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Economists contacted by CRN, including former director of the Congressional Budget Office Douglas Holtz-Eakin, and Veronique de Rugy, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University who testified before Congress on the effects of the stimulus, have questioned the overall job creation claims of the administration.
"It is hard to throw three-quarters of a trillion dollars at the economy and not have some impact, but we didn't get our money's worth," said Holtz-Eakin, who helped chart economic policies under President George W. Bush. "We could have done better. It could have been better designed. We are going to find out years from now about all the waste in it. We know it had more than stimulus as part of its design. There was a lot of Obama domestic policy agenda in there in disguise. That was really mixing purposes and undercut the efficiency. And we got as a result what we got, which is a substandard recovery."
The problem with forecasts from the Obama administration is the administration used an economic model that, in effect, predicted how many jobs would be created by the government spending and never seriously attempted to measure the actual job creation impact, said de Rugy.
"After the fact, they didn't try to go and measure to see what the economy had actually done compared to what they predicted the stimulus would accomplish," de Rugy said. "They just assumed what their model predicted actually happened. It would be exactly like the weatherman saying, 'Tomorrow it is going to be sunny with chances of rain in the afternoon. And then the next day, even if it has been raining all day, they said, 'Today it was sunny and it rained in the afternoon.'"
Several attempts by CRN to get comments from the White House were unsuccessful.
CRN has spent the past six months looking specifically at where the ARRA funds were spent on technology projects, trying to determine how many jobs were created. CRN also spoke with dozens of executives and examined government documents including Recovery Act reports from the General Accounting Office, Congressional Budget Office and the Executive Office of the Council of Economic Advisers. It was a difficult task given the arcane job-reporting requirements from the federal government that allowed recipients to double- and even triple-report jobs under a "Full Time Equivalent" (FTE) formula.
What's more, every one of the companies contacted by CRN refused to discuss job creation from the funds they received or the impact on the overall economy.
The five top companies profiled by CRN for this report received a total of $745.82 million in ARRA awards and slashed their U.S. workforces collectively by an estimated 50,000 employees. CRN reviewed select prime recipient awards totaling $122.29 million received by these top five companies and found they resulted in 709.5 jobs reported to the Recovery.gov website. That amounts to a cost of $172,489 per job.
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Risk of injury to child passengers in compact extended-cab pickup trucks." JAMA. 2002;287(9):1147-52."
The role of restraint and seat position in pediatric facial fractures." J Trauma. 2002;52(4):693-8."

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April 29, 2012
The Santa Clara Sporting 94 Boys finished the U17 CYSA State Cup run as Finalists after loosing a tough battle 0-1 against the PAC Tigres team today in Elk Grove, but they also qualified for the Far West Regional Tournament in Pheonix, Arizona held June 18th-24th when they received a wildcard berth. The team had a delayed start to their State Cup run due to the late winter storms that hit Northern California.
The team played their first game on March 31st against the Alum Rock Toritos and drew a 0-0 score while playing in the rain on a muddy field at Cherry Island. The clouds cleared on the next day and the team crushed the Oakdale United Team 6-0 and beat PAC Brasil 2-0. They had a very tough Quarterfinal game against the Central Valley SJFC Dynamo 94 Red Team and won 2-1 in the 94th minute of overtime. Santa Clara ran over the Mission SF Gims 8-0 in the Semi-final match last Sunday in Cherry Island. And today they played a tough game against the PAC Tigres but came-up short. Sporting had some dangerous scoring chances but could not put the ball in the back of the Tigres net, and their cross-town rivals scored the lone goal on a quick counter-attack.
The team will next play at the SJFC College Showcase on May 12th-13th in Morgan Hill, then the Placer Tournament over Memorial Weekend. In June they will compete at the Far West Regionals, then head to Surf Cup in July.


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I notice that next issue will feature an article comparing the latest Ubuntu vs the new Windows 8.
While I get the desire to compare Linux and Windows I don't get why Ubuntu. If they need to compare the latest desktops, surely cinnamon is newer and has an equally high buzz. If it's down to numbers, Mint has wiped the floor with Ubuntu for months now.
Surely it makes sense to compare the best showcase distros for each desktop with Microsofts new offering. My suggestions would be Fedora for Gnome 3, OpenSUSE for KDE, Mint for Cinnamon as well as Ubuntu for Unity. I'm sure Mike will also chime in here with a showcase distro for XFCE as well.


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(MCT) — WASHINGTON — Republicans chose Rep. John A. Boehner for another term as House Speaker on Wednesday as lawmakers of both parties all but ensured the new Congress will have very similar leadership to this one, the most polarized and unpopular in history.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California is expected to remain as the Democratic minority leader, and senators returned Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada as the Democratic majority leader and Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky as the Republican minority leader.
The lineup at the top ranks provides little indication of altering the partisan dynamic that left this Congress largely gridlocked.
Boehner reiterated that the House GOP majority is the "primary line of defense" against the Democratic administration in the White House. The formal vote on the speaker's position will be taken by the full House after the new Congress convenes in January, but Wednesday's vote decides the outcome.
Not that election of the leaders was without drama.
Boehner, of Ohio, encountered a last-minute symbolic challenge from the past: Newt Gingrich was nominated to retake the speaker's job by a fellow Republican, Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas. (Under the Constitution, the speaker does not have to be a current member of the House, though that has never happened.) No one seconded the nomination, according to those familiar with the closed-door session, and Boehner won his party's nomination.
And on the Senate side of the Capitol, Republican senators requested a secret ballot for their election process, sticking to the rules rather than simply allowing a voice vote, as has sometimes been done.
In a nod to the rising stature of newer Republican senators, McConnell was nominated for another term as GOP leader by Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, both elected on the 2010 tea party wave.
"Mitch unifies all of us," Rubio told his colleagues during the private session, according to the Florida senator's office. "He's the smartest political mind around."
Pelosi's decision to remain for another turn at the top was perhaps the most intriguing of the leadership questions. It was a move she kept a close secret until she announced her decision at the Democrats' own closed-door morning meeting. Democrats in the House will conduct leadership votes later this month.
Further down the leadership ladder, House Republicans retained Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia as the majority leader, and in a newfound display of teamwork, Boehner and Cantor nominated each other for their jobs.
Democrats are on track to keep Rep. Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland in the No. 2 spot and Rep. James E. Clyburn of South Carolina as the No. 3 Democrat, though down-ballot races are contested. Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois will remain the assistant leader and party whip.
The top woman in House Republican leadership, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, won the No. 4 position over conservative Rep. Tom Price of Georgia.
And despite disappointing election night returns for Republicans in the Senate, Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, the head of his party's campaign efforts, will become the GOP whip, the Senate's No. 2 Republican.


