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Intarweb is an advanced http library. It parses all headers into more useful Scheme values.
Requires the defstruct, base64 and uri-common extensions.
The intarweb egg is designed to be used from a variety of situations. For this reason, it does not try to be a full HTTP client or server. If you need that kind of functionality, see eggs like spiffy or http-client.
A request object (a defstruct-type record) can be created using the following procedure:[procedure] (make-request #!key uri port (method 'GET) (major 1) (minor 1) (headers (make-headers '())))
An existing request can be picked apart using the following procedures:
- <procedure>(request-uri REQUEST) => URI</procedure>
- <procedure>(request-port REQUEST) => PORT</procedure>
- <procedure>(request-method REQUEST) => SYMBOL</procedure>
- <procedure>(request-major REQUEST) => NUMBER</procedure>
- <procedure>(request-minor REQUEST) => NUMBER</procedure>
- <procedure>(request-headers REQUEST) => HEADERS</procedure>
The uri defines the entity to retrieve on the server, which should be a uri-common-type URI object. The port is the scheme I/O port where the request is written to or read from. The method is a symbol that defines the HTTP method to use (case sensitive). major and minor identify the major and minor version of HTTP to use. Currently, 0.9, 1.0 and 1.1 are supported (but be careful with 0.9, it has some weird consequences and is not widely supported). Headers must be a headers object, which is described below.
The client will generally write requests, while the server will read them. To write a request, use the following procedure:[procedure] (write-request REQUEST) => REQUEST
This will write a request line with headers to the server. In case it is a request type that has any body data, this should be written to the the request's port. Beware that this port can be modified by write-request, so be sure to write to the port as it is returned by the write-request procedure![procedure] (read-request PORT) => REQUEST
Reads a request object from the given input-port. An optional request body can be read from the request-port after calling this procedure.
Requests are parsed using parse procedures, which can be customized by overriding this parameter:[parameter] (request-parsers [LIST])
The list is one of procedures which accept a request line string, which produce a request object from that, or #f if the request is not of the type handled by that procedure.
The predefined request parsers are the following:
- <procedure>(http-0.9-request-parser STRING) => REQUEST</procedure>
- <procedure>(http-1.x-request-parser STRING) => REQUEST</procedure>
Requests are written using unparse procedures, which can be customized by overriding this parameter:[parameter] (request-unparsers [LIST])
The list is one of procedures which accept a request object and write to the request's output port and return the new, possibly updated request object. If the request object is not unparsed by this handler, it returns #f.
The predefined request unparsers are the following:
- <procedure>(http-0.9-request-unparser REQUEST) => REQUEST</procedure>
- <procedure>(http-1.x-request-unparser REQUEST) => REQUEST</procedure>
They return the request, and as a side effect they write the request to the request object's port.
A response is also a defstruct-type record, much like a request:[procedure] (make-response #!key port (code 200) (reason "OK") (major 1) (minor 1) (headers (make-headers '())))
An existing response can be picked apart using the following procedures:
- <procedure>(response-port RESPONSE) => PORT</procedure>
- <procedure>(response-code RESPONSE) => NUMBER</procedure>
- <procedure>(response-reason RESPONSE) => STRING</procedure>
- <procedure>(response-class RESPONSE-OR-CODE) => NUMBER</procedure>
- <procedure>(response-major RESPONSE) => NUMBER</procedure>
- <procedure>(response-minor RESPONSE) => NUMBER</procedure>
- <procedure>(response-headers RESPONSE) => HEADERS</procedure>
The port, major, minor and headers are the same as for requests. code and reason are an integer status code and the short message that belongs to it, as defined in the spec (examples include: 200 OK, 301 Moved Permanently, etc). class is the major class of the response code (100, 200, 300, 400 or 500). response-class can be called either on a response object or directly on a response code number.
A server will usually write a response, a client will read it. To write a response, use the following procedure:[procedure] (write-response RESPONSE) => RESPONSE
If there is a response body, this must be written to the response-port after sending the response headers.[procedure] (read-response PORT) => RESPONSE
Reads a response object from the port. An optional response body can be read from the response-port after calling this procedure.
Responses are parsed using parse procedures, which can be customized by overriding this parameter:[parameter] (response-parsers [LIST])
The list is one of procedures which accept a response line string, which produce a response object from that, or #f if the response is not of the type handled by that procedure.
The predefined response parsers are the following:
- <procedure>(http-0.9-response-unparser REQUEST) => REQUEST</procedure>
- <procedure>(http-1.x-response-unparser REQUEST) => REQUEST</procedure>
Responses are written using unparse procedures, which can be customized by overriding this parameter:[parameter] (response-unparsers [LIST])
The list is one of procedures which accept a response object and write to the response's output port and return the new, possibly updated response object. If the response object is not unparsed by this handler, it returns #f.
The predefined response unparsers are the following:
- <procedure>(http-0.9-response-unparser REQUEST) => REQUEST</procedure>
- <procedure>(http-1.x-response-unparser REQUEST) => REQUEST</procedure>
Requests and responses contain HTTP headers wrapped in a special header-object to ensure they are properly normalized.[procedure] (headers ALIST [HEADERS]) => HEADERS
This creates a header object based on an input list.[procedure] (headers->list HEADERS) => ALIST
This converts the header object back to a list.
The above mentioned lists have header names (symbols) as keys, and lists of values as values:
(headers `((host ("example.com" . 8080))
(accept #(text/html ((q . 0.5)))
#(text/xml ((q . 0.1)))))
This adds the named headers to the existing headers in old-headers. The host header is either a string with the hostname or a pair of hostname/port. The accept header is a list of allowed mime-type symbols. As can be seen here, optional parameters or "attributes" can be added to a header value by wrapping the value in a vector of length 2. The first entry in the vector is the header value, the second is an alist of attribute name/value pairs.
To obtain the value of any particular header, you can use[procedure] (header-values NAME HEADERS) => LIST
The name of the header is a symbol, and it will return all the values of the header (for example, the Accept header will have several values that indicate the set of acceptable mime-types).
If you know in advance that a header has only one value, you can use:[procedure] (header-value NAME HEADERS [DEFAULT]) => value
This will return the first value in the list, or the provided default if there is no value for that header.
- <procedure>(header-params NAME HEADERS) => ALIST</procedure>
This will return all the params for a given header, assuming there is only one header. An empty list is returned if the header does not exist.
- <procedure>(header-param PARAM NAME HEADERS [DEFAULT]) => value</procedure>
This will return a specific parameter for the header, or the DEFAULT is the parameter isn't present or the header does not exist. This also assumes there's only one header.
The procedures mentioned above are just shortcuts, the underlying procedures to query the raw contents of a header are these:
- <procedure>(header-contents NAME HEADERS) => VECTOR</procedure>
- <procedure>(get-value VECTOR) => value</procedure>
- <procedure>(get-params VECTOR) => ALIST</procedure>
- <procedure>(get-param PARAM VECTOR [DEFAULT]) => value</procedure>
Header contents are 2-element vectors; the first value containing the value for the header and the second value containing an alist with "parameters" for that header value. Parameters are attribute/value pairs that define further specialization of a header's value. For example, the accept header consists of a list of mime-types, which optionally can have a quality parameter that defines the preference for that mime-type. All parameter names are downcased symbols, just like header names.
Header types
The headers all have their own different types. Here follows a list of headers with their value types:
|Header name
|Value type
|Example value
|List of mime-types (symbols), with optional q attribute indicating "quality" (preference level)
|(text/html #(text/xml ((q . 0.1))))
|List of charset-names (symbols), with optional q attribute
|(utf-8 #(iso-8859-5 ((q . 0.1))))
|List of encoding-names (symbols), with optional q attribute
|(gzip #(identity ((q . 0))))
|List of language-names (symbols), with optional q attribute
|(en-gb #(nl ((q . 0.5))))
|List of range types acceptable (symbols). The spec only defines bytes and none.
|Age in seconds (number)
|List of methods that are allowed (symbols).
|Authorization information. This consists of a symbol identifying the authentication scheme, with scheme-specific attributes. basic is handled specially, as if it were a regular symbol with two attributes; username and password.
|(#(basic ((username . "foo") (password . "bar"))) #(digest ((qop . auth) (username . "Mufasa") (nc . 1))))
|An alist of key/value pairs. If no value is applicable, it is #t
|((public . #t) (max-stale . 10) (no-cache . (age set-cookie)))
|A list of connection options (symbols)
|A list of encodings (symbols) applied to the entity-body.
|(deflate gzip)
|The natural language(s) of the "intended audience" (symbols)
|(de nl en-gb)
|The number of bytes (an exact number) in the entity-body
|A location that the content can be retrieved from (a uri-common object)
|(<#uri-common# ...>)
|The MD5 checksum (a string) of the entity-body
|Content range (pair with start- and endpoint) of the entity-body, if partially sent
|((25 . 120))
|The mime type of the entity-body (a symbol)
|A timestamp (10-element vector, see string->time) at which the message originated
|(#(42 23 15 20 6 108 0 309 #f 0))
|An entity-tag (pair, car being either the symbol weak or strong, cdr being a symbol) that uniquely identifies the resource contents.
