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This is a reply to a question asked by toby in the accident thread, i started this new thread because I find it inapropriate to discuss technical issues in the other thread.
an arc comes stock with no safety system at all (shame on the manufacturer), you have to add one - but regarding the construction an arc is probably one of the safest kitesurfing kites available today.
When you leash one frontline (powerline) and deploy the safety it stretches out like a flag and hangs on the safety with no spins and minimal pull (you can easily hold the kite(s) with two one hand on the safety leash.
From my own experience the safety even works with a Stack of two Arcs (1120 and 840) in winds of over 50 km/h (sudden gusts that surprise me a while ago, windspeed comes from three different measurement points and should be accurate.
You are able to deploy the leash with no danger to you or others anytime and the kite will immediately loose all power and floats to ground. Restart is possible most of the time.
New 2002 Wedged arcs have no noticable performance drawbacks compared to up to date inflatables, only difference is the lighter steering (less force required, therefore maybe some drawback for very advanced spintricks)
In General I would suggest that any kitesurfer should not trust any socalled safety device sold by kite manufacturers. most of the equipement is neither load tested nor manufactured properly compared to e.g. climbing gear.
Always use load tested snap shackles with welded release rings and load test your setup before use. If you use two knotted 300kg Lines as frontlines than you can expect a braking strenght of about 500 kg static, up to 50 percent less if a very sudden shockload (e.g. extreme gusts) occurs.
So it would be wise to load test the shackle / chickenloop assembly to at least 500 kg for proper release.
I carefully load test all my equipement before use, how many of you do ? and how many manufacturers tested their products ?
If you have Tested the safety system of your kite, preferably in extreme real world conditions please post the results so others who are not so familiar with technical issues can read up and build the necessary knowledge for safe kiteboarding.
Fellow Kitesurfers please use your brain and do not follow questionable trends (kitesurfing with no kite safety) like stupid lemmings !


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Short answer, no.
Long answer? Hold on to your seats!
Synesthesia ("syn"=together; "esthesia"=sensation) occurs with the one sensory or mental experience triggers another mental or sensory experience. It happens involuntarily and is immediate. These things aren't purposefully imagined.
Examples: A person may
- Think of the letter R and see the color green.
- Think of the number 10 and sense a personality
- See a certain object and hear a sound in response
- Think of the days of the week and see it in 3-D
I do the same thing with the calendar months. December and January are in the back of the loop. The spring and fall months are very shortened and compressed compared to summer and winter months.
Apparently, about 1 in 23 people have some type of naturally occurring synesthesia.
Synesthesia can also happen after a stroke, during a temporal lobe seizure, or using psychedelic drugs.
Synthesesia in art and literature include:
- Kandinsky (he was a true "synthesete")
- Georgia O'Keefe, who occasionally used synthesthia as a subject of her paintings, though not a synthesete herself.
- Nabokov's The Gift
- Julia Glass's The Whole World Over
So...I don't know who'll fess up, (and of course, no pressure) but some of the people who comment on this post will have some sort of synesthesia too.

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For five years, television's coolest gang of con artists have used their unique skills to help level the playing field for people whose lives have been destroyed by the rich and powerful. This winter, things are going to get personal as TNT's hit series Leverage returns with five brand new episodes. Academy Award(R) winner Timothy Hutton stars in this clever and compelling drama, along with Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf and Aldis Hodge. Leverage is set to begin its winter run Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT), following an all-new episode of Rizzoli & Isles.
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Winter will also pit the Leverage crew against the ruthless manager of a discount store whose tactics threaten not only her employees but also the town itself. They'll target a corrupt winery owner whose workers are collapsing. And in a special holiday episode, the team will try to steal Christmas in order to prevent an unscrupulous toy company CEO from unleashing a dangerous product into the market. In addition, the team will once again face their nemesis, insurance-investigator-turned-InterPOL-agent Jim Sterling (guest star Mark Sheppard).
With each and every case they handle, Nate, Sophie, Elliott, Hardison and Parker prove themselves to be more than just a league of extraordinary con artists. They are a family. But in Leverage's gripping season finale, the bond that holds this family together could be torn apart permanently with an extremely risky case involving the death of Nate's son.
Since premiering in 2008, Leverage has been a solid hit, averaging more than 3.8 million viewers in its fifth season, with 1.4 million adults 18-49 and 1.7 million adults 25-54. Leverage is executive-produced by Dean Devlin (Independence Day, TNT's The Librarian movie series) and creators John Rogers (Transformers) and Chris Downey (The King of Queens). The series is produced for TNT by Devlin's Electric Entertainment.
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HANG TIME, Texas — It's quite possible the Rockets won't trade Omer Asik before the season opens, meaning that newly signed Marcus Camby could join a rather crowded stable of centers.
Dwight Howard, you might have heard, has moved to Houston. Asik is coming off a season in which he put up a double-double average, and Greg Smith has come out of the NBA D-League to show his mettle in the middle.
Therefore, it's possible that, barring a significant injury to someone else, the 39-year-old Camby could wind up seeing less time on the court next season than when he played an average of just 10 minutes in 24 games a year ago with the Knicks.
Yet it is a solid and smart move nonetheless for a Rockets team that is clearly moving into another stage. Gone are the days when general manager Daryl Morey practically scoured junior high playgrounds for young talent to fill out a roster that he was constantly turning over.
The Rockets have jumped squarely into the Western Conference playoff dogfight and the importance now is in filling up the vacant spots with tested veterans who can play and lead.
For all the hullaballoo that surrounded his arrival, there is still a big question about Howard. Not concerning his physical skills or athletic talents, but his ability to be a leader on the court and a stabilizing force in the locker room. There will remain the close scrutiny of his boyish (clownish?) behavior until Howard shows that he can be a professional in every way on every night that he pulls on his jersey.
While there was much noise about the Rockets getting Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon to sign on officially with the franchise to work as a tutor with the big men, the greatest Rocket ever will still live most of the year overseas in Amman, Jordan, and have his biggest effect on Howard during offseason workouts. Olajuwon will not be on the practice floor or in the locker room every day and each night of the long season to give lessons in how a franchise player comports himself.
That's where Camby fits in: As a veteran entering his 18th season, as a well-regarded teammate who can be there in a pinch in certain games situations, but more important to be there on a daily basis to lead by example.
