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Erickson Takes The Mayor's Seat
Resigning one seat to take the mayor seat in Glasgow came with a quick raise of the hand and the swearing of an oath. Becky Erickson has now officially taken the title of mayor for the New Year.
The regular city council meeting that took place on Monday, Jan. 6, was packed full of friends and family ready to witness the new positions filled. Erickson began the meeting by resigning her seat on city council and immediately took the oath of office.
Erickson then administered the oath of office to newcomer Stan Ozark, Melanie Sorensen and Dan Carr. The following recommendation came to place Nanci Schoenfelder in Erickson's empty council seat. Schoenfelder was voted in by the council to fill the slot for the remaining term until Dec. 31, 2015.
The city court clerk position was also filled after a recommendation to hire Jennifer Fuller, who will replace Lynn Gilbert, who now sits in the city judge position. Dan Durell was also appointed to the refuse board for a term of three years, which will go until Jan. 7, 2016.
In other business, amendments for changes in plots in a few locations that have been causing problems were reviewed for approval. One of the property owners asked that a $115 bill from the city be waived after putting in $1,500 for the land survey and filing fees. The discussion was moved to the following city council meeting so it could be added to the agenda.
Former mayor Dan Carney updated the city council on the situation with the Levee. He explained that a safety plan was coming together and several trees had been cleared.
He added that they are working on a proposal to move a portion of the Levee to get away from landowners. The old dike will not be torn down in the proposal. The Levee Safety Committee hopes to have the proposal to the Corps of Engineers. They hope to have much of the work needed to be done, finished by late May or early June.
The police department let the city council know that its grant for bulletproof vests fell through the cracks. The force was given a short amount of time to order vests, seven days to be exact. Council was told that without enough time to go through the proper process, the grant was lost.
They have hopes to follow through with the grant again next year.


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Councilman Kuntz: $90,000 savings not worth compromising safety
A proposal to change staffing policy in the Kewanee Fire Department may not make it into the new city budget, as three of the five City Council members have now spoken against the change.
At last week's budget planning meeting, City Manager Kip Spear presented a set of proposals for reducing city expenses, as revenues in the city's general fund could fall $600,000 short of expenditures if no cuts are made.
One of Spear's proposals was to allow the fire department to operate with a minimum of four, rather than five, firefighters on duty, rather than have a firefighter on overtime to cover for another who is sick or on vacation.
The proposal would save about $90,000 a year in overtime in the fire department, Spear said.
At Monday's meeting, Councilman Bob Kuntz, who was out of town and did not attend last week's budget meeting, said he has heard from several citizens who oppose four-man shifts on the fire department.
Kuntz said he agreed with them, adding that he couldn't go along with compromising public safety in order to save $90,000.
He agreed that the council has to control spending, as the local economy still hasn't recovered fully from the recession of 2008.
Kuntz also said city officials learned Monday that the city's sales tax revenue for January came in at $30,000 less than in January 2012. If that trend continues, he said, the city's sales tax revenues for the year could be half a million dollars lower than in 2012.
Mayor Bruce Tossell said of the decision on fire department staffing, "Either way we go, we're taking a gamble."
If the council allows four-man shifts in the fire department, Tossell said, the gamble is that there won't be a fire on days when the department is a man short. If the council decides to pay the overtime and maintain five-man shifts, it's gambling that the local economy will improve.
"I'd rather gamble on (the economy) than with a life any time," the mayor said.
At last week's budget meeting, Councilman Duane Gillespie also said he didn't feel compromising public safety would be worth the overtime savings.
Only Councilman Mike Yaklich has spoken in support of the staffing change in the fire department. Deficit spending in the city's general fund could cut dangerously into the reserves in the fund, Yaklich said.
The council will hold another budget meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in the council chambers at City Hall. Kuntz said he urged the citizens who spoke with him about the fire department situation to attend that meeting and express their views to the council.
Also Monday, the council approved the purchase of a new Ford utility vehicle for the police department from Gustafson Ford in Kewanee.
Spear noted that the Gustafson bid was lower than the bid from Landmark Ford in Springfield, which supplies vehicles to the Illinois State Police. The city has purchased police vehicles from Landmark in past because local dealerships couldn't match the state bid price.
The city will trade in a 2007 Ford Explorer that Police Chief Jim Dison has used "for administrative purposes as a command unit, and due to its four-wheel-drive capability, by patrol during snow events," Dison wrote in a memo to the council.
The new vehicle will also be four-wheel-drive, and "would become the rolling warehouse of extra equipment needed by staff during emergency events and as the rolling command post for any dire situations," Dison's memo said.
The new SUV will be "pursuit rated," the memo said, "whereas our current vehicle is not, thus possibly helping the city in liability issues if there was a crash."
Gustafson Ford's bid of $18,540 was the lowest of three the city received. The bid price includes a trade-in allowance of $12,000 for the 2007 Explorer, which has fewer than 30,000 miles on it; and an extended warranty.
The council also approved a bid from O and W Cleaning Specialists of Kewanee for janitorial services for City Hall and the Amtrak station.
O and W bid $12,000. The other bid, from Professional Building Services of Bettendorf, was for $43,440.

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Tony Dutrow, who trains the filly for Team D Stable, could not be more pleased with his filly's condition coming into the race.
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Gracer, the 2-5 morning-line favorite, will break from post position 5 with Alex Cintron in the irons.
The undefeated New York-bred Bridget Moloney, owned and trained by Gary Gullo, will try to extend her win streak to four in the Dearly Precious, a race that will also mark her stakes debut. The filly was most recently a winner of a first-level allowance race for statebreds on December 29 at the Big A, in which a slow break rendered her unable to assume her customary position on the lead. After rallying four-wide around the turn that day, the chestnut daughter of Pollard's Vision took off in the stretch and went on to win by a widening 9 ¼ lengths over a sealed track labeled "good".
C.C. Lopez again has the mount on Bridget Moloney, who is 15-1 on the morning line, and the pair will break from post position 3.
Rounding out the field are Go West Marie, runaway winner of a $50,000 maiden claimer over a muddy track in her last outing; Skye Saratoga, fourth-place finisher in the one-mile, 70-yard East View when last on the track; and Sustainable, a recent maiden graduate for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin.


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Catholic School Students Stage Huge Sit-In After Vice Principal Is Fired For Marrying His Partner
Following the news that Eastside Catholic High School Vice Principal Mark Zmuda had been fired after marrying his boyfriend, 150 students staged a sit-in at the Seattle school.
Through the use of text and social media they spread the word to students at local schools who also came together to show their support.
Holy Names students stand w Eastside, whose vice principal had to resign after marrying a man #keepmrz2013 pic.twitter.com/7TLbQ4JhbZ
— Alison Morrow (@AlisonMorrowTV) December 19, 2013
Their message also reached the local media, who spoke to the students as they took to the streets in support of Zmuda and gay rights.
