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|September 2nd, 2012, 01:36 PM
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Constitutional Amendments on Ballot This Fall
Michigan is one of the few states that still allow "initiated constitutional amendments", that allow constitutional amendments to be made via ballot proposals. I won't get into the pros and cons of this here.
Inserting legislation into the constitution is rarely a good idea, as it is extremely difficult to change as times change. The state constitution is designed to provide general guidance, with specific details to be provied by legislation codified into state law.
While Obie vs Romney occupies the limelight, the sx MI constitutional amendments on this fall's ballot have some serious impact. I'll describe them in no-BS terms.
"Michigan Home Health Care Amendment"
What it says:
The language describes this as "placing features of the Michigan Quality Community Care Council in the state constitution, in addition to providing home health care providers with limited collective bargaining."
What it is:
A constitutional amendment to protect a shameful scam where the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) collects union dues from the state for everyone that receives financial assistance for caring for a family member in the home. The SEIU has declared all of these caregivers to be "employees" of the state and has further declared that they "represent" these folks, and our state legislature and "blow you away" ex-Governor signed off on this. Well, this scam has been made public, and the SEIU is pitching this to protect the gravy train. It is NOT about quality of life or health care, despite the obfuscation smokescreen.
Note that the SEIU outsourced many of their own internal staff to cut costs - sending many jobs offshore.
"Renewable Energy Amendment"
What it says:
The initiative would mandate that by 2025, 25% of the state's electricity must come form renewable resources. Michigan law already calls for 10% renewables by 2015.
What it is:
Eco-Nazis and wind turbine manufacturers joining forces to sell more wind turbines and solar panels. In states like MI with regulated utilities, utility charges are a function of cost plus a designated profit margin. When costs go up, rates go up. When rates go up, businesses move elsewhere and low income residentials need subsidies and bill relief further raising rates.
Wind energy has a higher MWH cost than coal, gas, or nuclear, period. And reliability requirements mean that utilities will need to maintain fossil and nuclear generation for days when the wind doesn't blow or sun doesn't shine.
So, basically, this is a case of out-of-state interests dangling promises of thousands of "green jobs". You see all of the new MI wind turbine factories that the "10 by 15" rule has made spring up all over the place - especially now that the Chinese got into the business. Not to mention the success of companies like Solyndra and First Solar. Bad idea.
Protect Our Jobs
What it says:
The initiative would add the right to collective bargaining for public and private sector employees to the state Constitution.
What it is:
A specific constitutional amendment that provides protection for unions against MI moving to be a Right To Work state, as IN recently did. Union leadership has realized that workers don't feel the need for unions like they once did, and that economies and employment in Right to Work states have grown - while businesses avoid MI like the plague. They're looking to insert themselves into the state constitution to eliminate worker choice - permanently. This would sacrifice the 83% of MI's workforce that is not represented as well as the 17% that is to protect union leadership. Bad idea.
This is the Pub. Leave common sense at the door.
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|September 2nd, 2012, 11:40 PM
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Thanks for the info and heads up. Isn't it funny how the titles never match the content.
That first one is shameful as you stated.
I'll be voting against these. I'm a public employee forced into SEIU a few years back, before that we just had a small union that did a decent job. Unions now are just a big fat fundraisers for the DNC.
Public employees shouldn't be collective bargaining anyway. I mean really, I work for the taxpayers of Michigan, yet in our bargaining they don't have a seat at the table.
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|September 3rd, 2012, 07:03 AM
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My wife was forced to be an SEIU member for a while, and wow what a bunch of bozos. They were literally so wound up over who was going to campaign for their selected politicians (they were pushing Bonior over Granholm at the time) that they had no time for actual union business.
I agree on the public employees and unions. In the current form, they drive California behavior, where Gray Davis agreed to one ridiculously gold-plated contract after another in exchange for the army of public employees voting for him. CalTrans dump truck drivers getting $120K+ pensions with built-in inflation adjustments and zero out-of-pocket health/vision/dental for life.
I can support public sector unions, with the following adjustments:
1) Public sector unions cannot in any way, shape, or form - directly or indirectly - participate in, endorse, contribute, or make recommendations about the political process. Or in other words, the unions don't get to select or have influence over those with whom they negotiate.
2) Any form of compensation that exceeds the norm for the private sector (pay or benefits) must be approved by the voters at large in a referendum. Yes, defining the "norm" will be tough, but there's plenty of benchmark data available.
3) Public contracts must include language that allows for reductions in compensation and/or benefits in response to sustained reductions in tax revenues, meaning that when the economy cycles downward and compensation is reduced in the private sector, the public sector is affected as well - taxes are not raised in a bad economy to avoid impacting public employees.
4) Annually, pay for all public employees is to be published - including direct pay, and indirects like pensions and insurance costs. While names should be omitted for sake of privacy, the taxpayers need to have ready access to see what public employees make, to address persistent fallacies such as poverty-stricken schoolteachers and cops who are barely scraping by. Since they're paying the taxes, the taxpayers need to see where that money is going.
This is the Pub. Leave common sense at the door.
|September 3rd, 2012, 08:23 AM
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2) wholly agreed!! All this data you have shows public workers gettign paid more than the private sector is false anyways, so yes, bring the publng sector on par with the private!! I'm all for it!! Whats the going salary for a Master degreed worker in the private sector right now?
3) agreed, however once you start down the road of reduction in wages, expect a reduction in service, sorry but people shouldn't be forced to work for free, nor should they be forced to do more for less.
4) you can do that already...wages are public information and are posted, you just have to look for them
|September 3rd, 2012, 09:01 AM
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that being said, a lot of Government jobs are viewed by HR types as administrative/clerical. EMT, Mechanic and Water Sewer guys all have a private equivalency or close enough match.
But yeah, there are definitely a few positions that require specialized certification, experience or both that have a limited pool of qualified applicants.
I'm to the point where my next step may again be private sector consulting.
|September 3rd, 2012, 12:52 PM
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So I'm guessing then that you're for your tax dollars being bargained by unelected people who really report to nobody? Now you can see why public sector employees have such great benefits and retirement packages that the state can not afford. Think about it, you have state employees sitting across the table from SEIU representatives bargaining for the wages and benefits of state employees. Duh!
And this is coming from a 25 year state employee with a sweet ass retirement package. In less than 5 years I'll retire and draw a really nice pension and health insurance for the rest of my life. I can even pass that on to a surviving spouse.
