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Think you know 1960s songs by heart? See if you can guess these hits from the first line of lyrics.
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Question 1 of 30
"Breakin' rocks in the hot sun…"
"Friday on My Mind"
"Bad Moon Rising"
"I Fought the Law"
Orginally sung by Bobby Fuller, The Clash did their own version partly as a lamentation on the perils of rebellion.
Question 2 of 30
"Once upon a time you dressed so fine…"
"Like a Rolling Stone"
Bob Dylan's 1965 masterpiece, "Like a Rolling Stone," reaffirmed his songwriting genius and became a smash hit.
"Paint it Black"
"Suspicious Minds"
Question 3 of 30
"When the night has come…"
"I'm A Believer"
"Stand By Me"
"Stand By Me," by Ben E. King, was a hit in 1961 and also in 1986 thanks to the film of the same name.
"Reach Out I'll Be There"
Question 4 of 30
"Beat is getting' stronger, music getting' longer too…"
"Dance to the Music"
"Music Lover"
"I Want to Take You Higher"
Sly and The Family Stone released "I Want to Take You Higher" as a B-side in 1969.
Question 5 of 30
"There must be some kind of way outta here…"
"All Along the Watchtower"
Bob Dylan wrote "All Along the Watchtower," but it was also recorded to great success by Jimi Hendrix.
"See Emily Play"
"L.A. Woman"
Question 6 of 30
"I am he as you are he as you are me…"
"I'm Waiting For The Man"
"Wish You Were Here"
"I Am The Walrus"
The Beatles' "I Am The Walrus" was part of the "Magical Mystery Tour" television special.
Question 7 of 30
"Now that you've found your paradise…"
"I'm a Believer"
"Shangri La"
This 1969 hit from The Kinks is part biting social commentary and part motivational speech.
"Paradise By the Dashboard Light"
Question 8 of 30
"Well, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe…"
"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
Bob Dylan released the cynical "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" on his 1963 album "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan."
"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"
Question 9 of 30
"I saw her today at the reception…"
"You Can't Always Get What You Want"
Mick Jagger and Co. were right, you can't always get what you want, but sometimes you get what you need.
"The Tracks of My Tears"
"Walk Away Renee"
Question 10 of 30
"I don't know just where I'm going, but I'm gonna try for the kingdom if I can…"
"Heroin" is one of The Velvet Underground's best known songs, featuring some of Lou Reed's most powerful songwriting.
Question 11 of 30
"Be on my side, I'll be on your side, baby…"
"Send Me a Postcard"
"Down By The River"
Neil Young & Crazy Horse sang the dark line "Down by the river, I shot my baby," in this brooding 1969 song.
Question 12 of 30
"Couldn't sleep at all last night…"
"Tossin' and Turnin'"
Bobby Lewis sang "Tossin' and Turnin'," which went to No. 1 in 1961.
"I'm Still in Love With You"
"She's Got You"
Question 13 of 30
"Oh, a storm is threatening, my very life today…"
"For What It's Worth"
"Gimme Shelter"
"Gimme Shelter" appeared on The Rolling Stones album "Let It Bleed" and instantly became one of the band's iconic songs.
"Ramble On"
Question 14 of 30
"Ground control to Major Tom…"
"Space Oddity"
David Bowie's "Space Oddity" was an oddly apt song from an oddly imaginative artist.
"A Whiter Shade of Pale"
"God Only Knows"
Question 15 of 30
"Sometimes it's hard to be a woman…"
"Stand by Your Man"
Tammy Wynette's 1968 hit, "Stand By Your Man" made her a bona fide celebrity.
"Sister Ray"
"Big Louise"
Question 16 of 30
"Johnny's in the basement, mixing up the medicine…"
"I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)"
"Subterranean Homesick Blues"
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" was actually Bob Dylan's first top 40 hit in the United States.
Question 17 of 30
"All the leaves are brown, and the sky is grey…"
"River Deep Mountain High"
"Georgia On My Mind"
"California Dreamin'"
"California Dreamin'" was released by The Mamas & The Papas in 1965.
Question 18 of 30
"Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day…"
"Fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way…" mourns the second line of "Time" by Pink Floyd.
Question 19 of 30
"There's a light, a certain kind of light…"
"White Room"
"To Love Somebody"
Barry and Robin Gibb actually wrote "To Love Somebody" for Otis Redding, but his untimely death meant the Bee Gees recorded it instead.
Question 20 of 30
"You need cooling, baby, I'm not fooling…"
"The Witch"
"My Generation"
"Whole Lotta Love"
Released in 1969, "Whole Lotta Love" was one of Led Zeppelin's loudest and freakiest songs.
Question 21 of 30
"Well it's been building up inside of me…"
"Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay"
"Don't Worry Baby"
Brian Wilson shared writing credits on "Don't Worry Baby," which was recorded by the Beach Boys.
"She Loves You"
Question 22 of 30
"I read the news today, oh boy…"
"Sympathy For The Devil"
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
"A Day In The Life"
"A Day In The Life" was the final track on the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club."
Question 23 of 30
"Pulled into Nazareth, was feelin' about half past dead…"
"You Really Got Me"
"Kick Out The Jams"
"The Weight"
"The Weight" was written by Robbie Robertson and performed by The Band.
Question 24 of 30
"I hear the train a comin, it's rollin' 'round the bend…"
"Folsom Prison Blues"
Johnny Cash and his "Folsom Prison Blues" captured the sorrow and fear of a lost life.
"Wouldn't It Be Nice"
Question 25 of 30
"The night we met I knew I needed you so …"
"Be My Baby"
"Be My Baby" was the first song released by The Ronettes and featured Phil Spectors "Wall of Sound."
"I Wanna Be Your Dog"
Question 26 of 30
"I was born by the river in a little tent…"
"Down By The River"
"A Change Is Gonna Come"
"A Change Is Gonna Come" became a civil rights touchstone; it was released by Sam Cooke in 1964.