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NORWALK, Conn. – A 38-year-old Greenwich man was killed early Monday morning when his BMW went down an embankment and crashed on the Merritt Parkway, according to state and local authorities.
Daniel Taylor was pronounced dead by Norwalk Hospital paramedics at the scene of the 12:15 a.m. southbound crash, which occurred just before exit 40 B.
After driving off the road, the car caught fire, but state police extinguished it before Norwalk Fire Department personnel arrived, according to the fire department.
The crash caused the temporary shutdown of the Merritt in addition to the closure of a portion of nearby Creeping Hemlock Drive.
State police are continuing their investigation into the accident.
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By Kathryn Kopchik
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Renowned Delta blues and reggae artist Corey Harris and The Rasta Blues Experience will perform in concert on Friday, Oct. 26, at 8 p.m. at the Campus Theatre in Lewisburg.
The event, which is free and open to the public, is part of Bucknell University's Homecoming festivities. Tickets are not required; seating will be first-come, first-served.
The concert is also part of a weekend of activities celebrating the public launch of the largest comprehensive campaign in the University's history.
Corey Harris is a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and band leader who has carved out his own niche in blues. A powerful singer and accomplished guitarist, he has appeared at venues throughout North America, Europe, Brazil, the Caribbean, West Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
In 2003 Harris was a featured artist and narrator of the Martin Scorcese film, "Feel Like Going Home," which traced the evolution of blues from West Africa to the southern U.S.
In 2007, he was awarded a $500,000 MacArthur Fellowship — commonly referred to as a "genius award" — from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The annual grant, which recognizes individuals from a wide range of disciplines who show creativity, originality and commitment to continued innovative work, described him as an artist who "forges an adventurous path marked by deliberate eclecticism."
Harris began his career as a New Orleans street singer, travelling throughout the southern U.S. In his early 20s he lived in Cameroon, West Africa for a year, which had a profound effect on his later work. He has recorded many old songs of the blues tradition while also creating an original vision of the blues by adding influences from reggae, soul, rock and West African music.
His 1995 recording, Between Midnight and Day, is a tribute to the tradition of acoustic blues. Subsequent recordings, such as Greens From the Garden (1999), Mississippi to Mali (2003), and Daily Bread (2005) show his maturation from interpreter to songwriter.
He has performed, recorded and toured with many of the top names in music including BB King, Taj Mahal, Buddy Guy, Henry Butler, R.L.Burnside, John Jackson, Ali Farka Toure, Dave Matthews Band, Tracy Chapman, Olu Dara, Wilco, and Natalie Merchant.
Additional recordings include Fish Ain't Bitin' (1996), Vu-Du Menz (with Henry Butler, 2000), Downhome Sophisticate (2002), Zion Crossroads (2007), and blu black (2010).
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'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' Trailer Released!
Check out the just released trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey!
Synopsis: The flick follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakensheild. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers.
Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever … Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities … A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.
The Peter Jackson-directed flick features a star-studded cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, Evangeline Lilly, Ian McKellen, and Martin Freeman.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey hits theaters December 14, 2012!
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Bangalore/New Delhi: Karnataka late Monday stopped releasing Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, hours after the state informed the Supreme Court that it was in no position to continue the water flow from Monday night, a senior official said.
The five crest gates of Krishanaraja Sagar (KRS) reservoir in Mandya, about 80 km from here, through which Cauvery water was being released to Tamil Nadu have been shut, the reservoir's chief executive engineer Vijayakumar told reporters in Mandya.
Hundreds of farmers gathered at the reservoir to try to prevent water release raised slogans welcoming the stoppage when Janata Dal-Secular legislator C.S. Puttaraju, who had led them, confirmed that water flow had stopped.
Earlier Monday, Karnataka Law Minister S. Suresh Kumar told reporters in New Delhi that senior counsel Fali Nariman representing the state had informed the Supreme Court that the state was in no position to release the water from Monday night.
There was no comment from the court on this submission nor did Tamil Nadu advocates raise objection to it, he said.
The submission was made when the Supreme Court was hearing Karnataka's plea to immediately allow the state to stop water release to Tamil Nadu.
Karnataka moved the court as it had Sep 28 pulled it up for not obeying the Sep 19 ruling of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as head of Cauvery River Authority (CRA) that it should release 9,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu from Sep 20 to Oct 15.
Karnataka began releasing water Sep 29 which had led to daily protests in Bangalore and Cauvery basin districts of Mandya, Mysore and Chamarajanagar - 80 km, 130 km and about 200 km respectively from Bangalore.
Karnataka had also been pleading with the prime minister to review and stay his ruling.
The Supreme Court bench of bench of Justice D.K Jain and Justice Madan B. Lokur also clarified that their Sep 28 order "shall not in anyway be an impediment in the way of chairman CRA to take decision on review application by the Karnataka government".
Soon after the clarification, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar announced in New Delhi that the state would file another appeal to the CRA to withdraw the Sep 19 order.
Earlier in the day, a delegation of central ministers from Karnataka, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, who hails from Mandya, Labour Minister Mallikarjun Kharge and Minister of State for Railways K.H. Muniyappa met Manmohan Singh and urged him to immediately review his Sep 19 ruling.
A team of 16 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliament members from the state also met Manmohan Singh with the same plea.
However, immediate review by the prime minister was unlikely as the central government stand is that he gave the ruling as CRA head and only a meeting of CRA can do so.
The CRA, headed by the prime minister, comprises central water resources minister and chief ministers of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, all of which have a share in Cauvery water.
Central Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, who was present when the two teams met Manmohan Singh, reiterated the stand Monday.
He told reporters after the meeting that the prime minister had given the ruling Sep 19 as head of CRA. It was not the decision of the prime minister but of the CRA and the CRA would have to meet to review the decision, Bansal asserted.


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since my sabayon installation of version 4.0 r1, is complete and very large, many, many packages, i use the original Sabayon's make.conf, and therefore i use many global flags...
I see, some months ago, in somewhere place in this Sabayon Forum, that Wolfden wrote a comprehensive tutorial for using make conf and flags, bu i was unable to locate it.
instead, in the same computer, i have an gentoo installation also, without KDE or GNOME and using only 4 light graphical envir.: E17, XFCE and LXDE.
XFCE is the default, the more commonly graphical env. in Gentoo.
and in this Gentoo installation, i use relatively few flags, but this depends of the packages that you will run...
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Antonio Amen 8/16/2012 3:15:35 AMNice photo, well done. #1480674
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There's really not a good comparison I can think of for a rivarly in football. Maybe NC State/UNC?
Both teams can live without the game, I suppose, but it's almost always the toughest ticket for both teams and guarantees a sellout (which neither team really is sure of against any other opponent on a regular basis). Seems silly for the teams not to play, but I can understand why it might happen.


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Meet Jeremy Spears, Quarterback for the Mid-Missouri Outlaws
Sedalia is the home of the Mid Missouri Outlaws football team. Recently the Outlaws' starting quarterback, Kyle Middleton suffered a broken collar bone in a game against the Council Bluffs Express, and for the first time in team history, a new quarterback got a start. Jeremy Spears received the call to finish out the game against the Express and was named the starter against the Springfield Wolfpack.
Although he is the new starting quarterback, Spears is not a new face to the Outlaws. He has played three seasons indoors as a receiver, running back and even a little defense from time to time. Spears says that he and his brothers have long been used to being utility players and just wants to help the team however he can.
Spears hails from the Kansas City, Kansas and Wyandotte County area. Spears graduated from Olathe North before going to Highland Community College, then Coffeyville Community College before ending up at the University of Central Missouri.
Spears says after UCM, he thought he was going to stop playing football, when the Outlaws called and gave him a chance to play. Spears felt his versatility of playing multiple positions over the years would be beneficial to the team. "I love being versatile and playing many positions, I've always strived to be a perfectionist," Spears said. "I love being versatile, you always get a piece of the action, you always get revenge on the person who hit you, or whoever intercepted your ball."
Spears is known for his speed. While he is a natural runner, he wants to be a more effecient quarterback and try and stay in the pocket more. The Springfield game gave him confidence in his first start. Spears completed 16 passes in his first game, and felt he made strides when he threw a 23-yard pass to Marcus James for a touchdown enroute to a 28-12 victory.
Spears says he is looking forward to playing the Kansas Koyotes this Saturday (June 9) at 7 p.m. in Topeka, Kansas, since that's where he's from and likes to have a good game in that atmosphere. Spears likes the home crowd in Sedalia more as they always bring their A-game with the cowboy hats, cowbells and cheering.
Listen to our interview with Jeremy Spears in it's entirety below. We'll be highlighting more local athletes from the Sedalia area soon!


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Sure, 3 years down the road there'll be games that look noticeably better with such a setup, but heres the thing; 3 years down the road you can have this graphics-performance for 1/8th the price and power-consumption.
It's fine though, those "early adopters" (aka idiots) pay a large fraction of the development-cost for the rest of us.
Bah! It's 19" racks for me! All I need now is a big reel-to-reel tape deck to use as a false front, and everyone will know I've got a proper computer!Or maybe, just maybe, old-school lay-down cases will come back in style.
Seems like a case of making the product long before any real demand for it actually exists.
Thats often how progress happens. Products are developed where the demand that already exists is a very limited niche, then, once the technology exists, more uses for it are developed, and demand increases.
But then, I don't think that's really the case here; seems to me that polygon-pushing horsepower on GPUs is something that developers have plenty of uses for as much as anyone can make available, and that plenty of
I have an athlon 64 3800+ with SLI 7800GT's, XFi etc etc
And just doing a quick back-of-the-envelope, that rig probably cost you well over $3000. That's a heck of a lot of money to spend and still have Oblivion 'grind to a halt' at max settings. Today's gaming market has just gotten ridiculous. What ever happened to the days when you could get good performance from the latest games on only $1000-$2000 worth of hardware?
With the current trend of multiple cores, I figured it would be just a matter of time for the SLI and Crossfire solutions to switch back to a single video card. Either they would dual core the GPU, or simply put two GPU on the same card.
Actually, the G71 processor used in that beast has 32 pixel pipelines already, which in their context are similar to cores on a CPU. (Sure, they form a SIMD architecture unlike CPU cores, but so does SLIed GPUs sort of as I have understood it.) When CPUs get more cores, G
Funny coincidence. I just saw aThey could probably put two GPUs on the same board though.
Eventually, 4 way GPU cards will be released, and eventually nVidia and/or ATI will start to dual core their GPUs, those spending money on their expensive dual or even quad based SLI configurations just wasted a bunch of money.
You are missing the point that GPU are highly parallel operation processors. What you call "dual core their GPU" has been done for the past 5+ years in the graphics industry. They call it a new product.
Every new generation had more pixel pipelines. What do you think those are? You can
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LONGMONT -- A suspected burlgar was knocked out on the 800 block of Summerhawk Drive early Monday morning after a homeowner chased him down and hit him in the head with a bat during a scuffle, police reported.
Gage Groves, 21, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree burglary, first-degree criminal trespassing, felony menacing, possession of burglary tools, identity theft, misdemeanor theft and several other charges, police reported. He was jailed after he was treated at Longmont United Hospital.
A father and son who live on the 1700 block of Whitefeather Drive heard their garage door open. The older man checked it out initially and did not find anyone, so he closed the door and went back inside, according to police reports. They heard the door again and found Groves and a boy, believed to be his younger brother, in their garage.
The resident and his son gave chase when Groves and the boy fled, crossing a vacant field and catching up with them in the parking lot on the 800 block of Summerhawk Drive.
The resident's son, who grabbed a bat before the chase, told police that he caught up with Groves and the younger boy continued to flee. The son said he was holding the bat during an initial scuffle with Groves. However, he told police, Groves pulled a knife, so he hit Groves on the head with the bat.
Officers found Groves bleeding in the street. He later told officers that he stopped in the street because he was tired of running. He said he fell to his knees to give up and did not pull a knife. He said he was knocked out and when he came around the police were there.Police searched his bag and found a garage door opener for the home, which Groves said he got out of a truck parked outside the home, police reported. He added that he and his brother were looking for money to pay for a hotel for the night, but they never took anything from the garage.
Officers searched his backpack and reported finding financial documents for many other people in the area, including credit card and bank statements.
Longmont Police Cmdr. Jeff Satur said officers have not found Grove's younger brother, but said the pair are suspected of other car break-ins in the area. Satur said residents in the area should account for garage-door openers.
"We recovered a bunch of garage-door openers and want to make sure they get their garage-door openers back," he said.Pierrette J. Shields can be reached at 303-684-5273 or at email@example.com.


