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The Glenwood Police Department is continuing its investigation into the Saturday evening robbery of the Subway restaurant in Glenwood.
Officers from the Glenwood Police Department and Mills County Sheriff's Office responded to a robbery at Subway, located at 948 S. Locust St. in the Glenwood Plaza, around 7:50 p.m.
Glenwood Police Sgt. Pat Martin said the robber walked into the restaurant, displayed a knife and demanded money. No customers were in the restaurant when the robbery occurred.
The suspect was described as a white male approximately 6 feet tall and dressed in black. He fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money. As of Tuesday morning, he remained at large.
Police Chief Eric Johansen said the robbery remains under investigation and anyone with any information regarding the incident is encouraged to call the Glenwood Police Department at 527-4844.
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Bank of India
Bank of India has built a rapid growth over the year and become a strong institution with a rising presence throughout the nation and overseas countries. The bank holds a premier position among nationalized banks. BOI hold offices in various countries spread over continents.
Some of the services offered by BOI: -
Deposits ? Saving, current and fixed account and tax saving schemes
Loans ? Home, personal, vehicle, personal, education, holiday loan and loan against property
Cards ? Debit, credit and prepaid cards
NRI ? Housing loan and deposit schemes
Other services ? Mutual funds, insurances, online payments, mobile and Internet banking, ATM facility and MSME services
BOI became the first among the nationalized banks to start a fully computerized branch and ATM facility. The bank provides specialized services to rural segment and also to NRI and Corporate consumers. It is a commercial bank with headquartered in Mumbai.

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Players trade in bats for golf clubs01/06/2007 12:00 PM ET
By Ben Platt / MLB.com
LA JOLLA, Calif. -- From Jan. 22-26, defending champion Tiger Woods and some of the best golfers in the world will play the South Course of Torrey Pines at the Buick Invitational.
But on this weekend, Barry Bonds, Eric Chavez, Chris Capuano, Kenny Lofton, LaTroy Hawkins and Hall of Famers Frank Robinson and Dave Winfield, along with representatives from the Major League Baseball Players Association, corporate sponsors and invited participants, hooked up in the third annual Players Trust Golf Tournament.
The two-day event was held quietly at the Lodge at Torrey Pines, where players, baseball legends and executives, such as Major League Baseball president and COO Bob DuPuy, joined in to raise money for the association's charity, the Players Trust.
"The Players Trust is something that truly is the players' own," said Brewers starter Capuano. "It's our baby, and doing a lot of great things from local programs like 'Buses for Baseball,' where we bring inner-city kids to games and let them meet their heroes; we have action teams, taking local high-school kids, inspiring [them] to volunteer and get involved.
"On a national level, too, we're involved in hurricane relief in the gulf region and the ongoing rebuilding process there. So there's a lot of things we are involved with -- good, positive things -- and this is a really great time for all of us to be together, reaffirm our mission and raise money for the trust."
Over the years, the Players Trust has quietly helped make a difference in the Dominican Republic, where thousands of children are treated for parasites and vitamin A deficiency. The trust donates to more than 120 charities each year.
"The guys in baseball know that the trust is a good thing and they're very active in it, very hands on, and it's always nice to help as many kids as we can," said Cubs outfielder Jacque Jones. "We love it when the kids are bused in to meet us. You can see it by all the guys who come out and take time out, come out of the clubhouse and stop the things that they are doing. Players turn down interviews just to see the kids -- make sure they are comfortable and having a good time."
The San Diego native was one of many players who donated his money and time to help victims of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast.
"That was really a good trip for me -- just to go down and see the devastation," Jones said. "We've been a year removed from it, and to see all the people down there who have been active and want to get things turned around [is very encouraging]. The guys taking the time out to help the kids and help things get rebuilt was awesome."
Raising money for the trust is the top priority, but the players also enjoy catching up with one another during the offseason and playing on one of the more challenging courses in the country.
"It's good when all the players get together, come out and have some fun," said Bonds, who flew directly from Maui, Hawaii, to take part in the tournament. "It's a great course. Obviously, tournaments are played here and it's really exciting for us to be out here. It's good for all of us to get together and have the same purpose and goal right now, which is for the kids, so that's great."
"It's important to get involved in the city that you play in, and it's important for me to come back here and give to the city of San Diego, where I grew up and learned to play baseball," said Oakland A's third baseman Chavez. "It doesn't take much to come out here and play golf and mingle and take pictures. The Players Trust does such a good job, and since I've been in the big leagues, they've made some big strides. We're getting the word out there and we've been raising a lot of money for some big causes."
Chavez makes a good point, and there's a fine line that the players seem to walk between promoting their cause and not promoting themselves.
"The Players Trust does a tremendous job of helping a lot of people," said Robinson, who is enjoying his first trip to the tournament. "It goes without a lot of fanfare, they do a lot on things without the publicity, which they really don't want or need. But a lot of good things get done and that's what makes this so much fun, being around these guys and rubbing elbows with them. Any time you have a good cause, you have to show up and give them your support."
"Like BAT [Baseball Assistance Team], the trust is secret for a good reason," said DuPuy, who took part in the event with MLB executives Rob Manfred and Ethan Orlinsky. "It does what it's supposed to do, it supports charities it should support, just as BAT supports people who need assistance. We're 100 percent behind it, and we're happy to be here."
During the tournament, at least one ballplayer would be in a group of four to five golfers who would play Torrey Pines' North Course the first day and South Course the second day. The participants also took part in a fund-raising auction of baseball and sports memorabilia, with all the proceeds going to the trust. Winfield is pleased to see the progress that the trust has made over the years.
"For about 10 years, the players have really gotten together and said, 'Let's continue to do good things for the community,'" said Winfield, who lives year-round in San Diego and now works with the Padres, the team he started his big-league career with. "It's been a gradual thing, but the snowball is getting larger and it's rolling. They are making a lot of major contributions to great causes, getting people motivated when it comes to volunteerism and this is the course that they have charted.
"The players have always done good things, but sometimes the lampshade hasn't gotten off the light. The guys have continued to do good things, it's in their heart, it's in their head, in their mind and in their pocketbooks to do great things."
Last year's take for the event was more than $200,000. The Players Association hopes to exceed that amount this year.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Larry looks like a character from Dr. Seuss. His eyes point in completely different directions, his hair is a LONG ponytail that goes past his rear end, he keeps the ponytail tied up at different levels with multi-colored scrunchies, he has this massive unkempt beard, and he always wears these 1970's era tie-dye scrubs.
So yesterday I'm sitting in my office with a patient when Larry suddenly shows up in the doorway (his shirt triggering a migraine in my patient)
Larry: "Hey, sorry to bother you, Dr. Grumpy, but can I borrow your cast saw?"
Dr. Grumpy: "My what?"
Larry: "You know, cast saw. What you use to cut off casts. Mine just broke."
Dr. Grumpy: "I'm a neurologist. I don't have a cast saw."
Larry: "REALLY? I thought every doctor did. Do you think I can borrow Dr. Pissy's?"
Dr. Grumpy: "He doesn't have one either."
Larry: "Well, what am I supposed to tell Dr. Ortho?"


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Wellington High School is searching for a new girls basketball coach.
Wellington High School is searching for a new girls basketball coach.
After five years at the helm, Kevin Hackerott announced recently that he will leave Wellington to take the same job at Goddard High School.
Hackerott will have his hands full in the move to the 5A Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail Divisions II league. The Lions went 2-18 last year and came in next to last in the league in competition with teams like Andover, Andover Central, Valley Center and Arkansas City.
