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Personally, I've got a P-64 that I love. Never had a single failure of any sort.
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Found one in good shape, for not much money. Any personal experiences out there or general thoughts?
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Personally, I've got a P-64 that I love. Never had a single failure of any sort.
I've got a Russian Military Mak. They are well made firearms. Very accurate and quite the deal for the money.
The 9x18 isn't a powerhouse load but it got the job done for the Soviet Bloc and Chinese for quite a while.
Everyone should own a Mak at one time or another.
Makarov. com is the place to go for anything Makarov.
i've got a PA-63 and like it a lot for the money. have carried it some, it shoots well, and is very reliable.
9x18 ammo is between .380 and 9mm in power. iv'e used hornady XTP's mostly, but i really like the silver bear JHP when you can find them. the hornady's chrono at about 890 or so and the silver bears go about 1050 out of my gun.
I have a Russian one and it will out shoot alot of my more expensive guns. I would highly recommend one.
I "parked" my Para Warthog for a P63. The only thing I do not like about it is the small safety lever. It is hard to push up with normal thumb action. My buddy has one that has a 1/4 inch hump on the safety lever which makes it much easier to use quickly. Am going to add a padded slip on Hogue or similiar grip cover as the recoil is a bit hard on the web of my hand. It is an accurate pistol and I like the double action. The size and weight suit me almost as well as my son's Sig 380. Hope you enjoy your new found shooter.
Thanks all.
Is $200 out the door too much? This one has the adjustable rear sight that some don't care for. Good condition. Rubber grips.
$200 out the door is a good fair price, i dont see how you could go wrong.
$200 out the door is great! Grab it!!Originally Posted by Bill Graham
Also, where in Durham did you find this pistol?
I have a Bulgarian Makarov. Awesome gun. Less educated people try to play it off as a Walther clone. It is not. Has about half as many parts as the Walther PP series. 9x18 is a great, cheap round. You won't be disappointed.
I had an East German Mak and it was a great little pistol. Way too heavy for the size/caliber if you want to carry, though. Of course, if you needed a $200 carry gun, it might not be a bad choice.
They're good shooters... fixed barrel makes them inherently accurate. And +1 on the gunboards.com makarov forum. Good people and info there.
$200 OTD is a good price.
You can probably shoot that gun for years and easily get your money back at that price.
Those Falco holsters they sell on Makarov.com are nice little units for the money.
Thanks All.
Bought the gun. It's an IJ70-18A. Ran 100 Golden Bear's through. No problems whatsoever.
I think I'd like to switch to some original grips. Little more kick that way, but I kind of like it being more original.
Need to find another magazine or two. Lot of sites list then, but are actually sold out.
Drop me a line if anyone has a set of original grips they'd sell.
Thanks again!
Got to shoot one this morning....good shooter, on my list for new guns to own.
What in the heck is my avatar?A small investment of your time in skill development and maintenance, professional development as well as attention to your weapons and equipment will pay off when the fecal material meets the wind pusher.
Which store did you pick this up at?Originally Posted by Bill Graham
Will swap grips with you. I want a larger grip. Will be going to Mebane within the next two weeks to pick up some equipment. Are you local to there??? E or PM me if interested, wc
I may have an extra set of Mak factory grips. Will check tonight. For general shooting the Pearce grips are hard to beat. I have the walnut grips that were sold on Makarov.com on my Bulgie. I do suggest that you replace your recoil spring with a Wolff 19# spring. IMHO, the 19# should be standard. 9x18 is very easy to reload for, and does especially well with cast bullets. Almost any powder that works for .45acp, or 9x19 can be made to work in 9x18 if you can find your brass. The best I found were WSF and Unique. Enjoy....
EDIT: Was your pistol sold as a Russian or a Bulgarian? It has the Russian Tula arsenal stamp, so it may be one of the ex Russian Military pistols that were remarked as Bulgarian for export to the US. I say this because it has the fixed sights, and direct Russian imports had the adjustable sight.
Lawman's Supply in RaleighWhich store did you pick this up at?
I like those grips above a lot! What are they?
Man that is nice!
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Zebra mussels have been confirmed in Cass Lake. According to the Department of Natural Resources, a citizen discovered the zebra mussels earlier in the week while collecting shells on the beach on the southeast corner of Cedar Island. Samples were collected and tested by the DNR. Following the identification, DNR staff conducted a search on Cass Lake around the northwest and southeast points of Cedar Island. The crew inspected more than 200 items along 565 feet of shoreline and 2,500 square feet of lake habitat and found zebra mussels in a variety of sizes. DNR officials say this is the first confirmed adult zebra mussel find in the Bemidji area. Cass Lake will be designated as zebra mussel infested. The reach of the Mississippi River between Cass Lake and Lake Winnibigoshish will also be designated as zebra mussel waters with this discovery. Lake Winnibigoshish was designated as infested with zebra mussels in 2013 due to the discovery of zebra mussel veligers. Buck Lake, Andrusia Lake, Wolf Lake, Pike Bay, Pug Hole Lake, Kitchi Lake, Little Rice Lake and Big Rice Lake and their respective connecting rivers will also be designated as zebra mussel infested. While no zebra mussels have been found in these lakes, they are heavily used by boaters traveling from Cass Lake. The DNR reminds everyone that preventing the spread of invasive species takes personal responsibility. Before leaving any water access or shoreland boaters must remove all aquatic vegetation, dispose of bait, drain water by removing drain plugs and keep drain plugs out while transporting watercraft. More information is available on the DNR website at www.mndnr.gov/ais.
Governor Mark Dayton met with propane suppliers and consumers yesterday in an effort to avoid shortages similar to last year's, which drove prices sky-high and left some rural residents without needed fuel. "During last winter's propane shortage, this group worked to ensure the safety of all Minnesotans," said Governor Dayton, who first convened propane stakeholders and state regulators last January. "Working together in the months ahead, they will do everything possible to prevent shortages, reduce drastic price increases, and provide all Minnesotans with fuel for the fall harvest and for their winter comfort and safety."
Minnesota's propane industry is working to expand and increase production. And it's urging people to buy their propane early.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, as of August 9, propane supplies in the Midwest were 1.9 million barrels higher than last year, but still 1.6 million barrels below the five-year average. Despite these increased supplies, Governor Dayton has expressed concerns to the federal Surface Transportation Board about the transport of those supplies and farm products to Minnesota residents and businesses given the backlog on the state's crowded railways.
The Governor has pledged to continue working in the months ahead with the propane industry, railroad companies, the federal government, Minnesota's congressional delegation, and neighboring states to ensure Minnesotans who need propane this winter, have access to it at a reasonable price.
Minnesota state park and trail visitors will soon be seeing red and orange and yellow and countless other shades of autumn as the leaves and prairies grasses put on their annual show. To help travelers plan their fall hikes, bike rides, paddling trips and scenic drives to coincide as closely as possible with peak color, staff at Minnesota state parks and recreation areas will update an online fall color finder at www.mndnr.gov/fallcolor every Thursday through October. This online trip-planning tool includes a map showing where to find peak color across the state, a link to fall color programs and special events, a slideshow and a photo uploader that provides an easy way for people to share their favorite fall color images.
On Sept. 1, changes to Minnesota's immunization law take effect that require students to receive certain vaccinations or submit documentation of a legal exemption. Among the changes, seventh graders will now need to receive the meningococcal and tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (Tdap) vaccines. Health officials expect that the requirement will help boost rates for those vaccines.