Unions in general only do one thing anymore, make sure everybody is paid the same. It really hampers the ability of excellent employees to reap the benefits of excelling in their field without leaving where they are and trying to find a non-union shop.
And the only thing public unions should be are watchdogs for our safety, conditions and any unfair labor practices.
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|September 3rd, 2012, 01:00 PM
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Your job is not a right, nor is it guaranteed. You are performing a service for someone and being compensated for it. If the employer requires more of you then you either do it or find another job. Nobody is "forcing" anyone.
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|September 3rd, 2012, 01:09 PM
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On #4, there's been a lot of info published on the state's website in the past few years. It's not complete yet but they're getting there. Base salaries have always been public, what's harder to find is overtime and benefits. I've seen technicians get more in overtime than their base salary. Now depending on the department that may or may not be justified.
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|September 3rd, 2012, 01:18 PM
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I didn't know doctors had their salaries bargained for, must be a damn good union. And of course I don't want my teachers earning minimum wage, don't be a moron.
Collective bargaining brings everybody to a middle ground, it doesn't reward the exceptional. There in lies the problem, we don't pay our teachers nearly enough to keep the really good ones in public schools, there are exceptions to that of course. Yes, unions make sure everyone has a decent wage but why should we settle on decent teachers or any public employee for that matter. Shouldn't we be striving to have the very best working for the public?
We're at the point now where we have enough labor laws to protect workers from a myriad of things. So now the only thing unions have left to bargain on are wages and benefits. Why not get rid of the wage cap that the unions have set and let performance be our guide.
I guess we'll just have to disagree..
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|September 3rd, 2012, 03:23 PM
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I'm all for performance based pay. IMO, Lumping everyone into the same pay scale promotes laziness. And I know that when I took my 10% pay cut years ago that if I had dropped my performance 10%, I would have lost the other 90%. Instead I chose the attitude that I would not make more money till the owners did and low and behold, after some time, I got my pay back and then some.
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I think any job description can fall into a pay scale range. Within that range a person can be graded based on attitude and skill. I don't believe that anyone should be paid top dollar just because they are the longest on the job. Using the example of Clarkston vs Pontiac, judging the quality of the teacher does not need to be based on the grade scales of the student. You said it yourself, it should be based upon a teacher's efforts and attitudes.
RE fire and police, I'd much rather have a young energetic problem solver working for me than an old frumpy guy who thinks he got passed by unfairly and holds a grudge. I don't claim to have all the answers but I'm a firm believer that a person shouldn't be paid the highest amount just because he has the highest seniority. There are people who are willing to go the extra mile and there are people who won't go an extra step because "that's not my job".
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IMO, a person that only does what they 'have' to do is lazy. I'd much rather have someone working for me that I ask to do something more and get a "yes sir, I'd be glad to" rather then "that's not part of my job, you're going to have to pay me more". Part of that is having the right kind of boss though. One that won't take advantage of you. But then there is the simple answer of "I'm sorry Sir, I don't want to add to much to my plate and sacrifice quality". And I honestly think that if you're the aforementioned 'set apart' employee, any smart employer would be willing to work with you.
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|Josh Lewis
|Stormed Off
Date Climbed: Jun 13, 2015
|Due to lack of funds, we went in via Spider Gap (aka the hardy way) with supposedly 17,000 feet of elevation gain over 3 days. We got about 500-600 feet from the summit. Not only did I not feel comfortable having my brother do a slippery slab move over heavy exposure, fresh snow was falling, and there were down sweeping clouds around us making it very dangerous. I would have had to throw out all reason to finish the climb, not a shred of guilt was felt for turning around. This is coming from someone who climbed Alpamayo, Johannesburg, and many other difficult climbs.
|Posted Jul 3, 2015 2:49 pm
|Standard route
Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2014
|~4h to summit from Holden campground, via the left-hand side of the Mary Green Glacier. Good peak, beautiful day. Trip report.
|Posted Jul 4, 2014 2:13 pm
|Standard MGG route
|Great climb with good friends. I think this mountain may be more dangerous than some people realize, lots of loose stuff ready to come down. One of us almost got taken out by a snow slide very high on the face, moments after crossing a ravine, several truck loads shot down narrowly missing him. We were unroped, it would've taken him off the face all the way to the glacier I'm sure.
|Posted Sep 18, 2011 11:01 am
|An Epic Climb!
Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2011
|The snow conditions were abnormal, due to a lot of late Spring snowpack. The crevasses and waterfall sections were non-trivial. However, the bergschrund was very open but the standard route was not safe for travel due to a lot of snowpack and ice. We basically had to ascend the rappel route, which required a lot of extra time, focus, and determination. Thanks to Gimpilator and Dave for helping make this trip a success!!!
This was my 37th Washington County Highpoint summited.
|Posted Jul 13, 2011 3:16 am
|Mary Green Glacier
Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2011
|The most technical climb of my life so far. The extra snow this year made the standard route impossible, forcing us onto harder mixed climbing. We did about 9 pitches on the way up and 12 rappels to get back down. My helmet saved my life on this trip.
|Posted Jul 13, 2011 2:44 am
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|Mary Green
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2009
|Mountain and glacier in great shape. Great team with Greg, Grant, and Adam.
|Posted Jul 6, 2009 10:33 pm
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Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2008
|The snowthumb was my mental crux - steep snow above the open bergschrund. Rock quality was much better than expected. Fun climbing to the summit. A few raps and some easy downclimbing. Fun route.
|Posted Aug 11, 2008 11:34 pm
|Mary Green Glacier
Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008
|Five hours round trip from Holden Pass. Elected not to rope up on the rock and down climb vice rappel due to loose rock. A classic Cascades route.
|Posted Jul 9, 2008 10:31 pm
|Mary Green route
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007
|Fun rock sections, and classic glacier travel on the Mary Green glacier. Summitted with overcast skies but good visibility.
|Posted Sep 17, 2007 6:30 pm
|First registered climbers of the year
Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006
|Summitted under clear skies via the "direct" route as described in Jeff Smoot's "Climbing Washington's Mountains." We started at 4:30 a.m. from Holden Lake and topped out at 11 a.m. Five double rope rappels and a bit of downclimbing brought us back to the snow thumb. Two other parties were on the route. According to the summit register, we were the first group this year to make the top.
|Posted Jul 5, 2006 4:19 pm
|Bob Bolton
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|Duane, Joel and I traveled to Holden and hiked to Holden Lake on Wednesday the 14th. We started from from camp at 5:15A and summitted at 1:15P. It took I believe 8 25m rap pitches to return to the snow thumb, then we hiked back to the lake, arriving at about 7:15 for a 14-hour day. The conditions on the glacier were perfect, but with the warm weather I'm guessing there will be open crevasses on the route within a couple of weeks or so. With this climb I became the second person to complete the county highpoints of Washington.