Hackerott led the Lady Crusaders to a 13-8 record last year and finished third in the AVCTL Division IV league.
In 2011-12, Wellington enjoyed a 21-3 record before losing to Ottawa in the 4A State Tournament.
Athletic Director Brian Buchanan said the process to find a replacement has already begun.
"The negotiated agreement requires the school district to post the Girls Basketball job within the district for five days, and then we will advertise the job outside the district," Buchanan said. "The administration will review the applicants and then we will begin the interviewing process."
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AMHERST, Mass. (AP) -- Dozens of residents of the Amherst area are baffled by what they describe as a weird low-flying object seen moving over town this week.
Witnesses described the UFO seen after dark Tuesday as the size of two or three cars, and roughly diamond-shaped, or even triangular. It was visible because of its dim white lights.
One woman said it was only 75 to 100 feet above her car.
Another woman told the Daily Hampshire Gazette (http://bit.ly/RHQsYt ) the object was too slow and too quiet to be an airplane.
Police say they received one call about "lights in the sky," but they didn't investigate. Westover Air Reserve Base, which has a radar tower in Amherst, said it had nothing in its logs about any aircraft moving through the area at the time.
Information from: Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, Mass.), http://www.gazettenet.com


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St. Polycarp Roman Catholic Church in Smyrna collected donations Sunday and Monday to send as emergency relief to people living on Staten Island, which was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. St. Polycarp parishioner Ceil DiNozzi, a native of New York, spearheaded the drive to gather non-perishable food, juice boxes, diapers and baby wipes, baked goods, blankets and more.
The relief started after a group of woman known as the Steel Magnolias from Christ Church in Greenville made contact with a similar group in New York about the relief effort.
Donations were collected from St. Polycarp Church and then transported to Christ Church; Knights of Columbus assisted in transporting the donated items. A caravan of vehicles will leave Wilmington Wednesday to take the emergency relief to Staten Island.
St. Polycarp's Father Tom Flowers said there's been a big response from the community in terms of the amount of donations they have received: "We've already taken a truck of donations up."
Father Flowers said other churches were invited to tell the community about the emergency convoy, which has helped lead to the large amount of donations.
He said they haven't planned to have another drive but there's a good possibility something will be done again in the near future.
If you're interested in donating, contact Ceil DiNozzi at (302) 650-7707 or Fr. Flowers at 653-8279.


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Hiroki Kuroda (2-5, 3.93) vs. Sean Gallagher (3-1, 4.55).
COMMENTS: I was offered tickets to yesterday's game a couple hours before game time, but had to turn them down. And what did I miss? Matt Kemp doing his best Bo Jackson imitation, breaking his bat over his knee after striking out to end the game. I haven't been offered tickets to tonight's game, but I don't know if I would have the intestinal fortitude to attend anyway. But you know who does? Our very own Steve Sax, who will be in attendance...with a Cubs fan (gasp!). Are you kidding? With the Dodgers' recent track record, that's like a gladiator entering the Colosseum wearing a steak suit. But Sax loves the Blue so much he's willing to endure the slings and arrows of trash-talking Cubs fans. (A few beers will probably help ease the pain.) So send some positive vibes toward Dodger Stadium tonight—loyal Dodger fans could use 'em!


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what you want to do is go down to attach file and then you can attach your picture that way... Or you could send them to me at email@example.com and i'll post them here.
what you want to do is go down to attach file and then you can attach your picture that way... Or you could send them to me at email@example.com and i'll post them here.
Taking a long needed leave of the sport to finish school and tour the country
b2k3w/pds, vaporized, vapor valve, aka sidewinder, chaos chip, palmer rock lpr, CP barrels, 68/45 hyperflow
B2k3 w/pds and bunch of upgrades for sale
black PTP MicroMag 2000
10 inch Chrome CP
12v revy w/ xboard
macro line
48 3k PE
the macro thats red is being replaced when my PMI Perfect drop gets here. The tank is sold, i'm waiting for my money for it, and when i get that i will finaly have enough to get my 68 4500 Nitro Duck Carbon Fiber. then i will be done for a while. later, however, i will be getting a ReTro Valve an either an intelligrip or a z-grip w/ intelli mod.
far from handsome, but damn a whiteboy toke
a pic of my gun and jersey.....
Pre-BE 12v Revolution w/ W.A.S. Turbo+
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***Hasty8... "I think paintball would be better served, at this stage in it development, if paintball products stayed in the paintball store." -couldn't have said it better myself ***
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These are Kens from KPcustoms
Here is a picture of my kids getting tan in the Maui sun.
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here she is
Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off of your Objective.
my game is all about probablility, if i shoot 900 balls at you in 10 minuets 1 of them will hit you
Badly needs an up...
"If everything is under control your not moving fast enough."
why did they un clasic this?
I also don�t understand, why this thread is now again not classic
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Can't believe this post is dying...
You: "Ouch, Ouch, I'm Hit, I'm Hit!"... Me: "hehehehehehehehehehehehe"
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BREAT POST!!!! DARN IT!! BREATH!!! WE ARE LOSING IT!!! Dont die on me darn it!!! ...... Clear!!! *****vvvvvvvvvrrrrrrrraaaaa blllluuuuvvvvvvvv...... *******
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"You have not converted a man because you have silenced him." -John Morley
Ok, I hope this works. I am getting the warp and a new retro valve...had probs w/my 1st one & returned it.
X-mag #10. Nuff said.
my feedback
Up so it doesn't get lost, for god sakes it doesn't take much!
she's always alive...
why dont they reclassic this so people dont litter it with all the up's? man that was so convienient. oh, UP
got anymore pics of that translucent red you got done and oh yeah how much i am going to get that done to my gun if it looks like that but to my rail gadget and trigger frame oh yeah up up up up it is easier if you classic this!!!!!!!!!!!!< lol
just of the same side... nothing special
my toy
Exodus what kinda bolt is that.? under the barrel
Very impressed with it. Didnt know what to expect after shooting a cocker for a long time, but gotta say, The Emag rocks! :-D
AGD E-mag
01' Vert Feed Cocker
*Best of Both Worlds*
tiz a ANS Venturi. dont get one, they are worthless. the brass is scratched where the spring rubbed it.
brass? That must be an old ans venturi?? People either have good results with the ans foamie bolts or they stink (I personally loved mine )
hey law what kind of tank is that? ill take this pic down later to save room.
wow that looks old
it's a agd flatline hehe
why have the made this not a classic post any more??
Please webby respond
You did it now osama bin laden!! NOW GALLAGHER IS AT WAR


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Two former Colorado football players saw their dreams of being drafted by an NFL team realized Saturday and four others agreed to sign with teams as free agents.
Leaving the University of Colorado early to enter the draft turned out to be well worth it for David Bakhtiari. The same is true of Nick Kasa's decision 18 months ago to switch positions from defensive line to tight end.
Bakhtiari, the Buffs' starting left tackle the past two years, decided in January to forgo his final season of eligibility and not to endure the second coaching change of his career. It paid off when he was selected in the fourth round by Green Bay with the 109th overall pick.
Kasa had to wait a little longer but he was rewarded by the Oakland Raiders. The organization picked Kasa in the sixth round with the 172nd overall selection despite the fact he had played only one season as a tight end.
Later in the evening, linebacker Doug Rippy used his Twitter account to announce he planned to sign with the Denver Broncos, bringing him back to Colorado after he returned home to Ohio following his senior season last fall.