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Prayer is a very habit-related thing. People get into certain prayer habits early in life and they continue carrying out those behaviors, even increasing them as they gain a deeper understanding of what they are doing. —David Hayward
Every morning, Virginia Broennimann wraps herself in a white velour robe, kneels on a pink crocheted prayer rug holding a picture of Jesus at her head, and engages in an hour of prayer and meditation.
Elsewhere in the airy condominium overlooking downtown Salt Lake City, her husband Rudolf begins his day by washing his face before he begins his daily prayer and meditation.
They pray together later in the morning for a list of people they believe need God's help.
"We do it six days a week, except Sunday, because that's when we go to church and pray there," Virginia Broennimann said.
The couple, now in their mid-80s, began this daily prayer ritual six years ago when they converted from a New Age church to a Christian faith that deepened their understanding and practice of religion, particularly prayer.
And their evolution is typical among older men and women who find that the frequency of prayer, their understanding of the practice and what they expect from their petitions to God changes throughout their senior years — not just from the time they were children or middle-age, a recent study found.
The study, published in the March issue of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, not only supports the long-held finding that most people become more religious as they age, but also sheds more light on how religious practice impacts health care and other lifestyle aspects of an aging population that is projected to grow in the next half century.
"Late life is not a time where people reach an end-state and stay there for 30 years. People are still going through important changes, and it is important for (clergy and caregivers) to be aware of that," said David Hayward, an assistant research scientist at the University of Michigan and co-author of the study.
Staying connected
Hayward explained that the study on prayer among older adults is part of a larger project exploring the relationship between religious behavior and health. He and senior researcher Neal Krause have been tracking the religious practices and beliefs of a national sample of older adults for the past seven years. The sample now averages 80 years old.
The data are particularly relevant considering those 85 years and older are currently the fastest growing demographic worldwide, the study noted, and the number of centenarians is expected to increase tenfold by 2050 in the United States alone.
"We are laying groundwork for understanding how prayer might have a unique relationship with certain kinds of health outcomes at this life stage," he said. "This is the time of life when older people are having health problems and relying more on prayer as a coping mechanism."
The study also explained that prayer can also help people stay engaged in their social networks, which can also impact their well-being.
"As they age, individuals may find it increasingly difficult to repay help received from others by offering direct tangible assistance, and may thus instead pray more for others as a means of fulfilling their side of these mutual obligations," the study stated.
Hayward said the social networking dimension of prayer can have health implications as prayer becomes the one religious practice someone can do despite physical ailments that may keep them from attending church or serving in the congregation.
"Research shows older people who feel like they are giving support to other people do much better in terms of health outcomes," he said. "It makes them feel better about themselves because they are giving back. If they can pray for someone, that can be a very important way for them to engage in that reciprocal relationship instead of just being a burden."
He said additional research has shown that if people believe other people are praying for them they do better in health outcomes. "So praying for someone really is contributing something to someone that really is beneficial," he said.
Changing expectations
Praying for the welfare of others, the study found, wasn't the only thing that increased with age. Participants also prayed more often for material things and their own well-being. Rather than shifting the object of prayer from one need to another, Hayward said, people increase all types of requests as they pray more frequently.
"We thought they would pray more and more for their own health (relative to praying for others), but that wasn't any more true at 65 (years old) as it was when they are 95," he said. "Prayer is a very habit-related thing. People get into certain prayer habits early in life and they continue carrying out those behaviors, even increasing them as they gain a deeper understanding of what they are doing."
Eighty-four-year-old Rudolf Broennimann recalls praying with a congregation at the Swiss Reform Church he attended as a youth in Zuchwil, Switzerland. But it wasn't until he converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that he engaged in daily personal prayer and experienced its benefits.
"It is definitely a part of my daily life now," he said. "It has deepened my understanding and feelings, which were suppressed for many years. This is where you really go into the depth of religious experience, when you can go to your heart to feel for yourself and feel for others."
Broennimann's evolution was revealed in Hayward's study as respondents to the survey expressed a maturity and deeper understanding of their prayers and their expectations from the experience of communing with God.
"Although older adults did not change in their propensity to think their prayers were answered," the study said, "they did increasingly come to endorse the ideas that one must learn to wait for God's answers, and that God does not always respond to prayers in the expected way because only he knows what is best."
Hayward said more research would need to be done to discover why prayer expectations shift over the course of life from a desire for immediate answers to what researchers call trust-based prayer, in which those praying trust God will respond even if it's in a way they don't expect.
"It could be that people become more developed and nuanced. It could also be that people get more experienced in having their prayers not immediately answered," he said.
Mentoring younger generations
The study also theorizes that the increasing frequency of prayer among older adults could also be attributed to people resorting to a "secondary control strategy" as their resources dwindle and they "relinquish primary control in some domains of life."
But Virginia Broennimann describes her evolving prayer strategy a different way.
The 86-year-old former beauty parlor owner who raised three children calls herself a reformed "control freak" who said prayer helped her give up a need to control.
"Prayer is trust, and controlling is fear. And when you fear, you think you have to control everything or you think it's not going to turn out right. That's not faith," she said. "For me, prayer is freedom because I have to let go of control."
The insights of older adults on topics like prayer are not only valuable from a health care perspective, but also in learning how to maintain spiritual health within a religious group, said Wade Rowatt, a psychology professor at Baylor University who teaches about the psychology of religion.
He said research into the religious beliefs and practices of the elderly can serve as models for younger generations.
"One thing I value in the intergenerational nature of congregations is you can look to older individuals in a mentoring way," Rowatt said. "Some people are handling these life events with remarkable grace, and others are struggling, so it's important to see how individuals respond and cope in what works. And these studies point to the idea that, like it or not, religion and spirituality seem to matter and work for a lot of people."
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AN air-conditioner was the cause of a fire at Feelgood Fitness in Strathdale yesterday afternoon – the third fire caused by evaporative coolers in two weeks.
Fire crews contained the fire in 15 minutes after they were called out to the Edwards Road gym about 3pm.
Crews used a thermal imaging camera to locate the fire in the roof and directed a jet of water to extinguish the flames.
Gym receptionist Jordyn Butler said about 20 people were in the building when the fire started.
Flames and a thick plume of black smoke could be seen coming from the roof and passersby alerted management to the fire at the back of the property.
"Everyone was pretty quick to get out and luckily everyone was quite relaxed about it," Ms Butler said.
Bendigo Fire Station senior station manager Darren Eenjes said the damage was isolated to the air-conditioning unit and was not extensive.
Energy Safe Victoria and Bendigo's fire investigation team will confirm the cause of the fire.
Mr Eenjes said it was the third fire caused by an air-conditioner in the past two weeks.
"It is a concern," Mr Eenjes said.
"It's because we've had a spate of hot weather and people are starting to use them more."
He encouraged owners to get their units serviced.


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RAMSTEIN AIR BASE — — Joe D'Ambrosio is breaking in a rookie Friday night, a kid by the name of Jim Calhoun.
"I'm going to tell Jim, 'just have fun,'" said D'Ambrosio, who will begin a new basketball season in his usual role, as the radio voice of the Huskies when they play Michigan State in the Armed Forces Classic. "My job is going to be to let Jim Calhoun be himself."


