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(Updated at 9 a.m. Feb. 27) WEST MARLBOROUGH - The driver of a tanker truck who died after his vehicle overturned Tuesday in East Fallowfield, Chester County, was identified by the township police department as David Mammi, 34, of Hebron, Md.
Mammi was pronounced dead at the scene of the one-vehicle crash.
Police are investigating why Mammi's tanker truck carrying propane overturned on Route 82 around 11:53 a.m., according to a press release from township police.
- Eileen Faust, online editor, The Mercury
WEST MARLBOROUGH - The Chester County Coroner's Office was dispatched Tuesday afternoon after a fuel-tanker overturned in a single vehicle crash on Route 82 around 3 p.m., officials said.
A tanker truck carrying liquid petroleum overturned around 11:54 a.m. Tuesday on Route 82 just north of Covered Bridge Road, according to the Chester County Department of Emergency Services. The identity of the deceased person was not immediately known.
Authorities said the tanker, which jack-knifed and overturned just off the roadway, was the only vehicle involved in the crash. Members of the Chester County Accident Reconstruction Team were present investigating the cause of the crash.
According to a Department of Emergency Services spokesperson, no fuel from the truck's tanker leaked as a result of the crash. A small amount of diesel fuel was the only leak reported.
The Modena Fire and Ambulance Company, Brandywine Hospital Medic Unit, and Po-Mar-Lin and Westwood fire company rescue units responded to the scene.
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SHANKSVILLE, Pa. — Recalling the nation's unity in a time of peril seven years ago, presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama placed their partisan contest on hold Thursday and spoke as one in honoring of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Obama and McCain made ground zero in New York their common ground, joining in homage to the dead from the fallen Twin Towers and the hijacked planes flown into them. The candidates walked down a ramp together to the site where the World Trade Center once stood, and threw flowers into a reflecting pool.
Cindy McCain and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg accompanied the two candidates. Obama and McCain greeted family members of the victims.
Beforehand, McCain spoke briefly at a simple ceremony in remote, rural western Pennsylvania, held on a large hilly field close to where United Airlines Flight 93, the third of four airliners commandeered by terrorists, crashed. Investigators believe some of the 40 passengers and crew rushed the cockpit and thwarted terrorists' plans to use that plane as a weapon like the ones that hit the World Trade Center and Pentagon. All aboard all planes died.
The Arizona senator said those on the flight might have saved his own life, as some believe the terrorists wanted to slam that plane into the U.S. Capitol. He said the only way to thank those who died on the flight is to "be as good an American as they were."
"We might fall well short of their standard, but there's honor in the effort," McCain said.
Obama, in a statement, said that on Sept. 11, 2001, "Americans across our great country came together to stand with the families of the victims, to donate blood, to give to charity, and to say a prayer for our country. Let us renew that."
The Illinois senator added: "Let us remember that the terrorists responsible for 9/11 are still at large, and must be brought to justice."
Left unstated by both was their sharp disagreement over the Iraq war, which McCain supported and Obama opposed as a distraction from the Afghanistan war and broader fight against terrorism.
It was not a day for spelling out differences but rather a respectful time out in a campaign with 54 days to go. Both agreed to suspend TV ads critical of each other.
Bipartisan memorial
In Pennsylvania, grieving family members and a few dignitaries sat in front of a chain-link fence adorned with flags and mementos that serves as a temporary memorial while a permanent one is built. Bells were rung as the name of each victim was read. McCain and others laid wreaths at the foot of two flagpoles and a large wooden cross.
Other political news of note
Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
- Budget deficits shrinking but set to grow after 2015
- Senate readies another volley on unemployment aid
- Obama faces Syria standstill
- Fluke files to run in California
- Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
Slideshow: Sept. 11 remembered The political truce was evident in remarks thanking McCain for traveling to Shanksville by Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat who occasionally speaks against the Republican nominee as an Obama campaign surrogate. "It's an honor to have him here, not just as a presidential candidate but as a great American patriot," Rendell said.
On Thursday night, Obama and McCain appeared separately at Columbia University for a forum on public service.
Obama's also lunched Thursday in New York with former President Clinton.
Video: Bill and Barack talk politics Obama's running mate, Joe Biden, visited an American Legion post in suburban Cleveland for an invitation-only gathering of area police, firefighters and other first responders.
"Part of today is reminding Americans that every single day there are acts that are both ordinary and profound," Biden said in recalling the attacks. "You suit up, head out on that vehicle not knowing what you're going to find. If, God forbid, anything remotely close to that happens, it's going to be you guys trying to save all of us."
The Republican vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, was in her home state of Alaska to attend an Army ceremony to send her eldest son, Track, off to duty in Iraq. She also was to be interviewed by ABC News.
Obama and McCain last appeared together in August when they shook hands at minister Rick Warren's megachurch in Orange County, Calif., where they spoke separately about faith and values. In June they attended the funeral of NBC newsman Tim Russert, sitting next to each other at the family's request.
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Fawley Refinery and Chemical Plant
Located near Southampton, Fawley Refinery is the largest and most technically complex refining and petrochemical facility in the UK.
Situated on the western side of Southampton Water, Fawley is one of the largest oil refining and chemical manufacturing complexes in Europe. Here we produce oil products for Esso and ExxonMobil: transport fuels, lubricant basestocks, chemical feedstocks, and other high-value products to our customers around the world. These products heat our homes, cool our food and power our cars. In short, we deliver products that people rely on daily.
ExxonMobil is the world's largest integrated refiner with a network of reliable and efficient refineries, pipelines and distribution centers. At our site, you'll discover an intricate mass of valves, towers, exchangers and pipes, offering endless opportunities to challenge and extend your skills every day.
Our primary operations include:
- The refinery, run by Esso Petroleum Company, and
- The chemicals site, run by ExxonMobil Chemical
While we operate as two companies we share many raw materials and resources. More than 75 percent of our refining capacity is integrated with our chemical and lubricants operations.
Fawley facts
- We process approximately 15 million tons of crude oil per year.
- We manufacture approximately 8 million liters of diesel and 15 million liters of gasoline per day (that's one carful every 0.5 seconds).
- We manufacture approximately 6 million liters of jet fuel per day.
- Two-thirds of our gasoline products go inland to the UK market.
- The Fawley Site operates around the clock: 24/7 365 days per year.
- The Refinery is linked to the mile-long marine terminal (with over 2,000 shipping movements per year) and a series of inland pipelines across the UK.
- The Fawley Chemical Plant is a specialty multiunit site with three world-scale chemicals businesses - MEK, Higher Olefins & Butyl Rubber. It uses resources from the Refinery to manufacture approximately 800,000 tons of petrochemicals annually, including halobutyl rubber (used to line car tires) and specialized pharmaceutical-grade rubber.
Whether your background is in chemical, mechanical, civil or electrical engineering, operations or another discipline, you'll influence the way we deliver energy to the world. Make an impact. Join our effort to bring the latest innovation and technology to bear on solving the environmental and energy challenges of the future.
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Learn more about our activities in the United Kingdom.
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The sign was removed from its two-post pedestal and taken to a city
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The city aims to restore the sign complete with all its neon luster,
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Imagine, if you will, a flying game called Sky Crawlers controlled by Wii remote and nunchuck. Guess the control scheme. You probably guessed wrong.
To control an aeroplane in a Wii game, I have held the Wii Remote like a paper aeroplane.
I have held it like a flashlight, dipping and raising it to orient where my plane's nose is pointing.
