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News Center > Entergy Texas is Ready for Spring Storm Season---Are You?
Entergy Texas is Ready for Spring Storm Season---Are You?
THE WOODLANDS, Texas – The bluebonnets and dogwoods are blooming, which means spring is finally here!
While spring can be warm and wonderful, it can also be wild and wooly. Tornadoes, lightning, high winds, flash flooding, severe thunderstorms and even hail can accompany the change in seasons.
Extreme weather can also cause power outages and downed power lines. Entergy Texas prepares year-round for these disruptive events and encourages you to prepare, too.
"We monitor the weather 24/7, and when severe weather threatens, we mobilize our crews for outage restoration," said Stuart Barrett, interim vice president of customer service for Entergy Texas, Inc. "Everyone should also have their own plan in place before severe weather threatens. This includes individuals, families, businesses and communities."
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First, ensure that you have multiple ways of getting severe weather warnings:
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- Have a weather radio with a loud alarm that will wake you when severe weather threatens at night.
- Download the free Operation: Storm Ready guide from Entergy's website. This booklet has a checklist of what a kit should include so you do not overlook anything important.
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- Register for MyAccountAnywhere to get outage info on your mobile phone and to send and receive texts.
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After installing, it tried to start Tomcat7 and failed as JAVA_HOME was not defined. Java is installed as I checked for the version and it is the version which comes with Raspbian.
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After searching the web for how to set JAVA_HOME and finding several conflicting processes I finally got it defined.
Now I needed to find the command for starting Tomcat7. "But where is the install directory with the Startup.sh script?" I asked myself. After significant searching I finally found it (/usr/share/tomcat7/bin/startup.sh). I ran that startup command and the Pi complained about no "log" folder. I added that folder and tried again.
Success I thought, but the web app at port 901 did not come up - bad words. I looked into the log file and found no server.xml file at /usr/share/tomcat7/conf/server.xml found errors. Interesting as the install puts that file at /etc/tomcat7/server.xml.
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The graduate school at the Faculty of Humanities enables students to take part in structured doctoral programs. Students are also able to take part in the program of events offered by HR Development at Universität Hamburg.
The graduate school consists of the research training groups (GRK) at the Faculty of Humanities. These include research training groups funded by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) and other institutions (e.g., the integrated DFG-GRK "Manuscript Cultures," the DFG-GRK "Interconfessionalism in the Early Modern Period," the GRK "China in Europe, Europe in China: Past and Present") and the Humanities Doctoral Program funded by the Faculty. A board of directors (spokesperson, GRK heads, two doctoral student representatives) oversees the graduate school. Prof. Dr. Eva Wilden is the current spokesperson.
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- Prof. Dr. Anselm Steiger (DFG-GRK "Interconfessionalism in the Early Modern Period")
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In his book Thinking Statistically, New York-based author Uri Bram details three crucial concepts from statistics for the educated layperson: selection bias, errors that result from drawing conclusions based on non-random samples; endogeneity, errors that result from false assumptions about causality; and Bayesian reasoning, a method of iteratively refining beliefs based on additional evidence. Bram draws from everyday experience to illustrate the concepts, analyzing topics from the profusion of bad performers at amateur talent competitions to why everyone seems to know a successful college drop-out. One reviewer summed up the reading experience amusingly: "Perversely, the best compliment I can give this book is to warn prospective readers against relying on its very high reviews, because of the inherent selection bias in the sample of reviewers relative to the entire population of readers."
"Thinking Statistically" by Uri Bram
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Jimmy Buffett will be performing tonight at the "Boston Strong: An Evening of Support and Celebration," raising money to help the people most affected by the tragic events at the Boston Marathon. An all-star musical lineup, including Jimmy Buffett, Aerosmith, Jason Aldean, Extreme, Carole King, New Kids on the Block, James Taylor and Dropkick Murphys.
From Billboard.com: "Watch the Boston Strong Benefit with Aerosmith & More Live 5/30 at 7pm ET"
The concert will be live on WCVB.com, WGBH, or Billboard.com starting at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Also listen to the Boston Strong concert tonight, May 30th starting at 7pm EST on SiriusXM's Radio Margaritaville. In addition to Jimmy Buffett's Radio Margaritaville, the concert will via satellite on channel 24 and through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App on smartphones and other connected devices, as well as online at siriusxm.com.
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Presidential Counselor Kellyanne Conway is the biggest leaker in the Trump White House, according to a new book.
Ronald Kessler - author of 'The Trump White House: Changing the Rules of the Game' - says that Conway is behind the torrent of leaks pouring out of the Trump administration on a regular basis. "[I]f you wonder why there are so many leaks out of the White House, one reason is Kellyanne Conway is the number one leaker," Kessler said during an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper earlier today.
He added that Conway's leaks are sometimes the result of absent mindedness rather than political cunning.
"While I was interviewing Kellyanne at the White House, she forgot that she was on the record," Kessler added. "She started lashing into Reince Priebus. She said the most mean, cutting and obviously untrue things about Reince. I didn't include them in the book because they were so unfair."
But Kessler did take shots at Jared and Ivanka for pushing President Trump to fire James Comey and hire Anthony Scaramucci.
"In the end, Jared and Ivanka would push the most disastrous and foolish decisions of Trump's presidency...they had no understanding of the basic fundamentals of how government works, how a campaign works, how politics works. Most of all, they had no understanding of the political consequences of their actions."
Despite all that, Kessler believes that Trump will be remembered as a great president.
"He will be seen as a great president...based on the results: the record unemployment, getting rid of ISIS," Kessler told Tapper. "All these tweets and controversies are going to be forgotten longterm."
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Camp Fire failure part of PG&E's 'pattern' of poor maintenance, regulators say
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. failed to properly inspect and maintain the high-voltage power line that started the Camp Fire amid systemic problems at the utility that caused it to miss a chance to avert the historic disaster, state regulatory officials have determined.
