, tuberus begonias, sweet potato vine and variegated trailers. Place a sculpture or other garden novelty in front to complete.
Extended style
Refine a lengthy container display with layers of flowers. 'Diamond Frost' euphorbia and bluestars grow tall in the back, while petunias in a trio of colors settle in front.
Front-porch welcome
Hang a window box from your front porch railing for a style that says "Home Sweet Home." Salvia 'Victoria Blue', 'StarStruck Lavender Pink' geraniums, 'Brunswick' mums, petunias, Madagascar dragontree and variegated trailers combine in this arrangement.
Play with texture
White begonias provide a soft touch to an overflowing, needle-like asparagus fern. Plant the pair in a partially shaded area.
Mixed seasons
A winter-themed window box is cool even in warm-weather months. Construct the bunch by layering 'Xtreme White' impatiens, 'Orbit White' geraniums, 'Glacier' ivy and 'Snowstorm' bacopa.
Healthy layers
Billowing asparagus ferns promote a well-nourished window box. Add rosy periwinkles on either side for a delicate pop of color.
First impressions
Visitors receive a charming introduction on the front steps thanks to 'Bullseye Light Pink' geraniums, 'Supertunia Bermuda Beach' petunias and lobelia 'Riviera Blue Eyes'.
Statement pieces
For an arrangement that looks so good you could eat it, try ornamental cabbage and flowering kale. As hybrids, the pair won't taste as good as relative varieties, but their blossoming stature is ideal for decoration.
Matching colors
Complement your home's exterior with a hanging box of coordinating colors. Plant flowers that reflect your home, like the pale purple of 'Delta Beaconsfield' pansies and lobelia 'Riviera Midnight Blue' accented by 'Fordhook Favorites' nasturtium and Madagascar dragontree.
Gutter of succulents
Fill an old gutter with succulents like echeveria and sedum 'Angelina', then hang the lively scene from a deck railing. When watering succulents, soak the soil, not the rosette.
Clean cut
Though generally considered accent plants, coleus 'Dark Chocolate' and draping sweet potato vines layer to create a bold statement all on their own. Contrast their clean lines with an eclectic mix of potted alternatives, like petunias, cordyline and impatiens.
Dainty demands
A white-washed home demands floral detail. Give it some with a soft combination of 'Orbit Pink' geraniums, petunias and cascading 'Lemon Mist' Swan River daisies.
Going green
Even low-hanging boxes can provide a bold element to a home's exterior. Bright varieties like 'Bridal Bouquet' bacopa, torenia 'Catalina Blue', calibrachoa 'Cabaret Purple', 'Marine' heliotrope, 'Read's White' daisy and licorice vine guarantee it won't be passed by.
Subtly sweet
Artemisia 'Silver Brocade' embellishes a collection of white blossoms, including baby's breath, 'Madeira White' daisy, 'Harmony White' stock, 'Saratoga White' nicotiana and snow-in-summer, in this lovely container.
Flower-filled hangers can dress up decks, too. This planter maintains a cohesive look with 'Double Wave' petunias, 'Kaleidoscope' pentas and snapdragons from the same color family.
Shaded beauties
Fuchsia impatiens stay vivid even in dim settings. The shade-loving flowers create a sweet scene when brimmed with dichondra, a foliage that can trail up to six feet.


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England were on the verge of facing up to a premature exit from the RWC until a late flurry saw them pip Scotland 16-12 in Auckland.
England were on the verge of facing up to a premature exit from the 2011 RWC until a late flurry saw them edge out rivals Scotland 16-12 on Saturday.
As it was, Scotland are looking at returning from New Zealand early as they await the result of Argentina's fixture against Georgia on Sunday. The Scots need the Lelos to cause an upset of Tongan proportions in Palmerston North.
But despite England's four victories from four Pool record, questions will be asked following this performance, which lacked any real direction. They were flat for most of the first-half and will need to up the ante when they run out for what will be a last-eight date with France next week.
While the nations were warming up, it was almost comical seeing a suited Martin Johnson prowling about on halfway looking at the Scottish back-line. How he must sometimes wish he could roll back the clock and pull on the white jersey once again for what was the 129th meeting between the duo.
Just ten minutes before kick-off, the heavens had opened at Eden Park while Chris Paterson stood alone putting together the final touches to his goal-kicking routine. And that extra practice seemed to pay off as he was on the mark with his first kick, a tough attempt from wide on the left touchline.
Andy Robinson had not held back in bringing in fresh legs for their Pool finale as Joe Ansbro made only his second start of the tournament. But he was forced into making one other tweak moments before Paterson's effort when Ruaridh Jackson's night was ended due to what looked like a hamstring problem.
His replacement was Dan Parks, who in many people's eyes would be more suited to such weather conditions. He proved his worth too on sixteen minutes as his long-range penalty shot, struck with a low trajectory, crept over the crossbar following approval from the Television Match Official. It hadn't been the most memorable 24 hours for assistant referee Nigel Owens, who had thought the ball had not made the necessary distance. 6-0 it was.
What was more impressive from Andy Robinson's outfit was the fact that they were playing against the wind and winning the pivotal battle at scrum-time. Jonny Wilkinson had also missed three penalty attempts from three, with the booing Scotland supporters lapping it up.
That was all soon to change though on 34 minutes when Wilkinson finally found his range from the left touchline to cut the deficit in half. But a rather worrying statistic for England was that they'd not yet made a visit into the Scottish 22. There was plenty of food for thought for Johnson at the break, particularly after Parks had sat back in the pocket to push the advantage back to six points. Scotland were dominating all facets of play in Auckland.
