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When Copper comes out to the B.F. Kitchen Elementary School playground, half a dozen children run over as if the blue vest on the school therapy dog is magnetized.
"Hi, buddy," 10-year-old Christina Sible said Thursday afternoon, bending down to pet Copper, a certified therapy and facility dog. "I love dogs. I love animals. He just lifts my spirits during the day. He just makes everyone happy."
Copper, a nearly three-year-old golden retriever whose birthday is on April 3, works at the Loveland school Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. He helps out with playground duty during recess, assists the crossing-guard on Monday mornings and provides support in the classroom, the counseling office and during after-school programs.
"Copper loves kids. He has loved kids since he was a little puppy," said Jennifer VonLintel, school counselor at B.F. Kitchen and Copper's owner. "Seeing him light up and the tail wagging and having the kids around affirms to me that it's a great fit."
When VonLintel brings Copper to school, the students greet him first before they greet her, which she takes as a good sign.
"You want to make sure the kids like the dog," she said.
VonLintel decided to get involved in therapy dogs after a Human Animal Bond in Colorado, or HABIC, handling team visited the school in 2009 to help counsel students through a Colorado State University research grant. She started training Copper, who was four months at the time, for the next 18 months through Canine Community Heroes in Greeley.
In October 2011, VonLintel began bringing Copper to the school. She doesn't know of any other schools in Thompson School District who have therapy dogs on site throughout the school year.
"He can safely work around people, particularly around children," VonLintel said.
A good therapy dog, she said, can stay calm in varying circumstances, such as dozens of children in the hallways, fire alarms going off for drills and smells of food coming from the cafeteria.
Copper has a few duties at the school, including:
The Reading Retriever program, where students work on their reading goals by reading to him or explaining what they just read.
"It's a lot of fun just reading to a dog," VonLintel said. "They're very attentive listeners."
Reading to a dog is "a little touch of home," said Jane Askham, library media assistant.
"He's easy to relate to. They really trust him," she said.
Animal-assisted therapy, working in the counseling office alongside VonLintel as she helps students on their social and emotional goals, such as attention, organization and communication. Or he's there when staff needs to break tough news to a student as a source of comfort.
Positive incentive and reward programs, where students who meet their attendance or behavior goals, such as taking a walk with him or engaging in a 10-minute play session.
Dog safety presentations, where he visits classrooms with VonLintel when she demonstrates safe dog handling.
Copper also is present during the Tiger Trekkers summertime family hikes on dog approved trails and Tiger Tutors, an after-school tutoring program on Tuesdays. Fourth- and fifth-graders tutor the younger students on their homework, while also developing mentoring and leadership skills.
"Kids that are struggling, that are having problems, this is a bright spot in the day for them," said Pat Geddes, kindergarten teacher. "If they're having troubles ... it let's them have a furry, friendly face around."
To learn more about Copper's story and school therapy dogs, go to schooltherapydogs.org.
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Surgeon report on illness in New Orleans, 1862Item 70234 info
Maine Historical Society
For Brig. Gen. George F. Shepley, serving as military governor of Louisiana meant dealing with military as well as social and political issues.
A number of types of requests and reports crossed his desk -- health needs of soldiers, reports on captured property, troop strength for the occupied territory, soldier behavior, and soldier requests for promotions or endorsement of promotion, among many others.
Dr. Gale on deceased soldier, New Orleans, 1862Item 70236 info
Maine Historical Society
Surgeons assigned to regiments often were blunt in their assessment of health issues. In the previous letter, Enoch Adams of the 14th Maine wrote, "There is not a man sleeping on the ground that has not a cough," as he urged bunks for soldiers.
Dr. George F. Gale, surgeon for the 8th Vermont, wrote in his brief report that a soldier "died last night in Hospital from starvation."
The climate in Louisiana, along with the conditions facing many troops, resulted in large numbers of death from disease.
Report on concealed guns, equipment, New Orleans, 1862Item 70955 info
Maine Historical Society
While Shepley did not directly command troops, he was kept apprised of troop activity and often was involved in issues related to the security of the Union-occupied areas of Louisiana.
Shepley received a letter from Col. F. S. Nickerson of the 14th Maine Volunteers who wrote to Col. Nathan Dudley, assistant military commandant of New Orleans, to report that he had "positive information" about concealed equipment and guns that had been taken from the Marine Hospital when Union forces arrived in New Orleans.
He sought permission to search for the items and take them as contraband of war.
Instructions when alarm sounded, New Orleans, 1862Item 71946 info
Maine Historical Society
Because New Orleans remained part of the war zone, Union forces needed plans for emergencies.
Shepley, then military commandant of New Orleans, along with Lt. Godfrey Wietzel of the U.S. Engineers who was assistant military commandant, issued confidential instructions for troop movements and assignments in case an alarm was sounded.
Col. William Kimball report on capture of battery, New Orleans, 1862Item 71952 info
Maine Historical Society
Col. William Kimball of Shepley's former regiment, the 12th Maine Infantry, reported on the successful capture of a Rebel battery.
In his report, he praised all regiments involved, writing that he wanted to "express to you my full confidence in their gallantry, courage & discipline, as exhibited during the entire expedition."
Brig. Gen. G.F. Shepley to Edwin Stanton, Portland, 1862Item 72122 info
Maine Historical Society
Shepley, in anticipation of his expected visit to Washington, D.C., in the summer of 1862, wrote to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton that more troops were needed for the Union to effectively occupy New Orleans and areas of Louisiana.
Rebels were still active in the area, but in addition, troops were needed to deal police reported stores of weapons, dealings with the Confederacy, escaped slaves, and numerous other issues.
Nathaniel Banks telegram on Opelousas, 1863Item 74976 info
Maine Historical Society
Shepley worked closely with, and under the direction of, the military commander for the Department of the Gulf.
The first commander was Shepley's friend, Gen. Benjamin Butler. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks replaced Butler in December 1862.
Banks sent Shepley a telegram on April 18, 1863, telling him the army would soon be at Opelousas, Louisiana, and asking Shepley to meet the troops there.
Union forces occupied Opelousas and Banks wanted to have the presence of the military governor when the troops completed their occupation.
Gen. Shepley warning on Rebel attack, New Orleans, 1863Item 75082 info
Maine Historical Society
Shepley kept in close touch with the officers who were directly commanding troops.
Here, Shepley warns Gen. Godfrey Weitzel about a potential Rebel attack if Banks' troops moved to Port Hudson to retrieve ordnance stores.
Gen. Banks telegram on Confederates loss of boat, Louisiana, 1863Item 75223 info
Maine Historical Society
Banks reported to Shepley that Union forces near New Iberia in April 1863, "pressed the enemy so hard that they have been obliged to destroy the gunboat Hart, iron clad, & the best boat they had."
Gen. Banks concern about gambling, New Orleans, 1863Item 76121 info
Maine Historical Society
Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks was concerned that a gambling house in New Orleans that was "frequented by a large number of officers of the Army."
Banks wrote that the "reputation and the interest of the government require that these places shall be closed." He reported that a lieutenant had lost $300 in one night.
Gen. Shepley endorsement of Webb promotion, New Orleans, 1863Item 75083 info
Maine Historical Society
Soldiers frequently sought Shepley's formal endorsement -- or his influence -- in their requests for promotion.
Commissions generally were given to those with political or social influence, but soldiers in the field maneuvered to get promotions.
In this case, Shepley endorsed the promotion of Charles Webb, quartermaster of the 12th Maine, to quartermaster of the army and to a rank of captain.
Inquiry about lack of soldier's promotion, Auburn, 1863Item 75086 info
Maine Historical Society
The process of promotions sometimes brought complaints and disappointments to ambitious soldiers -- and their families.
Sumner Wood of Auburn wrote to Shepley to find out why his brother, Sgt. William D. Wood, of the 1st Maine Battery had not been promoted.
He complained that a private was promoted to lieutenant and Sgt. Wood was not.
Laurens Joyce request for troop command, Florida, 1863Item 75479 info
Maine Historical Society
Especially after the spring of 1862 when President Lincoln approved formation of black regiments, many soldiers sought to move into officer positions in black regiments -- which generally had white officers.
Capt. Lauren Joyce of Brunswick sought such a command. Joyce, of the 15th Maine, asked Shepley to endorse him to command a "Colored Regiment."
Recommendation for Laurens Joyce appointment, Florida, 1863Item 75480 info
Maine Historical Society
In addition to Joyce's letter, Shepley received one from Col. Isaac Dyer, commander of the 15th Maine, who recommended that Joyce be promoted to colonel and be given command of a black regiment.
Capt. Joyce letter on black troops, 1863Item 75484 info
Maine Historical Society
Capt. Laurens Joyce wrote another letter to Shepley, furthering his plea for command of a black regiment.
He wrote, "With the information which I possess I do not hesitate to say that a Regiment of Negroes can be raised here and in the neighborhood."
Joyce added, "I respectfully solicit your influence if not incompatible with previous engagements in procuring me such a command."
There is no indication that Joyce ever received his sought-after promotion.
Gen. Shepley endorsement of Capt. Buck promotion, New Orleans, 1863Item 75482 info
Maine Historical Society
Capt. Alfred E. Buck of the 13th Maine had better luck. Shepley endorsed his promotion to color and command of a black regiment.
Buck had received endorsements and recommendations from the lieutenant colonel of his regiment and from brigadier generals Sherman and Neal Dow.
In October 1864, Buck, a graduate of Colby College, began a lieutenant colonel in the 51st U.S. Colored Infantry.
Surgeon Thompson to Gen. Shepley, Point Lookout, MD, 1863Item 76531 info
Maine Historical Society
Sometimes, Shepley's correspondents reported back to him that they had been promoted. This was especially true of officers Shepley had served with in the 12th Maine Infantry Regiment.
Surgeon James H. Thompson of the 12th Maine wrote about his promotion to Surgeon of Volunteers and his assignment at the Point Lookout, Maryland, prisoner of war camp, where he was chief medical officer.
Thompson wrote that the camp held "only" 8,000 prisoners -- 1,000 having recently been exchanged for Union soldiers being held prisoner.