That role was played for two-plus seasons in Houston by the venerable Dikembe Mutombo at the end of this career. He stepped into the brink on plenty of occasions for the often-injured Yao Ming, but his greatest contribution was simply with his presence, which commanded respect.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Aracelis Torres had three hits and knocked in five runs as Yale cruised to an 11-3 victory over Wagner in the first game of a non-league doubleheader at Dewitt Family Field. Ashley Sloan added three hits and scored three runs, and Tracy Timm and Lauren Huddleston both had two hits for the Bulldogs. Wagner won the second game 2-1. Andrea Lazzari's two-run single in the fifth inning gave the Seahawks a 2-0 lead. Yale pulled to within 2-1 on Katie Yanagisawa's RBI single in the seventh. Mariclaire Rebman had three hits for the Bulldogs.
In the first game, Yale banged out 14 hits.
Courtney Blachford's sacrifice fly to right scored Timm to give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead in the second. Wagner (26-17) tied it in the third on Hailey Corthell's RBI double, but a fine defensive play by Sloan kept the Seahawks from getting more. With one out, Katie Stevens hit a fly ball to centerfield. Sloan made the catch and threw home to nail Emily Pierce, who was trying to score from third.
Yale (17-24-1) scratched out another run in the third when Sloan reached on a two-base error, moved to third on Yanagisawa's sacrifice bunt and scored on Torres's single.
The Bulldogs added four runs in the fifth. Torres started the scoring with a two-run single to right. Timm added an RBI single, and Allie Canulli capped the rally with a sacrifice fly to right field.
Wagner scored twice in the top of the sixth, but Yale answered with five runs in the bottom of the sixth. Torres again started the scoring with a two-run single. Lauren Huddleston later drove home a run with a single, and Katie Edwards's RBI single ended the game.
Rebecca Wojciak started in the circle for the Bulldogs and struck out five in five innings. She allowed only three hits and one run. Holly Gutterud pitched the sixth inning and struck out one.
Yale had 12 hits in the second game but managed just the one run. The Bulldogs stranded 10 runners on base and hit into two double plays.
The game was scoreless until the fifth when Cortell reached on an error and Stevens followed with a double. Lazzari then singled to left, knocking in two runs.
Yale, which left the bases loaded in the fourth inning, rallied in the seventh. Blachford led off with a single and moved to second on a passed ball. After a ground out, Yanagisawa delivered an RBI single. Torres followed with a single, but Kate Eshelman came on in relief and retired the next two hitters to end the game.
Torres, Canulli and Nicole Wolfe all had two hits for the Bulldogs.
KR Ling pitched four scoreless innings and yielded only two hits. Deanna DiBernardi struck out three in two innings, and Kayla Kuretich had one strikeout in one inning.
Yale closes out the season by playing a four-game series with Brown this weekend. The two teams meet in Providence on Saturday and then play Sunday in New Haven. The first pitch of the first game is slated for 12:30 p.m. both days.
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Cecil Rhodes Wilks, Jr. (68, BS, physics; 73, MS, physics) is retired from U.S. Government Civil Service. Much of his work involved missiles and telemetry systems. In 1988, Cecil was awarded the U.S. Navy Superior Civilian Achievement Award for performance leading to TACTS Contract efficiencies, saving the Navy millions of dollars in operation and maintenance of TACTS (Top Gun) Ranges. In 1993, he was awarded a commendation from Commander Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, for innovative thinking to increase the effectiveness of aircrew pilot tactics training capabilities. In 1994, he was presented the Superior Civilian Service Award, the second highest award a US Government civilian may receive.
Cecil is active in the Church of Latter Day Saints, which he joined in 1959. He and Linda Sue Hill, whom he married in 1965, have three sons: Cecil Lynn, Edward Jacob, and J. Brady.
Dr. Terry Wallace (78, BS, geophysics; 78, BS, math) has returned to his hometown of Los Alamos after working as a professor at the University of Arizona from 1983 to 2003. Wallace now works for Los Alamos National Laboratory as division leader of Earth and Environmental Sciences. The EES team is researching geological systems over the past 10,000 years in order to design a structure that will remain intact for the next 10,000 years.
Dr. Charlotte Rowe (81, BS, geology; 00, Ph.D., geophysics) is a seismologist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She writes, "I've recently been converted from a postdoctoral research associate to permanent staff member at Los Alamos. Finally after the years of student funding uncertainty and year-to-year postdocs, a real job! It feels good. "
Dr. Scott Tyler (83, MS, hydrology) was named a Fellow of both the American Society of Agronomy and the Soil Science Society of America at an annual meeting of the organizations held on Nov. 2 - 6, 2003. Dr. Tyler is professor of Hydrology at the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) and director of UNR's Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences.
Dr. Tyler's research focuses on vadose zone hydrology, with emphasis on water and solute dynamics in arid regions. His research on the use of arid vadose zones as archives of paleoclimate has led to significant advances in the understanding of past and present desert water balances. He serves as deputy editor of Water Resources Research and associate editor of Soil and Tillage Research, Groundwater and the Hydrogeology Journal.
Karen Brown (87, MS, geology) works for Willamette University in Salem, Ore., as tutoring coordinator for a high school outreach program. The program tutors students from under-represented groups, helping prepare them for college. Karen, her husband Bob, and their two teenage children, live in Independence, Ore., in an airpark where they can keep their Cessna 182 in the hangar attached to their house and taxi to an airport. Karen and Bob became private pilots in 1997.
Dr. David Roberts (88, BS, chemistry) brought us up-to-date on his life since graduation from Tech. Attending graduation at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, he met and married Jacqueline, a fellow chemistry graduate student. After they both received Ph.D.s in chemistry, they did post-docs at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Jackie received a faculty position at DePauw University in Greencastle, and the family moved there. Their daughter Jessica was born in 1998.
David writes, "Greencastle is a small town (10,000), and I wanted to get more involved with the town. I thought it would be cool to be able to volunteer some sort of service using my degree, so I found the fire chief and asked how I could help with haz-mat related responses. So, I became a firefighter. I do everything from dealing with burning buildings to car wrecks, but I'm also the town's haz-mat specialist. Since then, we have developed a haz-mat response team, which I help organize. I am a volunteer firefigher (we have a combination department, with both volunteer and career). Also, since doing all of this, DePauw has found a position for me as administrative staff (teaching, haz-mat specialist, etc.)
Brett Liggett (90, BS, petroleum engr.) writes, "After five years in Houston, my wife, Cary, and I decided to move home to Colorado. I worked a deepwater completion engineer assignment for ExxonMobil in Equatorial Guinea for the past year on a rotational basis. A new assignment will place me in Angola for the next few years. Cary continues to enjoy her career as the process improvement manager for EDS in Colorado Springs. Our son Andrew likes the high- country living and is a devout Taekwondo disciple."