"I Want You Back"
Question 27 of 30
"Some folks are made to wave the flag…"
"Fortunate Son"
Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son" was the stuff that 1960's counterculture was made of.
"Down On The Corner"
Question 28 of 30
"Get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir…"
"Time of the Season"
"White Rabbit"
Desmond Dekker & The Aces released "Israelites" on the 1969 album of the same name.
Question 29 of 30
"When I was a little girl, I had a rag doll…"
"In My Life"
"What A Wonderful World"
"River Deep, Mountain High"
Tina Turner sang "River Deep, Mountain High" in 1966; it wasn't a hit in the U.S. at first but eventually became one of Turner's best-known tunes.
Question 30 of 30
"So messed up, I want you here…"
"I Wanna Be Your Dog"
The Stooges' "I Wanna Be Your Dog" has been covered countless times and featured in many Hollywood productions.
"God Only Knows"
"The Weight"


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These explanations are not mutually exclusive! The exclusion of Nagasu (who does not look "American enough" from the perspective of the USFSA to represent the USA at Skate America) is overdetermined.
More broadly, it is my view that it is darn implausible to say issues related race never at least subconsciously make their way into USFSA decisions. (I'm thinking of debates we had here early this year about Dornbush being assigned to 4CC over Mahbanoozadeh.)
ETA: Pre-emptorily, denying that there are political issues in figure skating, or that figure skating is not the place to discuss politics, is itself to articulate a political position. My panties are not in a wad.
Last edited by Pepe Nero; 10-05-2012 at 01:53 AM.
For example, I keep wondering why so many think Gracie Gold is the next huge thing. It doesn't seem to be based on competition results, this year or last. I keep wondering to myself: what does Gracie Gold have that didn't cause this kind of excitement in all of the other post-Sasha contenders? Why is she the IT girl? I am not disparaging GG; just wondering why, based on what we know so far, anyone thinks she will amount to more than Alissa Czisny, Caroline Zhang, Rachael Flatt, Mirai Nagasu, Ashley Wagner, Agnes Zawadzki, or Christina Gao (and, oh yeah, Kimmie Meissner). It may be desperate optimism, but I think there is more to it. I think Gold shares features with Flatt (but to a greater extent) that make her profitable as a USFSA "star."
Anyway...just raising the question of whether USFSA (or anyone) can promote the popularity of figure skating and the "goodness" of figure skating at the same time. I think the latter is more important, insofar as the sport remains sustainable.
Last edited by Pepe Nero; 10-05-2012 at 02:54 AM.
Absolutely, they can. In the past, the sport was sold as a melodrama. There were media studies that examined that exact same thing - selling the more pageant like aspects of the entertainment. I think a determined effort could be made my the sporting consortiums (this includes the media, to be honest). It won't be as popular as before - but it can be successful and more popular than it currently is.Anyway...just raising the question of whether USFSA (or anyone) can promote the popularity of figure skating and the "goodness" of figure skating at the same time. I think the latter is more important, insofar as the sport remains sustainable.
It's not about "me, me, me" but more like "them, them, them."
BTW, DWTS has it's own thread at GS so there is obvioulsy a strong crossover appeal between dancing and skating.
DWTS has also had a few skaters on the show and hasn't Mark Ballas done some skating choreo? For Evan maybe - or SOI?
Is it too much to think many of the folks who watch DWTS might have some interest in skating - and more specifically Ice dancing?
As to "what's in it for ABC" I would say that is a false premise. They look at things on a show by basis as well as the big picture. To assume a D/W segment would not be a good addition to one of the weekly shows could be researched but I think most data would show a very positive appeal.
Earlier you brought up ABC would not want to help NBC. I think that is not quite applicable here.
Over the years thousands of TV stars and personalities have appeared on rival networks. ABC star Regis Phibin was a constant guest on the CBS Letterman show over the years. I recall an ABC/ESPN analyst named Dick Button appearing on NBC Olympic broadcasts in the past.
What was in it for ABC? If nothing else a future favor. Think of networks like skating federations - and then think of all the dealing that goes on.
BTW, is it so hard for you to imagine that in the future D/W might do some work for Disney? Maybe appear in an ice show or whatever? If D/W win in Sochi they will have many opportunities to consider.
I mentioned Gabby and the girls appeared on Letterman which is not an NBC show.
To ask "what was in it for NBC" is really not an issue.
Last edited by janetfan; 10-05-2012 at 09:05 AM.
I'm very interested in watching Skate America this time, more than usual, because Jeremy Abbott will be there the first time ever at SA. I will be very interested in it with or without Evan Lysacek's appearence. Maybe somebodies love to follow Lysacek. So Lysacek's appearence in SA is important to bring their attention. Maybe somebodies love to follow the reigning Nationals ladies Champion Ashley Wagner. So Wagner's appearence in SA is important to them. But these skaters have to become a star before they can attract more fans. How to become a star? Winning! Win more! Win big! Win on the international stage.
Second - the lack of promotion is killing skating. IMO there is nowhere near enough promotion of skating in USA...
Now this I can agree with.
But...I don't think the answer is to "put all your eggs in the Skater X basket, hoping she'll turn out to be a star". Sometimes I feel USFS does just this, and it often backfires.
Instead...you have to look at who you already have...who is currently doing well and who has a solid fan base, and find a way to promote them. More should be done on the grassroots level, to encourage young kids to try it. More should be done, perhaps, to help those who have the talent and drive, but are struggling financially to make it work.
Last edited by R.D.; 10-05-2012 at 09:09 AM.
Remember this:
Did this hurt Sarah in SLC? How many think Sarah's thoughts as she took the ice in SLC were "I hope I can live up to the hype" ?
Obviously she was very focused the night of the LP.
What about Kwan? Was it hype and high expectations that were repsonsible for her not winning in SLC?