Defensive lineman Will Pericak, who grew up in Boulder and attended Boulder High School, agreed to a free agent deal with the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens. Pericak will be reunited in Baltimore with former teammate Jimmy Smith, a cornerback who was the Ravens' first-round pick two years ago.
Safety Ray Polk signed as a free agent with the Seattle Seahawks, according to his agent Peter Schaffer who also represents Pericak.
While Bakhtiari was always confident he would be picked, he was overwhelmed when it actually happened. He said Green Bay wasn't one of the top five teams he and his agent, Mark Humenik, had identified as the most likely to take him.
"Shocked, surprised," Bakhtiari said of getting the call. "I was in complete disbelief. I was so happy. I have like no emotions because my body doesn't know which one to use right now."
Bakhtiari joins former Buffs Mason Crosby and Brad Jones on the Green Bay roster. He is the seventh Colorado player to forfeit remaining college eligibility to turn pro. All seven were drafted.
He is the second member of his family to reach the NFL. His oldest brother, Eric, is a journeyman linebacker who has been on the rosters of numerous franchises, most recently with the San Francisco 49ers last season.
Bakhtiari said he doesn't know if the Packers plan to use him as a tackle or guard and he doesn't really care. He is thrilled with the opportunity to block for quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
"I am so happy I am going to an awesome organization, the top organization in the league, with some of the best players and the best quarterback in the league," he said. "I get to go be a part of this organization. The fans are great. There is so much history there and I get to be a part of that. It just gives me chills thinking about that and the fact they want me to help them win a Super Bowl. Unbelievable."
Bakhtiari was named second-team All-Pac-12 the past two seasons with the Buffs despite playing for a team that struggled badly and went just 4-21 in that span. He was a team captain last fall.
While Bakhtiari spent his college career at tackle, he could move inside to guard as a pro because he is only 6-foot-4 and has a relatively short wingspan for an NFL tackle. Bakhtiari also played right tackle in 2010, starting 11 games that season and playing in all 12 games.
He said he did not discuss with Green Bay officials where they see him fitting in initially.
He was the highest rated Buff in this draft and is the 264th player from CU to be drafted into the NFL. Kasa is the 265th and the first tight end from CU to be selected since 2006.
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Adair County to hire second asst. prosecutor due to high workload
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Adair County continues to be cautious regarding both its General Revenue and departmental budgets as it plans for more than $11.6 million in expenses and nearly $10.9 million in revenue for the upcoming budget year.
The gap between revenue and expenditures reflects the county's cautious budgeting, reining in prospective tax revenue collection numbers while inflating potential expenses. Last year's budget called for a similar gap, but the year ended with closer expenses and revenues.
And while most of the departmental budgets stayed level or declined for the year, including a sheriff's department budget that spends about $100,000 less compared to the 2012 budget, the county commission approved an increase of about $45,000 for the Adair County Prosecuting Attorney's Office to hire a second assistant prosecutor citing a significantly increased workload.
"Everyone is doing their job," said Presiding Commissioner Stanley Pickens. "Everything seems to be working so much easier. Everyone is trying harder. They know what we got and we're living within our means."
Pickens also observed that, at least anecdotally, this year's budget process was easier, more streamlined and allowed for select equipment purchases and budget increases like the one providing for the additional assistant prosecutor.
"Right now, the budget is looking very promising," he said.
Commissioner Mark Thompson echoed those sentiments, saying, "It's been easier this year. There were no big surprises."
So, rather than cut department budgets, force layoffs or put off equipment purchases, the county is able to invest in an about $250,000 courthouse improvement project, build a new records storage building in addition to expanding its county prosecutor's office from two full-time attorneys to three.
"We added a second assistant prosecutor," said Adair County Prosecuting Attorney Matt Wilson. "It will be entry-level, new attorney to help with the increase in misdemeanor caseload."
Wilson said January has been particularly heavy in the number of cases brought to his office, including those that will never see a courtroom but still take time to process.
"Although we have an increase in the charges we're filing, there's a greater increase in the number of reports getting to our office," he said. "We still have to review those, contact witnesses and victims and that is an increase in reporting."
Wilson said Adair County averaged one felony arrest a day for the month of January, particularly high and one of the reasons for the increased workload.
"Obviously it's been a busy month," Wilson said, not even referring specifically to the several high-profile cases in January including the murder investigation at Village 76, multiple methamphetamine manufacturing arrests and an ongoing child molestation case involving two Kirksville residents. "We need to make sure we're prepared to deal with everything."
The commission approved an allocation of about $295,000 from General Revenue for the prosecutor's office, in addition to about $70,000 allocated from the Prosecuting Attorney Admin Fund, for a total budget of about $371,000. Last year, the department was budgeted about $328,000.
When Wilson's office makes its hire, it will be the first time since at least the mid-90s there are three attorneys working out of the prosecutor's office. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
David Goring said he believed there were two assistant prosecutors in addition to the lead prosecutor for one or two years and then the office operated with just the two attorneys until now.
Wilson said in addition to the criminal proceedings, his time during 2012 was also dedicated to serving as the county's attorney in several matters, representing many of its offices in legal matters.
None of the commissioners expressed any issue with the additional hire.
At the same time the prosecutor's budget is increasing, the Adair County Sheriff's Office is budgeting about $100,000 less for 2013 than it set aside in 2012.
The sheriff's office is budgeting about $1.8 million in expenses and about $1.65 million in revenue. Last year, the department had set aside nearly $1.9 million but ended up spending about $1.7 million.
This year was the first in at least three years that Sheriff Robert Hardwick did not ask to use a Countryside Fund to cover inmate medical costs at the jail. While the fund has been used in the past, the last two years during budget discussions Hardwick had requested the use of $10,000 in 2012 to $45,000 in 2011 to help prop up his budget.
The county commissioners had unanimously declined those requests but did not have to make a similar decision this year with Hardwick cutting his own budget, noticeably in personnel costs.
According to the budget, the sheriff's office will spend nearly $300,000 for its deputies salaries and about $380,000 for its corrections officers' salaries. Last year, those two categories totaled nearly $40,000 more. A similar decrease was also reflected in the department's benefits category, leading to a total savings of about $80,000.
At least one deputy, who had been on paid administrative leave for months, was fired from the department in late 2012.
Hardwick declined to be interviewed late this week, citing a desire to review final budget documents as they had been received by state budget officials in Jefferson City.
The county submitted its final budget to the state earlier this week in time for the Thursday deadline.
Another focus in years prior, the county's Road and Bridge Fund also appears to be on steadier footing, with budgeted revenues of $3.5 million and expenses of about $3.2 million.
In years prior, the county commission had dealt with significant costs in the Road and Bridge Department and financial fallout from several disaster relief efforts stemming from the tornado in 2009, flooding in 2010 and the blizzard in 2011.
While 2012 brought record drought levels, dry weather doesn't impact the Road and Bridge budget like other natural disasters and the department did not have to cut its employee's hours like it did last year.
"We've been keeping the roads in good shape," Pickens said. "We had a good summer and this year we'll be rocking south of [Highway] 6 after rocking north of 6 last year."
The commissioners also highlighted the construction of eight bridges in 2012 with the majority of those costs covered by either the Federal Emergency Management Agency or grant funding in its budget cover letter, along with noting county voters approved a local use tax to help boost the Road and Bridge fund.
Pickens said with at least some guarantee of additional funding from the use tax and less expensive road operations, the Road and Bridge Department was able to make about $84,000 in equipment purchases it had held off on for years.
