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Breaking News for Canadian Riders

Belt Drive 0 Nashville Bike Week 10:39 AM

<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nashville Bike Week has agreed to let Canadians know first about some great accommodations that are up for grabs for their event in September of 2017.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Since their cabins sold out the same day they went on sale and some Canadians got bumped as a result, Mike Axle, the promoter has put up 10 travel trailers that sleep 8 and is giving Canadian riders 3 days heads up on them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So - if you want to get your accommodations lined up for the FIRST EVER Nashville Bike Week and be part of history in the making, contact Mike Axle at:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nashvillebikeweek @ gmail.com   (Fix the spaces!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">or visit their web site at <a href="http://www.nashvillebikeweek.com/">www.nashvillebikeweek.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Some of the highlights of Nashville Bike Week:</span></h3>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">200 vendors on site.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Motorcycle stunt shows.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">4 stages of top artist playing every night.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bike games and bike shows.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bikini contest.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Zip lines.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Over $200,000 in giveaways</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Plus there are all of these exciting venues and rides to take in:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Natchez Trace</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tail of the Dragon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tour all civil war history areas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Grand Ole Opry</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tennessee Titans</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nashville Predators</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Fontenelle</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">General Jackson </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Hermitage</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ryman Auditorium</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Country Music Hall of Fame</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">3rd & Lindsley Bar & Grill</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Broadway in Downtown Nashville</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wild Beaver Saloon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">3rd & Lindsley Bar & Grill</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Broadway Brewhouse & Mojo Grill</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Whiskey Bent Saloon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bourbon Street Blues & Boogie Bar</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wildhorse Saloon</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Honky Tonk Central</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tin Roof</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Bootleggers Inn</span></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="font_7" style="border: 0px; line-height: normal; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Rippy's Bar & Grill</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Legends Corner</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">BB King's Blues Club</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tootsies Orchid Lounge</span></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="font_7" style="border: 0px; line-height: normal; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Riverfront Tavern</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Loveless Cafe</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Pucketts</span></div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="font_7" style="border: 0px; line-height: normal; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ruby Falls and Lookout Mountain</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Jack Daniels in Lynchburg, TN</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Memphis, Chattanooga and Knoxville</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Gatlinburg and the Smokey Mountains</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-style: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dollywood</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Nashville Bike Week will be THE EVENT to attend - September 14-24, 2017<span style="font-style: inherit;">!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Check out their web site for more information: <a href="http://www.nashvillebikekweek.com/">www.nashvillebikekweek.com</a></span></span></div>
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Breaking News for Canadian Riders

Belt Drive 0 Nashville Bike Week 10:39 AM

Nashville Bike Week has agreed to let Canadians know first about some great accommodations that are up for grabs for their event in September of 2017. Since their cabins sold out the same day they went on sale and some Canadians got bumped as a resul… Read more »

31Dec2015

"Further Than Yesterday, That's All That Counts" - A Book Review

Belt Drive 2 "Further than yesterday, Book Reviews, Canadian Armed Forces, Medric Cousineau, PTSD, Service Dogs, Survival, Thai, that's all the counts" 8:31 AM

