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My 'Tour de France' … first leg!
Hello, and welcome back to my blog from sunny France. Thanks for taking the time to read it. Last time I blogged, I was welcoming some visitors from the UK. Not so absorbed with entertaining this week, I've had the chance to do some dedicated exploring of the Auvergne, and improve my tour guide credentials for the next time I have guests!
The 'Tour de France' has not long departed from this region – passing through a town about forty-five minutes away from Clermont – and producing another Brit winner in Chris Froome.  So, I decided it was time to break my 2-decade bike veto… and buy a 'vélo'.  After a little pedalling practice on a friend's (just to check the old adage really is true), I invested in my own two-wheeled transportation.  There was no stopping me now…!
The aim: to find places that pass you by in a car, places not accessible on four wheels. So, although I started within only a few kilometres of our house, I was immediately rewarded. Two villages along from ours, past a small lake where model boats were being sailed and anglers were waiting for a bite, I found a pretty path. On one side, novice French farmers were tending to their small holdings in the evening sunshine – ploughing, plucking and pruning their harvests ready to sell to passers by. And on the other, the biggest and most beautiful field of sunflowers I have ever come across!! Millions of 'tournesols', named so because the buds bloom towards the sun, being grown for their oil and seeds.
These photos from every angle no doubt prove that I developed something of an obsession …and that my cycling route has been a little repetitive.  If only this little street I head past on the way home was full of shops instead of houses!  A little retail therapy for all that pedalling perhaps?  But no such luck!
Tough as it was to drag myself away from the spectacular sea of flowers, I did find some other stunning scenery to share with you. This is Murat-le-Quaire. A village in the Puy-de-Dome region. If you are looking to sample quaint, then this is it. And with panoramic vistas thrown in. There is a small museum called Maison de la Toinette et Julien if a history of rural France interests you. But my favourite spot was where rural met retro – a quirky tearoom below a barn shop selling produce from the region.
This was just one village in a string nestled in the lush greenery of this route. The next spot along – Le Mont-Dore – offers cable car trips.  So, there really is more to discover here than you would imagine.  I think Central France has often been the poor relative for holidaymakers hopping across the Channel, but if what I've found in the Auvergne area so far is anything to judge by, I predict more airlines will be taking up routes here (I'm not being paid commission by the tourist office, promise!).
Finally, away from the travel sales pitch, here's your Hank update (he's our miniature schnauzer puppy). Well, he's just turned 3 months and is still a cheeky monkey! But he has now had is next vaccination at the vet (he was a very good boy) and Lee and I are now able to take him out for walks, which is proving useful for exhausting those mischief reserves!
That's all for now! Thanks for joining us and we'll be back soon…!


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By COREY BLUEMELStaff Writer
Commissioner Ira Hatch stated that Emery County is a member of the Utah Counties Insurance Pool, and as a result, needs a representative to attend meetings of that body and report back to the county. In the event of necessary voting, the representative will cast votes on behalf of Emery County. Following discussion, Commissioner Hatch was named as that representative, and Mary Huntington was named as alternate.
A discussion of selling a parcel of county owned land resulted in the ratification of the intent to sell. A Castle Dale property owner contends that when he bought his property nearly 20 years ago, this portion was legally his. In the process of recording the deed, the 7.5 x 75 foot parcel of land was inadvertently omitted. In the ensuing years, he has not been aware that this portion was not legally his and as a result, the taxes were not paid, and it reverted to county ownership.
The resident has asked the county to sell this portion of land. Following the protocol to dispose of property, the county is required to advertise the property for sale. Kris Bell, the county assessor informed the commissioners that the market value for the piece of property is $22. County attorney David Blackwell suggested researching the deed to determine if the property was recorded in error. If that proves to be the case, the county can save the expense of disposition of the land, and transfer ownership. The commissioners approved this action.
During the past few weeks, the county offices have been in the process of changing computer programs. During the transition, the Green Belt properties have been incorrectly taxed. Steve Barton explained that the discrepancies have come to light and on investigation, the amount in contention is around $600. There are many Green Belt properties in Emery County, the majority of the discrepancies are less than $1, with very few being more than $5.
Property owners have brought in the tax notices, and the amounts shown on the computer screens in the office are different from the amounts on the tax notices. The commissioners approved to use the amount shown on the computer program, and abate the remainder if any exists. Barton said some of the property owners have overpaid also, and those amounts are in the same range as the underpayments. Those overpayments will be credited to the next years tax.
Commissioner Drew Sitterud stated he has been to a meeting of the National Resource Conservation Service. The NRCS is considering changing the split of payment currently given for the Colorado River Salinity Project, from 75-25 to 50-50. If this happens, we have three projects in Emery County that will be affected and probably go bust. They are Huntington, Green River, and Emery. These projects are currently underway and are depending on the 75-25 split. They cannot change now, said Sitterud.
Sitterud has instructed public lands director Ray Petersen to draft a letter to be sent to all involved agencies and interested parties concerning the problems this change would create for Emery County. The commissioners approved to finalize the letter, use county letterhead paper, and mail the letter as soon as possible.
Commissioner Sitterud recently met with the forest service, Bureau of Land Management, school trust lands, Grand and San Juan counties, and the State of Utah. This meeting was to address the problems being encountered with names of roads that intersect several agency jurisdictions. The names of these roads need to be consistent throughout so as not to create confusion in the event of an emergency situation in the new E-911 system which crosses jurisdictions.
The committee has proposed that these roads be given a hyphenated name, consisting of a number and a common name. The forest service has numbered the roads while other agencies use names, so if the formal notation for each road contains that number and the name, all agencies will know which road is being referenced. This designation will also aid the State of Utah which wants to sign all the roads throughout the state for tourism purposes.
Commissioner Gary Kofford noted that Jeff Evans of the state office of environmental quality had been in the county recently and toured the landfill facility. Evans compliments Rex Funk and the county road department, on the progress being made at the landfill. Evans also notified the county that he will be returning soon to complete an inspection.
Commissioner Kofford stated that he and Commissioner Hatch have been attending tax reform taskforce meetings. The taskforce is looking to make reforms to all the taxes in Utah. Commissioner Hatch said that the biggest item being discussed is the shifting of 1 percent of the sales tax that normally comes back to cities and counties to the schools. The taskforce is proposing that the cities and counties make up for the lost revenue with increases in personal property taxes.
One assurance that was received from the taskforce was not to disturb the centrally assessed taxes. We must be aware and stay involved in the process, said Commissioner Hatch. When this issue is introduced into the legislature, it will probably stay there open for 90 days, and no one knows how it will end. It could have big affects on every resident of Utah, Commissioner Hatch stated.
The next Emery County Commission meeting will be Nov. 15 at 9 a.m.

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Preseason treats South, West girls, East boys right
As expected, the top girls and boys basketball teams in the South-Central League battled their way through a successful preseason.
On the girls side, defending Class 4A state champion South lost only once in eight outings as head coach Shannan Lane attempts to find the right mixture. The Colts' lone loss came to a team from North Dakota in the Cheyenne, Wyo., Tournament.