England desperately needed a strong opening to the second-half and that was exactly what they got when Delon Armitage, in for Mark Cueto, raced down the left touchline before forcing a speculator back inside to a Scottish player. These were good signs for the Red Rose though as Ben Youngs was much quicker at the breakdown, Mike Tindall began to look for work and Matt Stevens seemed to had weathered an in-form Euan Murray.
Things were not improving for an out-of-sorts Wilkinson, however, as he missed a point blank drop-goal attempt that cause many Scotland fans to turn and smile at Johnson in the coaching box. England needed leaders to step up which wasn't happening as they walked to line-outs with their heads down. Johnson needed to make changes to liven up his team, the first was enforced though when Nick Easter came on for captain Moody who had to go to the blood-bin for some running repairs. One sensed though that the likes of Toby Flood and Dylan Hartley wouldn't be too far behind in making an appearance from the bench.
In fact is was Tom Palmer who arrived to join Easter just after Paterson had extended the arrears to beyond that golden seven points. If ever the English needed their own golden boy it was now and Wilkinson stepped up when it mattered with a sweetly-struck drop before the hour that eased some of the heat.
That trend continued soon after too when Wilkinson slotted a touchline penalty to bring England back to 9-12 with seventeen minutes remaining. At this stage, Scotland would have to hope that Georgia would do the unthinkable against Argentina on Sunday. And it was not like they had chances to claim that priceless try as Simon Danielli and then Richie Gray, from a Parks cross-field kick, came close to making England sweat further.
But Johnson's side held on and in fact finished with a flourish when Chris Ashton, a virtual ghost for most of the game, crossed to end Scottish hopes. Replacement fly-half Toby Flood's conversion made it 16-12 which was how it stayed at Eden Park.
Man of the match: Euan Murray was a rock for Scotland during the first 40 minutes while Al Kellock led well. But for his wet-weather masterclass, we have to go for Dan Parks. Thrown on minutes after kick-off, Parks took the right options at the right time and had a good day.
Moment of the match: The English had looked to be heading for more than a seven-point defeat due to Jonny Wilkinson's poor kicking early on. But as soon as he found his range their hopes of progressing to a third straight final improved. It was mighty close though.
Villain of the match: None to speak of.
The scorers:
For England:
Try: Ashton
Con: Flood
Pen: Wilkinson 2
Drop: Wilkinson
For Scotland:
Pen: Paterson 2, Parks
Drop: Parks
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Mike Tindall, 11 Delon Armitage, 10 Jonny Wilkinson, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 James Haskell, 7 Lewis Moody (capt), 6 Tom Croft, 5 Courtney Lawes, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Steve Thompson, 1 Matt Stevens.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Hartley, 17 Alex Corbisiero, 18 Tom Palmer, 19 Nick Easter, 20 Richard Wigglesworth, 21 Toby Flood, 22 Matt Banahan.
Scotland: 15 Chris Paterson, 14 Max Evans, 13 Joe Ansbro, 12 Sean Lamont, 11 Simon Danielli, 10 Ruaridh Jackson, 9 Mike Blair, 8 Richie Vernon, 7 John Barclay, 6 Ally Strokosch, 5 Alastair Kellock (capt), 4 Richie Gray, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Allan Jacobsen.
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Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (WAL); Jérôme Garces (FRA)
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Anthony Acres Resort has picturesque views of Lake Sara. The resort is only five minutes from Effingham, so you can come into town and enjoy some food or shop.
30 campsites; 28 have water, 30 amp electric and cable TV. Restroom with showers. Sites are grass and gravel, flat and level.
This 18-hole, par 70 course is a challenge for players of all levels. Fun course, lots of water - a good stop for all level players.
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Come out to Camp Lakewood and enjoy the views of Lake Pauline plus all the creature comforts. Camp Lakewood is an RV campground. The sites include cable, WiFi, 30/50 AMP. They also offer a one and two bedroom cabin that is fully furnished and self contained. The newest cabin sleeps five and includes Cable TV. They do offer tent sites as well for those who want to be a little closer to nature.
Cardinal Golf Course is the only public 18 hole golf course in Effingham! It is located on Lake Sara, which is just about ten minutes from interstates 57 ans 70. The course is located on local lake, Lake Sara, and has beautiful views from the course.We currently have about 250 members and hold approximately 30 outings a year with an average attendence of about 100 players per outing. We do have a driving range, putting green, and chipping green.
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Effingham has four community parks. All offer baseball diamonds, play grounds, basketball courts and great areas for family picnics.
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18-hole golf course set in the countryside of Windsor. The Fox offers a golf experience for everyone from the casual golfer to those looking for a real challenge. The course was built on 160 acres of rolling farmland and woods in 1998. Located close to Lake Shelbyville. GPS ADDRESS: 1300 N 3050 E
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Located just minutes outside of Effingham. The Gardens of Heartland can fully satisfy your requirements for affordable & elegant receptions & outdoor weddings, or small gatherings.
This trail is a multi-use recreational trail -- accessed mainly by walkers, runners, and bikers. As you move along the pathways of the Dacey Trail, you will find nature at its best with many scenic views of Lake Shelbyville. A fitness area is between the Dam West Recreational area and the Dam. The trail is being added to and improved each year. You can begin the trail at Forest Park or at the Dam West Recreational Area (9th St.).
Enjoy the sparkling beauty of Lake Charleston, which features hiking and biking trails.
A quiet cove at dawn, where the only sound is the whir of a casting reel and the gentle splash of the fly hitting the water's surface...that's Lake Sara. A sunny afternoon slalom skiing behind a powerboat or running along the beach...that's Lake Sara. A family picnic in the grass at water's edge or a family reunion, with fried chicken and the works, under one of the pavilions...that's Lake Sara. Lake Sara is an 800-acre recreational lake nestled into a wooded shoreline, encircled by a winding road. Spend a day, a week, or a season on the shores of Lake Sara. Lake Sara has something for everyone, in every season of the year.