|((strong . foo123))
|Expectations of the server's behaviour (alist of symbol-string pairs), possibly with parameters.
|(#(((100-continue . #t)) ()))
|Expiry timestamp (10-element vector, see string->time) for the entity
|(#(42 23 15 20 6 108 0 309 #f 0))
|The e-mail address (a string) of the human user who controls the client
|The host to use (for virtual hosting). This is a pair of hostname and port
|(("example.com" . 80))
|Either '* (a wildcard symbol) or a list of entity-tags (pair, weak/strong symbol and unique entity identifier symbol).
|((strong . foo123) (strong . bar123))
|Timestamp (10-element vector, see string->time) which indicates since when the entity must have been modified.
|(#(42 23 15 20 6 108 0 309 #f 0))
|Either '* (a wildcard symbol) or a list of entity-tags (pair, weak/strong symbol and unique entity identifier symbol).
|((strong . foo123) (strong . bar123))
|The range to request, if the entity was unchanged
|A timestamp (10-element vector, see string->time) since which the entity must not have been modified
|(#(42 23 15 20 6 108 0 309 #f 0))
|A timestamp (10-element vector, see string->time) when the entity was last modified
|(#(42 23 15 20 6 108 0 309 #f 0))
|A location (an URI object) to which to redirect
|(<#uri-object ...>)
|The maximum number of proxies that can forward a request
|An alist of symbols containing implementation-specific directives.
|((no-cache . #t) (my-extension . my-value))
|Proxy authentication request. Equivalent to www-authenticate, for proxies.
|(#(basic ((realm . "foo")) ) #(digest ((realm . "foo") (domain . (<#uri object> <#uri object>)) (qop . (auth auth-int)) (nonce . "012345abc"))))
|The answer to a proxy-authentication request. Equivalent to authorization, for proxies.
|(#(basic ((username . "foo") (password . "bar"))) #(digest ((qop . auth) (username . "Mufasa") (nc . 1))))
|The range of bytes (a pair of start and end) to request from the server.
|((25 . 120))
|The referring URL (uri-common object) that linked to this one.
|(<#uri-object ...>)
|Timestamp (10-element vector, see string->time) after which to retry the request if unavailable now.
|(#(42 23 15 20 6 108 0 309 #f 0))
|List of products the server uses (list of 3-tuple lists of strings; product name, product version, comment. Version and/or comment may be #f). Note that this is a single header, with a list inside it!
|((("Apache" "2.2.9" "Unix") ("mod_ssl" "2.2.9" #f) ("OpenSSL" "0.9.8e" #f) ("DAV" "2" #f) ("mod_fastcgi" "2.4.2" #f) ("mod_apreq2-20051231" "2.6.0" #f)))
|Allowed transfer-encodings (symbols, with optional q attribute) for the response
|(deflate #(gzip ((q . 0.2))))
|Names of header fields (symbols) available in the trailer/after body
|(range etag)
|The encodings (symbols) used in the body
|Product names to which must be upgraded (strings)
|List of products the user agent uses (list of 3-tuple lists of strings; product name, product version, comment. Version and/or comment may be #f). Note that this is a single header, with a list inside it!
|((("Mozilla" "5.0" "X11; U; NetBSD amd64; en-US; rv:18.104.22.168") ("Gecko" "2008110501" #f) ("Minefield" "3.0.3" #f)))
|The names of headers that define variation in the resource body, to determine cachability (symbols)
|(range etag)
|The intermediate hops through which the message is forwarded (strings)
|Warning code for special status
|If unauthorized, a challenge to authenticate (symbol, with attributes)
|(#(basic ((realm . "foo"))) #(digest ((realm . "foo") (domain . (<#uri object> <#uri object>)) (qop . (auth auth-int)) (nonce . "012345abc"))))
|Cookies to set (name/value pair (both strings), with attributes)
|(#((foo . "bar") ((max-age . 10) (port . '(80 8080))))
|Cookies that were set (name/value string pair, with attributes)
|(#((foo . "bar") ((version . 1) (path . "/") (domain . "foo.com"))))
Any unrecognised headers are assumed to be multi-headers, and the entire header lines are put unparsed into a list, one entry per line.
Header parsers and unparsers
The parsers and unparsers used to read and write header values can be customized with the following parameters:
- <parameter>(header-parsers [ALIST])</parameter>
- <parameter>(header-unparsers [ALIST])</parameter>
These (un)parsers are indexed with as key the header name (a symbol) and the value being a procedure.
A header parser accepts the contents of the header (a string, without the leading header name and colon) and returns a list of vectors which represents the values of the header. For headers that are supposed to only have a single value, the last value in the list will be stored as the value (as determined by single-headers).
A header unparser accepts one argument: the header's contents (a vector). It should return a list of strings, each of which represents one line's worth of header contents (without the header name). For each entry, a header line will automatically be printed with the header name preceding it.
The parser driver will call update-header-contents! with the parser's result.
When there's an error parsing a given header, the following parameter's procedure will be invoked:[parameter] (header-parse-error-handler [HANDLER])
HANDLER is a procedure accepting four values: the header name, the header contents, the current headers and the exception object. The procedure must return the new headers. Defaults to a procedure that simply returns the current headers. When an error occurs while parsing the header line itself (for example when a colon is missing between the header name and contents), the error will not be caught.
In such a case, Servers should return a 400 Bad Request error and clients should error out. The reason that malformed error lines are ignored is that there are several servers and clients that send headers content values that are slightly off, even though the rest of the request is OK. In the interest of the "robustness principle", it's best to simply ignore these headers with "bad" content values.
- <procedure>(replace-header-contents NAME CONTENTS HEADERS) => HEADERS</procedure>
- <procedure>(replace-header-contents! NAME CONTENTS HEADERS) => HEADERS</procedure>
- <procedure>(update-header-contents NAME CONTENTS HEADERS) => HEADERS</procedure>
- <procedure>(update-header-contents! NAME CONTENTS HEADERS) => HEADERS</procedure>
The replace procedures replace any existing contents of the named header with new ones, the update procedures add these contents to the existing header. The procedures with a name ending in bang are linear update variants of the ones without the bang. The header contents have to be normalized to be a 2-element vector, with the first element being the actual value and the second element being an alist (possibly empty) of parameters/attributes for that value.
The update procedures append the value to the existing header if it is a multi-header, and act as a simple replace in the case of a single-header.
Whether a header is allowed once or multiple times in a request or response is determined by this parameter:[parameter] (single-headers [LIST])
The value is a list of symbols that define header-names which are allowed to occur only once in a request/response.
- <procedure>(http-name->symbol-name STRING) => SYMBOL</procedure>
- <procedure>(symbol->http-name SYMBOL) => STRING</procedure>
These procedures convert strings containing the name of a header or attribute (parameter name) to symbols representing the same. The symbols are completely downcased. When converting this symbol back to a string, the initial letters of all the words in the header name or attribute are capitalized.
- <procedure>(remove-header name headers) => headers</procedure>
- <procedure>(remove-header! name headers) => headers</procedure>
These two procedures remove all headers with the given name.
Other procedures[procedure] (keep-alive? request-or-response)
Returns #t when the given request or response object belongs to a connection that should be kept alive, #f if not. Remember that both parties must agree on whether the connection is to be kept alive or not; HTTP/1.1 defaults to keep alive unless a Connection: close header is sent, HTTP/1.0 defaults to closing the connection, unless a Connection: Keep-Alive header is sent.[procedure] (safe? request-or-method)
Returns #t when the given request object or symbol (method) is a safe method. A method is defined to be safe when a request of this method will have no side-effects on the server. In practice this means that you can send this request from anywhere at any time and cause no damage.
Important: Quite a lot of software does not abide by these rules! This is not necessarily a reason to treat all methods as unsafe, however. In the words of the standard "the user did not request the side-effects, so therefore cannot be held accountable for them". If a safe method produces side-effects, that's the server-side script developer's fault and he should fix his code.[parameter] (safe-methods [symbols])
A list of methods which are to be considered safe. Defaults to '(GET HEAD OPTIONS TRACE).[procedure] (idempotent? request-or-method)
Returns #t when the given request object or symbol (method) is a idempotent method. A method is defined to be idempotent when a series of identical requests of this method in succession causes the exact same side-effect as just one such request. In practice this means that you can safely retry such a request when an error occurs, for example.
Important: Just as with the safe methods, there is no guarantee that methods that should be idempotent really are idempotent in any given web application. Furthermore, a sequence of requests which each are individually idempotent is not necessarily idempotent as a whole. This means that you cannot replay requests starting anywhere in the chain. To be on the safe side, only retry the last request in the chain.[parameter] (idempotent-methods [symbols])
A list of methods which are to be considered idempotent. Defaults to '(GET HEAD PUT DELETE OPTIONS TRACE).[procedure] (etag=? a b)
Do the etag values a and b strongly match? That is, their car and cdr must be equal, and neither can have a car of weak (both must be strong).[procedure] (etag=-weakly? a b)
Do the etag values a and b weakly match? That is, their car and cdr must be equal. A car of weak is allowed.[procedure] (etag-matches? etag matches)
Does the etag strongly match any of the etags in the list matches? matches is a plain list of etag values, but it can also contain the special symbol *, which matches any etag.[procedure] (etag-matches-weakly? etag matches)
Does the etag weakly match any of the etags in the list matches? matches is a plain list of etag values, but it can also contain the special symbol *, which matches any etag.