Pueblo West stayed hot on South's heels with a 6-1 record, while East enters the new year at 5-2 and Pueblo County is at 8-4.
The Colts have been led by senior Shannon Patterson, who has been tearing up opponents by scoring 24.7 points a game. Patterson also leads the team in rebounds per game at 7.5 and is second in assists at 3.0 per contest. Jaylyn Duran is the only other player in double figures at 12.9.
The Cyclones have a one-girl wrecking crew in junior Haley Simental, who is averaging 19.3 points a game and has been dominant at times.
"We know a lot of teams are going to focus on Haley and try and shut her down," Pueblo West coach Gil Lucero said. "Our other girls have to be ready to step up. We've seen improvement from some of the other girls.
"I like where we're at defensively. We're in a good spot and held some teams in the 30s. That's an area we've kept improving."
Canon City (3-4) and Central (0-9) round out the league teams, who will play a couple more nonleague contests before entering the S-CL season in early January.
On the boys side, East is off to a 9-2 start, having won four in a row before the Christmas break, including a clean sweep of three teams in the annual East Coaches Classic.
South had similar success in the East classic, winning all three games to improve to 6-2. Central enters the second half of the season at 6-4, while Canon City and Pueblo West are 4-4 and Pueblo County is 0-10.
The Eagles are led by their own Big Three — Dylan Gavin, TJ Gradisar and Jimmy Valdez. Gavin is averaging 19.4 points a game, with Gradisar at 13.5 and Valdez at 11.7.


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Originally posted by Jakdstripper
i do not want everyone on FB to know what, when and how many hours i play mmos. as a matter of fact i'd rather most of those people didn't know my gaming habits. frankly this sounds like an idea from a person that plays Angry birds and Farmville more than mmos, just because he was at a seminar that said "the future is all in social media", "you are either on FB or you are dead". i personally don't like the idea of connecting my favourite mmo to FB. i have a social comunity(FB, Twiter, etc) and a gaming comunity(Steam, Battlenet, etc) and they are 2 separate entities. i have no intention in trying to bridge them. I play video games to escape RL for a few hours and live in an alternate reality where the rules are different and repercussions for your actions are not as unforgiving as in RL....and now you want to drag RL into my escape reality?....no thanks.
or you could just not use it, crazy thought i know
Originally posted by GwapoJosh
Originally posted by kartool
Originally posted by Shadow-Focus
People still do this?
Sadly, dumb repetitive things entertain people without ever getting old to them.. People still enjoy talking about bacon and laughing at Chuck Norris jokes in game chat. It's usually a sign of a low IQ.
Originally posted by Kalstark
or you could just not use it, crazy thought i know
and most people will not. however, it irks me that this is something developers think they should spend time and money on, as opposed to making this game feel more like Skyrim....an in the end that's exactly what this game will feel like: Angry Elder Scrolls Birds.
What do i see from this?
I merely see this as a tool to gather people , much like a guildportal site, and manage them on FB, much like a guild portal site - which can be transferred in game, It will make guild leaders jobs easier in managing people, their events and their activities; thats it.
I am not convinced on how this will improve social connectiveness other than have people make posts on facebook instead on a guild portal; a few steps cut out, more streamlined to make things easier for people to come together, but the end result will just be the same, it will have to rely on pure activity alone.
Speaking of FB directly, I would have to bring up one clear negative about this, which would be with facebook there are people that actually have their real names AND pictures on their page. I understand that there are people that would rather seperate certain personal things from the outside world whichever that maybe.
now assuming that it will operate just like a FB page - some people may either have to alter their own page before joining this Guild FB page, or have to just make another account with their avatar's name. what i say many will think nothing of it, but there are also many that feel comfortable of seperating their real life persona from their gaming persona for many reasons i wont get into.
I will not use it
If i were to join a game and this was something as a priority to join that guild, then i wouldnt mind setting up a profile and go through the motions. outside of that, i see no further purpose for me to WANT to use this. I look at this feature and do not see social connectiveness, but social redistribution, hearding customers from one place to the next, enticing them with a couple established bells and whistles that people will think nothing of it ( Like button for ex.)
As for their direction of this Social connectiveness, it adds very little to bring people together and socialize, it does not take away anything, but i do not see a massive impact of getting people from different walks of life to work together and talk -- we already have that, its the issue that you wont see it in the open, and when you do it'll commonly extend to the following phrases
LFG, Pugg Raid etc. , Some random guild recruit spam chat, random gold seller spam chat, a sprinkle of political discussion that devolves to verbal diarrahea, and the rest being hipster, dorito/mountain dew infused trolling.
I do not mind if im wrong
This can give ESO that title of most social game in the industry, or whatever. But i would feel more motivated to talk to others if more games started using certain ingame features like crafting, or socially influenced minigames such as playing cards, cooking, fishing, throwing down to play some music instruments (nothing built in that used outside the game). If you look at MMO's that have RP communities and their events, some groups would make some crazy events with the little social tools that they have (again, music instruments, gambling dice) and run with it. many would be amazed to see a event that involved gambling and money just by using some dice that was in the game, nothing third party either. whether they were in character or not, it was a welcomed resource for many to try their luck to rake home some gold, it had people talking and ultimately brought people together.
just my opinion and how i feel about it.
I'm an user of "anti-social media" (Ventrilo, Mumble, aMSN and mIRC) and from my point of view, integrating this new social media wave to games is a waste of manhours, which could've been better spent on coding.
And if there's even one popup or advantage to people on various social medias (as many free to play games have - link facebook and you get something for free in game), that certainly makes me feel ill. It's just horrible. I want no part whatsoever in anything like that.
Don't get me wrong people! I want ESO to be good, I truely do, but I am -afraid-. So far it seems quite horrible.
...Now, thinking about normal people using Facebook while playing a game.. Would they really want status updates "derp, joined a guild, hosting events here and here."? I highly doubt that. For me, guilds have always been about privacy and warmth in a tight-knit community.
We?re all dead, just say it.
Is a man not entitled to the herp of his derp?
Remember, I live in a world where juggalos and yugioh players are real things.
It's handy to have an easy access guild page without needing to pay for all sorts of sites before you get access to the useful stuff.
But I'm not really a fan of facebook or twitter. Sure, the former is really handy to organise parties and events with your mates, but I never really got along with the hype of putting all your activities and pictures up for public view. From my point of view, it all quickly turns into a massive dickfest (well maybe not that, as it's mostly the girls who obsess over it o.0) to show off how interesting and happy your life really is by only picking the pretty pictures.
I'd rather they put their efforts toward providing a good guild site and perhaps even voice chat server themselves. That's not even new, Sony did it before, as well as a few others.
Feel free to use my referral link for SW:TOR if you want to test out the game. You'll get some special unlocks!
hmmm, called me jaded or just note that I "just got up"(happy new year everyone) but I just read this sentence as:
"Facebook, Twitter, Google+… they'll all be shamelessly integrated into the game from the start."