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Central Illinois lake with over 11,000 water acres and 172 miles of shoreline. Lake Shelbyville has 5 federal campgrounds, and 2 state campgrounds with over 1,000 campsites from tent camping up to full hookup. There are several recreational areas with picnic areas and pavilions and 2 wildlife management areas. Three public beaches are available for swimming on the lake. The lake also hosts many launching ramps that are available for boats, and 3 marinas on the lake. Many hiking trails also encompass the lake such as the General Dacey which also includes fitness stations, the Chief Illini trail and others.


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Posted on 12/22/2009 7:53:44 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Believers in human-caused global climate change have been placed under an uncomfortable spotlight recently. That is thanks to the Climategate scandal, centering on e-mails hacked from the influential Climate Research Unit (CRU) at Englands University of East Anglia. The e-mails show scientists from various academic institutions hard at work suppressing dissent from other scientists who have doubts on global warming, massaging research data to fit preconceived ideas, and seeking to manipulate the gold standard peer review process to keep skeptical views from being heard.
Does this sound familiar at all? To me, as a prominent skeptic of modern Darwinian theory, it sure does. For years, Darwin-doubting scientists have complained of precisely such abuses, committed by Darwin zealots in academia.
There have been parallels cases where e-mail traffic was released showing Darwinian scientists displaying the same contempt for fair play and academic openness as we see now in the climate emails. One instance involved a distinguished astrophysicist at Iowa State University, Guillermo Gonzalez, who broke ranks with colleagues in his department over the issue of intelligent design in cosmology. Released under the Iowa Open Records Act, e-mails from his fellow scientists at ISU showed how his department conspired against him, denying Dr. Gonzales tenure as retribution for his views.
To me, the most poignant correspondence emerging from CRU e-mails involves discussion about punishing a particular editor at a peer-reviewed journal who was defying the orthodox establishment by publishing skeptical research.
In 2004, a peer-reviewed biology journal at the Smithsonian Institution published a technical essay of mine presenting a case for intelligent design. Colleagues of the journals editor, an evolutionary biologist, responded by taking away his office, his keys and his access to specimens, placing him under a hostile supervisor and spreading disinformation about him. Ultimately, he was demoted, prompting an investigation of the Smithsonian by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel.
The public has been intimidated into thinking that non-experts have no right to question consensus views in science. But the scandal in at the University of East Anglia suggests that this consensus on climate may not be based on solid evidence.
But what about the Darwin debate? We are told that the consensus of scientists in favor of Darwinian evolution means the theory is no longer subject to debate. In fact, there are strong scientific reasons to doubt Darwins theory and what it allegedly proved.
For example, contrary to Darwinian orthodoxy, the fossil record actually challenges the idea that all organisms have evolved from a single common ancestor. Why? Fossil studies reveal a biological big bang near the beginning of the Cambrian period (520 million years ago) when many major, separate groups of organisms or phyla (including most animal body plans) emerged suddenly without clear precursors.
While all scientists accept that natural selection can produce small-scale micro-evolutionary variations, many biologists now doubt that natural selection and random mutations can generate the large-scale changes necessary to produce fundamentally new structures and forms of life.
Thus more than 800 scientists, including professors from such institutions as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale and Rice universities and members of various national (U.S., Russian, Czech, Polish) academies of science have signed a statement questioning the creative power of the selection/mutation mechanism.
Increasingly, the Darwinian idea that living things only appear to be designed has come under scrutiny. Indeed, living systems display telltale signs of actual or intelligent design such as the presence of complex circuits, miniature motors and digital information in living cells. The information and information-processing systems that run the show in cells point with a particular clarity to prior design. The DNA molecule stores instructions in the form of a four-character digital code, similar to a computer code. As we know from our repeated experience -- the basis of all scientific reasoning -- systems possessing such features always arise from minds, not material processes.
Thus, despite the orthodox view that Darwin showed design could arise without a designer there is now compelling scientific evidence to the contrary.
The question of biological origins has long raised profound philosophical questions. Have lifes endlessly diverse forms been the result of purely material processes or did a purposeful intelligence play a role? Its not surprising that such an ideologically charged issue would illicit strong passions, leading even scientists to suppress dissenting views with which they disagree.
All the more reason -- in this debate as in the one about global warming -- to let the evidence, rather than the consensus of experts, determine the outcome.
-- Dr. Meyer is director for the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. He is author of Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design, honored in the Times Literary Supplement as one of the best books of 2009. He received his Ph.D. in the Philosophy of Science from Cambridge University.
He mentioned Darwin ten times, but didn't mention the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis one time.
It will, of course, be considered inadmissible that ToE recalls attacks on the "Galileo Doubters".
Being ANY type of real scientist must, because creationism is antithetical to the scientific method; and creationists must lie about science out of necessity; trusting that their target audience is, as a group, the most ignorant of science and the most bereft of education.
The Left is comprised of superstitious kooks of the worst religion on the planet, Political Correctness. There disdain for Creationists is some phony vanity. All one has to do is mention genetic science and human bio-diversity and these emotionally stunted runts start trilling like terrorist supporting old women.
Your screenname says it all, Seek and FIND! Good job :o)
You mean the scientists of Galileo's day, right?
All psuedoscience practitioners are brothers!
Climategate and evolutiongate are just two signs on the same 'gate.'
This is why I've come to despise Human Events. - "may not?" - There is not a shred of their 'consensus' that has any relationship whatsoever to science. (is there a new discipline of science called Hoaxology?) - Why do these writers lack any vestige of a spine?
Some were. A lot of others, not so much.
Please don't equate AGW non-believers with biblical literalists.
That is a relief.