According to Kristen Ehresmann, director of infectious diseases for the Minnesota Department of Health, "Meningococcal and Tdap vaccines have been recommended for 11-12 year olds for a while, but vaccination rates have not been as high as we'd like," Ehresmann said. "The new requirement will help us make sure adolescents are protected from these diseases. We've already seen the rates increase as students get ready for the upcoming school year, but we have a long way to go."
The MDH Immunization Program is working to educate parents on the importance of these adolescent vaccines through a new website http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/immunize/adol/index.html, social media messages, awareness campaigns, and outreach at the Minnesota State Fair. Ehresmann noted that these efforts are also letting parents know about other vaccines recommended for adolescents, such as influenza and the HPV vaccine, which protects against certain types of cancers caused by the human papillomavirus.
For parents who are concerned about the cost of immunizations, the Minnesota Vaccines for Children Program provides free or low cost shots for eligible children through 18 years of age: www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/immunize/mnvfc/basics.html.
School immunization data for counties, districts and schools is available on the MDH website at www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/immunize/stats/school/index.html.
Governor Mark Dayton took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge at the Minnesota State Fair on Thursday, while participating in an interview on ESPN 1500's "Garage Logic" with Joe Soucheray. Governor Dayton was nominated to take part in the Ice Bucket Challenge by Minnesota Twins owner Jim Pohlad. After taking the challenge, the Governor nominated U.S. Senator Al Franken to do the same. ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. While rare, ALS is a fatal disease. Currently, an estimated 30,000 Americans and 500 Minnesotans are living with ALS.
Timothy Lance Scott 33, of Grygla, MN, was arrested at approximately 10PM on August 19th, 2014, after leading authorities approximately 30 miles on a high speed chase reaching speeds of around 90 miles per hour. A Minnesota State Trooper patrolling west of Wilton on Hwy 2, spotted Scott's pickup driving east bound at 84 MPH in a 65 MPH zone. When the trooper attempted to stop the vehicle, Scott increased his speed and began fleeing east toward Wilton. Scott turned his vehicle north on HWY 89 and continued driving at speeds over 90 MPH. Scott continued driving at a high rate of speed and in a reckless manner northbound on HWY 89 toward Red Lake. As Scott drove onto the Red Lake Reservation, Tribal Police Officers deployed stop-sticks and took over the chase from the State Patrol Trooper and Beltrami County Deputies. With a deflated tire, Scott continued to drive until he lost control of the vehicle and drove into the north ditch of HWY 1 near the Tribal police Department. As tribal officers and deputies pulled their vehicles around Scott's truck, Scott accelerated his truck and drove right at a Beltrami County Deputy who had just stepped from his patrol car in an attempt to strike the officer. Two gun shots were fired at Scott's vehicle by the deputy as he moved to get out of the path of Scott's oncoming vehicle when another deputy crashed Scott's truck with his squad car to stop him. Scott got out of his vehicle and grabbed a logging chain when he was subdued by officers. Scott was taken into custody by Beltrami County Deputies and Red Lake Officers. No officers or citizens were injured and Scott suffered minor scrapes and abrasions during his apprehension. Scott was transported to Beltrami County Jail where he is being held on potential charges of 1st Degree Assault, Felony Fleeing of a Peace Officer and DWI. The case will be reviewed the Beltrami County Attorney's Office for formal charges once the investigation has been completed.
Lake Bemidji State Park has opened a Nice Ride station, located near the park office building. It's a pilot project designed to increase biking in Bemidji by both residents and visitors. There are 200 bikes available for residents and visitors to rent in Bemidji, including 10 bikes at the station at the park. "Lake Bemidji State Park is the perfect place to host a Nice Ride Bemidji station," said Pete Harrison, park manager. "It contains more than 6 miles of trail within the park, connects with the trail system around Lake Bemidji, and is the northernmost trailhead for the Paul Bunyan State Trail, which travels more than 115 miles all the way to Crow Wing State Park." Nice Ride Bemidji is a standard rental service offering bike rentals at a flat fee by the hour, day or week. The station offers visitors staying at the park another option for travelling into town or around the lake. They can also plan an entire weekend around riding the Bemidji area trails. Find more information online at bemidji.niceridemn.org
Three people from northern Minnesota died in a plane crash in Canada last Friday, according to the Itasca County Sheriff's Office. 41-year-old Nickolas Rajala, and 40-year-old Teresa Rajala of Cohasset, and 37-year-old Lynn Bohanan of Grand Rapids died when their plane went down in an Ontario Lake.
Canadian authorities are investigating the crash and no further details were available at this time.
The Bemidji City Council Monday night voted 4-2 to contract with Lake and Woods Realty to help sell 16 acres of land on the south shore of Lake Bemidji. The City has been looking to sell and develop the land since the construction of the Sanford Center. Lake and Woods beat out Mark Dickinson at Century 21 and Real Living First Realty to gain the contract, after what councilmembers called a difficult decision owing to the similar qualifications of the companies. The property to be sold includes parcels near the lake as well as the former site of the MnDOT office. Mayor Rita Albrecht and Councilmember Roger Hellquist were the two no votes.
More information this morning on the shooting in Eckles Township north of Bemidji on Monday Night. According to a press release from Beltrami County Sheriff Phil Hodapp, police received a 911 call around 10 p.m. from a 17-year-old girl who said she had been shot several times while she was standing on the deck of her home.
Deputies arrived and administered first aid until ambulances took her to the hospital in Bemidji where she was stabalized. She was then flown to a hospital in Duluth.
With help from the Minnesota State Patrol, deputies canvassed the area searching for a suspect and soon arrested 40-year-old Chad Eric Pickering for 1st degree attempted murder. Pickering lived just blocks away from the victim and gave a statement to police subsequent to his arrest.
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Good morning! Election Day has come and gone, but the weather will stay the same: cloudy and cool with scattered rain and snow showers. Much of the area is seeing light rain and areas of drizzle this morning, with snow limited to a few high-elevation spots in WNC.
We'll keep the best chance of wet weather through the rest of the morning and into the early afternoon. Beyond that point, many areas will dry out, but the clouds will linger. In the Upstate, we'll see only liquid precipitation today. In WNC, the majority of areas will keep rain showers, with elevations over 3500 feet picking up the snow showers. Areas in-between will watch for the mix of rain and snow, but won't see any accumulation.
Most areas have kept accumulations well below two inches, but a few areas may see final totals between 2 and 4 inches. A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for these locations - parts of Haywood, Swain and Northern Jackson Counties over 3500 feet. This advisory goes until 3 PM today.
Overnight clouds will clear and temperatures will drop into the upper 30s in the Upstate and the low/mid 30s in WNC. Frost/freeze conditions will develop, so be prepared to defrost the car before you hit the road tomorrow. By the afternoon, we'll be warmer - but still a few degrees below typical highs. With that said, the sunshine will help make it feel better.
Highs return to seasonal levels on Friday through the weekend, with clear blue skies in the forecast. Rain and thunderstorm chances will hold off until early next week, when the next cold front will arrive.


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ATLANTA (AP) - A government study offers a new theory on why the whooping cough vaccine doesn't seem to be working as well as expected.
The research suggests that while the vaccine may keep people from getting sick, it doesn't prevent them from spreading whooping cough - also known as pertussis - to others.
"It could explain the increase in pertussis that we're seeing in the U.S.," said one of the researchers, Tod Merkel of the Food and Drug Administration.
Whooping cough is a highly contagious disease that can strike people of any age but is most dangerous to children. It was once common, causing hundreds of thousands of illnesses annually and thousands of deaths. But after a vaccine was introduced in the 1940s, cases dropped to fewer than 5,000 a year.
The vaccine was replaced in the 1990s because of side effects that included pain and swelling from the shot and fever. The newer vaccine is part of routine childhood vaccinations as well as adult booster shots.