I had to do a double take as I was thinking "wow, they've reached a new level of honesty in this new year".
edit: oh and I won't use any of this.
Has anyone ever had trouble finding their friends in an MMO. Seriously? Has this ever been an issue for anyone?!
So yeah, this is a whole lot of nonsense that I don't really care is in an MMO I play.
ugh!!! don't link us to some outside social media the game it self should be the social media!!
mmo thrive on player retention, the last thing you want is your players going to other media.
Originally posted by SBFord
One of the things that many game makers are coming to grips with is the inclusion of social 'connectedness' in today's MMOs. In our latest Elder Scrolls Online column, we take a look at how TESO devs are making sure their game has all the social connectivity that anyone could possibly want. Read on and then leave your thoughts in the comments. "...Matt Firor took the stage again to tell us about how ESO will be the most socially connected MMO ever. Facebook, Twitter, Google+… they'll all be seamlessly integrated into the game from the start. You can import all your friends, circles, followers into the game directly. You can even make a Guild Page on Facebook prior to launch, have your friends join it, have guild members join it, and then import it directly into ESO. Boom, instant guild. Matt claims they ZOS knows that people now have friends everywhere, from every walk of life. They don't want to make you manage yet another social network. Instead they believe that Elder Scrolls will benefit by making itself as socially connected to the existing networks as possible."
Read more of Bill Murphy's The Elder Scrolls Online: Socially Connected on a New Level.
So ESO is just going to be another FB game hmmmm MMORPG.com take this off your MMO game list pls.
Evil will always triumph because good is dumb....
Sandbox means open world, non-linear gaming PERIOD!
Subscription Gaming, especially MMO gaming is a Cash grab bigger then the most P2W cash shop!
Bring Back Exploration and lengthy progression times. RPG's have always been about the Journey not the destination!!!
Have flask; will travel.
Originally posted by OgreRaper
*yawn* Has anyone ever had trouble finding their friends in an MMO. Seriously? Has this ever been an issue for anyone?! So yeah, this is a whole lot of nonsense that I don't really care is in an MMO I play.
I've never had a problem because we actually got together and talked to each other in real life first!
Originally posted by Latronus
Originally posted by OgreRaper
*yawn* Has anyone ever had trouble finding their friends in an MMO. Seriously? Has this ever been an issue for anyone?! So yeah, this is a whole lot of nonsense that I don't really care is in an MMO I play.
I've never had a problem because we actually got together and talked to each other in real life first!
This. Also, you're locked into your factions so megaservers won't help anyway unless you were lucky enough to pick the same faction as the "friends" you don't communicate with.
One of you will still have to create a new character if you want to play together.


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Waiver Wire Season: Ryan Jones
Kevin McCartney
September 25 2013 06:02PM
It's coming up to Waiver Wire Season again, folks, and as we know, that's Kevin Cheveldayoff's equivalent of Free Agency and our second Christmas. Today, Ryan Jones of the Edmonton Oilers has hit waivers and the Jets are looking for players who: a) can skate; and b) come with either own equipment, preferably blue in colour. Seems like it might be a home run - let's have a closer look at whether Ryan Jones could help the Winnipeg Jets.
The Numbers
Above is Ryan Jones's Player Usage Chart. It's easier to read than it looks. Each bubble is a season by Jones. The more right the bubble is, the more often he started in the offensive end. The higher up the bubble is, the tougher opponents he faced. The colour of the bubble is orange for having more shot attempts against than for compared to the rest of his team (negative Relcorsi), and blue (not present for Jones) is more shot attempts for than against (positive Relcorsi). The bigger the bubble, the bigger the number. In this case, the biggest bubble (2010) is -11.1 Rel corsi, and the smallest (2012) is -1 RelCorsi.
This graph shows us a lot of information. Most telling is that Jones has never been a positive corsi guy in his career. That means he's spending more time in his own end than the opponent's end, and his team has the puck less often when he's on the ice compared to when his teammates are on. Given that his teammates are mostly Oilers, that's, uh, bad.
He also has played most of his career struggling as a 3rd and 4th liner. He bounced around the lineup in 2010/11, his first season as an Oiler, but he played mostly 4th line with such talent as Liam Reddox, Zach Stortini, and Colin Fraser. In 2011, he moved to a more stable set up with Ryan Smyth and one of Horcoff or Belanger (once Horcoff was injured). He took more defensive zone draws that year against slightly tougher competition and came out okay considering the assignment. He also had his best offensive season, with 17 goals and 33 points on just a 12.4% shooting rate - roughly equal to his career average. His offence fell off a cliff last year, and his season was derailed by injury. He managed just a 5% shooting rate and 2 goals in 27 games while clearly playing the easiest minutes of his career mostly with Horcoff and Yakuov or Gagner and Hemsky. He only got 13 minutes a night last year, down from 15:25 in 2011.
The Scouting Reports
Recently I called him the original Matt Halischuk, as he too is a cast-off from the Predators with good vertical speed who seems to score more than we can explain. Below is Halischuk's Usage chart. Seem familiar?
It looks an awful lot like the Jones one above, and we might keep in mind that Nashville is a better team in a relative sense than the Oilers. It's harder to look good next to Mike Fisher and David Legwand than rookies and also-rans.
As for Jones's scoring, the Edmonton media began to talk about him as a goal-mouth scorer - someone who naturally has a higher career shooting % than their talent can explain through sheer will or force or want or whatever nonsense they can make up.
His career 17' average for goal distance definitely suggests he's not a ranged attacker. At the same time, while he attacks the net often, he's not a 'net presence' exactly, lacking that sixth sense for finding pucks in traffic a guy like Ryan Smyth always had. Bloggers in Edmonton never adopted the MSM's explanation for his goal totals, and rightfully so.
In my viewings of Jones, I think he's more mistake hitter than real offensive weapon, and uses two tools - a sense of timing for open-ice rebounds and an off-rhythm shot from the top of the circles that never seems to go in. Those two actually go together fairly well for at least getting pucks to the net, and his zone-finish is often higher than his zone starts.
Jones is given credit for being a physical player, but for Jets fans, he's more James Wright than Thorburn in that department, averaging about 120 hits a year and fighting very rarely. He doesn't intimidate anyone, but he goes where he needs to without hesitation.
Jones is left handed, but plays both wings and has had more offensive success from the right side.
The knock on Jones is his defensive sense. Despite being used as a penalty killer and checker, the best you can hope is that he tracks his man and doesn't bite on the half-board cycle play. He's got a lot of try in the defensive end, but is at best an average defensive player with some brain cramps.
There is also talk out of Edmonton that he just doesn't look the same after last year's eye injury, and it's not clear whether it's his physical ability to see or his confidence after a scary incident.
Does He Help the Jets?