While the additional use tax funding will be welcome, the exact amount of revenue it will raise is still uncertain with the commissioners likely waiting until the 2014 budget cycle to put those funds to use.
The county did not include a cost-of-living increase in its 2013 budget, but each departmental head was allowed to provide their employees with merit raises within their respective budgets.


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Just posting my personal experience with the LX installation process.
Using ReTro Valve, black hopper right powerfeed body, agd flatline 68/3000 tank. output pressure at 850~900. Velocity unknown after testing (no chrono) since I want all the leaks and misc. problems solved before putting paint through the marker.
-Used 5 line carrier (3 on front then 2 on rear) 2 shims, longest spring. Problem massive leak down the barrel.
-Used 2.5 carrier, 2 shims, longest spring. Problem massive leak down the barrel again.
-used 2 carrier, 2 shims, longest spring. Problem massive leak down the barrel.
The previous three leaks were due to the carrier being too loose around the bolt.
-used 1.5 carrier, 2 shims, longest spring. Problem gun would shoot then stick. STOPPED LEAKING THOUGH!
-used 1.5 carrier, 2 shims, medium spring. Problem gun wouldn't shoot. Solution turned up velocity to unknown amount (no chrono available oops). new result gun would shoot and bounce back with nothing there at lower velocity setting and as i increased it the gun would resume shooting normally and bounce back if i held my squeege in the chamber (down the barrel, haven't tried down the power feed yet). UPDATE gun shoots fine but developed a small leak after about 50 shots. Proposed solution according to an earlier post on this thread it was said that using the next smaller carrier will stop this leak. I have yet to try it. I will reply once I tried it with my final setup.


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Having six days off can do a number on a team. It did for the Taft varsity boys basketball team Tuesday night during a 45-41 loss to the Shafter Generals at home.
Taft scored the first basket nine seconds into the game but were held to four points the rest of the quarter. Meanwhile Shafter put up 10 points with four of them coming in the final 46 seconds of the period.
Scoring disappeared through the first half of the second quarter with Shafter scoring the only point on a free throw. Taft broke the drought with a pair of free throws at the 4:44 mark of the quarter. Taft followed with a basket to cut the deficit to one but Shafter answered 23 seconds later. Taft would cut the lead to one two more times but Shafter answered each time including a three-pointer right before the half.
The Wildcats caught fire at the beginning of the third quarter with six straight points to lead by two. After the Generals countered, Taft scored three points to take the lead. The Wildcats would only score three more points the rest of the quarter.
Shafter threatened to pull away in the fourth quarter, at one point leading by six. Taft fought back to trail by one but could not catch up.
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At the Crescent Moon, "I'm so-o-o bored" is a popular phrase in our house. The eight-year-old says it to his page of math problems, the nine-year-old to the piano he should be practicing. Denied Nintendo and the Internet, the fourteen-year-old drops on the couch with ennui. Robert yawns as I discuss too much Buddhism. I do likewise when he's praising John Wayne. Even the four-year-old succumbs, hissing "This is stupid, boring!" when made to pick up her toys.
I used to think boredom signaled a crushing absence of stimulation - to be impaled on an empty world. Yet, as my awareness of the dense aliveness of the universe grows, the less precise this definition appears. The world is too full of stimuli. This is especially so at the Crescent Moon, a Moon phase surging with fresh energy. Why should we be bored?
Anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson argues that boredom is a learned attitude. She thinks we'd do better, that our lives might be profoundly reshaped, if we learned other responses instead. [1] Curiously, we don't; being bored seems to work for us. Viewing our bored selves with another's eyes, we might even conclude our boredom is a great friend and co-conspirator. It arrives the moment we find ourselves stuck, wags a finger of blame at the outer world and wraps us in a haughty inertia.
"Things have settled down since the New Moon's excitement. It may even seem that not much goes on. Nonetheless, our Crescent choices will have a deep effect. Ultimately they drive the subtle mystery of why our lives don't change, even though we swear we want them to."
In his suicide note, the British actor George Sanders declared he was bored by it all. We usually think of boredom as entering this way, at the end of experience, as a wearied "been there, done that", the numbing result of too much repetition and familiarity. The problem with this view is that it gives us nowhere to go, which may in fact be boredom's self-fulfilling strategy. However, if we turn boredom upside-down and see it coming instead at the beginning of experience, we discover what its weary exterior hides.
It begins with a world that's not empty at all. In fact this world is brimming with information and requests - though not the sort we're looking for. We get asked to do something that scares us or makes us angry. We want ice cream and rice cakes are being served. We want to roller blade and someone hands us kite string. We're disappointed or surprised. Even familiar activities demand we take new ground. However it comes, we get a kind of toothache from all this stimuli; so we reach for a mental anesthetic to dull our consciousness. We go numb. And now our world is empty - because we've made it that way.
Boredom is our secret weapon against change. When my son is wearied by his math problems or I can't stand to hear about John Wayne, we've shut the door on something unwanted or new, preserving our same old, utterly familiar selves. Understanding this is especially important at the Crescent Moon, where our psychic energy may draw quietly forward or back, without our conscious note. Things have settled down since the New Moon's excitement. It may even seem that not much goes on. Nonetheless, our Crescent choices will have a deep effect. Ultimately they drive the subtle mystery of why our lives don't change, even though we swear we want them to.
The Crescent Moon appears approximately three and a half days after the New Moon, when the Moon goes forty-five degrees ahead of the Sun.[2] Visible in the western sky after sunset, this slender, shimmering Crescent has an exquisite luminescence, as though inked with the radiance of angel wings. Its image universally inspires optimism and hope. Even the word "Crescent" seems to draw us forward, deriving from the Latin "crescere", meaning to increase or grow. At this phase we can lasso a dream so bold, we'll pattern a great leap in succeeding phases.
We're like Dorothy on the yellow brick road, with the sparkling Emerald City just in our view. Our adventure began at the New Moon, where getting lost in a strange territory ensured a good beginning. This meant we opened ourselves to new experiences. We broke down the solid sense of who we are, so that, like Dorothy, we could assemble a new crew of possibilities within. But as the city of our dreams comes into view, there's always a wicked witch nearby, making the poppy field bloom. We lose consciousness before reaching our destination.
The most eager New Moon devotee often falls away from the lunation cycle here. What we need is a good witch Glenda to throw snow on the poppy field and pinch our cheeks awake. After all, fertility is promised; we need only discover what to cultivate. Setting the right goal for the cycle can keep us moving along the path. If we've fixed our objective prematurely at the New Moon, we may have propped up an old goal with little power to carry us forward. But at the Crescent it's not only right to focus ourselves, it's important.
"Setting the right goal for the cycle can keep us moving along the path. If we've fixed our objective prematurely at the New Moon, we may have propped up an old goal with little power to carry us forward. But at the Crescent it's not only right to focus ourselves, it's important."
Our good witch Glenda offers some advice: "Remember, not all dreams are energetically supported at all times." She wants us to stay awake to the world, to retain some of that New Moon openness. This means our goal should respect the messages in our environment as well as the desires in our heart. We need to both direct effort and listen. This is especially true when the world is telling us something we don't expect to hear, something that makes yawn or drives us nuts.
As a collaboration between Sun and Moon, the lunation cycle requires we also partner our (solar) will with our (lunar) receptivity. With too much will and not enough reflection, we'll reject the messages from our environment as stupid or irrelevant. The opposite will make us slack. Too much receptivity and we'll forget what the time is for, its creative potential slipping through our fingers. At best, the Crescent phase should bring a gradual focusing, a steady sharpening of our intention.