Dennis Reda (91, BS, math; 94, MS, math) writes, "While working on a second bachelor's degree (computer science) at UNLV, I met my future wife Clare. She was working as a risk analyst in Las Vegas, and we met playing Ultimate Frisbee. We were married on November 24, 2002, and in the months since I've completed my studies, and we've relocated to Ridgecrest, Calif."
"I'm working as a warfare analyst at China Lake Naval Weapons Center. Clare, who has a BS in math from CSU Chico and a master's degree in statistics from the University of Kentucky, is working in the GPS Navigation Systems branch. No kids yet; we want to travel and see some of the world before starting a family. Europe is in the works for next year, after that, perhaps Turkey or South Africa."
Rico Espindola (96, BS, physics) and Teresa Espindola (97, BS, biology) would like to announce the birth of their daughter, Angelina Jayleen, born June 6, 2003. Rico is currently working as an Orbital Analyst with ASRC Aerospace on Kirtland Air Force Base. Teresa is enjoying staying home with the baby while running a home-based graphics design business.
Gabriel E. Martinez (96, BS, electrical engr.) married Carrie Arszman on Jan. 10, 2004, in Albuquerque. Gabriel works for Titan Systems, Inc., and Carrie, who has a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, works for the New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women.
Dennis Walsh (96, BS, business management) and his wife Delilah (Vega) Walsh (97, BS, psychology) report, "Our biggest news this year is the arrival of our newest family addition, Joshua Ivan Walsh on September 4, 2003. He was 19 inches long and weighed 7 lbs., 10 oz. He joins his 6-year-old big brother Jacob Daniel. We made the decision to remain in Socorro when Jacob was born and have enjoyed it tremendously. I currently work with NRAO as a systems analyst in the MIS department. Delilah is an assistant vice president for First State Bank, where she is in charge of Human Resources and Strategic Development."
Cory Cogdill (99, BS, chemical engr.) married April Roberts on July 12, 2003, in Roswell. Cory teaches high school at Faith Academy in Manila, Philippines, where April is a volunteer working with children.
Mason Hutchison (00, BS, engineering mechanics) married Cara Nichole Roberts on Sept. 27, 2003. Mason is a research engineer for Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp., and Cara, who has a degree in fine arts, is employed by Studios Contemporary Art Gallery.


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Hooray for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee ~ the high street stores join the celebrations. Take a royal curtsy and congratulate Her Majesty on sixty wonderful years.
Personalised stationery seller, Smythson celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee with a floral tribute to the tastemakers of the era of Her Majesty's Coronation. The window displays were created in collaboration with British illustrator Kerry Lemon, and recreates a quintessential English Rose garden, inspired by the photography of Cecil Beaton and the innovative style and colour palette used by royal florist Constance Spry.
Browns :: store windows have been decorated with an array of patriotic elements. To complete the regal display a creative team, including Ivana Nohel who has designed our origamipaper animals, and the throne and crest illustration by Gemma Milly {see top image}.
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Last month, four of the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena's bosses decided to catch the Boss, so they used their government position to claim a luxury suite for Bruce Springsteen's sold-out stand there.
The taxpayer-owned venue is in financial ruins, but the officials took their customary perks, enjoying Springsteen's blue-collar brand of rock 'n' roll from digs that included a private entry, spacious bathroom, kitchenette, lounge area and television screen.
The 19 elevated seats, boxed off from the crowd, offered dead-on views of the stage for the officeholders and their guests. Arena staff catered the roost with lasagna, sliders, vegetables and brownies, plus drinks.
The officials, L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, City Councilman Tom LaBonge, David Israel and William Chadwick, run the property as members of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission. Chadwick, an investment banker, and Israel, a former sportswriter and the commission's president, represent Gov. Jerry Brown on the panel. LaBonge is an alternate.
The suite is part of a long tradition of perks for the nine-member commission, a joint authority of the city, county and state. For years, the panel, whose posts are unpaid, has received 180 free tickets to each USC game at the Coliseum — 20 per member — as well as access to a catered VIP tent.
LaBonge said the perch above center court served as a "little administrative command," allowing commissioners and staff to keep an eye on things and their presence to lift the spirits of ushers, fire inspectors and others working in the arena.
"When a councilman or commissioner walks through," he said, "it makes them feel good."
The commission kept the suite — one of just two at the arena — off-limits to public ticket sales for the pair of Springsteen concerts. The panel also reserved the suite for all UCLA basketball contests played last season at the Sports Arena, which hosted home games for the men's team during the refurbishment of the school's Pauley Pavilion.
Income from a couple of suites wouldn't save the Sports Arena from insolvency, but David Kline, spokesman for the California Taxpayers Assn., said the commissioners sent "a very bad signal to the people of Los Angeles. At a time when they sorely need to raise revenue, taking this major revenue source off the table is a luxury they can't afford."
The Coliseum and Sports Arena are deeply in the red, having lost at least $7.3 million in the past few years amid financial practices that led to corruption charges in March against three of the property's former managers, two rave concert promoters and a contractor.
After The Times asked about the Springsteen shows, an attorney for the commission said the four officials paid about $100 for each suite seat they booked, although he did not respond to a request for documentation. The attorney, Assistant County Counsel Thomas Faughnan, would not say how many guests were included.
The $100 was based on the top price for a seat elsewhere in the arena, where concertgoers fought for elbow room and queued up for a bathroom break or bag of chips.
As a package, suite tickets at other venues generally sell for much more than the cost of a regular seat in the same location. Catered food and drinks drive the price higher, said Robert Spellman, general manager of VIP Tickets, a broker.
A person familiar with local concert promotions, who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak publicly, said the Sports Arena suite could have fetched about $5,000 for each Springsteen show, not counting the catering tab.
The Springsteen concerts came as the commission projected it would soon be down to its last $15,000 in operating funds. The agency has lost more than $2 million in income allegedly siphoned off through embezzlement and kickbacks, according to court records.
Last week, the commission voted to surrender control of the Coliseum and Sports Arena to USC. The panel majority said granting the private school stewardship of the aging public venues was the only way to spare them a future of disrepair and disuse.
As part of the deal, commissioners initially required USC to give them the equivalent of 10 free tickets each to every Trojan home game during the 42-year life of a new Coliseum lease, plus premium parking and a VIP area. The panel dropped the condition after Times reports on it sparked outrage.
Over the years, Springsteen has returned to the Sports Arena in part because of his disdain for the dozens of swank suites at Staples Center, which he opened with a concert in 1999. For last month's performances, the other Sports Arena suite was assigned to the promoter.