Crews examined the Butte County transmission line from the ground and sky in recent years but had not conducted a detailed climbing inspection of the aging tower located at the fire's origin point since at least 2001, according to safety and enforcement staff at the California Public Utilities Commission.
The regulatory officials said a climbing inspection should have occurred and might have revealed the presence of a worn hook that broke on Nov. 8, 2018, leading to the ignition of a fire that killed 85 people and destroyed nearly 19,000 buildings. "Timely replacement" of the hook "could have prevented ignition of the Camp Fire," commission staff said in a recently revealed report.
Staff found that the company's botched oversight of the tower implicated in the Camp Fire was not an isolated problem, "but rather indicative of an overall pattern of inadequate inspection and maintenance of PG&E's transmission facilities."
The commission report details the findings of agency staff who investigated PG&E's connection to the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history. They submitted their findings while asking agency leaders to include the Camp Fire in a proceeding already established to consider fines and sanctions because of the 2017 fires. The full five-member commission will likely need to vote on any related punishments imposed on PG&E as a result of the inquiries.
In all, agency staff recorded 12 violations of agency rules and regulations as part of their Camp Fire findings, which were first reported by NBC Bay Area.
PG&E said in a statement that it accepts the conclusion of commission safety staff that the company's transmission lines started the Camp Fire, "reaffirming" prior findings of Cal Fire.
"Without question, the loss of life, homes and businesses is heartbreaking. The tragedy in Butte County on Nov. 8, 2018, will never be forgotten," spokesman Paul Doherty said in an email. "We remain deeply sorry about the role our equipment had in this tragedy, and we apologize to all those impacted by the devastating Camp Fire."
Violations found by the utilities commission staff relate to the Caribou-Palermo transmission line that started the Camp Fire as well as a lower-voltage PG&E distribution line that was the source of a second start to the blaze. The second ignition was overtaken by the first one, according to state investigators.
Taken together, the violations described by the commission report "indicate a pattern of neglect," Steven Weissman, a former administrative law judge at the commission, said in an email. The most significant finding, Weissman said, is the report's conclusion that the company did not have an adequate inspection and maintenance program across its transmission line system.
"That in and of itself suggests a pervasive problem with potentially major consequences," Weissman said. "It is also something that can't be fixed overnight."
During an aerial inspection of the Caribou-Palermo line in September 2018, PG&E crew saw a faulty piece on a tower close to the one that would start the Camp Fire three months later, the regulatory report found. The company flagged the condition as a problem that required fixing within one year but it should have been made an urgent priority, according to the report.
PG&E also performed climbing inspections of some towers on the Caribou-Palermo line — but not the one where the Camp Fire started — between Sept. 19 and Nov. 5, 2018. But the company used an outdated inspection form while conducting that review, regulatory staff found. After the Camp Fire, PG&E found 29 high-priority problems on the transmission line, which the company has permanently shut down.
PG&E and its parent company filed for bankruptcy protection less than three months after the Camp Fire, citing liabilities from that disaster and the 2017 fires that could exceed $30 billion. A new state law is pushing the company to resolve the case by June 30.
Also looming for PG&E is the prospect of criminal charges brought by prosecutors in Butte County, whose investigation of the Camp Fire remains ongoing.
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I slept in my own bed last night for the first time in four days. It was nice. We drove roughly 140 miles to my parents' house Christmas day after opening gifts here. We spent the night and left late morning the following day on a 70 mile trip to my in-laws' where we stayed for two nights. Yesterday we did the last and longest leg of the whole trip. It was 180 miles to get home, and boy, did we all miss this place!
This Tow Mater truck came in my son's stocking and he loved it so much he told me it wanted to say "cheese".
Then he promptly drove it through the huge breakfast I made before our trip. I knew there wouldn't be a single place open to stop on Christmas Day so I tried to force some scrambled eggs and hash browns on everyone. Unfortunately, I think Mater ate more than Gabe did. He never woke up hungry in the car though, which I guess means I accomplished my goal.
Tomorrow I'll post some pictures of my other accomplished goals.
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European Camp Daddy - Day 16: On The Wings Of An Albatross
We catch the 5:00 a.m. shuttle from our hotel in New Jersey to the Philadelphia airport for our 7:55 a.m. flight. We get to the airport with plenty of time and United funnels us into their self check-in line but the kiosk deflects our attempts to check in so we turn to the 窶彝udest Agent of the Week窶? for assistance. She has a plaque hanging on steel chain around her neck proudly proclaiming her status and she wears a leather muzzle like an Army dog in training.
She will not help us, of course, but points us to another queue, and then reprimands us for standing in line the wrong way. Probably the last little henpeck was just to maintain her status in the gate agent pecking order.
When it was finally our time to meet the lone gate agent face to face, I knew in an instance we were in trouble. She had no clue how to issue our boarding tickets. This, in spite of the fact that we both had itineraries, with reservation numbers, ticket numbets, names, passports, you name it. Everything was in the system. All she had to do was punch out some boarding passes, but it was not to be.
So, we just sat down on the floor before the lone 窶廴ost Incompetent Agent窶? and she fiddled with the machine for some time while we waited, in great angst and trepidation below the ticket counter.
Finally, she announced she had printed no less than four boarding passes for us. I glanced at them, and handed them back promptly.
窶弩ould it be too much for you to seat us together?窶? I asked. 窶彜he窶冱 only nine.窶?
窶弩ell, if she窶冱 only nine, then you have to be seated together.窶? She sniffed. As if if were somehow my fault that she窶囘 assigned us seats on opposite ends of the jet.
窶廬窶冤l never fly United Airlines again. So, it won窶冲 be a problem in the future.窶? I assured her.
