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The best thing you can do is read, search, and read some more before asking questions about CrossFit. Start with the What is CrossFit? and How To Start pages, review the Exercises & Demos, and dig through the discussion board.
Meanwhile, here are some of the most common questions people ask about CrossFit workouts:
Part of the CrossFit philosophy includes pursuing or learning another sport or activity, and the demands of those sports will affect what you can do in each WOD. If you pursue another activity, you will need to balance your work/rest cycles and be sure to allow for recovery. Sometimes, you will need to take extra days off, or to consider a WOD as "active rest" done at a lower intensity.
In general, if you work the WODs hard, you will find yourself at an improved level of fitness.
The CrossFit protocol is designed to elicit a substantial neuroendocrine wallop and hence packs an anabolic punch that puts on impressive amounts of muscle, though that is not our concern. Strength is.
Those athletes who train for function end up with better form than those who value form over function. This is one of the beautiful ironies of training.
The "official" CrossFit warm-up is in the April 2003 CrossFit Journal.
3 rounds of 10-15 reps of:
Samson stretches (do the Samson stretch once each round for 15-30 seconds)
Overhead squats with broomstick or PVC
Back extensions
This warm-up is only a general idea, and coaches and athletes can easily adjust it or create their own versions in order to prepare them for a specific workout.
Visit the Exercises & Demos page for videos of common CrossFit exercises.
For 20 seconds, do as many reps of the assigned exercise as you can, then rest for 10 seconds.
Repeat this pattern seven more times for a total of 8 intervals, or 4 minutes of total exercise.
The score is the least number of reps scored in any of the intervals.
Pick up two heavy dumbbells and walk for distance.
Hold a weight (dumbbell, kettlebell, etc.) overhead and walk for distance.
Use whatever grip is strongest for you—palms facing, palms away, palms parallel, mixed grip, etc.
From standing, lower the chest and thighs to the floor, then come back to standing before finishing with a jump and clap overhead. To view a demonstration of the burpee, click here. Workouts sometimes contain burpee variations, such as jumping over a bar or jumping and touching a target.
The Samson stretch is described in detail in the CrossFit Journal.
You can do any style of sit-up you like, though it's recommended you note the style in your records so you can compare performances over time. To view a demonstration of the AbMat sit-up, click here.
The pistol is often called a one-legged or single-leg squat. To view a demonstration of a pistol, click here.
"American Gymnast's Parallette Training Guide": http://www.american-gymnast.com/tt/index_163.cfm
Courtesy of Jesse Woody: "Kipping allows more work to be done in less time, thus increasing power output. It is also a full-body coordination movement when performed correctly, which applies more functionally to real-life application of pulling skills. Last, but not least, the hip motion of an effective kip mirrors the motion of the olympic lifts/kettlebell swings, adding to its function as a posterior-chain developer."
To view a demonstration of the kipping pull-up, click here.
The standard height is 10 ft. Scale as needed.
The standard weight is 20 lb. Scale as needed.
CrossFit Training posts scaling options everyday on Facebook and Instagram.
Detailed instructions on substitions and scaling can be found in the CrossFit Journal.
Yes. Remember this: In general, substitutions and scaling preserve the intended stimulus of the original workout, and creative coaches and athletes have a wealth of options. Injuries, mobility issues, training history and many other factors will influence your decisions. The CrossFit affiliate community has come up with a tremendous number of creative substitutions to accommodate just about any athlete, and online searches will reveal many options. When in doubt, consult a CrossFit trainer. Detailed instructions can be found in the CrossFit Journal.
Many movements can take the place of rope climbs. Towel pull-ups are one great option. For more realism, set one hand high and one hand low on the towel. A standard rope length is 15 ft., and a standard substitution is 15 towel pulls. "See-saw" towel pull-ups are also an option. If you have a rope but can't pull your weight, tie a dumbell or kettlebell to one end and pull the rope toward you hand over hand. You can do this along the ground or you can throw the rope over the pull-up bar and hoist the weight to the top. Use the climbing arm motion as much as possible.
When substituting aerobic exercises, use comparable time intervals. For example, if you run 400 meters in 90 seconds, row, bike, jump rope, run stairs, etc. for 90 seconds. Box jumps, cross-country skiing, heavy-bag work, kettlebell or dumbbell swings, weighted stair climbing or box stepping can also be used if other options are not available. Sumo deadlift high pulls can take the place of a rowing machine. Use 45 lb. for men and 35 lb. for women, and count each rep as 10 meters.
The "standard" substitute is either dumbbell or barbell thrusters. Because you can't throw dumbells or a bar in the air, use about twice the specified ball weight (40 lb. or so instead of 20 lb.) and do the reps as explosively as possible. Medicine balls are now widely available, and creative athletes have made their own with relative ease.
Pull-ups and dips. Common rep schemes often equate a certain number of pull-ups plus a certain number of dips with 1 muscle-up. The exact numbers will depend on the athlete. Again, the goal is to preserve the stimulus of the original movement.
A host of options exists, including assisted pull-ups, jumping pull-ups, negatives, ring rows or even pull-downs. A word of caution: Controlling volume addresses the risk of rhabdomyolysis in less-experienced athletes or those returning after time off. Increased volume of eccentric movement (negatives, for example) correlates to risk of rhabdomyolysis.
Support all or most of your body while working up to handstand push-ups. You can place your hands on the floor and your legs on a bench, ball or counter (bend at the waist). You can hook your toes over a bar in the power rack or Smith machine. You can do partial reps, building up to full range of motion; for example, stack a few books up under your head and lower to the books. Try to remove a book from the pile every workout or so until you are working from the floor. You can also substitute standing presses using absolutely no leg drive, but presses are not as good as working toward the actual motion.
Work on tuck sits (both legs tucked up to your chest), one-leg-extended L-sits (you can alternate legs) or use bands for support (set your parallettes under the pull-up bar and hang the bands from the bar, then put your legs or feet through the band).
Do 3 regular parallel-bars dips for every ring dip prescribed.
Do tuck jumps. Multiple single-unders in no way compensate for the exertion required for double-unders. Explode off the ground as quickly as possible and repeat for the required number of repetitions.
Good mornings (with or without weight) or supermans. Many other movements will work, such as lying over an exercise ball with your feet hooked under a bench or bar.
As with back extensions, there are lots of ways to do glute-ham sit-ups. Try lying over an exercise ball with feet hooked under a bench or bar. You can also use a bench in place of a ball.