- 0.3 Add rfc1123 to default unparser list for the 'date' header. Add etag procedures and if-match unparser. Change procedure signature for header unparsers
- 0.2 Make cookie header parsers/unparsers preserve cookie name case. Change header unparse procedure semantics slightly.
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Since You Asked: Our thoughts on grumpypants Scott Rolen
Considering the fan love the Greatest Blue Jay of All Time had engendered this year, it's a bit of a shock to hear the degree to which Rolen was miserable and the extent to which he shared his feelings amongst his teammates.
Since you asked, here's what we think: If Rolen was unhappy in Toronto for a multitude of reasons (the turf, the city, the country, the organization, the occasional day off, what have you), then it didn't particularly show in his play. Rolen didn't sulk or pout on the field, and went all out in the field and on the basepaths in pretty much every game where he pulled on a Blue Jays jersey.
He dove for balls. He ran out ground balls. He gave up his body on take-out slides. He took the extra base and he kept his head in the game. On that level, we as Jays fans don't have much to complain about.
It's possible that Rolen's grumblings were off-putting in the clubhouse, and players felt as though his complaining led to an erosion of the esprit de corps. We've worked in an office where there are persistent malingerers, and it sucks to have to be around those sorts of people. But given the fact that the team has taken a nose dive since Rolen left, we can't help but feel like his bitching and/or whining wasn't the thing that led to the team's demise.
Rolen carries a reputation as a malcontent, and it shouldn't surprise us that he brought that attitude north of the border. At least we got some players in return (we hope) and freed up some salary.
What's this say about Toronto?
There is something unsettling about the idea that players are looking to get out of Toronto, or avoiding it as a destination.
Long gone are the days when Toronto was the marquee franchise in the league, able to attract the cream of the free agent crop. Because of the lack of profile that the team and the city have south of the 49th parallel, Toronto has slipped backwards into a middle-tier of baseball cities, like Minneapolis, Cleveland, Detroit or Milwaukee. Not places to avoid, but not high on your list of places to be.
Toronto should be up with L.A., Chicago, New York and Boston as one of the most attractive cities, but its diversity and its wealth of cultural offerings are probably somewhat lost on your average American ballplayer with little more than a high school diploma and a sense of entitlement.
Of course, every player who had a list of teams to whom he couldn't be traded over the past decade always included Toronto and Montreal, so this sort of thing isn't new.
27 comments:
- Callum said...
"little more than a high school diploma and a sense of entitlement"
Zing! I love sweeping generalizations. Especially when they turn out to be true.
- September 2, 2009 at 4:21 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
It's a cheap shot, for sure. But I'm just feeling a little grumpy myself these days.
- September 2, 2009 at 4:26 PM
- G Valentino said...
It's the same with almost every team in this market, and I include the Leafs. It seems the guys who want to come to the Leafs are either young local boys or middle-to-approaching retirement guys who don't wanna have to worry about paying for meals.
I'm not sure how bad Rolen's attitude could have really been. Like you say he played with hustle and didn't seem to negatively impact the clubhouse (in fact, didn't Wilner himself call him a leader, or did I imagine that?)
Maybe after Shea Hillenbrand we just don't notice anymore.
- September 2, 2009 at 4:27 PM
- eyebleaf said...
Well, it certainly doesn't show in the quality of your bloggage, Tao. And I guess that's all that counts.
- September 2, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Sorta related to this - There was an Aaron Hill interview on Wilner's 'Blue Jays This Week' show & in it Wilner asked him about players perceptions about Toronto & basically Hill said: 'Without mentioning names, I've had quite a few guys who've told me they'd love to come play in Toronto - some of them are gonna be free agents...'. Wilner then said: 'Does any of their names rhyme with Phone Higgins?'....
Don't know if anyone heard that but it seemed interesting enough.
- September 2, 2009 at 5:15 PM
- Ian H. said...
I said something similar over at Sports and City, but whether or not Rolen liked the city of Toronto, he still played his ass off each and every game. He can be a dick in the clubhouse all he wants, so long as he puts up great numbers (which he did) I could forgive him for being adverse to Toronto.
- September 2, 2009 at 5:20 PM
- Mattt said...
What else can Toronto do to raise it's profile, especially to your typical(not all) American that refuses to see Toronto for the amazingly unique city that it is. It ranks in the top in every category for all cities in the world from culture-#4, to financial power-#10...
So if the attitude still exists that playing here is somehow a lesser place to play then that attitude will be there forever I'm afraid.
- September 2, 2009 at 5:22 PM
- The Ack said...
Anon 515, did not hear that, but even if it was bullshit, it's the sort of fluff I need to hear right now. Of course, it will ultimately be heartbreaking if Rogers decides to invest NO MONEY in free agents this offseason.
Phone Higgins: "Hello? Alex Anthopoulos? Phone Higgins here. I'd love to come play for you....what's that? Payroll Freeze? Well, fuck you very much for your time then."
Also, fresh faced Lind was quoted (in the Sun maybe?) as saying he'd like to spend his entire career with one organization. Love that naive little bastard.
So, yeah. We got that going for us.
- September 2, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Ack, if you're interested you can hear the Hill interview here:
Scroll down to the bottom.
The Hill interview is the 1st segment of the show.
- September 2, 2009 at 5:32 PM
So, riddle me this. Would the good old boys of the Toronto media have given Mr. Rolen such an easy time if he wasn't himself a good old boy himself?
- September 2, 2009 at 5:34 PM
I still think this is just Wilner stirring up shit for his idiotic phone in show and also kissing his bosses assholes.
Let's remember what Wilner is. He's just a radio jock that has a phone in show for idiots. He isn't really an authority on anything and he NEVER sways from the company line.
- September 2, 2009 at 5:55 PM
- Joanna said...
I had a discussion with someone about this. Rolen is from the midwest. Toronto is not at all like the midwest. He might not have been happy in LA or New York either. Or maybe he is a total grumpy pants and hates everywhere. I can't hate him. he played his ass off.
- September 2, 2009 at 7:37 PM
- Matthew said...
Kind of curious as to how a player who has begged his way out of every clubhouse he's ever been in wanting out of Toronto somehow indicates this isn't a desirable location for free agents. The two free agents I can remember spurning us are Rod Barajas and Gil Meche. One signed here the next year and the other is such a winner he went and signed with the worst team the worst division in baseball. Glaus and Hillenbrand also wanted out, but Glaus had a nagging foot injury that was exasperated by the field turf and Hillenbrand was a Billy Koch level douchebag. Oh, and Chipper Jones thinks this town is boring. Of course, Chipper Jones plays in Atlanta so one might question his idea of excitement.
- September 2, 2009 at 7:47 PM
- Darren Priest said...
Do players pay Canadian taxes on their salaries when they play in Toronto? That alone would cause most players to want to stay south of the border.
What millionaire athlete from Georgia (for example) would want to help support our many welfare queens?
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go fill out my EI report.
- September 2, 2009 at 11:05 PM
- Colin said...
Remember, many of the best baseball players are not American. Carlos Delgado loved the city, and I'm sure there are many other Non-American players who would love to be here, if we stopped sucking so much.
Look at the Raptors. Most NBA players are American, and like the Jays they're the only team in Canada, and yet they managed to get Turkoglu, the biggest name on the market this summer and who actually actively preferred Toronto, because not all the players are American.
- September 3, 2009 at 12:57 AM
- Colin said...
Ugh, I wasn't paying attention and said we, thinking the city in general. I meant the Jays.
- September 3, 2009 at 12:59 AM
@ Darren, Joannna and Tao are right. You have no idea how rubeish some of these hayseeds who pay ball are. The US is much less civilized then Canada is. A friend of mine from high school live sin atlanta and it is ass backwards(in reference to your tax example)! Can't compare them to NYC or even any Canadian city.
@ Colin, Carlos Delgado is an American BTW. He's from Puerto Rico and the last time I checked that's part of the US of A. He has an american passport and citizenship. San Juan ain't no cultural hotbed , BUT Delgado is cultured.
- September 3, 2009 at 12:21 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
@ Bruno
I'd beg to differ on San Juan not being a cultural hot bed.
I mean, they've got their own language and everything!
- September 3, 2009 at 12:47 PM
- Alex said...
The Leafs got gustafsson too, and his pick was purely on a team/city basis since the money is limited by the CBA
- September 3, 2009 at 1:00 PM
The most frustrating feature of living in Toronto--for someone who has moved here from New York--is your belief that Toronto is a great city.
It isn't. It really isn't even a city. It's just a huge collection of crappy suburbs. The city itself is dull and ugly and anti-American chauvinism is off-putting.
- September 3, 2009 at 1:34 PM
- Darren Priest said...
I think it would be very interesting to see how the whole taxes thing works when you are making that kind of money. I heard ballplayers get a paystub just like the rest of us. The deductions, if they are made automatically, would be hilarious.