The truth is that he's a tweener in most lineups. He's ideally suited to playing a simple game with other simple players, but isn't close to a tough minutes defender, or a guy you can put in the top-6. He also can't do it all himself, as his miserable 2010/11 season proved. He's the kind of player who might flourish on a line with Sobotka and Morrow in St Louis, but might crash and burn with Slater and Wright in Winnipeg.
That said, the Jets' lineup could include any of James Wright, Anthony Peluso, and/or Chris Thorburn this year - all of who are very obviously worse at hockey. As well, if injuries strike and Frolik moves up the lineup, the team is probably better off with Jones in the top-9 than many of the options they have.
With a $1.5M cap hit that expires at the end of the season, the risk is low and the contract fits under the cap. He's no, say, Alex Burmistrov, but Ryan Jones could actually be a positive force on this club. Really, it's hard to be worse than this:


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Smokin Jay Cutler gets the nod from Jay haha.
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Lol. That's awesome.
Dat stash doe
Was just about to post this...
I love that guy
We are 6-0 since the Smokin' Jay Cutler meme came into existence. Just sayin'.
Jay seems confident. I like that.
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The 12th is going to be epic with the stach.
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Definitely noticed the little neck twitch from Jay that people mention a lot during the games.
I was waiting for an episode of turrets where he'd yell "and **** your face Collinsworth..." at the end of the twitch.
Rick Reilly is probably somewhere searching for a Christian Bale-esque blowup on the set of that NFL shop commercial.
Cutler was on mike and mike this morning didn't catch it but they always have podcasts up
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10 U.S. Code § 932 - Art. 132. Frauds against the United States
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Art. 132. Frauds against the United StatesAny person subject to this chapter—
(1) who, knowing it to be false or fraudulent—
(2) who, for the purpose of obtaining the approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the United States or any officer thereof—
makes or uses any writing or other paper knowing it to contain any false or fraudulent statements;
who, having charge, possession, custody or control of any money, or other property of the United States, furnished or intended for the armed forces thereof, knowingly delivers to any person having authority to receive it, any amount thereof less than that for which he receives a certificate or receipt; or
who, being authorized to make or deliver any paper certifying the receipt of any property of the United States furnished or intended for the armed forces thereof, makes or delivers to any person such writing without having full knowledge of the truth of the statements therein contained and with intent to defraud the United States;
shall, upon conviction, be punished as a court-martial may direct.
(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 75.)
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May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 132), 64 Stat. 142.
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Nestled in the heart of the Fox Valley, and home to dozens of delightful shops, restaurants and galleries is Geneva – a picture postcard. Come stroll along the lush, tree-lined streets and visit a historic town with exquisite dining, boutique shopping, world-class lodging and award-winning festivals. Located 50 miles from downtown Chicago, Geneva is a quick getaway from the hustle and bustle by I-88, I-90 or Metra train.
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Two Brothers Brewing Company & Tap House
Two Brothers Brewing Company is a family owned and operated microbrewery and brewpub located in the western suburbs of Chicago. They've been handcrafting artisan beers since 1997. Currently, the brewery resides in a 40,000 square foot facility 30 miles west of Chicago. In addition to their traditional style beers, Two Brothers Brewing Company produces many specialty beers including a line of oak aged ales. Adjacent to the brewery, Two Brothers Tap House opened in 2008 as a restaurant that serves elevated, seasonal, and organic American pub fare. Brewery tours are offered on weekends.
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Prairie Lakes Country Club & Inn
Prairie Lakes offers a 9 hole golf course and a full service restaurant and hotel. Hotel and Golf packages available and banquet facilities. Golf opens daily at 7:00am and the restaurant is open 11:00am - 10:00pm daily. Call for seasonal hours.
Whether you're here to watch improv or stand-up, you're in for a great time! Come early and enjoy a drink and the thousands of pieces of comedy memorabilia that puts the "shrine" in The Comedy Shrine. Interested in classes? We have those too! You are never too old or too young to try your hand at comedy. Check out our website for upcoming class dates and prices.
Welcome to one of Illinois' premier boutique wineries! Just west of Chicago, in the Fox River Valley, you have the chance to experience truly unique, fine wines of Illinois! Whether you prefer red, white, dry or sweet, you'll find the perfect wine for your palate at Fox Valley Winery. So spend a little time with them at their beautiful Fox River Valley location. Sample their wines and judge for yourself.
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TUCSON, Ariz. -- The USTA Mid-Atlantic women's 18 & Over 4.5 team is comprised of 10 players who have been playing together for four years. But at the USTA National Championships this weekend, one vital member of the team was missing: Leslie Norwalk.
The 47-year-old had been traveling in Asia a week prior to Nationals and decided not to make the trip to Tucson. But at 4 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, the second day of competition, Norwalk received a call from her teammates that their squad had advanced to the final.
Thirty-five minutes later, Norwalk was on a plane from D.C. to Tucson. She competed in the 2011 Nationals and made it in time this year to cheer for her team as it captured the 2013 USTA League 18 & Over 4.5 National title.
"I was driving in the car after playing tennis when I received the call that my team had made it to the finals," Norwalk said. "Within 30 minutes I was able to book a flight, rush to the airport and be on my way to Tucson."
Norwalk is among a few members of the Mid-Atlantic women's team who make up the "Hard Core Crew." The crew competes together six days a week as well as watches tennis on TV together multiple times a week.
"I couldn't let my crew down by not showing up to the finals," Norwalk said. "They think I'm a good luck charm to the team, so they were delighted to see that I could make it for the finals."
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The Gospel according to Matthew 6:22-33
The Lord said, "The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is not sound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O men of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear? For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows you need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well."
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
The Stansburys
I took the long way through the town of Tooele just to see what had changed, and felt a little unsettled by my first drive down Main Street in nearly five years. Tooele is the kind of place you can grow to love, but it is what it is ... a strip mall town in a rather desolate valley that's home to a chemical weapons incinerating plant and a big Army depot. I was fairly unhappy when I lived there. I weighed 25 pounds more than I do now, I ate a lot of fast food because I was really busy and watched a fair amount of television because I was burnt out. My relationship (yeah, that relationship) was going nowhere. I rode my touring bike a few times a week, but was fairly bored with the activity. My life in Tooele was mildly toxic. I knew it at the time but didn't know what to do.
Today, some of those old sour feelings came bubbling back up from somewhere deep in my gut. It's hard to revisit the places where your life took a wrong turn and wonder if you're currently on a similarly misguided path. But those unsettled feelings quickly dissolved as I mounted my bike and started pedaling up South Willow Canyon. Hard climbs turn off my brain. Usually, that's a good thing. I stopped at the wilderness boundary and turned around, thinking about the possibility of making it a short ride. But on the way back down, I stumbled across a sign for the Stansbury Front Trail and veered off. I knew 100 yards into that trail that I was in for a sufferfest. There's not much I can say about the Stansbury Front Trail as a bike trail. It's technically a trail and bikes are allowed, but unless you're the kind of manimal that can climb 1,000 feet in one mile on rocky, loose dirt, it's really more of a long hike with intermittent terrifying downhill coasting thrown in. I'm pretty sure my shoulders got a better workout than my legs.