Distrust over "Science Says" in in the public mind in regard to AGW will inevitably lead to an erosion of public support for "Science Says" in the Evo-Creo catfight.
Evolutionists who have doubts about AGW should speak up if they expect to dominate the "origins" field in the public's consiousness as much as they do now. They will pay a price for their apparent lack of critical thinking skills.
Natural selection is a machine that makes almost impossible things. Consider a typical protein such as whale myoglobin. That molecule is but one of a hundred thousand or so proteins in the animals body and contains a hundred and fifty-three units called amino acids. These come in about twenty forms. The number of possible combinations of amino acids in a structure the size of myoglobin is hence twenty raised to the power of a hundred and fifty three. The figure, ten with about two hundred zeros after it, is beyond imagination and is far more than all the proteins in all the whales, all the animals and all the plants that have ever lived. Such a molecule could never arise by accident. Instead, a rather ordinary device, natural selection, has carved out not just myoglobin but millions of other proteins and the organisms they build.
"Modern Evolutionary Synthesis"
Got a good link for that? Somewhat interested in this topic, not rabid either way. Do see a problem with just random mutation plus natural selection creating a functional 750 megabyte piece of code (est of info content of human DNA) even over billions of years. That's why I think the modern ToE is at least missing some parts. My hunch is that there is some evironment->genetic code feedback process we don't understand yet.
(For the record, I see evolution as the tool God used to create us and other life. Uh oh, probably offended both hard core evolutionists and hard core creationists with that one!)
Plug it into your favorite search engine along with "Ronald Fisher evolution" and "Edmund Ford evolution" for starters.
Do see a problem with just random mutation plus natural selection creating a functional 750 megabyte piece of code (est of info content of human DNA) even over billions of years. Thats why I think the modern ToE is at least missing some parts.
It isn't the ToE that's missing parts (although it is incomplete like most scientific models and theories). What you cite are strawmen propagated by anti-evolutionists. "Random mutation and natural selection" leaves out the effects of the order and consistency of natural laws. Look up "cumulative selection and protein domains" to find out why the mathematical models used to calculate the probability of DNA occurring by chance used by anti-evolutionists is wrong. Also look up "whole genome duplication" and "polyploidy" to see how genetic information can be doubled rather quickly. Look up the "Triangle of U" and "comparitive genomics", too.
Look up "Monte Carlo Methods" and "genetic programming" to see how random events can be used to increase information.
For the record, I see evolution as the tool God used to create us and other life.
I have no problem with God and Creation either provided that such beliefs correspond well with the preponderance of evidence.
Look up "protein domains" and "cumulative selection" to find out why the model used to calculate the probability is wrong.
"For example, contrary to Darwinian orthodoxy, the fossil record actually challenges the idea that all organisms have evolved from a single common ancestor. Why? Fossil studies reveal a biological big bang near the beginning of the Cambrian period (520 million years ago) when many major, separate groups of organisms or phyla (including most animal body plans) emerged suddenly without clear precursors.
The evidence that you are trying to use to disprove evolution, falsifies creation.
Isn't cognitive dissonance a wonderful thing : )
From a Stastistics textbook .
The number of permutations of N objects is N! That is 1x2x3x4x5x x N.
The total number of possible selections of r objects from N distinct objects is called the number of combinations of N objects taken r at a time and will be called C(N,r); and C(N,r) = N!/(r!(N-r)!)
. Given Jones standing in scientific circles, Id say that he's right. Ref ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liR5aGC9pn0
Interesting terms — will look them up. Hence, BTTT...
Gotta add: aren't "missing parts" and "incomplete like most scientific models and theories" the same thing? More succinctly, aren't "missing parts" and "imcomplete" actually synonymous? That's all I was saying.
That said, you're pointing to "cumulative selection and protein domains" was very helpful. Never really dug into that before. Answers a lot of questions I've had re: info content of DNA. Good stuff.
(BTW, my baliwack is really physics — or was, I've been out of it for a while. Still, this stuff is a fun read for me.)
Ahh, dissembling again GGG? You are a young earth creationist. You believe that and have so stated.
You don't get to have it both ways. You can't claim that the earth is only 10k years and try to use evidence from 500 million year old fossils to try and prove the earth is only 10k years old : )
'GLOBAL WARMING' FIX? Hose up to stratosphere with balloons; Pump out sulfur particles...
[simulated volcano?]
Are there genuine objectors on FR? I wasn't aware of any.
The real objections to TOE aren't on the basic theory. There is simply too much evidence behind it.
The real legitimate questions regarding TOE are what it doesn't answer. How did life first start? What are the mechanisms that is life? etc. etc. Answering those questions might be like Einstein answering the Mercury orbit question, and it might completely transform the science. Force still equals mass times acceleration but now we know that energy equals mass. Newtons equations are still valid, but we have a much bigger picture now.
My reply was in response to the frequent identification of those who question the basic premise of Darwinism with Literal 6 day creationists.
First, a basic fact: while many intelligent design proponents believe in a Creator (which is their world-view right), not all do. Some hold that some immanent principle or law in nature could design the universe. That is: to believe in intelligent design is not necessarily to believe in a transcendent creative being.
However, what is rhetorically significant is the further fact that the term creationist is very often used today in a derogatory way.
Traditionally, the word was used to describe the world view that God created the universe, a belief shared by many ID scientists, and even some ID critics. But now, that same term is too often used dishonestly in an attempt to associate intelligent design, an empirically-based methodology, with Creationism, a faith-based methodology.
Some Darwinist advocates and some theistic evolutionists seem to feel that if they can tag ID with the Creationist label often enough and thus keep the focus away from scienceif they can create the false impression that ID allows religious bias to leak into its methodologyif they can characterize it as a religious presupposition rather than a design inference then the press and the public will eventually come to believe that ID is not really science at all.
