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By JOSEPH HOLASZ
Special to the Press-Register
I have the best job in the world. I am a firefighter.
Since the days before the bucket brigades in New Amsterdam, firefighters have faced scrutiny in the public eye. "You weren't here fast enough" and "You should have done more" are among the statements that we all hear too often and must deal with, even though we do our best.
Firefighting is a profession. There should be no boundary between a volunteer and a paid firefighter. We share the same objectives, and firefighters make every effort to provide the most successful outcome.
As time progresses, the economy takes a downward spin, communities grow, firefighting standards are raised and the need for added services increases, then volunteering becomes more difficult — especially in areas like Daphne, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, where citizens are provided front-line advanced life support in addition to the fire departments providing basic life support and/or first response.
Firefighters do not just fight fires. They run medical calls. They help your loved ones off the floor when they fall. They try to comfort you in a time of crisis. They ensure your child is safe in your vehicle.
On Sunday, Aug. 21, three families were affected by dangerous storms that moved through Daphne. Two homes sustained significant damage and one was lost.
Almost instantly, after the story of these fires was published, the negative comments began coming in.
The Daphne Fire Department was cited as going to the wrong location and not doing enough. It is difficult to prevent this problem when a caller cannot give a correct address or is calling from a cell phone.
Nor is it taken into account that there are agencies coming in to Daphne whose people are not familiar with our streets. It is not taken into account that communications become difficult when you have multiple calls with multiple agencies with multiple communications channels.
There have been comments that Daphne needs to "wake up." Some critics have questioned the intestinal fortitude demonstrated by all of the firefighters who responded on that day.
Still, we hold our heads high because we know we did everything within our means to try to help the unfortunate families. The emphasis should be placed on the fact that these families needed help.
Rather than blasting the fire departments, we should come together as communities and see what we can do to help.
Ironically, one gentleman who lost everything came up and asked what he could do to thank us. It grips your heart when someone in that situation does that.
Our response to him was, "You are safe, and that is all the thanks we need."
We do not do our jobs with expectations of accolades. We do it because we indisputably care about you, even though we do not know you.
Daphne Fire Department runs three shifts, staffed by 12 firefighters at full staffing levels. On Sunday, there were only 10, which is common. The first structure fire that was dispatched was handled by Daphne firefighters. Fairhope Volunteer Fire Department was also responding as part of an automatic mutual-aid agreement.
Once the second fire was dispatched, Fairhope was requested to respond to that fire. Additional fire departments were requested to respond as well to stand by in Daphne for additional calls.
Within a couple minutes of the second structure fire, a third fire was reported. Again, the responding mutual aid was diverted to that fire and calls went further out to additional fire departments to move in to Daphne to provide our citizens coverage.
With the chaos of three structure fires and the potential for more, the situation was handled as well as possible. Yet Daphne is still being scrutinized, by those not directly involved, about what we could have done better.
The issue lies with the fact that we had a complex situation and limited personnel in the beginning stages of this event. When we ask for help, we get it — and we got much support on Sunday.
Unfortunately, firefighters across the nation are taking hits left and right. Budgets are being cut, firefighters are being laid off and volunteer services are losing membership. We are in soggy economic times — everyone understands that — but public safety should always remain at the forefront of any community service.
I can only have hope that rather than throwing darts at their local firefighters, people will stop and consider all possible factors involved and give them the benefit of the doubt. They are doing everything they can with what they have.
I would like to thank all of the fire departments that assisted us and our neighboring departments Sunday, including Spanish Fort, Stapleton, Fairhope, Belforest, Barnwell, Loxley and Magnolia Springs Volunteer Fire Departments. We could have easily lost a life, but their teamwork and assistance helped us make sure everyone went home safe.
Joseph Holasz is a battalion chief of the Daphne Fire Department. The Press-Register welcomes reader submissions for "Your Word." Mail them to "Your Word," P.O. Box 2488, Mobile, Ala. 36652 or, via email, to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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JUST THE FACTS: Criscuolo has 41 hits in 75 at-bats through the first 20 games this season, good for a batting average of .547. Of those 41 hits, she has six doubles, two triples and a home run. She has 22 runs and 19 RBI this season with an on-base percentage of .558 and a slugging percentage of .720.
Criscuolo has helped Westfield earn the top seed in the Union County Tournament, a tournament the team has not won since 1998. Westfield will take on fourth-seeded Johnson in the semifinal round of the tournament on Saturday.
COACH'S COMMENT: "Julia is having a tremendous year. One of the things that makes her an effective hitter is her ability to hit all pitches. She doesn't have a weak zone and has a great eye. It seems like every time there are runners on base and Julia is up, she gets the job done. In the field, Julia has been incredibly reliable, making the routine plays, but also making some great plays." -- Westfield coach Caitlin MacDonald
ON MAKING THE UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS: "We definitely want to win the whole thing. Going back to my freshman year, we made it to the final and lost to Gov. Livingston, and that sucked. It's good to come back to the semifinals, and we're going to try and take it this year. I played center field as a freshman, not second base, and I remember there were three other freshmen on our team. At the beginning of the game it was really close, but more than half of their team was seniors and they just crushed the ball."
HOW SHE GOT STARTED PLAYING SOFTBALL: "My Dad played Division 1 baseball at the University of Pennsylvania. Ever since I was a kid he's been working with me. So he kind of pushed me in that direction and I caught on pretty quickly."
ON PLAYING FOR COACH MACDONALD: "I've known Caitlin for a really long time. She coached a lot of my teams when I was younger. I have a really good relationship with her, she respects me as a player, and I respect her as a coach. We work really well together."
ON WESTFIELD'S SEASON SO FAR: "It's been great. It's really fun working with all the girls. We have a really strong class, and I've been playing with most of these girls since 12U. We have really good chemistry and it's just really fun."
UNIFORM NUMBER: "2. When I was in third grade, I was best friends with two girls, and one of their favorite number's was 1 and the other was 3, so I liked 2."
PREGAME RITUAL: "I personally don't have one, but the team does. We do this thing where we stand in a circle before every game and the first baseman Lizzie Fox takes the bucket of balls and we'll throw in a pattern and we'll see how many we can get going in the air. Our record is 10."
OTHER SPORTS: Tennis
BIGGEST INFLUENCE: My Dad
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: New York Yankees
FAVORITE ATHLETE: Derek Jeter
FAVORITE FOOD: Fajitas
FAVORITE CLASS: U.S. History
FAVORITE TV SHOW: "The Vampire Diaries"
FAVORITE MOVIE: "Remember the Titans"
FAVORITE BOOK: "The Great Gatsby"
U.S. PRESIDENT FOR A DAY: "I would probably just advocate for women's rights."
SUPERPOWER: Invisibility
FOUR FOR DINNER: "My Dad's parents who are both deceased and my Dad."
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SK keeps its season alive with shutout
Things were just werent looking good for the South Kitsap baseball team Saturday night.
A day earlier, the Wolves had lost 7-0 to Hudsons Bay and now had to beat Todd Beamer to keep their season alive.
Worse yet, the pitching staff had been depleted and there didnt seem to be anyone left to step in and get the Wolves into the state tournament.
But things have a way of working themselves out.
Junior Mitch Williams made his first varsity appearance in a month on Saturday, pitching the Wolves past Beamer 1-0 and into the Class 4A state tournament for the first time since South won it all in 2003.
I was just jazzed for Mitch, coach Jim Fairweather said. I know he was hurting. But an opportunity arose where we needed him and, by gosh, he came in with a game face on that Id never seen before, and he threw lights out.
Williams tossed five shutout innings, allowing just two hits, before reluctantly giving way to Kyle Pease, who closed out the win.
The win sends the Wolves, 12-7, to the state playoffs, where they will face Puyallup on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. at Everetts Memorial Stadium.
A win would set up an 4 p.m. game against the winner of the Lake Washington-Jackson matchup. A loss brings the season to a close.
Williams kind of became the odd man out during the season after having a spot in the starting rotation. But when his grandfather died last month, his role slowly diminished to the point where he was pitching for the junior varsity.
Fairweather said the guys that filled in during Williams absence did a good job and he was happy with them. Williams last start came against Central Kitsap in a junior varsity game and that hadnt gone well.
And with Andrew Thatcher having pitched the day before and really no one else to turn to, Williams got the call against Beamer, and he came through in a big way.
Im really pleased for him because that was huge for us, Fairweather said. For him to do that was nothing short of it was one of the great moments of our whole season.
He knew he needed to come out and show us something. He wanted to get his spot back in the rotation, and he did.
Fairweather said he was faced with pitching-by-committee in the years most important game and was just hoping to somehow get deep into the game and get to Pease.
Williams not only did that alone, he gives the Wolves a solid second option the rest of the way.
In fact, when Fairweather went to pull him out in the sixth inning, Williams, who isnt the most excitable personality on the team, showed his coach a side he hadnt seen before.
He was mad at me for coming to get him, Fairweather said. He wanted to finish and hes never been like that. And I loved that. I thought that was awesome.
Pease closed out the game and ended up with the game-winning hit, as well, when he drove in Josh Puckett, who had a pair of hits, in the fifth inning.
All of that erased the bad memories of Fridays 7-0 loss to Hudsons Bay.
Despite the lopsided score, the Wolves were not outplayed by the Eagles. South hit the ball hard but hit it right at people all game long and came away with just a pair of hits by Kenny Ladenburg.
Thatcher was effective although he ended up taking the loss. The senior left-hander allowed just six hits, five of those singles, and none really hit very hard.
But an error, two walks and a hit batsman got the Wolves into trouble in the third inning as Hudsons Bay scored five times.
Everybody that Ive talked to said they saw two teams this weekend, Fairweather said. The Hudsons Bay game was pretty blasé and ho-hum, especially after they scored that first run. But (Saturdays) game, it was get after them the whole seven innings.
This will be the current coaching staffs first trip to the state tournament since taking over the program in 2004. And they all know its wide open for here out.
I really believe that weve seen a lot of teams, we scouted just about every bracket, and we think our chances are as good as anybodys, Fairweather said. If were clicking, miracles can happen.
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South Kitsap 1, Todd Beamer 0
Played May 13 at Heidelberg Park, Tacoma
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Dustin Martin and Logan Capp; Mitch Williams, Kyle Pease (6) and Aaron
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Leading hitters: SK Kyle Pease 2-3 (RBI), Josh Puckett 2-2 (R).
Hudsons Bay 7, South Kitsap 0
Played May 12 in Vancouver
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Leading hitters: SK Kenny Landenburg 2-3 (2B); HB Jackson Evans 1-3
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2006 Class 4A State Baseball Tournament
Quarterfinals - May 20
At Art Wright Field (Kent Memorial Park), Kent
Game 1 - Auburn vs. Mountlake Terrace, 11 a.m.
Game 2 - Emerald Ridge vs. Woodinville, 2 p.m.
Game 3 - winner 1 vs. winner 2, 5 p.m.
At Heidelberg Park, Tacoma
Game 4 - Snohomish vs. Hudson's Bay, 11 a.m.
Game 5 - Kentwood vs. Capital, 2 p.m.
Game 6 - winner 4 vs. winner 5, 5 p.m.
At Everett Memorial Stadium
Game 7 - South Kitsap vs. Puyallup, 10 a.m.
Game 8 - Lake Washington vs. Jackson, 1 p.m.
Game 9 - winner 7 vs. winner 8, 4 p.m.
At Avista Stadium, Spokane
Game 10 - Davis or Richland vs. Tahoma, 11 a.m.
Game 11 - District 5/6/8 #3 vs. Davis or Richland, 2 p.m.
Game 12 - winner 10 vs. winner 11, 5 p.m.
Semifinals - May 26
At Safeco Field, Seattle
Game 13: winner 3 vs. winner 6, 4 p.m.
Game 14: winner 9 vs. winner 12, 7 p.m.
Finals - May 27
At Safeco Field, Seattle
Game 15: loser 13 vs. loser 14, 1 p.m. (3rd, 4th place)
Game 16: winner 13 vs. winner 14, 7 p.m. (Champion, 2nd place)
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Falling bridges, flying planes, speeding cars, robotic arms picking up stuff. All this and more was in the game plan during Northview High School's first Science Olympiad Invitational today at the high school, 5403 Silica Dr.
At the event, students from Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania competed in various ways, such as performing experiments and building models that will be tested on-site.
Since October, members of Northview High School's Science Olympiad team have been practicing with Lego models, writing reports, and conducting chemistry experiments in preparation for the first Science Olympiad Invitational.
During a recent interview, Northview student team leader Veronica Czernik said she hopes the first year of the event at the school will let competing teams learn more about them. "It will get our name out there."
The Northview team has been up and running at the school since 2007, said adviser and chemistry teacher Andy Roth who organized a team because a student approached him about bringing the event to the area. Since then, each team has been fairly successful at winning competitions. Last year, they placed seventh in the state.


