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From the N.D. Senate Floor - Chester Reiten Remembered
From the North Dakota Senate Floor - Chester Reiten Remembered
Senator Karen K. Krebsbach, District 40 - Minot, delivered the following speech at the North Dakota State Capital on Wednesday, January 24, 2013, in memory of Chester Reiten.
Mr. President: May we be on the 4th order of business for point of personal priviledge?
Reply: Yes we will be on the 4th order.
"Yesterday the state of North Dakota and the city of Minot lost a dear friend. A man larger than life -- both in stature and in his achievements and contributions to this world. Chester M. Reiten at the age of 89 passed away with his loving wife, whom he often times referred to as "My Friend Joy" at his side.
Chester was a farm boy, a US Navy veteran, a graduate of North Dakota State University, and worked as a County Extension Agent in Wells County before entering the radio and television world. He founded the KX Network with stations in Minot, Bismarck, Dickinson and Williston. The television stations are still in the family today under the operation of his children.
Chester served in this body, the North Dakota Senate from 1972 - 1988 and filled the seat of District 40/50. He served as Chairman of the Industry Business and Labor Committee. His booming voice could be heard well within these walls. He served as Mayor of Minot 14 years, and much of this while he was a State Senator.
One of his great accomplishments was the Norsk Hostfest, which this past fall (2012) celebrated its 35th year of bringing National and International acclaim to the state. This event has brought thousands of International visitors and has created many lasting friendships through the years.
One of the greatest honors for Chester was his induction into the Roughrider Hall of Fame. His picture hangs in the ground floor of the capital along with other great North Dakotans.
A true entrepreneur, developer, promoter - but most importantly a good decent citizen was Chester. He truly will be missed."
Senator Karen K. Krebsbach
District 40 - Minot

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Josh Keller, and wife Anne were delighted to join the Anthony Riggins team in late 2017, for a very exciting start to the New Year. With 7 years of experience working as a full-time Real Estate Professional in the East Bay, Josh brings an impressive set of skills to the team. Josh grew up in the Pacific Northwest in a family rooted in Architecture and Design. His desire to bring maximum value and beauty to residential properties resulted in several large projects, his first in 1998 in North Oakland, where he and his wife live today. In 2008 Josh and Anne purchased a major fixer in West Oakland and completed the entire remodel on their own. The year-long project added to Josh's passion for project management and renovation, leading him to get his real estate license and join his wife at Lawton and Associates.
A personal history of building, renovations and property management has given Josh an inside-out understanding of the value of Real Estate as business and home. He has completed dozens of real estate renovations and managed, owned and built rental property. Josh's extensive contracting experience gives him an advantage when it comes to estimates and costs. As an East Bay resident of 25 years, Josh's uncanny awareness of Oakland's neighborhoods (and microhoods) far exceeds other agents in the area. Both professional and down to earth, Josh and Anne are known for their competitive edge, honesty and hands on service. They are established deal closers and strive to meet their client's needs no matter how big or small.
Josh graduated from UC Santa Cruz where he received his BA in both Psychology and Fine Arts. Soon after graduation he started his own business designing and creating custom cabinetry and furniture. Anne and Josh have worked together as family and business for over 10 years. They love living at the intersection of change and innovation in the border of North Oakland, Emeryville and Berkeley. When not exploring the wonders of the Bay Area through the eyes of their daughter, Josh and Anne cycle the hills of the Bay from the Marin headlands to Diablo Mountain. Call Josh today to schedule a meeting or a phone conversation to discuss all of your buying needs.


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While travellers flock to Peru for their Machu Picchu moment, tango the night away in Buenos Aires and party till dawn in buzzing Rio, Bolivia can often get unfairly overlooked in favour of the big hitters next door.
This is definitely, definitely a mistake. Bolivia is bursting with fascinating cultures, brilliant wildlife, compelling history and some of the most stunning scenery on planet earth.
Here are 5 reasons to give Bolivia more than a second thought when planning your Latin American adventure:
Stand wistfully on the banks of Lake Titicaca.
Lake Titicaca
Aside from the funny name Titicaca is full of attractions. Stay the night on the Isla Del Sol – an island with no cars and some fantastic walking routes that lead you from shore to shore through Inca ruins.
You can also visit the homes of the Uros – indigenous people who still live on man-made floating islands in the lake. On dry land the lakeside village of Copacabana (not that one) is a fantastic place kick back, lie on the beach, pig out on fresh fish and enjoy sunsets that are truly a sight to behold.
The Salt Flats
You know all those pictures you see of groups of people standing on white ground against a blue sky and pulling quite frankly hilarious poses of jumping out of a shoe and being picked up by their giant mate? No? Just us? Well this is where they take them.
At more than 4,000 square miles the Salar de Uyuni are the largest salt flats in the world and an undisputed highlight of any trip to Bolivia. We could pontificate for pages about the fantastic views, wild 4WD touring opportunities and fascinating non salt related sites (train cemetery anyone?) but we'll let the picture speak for itself…
Walk on air at the Salt Flats of Salar de Uyuni.
The wild west of Latin America, Potosi and the surrounds are stuff of western legends. There's a mountain here that's reputedly made of silver (it's not) and mining is still a major economic driver.
If you're feeling brave you can descend into a working silver mine and observe working practices that have barely changed in centuries (be sure to take a gift for the miners). If you prefer the open air why not take a trekking trip into the wilds of the desert or visit the train reported held up by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid just a year before they were finally captured.
If you look carefully you can see Zorro peeking his head over the parapet (possibly).
Spot Wildlife in Pampas Amazonicas
Get back to nature and discover Bolivia's wild side on a trip to the Pampas Amazonicas. Though less famous (and therefore less crowded) than its Peruvian and Brazilian neighbours, there is fantastic natural diversity in this part of Bolivia.
You can spot monkeys, crocs, hundreds of species of birds and even go swimming with dolphins! Just watch out for those crocs you saw earlier…
Chit chat with the moneys and crocs in the Bolivian jungle.
Take a minute to slow down and savour the experience
Bolivia is one of the cheapest countries in South America so take a break from your intense itinerary, stay longer, slow down and savour the experience. The pace of life here is best characterised by the saying mañana, mañana (tomorrow, tomorrow).
Lunch often takes three hours and involves 3 courses, office workers go home to eat and take a siesta (followed later by afternoon tea at 4 or 5), and the customary answer to "when does the bus leave" is "when it's full." Race around like a headless chicken and you'll miss everything, which sometimes is actually nothing more than life passing by around you.


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One big happy familyPosted by Unknown at 21:39
Madison is home! We made it back around 8 p.m. and we have survived the first double feeding. Getting to and from the hospital was a nightmare, traffic was at a stand still. We made it though. Wow, I can't believe that I am typing this when I have so much to do...
Here are some photos:
This is what the traffic looked like on I45...and on 610...and on 59. I could not catch a break.
Madison getting ready to leave for home. At home Mom is anxious for our arrival.
All strapped in and ready to go.
The girls seemed pleased to be in each others company once again.
Mom left this out and Rylee took advantage of both parents being distracted with little sisters.