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Keep rolling right along...
Cozart SS
Heisey CF
Phillips 2B
Ludwick LF
Bruce RF
Frazier 1B
Rolen 3B
Navarro C
Leake P
Keep rolling right along...
Cozart SS
Heisey CF
Phillips 2B
Ludwick LF
Bruce RF
Frazier 1B
Rolen 3B
Navarro C
Leake P
I'm liking this lineup. Hitters 1-9.
There are only two seasons - Winter and Baseball.
I hate to ask and be that person....but just trying to guess with Dusty mainly
....is Stubbs not his best at Houston? Lol
I'm not in any way saying I want him in there....just trying logicize with Dusty.
No one (but me) wants him in lineup when he plays and then he sits and you watch people will gripe. Maybe he got traded for Pierre?
When Bruce hit a horrific slump they sat him for a while. When Rolen hit a horrific slump he was sat for a while and made some swing changes with Jacoby. Maybe they're working with Stubbs behind the scenes, at the moment Heisey is easily the better option so I have no issues here.
Hopefully someone told Heisey not to dive for balls he can't catch because that is really bad news in Houston.
If Dusty was going to play Drew all these other games He should use him in Minute Maid Park to wake his bat up like last time we went there. I like the lineup just wish I understood his thinking on why now.
We need to roll these guys for 3 and try to get this put to bed early and start lining things up for October.
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Cards losing again, 3-0 Nats, bot 3 against Wainwright
Nats now 5-0 over Cards, still bot 3
6-0 Nats, still bot 3
Can't let the Cardinals cast offs beat us.
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Good job escaping
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Chris Mousdale
I would not expect an article like this on here. Design is not just about CSS3 effects and fonts – in other words it's not just visual candy. I thought this was common knowledge now? Obviously not.
I would spend the time mentioned in this article to ask questions about why your site is not working and then form a brief to work with a designer. To address the key issues with your site. Not just throw random things at your site. What is that actually achieving? Your just wasting time and delaying an inevitable redesign.
I'm a designer and have used Bootstrap – only when I think the web site / app would require it. I wouldn't just use it for the sake of using it as it adds thousands of lines of CSS and JS. Plus it actually takes a lot of work to make it look NOT like a generic bootstrap build. For simple designs I have actually found it quicker to just write my own code than get bootstrap up and running, and then try and restyle it.
So please, spend time asking what your site needs, and why you think it's not working, rather than just putting stuff on it for the sake of making it look better to your eyes.
Remember that in most cases you are not your user. What may look good to you may not look good to other people. Especially if your a self confessed programmer and not a designer.


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The Australian government is implementing a location-based emergency SMS alert system in preparation for the bushfire season. The system will enable emergency services to send alerts and warnings via SMS to mobile phones based on the where the phone is, in addition to its registered address.
This world-first technology is an enhancement to the existing Emergency Alert system instituted in 2009, which sends alerts to mobile phones or landlines based only on the registered address of the phone. The upgrade allowing location-based alerts was led by the state of Victoria, where trials have already been carried out in 13 locations and are scheduled for four more locations this month.
"Getting emergency warnings out effectively during a disaster is absolutely critical," said Nicola Roxon, Minister for Emergency Management and the Attorney-General of Australia. "After all, mobile phones are mobile. This update will help emergency services to get warnings to the right people at the right time in the right place."
The government has spent over AU$60 million (US$62 million) to establish and upgrade Emergency Alert. Customers of the service provider Telstra will have access to the system in December, while Vodafone and Optus customers will be incorporated next year.


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I agree. If we keep Tanny, we will be undermining the new GM & scaring away many potential suitors.The Jets are reaching out to potential GM candidates, while exploring ways to keep current GM Mike Tannenbaum in a cap management role, according to league sources.
The Jets are trying to beef up their front office, particularly in personnel, given their failing in the draft and free agency in recent years. But owner Woody Johnson is looking for a way to keep Tannenbaum in a different capacity, primarily as a negotiator/cap guy, sources said. The team has quietly reached out to potential candidates to gauge interest in the bizarre arrangement, including approaching Mike Maccagnan, Houston's director of college scouting.
As expected, candidates have significant issues with the parameters, sources said. Tannenbaum has created many of the Jets issues with bloated contracts given to players like Mark Sanchez and Santonio Holmes, to name two, coupled with cap mismanagement that has left New York in a difficult plight heading into 2013. Furthermore, Tannenbaum has shared a very close relationship with Johnson, which naturally would be a red flag for someone joining the Jets from the outside.
Several potential GM candidates -- men expected to garner interviews for soon-to-be-open general manager jobs -- said they would never consider taking the Jets job under these circumstances and doubted that any strong candidate would.
"That's totally ridiculous," one exec said. "Only the Jets."
In the end, Johnson may have to bite the bullet and part with Tannenbaum in order to land a someone highly qualified for the position.
A GM won't want to work for an owner who's constantly stepping on their toes, especially from the beginning. Just let them do their job.
If Woody decides that Tanny isn't the right guy for the job anymore, he must be removed from the organization entirely.


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Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) is scheduled to announce its Q2 earnings on April 25. The stock has gained almost 25% in the last six months on a couple of solid quarterly earnings and a general upbeat about the American economy. Overall, Starbucks' strategy is to diversify its offerings in the relatively saturated American market while leveraging its brand to expand internationally. Here are some of the trends to watch out for in the upcoming earnings release.
Strong U.S. Sales
The U.S. is the backbone of Starbucks with more than 60% of its global stores operating in the world's largest economy. The company's same-store sales in the U.S. have consistently grown 6%-7% over the last few quarters, which is quite impressive for a mature restaurant chain. Moreover, this figure is sustainable as the company looks to generate more revenue through its expanded food offerings.
Currently, Starbucks is in the testing phase of La Boulange products in select stores and plans to roll out the entire range in its 2,500 company-operated stores across the U.S. beginning of spring 2013. La Boulange is a San Francisco-based bakery chain that Starbucks acquired last year for $100 million. Only a third of Starbucks' transactions consist of food orders and, naturally, the company sees an opportunity to grow this figure.
Same-store sales growth is an important parameter to gauge a restaurant chain's performance since it excludes the effect of currency fluctuations and only includes the restaurants open for more than a year. Sales of newly opened restaurants could be unusually high or low and can distort the overall revenue/store figure.
Global Expansion
Starbucks is in the midst of a major expansion with plans to add 1,300 new stores by the end of the fiscal (i.e., Oct. 2012 to Sept. 2013). Most of the additions will be in Asia-Pacific and Americas region. The company has set its eyes on China as a key market as it looks to grow the store count in the region to 1,500 by the end of 2015. The world's most populous nation will surpass Canada as the second most important market for the company in the next two years.
The company-wide operating margins should continue to expand due to a greater mix of licensed restaurants. Licensed stores usually have margins three or four times higher than those of company-operated stores so a greater proportion of licensed stores will have a tendency to expand the overall margins. More than half of Starbucks stores are company-operated currently, but the company has lately shown a preference for licensed stores. Therefore, it won't be surprising to see the company-wide margins widen.
Channel Development
The channel development segment includes packaged coffee/tea as well as K-Cups and brewers sold through third party retailers. Their sales were up 13% to $380 million in the previous quarter helped by K-Cups sales and the introduction of the Verismo in September. Starbucks plans to double the international footprint of this segment within the next three years. The sales of this division should continue to grow strongly as the company keeps expanding into new geographies and rolls out new products.
We have a $55 price estimate for Starbucks, which is slightly lower than the current market price.
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-- Hannah Diaz, 20, 24 E. Dunstable Road, Nashua; warrant.
-- Joseph Fitzgibbons, 51, 19 Acton Road, Chelmsford; operating under the influence of liquor, operating to endanger, failure to stay in marked lanes.
-- Andrew Gosselin, 50, 68 Mission Road, Tyngsboro; operating after license revoked, operating unregistered motor vehicle, failure to use interlock.
-- Robert Spicer, 29, 77 Agawam St., Lowell; warrant.
-- Jonathan Harvey, 23, 32 Sunset Ave.; operating under the influence of alcohol, operating after suspension, speeding.
-- Amanda Nicolosi, 22, 17 Williams Ave., Westford; disturbing the peace, resisting arrest, two counts assault and battery on a police officer.
-- Javon Siri, 19, 829 Bridge St.; possession of a Class B substance with intent to distribute, possession of a Class D substance with intent to distribute, possession of a Class B substance with intent to distribute in a school zone, possession of a Class D substance with intent to distribute in a school zone.
-- Roberto Pagan, 25, 17 Third Ave., front; domestic assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (bat).
-- Shana Manzi, 25, 9 Sapling Circle, Unit 3, Nashua; operating after revocation, receiving stolen property over $250, leaving the scene of a property damage accident, fugitive from justice.