She took back our boarding cards and I sat back down on the floor beneath the ticket counter with Jennifer. After an unreasonable amount of time had passed, she did eventually coerce the machine to spit out some new boarding cards for us, and we went upstairs to do battle with the TSA.
Philadelphia is a miserable little city, and should be avoided at all costs. I have raised it on my list of most despised cities to just one level below Detroit. Nothing in the United States compares to Detroit. That urban nightmare is in a league all of it窶冱 own. But there is much to despise in Philadelphia as well, so I窶况e elevated Philadelphia to 2nd place on my list of cities to avoid at all costs.
The line to clear security stretched beyond belief. I even considered taking a picture of it, to capture a moment of Kafkaesque glory of the final triumph of bureaucracy over logic. The final trump card in the grand illusion of security at the expense of expediency and efficiency. Exhibit A in the decline of air travel in the United States.
No matter. We窶囘 arrived with plenty of time to spare in case of such stupendous incompetence. For today, one must plan to encounter such nonsense. When one lives in the kingdom controlled by a cartel of deeply stupid spivs, one plans to encounter breakdowns such as these. They are expected. Welcome even.
We stood in line with all the other traveling peasants, proud that we窶囘 planned on such a horrendous implosion of reason. Others cried and bleated and laughed. We just stood in the queue, quietly shuffling our meager belongings along the floor toward the busy security apparatus that doubtlessly lay in wait to molest us.
We窶囘 waiting in line for over half an hour when a TSA organ barked for our boarding passes. I窶况e showed our passports to so many people, that it窶冱 now second nature. You just wave it around to anyone in a pressed shirt.
She smeared it all up with a child窶冱 green marker, which got all over my fingers when I touched it. Only then did I realize that she窶囘 booked us on the wrong flight. Only then did I realize what that horrible little maggot had done. She窶囘 ticketed us on the earlier flight to Chicago. Not on the flight we were supposed to be on. We were supposed to be on the 7:55 a.m. flight. All of my paperwork clearly showed that. For some reason, the evil little termite had booked me on the 6:55 a.m. flight, which meant that I had 9 minutes to clear security and get on the plane. And it wasn窶冲 going to happen. That meant that, I窶囘 miss my flight, and have to go back outside of security to get a new ticket and boarding pass for the later flight, then get back in line, which meant I窶囘 miss that flight as well.
I hate United with a passion. I窶况e hated them for years. I窶况e seen them bring their most loyal customers to tears. The so-called 窶廴illion Milers窶?. They don窶冲 care. They laughed at us last night when they canceled our flight. I know flights get canceled, but a little empathy goes a long way, and they had none. Like walking, talking, bobble-heads. Laughing and joking back there behind the counter, digging their fingers through their cornrows and laughing at us.
One of the termites behind the counter used to work at a furniture store. I窶冦 not making this up. I heard her say it. She said 窶廬 used to work at that furniture store [indecipherable]. They went out of business and I sued them and after we got out of cout, I came here [to United Airlines].窶?
I will never fly United Airlines again. I don窶冲 want anything from them. I窶冦 not going to write and complain. It doesn窶冲 matter. They are not going to change. You can窶冲 deny a leopard his spots. What I did do is this. I turned to Jennifer and programmed her like an organic computer.
窶廝aby, will you do me a favor?窶?
窶弩hat daddy?窶?
窶彝emind me that we can never fly on United again. You know you I asked you to remind me never to get on I-10 in New Orleans again?窶?
窶弸es, daddy.窶?
窶廬f I ever attempt to buy another ticket on United Airlines, I want you to take a ball-peen hammer and smash each one of my fingers with it against a marble counter top.窶?
窶廾K. Daddy. I will. I promise.窶?
There was no way we would make the flight without drastic measures. We had like seven minutes before our plane left because that insect booked us on the wrong flight. And just then a woman came racing past the line. Just a smart blur with a child in tow like she owned the place.
Jennifer shouted 窶廡ollow Them!窶?
And we followed them. Followed them right down to the very precipice of the Security Machine, with TSA organs blocking our passage. We shoved our stuff on the conveyor belt and blasted through the metal detector and grabbed our things on the other side and did an O.J. Simpson through terminal D to gate D7, which is, of course, all the way at the end of the terminal. Where else?
Somehow, we got on the flight. I dunno how. They let us on. Who knows why?
We pushed back from the gate and rolled out onto the tarmac and then the plane stopped and the pilot made an announcement.
窶弋here窶冱 a line of thunderstorms moving through Chicago right now. So, there窶冱 a ground stop in Chicago. Everyone just get comfortable. We窶决e not going anywhere any time soon. I窶冦 going to turn off the fasten seatbelt sign窶ヲ窶?
And I窶冦 thinking窶ヲ.Christ. Will we ever make it home?
Update. We were late getting into Chicago. We did an OJ across Ohare and arrived at our gate just in time to see our plane pulling away.
They put us on a different plane through Springfield, Missouri. So, we did another OJ back across O'hare to catch a teeny little little CRJ-200 plane. Got there in time, but it's so small that they asked people to move to the back of the plane to balance the load better so they could take off. Sitting on tarmac now waiting to take off for Springfield, Missouri. Schedule to arrive in Denver 12:40 p.m. if we make our connection.
So, we did an OJ across the airport and arrived at our gate in O窶僣are just in time to see our plane pulling away from the gate. We went to customer service and they said everything was booked up. I begged them to get us into devner, so he put us on a tiny little CRJ-200 through Springfield to Denver.
The plane was so small, they told everyone ot move to the back of the plane so it would take off. Then, we pushed back and they announced there was a 窶徇inor glitch窶?.
窶弩hat窶冱 a glitch?窶? Jennifer asked.
窶廬t means we窶决e not going anywhere.窶? I replied.