And this is what she did.
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- Jennifer said...6/9/07 15:33Hahaha! I love this group of pictures! Rylee looks like her momma used to when we stayed at Granny Cuby's:)...I'm pretty sure she used to decorate our faces like that too!!!! Everyone looks great and I'm so happy the girls are at home. I may have to take a vacation and come be the nanny for a while:)
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Megan's Picks
1. Book Bag at Country Living. I love love love this bag. Even if it's entirely too small to fit all the of junk that I carry around. It would make a great gift for someone who reads a lot like myself.
2. Butterfly Chandelier at Heartland Paper. This butterfly chandelier is just too cute. I think this would be perfect for spring decor especially if you made your butterflies different spring colors. I just might have to do this one next year for spring.
3. Plaid Cape at P.S. I made this. Recently, I have started have this fascination with vests and capes and such. I did a little shriek when I saw this because it was so darn cute! Not only that it's super easy to make. Now, all I have to do if find some fabric I like.
4. Recycled Food Packaging Lights at Toxel. So this project is really cool. But I bet it's extremely time consuming. Also, I don't think I could really get away with having this in my house anymore since I'm a grown woman and not a dorm living college student. Maybe I can move to Portland. I know I could definitely could get away with it there.
5. Blueberry Lavender Mojito at Sweet Pea Events. Um...can anyone say delicious? Not only is the color pleasing, but lavender in a mojito just sounds tasty. I've seriously got this on my to do this for this summer. Tasty!
Emily's Picks
1. Recycled Magazine Butterfly Collage at Peacock Chic. Who doesn't want to do this? No one? This is absolutely amazing. Just found it last minute and thought again Christmas. I love the look of this and the paper she chose as the background. I wanted to do a collage of butterflies in Scarlett's room and I think this is going to be a lot simpler than painting each one individually. Awesome.
2. Kid's DIY Wagon at PBJstories. Scarlett would love this. Last time we visited my mother she would not let go of a small wagon that my mom had. She also has been in to trains lately so I think if I can convince Leroy to make it for her (since I can work a drill about as good as a squirrel could) I might have him make two or three that could be linked up to make a train. She'd go nuts.
3. Cookies and Cream Peanut Butter at Picky Palate. Alright to be honest the first time I saw this I though "oh how gross" but the more I got to thinking about it the more I thought it could be really good. Serve it with some graham crackers, nice midnight snack. So I think I am going to pick up some oreos this weekend since I have everything else, and give it a try.
4. DIY Apothecary Bottle at Bridal Guide. Ah I'm in love with these. I want to make some to have a full on fancy bath set. Put bath salts in one, oils in another, perfume. Plus what a awesome gift set would that make, I'm already thinking Christmas gifts for this year (yes I know I am neurotic) these would be awesome to make for my sisters.
5. Princess Party Hats at Guilty or Guilt Free. How adorable right? Megan and I were just talking about what to do for Scarlett's 4th birthday (even though it's still 7 months away!) and I was thinking princess themed (but who knows she changes her mind on what she likes everyday). Even if I did it before then these are adorable and what little girl wouldn't go bananas for them? I love the fact that Trish said that she did "the real person version".
Okay. There you go. Enjoy them. Give love. These ladies work real hard and it's nice to know that someone thinks they are awesome!


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French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty describes how the lived body makes sense of experience in the phenomenal world.
When I begin to reflect my reflection bears upon an unreflective experience; moreover my reflection cannot be unaware of itself as an event, and so it appears to itself in the light of a truly creative act, of a changed structure of consciousness, and yet it has to recognize, as having priority over its own operations, the world which is given to the subject because the subject is given to himself. The real has to be described, not constructed or formed. Which means that I cannot put perception into the same category as the syntheses represented by judgements, acts or predications. My field of perception is constantly filled with a play of colours, noises and fleeting tactile sensations which I cannot relate precisely to the context of my clearly perceived world, yet which I nevertheless immediately 'place' in the world, without ever confusing them with my daydreams. Equally constantly I weave dreams round things. I imagine people and things whose presence is not incompatible with the context, yet who are not in fact involved in it: they are ahead of reality, in the realm of the imaginary. If the reality of my perception were based solely on the intrinsic coherence of 'representations', it ought to be forever hesitant and, being wrapped up in my conjectures on probabilities. I ought to be ceaselessly taking apart misleading syntheses, and reinstating in reality stray phenomena which I had excluded in the first place. But this seems not to happen. The real is a closely woven fabric. It does not await our judgement before incorporating the most surprising phenomena, or before rejecting the most plausible figments of our imagination. Perception is not a science of the world, it is not even an act, a deliberate taking up of a position; it is the background from which all acts stand out, and is presupposed by them. …
Intellectualism set out, it is true, to discover by reflection the structure of perception, instead of explaining it in terms of a combination of associative forces and attention, but its gaze upon perception is not yet direct. This will be seen better by examining the role played in its analysis by the notion of judgement. Judgement is often introduced as what sensation lacks to make perception possible. Sensation is no longer presupposed as a real element of consciousness. But when it is desired to delineate the structure of perception, it is done by joining up the points of sensation. Analysis is then dominated by this empiricist notion which, however, is accepted only as the boundary of consciousness and serves merely to throw into relief a power of co-ordination of which it is itself the antithesis. Intellectualism thrives on the refutation of empiricism, and here judgement often has the job of offsetting the possible dispersal of sensations. Analytical reflection makes its canon firm by carrying to their logical conclusions the realist and empiricist theses, and validating their opposite by showing their absurdity. But in the reductio ad absurdum no contact is necessarily made with the actual workings of consciousness. It remains possible that the theory of perception, ideally starting from a blind intuition, may end compensatorily with some empty concept, and that judgement, the counterpart of pure sensation, may degenerate into a general function of an indifferent linking of objects, or even become once more a psychic force detectable in its effects. The famous analysis of the piece of jumps from qualities such a smell, colour and taste, to the power of assuming an infinity of forms and positions, a power which lies beyond the perceived object and defines only the wax of the physicist. For perception there is no wax left when all its sensible properties have vanished and only science supposes that there is some matter which is preserved.
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice. 2012 [1945]. The Phenomenology of Perception. London: Routledge. pp. xi, 37. || Amazon || WorldCat


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Like most young bands, Alquin proudly wore their influences on their sleeves, but unlike most of their fellow progressive rockers, the Dutch group eschewed opulent arrangements and showboat soloing. Simplicity seems to have been the byword for their 1973 debut album, Marks, recorded while the members were still attending Delft's Technical University.
This understandably led to the album being tagged as jazz-folk, but that label does injustice to the breadth of Alquin's vision and wide range of styles, with their songs encompassing everything from a conga line to disco, Dixieland to Gypsy violin. The unadorned arrangements counterintuitively make Marks sound far less adventurous than it actually is, but correspondingly far more accessible than it might otherwise have been. It's also a reflection of the set's lack of improvisation, but live the band soared into more experimental territory, as "Mr. Barnum Junior's Magnificent and Fabulous City" well illustrates, an extended piece that giddily shape-shifts through numerous genres and styles.