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"Please don't let me strangle my mother," I plead silently as I try for the umpteenth time to coax her hand into the sleeve of her sweater. She is sitting on the edge of her bed holding her arm stiffly against her body, refusing to unbend her elbow. It is still dark outside.
At any given time in the United States 65 million caregivers partner with their care receivers in a transformative choreography of love and letting go. While most would call the dance arduous, I think few would call it joyless. Daily transcendence of self in the name of love ultimately is liberating, although it is difficult to believe that when your elderly loved one is smearing lipstick on the lamp shades.
"Today I threw the Christians to the lions but I got away just in time," my mother announces as I pull into the parking lot at Applebee's. Later I learn that she watched "Ben Hur" at adult daycare but today I don't know that. I respond carefully, focusing on her lifelong appetite for grilled salmon.


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Eighteen months ago, vandals did $50,000 worth of damage to Pro-Tech Roofing Co.'s office in Des Plaines.
After workers repaired the smashed, spray-painted walls, the office was empty and white. So ProTech's human resources coordinator, Bille Marcum Jr., decided to add a little black and red.
Marcum took an item from his Chicago Blackhawks memorabilia collection -- an autographed photo of stars Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane from the Winter Classic at Wrigley Field -- and hung it on the wall.
A few days later, he added other Blackhawks items. Then others in the family-run business -- including Marcum's brother, Kyle, and their dad, Bill -- started bringing in their Blackhawks stuff, too.
"One picture led to a flag, which led to the bobbleheads. ... It just kind of branched off from there," Bille Marcum said.
Today, the office is a shrine to the Blackhawks, containing more than 100 team-themed items on the counters and walls. That includes a larger-than-life poster of Patrick Sharp, ticket stubs, photos, and a red, white and black border atop every wall. One wall says "Let's Go Blackhawks" in large letters.
Because the Marcums are avid, lifelong Hawks fans, and they have been season ticket holders since 2008, they have lots of Blackhawks merchandise.
It's obvious the Marcums are superfans just by looking at their office's exterior. ProTech's front window is filled with a dozen Blackhawks bobbleheads and a "Countdown to the Cup" chart, which Marcum updates after each game.
Last week, Marcum put out a wipeboard near the door quoting Blackhawks announcer Pat Foley: "Tree Games Left!"
"The kids love it," Marcum said, noting all of the children who walk past the display each day on the way to classes at AMA Dance & Music School on the building's second floor.
Marcum, 25, of Homer Glen, is even sporting a playoff beard, just as he's done since 2010.
"My friends think (the beard's) ridiculous," he said, laughing. "It's never been this long before. It's kind of a nuisance, and I don't like it. But I can't shave it now."


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the fact of the matter is rex ryan is in a used car commercial this is factual information with proof, unlike numerous other threads on this board that are speculation. go attack and ridicule them. thanks
I am a big Nike fan Keep doing what you do bro
if the guys that like to ridicule and attack others for what they post spent more time adding knowledgeable football stuff to this board it would be a much better place than it already is.
i posted something that rex ryan himself did not in fact do not construed or lies.
Ryan stays. We keep his Defensive knowledge going foward and correct his poor judgement on Offense via Saprano.
Another GMC thread in the dump.
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It's okay if it was a mistake and they were forced to take it down.
Now it's time for everybody to make friends with a college student to get the Apple-Student-$50 discount.
"Customer response exceeded our wildest expectations so we're not continuing the rebate at this time," Ling Hong, an Amazon.com spokesperson told MacMinute. "But obviously all the pre-orders that we received during the time that the rebate offer was posted on our site will be honored." Hong said all orders placed up until 19:00 PT yesterday will be eligible.
Most of the noise over the Jaguar upgrade price seems to be folks who have just paid for the full version with a new system. Most of us don't mind paying something, but $199 (Canadian dollars, no education discount, AFAICT [email if you know different]) is too much just 4 months after buying a full copy of 10.1.
Yes, I consider the $6K I spent on a new G4 package, and the OS X license it came with a "full purchase" of OS X 10.1.x. How is it not?
Sorry, but that is just how I feel. I would gladly pay something, but not full price. It's all in the presentation, isn't it?
Then again, if the "full price" was $299, and apple offered it $199, maybe it wouldn't sting so bad.
The point is that it might make more business sense to offer some kind of tiered pricing, especially given the "switch" compaign. I love my new Mac. Apple should be trying to encourage that warm and fuzzy feeling us UNIX geeks get with OS X.
Maybe the price is fair, and we are all being unreasonable. This doesn't change the fact that Apple could have presented the price in a better light to ease the sticker shock. Somebody fsck'd up.
In the end, only the totally honest will be the ones to pay full price. A good number of otherwise honest folk will find other ways to create their own discount. In this case, they will harangue Amazon. Others will find more creative ways. It doesn't have to be this way.
I ordered it from them pre 1900PDT on 7/31, so according to the article it'll still be honored. If it's not though, I will dispute the charge through my credit card company since it's clearly a rebate for which I qualify, and I have the document to prove it.
I don't know the legalities involved, but I assume that they're ok if they announce the rebate no longer applies before the product is charged.
don't hold your breath. As I said in the petition [petitiononline.com], the public's upgrade price should be about $69, and the student's should be about $39.
What Apple (and its customers) need to keep in mind is that unlike Windows, with its myriad versions of the OS, each supposedly targeted for a different market (Home, Professional, etc.), Apple really only has one. Well, unless you're running a professional-grade server, in which case you get OS X Server with it, don't you?
Thank you for writing to us at Amazon.com regarding this issue.
We recently offered a $50.00 promotional rebate for "Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar." This item is currently available for pre-order on our web site. Due to the overwhelming response to this promotional offer, we are unable to continue offering the rebate at this time.
We will be honoring rebate offers for pre-orders of this product that were placed on or before 7:00 pm PDT July 31, 2002.
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Greenville police say they have a set criteria when they validate a suspected gang member.
Police say a person must meet at least three of the following:
• Self Admittance: The individual admits to being a gang member or associate
• Tattoos/Markings/Scars: The individual has scars/marks/tattoos denoting gang membership and/or association.
• Association/Observation: The individual is observed associating on a regular basis with gang members
• Hand Signs/Symbols: The individual is observed displaying hand signs or symbols or writes graffiti denoting gang membership/association
• Terminology/Language: The individual uses terminology or language denoting gang membership/association
• Clothing/Jewelry/Style: The individual is observed wearing clothing, jewelry, or style denoting gang membership/association
• Documentation: The individual possesses photographs, graffiti etc denoting gang membership/association
• Documented Incident: The individual has a record of participating in, organizing, or supporting criminal gang activity.
• Reliable Confidential Source: The individual has been identified by a reliable informant as having gang membership/association
• Untested Source: The individual has been identified by an untested source as having gang membership/association.
• Law Enforcement: The individual has been identified as having gang membership/association by an outside law enforcement source or a law enforcement electronic system (i.e. gang databases)
• Communications – Written/Verbal/Electronic: The individual communicates/corresponds with identified gang members by writing letters in gang terminology or by telephone conversation or text messages in coded gang language.
Police say the victim in Wednesday morning's murder in uptown Greenville was validated as a gang member through this process.


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- Words by Mr Peter Henderson, Senior Fashion Writer, MR PORTER
This season numerous designers, from Mr Thom Browne to Burberry Prorsum's Mr Christopher Bailey, included bold, printed shirts in their collections. That's right: the traditional style advice of "put down that jaunty Hawaiian number, and reach for this understated chambray instead", has been sent packing for spring/summer 2013, as the stand-out shirt takes centre stage. But hang on a minute. Before you order that extra-large piña colada and head for the pool, there are a few things to bear in mind. The look this season is in no way related to your uncle Ernest's Caribbean cruise outfits nor to Mr Tom Selleck's somewhat seedy Magnum P.I. attire. Vibrant shirts may be in, but that doesn't mean good taste is out. For starters, anything featuring scantily-clad hula girls is out of the question, ditto printed with maps or the names of resorts (need convincing? See Mr Nick Nolte's infamous mugshot). Equally unappealing are shiny silk or polyester printed shirts, and any with an oversized, baggy cut. Instead, it's all about innovative, uplifting patterns printed onto neat-fitting, well-made shirts.
Click through the gallery above to see how a handful of stylish men have worn the stand-out shirt well, along with a selection of our favourites that are available to purchase on MR PORTER, or read a few of our tips for wearing them well below.