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In the Artist's Studio with Jody ValentineUPDATED 4:25 PM CDT Aug 10, 2014
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caught up with Jody Valentine, "in the Artist's Studio". MOLLIE: THE COMBINATION OF A LOVE OF TRAVELING WITH A LOVE OF PHOTOGRAPH Y HAS PROVEN TO BE VERY FRUITFUL FOR A LOCAL ARTIST. WE ARE IN THE ARTIST'S STUDIO TODAY WITH JODY VALENTINE. VERY INTERESTING MIXED MEDIA. JODY: THANK YOU. MOLLIE: TELL US ABOUT HOW YOU CAME ABOUT THIS ARTWORK. JODY: WELL, I WAS A POLAROID ARTIST ABOUT TEN OR 11 YEARS AGO AND I WORKED WITH THAT FOR ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AND THEN THEY DISCONTINUED MAKING POLAROID FILM, SO I TOOK A LITTLE BREAK AND WAS KEEPING MY EYES OPEN FOR SOMETHING THAT WOULD REPLACE IT. AND, I FOUND THIS PHOTO TRANSFER PROCESS. IT'S DEVELOPED BY A LADY WHO LIVES IN COLORADO. SHE DEVELOPED IT SPECIFICALLY FOR HER USE. SHE'S A DIGITAL ARTIST ALSO. AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD WORK FOR WHAT I LIKE TO DO WHICH IS MANIPULATE THE PHOTO AFTER IT'S BEEN PRINTED. SO, I COMBINE WITH PAINT AND TEXTURE AND THAT SORT OF THING TO MAKE UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPH S, BASICALLY. MOLLIE: WHEN YOU SAID POLAROID, HOW DID YOU WORK WITH THAT? JODY: I DID TWO DIFFERENT PROCESSES WITH POLAROID. I DID WHAT'S CALLED AN EMULSION LIFT WHERE YOU PRINT THE POLAROID PICTURE AND THEN POUR BOILING WATER ON IT AND THE EMULSION LIFTS OFF THE PAPER AND THEN YOU CAN TRANSFER IT TO OTHER SURFACES. I USED PAPER BUT YOU COULD USE PRETTY MUCH ANY SURFACE. AND THEN ANOTHER TRANSFER PROCESS IS CALLED AN IMAGE TRANSFER WHERE YOU PEEL THE PART EARLY BEFORE THE PHOTO IS PROCESSED AND TRANSFER THE INKS TO A DIFFERENT SURFACE LIKE WATER COLOR PAPER, WHICH IS WHAT I USED. MOLLIE: NOW, DIGITAL. HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT PROCESS? JODY: DIGITAL IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM POLAROIDS. POLAROIDS.. YOU JUST HAVE A LITTLE POINT AND SHOOT CAMERA OR YOU HAVE WHAT IS CALLED A SLIDE PRINTER, THAT PRINTS ONTO YOUR FILM FOR YOU. DIGITAL IS, UM, DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU CAN MANIPULATE THE PHOTO BEFORE YOU EVER PRINT IT. I DON'T DO A LOT OF EDITING ON MY PHOTOS, TYPICALLY. SOMETIMES I DO. IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE IMAGE. UH, BUT, UM, I LIKE PLAYING WITH THE IMAGE WITH MY HANDS. SO I LIKE HANDS ON PRINTING. UM, DIGITAL IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ..I ...I LIKE THE EFFECTS AND I LIKE THE TECHNOLOGY IS VERY GREAT. YOU CAN GET GOOD PHOTOS. BUT I LIKE TO PLAY WITH IT AFTER, SO. MOLLIE: THAT INVOLVES WHAT, PAINTING? WHAT ELSE? JODY: TEXTURE, PAINT, UM , UH..PENS, MARKERS. ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN MAKE A MARK WITH. I USE OIL PAINT. I USE ACRYLIC PAINT. JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE STUDIO. MOLLIE:AND YOU TRAVEL. JODY: YES. YES, WE DO TRAVEL. MY HUSBAND OWNS A TRAVEL AGENCY SO WE TRAVEL ALL OVER THE WORLD AND I TAKE PICTURES WHEREVER I GO. SO, IT'S A GREAT COMBINATION. MOLLIE: AND WHAT, UM, DO YOU LIKE TO PHOTOGRAPH ? YOU'VE GOT STATUES , YOU'VE GOT SOME ICONIC.. JODY: YES, I LOVE TO PHOTOGRAPH ANGELS, SO EVERY TIME WE GO SOME PLACE WE GO TO THE, WE GO TO THE CEMETERY THERE AND YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE STAYING IN A HOTEL AND WE GO TO THE FRONT DESK AND WE SAY WHERE'S THE NEAREST CEMETERY? THE OLDEST CEMETERY? AND THEY'RE LIKE...UHHHH... WELL, DOWN THE STREET.. LAUGHS. SO, IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING BUT I LOVE TO PHOTOGRAPH ANGELS AND WORK WITH ANGELS. UM, STATUES, YES, ALSO INTERESTING ARCHITECTUR E, NATURE, FLOWERS, TREES, THAT SORT OF THING. THERE REALLY ISN'T ANYTHING THAT'S TOO MUCH OFF LIMITS AS FAR AS WHAT I LIKE. MOLLIE: HOW HAS THIS CAREER EVOVLED FOR YOU AND WHERE DO YOU SEE IT TAKING YOU NEXT? JODY: WELL, UM, WHEN I WAS DOING MY POLAROID TRANSFERS I HAD A FAIRLY SUCCESSFUL ART BUSINESS. UM, DOING ART SHOWS. I DID ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE ART SHOWS A YEAR. AND, I HAD SOME STUFF IN GALLERIES WHICH IS GREAT. AND THEN I AM TAKING IT A LITTLE BIT SLOWER RIGHT NOW. I HAVE A FULL TIME JOB SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I CAN FOCUS ON AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE. ONE OR TWO SHOWS A YEAR MAYBE, AND A GALLERY PRESENCE WOULD BE GREAT. AND THEN, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I JUST RECENTLY LAUNCHED MY WEBSITE, SO WE'LL SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING FROM THAT. BUT, I REALLY JUST WANT TO UM, BE BETTER AT WHAT I'M DOING. I REALLY WANT TO IMPROVE WHAT I'M DOING. AND I DO WHAT I DO BECAUSE I LOVE IT. AND I LOVE MY SUBJECT MATTER AND IT REALLY RESONATES WITH ME. IF I CAN DO THAT AND HAVE IT RESONATE WITH OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL, THAT WOULD BE GREAT! MOLLIE: I THINK YOU ARE WELL ON YOUR WAY! JODY: OH, THANK YOU! MOLLIE: OBVIOUSLY! JODY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JODY: YOU'RE WECOME! MOLLIE: YOU BET. FOR KCCI, I'M MOLLIE COONEY, IN THE ARTIST'S STUDIO. For more on Jody's work, be sure to check out her website...www.j ody valentine.com
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OK there are a number of issues here. First of all, you can not take a speaker like the M40 and plop it down into any and all rooms and expect it to work optimally. Just to remind you: it was designed as a specialist workhorse for use in treated BBC studios where there are no bass problems at all.
I think there is an unfortunate combination of room and speaker's bottom end. It happens. It happened to me in my new listening room (written up here: http://www.harbeth.co.uk/usergroup/showthread.php?t=154). Yes, Rockwool is similar to but not the same as fibreglass: both are used for lagging building walls. They are pretty much interchangeable. Rockwool is non-irritant though.
What I would do is this: remove the grilles and completely stuff the ports. A pair of socks one inside the other in one, either or both ports will do the trick. This will dramatically reduce the vent outputs. That is by far the most effective workaround. If that works, then make some prettier furniture foam bungs and job done.