The display of support for Zmuda continued with students from other schools raising their voices:
#keepmrz2013 spreading to other schools. Students at Forest Ridge, Holy Names, Seattle Prep, Blanchet, Skyline & Eastlake voicing support.
— Alison Morrow (@AlisonMorrowTV) December 19, 2013
The Seattle Times spoke with Eastside Catholic students:
"Just because I'm Catholic doesn't mean I need to believe every rule the Church has," freshman Sophia Cerino said. "We think the rule over gay marriage is totally unfair. Everyone seems to think the same thing – that we should all be treated equal."
Cerino said Zmuda, who was also the high school swim coach, was a kind person who cared about the students.
While students were protesting on the street, she said, Zmuda came out to talk to them about what had happened. "He told us he had gotten fired because he is gay and married. He told us to grow up, get a job and find true love. He was crying and told us what we were doing meant a lot to him."
"...by entering into a same-sex marriage, Zmuda violated teachings of the church, which he had agreed to follow.
Teachers at Catholic schools, Patterson said, sign contracts that they will abide by the doctrine of the Catholic Church, which opposes and forbids same-sex marriage.
"We just learned about it," Patterson said of Zmuda's marriage. "He understood he could no longer be employed there because of his current circumstances."
I'm catholic and you know what, gay rights should be legal. What these kids are doing is amazing. The bible also says we cannot pierce or tattoo out body, have round hair cuts, or get a divorce. How many Catholics do you know have/done one of the following. I thought the main purpose of God was to spread Gods word and love. Who cares what someone does on their personal time, no catholic is perfect. Shot I missed church last week, I guess I will be shunned. Way to go kids, stand up for what's right!
I truly respect your views and your focus on the beautiful aspects of your religion. Unfortunately not many people can see that the Christian and catholic religions are about love and acceptance not hate and closed minds. Thank you to you, and to these students, for standing up for what is right and seeing the need for love over hate.
The Catholic Church does not hand will never know what it's speaking about when it comes to Gay issues. The Church can't keep it's own house in order let alone pontificate to the world what it should and should not do. As for the Bible It's a good read and that is as far as it should go, it is useless a a guide to how to live your live, it's out dated wrote by individuals that did not know the meaning of evolution let alone how some of the made up stories would affect generations to come
I am a Catholic and I agree with the majority of things the Church teaches, but I'm also someone with an open mind and I like to think I am compassionate. So I can see both sides of this story. On the one hand, we are not talking about an average Catholic in the pews or did not have a choice regarding his employment. He decided to be an educator and to be the vice principal of a Catholic school. He is in a position of leadership in a Catholic school which makes him in the Church's eyes a representative of the Church and therefore should buy the whole package, or at least the most important teachings of the Church. On the other hand, he appears to be a gifted and dedicated educator and education as a means to make our world a better place is a very strong Catholic value. All you need to do is look at how many significant leaders and movers and shakers in society were educated in Catholic schools. My feeling, however, is that whether or not his dismissal was justified, it will be counterproductive and will not get kids to accept Church teaching.
Also, just because Pope Francis is more tolerant in his language, it does not mean he is going to change Church teachings. He could, no one expected Vatican II to be so sweeping, but it's unlikely.
In most situations, administrators of Catholic Schools are supposed to be Catholic and they did sign contracts which state they are living in accord with Catholic teachings. Regarding non-Catholics teaching in a Catholic school, they are not bound to sign a contract saying they are living in accordance with the Catholic faith though it is often worded that they are living according to the teachings of their faith traditions. However, they usually are teachers of subjects other than religion and are usually not administrators though this can vary depending on the diocese that runs the school. Private Catholic high schools have a bit more flexibility in this area since they are ruin by orders (Franciscan, Dominican, Jesuit, etc.) and managed by school boards as opposed to the school which I believe is diocesan and subject to the authority of the local bishop.
Whether or not the Catholic Church should change its teachings or ignore the fact he is married to his partner is a different issue than whether a person should or should not be employed by an institution of they violate the contract they voluntarily signed.
One of the main thing I remember of the many catholic masses I had to attend to when I was young is the word "love".
No one chose who they'll be in love with. Loving someone and being love back is the most beautiful thing that can happen to someone. Love is not specific to a gender, it's specific to a human being. It's ridiculous to fire someone based on their love life pretending "teaching of the church". Church taught me to love all human beings on this planet. They love each other, they are not doing anything wrong. Way to go kids! You making me feel like there is a better future for us than I thought!
WOW... where to start, I will make it brief, Permalink you are right on the money.... if only their we're more common sense...out there.. but it's all most impossible to find these days.
Colin Stewart, you are so far from the truth, it shows you know knowing what so ever about practicing the Catholic faith. Try to educate yourself before you state the "untruth"
If you don't agree with the Catholic faith and its beliefs then don't attend Catholic Church or their schools. When he signed up for the job he knew the beliefs / rules and because he broke them he can no longer be president. They are not saying he was a bad person they are saying he is not suited to be a president of a Catholic school.
Your illiteracy is awe-inspiring. Perhaps your political agenda is showing through your unintentional word choice. As a school administrator (a vice principal, not a PRESIDENT), he worked to ensure his school met the criteria to be a certified school so that the students would be allowed to have a viable high school diploma. If the students are rallying because of his situation, what does it say about the faux catholic beliefs of the few people in charge of such a decision? Wouldn't the children be more consistent with the views of Pope Francis than with the people who chose to remove him from that position? Maybe they should be careful about stating who would be unsuitable to serve an administrative position at a school, because it may make a greater case for him as a litigant. On an indirectly related point to this story, church officials are more likely than any other member of the general population to sexually abuse children, so a gay male (meaning he is attracted to adult men, and moreover is married to a man) is actually much less of a threat to the children than anyone else up there. So eat on that cracker, putain de salope de la croix.
If you are Catholic, you can swear, steal, fight, be an adulterer, rape, murder etc and all you need to do is pop along to confession, repent your sins and your done, all excused and off you go to do some more. But if you love your fellow man, you are condemned for life, hell will open and swallow you whole, you can never be forgiven and worse - it will topple the very church you pray at and destroy the sanctity of heterosexual marriage.
Catholics, you should be disgraced and appalled by your church ethics, your ethics and hold your head in shame, be imprisoned for being sexist. Oh, sorry, you've probably done that but gone to confession and been forgiven.
The thoughts of this school aren't the thoughts of all Catholics, the students involved are Catholic and standing up for whats right. There are people who live by old dogma and use it to front their personal grievances, a persons issue with homosexuality is rarely just due to someones religion, it's exacerbated by their fundamental mal adjustment to a modern, tolerant world. I know plenty of Catholics who are nice, loving and tolerant people, don't be so quick to point the finger and tar everyone with the same brush. Every religion on earth has hang ups, it's more a political tool used to maintain it's own power by victimising others as wrong doers, tell us not to judge but secretly rallying people in judgment.