In short, anti-ID ideologues use the word creationist to distract from a scientific debate that they cannot win on the merits. The only real question is whether someone who uses this dubious strategy is doing so out of ignorance (having been taken in by it, too) or out of malice.
Darwin's hypothesis does not rest upon equations, but rather observation and supposition. I suspect you know this already, but I wanted to clarify this for the rabble.
I do not doubt the basic hypothesis of evolution -- that life forms evolve, but the dynamism of any organism's genetic code, combined with recent and reputable observation, does point to a better theory which is far more, how do I say, Lamarckian in nature.
Unlike simply noting the similarities and differences between certain populations in various stages of isolation and drawing conclusions as to the mechanism by which those variations have arisen, the process of measuring, experimenting, observing, predicting and re-confirming, say, how phenotype alterations write themselves into the genotype is how real science occurs.
If you throw out observations because they do not conform to your hoped for outcomes is not real science.
Thus; back to the AGW topic, when half of the Russian temp data is thrown out because it fails to demonstrate the hoped-for warming of IPCC "scienticians", we see bad science.
Dogma is a crutch for small minds - in any field.
I would be correct 99 out of a 100 times doing that : ) I can accept those odds.
First, a basic fact: while many intelligent design proponents believe in a Creator (which is their world-view right), not all do. Some hold that some immanent principle or law in nature could design the universe. That is: to believe in intelligent design is not necessarily to believe in a transcendent creative being.
Do you see the flaw in your logic? How can you believe in intelligent design without an intelligent designer?
If you can overcome that flaw in your logic, maybe the rest of your post might have a point.
You say "suddenly" but the "Cambrian Explosion" went on for 30 million years.
I kind of agree. I have been reading some interesting stuff, try this http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/sapolsky09/sapolsky09_index.html it is on how toxo can affect behavior.
Thus; back to the AGW topic, when half of the Russian temp data is thrown out because it fails to demonstrate the hoped-for warming of IPCC "scienticians", we see bad science.
The New Zealand and Australian adjustments are even more clear cut. It is becoming very clear that Jones et al cherry picked their sources, added heat to the UHI and cooled the past. That is how they created the hockey stick.
I was one of the people who submitted a FOI to HADRCUT.
It is all relative. A million years here and a million years there and pretty soon you are talking real time.
You have my apologies. I mistakenly took you for a creationist or an ID'er. Sometimes sarcasm can be a little too subtle for me.
Again, please forgive me for lumping you in with the fundies.
Who else?
The fraud rampant throughout the attempts to establish AGW beyond the shadow of a doubt is so reminiscent of that of the history of Darwinism in its vain and frenzied attempts to establish the ToE beyond any doubt.
If you can't find the evidence in the field to support your theory, either manufacture it yourself, or, by assuming the conclusion, misinterpret the evidence in light of that.
Not *inability* but *deliberate refusal*.
IDers are just 'useful idiots' for the YEC's.. and the creationists will turn on them in a heartbeat.
Not *inability* but *deliberate refusal* to believe or understand the science God gave man the ability and the will to do.
YEC's disgrace His name.
People who twist Scripture to fit some man-made theory that they have about how things must have happened by relying on the subjective, agenda driven interpretation of the data they collect, are a disgrace to God's name.
I can't imagine anything more disgraceful to God than someone who calls themselves a Christian, calling Him a liar and teaching others the same.
Who's a *Bible literalist*?
Please provide links and evidence to support that people believe that the entire Bible must be read word for word literally, without regard to poetry, parable, song, and other grammatical styles.
I'll be getting the popcorn out while you find the links.
You've just been listening to the lies propagated by the Darwinists that anyone who challenges the ToE is a Bible literalist.
Darwinists love nothing more than to misrepresent any questioning of the ToE specifically and science as a whole as a *religious attack* on the ToE.
I've seen them knee jerk react to people who are evolutionists by putting them in the most extreme YEC box they can find and make up, simply for disagreeing with something some evolutionist said.
You need to get out more if you really thought that anyone who doubted Darwin was automatically a *Bible literalist*.
You philosophical naturalists crack me up :-)
" The evidence that you are trying to use to disprove evolution, falsifies creation."
The evidence itself neither proves nor disproves anything. It is the interpretation of evidence through a preferred philosophical paradigm and logical fallacy that leads you to believe you are looking at 'proof' or 'falsification'. There are only philosophical positions, not empirical ones.
"Isn't cognitive dissonance a wonderful thing : )"
Apparently... :-)
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I find myself differing from the conventional wisdom, and even Obama's latest position, in not being terribly upset that it's Open Enrollment time for health insurance.� Employers are advising employees of their health care options for 2014, many of them different from what was available a year ago.� Insurance companies are advertising their latest deals on Medicare companion policies. And in the individual market, insurers are advising their customers of what they have – or don't have – available.
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Tuesday 30 May 2006: Virgin Blue has today simultaneously unveiled its radically transformed Blue Room Lounges in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, launching a new-look, sophisticated all-inclusive lounge facility as the airline gathers momentum in its push for an increasing share of the corporate market.
Virgin Blue continues to reinvent itself as the world's first New World Carrier and has redesigned its Blue Rooms to better reflect the needs and wants of business Guests and its unique airline model.
To reflect this upgrade, the new facilities have been renamed, simply, "The Lounge". They have undergone a major multi-million dollar overhaul and offer a stylish and sophisticated environment featuring an enhanced range of business facilities and services. While the old Blue Room lounge product was based on a "user pays" concept, The Lounge is an all-inclusive facility and sets a new benchmark in corporate facilities in Australia.
Among the new key benefits that travellers will be able to enjoy in The Lounge are complimentary high quality food and beverages, a redesigned environment as well as enhanced business facilities including free wireless internet access. The corporate lounges are open from today in the key business ports Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and shortly, Adelaide. Other ports are also under consideration.
