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There are plenty of mushrooms to be found over most of the Ozarks where this column will be read this week, but they are smaller this year on average than ever in the history of the world. Well, I can't say that for sure, but it is what I suspicion. A friend of mine found the smallest mushroom ever… the size of a man's thumbnail. If you don't believe it, you can see a photo of it on my website, given at the end of this column.
White bass are finally running pretty good, after several weak efforts over the last month, set back by cold nights and too much rain. The best of it, typified by the big females being caught in equal numbers to the males, is still ahead in most Ozark waters. As for the mushrooms, I figure this week is it. I think it will be over by the weekend. As usual, I am still selling mushroom seeds, in case you might like to scatter some in your woods for next year. For some reason I didn't sell any last year. But a mushroom seed is good for years and years. They are terribly small. I put a hundred or so in an envelope and you can't even see them with a microscope!
I will fish hard for the next couple of months, and fishing will dominate this column for a while, but first I have to tell one more turkey-hunting story. In doing this, I realize I am causing most hunters to say, "Heck, I had a better story than that one." That's why we publish the outdoor magazine, 'The Lightnin' Ridge Outdoor Journal'… to publish stories from readers, whether hunting or fishing, that will top mine. So, if you have some really great outdoor experiences, write them up and send them to me.
I killed my first gobbler a week ago, when he came readily to my call, gobbled a couple dozen times, then got behind a big rock the size of a boar hog, and began to strut, where I could only see his fanned-out tail. That kind of thing shows me that I haven't got enough patience to fill an empty shotshell hull.
I was tempted to jump up on that rock and blast him as he ran away, but remembering how many times I have tried such a thing, only to find out turkeys have faster reflexes than me, I waited. Finally he looked up over the rock and I was rewarded for my two or three minutes of agonizing wait. It was thirty minutes past noon, and I had been hunting since daylight.
The most enjoyable hunt I had was the day I watched a big gobbler come gobbling and strutting through the woods, convinced that I was a hen. He must have spent an hour moving slowly toward me, breast feathers glistening in sunlight between the trees. He circled me, fifty yards away, almost in range. What a sight that was. He never got inside my shotgun confidence distance, and then retraced his steps, leaving as he had come, gobbling and strutting.
So this past week, I struck out across some private land I had permission to hunt, about ten in the morning. I walked at a pretty good clip, through patches of woods where I would call enticingly. I heard nothing. Finally, fifteen minutes before noon, after walking about two miles, I reached the wooded peak above the river where I had wanted to be an hour before. It was a steep, boulder-strewn hillside, not exactly a bluff, but pretty close to it.
I sat there on a big rock, thanking God that there were places like this left to see in the Ozarks, and that I was able to walk far enough to see them. I called, and there was no answer, quietest morning I had ever seen. So I headed back into the woods behind me, and for some reason, I decided I would give my barred owl call, which often causes turkeys to gobble. I am glad I thought of it, because down close to the river below me, two gobblers hammered out gobbles close together.
Excitement replaced resignation, and I quickly found a good place to hide beneath a concealing cedar tree. Enticingly, I called… Nothing! I hooted like an owl again, so good that an owl across the river answered me! But no gobbles... I sat there thinking that they were probably down there with a group of hens, and would never gobble again until next March. Beneath my breath I cussed my rotten luck. Resignation replaced the excitement. I was tempted to take my lucky buckeye out of my pocket and throw it at them!
You've never heard better calling than I gave them that mid-day, sitting beneath that cedar tree. I have heard hen turkeys that aren't half as good at sounding like a hen turkey than I was. Still, there was nothing.
At such times it is hard for me to sit still and wait. There are hunters like me, who always like the feeling of the ground on the bottom of their feet, than on the bottom of their rear.
There was a thorn or a sharp stick beneath me, and I was about to get up and stomp on it when I saw, down the steep hillside amongst the boulders, a bright red and white head sticking up through green buds. I watched him come up that hill, my heartbeat going from 90 to 150 in about two seconds. He was big and beautiful and wary. I watched, and he walked, pausing to look for that hen he thought I was, then coming closer. In a minute or so he was only 35 yards away, an old mature gobbler with a dangling double beard, who made the mistake of gobbling at a doggone owl hoot, or he would be roosting in one of those river bottom sycamores tonight.
I had to carry him back, across one creek and up two mountains. Walking two miles carrying a twenty- pound turkey is difficult. I stopped once again to thank God for places I can still walk to where trees are big, and people are scarce. As someone who once couldn't walk for months, I know how wonderful it is to walk, even when it isn't easy. I don't need easy.
If that was the case I could have perhaps shot the old gobbler that struts just a little ways behind my house most mornings, but I am saving him for a time when I am old and lazy.
Seems like only yesterday we were watching it snow, stoking up the fire and thinking about how nice it would be when redbuds were in bloom and wild gobblers were sounding off in the bottoms, where May apples and mushrooms would help us to forget the winter. And I'll be doggone if it didn't get here. Now we have to wish it would have stayed awhile.
It is May finally… time to find some crows foot and poke greens and plant stuff in the garden. The first pair of orioles arrived today. I can hear one scolding a squirrel as I write this.
Don't forget to come to the big mountain-man rendezvous this weekend along the river below Pomme de Terre Lake dam, south of Hermitage Missouri. Lightnin' Ridge editor Sondra Gray and I will be there with an old wooden johnboat and paraphernalia the old-time rivermen used a hundred years ago in the Ozarks. And if you come to see us we'll give you a free copy of our outdoor magazine. There will also be lots of food and music by local singers and bands and dozens of vendors selling treasured items.
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New East Stadium Offers One of the Best Views
I don't know exactly what I was expecting in the middle of a busy Friday afternoon, but I know this: Once I stepped off a freight elevator that took me to the top of the new East Stadium, I was more than surprised. I was shocked. What I saw in what will be the highest seats in Memorial Stadium's storied history just might offer the best view of Lincoln … a sweeping, majestic expansion that will push Nebraska's capacity to about 92,000 fans and, believe or not, whoever is lucky enough to latch onto those new seats will still feel a sense of intimacy and fully connected to what's happening on the field.
I am not a carnival barker here. On the way up in a smooth ride on the fastest elevators in the state of Nebraska, I was expecting to feel exactly the opposite – disconnected and far from the madding crowd … stranded somewhere on a cliff near the top of college football's Mt. Everest. Maybe it was the 69-degree temperature that felt like a beautiful San Diego afternoon. Maybe it was the grandeur of visualizing what life will be like this fall when visiting teams come into Memorial Stadium and see something twice as high as they've ever seen from their bench on the west sideline. I could close my eyes and almost hear the Memorial Roar redefine itself, and I thought to myself, what a wonderful world that would be.
The ultimate question, I guess, is would I enjoy watching a game from this unique perch? The answer is yes I would because it does not feel nearly as far-reaching looking down as it does looking up. I have had more than one Athletic Department employee tell me the view I saw Friday was the best view in the stadium, and I honestly thought they were kidding me because I've heard the jokes that emerge from a major construction project. "You know every seat up there is going to need a seatbelt, so the wind doesn't blow you out of it" was one remark. I laughed but even in harsh weather, I could envision Nebraska's heartiest fans emulating Green Bay Packer fans in those valuable seats on a cold, windy afternoon in November. Those extra 6,200 seats, which include sold-out skyboxes, are going to make the Tunnel Walk more intimidating than it has ever been.
East Stadium Offers Sweeping Views of Lincoln
The best thing about the 15 rows of seats that stretch the length of the field and sit on top of 38 skyboxes is the escalator ride that takes you from ground level to level 6, so you can stare straight across the field at the press box. The club seats and suites in the West Stadium have great views of the field, but they don't offer the sweeping views the East Stadium has. You can, for instance, see the Devaney Center, Pinnacle Bank Arena and Hawks Field, not to mention NU's Coliseum, Mueller Tower, the campus and the new hotels in the Haymarket Area.
This panoramic view makes you feel up but not out. The unique design includes 12 entrances, compared to eight in the North Stadium and five in the South Stadium. In other words, fans who buy these seats will have very few steps to climb and bench seats that will be two inches wider than anywhere else in the stadium with the exception of club seats and suite seats. There is ample leg room to go along with the wider seats, plus built-in backrests. Did we mention that the rest rooms and concession stands are located in the concourse right behind the seats? Since these are the first and last sideline seats built inside Memorial Stadium since 1922-23, Nebraska wanted to do it right. (Historical footnote: Sideline suite seats have been built since the 1920s, but these are the first and last reserved seats).