I totally understand that but if a Catholic believer doesn't support the beliefs of the Catholic church in this matter and doesn't do anything about it then they are helping propagate this issue. It will take these catholics to stand out against the Catholic Church for its bigotry to help make changes. It is of no help to be against the Church for this but do nothing about it and still support this bigoted institution.
It is the Catholic church that is at fault with it's beliefs and intolerance of course BUT it's followers also should shoulder responsibility for continuing to support and allow the Catholic Church to preach such discrimination and intolerance. Until these people take action to push for these changes, the Catholic Church will continue to take ridiculous, outdated, immoral and illegal stances which they get away with under the disguise of religion.
If the school wants to use the excuse that "...by entering into a same-sex marriage, Zmuda violated teachings of the church, which he had agreed to follow." then they should have fired him as soon as he admitted he was gay. The church teaches that being gay is a sin.
And no I do not agree with the church, Mr. Zmuda should be allowed to love and marry whoever he chooses.
Actually the Pope just fired someone from the church because of his actions against same-sex marriage and abortion. Educate yourself before you speak out! I am Catholic, I am Gay and I am proud of both! Changes are being made within the church because of the beliefs and morals of our current Pope.


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The 1965 White Sox Through the Eyes of a Child
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The 1965 season took me from 5th to 6th grade. It was the summer that I was on my one and only championship team in any sport as a strong-hitting catcher/first baseman for my Little League team (named, to my chagrin, the Yankees!). It was a summer where I became briefly enthralled with surfer comics and hot rods to supplement my abiding interests in reading history and listening to the still British Invasion-dominated sounds of WLS' Top 40 format.
It was also the summer that I had my first encounter with death's severe hand as my paternal grandfather passed away down in NC. It was at that funeral--actually during the viewing at my grandparents' house, they were still in the habit there of taking the body "home" one last time and setting the coffin out in the parlor--where, during the year of the March on Selma that I saw two of my grandfather's black neighbors from the filling station down the road come forward, hesitant, hats in hand, unsure about the propriety of stepping foot in a white man's house, until reassured by my grandmother that they could come in and pay their respects. They say the past is a different country. Indeed.
I entered the 1965 baseball season fueled with hope--the previous year's White Sox team's anemic hitting and excellent pitching staff had, after all, lifted us to a 98-win season that had fallen one desperate game short of the hated Yankees. If only we (and it was always "we") had been able to win just two--two stinkin' games!--of the first ten games we had played against the Yankees the pennant would have been ours! Surely, there was reason for optimism going into '65--the White Sox pitching staff was a close, close second to the Dodgers' unworldly staff featuring the likes of Koufax, Drysdale and Osteen. In looking at the entire staff from starters through bullpen--a good argument could be made that perhaps Sox pitching was stronger even than that of Los Angeles.
And there was even hope that our inept offense just might be ready to do something. In the off season we had strengthened our club after having re-acquired "Honey" John Romano to add some punch along with a good-looking outfielder acquired from the Phillies named Danny Cater. The '64 lineup promised better, revolving around our star 3rd baseman Pete Ward who had given the dodge to the sophomore slump after his near-miss Rookie of the Year 1963 season posting a .282 ba, driving in 94 runs, and banging out 23 home runs (23! It's hard now to convey just how awesome those sorts of numbers looked for a White Sox player during that era of the pitcher). With Floyd Robinson out in RF, our tall, lanky power-hitting shortstop Ron Hansen, and the big bat of first baseman Moose Skowron (on hand for the entire season this time) it looked like the Sox would be able to make their move.
And from the start it looked good--an opening day win and a decent start while the Yankees so uncharacteristically stumbled out of the gate. In May there was a 9 or 10-game winning streak that I followed excitedly every morning in the pages of "The Bright One", the Chicago Sun-Times. But alas...the Twins, with that horde of great hitters Killebrew, Allison, Hall, Versailles, Mincher, Rollins, Oliva, and the ex-Sox prospect Earl Battey suddenly came up with great seasons from the likes of veteran pitchers such as Camillo Pascual, 21-game winner Jim "Mudcat Grant," Jim Perry, and Jim Kaat; the previous season's 6th place team suddenly gelled and began playing great baseball. And the Sox? A few key injuries undercut the team. The pitching was not quite as good as it had been in '64 although it was still very good and, unimaginably, the hitting was even worse. I learned a lot about expectations, realities, ideals, disappointments, baseball and life that year...
A great read on many levels- thank you for posting this.
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If the user sees according errors, then something is wrong which only the programmer can repair. These are really errors by the programmer and cannot be the final result in a correct program. Thus there is (almost) no way to recover from an error, at least no recommended one.
However, you might have programmed a server which shall also keep running, if some service crashes due to a programming error. Or you want to quit a buggy program with a message like: "The impossible happened, a program error occured. Please send an e-mail with the following stack trace to the developer."The possibility to catch such errors in the
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On Veterans Day, we recognize all those who have so honorably served our nation in uniform. They've made incredible sacrifices for us, and we owe them a tremendous debt of gratitude.
On Veterans Day, we recognize all those who have so honorably served our nation in uniform. They've made incredible sacrifices for us, and we owe them a tremendous debt of gratitude.
There is another group for whom our veterans make great sacrifices, and that is for one another. When the men and women who serve our country take off the uniform, they start serving in our communities, in schools and workplaces, through their families and veterans organizations all over Southern Missouri. But they also seek out the natural support group – the company of other veterans – veterans who know the strain of battle, the difficulty of adjusting back to civilian life, and the challenges of a very trying transition.
Our veterans in Southern Missouri are fortunate to come from wonderful, loving families. They have lots of friends. They are known and respected in our communities. They are smart and professional. But sometimes, another veteran is the only person a veteran feels comfortable asking for help.
And there are plenty of brothers and sisters in arms to ask. Our servicemembers' families are full of veterans from every conflict, at every age, from every branch of service, with every imaginable background. If you have a worry, a concern, a problem, a question – some other veteran in our region has heard it, seen it, or had it, too.
Like no other place in the country, veterans in Southern Missouri go out of their way to seek out newly-returning veterans and servicemembers. They are available in our communities, they visit our VA hospitals, they reach out to those who are just coming home. They are the most in-touch band of compatriots you have ever met, well-meaning and well-organized.
They may not look soft and sensitive – I'm thinking of the leather-jacket wearing, motorcycle riding, tall and strong Vietnam Veterans who ride in our Patriot Guard. These tough guys, however, are the kindest souls you will ever meet. They will make time for you.