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Got an iPhone? Earlier this year, Cooke released the Genealogy Gems Podcast App for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
You can learn more about genealogy apps for mobile devices on the Mobile Genealogy website.
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is inviting you to have a say about what it'll be like to research the 2010 census records in the future.
NARA is asking for public comment on the Appraisal and Records schedule for the census. These schedules list all the records created during Census 2010—not just the census forms you filled out, but also address canvassing maps, data summaries, various publications and more—and proposes standards for their retention or disposition.
For those records proposed for permanent retention, the schedule contains instructions for their transfer to NARA. For records are proposed for temporary retention, the schedule contains instructions for their later disposal.
The proposed schedule provides that the 2010 decennial census forms we all filled out will be preserved in the form of scanned images. (You can read about the archives' preservation of digital images here.) It calls for those and other "permanently valuable" records to be transferred to NARA within 10 years after the census.
For more information and to link to the Appraisal and Records schedule, see this post on the archives' NARAtions blog.
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First paint job......... HELP
I know some of this info is in the Knowledge base, but i really would like some help from you guys on this issue. I have checked around most of the paint shops around here (in Denmark) and a complete once over repaint costs about 12000 danish kroners (about 2000 US $) and a little more if you want a colour change and metallic paint.
there is no way i am paying that for a paintjob, unless its absolutely the only way! I would like to paint my 32 ford hot rod my self (metallic green with pear-essence and clear) but i am not a very accomplished painter :drunk: (ive never paintet anything larger than an engine) I have plenty of room in my shop, even to make a makeshift paintbooth. there is drain in the floor so i can wet the floor down to avoid dust, and my compressor is 4Hp and has a 50 gallon tank (i bought it used) and is oil free
now i have done some bodywork on my daily driver (a diesel 2wd toyota PU, (wow!!)) and i figured i could practice painting that before i f#cked up my hot rod... The local paint suppleir can set me up with PU based paint, low bake hardner and low temp thinner. and s component base, and silicone remover.
i just have no idea how to do it....
do i sand the entire car first (and if so wont it show through the paint??) do i paint wet in wet, or wait for it to dry. and how long between coats?? what paints are easiest to work with? what air pressure do i use. is a 60$ paint gun good enough?? how do i prevent solvent pop?
The pickup is white and has blue interior, what colour is best to apply for learning purposes (it will be the only practice ill get before doint the hot rod)
please, any help will be much appreshiated
Try posting your question on "autobodystore.com" They have a great bulletin board,and had all the answers for me when I painted the first time.Your paint store should be able to answer most questions on the product you select and make sure they give you a data sheet from the paint manufacturer,it will tell you how to mix,number of coats and drying time. Good luck!
hey deuce, email me at email@example.com, ill give yo some advice trial and error, and tell you what u need to do.
I would suggest you start off with a good book on painting. I got started that way. There is alot of info in the knowledge base as well on different phases.
Put short, you can and should practice on something first. As long as the paint on the truck is original, you should be able to recoat it. I would suggest using a sealer after you finish with the body work. The sealer will isolate the old paint and body work from the new paint. It will give you a good foundation to lay down the top coat on.
I would suggest using Base Coat/Clear Coat. It is much easier and much more forgiving. The dry times and coat recommendations are on the product data sheets.
Just post on here with all your questions as you work through it and I am sure you will be lead down the straight and narrow.
I have a pic in my album of the make shift booth I used for painting the S-10. It worked very well and cost less than $100usd for the attic fan, plastic, clamps and filter material.
thanks for the replys, ill try and paint some of the left over bodypanels from my mustang, (paddock sent me two left rear quarterpanels, so i have one left to play with) but since my pickup will rust again if i dont paint the primered areas ill have to take the plunge and paint it.
thanx turboS10 ill copy your paintbooth, btw, if the fan sucks air out of the "booth" wont the plastic eventually stick to the freshly painted truck??
I anchored the plastic to the floor with some scrap steel I had laying around. The fan pulls air in the filter at the top front and out the bottom of the big door. It does pull the walls of the plastic in just a little, but worked very well. I had no trash to speak of in the paint, and the booth would clear completely of spray in under a minute.
i have an oil furnace that blows hot air through 6 inch ducts(approx 100 deg F) for heating the shop. would blowing through a filter into the booth and having "pressure" blow fumes out the other end be better?? I ask because the blower is there and i do not have an attic fan..
BTW, i love the paint on your S10. how many cars have you painted before tackling your trucks awesome paint job?
Well, you are going to make my head grow with those compliments. Actually, I had done one complete job which was a HUGE mess when my wife traded it off. She let me practice on an old car she had when we got married and it taught me the Acrylic Enamel SUCKS. It was an embarrassment to say the least. After that, I did three partial recoates for family and friend with BC/CC and fell in love. It was so easy. I can not tell you how much easier it is. I also did alot of reading after my first failed attempt to figure out what went wrong. That is why I suggested you do a complete recoat before tackling your pride and joy so you understand the pit falls. Untill you have done it, you dont understand how easy it is to screw up.
I had never done any graphics at all before so it was a shot in the dark. I did practice on an old panel and asked alot of questions on here. I will also add I have a little bit of artistic ability which makes laying out the flames a little easier. I also used a digital picture of the truck and a drawing program on the 'puter to figure out what design I liked. I printed it out and did a mirror for the other side. Then just looked at the picture and layed the flames out free hand. Not hard, but time consuming.
The forced air should work fine, but make sure to filter it. I should have made it clearer on the attic fan. I went and got a $40 2500 cfm fan and mounted it in a piece of ply wood that I set under the large door. The plywood sealed everything off nicely and the fan pulled fumes to the floor and out similiar to a downdraft the nice shops use.
Lots of good info! Thanks Turbo.
I'm going to be painting my '32 roadster this summer and plan to make a paint booth much like the one in your gallery. However, I live in a neighborhood, and am concerned about blowing my leftover paint onto my neighbor's cars.
What about waiting a minute or two to let the wet stuff settle before turning on the fan?
Or, should I just offer to cover their cars with plastic temporarily?
Or, is it not a problem at all?
I'm also looking to paint my car in my garage and this info is great stuff.