No wonder I could look down on the field and see almost exactly where Jim Pillen recovered Billy Sims' fumble that cost Oklahoma a national championship 35 years ago. That same historically etched play would look every bit as big to me in the East Stadium as it looked from my West Stadium press box vantage point. If a play like that happens this fall, I thought to myself, I would love to see it and experience it from the new East Stadium view.
Two colleagues put on hard hats and joined me in navigating through the construction and on up the elevator. I asked one where he sits on Game Day. He pointed down to the lower level of East Stadium. When I asked which view was better, he said that the one we were looking at was better. I asked the other colleague what he thought. "This is one of the best views I've seen in Memorial Stadium," he said, admitting he was more surprised than shocked. Would he enjoy sitting in the new East Stadium, if he wasn't shooting video and bringing the game to life on Huskers.com? Yes. Bottom line, the three men and a camera that went up high on Friday afternoon, showed a clean sweep endorsement of a sweeping view that you just have to see to believe.
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Can't wait to try out the new seats. As a 1965 Architecture grad, I was there when it all got started. Most of my career has been in New York City and Stamford, Connecticut, and am now retired in sunny Florida. I still get to a game now and then through the generosity of the NU Foundation where I sponsor a scholarship for architecture students. Hope they can put me in one of those seats when I come back in October. Enjoy your articles very much. Please keep them coming for all of us lost souls far from good ole Lincoln. Harry Culpen, Culpen and Woods Architects (I had the BEST education at NU that any architect could wish for – what a great place!)
Great view. Love what's happening in Huskerville. Ray Ashby, Houston, Texas
Thanks for the insight and the view from the top. I've had seats in section 109 four rows from the previous top for about 20 years.Michael A. Taylor, Omaha, Nebraska


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Remember that Amtrak train Gov. Pat Quinn promised northwest Illinois? It's supposed to show up in 2014, linking Chicago with Rockford, Freeport, Galena and Dubuque, Iowa.
Well, 2014 starts in a few weeks, and local leaders along the line remain in the dark about whether the project is moving forward.
"I haven't heard anything," Freeport Mayor Jim Gitz said. He's worried that funding for the train could get caught up in budgetary debates on Capitol Hill.
"It would be a shame if the expansion of rail service into northern and northwest Illinois were to become the victim of budgetary forces or the forthcoming elections."
Gitz, a supporter of public transport, doesn't expect to see Amtrak trains here until 2015. If train service doesn't begin by 2016, he said, it may never happen: "The Republican House has no inclination to fund infrastructure. They don't believe in investing in America.
"If they don't want to support highways and bridges, you can imagine where trains rank. How many more lanes do we want to build on I-90?"
Sen. Steve Stadelman, D-Rockford, said the state's negotiations with the Canadian National Railway over use of their tracks "are agonizingly slow. The governor says he's disappointed that the cost has skyrocketed. Conversations are taking place now, revisiting the issue, determining the future of Amtrak service."
The state estimated infrastructure upgrades at $60 million for the southern route through Genoa. Stadelman declined to say how much the cost has risen.
"This service is still going to happen, it's just taking longer than it should."
Meanwhile, the city of Rockford moves forward on its plan to build a $12 million train and bus station at South Main Street and Kent Creek. Quinn came to Tinker Swiss Cottage on Jan. 17, 2012, to pledge $3 million to start the station project; he promised then that trains would be rolling by 2014.
"The city and Rockford Mass Transit District will be announcing their architectural team that will help design the downtown station soon, hopefully right after Thanksgiving," said Steve Ernst, executive director of the Rockford Metropolitan Agency for Planning.
"It has just been a difficult and lengthy process. ... Getting signed contracts out of Springfield has seemed to take an eternity."
Ernst hasn't heard anything new on the route upgrades since the summer.
"As far as I know the state and the CN still have not reached agreement. But seeing as they both signed a nondisclosure agreement for the negotiating period, IDOT has not been able to divulge how close (or how far apart) they are. But given the length of time, I have to believe that they still are far apart."
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Luther remained undefeated in Iowa Conference action after defeating Simpson College 1-0 in a hard fought match played in Indianola.
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Both teams tallied 15 shots, with Luther placing six on goal, and Simpson forcing Tommy Breen to make seven saves.
The win gives Luther a league record of 4-0, 10-4-0 overall. Simpson falls to 2-2 in the IIAC, 9-3-2 overall.
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TRAINING: Hard work in all aspects of MMA
When and why did you start training for fighting? I started training around 2005 or so. I started just to get in shape and it turned out that I had a knack for it.
What ranks and titles have you held? In 2006 I won my first IKF kickboxing tournament. Then I was ranked number one amateur kickboxer for about a year or so. In 2008, I won the St. Louis Golden Gloves tournament twice, in two different divisions, and two different weight classes. I also earned the outstanding boxer award that year.
Do you have any heroes? My hero is my Dad. He is successful, and did it all on his own!
What does it mean for you to fight in the UFC? To fight in the UFC means that I have an opportunity to fulfill my dream and to make my family proud of me. It also means that I have made it; fighting in the UFC completes every goal I have set out to do!
Did you go to college and if so what degree did you earn? I went to Vatterott College, where I earned my associates degree.
What was your job before you started fighting? I work for my family here in St. Louis. We have a heating and cooling company and my dad started it about thirty years ago. I'd like to help keep that legacy going.
Specific accomplishments in amateur competition? In amateur competition I have accumulated around a hundred fights, only losing four of them.
Favorite grappling technique: I have to say it would be an anaconda choke. It just looks cool to do!
Favorite Striking technique: Definitely not a spinning back kick!!!
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LISA RATHKEMONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) â¿¿ The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation is requiring a number of municipalities and other groups to do more to control stormwater runoff to reduce pollution in the Lake Champlain watershed with measures that could cost up to $100 million. The permit issued Wednesday requires 13 communities, the University of Vermont, the Burlington International Airport and the state Transportation Agency to develop stormwater management plans within three years to reduce the amount of polluted runoff that flows into streams, rivers, ponds and lakes. The permit requires the communities to implement the stormwater control as soon as possible, but no later than 20 years from the effective date of the permit. "Many streams and rivers in Vermont's urbanized areas suffer from polluted runoff from buildings, parking lots, and roads that contains metals, oil and grease, and nutrients. In addition, this runoff can cause serious erosion with associated damage to fish and wildlife living in and along streams, and impacts to recreational and fishing opportunities," the department said. The sediment and nutrients eventually wash downstream, much of it as pollution into Lake Champlain, the department said. The stormwater control measures are expected to cost St. Albans Town millions of dollars, said Steve Beauregard, its public works director. The communities will be eligible to apply for zero interest loans to defray the costs of the planning efforts. The department also plans to work with the Legislature to find funding options. "We've known that this has been coming for some time," Beauregard said. Because the town is so rural, it has plenty of space to do some of the projects, such as creating stormwater ponds to catch the water and release it over a longer period, he said. "I think it's going to be a much tougher road for the cities just because they don't have the space to put the projects in," he said.
In Rutland, Evan Pilachowski, commissioner of public works, said he didn't yet know what the implications could be."It's definitely going to be a challenge," he said. There's less space for surface water ponds so cities often use underground water detention, which is more costly, Pilachowski said. That might include a pipe and a gravel bed underground or other options, he said. The affected communities are Burlington, Colchester, Essex, Essex Junction, Milton, Shelburne, South Burlington, Williston, Winooski and the towns and cities of both Rutland and St. Albans.


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Muchachos Drum & Bugle Corps seeks new membersBy PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader February 02. 2013 10:45PM
MANCHESTER - Ken Vachon is looking for a few good Muchachos.
Vachon, of Litchfield, serves as publicity director for Manchester's Muchachos Drum & Bugle Corps. The group, one of only two remaining active drum and bugle corps in New Hampshire, is holding open rehearsals next Sunday from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at its headquarters in the Brady-Sullivan Tower, 1750 Elm St.