Gross income this period: 2,300,879.00
Income tax deducted: 1,002,456.00
Union dues: 4,567.00
EI contribution: 123.00
Stick around long enough and you too, Vernon, can collect the Canada Pension!
- September 3, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Love those New York trolls
- September 3, 2009 at 3:35 PM
- Darren Priest said...
NYC is indisputably one of the best cities in the world. Makes me wonder why anon made the move.
- September 3, 2009 at 4:15 PM
- Colin said...
Americans think Puerto Rico is part of America. Most Puerto Ricans do not, and that's the important part. They play their own team in the WBC.
Also, aside from PR there is the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Canada, and Japan, to name a few, who all put out some excellent non-American players.
- September 3, 2009 at 5:13 PM
@ Colin, tell that to the gazillions of Puerto Ricans that live in the NYC area! Unlike other Hispanics, they are not illegal in this area, can vote, usually speak English and look down on other Hispanics BECAUSE of their priveleged position as not being "foreigners". The Puerto Ricans are very anglo compared to the other Hsipanics as well...well more Americanized.
Colin BTW, Englsnd, Wales and Scotland play separately in international football, does that mean that Welsh are not British,then?
@ Tao, I hear you. I did business with PR years ago and people from the island do speak English pretty well, at least the ones I talked to. also, they are not assholes about speaking english like the quebecers are either!
Darren Toronto is much safer and more beautiful than NY is . Take a tour in the Bronx outside of Yankee Stadium and prepared to see proverty that would shock the poorest Canadian. There are parts of Brooklyn and queens that are unsightly compared to TO. You guys have it sio good up there, where squalor and poverty are still seen in NYC on a regular basis.
- September 3, 2009 at 6:27 PM
- Colin said...
The Welsh consider themselves independent from the English, and the English consider themselves far better than the Scots, Welsh, or Irish (I should know, I'm English). They're all British, but that doesn't mean the Welsh are any more attached to Liverpool than Hamburg.
- September 5, 2009 at 1:18 AM
"Long gone are the days when Totonto was the marquee franchise in the league..." Errr, when was that again? Please don't say '91 -'92, for even at the zenith of it's powers, TO was never the marquee franchise in any league. "Toronto has slipped backwards into the middle tier of baseball cities?" Methinks you're aiming a little high there. Two World Series titles and a monument to overindulgence you call a stadium do not a baseball city make. Listening in on the city's baseball fans conversations for only a few innings will quickly confirm this fact. Lastly, the "average American ballplayer" probably can't compare with all those highly educated Canadian hockey players the junior leagues crank out, eh?
- September 6, 2009 at 3:44 PM


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Dream Racer: A video game treat during treatmentsMarch 15. 2013 9:33PM
CHaD patient Jacob Raby, 11, of Manchester helps New Hampshire Motor Speedway General Manager Jerry Gappens unveil the Children's Dream Racer for the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Manchester on Wednesday. (DAVID LANE/UNION LEADER)
MANCHESTER - Patients at the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth in Lebanon and CHaD on Hitchcock Way in Manchester will have a chance to match their race car driving skills against the best.
Clad in a racing suit, New Hampshire Motor Speedway Executive Vice President and General Manager Jerry Gappens, the speedway mascot and the son of a speedway employee unveiled the Dream Racer in the CHaD pediatrics section.
The race vehicle, a child-size version of a NASCAR vehicle, was made by a retired race car builder living in North Carolina and decorated with graphics by Matt Rolfe, a 2012 graduate of Southern New Hampshire University and owner/designer of M Rolfe Designs, specializing in motosports graphics.
Manchester resident Jacob Raby, 11, grabbed a roll bar and swung himself into the car, buckling himself in before beginning to test himself against the best in race video games that play on a screen on the hood in front of him. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is his favorite racer and when Gappens asked who is his second favorite, Raby said their wasn't one. He's a one driver fanatic.
Cheryl LaPrade, director of the New Hampshire chapter of the Speedway Children's Charities, said the charities were founded in 1982 by Bruton Smith, chairman of Speedway Motorsports and Sonic Automotive, and the New Hampshire chapter was established in 2009. Since then, she said, the chapter has distributed $450,000, helping 88,000 children.
The Dream Racer isn't all play, although it has race car video games, movies and streaming music. It has a hook for hanging an IV bag, so youngsters can be distracted while undergoing treatments.
The two CHaD facilities are among just 25 of the 756 children's hospitals across the country to have the $10,000 Dream Racers.
Jessica Laperle, child life program coordinator for CHaD, said the goal of the program is "to make sure that the kid part of kid is being treated too." She said things like Silly Putty, DVD players and other toys have to come from philanthropic organizations. CHaD can't bill an insurance company for Silly Putty, even if it helps a child heal.
She said something like the Dream Racer can decrease anxiety in children undergoing treatment. For families, it's something to talk about to ease nervousness.
Raby, who got his own pint-size racing suit that Gappens assured him would be embroidered with his name, said the only thing lacking was a "man room" with vehicle models and other racing paraphernalia.
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Red Sox - 010 000 001 - 2 6 1
The Sox took a lead on Kevin Youkilis's single and Adrian Beltre's double, but Texas scored twice after two were out in the fourth (an error by Beltre brought the second run home) and pulled off a double steal to grab a run in the fifth.
Mike Cameron homered to start the ninth and Bill Hall reached on an error, bringing the potential tying run to the plate. But Kevin Cash and J.D. Drew struck out swinging and Marco Scutaro lined out to short.
The Yankees beat the Rays 9-5, so Tampa Bay is back to 3 GB and Boston is 6.5 GB.
The Red Sox fly to Oakland tonight.
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1882 - Louisville's Tony Mullane ("The Apollo of the Box") is the first major leaguer to pitch both left- and right-handed in the same game. (He was mostly a right-hander.)
1916 - With the Cubs and Dodgers tied 4-4 in the 10th, umpire Bill Byron forfeits the game to Brooklyn when Chicago pitcher Hippo Vaughn protests alleged sign stealing by baserunners and refuses to pitch.
1975 - Jim Rice hits a home run over the centerfield wall at Fenway Park, to the right of the flag pole. Owner Tom Yawkey calls it the longest dong he's ever seen at Fenway*. It's the 6th time a homer has been hit to the right of the pole: Detroit's Hank Greenberg, on May 22, 1937; Boston's Jimmie Foxx, on August 12, 1937; Yankee Bill Skowron, on April 20, 1957; Boston's Carl Yastrzemski, on May 16, 1970; and Brewer Bob Mitchell, on September 29, 1973.
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1990 - A day after the Twins turn two triple plays against the Red Sox, the teams set a record for most double plays in a game, with the Twins turning six and the Red Sox turning four.


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DURHAM, N.C. - Freshman Elizabeth Campbell turned in the top performance of her young career, helping the Blue Devils erase a 2-0 deficit, but the Duke volleyball team came up just short in its bid to upset league-leader Miami as the Hurricanes hung on for the 3-2 (12-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-19, 16-14) victory Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Campbell finished the night with a career and match-high 25 kills while also adding 10 digs, four blocks and three aces in her fourth career double-double. Tonight marked Campbell's fifth straight match with double-digit kills and third double-double in the past four matches. The rookie form Parker, Colo., hit .333, committing just six errors on 57 attempts. She totaled six kills apiece in the second, third and fourth sets while adding five in the fifth, and amassed 11 consecutive kills without an error beginning midway through the fourth set.
"Elizabeth was really solid for us tonight as she has been for most of the season," said head coach Jolene Nagel. "That is exciting to see her have those kinds of numbers because she has worked very hard. She is a smart player and that all came together tonight. She is very competitive. You can see it in her face. You can see it in her demeanor; she really wanted this match tonight. She was going to do everything in her power to get it done. That's how she plays."
Sophomore Kelsey Williams totaled 44 assists and a career-high 21 digs for her sixth double-double of the season and junior Ali McCurdy led all players with 27 digs. McCurdy has picked up 20 or more digs in 16 of Duke's 29 matches this season and is just 32 digs shy of breaking her own school single-season record (653) set in 2011.
The Hurricanes entered the weekend as the ACC leader in blocks per set, and Miami lived up to the billing with 16 blocks against the Blue Devils. Duke posted 13 blocks of its own, led by senior Christiana Gray and junior Chelsea Cook with seven and six, respectively. Miami knocked down 70 kills to 58 for the Duke, while the Blue Devils held a slight edge in digs, 97-95.
Miami's offense came out strong to start the match as the Hurricanes hit .301 over the first two sets. Duke utilized its defense and tough service game to claw back into the contest, limiting Miami to .121 hitting the rest of the way.
"We have been a work in progress along the way," added Nagel. "Tonight, our team showed some of that progress. We were down 2-0 against a really good team, so to find that something inside of us to keep fighting is a huge statement. They continue to work hard every day in practice. They continue to challenge each other and yet support each other at the same time, which is a difficult thing to do. It would be really easy to be discouraged or to maybe not give as great of effort time in and time out because we haven't had as many W's as we would like to see. I think tonight was a great example of how this team has worked and I am proud of them for that."