I also did the custom cowl like you did s10, yours looks quite a peice better than mine at the moment though... :)
what was difficult about the Enamel?? as i was looking to do a single stage
what kind of fresh air system did you use for your lungs?
if you have an extraction fan you can always run some 12" or larger ducting type stuff to run the extracted air out of your neighbours way.
Also what did you use for a filter?
That damned hood is still not that great. I wish I had spent the money. Even though I braced it well to keep it from pulling in at the back, it still did about 1/4 inch which makes for an ugly gap. It will be replaced one day.
Enamel is not forgiving at all. If it is too dry it looks like crap, and too wet you will run it all over the place. It is also not possible to sand with good results using metallics. With BC/CC the base goes on dry like primer so you dont have to worry about runs. The clear goes on similiar to the enamel, but if you run it you can just sand it out and buff to a shine. For part time garage painters this is very important. If you dont do it every day, you dont have the "touch".
I used a charcoal activated filter mask which is supposed to be good for Urethanes. It is very important to replace the filters on the correct schedule. Isocynates in urethane can kill you. If you have access to fresh air hood, use it.
I remember the first thing I painted when I was just a teenager s10 before going to techschool. It was my grandpa's fishing boat and he picked up the most neon green there was, I used Centari and had runs all over the place, and with the bright green you could swear you could see them from a mile away. Then I painted my Cutlass when deltron base/clear first was coming out. It looked pretty good, but I choose a spot panel clear and didn't realize that was what it was for so it had a hard time getting around the car. It looked decent after buffing though. After painting enough everything becomes a lot easier and you know how to deal with any little problems you run into.
Speaking of respirators, I started a thread asking about using a SCUBA respirator for painting. Any input would be appreciated.
I live in europe... and Spies and Hecker sales guy (i can get a discount through a friend of mine) and apparantly both the primer/sand and the base coat is waterbased, and only the clear is solvent based (any special considderations) they all use accelerators and are 2 component but water based?????????????
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You might have noticed that YouTube's been getting a lot more social lately. We've launched several features in the last few months that let you better connect with the platforms that matter most to you (and discover new videos you're likely to love in the process). In addition to linking your YouTube account to social networks like Twitter and Facebook via AutoShare, friend suggestions and easier private sharing options, you can easily find the YouTube accounts belonging to your friends on Facebook, Yahoo! and Gmail. Then, once you've subscribed to someone, you might start seeing their public actions (things like favorites, ratings and comments) in your Recent Activity module on your homepage (assuming they've set these preferences).
This week we've added another launch to the "social feature" list: a feed that pushes the YouTube videos your friends are embedding on Facebook back to your YouTube homepage. This feature is in test mode right now, but there is a way for you to experiment with it while it's being worked on: visit this page and connect to Facebook in the area that says "Where do I share my activities?" (If you've already hooked this up, you may need to disconnect and reconnect accounts to enable.) You can choose to "Disable AutoShare" right afterwards if you don't want your YouTube actions to be syndicated out to Facebook. But if you do want your YouTube-related Facebook activity to be syndicated back to YouTube, the key is that you just stay connected to Facebook. Alternatively, you can search for your friends using the friend finding module on the homepage, and that will also connect you to Facebook. Once hooked up, it might take a little while for videos to start appearing on your homepage during this experimental phase.
We see the YouTube homepage as only the start of your video journey. It's where you should be able to get a snapshot of the "YouTube Zeitgeist" at any moment -- that is, those videos that are most relevant to you and to the times. Sometimes those videos are served up by algorithms that offer recommendations based on your viewing history or the channels you're subscribed to. By adding the videos your friends are embedding on Facebook into the mix, we're hoping to close a loop with regards to how videos are shared and consumed these days. Take a look at these stats to see just how much YouTube content is viewed off the site:
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The .32 Colt New Police and .32 S&W Long are the same exact cartridge.
The .32 S&W (not "Long") is a different, shorter cartridge.
I believe, based upon each cartridge's dimensions, that you could fire .32 S&W cartridges in a .32 S&W Long chamber. However, the result would probably be somewhat inaccurate, and the chambers hard to clean afterward.
The .32 S&W Long's rim is a slightly different thickness from that of the .32 S&W. That might cause problems too. Or maybe not.


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A two vehicle crash Sunday afternoon killed two people, one of which was former Linden High School football player Anthony Robinson, Jr.
Anthony Robinson Jr., a star football player at Linden High School, seemed to have a promising future as a University of West Alabama freshman. But instead of cheering him on both schools are now hurting.
Robinson, 19, lost his life in an automobile accident Sunday afternoon.
A report from the Alabama State Troopers said the two-vehicle crash occurred at 4:50 p.m. on U.S. Highway 43, two miles south of Linden. Robinson was killed when the Chevrolet Blazer he was driving collided with an International truck driven by Leonard Essex of Demopolis.
Christopher Boykin, 12, of Demopolis also died in the wreck. Boykin was a passenger in Robinson's vehicle. Linden coach Andro Williams said Robinson and Boykin were cousins.
Essex was injured and transported to Bryant Whitfield Hospital in Demopolis for treatment, according to the troopers' report.
A three-time All-State selection at Linden, Robinson signed a UWA scholarship offer in February. He stood only 5-foot-9 and weighed 155 pounds, but he was fast. In May, he won the 100-meter dash during the AHSAA Class 1A championship meet, posting a time of 11.41 seconds.
"He told me he was going to win the 100," Williams said. "He won the sectionals pretty easy. I told him, 'Anthony, if you win the 100 meters, I will buy you a dinner.' He went out and won it and had a smile on his face the whole time."
Robinson was listed as a defensive back on the West Alabama roster. UWA coach Will Hall and Williams both said Robinson had the "it" factor, the kind of personality that drew people to him.
"He was excited about the opportunity he had," Williams said. "I was glad to see him have the opportunity to go play.
"He always had a great attitude. He had that 'it' factor — whatever 'it' is — that was within his personality. I think that's the way he lived life."
UWA is an NCAA Division II school. Williams said some schools in higher classifications might have overlooked Robinson because of his size.
"Those were the cards we were dealt," Williams said. "But I would put his film up against anybody.
"I told the coaches at West Alabama that he was a guy who just enjoyed life. They were getting a better kid than they were an athlete, but at the same time he was a dang good football player."
When Robinson signed in February, he said, "I'm not an emotional type guy, but it felt very good to sign those papers to attend the University of West Alabama. It's a great day for me and my mom, dad, my sister. I wouldn't trade this day for anything."