So, we窶决e sitting on the ground in Denver waiting to take off for a city we窶冤l be stuck in another night.
Update 2: As luck would have it, the computers were down, and they couldn窶冲 do our paperwork, so we just sat there on the tarmac.
We sat there long enough that I finally asked to deboard, but they wouldn窶冲 let us. I had my hand on the handle to the emergency exit when they finally started us on a long, slow taxi around O窶僣are. It was an hour before we took off.
The flight to Jefferson City was freezing. My legs were so cold I was sure I窶囘 lose them. I begged them to turn up the heat, but they wouldn窶冲, so finally we moved to the front of the plane.
When we landed in Jefferson City, they made us deboard and then turn around and reboard. When we tried to reboard, I pointed out that we didn窶冲 have any boarding passes.
窶廩ow窶囘 you get through security without boarding passes?窶? he asked me.
窶弩e came in on this plane. We just got off of it.窶?
He apparently wasn窶冲 suspecting that. So, he printed us two boarding passes for 13A & 13B on the CRJ200. The last row of the plane, right next to the bathroom. So, our seats won窶冲 recline, and we get to smell everyone窶冱 business all the way back to Denver. Thanks, United. Thanks for ruining our return trip from Europe.
Remember: Friends don't let friends fly United.
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When the on-board computer recognizes a fault in one of the circuits it monitors, it will store a diagnostic code and turn on the service engine light to alert the driver of the fault. Resetting the check engine light, after repairs are made, is done in one of two ways. On Eclipses made before 1996, a scan tool is not needed to reset the light, but for vehicles made after 1996, a scan tool is required. Both methods are simple and can be done in just a few minutes with the right tools and equipment.
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Turn off the ignition key. Disconnect the battery cables from the battery located on the front passenger's side of the engine compartment. Loosen the 10 mm battery cable end bolt with a 10 mm wrench and twist while pulling the cable from the terminal. Repeat for the positive cable end.
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The Premiere Issue of Wired Magazine 1.1 Changed Tech Reporting
In January of 1993, I was attending the MacWorld expo in San Francisco. At a furious pace I was hustling down a hallway to get in to a ballroom presentation when, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a magazine that looked pretty dang cool. It was the WIRED Premiere publication (issue 1.1) and I stopped dead in my tracks and picked one up.
Quickly leafing through it I instantly knew I'd found exactly the right publication for everything I was doing and thinking as it pertained to the future of technology! Ripping out the subscription card I immediately filled it out to subscribe.
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Conditions: Day Hike/Scramble
Gear: nothing special
Map: USGS Rocky Reach Dam
Area: Wenatchee, WA
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Stats: 7.47mi, 2947' gain (round trip)
Spring is here...almost. Tired of the rain and dark days, I wanted to head east and hike with dirt under my boots and sun in a blue sky. My thought was a repeat of Swakane Peak which I'd done almost exactly 3 years ago. Steve and I headed east over Hwy2 early. With the good weather forecast there was lots of ski traffic headed up to Stevens Pass ski area. We continued east on Hwy2 all the way into Wenatchee, then north on Alt-97 and then made the left onto a dirt road signed "Swakan Canyon". I've been up this road several times and this year...it's bad. Lots of deep potholes and lots of rocks in the road. My old Jetta never would have made it to the trailhead. This year the new 4Runner did just fine. We parked at the "trailhead" (2.9miles from Alt-97, 1457' elevation), the only car there. The trailhead is not signed. The guide books say a Discover Pass is needed so we hung one.
We sorted our gear, applied the sunscreen, and started hiking up the road signed "5215" which is gated just beyond the first bend in the road (basically right out of the parking area).
We stayed on the road to the 4th switchback. Right before this 4th switchback we saw the first snow of the day. It was just a short stretch. Easy enough to walk on the dirt margin and when that wasn't possible, the snow was firm enough to walk on top of it. At this switchback (2.02mi, 2630') we headed nearly straight uphill staying on the south ridge of Pt 3923. It was at the top of Pt 3923 (3.16mi) that we saw the first real snow on the route. The snow is consistent from here to the saddle between Pt 3923 and Swakane Peak (Pt 4297). The snow was first and when we did punch through we didn't go far. The snow at most is 2' deep. At the saddle where the road crosses back over from the north side of Pt 3923 to the south side of Swakane Peak the snow stops again (3.43mi, 3835'). We thought about following the road to the west side of Swakane and heading up from there, it looked less steep. But the snow was getting a bit soft, travel was a pain, so we headed straight up the south ridge of Swakane Peak.
I somehow managed to injure my shoulder the past week. Not knowing really was the issue is but with it being sore, I didn't want to tweak it pulling myself up the last few feet to the summit so we stopped just shy of the top at a nice bench (3.8mi, 4220'). It was a good place to stop being protected from the cool breeze. We ate a late lunch, enjoyed the solitude and the views, and then headed back down.
The hills are starting to green up nicely. Spring is starting to take hold. No flowers today. I did see lots of buttercup flower buds and it won't be long...days...a week maybe...before they start to bloom. I even saw the spider-like leaves of bitterroot high up on the ridge. Down lower Steve and I were entertained with the chirping and flitting about of a small flock of mountain bluebirds. I tried to take some photos with my point and shoot camera but at best, they may appear and small light blue blurry spots.
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An interesting article was published by The Province this week suggesting that ICBC is using social media to "sniff out" insurance fraud braggarts. I have written in the past about the potential pitfalls of social media with respect to a personal injury claim.
Personal Injury Litigation in the Age of Social Media: The Perils of Facebook
The Impact of Social Media on a Personal Injury Claim
Having now been involved in our new website, as well as the associated Facebook page and Twitter account, I have been reminded of the potential for social media to negatively impact a plaintiff's personal injury action.