Israel and Chadwick did not respond to interview requests; a spokesman said Brown had no comment.
Yaroslavsky spokesman Joel Bellman said the supervisor took his chief of staff to the concert and skipped the food.
When asked about the suite, LaBonge described it as a "carpeted closet." He said it shouldn't be labeled a suite, then invited a Times reporter and photographer to tour it.
In response to Times questions, he confirmed that the Coliseum's interim general manager, John Sandbrook, had the "suite" sign removed from the door before the reporter and photographer arrived. The room is identified as a suite on the arena's website and in official documents, including the commission's contract for the Springsteen concerts.
The councilman said he took three guests to the one he attended.
"I came because I wanted to have a little fun," he said. "And Bruce Springsteen is inspirational."


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Property TypeResidential – Single Family
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Listing Date08/31/17
Year Built2000
AreaMountain Star
Lot Size2.80 Acres (121,968 SqFt)
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Meadow Lodge sits on 2.8 acres, nestled in an aspen grove, overlooking an alpine meadow. Architect Ned Gwathmey's unique design, mainly on one level, allows the home to roll with the natural slope of the land, providing stunning sunset views toward Castle Peak. Meticulously built by George Shaeffer, this is a timeless home for a buyer looking for a true Colorado Mountain experience. Amazing privacy and outdoor living, indoor pool and exercise area open to outdoor hot tub, firepit, pond/waterfall
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For buyers seeking exclusivity with a view, Mountain Star is a community with just 90 homesteads across 1,300 acres of rolling meadows, sage hills and forested glades. With a development philosophy that thoughtfully integrates these single-family homes with their beautiful, natural surroundings, Mountain Star's sense of place feels less like a gated development of homes and more like an escape within nature. Privacy and serenity are felt throughout the community, where cross-country trails for hiking and biking allow residents an abundance of places to explore. It's just minutes from Avon, Beaver Creek and Vail, yet it's one of the valley's best-kept secrets. Mountain Star is a place where understated opulence sits tucked into the trees and atop the hillside, where views of the Gore and Sawatch Mountain Ranges can erase the hustle and bustle in the valley below.
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Dave Chappelle has been making the news quite a bit with his disappearance (he's possibly not being charged with falsifying a police report only because he has no hair to cut off and leave behind) and his possible entrance into a drug rehab/mental health/etc. program in South Africa. (Because when I think mental health, I think South Africa!)
Now, he's bopping into small comedy clubs in LA to perform, which makes me wonder if this is just a grand scheme to publicize his Season 2 DVD, which came out on May 24th. If so, it's sure working, as it's placed 4th for today's best selling DVDs on Amazon.
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In other confirmed incidents, a guard's urine came through an air vent and splashed on a detainee and his Quran; water balloons thrown by prison guards caused an unspecified number of Qurans to get wet; and in a confirmed but ambiguous case, a two-word obscenity was written in English on the inside cover of a Quran.
Washington: NASA gave its approval for a 2007 mission to Mars in which a vehicle will probe for signs of water and life in the Red Planet's arctic zone, the US space agency said in a statement.
As part of the 386-million-dollar mission, a vehicle known as "Phoenix" will be launched in August 2007 and should arrive on Mars in May 2008, NASA said.
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Interior Ministry statistics showed 12,000 civilians killed by insurgents in the last year and a half, Jabr said. The figure breaks down to an average of more than 20 civilians killed by bombings and other attacks each day. Authorities estimate that more than 10,500 of the victims were Shiite Muslims, based on the locations of the deaths, Jabr said.
This blog is full of rants about everyday things, including the suggestion board at Whole Foods ("Since when did you become Zagats Guide to what tastes good? You smell like hot garbage, Sierra Nevada and patchouli."), a book review of the Bible ("So then we get to the New Testament, telling the story of my man JC, and while a lot of it was pretty sweet (water into wine? for shizz), it seemed pretty redundant to me. I mean, Luke pretty much nailed the story of Jesus by his ownself, so I don't really see why Matthew, Mark and John had to crowd onto the bandwagon and cramp the nigga's style."), and movies you should not be quoting, ("I wish you jackass "office comedians" would just go back to posting "Dilbert" and "Cathy" comics outside your cube, like you did before this movie came out. Ignoring you used to be so much easier.").
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Narcotics initially produce a feeling of euphoria that often is followed by drowsiness, nausea, and vomiting. Users also may experience constricted pupils, watery eyes, and itching. An overdose may produce slow and shallow breathing, clammy skin, convulsions, coma, and possibly death.Tolerance to narcotics develops rapidly, and dependence is likely. The use of blood contaminated needles may result in diseases such as AIDS, endocarditis, and hepatitis. Addiction in pregnant women can lead to premature, stillborn, or addicted infants who experience severe withdrawal symptoms.
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Really well maintained, great trail with plenty of places to park!
Rough, unmaintained surface. Cracks with weeds growing. Flood debris, sticks. Close to highway. Beautiful scenery, but has been abandoned by states/counties. Go to Edwardsville for nice maintained trails.
I love this trail for two primary reasons:
- there's hardly anyone ever on it
- it has very long contiguous sections that are great for training on my bike.
An added bonus is the trail passes by the Clydesdale stables at Grant's Farm, and I have seen the young foals come up to the fence on a couple of my rides. This is one of those bike trails that's close to everything but sometimes makes you feel like you're getting away from it all.
An absolute must for any biker hiker or wanderer to take in. The canopy of trees and trail way tunnel near roachport Missouri is awesome.
I recently completed the Katy trail and used the MCT Confluence Trail to go from Alton, IL to St Louis (via the McKinley bridge). This trail is not paved but very bad for several miles with large rocks that I thought would puncture my tires. I was riding a loaded touring bike but I needed a mountain bike for this terrain. Please either repair the trail or note on website that this is NOT (entirely) Paved.
I had the pleasure to ride this beautiful trail starting in Rocheport, MO riding West one day to Booneville and East another day to McBaine while staying in Columbia for the solar ecilpse last year. Also rode about 8 miles from Mokane heading east...this trail is very scenic and user friendly. I can't speak for the other 200 miles but what I saw was worth the time and minimal effort...even in 90 degree weather!
My family and I (husband and 3 kids; a 7 year old, a 4 year old, and a one year old who was on a seat attached to my husbands bike) rode a portion of this trail. We started at the access by the pond and rode to the end (about 2 miles). Along the way we saw an abundance of beautiful flowers and scenery. The trail is well marked, and has many options to go off and connect to other trails for a longer ride. The kids loved going through the tunnels. Though the paved trail was not completely flat, it was still a fairly easy ride. I recommend this trail for anyone who has kids with them or is looking for a nice and easy ride.