Perhaps -but there were undoubtably some major internal issues surrounding Michelle that were in play at SLC.
Was Michelle on the cover of Sports Illustrated's special Olympic Issue and did this cause her to lose in SLC?
I don't know the answers but feel sure she was beaten that night by Sarah's "skate of a lifetime" performance.
For any athlete to be successful they must learn to deal with pressure. We hear "no guts, no glory" alot and I could add to this "no hype, who would care."
Skating like any sport needs promotion and yes, some hyping of skaters to help create the stars every sport needs to keep it in the spotlight.
I mentioned Gracie should be at SA this season and offered reasons why.
Is this putting undue pressure on a skater?
Gracie will have to skate at Natls - an event with much more pressure than SA.
Why is one event OK - but not the other
By the way, I've gotten these from a friend. It's interesting to know. So I've copied them here just FYI:
An article from a marketing journal - Scarborough Sports Marketing defines "Avid Fans" as consumers who are "very interested" and "Fans" as respondents who are "very, somewhat or a little interested" in a given sport.
Scarborough Sports Marketing further noted that American sports fans have been opening their minds and wallets to a host of diverse sports. Avid Fans of these sports are often characterized by distinct audience demographics. For instance, 73 percent of Avid Gymnastics Fans are female and 81 percent of Avid Figure Skating Fans are female. This is a unique demographic makeup since Avid Fans of sports like the Olympics, Women's Tennis and the WNBA classically "female friendly" sports are only about 50 percent female. This notable demographic base helps explain findings such as: Gymnastics Fans are 53 percent more likely than all American adults to schedule a spa day, 30 percent more likely to visit a jewelry store and 33 percent more likely to visit a bridal store. Similarly, Figure Skating Fans are 28 percent more likely to visit a florist and 27 percent more likely to visit a dry cleaner.Physics/Biomechanics - Television can't give you the sense of speed-or danger-that is apparent here. Nor can it give you a sense of how difficult it is to break into the top ranks. (Television does well in the drama department, however: Its coverage of the Nancy KerriganTonya Harding scandal back in 1994 is widely credited with raising Americans' interest in figure skating.)
Last edited by Bluebonnet; 10-05-2012 at 10:45 AM.
Reading through the last few posts made me wonder about the following:
Who is more "desperate" for a US Lady skating star?
Is it US Skating?
or is it US skating fans?
I am not sure ........
and wonder if it is really same question
If a star were to appear on the scene would it change much?
Last edited by janetfan; 10-05-2012 at 11:17 AM.
The comparison to the Fierce Five doesn't work, because the Fierce Five became an asset to any show by winning the Olympics and becoming famous. If Davis and White win the Olympics, then they will be more likely to appear on all sorts of shows across networks. They'll be more likely to be invited on these shows even before the Olympics in Sochi, I imagine, during the pre-Olympic hype. That, however, is two years away. Also, it probably won't have a lot to do with the USFSA asking for them to be included- rather, it would be initiated by the producers of the shows. Any time the USFSA is asking if their skaters can appear on a show they can expect to pay for that right unless they are negotiating a broadcast deal, and NBC already has those rights. There may also be a conflict between NBC's deal with the USFSA and the ability to ask other networks to promote their skaters.
As for the pressure, I totally agree that skaters will have to deal with pressure to get anywhere in the sport. Hyping somebody up as being the person who will probably beat the national champion is a bit far, though. It puts a very specific expectation on a skater that could be a blow to their psyche should they fail to accomplish as much. It's also very unfair to the national champion who, by virtue of winning, has earned the right to be heralded as the current best the US has to offer. Billing Gracie as the best (and saying that she'll become better than the national champion is doing so) is probably confusing to many fans who might want to cheer for the skater who was ready to earn the title- a title that some seem to want to hand to Gracie with no results. Also, as I already mentioned, sending two of your best skaters to the same event makes it less likely that both will qualify for the final. That would also be unfair to one of the skaters. They'll face off at nationals, and if they both have good Grand Prixs, then that can build more hype for Nationals, which is the bigger event. If they don't, then the USFSA can find another aspect to hype without having blown their marketing plan with one event.
I do agree that skating needs more exposure in general, but I think that it's 1)harder than we think and 2)needs to be the right type of exposure. In 2006 I thought prospects were bright for the future of figure skating with skating movies coming out and the Ice Diaries and Skating with Celebrities shows. Somehow the general public seems to have a reduced opinion of skating after all that, though. Maybe the Disney version of skating (you can learn to do a triple in a year!?!!!!) didn't sell? Maybe the pageant-like aspects of the sport have turned some people off? Or maybe the USFSA entered into a really bad broadcasting agreement with NBC that truly fails to promote the sport because the sport is almost never on channels that everyone actually gets and includes broadcasters who (even though they might be right) denegrate the code of points every chance they get (this is my vote for what went wrong). There needs to be adequate coverage of the actual sport, and various facts about the athleticism and skills required need to be explained every time it's on the air.
I also think that the quality of professional skating that is shown has gone way down, and that has also affected the ratings. It's hard for me to watch certain skaters who are way past their prime and clearly don't train all that much on shows like the Halloween On Ice show doing the same watered down tricks and choreography over and over again. Some of the professional skaters are lovely, and some of the newer ones are bringing new life to the choreography, but we don't see enough of them on t.v., and we see too many of the others who are there just for their name. We need more skaters like Kurt Browning, Stephane Lambiel, Joannie Rochet, Jeffery Buttle, Katia Gordeeva, and the like to be shown, and less of those who phone their show programs in.
I would love to see skating featured in programs like the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade again (way more interesting than a dog show, though I have nothing against dog shows). I think ABC has the right to that programming, though, so it would have to be a group other than the USFSA that would coordinate that type of thing. It would be wonderful if a John Curry style special from the Rockefeller tree lighting could be shown (again, ABC territory). All of this costs money and takes organization, though, and would be out of the hands of the USFSA.