Studying the house and sign of the New Moon's seed can help. The energized house in our chart suggests where development is favored. The New Moon's sign hints at our optimum energetic approach. But holding even these concepts too tightly can dull our awareness to the stimulating present. Better perhaps to eventually shift our concepts to the background and keep ourselves trained on the liveliness all around.
If we did just this, we'd never be bored again. And as Bates implies, we would reshape our lives with this attitude. At the least we could keep it in mind during the days of the Crescent every month. Given our desires, the chart's seed, and the momentum of events, we can select the right target and aim. If we committed to this practice during the three to four years of our progressed Crescent phase, we might amaze ourselves with achievements by the progressed Full Moon. And if we were born at the Crescent phase, this should become the work of our lives: to raise the dream that is speaking in and around us and not stop until it's realized.
For those born at the New Moon, when possibility is so wide, clarifying a single goal is often difficult. But those born at the Crescent usually know what they want to achieve. They're inspired to better themselves, to surpass any ethnic, cultural, socio-economic or physical limits they may have been born into. They want to go beyond their origins, becoming the first in the family to get a college degree, move to an exclusive part of town, succeed at a prestigious career, join a club that previously barred their kind. I know a number of Crescents whose immigrant parents successfully assimilated into the dominant culture; now these Crescents are determined to reclaim their ethnic roots, in a sense, bettering themselves through reverse assimilation.
Crescents in our political, judicial, health and educational institutions are often working hard for social change. They're instinctive reformers, but function quite comfortably within existing systems. Crescents get promotions, climb corporate ladders. They have a gift for innovating without alienating or tearing down. They add to the prevailing culture. Through them, "the establishment" evolves.
Crescent aspirations are keen, but when pressed, many will take a cynical downshift, admitting that maybe their dreams won't come true after all, like the fox stepping away from the cluster of grapes he can't reach. Their stories often reveal curious turns of bad luck, opportunities that dissolved, big deals that got away. I think of a Crescent entrepreneur I know. Carrie is talented and ambitious, yet over the years, has found herself in the same struggles again and again. Despite the intelligent and diligent approach she brings to her work, her business doesn't grow. Year in, year out, her life stays the same.
"The semi-square is considered by some to be a minor or 'nuisance' aspect. Yet to label it this way misunderstands the subtleties of beginnings, where little moves can have big effects. So many things are possible at the Crescent, so little is fixed into place. Slight shifts can change the world."
What holds her back? Dane Rudhyar, the lunation cycle's master philosopher, would argue that it's the ghosts of her past: the fears, the insecurities, the resistance, the aggressions, the inertia, all the crystallized emotional habits from her previous incarnations; too it's the powerful influence of her ancestors, still commanding from the pool of cultural and family attitudes and traditions. These ghosts are raised by the very dreams that draw her forward. She wants a different life from her parents, she wants to break through childhood patterns. The ghosts aren't so sure. Her life becomes the field where her past struggles against her future, bringing plenty of activity, but often frustrating real progress. There's a sweetness and naivete to Carrie that I often see in Crescents. Though she's nearly forty years old, she still wears the freshness and emotional sensitivity of youth, which is fitting for a Moon phase characterized by early growth. The Crescent mode is often imaged as a fragile seedling pushing upward against the soil, reaching downward for support with its roots. Carrie's vulnerability is as keen as her idealism. She's endured bad partners because she wanted them to like her and because was afraid to go it alone. She's taken risks when the collective enthusiasm was high, but lost her nerve when others began dropping out.
Crescents aren't so different from the rest of us. They show us what it's like to be at the beginning of things. Big dreams often raise big hesitations. Whether we're in the monthly Crescent, or at our progressed Crescent phase, security is often an issue. Being nestled in a cozy family structure can feel reassuring, even though it goes in a direction opposite from our dreams. Crescent birth or not, we all have ghosts that hold us back. And the biggest problem with ghosts is they're invisible. So familiar and pervasive, they're like water to the goldfish swimming in his bowl. How do we confront what we can't see?
Enter the mixed blessing of the waxing semi-square. This is the forty-five-degree angle between Sun and Moon that starts the Crescent phase. The semi-square is considered by some to be a minor or "nuisance" aspect. Yet to label it this way misunderstands the subtleties of beginnings, where little moves can have big effects. So many things are possible at the Crescent, so little is fixed into place. Slight shifts can change the world. We're in the realm of aspirations, intentions and mental imprints. Our thoughts are potent, scripting what will later unfold. Yet we might altogether miss their arc if it weren't for the irritations the semi-square brings.
Irritations bring us face to face with our ghosts. The ghosts are around whenever we're annoyed, easily deterred, peeved that things don't go right the first time. Small matters will bug us inordinately. We'll act picky, impatient, judgmental, inconvenienced. Our friends might wonder at the strong reactions provoked by such small setbacks, but this initial collision between reality and our desires has huge psychological importance. These setbacks re-start an old argument we have with the world. Like the uninvited guest who knows just how to push our buttons, what has halted us before shows up again.
As astrologer Bil Tierney writes, "(The semi-square) may reveal willful attitudes that tend to keep us rut-bound, unadaptable, and uncompromisingly resistant to needed changes taking place in the environment."[3] Whether by transit or natal aspect, what doesn't go right at the semi-square is vital feedback. We're seeing where our thoughts are weak, our expectations inappropriate. It's an opportunity to fine-tune our efforts. Obviously we need to see ourselves clearly and read the world properly to realize our dreams. But if we simply project our blame onto the world, we'll likely abandon our goal after stumbling across one or two pebbles.
Being willful and rut-bound isn't just a modern problem. It's the central issue in many old tales about dreamers, including an American Indian story of a turtle and his bride.[4] The turtle is a nice fellow, but a little lonely. He builds himself a comfortable hut filled with skins. Sitting there alone one night, a dream overtakes him, the kind of far-reaching dream one might imagine at the Crescent Moon (or from semi-squared planets in one's natal chart). The turtle wants to do something no turtle has ever done. He wants to take a beautiful young woman for his bride.
"Whether by transit or natal aspect, what doesn't go right at the semi-square is vital feedback. We're seeing where our thoughts are weak, our expectations inappropriate. It's an opportunity to fine-tune our efforts. Obviously we need to see ourselves clearly and read the world properly to realize our dreams."
He studies the human tribe around him and approaches the prettiest, most industrious girl. "Marry you?!!" She drops the beaded slipper she's making and tries to hide her laughter. The turtle is hurt, but persistent. He pleads so earnestly that she grudgingly consents. "Okay, but you'll have to wait until spring, I have to make so many slippers and dresses." The turtle doesn't like this either. He raises himself as tall and proud as a turtle can and says "Then I will go to war and take some captives. When I return you'll marry me."
Sensitivity and bravado often travel together at the beginning of big aspirations. It's how ego gets mixed up with our goal. Especially when challenged, ego raises the ghosts, who spin us around; when we're done, our objective has shifted. We're protecting and justifying ourselves, our self-respect more important now than our vision. The turtle gathers all his relations and announces they'll make war on a neighboring village. As the turtles march slowly out of camp, the girl stands at her hut and laughs. "In four days", he says, "you'll be weeping instead of laughing, as there will be hundreds of miles between us." "In four days you'll hardly be out of sight!" she replies. "Well not four days..." he mumbles, "I mean four years."