Um, really?
Um, wow.
And that's the reason I stuck with it. The little creek valleys that the trail dropped into were absolutely stunning. I'd throttle the brakes to the bottom and mash the pedals to get as far up the next climb as I could stomach, until my forehead was throbbing and my legs were nearly stalled out. Then, off the bike and walking again, I'd look around at electric green aspen leaves and fields of sunflowers and think about the parts of 2004 that were good ... hiking to the top of Deseret Peak; making a fairly successful go of freelance outdoor writing for local publications; being adopted by an adorable little alley cat.
Sometimes it's good to go back to the places where you were unhappy, and realize you really weren't.
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Interesting thoughts, as always! I am loving your Utah pics and stories. I need to get back on my bike again!ReplyDelete
I have a dumb question.....I know you love Alaska but are you conflicted about going back since lots of your friends and family are in Utah?ReplyDelete
You didn't mention it, but were those clipless pedals you were mashing...ReplyDelete
I dropped by your SPOT page yesterday and noticed you were on a nice ride. Checked a few hours later and saw you going up the side trail. Spot's satellite view was impressive but pales next to your pics! For a little 'ole mountain range them Stansburys is sweet!ReplyDelete
I loved when you say: "Sometimes it's good to go back to the places where you were unhappy, and realize you really weren't." :)
Keep walking :)
I just recently came across your blog, so I wanted to let you know how much I'm enjoying your posts. Your photos are fantastic, and you really decribe the adventure of taking long rides beautifully. I added "Up in Alaska" to the sidebar of my own blog, and I mention it in my May 27 post. Again, great job!ReplyDelete
Times are too complicated. Try Shimano spds and lighten the tension on the pedals.ReplyDelete
I was skeptical of clipless until I saw pictures of downhill racers, laying their bikes side ways and doing dabs.
With Shimanos any time you have pressure down on the pedals your feet slip out instinctively and easily and with a twist of your heal. With any clipless things get tricky when you are going uphill and stall. At this point it takes some concentration to get your foot out and not fall over.
I don't recommend Crank brothers for newbies. They are not as easy. I have a set that I use with my winter riding shoes and they are much harder getting out of than spds. But Crank brothers don't clog in the wet snow and frozen mud like spds do and that's why I have a set.


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Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant joined ESPN 600 radio in El Paso this week to talk about the upcoming season. Here are some highlights:
On if he's turned a corner on the field and off it:
Yes sir. It's always a dream to be a positive figure. I know on my end it is. I understand that I have a lot of little kids looking up to me. Of course, I have my little boys. I want them to see me as a positive figure. I'm a great guy. You have to surround yourself around the right group of guys, and I feel like I've done that. You always change whenever you want to be different, you want to be positive, you want to make the right choices. You've got to put yourself in the position to do all of that.
On if he's putting in the extra work this off-season to get better:
Yes sir. That's the thing – you want to be right, and I feel like the greatest thing about being on the Cowboys [is] people love to hate the Cowboys. That makes you work 10 times harder. They put the big target on us or whatever, and speaking for myself, it doesn't bother me. I'm pretty sure it doesn't bother a lot of guys. They like that kind of pressure. It makes us want to work hard and makes you want to do what you want to do to get to that big game.
On how he's matured from his rookie year:
I just feel like it takes time. When I got into the NFL, a lot of things was new to me. I needed time, and I feel like I got the time that I needed. I got the support. And the guys continue to work with me. I couldn't be more thankful for that. The reason I'm so confident going into this year – and just working out in the weight room or whatever – is because of those guys. I give them all the credit.
On transitioning to be an instant millionaire:
I know for me, you're going from zero to a lot. I never had that kind of money. I never had thousands of dollars, so me having that, it was very difficult. I didn't know what to do with it. I found great help and I got everything under control. For the people who will reach that someday, it's always best to get you a great financial advisor, try your best to put yourself on a budget. That's the best advice I can give you.


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The Gospel according to Matthew 13:24-30
The Lord said this parable. "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. And the servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seeds in your field? How then has it weeds?' He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them?' But he said, 'No; lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'"
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GDB 28: MacT's Punch-Out
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December 13 2008 05:09PM
Expect some fisticuffs -- Craig MacTavish is because he has inserted Zack Stortini and Jason Strudwick on the fourth line for tonight.
You can't blame him, since the Canucks are the second most penalized team and have the second most fights so far this season. The Canucks ran the Nashville Predators out of their own barn four nights ago, and the Oilers aren't nearly as tough as the Predators, even with Strudwick and Stortini in the line-up.
The Canucks won't have Roberto Luongo again tonight. He aggravated his groin in practice and might be out another month, so they have to win with grit and an in-your-face attitude. They are 4-4-1 without their all-star netminder, but lately they have really upped their aggressive play.
Will the Oilers answer the bell tonight? They better or Vancouver will continue their abrasive style. Not only do the Canucks fight -- 31 fights from 14 different players -- they also like to hit. The Canucks aren't that skilled on paper outside of the Sedin Sisters, Pavel Demitra, Mason Raymond and Kyle Wellwood, but they have a bunch of spit disturbers who love to run at guys all night.
Last season the Oilers answered the bell in a game that featured seven fights, including Sam Gagner going with Ryan Kesler, and that seemed to be a rallying point for them. The Oilers need to create some team unity and an identity at home, so maybe standing up for one another tonight against Vancouver should be a no-brainer.
It seems like forever since the Oilers were involved in a spirited game. I'm not expecting line brawls or anything, and probably not more than two or three fights, but it would be nice to see a game with some intensity and animosity. The Oilers have been way too easy to play against most nights this season. Let's see if they respond to a Canuck team that has been playing with an edge most nights.
The lines for tonight look like this:
Penner – Horcoff – Hemsky
Nilsson – Cogliano – Gagner
Moreau – Brodziak – Cole
Strudwick – Pouliot – Stortini
You'd expect that Stortini will do anything to make an impression tonight and stay in the line-up. But guys like Cole, Brodziak and Moreau have to be physical every shift. If not, the Canucks will be running at Hemsky, Gagner and company all night.
Roloson will start in goal.
Crawford is a retard!! How can your penalty kill numbers go way up if you only kill 2 penalties..ok 3
I hope our other games this month go so well.
you know who I feel sorry for...even more than Marc Crawford's wife, is the poor bastards that in 4 minutes get to go out to a chunk of ice and hope it starts in the parking lot
Gilbert-Souray for next few years is reassuring.
December 13 2008, 10:37PM
Beauty game tonight men. I wonder what kind of excuses the Canuck fans are going to come up with after this one. I thought they were supposed to be just as good without Luongo? Other than the last 18 minutes of the first period, I thought we played consistently all night. Good to see we can finally get ourselves going for more than one game.
December 13 2008, 11:17PM
I get nice fuzzy feelings listening to Tambo wax poetic about Gagner, which contrasts sharply with the nausea that watching him play caused through the game tonight. He really looks off his game, and doesn't look like an NHL player, let alone a second line NHL player right now.