In this workout you move from each of 5 stations after a minute. This is a 5-minute round after which a 1-minute break is allowed before repeating. We've used this in 3- and 5-round versions. The stations are:
The clock does not reset or stop between exercises. On the call of "rotate," the athlete(s) must move to the next station immediately for a good score. One point is given for each rep, except on the rower where each calorie is 1 point.
Tabata intervals (20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated 8 times) is applied in turn to the squat, rower, pull-ups, sit-ups and push-ups with a 1-minute rotation break between exercises. Each exercise is scored by the weakest number of reps (calories on the rower) in each of the 8 intervals. During the 1-minute rotation the clock is not stopped but kept running. The score is the total of the scores from the five stations. Some performance insights and a scoring example from Mark Twight:
Scoring Example:
A total score of 53 (excellent score, by the way) is determined by adding up the lowest number of reps in any set of each exercise.
18 squats
4 pull-ups
6 push-ups
13 sit-ups
12-calorie row (use the calorie counter and call each calorie a rep)
This score is a 53.
The CrossFit Training Department's Instagram page is a great resource for tips on how to appropriately scale workouts. (https://www.instagram.com/crossfittraining/?hl=en)
We encourage everyone to post their results each day to the comments section, and we always provide a link back to the previous comments when a workout is repeated. There are also several great sites online that provide a comprehensive tracking service, such as that by our friends at Beyond The Whiteboard (https://beyondthewhiteboard.com/).
CrossFit Total Rankings
based on tables by Kilgore, Rippetoe, et al.
(Aasgaard Co, 2006)
Head right over here and read all about it!
Yes, that really is the WOD. It's a max effort strength WOD rather than a metabolic conditioning WOD. It won't leave you as "gassed" as Helen or Cindy will, but it will tax your muscles and nervous system heavily. See this thread on the message board for more discussion of the protocol, and this WOD demo for a visual.
Since CrossFit.com went up in 2001, equipment has become far easier to find. A host of online retailers cater to our community, and many general fitness stores also have what you need. Athletes in more remote locations might have fewer options, but retailers are working to address growing markets around the world. If retailers don't ship to your area, send an email asking them to start.
In the early days of CrossFit.com, athletes found many creative ways to build their own equipment. An Internet search will reveal many options, and the Equipment category of the CrossFit Journal has options as well. With homemade equipment, safety is the foremost concern.
The CrossFit Journal has instructions, and a host of variations are available through an Internet search.
Personal preference determines the damper setting. For most people, a setting of 3-4 best replicates the feel of a boat on water. Some will prefer other settings. For more info, watch this video.
That's up to you. Manufacturers now offer shoes designed specifically for CrossFit, and some athletes will use different shoes for different workouts. For example, weightlifting shoes have elevated, non-compressible heels. However, remember that the shoes don't make you fitter.
We consider these references to be utterly indispensable:
CrossFit.com—This site contains a wealth of information, and visitors are encouraged to explore. The CrossFit.com archives contain more than 14 years of workouts, including demonstrations, tips and discussions.
The Exercises & Demos page by CrossFit Training—This page contains an ever-growing library of resources to help you move with virtuosity.
The CrossFit Journal—The CrossFit Journal contains thousands of articles, including seminal pieces authored by CrossFit Founder and CEO Greg Glassman.
CrossFit Trainer Courses—Led all over the world by CrossFit Seminar Staff, these courses cover everything, from the basics of CrossFit, to advanced CrossFit principles, to special areas including weightlifting, powerlifting and running.
The CrossFit Trainer Directory—Connect with a credentialed CrossFit trainer in your area.
CrossFit Affiliates—All CrossFit affiliates have websites, and many offer excellent instructional content online for free. We encourage you to visit your local CrossFit affiliate and ask a qualified trainer your questions.
The short answer: Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat.
To optimize fitness, you will need to measure and record intake, evaluate performance and potentially change intake until the desired results are achieved. This approach to diet is no different than the approach to workouts.
To start, we recommend everyone give the baseline Zone Diet prescription a try for four weeks. Doing so will help you establish measurable, observable, repeatable data on your input (food) and output (performance). Once you have completed a minimum baseline term of four weeks, you may find you have to make small tweaks to the block prescription until you achieve your best performance.
This type of measured, systematic self-observation will be the best guide as to whether you should eat any type of food or implement any diet "strategy."
For instance, experimentation will give you valuable information on grains, legumes, dairy and salt, and it can even help you plan the frequency and timing of your meals. You may need to your adjust your food intake for your lifestyle, goals, discipline, commitment level, etc. You may choose to experiment with supplementation, post-workout nutrition, fasting, and so on. You may choose to include a cheat meal, eat more fat, consume more food, etc.
Overall, diet is specific to each individual, and he or she can optimize diet by carefully tracking input and output.
Read ["Mastering The Zone"](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060391901/104-6212051-6913520?v=glance&n=28315 5) by Barry Sears.
The Zone website is also a good resource.
The CrossFit Journal article "Zone Meal Plans" has an easy-to-understand explanation of the Zone, as well as recipes and a block chart for the most popular foods.
These references will help you get started.
For information, visit the CrossFit Trainer Courses and CrossFit Certifications websites.
Submit this application.
Yes. CrossFit Training posts pictures and scaling options for the CrossFit.com workout of the day on Facebook and Instagram.
Visit our Affiliate page. Note that you must be a CrossFit Certificate holder (Level 1 minimum) before applying for affiliation.
Read the Requirements section on our How to Affiliate page.
As of Jan. 1, 2011, affiliation costs US$3,000 annually.
Affiliate fees are always held level. Your renewal fee will always be the same as the fee you paid initially no matter how the fees change in the future.
Yes. By affiliating you are licensing the CrossFit name and making it legal to use that name; whether you make money from your endeavors or not, you still have to affiliate.
Yes. We have affiliates all over the world.
Yes. We do not limit the number of affiliates in any given area.
No. Our affiliates are a confederation of legitimate fitness practitioners pooling reliable resources.
No. You will, however, need one physical location. We do not license mobile affiliates.
You may own the domain, but the use of "CrossFit" in your domain is unlicensed and illegal, and CrossFit Inc. can legally force you to give it up. CrossFit only acknowledges the URL of the name that you have licensed from us.
No. Only CrossFit Inc. can credential trainers. The only way to obtain a CrossFit credential is through CrossFit Training. Visit CrossFit Trainer Courses and CrossFit Certifications for more info.
You can link to anything on CrossFit Inc. sites, but you cannot download material and host it on your own site (e.g., videos, CrossFit Journal articles, etc.).
You can use any material freely available on the site with proper attribution. You may not distribute any content from the CrossFit Journal that is not already publicly available from the CrossFit Journal.