Maybe the USFSA could convince NBC to air a pro-am competition to include athletes of a high caliber during Christmas season in a future year? That way they'd be organizing the competition and could invite those who'd best represent the sport? Again, though, that costs $$$. NBC would have to be willing to pay for it.
Maybe the best route is to try to get more youngsters interested in the sport- perhaps the USFSA should put their money towards a day of free skating lessons in member rinks across the country, and advertise this heavily. The difficulty here is that skating is a sport with a steep learning curve, so they'd have to work hard to find ways to make doing the most basic things a lot of fun.
I'm just rambling and throwing out random ideas now. The point is that it is a lot more difficult to drum up popularity than many of us think, and the USFSA has a tall order ahead of them.
Maybe the best way to promote skating is for each of us to take a friend to a show, and then to take a few friends skating, and then maybe take our neighbors' and relatives' kids skating. Maybe relying on the governing bodies to fix everything isn't the answer? Or perhaps the USFSA needs to find ways to get more people involved in promoting the sport- offering a second set of tickets at a discounted price to people who buy the expensive seats so that they can bring a friend? Or maybe just trying to get member clubs to go out into the community to promote certain events?
Edit to add- I think the USFSA could use social media a lot more, as well. Clearly they are trying to do this with Twitter, but I think they should consider YouTube and Pinterest as really good ways to promote skating, as well. Making a highlight reel of great jumps and artistic skills might play well. A fun video of a jump-off filmed during Champs Camp might get viewers. They could really use the athletes' personalities to advantage here. Maybe a footwork challenge between some of the singles skaters and ice dancers? Shibutani vs. Weir vs. White vs. Lysacek? Make a pinterest and post some of the nicest pictures of USFSA stars? All of that could be done for less expense.
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For best results with the Suspending Rogue - use short, snappy jerks of your rod tip. Also vary the length and speed of your jerks, pausing to let the Rogue suspend momentarily, this is the stop-and-suspend action that fish can't resist. A slow rolling retrieve is also very effective - making your Rogue "wallow" along or just below the surface with a slow retrieve.
Available in several eye-catching, fish-enticing colors, the Smithwick Suspending Rattlin Rogue has been proven to attract explosive strikes year around - and especially in the spring.
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Comments: These baits used to be the bomb. The float rate is too high on them now. I know they used to float a bit, but the couple I just bought float like a normal floating jerk bait. They do not suspend at all. I will try to put lead stickers on them to see if they will float less. They are unacceptable the way they are now.
From: Fred: Ohio 1/17/17
Comments: I have used this bait for years and have caught tons of bass, both largemouth and smallmouth. But I too have found that they have gotten hard to tune. They really need to watch their quality control people, and get back to making them like they used to.....
From: Tim Reason: Oklahoma 12/31/16
Comments: These jerkbaits are ok but they always float for me right at ice out. Ive tried different line, hooks, lead tape. I know they all suspend different and different water temps but its too much of a hassle. I have better luck with the HJ12 Rapala husky jerks imo
From: Jordan: RI 2/16/15
Comments: These used to be quality baits. Now they are not, 5 out of the last 7 I bought were impossible to tune. The diving lips are so crooked they're unfishable.
From: Nick: USA 12/16/14
Comments: I've been using the clown color and I've been killing them up here in CT. They go crazy for this bait. If you throw anything else they wont bite but when you jerk hard on this they cant resist. My go to bait right now and I'm using it this weekend for my tournament.
From: Mike: Milford, CT 4/30/14
Comments: This jerkbait has been amazing for me. I've been catching fish with it on several lakes in the last couple weeks. I think this bait gives off a sound that drives fish crazy. From now on it's my go to jerkbait. Black and orange has caught some nice fish.
From: Unknown: USA 4/28/14
Comments: This is the only jerkbait you need! Experiment with different hooks,weights, and lines to get what you want out of it. NEED LASER CRAW!! Black orange,blue orange, faves!
From: Durt: VA
Comments: I bought two of these and no matter what I do to them(tuning wise) for the life of me can't get either to swim straight. Will never buy another. Go with a husky jerk(rapala).
From: Cory: Uppermidwest
Comments: Avocado shad is my go to color. I fish this bait with 8 pound test mono. on a spinning reel and a 5.5 foot rod. On Feb. 27, 2009 on Harris Lake, NC I caught a 10 pound LM bass AND the very next day I caught an 8 pound LM bass. Every year this bait produces quality bass.
From: Dan: Cary, NC
Comments: 19.36 pounds caught on Hubbard Creek last week winning me the tournament. Great bait.
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Colt provided a ventilation system for the boiler room and turbine hall at the Yunus Emre Power Plant.
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Colt designed, supplied, installed and commissioned a scheme of ventilators for smoke control, day to day ventilation and explosion relief.
Colt have joined with a Slovenian company, Esotech Sro, to supply Labyrinth and FCO ventilators for inlet and extract for the Sostanj power station.
Colt supplied and installed removable ventilators.
Colt supplied and installed a wide variety of equipment for smoke control and day-to-day ventilation.
Colt supplied and installed a wide variety of equipment.
Colt supplied and installed a wide variety of equipment at an energy from waste power plant
Colt provided a natural ventilation system for the dispersion of heat created during the production process.
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Colt was required to design and install a pressurisation system to that offered safe exit for workers in a remote power station.