When a family is grieving with loss, these veterans give comfort. When a soldier is suffering with a wound, they are there. When it is time to honor our flag, these veterans come through. And when the community can use a patriotic presence – in our schools, at our veterans cemeteries, at a public event, on a day of remembrance – you can count on them. They are doing it for all of us, yes, but most of all they are doing it for one another.
Through this kind of service, our veterans have enacted a long, proud history of service to our country. They keep alive the traditions of patriotism and the practice of liberty in our great land. With Americans like these leading the way, anything is possible for our communities and our country.
This is why I love our veterans. They take care of each other, and Veterans Day reminds us of the many, many ways in which we must take care of them. Their legacy of service, of selflessness and of sacrifice is one of our most precious national treasures.


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Aucklanders are enjoying cleaner beaches, higher incomes and using public transport more - but the economy remains stuck in the doldrums with flat export growth.
These are among the findings of Mayor Len Brown's second annual scorecard, which tracks progress to make Auckland the world's most liveable city.
The scorecard coincides with today's publication of the Herald's annual Project Auckland report, which examines Auckland's progress on the economic development front.
From a base index of 100 points, the mayoral scorecard rose another 3.4 points this year from 102.1 to 105.5, prompting Mr Brown to trumpet improved living standards for the city's 1.4 million residents.
Among the most satisfying results was a 6.4 per cent rise in employment and a big turnaround in youth unemployment, which rose 3 per cent after a drop of 16.4 per cent last year.
Public transport use continued to grow at 8.1 per cent, visitor nights rose 7.5 per cent and educational achievement improved by 4.7 per cent. Good progress was made tackling graffiti and reducing crime.
But on the bigger economic front, GDP per capita was in negative territory for the past two years. Exports were sluggish, up just 1.4 per cent this year, and owning a home in Auckland has become harder.
Mr Brown, who set out to lift the region's annual GDP by 5 per cent and increase exports by 6 per cent, said the low growth figures were symptomatic of the national economy.
Auckland, he said, was quietly idling from first to second gear.
"Clearly the marine sector has been damaged in the past four years. With food and beverage and our agricultural sector continuing to grow the outlook for a broadening of our export economic base in Auckland is looking particularly rosy," Mr Brown said.
He was particularly pleased to see the rise in employment and drop in the youth unemployment, "which still has a long way to go".
Increases in educational achievement, reflected in more secondary students gaining NCEA, and the battle against crime were other measures making Auckland more liveable.
On transport, Mr Brown said it was a case of "you build it and they will use it".
Despite latest figures showing a flat-lining of public transport usage, Mr Brown said Aucklanders could look forward to the introduction of electric trains next year, a fully integrated ticketing system, protection of the route for the city rail loop and huge gains on the Waterview motorway project, opening the first stage of transport projects for southeast Auckland called Ameti and extending the northern busway to Silverdale.
The scorecard rates the progress of Auckland across four categories - economy, transport, communities, environment - covering 19 measures.
Auckland is third behind Vienna and Zurich in the Mercer Quality of Living Survey, 10th in the Economist Intelligence Unit's global liveability report and ninth in Monocole magazine's Most Liveable City Index.


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As a professional wine writer, I've always found the idea of my taking a wine tour to be the equivalent of a rock star playing air guitar or a PGA golfer competing at mini golf. After two decades of chronicling the most interesting places and personalities in the wine world, I figured I knew as much as any operator. And my credentials could get me to places that the big tour buses couldn't.
But then I visited Paso Robles, between San Francisco and Santa Barbara. On a lark, I signed up for a half-day bus tour with Wine Wrangler (half-day itineraries for two from $104). Paso has more than 200 producers; had I shown up on my own, as usual, I would have stuck to those I already knew. I'd have missed out on J. Lohr (too big, I thought) and Silver Horse and Summerwood (perhaps too small). I'd never have discovered that Lone Madrone is part-owned by the winemaker at the respected Tablas Creek, nor experienced the black fruits and bass notes of Silver Horse's Malbec.
As it was, I learned something at every stop while enjoying the company of an eclectic collection of enthusiasts. It was refreshing to not be responsible for finding my way between appointments, and I loved being able to actually drink wine at lunch without having to worry about a designated driver. Best of all, I came away with new wines to recommend from worthy producers, most of which I hadn't known existed earlier that morning.
With a wine tour it's possible to gain entrée to the world's most renowned producers, eat memorable meals, travel in sumptuous luxury, immerse yourself in local culture, even to break a sweat on a bike or a hike—but not all on the same trip. That makes matching your level of interest with the proper itinerary a vital part of the planning process, lest you find yourself shuffling through museums when you want to be tramping through vineyards, or vice versa. Keeping that in mind, I've come up with my picks of wine-tour companies to match most every motivation.


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Monday, April 18, 2011
OLD NEWS FOR THE MUTILATOR (for people who forgot)
(1) CODE RED has a valid contract with Buddy Cooper on the film.
(2) Mr. Cooper told us that he had the negative and prints in New York, but later we realized that the place was gone. Buddy used his assistant to search for it, only to come up empty handed.
(3) Buddy did find a 3/4 inch tape (I recall the R cut), but this is unusable for today's standards for a DVD release. 3/4 will look worse than your old VHS Vestron Tape and most likely will not play since it has had a 15 year lifespan.
(4) A youtube video poped up with Buddy showing a storage shack with some 35mm cans in the background. I talked to Buddy and he told me it was empty. He did find some trims and some trailers which we sent to a Los Angeles lab (the one Something Weird used). The 35mm trailer was damaged due to poor storage/weather conditions after 25 years. If there had been a 35mm print inside, it would most likely also be damaged/beyond repair.
(5) Rumor circled around that Movielab New York had the negatives. Cliff MacMillan of BCI personally asked Mike Vraney of Something Weird and he didn't have it. It was not at Movielab. Since then, many print collectors and film storage people were contacted. Nothing.
We can't understand why so many people spew slanderous lies about us regarding this film. We have mentioned these facts countless times, but it seems we might have to put this bulletin out once a year. If Buddy has a 35mm usable print, he never told us or delivered it to us. This is the 2011 bulletin. Come back next year to probably see the same bulletin all over again. This is what we have on the table, nothing else.
18 comments:
- Tom (From Australia) said...
So no Mutiliator DVD with a Buddy Cooper commentary? Damn. I think they should just use the existing source footage of the UK Vipco DVD release and intercut scenes that are not in the Vipco version. I mean MGM did it with the 'From Beyond (1986)' DvD release and it looked superb.
Plus additional features such a short doco on the film's production, retrospective interviews and 2 commentaries (1 with buddy on his own, 1 with with Buddy and cast/crew) would be more than sufficient for me to buy the DVD.
- April 18, 2011 at 8:22 PM
- Colt said...
