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Friday, June 06, 2014PSW Staff 06/06/14 06:55 AM,TransAudio Group, U.S. distributors for ATC UK, has introduced the ATC SCM20PSL MkII near-field reference monitor, which improves upon the previous ATC 6-inch, 2-way passive model and is the company's smallest and least expensive monitor. Built to the same standards as its active Pro Range siblings, the SCM20PSL MkII is ideal for those seeking a new level of resolution in a compact passive package, well-suited for critical near-field applications or smaller rooms. "ATC is well-known for designing and building studio… View this story
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Friday, January 24, 2014PSW Staff 01/24/14 11:12 AM,Engineer David Bock has yet again captured the unmistakable tone of a cherished vintage microphone. The newly introduced Bock iFet phantom-powered condenser microphone possesses the sonic signature of a classic fet47 mic plus deeper bass and higher highs. The iFet also features two completely separate amplifier circuits. The first circuit uses one FET and four transformers to beautifully capture high-SPL sources, such as drums and electric guitar. The second circuit uses one FET only and is ideally suited for quieter… View this story
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013PSW Staff 01/22/13 09:23 AM,TransAudio Group will introduce the Drawmer DS101, the first noise gate module designed specifically for the 500 Series rack system, at this week's 2013 NAMM Show in Anaheim (booth 6945). The new DS101 is based on a single channel of the company's renowned DS201 and incorporates the fully variable high- and low-pass filters and "key listen" monitoring functionality pioneered by Drawmer that enable frequency conscious gating. The DS101, which can be used for both gating and "ducking" (for voice-over applications… View this story
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012PSW Staff 12/19/12 12:46 PM,TransAudio Group is shipping the Bettermaker EQ 232P, a flexible two-channel analog equalizer that updates a classic design and adds the digital accuracy, repeatability and consistency of a plug-in. Every parameter setting of the EQ 232P, which is a Pultec-style stereo/dual mono analog equalizer featuring five filters on each channel, may be saved in up to 399 presets in the unit's internal memory, and may additionally be fully automated, and all settings saved with the DAW project, using the supplied… View this story
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Wednesday, December 05, 2012PSW Staff 12/05/12 09:12 AM,TransAudio Group, the worldwide distributor of products by Geoffrey Daking and Company, is introducing the Daking Comp 500, an easy-to-use VCA compressor/limiter module compatible with 500 series rack enclosures. The semi-automatic Daking Comp 500, intended for both tracking and mixing, has been designed to perform and sound similarly to the FET circuitry found in Daking's other compressor products, even though it uses a VCA. The front panel controls of the Comp 500 are simple to use. Compression is set with… View this story
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Monday, October 22, 2012PSW Staff 10/22/12 02:02 PM,TransAudio Group, the U.S. distributor for Bock Audio, is now shipping the Bock IFET large diaphragm phantom-powered FET condenser microphone. The IFET has been designed to fill two distinctly different roles in a recording studio: a smooth vocal mic or a classic FET kick drum mic at the flip of a switch. The new IFET, hand built by Bock Audio's Studio City facility in Southern California, offers versatility and value via two dramatically different modes of operation. The IFET has… View this story
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Two of the factors that Wall Street analysts and investors tend to focus on when deciding whether a stock is a good investment, sometimes at the exclusion of others, are earnings and earnings growth.
Past earnings can be compared to the stock price using the price to earnings ratio (P/E). Future earnings growth is incorporated into an evaluation using the PEG ratio (P/E divided by EPS growth). Trends in either calculation can provide clues as to the future direction of the stock price.
Another factor that can be part of the investment decision is free cash flow (FCF). It can be calculated by one of the following equations:
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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) generates lots of free cash flow. The sharp upward trend started after the company introduced the iPhone. Prior to that Apple had a relatively constant FCF for a number of years (even after the release of the iPod in 2001). The amount has now increased to about $42 billion. Apple started to use some of that cash to pay a dividend earlier this year.
Two trends could affect future free cash flow. Apple is projected to have a slowdown in earnings growth from about 60% per year to around 25%. And there are reports that the company plans to increase capital spending over the next few years in order to improve iPhone and iPad production.
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In contrast, the reorganized General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) has had declining free cash flow and earnings growth has lagged since its IPO in 2009.
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Earnings growth, and possibly, free cash flow, are expected to pick up a bit in the future.
Another company that generates lots of cash is The Procter and Gamble Company (NYSE: PG). The maker of Tide, Pampers, and Gillette products reported over $3.2 billion of free cash flow this year. Over the past 5 years FCF has increased by 20% although the rate is slowing a bit which is mirroring a general earnings growth decline. EPS decreased from $3.93 to $3.18 over the past year.
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Emeril's Restaurant Orlando
- Address:
6000 Universal Boulevard, Suite 702
Orlando, FL 32819Neighborhood:
I Drive / Sand Lake
- Cuisine:
CreolePrice: $31 to $50
Emeril's Restaurant Orlando
- Dining Style: Fine Dining
- Website: http://www.emerilsrestaurants.com/emerils-orlando
- Phone: 4072242424
- Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Daily: 11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.; Dinner: Sunday – Thursday: 5 – 10 p.m., Friday – Saturday: 5 – 10:30 p.m.; Happy Hours: 4 – 8 p.m.
- Payment Options: AMEX,Carte Blanche,Diners Club,Discover,JCB,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Creole / Cajun / Southern, Cajun, Creole
- Executive Chef: Emeril Lagasse
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Chef's Table, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine, Wine Bar
- Private Party Facilities: Emeril's Orlando is available for private functions and can accommodate
up to 200 guests for seated dinners, and 500 guests reception style. Two
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- Private Party Contact: Cathy Jacobson 407-473-2647x
- Entertainment: Traditional New Orleans music can be heard throughout the restaurant.
- Special Events: Contact Cathy Jacobson at 407-473-2647 to book your upcoming private party!
A word from Emeril's Restaurant Orlando
Emeril's Orlando encompasses everything that Emeril stands for - high energy, bold exciting flavors & a memorable experience. Chef Emeril Lagasse's fifth restaurant, Emeril's Restaurant Orlando, is a fitting addition to the line-up at Universal CityWalk. Upon entering the restaurant your eyes take you on a ride up the metal staircase, across the Gertjejansen artwork, down the wall of wine, over the Ochsner portrait & stopping for a moment at the food bar. By this time the staff greets you with the warmth of a welcome home. A drink at the bar, maybe a classic New Orleans cocktail to start & then you are seated. The dining room bustles with energy with a view of the chef & the brilliance in the kitchen. Although walk-ins can be accommodated, reservations are highly recommended. Our dress policy is casual, but no sleeveless shirts for gentleman & boys. Gabriel Orozco, General Manager, is dedicated to providing you with that memorable dinner.Continued
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Emeril's Restaurant Orlando reviews from OpenTable diners
300 reviews since June 4, 2014
- Food4.1Service4.3
- Ambiance4Noise LevelModerate
special occasion (148)fit for foodies (132)notable wine list (83)romantic (81)good for groups (59)scenic view (45)kid-friendly (37)hot spot (35)great for lunch (33)late-night find (21)vibrant bar scene (15)neighborhood gem (14)great for brunch (7)great for outdoor dining (5)Show More
- needanightoutNeedanightoutDined on 9/28/2014Emeril's used to be the place for a special night out. Something has changed: the patrons are all wearing shorts and t-shirts and all they want to do is eat and get back to the parks. On Sunday night the tables were not full. I was able to get a reservation Sunday morning. The food and service just do not have the same "bam" anymore. As a local, I will not think of Emeril's the same way now.Special Features:
- Wonderous experienceOpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 9/27/2014This was our first time in Emeril's. Had the Chef's Tasting Menu with wine pairing - worth every penny. Service was great. Food and wines capped off a perfect day. We will return, often.Special Features:
- Girl's Night OutLuv2eatDined on 9/27/2014Me and two of my girlfriend's went to Emerils for Magical Dining and we were amazed. The ambiance, the view, the food, and the service was AMAZING!! Our servers really took good care of us. The food was very delicious. I will be going again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Expectancy Met.exeptional5Dined on 9/26/2014Enjoyed the attention the servers gave. Liked the separate rooms upstairs. Would have liked to been able to sit with my date in a booth type setting. Would have been more inimate. Don't drink but the wine list was impressive. The food tasted exeptional. Would have like more of the spinach sides. Fish portion was plentiful. Cornbread muffins delicious. Overall great night out.Special Features:
- Will Keep ReturningMisterd309Dined on 9/24/2014This is my fourth time at the restaurant and I have never been disappointed. Food is always top notch and exceptional. Our waiter, Devin, was phenomenal. He was on top of things but never intrusive. We are already booking another reservation.Special Features:
- Nice Dinner for Varied GroupcknyDined on 9/24/2014We had a mixed group: some foodies, a child and a grandma. All the adults were happy and the restaurant was very accommodating about allowing just one person to do the tasting menu. The service really made the evening. Our waiter was Miguel (I may be wrong but it started with an M and he has worked there since 2008) and he was on top of it without hovering nor upselling. We would recommend it to anyone visiting Universal. One suggestion would be to make the kids' pizza without gruyere as it gives it a different "pizza" taste.Special Features:
- Disappointeddina77Dined on 9/23/2014I was excited to go here for Magical Dining with friends. They did not give us the Magical Dining menus and when they did, they only gave us 3 to share for a party of 8. The service was slow and, they did not come to check on us. The food was so-so. Unfortunately, I would not go back.