These schemes failed me when, unsupervised by representatives in attendance at publisher XSeed's New York demo event last night, I took up Wii Remote and nunchuck and sent my World War II dogfighter into the drink.
The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces, this flight combat game from the developers of Ace Combat, is controlled differently.
Read this next part slowly, lest you be as flummoxed as I was.
The nunchuck controls plane movement. Tilt, twist, turn it and the plane does the same.
The Z-button on the nunchuck shoots the plane's guns.
The C-button on the nunchuck switches weapons.
The Wii Remote controls the throttle, so it gets held vertically. Pulling it toward you speeds the plane up. Tilting it away slows the plane.
Tilting the nunchuck's control stick lets the player pick from a batch of stunt maneuvers. Pressing A on the remote activates them.
Flying the plane into yellow circles on the game's mini-map causes a meter to appear, a horizontal bar that slowly fills with colour. Pressing A as the meter fills makes the plane manoeuvre into position behind an enemy plane. The more that meter is filled, the better the resulting position is.
Once I got it, the controls worked well. Here's to Project Aces for coming up with one of the stranger Wii control schemes yet.
A note about the story, which is its own brand of strange: I didn't play more than a quick skirmish in the air, but the fact sheet reveals that the plot of this game involves a peaceful world that is nostalgic for the constant wars that used to befall it. To remedy the social unease caused by a lack of war, governments hire private companies and fliers, like the ones controlled in this game, to fight battles. The game's hero is rookie pilot Lynx, who, according to the fact sheet, "becomes involved in a secret new military project with the goal of making pilots immortal." This is a "somber story of a world that needs war to survive."
The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces is a single-player Wii exclusive set for holiday release, published by XSeed and developed by Namco Bandai Games and Project Aces.


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A young woman crossing Park Avenue near the Price Chopper grocery store was struck by an SUV about 8 p.m., sending her tumbling into the air, witnesses said.
Jose Rodriguez of Leominster, a nurse, said he was driving north on Park Avenue toward Institute Park when a silver SUV came speeding around his car from behind and struck the woman as she was crossing Park Avenue toward the grocery store.
Mr. Rodriguez said the SUV was traveling at high speed and moving erratically through traffic.
He said the woman, who looked to be in her 20's, landed face down on the pavement while the SUV continued on to the intersection with Russell Street, where it stopped. Mr. Rodriguez said he went to the victim's side while awaiting the ambulance.
"I checked her pulse, and it was fading. She was convulsing, unresponsive. She was bleeding from her ears, nose and mouth," Mr. Rodriguez said.
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Police blocked off Russell Street and the left lane of Park Avenue along the grocery store parking lot while they investigated the accident and spoke to witnesses. The victim was taken to an area hospital by ambulance.
The identity and condition of the victim were not immediately available.


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People like Hitler, and maybe Stalin according to most of you, existed to murder and to kill. Call me stubborn or narrow minded but for me Putin is somebody, just like Stalin, who helped Russia from the gutter into something beautiful.
According to you. I know millions of people who still see the USSR as something beautiful, because of the Communism. The fact that most Western countries are capitalistic and decadent to the bone means that most of those countries do not see the true beauty of a Communism. The US was now trying to plunge the entire planet into war and decadent capitalism. Missile shield here, guantanamo bay there. Katrina victims have been left out for days before the US government did something if anything at all. How many people die of starvation or poor health care in the US daily? In the USSR, EVERYBODY had food, healthcare, education, etc. That is the true beauty of a communism. If you weren't born in a communist country you wouldn't understand. The USSR was much much more than Stalin alone.
In the USSR, EVERYBODY had food, healthcare, education, etc. That is the true beauty of a communism. If you weren't born in a communist country you wouldn't understand. The USSR was much much more than Stalin alone.
Flushing 9 liters of perfectly good drinking water through the toilet, tossing away the crusts of your pizza or the leftovers of other food, taking the car for a 5 minute drive when you can take the bike or walk, going on holiday each year, buying a new tv every two years, having three computers in the house.... to me that's decadence.
Or maybe you spend your days playing poker and smoking in a factory instead of working, because you know that your wonderful country will pay you regardless of how hard you work.
This is one of the things in this discussion that has not much to do with original subject, but is something that should be addressed still. In some places, people actually appreciate work itself and working for something, it is not all about money everywhere. Even if such view of work is foreign to your mindset does not mean that it would not be popular somewhere else. Where I am, you will still have your apartment, and you will still get by in your life just fine, even if you did not work at all, yet still people both work hard and try to get rid of being unemployded as quickly as possible.
Speaking of stereotypes... You don't agree with my view of Russia and the USSR and that's fine. It's a free world after all.
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Rand Paul and Bobby Jindal Visit Early Primary States
(WASHINGTON) -- It may seem like the 2012 presidential race just ended, but two Republicans stoked speculation that they could be in the running in 2016 when they addressed groups Friday evening in the two earliest of early states: Iowa and New Hampshire.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., addressed the Iowa Republican Party's Lincoln Day Dinner in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, while Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal headlined a fundraiser for the Republican Senate Majority Committee in Manchester, the campaign committee for the 13-member GOP caucus in the New Hampshire state Senate.
Jindal gave a blunt prescription for a more successful Republican Party, telling the crowd at the Manchester Radisson that he won't just attack the president and feed the crowd "bright, red meat." Instead, he focused on "where do we go as a Republican Party."
"We lost an election that we probably should have won," Jindal said. "It's time to get over it. … I think we can win elections by sticking to our principals, but I do think we need to make some changes and I think we need to think seriously about where we go from here."
Jindal warned the crowd of Republicans to look "forward," not backwards, and, in a clear reference to Mitt Romney's failed attempt at the White House, said Republicans must "fight for every single vote, not 53 percent to 47 percent, we need to fight for 100 percent, we need to fight for every single vote."
"We need to have the confidence and we need to have the courage to say our principals, our policies, our beliefs help every American join the middle class, and if we want voters to like us we've got to like them first," Jindal said. "Let the the Democratic Party start dividing people by groups, by subgroups, by special interests. We will have none of that. We view everybody as Americans first, and we are going to treat them like that."
Jindal spent most of his speech on two topics: improving education in this country with more school choice and charter schools, as well as persuading Republicans to quit the austerity talk and focus on "growth and opportunity" and growing the middle class.
On education, a topic Jindal often talks about in both Louisiana and nationally, he told the audience to "let the dollars follow the child, don't make the child follow the dollars." He added that a "bright teacher in the classroom is the single most important thing we can do."
Jindal also spent part of his address speaking about his family and personal story, noting his father grew up in India with no running water or electricity and was the first person in his family to go to school past the fifth grade.
"We spent too much time last year criticizing the other side without saying what we were going to do instead, without saying what we were for," he said.
"We allowed them to characterize us instead of saying we stand for the middle class," Jindal said. "We want everybody to have that American dream that my dad pursued, that your parents and grandparents pursued."
"This is more than just winning an election," he said. "This is about winning a very important debate where we go as a country."
He told those listening to take that into account before they supported future candidates.
"As we decide the candidate we support, the leaders we rally around … I would hope we would rally around those candidates and those leaders who stand for what is right, not just what is popular," Jindal said.
He did not mention the possibility that he might be included in that group of future candidates.
Paul's speech focused on two issues he has been closely aligned with recently: the investigation into the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012, as well as comprehensive immigration reform.