What we dream at the Crescent won't come true immediately. How do we bear the time? The turtle army marches for what seems like forever. It feels as though they've gone half way round the earth, though it's only been four little miles. They come to a great tree lying across the road. "It will take us years to get over that!" They consider how they might get caught in its branches if they try to climb over it or stuck in its roots if they dig underneath. They determine to burn a hole through the trunk. But the fire doesn't burn far before it fizzles.
For a dream to become reality, the two need to merge. This doesn't happen easily: one is airy, the other rock hard. Inspiration and activity must draw them together. But when the tree doesn't burn (inspiration too weak), the army gives up (no action). The turtle leads his troops homeward, figuring nobody needs to know what really happened. He can always make up a story about some great adventure. The turtle warrior has journeyed long but never left the realm of dreams. His self-protective shell has not only slowed him down, it's kept him out of the actual world. We can't help asking: how could this turtle manage marriage to a spirited young woman if he couldn't even manage a tree?
Crescent difficulties, the sort a semi-square brings, are best approached as a kind of boot camp. They're meant to condition us for the greater challenges we'll surely meet ahead. On the way to the Full Moon's illumination, the First Quarter and Gibbous phases will require even more action and stamina. That is why the Crescent arrives as a very personal obstacle course, which if successfully navigated, can increase our competence and confidence. Like plebes in basic training, we might get yelled at, humiliated, stripped of our defenses, but as in all those military movies, we'll love our drill sergeant in the end, for what he helped us to become.
The would-be warrior turtle returns to camp where his reluctant bride offers to bathe him. She gets him to jump in her pot of boiling water. There he sinks to the bottom. One by one, the turtle army follows their leader, all except for one young turtle. Noticing that none of his friends leaves the pot, he goes as fast as he can to the river. He wants to escape from that awful hut, so he lets the river carry him as far as it flows, until at last he finds himself in the warm sea.
The observant and adaptable young turtle introduces us to the next aspect of the Crescent phase: the waxing sextile, which occurs when the transiting Moon goes sixty degrees ahead of the Sun. Like the semi-square, the sextile is a predominantly mental aspect, but it carries a greater awareness of the outer world. Says Tierney, it's an "explorative aspect, eager for new learning experiences. Under its influence, we are encouraged to reach out towards the greater social environment in many directions whereby we can grasp external benefits."[5]
"If we genuinely want our lives to change, there are probably things we need to learn. The sextile is a flowing aspect that draws us towards learning opportunities. But it acts quietly. Because it offers none of the irritations of the semi-square, we may be content to remain in the realm of ideas and let tangible opportunities slip away."
We are loosed from our ruts and resistance. We are stimulated to observe the world and see how to make our dream happen. We're ready to gather information and allies at the sextile. We move forward. It's good to remember this energetic window is also available to us during the Crescent phase. Like the semi-square, it's an optimal fit with our still young growth. If at the semi-square we're a fragile seedling pushing against the soil that bears down on us, at the sextile we're gathering support through fresh roots, manifesting the intelligence to seek proper nourishment.
If we genuinely want our lives to change, there are probably things we need to learn. The sextile is a flowing aspect that draws us towards learning opportunities. But it acts quietly. Because it offers none of the irritations of the semi-square, we may be content to remain in the realm of ideas and let tangible opportunities slip away. Or we might be so stimulated by the outer world, we jump from one activity to another, losing the thread of our dream. Ideally, the waxing semi-square and waxing sextile are fine complements. The sextile relieves us of our haunted past. And if we were harrowed by the semi-square and kept our developmental nerve, the greater focus and stamina we can bring to our sextile opportunities.
As for the young turtle who escaped his ignorant fellows, I don't know what happened to him. I can only hope he made some wonderful dream come true - and that at the next Moon cycle, so will you!
Mary Catherine Bateson, Peripheral Visions, (NY: HarperCollins, 1994),
p. 111
The lunation cycle is a cycle of dynamic relationship-between the transiting Sun and transiting Moon. When I've taught this cycle to beginners, there has sometimes been confusion on this point. The New Moon occurs when the Sun and Moon are conjunct in the same degree, 15 degrees Aries, for example, or 8 degrees Gemini. But the two lights don't stand still; both continue moving forward through the zodiac, with the Moon going at a faster rate than the Sun. When the Moon pulls 45 degrees ahead of the traveling Sun, that's when the Crescent phase begins. When she pulls 90 degrees ahead of the transiting Sun, that's when the Crescent phase ends and the First Quarter begins. Instead of calculating the phases from the fixed point of the New Moon (as might be done in a sidereal cycle), we calculate the aspects in terms of their evolving relationship (what's called a "synodic" cycle).
Bil Tierney, Dynamics of Aspect Analysis, (Reno: CRC Publications, 1983),
p. 15
The Brown Fairy Book, Andrew Lang, ed. (New York: Dover Publications, 1965) pp. 106-110
Tierney, ibid, p. 18
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Both Sides React to Boy Scouts' Delay in Gay Ban Decision
The Boy Scouts of America has backed off a proposal to ease its policy of excluding gays and delayed a vote until May. Some comments from both sides of the debate:
"Due to the complexity of this issue, the organization needs time for a more deliberate review of its membership policy." - Deron Smith, Boy Scouts of America spokesman
"The decision from the Boy Scouts today is no doubt a victory. And it's a result of people standing up and standing for the timeless values and moral principles that the Boy Scouts teach and they stand for themselves." - Jonathan Saenz, president of Texas Values
"My attitude is that gays and lesbians should have access and opportunity the same way everybody else does in every institution and walk of life." - President Barack Obama, whose office also makes him honorary president of the BSA
"They failed us yet again ... Putting this off until May only ensures other gay kids and gay parents are discarded." - Jennifer Tyrrell, a mother ousted as leader of her son's Cub Scout pack in Ohio because she is a lesbian.
"It's not a place to have homosexuals with our boys. If this happens, we're shutting down our troop." - Scoutmaster Darrel Russell
"By postponing this decision, thousands of currently active Scouts still remain uncertain about their future in the program and are shamed into silence." - Brad Hankins, campaign director of Scouts for Equality
"And I'm so thankful that we live in a land where we can respect your right to disagree. But we ask you to respect our right to uphold the values that we have held for over a hundred years." - Scout leader Chris Hill
"I would have liked them to have made a decision in favor of what the Boy Scouts have been doing all along anyway. But the fact that they postponed it means that they are listening to everybody that's giving them information and opinions and requesting that they consider their viewpoint ... so that part, I'm impressed with." - Larry Weseman, Eagle Scout and Scout leader
"We consider it a victory for today. And we are thankful that they are really considering what we are asking them to do, which is to hold strong to the policy that they have had for years." - Michelle Smith, associate director of Concerned Women of America


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BLOOMINGTON — Mary O'Connor is struggling to keep her business open, so she turned to social media.
BLOOMINGTON — Mary O'Connor is struggling to keep her business open, so she turned to social media.
The owner of Take A Bite Food Coaching Services, a Bloomington vegan and gluten-free bakery, restaurant and cooking class business, started an online funding campaign to raise $3,000 on Kickstarter so she can catch up on bills and stay above water the next few months.
Kickstarter and other online funding sites have become more popular in recent years, allowing businesses, inventors, technology startups and artists to raise money online, said Rebecca Hayes, assistant professor of communication at Illinois State University. Often times, the campaigns are started by people who cannot obtain bank loans or other conventional financing.
Kickstarter allows people to set a goal and a deadline, and if the money isn't raised by the cutoff date, there is no funding. Similar websites include Indiegogo and GoFundMe.
The success of the campaign depends on the business or project and how it spreads on social media sites. Not every online funding project is a success, Hayes said.