Williams said Robinson became a starter as a defensive back when he was an eighth-grader and started at quarterback as a freshman. In 2011, Linden advanced to the championship game in Tuscaloosa and finished as the runner-up to Marion County.
Robinson led the Patriots to an 11-2 record in 2012. Linden reached the third round of the playoffs before losing to eventual champion Brantley.
Following his senior year, he was named to The Tuscaloosa News' Super 11 and was a first-team All-State defensive back. On defense, he had 62 tackles, three interceptions and scored twice. On offense, he rushed for 818 yards and 12 touchdowns and threw for 1,036 yards and 12 touchdowns, including five in one game.
"We could be in the heat of the moment in a physical battle, and he acted like he was having a good time," Williams said. "You'd like to see every kid play the way he did. And he didn't just do it when the lights came on. He practiced that way."
Hall conducted practice with the UWA Tigers Monday morning before making a trip to visit Robinson's parents.
Hall said most of the first-string defensive backs and punt returners this season are seniors, so he expected Robinson to have a "bright future."
"Anthony was a tremendous young man, always happy," Hall said in a statement released by UWA. "He had that rare 'it' factor that is difficult to explain but very easy to see. People were drawn to Anthony and he to them. Very rarely does a freshman impact a team right away, but Anthony had already had a tremendous impact on our football team in a very short time.
"He was a great player, but an even better person. That is so painfully obvious by the way the entire town of Linden and our football team are hurting right now.
"He embraced the AIE (Attitude Is Everything) mentality of our program, and we will continue to press forward because we believe that's what Anthony would want us to do."
West Alabama opens at home in Livingston Saturday. The Tigers face Clark Atlanta University at 11 a.m.
Linden plays its second game at home Friday night, hosting J.U. Blacksher in a Region 1 game.
Williams said he planned to have his players gather on Monday afternoon, but he wasn't sure they would practice.
"Right now we have to try to put all the pieces together," Williams said. "A lot of these kids were having to get consoled last night and this morning.
"We need to get these kids to understand that the Lord don't make no mistakes. It was Anthony Robinson's time, and they need to understand that part of it and respect that part. You don't ever want to take anything for granted in this world. You want to be able to seize every situation. It's definitely a time for prayer and a time to console and show love for these young men."
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Originally Posted by jangles Eric, you just moved to the wrong part of Utah. I dont have a problem with mormons from Cali or Az but those lousy MFs in S Utah well...... You noticed that too? 25 years in salt lake and it doesn't mater what they think..Utah Mormons are not the same as 'rest of the world Mormons.
I swapped a bunch of email from a Mormon who lives in Indiana... Met him on a "Topix" Mormon bashing thread.....He is a real stand up guy....came off a lot like Doc does... We had the 'Utah mormons are different' conversation....came pretty close to telling me it was impossible...A few months later he tells me his oldest son is going on his mission....They were sending him to salt lake....I reminded him of the conversation...I got a "Bah humbug'. About a month after his son shipped out his son was all about finding a way out of there..to anywhere...He was having issues with everybody's holier than thou attitude...not so much with other members...more about how non-members were judged....behind their backs.....The kid couldn't deal with it because that's not how he was raised. His dad owned his own business and because he was a religious minority in his world he wasn't judgmental of anybody....even me He even has an open invitation for a boat ride and a beer....'a' beer
i spent a pretty big part of my life in utah...there arent a ton of performance boats but every once in a while you'll find one to go hot rod around with...
like someone else stated youre only a couple hours from lake powell...thats one of the most beutiful places on earth and there are some performance boats down there...i havnt been to powell for quite some time now but im sure you will still find some good boating and some cool people there....heres a pic from iceberg canyon...awesome looking place and (when the lake is full) more shore line than the entire west coast
Eric, you just moved to the wrong part of Utah. I dont have a problem with mormons from Cali or Az but those lousy MFs in S Utah well......
Utah is alive and well
most of the boaters I know are in northern Utah. most are cool fun people, you just need time to find your nitch.
Utah is alive and well
wow sorry for asking, Iam not mormon just love to boat
I saw a lot of them walking around with one healthy arm and one that wasn't developed just swingin by their
side......Nobody with two heads tho.......................yet!!
Originally Posted by fourtznme I can see this thread is going to get moved, but no, they have 12 year old little girls that they can violate. Very sick people. Even sicker.....FLDS are beginning to have children with disabilities.................from in-breeding..... Attachment 127335
I like St George and its only 2 hours from lake powell!
I lived up there for four years and that place sucks ass if you're not a fukin mormon. Good luck with quail lake and the pieces of shit that run it. Utah mormons suck.............
Originally Posted by Sold honda.bought hondo Polygamists have boats? I can see this thread is going to get moved, but no, they have 12 year old little girls that they can violate. Very sick people.
Originally Posted by Sold honda.bought hondo Polygamists have boats? Have'nt you been watching the news, they're all in Texas now.
Originally Posted by EricRiggen Is there any one from the st george area on here? Family just moved here looking to meet up with other performance boaters.
I'm sorry............
Polygamists have boats?
Originally Posted by PlacecraftTunnel Good Luck in that Town......
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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va-- Richmond dominated William & Mary, 18-8, Wednesday night at Robins Stadium.
The game was delayed an hour due to inclement weather in the area. The Spiders improved to 4-5, while the Tribe fell to 2-7.
Richmond came out firing early, scoring the game's first four goals within seven minutes. The Tribe responded with a couple of scores, but the Spiders distanced themselves with three straight goals to end the half to lead 8-4.
Richmond immediately put the game out of reach in the opening minutes of the last frame, scoring seven unanswered goals to take a commanding 15-4 lead. The Tribe could not recover.
Kara Moschetti led Richmond with four goals, while Sam Stevenson and Emily Doyle added a hat trick. Caitlin Fifield had an impressive five assists, while Stevenson followed with four. Both Fifield (2g, 5a) and Stevenson (3g, 4a) recorded seven points on the night.
Richmond outshot the Tribe, 38-18 and recorded a game-high 25 ground balls, led by Taylor Blazer's team-high five. Victoria Roebuck netted nine saves.
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If anyone thinks the Baltimore Ravens feel slighted by being underdogs on the Super Bowl odds menu, think again.
Baltimore just won outright on the road as a 9-point underdog at Denver and then as an 8-point underdog at New England. Getting 4.5 points (bet down to 4 points early in the week according to the NFL odds menu at Bovada) just makes it easier.