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I travel to France every year and shot this photo of the Louvre in Paris in the summer of 2007. —Patricia Myers
When my boyfriend and I first moved out to California, we took a trip to Venice Beach. After a day of hot dogs, cheese fries, local art, and skateboarding bulldogs, we sat down to watch basketball on the often-filmed basketball courts there. The sun set as we sat on the bleachers, and this photo reminds us every day of why we still live here. —Adele Rogers
June sunset in Kota Kinabalu, Borneo, taken with a Kodak Easy Share Z760. —Curt Rutledge
Using your techniques the very same day I got the e-mail from BudgetTravel.com, I ventured to Sunset Point outside of Marquette, Mich., to take photos of the sunset over frozen Lake Superior. What a lucky (and cold!) evening I had to take photos of the sunset! —Sarah Roberts
A glass of wine, a Greek salad, good friends, and a fabulous sunset over the caldera in Santorini, Greece. —Terrie Santamaria
Sunset off Maui just after I got married on Kauai. —Martrese White
My wife and I traveled to southern Africa in 2007. One evening, we were in Chobe National Park in Botswana observing a herd of elephants. We stopped the vehicle and broke out the drinks, and my wife snapped this photo as the elephants passed in front of the setting sun. It was the perfect ending to another perfect day on safari. —Richard and Patricia Thompson
My husband and my fourth anniversary trip in Key West, Fla. I do believe the picture tells the story! —Linda Allen Clifton
Destin, Fla., in winter: The picture says it all. —Melanie
My husband and I refer to this as our "$850 picture." We were sailing our 32-foot motor yacht to a restaurant when one engine quit. We tried to limp home, but about five miles out, the other engine quit. We dropped anchor and called for a tow. Insurance covered $100, and we paid the remaining $850. But we did get this picture, taken at Burnt Store Marina in southwest Florida. —Shan Meils
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Trinity Edwards and his wife, Bridget Kennedy-Edwards, fell in love with the character of their older Shreveport home, but not with its lack of modern amenities. How could a house without a laundry room keep up with the demands of a busy family?
Fortunately, the young couple could see the home's potential and had the skills to make the most of a small space. Trinity, a lead carpenter with a remodeling company, did most of the work himself and turned a long, wide hallway into a laundry area.
The transformation began with the closet that holds a stackable washer/dryer. In its previous life, the closet was the kitchen pantry. "We turned the door around so it faced the hall," Bridget explains. A pull-out shelf in the center of the appliance makes fast work of folding clothes. Then, Trinity installed a custom cabinet, painted a glossy white, next to the closet. It features three pull-out hampers and ample storage space for linens and detergent.
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Flinders University's Bedford Park campus is located on Sturt Road, just south of the Central Business District (CBD) of Adelaide, the capital city of the State of South Australia.
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I collect postcards that show some of the places
where my ancestors lived. Here's one from my collection.
Just my way of sharing with family, friends, and anyone who will listen, the things that I have learned about my ancestors with a little bit about myself and my own little family in the mix.
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Grandview teen involved in fatal crash shows signs of improvement
A Grandview teenager who was hospitalized after last week's fatal car crash in Benton County appears to be improving.
17 year-old Jovannie Razo's condition has been upgraded to "serious" from "critical" at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland.
Razo was driving on Evans Road on Tuesday, January 8th, when he lost control of his car and crashed into a tree.
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By JEFFERY DURRANTBYU Professor of Geography
When public land special interest groups decide to nationalize their issues, the first sacrifice to be thrown on the altar is usually locals.
Before the fight is taken to a larger stage, local opinions may be valued, local solutions are sought, local politics are often considered. But somewhere on the road to larger venues local intricacies, efforts, and concerns are pushed aside or trampled.
In Utah the classic example of local sacrifice is the fight over wilderness. In the early 1990s the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) decided to take their "Citizen's" wilderness proposal national. Slide shows of Utah's red-rock areas were presented coast-to-coast. SUWA sought membership from across the nation and feverishly worked to get congressional co-sponsors for their proposal.
While SUWA was successful in increasing membership and gaining numerous co-sponsors, they rarely even acknowledged, and certainly didn't value, anything emanating from the communities of southern Utah, where their proposed wilderness existed.
And why should they if their chosen stage is national? County commissioners don't wield power in Congress, and local citizens certainly can't influence the voting behavior of Congressional representatives from New York and Massachusetts. In the national and even regional arena locals are obviously not valuable players or coveted assets.
Even the Governor of Utah has participated in this tradition by hijacking the proposal for a San Rafael Swell National Monument in order to make statewide and perhaps national political points-never-mind the local political fall-out.
Now the Utah Shared Access Alliance (USA-ALL) is apparently getting into the sacrificial act.
In recent years they have fancied themselves something of a champion-of-the-local organization. However, now USA-All also seems willing to chuck locals on the proverbial altar in their pursuit of a narrow goal. But being unwilling, or perhaps more accurately unable, to do the dirty work themselves, USA-ALL wants local leaders to fall on their own sword.
How are they doing this and why?
Well, for several years USA-ALL has made substantial efforts to become a more effective special interest organization, and I believe that to a great extent they have succeeded. Their main strategies have essentially mimicked the efforts of SUWA.
For example SUWA puts out regular updates via e-mail, now so does USA-ALL. SUWA has "action alerts" to mobilize members and supporters, so now does USA-ALL.
But the one thing that USA-ALL has lamented is that they don't have the full array of legal weapons that environmental groups such as SUWA possess.
For example, environmental groups are adept at taking full advantage of laws such as the Wilderness Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Wild and Scenic River Act-not really the foundation of USA-ALL.
On the other hand USA-ALL and other pro-access/multiple use groups feel they only have the public comment process and perhaps the Federal Lands Policy Management Act-and even these are better utilized by environmental groups.
But alas, USA-ALL has now dreamed up a legal strategy. Here's the nuts and bolts of it.
USA-ALL primarily fights to maintain motorized access on public land. Sometimes they win, but more often they don't and routes are closed. For example, the recently released Recreational Travel Plan for the San Rafael Swell contained a few wins for the pro-motorized crowd, but it also had a few significant losses such as the closure of Muddy Creek and the route to Seger's Hole.