Contrast that number with the lilting in and out of pomp rock and jazz during "Oriental Journey," the cheery jazz-pop of "The Least You Could Do Is Send Me Some Flowers," or the moody jazz fusion of "Soft Royce"; it's like night and day. Positioning themselves between the Canterbury scene, the jazz clubs, West Coast psychedelia, and the rock greats, Alquin took the best of all worlds and threaded it into a sound uniquely their own. They had much growing to do, but this was an impressive start.
by Dave Thompson
1. Oriental Journey - 4:22
2. The Least You Could Do Is Send Me Some Flowers - 2:26
3. Soft Royce (F. Bakker, Ronald Ottenhoff) - 6:57
4. Mr. Barnum Junior's Magnificent And Fabulous City (Alquin) - 5:36
5. I Wish I Could - 11:47
6. You Always Can Change (Job Tarenskeen) - 3:05
7. Marc's Occasional Showers - 3:23
8. Catharine's Wig - 2:38
9. Hard Royce (F. Bakker, Ronald Ottenhoff) - 2:40
All songs by Ferdinand Bakker except where noted
*Hein Mars - Bass
*Paul Westrate - Drums
*Job Tarenskeen - Saxophone, Percussion, Vocals
*Ronald Ottenhoff - Saxophone, Flute
*Ferdinand Bakker - Guitar, Electric Violin, Piano, Vocals
*Dick Franssen - Organ, Piano, E-Piano
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November 2 Book Marketing Matters Newsletter
Eric Kampmann discusses his seven signposts for book-marketing success. Dawn Smith talks about social networking. Dan Poynter describes more tips for authors, as do Paulette Ensign, Roger C Parker, John Kremer and others who talk about book design, distribution, publicity, book marketing and other topics of interest for book publishers.
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Dark Matter, Positrons, and the Galactic Bulge Binary Population
A number of high-energy signals from the vicinity of the Galactic Bulge have elicited excitement as potential evidence for dark matter. We believe that at least a subset of these signals are, more likely, to ultimately derive from peculiar binarity properties amongst the Bulge stars. Specifically we hypothesise that binaries are more common and/or that they are systematically tighter in the Bulge with respect to the Disk.
This would then have the consequence that binary mass transfer and/or stellar or stellar remnant mergers are more common per unit mass of stars formed in the Bulge than in the Disk; the remnants resulting from these mergers/mass transfer episodes (millisecond pulsars, R Cor Bor stars, SN1991bg-like supernovae and other exotica) are plausible sources for the high-energy signals emanating from this region. We have made observations using the AAOmega spectrograph on the 4.0 m Anglo-Australian Telescope of a number of red giant stars in the Galactic Bulge. These observations have, for the first time, the potential to measure the binary fraction and the binary parameters amongst Bulge stars in the mass range 0.9-1.3 solar masses. These data should also signficantly help in establishing a reliable IMF for the Bulge. W
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FEF 1DX – Grade 9 Extended French
This course emphasizes the expansion of students' oral communication, reading, and writingskills through the study of themes that reflect their interests. Students will apply their knowledge of French in discussions, debates, dramatizations, and oral presentations. Students will read and write in a variety of genres (e.g., poems, articles, brochures) and study at least one short novel intended for a French-speaking audience.
FEF 2DX – Grade 10 Extended French
This course emphasizes the continued development and refinement of students' oral communication, reading, and writing skills as they explore a variety of themes. Students will expand their knowledge and appreciation of francophone culture through the study and interpretation of novels, poems, and plays intended for a French-speaking audience.
FEF 3UX – Grade 11 Extended French
This course focuses on developing French-language skills through the study of Canadian francophone authors. Students will analyze a range of works and produce written assignments in a variety of genres, including the formal essay. The use of correct grammar and appropriate language conventions in both spoken and written French will be emphasized throughout the course.
Prerequisite: Extended French, Grade 10, Academic
FEF 4UX – Grade 12 Extended French
This course emphasizes the refinement of French-language skills through the study of Canadian and international francophone literature. Students will interpret literary works, produce written assignments in a variety of genres, and conduct research on a major topic for a written and oral presentation. The use of correct grammar and appropriate language conventions in both spoken and written French will be emphasized throughout the course.
Prerequisite: Extended French, Grade 11, University Preparation
Extended French History, Geography and Philosophy courses
Geography of Canada, CGC1DX, Grade 9
This course explores Canada's distinct and changing character and the geographic systems and relationships that shape it. Students will investigate the interactions of natural and human systems within Canada, as well as Canada's economic, cultural , and environmental connections to other countries . Students will use a variety of geo technologies and inquiry and communication methods to analyze and evaluate geographic issues and present their findings.
Canadian History Since World War I, CHC2DX Grade 10
This course explores the local, national, and global forces that have shaped Canada's national identity from World War I to the present. Students will investigate the challenges presented by economic, social, and ethnological changes and explore the contributions of individuals and groups to Canadian culture and society during this period. Students will use critical-thinking and communication skills to evaluate various interpretations of the issues and events of the period and to present their own points of view.
Introduction to Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology HSP3MX Grade 11
This course introduces the theories, questions, and issues that are the major concerns of anthropology, psychology, and sociology. Students will develop an understanding of the way social scientists approach the topics they study and the research methods they employ. Students will be given opportunities to explore theories from a variety of perspectives and to become familiar with current thinking on a range of issues that have captured the interest of classical and contemporary social scientists in the three disciplines.
World History to the Sixteenth Century, CHW3MX Grade 11
This course investigates the history of humanity from earliest times to the sixteenth century. Students will analyze diverse societies from around the world, with an emphasis on the political, cultural, and economic structures and historical forces that have shaped the modern world. They will apply historical inquiry, critical-thinking, and communication skills to evaluate the influence of selected individuals, groups, and innovations and to present their own conclusions.
Philosophy: Questions and Theories, HZT4UX, Grade 12
This course addresses three (or more) of the main areas of philosophy: metaphysics, logic, epistemology, ethics, social and political philosophy, and aesthetics. Students will learn critical-thinking skills, the main ideas expressed by philosophers from a variety of the world's traditions, how to develop and explain their own philosophical ideas, and how to apply those ideas to contemporary social issues and personal experiences. The course will also help students become stronger logical thinkers and refine skills used in researching and investigating topics in philosophy.


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Eye bags? Piece of cake!
Updated: 2008-01-08 09:51
Eyes are the windows to the soul, and they are also where beauty resides. Every girl dreams of having a pair of shining eyes. Yet dreams are elusive. Eye bags can easily mar the beauty of eyes. What's more, lack of sleep, bad make-up removal habits and age can all give rise to the appearance of eye bags, which can never be dealt with easily. Working ladies feel annoyed with eye bags. Don't worry, help is on the way. With these small tips, eye bags are no more than a piece of cake.
Quick ways to weaken eye bags
Waking up in the morning to see eye bags under eyes is an experience familiar to most girls. How can we weaken these eye bags and show up looking great at the office? Basically, there are two ways: hot and cold packing. The former is best conducted at night before sleep and the latter in the morning.