- Not what it could beGr8FoodVIPDined on 9/21/2014We've eaten here a few times over the years and always left underwhelmed. Don't know if it's a matter of being in the middle of a theme park gateway or something else, but the food isn't representative of Emeril's capabilities. The best things we had were the ceviche and the bread. Everything else was sloppily prepared, under-seasoned and simply bland.
- I absolutely loved it!OpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 9/20/2014The food and service were outstanding. I can't wait to go back again!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- PricelessOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/20/2014This rates as one of the best dining experiences I've had in my life. My wife and I were amazed by the ninja style service. It was like the movie ,The Butler, The wait staff seem to moved in and out of the table area with little notice. My wife and I were talking and I turned and my coffee cup was full again, I never saw the waitress. The quality of the food was second to none. I moped my plate with my rolls. I Didn't want to leave any of the meal on my plate. We finished our meal with desert which was out of this world, Banana cream pie and butterscotch cheesecake.Special Features:
- mommomDined on 9/20/2014We enjoyed the restaurant. The service was outstanding. My salmon was delicious and my husband enjoyed his chicken dinner. The bread pudding was just to die for. The servings were just right.Special Features:
- Always wanted to try this rest.OpenTable Diner Since 2007Dined on 9/19/2014We had always wanted to dine at Emeril's at City Walk and had only been there prior for appetizers and drinks. So, we started dinner with the appetizer and drink specials, which were delicious and a good deal. Our dinner was pleasant, the appetizer's were again delicious. The entree was acceptable but I was disappointed in the flavor of the sauce for my salmon. Overall it was a good experience, although I was very unhappy that the reservation did not alert us to the $17 parking fee upon entering the Universal parking garage.Special Features:
- Disappointed but must visit oncegsxrgrlDined on 9/18/2014We went because of the Magical Dining Orlando promotion. My husband ordered the salmon which he said came out great, I wasn't happy with the three options on the MD list so I ordered the scallops and shrimp off the regular menu. For $31 I received a bed of butternut squash, grilled brussel sprouts, 4 shrimp and 2 scallops. The sprouts had more flavor than anything else on the plate but I was not impressed overall. They gave us a shrimp wonton before dinner which was amazing, best thing I tasted all night, the ceviche was great, the flancocho was to die for, the barbecue shrimp was unimpressive, as was the banana cake. It was good but lacked something. Ambiance was romantic, our waiter was wonderful. Was not good enough to go back though.Special Features:
- Nice for special occasionKackyDined on 9/18/2014The overall place was very nice. Not easy to get to. It is at city walk at universal in Orlando. My husband has the chief choice and enjoyed the varity of the different dishes. I has the shrimp and pasta. I did not care for it. The flavors were not good to me. I ate the shrimp and left the rest. The service was excellent and the dinning area we were in was very nice. We any had 3 tables for 2. So it was quiet.Special Features:
- Excellent food and service.GreyFox386Dined on 9/18/2014I've been to this restaurant multiple times. Food and service is always top notch. The main dining area is a bit loud, which makes a private conversation difficult. There are a few other areas to dine, which should be requested if noise level is any concern to you.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Not impressedBRM1225Dined on 9/15/2014We went for Orlando's Magical Dining. This was our first time and we thought the food on the menu for this magical dining were specials for the event. We didn't realize it was options on the regular menu but at a discounted price. The food was not that special nor very tasty. You truly do pay for the name when you go to an Emerils restaurant rather than great food. We sat in the patio area which just echoes all the voices and was so horribly loud at times. Service was great. Everyone kept on top of drinks and clearing your dishes when you were done. Everyone was also very polite.Special Features:
- great food marred by awful servicelocalyocalDined on 9/15/2014Lovely seat overlooking CityWalk! My friends and I really enjoyed the food and drinks, but the server managed to provide service poor enough to make me us not want to go back. In fairness, some of the other tables appeared to have a better service experience.
- My Daughter's 21st Birthday Dinnercnmgninpluv2dineDined on 9/14/2014My daughter and I had an awesome time at Emeril's Orlando. The food was perfect and the wait staff very professional and courteous. Although we were late for our reservation, we were able to be seated. ThanksSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Theme Park Dining at its BestBrunchBunchVIPDined on 9/14/2014Emeril's is a great to place to eat after you've spent the day at Universal. It's convenient and it's a real restaurant. We were looking forward to a relaxing dinner after our 10-hour day, so we immediately let our serving team know that we wanted leisurely service. The rolls were delicious and we asked for many refills. Our dining deal during Magical Dining (Sept.) was great. It was a wonderful way to try the restaurant out. If you show your Universal ticket and order an entre off the regular menu, you get any appetizer or dessert for free (my husband's crab cake special at about $13 was a real bargain and he said it was delicious).Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Slipped a litte in service and foodAnniversaryDined on 9/13/2014We go to Emeril's at Citiwalk every year for our Anniversary. This year we were a little disappointed in the food and service. Also this year they didn't do anything special for our Anniversary. In prior years they gave us an additional appetizer to share and a special Happy Anniversay dessert to share. The staff knew it was our Anniversary as they all greated us with "Happy Anniversary" so it's not like they didn't know. Every year we sit upstairs in the Cigar Room but this year they seated us on the patio. The Cigar Room is much more intimate and the service is much much better. We'll probably still go there again but if the next visit is on the same level - we won't be dining at Emeril's any longer.Special Features:
- Not as good as it used to be.BlueMaryDined on 9/12/2014We were to Emerils 8 and 9 years ago. It was fabulous. Pizza was bland and special flounder entree was heavily peppered. Flavors were off. Service was still great.Special Features:
- Why I still love Emeril's OrlandoSoniaDined on 9/12/2014I went to Emeril's for dinner as part of an evening out. The service was good, but for this restaurant, I had to give it a "good" rating, b/c they were a bit slow. The waitstaff was knowledgeable and attentive, but just a little slower than usual. The food was outstanding, as was the ambiance of the place. I was my own dinner date, but this place is a great date night place. I'll definitely be going back soonSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Will go againBeachClubBumVIPDined on 9/11/2014Service is excellent! I forgot who my server was because there were so many people who took care of us! The food was worth the price and the portions were appropriate for what was served. Whole family was pleased.Special Features:
- Bland foodjopaDined on 9/11/2014appetizer was good,entrees were not very flavorful, rather bland Disappointed
- FoodieDined on 9/11/2014Excellent service and food. We always eat here when we are in orlandoSpecial Features:
- GREATOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/6/2014If your'e a tourist or just a local at City Walk, Emerils is definitely great for a date night or foodies!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great for special occasionsLisaDined on 9/6/2014Be prepared to pay. Our bill was $100.00 per personSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Emerils was a huge let downOpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 9/6/2014We were excited for weeks to go... get there and our waiter did not greet us for 15 mins once greeted we were rushed to decide. Apps were cold and not well seasoned... The main dishes we ordered the salmon was very under cooked and quality was not acceptable. . The chicken was not plated well just thrown together. . Basically BBQ chicken with bottled sauce u can tell.. over greasy potatoes. . And they were also cold... i spent over $100 for food I would expect from a low grade truck stop... I will never go to the restaurant again and make it known to everyone how bad of a rip off Emerils is... STAY AWAY!!!!