I wonder if there's any chance that he might get relegated to the 4th line for a while, where his improved defensive play won't be stunted until his offense comes around.
December 13 2008, 11:23PM
Gagner is nothing more than a very good Junior hockey player this year... nothing more.
December 13 2008, 11:25PM
By the way, has anybody figured why Horcoff is on the first power play? By default maybe?? He does absolutely nothing and as soon as he touches the puck they are all over him because they know he has no hands. Mystifying.
December 13 2008, 11:44PM
Hor-coffup hasn't been very good this year. ***I don't care how many points he has, he stinks*** It seems like he has no effort anymore. He used to be one of our best PK guys. Now he's average. Maybe he should move down to the 2nd line and Cogs can move up with Hemmer. Let's give someone else a shot.
December 13 2008, 11:56PM
And I taught they are going to give Shremp a good, long look. You can feel 'love' between Shremp and Mc T. Can't you? He desided to play fighters today. How many goals they scord while fighting and 5 on 3 twice? But Mc T did it over K. Lowe objections.
December 14 2008, 12:25AM
Hey guys the Oilers won 3-0 tonight and the last 4 posts is way too much internet whining in a row
December 14 2008, 12:54AM
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And I taught they are going to give Shremp a good, long look. You can feel 'love' between Shremp and Mc T. Can't you? He desided to play fighters today. How many goals they scord while fighting and 5 on 3 twice? But Mc T did it over K. Lowe objections.
Apparentely you didn't see Vancouver's last game when they ran Nashville out of their own barn. Or the last Oilers/Canucks game where we got absolutely trounced in all areas, especially physically. I know everyone has a giant hard on for Schremp and Brule, and I'm one of the people leading the Fire MacT Bandwagon, but he made the smart choice tonight. He put in two guys that may not be deterrents, especially Smac caliber deterrents, but they are guys that will answer the bell and that's exactly what they did. If you noticed, no Oilers got ran for the final two periods. Mission accomplished.
I'd much rather win a game, despite going 0 for 90000 on the PP, and leave the game with all our players intact, then have Ohlund running everyone's skulls into the end boards.
December 14 2008, 03:08AM
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If you noticed, no Oilers got ran for the final two periods. Mission accomplished.
Amen, JS. I'm with MacT on this. Everyone is all over him when he tries something and it obviously doesn't work, but when he tries something and it happens quietly just the way he planned, no credit. Good call here.
Best game they have played all year. Credit MacT for loading up the lineup with every pound available. The Oilers were able to impose their will at home against a tired team coming off a seven game road trip...but hey, it's a good start. It gives me hope that with only a small move here or there for some more grit/ physical depth this team can really go on a run. MacT replaced two small forwards for Stortini and Strudwick (Both who fought) and Voila...Intensity. Validates what many have been saying all week...
I missed the JL meeting as I was in attendance at RX1. My quick summary of a well played game, line by line:
Penner-Horc-Hemmer: Well played game by Penner - looked like a legitimate #1 LW in one his best-ever efforts Hemsky played well but wasn't at his best Horcoff was horrible - couldn't win a draw, won't hit anyone although had plently of opportunities, made poor decisions with the puck and looked horrible at every opportunity
Nilsson-Gagner-Cogs: OMG split thjis line up - they can't maintian possession of the puck because they are all 100lb midgets. They need some size and strngth on this line. I think moving Cole up to RW would be a HUGE benefit to this line. Cogs was the best player by a mile. Other than Nilsson's breakaway goal, I wouldn't have noticed him except for losing the puck along the boards or bad give aways in the offensive zone. Gagner looks like a 14 year old playing men's hockey. He just can not opperate without getting some extra room, which could be created by putting a big body on that line.
Moreau-Brodziak-Cole: Moreau and Cole looked great - fininishing hits, driving the net and making their presence felt every time they touched the ice. Brodziak looked horrible and seemed at times was replaced by Pouliot? who looked like a much better fit when he was skating with Cole and Moreau.
Stortini-Pouliot-Strudwick: Pouliot played well, despite a couple bad penalties Stortini looked great. Sure he isn't he best skater, but he made so big hits, he got to the dirty areas and played with aggression that I would like to see each and every night. Pouliot played well but he is a skilled player trying to play tough - 4th line does not match his skill set. Strudwick looked like a defenseman playing forward (as hard as that is to believe.) He made his presence known and was responsible defensively.
All in all, Horc was the worst player on the ice, Gagner and Nilsson weren't far behind. Penner, Cole and Stortini were the best 3 forwards as far as effort and determination.
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Nilsson-Gagner-Cogs: OMG split thjis line up - they can't maintian possession of the puck because they are all 100lb midgets
I aggree with Gord. As a group, despite several oppertuinities, this "Kid Line" has been a bust. I'm wondering if last years stretch run magic is of the same ilk as Pisanai's 14 goal cup performance: a one off. I hope management is looking to trade for some grit, but in the meantime, like Gord said, move Cole up to play with Cogliano. Or they could rotate Schremp/ Brule (when avilable) in and out of the lineup as long as Mact remembers to take out a small body for every small body that goes in.
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Horcoff always looks horrible. We are going to be regretting that signing for many, many years....
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Horcoff was horrible - couldn't win a draw, won't hit anyone although had plently of opportunities, made poor decisions with the puck and looked horrible at every opportunity All in all, Horc was the worst player on the ice.
Oilers outshot Vancouver 11-4 and attempted 17 shots to Vancouver's 6 with "the worst player on the ice" out there at even strength. They also outscored Vancouver 2-0, which would make the "horrible" one +2 on the night. He had a hit, a takeaway and no giveaways on a night the Oil gave the puck away 20 times. Not his best night, but a positive contribution to a shutout victory.
Save your complaints for another night.
@ Bruce: Just calling it as I see it. I could have put those stats up playing with Hemsky and Penner. Most Oilers had a good game - Horc didn't, which has become all too much of a regular occurance.
Did I mention how awesome Roli was? What a great performance!!!
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@ Bruce: Just calling it as I see it. I could have put those stats up playing with Hemsky and Penner.
@Gord: Well either you're one hell of a hockey player or you have poor and/or biased vision. I'll consult Occam's Razor.
@ Bruce: Nope, I'm not that great of a player, which is exactly my point - Horcoff was a long for a ride between two players who had a dominant game. Obviously you didn't watch the game if you think Horcoff played well or was even close to looking like a #1 centre. If any other Oiler had been given Horc's time and opportunities would have put up better stats.


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The original Xbox and its successor, the Xbox 360, had their low points (
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Perhaps predicting both the rise of the console and tablet as replacements/challengers to the traditional PC,
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The main reason was to stop Sony. You see, Sony and Microsoft…they never had a very friendly relationship, okay? And this wasn't because Microsoft didn't want that.