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|Corrina, Corrina
|Tuesday, 21 December 1999
The movie opens with a wake for the wife of Manny Singer; we never know what killed her, and the wake is presented in a mannered, semi-comic manner that almost suggests Manny (Ray Liotta) is better off for her having died, since no one seems very broken up about her loss. No one, that is, except her seven-year-old daughter Molly (Tina Majorino) who, on the day of her mother's funeral, simply stops talking.
We gradually learn that Manny is emotionally devastated, but tries to hold it back to keep from falling apart; this makes Molly think he just doesn't remember his wife. He interviews a series of nanny/housekeepers, every single one of which is painfully caricatured and "funny." Even though he does eventually hire Jonesy (Joan Cusack), she's really no more realistic than the rest of them: clinging, silly, and after Manny as a husband (she's a widow). Nelson continues this kind of deck-stacking throughout the movie (and throughout all her other screenplays): everyone we're supposed to like is down-to-earth and realistic; everyone we're not supposed to like is an overdrawn clown.
Finally, Corrina Washington (Whoopi Goldberg), wearing stylish clothes and smoking cigarettes (as does Manny), sashays into the lives of Manny and Molly. We never get a clue as to why intelligent, personable, college-educated Corrina can't get a job anywhere else, other than that she's black. Manny is so enlightened (he's a Jewish atheist) that he doesn't remark about Corrina's race, although at first he declines to hire her, but comes back to her when Jonesy proves a disaster.
Corrina's attitude is witty and slightly confrontational, and she immediately makes friends with the awed Molly. The story thereafter follows predictable paths: after a while, Molly talks to Corrina and then her father. Manny has been having trouble at work -- he's in advertising where his ingratiating but wildly unsupportive pal Sid (Larry Miller) has been of little help. (Watch closely and you'll see that one of those on the company's board is Brent Spiner.) Well-meaning friends try to get Manny together with single mother Jenny (Wendy Crewson), who has two cute kids of her own. Jenny is treated almost realistically, but Nelson cannot refrain from making her a little too obviously the wrong choice.
Corrina, of course, is the right choice, though it takes a long time for everyone other than Molly to realize this. Even at the very end, Nelson avoids making clear whether Manny and Corrina will marry.
In 1959, a white man marrying a black woman was much more shocking to society than it is today, but the racial issue is rarely raised. When it is, however, it comes on like a herd of rhinoceroses. Suddenly it's the only thing on the movie's mind, only to be dropped with a thud later on.
Because of a reference to the 1958 movie HOUSEBOAT, the time period of CORRINA, CORRINA would have to be 1958 or 1959, but the cars we see, the clothing styles and the TV shows establish it as taking place earlier in the 50s. The attitudes of the characters, on the other hand, seem floating in limbo, of no conceivable period in US social history. The movie probably goes down a lot smoother with those who aren't old enough to remember what the 50s were really like.
Nonetheless, despite its failings, CORRINA, CORRINA is a likable, entertaining movie, largely thanks to Goldberg and Majorino. They work together as well as a mother and daughter might, and all their scenes together are suffused with a warmth and charm that's not really present in the script. Trying to boost the unhappy Molly's spirits about returning to school, Corrina tells the child that she has "the most likable face in America." Nope. When she smiles, Whoopi Goldberg herself has the most likable face in America -- Majorino, at the time the movie was made, came in second. They're such a funny, ingratiating pair that it's a shame they didn't do another movie together right away.
With his pockmarked face and icy eyes, Liotta is usually cast as cold-blooded killers, or sometimes cold-blooded heroes. He's surprisingly compassionate, unexpectedly believable as a grieving father. The supporting cast is equally good, though it's too bad someone decided Don Ameche's character should be mute. Larry Miller has a few good moments as Manny's weak-willed pal; Jenifer Lewis, as Corrina's sister, is acerbic and affectionate, while little Curtis Williams, as Corrina's nephew (the same age as Molly), is a bubbly, irrepressible delight. It often looks as though Nelson just pointed the camera at him, and let him do whatever he wanted.
Much of the movie is contrived -- perhaps unavoidably. But really, did Manny and Corrina have to bond over a fondness for Erik Satie? The scene in which she helps him write a jingle for instant pudding is far more interesting and believable.
The movie, however, sneaks up on you; at first, resisting its charms seems easy, even necessary, but gradually, thanks to Goldberg's powerful but understated screen presence and the intensely involving chemistry between her and Majorino (the best child actor of the 1990s), and finally the warmth that grows between Manny and Corrina, the movie wins you over. The ending is somewhat flat and evasive, but by that time, you're regularly forgiving its lapses. This is a great movie to watch with kids.
The DVD is standard: the sound, in Dolby 5.1, is exceptionally good, but that's become state of the art today. The golden-oldies soundtrack (which skimps on "Corrina Corrina") is not as well-chosen as it might have been. As usual with New Line, both a widescreen and a pan & scan print are offered on the same side of the disc. There are filmographies for the main names involved, and a trailer.