Facing a 2-0 deficit, Duke opened set three with a 14-6 lead, but the Blue Devils saw their advantage disappear late. Miami rallied to tie the set at 22-22 and again at 23-23 before sophomore Jeme Obeime knocked down her fifth kill of the set, and a subsequent Hurricane attack error sealed the 25-23 Blue Devil victory.
The fourth set belonged to the Blue Devils as Duke held the Hurricanes to a match-low .022 hitting percentage in the frame. Duke's blocking unit was on point, stopping seven Miami attacks in the set. Up 17-12 following a Campbell ace, the Blue Devils maintained the lead and iced the set with a Campbell kill.
The two teams traded points to open the fifth and final frame before Miami edged ahead 11-8. Undeterred, Duke rallied with three consecutive points, including two kills by Campbell. The Blue Devils appeared to have the match in hand after a Gray solo block put Duke up 14-12, but Miami scored the final four points of the match, bolstered by three kills from Hollins, to escape with the win.
Tonight's match was the final home contest for Duke seniors Gray, Megan Hendrickson and Nailah Waterfield as the Blue Devils recognized the trio is a pregame ceremony.
The Blue Devils close out the 2012 campaign on the road, traveling to Georgia Tech and Clemson November 15 and 16. Duke then heads to Wake Forest November 20 for its final regular season match of the year.


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Restaurant: Bistro Saisons
Address: 11358 104th Ave.
Reservations: 780-497-7858
Dinner for two without liquor: $70
EDMONTON - Given the frozen-burgerpuck pub-and-corporate-eat detritus of the 104th Avenue strip, it's a pleasure to welcome a new, worthy dining establishment to the teeny local secret society of Cibo, Sukothai, Mikado and (maybe) a couple others.
For, Bistro Saisons, in the old 4th and Vine spot in Oliver Square, embodies what (hate the term but …) foodies like this one endlessly bleat on and on about. That is, the importance of nurturing and supporting locally based, partially chef-owned restaurants across the price frontier that serve up real, honest, soulful food, lovingly made from fresh, virtuous ingredients found as close to home as possible in the northland.
This is the dream of owners Scott and Sandra Ards, who met on the kitchen line at the Shaw Conference Centre nine years ago and have paid their dues in the trade ever since. Scott, for his part, was a member of Alberta's Culinary Team for seven years.
The concepts and techniques they have selected for their first indie venture seem simple but are very important. The idea is to present French-inspired Canadian food. This can stretch from the Gaspé to Provence and far beyond, with all the protein sourced from no more than 150 kilometres from the High Level Bridge.
The Ards also understand, unlike so many, what "bistro" used to mean. That is, not-too-fussy, fairly straight-ahead dishes served casually but professionally at popular prices — which, for once, includes the wine list.
The vibes — especially compared with its rather gloomy predecessor — are cheering. Huge, south-facing windows, white linen tablecloths, lovely, elegant wooden chairs, smart cutlery, glassware and dishes, fresh flowers, agreeable art and hip fixtures get full marks. By brightening up the place — the white/periwinkle blue paint job made us think of Marseille and a pastis — the potential high ceiling problem common to the development vanished.
Service was, well, joyful … and competent throughout.
Much to their credit, the Ards present a manageable (seven "entree") standard menu along with a serious blackboard of nightly specials in each category. We chose from both routes and counted ourselves lucky.
Two delicious, tiny-perfect braised Pembina pork cheeks ($12) were served on a quinoa pancake. The apple (or was that apricot?) gastrique was tasty enough, but a drizzle might have sufficed, since the lovely, once-crisp pancake was soggy. A daily special cocotte of escargot and truffle (oil, I take it) ($14) was fabulous — earthy, meaty, satisfying, a surprisingly large serving of snails and wild mushrooms served with righteous toasted baguette.
Here's an athletic tip of the (sourced) pork pie chapeau to the chef for including walleye on the everyday menu. Now, as a tedious, thoroughly defeated Canadian nationalist, I'd call it pickerel as the great Manitou intended, but let us not quibble over relative minutiae.
The point is, for some reason, the noble prairie whitefish — in this case, from Manitoba since Alberta's commercial fishery has shut, says Scott — is totally neglected in Edmonton. That is very much our loss, and truly perplexing considering its regular presence on serious menus in cities such as Calgary, Saskatoon, Regina and Winnipeg. Supply is not a problem here. Imagination is.
They do it up right at Saisons, too ($22), the filets pan-roasted with a dollop of sauce maltaise (hollandaise and blood orange) served with delightfully crunchy red quinoa and brilliant caramelized (organic) beets and carrots. It's a stunner of a meal, and a true bargain.
Ditto for the special tourtière ($16), which vies for personal veneration with my friend Marc's family recipe that he didn't make this Christmas, alas. It's a dish so easy and so easy to mess up and the chef nailed it here with a fine, flaky crust, just the right, lean meat mixture and not too heavy on the ground cloves. A substitution of luscious smashed potatoes for chips (which looked great on other folks' plates) was cheerfully accommodated. This was the best dinner for under $20 in Canada I've had this year, without question.
We shared an unexpectedly light, mousse-like lemon tart ($7) for dessert that finished things off nicely. A flagon of Altos Malbec, at the customer-friendly tariff of $33, served us well throughout. There's even an acceptable red available in the 20s, which deserves cheers from increasingly wine-gouged Edmontonians.
Complaints? Well, it's become a broken record in this space, but it wouldn't kill ambitious and talented young chefs to include a daily, thought-through vegetarian option.
Plans are to soon inaugurate Saturday brunch (check bistrosaisons.ca) and when feasible, a weekday lunch service.
This is all good. You pray the Ards and their staff can maintain the quality, the price, the passion. So far, they have delivered a winner.


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Luther ran to a 14th place finish today at the NCAA III National Cross Country Championships. The Norse posted a team total of 413.
St. Olaf won the team title by two points over favorite North Central 84 to 86. UW-La Crosse was third with 155.
Individually, Marty Mitchell earned All-American honors placing 28th from the field of 275 runners. The top-35 runners earn All-American honors. Mitchell covered the 8K course in Hanover, Ind., with a time of 25:16.9.
Michael LeDuc of Connecticut College won the individual title with a time of 24:29.3. John Crain of North Central was third (24:33.1), followed by Grant Wintheiser of St. Olaf (24:34.8).
Rounding out the top five for the Norse was Austin Bauer (42nd - scored 29 - 25:29.6), Alex Rigdon (94th - scored 68 - 25:52.5), Issac Jensen (191 - scored 145 - 26:31.0), and Scott Mittman (199 - scored 152 - 26:34.1). Evan Neubauer (202nd - 26:35.5) and Brock Laue (266th - 27:51.4) ran sixth and seventh respectively.
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Books that make rhyme and meter / In our minds, so much neater
By Janice Harayda
Take a look at the list of top posts on this site on an average day, and you may say see something remarkable: The most popular post is often a review of a little-known book called How to Be Well-Versed in Poetry, a witty guide to understanding the different types of poetry. This post appeared than five months ago (Nov. 20, 2006), and since then it has repeatedly trumped reviews of newer and flashier books, including many bestsellers. And there's some poetic justice in this: No book makes learning about poetry more fun than this delightful collection, edited by the British critic E.O. Parrott, which illustrates many kinds of rhyme and meter with self-descriptive light-verse examples such as, "A form with very tight parameters, / Heroic couplets use pentameters."
But Parrott's book, published by Viking in 1990, can be hard to find. So you may also want to consider John Hollander's more widely available Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse (Yale University Press, $11.95). Like Parrott's book, Hollander's uses light verse to describe poetic forms: "A quatrain has four lines / As one can plainly see: / One of its strict designs / Comes rhymed abab."
One difference between the books is that Parrott includes work by a constellation of poets while Hollander wrote all of his examples. Perhaps for this reason, How to Be Well-Versed in Poetry is wittier than Rhyme's Reason and covers more poetric forms. But Hollander, a Yale professor, comments on some rhetorical issues that Parrott doesn't. So many people will want both books. As Hollander says in another context, "Repetition is a powerful and diversified element of formal structures."
You may also want to read … The Poetry Dictionary: Second Edition: 1) Defines key terms that should be in the vocabulary of every poet. 2) Includes over 250 illustrative poems from Homer to the present day. (Writer's Digest, $14.99), edited by John Drury with a foreword by Dana Gioia. This reference book in the form of a dictionary has more information than casual poetry readers may need, including definitions of obscure types of poems such as the Fibonacci (which uses the mathematical Fibonacci sequence to determine the number of lines in each stanza). But The Poetry Dictionary may be useful to poets, critics and others. The landmark textbook Understanding Poetry by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren, first published in 1938, taught generations of college students how read poetry by focusing on the text, not the poet's politics or other issues that have become fashionable. Understanding Poetry has gone through many editions and remains widely available in libraries. Another warhorse is John Ciardi's How Does a Poem Mean?, first published in 1959 and widely used in high schools and colleges in its day. This textbook, also available in many libraries, may be most noteworthy today for its six-page analysis of Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," which suggests the interpretation that has become standard — that the poem involves a death wish. A memorable third-season episode of The Sopranos in which Meadow explains the poem to A.J. may derive directly or indirectly from this influential book.