You are encouraged to create your own T-shirts featuring your licensed affiliate name and creative slogans. Logos and/or slogans associated with CrossFit Inc. or CrossFit.com may not be used without prior permission.
As an affiliate, you can and should say that you use CrossFit methods and that you're part of the extended CrossFit family, but you may not represent yourself directly or indirectly as a representative of CrossFit.com or CrossFit Inc.
You can call yourself a CrossFit trainer. You may list your CrossFit qualification on a business card, resume, or website bio/qualifications type of page. Nothing more.
You cannot use the CrossFit name in any other business or promotional way unless you affiliate. Only affiliation gives you the legal right to use the CrossFit name for business and/or promotional purposes.
The Level 1 Trainer License is explained on page 124 of the "CrossFit Level 1 Training Guide."
You may instruct as an apprentice under the mentoring of a CF-L1 trainer. All trainers at a CrossFit affiliate must hold a CrossFit Level 1 Certificate. Apprenticetrainers (those who do not hold a CF-L1) may work under the direct supervision of a CF-L1 trainer prior to obtaining an L1 certificate.
Basic guidelines are as follows: no continents, countries, provinces, regions, states, counties, large cities, religious references, movie names, celebrity names, personal names, trademarked names, government agencies or names that are already taken.
Whatever you can muster. Great gyms have started with lots of equipment or just a few barbells.
Absolutely. If you think you've got a good video, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
To be considered for publication on our websites, please submit photos via http://photos.crossfit.com.
No. In order for an affiliate to offer CrossFit Kids classes and use the CrossFit Kids name, affiliates must first register with CrossFit Kids and meet the minimum requirements. Email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
We love that affiliates hold competitions and would like to do everything we can to encourage such events. When planning your competition, please keep in mind these simple rules:
CrossFit no longer allows multiple affiliations. We believe it is better for an affiliate to concentrate on a single location to ensure the quality of hands-on involvement by the owner. So, in essence, the rule is: one trainer, one box.
Yes. They are on the CrossFit Exercises & Demos page.
Visit the CrossFit Journal for thousands of articles and videos.
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If you think you have a good video, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
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NHIAA Girls' Basketball: Pinkerton girls get past CentralBy JOE DUBALL
New Hampshire Union Leader
December 16. 2017 12:51AM
DERRY — Tuesday's 53-point win was a dream start to the season for the Pinkerton Academy girls' basketball team. Before even getting a chance to let the win inflate their ego, reality settled in quickly for the Astros Friday.
Pinkerton came away with a 50-27 win over Manchester Central at Hackler Gymnasium, but it took a second-half turnaround for the Astros to overcome an 18-14 halftime deficit. Brooke Kane scored 20 of her game-high 24 points in the second half while the Astros (2-0) held the Little Green (1-1) to seven and two points over the final two quarters.
"It was a lesson we needed," said Pinkerton coach Lani Buskey of her club's trials. Pinkerton's 50 points were just two more than what it collected by halftime on Tuesday. "I just kind of told them that this is not Pinkerton Academy basketball. It wasn't Pinkerton defense, we were forcing things on the offensive end, taking bad shots and we didn't look like confident shooters.
"We settled down. I told them it was a whole new half and that they're a good enough team to react and take this game away."
Buskey's negative sentiments about her first-half offense were wiped away by Kane and the Astros over the final 16 minutes. Instead of improvising and playing out of character, Pinkerton got back to cycling through its offense, which went through Kane in the post. The junior forward scored eight points in the third quarter, half of which came consecutively in the middle of an 11-3 run that put Pinkerton on top for the first time since the opening minutes of the game and for the remainder of the contest.
"We really just moved the ball," Kane said. "We figured out how to run their defense and get around every screen, which they were switching on every time. After getting around that, we chose the right weapons and used stuff like kick-outs to make it all work."
Amanda Lemire added 13 points. Keltina Francis' seven points paced Central's evening.
Using the full complement of its young squad, Central had Pinkerton mystified in the first half. The offensive production was only slightly better for Central in the first half but the Little Green was unfazed by Pinkerton's full-court defense. The Astros elected to go to half-court defense in the second half.
"We gave up a couple of easy baskets and then just kind of got flustered, and that's where the inexperience shows," Central coach Mike Wenners said while crediting Pinkerton for adjusting defensively. "I've got three girls that really played last year. Everyone is new otherwise, so this was a overall a very good experience for us tonight."

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Weekly RundownPosted by on December 02, 2013
The House is in session Monday through Thursday this week and will consider one Financial Services Committee bill. Be sure to check back here on the Bottom Line Blog -- and sign up for our email updates -- for additional information throughout the week.
Here's whats happening:
On Wednesday at 10 a.m. the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on regulatory relief bills in 2128 Rayburn. And on Wednesday afternoon, the House will consider H.R. 1105, the Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act.


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It has taken nearly nine years to get to this point, but the City Council appears poised to enact a pair of ordinances tonight to address so-called "aggressive" panhandlers and those who solicit money from motorists while standing in intersections.
The ordinances, which easily won preliminary approval from the council two weeks ago, will make it illegal to solicit money from motorists while standing in the street, walking in and out of traffic or standing on a traffic island.
They will also put an end to so-called "tag days" – a long-standing practice in the city in which representatives of charitable organizations and youth sports groups solicit donations from motorists at intersections.
Given the fact that the council voted 8-2 vote two weeks ago to advertise the ordinances, tonight's vote to ordain them is expected to be perfunctory.
In fact, as many as nine of the 11 city councilors could end up supporting the ordinances tonight on the final vote because Councilor-at-Large Michael J. Germain was not present when the council took them up two weeks ago. Mr. Germain has previously spoken in favor of the ordinances and supported them when they were taken up by the Municipal Operations Committee, which he chairs.
In most instances, the vote to ordain an ordinance is usually routinely acted on by the city without debate or discussion because its outcome more often than not mirrors the vote taken to advertise. Members of the public will still be able to speak on the items, however.
Supporters of the ordinances have repeatedly emphasized they will not ban panhandling in the city. Instead, they said they are meant to regulate where such activity can take place in the name of public safety, by not allowing people to solicit money at intersections while standing in the street or walking in and out of traffic.
Panhandling will still be allowed at other public venues in the city, such as on sidewalks, walkways and plazas.
But the ordinances also prohibit "aggressive soliciting, begging or panhandling" of persons within 20 feet of any outdoor seating area of any caf�, restaurant or other business, bank, automated teller machine, automated teller facility, checking cashing business, mass transportation facility or stop or a pay telephone.