Virgin Blue Chief Executive, Brett Godfrey, said, "We have evolved as an airline and recognise the need to be flexible in responding to the demands of travellers. While the Blue Room model was appropriate for the airline we were a few years ago, we are confident the new facility will be an exceptional asset for business travellers wanting to entertain clients, get some work done before their flight or relax with a premium drink or their preferred choice of coffee courtesy of the exclusive Barista service."
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Brett Godfrey continued, "We have no qualms in adopting changes to remain relevant to our Guests and are committed to maintaining a low cost base while targeting profitable growth."
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Brett Godfrey added, "Rest assured, there will be no semi-flacid celery sticks on offer. This is a next generation lounge model offering the best of Virgin's famous flair and service, an exclusive menu and the latest technology in a contemporary and stylish environment conducive to getting down to business or getting some down time".
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Skip to comments.Pence Drops Bill (in the hopper) to De-Fund Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz
Posted on 01/07/2011 12:41:23 PM PST by julieee
Pence Drops Bill to De-Fund Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz
Washington, DC -- Congressman Mike Pence dropped a bill in the hopper today in the House of Representatives that would revoke federal taxpayer funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business.
(Excerpt) Read more at lifenews.com ...
Preparing for his presidential by conforming to the party's positions...
What an awful headline. If you "drop" a bill, it means you've given up and are no longer seeking passage. Apparently, that is not what Pence is doing. He's actually fighting for what is right.
This is a misleading title (by mistake, I'm sure) from Life News.
In reality (from my reading) it means the process on this bill got STARTED, not ended.
That's exactly what I thought when i fist read the title.
Pence is trying to de-fund Planned Parnthood.
What a stupid headline! The headline reads like Pence decided to NOT defund, when he actually is sponsoring a bill, with over 100 co-sponsors, to DEFUND abortion in Title X.
Wow ... that's one CRAP HEADLINE!!!
Had to read the article, believing that Pence would fight FOR such legislation.
Press has gone from Watchdog, to Lapdog to rear windshield stuffed dog with the turnsignal eyes.
Quotation marks might've at least indicated another meaning.
What an a and liar.
They shouldn't just de-fund their abortion business, they should de-fund the whole thing. No tax money at all should go to Planned Parenthood. We're bankrupt. This should be an easy decision.
Good grief, the headline is the opposite from the story. Dropping a bill means sh*tcanning it. That is not what Pence is doing.
Sorry, I thought he was not going to defund. Take it back if he does.
You should add something to the title to clarify.
Defunding PP is a great start to reducing the deficit. If their work is so "valuable", they should easily be able to replace the funding with private donations.
Pence is not a fan of abortion.
Yea...Very clever writing...
Oh geez what a crappy haedline. My heart stopped when I saw it and I thought that if a guy like Pence was backing down we're doomed!
Please fix the headline. It's ambiguous and misleading.
Life News is Pro-Life...and the editor who wrote the article is pro-life. He shouldn't be writing.
I assume this means he submitted the bill for consideration and that he is sponsoring it.
The headline says he "dropped the bill" ... which implies the opposite.
I detest the leftist secular media.
I assume this means he submitted the bill for consideration and that he is sponsoring it.
The headline says he "dropped the bill" ... which implies the opposite.
Take a look at the comments. Take a look at the headline. I know we do not alter headlines. Even if some idiot headline editor had his head up his ....
But maybe you can add (Actually Pence STILL SUPPORTS De-Funding)
Or something like that.
Thanks for the heads up.
Pretty blatant spin in that headline!
Go Mike Pence.
If genocidal women intend to kill their babies let them or whoever supplied the sperm pay for it. Not the taxpayer.
This is the first time I've seen any media outlet use 'drop' in this way. Pence submitted the bill. You would think 'Life News' would be a little more careful.
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Headline is very misleading. He didn't "drop" it, he submitted it! WAY TO GO, PENCE!! Take all their freaking money away. The House (afaik) can defund anything it wants.
DEFUND IT ALL AND I MEAN ALL!!! Everything! Including the repeal of DADT! It will cost money to implement, take every thin dime away from it!
>> by conforming
What does that mean?
In other news, Santa Claus drops toys for Detroit.
"Hes actually fighting for what is right."
As he always has. I LIKE Mike Pence!
Really, what a stupid headline.
This is excellent news.
The headline has been changed at the LifeNews website. Somebody's head probably rolled over the original.
and the hits just keep coming ... hehehehe
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Skip to comments.Obama, Feinstein reignite fight for gun control after Navy Yard shooting (Surprise!!!!))
Posted on 09/17/2013 8:00:14 AM PDT by yoe
ust hours after the deadly shooting rampage at the Washington Navy Yard, gun control advocates tried to reignite the national debate over gun laws that had only just subsided.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat and a longtime gun control advocate, denounced the litany of massacres over the past few years and asked rhetorically, When will enough be enough?
[snip] The National Rifle Association had no comment on Monday, and pro-gun groups generally take the stance that days of particularly shocking crimes are not the time to discuss policy. Popular conservative blogger and former CNN commentator Erick Erickson admonished the rush to politicize the shooting, saying seriously people, grow up.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Washington, D.C. has excessively heavy gun laws as does the Washington Navy Yard....no amount of law is going to stop someone intent on killing. If gun laws were successful, the killing each week in Chicago would abate don'tcha think? Gangs, Nuts, and criminals is the real problem.
Sure, come back and have some more.
You want a few more state legislators from your party hitting the unemployment line, obviously.
No AR-15 used.
All lies.
When people finally figure out the lefts gun free zones are dangerous places and demand the right to defend themselves. Not until then will the slaughters end.