The Kentucky senator's Benghazi comments were expected after he took former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to task earlier Friday for her handling of the terrorist attacks. In an op-ed article in the Washington Times, he wrote that Clinton "should never hold high office again," and he repeated that charge in Cedar Rapids Friday night, earning a huge cheer from the crowd.
"There were a lot of mistakes made at the time," Paul said. "Maybe at the time, maybe after the time, cover up this and that. But what was always been most important to me is what happened in the six months leading up to this, because there is no excuse in the six months leading up to this when your people on the ground – military people and State Department people – are asking for more help. They are asking for security, they are pleading for security and they got nothing. It was inexcusable, it was a dereliction of duty and it should preclude her from holding higher office."
When discussing immigration, Paul noted that not everyone in the room would agree with him, including Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who spoke before Paul.
"I am in favor of immigration reform," Paul said.
He added that he could vote for immigration reform legislation if more border security was added.
"Am I worried a little bit about it? Yes. I'm worried I might offend some people," Paul told the group of Iowans. "I'm also worried [about] whether it works or not, if it doesn't work, and the people who vote for it will catch blame for it. But I don't want to just say I'm voting no and I'm not going to be for it. I do want to try and fix it, because I think there is a problem."
Like Jindal, Paul said Republicans need to grow the party and be the party of all Americans, adding, "we need to attract the Latino vote. This is a very practical thing and I'm not ashamed to admit it. "
"We need to attract the African-American vote," Paul said, noting his appearance at historically black Howard University last month. "We need to change the way we are talking about it and who we are if we want to attract the Latino vote. … We need to treat immigrants with dignity and respect.
"We will get people to consider us as a party," he said, "but they won't if we don't show up."
Paul reprised many of the themes of a speech he gave in March when he first endorsed comprehensive immigration reform, saying, "If you want to work in our country, I want to find a place for you to work."
"The people are here and there is a certain sense of de facto amnesty in that they are not going home, and their kids will be voting, and if their kids think we are hostile to them, they are never going to vote for us," Paul said. "We are an increasingly diverse nation and I think we do need to reach out to people who don't look like us, who don't wear the same clothes, aren't exactly who we are. We need to reach out."
In a sense, it was a homecoming for Paul. The Iowa GOP leadership is made up of loyalists from his father Ron Paul's 2012 campaign. After the botched reporting of the 2012 caucus results that initially put Mitt Romney on top, only to be corrected two weeks later with Rick Santorum as the true victor, the old players were out after the cycle, replaced by the top members of Paul's Iowa team, including the present Iowa GOP chairman A.J. Spiker, who served as vice chairman of Ron Paul's 2012 campaign.
Both Paul and Jindal, along with Hillary Clinton, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and others are already the subject of speculation as potential presidential contenders in 2016, but as recently as January, Jindal said it was way too soon for speculating.
"Any Republican that's thinking about running for president in 2016 needs to get his head examined," Jindal told reporters after delivering a speech at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in January.
In that same speech, he had some tough language for his party.
"We must stop being the stupid party," he said. "It's time for a new Republican Party that talks like adults. It's time for us to articulate our plans and visions for America in real terms. We had a number of Republicans damage the brand this year with offensive and bizarre comments. We've had enough of that."
Jindal mentioned that speech Friday night in New Hampshire, noting his 9-year-old son made him put a dollar in the "bad word jar" after that phrase was heavily covered. He said what he "meant by that that was we've got to present thoughtful policy solutions to the American people … not just 30 second solutions."
Paul will also head to New Hampshire later this month to headline a fundraiser for the state GOP on May 20.
While he is in Iowa this weekend, he is also planning on meeting with the Iowa Federation of Republican Women and attend a fundraiser for Iowa's Johnson County GOP.
It may be worth noting that, according to Kentucky law, unlike other states, a candidate cannot run for both the U.S. Senate and president of the United States simultaneously, so Paul will have to choose one in the coming years.
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Michael Crowley necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 105 diseños de 42 diseñadores freelance.
The concept of eco-art is quickly growing in a world with dwindling resources. Encouraging today's artists and designers to explore our pressing ecological concerns is at the heart of my organization's work. I am eager to engage designers who share my passion for the environment and the arts. I am particularly looking for someone able to create a design that speaks to corporate folks and creative types alike.
Verdant Art
Verdant Art is a service organization dedicated to helping artists, producers, arts managers and presenting organizations green their performances, facilities and operations. Instilling ecological thinking and cost-saving discoveries into the creative arts with help sustain art forms indigenous to American culture.
Eventually, the organization will have commercial "arm" that offers green arts marketing and project consulting to Broadway shows, film production companies, etc.
I am looking for a logo design that will communicate the many facets of this exciting organization. This design will be used on the upcoming website and in all promotional materials.
- Color:"...Verdant: 1 a: green in tint or color b: green with growing plants." Obviously, the main color should be green. I don't care what shade of green. Also, I have no opinion either way about the use of other complimentary colors in the design.
- I would like the company name to be prominent, possibly with an object positioned nearby. (i.e. An image of a theatre with a tree growing out of center stage. Or a stage/movie light with a green vine instead of a light ray.) Or maybe the logo is simply the company name conveyed in a creative way. (i.e. The company name in capital letters made from grass.)
- I am intrigued that the last three letters of Verdant are 'ANT' and Art is spelled 'ART' – might be interesting to explore this in a company name logo concept.
- It would be great to somehow incorporate both the performing arts (stage) and film/tv into the logo. Not sure how that would be accomplished. Open to anything!!
- Nothing too obvious or cliché.
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New Bern Ballet presents the timeless classic �The Nutcracker� in public shows in December at the Grover C. Fields Performing Arts Center.
New Bern Ballet presents the timeless classic �The Nutcracker� in public shows in December at the Grover C. Fields Performing Arts Center.
Shows are Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. and 2 p.m. on Dec. 15.
Tickets are $7.50 in advance, $10 at the door, with children under age 2 admitted free.
Artistic Director Laura Karmi has created a unique, narrated, children�s version performed by New Bern Ballet students ages 4 and up.
It is performed with Tchaikovsky�s perennially popular music and draws on the original choreography created by Marius Petipa, with influences from The Ballet Russe, the Royal Danish Ballet, Ballet Canadian and George Balanchine�s New York City Ballet.
Act I:
Stahlbaums: Kathryn Taylor and Ben Cruz; Clara: Rosalina Cruz; Fritz: Emma Fonte; Maid: Anna Chance; Drosselmeier: James Chance; Party Guests � Adults: Miguel Ayala, Rebecca Biro, Sharon Biro, Jessica Cruz, Jeffrey Fleming, Chuck Hagerty, Cassandra Martin, Rebekah Murphy and Bobby Karmi; Drosselmeier�s Nephew: Aimee Trombley; Party Guests � Children: Charlotte Antry, Brooklyn Bernth, Janiaritalani Bowen, Tori Chance, Vianne Cocco,Gabriella Cruz, Maxim Cruz,Simeon Cruz, Maddie Gatlin, Caroline Hancock, Lina Lavigne, Isabella Page, Victoria Page, Delanie Royal, Sarah Taylor, Rylie Watson and Taryn Whited; Mechanical Party Dolls: Maddie Goodman and Olivia Rhodes; White Mouse: Evie Afflerbach; Grey Mice: Stephanie Futh, Cora Gombo, Sonya Kruger, Jasmine Mendez, Annabel Murphy, Elliot Murphy, Bella Vega, Lena Vega and Taryn Whited; Nurse Mouse: Aspen Heist; Bunnies: Alexa Crocker and Ziva Hagerty; Mechanical Battle Dolls: Margaret McCollum and Victoria Page; Soldiers: Vianne Cocco, Maxim Cruz, Simeon Cruz, Delanie Royal and Sarah Taylor; Commander: Clair Gatlin; Mouse King: Hannah Fonte; Nutcracker: Aimee Trombley; Snow: Brooklyn Bernth, Tori Chance, Gabriella Cruz, Clair Gatlin, Mia Lavigne and Isabella Page; Snow Queen: Olivia Rhodes; Snow Spirit: Anna Chance.