**Hot packing
Formula I
Formula II
Cut make-up cotton pads into the shape of eye masks and soak the masks in the salty water. Then wear the masks and keep them on for five to ten minutes.
**Cold packing
Formula I
Freeze two iron spoons in the refrigerator and take them out ten minutes later. Press the spoons onto the eye bags.
Formula II
First prepare your eyes by applying some olive oil to them, then lay cooled used chamomile or green tea bags on the eye bags. It will take five to ten minutes for the tea bags to effect.
Formula III
Get around half a basin (1/4 meters in diameter) of water and add a drop of rosemary oil extract a one drop of rose extract to the water. Soak a towel in the water and then dry the towel and lay it on your eyes. Keep the towel there for 15 minutes.
Small habits to prevent eye bags
Girls had better not drink water half an hour before they go to bed. Water before sleep harms blood circulation around eyes. A little massage may help drain extra water that accumulates in daytime and is left around eyes. Lie flat on your bed and close your eyes. Use your forefingers to press the dents under the heads of your eyebrows. Such massage will also help relax the eyes.
Be tender to your eyes when you remove the make up around them. Try not to pull or pluck the eyelids. If you do so too often, your eyelids will grow lax and eye bags will show up. When you wear or remove contact lenses or draw the eye lines, do so gently. Also, use special eye make-up removal liquids and soft cotton pads to remove make-up around the eyes.
Bloated eye bags don't indicate that you have too much water around the eyes. On the contrary, it means your eyes are too dry (due to lack of sebaceous glands, the skin around the eyes is normally drier than elsewhere). So if you have eye bags, opt for moisturizing eye creams.
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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) said that she could take out President Obama if she were ever caught in the mind-boggling and improbable scenario of engaging the nation's leader in a physical fight.
Bachmann touted her toughness in an interview Thursday with Ben Shapiro of BigGovernment.com:
SHAPIRO: I want to ask you, speaking of his violent language, and he's been brutal on BP, talking about putting his boot on the throat of BP, talking about how he wants to go down there and kick someone's ass -- frankly, Michele, I think you could take President Obama, off the record.
BACHMANN: Hey, I took karate when I was 17 years old, I am dangerous.
The Minnesota congresswoman also fired-up her criticism of Obama when she agreed with the interviewer that he's -- "no question" -- the worst president in United States history:
SHAPIRO: Is President Obama better or worse than Jimmy Carter?
BACHMANN: Worse. Easily worse.
SHAPIRO: I agree. So far, you'd have to say he's the worst president in United States history ...
BACHMANN: No question. No question.
According to the conservative icon, the country is with her on her judgement of the president's job performance.
"The only thing is people wish Barack Obama was up for re-election right now, because they'd honestly love to have a chance to throw him out of office," Bachmann said. "Everywhere I go, people ask me, "Michele, can we impeach the president? They want a referendum on him."
Bachmann's harsh criticism of Obama will come as no surprise given the Tea Party favorite's past references to the president as "very anti-American" and her accusation that his administration runs a"gangster government."


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What is it?
This is the latest version of Audi's veteran, dyed-in-the-wool, business-friendly Audi A4. We drove the first of the eighth generation in Europe last year, but now the full range is in the UK ahead of its official on-sale date later this week (March 1st).
As generational gaps go, the disparity between seventh and eighth is faint. The exterior differences are limited to a reworked bumper and revised headlights, along with similarly minor changes inside, and equipment updates.
The real beef occurs in the engine bay where Audi has tweaked, toned and refined much of the range for efficiency gains. Along with the introduction of an overhauled 1.8 TFSI petrol motor, the most significant new entry is the higher-powered version of the 2.0-litre TDIe - expected to carry the carry the vast bulk of sales in its established 134bhp guise.
The 160bhp edition, driven here as an Avant (the 134bhp motor is saloon only) is intended to go toe-to-toe with the forthcoming 320d Efficient Dynamics as the increased output puts the A4 almost on par with its outright performance, even if can't quite compete with the BMW's prospective 109g/km CO2 emissions and 68.9mpg economy.
What's it like?
With the latest addition to the range included, the 2.0-litre four-cylinder TDI is now available as four distinct variants. The 141bhp and 174bhp are not badged TDIe because, apart from their marginal power advantage, they offer buyers the chance to spec bigger alloys - the efficiency-focused models come standard with 17-inch wheels and low resistance tyres only.


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Am Donnerstag, 19.12.02, um 15:49 Uhr (Europe/Berlin) schrieb Bill de hÓra: > Stefan Eissing wrote: > >> I think Dare's point was well made: >> For HTTP servers and proxies, http://example.com/ and >> HTTP://example.com/ must >> be equivalent URIs. They have to follow RFC 2396 in that. > > I couldn't find anything in rfc2396 that says HTTP and http must be > treated as equivalent, it does say they should be treated as > equivalent, but that's a different level of specification. Ok, its not in 2396. It's in 2616, Ch. 3.2.3: "URI Comparison When comparing two URIs to decide if they match or not, a client SHOULD use a case-sensitive octet-by-octet comparison of the entire URIs, with these exceptions: * A port that is empty or not given is equivalent to the default port for that URI-reference; * Comparisons of host names MUST be case-insensitive; * Comparisons of scheme names MUST be case-insensitive; * An empty abs_path is equivalent to an abs_path of "/". Characters other than those in the "reserved" and "unsafe" sets (see RFC 2396 [42]) are equivalent to their ""%" HEX HEX" encoding. For example, the following three URIs are equivalent: http://abc.com:80/~smith/home.html http://ABC.com/%7Esmith/home.html http://ABC.com:/%7esmith/home.html " //Stefan PS. Did someone note that '~' is equivalent to '%7e'? Can we rule out EBCDIC as charset for http URIs, at least? please?Received on Thursday, 19 December 2002 10:34:51 UTC
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With the Zaycon chicken events starting this weekend, I thought you might like to know who is bringing you that delicious 40lb box of chicken.
This is Rick.
Rick is one of our drivers. He hails from a little town in north Idaho by the name of Athol and has been with Zaycon about 6 months. He typically takes our Northwest route. He listens to country music while driving through the Columbia Gorge or through the apple orchards of central Washington. Rick says he has never won anything, but, has a beautiful wife and a house full of barbie dolls and littlest pet shops because he has 5 girls. I think he's hit the jackpot with his family. He appreciates a good John Wayne western, but Tombstone is his favorite movie. He has met Barbara Bush, the customer, not the president's wife, on one of his routes. He will take potato chips over candy any day and loves to add corn to everything he cooks. On a night out, you can find him at a Vietnamese restaurant over a big bowl of pho. It's been awhile, but Rick enjoys the great outdoors, hunting in the fall and skiing in the winter.
So if your on his route, say hello to Rick.
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So far the strongest Aussie film of 2002, "Dirty Deeds" manages to overcome its competition to basically become the best gangster movie we've created. Its not up in "Pulp Fiction", "Reservoir Dogs" or "Lock Stock" territory, but is certainly more wickedly entertaining, engaging and darker than say "Snatch".
