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$30K in Ridgecrest fireworks July 3, fundraiser June 19 Ridgecrest Daily Independent The Ridgecrest Lions Club is teaming with Ridgecrest Shoutouts to put on a community fireworks show on July 3 at the Desert Empire Fairgrounds. The Fulcos will play and food vendors will be available. The estimated cost will be $30,000 for fireworks alone and $36,000 including fire marshals and other expenses, Lion Steve Morgan said. General donations for the Fireworks Display can be made to “The Ridgecrest L...

Female footy star flying high in America Mention local players making it big in America and football fans will automatically think of the legendary, Diphetogo ‘Dipsy’ Selolwane. Followers of the ladies game, however, might respond differently. That’s because for the last three years, national team winger, Thuto Ramafifi has been making waves of her own in the States. The 29-year-old turns out for Georgia-based Albany State University in the College Leagues and has impressed with her pace ...

Disk Ripper Market Research Report 2021-2027: COVID-19 outbreak has recorded all the recent development and changes in the  Disk Ripper Market Report & analysis of the pre and post pandemic market scenarios According to a new report published by Garner Insights, titled, “””””””””””””””” Disk Ripper Market: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021 – 2027,”””””””””””””””” the market was valued at USD xx millio...

Action Comics #1 Ashcan Sells For $204,000 At Auction Posted on A copy of the Action Comics #1 Ashcan recently sold for $204,000 at auction. One of only three known copies, the last one sold for $50,000 twelve years ago and the other is in the DC Comics vaults. Intriguingly, the Action Comics ashcan doesnt have any Superman in it, just pages from Detective Comics and it was only a way to secure a trademark on a comic book title for a publisher. But it does have a cover that was never used. Th...

 October 16, 2020 The draw for the tournament will be staged on the pitch at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Thursday, October 22 at 10h00, and will be streamed live on www.COSAFA.com. Botswana coach Gaoletlhoo Nkutlusang has named her provisional squad for the coming COSAFA Women’s Championship that will be held in South Africa’s Nelson Mandela Bay from November 3-14. The team has been inactive for eight months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but skipper Bonang Otlhagile says this should...

CZ 82 Pistols: Compact Cold War Firepower 1982: War seems forever on the horizon as an icy – yet smoldering – blanket of tension grips Europe. It was the Cold War, and in the eyes of many Americans today there were only two sides: the democratic West and the Soviet East. Anything east of West Germany was just a sea of red.  Enter the CZ 82 pistol, a gun that both confirms and contradicts this idea.  History is rarely black and white (or red and blue in this case). The guns of the Cold ...

Colt Python 4.25″ U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- Back in 1988, Colt Python was my gateway drug to handgun collecting. She had a barrel that was 4″ long, Pachmayr grips, and a polished blue that looked like it was made out of black chrome. That Python was my sidearm for many years. I moved on to other revolvers and of course semi-autos but that Python was special and almost always made a trip with me to the range. Unfortunately, it was stolen from my truck about 12 years ago. She gave me 20 year...

Concerning the decision regarding the cal tek. can you explain to the jury your understanding of double action vs. single action guns? >> of course. a firearm that has double action requires the trigger in the hammer to do two separate things, two separate motions. one is as you are squeezing the trigger, the hammer was in front. was forward it has to come back. thats the one action. then it comes forward and it fires the firing pin, which sets off the firearm. single action would mean the firea...

>> i have a question or two. can you explain for the jury your understanding of double action versus single action guns? >> of course. a firearm that has double action requires the trigger in the hand to do two separate things, two separate motions, one is as youre squeezing the trigger, the hammer that was in front, it was forward and then it has to come back, then it comes forward. a single action means the hammer mechanism is back and one as you squeeze the trigger, it does one action, which ...

Double action, correct? >> yes. >> meaning by that that you dont need to do -- you need to have a certain amount of weight and intent to fire that firearm, correct? >> what double action refers to is pulling the trick gegger, co and releasing the firearm mechanism. >> the very characteristic of being a double action is a safety feature, correct? >> yes. >> okay. meaning that there are some firearms, are there not, some semi-automatics, where if you actually rachet, if you have a cartridge in the...