- Wonderfulreeree821Dined on 9/6/2014We had an amazing anniversary dinner here. The food and service were outstanding. Definitely a place we recommend and love coming to.Special Features:
- UmmmmmmmCindiDined on 9/5/2014We participated in the Magical Dining with another couple and all of us were very impressed with the menu choices. We gave top points to the Cevieche (and we are picky on that) I had the steamed mussels and the others had Salmon and we all were impressed. The wine picks were great with our entrees. The deserts (bread pudding & Flan) were very good and not too big. We really enjoyed trying a new place and were willing to put up with being stuffed as we left. Thank You!Special Features:
- Best steak I've ever hadSulferdogDined on 9/5/2014Truly a fabulous restaurant. The food atmosphere service drinks we all amazing! Every item from appetizer to expresso was a treat. I can't wait for another occasion to go back.Special Features:
- Nice, but food quality not up to $$OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/4/2014Nice place to eat visually. The food is not worth the price. I have eaten better food at Bonefish Grill. Service was not great, our food came out cold, overcooked steak, and I felt like I was bothering the staff for service.
- They don't depend on repeat businssOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/4/2014Way to pricey for an average meal but since they are in Universal's City Walk we kind of felt like they really didn't care.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/3/2014Fabulous dining experience - food & service were excellent!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- mkmkDined on 9/3/2014Dessert was great! Somewhat disappointed in rest food. Perhaps too high expectations.
- Always dependableVeniceBillDined on 9/2/2014This was not our first visit and won't be our last. The food is always prepared 'as you like it' and the menu has something for every taste. The service is attentive and not pushy, and there just isn't anything to complain about - unless some family decides to share their screaming child with the neighbors, but that is why the restaurant has more than one table.... All in all, it was another great experience and worth every penny - and it takes lots of pennies, so plan on that part too.Special Features:
- DisappointedDisappointedDined on 8/31/2014Table was next to service door on the second floor heard all the kitchen noise, Salmon was cold, tasted fishy, smelled fishy, long wait between courses, saw the bus boy more than the waiter's
- kynicarDined on 8/31/2014My husband and I had dinner here on our last night during our Anniversary trip to Orlando. He ordered the Pad Thai and was a bit disappointed as he's had better at local Vietnamese places. I LOVED the pork chop with grits, absolutely delicious. The bread they serve was wonderful; my husband loved the rolls while I loved the cornbread muffins. Our desserts were just okay. The creme brulee was pretty good. Not smitten by their famous banana cream pie. The cream tasted like it had way too much flour in it, and wasn't very sweet. Odd since it's supposed to be a dessert. There's a large number of restaurants in the area, so probably won't come back here again on future trips. It was very loud inside the restaurant, but the service was top notch!Special Features:
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Media Alert: Mesuring What Works Topic of American Society of Safety Engineers' March 29 – 30 Symposium in Costa Mesa
Des Plaines, IL (March 27, 2007) — WHAT: The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) will hold a "Measuring Performance for Safety Success" symposium March 29-30, 2007 in Costa Mesa, CA. The two-day symposium will feature many topics including evaluating and measuring organizational safety culture, options for small and large organizations, using financial risk management performance indicators to sell the safety process, using risk reduction metrics, predicting human error and performance, measuring the culture at Pfizer, how to establish and use a measuring process, and more.
Prior to the symposium, ASSE will be offering math review, Associated Safety Professional (ASP), Certified Safety Professional (CSP) and Corporate Safety Management seminars.
WHEN: March 29 – 30, 2007, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa
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HOW: To register go to www.asse.org, call 847-699-2929 or register on-site. Registration for the symposium includes 1.2 CEUs/COCs, a handout binder with proceedings, 2.0 IH CM Points #06-2967 and .75 CHMM CMP.
WHO: Carl DeMaio, president and CEO of the Performance Institute of Arlington, Virginia, will give a keynote presentation titled "Performance Matters: Planning, Measuring, and Managing for Results". DeMaio will discuss his eight-step criteria for evaluating one's performance management framework and look at making performance measures timely, meaningful and relevant.
Bob Paladino, CPA, and president of Bob Paladino & Associates, LLC, will provide insight into the performance management strategies of corporate executives. Paladino draws upon his experience implementing GE and Motorola Six Sigma, activity-based management, knowledge management, and process improvement disciplines.
Dr. Gerald Turner, CMC, P.E. of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) Institute will discuss applying best practices using the BSC, strategic performance management and measurement, transformation, and change management. His presentation will introduce the BSC approach to strategy execution as it applies to the goals of safety and health management.
Founded in 1911, the Des Plaines, IL-based ASSE is the largest and oldest professional safety organization and is committed to protecting people, property and the environment. Its more than 30,000 occupational safety, health and environmental professional members manage, supervise, research and consult on safety, health, transportation and environmental issues in all industries, government, labor and education.
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A few of the games played this weekend during the annual Kicking Out Cancer kickball tournament can be seen by following the link below. The event was a warm-up for this fall season's football and volleyball seasons that will be webcasted by the DDD.
The Bellmont ladies golf team has been busy before the beginning of the school season this week as they were winners of both their own home tournament on Tuesday at Cross Creek and then won the South Adams Invitational the very next day at the Golf Course of the Limberlost.
In both events, the Squaws won by very narrow margins but coach Andy Heim was pleased with the final results.
"We played well and beat some very good teams this week," Heim noted. "We are playing awesome right now."
Over the weekend, Cross Creek Golf Club hosted the 2013 City of Decatur Golf Championship crowning Keith Blythe as the winner after two rounds.
Blythe claimed the victory recording a round of 71 on Saturday and a 74 on Sunday.
"I played better towards the end of Sunday's round to hang in there for the tournament win," remarked Keith after the event.
Nate Kortenber earned second place posting rounds of 73 and 74 over the two days played in the men's division.
The annual Iron Kid Triathlon was held on Saturday, July 27 at Bellmont High School.
The event split kids into six different age groups based on age as they ran, biked, and swam through to the finish line. Also based on age was the distance for each groups' trials.
Noah Hunley was a winner in the 5-6 year old group with a time of 13:57, while Mason Martinez was second with a time of 14:38. In third was Ethan Curtis at 15:03.
The Decatur Thunderbirds team went 6-0 to win the Brickhouse Tournament in Monroe's 12-under division earlier this month, while the Decatur Braves' 9-under squad surprised the field by winning the 10-under division.
FORT WAYNE—There were over 35 schools present at the sixth annual Northeast Indiana Football Media Day held at North Side High School on Friday afternoon including all three Adams County representatives.
Gathered in the school's cafeteria along side media members of the region, each team was assigned a table. Bellmont's representation was so large that the Carroll Chargers were forced to grab a few straggling chairs from another table to make room.