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It was family time for David Beckham at the end of his six year stay with the US team LA Galaxy. Beckham and his brood minus baby daughter Harper were spotted obliging the shutter bugs at his farewell.
Beckham ended his stay with the team on a victorious note when he lead Galaxy to a second successive MLS Cup with a 3-1 win over Houston Dynamo.
Beckham's eldest sun Brooklyn proudly flaunted his medal as he posed for photographs perched atop the railing next to the Cup.
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Type: Bug
Status: Closed
Priority: Major
Resolution: Won't Fix or Usage Issue
Affects Version/s: 2.0.1
Fix Version/s: None
Component/s: Core: Concurrency / Threading
User impact:Medium
Effort points:10
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From Dan D.
I was getting slightly annoyed by the build server today so I tracked down a reliable way to reproduce this issue. To reproduce this issue locally just add a Thread.sleep(1000) to VMMessageRequester at line 89 - right after the resetAccessControl().
I think I can even explain the issue here. We have thread #1 which sends off a message which is in essence "new DefaultMuleMessage(new DefaultMuleMessageAdapter());"
Thread #2 (i.e. the main thread in the test case), picks this up via the VMMessageRequester and calls resetAccessControl().
So far so good, except this message has been sent with MuleClient.send() so its going to build a response using the request message's properties. This happens in MuleClient:330:
response = OptimizedRequestContext.unsafeRewriteEvent(response);
This eventually calls RequestContext.newMessage(message) which creates a copy of the message by doing new DefaultMuleMessage(payload, originalMessageAdapter) and resets the MessageAdapter that is also being picked up by the VMMessageRequester. Since it is not deterministic whether this happens after or before the VMMessageRequester gets the message and resets the access control, sometimes it fails and sometimes it doesn't.