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TRAINING: My days of training vary, but I train twice a day. I now do my grappling/sparring sessions around late morning /mid day and my striking session / strength and conditioning session in the evenings.
When and why did you start training for fighting? Since the age of 11 I have been involved in sports. When I was 14, my older brother's friends made me go to the gym with them to push a few weights. I really liked boxing but ended up joining a karate club when I was 16. From there on I got really deep into training but never did anything with it. I had seen Vitor Belfort (he was a monster) when he was 19 in the UFC and always wondered how I had would face up with those guys if we were similar ages. I went to Leicester Shootfighters to hold some pads for a friend as he was holding a self defence session there. That's where I met my coach Nathan Leverton. At that session I saw Dan Hardy and Paul Daley; I found out that we were similar ages and that they were doing well on the UK MMA scene -I thought if they can do it, so can I.
What ranks and titles have you held? I held the FX3 lightweight belt
Do you have any heroes? I have many heroes, probably too many, but my 5 favorites are Mike Tyson, BJ Penn, Anderson Silva, Roy Jones Jr. and Bruce Lee.
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? It means everything to me to fight in the UFC; it's a dream come true. This is what I love doing, but it is also my livelihood. If I was not fighting, God knows what I would be doing because there are not that many jobs out there that motivate me.
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? No I didn't go to university; it was not something that I took a big interest in. I was not sure what course I wanted to do and I didn't want to get into debt; I also had a belief that I was not meant to be just the average person.
What was your job before you started fighting? I worked as a doorman at nightclubs.
Specific accomplishments in pro competition? I won the FX3 lightweight belt.
Favorite grappling technique: Either working for takedowns from the clinch, or the triangle.
Favorite Striking technique: Straight right hand.
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The Luther College men's tennis team won its fifth straight match with a 7-2 win over Loras in Dubuque, Iowa.
The two squads started the match with the bottom three singles spots and the Norse came away with a 2-1 lead. Matt Knutson earned a (6-3, 6-3) win at No. 5 against Jeff Kasel while Sean Brown won by the same score over Ulises Hernandez at No. 4. The Duhawks tallied a point when Garett Prusha defeated Luther's Jason Knutson (6-4, 5-7, 6-4) at No. 6.
The Norse won all three matches in the second round of play to clinch the team victory. James Ayer beat Brian Falvey (6-3, 6-3) at No. 2 to make it 3-1. Bellio rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the first set to win (7-6, 6-3) against Jon Moore at No. 1. Sam Cychosz held off Noah Schmall at No. 3 by a (6-4, 7-6) margin to earn the fifth point for the Norse.
Loras' Moore and Falvey knocked off Luther's Bellio and Brown by an (8-5) margin at No. 1 doubles to make it a 5-2 score, but the Norse won the final two doubles matches in convincing fashion to make it a 7-2 final. Ayer and Cychosz rolled past Hernandez and Kasel (8-1) at No. 2 while Matt Knutson and Aaron Ford beat Schmall and Prusha (8-3) to close out the meet.
The Norse are now 11-9 overall and 4-1 in the IIAC.
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The Top 10 LGBT Music Videos of 2012
The gay rights achieved accomplishments this year like never before: Not only was Barack Obama, who now backs marriage equality, re-elected in November but also four states recognized same-sex marriage, which signaled that Americans are finally accepting the LGBT community.
So it is only fitting that the music world, which is generally ahead of the curve (think Lady Gaga), incorporate LGBT people into their music videos. From silly to moving, here are the 10 best LGBT music videos of the year.
10. MNDR - "Feed Me Diamonds"
With such an audacious title it's no surprise that the New York City based electronic duo, MNDR, decided to have "RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race" runner-up Raven star in its latest music video. The clip features the fierce diva getting ready for her performance -- putting on makeup, stuffs and making sure every fake nail is in the right place - before hitting the stage, where she lip-syncs MNDR's addictive indie pop track. Looking like Diana Ross dipped in gold, Raven is a commanding force and a perfect fit for a song called "Feed Me Diamonds."
09. Carly Rae Jepsen - "Call Me Maybe"
In Carly Rae Jepsen's video for her powerhouse pop tune "Call Me Maybe," which pretty much took over the world this year, the Canadian pop star finds herself living out every gay guy's dream - except it's a nightmare for her. Throughout the video, Jepsen lusts over her hunky tattooed neighbor, who clearly hates wearing a shirt. After a few failed attempts to get the sexy young man's attention, the 26-year-old finally gives him her phone number, but that fails too as it turns out the man of her dreams is more interested in her band's male guitarist.
08. Bat For Lashes - "Laura"
Bat For Lashes' incredible single "Laura," is a haunting ballad and the music video for the track features the project's mastermind Natasha Khan belting out lovelorn lyrics about mystery girl Laura (who some speculated to be Laura Palmer, the murdered teen that shook the fictional town "Twin Peaks" in the early '90s). It also features a performance by an aging drag queen - a type of drag we hardly ever see. He glides and twirls with Khan on stage to an empty audience. The video ends with the two sharing an embrace while standing under a single spotlight. Although his moment is subtle, it is undoubtedly visually striking.
07. Hot Chip - "Don't Deny Your Heart"
The video for Hot Chip's "Don't Deny Your Heart" starts off with the British electro band playing a FIFA-like video game in their tour bus. But things get weird pretty quickly after the athletes in the game...start making out with each other. And it's not light making out either; these pixilated players go for a hardcore kissing session by passionately laying on top of each other and eventually both teams end up in a huge make out orgy.
06. SoKo - "We Might Be Dead By Tomorrow"
In this self-directed NSFW video, out French singer SoKo bares her heart in a risky portrayal of her romantic relationship with her girlfriend. At its core, the video for "We Might Be Dead By Tomorrow" simply shows two people in love - the grainy footage finds the couple kissing in the morning, holding hands, playing around in the kitchen and, yes more kissing. The heartwarming clip is not only adorable but poignant for 2012 as it ends with the following quote on a tombstone: "Love is not determined in the distance of flesh, but the position of the heart. Mine will always be with you."
05. The Magnetic Fields - "Andrew in Drag"
What's interesting about the Magnetic Fields' video for "Andrew in Drag" is not only does it feature the transformation of a man into a woman but also a woman into a man. It shows the intimate moments of the man and woman dressing in and out of drag: the man shaves his chest, slips into nylons and "stuffs" himself, while the woman tapes her breasts down and puts on a fake mustache. The video may just be under three minutes but it doesn't stop openly gay bandleader Stephin Merrit from singing the song's catchy hooks in his signature bass voice.
04. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - "Same Love" featuring Marry Lambert
Although Macklemore (Ben Haggerty) rose to fame this year for his absurd song/video for "Thrift Shop," the Seattle rapper plucked at the heartstrings of listeners on his moving song "Same Love" - hailed by some as the anthem for marriage equality. The video tells the story of a young man coming to terms with his sexual orientation; it flashes back and foward to milestones in the handsome teen's life: fights with his parents, his first boyfriend, getting married and growing old with his partner. It also shows the little moments in one's life (listening to records with your significant other, walks on the beach), moments that bind all of us together that prove love, is love no matter what.
03. Perfume Genius - "Hood"
For Perfume Genius' music video "Hood," the out Seattle singer-songwriter (Mike Hadreas) calls on burly-hunk and gay porn star, Arpad Miklos. The video shows the singer at his most venerable - at the start the actor is holding him like a baby, the then combs Hadreas' hair and eventually, the musician allows Miklos to apply makeup to him while cooing over a soft piano riff and booming drums. The clip cuts to the pair wearing different costumes and at one point, Hadreas wears Freddy Kruger's signature claw and a hoodie while Miklos is in a skin-tight Speedo. "The song's about how if someone knew you 100%, they would go away," he told the indie music review website Pitchfork in an interview. "So, in the video, I didn't acknowledge him until I was fully done-up in all my gear and my wig. That's how I feel in general. That freaky shit underneath-- that's kind of who I am, really."
02. Le1f - "Wut"
New York based rapper Le1f is one of the most interesting artists you will encounter this year. His flamboyant music video for the outstanding track "Wut" perfectly showcases the out musician's captivating personality. Le1f's flow and stage persona is undeniable as he drops it low, brushes his shoulder off, twirls his gum and dances around a Pikachu-masked buff man and raps, "Ukrainian cutie -- he really wanna cuddle / The fever in his eyes he wanna suckle on my muscle / He wanna burst my bubble / Let's see what's in my jungle / A Christopher Colombo fumble's how that cookie crumbled." If that wasn't enough, Le1f has a buff martial arts dude executing insane moves in a set that looks like it came from another dimension. It's hard to look away from the visually astounding and bright video but when it's coupled with Le1f's ferocity, it makes for one of the best musical experiences of the year.
