The Populist Movement was rural-based and developed to help the farmers mostly with the cost of transportation of their crops to markets, their prices, and a cooperative voice to sway government officials at both the state and federal levels with regards to the interest charged on loans for farmers. The Grange was a major organization for the farmers, a union if you will, like the unions formed for skilled and unskilled workers in industry. William Jennings Bryan was their standard bearer for three presidential elections. The Progressive Movement was an attempt to improve American society through charities and government actions. The Muckrakers were an important group of magazine, newspaper, and novelists that raised issues about the workers during the Gilded Age. Theodore Roosevelt (a Republican) and Woodrow Wilson (a democrat) were the two presidents most responsible for the success of the Progressive Movement. Each was driven by his concerns over domestic issues, and quite successful in bringing important changes for the betterment of working-class populations across America. Regardless of party affiliations, their efforts helped America socially, politically, and economically.

I'm a Marlins fan too. Stanton is worth keeping. Yu Darvish and Samardzija are kind of iffy. They will produce lots of strikeouts for you, but their ERA is something to be concerned with. Especially with Yu, pitching in Rangers Park... You should hang on to Bonifacio instead of Reyes. Bonifacio can be a 0.300 hitter if he has a good year, and he has as much speed as Reyes, plus Bonifacio qualifies for multiple positions (at least in the Yahoo leagues he does). Chapman is a solid player. Keep him. I had Fiers on my team last year, he was good. He kept his ERa down, but not big on strikeouts. You definitely should keep Jim Johnson. He's a fantastic closer and he'll only cost you a buck. With the money you save from going with Bonifacio instead of Reyes and not getting Samardzija, you could get Kershaw. Cespedes is pretty good. I'm not sure about Lancy Lynn though, he was solid for me throughout most of the season, but he fell apart at the end there a bit. What about getting Justin Morneau hits a bit better, and I do believe they have the same amount of power.

Yes, I love the older country music. Ray Price, Hank Sr., Hank Thompson,Lefty Frizzell, Faron Young, Loretta Lynn, Marty Robbins, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Mel Street, Mel Tillis,and several others. Fast forward to the seventies and eighties...this era included Moe Bandy, Joe Stampley, Vern Gosdin, Ricky Skaggs,[when he sang country, but he's still one of my favorites with his bluegrass] Patty Loveless,Barbara Mandrell, I could name several more but these were all before Garth and Shania came along and ruined country music. These kids today call the stuff they listen to country, but they don't know what real country music is.

You can't get too much for that gun and I think you are probably aware of that already. Many shops will not take your gun. Even if they do, they will not give you much for it. One of the best options is to put the gun on consignment and split the invoice price with the shop or haggle hard to get the most out of it. You will probably get $40 to $45 this way. Another option is to wait and take advantage of those "gun buy backs" programs. Many times, you will get more than what your gun's worth. Also, I would sell the holster separately. You could dump them online rather easily. Of course you could try to sell the gun to private parties. But, just think about all the possibilities before and after the gun was sold. In my opinion, it's not worth the trouble. PS: I am definitely not giving you smart comments even though they might sound like it. I am just offering you smart solutions with my limited brain power.

I wasn't able to find the video itself on DVD, but you could always find a download of the video and burn it to DVD for your grandfather. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dfMzvt6fc0