But cases have rebounded. Last year was the nation's worst year for whooping cough in six decades- U.S. health officials received reports of more than 48,000 cases, including 18 deaths.
This year hasn't been half as bad - about 20,000 reported illnesses, including six deaths so far. Whooping cough ebbs and flows in cycles, so experts aren't surprised to see cases recede. But 20,000 can still be seen as a lot when a widely used vaccine is supposed to protect the public.
Some studies have concluded the newer vaccine doesn't last as long as the old one. But the study by Merkel and his colleagues offers a new wrinkle.
Their research used baboons, considered the most human-like model for studying whooping cough. Baboons at ages 2, 4 and 6 months were vaccinated and then exposed to whooping cough at 7 months - when vaccine protection would be new and strong.
The baboons didn't get sick, but they had high levels of bacteria in their respiratory system for five weeks - which suggest they were contagious for about that long. Some baboons given the old vaccine had low levels after only two weeks.
That's a big deal finding because it was thought that people only spread the disease when they had coughs and other symptoms, said Dr. Erik Hewlett, a University of Virginia whooping cough researcher who was not involved in the FDA study but has collaborated with Merkel.
Health officials have sought to protect small children by vaccinating the people who are in contact with them such as grandparents and baby sitters- a strategy called "cocooning." But that may not work as well as hoped if infected people who don't show any symptoms can still spread it, the research suggests.
"This is a whole new way of thinking of the problem," Hewlett said.
Still, cocooning is better than nothing. An infected person with a cough is probably spreading more germs that someone who spreads it through talking or exhaling, said the FDA's Merkel.
The study was published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Versions of the vaccine are made by two companies - Sanofi Pasteur and GlaxoSmithKline. A GSK spokesman said the company didn't have enough information on the study to comment. Sanofi said in a statement that it's not clear how well the findings translate to humans, and that many factors may contribute to recent surges in whooping cough. It also said the research contains "valuable information" and points to areas for further study.
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John Lee showed up for an interview about his sneaker empire wearing a pair of leather loafers.
"I'm not in the culture," the 53-year-old president and owner of KicksUSA said unapologetically.
But with 30 sneaker and athletic-apparel stores in the Philadelphia area, and plans to double that number in two to three years with an expansion into New York, Lee is most assuredly in the business of serving that culture.
It's a fanatical one. A limited-release shoe can trigger iPhonemania-like lines outside athletic-footwear stores like KicksUSA.
Sneaker obsession - with the most intensely afflicted buying not only to wear, but to collect - has been traced to 1985, when the Air Jordan I hit the market for $65. A pair now can sell for more than $1,000, depending on the condition and the seller.
It's a largely urban phenomenon. Don't underestimate the importance of the suburban sneaker fiend, though. With close to $100 million in annual sales - 75 percent from footwear - KicksUSA, which debuted in 2002, is predominantly in Philadelphia neighborhood strip centers. But a store opened earlier this month in Cherry Hill, and another will open in the middle of December in Willow Grove Park Mall.
KicksUSA is a company that not only survived the recession, but also boldly expanded during it, adding 15 new stores since 2008 - distinguishing them from competitors, in part, with bigger footprints and lots of color and light. A new technology initiative aimed at better serving customers will allow them to check, through in-store kiosks or online at , which sneakers are in stock and where - and to order, pay, and make arrangements for pickup.
Lee said he was out to bust a faulty notion, in particular: "A lot of people think because we are an urban retailer, we don't invest, we're not innovative enough."
Inventory-tracking systems and eye-catching in-store displays are cool. Spend time with some of KicksUSA's 500-plus employees, however, and they rave most about its investment in them.
There's Crystal Morales, 19, from Northeast Philadelphia, a biology major at Temple University on the premed track. She started working for KicksUSA in October 2010 as a sales associate - and is now that and a cashier, mostly working weekends at the flagship Roosevelt Mall store because of her school workload.
Morales arrived at work one day in September to find a notice from the home office announcing an essay scholarship contest for employees with at least six consecutive months with the company and college plans.
Applicants were asked to describe "your most meaningful achievements and how they relate to your field of study and/or your future goals."
One of two daughters of a single mother, and worried about school expenses, Morales promptly started writing about her volunteer work at Bebashi-Transition to Hope, a nonprofit focused on sexual health, breast health, and hunger relief.
She won. Lee presented her with a $1,500 check in October and said something to her that meant as much as the money, maybe more, Morales said in an interview last week.
"He told me he was really proud of me," she said. "To have a male figure tell you something like that, it was really meaningful to me… . He's someone who makes you feel anything is possible."
That's also part of Lee's business plan. Married to a family practitioner and the father of three teenagers, the Newtown resident said he considers his family way bigger than that. It encompasses all his employees.
"I really wanted to build a company based on the family culture," he said.
That he gives each employee an iPad and $500 on his or her 10th anniversary with the company, and offers scholarships and internship programs, 401(k) matches and - to assistant managers and above only, at present - medical, dental, and life insurance benefits, is all part of building a culture that encourages employees to "get excited about coming to work," Lee said.
It's working, and one reason Philadelphia "might be Timberland's top market," said Dave Newcombe, national account manager for the company, whose boots are in KicksUSA's vast inventory.
"They have tremendous customer service in store, … and probably most important, they are respected on the street," Newcombe said. "We need more accounts like them."
Lee said he thinks his background as a Korean immigrant influences his commitment to his workers' career development.
"A lot of our employees are from that background," he said. "When you're an immigrant, you have to work hard and there's a lot of struggles, a lot of obstacles. Related businesses:
That's not to suggest income doesn't matter.
"Yes, we do business to create profit and create jobs, but at the end of the day, without your team, your employees, you're very limited," Lee said.
Which brings us to what he calls the Happiness Fund. It's $250,000 - and will grow, Lee said - to cover whatever needs emerge from the latest employee survey on what else would make them happy. Say, child-care support or transportation reimbursement.
"Our goal is to create the best company to work for in our industry," Lee said.
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Major League Soccer has released its national television schedule for the 2014 season. Games will be broadcast across networks owned by ESPN, NBC and Univision in the United States, and by TSN and RDS in Canada.
ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to air 20 games, with five on ESPN and 15 on ESPN2. All of those games will be simulcast in Spanish on ESPN Deportes, and also broadcast on ESPN Deportes Radio.
Although the ESPNs won't have any games until May 27, they will make up for that with six games in July. The highest-profile of them comes on July 13, the day of the FIFA World Cup final, as the Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers contest MLS' signature rivalry.
Three days later, the Philadelphia Union will host the New York Red Bulls, also on ESPN2. They'll get another ESPN2 game on October 2, at home to the Chicago Fire.
NBC will air three games over the air and 38 on NBC Sports Network. All three over the air games feature the league's highest-profile teams: Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and New York. Seattle's home game against Los Angeles will be the Sounders' first home game on NBC since the network's rights deal with MLS started in 2012.
As part of its slate of games in 2014, NBC got a few things that it really wanted to help boost MLS' lagging television ratings.
Two of the three NBC games and 14 of the 38 NBCSN games will be shown as doubleheaders with English Premier League games. That includes a few games on the west coast which could kick off before noon local time.
MLS will go dark during the World Cup group stage, with no games between June 11 and June 25. Most of the league's players who will participate in the World Cup will be long gone by then, though, as the tournament begins on June 12.
After the World Cup, NBCSN will begin something that its fans clamored for in 2013: regular Friday night national broadcasts.
MLS and NBCSN experimented with Friday night games in 2013 as a way of getting more national broadcasts out of the way of the league's always-crowded Saturday calendars. Fans responded positively to the move, and that has led to a big increase in Friday broadcasts in 2014.