Medric "Cous" Cousineau, SC, CD, Captain Retired, RCAF should be called the Robin Williams of the Canadian Forces.<br />
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I have had the honour of knowing Medric and his wife Jocelyn Cousineau for a number of years.<br />
My first time meeting this man was at the Wharf Rat Rally in Digby Nova Scotia.<br />
He was performing magic tricks. Everyone called him "Sea Dawg the Magic Man".<br />
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On the outside, this very large and jovial man came across as a class clown kind of guy. But his eyes held a look of something hidden, blocked off, almost dead unless he was speaking from a place of anger, the laughter he made everyone else experience never seemed to reach his eyes.<br />
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Like Robin Williams, Cous brought joy and laughter to others lives, but privately he was dying an emotional death.</div>
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Cous's book, "<a href="http://www.furtherthanyesterday.com/">Further Than Yesterday, That's All That Counts</a>" is a real, raw and detailed look at military service. It chronicles his time in the Canadian Forces and the harrowing sea rescue that he and his comrades under took. The one that sent him into the abyss.<br />
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I found it very difficult to read Cous's book. I'd pick it up, read a bit and then have to put it down again, but it kept drawing me back.<br />
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His descriptions of the horrifying painfulness of PTSD, are so bang on, so poignant and that's why this read captivated me and repelled me all at the same time.<br />
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His style of describing the demon called PTSD, draws you in, makes you feel the darkness, the hurt, the anguish. He makes you feel and understand the devastation that PTSD wreaked on his family.<br />
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Cous's service dog "Thai" has shown not only Medric and his family, but an entire nation the healing power of unconditional love.<br />
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Of all of the things a service dog does to enriched the life of its handler and their family, that unconditional love is probably the most profound.  This dog turned the lights on in Medric's head and heart and gave him a sense of purpose in his life, a renewed mission if you will.<br />
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That mission? To get others to understand and appreciate the life rejuvenating gift of service dogs.<br />
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This book is a must read for anyone whose life is touched by military service.<br />
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Get the book here: <a href="http://www.furtherthanyesterday.com/">www.furtherthanyesterday.com</a><br />
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"Further Than Yesterday, That's All That Counts" - A Book Review

Belt Drive 2 "Further than yesterday, Book Reviews, Canadian Armed Forces, Medric Cousineau, PTSD, Service Dogs, Survival, Thai, that's all the counts" 8:31 AM

Medric "Cous" Cousineau, SC, CD, Captain Retired, RCAF should be called the Robin Williams of the Canadian Forces. I have had the honour of knowing Medric and his wife Jocelyn Cousineau for a number of years. My first time meeting this man was at the… Read more »

22Dec2015

Motorcycling in Canada - A Ride Through our History - Part 10

Belt Drive 0 A Ride Through Our History, Canadian Motorcycle History, Ron Keys, Ross Pederson, Valentino Rossi, Yamaha 8:13 PM

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While Honda was the first Japanese Motorcycle Manufacturer to open offices in Canada, the true invasion of the Japanese motorcycle into Canada didn't begin until 1973 when Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki came to Canada.<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman";">The Yamaha Corporation in Japan began
by producing reed organs in 1887 with the name of Nippon Gaki Corporation
Ltd. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman";">The birth of the Yamaha Motor Company Ltd., <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is credited to Genichi Kawakami in 1953.
Genichi was looking to make use of idle machining equipment that was previously
being used for making aircraft propellers. While the company at that time was
already doing well on the financial front, the first president of the Yamaha
Motor Company was looking for the next area of business for Yamaha.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman";">He looked into
various products before the market and competitive forces led him to focus on
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman";">Genichi visited
the United States many times during the 50's. In his endeavor he had his
research division chief and other managers visit various factories around the
country of Japan. On their tour to Europe, Genichi and his team researched and
learned how to make a motorcycle that would compete with the best there was in
racetracks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></div>
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The first Yamaha Motorcycle was produced in 1955, the YA-1, by 1958, they were distributing motorcycles through Cooper Motors in the US. The YD1 (250cc, 2-stroke, twin cylinder, streetbike) and MF-1 (50cc, 2-stroke, single cylinder, streetbike, step-through) were the models that entered the US market first.<br />
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By 1960 the Yamaha International Corp was founded and they began selling their motorcycles and setting up a dealer network.</div>
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In 1972, Canadian Ron Keys garnered both the 125 and 500 titles at the motocross races in Chicoutimi QC, beating out two-time 500 World Champion Jeff Smith, on a Yamaha YZ125!<br />
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"Rollerball" dominated Canadian motocross, supercross, and arenacross for more than a dozen years. Between 1980 & 1993 he won an unprecedented 42 National Championships that included all eight of the Supercross Championships held in Canada.<br />
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As a corporation, Yamaha Canada has achieved some impressive heights. They are the first non American corporation to sign an agreement with the Cree's of Waskaganish QC. They were named one of the top 100 employees in Canada and were featured in Maclean's Magazine.</div>
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Yamaha's Riding Academy has taught thousands of young Canadians how to ride and instilled in them the desire to ride!</div>
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Motorcycling in Canada - A Ride Through our History - Part 10