"We're hoping to get as many people as we can to come out," said Vachon. . . . . We've expanded our recruiting area to include all cities and towns in the state and Greater New England."
The band, led by director Al Gagne, has evolved over the past 53 years.
In the early 1960s and mid-1970s, the Muchachos competed on several drum and bugle corps circuits in New England. The Granite State had more than a dozen active drum and bugle corps at the time, with membership in the Muchachos open to individuals up to age 21. Today, the Muchachos has about 40 members.
"I think we reached our peak membership of about 85 members in 1975," said Vachon. "The Muchachos ceased active operations in 1985, due primarily to dropping membership numbers and a lack of operating funds."
The corps remained quiet until the fall of 1996, when Manchester celebrated its 150th anniversary. A group of alumni joined forces in an effort to march one more time down Elm Street, but enough interest was generated to re-establish the corps. The Muchachos are now registered as a 501C3 non-profit group, opening up the age range to include youth and adult members.
The band will begin its 2013 season by marching in the Manchester St. Patrick's Day Parade and the Holyoke, Mass., St. Pat's Parade.
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The city of Lake Ozark received a glowing financial report from its auditor at Tuesday night's regular board of aldermen meeting.
The city of Lake Ozark received a glowing financial report from its auditor at Tuesday night's regular board of aldermen meeting.
Lynn Graves from Graves and Associates CPAs of Jefferson City said the city has successfully addressed auditing issues in recent years.
"Nothing came to our attention in the auditing procedures," Graves told the board. "There have been a lot of good things for the city during the year."
Overall revenues have increased, there is a net increase in the general fund, reserves are better than two years ago and the operation of the city's government and utility funds has been "outstanding," he said.
"The city had a big hill to climb out of with bond reserves," he explained. "You should be complimented for working out the stuff that happened a long time ago."
"It's exciting to see what you've accomplished last year," he added.
Special Events fee
A year ago, aldermen discussed the fee charged for Special Event Permits, but made no decision other than to agree to revisit the issue each June.
City Administrator Dave Van Dee reminded the board that the $125 fee is typically waived for non-profit organizations and is not a significant budget item since only a handful of events qualify for the fee.
A fee isn't a bad idea, he said, but added he thought $125 might be too much. There are some administrative costs involved, he pointed out.
Mayor Johnnie Franzeskos said he felt that if a fee is charged it should be charge to everybody. Nobody should be exempted.
Alderman Jeff Van Donsel said he felt that a fee is arbitrary and cannot be justified based on actual administrative costs.
Alderman Betsey Browning said she felt the rules should be more specific as to who needs a Special Events Permit and who does not. "It needs to be made more clear, and then I'd consider it," she said of a fee.
After several minutes of discussion and after a motion by Alderman Larry Buschjost to reduce the fee to $75 was withdrawn, Alderman Don Langley offered a motion to charge $25 to every permit applicant.
However, his motion was defeated 4-2. Aldermen Browning, Tony Otto, Judy Neels and Van Donsel voted against the $25 fee, while Buschjost and Langley voted in favor.
Unless aldermen decide to address the matter sooner, the Special Event Permit fee will be discussed again in June 2014.
Other business
•Police Chief Mark Maples told the board he will be providing the board and city staff with an update on the Lake Race 2013, and a list of recommendations for making the event "more organized and efficient from my perspective."
•The board set public hearings for Tuesday, July 9, on three aspects of the city's wastewater sewer improvement project. Hearings will be conducted for Alternative Engineering Solutions, Estimated User Charge Rate and the Environmental Impact of the project. Van Dee said he and McClure Engineering want to make sure the city meets all of the requirements of the Sewer Revolving Fund mandates and that the city does its due diligence.
•The board approved Franzeskos' reappointment of Alderman Larry Buschjost to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
•The board authorized the city administrator to develop an agreement with a financial advisor for construction of a 10-inch water main.


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Plus it's a fundraiser for both the Fort and the Taft disAbilities Partnership Team
Wines, microbrews, music, good food and auctions are on tap for the April 18 annual
fund-raiser for Taft College's Transition to Independent Living (TIL) program.
The popular event, which will be held at the Historic Fort from 5-8 p.m., is sponsored
jointly by the Fort Preservation Society and the Taft disAbilities Partnership Team
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All proceeds will be divided between the sponsoring organizations.
The event spotlights the college's acclaimed TIL program that trains young adults with
mild intellectual disabilities to live on their own through a two-year, on-campus blend of
academics and hands-on living experiences.
A new $14.5 million Independent Living Center is nearing completion, which will allow
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The wine tasting/jazz festival will feature music by the Taft High Jazz Band under the
direction of Amanda Posey, a variety of wines and microbrews to sample, Hors d'oeuvres
prepared by TC chef Geoff Dunham and his staff, both live and silent auctions and
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Robin Polski will serve as auctioneer.
Advance tickets are on sale.
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Sponsorships are available at various levels: $125 includes two tickets, $250 (four
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what would his bio say about him?
What direction will matty make for this figure?
include extra 200x accessories like the large gun, 200x head or some new detailing?
snap on weapons?
will he look completely like the 80s toy?
what would his bio say about him?
I acknowledge that this figure is not excited me much. I always saw him as out of side in motu, a cowboy in Eternia?. his image and his name is more compatible with GI joe .
I think he doesnt fit it.. I mean pants? .. nobody whears pants on eternia.. he needs a loin cloth .. I'd prefer him with the hand gun idea like the 200x MAA..
Rio is such a fun character! He fits in fine. I hope the 4H take a lot of influence from the original toy. those flip out guns hidden in his body are an awesome concept!
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I never had him as a kid so I prefer the 200x treatment. I like the idea of the gun hand similar to Trap Jaw or even similar to the 200x Man at Arms with the big hand gun.
He is a weird one for me. I love the wild west in American history. Alas I also don't see him as a very good concept for MOTU. The way he dresses would indicate that Eternia has frontier towns with cowboys. It just doesn't seem plausible.
At the same point if they do make him I am certain he will be almost 100% vintage based.
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I never had Rio Blast whn I was a kid but iused to play with a friend that had one. The figure was cool but it was kind strange to pop up his guns and see the holes in the body. I love the staction, for the MOTUC version I would like the legs, the big gun but detachable and the hair cut from the staction.
Do you think they're going to add those bullets' marks in his body?
I'm sure the big gun hand will not be there, since that's a 200x hyper detail thing & that style is retired. I also didn't like the big gun for an arm thing on the staction. just give me an update of the vintage figure with all that great classics articulation & I'll be happy.
i'm sure the 4hm will give him some awesome inner details the same way they did for Trap-jaw & tri-klops, to make his inner parts look great when his guns are flipped out & bullets blazing. obviously, like Roboto he wouldn't have the ab crunch, but that's not a big deal imo for certain characters who'd have unique torsos.
I'd love to see how they'll do Spikor, who had a unique torso too.
for those who don't think rio Blast fits in with motu, because he wears pants, or is too space-age, should look at characters like Bow, trap-jaw, roboto, optikk, He-ro, etc.
Rio is just as much motu as characters like ninjor & jitsu. or Extendar who look like a knight of the round table imo. Asia isn't located on Eternia.... Earth isn't on Eternia, for that matter, but many of the characters are based on Earth animals, & Earth cultures aren't they? they did have a horse, Stridor didn't they? rio blast would go perfect with Stridor if they make them.
come on Mattel!!! Make Stridor & Rio Blast... they'd be perfect together imo. much better than Fisto & Stridor imho. though i want Fisto too.
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I was thinking Rio could have the pop out guns without having a new buck or taking away from ab crunch. Have his armor have it so you can pop on & off the chest & knee guns. And as for his hand guns have them attach over the arms like the shields do. If that at all makes sense? And you can still have that large 200x gun. Any comments?
Rio-Blast is my most anitcipated figure of this line. I'm a huge fan of westerns and cowboy themed heroes. I really hope he makes it into the line sooner than later.
Rio always sort of struck me as the loner of the MOTU world. The drifter who lent a valuable hand when with the group but spent most of his time on solo adventures. Not a joiner kind of guy, but reliable when called upon. He was one of my favorite figures as a kid. He and my modified Night Stalker renamed Chaos (my stepdad repainted him silver& red on the purple& gold bits) rode the plains of Eternia doing heroic deeds. Plus he looked like Chuck Norris, another certified badass.