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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas Fire-Rescue stopped a fire from spreading at the Veranda at Midtown Apartments on 6521 Melody Lane.
When firefighters arrived at the scene, they saw smoke and fire coming from the roof of the two-story apartment building. Firefighters were able to move in initially for an offensive fire attack; however after the flames consumed more and more of the roof, efforts shifted to a defensive posture.
A ladder tower was used to deploy a master stream onto the roof; which, with the help of a nearby firewall, effectively stopped the fire spread.
Firefighters used hand lines to knock down the remaining hot spots, but at least 8 units were impacted by varying degrees of smoke, fire and/or water damage. An unknown number of residents were impacted by the fire, and the American Red Cross was called out to help them with their needs.
No residents were injured during the course of the fire, but one firefighter was taken to the hospital for evaluation after suffering a minor, non-life-threatening, burn injury to his upper body.
The cause of the fire is currently undetermined, according to Dallas-Fire Rescue spokesman Jason Evans.


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A recent announcement that the province's minimum wage will be $15 in two years has the official opposition worried about the hit to the regional economy.
Lacombe-Ponoka Wildrose MLA Ron Orr responded to the Alberta NDP government's approval — on Sept. 8 of regulations that formalized the three annual increases that will push the minimum wage up by October, 2018 — by wondering why other options weren't first looked at by the provincial cabinet and the Ministry of Labour.
Orr stated in an email that he's heard from local business owners why there is a need to rush when the economy is struggling.
"I've heard directly from small business owners in the constituency how challenging it is today to just keep their doors open and (this) announcement will not help," Orr commented.
"(Those) involved in industries such as agriculture often depend on part time or seasonal workers. Many part-time workers are seniors who welcome the opportunity to get out and do something extra during the week."
He added that agricultural producers and those that serve farmers would be hard pressed to raise their prices and continue operating normally, in spite of the higher costs associated with larger wages.
Orr was also aghast about how the decision will affect his constituents.
"Because it is hard for minimum wage earners to survive, I am disappointed that instead of exploring more effective ways to support low income families," he said.
"The NDP has doubled down on an economic experiment that will put thousands of jobs at risk and hurt the livelihoods of small business owners in Ponoka."
Orr added that the government has so far refused to release any detailed economic analysis on the potential consequences of such a rapid increase.
"We have been asking the NDP to hold off until they do an economic impact analysis. Once in government, we will do that analysis and then decide how best to get Albertans back to work," he stated.
However, the NDP government — through the labour ministry — countered by explaining they have detailed research on the subject (available on the alberta.ca website), all of which shows they are heading in the right direction.
"All hardworking Albertans deserve to make enough to support themselves and their families. Right now, too many people are going to work every day and still not able to make ends meet," explained Christina Gray, Minister of Labour, in an email statement.
"We know the economic downturn has hit Alberta employers hard, and they also need help. That's why, as a first step, we will reduce the small business tax rate by 33 per cent in 2017. We have also implemented two new tax credits worth $165 million, provided more access to capital, increased funding to job grants and invested more than $34 billion in infrastructure over the next five years."
Gray added that by ensuring there is a higher level wage, communities and families will both benefit.
"(Families now) will have more money to spend on meeting their basic needs such as housing, clothing and groceries (and) that increased spending power will, in turn, help to stimulate our local economy," she said.
"We know these increases will significantly help the nearly 300,000 people in Alberta today who earn less than fifteen dollars per hour. These steps are being phased in responsibly, giving employers time to adjust and lower-income Albertans the help they need to provide for themselves and their families."


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A member of San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's board of directors has passed away, Mayor Ed Lee announced Friday.
Jerry Lee, who joined the SFMTA board in 2008 and has no relation to the mayor, was serving as the chair of its policy and governance committee…
Jerry Lee's service to San Francisco dates back to 1988, when he was a special assistant to then-Mayor Art Agnos to help establish the newly formed Department of Parking and Traffic. He also served as chairman of the Taxi Committee and, prior to joining the SFMTA board, was the manager of community affairs for UPS… (more)
Let Mayor Ed Lee know that you want a more balanced board. He should appoint someone from the small business community, the taxi industry, the faith based community, or one of the other groups of citizens who are constantly showing up and complaining about the lack of support they get from the SFMTA Board.


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11 skis that really float.
Smaller brands build great skis. We set out to find the best.
We spent last week at Aspen Highlands testing next year's boutique and indie brand skis. Reps from some of the companies gave us an on-camera rundown of what they have coming for winter 2011-12. Here are the videos.
Four small ski manufacturers share their favorites
Dozens of new ski companies have sprouted in the last decade. Are they making good skis? Last spring, we went to Aspen to find out. The answer is yes, and here are our favorites.


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Military.com commemorates just some of the notable U.S. veterans who made a name for themselves both in and out of the military, and passed away in 2018.
Floyd Carter Sr.
One of the last of the Tuskegee Airmen, the renowned flying force that contributed to America's World War II efforts, and a decorated veteran of three wars and 27 years with the NYPD, Floyd Carter died in March this year at the age of 95, leaving a long legacy as a groundbreaking hero pilot and a city police detective. Carter, who simultaneously rose through the ranks of the U.S. Air Force Reserves and the police, was honored in 2007 with the Congressional Gold Medal by President Bush for breaking the color barrier in Tuskegee. For more on Carter and his career, see this Military.com article.
Bill Daily
Best known for his work on legendary sitcoms such as I Dream of Jeannie and The Bob Newhart Show, Bil lDaily was a born entertainer. After studying at the Goodman Theatre School in his youth, Daily left home to become a professional musician, playing bass with jazz bands across the Midwest, before getting drafted into the Army and serving in the Korean War with an artillery unit before being transferred to an entertainment unit. After leaving the service he made a name for himself in the Chicago comedy scene as a stand-up comic and writer, where he became buddies with Bob Newhart. Known for his upbeat, funny demeanor, he starred as Larry Hagman's astronaut friend Major Roger Healey in I Dream of Jeannie in the sixties, and Bob Newhart's offbeat neighbor Howard Borden on The Bob Newhart Show in the seventies, as well as psychiatrist Dr. Larry Dykstra on ALF in the eighties.