The ordinances also categorize "aggressive" panhandling in the following ways:
• Continuing to beg or solicit from a person after that person has given a negative response to such solicitation.
• Touching another person or their property in the course of begging or soliciting without the person's consent.
• Blocking or interfering with the safe or free passage of a pedestrian or vehicle by any means.
• Using violent or threatening gestures that are likely to provoke an immediate violent reaction from the person who is the subject of the request for money.
• Closely following behind, ahead or alongside a person who has been solicited or asked for money after that person has given a negative response to such solicitation.
• Using profane, threatening or abusive language, either during the solicitation or begging or following a refusal.
• Begging or soliciting money from anyone who is waiting in line for tickets, entering a public building or riding on public transportation.
• Begging or soliciting in a group of two or more people in an intimidating fashion.
Those found guilty of violating the ordinances can be punished by a fine not to exceed $50, or the court can impose community service.
The roots to regulating panhandling in the city go as far back as 2004 when then Mayor Timothy P. Murray led an effort on the City Council to address the issue after there was a proliferation of panhandling on city streets.
Less than two weeks into his tenure as Worcester's chief executive, then acting City Manager Michael V. O'Brien said panhandling was a priority issue for him because of public safety and quality-of-life concerns.
In 2005, the city administration, in conjunction with several local human services agencies, put forward a plan to end panhandling by persuading people not to give money to panhandlers. Instead, they were encouraged to give money local charities that have experience in addressing the cause of the problem.
The plan was accompanied by a billboard advertising campaign that attempted to spread that message throughout the community.
When the problem resurfaced again last year, the City Council asked for a comprehensive plan from the city administration to reduce the incidence of panhandling.
This past summer, the city initiated an outreach program aimed at reducing panhandling by trying to connect panhandlers with services they may need so they don't have to beg for money or food. An outreach worker assessed each individual's needs and pointed them to job opportunities and services, such as food pantries, food stamps and fuel assistance.
While the outreach program had some success, Mr. O'Brien said it was not a singular solution to reducing the incidence of panhandling. He said there is another side to the issue, that being public safety.
The ordinances that were subsequently crafted and are now before the council are meant to address panhandling from a public safety perspective.


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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Just two decades ago there seemed to be no limits to American power. 9/11, the financial crisis, and the rise of China are all reminders of what a different world we live in today. What should America's role be in the new world order? Are we guilty of overreach, or have we not been ambitious enough?
Vermont State Senator
Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress
Founding Director of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies
Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations
Author and correspondent for ABC News.
Vermont State Senator
Is a newly-elected Vermont state senator and the senior diplomatic fellow at the Center for Arms Control. Prior to joining the Center, he was a professor of national security strategy at the National War College. Galbraith was the first U.S. ambassador to Croatia and mediated the Erdut Agreement, ending the Croatia War in 1995. His senior government positions include being deputy special representative of the secretary-general of the United Nations to Afghanistan in 2009.Learn more
Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress
Is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. Korb served as assistant secretary of defense (manpower, reserve affairs, installations, and logistics) from 1981 through 1985. In that position, he administered about 70 percent of the defense budget. Korb served on active duty for four years as Naval Flight Officer, and retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of captain. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the State University of New York at Albany.Learn more
Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations
Is senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He was deputy national security advisor in charge of Middle Eastern Affairs in the George W. Bush Administration. From 1996 until joining the White House staff, Abrams was president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. He was the assistant secretary of the state for UN Affairs, Human Rights and Latin America in the Reagan Administration.Learn more
Founding Director of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies
Is the Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University and founding director of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies. His books include Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime, and with John Gooch, Military Misfortunes: The Anatomy of Failure in War. He directed the U.S. Air Force's official study of the 1991 Gulf War, and has served on a variety of government advisory boards, including the Defense Policy Board. During 2007-2009 he served as counselor of the Department of State.Learn more
Both sides of this debate were on the same side of the motion. They were debating whether there are different ways to increase US influence in the world. None of the sides actually advocated for the moral position that the United States does not have the right to "stretch its wings" anywhere it wishes. This was an argument about capability; which in and of itself will decrease due to the problematic tactical decisions made in the military, social and economic fields.
Leo, what are you talking about?
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Honza Copak and Rado Zuska are two really handsome studs who come together, working in a disused castle. They take a short refreshment break with Rado drinking beer and sharing his bottle with Honza. Honza takes a swig and moves to Rado and kisses him. Rado takes another swig and pours some beer over his massive chest and Honza bends to lick the wet nipple then goes back to kissing Rado again. Honza really loves Rado's chest licking and rubbing it, letting his hand drop to Rado's crotch as well. He undoes Rado's shorts and rubs some more, dipping his hand in the shorts and then pushing them down to release Rado's engorged cock, already semi hard. Rubbing his hand over Rado's growing cock Honza then drops his jeans to reveal that he is rock hard. He takes hold of Rado's cock and his own, in one hand, wanking them together. Honza then wants more and goes down on his knees to taking Rado's hard cock in his mouth. Sucking and licking that throbbing dick keeps Honza aroused. Rado takes another swig of beer and spits it out down his chest and over his cock as Honza is sucking. Rado is really turned on now and wants a taste of Honza's cock too, so he goes down and starts to suck it. He sucks really well, with Honza's dick standing rigidly to attention as Rado's tongue licks up and down it. Honza then turns around, presenting his hot hole to Rado, who willingly starts to rim it. Then is slides a finger in the tight hole as well before standing up and pushing his rock hard cock deep inside. Rado fucks Honza nice and deep and Honza's cock stays rock hard as he is being fucked. All the action has turned the guys, especially David who has never bottomed for a guy before. He is so turned on that he wants Honza's dick in his ass. So Honza lays down so that Rado can sit on his cock and ride it. He rides it real well, with his own big cock swaying around as he does. Rado loves the feeling and wants more so he moves to a missionary position so that Honza can fuck him read hard and fast. Honza really knows how to fuck and works his dick in and out of that willing hole. He leans over and kisses Rado as he fucks his tight hole. Rado is in heaven with that big dick in his ass and grabs his cock and wanks it hard shooting a nice big, creamy load over his torso as Honza is deep-dicking him. Honza keeps fucking until he is ready and then he pulls out and shoots his load over Rado, then he leans forward and kisses him. What a really good scene with two of the sexiest guys you could hope to meet, and with David giving his ass up to a guy for the very first time. Wonderful
Tomas Pasek is aged 18 and lives in Prague. He is a student who enjoys arts, football and tennis. Tomas starts his video by removing his shirt, to show us a very nice chest, that he starts to rub a little, then he stands up and continues, looking into the camera as he does it. His hand dips into his jeans to get a feel of his cock and then his ass. Then he opens his jeans and pushes them down, revealing a wonderfully engorged dick, which is really big and fat too. Standing and feeling himself all over Tomas wanks on that large cock, it looks great as he works it. He treats us to a view of his ass too, which stands out nicely against his tan. Spreading his cheeks a few times Tomas then turns around and shows us some precum. Back to the ass again, this time with Tomas bending over to spread the cheeks, so we get to see his tight hole. Next Tomas lays down on the bed and starts to wank, as a Helping Hand arrives to oil his body. Before long the hand takes hold of Tomas' dick and starts wanking it. Tomas clearly enjoys it as very soon he shoots a nice creamy load. The hands are not finished yet though and after milking the cock some more he gets to work on Tomas' ass, sliding a vibrator in there, as Tomas holds his legs up. The vibrator is fucked in and out of the hole, opening it up very well so that when it is removed Tomas spreads his cheeks and the hole opens nicely, inviting the vibrator to go in again. A very nice video is brought to an end with Tomas taking a shower. He is a really good looking guy who did a great job. I hope we can take him further.