I can't wait to see how the Horsemen "classicsize" him for MOTUC.
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When I was little I would call him Chuck. I played with him as a solo hero. Rio was my second favorite hero figure. Sky-Klone was my number one & the Rock guys third.
I am so suprised with how many people want Rio to be completely based on the vintage version. As I said in my initial post, I thought the 200x Staction was the best update of all the characters.
But looking more at the Staction, I am sure if you stripped down the "hyper anime detail", which would be the head and oversized gun, then Rio wouldn't look too different for his MOTUC counterpart.
Luckily, Rio Blast is one of the few vintage figs that has a great look so it doesn't matter which way the 4H go because they are still going to do a fanatstic job on him.
I still want the oversized reveolver though, either as a seperate interchangeable arm or a seperate weapon because I think it looks so cool
Personally, I want to see Rio Blast done more towards his classic look. I didn't realley like the big gun arm. If it's removable that's fine. I would realley like his flip out weapons incorporated though,
Well the NYTF has been and gone. Still no Rio Blast but there is always SDCC
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rio is a favorite and one of my favorites in the vintage line. i have no doubt the horsemen will do an awesome job on him for his classics figure, as long as he doesn't have a stupid mega gun hand and that other dumb **** on the side of his head like the staction did.
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This guy was one of my favorite figures from my childhood, mostly because he had so much cross over potential with other toy lines. I must admit he really doesn't fit into MOTU very well (I even felt this as a child), but he remains one of my most anticipated.
Maybe his bio will tell of how he came back to Eternia with He-Man when he returned from Primus. That's really the only way I can see him fitting in, other than him being summoned to Eternia like Skeletor did with Blast-Attack, Ninjor and Scareglow in the mini comics.
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I was thinking about this idea the other day.
How about if Rio's guns were clip on, and would work on any figure?
Then, when the Horde Troopers are released, the weapons come in a weapons pack in a colour similar to Horde Troopers, for making a Colonel Blast custom?
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Great idea Toymaker. That gives them a cost saving reuse
I loved Rio Blast when I was a kid so I really want Mattel to do him right! Since TF when Scott mentioned every vintage figure was due by 2017, my mind has eased somewhat about getting certain characters so now I'm not worried about Rio.


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NORTHPORT | The Northport City Council has been asked to forgive a $9,430 water bill — six years after it was due.
NORTHPORT | The Northport City Council has been asked to forgive a $9,430 water bill — six years after it was due.
In August 2007, a business license and water account was set up for Bama Carwash, a gas station and carwash on U.S. Highway 82 in Northport.
In the first month, the business had a water bill of $4,419. In September 2007, the bill was an additional $3,700, and a city representative met with someone at the carwash to discuss a suspected leak on the owner's side of the water meter.
In October 2007, the water meter was turned off and the account closed. Eventually, the matter was sent to collections after several certified letters were sent to the business owner, Larry Thomas, said Ron Davis, city attorney for Northport. At least $1,311.61 in late fees were tacked onto the bill over time.
But Thomas said his business never opened because the property was going to be sold.
"It's unfair," Thomas said on Tuesday. "Who allows for a water bill to get to that amount? The meter should have been turned off when it got that high."
The city's position is that the gas station and carwash were open for at least a month.
Documentation from 2007 shows that the property owners reported that Thomas was in business for about two months. However, documents also show that Thomas reported to the city that he only sold a few convenience store items
during the first couple of weeks, the carwash was inoperable and he was charged city sales tax of $50,80 after a warrant was put out for his arrest for not paying taxes.
"I never did business there," Thomas said. "I got my license, but I never did open, period. Now this is preventing me from buying a house. That's how I found out about this
because it was on my credit report. It's an open case."
Thomas went before the Northport City Council on July 8 appealing his claim, which was originally rejected by the Northport claims committee. The council offered to reduce the amount to $5,000, but Thomas told the council that was too high for him to pay back.
On Monday, the council cut the overdue bill again, this time down to $2,500.
"That's $7,000 less than the original bill," said City Councilwoman Judy Hayes.
"I feel that is more than fair," added Councilman Rodney Sullivan.
According to a motion passed by the council, Thomas has 120 days to pay back the $2,500. If the amount is paid in full over the next four months, then it will be reported positively to the credit agencies, said City Administrator Scott Collins. If Thomas fails to pay the full $2,500 by the deadline, then the amount due will go back to $9,400, he said.
"If he doesn't pay the $2,500 within the 120 days, then all bets are off," said Council President Jay Logan.
But Thomas said that despite the water bill being cut by almost 75 percent, he still can't afford to pay for it.
"It's still too high," Thomas said.
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Norfolk Southern dedicates new regional intermodal facilityWritten by Mischa Wanek-Libman, editor
Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman and U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster joined federal, state and local officials June 11 to officially dedicate the Franklin County Regional Intermodal Facility in Pennsylvania.
The $97-million terminal, located on 200 acres south of Greencastle and less than a mile from Interstate 81, connects Central Pennsylvania, Western Maryland and Northern Virginia to domestic and world markets while creating 126 jobs at the site. The facility, a public-private partnership involving $52 million in NS funds and supported by a $45-million investment by Pennsylvania, is part of NS' Crescent Corridor series of projects, a 2,500-mile network of rail and terminals that helps moderate truck traffic on congested roadways and reduce carbon emissions.
"This terminal represents a milestone for Norfolk Southern and Franklin County," Moorman said. "It is creating jobs here in Central Pennsylvania, positioning Norfolk Southern as the green transportation choice and serving the region's freight transportation needs. This important endeavor would not be possible without the dedicated support of people in Washington, Harrisburg and here in Franklin County."
The terminal, with its 670 paved trailer/container parking spots, will be a major gateway for freight in the Mid-Atlantic. NS projects that the new facility, in combination with other NS intermodal terminals in the state, will help divert hundreds of thousands of long-haul trucks off roadways in Pennsylvania and onto trains.
"This intermodal terminal is a huge investment in Franklin County's future," said Shuster, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. "These facilities are proven centers of business growth and I am sure it will create many opportunities for Franklin County and the region. I have long supported freight rail because of its efficiency and see this terminal as a vital infrastructure improvement."
The Franklin County Regional Intermodal Facility is the third Crescent Corridor intermodal terminal NS has opened since mid-2012, with facilities in Birmingham and Memphis having started last year. A fourth Crescent Corridor intermodal terminal, located in Charlotte, will open later this year. NS also is expanding capacity at two intermodal terminals in Harrisburg.


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Christina Elberling has Type I diabetes, and she wants to help others with diabetes to learn what she has discovered: "There are life changes you can make that can lead to better health."
Christina Elberling has Type I diabetes, and she wants to help others with diabetes to learn what she has discovered.
"There are life changes you can make that can lead to better health," Elberling said, adding some of the things she is offering are different ideas than one might get through traditional methods.
Elberling is a certified holistic health coach, having received training through the Institute for Integrative Nutri-tion, and she is certified with the American Associ-ation of Drugless Practitioners.
Elberling, who moved to Redwood Falls with her family this past August, said she has been researching non-traditional methods to treat diabetes for some time, and now she is ready to provide what she has learned with others.
"I have had diabetes for 30 years, and I have learned how to control it and use as little insulin as possible," she said, adding what she does also helps prevent the highs and lows one can typically experience with diabetes.
Although diabetes is typically passed through genetics, Elberling said she has gone back five generations in her family and has not found anyone who had been diagnosed with it.
She surmises a sledding accident that happened to her as a child may have triggered something that led to the diabetes discovery.
Although Elberling has Type 1 diabetes, she is focusing most of what she is offering to those with Type 2 diabetes, and she is confident, and believes research backs the belief that Type 2 diabetes can be reversed with proper care.
Elberling is offering a program known as The Diabetes Free Zone®, which is a new 16-week program that uses natural methods to reverse Type 2 diabetes.
"I want to meet a widespread need for awareness and hope through a structured system that not only educates people but also helps then regain control of their blood sugar and ultimately their health," she said.
When Elberling was first diagnosed with diabetes, there was little being offered for juveniles, and she said advances have helped to better treat younger people with the disease.