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1. Re: Data Merge Image PathsSteve Werner Mar 23, 2011 9:10 AM (in response to Michael Gianino)
I don't know that I've ever seen the syntax defined. However, as a workaround, why don't you put the images on your hard drive, and use Data Merge to create the InDesign file. Then use the Links panel in InDesign to relink the images to those on your hard drive.
2. Re: Data Merge Image PathsMichael Gianino Mar 23, 2011 9:12 AM (in response to Steve Werner)
In short, that wouldn't be practical. There will be hundreds or thousands of images.
3. Re: Data Merge Image PathsSteve Werner Mar 23, 2011 9:19 AM (in response to Michael Gianino)
Here is the syntax as defined in InDesign Help:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/indesign/cs/using/WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6c3ca.h tml
Click on the Add image fields to the data source file link.
If it's not working for an external drive, it could unfortunately be a bug.
4. Re: Data Merge Image PathsMichael Gianino Mar 23, 2011 9:24 AM (in response to Steve Werner)
I've already been there. The examples show images on the HD, which I have no trouble with. It's just not working from the external drive.
5. Re: Data Merge Image PathsPeter Spier Mar 23, 2011 9:32 AM (in response to Michael Gianino)
I think this is probably a drive mapping issue, and ID is fussy about paths. Select a file onthe external drive and see what the path is on the second machine, then do a find/change on the text file to fix the path statements and save a second copy so you can use one for each machine.
6. Re: Data Merge Image PathsMichael Gianino Mar 23, 2011 9:38 AM (in response to Peter Spier)
I'm not sure I follow you, but I've only tried this on one machine so far. That would probably work if the path began with "Bills Mac" and you were trying from "Steves Mac," but it doesn't work from Bill's Mac either.
7. Re: Data Merge Image PathsSteve Werner Mar 23, 2011 9:38 AM (in response to Michael Gianino)
I found this old thread pertaining to CS3, but the limitation may still hold today:
It suggests the InDesign file, the Excel file and the images all need to be on the same drive.
8. Re: Data Merge Image PathsMichael Gianino Mar 23, 2011 9:40 AM (in response to Steve Werner)
I'll try saving the ID and text files to the external when I get back to work.
9. Re: Data Merge Image PathsPeter Spier Mar 23, 2011 9:48 AM (in response to Michael Gianino)
What does the path in a single line look like in the text file now?
If you manually place that image on the second machine, and copy the path to the clipbaord, what do you see? Are they identical?
10. Re: Data Merge Image PathsMichael Gianino Mar 23, 2011 9:52 AM (in response to Peter Spier)
Sorry, but as of yet, there has been no second machine. Just one machine with an external USB drive.
To get the path, I'm placing an image from the HD into a new ID document, clicking on the image in the links manager, and selecting "copy full path" from the links manager's fly-out. It works if I place images from a folder on my internal HD, but when I try from the USB drive, I get an error message that ID couldn't locate the images.
I'm not at work now, but I'll post the exact path to the forum when I can (I work nights, so it will be a while).
11. Re: Data Merge Image PathsPeter Spier Mar 23, 2011 10:04 AM (in response to Michael Gianino)
You've confused me. What's on the USB drive, the images, or the text file? Is the path in the text file referring to the hard drive of the machine into which it's been plugged?
I think Macs do some strange addressing stuff with USB, but I'm a PC guy.
12. Re: Data Merge Image PathsMichael Gianino Mar 23, 2011 7:02 PM (in response to Peter Spier)
Sorry to have confused you. The office has several workstations—all Macs with some form of 10.5, but one (the one I use) that has some form of 10.6 (sorry that I can't be more specific now, but I'm at home). All machines are supposed to go up to 10.6 at some point, but I'm not the administrator, so I can only ask for any software updating—I can't do it myself.
There is a PC server, but for some reason, they use an external USB drive for archiving. It would probably make sense to always have the USB drive hooked up to the same machine, but it would be more flexible if it could be carried to any machine, should the main one be tied up by something else.
It is from the archives that the images for this job (a 12-24 page ad sheet that publishes every two weeks) will be taken. Images are located in 11 folders, depending on the SKU of the product in the ad. I'm looking to introduce Data Merge into the mix so that we can get a whole page's worth of ads from a data sheet, rather than looking up each ad by SKU and copy/pasting from the archive. The hope is to pick SKUs from a database, assemble them by page into tab-delimited text files, and use Data Merge to bring each ad into a text frame, with any associated product image or logos.
So, at this point, the only problem is that the path that I copy from the links manager returns an error when the images are on the USB drive, while the same method works if the image is on the HD.
13. Re: Data Merge Image PathsMichael Gianino Mar 24, 2011 2:09 AM (in response to Michael Gianino)
A little more info:
I'm using an iMac with 10.6.6, and I haven't tried on the other iMacs that run 10.5.8. InDesign is CS5 (7.0.3). Here is what the paths look like when copied from the links manager:
HD, root level:
/204983 SS Pkt Tees.tif
In a folder on the root level of the HD:
/Links/204983 SS Pkt Tees.tif
On the desktop in a folder:
/Users/carol/Desktop/Links/204983 SS Pkt Tees.tif
On a removable USB drive, a few folders in:
/Volumes/USB_External/Archives/2s/204983/Links/204983 SS Pkt Tees.tif
On a PC server:
/Volumes/Shared Folder/ClientFolder/AdDate/Page7/Links/204983 SS Pkt Tees.tif
I also noticed that in the help files, the PC example used the backslashes as separators, and the Mac example used colons. I tried swapping out the colons, but no joy. I tried saving the text file and the ID file in the same folder as the links folder, but the only thing that worked was to have the links all out in the same level as the ID and text, rather than being in a links folder. This obviously won't be good for me if I can't get Data Merge to work by pulling images from various folders. Any thoughts?
14. Re: Data Merge Image PathsPeter Spier Mar 24, 2011 4:56 AM (in response to Michael Gianino)
Can you give the external drive a name? I don't know if that would help. It may also matter which USB port it plugs into.
15. Re: Data Merge Image PathsMichael Gianino Mar 24, 2011 6:17 AM (in response to Peter Spier)
The name of the drive is actually the name of the company I work for, but I changed it for the forum.
16. Re: Data Merge Image PathsPeter Spier Mar 24, 2011 6:50 AM (in response to Michael Gianino)
I'm about out of ideas. As I mentioned earlier, I'm a PC guy. I do know that 10.5 was flaky about recognizing usb drives. My daughter has an old G4 MacBook Pro that got upgraded to Leopard by Apple when they replaced a bad hard drive. It never read a flash drive again, and searching Google revealed this to be a pretty common problem. Not sure about the external hard drive she uses for backup.
17. Re: Data Merge Image Pathsafsdfasg Mar 24, 2011 5:12 PM (in response to Michael Gianino)
Two things to possibly consider:
– spaces in filename. Can be problematic with csv files
– file system of the hard drive. Possible issue if accessing NTFS drive? NTFS3G may help
Does it work with USB drive connected to your computer? (beware potential for data loss with cross-platform drives)
18. Re: Data Merge Image PathsJohn Hawkinson Mar 24, 2011 6:26 PM (in response to Michael Gianino)
Wow, I'm a little bit late to the party, but it looks to me like we're missing some information here.
What's the exact path you are using in the spreadsheet?
On a Mac, there are (at least) 2 kinds of paths: the colon path and the unix (slashes) path. They are not the same. InDesign wants the colon path in the Spreadsheet according to the documentation, but appears to be giving you the unix path, and maybe that sometimes works.
Generally speaking they are quite similar. The colon path starts with the name of the drive and then directory names with sepeators. The unix path does not.
So, for your USB drive, the colon path should be: "USB_External:Archives:2s:204983:Links:204983 SS Pkt Tees.tif".
Please note that for the desktop folder, etc, the colon path is different -- it needs your hard drive name in it. Stuff like: "Macintosh HD:Users:carol:Desktop:Links:204983 SS Pkt Tees.tif"
At this point, I speculate that unix paths work fine when they can be converted to colon paths by prefixing "Macintosh HD:" and changing the slashes to colons. But that's not how it works for external volumes.
I sincerely doubt that spaces in the filename are the problem, but that's easy enough to test.
19. Re: Data Merge Image PathsJohn Hawkinson Mar 30, 2011 12:49 AM (in response to John Hawkinson)
Hi, Michael. Did my suggestion work?
20. Re: Data Merge Image PathsMichael Gianino Mar 30, 2011 7:17 AM (in response to John Hawkinson)
John Hawkinson wrote:What's the exact path you are using in the spreadsheet?
Sorry, but I didn't see your reply until just now. I haven't checked the forum for a while. The paths that I copied from the ID links manager were pasted directly into the spreadsheet. I tried with the slashes and by using find/change to convert the slashes to colons, but neither worked. I work the night shift, so I'll try your suggestion tonight, and maybe be able to post back tomorrow.
21. Re: Data Merge Image PathsJohn Hawkinson Mar 30, 2011 7:32 AM (in response to Michael Gianino)
Oh right, two addenda:
1) I guess the preferred term is POSIX Path, not "unix path." Sorry about that.
2) You should be able to work around this problem with a symbolic link. But try my solution first...symlinks are kind of confusing and you'll need to create them by hand in the Terminal.
22. Re: Data Merge Image Pathsrudy713 Apr 29, 2011 2:03 PM (in response to Michael Gianino)
Hi Michael.
I am having this issue also.
I work at a corporation that houses all of our assets on our "Creative" server. (so, local paths are out of the question as this workflow needs to be available to any workstation).
I have found that images will only import IF the .csv file resides in the same folder as the images. Of course, we have the images spread across many folders, so this quickly breaks down. The InDesign file, itself, does not seem to matter where it resides.
It seems that the only solution will be to create a separate folder holding all of the images. This will necessitate having a duplicate set of images on our server which, in a corporate setting, is a horrible solution. There should only be one version of each image.
23. Re: Data Merge Image PathsPeter Spier Apr 29, 2011 2:16 PM (in response to rudy713)
This is totally off the wall, but what happens if you put a folder with aliases to the real images in the same folder with the .csv?
24. Re: Data Merge Image Pathsrudy713 Apr 29, 2011 4:23 PM (in response to Peter Spier)
That is actually worth a shot. Very good. Thanks Peter. I will let you know what happens.
25. Re: Data Merge Image PathsMr. Met Apr 29, 2011 4:37 PM (in response to rudy713)
Aside from the path issue, if you're accessing images, text files and data from spreadsheets (11 folders, IIRC), you may want to look into dedicated data merge plug-ins from woodwing or em software.
26. Re: Data Merge Image PathsJohn Hawkinson Apr 29, 2011 7:18 PM (in response to Peter Spier)
This is totally off the wall, but what happens if you put a folder with aliases to the real images in the same folder with the .csv?
I don't know why you think it's totally off the wall! It seems totally reasonable.
I'd love to hear if anyone tried my suggestions earlier in the thread and whether they worked...or more details from the recent posters on exactly what paths they are trying that fail...
Symbolic links should certainly work. Whether aliases will work will depend on how InDesign reads the files...under Mac OS X, aliases are special files whose contents tells the reader what file to read instead. Whereas symbolic links are inplemented in the file system. So symlinks should always work without application support. Aliases not so much...
27. Re: Data Merge Image PathsMigintosh Apr 30, 2011 3:08 AM (in response to John Hawkinson)
For reasons unrelated to how effective DataMerge is or is not, I decided that it wouldn't really work for the project I was doing, so I haven't been experimenting with it for a while, but I got some free time tonight and thought I'd update you all.
I changed from using Links Manager>Copy Info>Copy Full Path to Links Manager>Copy Info>Copy Platform Style Path, and was able to gather images from my local drive, a network drive, and an external USB drive without any trouble. I'm not sure why I either didn't try it before, or maybe I did, but made a mistake. Either way, the trouble I was having that inspired me to start this thread is solved for me. Maybe anyone else trying should give Copy Platform Style Path a try and see if it works for you.
I still don't know how to delete the placeholders that are generated by DataMerge when encountering an empty field. They don't effect the layout or printing, but sometimes if you click in the text and select via shift and the arrow key (counting the characters as you go), you might select one of these placeholders instead of the character you really wanted, and that will throw you off. Also, I like to keep a clean layout, and something that doesn't do anything—regardless of how innocuous it is otherwise—is something I'd rather do without.
Anyway, cheers.
P.S., I couldn't remember my current log-in, but did remember a really old one, so I just wanted to clear up that I'm really Michael Gianino and not some other poster. You can call me Mig if you like (most do).
28. Re: Data Merge Image Pathsrudy713 May 2, 2011 5:51 AM (in response to Migintosh)
Thanks for this. You know, I tried the "platform style" before and it did not work. Upon reading your posting this morning, I decided to try it again. Guess what? It worked. I must have been doing something else wrong before when I tried it. It is all good now. Thanks so much Michael. Call this one "solved" for me! -Rudy
29. Re: Data Merge Image PathsAmy Schultz Jan 22, 2013 5:40 PM (in response to Migintosh)
Glad I found this post - it's been rather informative. Here's hoping you and others take a look at this post again.
I'm doing a very similar project and have the same trouble with file paths using various files on a network drive. I did try the Copy Platform Style Path, and pasted that into my csv file, but it didn't seem to work with DataMerge ("...one or more missing images..."). You and Rudy both say you tried it once with no luck and then it randomly worked the next time. Were there any changes to your files or their locations to make it work?
My template indd file and csv file are on the same network drive as all the images I'll be linking, so it seems odd to still have issues with file paths.
I'm on OS 10.5.8, using CS4.
30. Re: Data Merge Image Pathsmatt_opsal Aug 14, 2013 11:43 AM (in response to Amy Schultz)
For Network Data Merges, use Links Manager>Copy Info>Copy Full Path and replace the forward slashes "/" with colons ":". Remove the first forward slash before "Volumes".
For example, I was testing images located on a network drive "/Volumes/Data/Temp JUNK FILES/Pics/black.jpg". This was the path that was given to me via "Copy Full Path". Changing the file path to "Volumes:Data:Temp JUNK FILES:Pics:black.jpg" worked perfectly and all of the images came through via the Data Merge.
This should also work for external drives (USB/Firewire/etc) because Mac OS X mounts drives through "/Volumes" as a system path (Unix).
31. Re: Data Merge Image Pathsdeivisali Dec 3, 2014 4:21 AM (in response to matt_opsal)
Is not a URL problem, this not work because all images and datasource files needs to stay in the same folder.
Put aliases not works for me.
32. Re: Data Merge Image PathsVicious Celery Dec 30, 2014 8:11 AM (in response to Michael Gianino)
Has anyone experienced trouble with relative file paths since updating from CC to CC 2014?
We do class certificates with data merge, and pull in client logos and backgrounds. The template that I set up a few years ago has always worked, and still works in CC. But when using CC 2014, it fails to find both images. It works if I move the images to the same folder as the csv, but it can no longer find them when they are in their respective folders. We work on macs, and I have experimented with going back to the old form of using colons, dropping the "/" in front of the folder name, etc. Nothing seems to work.
Sample filepath: (under heading @Company Logo)
-this exact path will work in CC, but not CC 2014.
-this exact file will work if I locate it next to the .csv, and change the file path accordingly (acmeAnvils.png)
-it's not practical not to use folders; we have soooo many client logos and backgrounds that keeping everything in the same directory would be a mess
-It's important to our workflow be able to use relative file paths.
Other versions of the filepath I have tried:
Any ideas would be really appreciated!
Thank you!
33. Re: Data Merge Image PathsSamShoemaker Feb 2, 2015 6:42 AM (in response to Vicious Celery)
Yes!! It is so frustrating! I have to use my old version of InDesign (CS5) to do all my data merges that have images saved in multiple folders.
If anyone has any ideas see below for the image error message that I, and my whole art department staff, get in CC 2014.
I have read through this thread and tried all suggestions... Please help!!
Data Source File: Karns TV Template-Week 219.csv
Target Document: Top10TV - Small.indd
Report Generated: 2/2/15 9:22 AM
1) Volumes:ArtClients:GROCERY STORE SIGNAGE::-Grocery Photos:Seafood:Salmon Fresh Chilean Fillets.jpg
2) Volumes:ArtClients:GROCERY STORE SIGNAGE::-Grocery Photos:Meat-NEW:Pork Loin Whole Bone in Raw.jpg
3) Volumes:ArtClients:GROCERY STORE SIGNAGE::-Grocery Photos:Meat-NEW:Chicken Leg Quarter-Raw on Cutting Board.jpg
4) Volumes:ArtClients:GROCERY STORE SIGNAGE::-Grocery Photos:Meat-NEW:New-York-Strip-Steak-USDA.psd
5) Volumes:ArtClients:GROCERY STORE SIGNAGE::-Grocery Photos:Meat-NEW:Pork Chops Center Cut Rib.jpg
6) Volumes:ArtClients:GROCERY STORE SIGNAGE::-Grocery Photos:Deli-NEW:Roast Beef Sandwich.eps
7) Volumes:ArtClients:GROCERY STORE SIGNAGE::-Grocery Photos:Produce-Veggies:Apples-Variety.jpg
8) Volumes:ArtClients:GROCERY STORE SIGNAGE::-Grocery Photos:Beverages:Nestle Pure Life Water 24 count 16.9 oz 6827493471.eps
9) Volumes:ArtClients:GROCERY STORE SIGNAGE::-Grocery Photos:Dairy:Sargento Shredded Cheese Mozzarella 8 oz.eps
10) Volumes:ArtClients:GROCERY STORE SIGNAGE::-Grocery Photos:Baking Goods:Essential Everyday Pure Granulated Sugar 4 Lbs 4130301545.eps
34. Re: Data Merge Image PathsVicious Celery Apr 27, 2015 1:27 PM (in response to SamShoemaker)
Great news! It seems to be resolved. I don't know which update, but we just (accidentally) tried CC 2014 again, and it works now.
Thanks, whoever fixed this!