Drew Hemcak and Petr Domas are two great looking guys who came in for a duo. Sitting on the sofa, in just their undies they look so good. Drew takes hold of one of Petr's feet and starts to kiss it, while rubbing his hairy leg. He works his way down the leg until his hand is rubbing Petr's cock through his briefs. He then removes the briefs and we see Petr's cock and balls as Drew rubs them some more, taking hold of the cock and wanking it. Then he takes the cock in his mouth and sucks on it, getting it nice and hard. It is a good sized cock and looks great in Drew's mouth, as he sucks and licks it. The Petr wants a turn on Drew's cock. He pulls his undies down and Drew's big hard cock flops out, just as mouth height and Petr goes right to work. Taking that rock hard cock in his mouth he starts to suck it. Drew loves the feeling of hot mouth on his cock and begins to fuck Petr's face. The guys move to a 69 position and suck some more, with Petr on top his hot ass just above Drew's face. Then they move so that Petr can squat his ass over Drew's face for some rimming, Drew's tongue lapping at the hairy hole. Both are up for more and Petr turns around and sits that ass on Drews throbbing cock. He rides up and down on that big thick dick and then Drew starts to fuck upwards into Petr's tight hole. Moving into a spoon position we see Drew's thick cock fucking into Petr's ass, it is so hard as it fucks, and really stretches that hole. The guys kiss as they fuck and then change positiion again with Petr's inviting ass high in the air to give Drew easy access. Drew turns around in the same position so we can also see his ass hole as he fucks. Boy does it look good too. Then he needs to cum and shoots his load all over Petr's face with Petr taking that big fat cock in his mouth again to suck it dry. Petr immediately returns the favor dumping his cum over Drew and being sucked clean before the guys enjoy a very nice kiss to bring things to a close. What a lovely scene, with two really hot guys, very enjoyable indeed.
Prague Buddies is a movie I did some years ago, it was very popular indeed, so I am glad that with the new site we are able to present a remastered version of Scene 1, with a host of excellent models. As the scene starts Pavel Korsakov is lighting a torch and starts to run with it, through the woods and along the lakeside until he reaches Jirka Kalvoda, and lights his torch. Whereupon Jirka continues the run. The scene changes to the athletic stadium, with Pavel contesting the pole vault competition, with Jirka looking on as the events take place. He also watches as Pavel is in the shower with another competitor who starts to wash his back. Pavel looks over his shoulder at Jirka. After the shower the guys get into Jirka's car and drive off to an old barn, where there is be an initiation ceremony for Pavel and one other. The guys are required to strip down and jack off, as part of the ceremony. They start to jack of and all the other members of the fraternity take their cocks out and wank too. This is a very atmospheric scene which sets everything up for the rest of the movie very well indeed. I hope you enjoy this remastered version of the scene, with more to come.
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After a long and contentious wrangle, the Florida state board of education voted 4-3 at its February 19, 2008, meeting to adopt a new set of state science standards in which evolution is presented as a "fundamental concept underlying all of biology." But now there are concerns that, due to a recent state law, the standards will have to be approved again.
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On Omaha Beach near Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer in the Calvados area of Normandy (Normandie) France, there are numerous remains and reminders of the role the beach played in WWII. Kneeling down and looking through this concrete drain gave a fantastic perspective to an otherwise mundane structure.
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Cris "Cyborg" Santos tested positive for banned substances after her December 17th fight last year in California and was subsequently suspended for one year by the state's athletic commission. Yesterday an appeal from the former 145 pound champion to reduce her suspension to six months was rejected by the California commission.
MMA Weekly reports that Santos' team was trying to get clearance to fight on a coming StrikeForce card. "Santos' appeal was asking for the commission to reduce her sentence from one year down to six months. According to her lawyer, Santos was up for a potential fight on an upcoming Strikeforce show in "late June/early July' in San Diego," they wrote.
Ultimately, the CSAC voted unanimously to uphold "Cyborg's" one year suspension. If things stay that way, she will only be able to re-apply for for a license until December 17th, 2012. It's been a rough year for MMA's top female fighter. First she was popped for steroids after her 16 second execution of Hiroko Yamanaka (a win that was then turned to a "No Contest"), and then she announced that her and her husband, the other "Cyborg," were getting divorced.
Since it might be a long time till you Chute Boxe fans get to see her in action again, we're putting some highlights of her beating up hapless women (and Tito Ortiz) below for you to enjoy:
"Cyborg" taking apart Yamanaka:
Santos beating up Gina Carano (not cool, "Cyborg," not cool. What if you would have ruined Gina's movie career?):
Santos beating up various people in a highlight video:
"Cyborg" and Tito Ortiz grappling:


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The Oscars are as much about the clothes as the awards and at The Red Carpet Gala - a benefit for the San Joaquin Pride Center - Diamond Dan Jimenez wanted to know something.
The Oscars are as much about the clothes as the awards and at The Red Carpet Gala - a benefit for the San Joaquin Pride Center - Diamond Dan Jimenez wanted to know something.
"What are you wearing?" he asked, wielding a microphone at a celebrity guest as the party got under way at the University Plaza Waterfront Hotel.
"It's a vintage tux," Richard Hallmarq, a designer with the reality show "Project Runway" Season 11, confided. "Vintage."
Well, naturally.
"You look absolutely amazing," Jimenez said.