Elberling said she wants to provide that opportunity for people to know they can feel good two days in a row, and she said what she offers can help.
Success is about taking the disease head on one day and one choice at a time.
Elberling said those who might be interested in working with her may contact her by visiting her Web site at www.cehealthcoaching.com.
Elberling said she is looking for a space to use for her program, but for now is willing to travel to meet people or to uses technology, including Skype to work with those who are part of the program.
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The most important items in his loot table (excluding world drops):
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- Design: Black Diamond Crab
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Catching up on some online reading this morning and stumbled upon a troubling story involving ex-Eagles running back Ryan Moats.
Moats, 26, joined the Houston Texans last season. He spent a couple of seasons with the Birds after being selected in the third round of the 2005 draft.
Per The Dallas-Morning News and WFAA-TV in Dallas/Fort Worth, Moats was hassled by a police officer in Texas as he rushed to the hospital to see his mother in-law, 45-year-old Jonetta Collinsworth, who was dying of breast cancer.
According to The Dallas-Morning News, Moats ran a red light with his hazard lights on a little after midnight on March 17. Moats said the only nearby driver waved him to go ahead.
Police officer Robert Powell followed Moats, who was driving with his wife, Collinsworth's father and her great aunt, to Plano Hospital.
Once they arrived, Moats' wife got out of the car.
"Get in there!" Powell yelled, per the reports. "Let me see your hands!"
"My mom is dying," she explained, ignoring his command and running into the hospital.
Moats, who stayed behind with Collinsworth's father, went back-and-forth with the officer.
"Just give me a ticket or whatever," he said.
"Shut your mouth," Powell told him. "You can cooperate and settle down, or I can just take you to jail for running a red light."
According to the reports, the hospital twice sent nurses outside to ask the officer to let Moats go, but he would not listen.
"If you want to keep this going, I'll just put you in handcuffs," Powell said, "and I'll take you to jail for running a red light."
The entire incident, which lasted either 13 or 20 minutes -- depending on the report -- was captured on video.
An excerpt from the Morning-News article:
Powell made several more points, including that the SUV was illegally parked. Moats replied "Yes sir" to each.
"Understand what I can do," Powell concluded. "I can tow your truck. I can charge you with fleeing. I can make your night very difficult."
"I understand," Moats responded. "I hope you'll be a great person and not do that."
By the time Powell finally issued a ticket to Moats and he got into the hospital, it was too late. His mother in-law had already died.
"I went up after she passed and held her hand, but she was already gone," Moats told WFAA-TV.
"For him to not even be sympathetic at all, and basically we're dogs or something and we don't matter, it basically shocked me," he added later.
Dallas police have launched an investigation, dropped the ticket and apologized, according to the reports.
This is just a brief summary of the incident. There are plenty more details.
Click here for The Dallas-Morning News report and here for the WFAA-TV report.
UPDATE: As some of you pointed out, the video is now posted on WFAA's Web site. Click here to watch it. It provides a clearer perspective than simply reading the quotes. If the clip makes its way to YouTube, please e-mail me and I'll embed it here.
UPDATE II: The videos have been posted on YouTube. They are in two parts. Below is the first part. I'll post the second part in a separate post. And I have to say the situation is even more disturbing when watching the whole thing unfold. Thanks to reader Usman for passing along the link.
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MILWAUKEE -- What a difference a year has made for Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun.
"This is nice," Braun said, with the sort of laugh that was absent at this time last year. "It's relaxing."
MILWAUKEE -- What a difference a year has made for Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun.
"This is nice," Braun said, with the sort of laugh that was absent at this time last year. "It's relaxing."
Braun was anything but relaxed as the calendar flipped to February a year ago, when he was staring down the barrel of a 50-game suspension. He'd spent all winter fighting back following an ESPN.com report in mid-December 2011 linking him to a failed a drug test during the postseason, and he skipped the Brewers' late-January fanfest because an appeal was still ongoing.
It was not until Feb. 23, the day Brewers position players reported to Spring Training, that Braun's fate was sealed, when a three-member arbitration panel ruled in his favor and overturned the suspension.
This offseason, there has been no such drama.
"It's definitely a lot different for me," Braun said. "It's just nice to have a regular offseason, a regular routine, know exactly what I'm getting myself into. Most of all, it's a lot more relaxing."
Business as usual for Braun means he attended "Brewers On Deck," which drew nearly 12,000 fans to Milwaukee's downtown convention center on Jan. 27. Last year, the event was dominated by questions about Braun's uncertain status and the departure of free-agent slugger Prince Fielder; this year, pitching was the primary topic.
That is mostly because an offense that led the National League in runs and home runs is returning intact, led by Braun, who shook off his tumultuous offseason and batted .319 with 41 home runs and 112 RBIs. He led the NL in runs and homers, and finished second in NL Most Valuable Player Award balloting to the Giants' Buster Posey.
"When Ryan's healthy, Ryan can have a better year than last year or the one before. He can," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "We need to keep him on the field and keep him healthy.
"But if he wants to hit for power, he's going to hit for power. If he wants to hit for average, he's going to hit for average. There's not much he can't do."
Braun has hit at least 25 home runs in each of his six seasons and driven in at least 100 in each of the last five years. His goals now are more nuanced.
"I think the challenge is always longevity and consistency," Braun said. "Hopefully, I continue to have success. There's always room for improvement. Defense is something I've always prioritized and tried to get better at; I think I'm headed in the right direction."
And offensively?
"It would be really good if I could walk more than I strike out," said Braun. "I don't know that that's going to happen. But if I could do that, it would be really cool."
The Brewers' first full-squad workout is Feb. 16, and Braun expects to depart around March 1 to join Team USA for the World Baseball Classic. He will not go far; the Americans are in Pool D with Canada, Mexico and Italy, and play first-round games in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Ariz.
With the Classic in mind, Braun started preparing for the season "way earlier," long tossing in November and hitting before Christmas. Braun works out during the offseason at Pepperdine University, the picturesque seaside campus near his Malibu, Calif. home.
"I don't know that I'll be that much more ahead," Braun said. "I just hope I've built myself up to the point where I'll be ready to play a few more innings. Other than that, it's not too much different from where I'm normally at."
Has he spent time analyzing Team USA's chances?
"I like our chances," Braun said. "On paper, we certainly have a great team. Obviously, it's challenging for us in that it's a little earlier than guys are in their best shape. We're obviously not in midseason form at the beginning of the season. But I know everybody is really fired up to play."
Then, it's back to work for the Brewers, who will try to compete in the NL Central with a solid offense, a rebuilt bullpen but a mostly unproven starting rotation.
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James Franco will play Tommy Wiseau in a film based on Alamo native Greg Sestero's book "The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room," according to TheFilmStage.com.
Franco, a Palo Alto native, announced in February that he would direct and produce the film version of the book, which chronicles Sestero's experience making what many have called the worst feature film ever made, in which Wiseau wrote, directed and starred. Over the past decade it's become a cult classic, with regular screening all across the country.
Sestero told Bay Area News Group that he will likely be played by Dave Franco (James Franco's brother), though Zac Efron is also a possibility. Seth Rogen is coproducing.
According to The Film Stage website, Rogen recently appeared on satellite radio's Opie & Anthony Show to confirm Franco will play the lead role.
"This won't be an expensive movie," Rogen said, laughing. "I saw it like 10 years ago for the first time, like right when it came out. I had just moved to L.A. and there would be billboards for it and ads and stuff like that. I remember I saw it with Jonah Hill actually, randomly, and then we became obsessed with it, like it was the greatest (expletive) thing we had ever seen."
Of Wiseau, Rogen says he's "serious. Totally, totally serious. But that's what's interesting as we talk about it and work on the movie. It's your instinct to just say, '(Expletive) this movie. It's a horrible piece of (expletive). Why would you do this? What an idiot.' But what you can't ignore is that there's tons of bad movies that aren't watchable and that no one watches over and over and over again. So there is something that you kind of have to give credit to. Because of all the (expletive) movies, he made one that people still watch 10 years later. People love it, so there's obviously something -- no effort of the guy who made it -- but there's something oddly brilliant about it in a way."