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CoaguChek XS Connect system
The CoaguChek XS Connect system is an easy to use automatic tool for analyzing coagulation measurements saved on your CoaguChek XS monitor. A standard Internet browser is used to display analyses on a computer, where they take the form of a variety of reports that can be specified and printed out on a connected printer.
These reports make it easy to quickly evaluate the progress of your therapy. Instead of individual values displayed one after the other on your monitor, these reports provide easy to understand charts and tables that give you the information you need at a glance.The work involved is minimal: With just a few clicks of your mouse, you can display a finished report on your computer screen or create a printed copy.The procedure is as simple as it could possibly be:
- Place your monitor in front of the CoaguChek XS Connect unit and turn it on.
The report will be prepared automatically and can be viewed and printed out on a computer using an Internet browser.
The CoaguChek XS monitor has a built-in infrared port for data transfer.
Proceed as follows to import data from your monitor:
- Place the device approx. 2cm away from the infrared window on the CoaugChek XS Connect unit.
- Both infrared windows must be facing one another.
- The infrared window on the CoaguChek XS monitor is located near the right-hand side of the unit.
- Please note the location of this window when positioning devices so that both infrared windows will be lined up precisely across from one another.
- Switch the meter on by briefly pressing the on/off button.
- Signals sent from the CoaguChek XS Connect infrared interface automatically launch data transfer as soon as the unit is switched on and ready.
- The icon will appear in the display and data transfer will begin.
Further information: www.coaguchek.com/uk/?target=/en/patients/news/News-2601148b7f46b8ee2bFor further information or to purchase this device, please contact the CoaguChek Careline on freephone (UK) 0808 100 7666.


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Hercules had it easy. He had only 12 labors to perform for the gods of Mount Olympus. Workers in today's downsized, multitasking, high-productivity pressure cooker might well envy such a finite list of assignments.
Hollywood long has felt workers' pain, at least as far back as 1936's "Modern Times," in which Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp character became a literal cog in the machine of industrial production.
This Labor Day, put down your labors and pop in a DVD sympathetic to the workers' plight. In honor of Hercules, we have 12 suggestions.
|9 to 5 (1980): What can you do when you work for a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot? Why, kidnap him, of course, hold him hostage and forgerize a series of memos instituting newly enlightened company employment policies. Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton and Dabney Coleman are a blast in a comedy recently turned into a Broadway musical -- complete with Parton's catchy title tune.
|Office Space (1999): If kidnapping seems a bit extreme, you can always try the passive-aggressive approach -- slacking off and destroying company property for your own amusement. Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Gary Cole and Stephen Root star in Mike Judge's comedy, a cult favorite long before "The Office" became a hit on television.
|Norma Rae (1979): Some workers might prefer a more direct approach to challenging their bosses -- organizing a union, for example. Sally Field won an Oscar for her performance as an Alabama textile worker who joins forces with liberal Yankee Ron Leibman in a crusade for better working conditions and fairer treatment. Beau Bridges and Pat Hingle co-star.
|Matewan (1987): Writer-director John Sayles tackles a true story set in West Virginia in 1920. Union activist Chris Cooper sets out to organize local miners, who are being violently suppressed by management goons. For his effort to work, he must overcome bigotry to unite the locals with the African-American and Italian scabs brought in to break the local miners' strike.
|Salt of the Earth (1954): The film, inspired by an actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico, examines discrimination against Mexican-Americans, who were paid less than their Anglo counterparts. Made at the height of the Cold War, the film was directed, written and produced by members of the Hollywood 10, who in 1948 had been convicted of contempt for refusing to give testimony to the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
|On the Waterfront (1954): That same year, Hollywood also explored the darker said of unions as Marlon Brando portrayed an ex-boxer-turned-longshoreman who stands up to corrupt union bosses. The film, co-starring Eva Marie Saint, was directed by Elia Kazan, who in 1952 had named names in testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. The controversy resurfaced in 1999, when Kazan was chosen for a lifetime achievement award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
|Hoffa (1992): Jack Nicholson takes the title role in director and co-star Danny DeVito's portrait of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, who, in an effort to advance the union's cause, would accept help from any source -- even organized crime. No wonder Hoffa lived with the constant threat of violence. The screenplay is by David Mamet.
|Billy Elliot (2000): The threat of violence hangs constantly in the air, too, during a coal miners' strike in England in 1984. As the strike occupies his father and brother, 11-year-old Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) escapes his grim surroundings by pursuing his love of dance. Stephen Daldry's Oscar-nominated film later became an award-winning stage musical.
|Newsies (1992): Children took a more active role in labor negotiations in Kenny Ortega's musical (with a score by Alan Menken, "Beauty and the Beast"), based on a true story. In New York in 1899, paperboys strike when publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst try to charge them a tenth of a cent more per paper. And, yes, that's Christian Bale -- Batman himself -- singing and dancing as one of the strike leaders.
|The Pajama Game (1957): It's a matter of cents, too, when workers at the Sleeptite Pajama Factory demand a 7½-cent hourly raise. Employee representative Doris Day battles boss John Raitt in a musical directed by George Abbot and Stanley Donen. Carol Haney and Eddie Foy Jr. co-star. Songs include "Steam Heat" and "Hernando's Hideaway."
|The Devil and Miss Jones (1941): "The Pajama Game" wasn't the first film to walk the fine line between love and hate among workers and bosses. In Sam Wood's comedy, department store owner Charles Coburn goes undercover to ferret out union organizers Jean Arthur and Robert Cummings, but ends up befriending them even as he falls in love with older worker Spring Byington. Edmund Gwenn and S.Z. Sakall co-star.
|Working Girl (1988): It's a circuitous path to love, too, for Melanie Griffith, whose character in Mike Nichols' comedy has "a head for business and a bod for sin." She uses both to impress Harrison Ford while her credit-stealing boss, Sigourney Weaver, is indisposed. Joan Cusack and Alec Baldwin round out the stellar cast.
DVD columnist Michael Kleinschrodt can be reached at email@example.com or 504.826.3456. For the latest announcements of DVD and Blu-ray releases, follow TPMichaelDVD on Twitter.com.


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Xbox 360 News
Build your own home in Skyrim with the new Hearthfire DLC
The next Skyrim DLC is all about home
Bethesda has revealed their next bundle of downloadable content for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
With the new Hearthfire expansion will allow players to build their own home from a tiny single-room cottage in the wilds of nowhere to a sprawling compound complete with armoury, alchemy lab, fish hatchery, greenhouse and more.
Players will be able to choose where they want to build their own home, choose to have it protected by armed guards and even adopt children and build a family.
Hearthfire will be available to Skyrim owners on Xbox Live Marketplace from September the 4th for 400 MS Points.
Latest News
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III is coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360 after all
- Tomonobu Itagaki's Devil's Third gets a release date
- Adr1ft is coming to PC and consoles at the end of the summer
- EA gives the new Mirror's Edge a name – Mirror's Edge Catalyst
- ZombiU PS4 and Xbox One port reportedly in the works
- Mike Bithell's Volume to be released this August
- Gearbox's new shooter Battleborn gets a pre-E3 trailer
- Steam Controller launches in October, Steam Machines arrive in November
- Gears Of War devs Black Tusk change their name to The Coalition ahead of E3


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities arrested a man Monday in connection with dozens of suspected arson fires that destroyed parked cars, scorched buildings and rattled Los Angeles residents over the New Year's weekend.
Police declined to identify the man, but said he was to be booked later on arson charges arising from 53 fires that have flared since Friday in Hollywood, neighboring West Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley.
The suspect resembled a "person of interest" captured on videotape Saturday near a carport. He was stopped early Monday in a van that matched a description given by witnesses.
Firefighters have not responded to any other suspicious fires since the man was detained, Capt. Jamie Moore said. The blazes caused an estimated $2 million in damage, but there were no serious civilian injuries. One firefighter was hurt, and another person suffered smoke inhalation, Moore said.
Authorities declined to provide other details, saying they did not want to jeopardize the case.
Hundreds of investigators, police officers and firefighters raced to deal with the rash of fires over the holiday weekend. Police were kept on overtime, and the noise of helicopters and sirens persisted virtually nonstop in Hollywood. Investigators were still busy mapping out the sequence of the blazes, examining more than 100 clues and interviewing witnesses.
The fires left a trail of smoldering debris in Hollywood, West Hollywood, North Hollywood and the Fairfax district of Los Angeles.
Police urged residents to check their cars for any signs of tampering and to take simple precautions such as locking vehicles, keeping garage and carport lights on at night and reporting suspicious activity.
Despite the arrest, authorities continued to urge vigilance. "We're not resting, and we're not stopping" the extra patrols, police Cmdr. Andrew Smith said. "If you have lights in your carport area, keep them on tonight."
Related stories:
» Los Angeles police say they caught arson spree suspect who terrorized neighborhoods [Mercury News]
» L.A. arson probe: Suspect arrested in string of fires [Los Angeles Times]
» Los Angeles fires: Cops arrest suspect [New York Daily News]
» Inside The Mind of an Arsonist [ABC News]
» Earlier coverage: Los Angeles police chief says 'right guy' is being held in Hollywood arson spree [The Post-Standard]