David Caesar has delivered on the difficult task of combining very Aussie humour, 60's style visual gags, gritty & blood thirsty drama, a coming of age storyline and several larger themes of corruption, war and the world changing into one large and well executed package which never drops the ball despite many rapid changes of tone and pace. This film has been developed over a long time and it shows as the writing, directing, acting and overall production values are at the top of their game and look like they were done for about five times the budget that was utilised.
Brown and Goodman both seem to be having a tremendous time in their roles and play to their strengths. Brown does his usual Aussie bloke gangster stick (ala "Two Hands") but combines it with a dangerously unstable side which you never for a moment believe to be anything other than genuine. Goodman, as the wise mobster with second thoughts and patience, allows himself to be the butt of gags and yet carries on with likable charm through many scenes that you look forward to every minute of screentime he has (as he's about the only uncrooked character of the lot).
Worthington and Morassi make appealing young leads with a genuine chemistry, Williamson proves both chilling and hilarious in some scenes with one in particular (his attributing the Vietnam War as being all about the heroin trade) surprisingly believable and creepy. The only real downside is William McInnes whose does his best with what is ultimately a rather flat role.
The two shiners of the supporting cast though are Collette and Neill. There's many a scene where she's doing something very simple, like meeting the American duo, and yet she does it with such a sense of laid back aloofness one moment and frighteningly tough conviction the next (such as her final conversation with Margaret) that she comes out of the project as a class act and with what is arguably her most memorable performance since 'Muriel'. Neill perfectly underplays some ridiculous stuff as the corrupt Detective Seargeant and yet has the gravitas to pull it off – resulting in some of the film's best dark comedy despite a limited amount of onscreen time.
Action is a plenty in this, from a street chase where sh*t barrels come into play to some very violent gun firing action. At times the cinematography is over the top with lots of camera twirls and shots such as a fly through a bullet hole in a wild pig which are unnecessary for anything other than a visual trick. Still the overall look is skilfully pulled off with very 60's outfits, decor (check out the wallpaper in the home scenes) and skilfully edited together sequences which never lose you despite a lot of jumping around. The soundtrack is filled with an excellent use of 60's songs and hard core rock anthems which keep things pumping, the opening rolling slot credits and global-jumping action add pace and help hook us in right from the start.
That's the strongest thing Caesar has done here – whether it be the almost other worldly look (this was the 60's after all), the superb performances or overall tight story, your pulled into the action and rarely if ever are let go. The pace does wear out a little toward the end, especially in a very gory shootout sequence and some gross out gags in the outback. A running gag about pizza is fun but slightly unbelievable, whilst some of the humour may not translate overseas, but nevertheless it holds your attention throughout. Its funnier and darker than "Two Hands", much better written than "The Hard Word" and much more stylish than "Snatch". One of the year's highlights.


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Since the first volley of those concealed weapons had been focused on the palanquin, Jun Mo Xie had clearly understood that he was the intended target of the attackers; and now that the upper part of the palanquin had been smashed to pieces, he was certain that the assassins were simply waiting to see their reaction. If these assassins were to realize that their target has already died, then he was sure that these people would immediately turn around and leave without even coming out in the open!
"We'll make our way to that corner ten feet away, and then we'll take the road which leads to the Jun residence." Jun Hu, the head of the guards immediately whispered his command.
"Good! Now listen to my orders; and you're not allowed to oppose me! Else you'll be removed from the Jun Family's command, understood?!" even though Jun Mo Xie's voice was barely audible, the severity of his command was evident from his tone.
The eight guards looked rather stumped by his words, but quickly realized that this wasn't the time to argue and hastily nodded.
Jun Mo Xie had been able to spot that most of the concealed weapons had been issued at the back of golden colored lights, while another five or six had originated from green colored sources. But the most surprising thing was that the number of golden colored sources was almost thrice as many as the green colored ones!
[Who is trying to get me killed? Who's capable of organizing such an expensive line-up?]
Jun Mo Xie couldn't resist drawing a comparison: [even the assassination attempt on the princess wasn't half as strong as this one! Am I an even bigger target than the princess now?]
"You will immediately abandon the palanquin; and then you'll move forward in full speed. I'm their target! You don't need to worry about me; I'll make my escape once you're gone!" Jun Mo Xie calmly instructed.
Jun Hu shook his head as he blankly stared in his master's direction, [we will not abandon the young master under any circumstances…] "This is our only duty! We will not abandon you young master… we'll defend you till our deaths! We cannot obey that command young master!"
"Nonsense! I'm your master, and as long as I'm alive, you will listen to every word of mine! Now obey the command!" Jun Mo Xie patiently replied: "It was obvious from their attacks that they are much stronger than you guys are, so you won't be able to do much even if you stay here and fight. However, you will end up becoming a burden for me if you stay! You have to get out now so I can get out of here with ease!"
"We'll be waiting for you up ahead in that case young master! And we'll try to attract as many troops as possible towards us!" Jun Hu didn't hesitate one bit while making up his mind, [if the young master dies, then I will not wait for the martial judgement… I will immediately put a knife to my throat, and I'll kill myself.[
He ordered his men, and the eight silhouettes immediately rushed out.
"I don't care who you are, nor will I care about your instigator… since you've come to kill me, you should've come prepared to face the consequences!"
As Jun Mo Xie watched his eight guards reaching the corner, the long-lost glimmer of a familiar glory shone in his eyes: "It seems that it's unavoidable to divulge from the ways of my past today! So…..It's time to kill!"
A monstrous smile surfaced on his face as his body sunk deeper into his seat. Like a snowflake in the summer sun, his body disappeared into the ground below without a trace, leaving the palanquin completely empty.....
The movement of the bodyguards had left the assassins baffled! They had been spying for several days now, and had even gone to the lengths of bribing local peddlers for gathering reliable information about Jun Mo Xie's activities. They were absolutely convinced that Jun Mo Xie was sitting inside the palanquin!
[But why are those guards abandoning the palanquin? Are they just trying to distract our attention?]
[But that just doesn't make any sense, ah, they didn't even peek into the palanquin to see if their master is alive or dead…. They just fled! How could such irresponsible guards exist under this sun? But my sources were sure that these guards are most loyal to the Jun Family, and weren't even afraid of sacrificing their lives for the sake of their masters!]
[This is really weird! Could it be that the palanquin…. Is really….. empty?]
[No that can't be! Just the elevation of the palanquin was enough to indicate that someone was inside the palanquin! Therefore, someone must still be in there!]
[But there must be a reason why they are abandoning the palanquin and fleeing!]
Even though his head was swarming with several different possibilities, the leader of the assassins immediately issued his orders: "Two teams will go and stop those eight guards, but make sure that you don't kill them all! At least one man must be taken captive! One team will follow after me, and we'll personally go and kill that evil bastard!"
A dozen silhouettes emerged from within the shadows of the surrounding area, and swiftly made their way towards the escaping guards. A few more assassins, who were already positioned in the direction of their escape, had already started engaging them in combat.