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While Honda was the first Japanese Motorcycle Manufacturer to open offices in Canada, the true invasion of the Japanese motorcycle into Canada didn't begin until 1973 when Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki came to Canada. 0 0 1 180 1026 Belt… Read more »

09Dec2015

Political Correctness - Breeding Resentment, Hatred & Fear

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My daughter works for a multinational company that has just handed down the directive that no one is allowed to say "Merry Christmas" and the "Christmas" party is now a Holiday party.<br />
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We make allowances for others to celebrate their holidays so why is it that businesses and governments are making it so that we white Christians are being coerced into denying our religious backgrounds and traditions?<br />
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Where does any of this make any sense?<br />
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I don't get all pissy and cry that I am offended when Muslims celebrate Ramadan, Laylat al-Qadr, Eid al-Fitr, Hajj, Day of Arafat or Eid al-Adha.  </div>
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I don't get all pissy or cry that I am offended when Sikhs   celebrate Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday, Maghi, Diwali or any of their other holidays. </div>
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I don't get all offended when peoples who came here from countries like Thailand, Japan or other Buddhist countries celebrate Visakah Puja, or when the Chinese celebrate their religious holidays like Qing Ming Jie or Chinese New Year.</div>
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I don't get offended when those of Jewish decent celebrate Hanukkah, and you don't hear me whining when those of Mexican decent celebrate the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe.</div>
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I find it interesting and intriguing. I am curious and enjoy watching their celebrations.</div>
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I do not understand how multiculturalism works obviously.  Apparently if you are white and Christian, you are not a part of the multiculturalism that creates the fabric of this country.</div>
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I am unsure as to why it needs to be this way.</div>
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I have contract employees who live in India, and I ensure that my work schedule for them does not conflict with their sacred holidays and other traditions, the same for those who are Canadian and American and of different faiths who contract with me.</div>
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I respect their right to celebrate their holidays and observe their faiths.</div>
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When Jehovah Witnesses come to my door, I thank them for caring and express that I have my own faith.  They respect that and leave peacefully and I peacefully shut my door.</div>
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Why can we not learn to live and let live?  WHY is it wrong to be white and Christian?</div>
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Why are our governments and the business community shunning us?</div>
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Can someone explain to me what the heck is going on?</div>
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I am truly becoming resentful of those who would change my way of life in an effort to push their will, religions and traditions.</div>
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I do my best to accept everyone, to see the good in everyone I can, but it's becoming harder and harder to be tolerant when we are constantly discriminated against.  </div>
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I can empathize with the First Nations peoples of this country and how our ancestors tried to rob them of their traditions and beliefs.</div>
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I am heart sick - completely heart sick.</div>
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<b>When are we ever going to learn that we are all just people and that we can agree to disagree?</b></h3>
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When are we ever going to just learn love, tolerance and acceptance?</h3>
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Sometimes I wished I could just hide from all of the ugliness and the hatred.</div>
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I don't want to be hate filled.  I want to be loving, kind and accepting.</div>
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Can someone help me understand why it is so wrong to be white?  To be Christian?</div>
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Are we simply paying the price for the sins of our forefathers?</div>
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I pray that one day, we will all learn to respect each other and celebrate our differences.<br />
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Political Correctness - Breeding Resentment, Hatred & Fear

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03Dec2015

Going Back to Our Roots - an exciting time!