There will be an exclusive game each Friday from June 27 through the end of the regular season. Though the kickoff times will not be uniform, the Friday slot will at least get MLS a night of the week to call its own.
Among the highlights of the Friday slate is a doubleheader on July 4. Although there will be FIFA World Cup games on that date, they are likely to be finished by the time the doubleheader kicks off at 8:30 p.m. Eastern.
Many of NBCSN's weekend games also will be in exclusive timeslots. NBCSN's weekend broadcasts in the first two years of its three-year contract often saw their ratings suffer significantly by being at the same time as multiple other MLS games.
In 2014, at least 29 of NBCSN's 38 broadcasts (with some start times still to be determined) will be in exclusive time slots. By contrast, in 2013 just 13 of NBCSN's 38 broadcasts did not overlap with any other MLS games.
Finally, there is at least the potential for MLS to get its first dose of flexible scheduling. This is because one of NBCSN's broadcasts slots has not yet been filled.
According to a source, the network could fill it by picking a game of its choosing on the final weekend of the regular season, but could also use it sooner. for key late-season contests, similar to how the National Football League, National Hockey League and Major League Baseball operate. Holding one broadcast slot open could give MLS fans a taste of how flexible scheduling for the league could work.
NBCSN will bring back its "MLS Breakaway" show, a whip-around program with look-ins to live games across the league, twice in 2014: August 2 and September 20.
The latter date will be an especially busy one for soccer fans in America, with games between NBCSN and NBC before the Breakaway show at night. It will start with an English Premier League doubleheader at 7:45 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. NBC will then have a Premier League game at 12:30 p.m. and New York vs. Seattle at 2:30 p.m. The action will then shift back to NBCSN, with Portland-Vancouver at 5:00 p.m. The Breakaway show is expected to follow at around 7:30 p.m.
August 2 will also see games across multiple networks. NBC will have Portland-Los Angeles at 2:30 p.m. and NBCSN will have San Jose-Seattle at 10:30 p.m. That game will be the first ever sporting event at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., the new home of the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers. The Breakaway show will likely air between those two contests.
MLS' Spanish-language partner, Univision, will air a total of 28 regular-season games in 2014. Eighteen games will be shown on UniMás and 10 will be shown on Univision Deportes. Many of those broadcasts will also be streamed live on Univision's website, a first for the league. That should give fans who don't get the channels access to those games, which are blacked out in the league's proprietary online streaming package.
In Canada, at least 40 games will be brodcast in English on TSN and TSN2, and at least 30 games will be broadcast in French on RDS and RDS2. Those networks' full schedules will be released at a later date.
It's worth noting that this year marks the final season of MLS' television deals with ESPN, NBC and Univision. The league has already started negotiations for its next round of deals, which will begin in 2015. With the World Cup looming over those talks, it's likely that the league's national television ratings will draw more scrutiny than ever next year.
All times below are Eastern.
ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Deportes Radio
Tuesday, May 27: Sporting Kansas City vs. New York Red Bulls (9:00 p.m.)
Sunday, July 6: Sporting Kansas City vs. Chicago Fire (3:00 p.m.)
Sunday, September 28: Los Angeles Galaxy vs. New York Red Bulls (8:30 p.m.)
Sunday, October 19: Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Seattle Sounders (8:30 p.m.)
Sunday, October 26: Sporting Kansas City vs. New York Red Bulls (8:30 p.m.)
ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Deportes Radio
Sunday, June 1: Chicago Fire vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (time TBA)
Wednesday, June 11: Portland Timbers vs. FC Dallas (10:00 p.m.)
Sunday, July 13: Seattle Sounders vs. Portland Timbers (10:00 p.m.)
Wednesday, July 16: Philadelphia Union vs. New York Red Bulls (7:00 p.m.)
Saturday, July 19: Sporting Kansas City vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (6:00 p.m.)
Saturday, July 26: Seattle Sounders vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (8:00 p.m.)
Wednesday, July 30: Real Salt Lake vs. New York Red Bulls (9:00 p.m.)
Sunday, August 10: Seattle Sounders vs. Houston Dynamo (10:30 p.m.)
Sunday, August 24: Portland Timbers vs. Seattle Sounders (5:00 p.m.)
Sunday, September 7: Portland Timbers vs. San Jose Earthquakes (5:00 p.m.)
Wednesday, September 10: New York Red Bulls vs. D.C. United (8:00 p.m.)
Thursday, October 2: Philadelphia Union vs. Chicago Fire (8:00 p.m.)
Sunday, October 12: FC Dallas vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (7:00 p.m.)
Thursday, October 16: Houston Dynamo vs. New England Revolution (8:00 p.m.)
(All broadcast start times are tentative)
Saturday, August 2: Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Portland Timbers (2:30 p.m.)
Saturday, September 20: New York Red Bulls vs. Seattle Sounders (2:30 p.m.)
Saturday, October 25: Seattle Sounders vs. Portland Timbers (2:30 p.m.)
NBC Sports Network
(Games with an asterisk indicate tentative broadcast start times)
Saturday, March 8: Seattle Sounders vs. Sporting Kansas City (3:00 p.m.*)
Saturday, March 15: New York Red Bulls vs. Colorado Rapids (4:00 p.m.*)
Saturday, March 22: Real Salt Lake vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (4:00 p.m.*)
Saturday, March 29: D.C. United vs. Chicago Fire (4:00 p.m.*)
Saturday, April 5: Portland Timbers vs. Seattle Sounders (3:00 p.m.*)
Saturday, April 12: D.C. United vs. New York Red Bulls (2:30 p.m.*)
Saturday, April 19: Chicago Fire vs. New England Revolution (4:00 p.m.*)
Sunday, May 4: Sporting Kansas City vs. Columbus Crew (4:00 p.m.)
Sunday, May 11: Portland Timbers vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (2:30 p.m.*)
Friday, June 27: Portland Timbers vs. Sporting Kansas City (11:00 p.m.)
Saturday, June 28: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (time TBD)
Friday, July 4: Houston Dynamo vs. New York Red Bulls (8:30 p.m.)
Friday, July 4: Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Portland Timbers (11:00 p.m.)
Friday, July 11: San Jose Earthquakes vs. D.C. United (11:00 p.m.)
Friday, July 18: Portland Timbers vs. Colorado Rapids (11:00 p.m.)
Wednesday, July 23: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Chicago Fire (11:00 p.m.)
Friday, August 1: Sporting Kansas City vs. Philadelphia Union (8:00 p.m.)
Saturday, August 2: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Seattle Sounders (10:30 p.m.)
Friday, August 8: LA Galaxy vs. San Jose Earthquakes (10:30 p.m.)
Friday, August 15: Houston Dynamo vs. Philadelphia Union (9:00 p.m.)
Location: 1604 Harvest Crossing Dr.,
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Phone: 800-410-9150
Saturday, August 16: Real Salt Lake vs. Seattle Sounders (2:30 p.m.*)
Friday, August 22: FC Dallas vs. Real Salt Lake (9:00 p.m.)
Friday, August 29: Sporting Kansas City vs. Houston Dynamo (8:00 p.m.)
Sunday, August 31: D.C. United vs. New York Red Bulls (2:30 p.m.*)
Friday, September 5: LA Galaxy vs. Colorado Rapids (10:30 p.m.)
Friday, September 12: Seattle Sounders vs. Real Salt Lake (10:30 p.m.)
Saturday, September 13: Philadelphia Union vs. New York Red Bulls (3:00 p.m.*)
Friday, September 19: Real Salt Lake vs. Colorado Rapids (10:00 p.m.)