On Saturday, the Ladies Golf Association held their annual Ethel May Sanmann golf outing at Cross Creek Golf Course.
The event went on despite a short rain delay and the ladies enjoyed their Florida scramble style nine holes nonetheless.
A Cancer Shoot Out was held over the weekend at Cross Creek Golf Course to raise money for the fight for cancer.
Officially named the 2013 Whitlock Shootout against Cancer, $665 was raised on Sunday to support the worthy cause. Mark Bixler was the overall winner of the event. Donations were made to Adams County Community Foundation, Dreams to Reality Fund at the Oncology unit, as well as the memorial to Burt and Mary Whitlock whom the tournament was named after.
Senior League Softball champions for 2013, Ahead of the Curb Driving Academy took the hard way through the playoffs coming through the loser's bracket.
Eventually, however, the squad of girls overcame Barker's in the semi-finals, then defeated Mind's Eye Graphics twice on Thursday night to become league champions.
The 2013 Clemente Skills Competition took place at Hanna Nuttman on Tuesday evening with several youngsters coming out to show off their talents on the ball diamond to end the DBA season.
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Dot Com Infoway (DCI), has unveiled yet another infographic titled, "Content Management Systems: Choosing the Right One for Your Business Needs". The infographic provides a top to bottom look at various CMSs and sketches a road map for organizations, businesses and individuals who are looking for a suitable CMSs for their specific needs.
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What do we do when we see conflict coming? We duck and hide, right? Or we try to beat the other to the punch. Either way, we act out of fear. But we don't have to act out of fear, and when we do, it does us no good. Conflict is inevitable – we can't avoid it. Better to be curious and embrace it. Whether we face an invitation to cooperate or a challenge to fight, it's all feedback. It's all information to tell us what's possible. But we must pay attention and listen – to our true selves and to what's really happening, beyond our habit of seeing an adversary as the "other," as separate from us. The truth is everyone suffers and wants to stop the pain, including those who we see as causing us pain. Adding our aggression to theirs will only fuel the conflict. Someone needs to choose gentleness and kindness, to have the confidence to be vulnerable and to trust our interdependence, to create space for compassion and empathy, to understand that none of us can be free until we all are. Michael McCormick has been meditating for 12 years and has been a student of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche since 2005. He is Director of Practice and Education for the Portland Shambhala Meditation Center, a meditation instructor, and a member of the Diversity Working Group of Shambhala International. For 25 years he worked as a teacher, trainer, and practitioner of conflict resolution and public dialogue. For longer than that he was a community organizer/activist. He now writes on social and spiritual themes.Queer Dharma is a group for LGBTQ practitioners to study and practice meditation and Dharma and to discuss personal experiences. The group serves to send a message to new-comers that they are welcome in our tradition and to explore (perhaps in ways that may be unintentionally overlooked or excluded in our regular programming) how we as gays, lesbians, bisexuals, trans and gender queer individuals can incorporate the teachings in our everyday lives and in our various social circles. We're scheduled to meet every first Sunday of the month 2-4pm. Meditation instruction is available to you. It's a free event with suggested donation of any dollar amount. Continue to socialize over dinner and drinks at Crush afterward. All are warmly welcome regardless of experience, spiritual tradition, age, gender or sexual identity. See you there!For more information, contact Jason Bray, Queer Dharma Coordinator.
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text: The RCM's National Officer for Wales Vicky Richards said: 'Midwives have a vital promoting public health, and reducing smoking in pregnancy is extremely important. It is worrying that Wales has the highest rate of smoking during pregnancy in the UK. Midwives need more time to spend with pregnant women explaining the consequences of smoking during pregnancy and the negative impact this can have on both the mother and the baby."


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Phillies find their feelings don't begin to ease no matter how many times they tell Pat Burrell how they feel
October 18 2006
The Phillies have so many
squeaky wheels these days it's hard to know where the grease is needed
most. The Phillies, apparently, are going to start with trying to get rid of Pat
Burrell and his big contract and oodles of head shake inducing caught lookings. It's not exactly news. The Phillies have been trying to dump
Burrell for about a year now, but they want to be sure you know it and Pat
knows it.
I have put together a list of things I think are unlikely. Due to time and space constraints, it's a partial list. Here goes: Aramis Ramirez joins the Phillies. Alfonso Soriano joins the Phillies. Gary Sheffield joins the Phillies. [insert the name of an offensive player that makes more than $10 million a year] joins the Phillies.
Of course most Phillies fans would like to see the Phillies add players of that caliber. Me too, especially if they want to play for free or if the Phillies are looking to take on $140 million payroll. Cause we all know that the biggest challenge facing all of Phillydom, if not all of mankind, is who will hit behind Ryan Howard. Right? Don't you think? Hello?
I don't think so. The Phillies offense scored the most runs in their league last season. Ryan Howard led the league with 58 home runs, so somebody was pitching to him. Yes, their offense can get better, and if it does its still going to be the best in the league. Unless the Phillies make their already great, best in the league, offense way, way better, there's no way they're winning anything without fixing their pitching.
The problem facing the Phillies isn't what to do with the ineffective Pat Burrell, it's whether or not it's possible to get rid of him and replace him with a cheaper player or a combination of players that could come close to producing as much offense. Burrell wasn't bad last year, he was good. He on-based at least .390 in five of the six months of the season. He was 16th in the NL in runs created per 27 outs. No player to play the whole season in the NL hit more home runs in fewer at-bats or drove in more runs in fewer at-bats. But he made a lot of money, he's going to make more next year and he's not a popular player. And that's a bad combination on a team that's looking for payroll flexibility.
It doesn't seem like the answer is to replace the high-priced slugged with another expensive slugger who is going to make just as much money or more. Why should the Phillies take on another huge contract to improve their offense when offense isn't their problem? They've been trying to unload the contracts of their big offensive players like Burrell and Abreu. It might make sense if Burrell truly had been awful, but he just wasn't. If the Phillies keep Burrell they have two huge holes in their offense, once at third and one in right. You have to be concerned that the huge offensive output for the Phillies in '06 was partially due to the fact that Bobby Abreu played nearly 100 games in right. It covered up for the fact they have a big problem out there, which is going to get worse assuming Dellucci isn't coming back. The answer for the Phillies, though, is an improvement in right, an improvement at third and either Burrell or a less effective and cheaper player in left. There are three places where they need to get it done, and taking a huge payroll hit to fix one of the three doesn't make a lot of sense.
Clearly Jeff Conine can't hit fifth behind Howard. He won't. It will be somebody else, maybe Burrell, maybe Utley, maybe somebody a little bit worse. But I don't think it will be a guy who isn't currently on the team who makes more money than Burrell.
The other way to protect Howard is by putting guys in front of him who get on base. Rollins' .334 on-base percentage and Victorino's .346 leave the Phillies room to improve in the one and two spots in the order.
In the end it may make sense to get rid of Burrell and his big contract. But if the Phillies do, I sure hope they fix their pitching rather than reinvest in a single offensive player to try and fix an offense that isn't broken.
Elsewhere, the Cardinals have put themselves in the driver's seat in the NLCS with a 4-2 win in Game 5. St Louis now holds a three games to two lead and will look to close the series out tonight in New York.
Jeff Weaver was outstanding again for the Cards, holding the Mets to just two runs over six innings. He's now 2-1 in the post-season with a 2.16 ERA. Weaver allowed a two-run double to Jose Valentin in the fourth, which accounted for all of the Mets scoring. David Wright went 1-for-4 and is hitting .118 (2-for-17) in the series. Endy Chavez was also 1-for-4 and is hitting .158 (3-for-19). Weaver and three Cardinals relievers were able to hold Beltran and Delgado to two singles on the night. That pair has killed St Louis in the series, combining to go 13-for-37 with six home runs and 13 RBI.