If someone wants to kill, they'll find a way to do it. If not guns, they'll use bombs. If not bombs, they'll use gas. The only answer is free will and the Constitutional right to stop them.
As certain as death and taxes. Had personnel at the naval yard been allowed to carry arms, this never would have happened.
paging Saul Alinsky....paging Mr. Saul Alinsky
Can't let the facts get in the way of their agenda. (You're not suppose to know or talk about this part of the story.)
This communists Democratic Party has to be destroyed.
Apparently, DiFi and OBayMe didn't hear the Colorado recall results. RATs never learn.
But he did not have an AR-15 Obammy.
What's an AR 15 Shotgun?
Because anti Bill Of Rights legislation was so popular in Congress this Spring.....
It's not a matter of them not learning. Obama's prohibited from
Another term, and DiFi could give a rambling anti gun speech while wearing bandoliers and with an AK strapped to her back and still get reelected.
They just don't care.
Given the rush to push the AR15 angle, now proven false, the advantage right now is even more with gun rights advocates. We need to exploit it fully. Sociopaths like DiFi can handle being hated and yelled at. They usually can't handle being mocked and ridiculed.
"Nobody is going to take your damned guns away from you, but a BACKGROUND CHECK will mean that less guns will get into the hands of people who SHOULD NOT HAVE THEM. Right now, you're not even required to show ID in some places to get a gun thanks to the 'gun show loophole'. What's so UNREASONABLE about background checks?!"
"What do you think a 'background check' really consists of? There's some magical oracle of information where we can query whether a person is a lunatic or not? Or a criminal? You have states handing out driver's licenses to illegal aliens who present no other form of ID and get an official driver's license just by signing another document where they swear they are who they say they are. Do you think an 'identity loophole' like that would make a 'background check' more or less valid than a US Military 'Secret' security clearance like the Navy Yard shooter had?"
"Okay, then just forget the whole thing. If background checks won't work, we just need to go door to door sweeping up all the guns."
"You go out to your politicians and demand that. I'll even handcraft you a protest sign which calls for precisely that."
Does that AR-15 shotgun take a thirty round "clip"? :-)
DI-FI 'I told you so' ping!
Would anything she proposed have stopped this?
I shut several Liberals up after Newtown by asking them if they were volunteering to go out into Bullitt County KY to go door to door confiscating firearms.
What's an "automatic AR-15 shotgun?" A figment of Piers Anthony and/or CNN know knowledge of guns headline writers imagination.
They watch videos, they have mental health issues, they eat carrots, etc. Theo only thing in common with these mass killings is _ THEY TAKE PLACE IN A "GUN FREE ZONE"
Well at least the nutjob didn't use poison gas. If he had, zero and fineswine would be shredding the entire constitution, and assad would be bombing us.
Holy Smokes!
I want one. I NEED one. I can actually buy AMMUNITION for one at Wally World! That's a plus, you know.
I wonder how it compares to shooting a good semiauto regular ol' shotgun.
Doesn't DC already have done of the strictest gun laws in the country?
I assume that with a 16" barrel, it must be rifled.
Opps, looks like an 18+" barrel.
Bet you're right about the rifling. I don't have any experience with a rifled shotgun barrel.
At least slugs for rifled 12ga are readily available — I know because I continually trip on 'em on the shelf while looking for smoothbore slugs. They're pricy though.
Yes, and the shooting happened in a gun-restricted federal facility. Didn't the guy know that double-dog-down gun-free zones are the safest place in the universe?
How much are we going to take people? They waive anti-terrorist laws so they can give guns to TERRORISTS and then disarm AMERICANS..... Are we just going to lie down and listen to the gulag door slam??????
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I don't think they go too fast though.
Meanwhile he's buying extremists guns to kill government officials:
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http://washingtonexaminer.com ^ | September 16, 2013 | JOEL GEHRKE
No surprise. I never did anything remotely that close in terms of stupid when I ran a chyron.
That thing kinda looks like an April Fool's joke! Not that I'm knocking the concept.
"In plain English a portion of the wad stays with the bullet in flight"
That's Brenneke's claim to fame with their slug ammo.
I'm sure others make similar stuff too. I have some of the Brenneke but I haven't shot it yet.
I'd like to experiment with packing a shotshell with nickels sometime. It'd still be cheaper than some of this fancy 12ga ammo.
Umm... Dear Difi.... He had a shotgun, and two STOLEN handguns... that he got THERE on base.
Evidently, the poor baby was upset at evil "racists"...
The Brenneke slugs will work fine for either smooth or rifled bore shotguns.
I find this hard to believe, who told him that he was a victim of racists?
Did Obamas divisive racial Rhetoric over Travon Martin motivate the Aaron Alexis shooting? ( 9/17/2013 )
And it gets even better...
So...what I really want to know is this - WHO is the Schmucky Little Puke who originally threaded an AR15 meme into the story, and where did it first develop???
"What is an AR 15 shotgun?"
If CNN (etc) said the gunman utilized an BG-23, the usual suspects would demand the immediate outlawing of the BG-23.
At least 3 Democrats would join in introducing such a bill.
Low information voters/people
AR15 makes a better story, its scary sounding, like like the Russian Mob.
Shotgun makes us think of the Beverly Hillbillies. Old Jed hunting Muskrat.
The 12 gauge from hell...
3900 fps from a shotgun? You shoot it, I'll watch!
Sure, the shooter had an obvious mental health problem. Ban guns, that will fix it.
It's about the crazy people, not the guns.
I'm just grateful he didn't rent a large dump truck, fill it with sand and then go plowing through (insert targets here).
The biggest threat to our society today is Christian tea-party members buying assault rifles through the gun-show loophole.
The terrible events of yesterday show that we need to crack down on those people.