Sony was always very arm's length with Microsoft. Yeah, they bought Windows for their PCs but when you really take a hard look at that, they were never Microsoft's friend... but as soon as they came out with a video console, Microsoft just looked at that and said 'well, we have to beat them, so let's do our own.
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Recalls Mr. Kempin, "I went out to several PC manufacturers and tried to beg them to do the Xbox thing and keep the device manufacturing out of Microsoft. The guys were smart enough not to bite, because they studied the Sony model and saw that Sony could not make money on that hardware model, ever. So they supplemented it with software royalties, and Microsoft copied that model."
As for Xbox profitability, he argues that developers have always been the winners; that Microsoft has managed to break-even, but not do much better than that. He comments, "They're just maybe a little bit above breakeven, that's all there is. This is not a big money-making machine for Microsoft."
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An Auburn man remained in the Nevada County jail Wednesday after he allegedly wielded a chain saw in a bar fight near Lake of the Pines.
Weston Cecil Burton, 31, was reportedly outside Stinky Mulligan's Sports Bar on Combie Road in South County with another 31-year-old man at approximately 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, said Nevada County Sheriff Keith Royal.
"Our suspect starts touching the victim inappropriately on his chest," Royal said, initially declining to elaborate on the "chest touching" but said it involved comparison to female anatomy.
"This irritated our victim, who told (Burton) to stop several times," Royal said.
"Finally (the victim) slaps (Burton) and pushes him to the ground."
In response, Burton allegedly went to the back of his Chevy truck, pulled out a chain saw, started it and attempted to use it against the victim, Royal said while reading reports from responding deputies based on witness accounts.
"Fortunately, the chain saw stalled," Royal said, "and another nearby individual took the chain saw from him and took a few other items from the back of his truck that could be used as a weapon."
The Nevada County Sheriff's Office's daily activity logs from Tuesday show a reported physical altercation at Stinky Mulligan's at that time, listing the incident as involving six subjects.
After the chain saw was wrestled away from him, Burton reportedly fled in his truck but left his credit card behind in the bar, the report states.
Shortly thereafter, the sheriff's office issued a county-wide BOLO (Be On the Look Out) request to other law enforcement agencies.
"Ultimately, we go to his residence and arrest him for assault with a deadly weapon," Royal said.
As of press time Wednesday, Burton was still being held in lieu of $10,000 bail for a felony assault with a deadly weapon charge at the Nevada County jail.
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Dianna discussed history of and performed songs that were sung by Mormons during Utah's early settlement days. In the informal setting Dianna was able to blend her guitar accompaniment and voice with voices of those in the audience for fun filled choruses.
The Green River Community Center hosted a small group of 25 who attended this, in the round performance held at the Green River City Building on August 16. The next speaker, Ms. Lucille Hunt, will be sponsored by the Utah Humanities Council and hosted by the American Legion Auxiliary on Sept. 25 at 6 P.M.. in the John Wesley Powell Museum. Lucille's presentation is titled "My Grandmother's Teachings." Don't miss it.


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Duck Dynasty is a new reality TV series aired on A&E. With two seasons under its belt, it has already amassed a good audience following. The show's premise circles around the lives of the members of the Robertson family, who became financially stable because of their duck call business venture primarily the one-of-a-kind Duck Commander. Depicting the rags to riches type of story, many are lured into watching this show not just because of the positive messages imparted by the characters but also because of the memorable Duck Dynasty quotes. So what are these popular quotes? Here are four popular ones that came from four of the most liked characters.
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Duck Dynasty's CEO is Willie Robertson. Like his brother Jase, who also happens to be the COO, he wants to enjoy most of his time by doing what he thinks he does best like fishing, hunting and doing a lot of other wild things. If they work, they become distracted easily with what many would say as unimportant endeavors. They surely love to procrastinate, which is one of the most common reasons why they get frustrated in the end. But despite this, Willie tries to cement everyone's thoughts that the family must be given higher regard than their business. Anyway, it seems that the whole family believes that success shouldn't get to their heads.
The Robertsons try to retain all of their usual happy go lucky family activities despite their growing multi-million dollar business. Jase, being COO is in charge of the manufacturing aspects, but he appears to be more laidback despite the demand that is being placed for his position. One of Jase's best Duck Dynasty quotes was, "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly." Willie, on the other hand, is easily recognizable for having said, "Nothin makes a dad happier than seeing his daughter with a smile on her face and her boyfriend with fear in his eyes."
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Canada places sixth in men's volleyball at Pan Am Games
GUADALAJARA (October 29, 2011)– Canada and the U.S., produced a second five-set battle this week but this time the Americans prevailed 22-25, 25-15, 25-19, 21-25, 19-17 on Saturday to win the fifth place match at the 2011 Pan American Games.
Spencer Leiske of Lacombe, Alta., continued to be a scoring machine for the Canadians with 23 points while Sander Ratsep of London, Ont., added 14 and Jacob Kilpatrick of Saint John, N.B., 10.
For Canada's coach Vincent Pichette this was a great opportunity to get international exposure for his young squad. "It was a good experience and we appreciate the support of the fans of Guadalajara", said Pichette.
"We had our ups and downs, it was so tight in the end, and after all we want to thank the volunteers and the people for making us feel great", Canadian captain Louis Pierre Mainville, remarked.
In round robin play earlier this week, the Canadians defeated the Americans in five sets as well. Over the Canadian team represented by its Full time National Training Centre team based in Gatineau, Que., had two wins and three losses.
The medal matches are tonight with Cuba facing Brazil for gold and Mexico against Argentina for bronze.
Canadian men's volleyball team roster for the Pan American Games October 15-29 in Guadalajara, Mexico:
Players: Ciaran McGovern, Grande Prairie, Alta.; Spencer Leiske, Lacombe, Alta.; Tyler Santoni, Kingston, Ont.; Sander Ratsep, London, Ont.; Jacob Kilpatrick, Saint John, N.B.; Blair Bann, Edmonton, Alta; Max Burt, Gander, N.L.; Devon Parkinson, Victoria, BC; Reid Halpenny, Grand Bend, Ont.; Tanner Nault, Sherwood Park, Alta.; Louis-Pierre Mainville, Notre-Dame-de-l'Ile-Perrot, Que; Kevin Miller, Brandon, Man.
Head coach: Vincent Pichette
Team Manager: Julien Boucher
Assistant Coach: Denis Gaboury
Statistician: Christopher Galbraith
Schedule and scores: http://www.norceca.org/2011%20Events/Guadalajara_2011/Calendar%20Mens%20Guadalajara%202011.htm
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PaidContent.org: Virtual goods and micro-transactions have been driving the billion-dollar online games industry across Asia for years.
November 9th, 2009
GenomeWeb: The firm plans to use the funds to expand sales strategies for its type 2 diabetes test.
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Saturday Night Live wanted to get past the media's negative characterization of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump to find out what makes him so popular among "real Americans." Their fake commercial did just that, with some disturbing results.