"Basically I'm growing slowly but not fast enough," O'Connor said. "If I don't get some help, I'm going to have to close so I can get a job."
The business, located at 510 IAA Drive, Suite B, Bloomington, opened in February, and since then it has been a struggle.
"I've worked 60 hours a week since February with no pay," she said.
O'Connor has until Aug. 20 to raise $3,000 in her campaign. As of Tuesday, she raised $1,125 from 32 donors. The $3,000 would keep her in business for at least three more months.
"It has to be compelling, any social media spread depends on a compelling idea," she said. "You can have the greatest idea, but if you can't convey what it is in a cool, engaging manner, it isn't going to work on Kickstarter."
As a new business owner, O'Connor wasn't able to get approved for a second bank loan, so an online funding effort was an alternative.
"The only reason I'm still doing this is because of all the people who come in that can't eat anywhere else," O'Connor said. "A lot of people don't understand that if you want small shops to stay open, you have to come consistently. I'm not Burger King; if I have a bad week, that might be it for me."
Meanwhile, Justin Turner, who owns Sangha Farms in Heyworth was able to successfully raise more than $10,000 through Kickstarter to begin his farm operation last fall.
"I just tried to get as much exposure as possible. I went around to local restaurants and anywhere that let us put up a sign or put cards out, or would mention us on Facebook," said Turner, who grows fruits and vegetables.
The money allowed him to buy the equipment he needed to start about two acres of farmland. His produce is now part of a farm co-op that distributes to restaurants and grocery stores in the area. He also sells at the farmers' market in downtown Bloomington.
Hayes said some business owners who are having trouble taking out a loan may use a funding website to make a case that their idea is relevant and deserving of a bank loan. Many companies see success through online fundraising campaigns, though Hayes said they aren't for everyone.
"If you are an organization that does face-to-face communication really well, it might not be for you," she said. "You should focus on where you do things well."
Another challenge is that Kickstarter keeps about 10 percent of the money raised, she said.
Despite that, Turner said the site helped his business grow.
"I don't think we would be where we are now if it wasn't for that," he said. "I think it was paramount."


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TRAINING: 7am morning run warm up, 10am boxing/thai boxing training , 12noon Jiu jitsu/Wrestling training, 4pm strength conditioning training, 7pm technique drills
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started five years ago to keep fit during the off season; I used to play football/soccer
What ranks and titles have you held? Strike and Submit European lightweight title and Total Combat British lightweight title
Do you have any heroes? I've always been a big fan of Captain Caveman ha ha
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? Everything to me, this is an opportunity for me to change my life
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? No
What was your job before you started fighting? I worked as a gas fitter
Ranks in any martial arts styles: white belt in jiu-jitsu took months to obtain but was worth it, ha ha
Favorite grappling technique: Chokes
Favorite Striking technique: right hand
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LONGMONT -- Longmont has won the Dillard's title fight.
A Boulder County District Court judge ruled Monday that Dillard's must turn over the title to its property to the Longmont Urban Renewal Authority. In a 17-page written decision, Judge D.D. Mallard granted LURA's request for vesting, allowing the $80 million redevelopment of the Twin Peaks Mall to proceed before a final price is set.
Mall owner NewMark Merrill Mountain States plans to shut down Twin Peaks at the end of the year. Managing partner Allen Ginsborg called the ruling welcome but "not very surprising."
"We thought our arguments were very solid," he said.
Attorney Leslie Fields, who represented Dillard's in the case, could not be reached for comment.
Barring an appeal, the next step will be to set a down payment for Dillard's, to hold until the eminent domain trial sets a price. That down payment is decided by a board of commissioners; both LURA and Dillard's have until Sept. 3 to suggest three nominees.
A date for the eminent domain trial has not yet been set.
In her ruling, Mallard said the mall's decline was obvious to any long-time resident. Except for finding that the mall's title is defective, she wrote, "any citizen could walk around Twin Peaks Mall with a clipboard ... and document or photograph observations" that filled the requirements for blight.
Under state law, she said, Dillard's itself did not have to be blighted to be condemned -- it merely had to be in an urban renewal area that contained blight. Twin Peaks has been designated a blighted area by the city more than once, most recently in 2012.
However, Mallard said, that blight couldn't be fixed without taking Dillard's title. Dillard's owns its property and holds an agreement allowing it to veto any redevelopment of the mall. Attempts to negotiate with the store fell through this spring.
"The prospect of these parties reaching an agreement is dim," Mallard wrote. "Dillard's and NewMark Merrill each lay blame on the other for failure to compromise and reach agreement. The court need not determine why there was failure to reach agreement; it simply must accept the fact that there is no agreement and no likelihood of agreement to conduct its analysis."
The judge also admonished Dillard's for its claim that the condemnation was a sham, done solely to aid NewMark Merrill.
"The situation here involves more than a mere impediment," she wrote. "Dillard's actions have completely prevented any effort to implement a legitimate urban renewal plan. ... Here, there is a complete shutdown of redevelopment, leaving Longmont with a blighted mall."
Mallard also ruled that the blight determination was properly done, that LURA negotiated in good faith to buy the store and that Dillard's attorneys had failed to prove the state's vesting laws are unconstitutional.
Dillard's had argued that while the Colorado Constitution permits "disturbance" of a property in some cases, divesting a title could not happen until a jury set a price; to do otherwise, Fields said in court, would lead to "irreparable harms that a monetary security deposit will not likely protect against."
Mallard wasn't convinced. Possession and vesting titles inhibit a property owner in many of the same ways, she said. The "irreparable harm" in this case, she said, appeared to be that Dillard's would lose its veto power and that its title would be used by others to get loans.
The latter case, she said, was not the court's problem.
"Dillard's constitutional right is to just compensation for the value of its property," she wrote. "Dillard's does not have a constitutional right to determine how the title to its property is used by subsequent property owners."
Staff writer Victoria A.F. Camron contributed to this story.
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Yankees - 100 000 000 - 1 4 0Win #90. The lead's back up to to 5.5 and the magic number is down to nine. (The sportswriters for the New York tabloids will have to do a 180-degree turn from today's "alive" articles.)
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Boston pulled away against the feeble New York bullpen. Torre used five pitchers in the seventh inning as the Red Sox got two hits and drew five walks, scoring four times.
David Ortiz reached base five times (two singles, two walks, and a two-run double), Jacoby Ellsbury scored a run as a pinch-runner for Kevin Youkilis (HBP, contusion to his right wrist) in the sixth, then singled in two runs of his own in the seventh. JD Drew reached three times, thanks to two walks and a single. Eric Hinske doubled, walked and homered.
Beckett (7-3-1-2-7, 108) was superb. A solo home run by Derek Jeter gave New York a 1-0 lead in the first. After two walks, also in the first inning, Beckett settled down. The Yankees managed only one baserunner over the next 19 batters -- when there were two outs in the seventh inning.
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One Millionth Weatherized Home Milestone Events
On September 27, 2012, the National Association for State Community Services Programs (NASCSP) and the Community Action Partnership (CAP) celebrated the one millionth home weatherized nationwide since April 2009. Partnering with state and local agencies, two celebrations took place – one in the east and one in the west. Since 1976, the federal Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) has made the homes of low-income families safer, healthier, and more energy efficient with 7.4 million households served.