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I know not very many of us are on first name's basis, and some of that is to protect the guilty , but I am just so glad I have a cool name, at least I think it is. I won't give a list of what I consider names I'm glad I don't have to keep from offending anyone, but I am so glad my mom avoided certain Christian names.
Ok, I am male, and my first name is Cary. Of course its not without its problems, like misspellings (Carey, Kerry, just to name a few), mistaken for other more common male names (Corey, Harry, Jerry, Gary), and yes, I have gotten made fun of for having a "girl's name." And it rhymes with fairy, which also left me as the butt of a few jokes. But nothing like the problems Jerry Seinfeld claims to have had with "Jerry Jerry Dingleberry" and "Seinsmelled." One time, I had a great combo name with my ex-bro in law, whose nickname was "Cash" for the first initial and his last name, and together we were "Cash and Cary". Pretty cool pun, eh? Too bad we weren't a home run duo
As another part of this, I also was thinking of a name I would prefer other than my own, I've always thought Jeremiah was a cool name.
Anyone else given this one some thought?


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The Vikings stadium deal is unleashing the biggest expansion of Minnesota charitable gambling in 25 years while ushering in electronic gaming on a scale not seen anywhere else in the country.
Vendors of the new electronic pulltabs and bingo games already are visiting the Twin Cities, hoping to nab a lucrative contract. Distributors are hawking their services to the state's 1,200 nonprofits and charities that hold gambling licenses.
The stakes are high. Minnesota's $1 billion-a-year charitable gambling industry, which funds everything from softball teams to VFWs to fire departments, is being counted on to generate $348 million in taxes to underwrite the state's share of the cost of a new Vikings stadium.
Meanwhile, Minnesota suddenly finds itself in the vanguard of charitable gaming. Electronic pulltabs, a game played on an iPad-like device with computer graphics and sound, are expected to boost gambling revenue by attracting younger and new customers. But the new technology can be found in just a handful of states, such as Idaho, Illinois and Florida, and only on a limited scale. That has the Minnesota Gambling Control Board scrambling to hire technology-savvy staffers to oversee games played on cardboard for decades.
"Our work is just beginning," said Tom Barrett, executive director of the Minnesota Gambling Control Board. "Bingo has been legal since 1946. Pulltabs since 1985. This is the first time they've really changed."
On Monday, the board will host its first meeting to tell charitable gambling leaders what they know.
Don LaCroix, manager of the Spring Lake Park American Legion, is among the hundreds of charitable gambling leaders waiting to hear how Minnesota will roll out its games -- games that haven't even been invented by a manufacturer yet.
LaCroix hasn't decided whether he'll buy any new games, largely because no one knows their cost and how complicated they will be to run.
"We would need someone at the counter to load them, whatever hardware or software is required to run them, space for them ... insurance. What if someone walks out the door with those iPads?" he asked.
"And can we get customers who want to use them?"
Unlikely white knight
That charitable gambling rescued the Vikings stadium still amazes -- and irritates -- many gambling leaders. Charity gambling leaders had lobbied for several years to legalize electronic pulltabs and electronic bingo, hoping to attract a new wave of customers. They also lobbied hard for tax cuts: Gambling nonprofits, which paid $37 million in state taxes last year, pay an average of 46 percent of net profits to state taxes, according to the group's trade association.
But gambling leaders wanted a standalone bill, said King Wilson, executive director of Allied Charities of Minnesota, the industry trade group.
"Our bill was not intended to build a stadium, but to build community," Wilson said.
Even so, he is pleased the electronic games are now legal. And he has found himself on the front lines of charitable gambling expansion. Last week, he had dinner with one equipment vendor. He's meeting another this week.
"They wanted to see the Minnesota market and how the bars here compared to those in their state," Wilson said.
And with good reason. Minnesota boasts the highest revenues from charitable gambling of any state, nearly $1 billion a year.
Whether that market will go wild over electronic gaming is unknown. The Minnesota Gambling Control Board has projected that 2,500 of the state's 2,800 gambling sites would install the electronic pulltabs, and that 1,500 would install the new electronic linked bingo.
Charities overseeing gambling, especially at bars and restaurants, are eager to try something different to attract new, younger players. But many of the fraternal organizations that hold gambling licenses, such as the VFWs, American Legions and Elks Clubs, have many members who are well over 65 years old. That's particularly true outstate, where many folks haven't even seen an iPad.
"We've got a good percent [of customers] who could care less," said Rick Rone, manager of the VFW in Baudette, near the Canadian border. "I think it will just be something different."
Even clubs ready to give it a try are often at the mercy of their volunteers. Those volunteers, and staff, soon will need new training and a knack for technology. Hiring a staff person, especially given the dwindling fortunes of charitable gambling, may not be in the cards.
The Baudette VFW, for example, experimented with "linked bingo" a few years ago, Rone said. That's a game where a player in one location can play with other folks in remote locations.
"But the guy who ran it didn't have time anymore," he said, "and we didn't have anyone else to do it."
The new electronic linked bingo would be more technologically advanced than the version used in Baudette, Barrett said. The new law also legalizes sports game tipboards, but Minnesota regulators are investigating whether conducting the game would violate federal sports betting laws, said Barrett.
Proceeding with caution
Charities in the metro area, and larger charities, may be more likely to try out the new games. Laurie Gluesing, who runs pulltabs in 25 bars and restaurants across the state to support CLIMB theater, said she is likely to try out the games at her larger sites.
But it's unlikely a vendor will want to install equipment at a place with relatively few users, she said. All of her sites will continue cardboard pulltabs, which is required by law.
She's proceeding with caution.
"I'm not sure I'm going to go through the extra work, extra stress, to raise money for the stadium," she said.
Caution or no, the electronic games are at Minnesota's doorstep. The gambling control board received its first vendor application last week, Barrett said. The vendor will undergo financial and criminal background checks in the week ahead.
Plus Barrett and others will visit equipment testing labs this week to learn how the products will be tested before being offered for sale.
Said Wilson: "The wheels are turning.''
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A capsule look at Brandon Douglas' high school basketball career:
Height/Weight: 6-4/230
Class: Senior
Position: Center
Season: Averaging a double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds per game.
Career: (2011-12) Scored at a 17.5 clip with 9.9 rebounds while garnering first-team All-District 2-2A honors as a forward. … (2010-11) Received second-team All-District accolades after averaging 8.4 points, 7 rebounds. Upped his numbers to 10.5 ppg and 8.4 rpg in district play. … (2009-10) Lettered in a reserve role. … (2008-09) Saw limited action while playing for varsity as an eighth grader.
Miscellaneous: Plans to compete in jumping events for track team in the spring. … Member of the Multi-Cultural Society. … Father, SHS assistant coach Bobby Joe Douglas, led nation in scoring as a senior at Marion High School and went on to play for Northeast Louisiana University (now the University of Louisiana at Monroe).
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Jacqueline Barnett, 78 of Newton died Sunday, March 17, 2013.
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A social services organization, currently based out of Des Moines has plans to open a new office in Knoxville. Lifeline Resources is an organization that was founded in 2006 and provides various remedial services.
Lucas Sampson, current Lifeline Family Coach, grew up in Pella, and tells KNIA/KRLS that the organization began approximately 3.5 years ago with 8 employees and has grown exponentially to over 150 employees in the Des Moines area serving more than 1,000 youth. He says they are looking into opening an office to serve the Knoxville/Pella/Oskaloosa area and have met with Mayor Don Zoutte, Police Chief Dan Losada and members of the Chamber of Commerce about expanding to Marion County. Sampson says Lifeline employees provide a high quality of work, are passionate about their clients, and committed to their jobs. He adds that the organization focuses on their client's basic needs first and is able to help them through partnerships with the food bank of Iowa and Clothing closet, and plans to continue similar services in the Knoxville area.
Lifeline plans to hold an introduction picnic at Auld Park on Saturday May 15th. The event will have a variety of games and food available as Life-line their organization to the Knoxville community. The event begins at 11am and all community members are invited to attend and find out more about the organization.