Belt Drive 0 Belt Drive Betty Media, BKC News Bytes, The Busted Knuckle Chronicles 1:01 PM

A number of months ago while I was dealing with a diagnosis of adrenal fatigue and benign tumours I was struggling with how to manage Belt Drive Betty Media and everything we provide for riders.<br />
On top of the work load, 2015 has been one heck of a year, my mother died, I said goodbye to an aunt with brain cancer, my husband crashed his truck, I lost several good friends to a variety of things like motorcycle crashes. The court case with Sturgis North/Canada is dragging on and on with zero movement....<br />
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I have been tired, worn out and feeling used up for quite a while...<br />
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We do a lot of charitable and non profit work in this community and I love doing it.  I live to do it.<br />
I needed to find a better way of balancing things. Being a small company with only 2 staff, it has become harder to do and with me so sick, well let's just say it's been a rough, rough go. (Poor Ali)<br />
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I am a dreamer, a determined dreamer.  I know that what you focus on is what you get and I also know that there is an answer to every challenge.<br />
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One night, after meditating on the issue before me,<b> I had a dream that changed my outlook on everything.</b><br />
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In the dream I relaunched the Busted Knuckle Chronicles in print format, going right back to the roots of the paper.  The dream held all the answers to the challenges I had faced in the past with distribution and printing issues...<br />
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With a renewed sense of purpose, I set about learning all about how to provide a team of territory publishers the content, the tools & the resources to print the community news that would pertain to their region. I figured out how to make it financially viable  and rewarding for everyone who wanted to be a part of it.<br />
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<b>And then Ali and I set about getting everything put together....</b><br />
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<b>And so, I am proud to announce that "The <a href="http://www.bkcnewsbytes.ca/">BKC News Bytes</a>" is ready to launch!</b></h3>
Beginning in December of 2015 The Busted Knuckle Chronicles News Bytes will begin hitting a pub, coffee shop or waiting room near you!<br />
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This is how we started out - EXACTLY!<br />
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All those years ago (14 to be exact), I could not wrap my head around distribution or the right method of print, after all I was just learning.  But now, well, I have learned a lot, met a lot of people <b>and have finally been able to put together a win, win, win package that serves everyone well.</b><br />
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<b>With a national print agreement with <a href="http://www./">Staples</a> and territory publishers who are on contract that can earn great income, we now have an even bigger, broader way to serve the riding community.</b><br />
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The BKC News Bytes is filled with small news bytes of the bigger stories provided by the national paper, <a href="http://www.bustedknucklenews.com/">The Busted Knuckle Chronicles</a>.<br />
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The Thoughts to Ponder section of the paper is filled with things that will make you go HMMMM...<br />
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The upcoming events for YOUR community and region are powered by our National Events Calendars at <a href="http://www.canadianmotorcycleevents.com/">www.canadianmotorcycleevents.com</a><br />
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"All Things Canadian" by my beaver mascot, Road Trip Rita provides you with interesting tidbits on Canada and its people.<br />
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 The Funny Bone is jokes, family friendly jokes that an 8 year old can tell his grandma without getting his mouth washed out with soap!<br />
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Belt Drive Betty's Word Search, put pen to paper and occupy yourself while you are waiting for your meal, you car, your appointment!<br />
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We have currently have 7 territory publishers, (the 5 below plus one new person who is being trained and myself).<br />
Between all of us we are slated to be opening 64 distribution territories by the end of March 2015!<br />
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<b>Our goal is to be in 200+ territories by the end of March 2016.  </b><br />
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Our first distribution regions are: All of Vancouver Island (10 territories), 13 territories in the Fraser Valley, 15 territories in Alberta, 16 territories in Saskatchewan and 10 territories in Ontario! <br />
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Belt Drive 0 Belt Drive Betty Media, BKC News Bytes, The Busted Knuckle Chronicles 1:01 PM

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Fear breeds Hatred and Perpetuates Violence