This is a long, nothing but sunshine trail. Access to more than one spot for water os needed. There are 1 or 2 spots with water fountains but they didnt work. Water at the Chain of Rocks bridge would be good. Otherwise, bring a couple of goodsize bottles and a camelback.
I saw the reviews about where to park and want to report what we found (July 29018 on a Weds afternoon). At the base of the bridge on the Missouri side the parking area is locked at the road entrance and based on the signage, may be open for special events. The bridge has gates that can be closed and signs said it is locked overnight. We drove south on Riverview Drive, hoping to park at the north end of the Chain of Rocks/Blase Park. However, in that parking area, there were several junky cars with people sitting in them and cases of empty beer cans/bottles. There was construction equipment and it looked like they were patching/replacing the parking surface but no workers were present. We didn't feel safe parking there so we drove over to the Illinois side, getting off the first exit and following the Chain of Rocks Road quite a distance and over a bridge until we came to the designated parking area for the bridge right at the base of the bridge. It had a different feel with several people parking to walk on bridge with their pets.
We rode over the bridge and followed the Riverfront Trail down through the Chain of Rocks/Blase Park on the Missouri side until we got into industrial area and then returned - about 9 miles round-trip. At one point (to avoid the water treatment plant) the trail crosses Riverside Drive and it is rather steep through the woods but otherwise the trail is rather flat and paved. At the southern end of the Park, they were actively doing construction in the parking area. Hopefully, both parking areas in the park on the MO side will be safe places for parking and connection to the bridge path - otherwise, your best option is parking in Illinois.
Had a break in the heat and rode over 70 miles on the Katy this week on different days. Hermann to Washington, Hartsburg to Boonville and Boonville to Pilot Grove. Hartsburg to Boonville may be some of the best scenery along the trail- high limestone cliffs, deep & dark forest canopies, some stretches right next to the Missouri river, and some open spaces. As always, this trail is well maintained, mowed, and the trailheads have great information and facilities. Note that you can connect with Amtrak at Washington (Dutzow trailhead on the Katy), Hermann, Jefferson City, and Sedalia, but they have a limit on bikes per train. The new bridge at Washington will be completed soon with a safe bike lane to get from the Dutzow trailhead to the train station. In the near future, Missouri could become a real "cyclist destination" by completion of the Rock Island trail from Windsor to Union. Union is only 7 highway miles from Washington. That would create a loop of over 450 miles and add some great scenic opportunities as the Rock Island route skirts the north edge of the Ozarks. Check out bikerockisland dot com for more information.
There is a MTB trail that begins at the top of the hill near the overlook. Not a great trail for a 1st time rider but good if you have been at it awhile. Goes from Blue to Black in some spots. There is also a nice 3 foot drop that can be done. Go only on dry days as this trail can get slick fast.
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MIDDLEBURY — Local social service agencies, civic clubs, clergy and individuals have begun their annual efforts to ensure that every Addison County family has access to a nice meal and a gift for their children this holiday season.
MIDDLEBURY — Vermont Environmental Court Judge Thomas Durkin has rejected an appeal of the Middlebury Development Review Board's (DRB) Sept. 22, 2010, decision not to permit a 16-acre gravel pit off Route 116.
MIDDLEBURY — In the 2011-2012 season the Middlebury College women's hockey team posted a 21-4-3 season that included a NESCAC title and an NCAA Division III tournament appearance and started with 3-2 and 6-0 wins over Colby.
This past Friday and Saturday at Kenyon Arena, Middlebury opened with 3-2 and 5-1 wins over the White Mules.
Those results don't necessarily mean the Panthers will roll to another 20-win season, said senior defender and captain Heather Marrison, who assisted Friday's late game-winner and Saturday's third goal.
MIDDLEBURY — On the first day of the recent Youth Hunting Weekend, 11-year-old Winston Forbes and his father were in the tree stand behind their Middlebury house.
"We sat there all day," Winston said. "It was getting late."
Finally, around 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 3, their patience paid off.
"It came walking out," Winston recounted. "I shot it twice and then we gutted it out. The next day, we reported it."
VERGENNES — The Vergennes Union High School board will meet in the school this Tuesday at 6 p.m. to discuss its next step after the Election Day defeat of its $6.5 million bond proposal. Addison Northwest Supervisory Union voters on Nov. 6 by 2,244-1,653 rejected a bond that would have funded repairs and major upgrades to VUHS.
According to the warning for the Nov. 20 meeting, it will be a work session that will focus on efforts to craft next year's budget and to "revise the proposed Facilities Repairs/Improvement Bond."
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BRISTOL — Tuesday marked the grand opening of two businesses sharing the same building at 22 Main St. in Bristol: The Enchanted Closet, Cathleen Forand's resale and consignment store, and Selvage Yard, Julie Clark's reclamation crafts, custom mending and repairs business.
BRISTOL — The general feeling among the 45 or so Bristol community members at a forum in Bristol last week was that efforts to address the apparent increase in drug-related crimes should also include residents from the neighboring towns of Lincoln, Starksboro, Monkton and New Haven, in addition to Bristol.
MIDDLEBURY — The Addison Central Supervisory Union has ordered an audit of its Weybridge school financial accounts in the wake of the resignation of Weybridge Town Clerk and Treasurer Karen Brisson, who admitted last week to having embezzled funds from the town.
Brisson additionally served as treasurer for the Weybridge school district.
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Annual to bamboo-like; roots generally fibrous
Stem generally round, hollow; nodes swollen, solid
Leaves alternate, 2-ranked, generally linear; sheath generally open; ligule membranous or hairy, at blade base
Inflorescence various (of generally many spikelets)
Spikelet: glumes generally 2; florets (lemma, palea, flower) 1many; lemma generally membranous, sometimes glume-like; palea generally ± transparent, ± enclosed by lemma
Flower generally bisexual, minute; stamens generally 3; stigmas generally 2, generally plumose
Fruit: achene-like grain
Genera in family: 650900 genera; ± 10,000 species: worldwide; greatest economic importance of any family (wheat, rice, maize, millet, sorghum, sugar cane, forage crops, ornamental, weeds; thatching, weaving, building materials)
Reference: [Hitchcock 1951 Manual grasses US, USDA Misc Publ 200; Clayton & Renvoise 1986 Kew Bull Add Series 13]
See Glossary p. 26 for illustrations of general family characteristics. Generally wind-pollinated.