Top online sportsbooks and most of the Las Vegas shops opened San Francisco as 4.5-point chalk for Super Bowl XLVII.
The total was sitting around 47 at most shops early in the week.
The fact Super Bowl underdogs are 8-3 ATS in the past 11 Super Bowls just gives more ammunition to Ravens backers, who feel the team can send Ray Lewis into retirement as a champion.
San Francisco got here with a dramatic rally from 24-7 down at Atlanta. Rookie QB Colin Kaepernick led the rally as the 49ers covered the closing spread of -3.5 (but failed to beat the opening number of -4.5). The final was 28-24.
Baltimore stifled Tom Brady in the second half en route to a 28-13 drubbing of the favored Patriots.
The 49ers have been excellent as a favorite lately, going 8-1-1 SU in their past 10 games in this role.
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Stow Mayor Sara Drew announced today that the City of Stow, City of Munroe Falls and Stow-Munroe Falls School District are committed to ensuring the safety of every student, teacher, staff member and parent. To that end, representatives from those entities met earlier today at Stow City Hall and will continue to meet regularly with an eye toward a permanent and sustainable plan for school security.
Many possible scenarios were discussed at today's meeting, including a permanently enhanced police presence in the schools. The realities of staffing levels of the police departments of both cities, ability of the schools and cities to fund such an initiative and needs of the community at large will all figure into the permanent solution that is put in place. There will be continued communication with the community as discussions and actions continue.
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Mayor Drew continued, "It is as a community that we will design a solution to this issue. We continue to keep the families and community members of Newtown, CT in our thoughts and prayers and pledge to work together to ensure a lasting collaboration focused on the needs and well-being of the entire Stow-Munroe Falls community."
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Christened in 2004, Caribbean Princess follows Princess Cruises' plan of "evolution" not "revolution" in ship design. She is very much a ship in the Grand-class mold, but one that introduced the successful Movies Under the Stars with a huge poolside screen.
Caribbean Princess has been upgraded with signature elements such as the adults-only haven the Sanctuary and street performances in the Italian-inspired Piazza-style atrium.
With dramatic atriums and Skywalker's Nightclub (the spoiler hovering 150 feet above the stern), Caribbean Princess is a supersize version of the older Grand-class vessels with an extra deck of passenger accommodations. Not quite identical to Caribbean Princess, the younger ships in the class, Crown, Emerald, and Ruby Princess have introduced more dining options. Several signature public spaces have been redesigned or relocated on these ships as well—the atrium on Crown, Emerald, and Ruby Princess resembles an open piazza and sidewalk café; Sabatini's Italian Trattoria is found on a top deck with views on three sides and alfresco dining; and Skywalker's Disco is forward near the funnel (where it's topped with a sports court). Inside spaces on all three vessels are quietly neutral, with touches of glamour in the sweeping staircases and marble-floor atriums. Surprising intimacy is achieved by the number of public rooms and restaurants that swallow up passengers.
Princess Cruises may be best known for introducing cruise travel to millions of viewers, when its flagship became the setting for The Love Boat television series in 1977. Since that heady time of small-screen stardom, the Princess fleet has grown both in the number and size of ships. Although most are large in scale, Princess vessels manage to create the illusion of intimacy through the use of color and decor in understated yet lovely public rooms graced by multimillion-dollar art collections.
Princess has also become more flexible; Personal Choice Cruising offers alternatives for open seating dining (when you wish and with whom you please) and entertainment options as diverse as those found in resorts ashore.
Lovely chapels or the wide-open decks are equally romantic settings for weddings at sea with the captain officiating.
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- Movies Under the Stars on the huge poolside screen have proven to be a big hit
- The Wheelhouse Bar serves complimentary pub lunch at noon
- The adults-only Sanctuary is a private deck with posh loungers for a fee
- Priority dining reservations are extended only to Elite Captain's Circle members
- The terrace overlooking the aft pool is a quiet spot after dark, but the nearest bar often closes early
- Opt for Anytime dining and you may encounter a wait for a table
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- Crew Members 1,200
- Entered Service 2004
- Gross Tons 113,000
- Length 951 feet
- Number of Cabins 1,557
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INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - Senior Tom Luchsinger finished fifth in the 200-yard butterfly Saturday at the 2013 NCAA Swimming Championships to cap his brilliant career at Carolina. He became the first Tar Heel to swim the event under 1:43 and earned first-team All-America honors with the highest NCAA finish of his career.
The Tar Heels finished in a tie for 29th place in the team standings with 15 points.
The senior from Mt. Sinai, N.Y., had placed eighth in the 400-yard individual medley as a sophomore for his highest previous finish in the national meet. He was ninth in the 200 fly as a sophomore and 10th in the event as a junior. Luchsinger lowered his own school record in the event in Saturday's final by going 1:42.95. His previous school record was 1:43.15. He missed the ACC record which has stood since 2003 by just .11 of a second.
Luchsinger qualified for the championship final by going a career best 1:43.06 in the preliminaries and earning the fifth seed.
"We concluded the 2013 NCAA Championships with a great fifth place finish by Tom Luchsinger, a senior, in his first time in the championship final of the 200 butterfly," said UNC head coach Rich DeSelm. "Tom's performance was excellent, going a best time in the prelims and another best time in the finals. I am very proud of Tom for his two scoring swims this week."
"I am proud of our group as a whole," said DeSelm. "We did not score as many points as the past few years and did not finish as high as a team. But I am sure we gained a great deal of experience and I know our guys will utilize what they learned here to help themselves and their teammates be better in the future."
Senior Brett Nagle swam an excellent 1650-yard freestyle for the Tar Heels as he took 26th place in 15:03.85. Nagle's time was just off his career best time of 15:02.52 in the event.Other Tar Heels in action on Saturday included freshman Logan Heck, who finished 44th in the 100-yard freestyle in 44.33 seconds while freshman Ben Colley finished 37th in the 1:46.60. Carolina's 400-yard freestyle relay team finished 26th in a time of 2:56.44. The relay consisted of freshman Logan Heck (44.16), freshman Nic Graesser (44.34), junior J.T. Stilley (43.91) and junior Kyle Ficker (44.03).


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|^^^ that confirms what I thought. I avoid him meeting others face to face, unless he has a previous relationship with that dog. Like ones he see's often and plays with.