Saturday, September 20: Portland Timbers vs. Vancouver Whitecaps (5:00 p.m.)
Friday, September 26: Sporting Kansas City vs. New England Revolution (8:00 p.m.)
Saturday, September 27: D.C. United vs. Philadelphia Union (3:00 p.m.*)
Friday, October 3: 8 p.m. D.C. United vs. Sporting Kansas City (8:00 p.m.)
Saturday, October 4: New York Red Bulls vs. Houston Dynamo (6:00 p.m.)
Friday, October 10: Seattle Sounders vs. Vancouver Whitecaps (10:00 p.m.)
Friday, October 17: Portland Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake (10:00 p.m.)
Saturday, October 18: Colorado Rapids vs. FC Dallas (3:00 p.m.*)
Friday, October 24: Chicago Fire vs. Houston Dynamo (8:00 p.m.)
Sunday, March 9: Chivas USA vs. Chicago Fire (3:00 p.m.)
Sunday, March 16: Portland Timbers vs. Chicago Fire (3:00 p.m.)
Sunday, March 23: Chicago Fire vs. New York Red Bulls (3:00 p.m.)
Sunday, March 30: New York Red Bulls vs. Chivas USA (3:00 p.m.)
Sunday, April 6: Chivas USA vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (3:00 p.m.)
Sunday, April 13: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Columbus Crew (3:00 p.m.)
Sunday, April 27: Houston Dynamo vs. Portland Timbers (3:00 p.m.)
Sunday, May 4: FC Dallas vs. New York Red Bulls (3:00 p.m.)
Sunday, May 11: Colorado Rapids vs. Chivas USA (3:00 p.m.)
Sunday, May 18: Chicago Fire vs. Sporting Kansas City (3:00 p.m.)
Sunday, September 7: Columbus Crew vs. Chivas USA (3:00 p.m.)
Sunday, September 14: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (3:00 p.m.)
Sunday, September 21: Toronto FC vs. Chivas USA (3:00 p.m.)
Sunday, September 28: Houston Dynamo vs. Chicago Fire (3:00 p.m.)
Sunday, October 5: Colorado Rapids vs. Seattle Sounders (3:00 p.m.)
Sunday, October 12: Houston Dynamo vs. D.C. United (3:00 p.m.)
Sunday, October 19: New York Red Bulls vs. Columbus Crew (3:00 p.m.)
Sunday, October 26: Chivas USA vs. San Jose Earthquakes (3:00 p.m.)
Univision Deportes
Sunday, May 25: Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Philadelphia Union (8:00 p.m.)
Sunday, June 1: Colorado Rapids vs. Houston Dynamo (8:00 p.m.)
Sunday, June 8: Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Chivas USA (8:00 p.m.)
Sunday, July 20: D.C. United vs. Chivas USA (8:00 p.m.)
Sunday, July 27: New York Red Bulls vs. Houston Dynamo (8:00 p.m.)
Sunday, August 3: Houston Dynamo vs. D.C. United (8:00 p.m.)
Sunday, August 10: Chicago Fire vs. New York Red Bulls (8:00 p.m.)
Sunday, August 17: D.C. United vs. Colorado Rapids (8:00 p.m.)
Sunday, August 24: Philadelphia Union vs. San Jose Earthquakes (8:00 p.m.)
Sunday, August 31: Chivas USA vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (8:00 p.m.)
Saturday, March 8: Vancouver Whitecaps vs. New York Red Bulls (7:30 p.m.)
Saturday, March 22: Montréal Impact vs. Seattle Sounders (4:00 p.m.)


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Two Injured In I-40 Crash In Wilson County
WILSON COUNTY, Tenn. – Two people were injured in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 40 in Wilson County.
Officials with the Tennessee Highway Patrol said the crash occurred near mile marker 228 on I-40 eastbound.
Troopers said 19-year-old Kaitlin Lamastus was driving a 1994 Oldsmobile Delta 88 when she lost control of the vehicle and drove through the guardrail. The car flipped multiple times before coming to a rest at the bottom of a ravine.
A passenger in the vehicle, 18-year-old Evan Hopper, was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center by Vanderbilt LifeFlight. Lamastus was transported by ambulance to TriStar Summit Hospital.
Lamastus was charged with DUI, vehicle assault, and underage consumption.
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jacksworth said...
also, those crafted blues are just not worth it imo
on my server, chimera's eyes are going for 800+, so thats 3200+
plus a cut blue gem gets 200-300g each, so 800-1200g for those
cheapest volatiles we have are water, at 12g/ea. so another 900g
the elementium is of rather small value, no more than 200g
so you're looking at around 5.5k gold for a blue heroic level ring.
plus whatever the JC wants to charge, which i expect would be a lot, seeing as they skipped buying useful blue cuts to get the pattern.
i'd rather hold onto my 5.5k gold, and just run a few more heroics. they really arent that hard.


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Earlier this month, it was reported that Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard said his former head coach with the Orlando Magic, Stan Van Gundy, told him to sign with the Houston Rockets.
Van Gundy wanted to clear those rumors up on a recent appearance on NBC Sports Radio, saying that while he did tell Howard signing with the Rockets would be a good decision, he never informed him to actually join the Rockets.
Per Chris Mannix:
On @NBCSportsRadio, Stan Van Gundy says he didn't advise Dwight Howard to go to Houston, but did tell him it was a good decision.
While there's really nothing wrong with Van Gundy suggesting or even telling Howard to sign with the Rockets, it was apparently something that was bothering Van Gundy who has had his ethics questioned before. Van Gundy was set to become the head coach of the Sacramento Kings, but after a last minute decision (he was literally at Kinko's/FedEx signing the contract), decided to take a higher paying job with Orlando, something he apologized to the Kings for a few years back.
Either way, it appears Van Gundy is essentially splitting hairs with the suggestion that it was a good decision to join the Rockets, rather than actually telling him to play in Houston.


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49 cents at walgreens on sale!! I didn't know that walgreens carried LA Colors, as I think these may be left over Xmas stock. I basically will only wear brown or white eyeshadow (once in awhile other colors like black but neutral browns are my go-to), so these colors are totally in my wheelhouse & I actually didn't have much for duplicates as these shades aren't frosty or glittery & that's mostly what I have. This is a really good palette. The colors have good staying power, I wear them over LA Colors eyelid primer. Are they UD, Clinique, EL, VS, etc quality? NO! But very nice for DS makeup, I will def repurchase. I wear each shade by itself mostly. They are quite pigmented & I am a big LA Colors fan in general. For a buck I don't think ppl will be disappointed. You could wear these day or night any occasion really. I wear them w black liquid eyeliner & black mascara. (Short story) My father bought me my 1st Traditional palette, used up, replaced on a whim but glad I did replace because my father has good taste in makeup colors! So sentimental value here. But YES go get this palette! I wouldn't bother with the other palettes because I thought the other colors were garish. But i will always keep one of this palette around.
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I like it but really need a good primer under as i have oily skin. I got the supernatural palette with greenish grey shades. Those are the only kind of colours i wear so i like it.
You simply cannot beat the price. I paid under $1 for this and after shoving it in a drawer for the summer I pulled it out to use the colors for base colors for my lid. They blend well, go great with the shadows that I have in my collection and have saved me a bunch of money on individual shades that I would need for lids and transition colors to make the perfect smokey eye with what I already own.
Just a ton of fun for under a buck!
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Great product! The shadows are far more pigmented than I expected. They last on the lid quite well also, even without a primer underneath. The colors in this palette range from peaches to dark browns. They are mostly matte, but some have shimmer. Perfect for every day looks as well as more dramatic evening looks.