Up next on the red carpet to pose for pictures?
Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Stockton, and his wife, Mary.
"I like 'Argo' for Best Picture," the congressman said, at odds with his wife who was rooting for "Lincoln."
A flat screen TV over his head showed reporters interviewing Robert De Niro in pre-Oscar coverage outside the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
De Niro was getting the same grilling.
As a band played, waiters circled the room with appetizers and a line formed at the bar.
The belle of the gala had to be Stockton City Councilman Moses Zapien's sister.
"I am wearing a dress designed for me by a friend from Sacramento, Maria Gonsalez," Priscilla Zapien said.
The beautiful blue gown was off the shoulder and tightly fitted until the bottom where it cascaded into a train of layered ruffles.
It positively shimmered.
"Isn't this fun?" event coordinator Kacie Anderson asked, adding that guests were still buying tickets online for the Oscar party even as it was under way. "We wanted to glam it up and have a fun night out. It's a little bit of positivity for Stockton."
Zapien, the councilman, agreed.
"We're happy to be here and support a good cause," Zapien said, who was rooting for "Lincoln." "It's going to be a great time."
Flat screen TVs all around the bar were tuned into the 85th Academy Awards but guests were having too much fun hobnobbing to notice at first.
This marks the second year for the Red Carpet Gala, hosted by the San Joaquin Pride Center, which aims to provide the tools and resources needed for LGBT people to overcome the challenges they face, flourish to their highest potential, and reach out to the larger community to promote acceptance and equality for all.
Proceeds from the event help keep the center's doors open.
Anderson said the event sold well over 200 tickets and exceeded its sponsorship goals.
And, like any good Oscar party, guests received bags full of swag.
A T-shirt, martini kit, music CDs and condoms.
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Nokia may have signed a deal with Microsoft, but it isn't ready to abandon Symbian just yet. While it readies its first batch of Windows Phones, the Finnish handset maker is giving Symbian one more shot in the U.S. market. Together with T-Mobile, a wireless carrier that will similarly cede itself to AT&T in the year ahead, it has released the C7 under a friendly new name the "T-Mobile Astound." And astound it does. It took a complete death in the U.S. market, but Nokia has fixed a few of the most glaring issues with its most recent slate of Symbian devices and we're happy to say that the C7 is a decent beginner device for those who want to wade, not plunge, into the land of smartphones.
If you used the Nokia N8 or other recent Symbian devices, the first thing you'll notice about the Astound is how snappy it is. Nokia took steps to speed up the responsiveness of the homescreens and app start-ups on the C7 and their efforts were well worth it. With the widgeted homescreens of Symban 3.0, the Astound looks and acts like part of the Android and iOS gang.
Combined with its optimized response speed is a new QWERTY keyboard for both landscape and vertical orientations. Better still, it comes complete with swipe, the same finger-slide-to-type service that has been implemented in a number of Android devices. The result is much more usable and efficient than Nokia's old T9 numeric keypad and old Symbian 3.0 keyboard. I am not terribly familiar with Swipe, as I'm still stuck with the original Motorola Droid, but I picked it up fairly quickly while testing out the C7. The keyboard could still use a few tweaks, but I'm not complaining. This is a good step forward for Nokia.
Usable Web browser
In the age of mobile Web browsing, Nokia's previous Symbian 3 browser was wholly unacceptable. It had the navigation and feel of a five year old mobile browser and its performance was dreadful. In reaction to this criticism, Nokia has built a new browser for the T-Mobile Astound from the popular WebKit toolset, which is the same technology that is at the core of Apple's Safari, Google's Chrome, and many mobile Web browsers.
I apologize at how fast the representative passes over the browser in the video below, but rest assured that it rendered pages at a competitive speed and I had no problem pinching-to-zoom and performing other basic functions. Nokia also has a single tool button in the lower right that brings up a menu of options if you'd like to do something like find a bookmark.
Solid specs
The Nokia C7 (T-Mobile Astound) has a 3.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen and a relatively thin frame at 10.5mm. It has 8GB of internal storage, a MicroSD slot, and supports T-Mobile's "4G" HSPA+ network. I wasn't able to find out how powerful the processor or how much RAM the device has, but it is made of 60 percent recycled material, making it a fairly green phone. Nokia's press releases tout how energy efficient the phone is as well.
Finally, one of Nokia's greatest strengths is its cameras and the C7 comes with a solid 8MP camera with a dual-LED flash. For a smartphone camera, it performs very well, as do most Nokia phones.
It's not perfect
I wouldn't be fair if I didn't mention that there are a host of outdated and inefficient features inherent in Symbian. Despite the shot in the arm Nokia has given the aging OS, its problems will shine through if you use the device for more than its basic functions. I can't recommend the C7 (and neither does Nokia) for advanced users, but beginners could do far worse. With that said, if the T-Mobile Astound is a sign of things to come from the Finnish handset maker, mark me down as interested.
The Astound will hit T-Mobile on April 6 for $79.99 with a two-year contract.
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Last week during a SXSW panel, Matt Cutts, head of Google's search spam team, announced that Google has been working on a new tweak to its algorithm that will punish sites that are too optimized for SEO -- what he called "over-optimized" or "overly SEO'd," according to the recording of the announcement posted on Search Engine Land. Here's what you need to know about the new Google algorithm update, which has not been released yet but will go live in the next few weeks, according to Cutts' announcement.
What Cutts Revealed About the New Algorithm Update
Cutts hadn't planned on mentioning the algorithm update, but was given the perfect opportunity when an attendee asked the following question:
"With so many SEO companies showing up claiming to do SEO, a lot of markets are getting saturated with optimized content...What are you doing to prevent, for example, if you're looking for something, and the first page is just optimized content, and it's not what you're actually looking for? Are you pretty much out of luck if you're not optimizing your site but it has relevant content? If I'm a mom or pop and I'm trying to optimize a site by myself, I'm going to get beat by people paying thousands of dollars."
This algorithm update is working to level the playing field for sites without as many resources to dedicate to SEO. Matt explained the changes as "trying to make the algorithm more adaptive," or being more understanding of sites that have good content even if it isn't search engine optimized like many marketers have learned to do. The sites that will be penalized are those that "throw too many keywords on the page, exchange way too many links, whatever they're doing to go beyond what a normal person would expect."
What Google's Algorithm Update Means Practically for Marketers
If your content is driven by topics, you shouldn't expect to be penalized when the new algorithm update rolls out, even if you do take the time to search engine optimize that content with keywords and relevant links. If your writing is driven by keywords, however, we predict it's more likely you'll suffer some search ranking slips.