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A 23-year-old Highspire woman crashed into a South Hanover Twp. house when she had a seizure while driving, state police said.
Troopers said the woman was driving a 2010 Suzuki sedan on Route 39 around 11:42 this morning and then veered off the road, went down an embankment and crashed into the bedroom of a house on the 100 block of Cardinal Lane.
The house's occupants were home but were not injured, troopers said.
The driver and an adult passenger were trapped in the car until emergency crews arrived. They were transported to Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center with what police said were non-life-threatening injuries.


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The Bayshore Discovery Project's new community event series, Second Fridays by the Bay, continues Dec. 9 on the wharf in historic Bivalve.
The December installment, Holidays by the Bay, is being co-sponsored by the Cumberland County Cultural and Heritage Commission and the Cumberland County Board of Chosen Freeholders.
The event will have a festive, holiday theme, and will include live music, food, arts and crafts and historical readings of sailor's holiday memories by Captain Jesse Briggs.
Musical selections include a performance by harpist Kristen Dehainut, a selection from Handel's Messiah performed by the Buckshutem Chorale and a variety of holiday tunes presented by the Port Norris School Chorus. Pianist Misty Fiske will also be on hand to lead the audience in a round of caroling to end the evening.
Throughout the month the gift shop will feature a Holiday Marketplace with bay-themed crafts and gifts from local vendors.
The event also includes a make and take workshop that allows attendees to create their own holiday ornaments and hand-made cards.
The cafe will offer its signature oyster chowder, as well as a wide selection of local beers and wines along with holiday specials that include pumpkin soup and apple-cranberry crisp with a hard sauce.
Foodways will also be on hand to demonstrate how to make a delicious holiday oyster stuffing.
As usual the raw bar will feature fresh Delaware Bay oysters provided by the Bivalve Packing Company.
This month's highlighted partner, the Mauricetown Historical Society, will have a display of historic Christmas items and will be selling tickets for their annual Holiday House Tour on Dec. 10.
For more information call (856) 785-2060 or visit the Bayshore Discovery Project web site, www.ajmeerwald.org.


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Premier Kathy Dunderdale (centre) sanctioned the Muskrat Falls hydroelectricity project Monday night. Here she is flanked by Ed Martin (left) and Jerome Kennedy.
The morning after Premier Kathy Dunderdale formally sanctioned the Muskrat Falls hydroelectricity project, government officials are now getting down to the details.
In a series of technical briefings to reporters and politicians, the government laid out the details of legal agreements and the fine print of the deal to develop Muskrat Falls. While cabinet has given the project a green light, and Crown corporation Nalcor is going full bore with the project, the fight has shifted to the House of Assembly, where politicians are bracing for a filibuster of Muskrat Falls-enabling legislation.
Officials painted the legal agreement between Nalcor and Nova Scotia utility Emera as an ironclad, legal agreement that envisions all possibilities to make sure that the plan to develop Muskrat Falls and the associated maritime link transmission cable will go ahead.
When it comes to the legislation, the government is bringing in two key bills, one which deals with cutting the Public Utilities Board (PUB) out of the electricity rate-setting process for all of the project costs associated with Muskrat Falls. Essentially, the PUB is forced to build all of the costs for Muskrat Falls into the final rate price charged to consumers.
The second piece of legislation deals with creating the necessary legislative framework for the easement required for the transmission line from Labrador, across Newfoundland to Soldier's Pond just outside of St. John's.
At its core, Natural Resources Minister Jerome Kennedy said, all of this is about "certainty" for the project when the government goes to borrow money on the open market. Nalcor wants to start going to the financial markets in January, so these pieces of legislation need to be passed as soon as possible.
But opposition parties are already saying they'll filibuster the legislation, which raises the possibility of MHAs sitting in the House on Christmas Eve or even later.


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KALAMAZOO, Mich.- Western Michigan baseball signee Daniel Ayers was drafted in the 25th round, pick 759, by the Baltimore Orioles in this weekend's Major League Baseball draft.
This is the third-straight season Western Michigan has had a player/signee called in the MLB draft, and the Broncos have had eight MLB picks in the last six years. It is the second straight year an incoming recruit under head coach Billy Gernon has heard his name called. Sophomore catcher Brett Sunde was chosen in by the Oakland Athletics in the 35th round last year.
Ayers is a 6-3, 205-pound left-handed pitcher from Columbus North High School in Columbus, Ind. He finished his senior season with a 4-1 record, with one save and a 1.24 ERA on the mound. He logged 88 strikeouts over 45.1 innings pitched and walked 32 batters. He fastball has been consistently clocked in the low 90's.
"Daniel Ayers is a spectacular young man that so happens to be an outstanding left-handed pitcher," said Gernon.
"He was offered a lot of money to sign in the 6th and 7th round by a few teams but turned down those offers. He had let scouts know how much money he needed to sign and he held to his number. When I saw him in April sitting 90-94 mph with a plus breaking ball and posted 14 strikeouts in five innings I quite honestly thought he might not make not to campus.
"The Orioles have been following Danny all spring and will continue to watch him over the next 3-4 weeks. They might elect to meet his financial demands and if they do, we will continue to wish him the best.
"Needless to say, Ayers will impact our program the minute he steps on campus and I am excited to be the next person he calls Coach."
Ayers is one of six recruits that were inked in Western Michigan's recruiting class in November and would be an incoming freshman in the fall.


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Way too lazy m8.
28 is bloody too many and the rest two days before, that makes 50 so, I become lazy. Oh which one shall I look at first.Lots of great HDR. Lukasz. I will look at it in good time.
All together 28. That's all taken this week. Goodnight.
And the rest Lukasz.:))
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CLEAR LAKE - The eighth-ranked (Class 2A) St. Edmond baseball team suffered an 8-1 setback to defending state champion and No. 3 (3A) Clear Lake on Monday night.
Leadoff batter Colin Flattery sparked the Gaels (6-4 overall, 3-2 North Central Conference) offensively with a 2-for-4 effort and a run scored.
Robert Flattery, Hank Crimmins, Jason Setterdahl, Ryan Szalat and Logan Fear each contributed singles for SEHS. Reid Johnson added a RBI.
"We left 10 guys on base and just weren't consistent at the plate," said St. Edmond head coach Joe Shanks. "In the first inning, we loaded the bases and hit into a 3-2-3 double play. We had another guy thrown out at the plate on a base hit."
Setterdahl (1-2) went the distance in the loss, surrendering 12 hits and seven earned runs. Setterdahl walked two and fanned nine.
"Jason had his offspeed stuff working well, but when (the Lions) hit the ball they drove it," Shanks said. "We had some mental lapses on defense (the Gaels committed three errors) and threw the ball around a little bit."
Fact Box
Clear Lake 8, St. Edmond 1
St. Edmond 100 000 0-1 7 3
Clear Lake 203 201 x-8 12 2
LP-Jason Setterdahl (1-2); WP-Brock Adams (2-1).
2B-CL: Brandon Tofte, Mitch Keeran (2).
For the Lions (9-1, 3-0), Mitch Keeran hit a pair of doubles. Brandon Tofte chipped in a two-bagger of his own.
Brock Adams worked all seven innings for Clear Lake, allowing seven hits with two walks and10 strikeouts.
Next game for St. Edmond is Wednesday at Webster City.