Daily passed away from natural causes at the age of 91, on September 8. Barbara Eden, his co-star on I Dream of Jeannie, said of his passing, "Our favorite zany astronaut, Bill Daily has passed. Billy was wonderful to work with. He was a funny, sweet man that kept us all on our toes. I'm so thankful to have known and worked with that rascal." Bob Newhart added, "Bill Daily & I go back to Chicago in the 50's. He and I were both trying to get into standup. Later, he joined the Bob Newhart Show. He was our bullpen guy - you could always go to him. He was one of the most positive people I've ever known. I will miss him dearly."
Alene Duerk
She was the first woman to rise to admiral in the Navy, and 46 years after her promotion into the ranks of flag officer, Alene Duerk passed away at the age of 98 years old. Duerk spent her career in the Navy's nursing corps, serving during three major wars and eventually rising to the Navy's top nurse position. "I didn't go into the Navy for a lifetime -- I went in for six months," she once said. "But I had an amazing career and have a lot of good memories. I hope I did my duty." For more on Duerk's career, see this Military.com article.
R. Lee Ermey
He might not have had the highest-profile acting career, but chances are you know who R. Lee Ermey is, based on his immortal role as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. A Marine through and through, Ermey played hardcore authority types in most of his 60+ roles over his career, including Sarge in the Toy Story films, track and field coach and Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman in Prefontaine, General Kramer in Toy Soldiers and Mayor Tilman in Mississippi Burning. He also hosted the History Channel series "Mail Call" and "Lock N' Load with R. Lee Ermey" and was a board member for the National Rifle Association. For more on Ermey and his career, see this Military.com obituary and this remembrance.
Roy Hawthorne, Sr.
One of the famed Navajo Code Talkers who used his native language to relay coded messages in World War II as part of the successful war effort against the Japanese, Roy Hawthorne Sr. passed away at 92 this year. Serving both in the Marine Corps and Army, Hawthorne was one of the most visible survivors of the Code Talkers, appearing at public events and serving as vice president of a group representing the men. Of his work during the war, Hawthorne said a few years ago, "The longer we live, the more we realize the importance of what we did, but we're still not heroes -- not in my mind." Hawthorne's son Regan reflected after his father's passing: "They went in out of a sense of duty and a spirit of responsibility to their country... When we read about the effect the Navajo Code had on shortening the war because of its effectiveness, we think about the guys who did that. (But) they're simply humble men who performed what they sensed to be a duty to protect all they cherished." For more on Hawthorne, see this Military.com obituary, and this interview from 2015.
Anna Mae Hays
A true pioneer, Anna Mae Hays started as an Army nurse, serving in malaria-infested jungles during World War II, and went on to pioneer the service's nurse corps and became the U.S military's first female general. Hays retired from the Army in 1971 after making history when she became the first woman to be promoted to brigadier general on June 11, 1970. Hays passed away on January 7 this year of complications from a heart attack. For more on her career, see this Military.com feature.
Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter was a Coast Guardsman who became a matinee heartthrob in the fifties, appearing in over 40 movies. Growing up in a strict Catholic family, Hunter (birth name: Arthur Andrew Kelm) enlisted in the Coast Guard at the age of 15, lying about his real age in order to get in. While in the service, he earned the nickname "Hollywood" for his habit for watching movies rather than going to bars while on liberty. When his real age was discovered, Hunter was discharged by the Coast Guard, but shortly afterwards he met actor Dick Clayton , who suggested that Hunter become an actor. When he signed up with agent Henry Willson, who managed stars such as Guy Madison and Robert Wagner, Willson re-named him Tab Hunter, and thanks to his all-American good looks, Hunter was soon getting roles in movies. His breakthrough came in 1955 when he was cast as Marine Corps service member Danny in the World War II drama Battle Cry, which became Warner Bros.' largest grossing film of that year. From there the Hollywood machine took over, with Hunter gaining numerous lead roles, and even kickstarting a singing career which led to a #1 single in 1957 ("Young Love").
Later in his career, Hunter was one of the first high-profile Hollywood actors to announce that he was gay, which he documented in his autobiography Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star. He lived the last few decades of his life in comfortable anonymity with his husband, producer Allan Glaser, before passing away this year at the age of 87. For more on his life, see this Military.com article.
Keith Jackson
Whoa Nellie! Lemme tell you about Keith Jackson! Known to generations as the voice of college football, Marine Corps veteran Jackson made his fame as an ABC broadcaster. His achievements include a Gold Medal Award in 1999 from the National Football Foundation, and a 1994 induction into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 1995, after winning its National Sportscaster of the Year award five times in a row. After modest beginnings in a poor family in Georgia and Alabama, Jackson began his rise when he served as a mechanic in the Marine Corps. Using his GI Bill, he attended Washington State University, starting as a political science major but soon moving over to broadcasting and graduating in 1954 with a degree in speech communications.
After early-career broadcasting work in Seattle, and even a stint helping Walter Cronkite cover the Republican convention in 1964, Jackson moved on to cover multiple sports, including the NBA and NFL Monday Night Football, but he gained the most attention for his work as an ABC college football play-by-pay man, a position he held for over 50 years. After several "temporary" retirements over the years, Jackson finally hung up his announcing mike for good in 2006, saying he didn't want to "die in a stadium parking lot." His death earlier this year at the age of 89 leaves behind a multitude of calls and football memories that will rank among the most famous of all time.