What's the difference between a keyword-driven content strategy and a topic-driven content strategy? A content strategy driven by what readers want, not what search engines want, is the direction that Google has been actively working toward rewarding even since last year's Panda updates rolled out. So if you're selecting topics based on what your audience would find helpful, you're doing content strategy right. If you're choosing what to write about based on the keywords you want to be found for, you don't have the reader top of mind; and Google is doing everything they can in its algorithm not to reward such sites in the SERPs.
Said Cutts on the panel, "Make a compelling site. Make a site that's useful. Make a site that's interesting. Make a site that's relevant to people's interests...We're always trying to best approximate if a user lands on a page if they are going to be annoyed...All of the changes we make are designed to approximate, if a user lands on your page, just how happy they are going to be with what they're going to get."
Marketers, business owners, and SEOs could also take a cue from Bing's Duane Forrester, who was also on the panel and addressed the attendee's question after Matt Cutts' initial response. He highlighted the importance of social sharing as a signal others actually like your content -- one of the key indicators of relevancy for search engines. "Does the rest of the world think you have a great product?" Forrester asked. "If they do, they will amplify this. If you're not engaged socially, you're missing the boat because the conversation is happening socially about you and about your content. Those are really important signals for us. Whether you're involved or not is your choice, but those signals still exist whether you're in the conversation or not."
Thankfully, Danny Sullivan asked the burning question we all had (or still have) on our minds -- whether Google is going to release an algorithm update that's designed to hurt the kinds of SEO activities that have been recommended to marketers to help their search rankings. In short, no; this algorithm update won't do that. Cutts clarified by saying, "SEO can often be very helpful. It can make a site more crawlable; it can make a site more accessible; it can think about the words users are going to type whenever they come to a search engine to make sure those words are on a page. The same things you do to optimize your return on investment and make sure things spread virally or socially are often the same things that work from a search engine perspective...but there are some people who take it too far. If you're white hat or doing very little SEO, you're not going to be affected by this change."
So marketers, it sounds like the same rules still apply. Create great content with readers in mind first, search engines in mind second. Then make sure your site is easily crawlable so bots can actually read and index that content. As more information is released, we'll keep you updated on whether this algorithm update will affect the way you approach your content or search engine optimization strategy.
What do you think of penalizing websites for over-optimization? How do you interpret Matt Cutts' announcement?
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Is there a such thing as this? And if there is, what are they called? I am interested in seeing one to see what s/he would have to say regarding Faith's breathing problems. I have taken her to my regular vet several times regarding this issue.
She has this problem where she snorts sometimes even when she's awake and she snores SO LOUD at night that sometimes Avi leaves the room and he says I'm up all night pushing and repositioning her, lol. She sounds like a pug sometimes though, seriously The vet theorized that she has overproductive tear glands that are dripping down the back of her throat and causing snoring ~ kind of like a post-nasal drip problem. Has anybody ever heard of this before? She also looked in the light and said she doesn't appear to have any kind of obstruction and her nasal passage appears clear. She also doesn't have any blocked tear ducts *she tears excessively*.
The only option we have is to check her for an elongated soft palate when she is put out, but if we have to do that, I would rather have a specialist do it. I also heard one story of a dog who got the surgery for the elongated soft palate but the scar tissue ended up being enough to cause disruption of the airway, and that scares me.
Another thing that gets me is that she seems to excessively pant in the summer. I'm concerned about BAOS, but I don't know who to see to diagnose this type of problem.
Has anybody else had experience with this sort of deal?


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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government is facing mounting criticism from activists and the U.N. human rights office for its handling of the country's overcrowded and violent prisons following a clash between inmates and troops that left at least 58 dead.
Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed concern on Tuesday about "an alarming pattern of violence in Venezuelan prisons, which is a direct consequence of poor conditions."
The government said 58 people were killed on Friday at Uribana prison in the city of Barquisimeto when armed inmates clashed with National Guard troops who were attempting to carry out an inspection. Nearly all of those killed were prisoners.
"We call for prompt and effective investigations into this incident," Colville said at a news conference in Geneva. "We also call on the Venezuelan government to adopt urgent measures to ensure that conditions of detention comply with international human rights standards."
The U.N. human rights office noted that guns are widespread in Venezuelan prisons and violence is frequent. It said government authorities bear responsibility for what happens to inmates.
A group of Venezuelan human rights groups sent a complaint about the latest prison violence to international bodies including the U.N. human rights office and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The rights groups called it a massacre and said those responsible should be punished.
"This is the absolute responsibility of the state," said Carlos Nieto, an activist who leads the group Una Ventana a la Libertad, or A Window to Freedom.
"The information we have is that officials ... started to fire at inmates and they responded," Nieto said.
He and other activists who sent the complaint said that clearly the authorities had used excessive force. Activist Rocio San Miguel called that "morally unacceptable."
The victims included 56 inmates, a National Guard soldier and a Protestant pastor, Nieto said. The human rights groups also presented to Venezuelan prosecutors a document demanding a thorough investigation, something the government has promised.
Nieto said the responsibility falls on the government and Penitentiary Service Minister Iris Varela.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro defended the government's actions and said the "first steps" are being taken to improve the country's prisons.
"We have to succeed in bringing the country truly model prisons," Maduro said in a televised speech at a newly opened school. "It's a difficult issue, well, an unresolved issue. But we're going to solve it."
Violence has flared repeatedly at other Venezuelan prisons in the past few years. In August, 25 people were killed and 43 wounded when two groups of inmates fought a gunbattle inside Yare I prison south of Caracas.
In 2011, President Hugo Chavez created a cabinet-level ministry to focus on prisons and appointed Varela to lead it. The president made that decision following a deadly, weekslong armed uprising at the prisons El Rodeo I and El Rodeo II outside Caracas.
Since then, though, activists and government opponents say Chavez's administration hasn't made real progress at penitentiaries where hundreds continue to die each year and where inmates obtain weapons and drugs with the help of corrupt guards.
Opposition lawmaker Maria Corina Machado asked in a message on Twitter: "Who's responsible for the crowding and the weapons that enter the prisons?"
Such questions have been echoed by many critics in Venezuela who say the government has failed to get a grip on the problem even after 14 years in office and billions of dollars in oil earnings.
Venezuela has 33 prisons built to hold about 12,000 inmates. Officials have said the prisons' population is currently about 47,000.
Uribana prison was built to hold about 850 inmates. Varela said that when the violence erupted last week, the prison held about 2,400.
She said the violence began when groups of prisoners had started firing at National Guard troops "on a large scale."