Several more assassins came out of their hiding spots almost simultaneously, and then dispersed into four groups as they completely surrounded the palanquin. They quickly blocked every possible and imaginable exit route of the palanquin while their gleaming swords flickered and reflected their black masks.
"Young son of the Jun Family, you can come out now….. There are no loopholes in our plan, so it's pointless to struggle." The leader of the assassins slowly stated in a cold voice as he unsheathed his golden sword.
"You're still in there; I'm a hundred percent sure of it! If you don't come out now, then I'll set your ride ablaze!" the ominous hint of a sadistic pleasure gleamed in his eyes, revealing that he would genuinely enjoy this act of cruelty.
The man repeated himself twice, but heard nothing apart from the constant clashing sounds coming from some distance away due to the confrontation between the guards and his two other teams. Even though those eight guards were both outnumbered and less powerful as compared to their opponents, they were still bravely trying to attract as much attention onto themselves as possible. It was evident that they weren't fighting for their survival, but for that of their young master's, and were somehow able to match up to their aggressors in the backdrop of their bravery!
Amidst the fierce fighting, a flag with flowery engraving on it suddenly rocketed into the sky!
"This is the Jun Family's secret signal for help!" the leader of the assassins already knew their secret signal, and knew that they would run into trouble if they didn't hurry. Hence, he waved his hands and ruthless ordered: "Burn him!"
Five or six torches lit up at the same time, and were set in contact with the fabric of the palanquin and its bamboo structure. With the wind assisting their intention, the conflagration instantly took control of the palanquin's fate, while the faces of the arsonists rejoiced as they tried to imagine Jun Mo Xie's fruitless struggle for escape.
However, their laughter came to an abrupt end.
They were surprised upon realizing that the fire only gave rise to the snapping sounds of the palanquin's structure, but not of Jun Mo Xie's screams. Moreover, the only scent they could smell was that of burning inanimate objects; and not that of a living body….[ah, what's going on?]
[Is that evil bastard really not in the palanquin?]
Two men simultaneously exposed the chains which were nicely concealed in their sleeves. These chains snaked out towards the palanquin and ripped open the vehicle's flaming structure!
Not a soul in sight!
"Li Zhi Wu, what is going on?" an ice cold voice sounded from a distance. The graceful and elegant body of a woman was watching from distance with a flavor of extreme disappointment in her eyes.
"We've been fooled!" the leader, Li Zhi Wu was startled by the sight of a silver bolt of lightning, which pierced through the dark of the clouds. This flashing light was followed by the crisp and bombarding sound of thunder.
A torrent of rainfall came crashing down from the heavens above.
At this point, the eight body guards of Jun Mo Xie's were still engaged in a fierce confrontation with a number almost twice of theirs', and even though they were somehow hanging tough, it was evident from the rate which they were consuming their Xuan Qi, their blood would start to flow through the bare streets of the city very soon. In fact, if these men chose to flee at this point, some of them would actually be able to make an escape….. However, they were still fighting back with the single-minded ambition of distracting their master's aggressors!
"Hey, how's it going?" a ghostly figure suddenly appeared behind one of the black masked men; the man turned around… only to find two slender fingers approaching his Adam's apple, 'chuck'..... the eyes of the assassin froze in shock while his hands trembled twice as his feet recoiled backwards under the effect of his collapsing body.
Since the appearance of this figure was too ambiguous, another one of the assassins was unable to spot it. All he saw was his collapsing comrade, and was unable to understand why his companion would choose to drop to the ground for no reason: "What are you doing?" he asked as he extended his hand to assist his companion.
As the palm of his hand came in contact with his deceased companion's body, the remaining fifteen or so of his companions hastily screamed: "Be careful….."
They were too late. The man felt a cold hand around his neck as his ears heard a crisp snapping sound of something breaking…. The man was left perplexed to find that he was staring at his own buttocks!
[What's going on? I was obviously looking in the forward direction, so why am I seeing my own butt...] as his thoughts seized to exist, his body collapsed to the ground while his dead fish-like eyes continued to remain glued to his own buttock!
This man was quite fortunate, especially when one considers the fact that he died a painless death, and saw only his own buttock in his last moments, and not some foreign object…..
However, his companions weren't destined to be as fortunate!
Thunderbolts of lightening continued to accompany the falling torrents of rain!
As the lightening continued to shine in the dark sky, almost everyone experienced an incredible but frightening torrent of terror: an erratic figure suddenly appeared in between four assassins, almost like a ghost….. no one saw where the figure came from….. no one heard any sounds of its approach....
Is he a god or .....a monster?
Like a devil from a nightmare, one their eyes could see but hands couldn't touch, the monster leisurely cut their lives short…. Helpless, they only stood there in passive acceptance of their fate!
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The American television show America's Next Top Model has revealed the most talented men and women in modeling who have dreamed of being on-top. In searching for the next top model, there is a long list of sexy, charming and pleasing contestants. The show hosted by model Tyra Banks together with her panel of judges and a number of aspiring models who strive hard to compete and win a life-changing modeling contract.
The modeling show was first aired in 2003 and there are twenty-two cycles completed already as of 2015. In its twelve years of running, there are twenty-two victorious models crowned as the "America's Next Top Model". What their life looks like right now will surprise you.
America's Next Top Model from Latest to Oldest
Cycle 22 (2015)
Nyle DiMarco is an Ameican model and activist. He is the only deaf contestant to ever compete on the show. He is now one of the most famous celebrities worldwide.
Cycle 21 (2014)
The first man to win "ANTM" is Keith Carlos. It's a big win for the boys. He currently has a role in "Chocolate City 2" film with one of the biggest stars, Tyson Beckford.
Cycle 20 (2013)
There was a telemarketer in Oregon namely Jourdan Miller who decided to join in the search for America's Next Top Model Cycle 20. She luckily won and created a blog to help those people who wanted to get the crown like the way she did.
Cycle 19 (2012)
Laura James has been in the showbiz industry even before the television show aired. She is a daughter of an actor and her mom is a model so she was no stranger to the modeling and showbiz industry. She presently started her own jewelry line business.
Cycle 18 (2012)
The Cycle 18 winner was Sophie Sumner. She was chosen to compete in the America's Next Top Model Cycle 18 and fortunately get the crown. She presently becomes a TV Host for various TV shows.
Cycle 17 (2011)
The winner of cycle 17 was actually once a participant in Cycle 5. But because of her unspoken personality, the show invited her back. Lisa D' Amato is now back in Los Angeles working on her own music career and released two albums.
Cycle 16 (2011)
Brittani Kline had just graduated from high school when she decided to join the modeling show. She went on to book some big fashion modeling jobs and shows.
Cycle 15 (2010)
A 19-year old student from Dallas namely Ann ward is well-known on the show for having the smallest waist. She seemingly enjoys drawing right now as what her Tumblr page looks.denotes.
Cycle 14 (2010)
Krista White was very determined enough to wear the crown. Krista White has now built her portfolio for she walked for Nicole Miller at New Zealand Fashion Week in 2010 and she is now a fashion director of a classic magazine.