Rogen said of Sestero, "His character would be the star of the movie. But yeah, it's crazy. He's still friends with Tommy. Again, for Greg, it's bizarre too because he wanted to be a serious actor and he ends up in that. He knows it sucks though, as it's happening. But he, at the same time, seems to be like, it's a movie. Somebody's actually making a movie."
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so i think I this point if everyone is ok with this we'll have a few different versions of flatliners logo made by him or whomever wants to edit and tweak it and vote for the best one as they are all sooo nice
That is SICK!
The vectors are nice...do you think the the skull is still obvious...the eyes get a little smaller to me in Vector form ?
That one right there^^^ is the shisnick nice job man.
Ok screw the vote! Lol
Well that last pic sold it to me, nice skills btw
I am usually very much anti-skull but that image is awesome.
It actually looks purty bad ayus against a Black background. The skull really stands out and you can still tell it's a bird. Save that picture on a smart phone and see what I mean .
The background shadow should be able to be changed to white or blue to give it the pop it needs on a black shirt.
Looks great, it will look good on tshirts an as a sticker.
I think it makes the right amount of skull. Not over the top full blown skull and not so little that you can't tell.
Don't want to rock the boat, but isn't the magpie's head on backwards? I don't think they are blue on their undersides. The body appears to be the back of the bird and the head appears to be the front of the bird. That being said, I still really like it.
yes, it is backwards, now shut up or ban
now can we have it pooping on an elf shooting an autococker?
I really like the bird. Can someone make him look a little meaner
can someone photoshop in a bottle of jack and a tommy gun?
pgop2.0 I hate to keep changing it but I brought the eyes out into the White feathers giving it some EVIL looking horns. Could you please hit it one more time with the Vector and dark shading like before.
As far as the colors bieng backwards or not and the beak looking weird cause it is Blue if you look at all of the different examples of Magpies out there they are all unique and actually not all of them are Blue and White and I think the beaks are a Blackish Blue. Anyways pgop2.0 please work your magic on this one and see how people like it....fixed (narrow eyes and beak)
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text: This past weekend, Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia hosted the Sprint Cup Toyota Owners 400 and the Nationwide Series ToyotaCare 250. The Camping World Truck Series will return to action on May 17 with the NC Education Lottery 200 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesTime Trials: Matt Kenseth won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 59th Annual Toyota Owners 400 with a lap of 20.716 seconds, 130.334 mph. This is the No. 20 Toyota driver's 10th pole in 481 NSCS races. It is his second pole and fifth top-10 start in 2013. It is his first pole in 27 races at Richmond International Raceway. His qualifying speed set a track record previously held by Brian Vickers, set in May 2004 (129.983 mph). Kenseth finished the race in seventh place and is currently 13th in the point standings.Did Not Qualify: None, only 43 teams entered.Race Winner: Kevin Harvick won the 59th Annual Toyota Owners 400, his 20th victory in 439 NSCS races. This is the No. 29 Chevrolet SS driver's first victory and second top-10 finish in 2013. It is his third victory and 16th top-10 finish in 25 races at Richmond International Raceway. This is his fifth career victory at short tracks in the NSCS.Rookie of the Race: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., the No. 17 Ford Fusion driver started 12th and finished 16th. He was named the "Rookie of the Race" since his finish was best of the ROTY contenders in the event. Stenhouse is currently 18th in the 2013 point standings.Contingency Awards:- Matt Kenseth won the 3M Lap Leader Award for leading the most laps (140 of 406). - Toyota Racing Development won the Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race award. They supplied the engine in Kenseth's No. 20 Camry.- Kenseth also won the American Ethanol Green Flag Restart award for recording the fastest average speed on restarts and finishing the race on the lead lap. - Jimmy Fennig, crew chief on the No. 99 Ford Fusion driven by Carl Edwards, won the Moog Problem Solver of the Race award. The award goes to the crew chief that improves the most from first half of the race to the second half utilizing the 40 best lap times (improved 0.220 seconds). Edwards started the race in 28th place and finished in sixth.- Kevin Harvick won the Mobil 1 Command Performance Driver of the Race award given to the winner of the race or the next-highest finishing driver displaying the Mobil 1 decal.Points Leader: Jimmie Johnson leads the point standings by 43 points over Carl Edwards.NSCS Top 12 (G/L):1. Jimmie Johnson 02. Carl Edwards +43. Kasey Kahne -14. Dale Earnhardt Jr. +15. Clint Bowyer +36. Brad Keselowski -37. Kyle Busch 08. Greg Biffle -49. Kevin Harvick +210. Paul Menard -111. Aric Almirola +112. Jamie McMurray -2Next NSCS Race: Aaron's 499, Sunday, May 5, at Talladega Superspeedway. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NASCAR Nationwide SeriesTime Trials: Sprint Cup regular Brad Keselowski won the Coors Light Pole Award for the 26th Annual ToyotaCare 250 with a lap of 21.371 seconds, 126.339 mph. This is the No. 22 Ford driver's 14th pole in 196 NNS races. It is his first pole in 2013 and his second pole in 13 NNS races at Richmond International Raceway. He won this event in 2010 after starting fourth.Did Not Qualify: No. 55 Jamie Dick, No. 52 Derek Thorn, No. 46 Chase Miller, No. 47 Jason Bowles, No. 89 Morgan Shepherd and No. 15 Stanton Barrett.Race Winner: Brad Keselowski won the 26th Annual ToyotaCare 250, his 21st victory in 196 NNS races. This is the No. 22 Ford driver's first NNS victory and third top-10 finish in 2013. It is his second victory and sixth top-10 finish in 13 NNS races at Richmond International Raceway. This is the 12th time a driver has driven to victory from the pole position in a Nationwide Series race at Richmond.Rookie of the Race: Kyle Larson, the No. 32 Chevrolet driver, started 18th and finished eighth. This was ahead of the rest of the 2013 Rookie of the Year contenders earning him the Sunoco Rookie of the Race award.Contingency Awards:- Kyle Larson won the Mobil 1 Driver of the Race award given to the winner of the race or the next-highest finishing driver displaying the Mobil 1 decal.- Kevin Harvick led the most laps earning the 3M Lap Leader award. He started fourth in the No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro; led 96 of the 250 laps run and finished the race in second place. Harvick, a Sprint Cup regular, is ineligible for driver points in this series.- Penske Engines won the Mahle Clevite Engine Builder of the Race award. They built the engine in Keselowski's race-winning No. 22 Ford.Points Leader: Sam Hornish Jr. leads the point standings by 1 point over Regan Smith.NNS Top 10 (G/L):1. Sam Hornish Jr. 02. Regan Smith 03. Brian Scott +24. Justin Allgaier 05. Elliott Sadler +26. Brian Vickers +37. Austin Dillon -48. Parker Kligerman -29. Trevor Bayne +110. Kyle Larson +1Next NNS Race: Aaron's 312, Saturday, May 4, at Talladega Superspeedway.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -NASCAR Camping World Truck SeriesPoints Leader: Matt Crafton leads the standings by 13 points over Johnny Sauter.Next NCWTS Race: N.C. Education Lottery 200, Friday, May 17, at Charlotte Motor Speedway.


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A Lafayette tea shop owner has sued the city over an ordinance passed earlier this month that temporarily bans any recreational marijuana-related businesses, including those that provide for or allow "the use of marijuana" on site.
The Front Tea & Art Shop's owner, Veronica Carpio, claims in her lawsuit that Lafayette's moratorium flouts state law, which permits adults 21 and older to possess and use up to an ounce of pot and grow up to six marijuana plants. Colorado voters passed Amendment 64, the marijuana-legalization measure, in November.
The lawsuit, which was filed in Boulder District Court, also claims that Lafayette is violating Carpio's property rights by not permitting her to assist adults with the consumption of marijuana inside her business, and behind closed doors, as guaranteed by Amendment 64.
Until Lafayette's ordinance took effect last week, people were allowed to bring marijuana into The Front during evening hours and vaporize it.
Carpio -- who used to own a medical marijuana dispensary in Lafayette and is serving a year of probation after pleading guilty to a felony marijuana possession charge last year -- is seeking a preliminary injunction to stop the city from enforcing the ordinance in full.
A hearing on the case has not yet been set.
'Groundbreaking' case?