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On June 27, 2012, a tragic accident occurred when Griffin Owens drowned in an above ground pool.
On June 27, 2012, a tragic accident occurred when Griffin Owens drowned in an above ground pool.
To honor Griffin, a memorial scholarship was created to keep his memory alive by honoring others in the community, encourage others to learn and enjoy the sport of swimming. Members of the Reeds Community Swim Club along with Griffin's family came together for the first annual swim-a-thon in August of 2012. It was decided that this annual swim-a-thon would be scheduled each year to take place on the first Saturday in August. Not only would it raise funds for the scholarship, it would be an opportunity for those who loved Griffin to come together and honor this fun loving, personable little boy whose smile would light up a room.
This is exactly what you need to do this Saturday at the Reeds Community Swim Club. Beginning at 8 a.m. all swimmers are invited to come out and support the Griffin Owens Memorial Swim Scholarship. There will be a lap swim, face painting and a splash contest. The cost is $6 for guests and all proceeds will be used to sponsor a family membership to Reeds Swim Club as well as swimming lessons and membership for the sponsored children to participate on the Reeds Swim Team. Funds will also be provided for a variety of equipment needed for the swim team and Reeds Swim Club. For more information contact the Reeds Swim Club at 787-5010 or visit www.swim4griffin.com.
Golf tournament planned for Aug. 17
The 23rd Annual Anna Lewis Dorsett Memorial Golf Tournament will take place Aug. 17 at the Lexington Golf Club. This captain's choice format tournament is sponsored by the Tyro United Methodist Men. Hole sponsorships are available. If you are interested in participating or would like sponsorship or entry fee information, contact Robert Snider at 752-2844. Completed forms made payable to TUMC Methodist Men can be mailed to Robert Snider at 218 Will Snider Road, Linwood, NC 27299. All entry forms must be turned in by Aug. 10.
Softball team represents community
Congratulations to our Davidson County U8 All-Star team who represented our county at the Southeast Regional Softball Tournament held in Glen Allen, Va. The team consisted of girls ages 7-9 representing the six area booster clubs. The girls played four pool games to earn first seed in their bracket by winning 3 of the 4 games.
Their only loss came in the sixth inning by one run. An impressive win came against the Rockville, Va., team with a score of 14-6, which earned our team a spot in the championship game. The two teams remaining and playing for championship honors were from North Carolina — Davidson County and Pitt County. It was a tough battle with our local girls holding a lead of 6-1 until Pitt County methodically chipped their way back and rallied to win by a score of 14-6. The team brought home the runner-up trophy and we'd like to thank them for a job well done and for representing our county and our state so well.
Members of the team were Marrisa Furches, Makayla Perryman, Jillian Burrow, Karis Snider, Alana York, Destiny Patterson, Kelsey Buie, Abby Barker, Brianna Childress, Dylan Freedle and Emily Kendricks. Coaches were Jeff Furches, William Barker and Knute Snider. The team would like to thank everyone that supported them, helped to make the trip possible and accompanied them to the tournament.
Get your season football tickets
Reserved West Davidson High football ticket information along with family ticket packages have been mailed. All current season ticket holders have until Aug. 2 to confirm or decline their present seating assignments. These cannot guarantee your assigned seating after that date. For more information contact Linda Dougan at 853-6981.
West Davidson High School will host the New Bridge Football Kick-Off Classic on Aug. 16. Because this event is sponsored by the bank and all proceeds are divided among the participating schools, season passes, student Silver Passes, Gold Cards and reserved seating tickets cannot be honored.
Class reunion set
The West Davidson class of 1978 will host their 35th class reunion Oct. 25 and 26. The class will gather at the Dragons' home football game on Oct. 25 and at 6 p.m. Oct. 26 the class will meet at Yarborough's Restaurant for an evening of fun and fellowship. If you plan to attend, more information can be found on Facebook WDHS class of 1979, or by contacting Becky Pullum Mahan at (704) 637-5117 or Kim Morgan at (336) 247-1112. You will need to RSVP for the dinner night at Yarborough's.
Come to Bible school
St. Luke's Lutheran Church will host their 2013 Bible School on Aug. 3. This one-day event will begin at 9 a.m. and classes will be available for children ages pre-kindergarten through junior high. The theme is "Get Mooooovin…Hay Day" growing in Friendship with Jesus. Snacks and lunch will be provided. The community is invited.
Church will host trip to the Holy Land
Tyro United Methodist Church will be hosting a trip to the Holy Land in October 2014. If you are interested and were not able to attend the informational meeting, call the church at 853-7459.
Summer reading party is Wednesday
Beginning at 10 a.m. Wednesday the West Davidson Public Library will host its end of the summer party and picnic at Boone's Cave State Park. Folks from the N.C. Zoo will be on had with animals and lots of fun activities. For more information call 853-4800.
Prayers are needed
Please add to your daily prayer list Troy Caudle, Maynard Leonard, Chad Kirkendall, Carol Barnhardt, Tommy Michael, Jim Webb, Kevin Stovall and the families of Myra Leonard, Linda Leonard, Zeb Barnhardt, Lauren Cecil and Thad Hartley.


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Quran burning an act of desecration or depraved stupidity? Why choose?
The proposed burning of Qurans, a publicity stunt planned by a tiny evangelical church in Florida, is succeeding all too well, garnering the global media coverage this attention deficit disordered community appears to need and generating outrage throughout the Islamic world. The provocation is creating the threat of real disorder in Afghanistan, according to General Petreaus, and the likelihood of casualties among U.S. forces on the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The pointless gesture has been condemned by the Vatican and U.S. religous leaders who said in a statement issued yesterday: "The threatened burning of copies of the Holy Quran this Saturday is a particularly egregious offense that demands the strongest possible condemnation by all who value civility in public life and seek to honor the sacred memory of those who lost their lives on Sept. 11. As religious leaders, we are appalled by such disrespect for a sacred text that for centuries has shaped many of the great cultures of our world and that continues to give spiritual comfort to more than 1 billion Muslims today."
According to the Vatican's statemment, the "deplorable acts of violence" demonstrated on 9/11 "cannot be counteracted by an outrageous and grave gesture against a book considered sacred by a religious community." Every religion has the right to have its books, places of worship and symbols be respected and protected, it said, and espect should be shown to religious believers and their freedom to believe.
In minority Christian communities in Muslim nations like Indonesia, Pakistan and Malayasia, the proposed 9/11 "commemoration" and Quran burning is being anticipated with dread. Lesser offensives or rumors of similar acts of desecration have led to mob violence and murder in Islamic nations where Christians don't enjoy full freedom or even full protection under the law. Catholic bishops in Muslim-majority nations have gone so far as to petition the State Department to prevent the Quran burning, not understanding that America's deference to free expression means their lives and belongings need to be placed at risk.
Let's hope the followers of Jesus, in Florida and throughout the Muslim world, come to their senses before we have new sorrows to add to the legacy of 9/11. It doesn't look good at press time. The spiritual leader of this church of 50 members told Associated Press that despite pleas for him to back down he was not going to stop. "How much do we back down? How many times do we back down? Maybe it's time to stand up … and send a message to radical Islam that we will not tolerate their behaviour." Or that we can be just as foolish and wrongheaded.


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Top brands for female car buyers
Women play a major role in the purchase of a new car, but domestic brands don't rank high on their list. Here are the top brands females are buying based on data from R. L. Polk.
By Houston Chronicle Web Staff
on March 8, 2013 8:55 AM
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With two key players gone, serious injuries to Sandro and Younes Kaboul and a couple of summer acquisitions adapting slower than hoped, it was assumed that this would be a transitional season at White Hart Lane - yet expectations remained a top-four place.
Despite taking two points from nine in a slow start, Spurs found their ryhthm and have bobbed around the Champions League places ever since. Only now, at the business end of the season has their league position come under threat and Spurs face a fight to get back to the promised land.
Have Tottenham overachieved regardless? Some would say so. Scott Parker seems a shadow of the terrier that won the fans' player of the year award last year and Kyle Walker's promise has been undermined by sloppy, inconsistent displays. Yet there are three who stand out more than most.
For the latest in its series looking at all of Europe's top clubs, however, Goal.com has narrowed down the candidates for Tottenham's Player of the Season to just three names. Look them over and leave a comment if you disagree!
Few thought that Gareth Bale could improve on last season, especially with two of the club's most creative players sold in the summer, and yet he has elevated his game to the upper echelons of Premier League standards. As if galvanised by the added weight of expectation, Bale has evolved into a versatile forward, capable of hurting teams from the right, left or middle.
Gone are the days where it was capable to double-mark his left flank and be done with him; Bale has made no secret of his attempts to emulate idol Cristiano Ronaldo and at times has done a passable impression. Stunning goals against West Ham and Norwich City kept Spurs chugging along when it looked as though the demands of the Europa League were catching them, before he then turned his attention to Europe and helped the side negotiate their way past Lyon.
The 23-year-old is now one of the most sought-after players in the world and Tottenham will have a fight on their hands to keep hold of him. His career-high tally of 17 league goals also seems likely to land him the PFA Player of the Year award, which, ahead of Robin van Persie, would be quite the testament to his powers.
When Luka Modric departed and a deal for Joao Moutinho fell through, you could be forgiven for thinking that there would be a gaping hole in the Tottenham midfield this year. Yet the £15 million purchase of Fulham's Mousa Dembele has proved to be nothing short of a masterstroke.
The Belgian adapted quickly to life at White Hart Lane, scoring from the bench on his debut against Norwich and forcing his way into the first team. His partnership with Sandro in the first half of the campaign gave the side the foundation to build and he has barely looked back since.
Ice-cool on the ball and deceptively strong, Dembele has come into his own when faced with a marker in front of him. His ability to beat a man is unrivalled and tenacity in the challenge has seen him emerge as almost the complete midfielder. A few more goals and assists would not go amiss but he has made a significant impression in his first year at Tottenham.
Jan Vertonghen also arrived in the summer and has quickly developed into a fan favourite at Tottenham. 'Super Jan', as he has come to be known, is certainly a modern-style centre-back - as you would expect from anyone emerging from Ajax.
The left-footed defender has had to display versatility in covering Benoit Assou-Ekotto's injury problems and, consequently, a taste for getting up and down the left wing. However, as he has maintained, his home is at the heart of defence, where his sometimes cumbersome turn of foot is less exposed. It also adds an elusive edge to the Belgian as he showed against Swansea City when he twice marauded forward to score and assist in a 2-1 win.
There are elements of his game that need ironing out but this has been a tumultuous first year at Tottenham - he has played a lot of games and been asked to adjust to the far quicker nature of the Premier League to the Eredivisie. Goalscoring defenders are few and far between - especially ones with Superman celebrations.
For the latest in its series looking at all of Europe's top clubs, however, Goal.com has narrowed down the candidates for Tottenham's Player of the Season to just three names. Look them over and leave a comment if you disagree!