Somebody was finally able to get to Tom Glavine in the post-season. Glavine lasted just four innings, allowing three runs on seven hits and three walks. Pujols got the Cards on the board at 2-1 with a solo homer in the fourth and Belliard tied the game later in the inning with an RBI-single. Preston Wilson doubled in a run in the fifth that put the Cards up 3-2. St Louis looked like they had a chance to put the game away in that inning, loading the bases with nobody out and Scott Rolen at the plate. Rolen struck out, Edmonds grounded to first with a runner forced at home and Belliard flew out to end the inning. Lefty Chris Duncan was oddly called on to pinch-hit in the sixth against lefty Pedro Feliciano. During the year Duncan hit 170/220/319 against lefties and pounded righties (318/390/644 (yes, .644)), so it was surprising to see LaRussa call on what was probably his best lefty on the bench to hit against a lefty with nobody on early in the game. Duncan homered, of course, putting the Cards up to stay at 4-2.
The series returns to New York where the Mets need to beat Chris Carpenter tonight to force a Game 7. The Mets hit Carpenter hard in Game 2, putting up five runs in five innings. John Maine will start for New York, and St Louis hit him hard in Game 2 as well, he allowed four runs, just three of which were earned, in four innings.
Big Cacti 9, Arizona Desert Dogs 0, in Arizona Fall League action. The Saguaros improve to 3-4 on the season. JA Happ started and threw two scoreless innings, allowing two hits and a walk. He's currently ERAing a lofty 8.10 due to getting bombed in his first appearance. Zack Segovia threw 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing a hit and a walk while striking out two. He's now throw 5 2/3 scoreless innings in three games in the AFL.
If Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's home run record, Aaron apparently won't be there. He doesn't like to fly, you see.
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The Expedit: 7 Ways to Use It
We recently read a Craig's List post advertising the sale of Ikea's Expedit with the line "It's soldiered its way through two homes but now it's time to let it go." Clearly this poster didn't know that this versatile piece has at least 9 lives. Here are ways that they could've used it in 7 more homes...
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wow to the huge wall-o-books
wow the hacked expedit is very cool...... don't know if I'm talented enough to replicate it though....
that carved one is mega crazy awesome. almost makes me wish I had a space big enough to do that.
i think that sometimes the furniture will not make it through another move. we have just recently "invested" in some ikea stockholm book shelves and frankly one more move and they're toast. good thing we got them 50% off or i'd be cranky. as much as i love ikea for their textiles, their furniture doesn't stand the test of time, especially if it's been reassembled and moved more than once.
the expedit is also THE record shelf per excellence. It's sturdy enough to hold tons of vinyl, smooth enough so that it doesn't damage the cover, big enough so that you can put some slightly unusual shaped records in there.
I ended up putting some wooden rails about 13" from the from so that don't go too deep and putting a homemade cross in the back is a good idea to make it extra sturdier (I use molding for those)
When the Expedit wouldn't work in our living room anymore, my husband and I turned ours into a dresser. It works really well in our oddly shaped bedroom. We love it!
I stacked a 2x2 one onto a 4x2 and use that as a room divider. It's a visual divide more than a physical barrier, but in my >500 sq ft apartment it reads really well. It creates a clear definition between my living room area and my dining room area.
I love the Expedit. I use it similarly to the last picture in my studio apartment too. And I love that I can use both sides to store books and things. Its great. Although it will hurt when I have to move!
I loved the Expedit we had in our previous place. We used it like a room divider, like in the last picture. The best thing about it was that the shelves are deep enough we could put books on both sides of it, effectively doubling our book storage space. When we moved, we bought a whole wall of Billy bookcases, with doors, but seeing these pictures makes me wonder why I didn't think of just getting more Expedits.
this expedit hack is also really cool...
BTW, in photo #5, the white Eames chair (LCW) has the back piece put on upside down! Is this a badly-done knock-off, or a badly put together "real thing"??
No credits so don't know where the photo is from…
Ditto on the Expedit being awesome for vinyl...hubby's 400 records are neatly shelved in our family room Expedits. The only thing better would be for him to embrace a fully digital library and shed the master copies...
Question: Anyone out there w/ experience or ideas of how to raise Espedit off the ground a few inches without compromising stability?
(I'd love to use it on legs and plaform (kind of a parsons platform!). Flush to the ground doesn't work in my place.)
The wall of books is awsome!
How fun! I'd put wallpaper in the back of mine but you wouldn't be able to see it!
I bought two frames that fit inside the cubes, stretched some fabric across them, and attached them to two of the cubes with hinges:
I just can't seem to get rid of ALL of my clutter, and this allows me to hide a bit of it.
We use ours currently as a room divider between the living room and dining room, books on one side and kitchen/dining stuff on the other. I need to seriously declutter it though
My husband and I used a 4X2 Expedit and two of the matching desks to create office space for both of us:
kushkush we use a large Expedit (4x4) as a room divider/bookshelf and have it on 6 Capita legs. It is extremely sturdy and we have no fear of it falling over (we don't live in an earthquake zone) I love that we can vacuume under it.
we're thinking of using the narrower expedit (with 8 shelves i think) as shelves/clothing storage in our attic bedroom, they are deep enough for boxes and low enough (lengthwise) for the odd ceiling/wall height. i also love putting them on castors for versatility.
I used the Expedit shelving unit, the one separated into thirds with odd spaced shelves as an entertaining unit. I set it on it's side & found sea grass baskets from different places for our massive movie collection. It gets our very large flat screen at a nice viewing height & is more interesting than the evenly spaced "box" Expedit. As our movie collection has grown, I just added two dvd towers on either side, from the Ikea Benno collection in the same color & it looks great. I love Ikea!
I also used two of the small Expedit "cubes" with four spaces, side by side, behind my two armchairs that sit kind of in the middle of my living room. It works like a sofa table, dividing the space, without visually breaking it up. It gives a nice place behind the chairs for a reading lamp, some decorative bowls, etc, but below I've used the top shelves for books, with the Ikea Pjas boxes in the bottom shelves for files, magazines & clutter. It helps to make my fairly small space work, with the most impact. I've had many, many compliments, with people saying that they never would have thought to use these shelves this way.
I've been making inserts for Ikea Expedit cabinets that have an electronic sensor and control so that only one item can be taken out at a time. For kids, they quickly learn to put a toy back before getting out others and spreading them all over the floor. For wine storage you can't get out too many bottles even when your guests are a bit tipsy.See the inserts at our Kickstarter site I hope to have them available soon.
Is the one in the 7th / next to last photo actually an Expedit?


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The Lewisville Police Department and the state Department of Public Safety are investigating the crash, which shut down Cross Timbers Road, also known as FM1171, in both directions west of Garden Ridge Boulevard for several hours. People were gathered in nearby parking lots to watch investigators work. The motorcycle lay on its side with its lights flashing. The car, with its two air bags deployed, had damage to its rear passenger door. The scene has since been cleared, and Cross Timbers is now open to traffic.
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Chapter 21 Reviews
The Hyperion runs out of power. Mahad and Dahlia end up stuck on a block of ice with no power, and no radio contact. Then they forget where they parked the ship... and the weather's getting worse...
Out in the Cold
(#) LightningFlash 2006-09-05 04:42:34 PMHee! This is so cute! ^^ Poor Mahad.
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MANLY coach Des Hasler turned his withering scorn on NRL referees after his side's controversial loss to the Titans on Sunday, calling whistleblowers unprofessional - a remark which has infuriated referees coach Robert Finch, who suggested Hasler should put his own house in order first.
Finch also believes the constant rubbishing of referees' performances by coaches has helped create an environment in which they are vulnerable to physical assaults from spectators, as happened on Friday night when Mark Edwards tackled referee Jared Maxwell after the Tigers lost to Brisbane at Campbelltown.