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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2f3c;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As I read the comments on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/beltdrivebetty/posts/10153770713864283?comment_id=10153771420834283&reply_comment_id=10153771448049283&notif_t=feed_comment">Facebook statement</a> where I ask for courage, strength and love to prevail, comments that are spawned from hatred and fear, I am afraid for this beautiful country that I love with all my heart.  <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2f3c;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As a female of Irish, Scottish, Polish, English and French decent I want to remind very Canadian that our forefathers all came from somewhere else.  </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2f3c;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As I look back at the history of my family, I realize that some fled the potato famines, some fled persecution and all came here looking for opportunity and a better life, I am sure you can look at your family's past and see similar things. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2a2f3c;">Even our First Nations people came from somewhere else before they settled in Canada. Our First Nations peoples have inhabited this country for some 10,000 years.</span><span style="color: #2a2f3c;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2a2f3c;">I ask you to l</span><span style="color: #2a2f3c;">ook</span><span style="color: #2a2f3c;"> at the beginnings of this country we call Canada…..</span><span style="color: #2a2f3c;"> First Nations people were slaughtered, and treated horribly by those who came here seeking a better life, not by all, but by some.  And see the divisions, the misunderstandings, the hurt and yes hatred this has caused for many.</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #2a2f3c; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I believe that we need to continue to strive to be better people than our forefathers were.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2a2f3c;">Did we learn nothing from our past?</span><span style="color: #2a2f3c;">  </span><span style="color: #2a2f3c;">Is history always going to repeat itself?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2f3c;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I believe with all my heart that our government needs look after those who already live here much better than they do.  <b>I believe we need stronger immigration policies that help us weed out the bad apples BEFORE they arrive here.</b> I believe that we need to look after our veterans, soldiers and their families better than we do. <b>We need to hold our politicians and bureaucrats accountable far better than we do.  </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2f3c;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I believe ALL OF THAT – HOWEVER…I have some questions to ask of those who are overcome by fear and hatred….<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2f3c;">If I said that all Irish Protestants are violent because of the actions of the IRA or some members of the Orange party in Toronto between 1867 and 1892, would I be right?  My great grandmother’s family was Irish </span><span style="color: #2a2f3c;">Protestant</span><span style="color: #2a2f3c;"> </span><span style="color: #2a2f3c;">; none of them was party to any of that, as far as our family history allows us to know.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2f3c;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If I said that all Canadian Frenchmen are divisive and ignorant because of the politics of men like Gilles Duceppe would I be right? My uncles and aunts that I just came home from visiting are for the most part, pretty open minded Frenchmen.  They accept this English speaking westerner and between my broken French and their broken English we get along quite well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2f3c;">If I said that all Polish people were members of organized crime because of the conduct of those who were members of the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1c1c1c;">Pruszków mafia would I be right?  My great grandma’s family on my dad’s side was Polish, but in none of their history can I find any reference to them being party to organized crime.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1c1c1c;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2a2f3c;">If I said that all Cops are drunks and murderers because of the actions of people like Monte Robinson would I be right?</span><span style="color: #2a2f3c;">  </span><span style="color: #2a2f3c;">My uncle Serge was a cop for over 35 years; he was and is a moral man, the same with my adopted uncle, Rick.</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2f3c;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If I said that all priests were pedophiles because of the conduct of Father Eric Dejaeger, would I be right?  My great uncle Armand Plourd was a priest.  As far as I know he never molested anyone and was in fact a good man.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2f3c;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If I said all who ride motorcycles are criminal in nature because of the actions of some members of some clubs, would I be right?  I ride a motorcycle; I do not view myself as a criminal. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2f3c;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You see if I bought into any of the above statements, my entire family, from every nationality, every walk of life would have to be condemned as “BAD”; myself included. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2f3c;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When we use generalizations to describe any group of people we do a disservice to all people including ourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2f3c;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We need to remember that above all, be you black, red, white or purple, be you Christian, Jew, Muslim, Protestant or Catholic – we are all people first and to generalize, to profile is wrong. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2f3c;">Courage - we need to have courage, to exhibit courage.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2f3c;">One definition of courage is: "</span>strength in the face of pain or grief."  Another is<br />"the choice and willingness to confront agony, pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tolerance - we need to have tolerance, to exhibit tolerance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One definition of tolerance is; </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , , sans-serif;">the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behaviour that one does not necessarily agree with.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Caution - we need to be cautious, to be protective.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">One definition of caution is: </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , , sans-serif;">care taken to avoid danger or mistakes.</span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2f3c;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A wise man once said:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2f3c;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it-always. Mahatma Gandhi<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2f3c;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He also said: An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #2a2f3c;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's how I see things, what say you?</span></span></div>
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Fear breeds Hatred and Perpetuates Violence