Act II:
Clara: Rosalina Cruz; Prince: Natasha Dell; Sugarplum Fairy: Maddie Goodman; Sugarplum Fairy Paige: Rylie Watson; Spanish: Anna Chance and Olivia Rhodes; Peacock: Caroline Hancock; Arabian Princesses: Charlotte Antry, Maddie Gatlin, Victoria Page and Delanie Royal; Chinese: Janiaritalani Bowen, Margaret McCollum and Isabella Page; Candy Cane: Rebecca Biro Junior Candy Canes: Brooklyn Bernth, Tori Chance, Vianne Cocco, Gabriella Cruz, Clair Gatlin and Mia Lavigne; Little Bo Peep: Aimee Trombley; Black Sheep: Rylie Watson; White Sheep: Cora Gombo, Riley Kennedy, Sonya Kruger, Jasmine Mendez, Elliot Murphy and Taryn Whited; Ponchinellos: Brooklyn Bernth, Tori Chance, Hannah Fonte, Mia Lavigne and Rebekah Murphy; Ponchinelles: Evie Afflerbach, Emma Fonte, Stephanie Futh and Aspen Heist; Paiges: Alexa Crocker, Maxim Cruz, Simeon Cruz, Annabel Murphy, Bella Vega and Lena Vega.
Production staff:
Narrator: Jami Horton; artistic director: Laura Karmi; ballet mistress: Abby Mallow; costumes: friends of New Bern Ballet; photography: Dove Imaging; set/prop construction: Bob Karmi and Joe Trombley; wardrobe mistresses: Sandra Chance, Alexandra Fonte and Anna Page; company seamstress: Lisa Goodman.
On the web: newbernballet.com


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1. With most fantasy leagues beginning their playoff rounds this week, line up decisions become more paramount and there is a major question mark surrounding Monday night's tilt between the Rams and the Seahawks. The Rams top two quarterbacks are injured and may not play, leaving recently signed journeyman Tom Brandstater as the team's potential starter against Seattle. Sam Bradford sat out last week with a high ankle sprain and A.J. Feeley suffered a thumb injury. Neither have practiced this week. If Brandstater starts, Brandon Lloyd's fantasy takes a significant hit so his owners may want to consider other options. In addition, running back Steven Jackson struggled mightily against the Seahawks in Week 11 (15 carries for 42 yards and 19 yards on three receptions) so Sjax owners may want to sit him if better options exist.
2. If Brandstater starts, it will almost certainly add to a long line of bad quarterback play on Monday nights this season. Maybe the NFL needs to flex out some of these matchups.
3. Chargers linebacker Takeo Spikes will play his 200th game this week against the Buffalo Bills, becoming just the 13th linebacker to accomplish the feat. The Bengals 13th pick in the 1998 draft, Spikes has been remarkably healthy throughout his career, being fortunate enough to miss just 21 games with 13 of those coming in 2005 due to an ACL tear. Unfortunately, despite his talent and longevity, Spikes has yet to play in a post-season game throughout his career with the Bengals, Bills, 49ers and Chargers, another remarkable feat.
4. Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch has had an outstanding run of games, topping 100 yards in four of his last five games and scoring a touchdown in his last eight. However, after this week's game against St. Louis, the Seahawks face the Bears (8th ranked run defense), 49ers (1st) and Cardinals (19th) and the bad news keeps pouring in along the offensive line. Having already lost rookie starters James Carpenter (right tackle) and John Moffitt (right guard) for the year, the Seahawks found out this week that left tackle Russell Okung, the team's best offensive lineman, would miss the rest of the season due to a torn right pectoral muscle suffered when he was flipped to the ground by Eagles defensive end Trent Cole near the end of last week's win over Philadelphia. While Seattle offensive line coach Tom Cable may have been lost as the head coach in Oakland, his hiring will go down as one of the more astute assistant coach hires of the 2011 offseason.
5. It is difficult to win your division when you can't muster wins against division opponents and with the Browns 14-3 loss to the Steelers on Thursday night, 2nd year quarterback Colt McCoy is now 0-8 against the AFC North. This loss was especially painful for Browns fans, as Cleveland failed to capitalize on three Pittsburgh turnovers and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger playing more than half the game with a high ankle sprain. While McCoy has shown improvement in his second year in Cleveland, there remain significant doubts about his ability to help make the Browns competitive in what is perhaps the toughest division in the league. Despite playing in new head coach Pat Shurmur's west coast offense, a version that relies on short passing more than perhaps any other previous scheme, McCoy's completion percentage has actually dropped from 60.8% last season to 57.2% in 2011. His lack of accuracy, arm strength and inability to win within the division could doom McCoy's chances of returning as Cleveland's starter in 2011.
6. Down in Jacksonville, Jaguars fans are just about ready to write off rookie quarterback Blaine Gabbert, the 10th pick in the draft, after just ten starts. Gabbert has struggled mightily in Jacksonville, completing less than 50% of his passes, failing to consistently move the offense and displaying poor mechanics, including failing to step into his throws in the face of oncoming defenders, a criticism that was included in several scouting reports prior to the draft. While Gabbert is largely responsible for the Jaguars 31st ranking in offensive scoring, the criticisms he has endured have been overblown. He was not expected to take over as the team's starting quarterback so early in his career (most teams had him pegged as a project due to his poor mechanics and having led a spread offense at Missouri) but was forced into the role when former head coach Jack Del Rio released David Garrard in the final days of the preseason and then benched Luke McCown after just two starts. That was an especially poor decision, even irresponsible, given that Gabbert had a shortened offseason and wasn't given first team reps throughout training camp and the preseason. That left him leading an offense he was not familiar with, devoid of playmakers other than running back Maurice Jones-Drew, whose offensive line has failed to develop and who feature the least talented group of wide receivers in the league. In essence, the ingredients for success were never there for Gabbert so his failure should come as no surprise. Look for Jacksonville to hire an offensive minded head coach to help salvage Gabbert and return the Jaguars to respectability on offense.
7. In Minnesota, another rookie quarterback is suffering from a lack of talent surrounding him in the starting lineup. Christian Ponder has outperformed expectations thus far in 2011 but he has been beset by injuries at running back to Adrian Peterson and at wide receiver to Michael Jenkins, a unit that was considered a weak area even with Jenkins available. In addition, dual running-receiving threat Percy Harvin has only begun to play at a consistently high level over the past few weeks and Charlie Johnson has proven himself to be nothing more than a stop gap starter at left tackle for the departed Bryant McKinnie. Look for Minnesota to spend some high draft picks on upgrading their offensive talent and providing Ponder with a better chance at success in his sophomore season.