The lawsuit has the potential to set a precedent in the burgeoning legal universe of recreational marijuana, where other disputes have arisen over how far local governments can go in regulating pot-related enterprises, like cannabis clubs. Several attorneys contacted Friday said they hadn't heard of a similar lawsuit having been filed anywhere else in the state.
Tommy West, Carpio's Boulder-based lawyer, said The Front's lawsuit is "absolutely groundbreaking" in that it attempts to establish the proper role municipalities can legally play in managing recreational marijuana before the state even has created its rules.
"Cities are allowed to legislate on matters of local concern, but on matters of statewide concern, they are very limited," he said. "We want to settle this matter now -- not wait until there are 20 other cities that have passed an ordinance like this."
Greenwood Village made waves earlier this year after its city council voted to ban use, possession and transportation of marijuana on city property, including sidewalks and public streets.
State officials are in the midst of crafting an extensive set of recreational marijuana regulations that likely will put to rest a lot of the legal disagreements that have cropped up. In the meantime, many Colorado communities -- including most in Boulder County -- have enacted moratoria on pot-related businesses.
Carpio said her store in Old Town Lafayette does not sell or grow pot or collect an entrance fee.
Thus, she said, it is not a marijuana-related business as envisioned by Amendment 64, which specifically grants municipal governments the power to regulate the operation of marijuana retail stores in addition to cultivation, product manufacturing and testing facilities.
Lafayette, her suit claims, overstepped its home rule authority by getting involved in a matter that Amendment 64 labels a "statewide concern" -- namely the right of adults in Colorado to consume marijuana in private.
"A local ban ordinance or interpretation that conflicts with state law in an overlapping field of regulation, i.e. the Colorado Constitution, is subject to preemption by state law," the lawsuit reads. "Furthermore, local governments may not forbid that which the state has explicitly authorized."
Health, safety concerns
Lafayette counters that its land use authority, and its status as a home rule city, gives it the power to enforce the ordinance it passed Feb. 5. City officials declined on Friday to comment on the suit.
But City Attorney David Williamson has said that The Front Tea & Art Shop can reasonably be seen as a business that falls under the city's land use powers to regulate. And, the city has argued, it hasn't been established whether a gathering of marijuana smokers in a licensed business constitutes public or private consumption of the drug. Amendment 64 does not allow open and public consumption of cannabis.
Several council members said at the time they approved the moratorium that it would effectively buy time so that state rules could be enacted and avoid the possibility of having to shut down businesses -- after the fact -- that aren't in compliance.
Rachel Allen, staff attorney with the Colorado Municipal League, said she is not surprised that the matter ended up in court, given the vagueness of some of Amendment 64's language, especially on the issue of what constitutes public and private use.
However, she said, it's reasonable for Lafayette to conclude that its land use authority would give it the right to halt the use of marijuana inside a city-licensed business. Cities have the power to regulate social clubs and can place conditions on business' operating licenses, she said.
"They can adopt regulations on time, place and manner and the number of marijuana establishments," Allen said. "Cities and towns have a concern about the health, safety and welfare of their residents."
'Complete disrespect'
But Jeffrey Gard, a Boulder attorney who has represented many clients in the medical marijuana industry, said a city's land use powers are not an "unbridled authority" to run roughshod over state law.
"You don't get to use your zoning power and home rule authority to undo a constitutional amendment," Gard said. "Cities were not granted any rights or authority under the state constitution about what adults can or cannot do with their marijuana rights."
He said the Lafayette City Council is showing more concern for the 35 percent of voters in the city who voted down the pot-legalization measure than the 65 percent who voted to pass it.
Carpio called the wording of Lafayette's moratorium a "complete disrespect for what the community wanted" and said it has forced her to consider moving her business out of the city. She said she discontinued marijuana consumption at The Front Tea & Art Shop last week to comply with the new city rule and will await the outcome of the case.
"They have definitely damaged my business, which makes paying the rent and putting food on the table a bit more difficult," she said.
Lafayette, Carpio said, has yet to serve a cease and desist order on her business.
Contact Camera Staff Writer John Aguilar at 303-473-1389 or email@example.com.


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Sill I have to replace the reg. seat if I just clean the on/off o-ring? *Please say no, please say no*Originally posted by BlackVCG
I always replace the reg. seat. Otherwise, I get horrible shootdown.
Sill I have to replace the reg. seat if I just clean the on/off o-ring? *Please say no, please say no*Originally posted by BlackVCG
I always replace the reg. seat. Otherwise, I get horrible shootdown.
Just don't unscrew the front reg. body. You can get at the on/off o-ring without taking off the front reg. body.
By just taking off the front part where you can change the output pressure with allen wrenches?
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Can anyone help? I'm about to just screw it and get a preset but i'll lose money and i like the higher output on my retro. Do ya'lls stay at the same pressure the whole time? well untill it gets below the output setting. Mine just slowing downs down and the trigger goes with it.Originally posted by vortechcoupe
ok, i have a 68/3K flatline. The problem is when the tank is full i'll set the output pressure at lets say 900, but when the tank press drops the output does also graduly with the tank pressure. I put a new reg seat in, which it already had a new one but it didn't change anything. Should i replace the piston oring? Thanks for any help.
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Try replacing the piston o-ring. Also, if you have other micro gauges, try them. Your gauges might be displaying the wrong pressure.
just checking, if my 4500 flatline lost all of it air in a week while in the off position, i have to send it in to get the on/off fixed, or is it something i can do my self
Misfit first check the high pressure gauge, if it leaks from the threads, check also the fill port. If both are ok then you have to worry about the on/off.
Some times the leak is from the bottle, i mean the neck where the regulator seat on the bottle, because of a bad reg. threads oring. That is rare.
yea, ill have to get it filled and check it for leaks
ok new problem
I can't get mine 4500 to stay below 800 output. If I try to adjust it lower it will vent out the adjustment screw. Any ideas?
and where can I get the lower pressure spring? I looked in the store, but they don't give any options for high or low output springs.
perhaps i've been huffing paint, but i think i recall that the spring pack from a classi c valve can be used to rig a flatline to run lower pressure.Originally posted by wyn1370
ok new problem
I can't get mine 4500 to stay below 800 output. If I try to adjust it lower it will vent out the adjustment screw. Any ideas?
and where can I get the lower pressure spring? I looked in the store, but they don't give any options for high or low output springs.
ok so now why does it not adjust below 800PSI with the high pressure spring. It used to, but after a few replaced o-rings at skyball, it won't adjust any lower.
Hey guys..
I got a quick question or two. With a possible X-Valve on the way, I want my Flatline 3000 psi to be up to par. I have noticed that when I shot from the input of about 800psi, It will drop to 600ish and slowly come back to 800. If I shoot a fast string it stays pretty strong @ 600psi, but I don't think it is getting the full 800psi I have it set at. From what I have read in this post it sounds like it is either a dirt or reg seat problem. Any suggestions on this??
I guess it is about time to buy a flatline parts kit, so AGD store, here I come..
Also, I read a post where someone said that you can take the tank apart while it is gassed, I thought this was a big no no. I'll wait till someone responds before I do this :]
After looking back at the poster, he was using a 4.5k flatline. I guess the 4.5k can be gassed and dissasembled while the 3k can't? Anyone wanna confirm?
wow such a quick response, impressive
still no bites, I guess up one more timeOriginally posted by wyn1370
wow such a quick response, impressive
Try replacing the o-ring inbetween the two halves again and make sure that they are fully tightened before you put it back together. Be sure that they don't come loose when you put the clamp back on the reg. Sometimes when you put the clamp on and you're positioning the FL, the reg can turn loose with the clamp if it gets rotated at all.
I have two leaks. One at the fill nipple, which I will need to teflon tape once the bottle is empty, but the other is between the regulator and the tank itself. Will strap wretches be able to solve the problem by tightening reg and tank or is there an oring or anything else that will solve the situation? I have lost 150 psi over 4 days. Not much, but would still like to solve the problem. Thank you for the response.
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The fill nipple is either leaking around the threads or the actually pin inside is not sealing. Either way, take off the fill nipple, drop out the pin and clean off the o-ring and inside of the fill nipple. Once that's taken care of, use a teflon paste or VERY carefully apply teflon tape to the threads. If you can, get the pink teflon tape for gas lines. That's what AGD uses at the factory.