I know Code Red would answer. Thanks for Rituals what ever asshole is bitching about this dvd can go fuck themselves. I just got it today and it looks amazing. I have never seen this movie look this good. Thanks I really appreciate it and I am so sorry you have to listen to those asses on HorrorDVDs bitching about it. I want a 1976 movie from Canada in High Def! Are you a fucking joke?
I have a uncut Vestron Mutilator on VHS in good playing shape can you use that? I would be willing to donate it as long as I got the first DVD copy from it? Anyways thanks for all your work
- April 18, 2011 at 8:27 PM
- LorriLives said...
Thank you for setting the record straight. I have been very curious about this particular title. Another one of my favorite films. Hopefully those negatives will resurface one day.
- April 18, 2011 at 9:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
Colt where did you get the Rituals DVD at? Code Red rocks - keep up the great work!
- April 19, 2011 at 1:37 PM
- Colt said...
DVD Empire it I had a per order. I just watched it and I thought it looked amazing, Thank You Code Red
- April 20, 2011 at 2:22 PM
- David N Holt Jr said...
DVD Empire has Rituals. Just ordered it.http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=1499839
- April 20, 2011 at 2:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
So why wont you set the record straight on Scavolini's Nightmare then???
Here's hoping for more board & forum comments that upset you - hopefully then you'll get your finger out and tell us all the honest truth about that instead of ignoring all of us that want this DVD.
- April 21, 2011 at 2:04 AM
- Colt said...
I thought he said July its even on his website. Oh wait another ignorant Nightmare fan crying! I see how much trouble it his to make a DVD company its been a Nightmare. Thanks code Red just remember when Nightmare finally comes out they will just cry also about the print because a movie made in 1981 should look like Aviator 2009. Nightmare fans are the worst I have never seen the movie but damn if it creates this many annoying fans it must be bad I will buy the DVD thats coming in JULY!!!!!!
- April 21, 2011 at 10:21 PM
- Anonymous said...
the person bitching about rituals is chrismac87 who posts at horrordvds forums.He has a grudge with codered since codered couldnt get the rights for the video dead..
As for rituals it is a great release and great transfer
- April 24, 2011 at 10:59 AM
- Jimmy said...
Colt they are fan of nothing... They are for the majority a group of troll with no life and it's their fun to annoy people (for those of them who don't work for other labels of course). When Nightmare will be release in july they won't buy it since they aren't fans and they will start whining for something else.
I'm sure you have already seen too how they try to bring their non-sense to every forums they can. Sometimes it works and they ruined the credibility of an entire place and sometimes they fail because some members are there to call them on their bullshit.
Too bad it isn't my blog since every retarted comment don't pass moderation on mine. It isn't even a question of free speech (anyway it doesn't apply on a forum or a blog), but a question of making the blog an agreable one to read for the visitor.
- April 24, 2011 at 8:32 PM
- criminalmischief said...
For the record I love code Red, I hope you guys aren't closing as was rumored last year. I almost relapsed, (Joke)-(but I was pretty dismal). You guys have brought out more worthwhile films than anybody! Not to say I don't support other company's but Code Red are excellent! Rituals looked amazing! Well worth the wait! Nightmare will be well worth the wait as well. also note to fanboys, personally i'd rather have waited on Nightmare this long as it's the last of the truly "Goreific" flicks from the golden era to yet be released uncut. Personally I like having something so great to look forward to! Thank you Code Red your company's done wonders duringmy rehabilitation over the last couple years. They always warn about the boredom while piecing your life back together but you guys have always made sure i had sdomething to enjoy & to look forward to. Words can't express my gratitude!
- April 25, 2011 at 11:49 AM
- Brandon Sites said...
Just FYI, MGM owns the rights to The Video Dead. It would have been expensive to acquire rights from MGM for Code Red. MGM is fully capable of putting out The Video Dead to DVD if they had wanted to. However, it is on PPV across the USA and you can watch it on Netflix. So don't be holding grudges against Code Red cause of something beyond their control.
- April 26, 2011 at 4:47 AM
- D.Quan said...
Love Code Red and can't wait for Nightmare and other future titles...where can I pre-order Nightmare????
- April 26, 2011 at 3:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
Sorry you're having such a difficult time with this title! :(
Thanks for all of your work! I buy most CR releases! Some I bought doubles of, too! haha
I really hope you will be able to find a way to restore SCREAMS OF A WINTER NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!! One of my all time favorites! I know where two of the actors are, too and am sure they'd love to be interviewed!
- April 27, 2011 at 7:50 PM
- Jimmy said...
Nightmare is available for pre-order at Amazon.
Search it with the ASIN number wich is B004X60QT2
- April 29, 2011 at 12:29 AM
- Jeff said...
Pre-orders for Nightmare are up at www.diabolikdvd.com - it's where I get most of my Code Red DVDs and I highly recommend them. As for Rituals - the wait was totally worth it! Keep up the great work. Sorry to hear about the Mutilator, but as far as these complaints go on other forums, I wouldn't even bother. I used to reply back with " if you think you can do better, then why don't you give it a try yourself. If you looked into the amount of money it takes and how hard it is to find a decent print.." well you get the idea. It's a labor of love to get a lot of these cult titles even out there and it's one of the reasons I will continue to support by buying them.
- April 29, 2011 at 6:23 AM
- KM13 said...
How's this for a GREAT COPY of the UNRATED VERSION!!
- May 28, 2011 at 8:09 AM
- Anonymous said...
First off, I own EVERY Code Red release (as well as all Intervision releases, including the VHS tapes of Sledgehammer and Things)...but you guys running the show are just frikkin' WEIRD!
- August 16, 2011 at 11:31 PM


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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Syria has crossed a 'red line' with its use of chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin gas, against rebels, a move that is prompting the United States to increase the "scale and scope" of its support for the opposition, the White House said Thursday.
The acknowledgment is the first time President Barack Obama's administration has definitively said what it has long suspected — that President Bashar al-Assad's forces have used chemical weapons in the ongoing civil war.
"The intelligence community estimates that 100 to 150 people have died from detected chemical weapons attacks in Syria to date; however, casualty data is likely incomplete," Ben Rhodes, the deputy national security adviser for strategic communications, said in a statement released by the White House.
"While the lethality of these attacks make up only a small portion of the catastrophic loss of life in Syria, which now stands at more than 90,000 deaths, the use of chemical weapons violates international norms and crosses clear red lines that have existed within the international community for decades," Rhodes added.
The administration also appeared to indicate that it was stepping up its support of the rebels, who have been calling for the United States and others to provide arms needed to battle al-Assad's forces.
"Put simply, the Assad regime should know that its actions have led us to increase the scope and scale of assistance that we provide to the opposition, including direct support to the (rebel Supreme Military Council). These efforts will increase going forward," Rhodes' statement said.