8. With Matt Flynn a free agent at season's end and wanting a chance at a starting position, Green Bay will be looking for a new backup to Aaron Rodgers for the 2012 season. Former Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell had been on the team's practice squad but was signed to the active roster this week when the Buffalo Bills offered him a spot on their active roster. Look for Harrell to be the frontrunner to backup Rodgers next season.


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Aesthetic Climbing Gym boasts some of Southern California's best indoor rock climbing with ten distinct bouldering features and over 5,000 square feet of bouldering terrain. With recently upgraded and expanded top rope and lead climbing, we are also now home to about 75 rope routes over 5,000 square feet of rope climbing terrain. We offer indoor rock climbing day passes and membership as well as gear rentals.
Stop by for a clinic, a shoe demo, or just for a climb. ACG hosts birthday parties, group events, and ABS competitions – be sure to check the calendar or our Facebook page for the latest clinics, competitions, and other events. We are also proud of our youth climbing team, who has made it to nationals the past three years in a row.
Aesthetic Climbing Gym was founded by Trevor Arndt, Dillon Arndt, and Jeremy Meza in 2012. The Arndt brothers met Jeremy in 2008 and the three college students quickly became close friends through their shared climbing adventures and similar outdoor lifestyles. Through shared experiences and combined knowledge of construction, the Arndt's and Meza set out to pursue their dream of opening one of the top climbing facilities in Orange County. It took over 4 years of going to meetings with investors, accountants, marketing specialist, and business gurus for the planning of ACG to go underway.It took 3 months of long days and endless nights for Aesthetic to be fully constructed and doors were finally open on September 2, 2012!! Since then, the three founders have continually sought ways to expand the facility and keep raising the bar on what should be the ultimate indoor climbing experience. ACG was named the best climbing gym in Orange County in 2014 by the OC Weekly and currently ranks amongst the top gyms in all of Southern California.
Day passes are typically $15, but for your first visit you can book a free intro class and then decide if it's for you. Check our Come Climb page for more info on prices.
The gym is open from noon to 11pm Monday through Friday, 10am to 10pm Saturday, and 10am to 6pm Sunday.
We offer bouldering, top rope, and lead climbing. We also have clinics for each type of climbing.
Most members and guests spend about 1-3 hours climbing, which includes some rest time and occasionally a game of ping pong or foosball!
Try to climb at the gym 2-3 times a week if you want to see improvements. We never say climbing is "easy" but there are very doable routes that you can accomplish within a session of climbing if you stick your mind to it. The gym has routes for every level of climber and every level of interest.


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The Last Lion
Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
The long-awaited final volume of William Manchester's legendary biography of Winston Churchill.
Spanning the years of 1940-1965, THE LAST LION picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister-when his tiny island nation stood alone against the overwhelming might of Nazi Germany. The Churchill conjured up by William Manchester and Paul Reid is a man of indomitable courage, lightning fast intellect, and an irresistible will to action. THE LAST LION brilliantly recounts how Churchill organized his nation's military response and defense; compelled FDR into supporting America's beleaguered cousins, and personified the "never surrender" ethos that helped the Allies win the war, while at the same time adapting himself and his country to the inevitable shift of world power from the British Empire to the United States.
More than twenty years in the making, THE LAST LION presents a revelatory and unparalleled portrait of this brilliant, flawed, and dynamic leader. This is popular history at its most stirring.
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"[Reid's] palpable enthusiasm at thinking about Churchill demonstrates once again...the grip this iconic figure can still exercise on the imagination....Reid...use[s] his journalist's eye to pick up on small details or points of color that illustrate a wider truth."—Richard Aldous, New York Times Book Review
"Masterful.... It was worth the wait.... The collaboration completes the Churchill portrait in a seamless manner, combining the detailed research, sharp analysis and sparkling prose that readers of the first two volumes have come to expect."—Associated Press
"Mr. Reid...following Manchester's lead,...dutifully includes both the admiring and disparaging remarks of Churchill's colleagues and contemporaries, presenting everyone's take with equanimity."—Wall Street Journal
"This book is superb. It has tremendous pace, rich detail and immense drama."—Washington Post
"Reid has produced a third Last Lion...that is both magisterial and humane. Cue the trumpets."—Vanity Fair
"It's a must-read finale for those who loved Manchester's first two books."—USA Today
"The final volume of Manchester's life of Winston Churchill is majestic and inspiring."—People
"Masterful... [and] breathtaking....Reid...finished the race with agility, grace, and skill....This is a book that is brilliant and beautiful, evocative and enervating."—Boston Globe
"Reid has produced a volume about the climax of Churchill's career which ably captures the fullness of the story.... Reid's narrative...is straightforward, well written, and compelling."—Steven F. Hayward, The Weekly Standard
"The long-delayed majestic account of Winston Churchill's last 25 years is worth the wait....Manchester (and Reid) matches the outstanding quality of biographers such as Robert Caro and Edmund Morris, joining this elite bank of writers who devote their lives to one subject."—Publishers Weekly
"Those who want a detailed account of Churchill's two terms as prime minister and leadership during World War II will find this book a literary feast.....It's a worthy finale to an exhaustive portrait of one of the last century's true titans."—Washington Times
"This is surely the best installment of the [series]....Reid has written a winning, full-blooded biography."—Newsday
"Reid has written a thorough and complete analysis of these years, and it is a worthy finale to the first two volumes."—Terry Hartle, Christian Science Monitor
"Reid learned well from Manchester, and the finished book is a worthy conclusion to what must be considered one of the most thorough treatments of Churchill so far produced. An essential conclusion to Manchester's magnum opus."—Library Journal (starred review)
"A distinguished contribution to Churchilliana, giving a lively, fully rounded account that maintains its balance even while it sustains an admiring legend of the great man."—Michael Marrus, Globe and Mail
"[Reid] keeps the 1,000-plus pages turning....[he] has heeded the words of his subject, and brought the decades-long project begun by his mentor to a dignified conclusion."—Dan DeLuca, Philadelphia Inquirer
"Reid completes William Manchester's work in excellent, memorable fashion."—Emmett Tyrrell, American Spectator
"The third and final volume of a massive work of biography is a tribute not only to Manchester but also to Reid, whose courage in accepting the job is matched by his success in telling the story."—Richmond Times-Dispatch
"Critics and Churchill fans are calling it a terrific effort that was worth the wait."—Cleveland Plain-Dealer
"Churchill was the greatest man of the last century and this is the greatest biography of him."—John Lescroart, The Sacramento Bee
"[Reid] turned in a book that is well worth the wait. A large part of Manchester's popularity is the accessibility of his books. Reid has preserved that and ensured that Churchill's personality-not just his actions-come through."—Charlotte Observer
"[An] in-depth narrative that nicely conveys the challenges facing Churchill....Impressive."—Bloomberg Businessweek
"Defender of the Realm is a worthy addition to the set... This accomplishment elevates Reid to a high rank among American writers of biography and history - and makes him a literary asset for North Carolina."—Doug Clark, Greensboro News and Record
"Readers...will be taken by [Manchester's] boundless abilities as a storyteller."—Kirkus Reviews
"Reid's got the research right, down to the day, down to the minute...As Reid chronicles Churchill's private aspects-his wittiness, sybaritic consumption of scotch and cigars, and moods bordering on depression...Manchester was one of the best Churchill biographers, and this capstone to his magnum opus ought not to be missed."—Booklist
"Magnificently delineated....The story of Churchill and Britain in the Second World War...is vividly evoked by Manchester and Reid."—Winnipeg Free Press
"This is a big, rich savory stew of a book...deeply satisfying for those who have waited too long to be told-again-how The Last Lion finally ends."—MacKenzie Carpenter, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"True, Defender of the Realm is a big book. But Winston Churchill was a big man. Read all about him."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Reid masters the details and sweep of an extraordinary story."—Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"This biography has the dramatic punch of a great novel."—Newark Sunday Star Ledger
"This book brilliantly recounts how Churchill organized his nation's military response and defense."—Ernie Arico, The Daytona Beach News-Journal
"This book reminds us to remember...[Churchill's] iron will and ability to focus."—Bob Schieffer, CBS's Face the Nation
"The third and final volume...presents a revelatory and unparalleled portrait of a brilliant, flawed and dynamic leader."—Betsy Teter, Tryon Herald-Journal
"Of five notable books about Churchill in recent years, the most remarkable is William Manchester and Paul Reid's Defender of the Realm."—Dennie Hall, The Oklahoman
"[A] wonderful literary work."—Bill Marriott, Huffington Post


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The Best Multi-tools and Keychain Tools
Multitools are ounce for ounce the most useful thing you can carry, albeit at somewhat of a compromise. They may never be the best tool for the job, but they're rarely the wrong one. Recently, the multitool market, once justifiably dominated by Leatherman and Swiss Army Knife tools, has seen much greater diversity with the rise in popularity of one-piece multitools—ultra-compact pieces of metal designed to hang on your keychain with a number of functionalities. In the third installment of Carry Smarter, we list our top picks from both classic multitools and the new wave of one-piece multitools.