I still am not sure that he's aggressive. My dog is the same way, but other than making a lot of noise, she has never tried to bite (not saying it's not possible) and after about 30 seconds, she actually really just wants to play. A dog aggressive dog isn't going to initiate play. Her behavior is just rude though, and so I don't allow these types of greetings. My preference would be that she is neutral.
Keep in mind that a dog approaching your dog from straight on is challenging your dog, probably why he's reacting. That's not necessarily the same thing as aggression, but I think it could certainly escalate. Dogs greeting each other politely bend their bodies in a C shape and sniff bums. Greetings done head to head is challenging each other.
I honestly don't think GSD's are generally good candidates for dog parks. It seems a lot of dogs have bad experiences with other's there, because people let their dog's off leash to just run amok with ZERO control or recall. Avoid tehm like the plague with a dog like yours.
Look into finding a behaviourist to help you. I'm not a dog trainer, and I have enough trouble knowing what to do with my own dog, I'm just trying to share my similar experiences. I first thought my dog was dog aggressive, but I think it's actually frustration and her trouble with impulse control/thresholds.
He is being defensive aggressive. If another dog comes up with their head up like they are sizing each other up, it is like he won't bark or anything until they lower their head. Then he will bark and chase but soon stop. He has never bit another dog but it looks like he has tried.
It only started when I was at the dog park, some other people showed up with bad dogs that were chasing and barking at other dogs. It put him on edge. If I have a friend with a dog then they meet on my terms and it is not an issue. Where if someone walking a dog sees him they come walking up with their dog and it is not good. They assume all dogs are friends, and I know he can't meet others like that.
Is your dog actually aggressive, or just a loudmouth?
Do you have a good behaviourist in your area? That might help you at least identify what is actually going on with your dog.
My dog sounds like she's going to kill the other dog, but if given the chance, within about 30 seconds, she's wanting to play.
So I need to do pretty much as I planned and I need a controlled environment.
One where the other dog/owner is in on the training.
I think I can accomplish that. I wish I just new what would set him off to be denfensive aggressive.
I think this is a pretty common problem. Does he know the command "watch me?" I have had good success teaching my dog to down and watch me around other dogs using treats for positive reinforcement. He needs something to focus on to take his mind off the other dogs. After I taught my dog to focus on me in low key environments, I started doing it out in public. After it was obvious she knew what was expected of her, I started reinforcing this behavior further with corrections on a prong collar (martingale is sufficient for her now because she got the idea very quickly). But always, always reward good behavior.
Ignoring the behavior never worked for me. I think barking is a self-reinforcing behavior. I do think being calm and not trying to pet and baby talk him is a good idea.
Yeah, that pretty much describes my dog to a T.
It's really difficult to manage dogs like this in public settings. Bring lots of high value treats out with you and be really aware of your surroundings and your dogs body language. If they start to fixate on another dog (staring), get up and walk in a different direction.
It can be hard to avoid it, but you can at least get them focusing back on you as quickly as possible by walking in a different direction. It might mean you can't be right in the center of the action with your dog for a long time, but be on the outside looking in. It doesn't mean you have to avoid places with other dogs, but you have to find a way to keep distance between you and them.
For example, coming into my training class on the weekend, the two dogs she is familiar with, she was pretty much ignoring while they were sitting waiting for class to start, but going in, there was someone walking out with a Labradoodle she didn't know that was bouncing everywhere and wanting to meet all the dogs. My dog started barking and I immediately gave her a gentle pop on the prong collar with an "AHH!" and immediately walked her quickly to the right and the far side of the room without making a huge deal of it, and she calmed right down. The moment she was heading in a different direction (not toward the other dog) she settled.
I actually had a big proud moment, when I was doing recalls at class on the weekend. She was fairly close to the other dogs when I was doing the recall (when other dogs are doing them, I need to be further away, that is where the low threshold becomes a problem for her), and when she was running to me, she was going past another GSD standing to the side. He jumped up to his feet and she looked at him for a split second, but didn't waver from her straight line back to me and didn't slow down at all until she got to me, so I was really proud of her for not reacting to that.
Little baby steps...
That sounds about right, at the restaurant the other dogs were laying down and were calm, but it didn't matter.
At the marathon all the dogs were walking around, some he would just look at quietly and some he would bark at. If they do come up fast, and he is excited he can get defensive really fast.
High pitched barking is usually excitement, not aggression.
Sounds like it might be exactly like my dog who is a frustrated greeter and she has a low threshold. She's the worst with other dogs who are 'up' and heading our way. I will try to increase my distance to the distraction until I get far enough away that she is not fixated on it anymore.
this changes depending on the location and what the other dog is doing. If the other dog is sitting or laying down quietly I can be closer, but if it's running or bouncing, the distance is much greater.
I'm not a professional trainer though, so maybe others will have different ideas.
Anxiety around other dogs
I think anxiety around other dogs is what I am seeing in my almost 2 year GSD. I think I know how to fix the issue from searching online but I am hoping to hear some good ways to implement it and correct the bad behavior.
After a long day at the Cowtown Marathon (my dog didn't run) we went to a dog friendly outdoor restaurant. Now it may be of his age but he was fine until other dogs showed up. Then he will consistently give out a high pitch bark and will whine. I've heard the best way to correct this is to ignore the bad behavior and not to try and calm him down.
I was thinking using a friends dog and not letting them meet until he calms down naturally, trying to repeat this until the problem goes away? Hopefully......
I guess the other issue is he is somewhat defensive aggressive. Some dogs on leash he is fine with and others he is not. I haven't tracked down what causes it yet and it is hard to find a pattern. At my friends house he has 5 huskies and while there he is in his place, but 1 on 1 with a strange dog and you just don't know how he feels about them but he always whines and barks like he wants to meet them.
He does have 2 other single dog friends he is always fine with.
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Governor Steve Beshear has approved new legislative boundaries for the state House and Senate. With his signature today, the new lines will apply to future elections.
"I'm pleased that our legislators have met the constitutional requirements for new districts," the Governor said in a statement released by his office. "I expect these maps will withstand legal scrutiny, so all Kentuckians can be assured of appropriate representation in the General Assembly."
Let's hope so. A three-judge panel monitoring the process will make the final determination.
The legislators' first attempt at redistricting in 2012 ended with the Kentucky Supreme Court labeling their plan unconstitutional. This year the state House of Representatives took another stab at it, but the Senate didn't, leaving the chore for this week's special session.
The good news is lawmakers finally completed their assignment and did so in the five workdays anticipated for the session. Whether or not they receive a pass or fail grade remains to be seen.