When the Travel Plan was released, USA-ALL was relatively pleased. In fact, for years they had been among the loudest voices criticizing the BLM for not having a travel plan. They wanted a plan, and they wanted enforcement.
They got both when the BLM office in Price not only signed off on the new plan but also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Emery County that put a full-time sheriff deputy out in the Swell on a regular basis.
USA-ALL didn't appeal the travel plan and appeared satisfied. Obviously appearances can be deceiving.
On June 10, 2003 the Emery County Commission received a letter from USA-ALL's attorney. It threatened a lawsuit against Emery County.
Essentially the letter took the stance that Emery County officials had violated Utah law by collaborating (with the BLM) in the illegal closure of established routes (RS-2477 Right-of-Ways not designated as open in the Travel Plan) and in providing an Emery County deputy to help enforce these closures.
According to the letter the result of Emery County's purported illegal actions is, among other things, the impediment of "interstate commerce."
The letter concludes by stating that Utah public officials (Emery County and the State of Utah) can choose from the following three options:
One, tell the BLM that the closures are illegal, instruct law enforcement officials to refrain from enforcing the closures, and then the county must remove the signs and barricades that prohibit motorized travel.
Two, Emery County and the State of Utah must formally "vacate" their claims to the routes through a public process.
Three, continue with the status-quo and face litigation.While I must give USA-ALL points for creativity, the letter begs numerous questions and forces one to ponder the implications-here are a few thoughts that space permits.
Emery County's long-time efforts to work with the BLM and be an active partner in managing the San Rafael are possibly in peril. It appears that USA-ALL is willing to sacrifice the potential for collaboration and greater local involvement in order to hopefully (a big hope at that) develop a weapon to fight road closures across Utah and the West
It would be one thing if Emery County was forced to simply inform their deputy that only the aspects of the plan that have USA-ALL's blessing should be enforced. But if Emery County is compelled to actively tear down the new BLM barricades, then where does it end
Will they also have to tear down the gate at the end of the Mexican Mountain road that has been in place for years? What about the road to the lower black box and Swasey's leap? How about some of the barricades in the Sid's Mountain area?
And what about other counties? Will it be expedient that Wayne County, Grand County, San Juan County, Kane County, Garfield County, and others also go out and tear down any blockades that have not been formally vacated by the county and state?
Well, this is obviously the hope of USA-ALL no-matter the cost to Emery and other counties. USA-ALL may slay a bunch of local efforts and emerging relationships, but to them it appears worth the price in order to pursue a grander scheme.
The problem is that USA-ALL is backing Emery County into the wrong corner. It's farcical to imagine Emery County ripping out barricades. If push comes to legal shove it is more likely that the county will feel it has no choice but to formally vacate the routes.
This would essentially end the county's ongoing efforts to gain control over these routes. And I really imagine that USA-ALL does not want any county to do this. This aspect of the letter is obviously a bluff. And it's perhaps not wise to bluff with those who are well aware that you are more than willing to toss them up on the sacrificial altar.


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Mississippi, I love you. But darn it, we are such a land of hypocrites – present company excepted, of course.
We go on and on about how we want good jobs for our people, good high-tech jobs of the future, we say.
Then, we won't properly fund public education.
Oh, sure, we believe in "adequate" education, but our Legislature has funded it only once since its inception in the mid-1990s. And it's likely to take a big, ole lawsuit to drag us into doing what folks need doing.
We are so reactive, not pro-active.
Now, the hypocrisy of alcohol has risen its ugly head again.
Of course, we are notorious for doing as we do, not as we say – well, some of us. Well, a lot of us.
I used to live in Rankin County, one of the state's fast-growing areas and legally one of the state's driest for liquor, although it's got beer in a few places.
Mind you, some very fine people in Rankin County do not imbibe. And some very fine people do, which means they are driving their weekly supply into their home-dry county.
Years ago, my sainted mother came to baby-sit the kids when I went on some kind of trip. She forgot to bring her jug of red wine and so she asked her granddaughter, "Margaret, where is the liquor store?"
Poor child had no idea where it was because we didn't have any in Rankin County. My mother threatened never again, without my stocking up.
But therein lies the wrong. We weren't supposed to have liquor in Rankin County, but a lot of folks did and do.
Now, here comes Gov. Phil Bryant, who knows a thing of two about Rankin County. I think he was a deputy sheriff there or something.
He's vetoed legislation that would have made it OK to transport liquor from a wet county through a dry county to get to another wet one.
That's like taking a jug of Bloody Marys from Tupelo to a morning football game on the Ole Miss campus in Lafayette County. You gotta go through Pontotoc County, which is dry.
"Too confusing," Bryant stated when he tossed the legislation into the dead-bill bin.
It's too confusing because Mr. Bryant probably led a very clean life and never transported alcohol home from Hinds County. For the thousands who do it every day, it's a snap. Crystal clear. Illegal, but crystal clear. Forget icing up that wine/beer if you're going through dry territories.
Same goes for the Bulldogs. Driving from Tupelo to Starkville for a big day at The Junction.
We're always hearing about liquor stores and beer stores fighting the pro-alcohol forces in dry counties so the active stores can keep all the business.
In a situation such as this, the potentially spirit-filled now must fill up in the county where the drinking will occur. A boon for Lafayette and Oktibbeha.
While it may just be a misdemeanor to possess liquor, wine or beer in a dry county, the fines range from $100 to $500, which feels felonious to me.
There may yet be a reprieve from this silliness, though. Next year, the Legislature can try to override the veto.
But I'm not putting any of my beer money on that, though.
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Skip to comments.A city in ruins, sky thick with smoke: 'let's kick ass ... the American way'
Posted on 11/14/2004 7:57:55 PM PST by crushelits
In the huge, muddy field which serves as a forward base, Major-General Richard Natonski prepared his troops for the battle ahead. 'We're goin' in to raise the Eye-raqi flag above Falluja - to give it back to the Fallujans,' he shouted, the eyes of the entire 1st Marine Division on him.