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Looking at 2A and 3A games tonight, the Solon Spartans, who eliminated Mid-Prairie, will go on the road to face Iowa City Regina. Winner of that one plays the winner of Osage and North Fayette, West Union.
In Class 3A tonight, the Pella Little Dutch will play host to the unbeaten fourth ranked Centerville Big Reds. Centerville, beat the Demons at sub-state, and finished higher in their district so why aren't they hosting the game? Well Pella has had two road games this postseason and Centerville has hosted their two so by rule Pella gets to be home. These two teams met in week three to open district play and went to overtime with Centerville winning 44-43. The winner of this one plays the winner of New Hampton and Decorah.


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Do you enjoy the commercials on television by the drug companies for particular drugs?
It is almost comical how the drug company will spend a few seconds highlighting the benefits of the drug, and then the rest of the commercial is spent telling you about all of the side effects and contraindications of the drug. Pharmaceutical companies spend billions promoting drugs to doctors and consumers.
A New York University study from 2008 indicates that big pharma spends twice as much money on promotion of drugs as is spent on research and development. A study in a British medical journal from 2012 says that the ratio is 19 to 1. All we have to do is turn on the television to see how pervasive drug marketing has become.
Clever marketing has also infected the advertising of hospitals and doctors.
One hospital affiliated with a university which has a mythical bird as its mascot, uses famous Hollywood actors to explain how it is on the cutting edge of research and medical treatment. It is a fine hospital and undoubtedly one of the best in the Kansas City area, but it does spend a lot of money on advertising. The competition for patients can be fierce and doctors and hospitals have been forced to hire clever advertising firms to help them attract new patients.
Some doctors have been outspoken in their opposition to these marketing tactics, especially with regard to new "cutting edge" surgical techniques. For example, a well-respected physician at one of the leading hospitals in the United States, Johns Hopkins Medical Center, has been outspoken about the advertising that many hospitals have done for robotic surgery.
In a 2011 study in the Journal for Healthcare Quality, the researchers undertook to examine the prevalence and content of robotic surgery information on websites of 400 hospitals.
The authors of this article reported some interesting findings. They found that 37 percent of the hospitals surveyed had information on the home page of their website touting the benefits of robotic surgery at the hospital. A statement of clinical superiority was made on 86 percent of the websites. They found that not one hospital mentioned the risks of robotic surgery.
The authors concluded that hospitals were overestimating the benefits of the robot and largely ignoring the risks. And to no one's surprise, the authors also found that the materials used in marketing robotic surgery were provided by the manufacturer.
The authors suggest that more oversight is needed to ensure the information provided on hospital websites is accurate and that the hospitals should be conscientious of their role as a trusted medical adviser and present the best medical evidence on the risks and benefits of the procedure. The authors also suggest that the hospitals should make it apparent that the manufacturer's products are being shown.
The authors also concluded that if the hospitals are unable to provide patient-friendly objective information about a particular treatment option, it should direct patients to a third party source of information.
Oversight is needed according to this study and it suggested that the Food and Drug Administration be the oversight agency. The bottom line of the study is that patients should make decisions on healthcare with balanced information based on evidence. It is unlikely that the FDA will become involved in overseeing marketing efforts by hospitals. The hospitals have a very strong lobby in the federal and state capitols. Thus, they will resist any oversight of marketing efforts. Thus, don't count on government to protect you.
In the absence of balanced information based on evidence, the patient must become his or own investigator. It is acceptable to ask the surgeon many questions before consenting to robotic surgery. The surgeon's experience is critical and the complication rate should be determined.
No doctor is perfect, but the more experience a doctor has, the better he or she is going to be at a particular procedure. One thing you should not do is rely on fancy advertisements. They are going to try and hit your heartstrings with powerful marketing tools. Don't be fooled by the rhetoric. I doubt you will see Joan Allen or Tom Skerritt roaming the halls of that medical center unless they are filming a new commercial.
Patients have rights, so exercise them and ask questions. Your doctor might be irritated by your questions, but his or her experience or lack of experience should be an important factor in the health care decision. I had a client who was convinced by his doctor to undergo a new "cutting edge" hip replacement surgery by his doctor.
The doctor failed to inform him that he had only performed this cutting edge procedure on a handful of patients other than a cadaver, and that he only learned how to do the procedure five months earlier. Had my client known that, he would have run out of his office on his arthritic hip. He wishes he had asked more questions.
So, ask questions and if the doctor is offended or evasive, find another doctor. Do not make healthcare decisions on the quality of advertisements.
Bob Buckley is an attorney in Independence. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Algeria said Saturday that at least 19 hostages and 29 militants have died in a standoff between Islamists who stormed a natural gas plant deep in the Sahara, and special forces trying to drive them out. Here's a look at some previous standoffs that ended in significant bloodshed:
—MUNICH, 1972: Eleven members of Israel's Olympic team were killed after being taken hostage by Palestinian gunmen at the Munich Games. Two hostages were killed as the Palestinian "Black September" group raided the Olympic village; the remaining nine died amid a botched rescue attempt by German police.
—TEHRAN, 1980: A U.S. special forces mission to rescue 53 American hostages from a bunker in Tehran, Iran, ended in failure and the deaths of eight servicemen. The mission had already been aborted due to bad weather and mechanical problems when a helicopter collided with a transport plane at a clandestine staging area near the Iranian capital.
—WACO, 1993: A 51-day siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, ended with a fire destroying the structure after federal agents began smashing their way in. Nearly 80 people, including sect leader David Koresh, were killed.
—MOSCOW, 2002: Russian counterterrorism forces stormed a theater where Chechen guerrillas were holding hundreds of people hostage. About 130 of the hostages were killed. Families say many of the victims died from a knockout gas pumped into the building before it was stormed. Russian officials have never accepted responsibility for the deaths.
—BESLAN, 2004: A hostage standoff in the southern Russian town of Beslan ended in a bloodbath as Russian commandos stormed a school seized by Chechen militants. More than 330 people were killed, about half of them children.


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Holiday Sales: Extended Movie Only DVDs of Sorcerer's Stone, CoS at Target, More
Dec 06, 2009
Home Video / DVD
It's definitely a very Harry holiday sale week ahead as many retailers are advertising today for the upcoming release here in the US of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD (see here for the complete high res video and screencaps of the Deathly Hallows sneak from the disc). At Target (print ad here), fans can purchase the two disc HBP Dvd with the digital download which will come with a special lenticular case, as well as purchase the extended movie only on DVD for Sorcerer's Stone (7 additional minutes) and Chamber of Secrets (13 additional minutes). While we know these will be included on the new Ultimate Collector's editions which are also due out December 8th, this will mark the first time fans can purchase the extended editions movie only on DVD (long requested by many.)
Other sales of note include at Meijer who will be offering the paperbacks for all seven of the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling at a very low $7.00 (USD). Finally Toys R Us is holding a major sale where video games are buy one, get one 50% off including the Harry Potter video games (including Half-Blood Prince).