Hasler labelled Matt Cecchin a "junior referee" who had "decided" a great game of football with a "terrible decision" when he penalised captain Matt Orford in the 78th minute after he competed with Preston Campbell and won the ball when the tricky fullback attempted to grubber through with the Titans trailing Manly by a point.
"You'll be in reserve grade," Orford fumed at Cecchin. Hasler went further, drawing Cecchin's colleagues into the fight. "The game is professional - the officialdom isn't," he said.
Finch fired back in defence of his 19 full-time referees, who devote over 50 hours a week to their profession. "They're filthy on it. For someone to challenge their profession, I think, is outrageous," he said. "Apparently they're not professional [but] I haven't seen Hasler out here lately so he can see what they do."
Finch, who sacked video ref Steve Clark for his last-minute blunder which sank the Bulldogs against St George the previous round, stood up for Cecchin yesterday, and said he would not be dropped. "We're talking about one mistake in the game: how many mistakes did Manly make? How many?" he fumed.
One bad call by a referee is invariably described as having "turned" the game but Finch is indignant that player errors - such as a butchered try from Manly winger Tony Williams, which have just as much influence on the outcome - are never discussed. "I saw one of his junior players drop the ball over the line. Did he have an impact on the result of the game? That's the question I want to ask," Finch said.
"I saw players drop balls, I saw players miss tackles. Does that relate also to professionalism? If you make a mistake, does it reflect on how professional you are? But if it's measured specifically on mistakes, then I would suggest he [Hasler] needs to evaluate professionalism himself."
Finch believes the attacks on the credibility of officials by coaches and senior players have left them more exposed to physical attack. "There's no doubt that [the attacks] drive emotions in people, there's no doubt," he said. The 19 refs, with a starting salary of $70,000 a year, were shocked by the assault. "It does shake them up. It's hard enough as it is and we've got security guards now for video referees. Fair dinkum, where are we going as a society? To allow a person to come on to the park and do what he did, it knocks people about," he said.
Finch denied Cecchin, who has officiated in more than 30 first-grade games, was a junior referee. "He's been a referee at NRL level for two years, he's been an assistant for many years, he's been on the line for State of Origin and grand finals. How experienced do you want him to be?"
While Cecchin had been pilloried, Finch labelled it "an incredibly tough call to make".
"Whichever way he went, someone was going to criticise the outcome - most predictably whichever side lost the game," he said. "This is not a situation where I can say the referee was categorically right or wrong. There's no doubt, however, that he interpreted the events on the basis of having done everything correctly."
Cadet referee Henry Perenara, who played first grade at five clubs, has spent 18 months behind the whistle, and stuck up for his colleagues yesterday.
"They [the clubs] are all very, very professional but I think the referees are more professional," he said, citing the need to do more work individually to recover and prepare for games. "A lot of it isn't physical but we're looking at footage over and over again, trying to make ourselves better.
"If you have a great game for 78 minutes and you make one small mistake, that could potentially blow your game. It's a very harsh thing."
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3343 North Panama Avenue is a 22 minute walk from the MD-W Milwaukee West and the NCS North Central Service at the River Grove stop.
This location is in the Belmont Terrace neighborhood in Chicago. Nearby parks include Hiawatha Park, Triangle Park and Mills Park.
Nearby schools include Guerin Prep High School, Canty Elementary School and St Celestine School.
The closest grocery stores are A & D Foods, Joseph's Food Mart and New Millennium.
Nearby coffee shops include Dunkin' Donuts, Don Miguel Caffe & Sandwhich Shop and Michael's Gourmet Coffee. There are 11 restaurants within a 15 minute walk including Ciccio's Pizzeria, Goody Fast Food and Chucho's On Addison.
3343 North Panama Avenue is near Northeastern Illinois University, North Park University and St. Augustine College.
There are minimal bike lanes and the terrain is flat as a pancake. 3343 North Panama Avenue is somewhat bikeable, there is minimal bike infrastructure.


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Draft broadcast media law will do little to enshrine media freedom and allow state-organised outlets to compete with the private sector.
Than Naing Soe on the impact Thailand's political unrest has had on tourism in 2014.
Conflict in Kachin State will make it difficult for government to stop exports to China, experts say.
It meets in secret and the discussions are never discussed publicly. Thura U Shwe Mann's Commission for the Assessment of Legal Affairs and Special Issues is the most influential body in Myanmar's new political landscape that you've never heard of.
From iPay to BRT, recent initiatives to improve Yangon's decrepit bus transport system have met resistance from both bus workers and owners.
The 2014 Armed Forces Day saw the Tatmadaw court an unprecedented amount of media attention.
Si Thu Lwin on the boisterous tradition of the nat pwe, where the spirits are honoured by dancing, whiskey-swilling mediums.
The world's most well-travelled car is to be put out to pasture, having been on the road since 1989 and visited 221 countries.
The standard moaning-and-groaning about Nay Pyi Taw is getting old. Yes, the city is grandiose and appears intimidating at first glance. Yes, it can be inconvenient if you don't have your own wheels.
One year on from the bloodshed in Meiktila, MPs have taken a largely passive stance on religious violence – reluctant to wade into a conflict where there are no easy answers, and not wanting alienate their support base.


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Definición de committee en inglés:
committeeSilabificación: com·mit·tee
Pronunciación: /kəˈmidē /
1 [treated as singular or plural] A group of people appointed for a specific function, typically consisting of members of a larger group: the housing committee [as modifier]: a committee meeting
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- An emergency meeting of the committee members met last Friday to decide what action to take.
- The committee members attended a function in the Civic Offices last Friday night.
- All families who use our services, and past committee members and staff are welcome.
1.1A group of people appointed by a legislature to consider the details of proposed legislation: there was much scrutiny in committee
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- He agreed with much Mr Kearley had said, and would be prepared to consider amendments in committee.
- If no one objects, it will be discussed in further detail in committee, before moving on to the House of Commons.
- Several committees of the European Parliament had recommended such a course of action before any agreement was concluded.
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GREEN BAY, Wisc. — Culver Community graduate and longtime Whitewater High School wrestling coach Wendall Bean will be among five individuals inducted into the Wisconsin Wrestling Coaches Association George Martin Hall of Fame at the hall's annual induction ceremony November 4.
Boys cross country
Runyan, Amor advance
John Glenn's Lucas Runyan and LaVille's Nicholas Amor both earned top 15 regional advancement places as the Falcons and the Lancers finished out their team seasons along with Bremen at the Riley Boys Cross Country Sectional Tuesday.
Runyan turned in a 17:16 for 11th place, while Amor came in in 17:28 for the final individual ticket out to Saturday's Elkhart Central Regional.
CULVER — With sectionals fast approaching, the Lady Cavaliers wanted to grab some momentum this week.
So far, so good.
Culver rallied back from a 2-1 deficit with wins in the fourth and fifth games to hand visiting Oregon-Davis a five-set defeat, 21-25, 25-19, 16-25, 25-13, 15-12, at home Monday.
"We've been needing a win. It's been awhile, and the girls knew that they could do that," said Culver Head Volleyball Coach Amanda Minix.
Bremen loses to New Prairie
Bremen fell in three-sets to Northern State Conference foe New Prairie 25-17, 25-7, 25-14 Monday.
Brooke Baker led the Lady Lions with a balanced nine kills, seven digs and four blocks. Cassie Sears also recorded four blocks, and Allie Shorter set 13 assists for Bremen, which slips to 10-18 and 3-4 in conference play.