Perennial, cespitose
Stems erect
Leaves generally basal and cauline; sheaths < internodes; ligule short, densely ciliate; blades narrow, flat to folded
Inflorescence generally raceme-like (sometimes panicle-like or spikelet 1)
Spikelets ± laterally compressed; glumes ± equal, > florets, papery, 15-veined; florets 38, breaking above glumes and between florets; callus short-hairy; lemma rounded, 79-veined, tip 2-toothed, awned on back below teeth; awn generally bent, flat, coiled below bend, straight, ± cylindric above bend, palea = lemma
Fruit elliptic
Species in genus: 20 species: warm temp, tropical, Am, Eur, s Africa
Etymology: (E. Danthoine, France, early 19th century)
Variation, especially in D. californica, D. unispicata , complex, needs critical study.
Stem 13 dm
Leaves basal and cauline, densely hairy, papillate at base; upper blades 38 cm, flat to ± inrolled, ascending
Spikelets generally 1 sometimes 24; stalk erect, puberulent; glumes 925 mm; florets 36; lemmas 614 mm, margin hairy, teeth 15 mm, awn 49 mm
Chromosomes: 2n=36
Ecology: Dry meadows, rocky slopes, open sites in coniferous forest
Elevation: 9003200 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, North Coast Ranges, High Cascade Range, High Sierra Nevada, Modoc Plateau
Distribution outside California: to w Canada, w US
Horticultural information: DRN, SUN, IRR: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24.


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The death of grammar and punctuation?
We talk about words a lot in this area of the paper. We've written about mispronunciation, strange neologisms, pet peeves and more. In fact, few topics incite the readership more than an article on poor grammar.
But I've come to the conclusion we should stop whingeing and accept the fact proper language is dying. Rather than try to uphold archaic rules about the way we use words, perhaps we should accept our fate and embrace poor use of language?
What I propose is that we create a new institution dedicated to enacting new language rules. After all it worked for the Italians, who cleaned up their language early last century. So why wouldn't it work for us?
I propose the new language this institution administers be called Manglish. The first agenda item would be there/their/they're. A large proportion of the population have no idea how to use these words properly, so I say we scrap their and they're and just use there for all three.
The obvious place to go from there is no more you're and your. We only need your. Next cab off the rank has to be to and too. Again, why bother with too? We should live in a world where too no longer exists.
The next rule of Manglish is no more it's. Its will suffice in its place. In fact, how about we do away with apostrophes altogether? Do we need punctuation at all?
While we're making changes to grammar, let's forget about the split infinitive rule and allow all prepositions at the end of sentences. Which brings me to homonyms. For instance, principle/principal, complement/compliment. Just pick one and be done with it. This would forever eliminate the affect/effect problem.
How about words that could be two words as well as one word (altogether/all together, away/a way). Why use two words when one will do?
I'd also have my way with numbers. Most don't understand numbers one to nine should be written not expressed in numerals. So let's make all numbers numerals.
Now for text language. It's clear we're headed for a world in which love is spelt luv, tomorrow becomes tomoz and what is wot. Why delay the inevitable? Let's just accept our fate and start using these words now.
I put this idea to Associate Professor Louise Ravelli from the University of New South Wales' School of the Arts and Media. She says grammar and punctuation are always evolving because language is not static and change is not necessarily bad.
"But I don't think grammar and punctuation will disappear because if you take spoken language and write it down, you have to have some punctuation so it makes sense," says Ravelli.
I'd also have my way with numbers.
She points to early Greek to make her point. "There were no spaces between the words and no punctuation marks, which made it really hard to read. So grammar and punctuation serve an important purpose," she says.
Ravelli says there have always been different levels of understanding about how language should be used. But she says what's changed recently is that anyone can be a publisher thanks to new media and the internet. This means much of what we read online doesn't go through the editing and subediting processes written material would have undergone in the past.
In terms of the changes she is witnessing in the language at the moment, Ravelli says appreciation of how apostrophes should be used – for instance an understanding that it's is a contraction of it is – is declining.
"Language is about having a way to communicate that suits your purpose and people will find a way to express themselves, regardless of whether they are technically correct. Communication is about being functional. If someone can't make themselves understood they will work at it until they are understood," she says.
When it comes to their/they're/there, Ravelli says she thinks some misuse is accepted in some contexts, despite the clear distinction in the meaning of these words.
"Language suits many different contexts and we adjust our language for different purposes. For instance, when we send text messages to friends we may not worry about the finer points of language because they will understand us anyway."
As to whether we might be able to clean up English by removing inconsistencies and irregularities, Ravelli says this would be tough.
"Attempts to impose rules from above are usually spectacularly unsuccessful because of the many different contexts that apply to the way we use language. Formalised attempts to impose standards on language don't work because it evolves through convention."
So will we talk in text speak in the future? Ravelli points out that even the way we use text language has evolved. Ten years ago we sent them without having access to a Qwerty keyboard, instead punching a number several times until we got to the letter we wanted. So it's likely text language will continue to evolve in the future.
She says the short cuts with which we are now familiar thanks to how frequently we text and the speed of texting have influenced her own use of language. "When I send an informal email I find myself using abbreviations. But the text message form of communication won't suit every purpose. No one language standard can cover all situations," she says.
Ultimately, language is multifaceted, complex and situation-dependent. Although the pedants may disagree, maybe we should accept there's no right or wrong way to use language, and lighten up on those who we think don't use language correctly.
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The Gift of Grace
Suzanne Pharr February 12th, 2009
On the evening of January 31, 2009 at the annual Creating Change Conference, I was honored by Queers for Economic Justice for my "years of work on economic justice and LGBT liberation." In response to requests for my short acceptance speech, I am posting it here.
(Acceptance of award from Queers for Economic Justice at Creating Change 2009)
The Gift of Grace
My work is honored here tonight, I believe, because I was given the gift of grace.
In my religious tradition—Methodist—which I left at a very young age but not before it made a permanent mark on me, I recall that Grace is defined as a realm of good you are given, not because you earned it or necessarily deserve it.
When I think back to the gifts of grace in my life, I remember
my farm parents in Georgia who worked through poverty and disability to raise their 8 children and support their church and community. They gave me my life, my values, my determination.
those teachers at the Women's College of Georgia—a tiny college for the daughters of shopkeepers and farmers—who slipped anonymous envelopes containing $10 and $20 into my college post office box. Those great single women—lesbians all, I think—made it possible for me to go to school when I was down to the last penny from my wages.
the people of color—especially Civil Rights leaders and other women of color—who had deep conversations with me, who challenged me, who confronted me, who shared with me our Southern culture, who joined me in laughter and struggle. They never cast me aside.
people of every generation across race, class and gender—and especially the young—who shared their lives and their ideas and invited me to be a comrade.