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Watch: Daniel Merriweather's 'Red' music video
We first heard from Australian-born neo-soul singer Daniel Merriweather on Mark Ronson's groundbreakin 2003 album "Here Comes The Fuzz." Well, here comes smooth-voiced singer's debut album, "Love & War," due some time this fall via J/Allido, Ronson's impring. The set is already burning up the U.K. album chart this week at No. 2.
The first look us Yanks get is "Red," video below. In a world where R&B lyrics regularly fall prey to tired cliches and soulless love-language tripe, "Red" has gorgeous words, which Merriweather delivers with sentiment and talented excitement. Listen for contributions from guitarists Sean Lennon and Harper Simon, son of Paul. Vocally, Merriweather readily evokes Stevie Wonder.
As for the rest of "Love & War," the set will be highlighted by collaborations with Ronson and Merriweather's backing band, brain-breaking ensemble The Dap-Kings.
Check out the video, and feel nostalgic for the classic R&B split-screen video effect:
The tracklist for "Love & War" is as follows:
"For Your Money"
"Change" (featuring Wale)
"Could You"
"Not Giving Up"
"Getting Out"
"Water And A Flame" (featuring Adele)
"Live By Night"
"Giving Everything Away For Free"


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Central New York music fans got the chance to appreciate the talents of keyboard player Will Tobin when he played with The Kim Monroe Band.
This news comes in from his proud father, Dave Tobin, who works with me here at The Post-Standard.
"He's playing with a new band in London, the New Capitals," dad Dave reports. "It's a very cool gig, living in a house with the band, aiming for a recording contract."
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Elkhart Public Library
300 S. Second Street
Elkhart, IN 46516
April 22, 2009
The meeting of the Elkhart Public Library Board of Trustees was held on April 22, 2009, in meeting room
#406 of the Library Annex. Janice E. Dean, President, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Members of the Board of Trustees present were Janice E. Dean, Barbara G. Anderson, Renee' Cocanower,
Mary E. Davis, and Stuart B. Basquin. Krystal Anderson and J. Scott Troeger were unable to attend. Also
present were Connie Jo Ozinga, Director, and Sandra Bevins, Business/HR Manager. Library staff in
attendance: Diann Stutzman, Patty Wright, Diana Gill. Guests in attendance: Mike Ehret, Deb Ehret,
Cesar Pincheira.
A. Adoption of Agenda
B. Approval of Consent Agenda
a. Approval of Last Meeting Minutes
b. Approval of Financial Reports
c. Approval of Claims
d. Approval of Investments
e. Approval of Employee Changes
f. Approval of Circulation and Activity Reports
Stuart B. Basquin moved
THAT – the Consent Agenda be approved as presented.
Second: Barbara G. Anderson Motion: Carried
The Director reported that the Library was forced to close for two and a half days during the week of
April 5th due to a water main break which left the Library without water. There will be no access to the
Polaris system on April 29, 2009, during a scheduled upgrade. Beginning June 1, 2009, photographs will
be added to patron records. Indiana State Library has proposed new public library standards.
Library Capital Projects Fund Plan 2010
Minutes of the Elkhart Public Library Board of Trustees 4/22/2009 Page 2
Library Capital Projects Fund Plan 2010 Public Hearing
A public hearing for the Library Capital Projects Fund (LCPF) was rescheduled for May 12, 2009, at 5:00 p.m.
Pierre Moran Branch Library and Osolo Branch Library Carpet Etc. Projects
The carpeting projects for Osolo Branch Library and Pierre Moran Branch Library are completed, except for a few minor fixes to be finalized at Pierre Moran Branch Library.
Main HVAC Upgrade
The boiler specifications are expected to be completed and ready to be put out for bids by next week. The chiller specifications are planned to be put out for bids in the fall of 2009.
Checking & Payroll Account Proposal
Sandra Bevins, Business/HR Manager, presented a proposal to transfer the Library's general checking, savings, and payroll accounts from Fifth Third Bank to Teachers Credit Union.
Stuart B. Basquin moved
THAT – the Checking & Payroll Accounts Proposal be approved as presented.
Second: Barbara G. Anderson Motion: Carried
Outreach Coordinator Job Description
A final version of the Outreach Coordinator Job Description is ready for distribution.
New Position/Departmental Changes Recommendation
The Director presented recommendations for the reorganization of positions and departments. Discussion of this item will continue at future Board Meetings.
Basquin Term Expiration
Stuart B. Basquin, Elkhart County Council appointee, will have served the full number of terms allowed by law as of June 2009. He recommended Brian Byrn, Curator for Midwest Museum of American Art, as a replacement.
Question and Information from Board, Staff, and Guests
Barbara G. Anderson asked about the status of the dim lighting in the Children's Department, Pierre Moran Branch Library and Osolo Branch Library.
There being no further business to transact, the meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m. A special meeting of the Board of Trustees will be held May 12, 2009, 5:00 p.m., in meeting room #406 in the Elkhart Public Library Annex. The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Trustees will be held May 20, 2009, 7:00 p.m., in meeting room #406 in the Elkhart Public Library Annex.
Renee' Cocanower, Secretary