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Dear Tom and Ray: Can you help my sister's family? They were victims of Hurricane Sandy this fall, and although their cars are running, they did get saltwater up to the electrical system in both vehicles. Their mechanic said the cars are totaled, and there's nothing to be done. Is he correct, or can you help? BIG thanks! — Sue
Tom:If what you mean by "up to the electrical system" is up to the fuse box at the top of the engine compartment, he probably IS correct.
Ray:Water can do a tremendous amount of damage to a car. It can wreak havoc on computers and safety and electrical systems. It can lead to early corrosion and rust inside the engine and among the relays and wiring under the dashboard. It can result in a mold odor so vicious that even my brother would notice it.
Ray:That's why insurance companies often total flooded cars. Replacing all of the waterlogged parts simply costs more than replacing the whole vehicle.
Tom:We wrote an article about dealing with, and avoiding, flooded cars after the hurricane. You can read it at our website, www.cartalk.com.
Ray:Your relatives should call their insurance company and report the incident right away. You want the adjuster to come out and look at the cars while the fish are still swimming in them. If he agrees that the cars are not worth repairing, he'll declare them totaled and offer a settlement.
Dear Tom and Ray: I have a wonderful car, a '97 Saturn that gets great mileage and has been reliable all this time. But it's beginning to signal me that it's time for a replacement. I'd like to get a Toyota Prius, but my curb cut is just steep enough that everyone I know who drives a Prius scrapes when they turn into my driveway. So, my questions are: (1) Would frequent scraping on the front of the car damage it? And (2) if the scraping would cause damage, can I have the car raised a couple of inches somehow so it doesn't contact the sidewalk every time I drive in and out? This probably sounds pretty stupid, but I really don't know anything about car bodies, so I'd appreciate your advice. Thanks! — Peter
Tom:Frequent scraping certainly can cause damage, Peter. Ask anyone who spends a lot of time riding a bicycle.
Ray:It really depends on what's being scraped. Lots of cars have a plastic wind deflector under the front bumper to improve mileage. If that's all you're scraping, it would be of no mechanical consequence — until it fell off. And even then, it still might not be of much consequence.
Tom:But if you were scraping, say, the oil pan, that could cause problems. Then you could tear it open one day as you were backing out of the driveway, lose all of your oil, seize the engine and then have to go out and buy yourself a cheap replacement car, like a used '97 Saturn.
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What: Olympic medalist Kellie Wells is the featured speaker at Bold, Brave and Beautiful, a fundraiser for Moving to End Sexual Assault
When: 6:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7
Where: Hotel Boulderado, 2115 13th St., Boulder
Tickets: $60 general admission; $30 students, nonprofit employees and volunteers
Info: 303-443-0400 or movingtoendsexualassault.org
By the numbers
1 in 4 women in Colorado will be victims of sexual abuse during their lifetime.
1 in 17 Colorado men will be victims of sexual abuse.
Source: Moving to End Sexual Abuse
Kellie Wells has an Olympic medal. But that's not her proudest accomplishment.
More important are the lives she has touched by transforming her own personal trauma into hope for others.
More important is igniting the dialogue.
Wells, a hurdler and sprinter from Richmond, Va., is known for winning a bronze medal in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2012 London Olympics. So she's no stranger to challenging herself.
But going public about her childhood sexual abuse and a domestic-violence tragedy that culminated in her mother's death -- that was much more difficult than training for the Olympics, she says.
"It's one of the hardest things I've done," Wells says. "Compared to training and competing, being transparent and looking at yourself in the mirror is one of the hardest things to do."
Wells will share her story at the Hotel Boulderado on Thursday in hopes of spreading awareness about sexual assault and domestic violence, as well as providing hope and inspiration to other survivors. She's the keynote speaker for Moving to End Sexual Assault's annual fundraiser, Bold, Brave and Beautiful.
Organizers expect the event to draw more than 220 people and raise more than $10,000, after expenses, to help fund sliding-scale services and other programs.
Boulder author and professor Rev. Donald Matthews also will speak. Matthews, an associate professor of religious studies at Naropa University, wrote the novel "Sex Abuse in the Black Church."
Moving to End Sexual AsSault (MESA) is the only rape crisis center in Boulder and Broomfield counties. Since its inception in 1972, it has helped more than 36,000 local survivors, averaging more than 1,000 per year.
But that's just the people who have reached out for help -- not nearly all of the survivors, says Lora Atkinson, executive director of MESA.
"Statistically, we know that this is a silent epidemic crime," Atkinson says. People don't like to talk about it."
Wells admits she didn't want to.
"I swept it under the rug for many years," she says. "I couldn't understand why my relationships were suffering, my friendships were suffering. I had this sadness or darkness I couldn't describe."
Shortly after Wells began track and field at age 6, her parents divorced. For years, her mother suffered in a physically, emotionally, mentally and even monetarily abusive relationship with her new fiance.
Adolescent support group: In January, Moving to End Sexual Assault (MESA) will launch a new adolescent support group.
Like Olympian Kellie Wells, nearly 80 percent of women who reported being raped said it happened before age 25, according to MESA's executive director, Lora Atkinson.
The group, Girls Rising, brings young survivors together to share and support.
"It's pretty progressive," Atkinson says, adding that she doesn't know of any other nearby rape crisis centers that offer such a service. "They're dealing with high school and their life and parents and boyfriends and all the pressures from social norming. They have different needs than an adult woman in her 30s."
Trauma-informed yoga group. Starting this month, MESA is offering a yoga class specifically for sexual-abuse survivors -- designed to intentionally allow survivors "to slowly be back in their bodies and work through trauma," Atkinson says.
The class will include deep breathing and easy postures as a way to help re-teach the participants that their bodies are safe and reclaim a sense of strength.
"We believe trauma gets stored in your body and it's hard for survivors to be in their bodies," Atkinson says.
The lunchtime classes are donation-based with a suggested offering of $10.
When Wells turned 13, the man turned the abuse toward her. That's how she lost her virginity, she says.
She says her mother's fiance raped her for three years, before she got up the courage to go live with her father.
Two weeks after Wells moved out, her mother and her fiance were killed in a car accident. He was intoxicated, Wells says.
"It affected me in so many ways," she says.
She says she struggled with trusting anyone: If the very people who were supposed to keep her safe did not, why would someone who was not family -- someone who didn't have to love her?
"But you can't live like that," Wells says. "Especially in my profession. You have to be able to trust your coach wholeheartedly."
At age 28, she decided to go public about it. It wasn't an easy choice.
"You never know how you're going to be received," Wells says. "But it's not about being received. You'll always have a naysayer or someone who's going to question you. I did it for myself. My family. The people who don't have a voice, like I do."
That was the first step in her healing, she says.
She encourages other survivors to speak out, too.
"I don't want anybody to hold things in out of embarrassment or shame, because it's only going to mess with you," Wells says. "That person will be free, and you'll be captive in your own mind. It's such a terrible feeling to be captive inside of yourself."
Studies show that 1 in 4 women in Colorado will be victims of sexual abuse during their lifetime, according to MESA. That number is one in 17 for men.
Sexual violence is one of the most pervasive and serious public health issues in this country, says Atkinson, referencing 2010 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey. That report found that nearly 1 in 5 women nationwide have been raped.
Still, she says she meets plenty of people who are surprised that sexual violence happens in Boulder County.
"I get that quite often. People still have this mindset that it's not an issue here," Atkinson says.
The truth is, MESA continues to see an increase in demands for its service -- not necessarily as a sign of increased sexual violence but more likely because more people are coming forward for help, Atkinson says.
"I'm hoping we're starting to talk more about what is rape culture and what we can do to really change this," she says.
She hopes Wells' story assists that movement.
After first reading Wells' story in a running magazine several years ago, Atkinson says she was so inspired that she found Wells on Twitter and sent her a thank-you. This began a social-media dialogue that continued throughout Wells' triumphant effort at the 2012 Olympics.
"I invited her to come (to Boulder), hoping it would help bring visibility to the movement and the cause," Atkinson says. "And because Boulder's athletic, we thought her story could speak to a lot of our community."
Atkinson adds, "You can move forward. You can heal from this trauma. You can move beyond it, yet come back to help make change."
Contact Staff Writer Aimee Heckel at 303-473-1359, email@example.com or twitter.com/aimeemay.