Gary Kurtz
Everyone knows who George Lucas is, but the worldwide phenomenon that is Star Wars wouldn't have gotten off the ground without the efforts of producer and Marine Corps veteran Gary Kurtz. Ironically, for a man who would be known for a series with the word "wars" in the title, Kurtz himself was reportedly a conscientious objector who refused to carry a loaded weapon in Vietnam. For more on Kurtz and his military career, see this Military.com article.
Stan Lee
A titan of the entertainment industry, Stan Lee was instrumental in the growth of Marvel comics into the international juggernaut it is today. Working with artist Jack Kirby, Lee co-created immortal comic book characters such as Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four, Thor, X-Men and Doctor Strange. In later years, he became known as the godfather of modern comics, leading to numerous appearances in the successful Marvel film franchise. But he also served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II from 1942 to 1945. Lee enlisted in 1942, shortly after hearing of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was a lineman for the Signal Corps before the Army realized his writing skills and moved him into technical writing and doing posters, said Army Sgt.1st Class Nicholas Jones, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Service members from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, including Jones, inducted Lee into the Signal Corps Regimental Association and gave him an honorary membership into the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, during a comic convention in 2017. "This is one of my proudest moments," Lee said as he received a certificate for lifetime membership in the Signal Corps, as well as a coin from the battalion. For more on Lee and his life, see this Military.com article.
John Mahoney
Best known as Frasier Crane's dyspeptic dad on the hit sitcom Frasier, John Mahoney was a well-respected character actor and an Army veteran. Born in England, Mahoney gravitated towards Chicago as a young man, and studied at Quincy University before joining the Army. As Mahoney put it in a 2008 interview, "I joined the Army almost immediately because I wanted to get my citizenship faster, but I was so homesick... I felt like killing myself. And I would have been back in [England] at the drop of a hat had I been able to." Nevertheless, he stayed in, and it was during this time that he lost his English accent and gained his familiar gruff Midwestern tone. "When I had my Manchester accent, it drew attention to me," he said. "All the guys in the Army, they were always: oh say this, oh say that. I hated it. I just wanted to blend in."
After his service, Mahoney became an active member of the local Chicago theater scene with the Steppenwolf theatre company, alongside actors such as John Malkovich, Ed Harris, Tracy Letts and Laurie Metcalf, before finding success in Frasier, and movies such as Say Anything... and In the Line of Fire. Mahoney died this year at the age of 77 -- for more on his career, see this Military.com article.
Al Matthews
"Another glorious day in the Corps. A day in the Corps is like a day on the farm. Every meal a banquet, every paycheck a fortune, every formation a parade. I love the Corps." Those immortal words were spoken by Gunnery Sergeant Apone in the classic sci-fi-horror movie Aliens, and they came easily to the actor who played him, the late Al Matthews. Matthews, a Vietnam War Marine Corps veteran, made his mark in many movies, including Superman III, The Fifth Element and Tomorrow Never Dies, and also enjoyed a career as a singer, but he is best remembered for his performance as the cigar-chewing Apone. In a documentary about the making of Aliens, Matthews credited his performance to his training and experience in the Marine Corps. On set, the veteran Marine would make his platoon of actors maintain weapon discipline and firearm safety standards with their prop weapons. For more on his life, see this Military.com article.
John McCain
A former prisoner of war who later made his mark in the political arena, John McCain passed away this year at the age of 81. A Navy veteran who survived five years as a prisoner in Vietnam, McCain served three decades in Congress and went on to become the Republican Party's nominee for president in 2008. During his colorful career as Arizona state senator, McCain was also chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. For a profile on McCain, see this Military.com article, and this obituary.
Art Paul
You may know that Hugh Hefner, the guiding force of Playboy magazine, was a military veteran. But did you know about the Army vet who created Playboy's famous logo? Magazine designer Art Paul, who created the famous tuxedoed bunny head logo, died this year at the age of 93. Paul studied on scholarship at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before serving in World War II with the Army Air Corps. Upon leaving service, he beame a freelance illustrator, and becaome Playboy magazine's first employee in the 1950s. He has said he crafted the bunny logo in about an hour. In his long and storied career, Paul hired such artists as Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol and Shel Silverstein to create illustrations for Playboy. For more on Paul's life, see this Military.com article.
Sidney Shachnow
He survived the Holocaust, was deployed twice to Vietnam and was the top U.S. Army officer in Berlin at the end of the Cold War. Along the way, he became a legendary Special Forces officer, revered by Green Berets everywhere. Maj. Gen. Sidney Shachnow passed away at the age of 83 this year, but his legacy lives on. Shachnow was born in Lithuania, in 1934, and during World War II he was imprisoned in a German concentration camp. After being liberated by the Soviet Army, he lived in Europe until 1950, when he immigrated to the US, and enlisted as an Army infantry soldier. When he was a sergeant first class, he attended Officer Candidate School and was commissioned as an infantry lieutenant. He served as a rifle platoon leader, executive officer and company commander with the 50th Infantry, 4th Armored Division in Europe. In 1962, Shachnow volunteered for Special Forces and would go on to serve more than 30 years as a Green Beret, retiring in 1994 after time in Vietnam and in Germany as the head of Detachment A, a Special Forces unit stationed in Berlin during the Cold War.
He left service with two Distinguished Service Medals, two Silver Stars, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, three Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts. In 2004, Shachnow wrote "Hope and Honor," a memoir describing his upbringing in Lithuania and years of military service. The book received the Colby Award, which is given to influential pieces of military literature. For more on Shachnow's career, see this Military.com article.