The one-piece multitool trend has not gone unnoticed by the big manufacturers—both Leatherman and Gerber, among others, now sell one-piece tools. Of all the mass-market one-piece tools out there, the Shard stands a cut above the rest. Its simple, functional design features a swift and easy-to-use bottle opener, a decent pry tip, and most notably, a unique 3D Philips screwdriver on its end. Its black coating hardly holds up to everyday wear and tear, but the premature patina is forgivable given the Shard's price and performance.
This gem is one of our favorites – we've mentioned in another post how much we love it. Few tools are as classy, useful, affordable, and well-made as the Cadet. Victorinox swapped its iconic bright-red cellidor scales in favor of a ribbed aluminum material they call Alox—making the tool not just visually appealing, but also more durable and much thinner. The Cadet's tool implements are uniformly excellent as expected in a Victorinox knife. Unfortunately, you won't find scissors or pliers on the Cadet, as it foregoes these implements to achieve a great balance of useful tools and slimness. The Cadet is often found riding shotgun to much more expensive custom knives in a given carry, and understandably so—it's a real worker that makes any EDC better, regardless of your budget.
Released just less than two months ago, the ClipiTool is a strong newcomer to the multitool market. It's a phenomenal tool—compact, inexpensive, and very easy to use. Being a Spyderco design, it unsurprisingly has wonderful ergonomics with a one-hand opening blade, a pocket clip, and an in-hand feel unmatched by any other multitool available. Its blade is also impressively useful, thanks to its full flat grind. The ClipiTool line offers three variants: blade + scissors, blade + saw, and blade + driver/opener. We prefer the driver/bottle opener configuration best, as it provides more distinct functions instead of merely different methods of cutting.
Of the myriad of options from Leatherman and SOG for general purpose, medium-duty work, none are better than the Skeletool CX. An inconvenient commonality of multitools is that they're heavy, bulky, and generally lacking a strong knife implement. The Skeletool CX avoids all of these missteps with its excellent knife, robust drivers, and comfortable design that feels great in-hand and rides lightly in the pocket. Perhaps its only minor shortcomings are that its pliers are stubby and aren't spring loaded. Nonetheless, the Skeletool represents a huge leap forward in design from Leatherman. The CX is the version to get for its better blade steel alone, as its carbon fiber doesn't significantly reduce weight. Overall, its great medium-duty tools and fantastic knife implement make it a viable replacement to a dedicated pocket knife in your kit.
If the Skeletool doesn't have enough tools to get the job done, you have a few options—the Victorinox Spirit or Swiss Tool, the Wave, a few SOGs, and the Charge. Natural selection in the marketplace has shown the Wave reigns supreme. Time and time again, companies release tools designed to best the Wave with little success. Even Leatherman's own feature-packed Charge, meant to improve upon the Wave, falls short. The Wave's success lies in its compliment of tools—it has everything you could reasonably need and nothing you don't. Furthermore, its blades can be easily accessed using one hand, without opening the tool. Its pointed pliers are decent, but we feel their lack of a spring-loading mechanism holds the Wave back from truly being heavy-duty perfection.
Carabiner-based multitools seem so promising in theory—always hanging around, doing work even when they're not being used—but they are often disappointing in practice. Although a few carabiners deviate from this trend, none are as awesome as the Carabiner V.3. While it features only a minimum selection of tools, each one is extremely well-executed. An amazing one-piece design outfitted in premium materials, hand-made in small batchces by master craftsman Jens Anso, makes the V.3 easily worth its steep price.
Once legendary, Gerber's quality has declined significantly over the past decade. Compared to the competition, recent Gerber products have suffered from dreadful fit and finish causing multiple major recalls, and exorbitant prices for subpar materials. The Dime, however, is a glimmer of hope for a turnaround to Gerber's former glory. With its more complete tool complement, the Gerber Dime outclasses the popular Leatherman Squirt as the new reigning champ of the keychain tool market. The Dime was the first keychain tool to feature a useful clam-shell cutter for stubborn retail packaging, setting an example for other keychain tools to follow suit. Its fit and finish varies wildly, but for the price, a good copy of the Dime is a steal.
In this Internet Age, where a mill and a blog can give rise to a new tool brand, the market has seen a proliferation of one-piece multitools. Peter Atwood is the most famous and his tools are the most sought-after, but the Chopper from TT PockeTTools matches, if not bests the functionality of Atwood's finest designs. The Chopper is a perfect one-piece multitool—compact, with a great bottle opener and a handy assortment of other implements. The snag edge, just under the pry, is perhaps the best surprise here—enough to tear open a package but not so sharp as to cause concern when stuffed in your pocket. Compared to Atwood's tools, the Chopper is fairly affordable and reasonably available to purchase (the newest batch will restock in May).


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Consumer guide to internet phone service
Voice and other telecommunications services traditionally carried over the public telephone network are now being offered using Internet technology. If you are considering these services, commonly known as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), the frequently asked questions below provide useful information that may help you decide whether VoIP is right for you.
What is VoIP?
VoIP is a technology protocol that allows you to make voice calls using a broadband Internet connection instead of a traditional (or analog) phone line. VoIP works by sending voice information in digital form using Internet protocol rather than the traditional protocols of the public switched telephone network. "Interconnected" VoIP services allow users to make calls to and receive calls from the public switched telephone network. You may also hear VoIP referred to as IP telephony or voice over the Internet.
Can I use my current telephone to make VoIP calls or do I need to purchase new equipment?
Yes, but you should check with the service provider for Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) requirement.
You can use your current telephone to make calls using VoIP, but you will also need the following:
- A high-speed Internet connection, such as a cable modem, ISDN, DSL, or a T-1 link.
- A VoIP modem—about the size of a telephone modem, your telephone plugs into this.
- An account with a VoIP provider.
Do VoIP providers have to follow the same rules as traditional telephone companies?