Pausing to remember the marine corps who fought in Vietnam, Korea and the two world wars, they then stood to attention and launched into the marine hymn.
'Only two songs send a shiver up my spine,' said one marine, his face scored with the pockmarks and confidence of youth. 'The marine hymn, and that song by Toby Keith after 9/11 which says "we're gonna kick you up the ass - that's the American way".'
Then the unit was on its way to war. Twenty-five behemoths - tanks and amphibious assault vehicles - lumbered through the desert towards the small, poor, dusty city which has become the symbol of America's failure in Iraq. The idea that Falluja will one day rank as a military victory to rival Hue City, Vietnam, may at present seem ludicrous - but such is the significance the Americans place on this battle.
They need to wrest back Falluja not simply to quell the insurgency but also to show the 'hajis' - as they call the rebels - that they cannot match the mighty US Army.
'After we take Falluja, the terrorists will have no sanctuary, nowhere to hide,' said Major General Natonski, commander of the 1st Marine Division.
No soldier can fight unless he hates the enemy - which makes the message that this is all for the Iraqi people difficult to absorb.
'I guess there are some good people - it's jus' that we don' have nothin' to do with them,' mused a marine as he and his colleagues sorted their kit and cleaned their M16 assault rifles. 'I see the little kids in the cars and I feel sorry for them, but when they turn 16 they're evil.'
On Sunday night they slept in the desert - infantry under the skies, trackers in vehicles. By the time they woke on Monday, other units had seized the hospital and installations on the west of the Euphrates. But the main assault east of the river was still to come.
As they advanced on the city's north-western outskirts, black smoke from earlier artillery and bombing barrages smeared the horizon. On entering Falluja, marines burst into an apartment building, evacuating residents. A huddle of women and children were shepherded away, the women pulling their headscarves tighter, the children staring wide-eyed at the huge, muddy green juggernauts standing outside their home.
At a railway, the column came to a halt. The road bridge beneath could be booby trapped; or there could be an ambush lying in wait. Explosives were laid across the rails and two holes were blown in the breach - one as a feint, one for real. Engines roaring, the huge vehicles then rolled up and over the railway embankment and into a cemetery, where they parked up until dawn.
The following day, the real fighting began. Over the week, the two units I'm accompanying have lost at least two marines and seen several injured in the push through the Jolan district, a rebel stronghold. Captain Brian Chontosh says about a dozen men have been captured and a similar number killed. 'The resistance is in pockets,' he adds. 'There's nowhere for them to go now but jail or Allah.'
The resistance is heard but not seen. On the first day, every time a helicopter gunship flew over, it would meet a barrage of AK-47 fire as the insurgents took wild pot shots. The fire simply alerted the Americans to their positions. By the second day, airpower was scarcely used at all. It was the turn of the foot soldiers, amphibious vehicles providing covering fire.
Marines went house to house, knocking down doors, searching for insurgents and arms. Jolan is deserted. It's possible that insurgents forced people from their houses weeks ago.
One man said they had forced him to keep arms in his house, threatening to take him to the rebel leader Omar Hadid to have his throat slit if he refused. He knelt blindfolded against a wall, waiting for the marines to take him for interrogation by the omi nously-named 'exploitation teams'. Intelligence from prisoners has been vital in locating arms stores.
The amphibious vehicles push down walls, and street stalls and cars go up in spectacular explosions. The attitude is that overwhelming force is necessary.
In one house, marines came across the bodies of five Iraqi men, shot in the back of the head. Their story will probably never be known. Much of Falluja is now in ruins. Every day, the marines open up with mortars, mini grenade launchers, machine guns and tank rounds, aiming to kill anyone hiding behind a wall or in a house.
On Friday, in the debris, they found a family: mother, father and five children. Alive. 'We heard on the radio it would be safer to stay at home,' said Usil Abdul, nursing her baby. The children sat on a sofa in a house marines had taken as a base. They accepted sweets and drinks and chatted to soldiers, seemingly unfazed by four days of bombing and mortar fire.
Other residents may be less sanguine when they return to see the wreckage. Marines lounge in the armchairs of Falluja's elite, blowing smoke rings and eating snacks. One stuck a paper flower behind his ear and posed for the camera before changing his mind - 'I don't want people to think I'm gay!'
Walls have been destroyed to clear lines of fire and terraces are littered with spent cartridge cases, rubble and half-eaten ready-to-eat meals. While some may blame the insurgents for bringing this upon the city, many will point to the Americans.
Despite reports of 'heavy fighting', the overwhelming majority of the firing has been one way. Twenty four US soldiers have died and more than 200 injured. An unknown number of Iraqi soldiers have also died. But the resistance in Falluja was sporadic. Insurgent leaders probably fled several weeks before the onslaught. The marines will claim this as a major triumph in the war on terror but if the insurgency merely shifts elsewhere, they may find Falluja is an empty victory.
Such sour grapes...too bad.
Wot, no barf alert?
Please, no more UK garbage.
Sigh, more liberal-speak puke from the leftie-liberal Guardian. (yawn)
OOOHHHH Yeah. I second that emotion. LOL.
The MsM really somewhere deep down believe that if theislamorats stayed and fight they would win...It just kills them the US military is so superior,in all aspects of war, air artillery,open country.close quarters,house to house,they just can't believe it. It is actually funny to watch.
The good old Guardian is still at it,eh?
"Over the week, the two units I'm accompanying have lost at least two marines and seen several injured in the push through the Jolan district, a rebel stronghold. Captain Brian Chontosh says about a dozen men have been captured and a similar number killed." This Hilsum 'journalist' needs to be found trembling in a basement, accompanied by the 'insurgents' he appears to admire ... if he doesn't lose his head to the insurgents before Americans arrive. The Guardian isn't one of my favorite British rags, BTW.