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Dustin Johnson produced a round of 5-under-par 66 in Thursday's first round of the Northern Trust Open at famous Riviera Country Club to grab a one-stroke lead in the PGA Tour event heading into Friday's play.
Several sold rounds were produced Thursday, but none better than Johnson's six-birdie, one-bogey tour around the challenging Riviera layout.
Johnson has a lot of players chasing him from close range. Ten players are at 4-under-par 67, one shot back. That list includes Robert Garrigus, Francesco Molinari, Scott Stallings, Charley Hoffman, Matt Jones, Brian Harman, Blake Adams, Sang Moon-Bae, Charlie Beijan and, yes, Jimmy Walker, winner of last week's Pebble Beach National Pro-Am and two other tournaments in recent months. J.B. Holmes is at 4 under with two holes to play.
Six players are two shots behind Johnson at 3 under, including Jim Furyk, Keegan Bradley and Rickie Fowler. Another 16 players are three shots back at 2 under, including Lee Westwood, Ryan Moore and K.J. Choi. That's 33 players within three shots of Johnson's lead.
Only three players with connections to the state of Alabama are in the field this week. Bubba Watson and Jason Dufner both turned in 12-under-par scorecards Thursday, with Stewart Cink shooting 2 over.
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Susan Louise Wade, 67, of 103 Vine Street, Warren, Pa, passed away on Thurs-day, June 28, 2012 at the John and Orpha Blair Hos-pice House.
Susan was born January 2, 1945, in Jamestown, NY, the daughter of the late Leslie and Marjorie Dougherty Vincent. Susan was a 1963 graduate of Jamestown High School, and later received her LPN licensure in Warren. She was employed as a Licensed Practical Nurse at Warren State Hospital for 25 years, from which she re-tired in 2007. She enjoyed family and especially her granddaughters. Susan was a member of the Red Hat Society, and an avid gar-dener and crafter and had made dozens of sweaters for needy children.
She is survived by her husband, Ralph F. Wade, whom she married on Sep-tember 4, 1965; her daughter, Paige Schumann and her husband Mark, Warren, Pa.; and her dearly and beloved grand-daughters, Jessica and Bethany.
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Services will be private and at the convenience of the family. A memorial ser-vice will be held and an-nounced at a later date.
Burial will be in the Pine Grove Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Warren County, 2 Crescent Park West, Warren, PA 16365.
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You can see all the details and stuff of the wii in white better than black. Although i liked the black GCN better than the purple.
i wanted to get that booger one (green) i just might u know, or maybe the red one, but i also might spray paint it like i did with my cpu and my n64, i painted the 64 pink and then white (sanded and polished, like new)
....gotta take a wii
Nintendo Wii: $200-$250
Balance on my account: $0.67
Overdraft fee: $30.00
Total: PRICLESS
You can see all the details and stuff of the wii in white better than black. Although i liked the black GCN better than the purple.
I think that the more multi-coloured ones are cool. Red looks great and so does green and black and white and purple and pink and blue and teal and brown and grey and yellow and orange and bright purple and mirror and transparent!
BYAAAAAH!!! is right I'm gonna go w/ the white, because although the black Wii and the blue glow go well together the white and blue glow is more futuristic...more next gen.
Yeaaaah Go Ssbb Lover!!
Onix, one of the best colors ever!
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yes, i think black is so outdated, really! how many times has black been used?
i know the glossy sheen is irresistable, maybe you should move on to more exotic colours.
Like me, cause ill definately get purple if that colours coming out (i know i am a boy, but still!)
I wont put skins to my Wii. I am going to keep it plain white.
Wii funds $400
Mines gonna be Pink even if it's not made im gonna go japan get a gun and threaten Nintendo so theyll make a pretty Flower Pink Yes im a guy for you guys that wanna date me im taken
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Just in case you weren't watching the blog at midnight Wednesday, here's a recap of what happened at the last City Council meeting of the fiscal year:
• By a vote of 8-1, the Jersey City Municipal Council approved the city's settlement with PPG Industries for cleanup of the chromium-tainted 16-acre site along Garfield Avenue and 19 smaller sites.
• By a vote of 6-3, the Jersey City Municipal Council sweetened the PILOT agreement the luxury condo tower, Crystal Point, on the Jersey City waterfront. Council members Phil Kenny, Steve Fulop and Viola Richardson voted against the ordinance.
• Has your car been booted? If it was done illegally, you'll soon be seeing a refund check. The City Council voted 5-4 (with Councilmen Mariano Vega, Bill Gaughan, Peter Brennan and Michael Sottolano voting against) to return money to residents whose cars have been illegally booted in the past four years. Jersey City Parking Authority Director (and former Ward B councilwoman) Mary Spinello has until Sept. 1 to submit a plan for the refunds. (Stay tuned for more on this ...)
• The council also killed an ordinance to create of an Animal Control Committee to oversee the city's Division of Animal Control. Instead they decided to send a directive memo to Harry Melendez, director of the Jersey City's Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the Division of Animal Control Division, telling him to submit a plan for correcting the division's problems by August 1.
"If you vote against it, the only reason you are voting against it is because the mayor, or the head of the Animal Control Department asked you to vote against it," said resident Sebastian Bernheim Wednesday night. "The law says that the dogs in Jersey City must be on a leash, it doesn't say anything about the City Council," he added.


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* The 1981 controversy regarding OMB director David Stockman's comments to The Atlantic involved genuine points of policy. President Ronald Reagan had said supply-side economics, and supply-side tax cuts, were fundamentally intended to help the poor: Stockman told The Atlantic that everyone in the White House knew supply-side was a gift to the rich – that White House rhetoric was "a Trojan horse" to conceal what the Republican Party's wealthy donors wanted. Top-rate income tax reduction may have been justified, but that's a separate issue from whether the president was being honest with the public. Compared to the dustup over McChrystal, the Stockman controversy was substantive.
* The 1951 firing of Douglas MacArthur involved policy disagreements and statements far worse than a worst-case reading of the Obama-McChrystal situation. MacArthur publicly accused President Harry Truman of advocating "appeasement and defeatism" regarding China, attempted to order his units into military actions that civilian leadership had forbidden, and demanded the Korean War end with China surrendering to him personally – the latter suggesting MacArthur had come unglued.
Truman made himself seem weak by flying out to Wake Island to meet MacArthur, rather than recalling him to the White House. It's a long trip from Washington to Wake Island even today, via jet; imagine doing this in a prop plane, for the convenience of your disobedient general. In the White House, the president has the home-field advantage. Barack Obama was right to meet McChrystal there.
*Wasn't there some kind of oil spill? The McChrystal confabulation gives BP a few days' vacation from the front page. "They will never forget you/till somebody else comes along," as the song goes. And we've already forgotten who BP pushed off the front page — Toyota and Goldman Sachs. Sources tell me Toyota sent BP a big box of fancy chocolates, while Goldman Sachs sent flowers and a card that reads, "BP, luv u 4-ever! {signed} Goldy S."
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McChrystal Ball Game. Who knows how the war turns, the cleanup/respill drill and liars in general (tongue in cheek)tend to get out of the line of fire -thank you short news cycle. The insatiable media prefer fresh blood from the War to rotting seafood industry, liars from across the political/economic spectrum. Scape goats don't have McChystals' balls. The nation needs answers and workable solutions not -"gates". Baseball and war should never have a clock.
Obama reacted shamefully to place full confidence in a Rolling Stone article.
Oh here's one I heard from unnamed sources therefore it has to be true. Obama shaves his arse and walks backwards to appear more handsome and to see his trail of tears.
I am eagerly waiting to read McChrystal forth coming book.
McChrystal and the aids have every right to voice their opinions! It's America and we have a constitutional right to speak our mind. Washington, including the Obama administration, should encourage free speach and respect those who express different opinions and should not attempt to stifle those who don't necessarily look and think like they do. Perhaps the article points toward fact in a lighthearted, sort of cavalier, way! Politicians don't like facts…they stand on their own and yout can't spin them to promote yourself. They are either good or bad!