Cycle 13 (2009)
Nicole Fox was the winner of the show in the cycle 13 competition who was a student in University of Colorado before she decided to join the contest. Nicole currently received various modeling contracts.
Cycle 12 (2009)
Teyona Anderson was known for her "wind in the face" look. She focused her modeling career right now in South Africa's fashion weeks.
Cycle 11 (2008)
Brittany Sullivan or McKey Sullivan decided to go for modeling after her knee surgery. She so much loves sports and she is married right now to a mixed martial arts fighter.
Cycle 10 (2008)
The first plus-size model winner, Whitney Thompson was a model for Jacksonville Magazine before joining the show. She is then become a model and ambassador for various company and association. She has now her own farm-to-table restaurant in Springfield.
Cycle 9 (2007)
Saleisha Stowers who came from California who was worked as a receptionist in Los Angeles. She now made various television acting.
Cycle 8 (2007)
Jaslene Gonzalez was an online college admission advisor before and had tried out for the seventh season but only reach the semifinals. According to her personal site, she is now doing international tour and magazine cover.
Cycle 7 (2006)
CariDee English was an aspiring photographer who came from North Dakota. Since the show, she appeared in various TV commercials and ads. She became a reality show host as well.
Cycle 6 (2006)
The strong runway of Dani Evans helped her win the 6th cycle of the competition although she received a little critique because of her thick accent. After winning, she continues modeling.
Cycle 5 (2005)
Nicole Linkletter is a North Dakota native who has been a judge at a Miss USA pageant and walked in numerous runway shows.
Cycle 4 (2005)
Naima Mora was a contemporary ballet dancer before deciding to join the modeling. She had then released a book that gives tips to modeling. She luckily released an upbeat single right after.
Cycle 3 (2004)
Eva Pigford is a native of Los Angeles who was selling men suits in a department store in Georgia. Eva racked up a number of acting credits today.
Cycle 2 (2004)
A 23-year old Yoanna House was striving to lose 50 pounds before applying in the competition. Yoanna is doing other things right now and hosting is her more preferred work.
Cycle 1 (2003)
Adrianne Curry was working as a waitress before winning the crown. She then became the hit for famous magazine covers and continued her career in reality TV shows.


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is the act of riding and performing tricks using a
. A person who skateboards is most often referred to as a skateboarder, or just skater.
Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an artform, a
, or a method of
. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2002 report by
American Sports Data
found that there were 18.5 million skateboarders in the world. 85 percent of skateboarders polled who had used a board in the last year were under the age of 18, and 74 percent were male.
Skateboarding is relatively modern. A key skateboarding maneuver, the
, was developed in the late 1970s by Alan "Ollie" Gelfand as a half-pipe maneuver. Freestyle skateboarder
Rodney Mullen
was the first to take it to flat ground and later invented the
and its variations.
The 1940s-1960s
Skateboarding was probably born sometime in the late 1940s or early 1950s when surfers in
wanted something to surf when the waves were flat.
No one knows who made the first board, rather, it seems that several people came up with similar ideas at around the same time. These first skateboarders started with wooden boxes or boards with roller skate wheels attached to the bottom. The boxes turned into planks, and eventually companies were producing decks of pressed layers of wood -- similar to the skateboard decks of today. During this time, skateboarding was seen as something to do for fun besides surfing, and was therefore often referred to as "Sidewalk Surfing".
The first manufactured skateboards were ordered by a
Los Angeles, California
surf shop, meant to be used by surfers in their downtime.
The shop owner, Bill Richard, made a deal with the Chicago Roller Skate Company to produce sets of skate wheels, which they attached to square wooden boards. Accordingly, skateboarding was originally denoted "sidewalk surfing" and early skaters emulated
style and maneuvers.
Crate scooters
preceded skateboards, and were borne of a similar concept, with the exception of having a wooden crate attached to the nose (front of the board), which formed rudimentary handlebars.
A number of surfing manufacturers such as
started building skateboards that resembled small surfboards, and assembling teams to promote their products.
The popularity of skateboarding at this time spawned a national magazine,
Skateboarder Magazine
, and the 1965 international championships were broadcast on national television. The growth of the sport during this period can also be seen in sales figures for Makaha, which quoted $10 million worth of board sales between 1963 and 1965 (Weyland, 2002:28). Yet by 1966 the sales had dropped significantly (ibid) and Skateboarder Magazine had stopped publication. The popularity of skateboarding dropped and remained low until the early 1970s.
The 1970s
In the early 1970s,
Frank Nasworthy
started to develop a skateboard wheel made of
, calling it the
, as he hoped this would convey the fat ride it afforded the rider. The improvement in traction and performance was so immense that from the wheel's release in 1972 the popularity of skateboarding started to rise rapidly again, causing companies to invest more in product development. Many companies started to manufacture trucks (axles) especially designed for skateboarding, reached in 1976 by
Tracker Trucks
. As the equipment became more maneuverable, the decks started to get wider, reaching widths of and over, thus giving the skateboarder even more control.
Banana board
is a term used to describe skateboards made of
that were skinny, flexible, with ribs on the underside for structural support and very popular during the mid-1970s. They were available in myriad colors, bright yellow probably being the most memorable, hence the name.
Manufacturers started to experiment with more exotic composites and metals, like
, but the common skateboards were made of maple plywood. The skateboarders took advantage of the improved handling of their skateboards and started inventing new tricks. Skateboarders, most notably
Ty Page
, Bruce Logan, Bobby Piercy, Kevin Reed, and the
(so-called because of their local Zephyr surf shop) started to skate the vertical walls of swimming pools that were left empty in the 1976 California drought. This started the vert trend in skateboarding. With increased control, vert skaters could skate faster and perform more dangerous tricks, such as slash grinds and frontside/backside airs. This caused liability concerns and increased insurance costs to skatepark owners, and the development (first by
,then more successfully by
) of improved knee pads that had a hard sliding cap and strong strapping proved to be too-little-too-late. During this era, the "freestyle" movement in skateboarding began to splinter off and develop into a much more specialized discipline, characterized by the development of a wide assortment of flat-ground tricks.
As a result of the "vert" skating movement, skate parks had to contend with high-liability costs that led to many park closures. In response, vert skaters started making their own ramps, while freestyle skaters continued to evolve their flatland style. Thus by the beginning of the 1980s, skateboarding had once again declined in popularity.
The 1980s
A skateboarder "Ollies" over a rubbish bin.
This period was fuelled by skateboard companies that were run by skateboarders. The focus was initially on
vert ramp
skateboarding. The invention of the no-hands aerial (later known as the
) by
Alan Gelfand
in Florida in 1976 and the almost parallel development of the grabbed aerial by
George Orton
Tony Alva
in California made it possible for skaters to perform airs on vertical ramps. While this wave of skateboarding was sparked by commercialized vert ramp skating, a majority of people who skateboarded during this period never rode vert ramps. Because most people could nt afford to build vert ramps or did not have access to nearby ramps,
street skating
gained popularity. Freestyle skating remained healthy throughout this period with pioneers such as
Rodney Mullen
inventing many of the basic tricks of modern street skating such as the Impossible and the
. The influence freestyle had on street skating became apparent during the mid-eighties, but street skating was still performed on wide vert boards with short noses, slide rails, and large soft wheels. Skateboarding, however, evolved quickly in the late 1980s to accommodate the street skater. Since few skateparks were available to skaters at this time, street skating pushed skaters to seek out shopping centres and public and private property as their "spot" to skate. Public opposition, and the threat of lawsuits, forced businesses and property owners to ban skateboarding on their property. By
, only a small fraction of skateboarders remained as a highly technical version of street skating, combined with the decline of vert skating, produced a sport that lacked the mainstream appeal to attract new skaters.
