A large chunk of USA Hockey’s budget comes from membership fees; which are mandatory if you want to play, coach, officiate, or manage a team in a USA Hockey sanctioned league or tournament.

For historical perspective:

They got a lot of best pictures wrong in the ‘90s. Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line, Braveheart over Apollo 13, Forrest Gump over Pulp Fiction, The Silence of the Lambs over Beauty and the Beast, Driving Miss Daisy over Field of Dreams.

There are, including the ‘Yotes rink; 11 ice arenas in Arizona. Contrast that with about 30 in Florida, and 9 in Nevada. Here’s the list in Minnesota

The age of consent in Georgia is 16; there’s no close-in-age exception. However, if the offender is under 19, and there is less than 4 years age difference, the charge is a misdemeanor.

“Doesn’t this just screw over smaller companies in the long run?”

It’s because the IRS recended Bob Jones University’s tax exemption.

“Basic corporate governance rules that allow shareholders “with insignificant stakes in public companies [to] make shareholder proposals that pursue social or political agendas unrelated to the interests of the shareholders as a whole”—which is to say, the ability of non-huge investors to participate in the governance…

On the contrary, I think something as pedestrian (pun intended) as a tunnel would be a huge risk.

And it’s not just OSHA that’s concerned about excavation, considerd one of the most hazardous construction operations.

There will be, at least in Europe; where the ECE regulation will require automatic headlamp activation with an ambient light sensor; and headlamp switch that allows the autolamps to be active with every ignition cycle.

It’s always worth pointing out that the CAFE is calculated for the fleet. It doesn’t matter that automakers can build 50+MPG vehicles; because the CAFE number is an average fuel economy of what they sold. If you have a 25MPG truck and a 75MPG PHEV; your CAFE number is 50 if you sell one of each. Sell 8 trucks and 2…

Everybody is asking this: “How many traditional gas stations do auto makers own?”

There’s some nagging thought that the name, which was originally given to his grandfather, were specifically to honor Jefferson Davis, president of the confederacy; and PGT Beauregard, prominent confederate general. And considering Sessions is 70 years old; the math works out that Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, Sr.…

USA Hockey has been cracking down on abuse of officials with a renewed emphasis of zero tolerance.

Oh, I have no doubt that some mid-level officer did the detailed planning and presented the summary to up the chain of command; which presented a summary of the summary to the President. I would hope that the President would ask questions and look for the downside to weigh the risks vs rewards; and it looks like that…

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It’s really not that much of a worry. Between the Muslim Ban, appointing Jerry Falwell Jr. to lead higher education reform panels, and DeVos at Education; the United States is going to quickly surrender it’s scientific leadership.

That’s not true. The UCMJ obligates the individual to refuse all unlawful orders. Yes, that’s it’s a positive defense if one was to be brought up on charges; you’d need to prove that the order was unlawful.