Rhodes later told reporters on a conference call that the president has made a decision about military support for the rebels but stopped short of saying the U.S. government would put weapons in the hands of rebels.
He also said no decision has been made by Obama over whether to institute a no-fly zone in Syria, something rebel forces have said is needed to halt al-Assad's aerial bombardment of their strongholds.
Syria has long maintained that rebels, not government forces, are behind the use of chemical weapons. It also went to the United Nations with its claims, but al-Assad would not allow U.N. inspectors into the country to try to verify the claims.
The administration believes that al-Assad's government maintains control of the chemical weapons and that there is "no reliable, corroborated reporting to indicate that the opposition in Syria has acquired or used chemical weapons," Rhodes statement said.
Rhodes gave no indication of how many times al-Assad's forces used chemical weapons, but a U.S. Senate source briefed on the matter said the administration believes Syria used such weapons on at least eight occasions.
U.S. Sen. John McCain, who has repeatedly called on the administration to step up its support of the rebels, said on CNN's Situation Room that the rebels need anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons.
"They need a lot more military assistance," McCain said, adding that the United States and its allies also need to "establish a 'no-fly' zone to create a safe area" within Syria.
"You can't do it with half measures. You can't do it with just supplying weapons," he said.
McCain said the options were not ideal and a response will not be easy. But doing nothing, he said, would be catastrophic.
Until now, the United States has limited its aid to rebels, providing communications equipment, medical supplies and food.
What complicates any U.S. military support for the opposition is that many of the rebel fighters are militants with pro-al Qaeda sympathies, the same stripe of militants America has battled in Iraq and Afghanistan.
They include an group called the al-Nusra Front, a rebel group that the United States says has links to al Qaeda.
Earlier this year, the United States said its intelligence analysts had concluded "with varying degrees of confidence" that chemical weapons had been used in the Syrian civil war. But Obama said then that "intelligence assessments alone are not sufficient."
As recently as last week, France's foreign minister said sarin gas had been used several times in the Syrian civil war, citing results from test samples in France's possession.
In early May, the head of the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria said that evidence points to the use of sarin by Syrian rebel forces. But the commission later issued a news release saying it "has not reached conclusive findings as to the use of chemical weapons in Syria by any parties to the conflict."
In April, the head of the Israeli military's intelligence research said the Syrian government is using chemical weapons against rebel forces.
Sarin gas can be hard to detect because it is colorless, odorless and tasteless. It can cause severe injuries, including blurred vision, convulsions, paralysis and death, to those exposed to it.
Analysts believe the Syrian government may have one of the largest stockpiles of chemical weapons in the world. Specifically, the supply is believed to include sarin, mustard and VX gases, which are banned under international law. Syria has denied the allegation.
The Chemical Weapons Convention prohibits the production, stockpiling and use of chemical and biological weapons. Syria is not one of the 188 signatories to the convention.
In recent months, reports have repeatedly surfaced that Syrian forces have moved some of the chemical weapons inventories possibly because of deteriorating security in the country, raising fears the stockpile could fall into the hands of al Qaeda-linked groups working with the opposition should al-Assad's government fall.
As a result, the United States has been talking with neighboring countries about the steps needed to secure the weapons should al-Assad be forced from office.AlertMe


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Nike Inc. has filed a $4.3 million building permit with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for work on its North Memphis distribution center at 3100 New Frayser Blvd.
Elk Grove, Ill.-based Wynright Corp. applied for the permit, which didn't include a description for the work being done.
One of many permits filed for the $301 million project, it follows a $4.4 million mechanical permit for work by S.A. Comunale Co. Inc. and a $3 million permit for the installation of "industrial steel storage racks" by Wynright, both filed earlier this year.
Nike in January paid $2.2 million for about 200 acres of vacant land in Frayser from Belz Investco GP for the distribution center.
Operating in the transaction as Nike TN Inc., the Beaverton, Ore.-based sports giant bought the land in two parcels – a 162.5-acre tract and a 38.4-acre tract, both north of Nike's 1.1 million-square-foot facility in Belz Enterprises Inc.'s Northridge Industrial Park.
The board of the Memphis and Shelby County Economic Development Growth Engine approved last October a 15-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreement with Nike for the $301 million project.
According to the approved PILOT, the expansion would retain 1,600 jobs and add 250 more once the expanded facility opens. The PILOT amounts to a $57.8 million tax break with a local tax benefit of $105.3 million in return.
Nike's 1,700 employees across Memphis are the company's second largest workforce in the U.S. behind only its Beaverton headquarters.
Source: The Daily News Online & Chandler Reports– Daily News staff
Shelby County historian Ed Williams died Monday, Sept. 30, at the age of 78.
Williams had been a Shelby County commissioner and a state representative before that. Between the two, Williams held elected office for 24 years – from 1971 to 1994.
He opted not to seek re-election to the commission during its first year of partisan primaries, although he was a Republican.
Williams was a mechanical engineer by trade, owning an environmental engineering and consulting firm.
While his knowledge of the city's history before his lifetime was extensive, Williams also had a long memory about political events in his own public life and even his childhood.
He frequently talked about going to a Boy Scouts jamboree and seeking Memphis-type souvenirs to trade with scouts from other parts of the country. Williams wrote a letter to then-political heavyweight E.H Crump and was given one of Crump's favorite hats. Williams held on to the hat well after that, saying he was unable to trade it for what he thought it was worth.
Williams' memories covered a lifetime in which the local political horizon changed dramatically several times over.
– Bill Dries
Memphis International Airport, home to the FedEx Express super-hub, and Leipzig/Halle Airport in Saxony, Germany, DHL's European hub, have formed a strategic partnership.
Airport officials said the partnership will allow the two airports to exchange information and best practices, and possibly attract new business.
"Ultimately, one of our most important goals is to expand international cargo business and attract major cargo carriers," said Scott Brockman, chief operating officer of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority. "This regional cooperation with Leipzig/Halle Airport will allow each of us to learn more about how the other does business and put these lessons into practice."
Memphis International Airport is the second-largest cargo airport in the world, while Leipzig/Halle Airport is Germany's second-largest and Europe's fifth-largest cargo airport.
"Connecting these two important air cargo hubs allows us to offer better services to and maintain the highest-quality standards for our customers," said Markus Kopp, CEO of Leipzig/Halle Airport and its parent company, Mitteldeutsche Airport Holding.
– Amos Maki
Memphis-based Counterpart Communication Design has won four awards at the 2013 American Graphic Design Awards, hosted by "Graphic Design USA," a print news publication for the graphic design community.
Counterpart's awards were for a holiday card design, Counterpart's 2012 client Christmas stationery, St. Louis Catholic Church's Women of the Word mark and the brown box/green globe logo for International Paper Co.