I hate these reporters as much as I hate the terrorists and I want the same thing to happen to them that is happening to the terrorists.
the small, poor, dusty city which has become the symbol of America's failure in Iraq. I am guessing there are a few hundred thousand dead Iraqis who were less than happy with Saddam's "success" in Iraq. And a few million Iraqis with renewed hope now that might quibble with the whole failure thing.
They need to wrest back Falluja not simply to quell the insurgency but also to show the 'hajis' - as they call the rebels - that they cannot match the mighty US Army Well, all fine and dandy, but didn't he just interview some Marines? Was there another DOD reorganization that I missed?
'I guess there are some good people - it's jus' that we don' have nothin' to do with them,' mused a marine Of course, the Guardian will be sure to show you that the barbaric Yanks all talk like Gomer Pyle with a blood fetish; I wonder how much they 'accent' comments from Americans they agree with. Wait, I forgot; there are none.
One stuck a paper flower behind his ear and posed for the camera before changing his mind - 'I don't want people to think I'm gay!' Probably caught a winsome glance from the Guardian reporter and felt a little icky all the sudden...
By this reasoning getting all the terror thugs on the run with nowhere to sleep or hide after a series of such "empty victories" will really be hollow. There will be an almost complete reduction of their attacks and that will be really "empty" in the eyes of the press. They they'll write about how even though we've reduced the attacks to insignificance, it's not a real victory because we could have done it more "gently."
Curious to know how this "reporter" could divine the speaker's spelling.
Curious to know how this "reporter" could divine the speaker's spelling.
I don't know about spelling, but I can divine the reporter's smug arrogance.
Is this how a victory won by the blood of patriots will be stolen by the lies of leftwing pencil pushers?
And most of them are already employed by The Guardian.
I this meant to be a "fact" ? Leftist garbage...from a socialist leftist American loathing rag of a paper!
I'm sorry if I blow up here for a minute, but I am so sick and tired of the media, both U.S. and International, consistently trashing our military. These brave men and women are putting their lives on the line and smashing the bad guys all over the world while the rest of the world (save the Coalition) cowers in fear. Sadly, there have been casualties in Fallujah, but they have been thankfully lighter than feared. But, the a--wipes in the MSM start their broadcasts with the body count. Other than ignoring the MSM and mocking them, what else can we do?
Uh. Except for 1600 of them.
Can this Captain Brian Chontosh be the same who heroically won the Navy Cross during earlier combat in Iraq?
Guardian pecker-envy alert.
Freedom costs a buck-oh-five!
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The Guardian writers wear them whilst writing about our efforts in Iraq.
I agree with you. Someone should get word to our military what they are writing. They might just leave them behind in one of those houses.
Lindsey Hilsum is a woman, fuckwits. She works for Channel 4 News which I'm sure you all really hate.
BTW, after the fall of Baghdad, when she wasn't imbedded, her team came across a group of US Soldiers who had been shooting at some cars that were approaching their positions. They wouldn't let the TV crews interpreter approach the vehicles, which were near a housing area. They argued, being liberal types and the translator ran over to the cars. He came back with a little girl, maybe 5 or 6 years old, who had been shot in the head.
The US soldiers, being human beings, then took the little girl away. Lindsey later tracked her down to Kuwait weeks later, where the US medical team had patched her up and she was alive, and with her father, who had also been missing.
Maybe she told some of the marines this, and that's why I saw them protecting her the other day when they were pinned down on a roof. I also imagine that if you tried to wish a horrible death upon her in front of one of those marines, you would be picking teeth out of your shit for the next two weeks.
No, no, no. They got Toby's lyric wrong. It's "We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way."
Least they could do is get it right.
It would indeed seem as if they admire the terrorists and condescend to, if not revile, the troops.
Perhaps they would prefer to be embeds on the other side...
And when the black flag of islam flies from the houses of Parliament, pray, what will the Guardian then print? Verses from the koran? Edicts from the 'Guardians Against Vice and the Promotion of Virtue'?
Bless their evil taliban hearts. They have no idea what they are promoting. Straight out of left-wing, commie journalist school. Wait for it, you snivelling lying pukes. Sharia? Yep. Tell a lie and they will cut your tongue out. Can't happen too soon.
rant over....
Why, then, does she write so condescendingly of her protectors?
I do not know if Lindsey Hilsum is a guy or gal.
But, if the Arabs take over, he/she is not going to like being circumsized again, or at all...
jagged rusty knife to bring an infidel to Islam...
"Why, then, does she write so condescendingly of her protectors?"
It's a job. She has to follow editorial policy. That's why they call them media whores...the independant ones go freelance.
Please watch your language. This isn't DU.
Lindsey can be a man or a woman's name in the U.S. And most of us (thankfully) don't get the U.K.'s Channel 4 News in the U.S., so we wouldn't know. CBS and CNN are bad enough.
No point in shooting the messenger. Fallujah is a humanitarian disaster, and most future reports will be similar in tone. I'm worried at how long Blair can hold out with Brit opinion turning so hard against the war.
You should try rereading the article you creep. Her sympathies clearly do not lie with our troops.
(They got Toby's lyric wrong. It's "We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way.")
Boot ? I thought it was bullet are you sure?
The Guardian. What is it the "guardian" of?
Islam is a shame to Allah.
I think it's "boot". Makes sense, I picture a big a$$ combat boot every time I hear that song. Besides, it's easy to dance to.
It's definitely "boot."
--Big TK fan. :-)
Limey doesn't know the difference between Army and THE US MARINE CORPS.
However, there are Army units in the fight, so maybe he is just trying to simplify it for the left wing "intelligencia" who read his paper.
And the blogs have noted an article where the helicopters, instead of blaring out "the ride of the Valkaries" from their loudspeakers are now blaring out "American F... Yeah" from Team America...
do you have a source for this humanitarian disaster info?
Ditto that!
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