01. Spiritualized - "Hey Jane"
The English rock band Spiritualized, lead by Jason Pierce, has been around since 1990 and the group's video for their outstanding single "Hey Jane" is pretty much a mini movie. The ten-minute clip finds the protagonist, a transgender woman, attempting to raise kids while working the street corner and stripping. Tyra Sanchez, who won season two of "RuPaul's Drag Race," plays the sympathetic prostitute and happens to be a single father in real life.
The AG Rojas directed video uses intense filmmaking techniques to hammer in themes of gender, sexuality and violence. The gritty story tragically unfolds and has a shocking ending, which will not be ruined for you here. The video for "Hey Jane" surpasses typical music video making and becomes an epic tale of struggle. Her film isn't inherently pro-torture, pro-Obama, anti-War, or anything else. That part is up to you.


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Paul Lambert admitted his Aston Villa side were made to pay for not taking their chances after they were knocked out of the Capital One Cup by Leyton Orient.
Darren Bent, starting a game for Villa for the first time since the final day of the 2012/13 season, was chief culprit as he missed in each half with only the goalkeeper to beat.
Joe Cole's perfectly-weighted pass behind the Orient defence sent Bent through down the right-hand side of the penalty area but his shot across Gary Woods flicked off the goalkeeper's legs and wide of the far post.
Then moments before Romain Vincelot's 87th-minute winner, the striker fired wide from a similar position after latching on to a superb 35-yard pass from centre-half Philippe Senderos.
''We had enough chances but never took them,'' said Villa boss Lambert. ''When you don't take chances, at any level of football, then you get punished. You don't have a divine right to beat any team.
''Darren is deadly in those situations and on another night they would have gone in. But like I said, if you don't take chances things like that happen.''
Villa had a warning 20 minutes before Vincelot's goal when Mathieu Baudry's downward header looked destined for the top corner but Shay Given produced a superb save to turn the ball on to the crossbar.
''We got away with that one,'' said Lambert. ''It was a great save from Shay.
''It's disappointing because in the first two Premier League games we've been absolutely solid - we haven't conceded a goal. Shay's save was a warning and we never took that warning, but it should never should got that far we should have finished it off.''
Vincelot's header saw Orient join Bradford in humiliating Villa in this competition, with the Bantams famously defeating the Premier League team over a two-legged semi-final in 2013.
And earlier this year at Villa Park, Sheffield United knocked Lambert's men out of the FA Cup.
Asked if the disappointment resembled those defeats, the Villa boss replied: ''You don't want to lose any football game.
''When you lose any football game, it's not a great feeling.
''I'm really disappointed because I though the team I picked was enough to win the game.
''I knew this would be a hard game and I picked a team I thought could win it, and we should have done as we had enough chances.''
Orient manager Russell Slade felt his game plan worked well, although he could not take the credit for what looked like an inspired match-winning substitution.
Vincelot headed home Bradley Pritchard's left-wing cross at the far post just four minutes after coming on as a replacement for Marvin Bartley.
Slade admitted the switch was necessity rather than a tactical masterstroke.
He said: ''It was a fortunate move. We wanted to keep Marvin on for the full 90 minutes really as he needs minutes on the pitch, but he had to come off.
''If we were going to make a tactical change at that stage I would have probably brought Lloyd James off, but there you go.
''But Romain has that ability in the air, he has proven that already this season. He seems to be getting forward more this season, which is good.
''My over-riding feeling is I'm pleased. I'm pleased we stuck to the game plan. It was important to stay in the game, especially early on. It allowed us time to settle and then we got on the ball reasonably well.
''We grew into game and I'm delighted we didn't go into extra-time for second time this season, having done so in the previous round.
''Obviously getting the goal when we did makes it difficult for them to respond.''
Orient have been drawn at home to League One rivals Sheffield United in the next round.
Slade had two spells as caretaker manager of the Blades in 1998 and 1999 and he is looking forward to facing his old club.
He said: ''First of all it's pleasing to be at home. Sheffield United are a great club. I used to be there for three and a half years so I will look forward to that, although it will be a tough game.''
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Tickets are $3 for adults, $1 for students
Participants of Young People's Theater (YPT) will perform the musical "Into the Woods, Jr." at Watt Auditorium starting this weekend.
The play is a darker story and revolves around many fairy tale characters who come together after the happily ever after.
"It's not your run-of-the-mill fairy tale, but it ties together fairy tales. It's a fun story," said assistant director Mindy Gerdes.
She said the production has introduced challenging music for the children, but has the utmost confidence in them all.
"The kids are doing a great job," Gerdes added.
Speaking of the children, Gerdes said many new faces have joined YPT, which shows there is a need for such a program that can appeal to all ages and all personalities. She said she and director Mary Cusack have had to adapt a play that typically uses 20 people to a play that uses a cast of about 100. To do so, the children have not only become the main characters, but have become the set, including flowers, trees and animals. This way, no child is turned away from joining the production, which Gerdes said is important.
One of the YPT's new cast members, Tayah Sorsen, 14, plays the role of Rapunzel. She said she likes the play's story and the mix of characters.
"It's funny and it's cool to see how the stories blend," said Sorsen.
She added she joined the cast because it is a creative outlet and she enjoys singing.
"I get to be somebody I'm not," said Sorsen, adding her character's personality of being quiet and scared is quite the opposite of her own.
Performances of "Into the Woods, Jr." will take place at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and March 1 and 2. A performance also will take place at 2 p.m. March 3.
Tickets are $3 for adults and $1 for students at the door. Family passes are also available.
Watt Auditorium is located at Ionia Middle School.
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DURHAM, N.C. – After dropping the doubles point for just the fourth time this season, the ninth-ranked Duke men's tennis team responded with six consecutive wins in singles to defeat No. 18 Florida State, 6-1, Saturday afternoon at Ambler Tennis Stadium. The Blue Devils improve to 16-4 and 4-1 in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) play, while the Seminoles drop to 14-6 and 2-3 in the conference.
"I was really happy with how the guys responded today in singles after losing the doubles point," said head coach Ramsey Smith. "We did a really good job in singles and were able to get some big leads and that gave us momentum. That took some of the pressure off. It is good to face adversity like this."
Florida State opened the match by claiming the doubles point with wins at the second and third positions. The dynamic duo of senior Henrique Cunha and Raphael Hemmeler claimed their seventh win in a row with a win at the No. 1 position over Benjamin Lock and Andres Bucaro. The tandem broke serve to claim a 2-1 lead and never looked back, claiming an 8-3 win. The Seminole duo of Anderson Reed and Jordan Kelly-Houston gave the Seminoles their first win of the day, after they defeated the duo of Fred Saba and Chris Mengel on court three, 8-5.
At the second position, the match stayed on serve until the Florida State pair of Cotrone and Davis earned the first break to take a 4-2 advantage. The teams traded games until Michael Redlicki and Jason Tahir broke serve at 5-all. The Seminole duo of Dominic Cotrone and Blake Davis held on to seal the doubles point for the Seminoles with an 8-6 win.
In singles, the Blue Devils came out of the gate strong in singles quickly taking five of six first sets over the Seminoles. Hemmeler evened the score after he claimed the first singles match of the day with a 6-0, 6-3 decision over Michael Rinaldi. The win for Hemmeler is his team leading 27th victory of the season.
At the first position, Lock gained the early advantage after he was able to break serve against Cunha. However, Cunha responded by winning the next eight games en route to a 6-1, 6-4 victory. The win from Cunha gave Duke its first lead of the match, 2-1, and kept his winning streak alive, as the senior remains perfect for the spring with a 13-0 record.
Shortly after the conclusion of Cunha's match, Redlicki drew the Blue Devils within one match of victory with a 6-4, 6-3 win at the third position. The rookie went up a break at 5-3 in the first set and went on to take the set, 6-4, before completing the straight set win. The win for Redlicki is his 24th of the season.
"Today, I learned from past experiences that regardless of what happens in doubles just to forget about it," said Redlicki. "Singles is a new match. I am by myself and I am worth a point, so are five other guys. I just focused on winning every individual point."
At No. 6, Tahir cruised past Gonzalez-Mendez in the first set, 6-1. In the second, the Duke sophomore went down an early break, 0-2, before responding to win three consecutive games to take a 3-2 advantage. Tahir and Gonzalez-Mendez traded games until Tahir closed out Gonzalez-Mendez in a tiebreak, 6-1, 7-6 (6). The win from Tahir closed out the match against the Seminoles and is the sophomores 14th win of the spring.
At the fourth position, Mengel defeated Kelly-Houston, 6-1, 7-6 (4), while Saba edged Florida State's lone ranked singles player in No. 121 Cotrone, 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (11-9). The win for Saba is his fourth consecutive over a ranked opponent, as he now owns a 22-7 mark for the season.
Up next, the Blue Devils will travel to Clemson, S.C., to take on Clemson Friday, April 5 at 2:30 p.m., before concluding their regular season road schedule at Georgia Tech Sunday, April 7 at noon in Atlanta, Ga.
Tennis Match Results
Florida State vs Duke
Mar 30, 2013 at Durham, N.C.