If you have a strap wrench and know what you're doing, try tightening it up. If that doesn't fix the leak, send it to AGD.
Slow recharge is caused by dirt being caught in the on/off assembly and around the reg. seat and the piston. Clean those areas and you should fix that problem.
On ALL Flatlines you can unscrew the front regulator body with air in the tank. The on/off cuts off the flow to that portion of the system, so technically you can take it apart with gas in the tank. The ball in the air flow hole from the on/off to the regulator will limit the flow so if you do accidently turn it on with the two halves apart, it won't dump 3000 psi or whatever it has in the tank at you. This is another AGD safety feature. For safety's sake, it is best advised that you degas it before you work on it.
Appreciate the response. Watched this thread get buried over the last several days. Glad I bumped it up for you to see it. Hard part is finding a store with strap wrenches. Tried three already. They only have ones with bicycle chains, but no rubber straps.
Just to be sure, the regulator unscrews counter-clockwise from the bottle?
BlackVCG, I have one for you. My 4500 flatline on/off is not working. I turn the tank to the off position and it does not turn off. Still has full output pressure. How do I fix this? I have taken the reg apart and found no noticable problems.
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Damage- Does your on/off assembly have all of the parts in place? When you turn the on/off does it have resistance. Drain the tank and take out the on/off shaft. Now, you should see a brass piece in the hole closer to the tank that will shake out. Now there should be a brass pin sticking out. Push down on that with a small allen wrench or something similar and it should spring back. Take a pair of fine needle nose pliers and lift up on that brass stem and out with it will come the on/off o-ring. Make sure that o-ring is good and replace as needed. As long as the o-ring is good and you have spring force on the brass stem piece and the other brass piece is in there, it should work.
Anyone know where I can purchase reg seats for the 4500 flatline. AGD does not have any and will not be getting any soon.
i have a question if anyone could help me out here. my 68/3000 flatline tank is not working correctly. It is not always happening is the worse part about it. i will attach the fill nipple to female air and about half the time my fill nipple will start to leak for no reason. other times it holds the air in and is fine, i have oiled and cleaned the insides of the nipple and made sure no skuffs were on it but it will just slowly leak air out of the nipple till the tank is empty? thanks
Master of Mags
What style fill nipple do you have? There's ones with a really long cylinder with an o-ring on the end and then there's ones that have a square base with an o-ring on it and then it has a tip that comes to a point.
The second option is the better design, but either way, you should replace that o-ring.
OKay, on my 68/45 FL, how much bouncing should my output be doing? Mine drops about 100 for each shot I take, then recharges back to the set pressure. Not a problem when I'm firing relatively slowly, but in rapid fire, I can prevent it from recharging all the way. I've cleaned and oiled the internals. Do I need to replace the reg seat?
The gauge will always bounce. Unless you see a physical drop off in your shots, then it's doing fine.
If you do replace the reg. seat, you'll get one of the white seats from AGD and to replace that you need to put the end with the small taper in the center hole facing away from the pocket on the front half of the reg. body. Push the seat against the flat surface of a table and then drop the piston in from the back side. Push in on the piston with big allen wrench that will fit the hole in the back. Push hard enough and you'll hear the piston stem "pop" into the seat. Lift the reg. body off the table and holding the seat with one hand and pushing on the piston with the other, you'll get the piston stem fully seated on the seat.
Awesome sticky!
I just bought a flatline and opened it up and it was filthy...I cleaned it with confidence because of this thread... thanks guys.
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I just got a used Flatline today and it seems to shoot my X-Valve fine but the needle on the output guage moves on every shot. Is that normal or is the output pressure fluctuating? I have the lock ring tightened down. Maybe I need to rebuild the reg? If I need a rebuild, should I just buy a RT parts kit? I only want the Flatline parts, not the extra ones in the RT parts kit. (I know that for 3000 psi Flatlines the o-rings are the same for the RT Mag) Does anyone sell just spare parts for 3K Flatlines?
I have a 3K/68ci flatline system, and it needs to be hydroed. I can get the upper part of the reg disassembled, and all of the gauges and fittings off. I can't seem to get the on/off stem out of the reg, and I can't unscrew the reg body from the tank itself. I tried using vise grips, but only ended up scratching the reg. Does anyone have any better way to disassemble the tank/reg?? Thanks.
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For the ninth consecutive year, 4th District State Sen. Greg Lavelle (R-Sharpley) is donating his legislative pay raise to Delaware charities. Since 2005, when state legislators received a salary increase without having to cast a vote for it, Sen. Lavelle has contributed almost $35,000 to charities.
For the ninth consecutive year, 4th District State Sen. Greg Lavelle (R-Sharpley) is donating his legislative pay raise to Delaware charities. Since 2005, when state legislators received a salary increase without having to cast a vote for it, Sen. Lavelle has contributed almost $35,000. He was a member of the House for 12 years before being elected to the Senate last year.
"Aside from benefiting the worthy work of some very good nonprofit groups, this action is intended to call attention to an ethically-challenged system that allows legislators to receive a raise without having to be held accountable for the decision," said Sen. Lavelle in a press release.
Established in 1984, the Delaware Compensation Commission meets every four years and considers whether a pay raise is in order for legislators, judges and top officials in the executive branch. This report automatically becomes law unless lawmakers intervene to stop it.
The commission did not recommend salary increases for lawmakers this year, but only after receiving a letter signed by all 22 Republican lawmakers urging the group to forego the idea.
A bill sponsored by Sen. Lavelle, which was assigned to the Senate Executive Committee on Jan. 23 but has yet to receive a vote, would make the commission's report non-binding. T
here was a Senate hearing but the bill remains in "legislative limbo," where no public vote is ever taken and its status is generally unknown to the public as well as legislators, Lavelle said.
Senate Bill 8 changes the name of the Delaware Compensation Commission to the Delaware Salary Survey Commission. If passed, the salary recommendation report issued every four years would become an advisory report which does not bind the governor, the General Assembly, or the Joint Finance Committee. Offices presently covered by the Compensation Commission are expected to generally receive the same pay raises received by general state employees and have done so since at least 2000.
"For years I have sponsored similar legislation in the House, only to see it die in committee time and time again," said Lavelle. "I look forward to working with Senate President Pro Tem Patricia Blevins to finally allow this piece of legislation the attention it deserves. I'll continue to work to convince my colleagues to pay high-ranking state officials in the same fashion as we pay other state employees, through the state budget that's voted on by the General Assembly."
This year's charitable contributions will be split among six organizations that serve the community:
Delaware Museum of Natural History (www.delmnh.org );
B+ Foundation (www.bepositive.org);
Ronald McDonald House of Delaware (www.rmhde.org);
Marshall Steam Museum at Auburn Heights Preserve (www.auburnheights.org);
Cancer Support Community Delaware (www.wellnessdelaware.org);
Hockessin PAL Center (www.palde.org/home/hockessin-pal-center).


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All hourly employees at Vestas Wind Systems' manufacturing factories in Windsor and Brighton were informed Monday that their jobs were being reduced from 40 hours to 32 hours a week.
The company employs 1,100 in Colorado with manufacturing jobs but would not disclose how many would be affected by the change.
The decision comes after Vestas received approval from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment for a work-share program.
The state's unemployment fund will compensate employees for their lost wages for up to 18 weeks.
Vestas said in a statement the decision was made to avoid job cuts. It is one in a series of announcements involving layoffs and downsizing, with 200 Windsor workers losing their jobs in October.
Vestas said it is committed to the continued operations of its Colorado facilities but that a wind-industry slowdown has forced cutbacks. In previous announcements, the company blamed the soon-to-expire wind tax credit.


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Latest update : 2013-02-06
How to fix football (part 2)
Blame the Internet for football's ever-widening match-fixing problems. So do you ban online betting or better regulate it? François Picard's panel suggests cutting out spot betting and stiffer sentences for footballers caught in the act of taking bribes.
- Declan HILL. Investigative journalist. Author, "The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime" (from Toronto);
- Andreas EVAGORA. Deputy Head of News, Eurosport;
- Michel KOUTOUZIS. Criminologist. Consultant for the UN and EU institutions;
- Mark OWEN. France 24.
Produced by François Picard, Anelise Borges, Mary Colombel, Christopher Davis.