For only $1, this is an excellent buy! I definitely recommend this!
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I really do like these eyeshadows. They show up nicely and it is only $1!! I took a lippie off because each shadow is small so they run our fast :/ But I would highly suggest going out and getting as many different colts of these as you can :D
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I haven't tried any other L.A. Colors eye shadows but these 12 colors palettes, and especially this one, is the one I find myself using most of the time. I barely use my Coastal Scents warm palette anymore because I actually prefer this. I was hesitant to buy because I don't like too much shimmer. This one has ,as with the rest, varying amounts within the palette which is nice. I can always tone it down if need be. I find with a primer I get great wear and color pay off. For $1.00 !! , go figure... love it!
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I like a lot of the LA Colors makeup, for the price it isn't a bad line. I get a lot of use out of this little $1 palette. The browns are perfect for everyday wear... I find myself grabbing this all the time for a quick neutral eye. I especially like the dark browns. The pigmentation is good when used over a base or primer. Actually, I use the LA Colors concealer stick and it works great as a base... no creasing and the colors will last all day. I have a ton of eyeshadow but this is my go-to for an everyday look... brown eyeshadow, mascara, some peachy blush, pink lips and I'm good to go.
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I use this to tune up a first layer of eyeshadow. Tune up as in add more color, lighten a color, darken a color. It's a useful tweaker for other eyeshadows.
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I have gray/blue eyes and the brown makes my eyes look very blue and really pop! The color range make a very pretty brown smokey eyes.
The only down fall is I have very pale skin and the light colors don't show up on my skin.
I really love this eyeshadow!
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This isn't the greatest eyeshadow you will ever use, nor is it the worst. If you're looking for something intensely pigmented that you can use for lots of looks, this isn't it (unless you are a true makeup artist with great skills & tools). However, this is a decent-quality brown palette with quite a few nice shade options. I think it would be good for someone just starting out with makeup, or an emergency purchase if you're stranded on a trip without your mu bag. I shouldn't have bought this, since I already had plenty of brown eyeshadow. Still, it's handy for me to throw in my purse and not worry about possibly ruining one of my good items in there. I also find the baby-powder smell somewhat comforting. Even though the quality is mediocre, I gave this item 4 lippies because of the price.
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After President Barack Obama designated a 500,000-plus national monument in southern New Mexico this week, the president said he's not done exercising his authority, although Gov. Gary Herbert said he doesn't expect a monument designation in Utah without consultation with state leaders.
Several monuments have been proposed in the state, but there is no indication Obama will act to preserve the areas.
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"It would cause me concern if he used the same approach that President Clinton did with the [Grand Staircase-Escalante National] monument, where we were all blindsided and nobody knew about it, in fact, until the day of the announcement," Herbert said Thursday during his monthly KUED news conference.
"That would bother me if that's the approach President Obama is going to take," the governor said. "I would hope that he's not and I expect that he's not."
Herbert said Obama had promised that, if Congress won't act, he would take executive action and Herbert agreed that Congress should be acting on land issues.
He pointed to a series of proposed land exchanges being worked on by Rep. Rob Bishop as an example of ways Congress could take positive steps to work with states and protect resources.
However, Herbert said the situation in New Mexico — where Obama used the Antiquities Act to create the 500,000-acre Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument in south-central area of the state — is different than the circumstances in Utah.
"Local communities in New Mexico were asking for it," he said. "I don't hear any local communities in Utah asking for any special monument designation."
One of the proposed Utah monuments does have local support, however. The Navajo Nation has pressed Congress to create the Diné Bikéyah National Conservation Area to protect the 1.9 million acres in San Juan County from development.
Other areas in Utah under consideration are Desolation Canyon in eastern Utah, Greater Canyonlands in southeastern Utah, and the San Rafael Swell in Emery County.
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Growing up I had to deal with an alcoholic mom. When she got sick and frail she started picking on me and saying she was so much skinnier than me and I need to lose weight, she started buying clothes for me that were too big saying I'm going to grow into them soon (after I had stopped growing), and basically just started making me feel like shit about my body. I started skipping meals and pushing myself too hard when exercising, to the point where my body was ALWAYS exhausted. I don't feel comfortable labeling this as anything, but I always knew it was a problem.
It's taken me almost five years to even begin healing from this. I started antidepressants almost a year ago, and those mixed with my ex boyfriend being there for me and helping me were the reasons why I began healing. But once I started gaining back the weight that my body couldn't put on before, and once my medication started adding weight too, my entire family started commenting on my weight gain, calling me tubby, saying I need to exercise more and eat less. All of this while I'm still skipping meals.
Honestly? This is my body type. And I am STILL fairly skinny. I have large hips and thighs because every damn woman in my family has large hips and thighs. Trust me, I was already self-conscious enough about them before you started making me feel like a pig. Every other part of my body is relatively thin in comparison, even with the weight gain from my medication.
Sure, this weight gain from my medication was making me feel slightly more self-conscious, but I was finally starting to feel comfortable in my own skin. Thanks guys.
Go away bad thoughts. Leave me alone. No, that girl with beautiful legs but the smallest of bumps on her tummy is not fat. She has every right to show off her stomach in that outfit she's wearing. No, you are not fatter than her. You may have wider hips and thighs, but that's because you have a different body shape. That smallest of bumps you see on her and that giant flab you see on yourself? They're the same size. Stop thinking that way, brain. Your body is beautiful. She is beautiful too. No, she's not more beautiful than you are. Stop it, stop it, stop it.
When you write a giant post pouring out everything you've been needing to say and your phone doesn't post it OR save it.
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Gritt Ryder
Dec. 8, 2013
DENVER, Colo. – The Colorado State women's basketball persevered over a tough Denver team at Magness Arena Sunday, winning 86-78.
The win is just the second for CSU (6-3, 0-0 Mountain West) in the past eight years, and the first in Denver vs. the Pioneers (1-7, 0-0 Summit) since the 2003-04 campaign.
After leading by as much as 14 points in the second half, DU's persistence at shooting the three mounted a near comeback, but a huge block by Alicia Nichols, who denied a career-high three on the day, silenced the Pioneers' rally with 31.6 seconds remaining. Gritt Ryder iced the win with six-of-eight free throws in the final minute of play.
"The 86 is a really good job by our kids," commented Head Coach Ryun Williams. "Offensively, that's quite a performance on the road in a lot of different areas. We got a lot of good stuff inside today, we got to the foul line a lot, not just at the end of the game either. It was from our very first possession."
Colorado State saw five players in double figures for the third time this year, after not happening since 2010. Ryder led the team with 18 points, followed by Sam Martin, who has played particularly well against the Pioneers in her career, with 14. Caitlin Duffy also tallied 14, AJ Newton posted 11 and Ellen Nystrom had 10.
Before today's matchup the Pioneers shot .333 from three-point range, and just .289 without the likes of their leading deep shooter Morgan Van Riper-Rose, who was out with an ankle injury. Denver hit its stride from the beyond the arc in the first stanza, converting an impressive .545 percentage, making six treys. At the opposite end of the spectrum, CSU made four from deep (21.1 percent), sinking just one three in the first half.
Where the Rams failed out in the field, they excelled at the line, with a season-high 34-of-41 (.829) from the charity stripe, including a team-high 12-of-14 from Ryder. The 34 made shots is the third most all-time in school history.
Martin was the first of three Rams who entered foul trouble early on, earning her second at the 14-minute mark. She was later joined by Elin Gustavsson and Nystrom on the bench, giving the reserves a chance to shine. They did, bringing CSU from a 10-point deficit at the 6-minute mark, to within one point at the halftime buzzer.