The 1990s to the present
The current generation of skateboards is dominated by
street skateboarding
. Most boards are about 7¼ to 8 inches wide and 30 to 32 inches long. The wheels are made of an extremely hard
, with hardness(
) approximately 99a. The wheel sizes are relatively small so that the boards are lighter, and the wheel's inertia is overcome quicker, thus making tricks more manageable. Board styles have changed dramatically since the 1970s but have remained mostly alike since the mid 1990s. The contemporary shape of the skateboard is derived from the
boards of the 1980s with a largely symmetrical shape and relatively narrow width. This form had become standard by the mid '90s.
Go Skateboarding Day
was created in 2004 by a group of skateboarding companies to promote skateboarding and help make it more noticeable to the world. It is celebrated every year on June 21st.
Trick skating
Skateboarding trick
for detailed descriptions of maneuvers
With the evolution of
and ramp skating, the skateboard began to change. Early skate tricks had consisted mainly of two-dimensional manoeuvres like riding on only two wheels ("wheelie" or "manual"), spinning only on the back wheels (a "pivot"), high jumping over a bar and landing on the board again, also known as a "hippie jump", long jumping from one board to another (often over small barrels or fearless teenagers) or slalom.
In 1976, skateboarding was transformed by the invention of the
Alan "Ollie" Gelfand
. It remained largely a unique Florida trick until the summer of 1978, when Gelfand made his first visit to California. Gelfand and his revolutionary manoeuvre caught the attention of the West Coast skaters and the media where it began to spread worldwide. The ollie was adapted to flat ground by
Rodney Mullen
in 1982. Mullen also invented the "Magic Flip", which was later renamed the
, as well many other tricks including, the 360 Kickflip, which is a 360 pop
shove it
and a kickflip in the same motion. The flat ground ollie allowed skateboarders to perform tricks in mid-air without any more equipment than the skateboard itself, it has formed the basis of many street skating tricks.
Skateboarding was, at first, tied to the culture of
As skateboarding spread across the
United States
to places unfamiliar with surfing or surfing culture, it developed an image of its own.
For example, the classic film short
Video Days
(1991) portrayed skateboarders as reckless rebels.
The image of the skateboarder as a rebellious, non-conforming youth has faded in recent years . Certain cities still oppose the building skateparks in their neighbourhoods, for fear of increased crime and drugs in the area. The rift between the old image of skateboarding and a newer one is quite visible: magazines such as
portray skateboarding as dirty, rebellious, and still firmly tied to
, while other publications,
Transworld Skateboarding
as an example, paint a more diverse, and controlled picture of skateboarding. Furthermore, as more professional skaters use
hip hop
, or
hard rock
music accompaniment in their videos, many urban youths, hip-hop fans, reggae fans, and hard rock fans are also drawn to skateboarding, further diluting the sport's punk image.
Films such as
Lords Of Dogtown
, have helped improve the reputation of skateboarding youth , depicting individuals of this subculture as having a positive outlook on life, prone to poking harmless fun at each other, and engaging in healthy sportsman's competition. According to the film, lack of respect, egotism and hostility towards fellow skateboarders is generally frowned upon, albeit each of the characters (and as such, proxies of the "stereotypical" skateboarder) have a firm disrespect for authority and for rules in general. Group spirit is supposed to heavily influence the members of this community. In presentations of this sort, showcasing of criminal tendencies is absent, and no attempt is made to tie extreme sports to any kind of illegal activity .
Gleaming the Cube
, a 1989 movie starring Christian Slater as a skateboarding teen investigating the death of his adopted Vietnamese brother was somewhat of an iconic landmark to the skateboarding genre of the era . Many well-known skaters had cameos in the film, including
Tony Hawk
Skateboarding video games have also become very popular in skateboarding culture . Some of the most popular are the
Tony Hawk series
, and
Skate series
for various consoles (Including hand-held) and personal computer.
Skateboarding as a form of transportation
The use of skateboards solely as a form of transportation is often associated with the
. Depending on local laws, using skateboards as a form of transportation outside residential areas may or may not be legal. Backers cite portability, exercise, and environmental friendliness as some of the benefits of skateboarding as an alternative to automobiles.
Skateboards, along with other small-wheeled transportation such as in-line skates and scooters, suffer a safety caveat where riders may easily be thrown from small cracks and outcroppings in pavement, especially where the cracks run perpendicular to the direction of travel. However, high average travel speeds help mitigate this; injuries are more likely to be minor , although very uncommon, head injuries still pose a major health risk.
LCPL Chad Codwell of Charlie Company 1st Battalion 5th Marines carries a skateboard during military exercise
Urban Warrior '99
Skateboard ban in Norway
The use, ownership and sale of skateboards were forbidden in
, during the period between 1978 and 1989.
The ban was said to be due to the perceived high number of injuries caused by boards. The ban led skateboarders to construct ramps in the forest and other secluded areas to avoid the police.
Military experimentation in the United States
United States Marine Corps
tested the usefulness of commercial off-the-shelf skateboards during
urban combat
military exercises
in the late 1990s in a program called Urban Warrior '99. Their special purpose was "for maneuvering inside buildings in order to detect
Trampboarding is a variant of skateboarding that uses a board without the trucks and the wheels on a
. Using the bounce of the trampoline gives height to perform a tricks, whereas in skateboarding you need to make the height by performing an
. Trampboarding is seen on
in numerous videos.
See also
Street skateboarding
Snyder, Craig
Transworld Skateboarding Magazine
(October 2005, p. 44)
Further reading and information
Borden, Iain. (2001).
Skateboarding, Space and the City: Architecture and the Body
. Oxford: Berg.
Hocking, Justin, Jeffrey Knutson and Jared Maher (Eds.). (2004).
Life and Limb: Skateboarders Write from the Deep End
. New York: Soft Skull Press.
Weyland, Jocko. (2002).
The Answer is Never: a History and Memoir of Skateboarding
. New York: Grove Press.
Hawk, Tony and Mortimer, Sean. (2000).
Hawk: Occupation: Skateboarder
. New York: HarperCollins.
Thrasher Magazine. (2001).
Thrasher: Insane Terrain
. New York: Universe.
Brooke, Michael (1999)
The Concrete Wave — the History of Skateboarding
. Warwick Publishing
Mullen, Rodney and Mortimer, Sean (2003).
The Mutt
Skateboard Kings
, a 1978 documentary on skateboarding
, a directory of skate spots
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- beginner18%
- intermediate44%
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