The awards are open to all types of companies in the graphic design industry, including advertising agencies, graphic design firms, corporations, institutions, publishers and others. More than 8,000 entries were submitted.
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Arlington became the second of the six suburban towns and cities in Shelby County to effectively elect its school board before the Nov. 7 election day for the six sets of school board races.
Dexter Orman withdrew Monday from the race for the Position 2 seat on the five-member Arlington school board, making Barbara Fletcher the winner. That had been Arlington's only contested school board race.
Orman's move to get out of the race means Arlington can pass on an early voting period in advance of election day, as Collierville did at last week's candidate filing deadline, when five candidates filed for its school board races -- one for each seat on the school board.
Thursday, Oct. 3, at noon is the deadline for candidates to withdraw from the school board races if they wish. After that, the Shelby County Election Commission will certify the fields of contenders and set an early voting period, probably for mid-October.
City Auto helped in the fight against sickle cell disease in September, holding its inaugural Madison Hargrove Memorial Blood Drive.
City Auto collected 21 units of blood at the event, enough to help up to 63 local patients.
The drive was held in commemoration of Madison Hargrove, the daughter of City Auto employee Eric Hargrove and his wife, Lisa. Madison Hargrove died from sickle cell disease complications at the age of 6 in August 2012.
"It has been our desire to preserve Madison's legacy and ensure that she is always remembered, while at the same time continuing to advocate for the sickle cell community," Lisa Hargrove said. "This vision has now become a reality with the development of this blood drive in remembrance of Madison. Madison received blood transfusions every three weeks starting at age 2 to protect her from strokes. It was because of the generous blood donors that she was able to receive her transfusions as scheduled, keeping her illness under control."
City Auto also sponsored the fifth annual City Auto Mike Conley Bowl-n-Bash benefiting the Methodist Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, which provides a preventive outpatient clinic and the city's first dedicated emergency infusion unit for adult sickle cell patients.
Memphis has the second highest sickle cell population in the nation, with over 1,700 adult sickle cell patients. September was Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month.
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Well, I've read a lot of battery issue posts and found nothing to figure out this situation. The title is the best way to describe this. My laptop battery completely body blocks my AC adapter.
I took out my older laptop, a Gateway NX570. It's a few years old and was running great up to last March when I bought my new one. I want to use it as a small server to upload weather station info so I dusted it off and started playing with it.
In a couple of days, the battery appeared to stop charging. I was using it with the AC adapter and the battery discharged to nearly nothing. The computer wouldn't even turn on with the adapter plugged in, so I figured the adapter had given up. Easy fix: I bought a new adapter. The computer fired right up and the battery registered a mysterious 25% charge.
Now I'm noticing that the "charging" indicator light on the front isn't working and the battery is discharging as the computer is running with the AC adapter in plugged in. Soon it powers down as the battery discharged completely. Hmm. Bad battery? But wait:
I removed the battery and mashed the power button. The computer turned on and ran normally. The power icon looks like a little AC plug, indicating that I'm running with the adapter plugged in with a fully charged battery. Now. I put the battery back in as the computer was still running and the icon changed to a little battery, and discharging at that.
Power management drivers, right? No worries, says I. I should do a clean install of Windows XP anyway since I'm putting this computer back into service. I started Windows fresh and the problem is still here. I did all of the little tricks in the device manager that I've been reading about to no avail. I decided to sleep on it and decide if buying another battery was worth a shot. I left the laptop plugged in with the battery in place.
This morning I walked up to a laptop with no charging indicator light but a full battery, nonetheless. So now I'm going to save my money and hold off on the battery purchase. The only new detail to report is that I know the charging indicator lamp will still work because I just saw it on briefly as I was playing with power scheme settings. I haven't been able to recreate that.
So finally? My question. Is there a way to use different drivers to manage the battery charging and power use of this laptop or should I just get a cheap UPS until I replace it?


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Jason Green continues his Moments in time series of great northwest sports moments. This time he gives us the history of the Apple Cup Football game. The Apple Cup game is the annual football game between in-state rivals Washington and Washington State.
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Google May Let 34 More Cities Munch on Fiber
Feb 20, 2014 1:19 PM PT
Google has revealed plans to expand its Google Fiber Internet service to as many as 34 new cities.
Google Fiber offers connection speeds of up to 1,000 Mbps -- around 100 times faster than the average U.S. speeds of 9.8 Mb/sec, according to Akamai -- by providing service through fiber-optic cables instead of copper wiring.
Google's service also delivers high-definition television with the additional bandwidth allowing DVRs to record up to eight programs at once. Customers have access to 1 terabyte of cloud storage across Google's products.
Google currently is working on bringing access to residents in Kansas City; Provo, Utah; and Austin, Texas.
Metro Areas
Google has invited cities from nine metro areas around the U.S. to explore the viability of Google Fiber in their communities: Atlanta, Ga.; Charlotte, N.C.; Nashville, Tenn.; Salt Lake City, Utah; San Antonio, Texas; Phoenix, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; and San Jose, Calif.
The company is working with leaders from all cities in those areas on a two-part joint planning process. The cities will complete a Google checklist that provides the company with information on infrastructure. Google will expect the cities to streamline planning processes and infrastructure access to speed up the construction process.
Infrastructure Concerns
Meanwhile, Google will examine costs and time lines for installing a fiber-optic network in each city. It will look at factors that affect construction plans, such as geography, housing density, and the quality of the infrastructure.
Other factors, such as "support by local government, how centralized the population is, how strong the primary telephone and cable carriers are, and how close the city is to existing Google Dark Fiber," may influence Google's decision, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group.
Google Fiber "will force existing carriers to lower prices to compete and make the city a more desirable place to live," Enderle told the E-Commerce Times.
Potential Return
"It's all about the potential return," Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research, told the E-Commerce Times.
"Like any business, you need to consider the potential customer base, competition, pricing, etc. However, another key consideration is the ability to acquire, lease or install a network. Putting new fiber in can be a very difficult in many cities," he explained.
"I live one of the largest cities in the U.S., Phoenix, and [one of] the newest metropolitan areas, but my local government will not allow service providers to dig up the roads any more to install new fiber," McGregor pointed out.
"It looks like the locales are either central telecom hubs or places with a large IT industry presence," Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, told the E-Commerce Times. "That'd make sense both from a supply & demand standpoint."
Google expects to announce by the end of this year the next swath of cities that will receive Google Fiber services. It also plans to share what it learns from conducting studies in those 34 cities.
Long Wait
Google first announced the project in 2010, and it has not yet rolled out access to the service in its initial three cities. That points to a long wait for the 34 cities included in the current study before they have much faster Internet access.
Google would need to do a lot of planning "before we could even make an educated guess," spokesperson Jenna Wandres told the E-Commerce Times.