Foul troubles continued into the second frame as Nystrom, Nichols, Gustavsson and Martin were all hit with their third foul with just over 12 minutes to play. Gustavsson was forced to take a seat when she was whistled for her fourth at the 8-minute mark. Five players would each have four fouls as the clock wound down, but none of them would foul out.
DU's leading rebounder Maiya Michel went down in the first half after knocking knees with a teammate on the court. She did not return.
Colorado State will return home for a matchup vs. South Dakota Mines next weekend on Saturday in Martin's 100th career game. Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. MT.
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Chicopee Comprehensive High School
Political Science Club
Advisors: Mr. Kozikowski
Purpose: The purpose of the political science club is to increase the political awareness
of the student body, and to encourage and assist with any political involvement by its
Meeting times: The 2nd Tuesday of each month in Rm. 309
Dues/Fees: None
Season: Year round
Sign Up: Whenever you want with Mr. Kozikowski in Rm. 309


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Our hostel/guest house in Yerevan is one of the best choices of quality and price for you. Located in a very quiet place in the center of Yerevan close to bus stations and a 3 minute-walk from metro station �Barekamutyun� with Ararat mountain view from the windows.
In our hostel/guest house you can have your restful time in our comfortable private rooms with their own bathrooms and shared rooms with shared bathrooms. Here you�ll meet pleasant and hospitable staff and you can ask them anything you like and communicate with them in English, Russian and French. Also we can provide you with tasty Armenian dishes and drinks.
People who like extreme sports we�ll be very pleased. As it is seen from our hostel�s name �Glide Hostel�, our staff is deeply attached to one of the most amazing extreme sports of the world � paragliding. Armen, one of our staff member is the leading paraglider of Armenia, it means that he travels much over the whole land of Armenia and Karabakh and knows every piece of our biblical land. He can organize your traveling in Armenia including the amazing places which are unknown to the most of people.
We also provide:
- Breakfast (included in the price)
- Tea & Coffee all day(included in the price)
- Using the kitchen
- Very quiet place
- Laundry facilities
- Internet access & WiFi (included in the price)
- Regularly cleaned rooms and bathrooms (included in the price)
- Extreme and daily tours
- Airport pickup
- Bicycle rent
- 24 hours cold and hot water
- 24 hours heating system and air-conditioning in the rooms
Our hostel/guest house is a private house and is located in Armenia, Yerevan, Galents str., house 16/1, postal code 0033, Tel.: +37410274027, +37493328322, +37494060586
Hostel/Guest house 'Glide' is a 3 minute-walk from the metro station Barekamutyun, 20 minutes driving from Zvartnots airport (approx. 15km) and is close to the bus stations.
Metro ticket is $0.28US (100 AMD).
Bus ticket is $0.28US (100AMD).
Taxis take $0.28-0.33US (100-120AMD) per kilometer.
Here is detailed description of directions to Hostel/Guest house 'Glide':
If you take a taxi, you can ask a driver to take you to the Square Barekamutyun or Blur, the hostel is near Mergelyan Institute garages. The address is Galents. Str. , house 16/1, silver color gates.
If you go by metro
a) Go to the last metro station Barekamutyun
b) Make a right turn upon exiting metro into underground market
c) Keep walking the circular underground market (you will pass 2 exits on right) until you come to the third exit on your right sight.
d) The exit stair will come to a fork. Take the right stair and go up that street about 40 meters(Hakobyan street)
e) Turn left on the first alley and keep going up the alley until you see Hostel on the right side with 3 trees in front of the house. Push silver color gate open arm in. And here we are! Welcome to our hostel/guest house "Glide".
If you take a bus, you should go to the Square Barekamutyun, find Hakobyan street. If you go up Hakobyan street, you can find the directions as it's described above in the point (e). If you go down Hakobyan street you should turn to right as soon as you get to the last alley before the stairs of underground and use the information given in the point (e).
If you come to Armenia from Georgia, the bus from Tblisi will stop in Central bus-station (Kilikia bus-station). From the bus-station you can take 90 number mini-bus which goes up the street, and just tell the driver Kievyan street. He will understand where to stop. It will take about 20 min by mini-bus. You wil stop on Kievyan str. From the bus-stop go up a little and on the right side you'll notice stairs going down to the underground. You'll find yourself in a circular underground, turn to left and exit on the next exit, turn to right and follow steps d) and e) above.
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Santa Clara County would be the biggest loser in the San Francisco Bay Area, absorbing more than $10 million in cuts in the next five years, the San Jose Mercury News reported ( http://bit.ly/15QgxuP).
Alameda County would face a loss of more than $6 million over the same timeframe, after already enduring layoffs and reduced public hours at its courthouses.
Gov. Jerry Brown's current budget already contains $261 million in statewide cuts to the judiciary, which could mean additional frustration for the public seeking to access Bay Area courthouses for divorce and child custody cases, for filing court records and for resolving civil disputes between businesses.
"It's hard to swallow," said C. Don Clay, Alameda County's presiding judge.
With the exception of Monterey, all of the region's courts would lose money.
The council, which serves as the judiciary's policymaking body, is set to consider the reforms Friday, and all indications are that the new funding approach will go ahead.
Judges in San Bernardino County say the overdue money would offer a life raft for residents who now have to drive hours for any legal business after far-flung courthouses were closed to save money.
The county would stand to benefit from a new windfall of more than $13 million, in addition to its current $61.3 million by 2017.
"It's the right prescription," said Marsha Slough, San Bernardino's presiding judge.
The proposal was crafted by a committee of judges and court officials in response to a complaint from the Brown administration about the formula used to allocate the judiciary's budget.
Even so, the shift will only serve as a stopgap if the governor can't be persuaded to restore some of the funds lost in recent years, said Sacramento Superior Court Judge Laurie Earl, who co-chaired the committee.
"If we reach the end of the five years and don't have any new money, yeah, we're in trouble," she said. "The reality is that we have to do something immediately."
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120419 Portal Anniversary
*sweats nervously*
Inspired by pizza-soup's Portal doodles here.
Like since I'm on a furry kick right now, I figured it would be a good time to puggyback off of something cool O:! Go check out their work, too!
@Deviantart [x]
welcome to the club, kid
Pajama party; Left to Right | Chell, Faith, Ellie, Nilin, & Lara
I love all of them, games need moar of these kinds of ladies.
I'm not at all familiar with Nilin
Nilin is awesome.
TURRET BURDS. with orange-breasted falcon!Chell and budgie!Wheatley.
a continuation of the Burdal series. uvu
shut up weetlee budgies are awsome.
haaaahaha idk portal!burds and their human counterparts. on second thought it might be a bad idea to have a falcon and a prey-bird in such close proximity without any barriers between them………
Last week I was sitting around and decided to see if I could animate… so I made this gif of Portal 2 Chell.
It was SO MUCH FUN. I don't think I'll be able to resist doing more nnngg. (wow I had to wrestle with this to get Tumblr to accept it sorry if the quality is kinda bad I have no clue what I am doing)
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Canon 60D tries to navigate the straits of 550D-and-7D
The Canon 60D is now official! It has been announced two years after the Canon 50D. Both are "Photokina babies" - they were "born" in the run-up to a Photokina trade show. The 60D is under more pressure to thread the needle, as it has to strike a balance between not costing the 7D {reviews} sales and not losing sales to the 550D/D-Rebel T2i {reviews}. Its predecessors (50D, 40D, etc) did not have to deal with this "sandwich" issue, as the next camera up from them was the 5D Mark I or Mark II or the 1D*-series. But with the dual-core EOS 7D coming in the picture, things are more complicated for photographers interested in these cameras.