I have tried to return that gift of grace in my work and life.
My role in this movement has been to listen to what you have said, to make a composite of it, to put it in plain language, and to reflect it back to you—because it is yours.
My passionate love of ideas and action has been nurtured by your own. You have given me the space and time and patience to work and grow with you.
That is an act of love, community, and grace.
I thank you for it.
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Looking over the little town of Cannelton I think of it as Magic Mountain. You will say, "no," but my brothers and I lived on that mountain and we know the truth.
Now that I am old, I just might say, "yep, it is a hill." But, then again, I might not.
The hill above our house was covered with honeysuckle and a variety of young hardwood trees. It had many hiding places for us to explore and play around.
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Firebug 1.13 alpha 4Friday, October 25th, 2013
getfirebug.com has Firebug 1.13 alpha 4
Firebug 1.13a4 fixes 10 issues
Firebug 1.13a4 is compatible with Firefox 24-27
Some highlights from this release
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The existing getEventListeners() command (see a Firebug tip) has been extended and it now displays also registered mutation observers for given element.
You can use this test page to try it yourself.
- Searching by selector in the HTML panel (issue 6748)
The search field inside the HTML panel now allows you to search for elements via CSS selectors. Just start typing a selector like
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Rugby player and model Thom Evans admits that he was badly bitten by the Strictly Come Dancing bug and is thrilled to join the hit TV show tour which comes to Sheffield next week.
The former Scotland international who left the show in week five said: "It's slightly weird to be back. I was gutted that my time was cut shorter than I would have thought.
"This is a second chance to go out there and fulfil the potential that I could have had if I'd stayed on the show for longer.
"I didn't really appreciate how many people watch the show, it's only when you come out of that bubble. People feel the need to really speak their mind. It's only then that you find out.
"It was really nice of people to come up and say how much they loved watching you and hoped you could have continued longer."
He added: "I am grateful to have even had the chance to be on a show like this. It is amazing fun. I'm a lot better dancer now than I was before."
Thom said he loved playing rugby in front of big crowds and couldn't wait to dance in big arenas like the Motorpoint in Sheffield.
"Some people find it quite daunting in many ways but the big crowds and the buzz you get was always good for me.
"I'm hoping it brings out the best in my dancing."
Thom said that he lost two stone during the intense dance training, adding: "I didn't do any weights because I didn't want it to restrict me. Doing seven hours of cardio a day, there was nothing much to me! I was eating as much as I could."
He admitted to being a bit apprehensive at starting to dance again after a long break between the TV show and the tour.
The show has opened up new opportunities to Thom, who was considered for the male lead in the film version of Fifty Shades of Grey.
He said: "Acting is something I'm very passionate about. To even be considered for a role of that calibre was a massive honour. There were a couple of call-backs. It's an amazing role.
"Jamie Dornan is perfect for it. I watched him in The Fall and I think he'll be great."
Thom said that he also wants to continue dancing: "I get such a buzz from it, like everyone in the show. It'll be hard to maintain and keep it up but I'll do my best.
He was full of praise for his professional partner, Iveta Lukosiute: "She is very similar to me in many ways. She has this personality off the dancefloor which is fun and loving. I couldn't ask for anything more."
Thom and Iveta will be stepping out at the Motorpoint Arena for two shows next Tuesday along with show winner Caroline Flack plus Mark Wright, Alison Hammond, Simon Webbe and Scott Mills.
Judge Craig Revel Horwood is directing this show. He's making everyone, from judges to singers, dance in this show, which he promises will be spectacular.
Box office: at the Arena, call 0114 2565656 or online at www.motorpoint arenasheffield.co.uk.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the White House is determined to act quickly to curb gun violence and will explore all avenues - including executive orders that would not require approval by Congress - to try to prevent incidents like last month's massacre at a Connecticut school.
Kicking off a series of meetings on gun violence, Biden said the administration would work with gun-control advocates and gun-rights supporters to build a consensus on restrictions. But he made clear that President Barack Obama is prepared to act on his own if necessary.
"We are not going to get caught up in the notion that unless we can do everything, we're going to do nothing. It's critically important that we act," said Biden, who will meet on Thursday with pro-gun groups including the National Rifle Association, which claims 4 million members and is the gun lobby's most powerful organization.
Biden, whose panel was formed after 20 schoolchildren and six adults were killed on December 14 by a gunman at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, has been ordered by Obama to come up with policy proposals on guns by the end of January.
The vice president said there was a consensus on "three or four or five" steps regarding gun safety, but did not specify what they were.
"There are executive orders, executive action that can be taken. We haven't decided what that is yet," Biden said, adding that Obama is conferring with Attorney General Eric Holder on potential action.
Biden's group is expected to recommend to Congress the reinstatement of an assault weapons ban that expired in 2004.
The Washington Post has reported the group also will ask Congress for broad restrictions that include tracking the sale and movement of weapons via a national database, and stiffer checks on the mental health of prospective gun buyers.
During his daily briefing, White House spokesman Jay Carney declined to discuss any action Obama might take on his own on guns. "Those decisions haven't been made," Carney said.
The Connecticut school shootings galvanized activists on both sides of the gun-control issue. In Washington and across the nation, the slayings inspired new calls for more restrictive gun laws and led gun-rights advocates to mobilize in opposition.
Obama promised to put gun control at the top of his agenda after he begins his second term on January 20, but the issue will have to compete with a crush of other priorities including a looming budget confrontation with congressional Republicans.
There have been other pushes for gun control in recent years, but such efforts were typically blocked by the influential gun lobby, which enjoys widespread support among Republicans and significant backing among Democrats as well.
But now, "the president and I are determined to take action," Biden said at Wednesday's meeting with gun violence victims and gun-control advocates.
"This is not an exercise in photo opportunities or just getting to ask you all what your opinions are. We're reaching out to all parties on whatever side of the debate you fall," he said.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the largest U.S. gun seller, also will participate in Thursday's White House meetings. Wal-Mart reversed its initial decision not to send anyone to the Biden gathering to share the company's position.
"We underestimated the expectation to attend the meeting on Thursday in person, so we are sending an appropriate representative to participate," spokesman David Tovar said.
Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to End Gun Violence, attended Wednesday's meeting and told reporters there was broad consensus on strengthening background checks and a general convergence of ideas on many other restrictions.