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The CEO of New York-based Rosen Publishing Co. could have given away the 10,000 books he donated to the Memphis Public Library and Information Center last week any number of ways.
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. reads to children at the library. Rosen Publishing donated books for children in the summer reading program.
(Marcy Evans)
But Roger Rosen is making a point about libraries with the philanthropic program in which he and his education publishing house are donating 250,000 books to libraries in cities across the country over a two-year period.
"This is sort of the perfect nexus of my interests," he said. "There are lots of ways that one could do this. But I think leveraging the power that the library already has in the community is the most efficient and best way to do so. You are working with the best professionals who are thinking about this 24/7."
The books go to the library foundation's summer reading program, which gives way to the coming school year at the end of this month. Rosen, whose company publishes hardcover books for school-age children along with e-books and databases, wanted the books distributed to be conventional hardcover books the children could own and keep or trade for other books.
"It was very important that it be a physical object and that they could experience that physical object as a magic object that is theirs that they could care for, respect, respect the property of others because they have their own book in this way," he said. "This is what engenders a community of readers."
Publishers Weekly, in a 2009 article, quoted Rosen as saying, "We don't want to be technology leaders. We are content providers."
He also said then that the company's success in books that supplement school curriculums is "when we apply our basic print thinking to most digital scenarios."
Rosen Publishing also provides the same content to schools and school systems through database technology.
The hardcover books donated last week to the Memphis Library's summer reading club includes book sets like "Pivotal Presidents," "Ferocious Fighting Animals," "how to" books on card tricks and even a book on "texting, sexting and flaming" that warns children about the dangers and pitfalls of social media use.
The books include lively, colorful layouts and breakouts boxes of information.
"They are beautiful. They are curriculum-based. They are highly educational," said Memphis Public Library and Information Center director Keenon McCloy. "Some of their books explain what could be really difficult topics in really easy to synthesize ways. They are all curriculum focused and they do have an emphasis on education and not just entertainment. They are just a perfect fit for the people that we serve. They make a lot of issues that may be complex really accessible to everyone."
McCloy said the library system will also probably buy some of the e-books and other electronic products offered by Rosen in the "immediate future."
The library recently got more funding for the current fiscal year in the city budget for its collections in particular and more funding to start expanding hours and staff that have been cut in recent fiscal years.
In five years, the budget for the library system of 18 locations has been cut 21 percent and its hours have been reduced 20 percent in the same period.
A strategic use study by Smart City Consulting and Linx Consulting in May tracked the way citizens use the libraries in the Memphis system and found that while collections are the most used parts of some branch libraries, computer access and databases are the most used features in other branches.
Rosen is among those who are concerned that public libraries have suffered in some cities from funding cuts fueled by the idea that libraries are just about hard copies of books that are more easily ordered online.
"What that doesn't take into account is that not every citizen is empowered with online access or has a computer at home or broadband or even dial-up," Rosen said. "What the library provides is that great leveling of the playing field in life," Rosen said. "There's a real danger to increase the societal divide between the haves and have nots – between those who are empowered through technology and those who are not."
Rosen described libraries as "truly one of the bastions of our democracy."
"This is the greatest portal of empowerment that potentially a community has," he said. "Certainly it is the most open in many ways to citizens. You couldn't have a more open door policy. I'm concerned as a library advocate about a true misperception of the library's job in our current society where you have constituents who are taxpayers … who don't understand its true function in the 21st century."


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Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name (Hardcover)
On the day of her father's funeral, twenty-eight-year-old Clarissa Iverton discovers that he wasn't her biological father after all. Her mother disappeared fourteen years earlier, and now Clarissa is alone and adrift. The one person she feels she can trust, her fiance, Pankaj, has just revealed a terrible and life-changing secret to her. In the cycle of a day, all the truths in Clarissa's world become myths and rumors, and she is catapulted out of the life she knew.
She finds her birth certificate, which leads her from New York to Helsinki, and then north of the Arctic Circle, to mystical Lapland, where she believes she'll meet her real father. There, under the northern lights of a sunless winter, Clarissa comes to know the Sami, the indigenous population, and seeks out a local priest, the one man who may hold the key to her origins.Along her travels she meets an elderly Sami healer named Anna Kristine, who has her own secrets, and a handsome young reindeer herder named Henrik, who accompanies Clarissa to a hotel made of ice. There she is confronted with the truth about her mother's past and finally must make a decision about how--and where--to live the rest of her life.
Joan Didion said of Vendela Vida's last book: "And Now You Can Go is so fast, so mesmerizing to read, and so accomplished that it's hard to think of it as a first novel, which it is. Vendela Vida has promise to spare." With Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name, Vida more than lives up to that promise as she gives us a remarkable protagonist who is both fierce and funny, and an unforgettable literary thriller that questions whether we can ever truly know where we've come from--and if it is possible to escape our pasts.
Praise For…
"Vida gives the icy landscape and eerie, forbidding beauty and her writing has…great emotional acuity."
-The New Yorker
Reading this book reminded me...how rarely a writer as precise, artful, and passionate as Vendela Vida comes along.
-George Saunders, author of IN PERSUASION NATION
Searing and beautiful...[Clarissa] is funny and fearless and absolutely unforgettable--just like this marvelous book.
-Ann Packer, author of THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN'S PIER
"A taut, intricately layered page-turner that looks deeply and fearlessly into matters of profound human concern."
-Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE HOURS
"A haunted, moving, gorgeous novel. It glows from within like a building made of snow."
-Andrew Sean Greer, author of THE CONFESSIONS OF MAX TIVOLI
"A luminescent and evocative tale of grief, free of the standard clichés."
-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Intimate and sweeping, LET THE NORTHERN LIGHTS ERASE YOUR NAME dazzles like sun on snow."
-Sean Wilsey, author of OH THE GLORY OF IT ALL
"Taut, understated, and compelling"
-Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"[A] stirring novel…as alive and fascinating as the brilliant atmospheric phenomenon of its title."
-Chicago Tribune
"[Vida's] stripped-down, modern approach at its best applies a wash of freshness, even innocence to age-old questions."
-San Francisco Chronicle Book Review


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The PSLs in sections 101, 103, 104, 123, 124, 126, 128, 129, 148, and 149 (or "Upper Deck South" as you call that area) were originally priced at $5,000 per seat.
The seats of aristocracy that you currently inhabit were priced at $4,000 per seat.
You bought the cheapest PSLs available at the time of purchase. Ed didn't.
Try another BS argument.
People watching at home don't like the crowd noise and are disappointed in the fans who make an effort and, somehow, they're the good guys and the paying fans the bad guys. Bizzarro Jets Insider.
Old timers were given the best seniority and very affordable seating locations and bolted on the team, quit on us but are angels. Those that paid up and remained with the team via PSL's are the devil. Bizzarro Jets Insider.
Fans who squatted on the best seats in the house and sold half the games at 2x face so they could watch the other half of the season for free are "loyal diehards". Those of us who waited for 20 years to get seating locations as good are "rich bastards". Bizzarro Jets Insider.
The attention whoring team mascot quits a job he does not have and has been "wronged". Any other fan pulls a selfish hissy-fit like that he'd be labeled a turncoat quitter. Bizzarro Jets Insider.
Unfortunately, the bottom 20% of the stadium population is a throwback to old times, bunch of drunken louts who treat the game as if it's a 1982 sports bar, try to relive their highschool days, embarass the entire organization. Thankfully the new caste system at MetLife Stadium has banished them, for the most part, to the upper deck where they can kill each other like animals and leave the human beings below alone.
HDTV doesn't let you high-five the guys sitting behind you for 10 years who've become your friends. HDTV doesn't let you get out of the house for 4 hours and hang with your boys. HDTV doesn't let you become part of the experience and help deafen an opponent.
The game experience is bad because Rex Ryan's system calls for the most boring football imaginable. Bend-don't-break defense, ground & pound offense. If we threw a forward pass more than 20 yards in the air the fans might get energized. If we got a sack or an interception the fans might be excited. Used to be we played boring football and won, so it was okay. Playing boring football and losing is unimaginably painful.
You don't pay for tickets so forgive me if your opinion and your expectations don't mesh with mine.
It doesn't matter what Ed paid; what matters is that the Jets lowered the PSL down there to $2,500 when sales were sluggish and that changed the complexion of the population for the worse.
Another BS post from a fan who doesn't attend games and doesn't pay for tickets. Bizzarro Jets Insider, Take 15.
Not my fault that site ownership and site moderators don't actually read the very site that they manage. No one is closer to the content than I am. The rest of these guys skim a few posts, read a few keywords, get back to their busy lives.
And the Blind Homer Cult who harassed dozens of Jets fans all summer didn't disparage whole groups of fellow Jets fans without impunity?
And the Pretzel Eating Basement Dwellers who whine endlessly about 82,500 loyal season ticket holders don't disparage whole groups of fellow Jets fans without impunity?
I love this concept, truly. Digging it very much.
How about you enforce it fairly.
I don't understand why people are trying get at Sar. He's entitled to his own opinion about the Jets even if others don't agree with it because thats what the point of this website is all about. Its weird that people are actually getting mad at you Sar just because you don't like Ed. Who cares?!?
SAR you f*cked up this thread even after I asked you to stop.
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Ed has been a symbol for many years.
That also means that he is a target for opposing fans, individuals wanting to make a name by challenging him and those jealous of his popularity.
There also seems to be an element that feels that if they are miserable, then others must be made miserable as well.
Ed, if you should read this, when I first met you, it was as a 10 year old kid attending his first Jets game. You generously took time to take a picture with me and round up a Jets chant for me. Thank you for your dedication and for becoming a symbol of the best of a Jets fan.
It's unfortunate that the unruly, miserable types finally eliminated a force that represented decency and enthusiasm.Lets lock this cluster****, SOOTH.Originally Posted by Traitor Jay
Since it's late, send me a PM if you disagree. I'm just sick to my stomach.
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Latest update : 2011-11-17
The nuclear accident
It's the Greens and the Socialists who are on most of France's front pages - it turns out the latter may have tried to cover up exactly what they agreed with the Green party. Also, the prostitutes who claim they slept with Dominique Strauss-Kahn tell their stories.
Liberation reports the Socialist Party tried to hide part of the agreement they signed with the Greens on Thursday - on the instructions of energy firm Areva.
Le Figaro has seized on the chance to attack both parties - the Greens as stubborn, the Socialists as willing to sell their policies to the highest bidder.
Le Parisien interviews two prostitutes who claim they spent €1500-a-night evenings with Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
And the Mediapart website looks at Lucas Papademos, Mario Monti and Mario Draghi's past careers with Goldman Sachs - and ask if they're really best placed to sort this out.