Customers in Kansas City and Provo will pay US$120 per month for Internet access plus more than 120 HDTV channels. Full-speed Internet access alone costs $70 per month. Customers have the option to pay a connection fee ($300 in Kansas City and $30 in Provo) for free basic Internet access at speeds of up to 5 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload. Connection fees are waived for Kansas City customers subscribing to one of the premium plans.
It's too early to say whether pricing would be similar in the new cities, Wandres said.
Privacy Concern
While increased Internet speeds will be an enticing prospect to many, some potential customers may be concerned for their privacy, given Google's history of mass data collection.
"Google lives off of mining user information, so privacy would likely be sacrificed and Google would have the capability to massively influence elections as a result of the information they gain access to," Enderle suggested.
"Cable companies and major telcos are increasingly attempting to treat Internet provision as a toll road, where the cost of service depends mainly on bandwidth consumption," Pund-IT's King said. "For them, Google Fiber is likely a major threat, as are regulations aimed at preserving network neutrality. For end users -- whether they are consumers or businesses it should be mostly all good."


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Bachelor of Science in Biology, Chemistry or Biological Chemistry (Pre-Pharmacy Track)
Pharmacists are healthcare professionals who can legally distribute prescription drugs to individuals. Their responsibilities include advising doctors and patients about the dosages and side effects of medications and monitoring patients to make sure that medications are taken properly and safely. Our Pre-Pharmacy program is designed to help students succeed in gaining acceptance to pharmacy school.
The Evangel University Department of Natural and Applied Sciences is dedicated to the spiritual, academic and social growth of every student. The department's purpose is to provide an excellent scientific education that is thoroughly integrated with the University's emphasis on the development of strong Christian character. Within this framework, students must contend with new scientific, social, ethical and technological challenges. Students learn to communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively and exhibit analytical thinking and problem-solving skills. Our pre-pharmacy curriculum is tailored to provide the knowledge that students need for the Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT) and pharmacy school. Pre-pharmacy students typically choose a major in biology, biological chemistry or chemistry. The rigors demanded by courses in biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics challenge the students to successfully prepare for their future careers. This curriculum integrates research at several levels, culminating in a mentored research project either on or off-campus.
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|Want to see exactly what classes you will take? The Program Plan (sometimes called a degree sheet) includes all specific requirements - including University proficiencies, Frameworks courses and degree requirements.
Each of Evangel's academic programs is made up of a set of core curriculum, program requirements and electives. The courses listed below are just a small sample of courses that might be taken as a part of this specific program.
|Study of microorganisms and their growth and control. Emphasis on prokaryotic cells, especially bacteria of medical, ecological, and industrial importance.
|General Chemistry I & II
|Fundamentals of chemistry.
|Organic Chemistry I
|General principles and theories of organic chemistry. Preparation, properties, mechanisms of reactions and uses of the aliphatic compounds, basic spectroscopy, introduction to aromatic compounds, coverage of functional groups pertinent to biologically important molecules (such as alcohols, carbonyls, carboxylic acids and derivatives, amines), and an introduction to biochemically important molecules.
|Organic Chemistry II
|Emphasis on mechanisms and multistep syntheses, aromatic substitution reactions, conjugated systems, carbonyl and ester condensation reactions, polymers, and topics of advanced spectroscopy.
|Human Anatomy & Physiology I & II
|The study of human anatomy and physiology with an emphasis on the roles of homeostasis and pathology and their interactions.
Evangel University's world-class faculty is made up of caring, Christian professionals who are distinguished in their fields and dedicated to the development of tomorrow's Christian leaders.
- Pharmacist
No special requirements for this program.
General Undergraduate Requirements
The following are general requirements for all students beginning an undergraduate program at Evangel. For more information visit Undergraduate Admissions Requirements.
|Graduation from high school, or having the equivalent of a high school diploma such as the General Education Development (GED) examination.
|Core Subjects
|A minimum of a 2.0 GPA in core college prep classes (English, math, social sciences and science with a lab) or high school final GPA if no college credits have been earned.
|Standardized Tests
|>Entering freshmen should take the ACT or SAT test. The codes for Evangel are as follows: SAT: 6198. ACT: 2296.
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Satellite phones have proven to be invaluable tools for boaters of all persuasions, especially those who find themselves out of cell phone range. But some of you may be reluctant to purchase one due to some misconception about what such phones can and can't do. America's number 1 Satellite Phone Rental Company, All Road Communications of San Diego, California, wants to set the record straight about some pervasive satellite phone myths:1 - Satellite phone do not work indoorsWith the purchase of an inexpensive fixed mast antenna, for around $300 or less, and a few feet of cable you certainly can use a sat phone indoors.2 - Satellite phone calls always cost more than cell phone callsThis is absolutely untrue. Satellite phone minutes can run you well below $2 a minute on a satellite phone rental from All Road Communications, and even well below $1 if you buy a satellite phone.3 - Satellite phones are just for the richYou can buy a brand new Globalstar Qualcomm GSP-1600 from All Road for under $750. There are numerous cell phones that cost more than that.4 - Satellite phones do not provide Internet accessWrong again, for example with an Iridium 9505A or Globalstar GSP-1600 satellite phone you can indeed connect to the Internet, using a data kit. Speeds are not lightening fast, but good enough for email and basic web surfing.5 - Satellite phones cannot be used inside a carCar kits and mag-mount antennas are available for both Iridium and Globalstar satellite phones.6 - Satellite phones cannot help give your locationThe Globastar Qualcomm GSP 1600 can give your basic co-ordinates when you are on any connected call over the Globalstar network.7 - Satellite phones do not work in bad weatherAnother myth, they will work, maybe not as flawlessly as in good weather but many a storm stranded yachtsmen will speak to this truth, as will anyone who has used one in the middle of a hurricane.9 - Satellite phones do not work when the power is downSatellite phones are totally independant of the power grid.10 - Satellite phones do not work when cell phone towers are downSatellite phones do not use cell phone towers. When the cell towers are down a sat phone is often the only way to make a phone call.All Road Communications rents and sells satellite phones for the Globalstar and Iridium satellite phone networks from as low as $19.49 per week. All Road also rents and sells Nera high speed mobile satellite Internet terminals utilizing Inmarsat service, from $119 per week and $6.99 per MB. All Road is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and can be reached online at http://www.allroadcommunications.com or by phone at 888-884-7623 or by direct dial at USA 619-596-4574.
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text: Avedro is a privately held medical device and pharmaceutical company advancing the science and technology of corneal cross‐linking and refractive correction. Avedro's products include capital equipment and related single dose pharmaceuticals. The KXL® System's cross‐linking, in combination with its pharmaceuticals, is used to treat keratoconus and corneal ectasia outside the United States. Those products are also used in a procedure known as Lasik Xtra®. Over 75,000 surgeries have been successfully performed outside the US using Avedro's KXL System.