"What the gun lobby is trying to do is drag ... the American public down into the same old political debate," Gross said.
Even without action by Congress, Obama could issue orders to improve background checks on gun buyers, ban certain gun imports and bolster oversight of dealers. Other executive orders could improve information sharing among law enforcement authorities about illegal gun purchases, and maintain data on gun sales for longer periods.
Obama has said he believes most Americans support the reinstatement of a ban on the sale of military-style assault weapons, barring the sale of high-capacity ammunition clips, and a law requiring background checks on buyers before all gun purchases.
It is unclear whether any of those measures will have more support in Congress after the Connecticut massacre than they did after previous mass shootings.
With the federal outcome uncertain, some states are taking action on their own. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo pledged to enact the country's strictest assault weapons ban and outlaw all high-capacity magazines.
"Gun violence has been on a rampage as we know firsthand and we know painfully," Cuomo said on Wednesday in his annual State of the State address, committing New York to leading the country in enacting new gun control laws. "We must stop the madness, my friends."
In neighboring Connecticut, Governor Dannel Malloy urged U.S. lawmakers to tighten federal gun control measures in response to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
"As long as weapons continue to travel up and down (interstate highway) I-95, what is available for sale in Florida or Virginia can have devastating consequences here in Connecticut," said Malloy, who paused and fought back tears, his voice cracking, when discussing the tragedy at Sandy Hook.
A federal appeals court signaled on Wednesday it is prepared to uphold one of the few gun control measures put forward so far by the Obama administration - a regulation designed to detect the sale of semi-automatic rifles to Mexican drug cartels.
Gun retailers and manufacturers, including a trade group based in Newtown, said the rule is burdensome and violates federal law.
The measure requires stores in the four U.S. states bordering Mexico to send a notice to federal law enforcement whenever someone buys two or more of a certain kind of high-caliber, semi-automatic rifle with a detachable magazine.
The court is expected to rule on the case within the next few months. During a hearing on Wednesday, the court's three judges repeatedly questioned whether the rule created too much extra work for gun sellers and manufacturers.
In Colorado, prosecutors ended their pre-trial case against accused movie house gunman James Holmes by showing photos he took of himself by cellphone, posing with firearms and body armor.
The photos capped three days of hearings in which prosecutors laid out their case for putting him on trial. Defense lawyers declined to present evidence or witnesses of their own.
The onetime neuroscience doctoral student is charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder for the 12 people slain and dozens of others wounded in the Denver suburb of Aurora in a July shooting attack.
Additional reporting by David Ingram, Roberta Rampton, Daniel Trotta, Hilary Russ and Keith Coffman; Editing by David Lindsey and Cynthia Osterman


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New member and soon to be owner of a 2007 Regal 2200 // Mag 350 // Bravo III. Looking to get some baseline service done on my new to me boat. Can anyone recommend a reputable Mercruiser dealer in the GTA (or up to 100km outside)? I've contacted a few dealers up in Muskoka and their service departments seem to be booking up quite fast.
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text: There are any number of ways to enjoy any of our countless days of blue skies and warm sunshine. If you are in the mood to soak up some rays, then a round of golf at any of our challenging desert courses might do the trick. If your idea of hands on is hunting for bargains at local shops and outlet malls, then we have you covered as well. The bottom line is there is something for everyone, no matter what your idea of a good time is. Enjoy!


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Panic At The Disco release their new single Nine In The Afternoon on March 17 – and it looks a pretty weird and wonderful affair. It's taken from the album Pretty.Odd, which follows a week later. Check out some screenshots from the video shoot…
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A southern Lafourche Parish community is a great place to raise a family, according to a recent study.
A southern Lafourche Parish community is a great place to raise a family, according to a recent study.
Consumer advocacy website NerdWallet ranked Galliano the sixth best community out of 108 places to raise a family in Louisiana.
The group evaluated each location based on its public school rating, median home value, ongoing cost of homeownership, median income and economic growth. Communities in all states are being ranked.
Other Lafourche and Terrebonne communities that were ranked are Schriever, No. 24; Thibodaux, No. 26; Raceland, No. 30; and Houma, No. 43. Their lower median incomes dropped them down on the list.
"One thing we're trying to make clear is that when you buy into a home, it's more than the price. It matters a lot to take into consideration to look at income. That's why we gave real estate a more comprehensive look," said NerdWallet analyst Mike Anderson, who compiled the list for Louisiana.
Anderson said the factors chosen were based on anecdotal evidence.
"People acknowledged that this is what families want: an affordable home, a good job and good schools," Anderson said.
With Galliano, the cost of living in the area propelled it into the top 10, Anderson said.
"One thing about Galliano in particular is that your dollar goes a lot further than it does in some of the other towns on the list," Anderson said. "In St. Rose, the median income is the same, but the average home is about $50,000 more expensive."
Cut Off-based Edison Chouest Offshore employs a large portion of people in the area. Lafourche Parish Councilman Daniel Lorraine, who represents Galliano, said offshore companies have helped the town grow.
"All of the jobs that these boat companies have ... they hire people from the area and the money circulates. The money stays in the area," Lorraine said.
Lorraine said surrounding areas, like Cut Off and Larose, also contribute, but the growth seems to be focused on the center of Galliano.
"It seems like there is more and more being built in the middle of the 10th Ward. ... It's not a bad community. From what I can see, in most places it's clean. We still have some work to do, but we're working," Lorraine said.
To evaluate the communities, Anderson looked at 2010 census data and school rankings, provided by GreatSchools.com. Places with a population below 5,000 were not included on the list because of unreliable census data, Anderson said.
Anderson said he was intrigued by housing costs when he was evaluating the communities.
"Louisiana has an extremely affordable real estate market. Quite a few of the homes we saw were below $100,000. That's different than some states, like Virginia, where some of the better communities are not quite as accessible," he said.
Big cities don't often find their way onto the top 10 list because they don't always have the best schools, Anderson said. New Orleans and Baton Rouge didn't rank in the top 50.
Staff Writer Jacob Batte can be reached at 448-7635 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @ja_batte


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Taken - S02
The series follows a former Green Beret, Bryan Mills, as he deals with a personal tragedy that shakes his world. As he fights to overcome the incident and exact revenge, Mills is pulled into a career as a deadly CIA operative, a job that awakens his very particular, and very dangerous, set of skills.
Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller
Actors: Clive Standen, Jennifer Beals, Gaius Charles, Brooklyn Sudano, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Michael Irby, Jose Pablo Cantillo, James Landry Hébert, Jennifer Marsala, Simu Liu, Matthew Bennett


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