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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Major auto insurers often charge safe drivers higher rates than those who have recently been in a crash, a consumer watchdog group said Monday.
In a case study of five major insurers in 12 cities, the Consumer Federation of America found that major insurers charged a safer driver with less education and a lower-paying job higher premiums two-thirds of the time. In a majority of those cases, the premiums were at least 25% higher. In some cases, the rates were more than double what was quoted for a driver who had recently had an accident but had a higher-paying job.
That's because most of the insurers surveyed put more weight on income-related factors, like education or occupation, than driving-related factors including miles on the road and driving history, said CFA Executive Director Stephen Brobeck.
To conduct the survey, CFA used the websites for five major insurers — Geico, Progressive, State Farm, Allstate and Farmers — to solicit rates for two hypothetical customers in 12 cities, generating 60 sets of rate quotes.
For each company and city, CFA entered information for two 30-year-old women who drove the same car, had the same annual mileage and were both seeking minimum liability insurance as required by state law. In each city, the women lived on the same street in a zip code with a median income of about $50,000. No credit score was entered.
The difference: One woman was a high-school educated single receptionist who rented her home and had been without insurance coverage for 45 days. The other was a married executive with a masters degree who owned her own home and had no lapse in coverage. The receptionist had a perfect 10-year driving record, while the executive had recently caused a car accident.
In the most extreme example, Allstate in Baltimore quoted the receptionist an annual premium of $3,292, compared to $1,248 for the executive — a difference of 164%. Of the five companies surveyed, only State Farm consistently quoted lower rates for the receptionist — the safer driver.
"If [State Farm] can be a successful company without using highly discriminatory factors, other large companies should be able to do so as well," Brobeck said.
Insurers say that they use a wide variety of factors to determine the likelihood a customer will be in an accident, in accordance with state regulations.
"The use of factors such as credit-based insurance scoring, location of the vehicle, driver experience, traffic citations, continuity of coverage and education helps insurers to more accurately price risk," Willem O. Rijksen, vice president of public affairs for the American Insurance Association, said in a statement.
Insurers are barred from basing rates on race or income, but the CFA says that their rate-setting practices tend to result in higher rates for low and moderate-income drivers.
Up to a third of low-income drivers do not have insurance even though it is required by law in 49 states, according to CFA studies.
"Is there any question why so many of them drive uninsured when what is being asked for auto insurance is so much of their income?" said Robert Hunter, CFA's director of insurance.
Industry officials countered that insurance is widely available, and drivers are always able to shop around for the best price.
Geico, State Farm, Allstate and Farmers all declined to comment. Progressive noted it has a voluntary program that installs a device on a customer's vehicle to track actual driving behavior, and provide rates based on that information.


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42 U.S. Code § 285e–2 - Alzheimer's Disease centers
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(a) Cooperative agreements and grants for establishing and supporting
(1) The Director of the Institute may enter into cooperative agreements with and make grants to public or private nonprofit entities (including university medical centers) to pay all or part of the cost of planning, establishing, or strengthening, and providing basic operating support (including staffing) for centers for basic and clinical research (including multidisciplinary research) into, training in, and demonstration of advanced diagnostic, prevention, and treatment methods for Alzheimer's disease.
(b) Use of Federal payments under cooperative agreement or grant
(1) Federal payments made under a cooperative agreement or grant under subsection (a) of this section may, with respect to Alzheimer's disease, be used for—
(A) diagnostic examinations, patient assessments, patient care costs, and other costs necessary for conducting research;
(C) diagnostic and treatment clinics designed to meet the special needs of minority and rural populations and other underserved populations;
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term "training" does not include research training for which Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards may be provided under section 288 of this title.
(c) Support period; additional periods
Support of a center under subsection (a) of this section may be for a period of not to exceed five years. Such period may be extended by the Director for additional periods of not more than five years each if the operations of such center have been reviewed by an appropriate technical and scientific peer review group established by the Director and if such group has recommended to the Director that such period should be extended.
Source(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, § 445, as added Pub. L. 99–158, § 2,Nov. 20, 1985, 99 Stat. 855; amended Pub. L. 101–557, title II, § 201,Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2767; Pub. L. 107–206, title I, § 804(c),Aug. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 874.)
2002—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 107–206substituted "Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards" for "National Research Service Awards".
1990—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101–557, § 201(1), inserted "(including university medical centers)" after "nonprofit entities", "(including staffing)" after "operating support", and "(including multidisciplinary research)" after "clinical research" and substituted "Alzheimer's disease" for "Alzheimer's Disease".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–557, § 201(2), amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: "Federal payments made under a cooperative agreement or grant under subsection (a) of this section may be used for—
"(1) construction (notwithstanding any limitation under section 289e of this title);
"(2) staffing and other basic operating costs, including such patient care costs as are required for research;
"(3) training, including training for allied health professionals; and
"(4) demonstration purposes.As used in this subsection, the term 'construction' does not include the acquisition of land, and the term 'training' does not include research training for which National Research Service Awards may be provided under section 288 of this title."
Alzheimer's Disease Research
Pub. L. 100–175, title III, Nov. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 972, provided that:"SEC. 301. REQUIREMENT FOR CLINICAL TRIALS.
"(a) In General.—The Director of the National Institute on Aging shall provide for the conduct of clinical trials on the efficacy of the use of such promising therapeutic agents as have been or may be discovered and recommended for further scientific analysis by the National Institute on Aging and the Food and Drug Administration to treat individuals with Alzheimer's disease, to retard the progression of symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, or to improve the functioning of individuals with such disease.
"(b) Rule of Construction.—Nothing in this title shall be construed to affect adversely any research being conducted as of the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 29, 1987]."SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
"For the purpose of carrying out section 301, there is authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1988."
Alzheimer's Disease Registry
Section 12 ofPub. L. 99–158, which was formerly set out as a note under this section, was renumbered section 445G of the Public Health Service Act by Pub. L. 103–43, title VIII, § 801(a),June 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 163, and is classified to section 285e–9 of this title.
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machineghost writes: It's one thing to make predictions about the future of tech; that happens all the time on Slashdot. But it's quite a different thing to put money on the line to back up those predictions, which is exactly what this British bookie has done. Think you know whether Google Glass will beat the iPhone, or whether we'll be ready to go to Mars and back by 2020? Now's your chance to capitalize on those predictions!


