This spring I will start giving lessons for Rising Phoenix Farms once the heated indoor arena is finished. I will also be the barn manager and basically run the place. We will be offering board "w/out required lessons" and horse training. We also offer trails to ride on on the property We will have 4 lesson horses. I teach mainly to 2nd level dressage and hunter. I have been riding for many years and have been teaching for a while and have held jobs as a trainer in TX and MI. I have trained many many horses of a variety of breeds and feel that I am ready to run an entire facility and instruction program.

I also plan on bringing on an assistant for the western lesson program later on.

Will a heated arena enhance our marketability?
I am also thinking about getting my certification with the ARIA. I do not think it will teach me anything, but thought it may improve my marketability. It costs 0.00 to get it. Long time horse people know that a certification is not worth much, but new horse people may be comforted to know their instructor is certified, but tell me what you think about the certification?
The reason I say this Piaff is because instructors in my area look down on certification. I do not myself, but instructors I have used in the past have not had good things to say, but that could be just because they themselves are not certified, but it does not change the fact that many do not think certification hold much importance.
I also meant to say that I will be starting out getting my level one certification. This may not teach me much, but I want to have a better under standing of their testing format before I jump in head first. Then I will go up in my levels and I am sure I will be doing lots of learning in those areas.

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May 18, 2012

Final Card for No Mercy on May 20, 2012:
World Title Match: CM Punk(c) vs IC Champ: Christian
WWE Title Match: Randy Orton(c) vs Kurt Angle
Tag Team Title Match: Tyler Black(c) and Richie Steamboat(c) vs The Briscoes(Mark and Jay)
Women’s Title Match: Beth Phoenix(c) vs Tamina
Non Title Singles Match: John Cena vs Nigel McGuinness(c)
Sin Cara Issues an Open Challenge

Segment #1: The show starts with Teddy Long, acting GM when Mick Foley is not present, on the phone. He is agreeing and saying ok, and apparently it was Mick Foley. He clicks, and looks into the camera. He tells the audience and everyone watching at home that Mick Foley out of the kindness of his heart has given him the night off. Since, Mick Foley is not here and he will be leaving soon Foley has appointed a temporary GM for the night. The camera rolls to the right, and standing there is Christian. Teddy Long says that Christian will be running the show tonight. Christian thanks Teddy, and tells him to leave HIS office. Teddy bites his lip, and leaves. Christian grins. Camera zooms out, and there are boxes that have the “Property of Christian” written on them. Christian says that tonight on SmackDown, there will be repercussions and attitude adjustments. Tyler Black attacked him on Raw, costing him his IC title, so tonight Tyler Black will wrestle Kane in a Coffin Match. CM Punk will wrestle the #1 Contenders for the Tag Titles(The Briscoes) at No Mercy in the main event. Segment ends.

Match 1-Non Title Singles Match:
IC Champ: Drew McIntyre d. Max Buck w/Jeremy Buck via pinfall after the Future Shock DDT

Segment #2: Earlier this week…A limo arrives at a mansion and Ted DiBiase Sr. walks out of it with HIS Hardcore Title. He walks into his house, and is thrown immediately out of a front window. Ron Simmons steps out of the shattered window, followed by a ref. 1…2…3! Ron Simmons is the NEW Hardcore Champ! Ron Simmons, “DAMN!”

Match 2-Tag Team Match:
Sin Cara and Chavo Guerrero d. Wade Barrett and William Regal via pinfall after the Mistica without Armbar

Segment #3: Christian is seen in the back redecorating Long’s office. He now has posters of himself as World Champion, a Canadian Flag, Christian Bale, and a graffitied Edge. Instead of couches there are beanbags and a recliner.

Segment #4: Women’s Champion Beth Phoenix and #1 Contender Tamina are in the ring. Teddy Long set up a Dance Competition for tonight before Christian was appointed GM. They are about to start when Christian’s music hits. He stops at the ramp. He says that no one came here to see them dance. Instead of this dance competition, Christian thinks that they should have a locker room brawl to get prepped for their match at No Mercy. Tamina agrees, and so does Beth Phoenix. Christian says it’s on later tonight!

Match 3-Coffin Match:
Kane d. Tyler Black by putting him into the coffin after a Tombstone Piledriver on the Chair

Segment #5: Christian was watching the match in the back, and now he is laughing his ass off. Christian tells a construction person to put the replica World title belt on a stand.

Match 4-Locker Room Brawl:
#1 Contender Tamina d. Women’s Champ Beth Phoenix via pinfall after ramming a Eyelash Curler into her righ eve several times
AFTER THE MATCH::: Tamina poses with the Women’s Title

***Christian walks to the ring to watch the Main Event

Segment #6: Killswitch Engaged fills the arena as World Champ CM Punk walks to the ring. Christian has sat down on a folding chair next to the announcer’s table. CM Punk grabs a mic. He says that he is not impressed with Christian’s little hissy fit. The power that was given to him has made him even more insane than usual. First, Christian thought he could become a 2xWorld Champ and now he thinks he can inside Punk’s head. CM Punk, “What has this world come to?” Christian takes grabs the commentator’s headset and whispers something inside it. CM Punk goes to talk again, but the mic is muted. Christian laughs and Punk is pissed. Main event is next.