Currently in Ohio, "Interconnected" VoIP providers are not required to follow the rules and regulations that traditional telephone companies must follow. For example, today, "Interconnected" VoIP providers do not have to comply with the Commission's billing requirements, disconnection and complaint procedures, or service and repair standards. However, an "Interconnected" VoIP provider may agree to follow some or all of these rules. You should check with potential VoIP providers, before you sign up for service, on how they will handle such things as billing disputes, disconnection, and repairs. The PUCO and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requires "Interconnected" VoIP to meet Enhance 911 (E911) obligations; comply with Local Number Portability rules; contribute to the Universal Service Fund and; contribute to the Telecommunications Relay Services Fund.
Is the quality of VoIP calls the same as with my traditional telephone?
Depending upon the provider, VoIP may or may not offer the same quality of telephone service as traditional telephone service. You may want to ask potential VoIP providers about the voice quality of their product.
Can I keep my current telephone number if I switch to VoIP service?
Under the FCC's local number portability rules, as long as you remain in the same geographic area, you can switch telephone service providers, including VoIP providers, and keep your existing telephone number. The FCC requires "simple" ports to be processed in one business day. Simple ports include wireline to wireless, wireless to wireline, wireline or wireless to VoIP or any other combination If you decide to cancel your order with a VoIP provider after the porting process has begun, you may not be able to get your old telephone number back, even if you return to the same traditional carrier you had before.
If you decide to go ahead with the switch, your new provider will need to know information about your existing account. If you have a copy of a bill from your current provider, it will help to ensure that the personal account information needed to port your phone number is correct. Before the port is finalized, ask the provider to verify your phone number to ensure that the correct number is ported. Do not cancel your existing service with your current provider until you have made arrangements with a new provider. Once the port has been completed, confirm the cancellation of service with your old provider and finalize your account.
Will I be able to make a 9-1-1 call using VoIP?
It depends on the VoIP provider. Not all VoIP providers offer 9-1-1. In some cases, a 9-1-1 call made using VoIP will be completed like a 9-1-1 call made using the traditional telephone network. In order to provision 9-1-1 service, a VoIP provider assigns a telephone number to the customer's modem, and the modem is associated with a physical street address. This information, when conveyed to the appropriate authorities, has the capability to accurately convey the physical location of a 9-1-1 call. However, if the customer moves their modem to another address, their original address (not the new location) will be conveyed to 9-1-1 authorities when a 9-1-1 call is placed.
Interconnected VoIP providers using the traditional telephone network must meet E911 obligations. E911 systems automatically provide emergency service personnel a 911 caller's call back number and, in most cases, location information. VoIP providers that do not utilize the traditional telephone network in any way are not required to provide 9-1-1 service.
Can I get all the features I currently have with my traditional telephone service?
Some VoIP providers do not provide directory assistance, operator service, or other calling features offered by traditional telephone companies. You may want to check with potential VoIP providers on whether they offer the features most important to you.
What happens if my power goes off?
Unlike traditional telephone service, VoIP service will not work when your electric service is off and the service provider may not offer back up power. You may want to consider this before choosing a VoIP provider.
What do I do if I have a complaint involving a VoIP provider?
You may ask the PUCO a question online or find other ways of contacting the PUCO. Although VoIP providers are not currently subject to PUCO jurisdiction, some providers have agreed to follow PUCO rules, and we may be able to assist in resolving your complaint.


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The Traditional Argyll Outfit is a highlandwear classic. Made of Barrathea wool, the jacket comes with chrome buttons, gauntlet cuffs, knotted eppaulettes, and single button front. The jacket should remain unfastened.
The package comes with a white wing shirt which has been dry-cleaned and re-packaged. For a £5 surcharge we can supply a new shirt which can be kept.
Also included in the package: kilt, flashes, leather ghillie brogues, dress or semi-dress sporran, replica sgian dubh, kilt pin, belt & buckle, black bow tie and cream or black kilt hose, which can be kept.
If you are placing an order online, we will contact you to discuss the measurements and make sure your sizes are perfect. To measure yourself, here is our measurement guide.
Your hire will be available two days prior to your event and is due to be returned the day after your event. Time restrictions apply.
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A £10 surcharge per hire will be applied for last minute hire bookings at time of collection. A last minute hire booking is one which is booked within 1 week of the event.
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Shirt Type A shirt is included in the package which has been dry-cleaned and re-packed, this shirt must be returned to us. For an extra £5 you can receive a new shirt which you can keep. For an extra £15 you can receive a new normal collar shirt which you can keep. A normal collar shirt must be chosen if wearing a straight tie, this is new and yours to keep.
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Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is proposing that she and President-elect Donald Trump "put aside our differences" and work together to rebuild the American economy for working people.
A favorite of liberals, Warren has waged a bitter wars of words with Trump. She's called him a "pathetic coward" and worse on Twitter. He's nicknamed her "Pocahontas" — a reference to claims she made about being part Native American.
As recently as Monday, Trump called Warren a "terrible person," ''a terrible human being" and a "terrible senator."
In a statement Wednesday, Warren said the integrity of U.S. democracy is more important than an individual election. She said she hopes Trump will fulfill the role of president "with respect and concern for every single person in this country, no matter who they are."


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After World War II, Studebaker led the industry by being the first automobile manufacturer to bring out a completely new car for the 1947 model year. Naturally, it wanted the country to know about its accomplishment and boasted with its advertising slogan, "First by far with a postwar car."
The design was done by Raymond Loewy, who pioneered a car with a more balanced look. The trunk was almost the same length as the hood, and the fenders flowed into the hood as well, more integrated with the passenger section of the body.
The rear glass covered the width of the car similar to the windshield. Automobile magazine called the coupes with wraparound rear glass streamlined like the Vista Dome railroad cars or a CinemaScope-style picture window. Other cars of that time had only small rear windows. The automotive joke about Studebaker in 1947 was that one couldn't tell whether the car was coming or going. The new models were a great sales success, but the 1950 Bullet Nose model, a dramatic faceliftfrom the 1947-49 models, was even more successful.
Last April, Alamo resident Dave Kurtzer acquired this Bullet Nose 1950 Studebaker Commander four-door sedan from his brother, a collector of classics. "We got to talking about it, and I took a liking to it," he said. "He made me a good deal, but with the condition that if I ever got a chance to sell it, he wanted the right of first refusal."
Kurtzer paid his brother $4,200, and the kind brother even delivered it to Alamo from his Colorado farm on an 18-wheel flatbed truck.
It has often been said that Studebaker was ahead of its time, and it certainly was never more true than with the 1950 models. They came in three sizes — the Champion on a 113-inch wheelbase, the Commander on a 120-inch wheelbase and the Land Cruiser on a 124-inch wheelbase.
According to the website, HowStuffWorks, the 1950 model year was the most successful sales year in Studebaker history. Dealer showrooms were crowded to capacity. Demand was so great that Studebaker added a third shift at its large South Bend, Ind., plant and ran its Southern California plant at or near capacity.
At the end of the model year, Studebaker employed 25,000 workers and had produced 343,164 cars. With this success, some automotive analysts began predicting the Big Three would become the Big Four.
"It's powered with an L-head, 6-cylinder engine rated at 102 HP," Kurtzer stated, "with a three-speed manual transmission mounted on the steering column, and it has a Borg-Warner overdrive."
Studebaker introduced an automatic transmission in 1950, which it cleverly called "Automatic Transmission." It was superior to what Ford and Chrysler had and maybe even to General Motors' Hydra-matic. Ford wanted to buy the transmission for its cars but Studebaker refused.