Canon 60D Pre-Orders
+ body-only for $1100 at Amazon, Calumet Photo, Adorama, B&H Photo (listed)
+ w/18-135mm EF-S IS lens for $1400 at Amazon, Calumet Photo, Adorama, B&H Photo (listed)
Canon 60D Hands-on previews
+ Bob Atkins preview with pre-production ISO comparison crops, cross-posted at Photo.net
+ dpreview preview with Joinson and Butler
+ CNet US
+ Canon 60D hands-on at PDN Gear Guide
+ 60D preview at Imaging Resource
+ first look at Digital Camera Review
+ Pop Photo preview
+ hands-on at Gizmodo
Canon 60D Sample pictures
+ five full size samples and four movie samples from Canon itself
+ Master Chong dissects the official samples
+ web-size beta sample pictures at Photo Review
+ web-size gallery at Pop Photo
Announcement and press releases
+ Galbraith
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+ Focus Numerique
+ Imaging Insiders
+ DC Views
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Opinions and discussions
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+ Is it worth the update asks Camera Do Jo
+ EOS-HD opinion from an HD-video perspective
+ five minutes in the Engadget podcast #210
+ it pays to pay attention during math - 50D and 60D throughput is the about the same calculates Andreas Helkes in the dpreview forums (which may explain the lower-than-50D 5.3fps)
+ Why the hatorade asks/answers Radiant Lite
+ first take at Cnet Asia
+ opinion at Photopocus
What do you think of the Canon 60D so far?
Reactions to the Canon 60D in the forums
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+ whining about the whiners
+ 60D is awesome (not sarcastic)
+ piece of crap!
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+ Where is the micro-adjustment?
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IFC promo for Jean-Luc Godard's film "Breathless".
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September 30, 2014
Drug activity fights and stolen property are just some of the problems some people in Clay County say plague their housing complex.
The county is stepping in to clean up the apartments, because police said it has been a problem for years.
There are twelve apartments at the High Street Complex, but police say they have to go check out problems there almost every day.
Ask anyone in Clay about the High Street Apartments and they'll have a story to tell.
"I had a friend live up here and I wouldn't let my kids outside unless I was out there with them," Sabrina Holcomb said, "I was nervous about the people who live here.
Some say it's getting better. Ell Deems just moved in a month ago.
"It used to be a bad place as I hear," Deems said, "They seemed to be straightening it up."
Joyce McLaughlin took over as manager of High Street in April and has been working to fix the problems.
The cleanup is not going fast enough for the Clay County Housing Authority or police.
"Almost weekly law enforcement is called out to high street apartments for drug related issues and theft," Jay Carper from the Clay County Housing Authority said.
Now the housing authority is putting the pressure on High Street management to evict the residents causing the problems.
"Keep in mind this housing is for low income families and the housing authority wants to provide them with a safe place to be reared," Carper said.
The manager of High Street said she is in the process of serving eviction notices to problem residents.
The Clay County Sheriff said there needs to be a better screening before people are allowed to move in to these apartments.
Despite the recent change in management, the housing authority is still working to get a new management agency to take over High Street Apartments.
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IRVING, Texas – The first day of practice at training camp featured a lot of
Hanna tweaked him hamstring during the first practice but doesn't expect to be out long, though there's no set timetable for a return.
"I feel better than yesterday," Hanna said Tuesday. "We'll just see how it goes. I'm doing everything the trainers tell me. It shouldn't be too long."
Hanna said he's optimistic he'll be back on the field shortly. He's excited about the opportunity this season should present, with the Cowboys focusing less on the fullback and more on the tight ends.
While he's frustrated that he can't get on the field to compete at a position that also features
Hanna's trying to help Escobar recognize defenses and adjust to the speed of the game.
"It's been a good opportunity for me to try and help Escobar out a little bit with some of the things that I struggled with last year as a rookie," Hanna said. "I'm all about the team, so I think it's a good opportunity for me to help him out."
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Build an executable from a Python application using Django
Since PyInstaller 2.1, you can build an executable from a project using Django 1.4. PyInstaller will take care of a lot of magic needed to correctly build Django applications. For instance, it will parse all your files and find all the dotted-names strings that refers to module names (eg: within settings.py) and make sure that all those modules are packaged.
You should be able to run PyInstaller over the manage.py script directly.
The following example should clarify the required steps.
Let's say that your Django project is called mysite. If you used the django-admin.py wizard, you probably have ended up with a Django 1.4 project directory structure. PyInstaller expects directory structure like this:
./myproject_dir/ manage.py mysite/ __init__.py settings.py urls.py wsgi.py ...
Use PyInstaller:
$ pyinstallery --name=mysite myproject_dir/manage.py
Notice that I'm using the --name option when invoking pyinstaller to make sure I end up with a packaged executable called mysite (and not manage).
Now you should have your frozen django app in directory ./dist/mysite/. You should be able to see an executable file ./dist/mysite/mysite.exe. Use this file the same way as you would use manage.py.
To run the built-in Django test server run:
$ ./dist/mysite/mysite.exe runserver localhost:8080
What if it does not work?
Django uses a lot of magic behind the hood, so some quirks are expected. If the application does not run, you should see the traceback in the console. If it is an ImportError, it is probably a missing module whose dependency PyInstaller was not able to automatically discover.
The quickest workaround is to explicitly import that module somewhere, for instance in the manage.py script. But please report the incident to the mailing list so that we can prepare a proper fix that everyone can benefit from.
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If you plan on drinking in celebration of the new year, be sure not to get behind the wheel.
Law enforcement officers will be on extra patrol for intoxicated drivers. Precinct Four Constables office with the Harris County District Attorney's office have partnered to implement an end-of the year "impaired driver enforcement initiative". The initiative starts Saturday and runs through New Year's Day.


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Monetary Union, institutions and financial market integration: Italy, 1862-1905
AbstractThe Paper draws its motivation from the observation that, three years into the single currency, EMU financial markets are making only slow progress towards integration and from the belief that economic history can offer useful insight as to the causes of the phenomenon. In this vein, we investigate a previous case of financial market integration in the wake of monetary unification, that of Italy after 1862. We find that the prices of the Rendita Italiana 5% (Italian Consols) across regional stock exchanges did not fully converge until 1887, twenty five years after the creation of a 'monetary union' in the peninsula. Regression analysis shows that variables such as the spread of ICT, trade volumes and the diffusion of the 'single currency' fail to explain the delay in financial market unification. We argue that markets remained relatively fragmented because local vested interests resisted the legal and regulatory changes needed to make arbitrage across individual stock exchanges efficient. A single Italian financial market appeared only when the State imposed more uniform financial market legislation nationwide, a fact that the EU should perhaps not overlook.
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Third time's a charm? After a couple of tough outings to start her full-time LPGA career, Lodi's Lisa Ferrero picked up an encouraging performance in Thursday's opening round of the Mobile Bay Classic.
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First go. Striking line and a good addition Alexkieranrex - 06/Jan/13 with luke, Mark, Jamie
Nice addition, confusing where to start so I went as far left as possible off two sidepulls, difficult to aviod contact with the block from there. Nice moves, tough at V5?Mark Riley - Sent x - 06/Jan/13 with Luke Owens, Jamie Hughes, Kieran King
F.A I think. I can't believe this hasn't been climbed before. Awesome feature and climbing. If it wasn't for the drystone wall (which doesn't get in the way suprisingly) it'd be a well established classic imo.Alex Mason - Sent O/S - 21/Mar/12 with James Noble, Jo Allen, Laura Perry, Duncan Campbell
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