Portland Seattle
HIGHLIGHTS: Portland Timbers vs. Seattle Sounders

Minneapolis Earns High Marks In LGBT Rights Survey (WCCO)

Minneapolis earned high marks on gay rights from the Human Rights Campaign's
newly released survey of 137 U.S. cities. The HRC announced the results of
their Municipal Equality Index survey.

WCCO

Level Auto
Grand Theft Auto 5 - Stats and Level System

First Drive: 2014 Audi A3 Sportback (Autoblog)

Filed under: Hatchback, Audi, First Drives

_Just When It Gets Really Good, We May Not Get It_

The (final) final decision on whether or not we will get the second-generation
Audi A3 Sportback in the US has yet to be handed down by the juries in
Ingolstadt and Herndon (Virginia, corporate seat for Audi USA). But that
doesn't mean we can't head to the roads of the Monte Carlo Rally in this car's
most powerful and accoutered trim three months before European customers take
deliveries in late February. Our ride for the day? The A3 Sportback 2.0 TDI
Quattro S-line with the beefy six-speed S-tronic, a car good for 181
horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque between 1,750 and 3,000 rpm. If it
came available in the US, we anticipate pricing would begin around $34,500 for
this topmost trim.

When we get a shot to drive on these utterly spectacular roads, the assumption
would be that our Audi of choice would be an RS trim with a chassis set up for
our usual abuses. Such was not the case this time, however, as our tester did
not even benefit from the optional Audi Magnetic Ride ...

Autoblog

Tomytec Model
AMRA WA N scale Layout Western Ridge Tomytec bus

Structure Kit
Internal Structure of Ultrasonic Generator Kit for Cleaning Tank (Ultrasonic Digital Generator)

Tell us which geek gift gets the goods (Cosmic Log)

What suits a science geek best? A bit of space rock? How about a nice little
hand-held microscope? Or jewelry that celebrates molecular structures? Maybe a
science kit, or a spaced-out calendar? It's up to you to decide which gift is
best for science geeks -- and which …

Cosmic Log

Couplers Atlas
MTL Couplers installed into an Atlas EV Caboose

Deck Girder
Specification and Design of Fiber Reinforced Bridge Deck Forms for Use on Wide Flange T-Girders

Scale Ghost
RC ADVENTURES - GHOST RIDER - 1/4 Scale VENOM VMX450 DIRT BIKE - Un Boxing

White House Wants To Cut Charitable Deductions. Why? (crooksandliars)

Here's the really puzzling thing about this whole fiscal-cliff, "let's
sacrifice a virgin on the mountain top" adventure we're on. No one really
wants this, except rich people and the politicians they own. **No one**. Tell
me one good reason why non-profits should, in effect, slit their own throats
-- particularly at a time when we really need them, because of that
aforementioned ritual sacrifice to the austerity gods. It's like a giant game
of Whack-A-Mole -- as soon as they try to cut one thing, people rise up and
say, "No way, pal!"

That's because we still want clean air, safe food and prescription drugs,
trains that run, roads without giant potholes, good schools with enough books,
and programs that help the vulnerable and mentally ill. (Today, more than
ever.)

You know what we _don't_ want? A massive black hole of a military budget. You
want to talk about austerity? The Pentagon owns over** 200 golf courses**
around the world -- 234, the last time a reporter counted. (They hide the
numbers, just because of stories like this.) Four-star generals live like
kings:

> The commanders who lead the nation’s military services and those who oversee
troops ...

crooksandliars

Street Park
Park Street Deewangi

Slamdance names its 22 competition films (Salt Lake Tribune)

#### Slamdance names its 22 competition films

by Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune

##### Published Dec 6, 2012 02:04PM MDT

The 22 films in the competition categories for the 19th annual Slamdance Film
Festival have been named. Slamdance, the upstart festival founded in 1995,
highlights independent film alongside the more famous Sundance Film Festival.
It runs Jan. 18-24 at the Treasure Mountain Inn at the top of Park City’s Old
Main Street. Here are the films, with synopses provided by Slamdance:
Narrative Feature Competition “Best Friends Forever” • (U.S.A. - Director:
Brea Grant, Screenwriters: Brea Grant, Vera ...

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