Neil Simon
Barefoot in the Park. The Odd Couple. The Sunshine Boys. Brighton Beach Memoirs. The list goes on and on, but you get the point -- Neil Simon was one of the most successful playwrights of the last century. And as you'd expect for a man who wrote a well-known comedy about basic training (Biloxi Blues), Simon served in the U.S. military. Brought up during the rough days of The Great Depression, the future Pulitzer Prize winner signed up with the Army Air Force Reserve from 1945-1946, and studied at NYU and eventually at the University of Denver, where he was stationed as a corporal at Lowry Air Force base. It was during his time in the Reserve that Simon began writing, at the urging of his brother Danny, starting as a sports editor. After being discharged, he would continue to hone his writing chops until he broke out with his first major play, Come Blow Your Horn, which opened on Broadway in 1961, and was later adapted into a Frank Sinatra movie. Two years later Barefoot in the Park cemented Simon as one of the America's foremost playwrights, and also helped launched the career of young superstar Robert Redford.
As his theater career continued to skyrocket in the seventies, Simon also showed a flair for screenwriting, penning such hits as The Out of Towners and The Heartbreak Kid. His experiences growing up around New York City, in the Army, and as a young writer in Broadway were covered in a critically lauded trilogy of plays: Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, and Broadway Bound. In 2006, he was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American humor. His other awards include a Tony for The Odd Couple, another for Biloxi Blues, and a special Tony Award in 1975. He passed on August 26 this year, due to complications from penuemonia and Alzheimer's disease.
Whitey Bulger
Maybe he wasn't exactly a role model, but there's no denying the impact Whitey Bulger has had on the public consciousness, and the history of organized crime. Leader of one of the most notorious mobs in Boston, Bulger somehow made it through four years of enlistment in the Air Force (1948-1952) despite doing time in military prison several times.
Bulger's wild career as a gangster included being an informer for the FBI against rival gangs, and being the model for Jack Nicholson's crime boss in the 2006 Martin Scorsese movie, The Departed. For more on Bulger's life and his passing, see this Military.com article.


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Woe is the smartphone carrier and manufacturer that tries something new, apparently. That much was apparent from the comments before, during and after Sprint's unveiling of the Kyocera Echo dual-screen smartphone at a special event in the Edison Ballroom in New York City. You folks out there certainly made your feelings known.
But we've actually had some time with the Echo. And it's certainly not as far to one end of the spectrum as you might believe. After the break, we get into our initial impressions of the Sprint Kyocera Echo and its crazy two-screen self. Read on!
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Let's talk about the form factor a little bit. On one hand, you have what for all intents and purposes is a fairly normal mid-level phone. One 3.5-inch screen, three capacitive buttons (we prefer four) volume rocker, power button, 3.5mm headphone jack. Qualcomm Snapdragon processor at 1GHz, 512MB of RAM. Typical smartphone.
But tucked under is that second 3.5-inch touchscreen. It's got a clever hinge mechanism that allows it to tilt toward you slightly, much like a laptop with two panels might. Or it can lock into place, giving you one massive 4.7-inch display. As you might suspect, it's not a seamless display when you're rocking all 4.7 inches -- there's a thin bezel that bisects the screens. It's not as pronounced as you might think, but neither is it as invisible as Sprint and Kyocera might have you believe. Chances are you'll get used to it over time, but it's certainly noticeable.
Let's just cut to the chase: The screen (erm, screens) is somewhat of a novelty. Is it cool to be able to have the Facebook app in one pane, and Twitter in another? Sure. Just how useful that is depends depends on your needs, we guess. Sprint calls it "Simultasking."
In Google Maps and Street View, it's pretty darn cool. But, again, that bezel. Not the end of the world, but it's just not the same as having a really large screen. E-mail and text messages were actually pretty cool, however, with your inbox on one side and the messages on the other. Add in some of the "fragment" features we saw in the recent Android 3.0 Honeycomb demonstration, and this could turn out pretty sexy.
There are a handful of gestures with which you can manipulate how apps display on the screens -- whether it's one app on both screens, two apps on two screens, swapping, etc. Do we remember them? Nope. Let's hope there's a tutorial on initial setup to walk users through them.
Where we can really see the dual screens being useful is with games. And let's face it -- the Echo pretty much looks like a Nintendo 3DS. Sprint says it'll be releasing an SDK for developers to really take advantage of those screens, and that it'll be available before the phone launches "this spring."
The phones we got to play with were all preproduction units, so there were a few hiccups here and there. But for the most part, interacting with the two screens was pretty smooth. Obviously, tossing a dual-core processor into the mix (again, we need those damned Honeycomb APIs) wil make things even better, but the Echo as it stands should be pretty useable. The hinge mechanism has a half-dozen patents involved. And for as complex as it is -- it does take a little geting used to forcably snapping the two screens apart to go back to a more normal phone mode -- it's also very sturdy. It kind of made us think of some of those high-end car stereo displays that fold out and fold under. Complex, but they work.
Where we do worry a little bit is with battery life. Pushing pixels is tough work, and doing so on two screens is doubly tough. Sprint's generously included a second 1370mAh battery with the Echo, and it also comes with a handy external charger that lets you juice up a spare battery to swap in at your leisure. (To that end, removing the battery cover is a breeze.) Or, you can use it as a battery bank and plug the charger (and charged spare battery) into the Echo, no mucking about with battery swaps.
Exactly how will the battery perform in real-life use? We'll just have to see. But at least Sprint's being proactive with a potential problem. Give them credit for that.
In talking with Sprint and Kyocera executives, they both describe the Echo as a Version 1 product. It's a bit of an experiment, for sure. But in a world of black slab after black slab, it's at least entertaining to see something a little different. It will be interesting to see how Sprint markets the Echo -- if they get some major gaming developers on board by launch time, it could possibly get more traction. Maybe the phone will take off. Maybe it won't. But we'll tell you this -- you need to at least try it before badmouthing it. There's possibly a market out there for it. How big? We'll have to see.
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