Match 5-Handicap Match:
The Briscoes(Jay and Mark) d. CM Punk and a Powerbomb/Back Breaker combo

Segment #7: After the match, CM Punk writhes in pain. Christian walks into the ring and tells The Briscoes something that isn’t heard. The Briscoes pick CM Punk up. Jay holds him in a SideSlam position, and Mark hits him with a second rope Leg Drop. Christian now picks Punk up and drops him with the KillSwitch. Who will win at No Mercy?!? Christian grabs the World Title and stares at it as we fade to black…

on drug and animal cruelty charges. He originally tried to barricade himself in bedroom but gave up when the SWAT team arrived. On Tuesday he was arrested for going 114 mph on a Phoenix freeway. His attorney said he had told DMX, (Earl Simmons) to expect such a raid. He had been working with Animal Control over issues with 12 Pit Bulls on his property, plus they dug up 3 buried dogs? After Michael Vick how could he have let this go this far? Does no one learn?

We have 3 fireplaces in my house… (yeah, it’s a big house). We’re in Phoenix, so we don’t really need to heat that often, but it does get chilly at night for a couple of months.
I have lots of wood on my property and we love heating with wood (we had a stove at the old place. ) I know that the best thing would be to install fireplace inserts, but I don’t have money for that right now. I know the doors help keep the draft out and they give you some control over the burning rate, but some sources I’ve read, say that fireplace doors can increase the efficiency of the fireplace by a lot. How is that possible? Don’t they block the heat from comming out?

I am hoping you can offer some help regarding our current situation. Let me preface this by saying that we are active duty military and are forced to move at other’s discretion. We bought our current home a little over a year ago in the Phoenix metro area. We were given orders to relocate and we did not want to lose money on renting a home, so we bought the cheapest house (a short-sale) we could find that would accommodate our family of 6. Now, we are facing orders to move again, soon. We purchased our home for about 200,000 and current market conditions place our current value around 35-40% less than what we owe. We have no problems making our payments, we budgeted well and did not buy beyond our means. However, what can we do? We do not have 70-80,000 to bring to the table if we sell for less than our home is worth. We are considering, when the time comes for us to move, to try a short-sale or let the property go into foreclosure. We are hoping since my name in not on the loan, only my husband’s credit will be affected and we can still purchase another home. Do you have any suggestions for individuals in this specific situation?
Just a note for some comments. Yes, we knew values were falling, that is why we thought we could get a good deal. Was it reasonable to think that the value was going to drop by 40% in one year? You may say yes, looking back now, but at the time, most average home buyers did not. As far as knowing we were not going to stay, you’re right; that’s why we put 10% down. We have always purchased homes when we relocate and either break even (boost to credit score for paid-in-full mortgage OR made money). So PLEASE do not say that people like me are to blame for your problems. We have exceptional credit, put 10% down, used traditional, institutional financing, and bought a home that was 20% below market value for close proximity comps at the time.

Typo Fixers Get Probation For Damaging Rare Sign

PHOENIX – When it comes to marking up historic signs, good grammar is a bad defense.

Two self-styled vigilantes against typos who defaced a more than 60-year-old, hand-painted sign at Grand Canyon National Park were sentenced to probation and banned from national parks for a year.

Jeff Deck and Benjamin Herson pleaded guilty Aug. 11 for the damage done March 28 at the park’s Desert View Watchtower. The sign was made by Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, the architect who designed the rustic 1930s watchtower and other Grand Canyon-area landmarks.

Deck and Herson, both 28, toured the United States this spring, wiping out errors on government and private signs. They were interviewed by NPR and the Chicago Tribune, which called them "a pair of Kerouacs armed with Sharpies and erasers and righteous indignation."

An affidavit by National Park Service agent Christopher A. Smith said investigators learned of the vandalism from an Internet site operated by Deck on behalf of the Typo Eradication Advancement League, or TEAL.

Authorities said a diary written by Deck reported that while visiting the watchtower, he and Herson "discovered a hand-rendered sign inside that, I regret to report, contained a few errors."

The fiberboard sign has yellow lettering with a black background. Deck wrote that they used a marker to cover an erroneous apostrophe, put the apostrophe in its proper place with white-out and added a comma.

The misspelled word "emense" was not fixed, Deck wrote, because "I was reluctant to disfigure the sign any further. … Still, I think I shall be haunted by that perversity, emense, in my train-whistle-blighted dreams tonight."

Deck, of Somerville, Mass., and Herson, of Virginia Beach, Va., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to vandalize government property.

They were sentenced to a year’s probation, during which they cannot enter any national park or modify any public signs. They were also ordered to pay ,035 to repair the watchtower sign.

The TEAL Web site now has only this message — "Statement on the signage of our National Parks and public lands to come" — without a period.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080822/ap_on_fe_st/odd_sign_vandals;_ylt=AhgKdhzF_LwKf8JxPAxpzUTtiBIF

Would the SPLC consider this a hate crime ? Police arrest 2 latinos in teens dragging death will they get the death penalty for this or will separation of family stop all legal matters ?GLENDALE, Ariz. – Two 18-year-olds face murder charges in the dragging death of a 16-year-old girl.

Glendale police identify the suspects as Lino Chavez and Jose Solis Apodaca. The pair was arrested for the April 5 death of Anita Munoz (MOON’-yohz), a student at a suburban Phoenix high school.

Court paperwork says Chavez was arrested and booked for first-degree murder. The court ordered him held on 0,000 bond.

Apodaca is being held without bond. He faces first-degree murder, aggravated robbery and trafficking in stolen property.

It was not immediately clear whether the suspects had lawyers.

Police think the pair robbed Munoz of her laptop March 30.

After struggling with the girl, detectives think, the suspects tried to drive away and the teen either fell or was pushed from a vehicle in Glendale.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/az_glendale_teenager_killed

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With the housing market still in a slump, it is important to find a qualified person to handle a listing for anyone wanting to sell. Many people think they need to look for top realtors in Phoenix in order to get the most for their home. But it is sometimes hard to decide what makes these Realtors so great.

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