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Detective/Sergeant Charlie Noll of the Ionia County Sheriff's Office is the newest graduate of Northwestern University's Center for Public Safety School of Police Staff and Command (SPSC).
Noll, a 16-year veteran with the sheriff's office, was a member of SPSC Class #328, held in Ottawa County one week a month from February to November. The class included 37 students from departments around the country, the majority of them sergeants, lieutenants, captains and a deputy chief.
He is now among 14,000 students nationwide to complete the 10-week course. Graduates include 750 chiefs of police and 39 of the 50 directors of state police agencies.
The program provided information from instructors and the students themselves about what works in law enforcement and what doesn't work, as well as about the future technology of law enforcement, Noll said.
"They brought ideas and insights for all sizes of departments. There are things that will work here, and some that won't," he said. "But I can take those ideas and try to implement the ones that will work for us to advance the department and benefit the community. It got you thinking, about ideas I wouldn't have thought up, and it gets you motivated to look at things to try."
The SPSC offers upper-level college instruction in 22 core blocks of instruction relating to law enforcement management and leadership. Major topics of study include management theory, strategic planning, leadership and decision-making, organizational behavior, human resources, budgeting, staffing allocation and personnel deployment. Nine additional optional blocks of instruction, such as police officer wellness, which deal with the stresses of law enforcement, also are offered. Noll and his classmates were required to pass written tests and quizzes, and to complete projects and research papers to graduate. Upon successful completion, students may be awarded eight units of undergraduate credit from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
Noll said he enjoyed the curriculum but especially benefited from the "sidebars," when instructors and students shared their own experiences.
"You find that police departments are pretty much all the same. They have the same issues – with personnel, money, working with the community and with city councils and county commissions – that all law enforcement has to face," he said. "It's how they learn to deal with these issues, to be sure the department runs as efficiently as possible."
Another dividend of the program was the networking that went on between all participants.
"Among 37 students and the instructors, there were relationships built," he said. "I had contacts before, but I have more now, and that will benefit me, the department and the community."
"This training will enhance Detective Noll's leadership capabilities, providing him with the resources necessary to perform the complex duties associated with leading contemporary officers in today's ever-changing law enforcement field," said Ionia County Sheriff Dwain Dennis.
Noll started in law enforcement with the ICSO in December 1996. He has worked as a school liaison, a road patrol deputy and sergeant, and for three years as a supervisor with Central Michigan Enforcement Team (CMET), a multi-jurisdictional drug task force.
The Center for Public Safety was established at Northwestern University in 1936 to expand university-based education and training for the law enforcement community. The center now provides a variety of courses and programs in police training, management training and executive development.
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Let me be honest: I love to fly, but the idea of spending nearly 15 hours in a single airplane didn't fill me with a lot of joy.
But I had to get all the way to Broome, in Western Australia last month, and Qantas (Qantas.com.au) was the best way to do it.
Over the course of three days, I'd become very well acquainted with the Qantas product, flying from Los Angeles to Sydney to Perth and finally, on to Broome.
Three separate aircraft, three separate runs. Alaska Airlines (alaskaair. com) operated the flight from Vancouver to L.A. On QF108 from L.A. to Sydney, I was pleasantly surprised to see that my Boeing 747-400 had been given a 777-style makeover, complete with new luggage bins and lighting.
Seats were new, and rank as the most comfortable economy-class seat I've ever sat in.
If you're concerned about being bored, it's physically impossible to watch all the movies available on the video-on-demand inflight entertainment system before you land.
There's also a great selection of Made in Australia films.
So how does a 14-plus-hour flight work? Even though you're departing just after midnight, dinner is served.
It is, after all, coming up on dinner in Sydney. By the time that finishes, you're naturally exhausted.
But Qantas flight attendants come around - even in coach - and give each guest a small Refresh bag containing bottled water, some chocolate bars, snacks and other goodies to tide you over until the next meal service. That, and near-constant beverage service, made 14 hours on board a pleasure.
Domestically, I flew on Qantas' Airbus A330 and Boeing 737 aircraft. Flying in Australia is much like flying in Canada, with a flight time between Sydney and Perth of about five hours.
Qantas Club Lounges for Oneworld frequent flyers or those holding boarding passes in select cabins are available. You've seen airline lounges before, no doubt, but these came equipped with everything from showers to iMac work stations. In many respects, Qantas is miles ahead of North American airlines.
Its automated baggage and kiosk systems actually work. Not only did I never have to see an actual agent, the check-in process was completed in fewer than five minutes in both Sydney and Perth. It's even developed a permanent luggage tag - called aQ Bag Tag - for domestic travellers that is digitally coded with your personal data and flight information. What really impressed me, though, was how Qantas handled adversity.
On my flight from Perth to Broome, a baggage handler accidentally smacked the side of the aircraft with an oversized dog kennel.
Rather than adhering blindly to the schedule, the flight crew took the time to call engineers, who eventually made the call to swap aircraft. Passengers were kept informed at all times, and the entire act of changing planes was completed in fewer than 30 minutes. A bove all, it was this safety-conscious attitude that will have me flying with them again the next time I need to travel to Australia.
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RUTHVEN -- A Mass of Christian Burial for William F. Joynt was held Saturday, Feb. 9, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ruthven. The Rev. Clem Currans was Celebrant.
Interment was in Crown Hill Cemetery, Ruthven. The Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Ruthven was in charge of arrangements.
William Francis Joynt, son of Earl and Rosella (Bisenius) Joynt, was born Dec. 31, 1950 in Emmetsburg. He attended Emmetsburg Catholic School, and after the completion of his Junior year the Catholic school closed. Bill completed his education at Emmetsburg High School, graduating in 1969.
Following high school Bill was drafted into the United States Army. After serving in Germany Bill was transferred to the Army Reserves where he served until April 1976. Following Bill's return from Germany, he started working construction.
On Aug. 10, 1973 Bill was united in marriage to Cinda Higgins at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ayrshire. Bill and Cinda were blessed with three children, Jarrod, Rachel and Jeremy.
Bill accepted a position with Durnell's where he began working in assembly, advancing to service manager. He was employed at Durnell's until their closing. He then worked with or for various construction companies doing masonry work. Bill then became a self employed contractor.
Bill was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church in Emmetsburg and V.F.W. Post #2295.
He passed away Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD, at the age of 62. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Paul Joynt; and a sister-in-law, Janice Joynt.
He is survived by his children, Jarrod Joynt (Tristan), Rachel Bleuer, and Jeremy Joynt all of Emmetsburg; two grandchildren, Bric Joynt and Aleya Bleuer; mother of his children, Cinda Joynt of Emmetsburg; brothers, Gerald Joynt of Clear Lake, Clem Joynt of Emmetsburg and his twin brother, Bob Joynt and (Jackie) of Rake, IA; his sister, Mary Johnson (Bob) of Shafer, MN; special friend, Sue Sampson of Ruthven.
Condolences can be left at www.martinmatticefuneralhome.com


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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A Republican-dominated coalition in the Washington state Senate blocked discussion on a plan to require insurers to cover abortion Wednesday, voting down a procedural motion after a tense exchange about why the legislation has languished in the chamber.
Some Democrats in the Senate moved to take up an insurance bill ahead of a key cutoff, saying they planned to amend the measure to include the abortion rules. Republican Sen. Steve Litzow and Senate Majority Leader Rodney Tom have both expressed support for the abortion insurance legislation, but they were both among those who voted to help narrowly defeat the effort.
In making her motion, Democratic Sen. Karen Keiser bemoaned that the majority coalition hadn't allowed a vote on the bill, even though it appears to have enough support to pass the chamber. The abortion insurance bill has already passed the state House, and Gov. Jay Inslee has repeatedly urged the Senate to approve it.
Senate Republican Leader Mark Schoesler sternly responded to Keiser, saying she was "impugning" her fellow senators. He urged colleagues to vote on the procedural aspect of the motion, not on the ultimate intent of the legislation.
Afterward, Republican Sen. Don Benton accused Democrats of trying to take advantage of the absence of GOP Sen. Mike Carrell, who has been ill. He said the efforts may force Senate leaders to ask Carrell to come to the chamber, potentially jeopardizing his health.
"It's despicable," Benton said.
Supporters say the measure would ensure continued abortion coverage in the state once federal health care reforms taking effect next year. Opponents counter that abortion insurance coverage is already widespread in the state and that the bill is unnecessary.
The bill would make Washington the first state to require insurers that cover maternity care to also pay for abortions.
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - After tangling on the track and nearly scuffling in the garage last week, Jeff Gordon and Clint Bowyer got much of the attention leading into NASCAR's season finale.
It turned out to be much ado about nothing.
Gordon won the finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, finishing a few car lengths ahead of Bowyer.
``After it was over, I thought, `Wow, I can't believe we just finished first and second after what happened last week,''' Gordon said.
So all that angst - as well as any potential payback - will linger into next season.
``I just really wanted to catch (Gordon),'' Bowyer said. ``That was the only `what if' that went through my mind at the end. Probably went through your mind, too.''
What would have happened had Bowyer run Gordon down?
``I wouldn't have took us both out,'' Bowyer said. ``It's over. We could have done `what ifs' last week. I'm done with `what ifs.'''
Gordon, a four-time Cup champion, was fined $100,000 earlier this week and docked 25 points for intentionally wrecking Bowyer at Phoenix International Raceway.
Gordon also was placed on probation through Dec. 31. But he was allowed to close out the season at Homestead despite his actions, which triggered a fight in the garage area between the drivers' crews.
Bowyer lost several positions in the Phoenix race because of the accident, but still managed to finish second in the final points standings. Gordon finished 10th.
Gordon found himself alongside Bowyer several times Sunday, wondering if anything would happen.
``I could tell he was pretty anxious and running hard,'' Gordon said. ``I had to race with him a couple of times and there were no issues.''
FAREWELL RACES: Joey Logano and Matt Kenseth had disappointing finishes in their farewell races with their current teams.
Logano finished 14th in his finale with Joe Gibbs Racing. He is moving to Penske Racing next season.
Logano won the pole for the 400-mile race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, but had to switch to a backup car and start from the rear of the field after getting caught up in a wreck in practice Saturday.
Logano cracked the top 10 late, but faded in the final laps.
Kenseth had trouble closing, too.
Kenseth, who is leaving Roush Fenway Racing for Joe Gibbs Racing next season, finished 18th after spending much of the day in the top 10. He even led two laps.
``It was really frustrating for me,'' Kenseth said. ``I thought we had a top-five car in the beginning and we put two tires on one time and the handling totally went away from us and we were junk from there on out and the rest of the race. ... It was frustrating, a frustrating ending to a season.''
SUPPORT SYSTEM: Brad Keselowski, a Michigan native, had plenty of support at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Not only did Keselowski's father attend his first race of the season, former NFL receiver Chad Johnson showed up to pull for Keselowski. So did 1991 Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard, who played at Michigan, and famed Detroit rocker Kid Rock.
``It would be nice to see Brad get a ring, win one,'' Rock said before the race. ``It would be great for (Roger) Penske, all the fans in Michigan and what not.''
HAMLIN HELPS: Sprint Cup driver Denny Hamlin and some of his crewmembers spent time this week volunteering at a food bank in New Jersey, helping the ongoing relief efforts needed after Superstorm Sandy.
Hamlin unloaded trucks of food and other supplies donated by his sponsor, FedEx.
Hamlin and his crew also loaded Thanksgiving turkeys and delivered them to a food shelter. In total, FedEx has pledged more than $1.5 million in donations in affected areas following the storm.
``It was a great opportunity to come up and play a small role in helping the community get back on its feet,'' Hamlin said. ``The people have really rallied together to help the ongoing relief efforts, volunteering their time even though they might not have power or hot water themselves.''
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Am I the only one who thinks it's totally useless and totally backwards like animated gifs and such? :)
"Cool ajax stuff" begins for me with useful things like on the fly db lookups without all this kinda useless bling.
And correct me if i'm wrong, but I think we all had these "effects" when dynamic html had hit us way back around the beginning of this decade…