The color of Kurtzer's car is royal blue with very appealing and comfortable blue-striped fabric seats, which he believes to be period correct. The attractive and easy-to-read dash board surrounds the gauges with brushed aluminum. The odometer reads 96,449 miles, which is probably correct. For safe starting, the driver must press the clutch to the floor to engage the starter.
Commander, a favorite model name for Studebaker, was first used in 1927. Except for 1936 and the 5 Lark model years (1959-1963), the name was used until the end, including the very last car built, a 1966 Studebaker Commander station wagon.
A great feature of manual shift Studebakers, especially in areas like San Francisco, was the Hill Holder. When a driver was driving up a hill and had to stop, he or shestepped on the brake and depressed the clutch pedal. Drivers could remove their foot from the brake, and the brake would still hold until the clutch was completely released. There was no panicky rolling backward fear with a Studebaker.
Kurtzer has owned his Studebaker about eight months and has developed some likes and dislikes. "I'm not disappointed in the car," he said, somewhat defensively. "It's fun to have and fun to show, as there are so few of them. I've taken it to the Danville Hot Summer Nights show and driven it around the local area some."
But somehow, I don't think this old Studie is going to have too many birthdays in Alamo. Looking over at his late-model Cadillac, Kurtzer said of his Studebaker, "It's not fun to drive. It takes real effort to turn the steering wheel, and the steering radius is not good."
It's probably true that Studebaker was ahead of its time, but it wasn't so far ahead that it offered power steering in 1950.
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Idaho Public Utilities Commission
April 16, 2009
Contact: Gene Fadness (208) 334-0339, 890-2712
Website: www.puc.idaho.gov
Commission taking comment on four proposed Idaho Power rate adjustments
Idaho Power Company is asking the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to approve four rate adjustments that, if all approved in their entirety, could raise the average residential rate by about 15.4 percent.
On or about April 15 of every year, Idaho Power files its annual Power Cost Adjustment (PCA), a request to adjust rates up or down to reflect the company's annual power supply expenses not already included in base rates. The annual PCA adjustment does not increase company earnings. Revenues from the surcharge are kept in a deferred account, audited by the Public Utilities Commission, and must go directly toward paying down the utility's power supply costs.
Power supply costs vary from year to year depending on changes in Snake River stream flows and the market price of power. Idaho Power said it expects to generate between 6.5 and 8.5 million megawatt-hours from its hydroelectric dams. A normal water year is 8.5 million MWh. When Idaho Power has a below-normal water year, it cannot generate enough from its low-cost hydroelectric generators so it must either generate or buy from more expensive thermal sources, driving up its power supply expense.
Rates are typically adjusted on June 1 for the PCA. Last year, the surcharge was a 10.7 percent increase and in 2007, after a wet 2006, customers received an average 16 percent reduction.
This year's PCA is a proposed 11.4 percent increase overall. For residential customers, the proposed PCA increase is 9.3 percent. For a residential customer who uses the company's average of 1,050 kilowatt-hours per month, the monthly increase would be about $7.20 if the application were approved in full.
The commission will shortly open a comment period on Idaho Power's proposal.
In March, Idaho Power asked for three other adjustments, all of which would be effective June 1. While the adjustments increase rates, all are designed to increase efficiency and reduce costs to customers.
The adjustments include an increase in the Energy Efficiency Rider (2 percent for residential customers), the Fixed Cost Adjustment (1.3 percent residential) and an application to include costs associated with the installation of automated meters (3 percent residential).
Energy Efficiency Rider
The money raised from this rider, currently 2.5 percent of customer bills, is used to fund programs that reduce customer demand on Idaho Power's electric system. That demand reduction reduces the amount of electricity Idaho Power has to buy or generate.
The rider was created in 2002. After the Western energy crisis of 2000-01, the commission directed Idaho Power to develop comprehensive demand-side management (DSM) and energy efficiency programs to help customers reduce bills and lessen Idaho Power's dependency on the volatile wholesale market for electric supply.
Energy efficiency programs in 2008 resulted in 107,484 megawatt-hours of energy savings, a 72 percent increase over the 2007 total of 62,544 MWh. DSM programs that reduce demand on Idaho Power's system provided 58 megawatts of demand reduction in 2008, compared to 48 MW in 2007. (One megawatt is one million watts, enough electricity to power about 650 average homes and light 10,000 100-watt light bulbs.)
Idaho Power believes additional energy savings and demand reduction can be achieved through new or enhanced programs funded by an increase in the rider from the current 2.5 percent of customer bills to 4.75 percent, which would raise an additional $15.6 million annually. The current rider collects $17.4 million and the rider account currently has a deficit of $3.9 million. None of the funding from the rider can increase earnings for Idaho Power, but can be used only to fund energy efficiency programs designed to save customers money in the long-run.
The commission is taking comments on this proposal through May 1.
Fixed-Cost Adjustment
The Fixed Cost Adjustment was implemented in 2007, the first year of a three-year pilot program. The adjustment allows the utility to recover fixed costs it loses when conservation programs result in lower power sales. Without a mechanism like the FCA, utilities don't have incentive to promote energy efficiency and demand-side management because they lose money when those programs result in less use of energy.
The FCA allows Idaho Power to recover its already established fixed costs through a surcharge when it under-collects fixed costs because of reduced electrical use. Conversely, if the company over-collects fixed costs, customers get a credit instead of a surcharge.
Idaho Power is claiming it under-collected $1.3 million in fixed costs from the residential class and $1.4 million from the small-commercial class, necessitating an increase.
The commission is taking comments on this proposal through May 8.
Advance Metering Infrastructure
Responding to an urgent directive from the commission, Idaho Power will replace its existing meters with advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) that will eventually allow customers to monitor electric prices and adjust their use to take advantage of lower price-periods.
Idaho Power estimates the project will cost $71 million over its three year phase-in process. This application seeks the first installment, or $11.2 million for investment made in AMI between June 1, 2009 through May 31, 2010.
If the commission were to approve the total amount requested, customer rates would increase by 1.6 percent, according to Idaho Power's application.
The commission is urging Idaho Power to "move forward with all deliberate speed" with installation beginning this year in the Boise area, then in 2010 in the Canyon and Payette regions and, finally, in 2011 in the Magic Valley, Pocatello and Salmon areas.
The advanced meters can be read from a remote location, negating the need for an Idaho Power representative to access customer properties. They can provide the company and individual customers with hourly meter readings and inform customers of current electric prices, potentially allowing them to manage their use and reduce their bills.
Other benefits to customers and the company will include reduced operational costs associated with meter reading and improved meter reading accuracy, outage monitoring and theft detection. Customers can also be disconnected and reconnected from a remote location saving time and labor. There are also billing advantages such as fewer estimated bills, less re-billing and more flexible billing schedules.
The commission is taking comments on this proposal through May 18.
Comments are accepted via e-mail by accessing the commission's homepage at www.puc.idaho.gov and clicking on "Comments & Questions." Fill in the case number and enter your comments. Comments can also be mailed to P.O. Box 83720, Boise, ID 83720-0074 or faxed to (208) 334-3762.
The case numbers are as follows: Power Cost Adjustment, IPC-E-09-11; Energy Efficiency Rider, IPC-E-09-05; Fixed Cost Adjustment, IPC-E-09-06; and Advanced Metering Infrastructure, IPC-E-09-07.


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