Maduro expressed full support for Varela, and said he sent condolences to victims' families.
He also said the socialist government is trying to create a new sort of prison system and blamed the "values of capitalism" and violent content in movies and TV shows for leading young people toward crime and violence.
He said the authorities have recently carried out 86 prison inspection as they seek to crack down on armed groups.
Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said the government is working to both assert control over prisons and improve conditions. He said criticisms of its actions have been off-base.
"It can't be permitted for there to be zones that are under the control of armed mafias," Villegas said on television. "There is an uncomfortable situation here, in which there is questioning if action is taken and also if no action is taken."
Associated Press writer Ian James contributed to this report.


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Of course, you can't get more traditional than free form feathers!
Whoa! Where did the month of May go? I swear this month has flown by, probably because I've been having so much fun quilting Shadow Self.
But this week I'm going to have to take a break to prepare for my lecture in Lincolnton, NC for the Piecemakers Quilt Guild Wednesday morning.
And then the very next day I'll be heading to Charlotte, NC for the North Carolina Quilt Symposium!
I'm getting really excited about this coming weekend and I know this week will just fly by, so I'm taking today to get my ducks in a row, write my lists of things to pack, and hopefully still squeeze in a bit of quilting time too.
So while I run off to check and see if I have enough wonder under for the workshops I'm taking, you chill out and learn how to stitch Swirling Feathers:
Inspiration - I've been thinking about feathers quite a bit lately, mostly how to make them easier to stitch.
I seem to stitch my feathers pretty weird, but it seems to me that everyone has a different method that works best. No matter which way you stitch your feathers, you should be able to turn them into this funky swirling design.
Difficulty Level - Intermediate. Despite what I said above, feathers are not horribly difficult to stitch. They just require practice in order to look like feathers and not weird looking amoebas on a stick.
Design Family - Stem Centered. These designs are fun because you first layout your stem, then stitch your feathers.
If you wanted a quilt to be free form, but still slightly structured and symmetrical, you could mark the stems out first, then fill the stems however you want.
Directional Texture - All directions. The wonderful thing about feathers is they're attention getting. Smack some feathers on a quilt and it's guaranteed to result in copious amounts of quilter drool.
Suggestions for Use - The one thing I'm kind of sick of seeing is the overly floral, frilly, frumpy quilt weighted down with so many feathers it's practically related to a peacock.
I'm always left wondering where in the heck a quilt like this would hang in a normal house, unless said house was the Biltmore Estate, which is anything but normal.
Why not use feathers on our funky modern quilts? Or baby quilts? This filler can work in any area of your quilt, so feel free to play with it anywhere you see fit!
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Not all in Franklin favor Northern Pass projectBy DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
January 20. 2013 10:12PM
FRANKLIN - As the city hires a lobbyist to follow legislation regarding Northern Pass, which promises a $4.2 million annual boost to the city's tax base, local opponents of the project say the city is wasting taxpayers' money.
City officials have been outspoken advocates of the $1.2 billion project that would deliver electricity from Hydro-Quebec through New Hampshire. A Northern Pass converter station is planned for the city.
Mayor Ken Merrifield said the project is "very special" to the city's future, saying it will add jobs and needed funds for infrastructure improvements. Last week, the city announced plans to spend $1,000 in the coming legislation session to monitor Northern Pass bills.
That isn't sitting well with residents who oppose the plan.
"By appearance, the mayor is in the minority, at least along the route where the economic impact will be felt, primarily West Franklin," said resident Brian Hupper, who cited "gigantic" towers to be built as part of the project.
"What will happen is a devaluing of the homes along the route, with a corresponding decrease in taxes for the city," he said.
Opponent Ruth Niven, who works at the city library, said the city is being selfish.
"Franklin is part of New Hampshire. If the Northern Pass Project isn't good for New Hampshire, it isn't good for Franklin," she said.
"Northeast Utilities, NSTAR and Hydro Quebec want to use Franklin," she said. "A project that is being promoted as providing only benefits is instead a project that is all about profit."
Many opponents question the promised potential for new jobs in the city and the area.
"The hoped-for jobs will probably not materialize, unless Franklin has unemployed high voltage technicians sitting around waiting for Northern Pass to happen," Hupper said. "There will be some temporary jobs, such as tree-cutting and clearing, some for tower construction but again, those will go to previously qualified techs."
Hupper also doubts the long-term tax benefits.
"The tax increase that the city of Franklin is looking for may occur for the first few years, then the usual decrease that happens as the sub station gets devalued will occur," he said.
PSNH/Northeast Utilities spokesman Michael Skelton said the Northern Pass representatives have been meeting regularly with communities and businesses in the North Country about the job opportunities the project will create.
"On Wednesday night we held a meeting (in Franklin) with local businesses and contractors to discuss the jobs Northern Pass will create and the job opportunities that will be available for local businesses. More than 40 people attended and the response overwhelmingly positive and enthusiastic," Skelton said.
Based on an economic impact study the project commissioned, the opportunities for Franklin and Merrimack County will be significant, he said. Of the 1,200 jobs expected to be generated statewide on the project, an estimated 300 to 500 will go to Franklin and the Merrimack County's central region.
"The total Northern Pass investment in Franklin is estimated at over $350 million. The total property taxes the project will generate statewide are estimated at $25 to $30 million. Of that, $4 to $5 million will help taxpayers in Franklin by decreasing local property taxes and providing a new, local source of revenue. An additional $1 million of revenue will go toward helping county taxpayers in Merrimack County," Skelton said.
Merrifield said the majority of city residents are in favor of Northern Pass. The Franklin station project will bring 500 construction workers a day through the city for more than three years, he said, with a jobs bonus for the city in a variety of fields.
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Local mountain bikers no longer have to travel more than an hour to Santos to get in an after work ride. A nearly three mile trail was recently completed in Mount Dora.
The trail, part of a 45 acre city park, was built by volunteers and will be maintained by the Ocala Mountain Bike Association. The single track trail has some big changes in elevation and is challenging enough for avid mountain bikers but beginners wil be able to improve their skills as well. The trail is already attracting riders from Orlando and other areas.
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Shop at a country store or bid on baskets.
The Women of Sacred Heart will hold a turkey dinner with all the trimmings and homemade desserts Sunday, Nov. 11, at Sacred Heart School, 330 N. Oak. Dinner will be served from noon to 2 p.m.
To request delivered meals, call 620-672-3687 between 9:30 and 11 a.m. the day. Carry-out meals can also be requested.
A country store and raffle are a part of the event.