Ah... the control freaks who can't quite get their hands around us yet get excited over the sight of blood and certainly did hope for an AR-15 in the mix. It doesn't really matter who said it. We knew that somebody would. Thieves and liars. I wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire.
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GDB 9: We don't need to tell you
October 30 2008 02:26PM
We don't need to tell you that the Mighty Oil are going on a road trip scheduled to last until March 2017. Why the Oilers agreed to a schedule that would have them play the next nine seasons on the road is anyone's guess but we would think that Goatie McGrebeshkov screwed the pooch somehow. That shady dirt squirrel.
We don't need to tell you that this road trip will dictate how the season is going to go for the Oil. It's getting real already, only eight games in.
We don't need to tell you that sooner or later we can't help but think the Oil will shake off this slump and karate kick some team in half.
We don't need to tell you that the only thing sadder than ANOTHER game on PPV tonight is the fact we'll be paying to watch the game. Again. Even though we're still wanting a refund on the last PPV two games.
Man are we suckers.
And we certainly don't need to tell you we will be at the ninth consecutive Justice League meeting and pyramid scheme recruitment drive. It's during the game and it's here on the Nation.
We will see you there. Suckers.
October 30 2008, 07:32PM
I like how they have to compare Gretzky's records to Mark McQuire so the everyman can make sense of it.
October 30 2008, 07:33PM
Stop making Baaaaaaaaad jokes about my son....
October 30 2008, 07:34PM
Forcing Trotz to wear a neck tie every day is cruel punishment. The man doesn't have the required equipment.
October 30 2008, 07:34PM
I agree Greb's Mom. Guys, let's make only gooooood jokes, ok?
October 30 2008, 07:35PM
how come we aren't winning yet? Towel Boy?
October 30 2008, 07:35PM
Bilbo Trotz Baggins
October 30 2008, 07:35PM
Trotz's neck prolly smells like cheese...from the food that got caught in there in 1987.
October 30 2008, 07:35PM
Is Peca Reenay the correct way to say that kids name?
October 30 2008, 07:35PM
Lets go boys its a play of power and in this ACT we score
October 30 2008, 07:35PM
October 30 2008, 07:36PM
Well five, because we're still down a goal. When we get a goal, we'll be tied..assuming, of course, they do not score in the mean time. After we score ANOTHER time...THEN we'll be winning.
October 30 2008, 07:36PM
'Trotz's neck prolly smells like cheese…from the food that got caught in there in 1987.'
October 30 2008, 07:37PM
Thanks TB! You sure know yer hockey!
October 30 2008, 07:38PM
Yah, and to score, we put the black thing in the meshy net looking thingy...but it has to go in the one their heavily padded skater is guarding.
October 30 2008, 07:38PM
We gotta tie this up......come on OILERS!
October 30 2008, 07:38PM
'Yah, and to score, we put the black thing in the meshy net looking thingy…but it has to go in the one their heavily padded skater is guarding."
You know what, this game finally makes sense!
October 30 2008, 07:39PM
damn it!
October 30 2008, 07:39PM
TB now you have to grab the goat and translate that into Russian.
If we ever score an EV it will get very messy in my pants.
October 30 2008, 07:39PM
I can't take credit, I got "hockey for dummies: the small non traditional american markets edition" for my birthday.
October 30 2008, 07:40PM
Oilers get 4 goals in the 3rd.
October 30 2008, 07:41PM
haha...Gene: "most humans"
...except goats that play hockey.
October 30 2008, 07:42PM
Wanye, did you break your laptop again?
October 30 2008, 07:43PM
A question to all you with the PPV? Are they playing better tonight.
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October 30 2008, 07:45PM
Thanks to all that is good and unholy that I have a day off tomorrow. Big night of stalking minors ahead of me.
October 30 2008, 07:46PM
I wouldn't click on that right now. Terry Crisp is wearing a very unflattering cowboy outfit.
Is there a law in Nashville requiring everyone to wear a cowboy hat?
October 30 2008, 07:47PM
He looks like Garth Brooks' gay uncle.
October 30 2008, 07:47PM
That Oilers Guitar Hero guitar is pretty bitchin'.
October 30 2008, 07:47PM
haha gilbert lost to a litlle boy
October 30 2008, 07:47PM
He doesn't even know it's halloween tomorrow.
October 30 2008, 07:47PM
Wayne... Chug a beer for Oilers luck
Whoa D Grebs face looks like he used to be a goalie for a dart team.
October 30 2008, 07:48PM
I bless thy Oilers third period
October 30 2008, 07:49PM
I think Dustin Penner is wearing a spare tire
October 30 2008, 07:49PM
BRokeback terry crisp....
October 30 2008, 07:51PM
I believe they were interviewing Strudwicks nostrils
October 30 2008, 07:53PM
Could Crisp and that other guy not have come up with some costumes that weren't so regional?
October 30 2008, 07:55PM
I just clicked on that streaming feed...that is pretty damn good picture quality for streamin' net stuff.
Damn, technology is cool.
October 30 2008, 07:55PM
For those of you watching your pay per view in your ivory castles on your solid gold TV's the commentators for Nashville are both dressed as cowboys.
In Nashville.
October 30 2008, 07:56PM
I remember when animated gifs were "WOW" technology.
October 30 2008, 07:56PM
I take offense to that...my castle is made from platinum encased in gold.
October 30 2008, 07:58PM
My bad.
October 30 2008, 07:59PM
Come on boys
October 30 2008, 08:00PM
Get er done boys...gulp gulp.snort snort smoke stripper...cha ching......oil
October 30 2008, 08:00PM
oh man...cole into the boards there....yeesh.
October 30 2008, 08:01PM
Does he have some kind of boards magnet inside of his skull? Keep him away from there.
October 30 2008, 08:03PM
That penalty was weak.
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