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Three years after the White House arranged a hero's welcome at the State of the Union address for the Fort Hood police sergeant and her partner who stopped the deadly shooting there, Kimberly Munley says President Obama broke the promise he made to her that the victims would be well taken care of.
"Betrayed is a good word," former Sgt. Munley told ABC News in a tearful interview broadcast on "World News with Diane Sawyer" and "Nightline."
"Not to the least little bit have the victims been taken care of," she said. "In fact they've been neglected."
There was no immediate comment from the White House about Munley's allegations.
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A luminous golden 'fairy fly' that seems to defy gravity as it hovers with feathered wings against a dark background took top prize in the 2008 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition, the world's foremost forum for showcasing microscope photos and videos of life science subjects. Mr. M. I. "Spike" Walker of Staffordshire, England, took top honors for the shimmering image of what is called a fairy fly, actually a tiny wasp that may be the world's smallest insect at only 0.21mm long, or 1/25 the length of the average red ant. The eerily glowing wasp, captured in exquisite detail, reveals the extraordinary delicacy, balance, beauty, and numerous colors in the diminutive creature. Mr. Walker's image triumphed over more than 1500 other images and movies - a competition record - to earn First Prize, $5000 worth of Olympus equipment. Now in its fifth year, the Olympus BioScapes competition is the world's premier platform for honoring images and videos of human, plant and animal subjects as captured through light microscopes. Any life science subject is eligible, and entries are judged based on the science they depict, their aesthetics (beauty and impact of the image), and their technical merit. This year, in addition to Prizes 1-10, 70 other images and movies were recognized with Honorable Mentions. All images and the names of all honorees may be viewed online at www.olympusbioscapes.com.
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. (Business Wire EON) November 14, 2008 -- This year's winning images reflect a fascination with the awe-inspiring influence of science in everyday life, with surprising views of white wine, human teeth, ticks, wings and feathers, fruit flies, honeybees, mosquitoes, moss, pollen, lobster eggs, tongues, snails and petrified wood among the honorees. Across the spectrum are other images that reflect the latest advances in neuroscience and cell biology, including the Fourth Prize image of zebrafish neurons captured by Albert Pan of Harvard University, using the "Brainbow" imaging technique, one of the most advanced fluorescence imaging methodologies available today. (Last year's top prize winner was a Brainbow image captured by another researcher in the same Harvard University laboratory.)
"The winning images reflect the awesome grace and mystery of our natural world," said Osamu Joji, Group Vice President and General Manager, Life Science, for Olympus America. "Each year, we review over a thousand images that provide us with a visual record of science in our time, images that shed light on the intricacy of our living universe. These images not only give us a new understanding of familiar objects, they reflect the extraordinary work being done in laboratories today where dedicated researchers study neurological disorders, cancer, plant science, developmental biology and much more."
Other images recognized in this year's competition include one of a cell expressing the protein of the Ebola virus; numerous striking photos of cells and the brain; vibrant botanical images; E. Coli; a fossil diatom, and much more.
Twenty of the 2008 winning and Honorable Mention images will be displayed in San Francisco at an event on December 14, and then will begin a national tour that will take them to such destinations as Philadelphia; suburban Washington DC; the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA; and Allentown, PA. Other displays of winning BioScapes images will simultaneously be touring in cities across the US, Canada and Latin America throughout 2009.
Olympus selects outstanding authorities in microscope imaging as judges for the competition, which is open to users of any brand of light microscope and camera equipment.
This year's BioScapes judges included Claire M. Brown, Ph.D., Director of the Life Sciences Complex Imaging Facility at McGill University in Montreal, Canada; Douglas Murphy, Ph.D., Director of the Light Microscopy Facility at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Farms Research Center in Ashburn, Virginia; John M. Murray, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in Philadelphia; and award-winning photomicrographer Wim van Egmond of the Netherlands.
In addition to Spike Walker (1st) and Albert Pan (4th), other Top 10 winners include: Thomas Shearer of Duluth, MN, for his image of agatized petrified wood; Stephen Nagy of Helena, MT, for his photo of an extinct fossil diatom; Shirley Owens, formerly of Michigan State University, for her photo of the Cup Plant Silphium perfoliatum; David Walker of West Yorkshire, U.K., for his depiction of a snail radula; Neal Melvin of the University of Texas in Dallas for his image of an adult mouse hippocampus; Gerd Guenther of Duesseldorf, Germany, for his Trichodina pediculus; Charles Krebs of Issaquah, Washington, for his image of a jewel beetle, and Petr Znachor of the Institute of Hydrobiology in the Czech Republic, for his depiction of a colonial diatom.
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More than 1500 life science images and movies from 47 countries entered Olympus BioScapes competition in 2008. A luminous golden fairy fly that seems to defy gravity took 1st prize.
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Defendants appearing in Morgan County District Court, paying penalty assessments or assessed default judgments (some subject to victims' assistance, victim's compensation and probationary terms) and charges:
Thomas M. Olsen, 30, Fort Morgan, 60 days in jail, credit for 68 days served, one-year suspended jail sentence, concurrent one-year and two-year probation sentences, 48 hours community service, $816.50, driving after revocation, misdemeanor driving while ability impaired; two counts felony violation of bail bond conditions, second count driving after revocation, two counts protection order violation, aggravated motor vehicle theft and driving under the influence of alcohol charges dismissed; in a second case, 18 months in community corrections, credit for 445 days served, concurrent one-year suspended jail sentence, credit for 176 days served, 60 hours community service, $578.75, separate $5,018 fines and fees waived, felony aggravated driving with revoked license, misdemeanor DUI; false reporting and careless driving charges dismissed; in a third case, concurrent three years in community corrections, credit for 501 days served, $8,913.55, felony menacing -- real/simulated weapon; felony possession of a dangerous weapon charge dismissed.
Sara Baltazar, 26, Fort Morgan, 60 days in jail, credit for 32 days served, two years intensive supervision probation, $1,450.50, separate $1,795.50 fines and fees waived, felony attempted theft -- $1,000 to $20,000; felony second-degree attempted burglary and felony theft/receiving in a series -- $1,000 or less charges dismissed; in a second case, consecutive 60 days in jail, credit for 32 days served, one year intensive supervision probation, $765.
Matthew G. Mitchell, 31, North Carolina, two years in prison, credit for 119 days served, concurrent 90-day and one-year jail sentences, credit for 119 days served, $894.50, felony attempted theft -- $1,000 to $20,000, eluding a peace officer and misdemeanor DUI; second count felony attempted theft, vehicular eluding, reckless endangerment, reckless driving, criminal mischief -- under $500 and driving under restraint charges dismissed.
Robert A. Goff, 38, Akron, 30-days in jail with work release, credit for two days served, separate 90-day suspended jail sentence, one year probation, 48 hours community service, $2,162.50, misdemeanor DUI, DUR; felony aggravated driving with revoked license, no driver's insurance and failure to stop at red light charges dismissed.
Rodolfo J. Toral-Sanchez, 50, Log Lane Village, one year probation, $2,146.98, misdemeanor criminal possession of identification documents; felony criminal impersonation to gain a benefit charge dismissed.
Dakota L. Wilkins, 19, Canon City, three-year deferred prison sentence, one year probation, $5,283.50, misdemeanor theft -- $500 to $1,000; finding deferred on felony theft -- $1,000 to $20,000.
Darryl L. Klotzbach, 49, Fort Morgan, 18 months in prison, credit for 88 days served, concurrent 90-day jail sentence, $541.50, felony forgery of government-issued documents, DUR; possession of an altered driver's license charge dismissed.
Jose A. Alvarado, 45, Fort Morgan, three years in prison, credit for 454 days served, $2,812.50, felony attempted sexual assault on a child; felony sexual assault on a child -- pattern of abuse and three counts felony sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust charges dismissed.