• NEW PRAIRIE 3, BREMEN 0 (25-17, 25-7, 25-14)
At New Carlisle
Bremen stats
Kills: Brooke Baker 9
Assists: Allie Shorter 13
Digs: Baker 7
Blocks: Baker 4, Cassie Sears 4
WALKERTON — Tanner Brooks of Walkerton recently competed in the 2012 USA Shooting Olympic Trials in Kerrville, Texas.Â
Brooks, an International Skeet shooter, finished in the top 10 in the first leg of the Olympic trials by shooting a 235/250. This event is the first of two tournaments to determine the USA Olympic representatives for International Skeet for the 2012 Olympic Games to be held in London.Â
CULVER — Call it a hunch.
Argos starting goalie Jacob Mechling had been performing creditably in goal for more than 87 and a half minutes, but with a shoot-out with Bremen looming, Dragons head coach Todd VanDerWeele subbed in forward and erstwhile keeper Zach Stockman with 6:21 remaining in the second overtime period.
Stockman made two big saves in the shoot-out, and Argos freshman Damon Binkley gave a subdued fist pump after icing his penalty kick to salt away a 3-2 win over the Lions at the Class A Culver Community Boys Soccer Sectional Saturday.
ARGOS — Holding onto a tenuous 1-0 lead at halftime, the Argos girls soccer team stayed calm and stuck to the plan.
The Lady Dragons used a dominant possession game to net three more goals in the second half, and the home team rolled to a 4-0 championship victory over Hebron at the Class A Argos Girls Soccer Sectional Saturday at Eugene Snyder Field.
The ISCA No. 14 Lady Dragons advance to the two-team Argos Regional to host No. 20 Hanover Central Saturday at 7 p.m.
INDIANAPOLIS — The stage was set for the IHSAA State Football Tournament as 315 schools were placed into brackets at the drawing for the 39th annual tourney Sunday.
Sectional play begins Friday, Oct. 21 for all but five teams who drew a bye in their seven-team sectionals.
Boys tennis
Eagles fall at semistate
Culver Military Academy fell 4-1 to Penn at the CMA Boys Tennis Semistate at the Gable Tennis Complex Saturday.
Penn advances to the state finals for a quarterfinal Friday with the winner of a match-up between Fort Wayne Canterbury and Indianapolis North Central today.
In the other bracket at CMA, meanwhile, top-ranked Carmel beat Munster 5-0 to move on to host the state quarterfinals in a match-up with Marion.
The Eagles' lone win came Saturday came at 2 singles, where Eric Maudhuit beat Michael Wang 6-1, 7-5.
Argos' Zach Stockman scored two goals and made two saves during a penalty kick-shootout to lift the Dragons over Bremen at the Culver Community Boys Soccer Sectional championship Saturday.


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Firefox, a free and easy-to-use Web browser developed by the Mozilla nonprofit organization, has the ability to display Live Bookmarks. By adding a Live Bookmark to your bookmarks tab, you basically subscribe to an RSS feed. This way, you ensure the bookmark is always fresh, as it receives frequent updates from the page it links to. Removing a Live Bookmark is relatively easy if you use the Bookmarks tab or the Firefox Library. You can't turn off the Live Bookmark functionality, but you can remove Live Bookmarks you no longer want to use.
Delete a Single Bookmark
Launch Mozilla Firefox and click on the Live Bookmark to navigate to the page it links to.
Click on the star ion in right corner of the Location bar, which is along the top of the Firefox window, to view the Edit This Bookmark box.
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Click "Remove Bookmark" in the Edit This Bookmark box to turn off the Live Bookmark.
Delete Multiple Live Bookmarks
Click the "Bookmarks" button on the right side of the Navigation toolbar.
Click "Show All Bookmarks" to open the Library window. It displays all your bookmarks.
Click on one of the folders containing your bookmarks, in the left pane. For example, you can select "Unsorted Bookmarks" if you did not place the Live Bookmarks in specific folders.
Hold "Ctrl" and click on the Live Bookmarks you want to remove until select all of them.
Click "Organize" at the top of the Library window and select "Delete" from the resulting drop-down menu. The Live Bookmarks are removed.
- Live Bookmarks are removed just like normal bookmarks.
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Birth Place: Canton, Ohio, United States
Years Active: 1998–present
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Today, I combed the Internets for a video/visual that could really capture some of what Black History month means to me and I found this moving video presentation on ordinary black women:
When you sift through, you definitely will see the greats that your kid sibling is probably learning about: Martin Luther King, Coretta Scott King, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, members of the Little Rock Nine, Emmet Till and his mother, Angela Davis, Shirley Chisolm, and Sojourner Truth. But the beauty of this video is the way it captures the everyday black women who labored in cotton fields, homes, railroads, factories, and in many industries that were central to making this country what it is today. But Black women weren't just laborers; the video depicts them socializing, worshiping, organizing, and surviving, too. And of course they have a few shots of Black women in hair salons! But, the truth is–history is all of these things. And I look forward to celebrating all of this, especially throughout the remainder of this month.
For those who are also interested in the inspiring civil rights song that accompanies this video montage, the song is titled "When will we be paid 4 the work we've done?" by The Greene Sisters. The lyrics are after the jump.
"When will we be paid 4 the work we've done"
When will we be paid 4 the work we've done
When will we be paid 4 the work we've done
We worked this country (Say it!) from shore 2 shore (Well)
Our women cooked all your food (Food) and washed all your clothes
We picked cotton and laid the railroad steel (Said we laid it)
Worked our hands down 2 the bone at your lumber mill
(At your lumber mill)
Tell me…
We fought in your wars in every land
2 keep this country free, y'all, 4 women, children and men
But every time we ask 4 pay or a loan
That's when everything seems 2 turn out wrong
We been beat up, called names, shot down and stoned
Every time we do right, somebody say we're wrong
Tell me…
Will we ever be proud of "My country, tis of thee"?
Will we ever sing out loud, "Sweet land of Liberty"?
When will we be paid (Tell us) 4 the work we've done? (Well?)
I wanna know {x2}
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna know (When, when, when, when)
(CHORUS) {x2}
Why can't we be paid?
Oh, oh when, when will we be paid?
We've given up our sweat, now, and all of our tears
Stumbled through this life 4 more than 300 years
I, I wanna know, the work we've done


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World of Warcraft To Update Visuals Over TimeAugust 27th, 2008 - Posted by: RGSPro in PC Gaming
There is no denying that Blizzard has the most successful online games of all time, and one of the great things about the game is that it plays fairly well on almost every computer out there. The game certainly doesn't look bad, but it is definitely starting to show its age. Fortunately, the people over at Blizzard just let loose in a few interviews that as more expansions come out for the game they are going to be implementing graphical updates. They said not to expect WoW2 or anything too intensive; at least anything that would keep players from playing the game on their same hardware. Rob Chilton explained that "usability" has always been more important to Blizzard than how technical they could make the game visually, and even though some players want that sort of an update, Blizzard isn't going to stop taking money from any players anytime soon.Tags: Activision, Blizzard, Expansion, Graphics, MMORPG, Rob Chilton, World of Warcraft, WoW, Wrath of Lich King


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Do ahead: Peel skin from ginger root with the side of a spoon. Finely grate enough ginger to prepare as many drinks as needed.
To make one cocktail drink: Juice lime and pour into martini shaker. Add two pear slices to the martini shaker. Add thumbnail-sized portion of ginger and muddle ingredients together.
Pour syrup from canned pears into shaker. Fill shaker with ice and add vodka. Shake vigorously 10 times and strain into chilled martini glass, making sure to keep solids out of the cocktail.
Servings: 1
Nutritional Information Per Serving: Calories 170 (based on 80-proof vodka)
Note: One, 15-ounce can of pear slices in heavy syrup makes 8 drinks.
Note: Higher-proof vodka contributes more calories.