Winners and Losers
One thing is for certain: both losers and winners criticized the process and the outcomes. Even House Speaker Greg Stumbo, the main mastermind behind the House plan, has bemoaned legislative districting an "ugly" task. Indeed it is a herculean effort to carve out districts with the ideal population count of 43,000, give or take a five percent deviation above or below.
Speaking before the House State Government Committee earlier this week, Stumbo explained the trio of federal and state constitutional orders lawmakers had to follow to complete the process: they must abide by the federal voting rights act, adhere to the "one person one vote" requirement, and mathematically split the required minimum number of counties as directed by the state Supreme Court last year. The Speaker said the new House map follows those rules, counts state and federal prisoners (which was a point of contention earlier this year), and pairs four sets of incumbents in both parties against each other.
That last point is where feelings get hurt – but not as much as when the plan splits some counties to such a degree that a legislator may not even reside in the district he or she represents.
Enter, Republican Representative Ryan Quarles of Georgetown. He jokingly quipped about the new map for Scott County by saying that "spaghetti must be on the menu this week because that's what my district looks like."
Democratic Representative Jimmie Lee of Elizabethtown sympathized. Hardin County will be split into six districts. Lee, a 21-year legislative veteran said, "Under the plan… we have the possibility of having 60,000 folks in Hardin County will become donors, [they] have the possibility of not having a legislator who lives in their county represent them – unheard of."
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There were also complaints the House plan is skewed against high-growth metropolitan areas. Northern Kentucky Republican Joe Fischer pointed to population figures that indicate 50 percent of the Republican-registered districts are over 4 percent from the ideal, compared to just 13 percent of the Democrat districts. He worries the deviations could spur court intervention and said the metropolitan areas should be redrawn for equal partisan population among the districts.
House Democratic Caucus Chair Sannie Overly defended the plan as a "bipartisan creation," even though she admitted it was far from perfect.
Complaints about the new maps weren't isolated to the House. The new Senate arrangement jolted Carter County Democrat Robin Webb, who will be forced to forfeit representation of key areas near her northeast Kentucky home. Yet the new Senate boundaries do not pit incumbents against each other like the House plan does.
While some legislators grumble about the perceived inequities in redistricting, others are calling for a new approach to the process. Lawmakers will have to go through this dance again in eight years. House Republican leader Jeff Hoover advocates for a commission to offer suggestions for an alternative method, while some of his colleagues prefer an independent panel take over redistricting.
In the meantime, please join me tonight at 11:30 on KET for a wrap-up of the week's activities. And stay tuned to see what the courts say about the new plan. Will the judicial panel approve it – or send legislators back to the drawing board yet again.


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Energy consumption is the largest environmental impact of our business and we actively explore and implement as appropriate, any initiative that could reduce our energy consumption. For example, low energy lighting, regular boiler efficiency audits, maximum water temperatures and movement sensor-controlled lighting are just some of our current initiatives.
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Society often overlooks that water is a scarce resource, but we actively strive and encourage our team-members to conserve water usage throughout our business. By detailed measurement and innovation to reduce consumption, we have implemented a proactive water monitoring process to quickly identify leaks and potential problems, in addition to providing water saving devices in toilets and restrictors for taps and showers.
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Rachel Yankey is one of the most decorated footballers in the country.
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Club photographer David Price shows her the ropes and then lets Rachel loose with a camera at a first-team game at Emirates Stadium.
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The abandoned shell of a school bus on the shore of Malheur Reservoir. (Photo No. malDB2549)
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During March, 2003, the President of the United States and his British allies insisted there had to be an immediate invasion of Iraq in order to rid that nation of its WMD. The frenzied atmosphere brooked no attempt to delay what was posed as a vital immediate need. However, recently revealed information indicate that British Prime Minister Tony Blair had decided year previously that it was impossible to halt George Bush in the invasion of Iraq. There was never any immediate need for war. Sir Christopher Meyer, who was the UK ambassador to the US, told a committee the Blair government never gave UN inspectors time to complete their investigation which would have revealed there were no WMD. The message at 10 Downing Street was the 9/11 attack meant provide complete support to whatever crazy idea George Bush wanted to pursue in dealing with "terrorism."
Meyer revealed there was no one in the British government who was interested in working with UN inspectors or exploring any alternative policy other than supporting Bush's ideas about invasion. Tony Blair failed to uphold his responsibilities as prime minister to pursue the path for peace and allowed his soldiers to die in a war that need not have been fought.


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This is an unusual blog post for me, as a photographer, to be writing. At the same time, it is only logical, that I be the one writing this.
Last summer I traveled to West Africa with the Cameroon Football Development Program. My job was to begin documentation of this sports for development program, as we worked with our local team in Cameroon, to train leaders, and launch our program to eight different schools within the Kumba (large town in the Southwest region). If you followed my blog last summer then you will remember the work that we were doing. If not be sure to check out the link to my blog, as well as my posts on the CFDP Blog.
We ended the summer with presenting the team members with four cameras to continue to document the program throughout the year.
Around September, the first camera died. By December, all that was left was one camera, and eight schools to document programs in. This year, we are hoping to expand to 15 schools, and begin to branch out to other towns in the Southwest Province.
This is a gear post. This is equipment that we need, to run or program effectively.
Because I believe in the mission of CFDP, "to leverage soccer, as a sustainable platform for promoting health and social development among West African youth" I am sending over an Olympus point and shoot camera with battery (an extra one if I can find it), charger, and memory cards, and a DVD player so that we can create visual training materials for people that are not in close proximity to our core area of operations.
But that is just a start. Here is a list of things that we need: in good operating condition.
*Digital cameras with accessories. (Batteries, chargers, memory cards, and cables)
We need as many of these as we can get, because of the inability to get them fixed, and the harsh environment, even with lots of care, they take abuse.
*Windows laptops with Microsoft Office, good batteries, and cables. The majority of our work is in the field, and a number of these are greatly needed for presentations, communication, education and general house keeping.
*Flip Video Cameras (or something similar) Digital is important because getting things converted for sending can be very difficult. However, HD is not needed because trying to upload HD footage could take days.
*Projectors are important for showing large groups of students, as well as group education.
I am donating one, so most likely we need three or four more.
These items are crucial to our being able to promote, educate, and document this program effectively.
All donations are tax deductible, and your help is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions, or would like to Get in the Game or Donate Gear please contact me, or email founder Justin Forzano: firstname.lastname@example.com
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