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BEAVERTON, OREGON - September 21, 2012 - Balloons were released after the national anthem ended to honor Andrew Keller. Southridge High School retired Army Pfc. Andrew Keller's football uniform No. 13 before Friday's game against Lake Oswego as a tribute to the Skyhawks' former outside linebacker and team captain. Keller was killed August 15 while serving in Afghanistan. Doug Beghtel/ The Oregonian
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Today at the Academy
Dear Academy Members and Friends,
Today's baseball activity includes an open workout for ages 13-18 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. There will also be catching instruction at 4:30 p.m., followed by pitching lessons at 5:30 p.m., both for all ages.
On the softball side, we also have a workout for ages 13-18, but from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Softball pitching for ages 12 and under will be from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., followed by pitching for ages 13-18 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Tutoring for youth of all ages is from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the computer room.
The Compton College (2-2) baseball squad takes on San Diego City College (2-1) today at 2 p.m. on the Showcase Field.
Have an amazing day!
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Most areas schools don't let out until 3:00-3:30 pm. Especially for school aged children under 12yrs. 4 pm was cutting it way close. 3:30 is impossible. Hopefully this is not a permanent change.
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Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis thinks there are certain things every player gets away with that are against the rules. Brandon Marshall is just another offender.
Wednesday, the Miami Dolphins wideout said that officials abide by the "Jordan Rule" when it comes to Revis and that they do not call pass interference or holding penalties on him as often.
When asked about it today, Revis brought up some of Marshall's secrets as well.
"Just to speak on the Jordan Rule, or whatever it's called, the Kobe Bryant rule, you know, both sides do things all the time," Revis said. "One thing that Brandon Marshall does on routes is pushes off, but I'm not going to use that as a throwback, it's just something I know in his game that he does.
"He's a big receiver and he pushes off sometimes, that's a part of the game. It's not just him, there's a lot of wide receivers that do that and as some DBs, we hold. On top of that, it goes vice-versa. If the referee makes a call he makes it. If he doesn't, he doesn't, that's just that. There's a lot of holding out there, there's a lot of pushing off out there but you just have to play through the plays."
Revis said he knows Marshall well on and off the field — they are both from the Pittsburgh area. He called him the most physical receiver he faces every year and looks forward to the matchup.
"It's always a good fight between me and him. We compete, that's all we do. We know each other on and off the field so it's all respect 100 percent around," he said.
In their last matchup, it appeared Revis initiated contact with Marshall near the end zone before securing an interception and running 100 yards the other way for the touchdown. Marshall cited that as a specific example for the "Jordan Rule."
"I don't really pay attention to what the officials say or what they do," Revis said. "If they make a call, they make a call. If they don't they don't."
Ryan agreed with one aspect of Marshall's statement, which was the comparison to Michael Jordan. He has not seen any evidence of favorable calls, though, and jokingly described it as a ploy by Marshall to get a more sympathetic crew in Miami Sunday.
"I think he's trying to put it in the officials' minds and all that," Ryan said. "Come on, Brandon's a good guy, a great receiver. And if anything, let's just say it's pretty physical. If Revis is doing the pushing off, I'm not sure."
Defensive coordinator Mike Pettine added: "It's outside my expertise. From the outside looking in, I really don't see it."
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Looking for some place to visit with dad this weekend? Pack a lunch and head over to Stratford for a few hours at the quirky and wonderful Boothe Memorial Park.
At the turn of the 20th century, brothers David Beach and Stephen Nichols Boothe transformed their 32 acres in Stratford overlooking the Housatonic River into a shrine of the unusual. They collected a number of objects and built odd items on the property including a windmill and clocktower, as well as a mini lighthouse, a carriage house, a trolley station, blacksmith shop, a chapel, a model train museum, a technocratic building (with no windows or doors) and an Americana museum. More recently, an original toll booth from the Merritt Parkway has been added to the property.
The property is also hosts a small observatory (home of the Boothe Memorial Astronomical Society), a nice playground and a rose garden. For the record, the property also claims to be "the oldest homestead in America" as the main house sits on the foundation of a home build in 1663 and has been continuously occupied. It is also on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Dominican Hams Attempt to Install Repeaters in Haiti
Eight members of the Radio Club Dominicano (RCD) -- the Dominican Republic's IARU Member-Society -- and Union Dominicana de Radio Aficionados (UDRA) arrived in Haiti on Friday, January 15, to install an emergency radio communications station and a mobile station. Shortly after they arrived, the hams returned to the Dominican Republic for safety reasons.
The team -- using the call sign HI8RCD/HH -- had to shut down their operations after their convoy was fired on. Germinal Garcia, EB9GF, who is integrated in the Spanish Red Cross contingent, was able to contact colleagues at the RCD. According to IARU Region 1 Emergency Communications Coordinator Greg Mossop, G0DUB, the RCD initially reported that their team crossed the Haitian border at 1550 UTC, time arriving at the Dominican Embassy in Haiti at 1929 UTC when they started installing and testing their equipment.
"Within a few hours though, reports via the RCD Facebook page -- confirmed by a long telephone conversation between Hugo Ramón, HI8VRS, and Ramon Santoyo, XE1KK -- reported that the HI8RCD team of eight amateurs were back in the [Dominican Republic] border town of Jimani," Mossop said. "Their convoy, which included other non related Dominicans, was assaulted and one person is reported dead. The radio amateurs are uninjured, but they decided to leave the capital for safety [reasons] and return to the border unescorted. They report the situation as 'extremely unsafe.'"
On Saturday afternoon at 2104 UTC, Rafael Martinez, HI8ROX, posted this to the RCD's Facebook page: "I regret to inform you that the communications equipment is returning to Jimani due to the lack of security that there is in Haiti. The convoy was attacked as the team was leaving the embassy, with several wounded people confirmed. I do not know how many. For the moment, our equipment is safe, but I'm not sure." Martinez is the RCD's Web master.
On January 19, Martinez told the ARRL that two non-ham members of the team suffered "bad injuries," but no one had been killed, as had been reported earlier: "The gentleman who was behind the RCD convoy was very severely wounded (not deceased), although the first news was that he had passed away. The gentleman only is very severely wounded along with another person."
The team was able to install two VHF repeaters in the Dominican Republic linking that country's capital -- Santo Domingo -- and Port-au-Prince, but only one is in operation: 146.880 (-600), CTCSS 100 Hz. Mossop said that these repeaters are being used by the Red Cross and Civil Defense "since there is no other way to communicate. The station at the embassy in Haiti could not be activated. To confirm, all members of the RCD team are safe and have returned to Jimani in the Dominican Republic."
On the morning of Monday, January 18, Martinez wrote that "the equipment that was returned to Santo Domingo is all being sent to Jimani and then sporadically to Port-au-Prince."


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Federal Way Senior Center expansion includes 30 housing units
The Federal Way Senior Center is moving ahead with plans to expand and introduce on-site senior housing.
The Intentional Community and Network for seniors (ICAN) project started three years ago as a way to address the senior center's evolving needs. It includes the development of the 5 acres on which the current senior center is located, 4016 S. 352nd St.
Preliminary designs have been drawn, but the project is still undergoing a feasibility study. Senior center director Nathan Brown and senior center board member Bob Darrigan introduced the ICAN project to the Human Services Commission on May 17.
"What a valuable piece of landscape and real estate this is going to be," Human Services manager Lynnette Hynden said.
The membership at the center has grown significantly in the past few years. There is a desire to expand the center's programs, Brown said. However, the current facility is too small.
"We are kind of bursting at the seams," Brown said.
Housing: 30 units
The design calls for an expanded senior center flanked by housing on the south end of the site. The current building will be torn down and a new two-story center will be erected. The additional space will allow for programs to flourish, such as adult daycare and the center's food pantry food bank, Brown said.
The housing element is designed to appeal to seniors (ages 55-plus) of varying income levels. Roughly 30 units (one- and two-bedroom) are proposed. About 20 will be available for purchase, while about 10 will be rentable. Both the home ownership and rental options will offer affordable and market-rate housing.
"We thought having a residential facility right alongside the senior center would strengthen both," Brown said.
Open and recreational space are also planned. The community garden will likely be moved and expanded, Brown said. It will be the centerpiece of the development, with housing and the senior center surrounding it on all sides. The garden will remain open to residents, visitors and the public.
A public park could also be included at the north end of the site. The park is supported by the Cascade Land Conservancy and the City of Federal Way. Both agencies contributed funding to the ICAN feasibility study.
Once the construction is completed, senior center members will call the shots. The renters and homeowners will, for the most part, maintain the housing and center, Brown said. They will spend much of their time giving back to the senior center — as members already do — through volunteer work.
"They are not just living together, they are living together for a purpose," Brown said.
Funding has yet to be identified, but the project is likely to require several sources. State and federal funding, as well as pre-sale profits from the on-site housing units are being considered. The land where the current facility is constructed, which is now rented from the Lakeland Homeowners' Association, will be donated to the senior center by the HOA to accommodate the new development, Brown said.
More project data will be known this summer once the feasibility study is completed. At that time the board will be ready to again present to the Human Services Commission. It will also hold a public meeting about the project to seek input from neighbors and the larger community.
The Federal Way Senior Center is operated through private membership funding. It is kept afloat by membership fees, grants, city-supported programs, donations and volunteers. The model will continue as a way to keep the new facility alive. The updated facility, garden, park and programs will continue to remain open to the public. The finished product will reflect an ideology that extends beyond that typically associated with a senior center.
"I wouldn't be surprised if we go through a rebranding and call ourselves something other than a senior center," Brown said.
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