(Ambler Tennis Stadium)
#9 Duke 6, #18 Florida State 1
Singles competition
1. #5 Henrique Cunha (DU) def. Benjamin Lock (FS) 6-1, 6-4
2. #25 Fred Saba (DU) def. #121 Dominic Cotrone (FS) 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (11-9)
3. #56 Michael Redlicki (DU) def. Anderson Reed (FS) 6-4, 6-3
4. #89 Chris Mengel (DU) def. Jordan Kelly-Houston (FS) 6-1, 7-6 (7-4)
5. #73 Raphael Hemmeler (DU) def. Michael Rinaldi (FS) 6-0, 6-3
6. Jason Tahir (DU) def. C. Gonzalez Mendez (FS) 6-1, 7-6 (8-6)
Doubles competition
1. #1 Henrique Cunha/Raphael Hemmeler (DU) def. #45 Benjamin Lock/Andres Bucaro (FS) 8-3
2. Dominic Cotrone/Blake Davis (FS) def. #14 Michael Redlicki/Jason Tahir (DU) 8-6
3. Anderson Reed/Jordan Kelly-Houston (FS) def. #44 Chris Mengel/Fred Saba (DU) 8-5
Match Notes:
Florida State 14-5; National ranking #18
Duke 15-4; National ranking #9
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (5,1,3,6,4,2)


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(Kirksville, Mo.) - On Sunday, January 13th, the Kirksville Police Department was made aware of an unattended death of a male subject, in his early 20's, in Kirksville.
During the course of the subsequent investigation it was determined that the victim, became ill after ingesting (through inhalation) a small quantity of a substance referred to variously as "fake marijuana", "dew", or "K2" (which is often used as a generic term for synthetic cannabinoid).
The subject providing this substance, to the victim, has been identified and contacted by the police.
In a related matter, authorities have served a search warrant on an area business. Seized pursuant to the warrant was a large quantity of product believed to be consistent with synthetic cannabinoid.
This is a fact finding investigation. Filing of charges, if warranted, will have to wait for a final determination as to the cause(s) of death and toxicology/chemical analysis of other evidence collected.
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What: Boulder City Council
When: 6 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Boulder Municipal Building, 1777 Broadway
More info: To read the memo on the third-party independent evaluator and to see the entire agenda, go to tinyurl.com/brqbuwe. There is not a public hearing because it's a first reading of the ordinance.
The Boulder City Council is scheduled to vote on April 16 on whether to move forward with plans to create a municipal energy utility. In anticipation of that vote, city officials are moving forward with plans to hire an independent third-party reviewer to check the city's municipalization homework.
That the city hire an outside consultant to take another look at the analysis which found that Boulder could provide greener power at similar or lower costs than Xcel Energy is one of the charter requirements for municipalization.
The City Council will consider an ordinance Tuesday to issue requests for proposals for the third-party independent evaluator. There won't be a public hearing because it is first reading. The second reading will coincide with the public hearing on April 16 about whether to move forward with municipalization plans.
If the council gives the go ahead, the requests for proposal could be issued almost immediately.
"While the staff and consultants working on the model believe it includes all necessary components, if it does not, it would be better to know now rather than later in the process," officials said in a memo to City Council.
The reviewer will be asked to determine whether the city used appropriate inputs in its analysis and whether the modeling meets industry standards. The reviewer will also recommend any additional analysis he considers appropriate.
Purchasing Supervisor Dave Bannon said the city will look for someone with extensive experience in energy, and applicants will have to disclose any connections to Xcel Energy. City officials hope to get a report back from the reviewer by late spring or early summer.
"We want to ensure that it follows a logical process, that it's solid, and advise if there are things they see that are outside of industry standards, any assumptions that are wrong," Bannon said.
Councilman Ken Wilson, who has opposed municipalization, said he believes the third-party evaluator's conclusions will support the city's analysis, but not necessarily for the right reasons.
He said the city should ask one of Boulder's large companies to handle the contract for the city to create an extra layer of independence.
"The only way that an independent third party reviewer would be worthwhile is if that whole contract interaction were handled by a third party," Wilson said. "If staff hires them, the results are a foregone conclusion."
Wilson said he doesn't know if there is a precedent for asking a private company to handle a city contract on behalf of the city, but he fears city staff will present the information in a way that biases the results.
"The story that the third party hears is the story from staff and the story from the people who did the modeling," he said. "I think the train has left the station."
Boulder Mayor Matt Appelbaum rejected that idea. While he believes the modeling that shows whether the city could meet the charter requirements of charging similar rates to Xcel while using a lot more renewable energy is sound, there are a lot of other considerations.
Appelbaum said the city wants to hear the truth from its consultants, and consultants have their own reputations at stake.
"The people and companies we hire have reputations, and if they provide inaccurate or clearly bad information, they're going to suffer," he said. "People can be skeptical, but they're being inappropriately skeptical in that case. At some point, you have to assume that people are doing what they're asked to do."
Appelbaum said he expects some discussion of what, exactly, the reviewer's purview should be.
"I don't think the goal is to have someone reopen the entire process from scratch."
Despite his skepticism, Wilson said he would have preferred that the independent review be done before council is asked to move forward. He feels he doesn't have all the information he needs to make a decision on April 16.
That vote will not be the final vote on municipalization. However, the city would begin laying the groundwork for condemning Xcel's distribution system within Boulder, with a vote on whether to proceed with that process scheduled for August.
How much that will cost -- considering both the cost of the physical infrastructure and any stranded costs and going concerns that Xcel may be awarded -- and how that will affect rates is one of the big unknowns in the city's analysis.
Councilman Tim Plass said he wants the city to run its analysis again after some of those costs become clearer. Ideally, he would like the third-party reviewer also to examine that new analysis before city officials make a final decision.
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The annual event, which is hosted by the Women's Club of Odessa, will begin at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 1 and continue throughout the day with fun and festivities for everyone.
Christmas in Odessa is returning for its 48th year Dec. 1.
The annual event, which is hosted by the Women's Club of Odessa, will begin at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 1 and continue throughout the day with fun and festivities for everyone.
There will be crafts, fresh greens, food, treats, teas and antiques.
Christmas décor and materials for greens demonstrations will also be on sale.
Tickets will be $20 to tour the historic homes and buildings of Odessa, which will be pen until 7 p.m.
Carolers will be strolling the streets and once the sun falls, the houses will be lit by candle, making for a magical day and evening.
With construction on the Odessa Fire Hall still going on, some of the festivities have been moved to different areas in town.
Crafts will be available at the Old Cantwell School on U.S. Route 13 on South 6th Street – just south of Main Street, fresh greens will be at the Fieldstone Stable behind 202 Main Street and luncheon treats will be at the St. Paul's Church on Main Street.
Tea will be served and antiques will also be for sale at St. Paul's.
Sales of Christmas décor and the materials for greens decorations, which will also be demonstrated in the Fieldstone Stable during the day, will benefit the Women's Club of Odessa.
This year's holiday exhibit will feature the Historic Odessa Foundation's Corbit-Sharp House, which will be decorated based on author Washington Irving's Sleepy Hollow fame.
Tickets can be purchased in advance for $15 through the month of November at Hatton's Jewelry Clock and repair on Main Street in Middletown between Thursday and Saturday or at the Historic Odessa Foundation at the Bank, located on 2nd and Main Streets in Odessa, Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Proceeds from the event will go towards five $2,000 scholarships and preservation of the Women's Club Building – Old St. Paul's in Odessa.


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I have money and lowers waiting for this!Originally Posted by p8ntbal4me
My set of lowers are looking really lonely I think they need some company from a new board. Now that i saw the video it has made them even sadder.
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if it is not to late i would like to get in on this.
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I don't see my name on the preorder list yet. Please add me, I will take one of the first boards.
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I have been speaking of getting in on this also, but my name is not up on the pre-order.
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Im going to get the final numbers next week for prices and open the pre-order.
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I have received PMs for board purchases today.
Once I get time this week to send out the billing info I will do so.
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So, if you want a board, get on this deal now! Pricing won't last long!!!
Could you put me down on the pre order as well.
Your already in!Originally Posted by robander3
We have received a few deposits so far. I put the deposit amounts next to your names in the first post so you can see at a glance if your payment made it to me.
**If you sent a payment and dont see the amount next to your name, shoot me a PM ASAP!
I update this thread every morning at 430am EST
If you would like a board at the $160 price, I urge you to get in on this deal.
After the pre-order closes, we can not guaranty the price to hold much longer. Solenoid coils have almost doubled in the last 3-5 months.
Payment sent in full.
Updated first post with payments received!
I just wanted to say that this is awesome that you've done this. I'd shake your hand if I could.
Some boards are just beyond repair, its good to know that all is not lost.
I felt bad after the first try fell through.Some boards are just beyond repair, its good to know that all is not lost.
After 3 years, we will have replacement parts we need to keep going.
Just think, in a few years I will have an OLED/LCD board in the works.
4 payments out of 47 needed.
We cant move to production until you guys get on board.
Money sent..
UpdatedOriginally Posted by Tropical Life
41 more to go!
can i get one?
Absolutely!Originally Posted by knownothingmags
Payment Sent
Got itOriginally Posted by robander3
40 to go!
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Backplate: 6-3/4" h. x 4-3/4" w.
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