The South Central Community Action Partnership (SCCAP) in Twin Falls, Idaho, representing the Western States, hosted a demonstration of the state-of-the-art diagnostic testing and energy efficiency measures commonly utilized by WAP professionals at a 1930's era home. Ken Robinette, Executive Director of SSCAP; Greg Lanting, Mayor of Twin Falls; Rep. Stephen Hartgen, Idaho House of Representatives; Shawn Barigar, CEO of the Twin Falls Chamber of Commerce; Leon Mills, Twin Falls County Commissioner; Bob Scott, Energy Services Director at NASCSP; and other stakeholders, including representatives from Idaho State government, Idaho Power, and GreenFiber Insulation were present. In the morning at the home of a program recipient, SCCAP WAP technicians demonstrated blower door technology, a computerized energy audit, lead safe weatherization techniques, infrared scans of a wall with insulation gaps, and CO testing on a gas range. The event continued with a luncheon and speakers at the Twin Falls City Park.
Photo: WAP stakeholders and some SCCAP staff get ready for ribbon cutting to celebrate 1 millionth weatherized home in Twin Falls, Idaho.
The Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley (CACLV), representing the Eastern half of the United States, held a site demonstration showcasing WAP's advanced building science techniques. The home showcased at the event was built in 1905 and had no insulation and very high air exchange rates. The house also had knob and tube wiring, making the job even more difficult. The agency used both DOE WAP funding and other sources to install new wiring, perform heating system and duct repairs, install ceiling wall, and floor insulation, reduce air infiltration, and replace the old, energy-sapping refrigerator with a new Energy Star model. CACLV Executive Director Alan Jennings, CAP Director Don Mathis, and NASCSP staff member Alice Gaston attended the event.
The millionth weatherized home milestone was accomplished utilizing both DOE WAP annual grant funds and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) grants to the WAP network. This investment improved the homes and lives of over 760,000 low-income families, exceeding its initial goal by over 100,000 homes. This is just a fraction of the 38.6 million households that are eligible for WAP services in the United States.
These two events show the local support for the Weatherization Program in communities throughout the U.S. Weatherization Works—both for the low-income households served and as a sound government investment. The program provides significant energy savings for its recipients, makes America's housing stock more energy efficient, improves the indoor air quality while reducing health and safety risks, provides jobs, reduces carbon emissions, and lessens America's dependence on foreign oil.
Bob Scott is the Director of Energy Services for the National Association for State Community Services Programs (NASCSP).
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Mills County Attorney Eric Hansen said after viewing evidence and hearing testimony in late December, a Mills County Grand Jury made the decision not to indict 66-year-old Don Hopp.
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Surf on land with gnarly, creative exercise regimen
The most important thing to bring to the gym? An active imagination.
It's what turns an indoor cycling class into a stage of the Tour de France, or a treadmill session into a marathon triumph. Add some California dreaming to a new piece of exercise equipment — the RipSurfer X, a 70-inch-long surfboard perched on a short, wobbly base — and you'll be on the beach, ready to ride the ocean.
That's the premise of SurfSet, a new group fitness concept that transforms squats, push-ups and planks into new moves by adding a touch of instability and fantasy.
"We're keeping the fun of surfing but taking away the water, the sharks and the stinging coral," says Jen Frankel, group fitness director for Crunch's two Northern Virginia gyms.
Crunch's shtick is offering unusual classes, Frankel explains. Although SurfSet has had national (and even some international) success since it was featured as a winning business idea on the TV show "Shark Tank" in the fall of 2012, it hasn't made a splash everywhere yet.
But Baltimore's Canton Club has featured SurfSet for a year, which is how Mantra Fit owner Carleen Birnes fell in love with it. Birnes, who teaches stand-up paddleboarding fitness in Severna Park, Md., realized the indoor classes could fill the off-season when it's too chilly to be out on the river. In December, she opened a small studio that's devoted to SurfSet classes.
"It's exactly what we'd do on the paddleboards, but we're not worried about falling in when we do one-legged moves," says Birnes, who has crafted a schedule with several different formats: cardio, strength, balance and yoga.
Although aquatic experience can come in handy for SurfSet, it's not necessary, Frankel says. She has never surfed a day in her life. She has, however, spent decades dancing as a Rockette and in Broadway shows. And she relies on her acting chops to make every class feel like a day at the beach. Just not a particularly relaxing one.
Before launching into the warm-up, Frankel introduces her students to the RipSurfer X units. There are bands on either side on the board that control how much it teeters, and for beginners, she recommends hooking both in to provide stability. (Advanced exercisers can lose one or both bands to boost the balance challenge.) Most of the top of the board is covered with black matting, which is more comfortable on the knees and wrists. It also indicates where you can step safely; no mat and you're likely to go splat.
When the moves are done correctly, wipeouts are rare. But to avoid turning a misstep into an injury, Frankel recommends keeping the area to the sides of each board clear. She also advises against wearing socks, which can lead to slips.
The first moves on the board are simple: Stand sideways, squat and let your feet rock from toes to heels. Pull up your surfer arms — the front one extending straight out and the other bent into your chest — as you step side to side, getting a feel for how to balance on the board. Then turn so you're facing front and squat again. If it feels shaky, that's normal, Frankel says.
It's why she has each of her students grab a weighted bar. They can plant one end on the ground for extra stability or pick it up for more of a strength and balance challenge. Her favorite forward-facing move: water walkers. Stand on one leg while you dip the other one into the air, as if you were sweeping your toes through the sea foam.
Many SurfSet exercises play off similar visualizations. In "hot sand," you quickly hop on and off the board, pretending that the beach is burning your soles. For "Jaws shark kicks," you sit on the board facing forward, lean back and grip the edges. Then you imagine that a shark has appeared at your feet and you need to fend it off by smacking it with your heels. That core strengthener is also practical advice — if you ever happen to find yourself face-to-face with a great white. "If you strike a shark on the nose, it's supposed to retreat," Frankel asserts.
Almost any move you can do on land is also possible on a RipSurfer X — only it's more difficult because of the wobble. So a lot of standard exercises may not feel quite so familiar: push-ups, overhead presses, downward dog. "Wave runners" are the SurfSet version of mountain climbers. And board burpees are downright cruel — although pretty similar to the pop-ups real surfers perform. (Too tough? Try it with your feet on the floor and your hands on the board.)
"Because you're on the board, you're doing things differently and using every muscle in your body," says Loretta Douglas, 39, who has become a SurfSet regular. The Vienna, Va., resident is originally from Miami, so she especially appreciates the talk of sun and sand. "It helps you forget about how cold it is outside."
First-timer Mike McCabe, also from Vienna, got the hang of the RipSurfer quickly at a recent class. "It's just enough to keep you off balance," says the 50-year-old, who's glad that the workout is easier than actual surfing. "My kids surfed, but I never did it successfully."
Although the classes might not prepare you to hang 10, they can help you hang in there. Those balance skills are going to be useful the next time you find yourself out on the water — the kind that's frozen all over your front steps.


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For Spanish businessman Paco Santos, the safest place to keep money is still under a mattress—or rather, inside it.
Santos, according to NPR, who was laid off from Spain's largest mattress manufacturer three years ago, is the inventor of the Caja de ahorros Micolchon, or "My Mattress Safe." It's a plush, padded mattress with a keypad-equipped, armored safe built into the side.
After being contacted by NPR, Santos said the mattress was no joke. "We're completely serious," he said. "And we've sold many, many of these mattresses."
According to NPR, My Mattress Safe sells for more than $1,100. Santos said the investment was worth it: "We've got big economic problems in Spain, and people have really lost their confidence in banks."
In a 59-second video that Santos made with the help of a son who works in PR, the inventor explains that his company wants to "reinvent the traditional method of saving money."


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