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IP vs. Traditional CCTV: An Industry Roundtable (part 1)
Integrators and manufacturers weigh in on the pros and cons of deploying the different video surveillance systems
Banerjee: Analog systems offer many benefits, including familiarity, reliability, cost-effectiveness, and proven longevity, and are most appropriate where video need only be viewed in a single location. In contrast, IP video offers flexibility on how, when and where video can be stored, viewed and manipulated. New construction offers the greatest advantages for using IP, where the IP video surveillance system becomes another set of devices using the new building's network communications infrastructure. It's estimated that 50 to 60 percent of costs can be saved by laying down network cables instead of thick bundles of coaxial cable, PTZ control wires, audio wires and power cables. Retrofitting to install an entire IP video system provides fewer advantages; it's here that implementing a hybrid system provides the greatest benefit. However, choosing between analog and IP video is not a black-and-white choice — hybrid systems are extremely common. Finally, the industry's comfort level with analog should not be overlooked. As a new technology requiring a higher level of technical skills, IP video requires qualified installers. The industry continues to struggle with finding enough trained technicians with this skill set.
Gorovici: In every respect, IP-based video surveillance is driving the future of physical security. The fact that the video is now in a digital format allows for more applications to use the same data. In addition to garden-variety security, we've seen surveillance video being used for operations improvement, marketing analysis, training development programs and employee performance reviews. In the past, IP-based video surveillance was more cost-effective for solutions that were on a larger scale. Today, that is no longer true. The cost of IP cameras and encoders is on par with analog cameras and the software and hardware combined are about the same as a DVR. Where IP Video Surveillance really shines over DVRs for budget issues is in the event of changes to the system or moving the systems. It is much easier and cheaper to move equipment and cameras because they are all connected to the network. There is no need to run new cabling.
Lavery: From an application standpoint, there are many advantages of an IP-based video surveillance system over an analog system. These include the use of a customized server software that allows the end-user to filter video for specific triggered events from all locations more efficiently, directly through a secure internet connection. Most analog systems can only be accessed at the actual DVR. As far as infrastructure goes, most businesses already have an IP infrastructure in place, so network cameras are a perfect fit. An analog system requires coaxial cabling and power runs that become very labor intensive.
Nilsson: In general, there are three main benefits of using IP Surveillance over analog video. The first is image quality (using progressive scan and megapixel sensors), next is scalability (it is simple to add one camera at a time, systems that scales from one to thousands of cameras, and ease of integration with other systems) and finally lower total cost of ownership (for systems beyond 32 cameras or when cabling already exists). These pros outnumber the cons. There is, however, still a tremendous amount of education needed to make end-users, consultants and systems integrators aware of all the benefits, and understand how quickly the technology is developing.
Surfaro: It's useful to have a perspective for an end-user's video system deployment focus without getting "caught up" in the analog vs. IP discussion. The most important consideration is to deliver the most effective video solution and recognize that it is a tool for the end-user's safety, surveillance or security program. That said, both analog and IP Video Systems each offer strengths in individual projects and applications. Applications that require large numbers of users monitoring or reviewing video are best suited with IP Video. Deployments that require real-time surveillance with hardware-based control, such as casino surveillance and loss prevention, are still best served by analog video systems in many cases. New, large-scale project deployments are predominantly IP Video-based; however, an end-user can still enjoy the infrastructure savings of IP Video Systems through the use of CAT5e or CAT6A for analog video systems, with baluns and passive transceivers. Making poor choices in IP Video deployment can be more costly than their analog counterparts. Excessive IP Camera recording system license costs, if unaccounted for, can cost far more than the embedded recording system alternatives, for which there is only an upfront cost.
Forest: For applications, IP-based video surveillance offers two main advantages over analog systems: geographic reach and image quality. The ability to deliver surveillance footage anywhere on the IP network across wide geographic distances has been the primary driver of IP-based systems to date for applications in campus environments or for central monitoring of remote locations. The other major advantage of IP-based video surveillance is that the image quality can be substantially better because IP cameras can be multi-megapixel and are not restricted to analog NTSC or PAL standards.
Aronson: The principal advantages of IP cameras are flexibility and convenience. With IP technology, recording devices do not need to be directly connected to cameras. Cameras can be placed at any point within the facility that is connected to the network. Network Video Recorders (NVRs), virtual matrix software and viewers can be located where they can best be serviced and used, instead of at the end of a camera's coax cable. Power over Ethernet (PoE) cameras have the additional advantage of needing only a single connection. Analog cameras retain the advantage of instantaneous control. Applications, such as casino surveillance, that cannot tolerate any delay in camera control or image display will continue to work best with analog cameras.
Havlin: Overall costs both in terms of infrastructure and the IP products themselves are typically more than those of analog systems. In addition, the level of technical expertise required by of the installer in order to implement IP video systems can also affect the overall budget. Recent studies have shown that the "break-even" point of implementing an IP system over an analog system is generally around 32 cameras when IP becomes a more cost effective option. From an application perspective, IP video is even more suited for systems larger than 40 or more cameras when customers can take full advantage of remote viewing, video management and operational capabilities.
2. What types of end-users should be considering an IP-based video system over an analog-based video system; and what types of end-users should stick with analog? Are there specific applications that would favor one technology over the other?
Nilsson: An end-user with a system of more than 32 cameras should absolutely consider IP-based video if they are interested in saving money. For smaller systems, if cost is the only factor of interest, analog still may make sense; however, if Cat5 or Cat 6 already exists in the buildings, then IP will again be the lower-costing solution. Most vertical markets are installing IP-based systems, with education, transportation, government and retail being on the forefront.
Aronson: Any organization that does not need or rely on split-second camera control should consider IP-based video, as an all-digital system provides the widest set of solution and support options. Along with customers requiring instant camera control, there is one other set of end-users that should consider analog systems: retail companies that need IP networks only for the office and checkout. These companies may need video distributed throughout the facility; however, the cost, effectiveness and security of using an analog system vs. expanding the data network should be evaluated.
Havlin: Education, retail, government, transportation are all clearly markets for IP video. The analog market is still very strong with small retail and other small-business applications.
Shabtai: End-users that should heavily consider IP include greenfields where infrastructure doesn't exist; truly distributed sites (e.g. city centers); and organizations where video monitoring and alarm management in control rooms are their everyday practice (e.g. critical infrastructure).
Apple: Depending on the application, the technology to be used should reflect the specific requirements of the end-user. Selection should not be made based merely on perceived benefits of one over another. Many end-users have invested much into analog cameras and digital recording and control equipment. Steps should be taken to intelligently and efficiently support both analog camera technology and well as state-of-the-art IP camera technology. We promote modern UTP-based hybrid systems, cameras, UTP transmission systems, recorders, etc., which can exploit the advantages of both technologies to the benefit of the customer. In the end, it is always about specifics of the application and the related range of choices and budget. In our opinion, this is not really related to a specific end-user type.
Surfaro: Applications that could require many users to view single or multiple IP Video sources simultaneously, such as mass transit or transportation applications, are very well suited for IP Video. Those applications where network infrastructure has been successfully deployed and maintained are excellent choices for IP Video: Hospitals (strong internal network) and city-wide surveillance (long-range WiFi and new WiMAX deployment) are two examples. Analog technology is completely viable for specific applications like casinos; however, with the use of hybrid endpoint solutions, a migration path to an IP solution can be evolved.
Banerjee: Smaller, single location end-users, where a single DVR-based solution is adequate for their needs, can safely stay with analog for as long as that equipment continues to operate. End-users who require flexibility in their video needs should be considering and implementing IP. They include a multi-location company that wants to be able to centrally view and/or control camera functions or integrate video with other security or building automation systems. DVRs are also ideal for users who are limited in the use of their network to transmit video, for reasons such as limited WAN bandwidth. This scenario lends itself to recording on the edge, which is a more bandwidth-friendly option than installing a PC-based NVR at each location. That solution is expensive and, more importantly, can become a maintenance nightmare. IP cameras recording direct to iSCSI disk arrays is one way to eliminate this problem without resorting to DVRs.