Watch below as seemingly normal voters enthusiastically support The Donald, only to reveal later on a Nazi armband or Ku Klux Klan garb. Julie Kliegman
Warren Buffett is bullish on America, critical of Wall Street fees in annual shareholder letter
Billionaire Warren Buffett published his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on Saturday, predicting investors "will almost certainly do well" if they stick with a "collection of large, conservatively financed American businesses." The American economy "is virtually certain to be worth far more in the years ahead," he wrote, enthusing about American "economic dynamism":
One word sums up our country's achievements: miraculous. From a standing start 240 years ago — a span of time less than triple my days on earth — Americans have combined human ingenuity, a market system, a tide of talented and ambitious immigrants, and the rule of law to deliver abundance beyond any dreams of our forefathers. You need not be an economist to understand how well our system has worked. Just look around you. [Berkshire Hathaway]
Buffett devoted a large portion of his letter to decrying Wall Street fees that aren't worth it for investors:
The bottom line: When trillions of dollars are managed by Wall Streeters charging high fees, it will usually be the managers who reap outsized profits, not the clients. Both large and small investors should stick with low-cost index funds. ... My calculation, admittedly very rough, is that the search by the elite for superior investment advice has caused it, in aggregate, to waste more than $100 billion over the past decade. Figure it out: Even a 1% fee on a few trillion dollars adds up. Of course, not every investor who put money in hedge funds ten years ago lagged S&P returns. But I believe my calculation of the aggregate shortfall is conservative. [Berkshire Hathaway]
Read Buffett's full letter here, or see Forbes' selection of its seven best quotes if you just want the highlights. Bonnie Kristian
The Democratic National Committee on Saturday voted down a resolution that would have revived a ban on corporate lobbyist donations first instituted by President Obama. The corporate lobbyist donation ban was lifted by Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the former DNC chair who resigned last summer amid allegations of primary contest favoritism.
DNC members are considering Resolution 33 banning corp $ now pic.twitter.com/LbR4Nz48md
— Daniel Marans (@danielmarans) February 25, 2017
Saturday's vote produced outrage on social media, particularly in the party's progressive wing.
Saturday #DNC meeting opens w/ a refusal to take up the issue of rejecting money from corporate lobbyists. A very, very bad start. #DNCChair
— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) February 25, 2017
Most un-shockig news of day: DNC votes to NOT ban corporate donors & lobbying! It's time @SenSanders the time is now #DraftBernie #DNCChair
— henderson (@pendletone) February 25, 2017
Wow, the @DNC voted to keep corporate lobbying? If @KeithEllison doesnt get #DNCChair, time 4 @SenSanders & other progressives 2 leave party
— . (@Zachary507) February 25, 2017
The main item on the DNC meeting agenda in Atlanta Saturday is the selection of a new DNC chair. The top two contenders are Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and former Labor Secretary Tom Perez. Bonnie Kristian
Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, President Trump told the story of his "very, very substantial" friend Jim, who used to be very fond of vacationing in Paris but no longer visits because "Paris is no longer Paris."
French President Francois Hollande on Saturday took issue with the anecdote, which Trump shared in service to a point about fighting terrorism. "There is terrorism and we must fight it together," Hollande said. "I think that it is never good to show the smallest defiance toward an allied country. I wouldn't do it with the United States and I'm urging the U.S. president not to do it with France."
Parisian Mayor Anne Hidalgo previously responded Friday on Twitter, telling Trump she "celebrate[s] the dynamism and the spirit of openness of #Paris." Bonnie Kristian
After sweeping the Golden Globes, La La Land is the heavy favorite for Best Picture — not to mention its 13 other nominations, the most for any film this year — at Sunday's 2017 Academy Awards ceremony. Still, there are seven other Best Picture nominees, and an intriguing analysis by The New York Times finds their support is far from uniform across the United States.
The rationale behind some of the movies' geographic popularity — which the Times mapped using location data on each film's Facebook likes — is more obvious than others. For example, Hidden Figures, which tells the true story of black women's oft-ignored contributions to the space race, was most popular in the Black Belt region of the South, which has a large African-American population. Likewise, Hacksaw Ridge, another true story, was a big hit in the Appalachian area from which its main character hails.
Other connections aren't so simple. For example, Arrival, a science-fiction film about alien contact, was popular in Maine, which the Times notes "has a lot of U.F.O. sightings."
See the Times' full breakdown here, or, if you prefer to accept the (probably) inevitable, check out this review of La La Land by The Week's Lili Loofbourow. Bonnie Kristian
President Trump took to Twitter Saturday morning to reiterate his disdain for the media and suggest a gathering of his own supporters would be the "biggest [rally] of them all," after which he turned to economic matters.
The media has not reported that the National Debt in my first month went down by $12 billion vs a $200 billion increase in Obama first mo.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2017
Great optimism for future of U.S. business, AND JOBS, with the DOW having an 11th straight record close. Big tax & regulation cuts coming!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2017
Trump's tweet about the debt appears to reference the U.S. Treasury's daily history of the national debt. The debt presently sits at nearly $20 trillion, of which the $12 billion for which Trump takes credit is 0.06 percent.
As The Hill notes, the national debt spiked in February of 2009 mostly because the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as the stimulus bill, which cost $831 billion and remains controversial eight years later. Both President George W. Bush and President Obama doubled the national debt during their time in office, from about $5.6 to $9.9 trillion and $9.9 to $19.9 trillion, respectively.
Economic optimism has been a favorite theme of Trump's of late, appearing in his CPAC speech Friday and at his campaign-style rally in Florida last Saturday. Bonnie Kristian
Scheduled back-channel conversations between representatives of the United States and North Korea have been canceled, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, as the State Department retracted visa approval for the ranking foreign ministry envoy from Pyongyang, Choe Son Hui.
The reason for the visa withdrawal is unknown, though it may be tied to North Korea's ballistic missile test earlier this month. "The U.S government had no plans to engage in track 2 talks in New York," said a State Department representative who would not comment on the specifics of the visa revocation.
The talks were due to take place March 1 and 2 in New York City and were reportedly arranged at North Korea's instigation after President Trump's election. This would have been the first meeting between the two nations on U.S. soil in about six years. Bonnie Kristian
A security breech dubbed "CloudBleed" because of its link to cybersecurity company Cloudflare compromised some 3,400 websites, including popular services like Uber, FitBit, and OKCupid. News of the bug broke Thursday and Friday after it was discovered by a Google researcher named Tavis Ormandy, and users are encouraged to change their passwords on affected sites even though the problem has now been fixed.
Ormandy's report indicated he was able to find "private messages from major dating sites, full messages from a well-known chat service, online password manager data, frames from adult video sites, hotel bookings," though Cloudflare says it has "not discovered any evidence of malicious exploits of the bug or other reports of its existence."
For now, most potentially affected "users are probably fine," explained Adam Clark Estes at Gizmodo Saturday. "Then again," he adds, "Cloudbleed illustrates a larger problem with internet security. If one major player gets pwned, the consequences can be catastrophic." Bonnie Kristian


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