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JusticeCorps offers 2 types of AmeriCorps member positions: Minimum-Time (300 hours of service) and Full-Time (1,700 hours of service). Minimum-time members normally serve one 8-hour shift per week or two 4-hour shifts at a self-help center while full-time members serve for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week.
All three regions—Los Angeles, Bay Area, and San Diego—run the program year according to the academic calendar. The majority of Minimum-Time members serve from September to May and Full-Time members are expected to commit to a 12-month term.
All members are eligible for a Federally funded education award ("Ed Award") upon successful completion of their service year. Currently, minimum time members receive an Ed Award ranging from $1,300-$1,700. The Ed Award for full time members ranges from $5,500-$6,000.
Full-Time JusticeCorps members receive also receive a $20,000 living allowance throughout the service year. (Minimum-Time members do not receive a living allowance.)
In addition to serving in the self-help centers members must participate in at least one of two annual AmeriCorps Days of Service, which are coordinated to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Cesar Chavez Day. In addition to other special community service projects focused on the courts and legal access, these statewide service days give members an opportunity to support the community they serve in other ways. Projects in the past have included beautification of shared city spaces, marches, and rehabilitation of schools or parks through painting murals and planting gardens. Time spent participating in service days is counted towards member service hours.
JusticeCorps now offers special training for our many bilingual members. With the support of a State Justice Institute grant, program staff and consultants created a full-day curriculum and a companion on-line course that covers cultural competencies, the difference between in-courtroom interpretation by certified professionals versus language assistance in a self-help center, provides language tools and resources and offers opportunity to role play and practice translation. Self-help center service is fast-paced, high-responsibility work, especially for those members helping litigants in a second language. The new training, first offered to members in the Bay Area, Los Angeles and San Diego in the spring of 2013, proved an invaluable opportunity for members to strengthen their skills and gain easy access to the resources they need. Based on the success of the pilot, the training will now be provided annually.


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'"To tell you the truth, I didn't change much today from the usual things I do. Sometimes you have chances and they don't go in and sometimes you have two shots and get two goals. I'm glad that it's over," Satan said in his postgame comments.'
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14th September 2012 01:45 PM #1
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hba4c of baby archie part 2
THE HOMEBIRTH OF ARCHIE McGUIRE WOLFE
06/08/12 12lb4oz (5.56kg)
Emma got me up to the toilet to help keep things moving. I was getting the urge to push with some contractions but it was excruciating. I had so much pressure on my back that I felt I would snap in 2. I tried to stay on the toilet to open my pelvis but had to stand & lean into Emma when a contraction came. I tried reciting the relax, release mantra in my head. Stuff that crap, it wasnt helping!!!
I leant against the bed again with one leg up to open everything & help bub come down more. At some point I vomited in the shower. I had to get back in the pool. Finally the water was warm again & I got back in. Instant relief!
It was around 11pm & I remember thinking our baby wouldnt arrive until Monday now.
Surely this cant go on much longer. I was so tired & didnt want to keep going. I asked the midwife for another VE. I was talking to bub, saying come on baby its time now. She examined me during a contraction while I pushed to see how far bub came down. The midwife said my waters broke, but I know she helped it happen, bless her. Theres no going back now. I tried pushing with contractions. I dont know if it was helping. Sometimes it was involuntary & I could feel bubs move, other times it felt like nothing was happening. I was leaning over the edge of the pool on my knees. All of a sudden I felt bubs head come down almost with a whoosh! It seemed to happen so quickly. When he started to crown, I screamed. OMFG!!! I had never felt the ring of fire quite like this. My contractions slowed & the pain was almost unbearable. This baby was going to rip me in two. I tried pushing without the help of contractions but it didnt work. Slowly bubs head made progress. Its breech I heard the midwifes surprised voice. What? No, its ok. Its just got big cheeks. What did this baby look like if you could mistake its face for its bum lol.
It seemed like forever but finally his head was out. The midwife asked if I wanted to touch it. No, it was too distracting; I had other things going on. I could feel him moving inside trying to position his little body. It hurt like hell!
After a while the midwifes voice became urgent. She told me to push harder. I was trying. Push again harder. I am I screamed. Emma & the midwife helped get me over the side of the pool to the floor. I had an enormous head between my legs & couldnt manage on my own. What an odd sight that must have been.
Im on all fours on the floor pushing as hard as I could. The midwifes voice was more demanding & urgent. Push harder! Babys turning blue! FUCK ME what was happening? She got me onto my back with my legs pushed back as far as possible. My hubby had called an ambulance but the midwife was still trying to get baby out. Next thing I know, hes out & she is talking to him, telling him to breathe. I keep asking if hes alright. I hear a cry THANK GOD!!!
It was 2am on Monday 6th August 2012. My brand new baby was put on my chest. I was asking if it was a boy or girl. I couldnt lift bub high enough to see for myself. ITS ANOTHER BOY!!! He was so very big & very pink! No wonder he got stuck. Everything seemed to be normal again. We were covered in a blanket. It was almost like there was no emergency. The midwife looked incredibly relieved.
In the meantime the ambos arrived. They gave bubs the once over & declared him perfectly healthy. They were only there for 10mins or so.
Someone woke the kids & all of a sudden we had an audience. They each had a little look at their new brother but couldnt nurse him as he was still attached to the placenta. After a little while, they went back to bed.
About an hour later I birthed the placenta but also some clots. The midwife tied his cord with a string with beads & Rob cut it, every baby should have beads she was saying. We still hadnt decided on a name for our boy. I gave him to Rob for a cuddle, & moved off the floor to the lounge. I complained to the midwife of having a sudden headache & began feeling faint. My vision went blurry & I couldnt keep my eyes open. The midwife & Emma tried getting me to eat & drink something but I just couldnt be bothered. Rob called the ambos again. I heard them arrive but didnt have the energy to respond. They gave me some fluids & oxygen & I started to come to life again. 2 hours after my homebirth we were off to Hospital, but thats the beginning of a whole other story.
I have NO regrets about my homebirth. I am incredibly proud of myself & feel that I can achieve anything. I birthed a 12lb 4oz(5.56kg) baby after a 22hr labour without drugs & without tearing(thanks to the magical birth pool)after 4 previous c/sections. My only disappointment was that I didnt get to shower at home & curl up with my new baby in my own bed.
I feel complete. I finally had the birth that every woman should be able to experience.
My body, my baby, my birth.
15th September 2012 05:57 AM #2
Thank you so much for sharing this special and amazing birth story of your son Archie.
He sounds simply beautiful and such a big boy! You should be so proud of yourself. I think this story will inspire other women who have a history of interventions during labour to consider a natural birth. You sound like you were in control throughout your labour (as well as during the planning in the third trimester) and I am in awe of the way you birthed your baby boy.
Your birth story also tells of the wonderfully positive and relaxing affect water can have during labour. It sounds like every time you got into that warm water you became more comfortable and were able to relax more.
Thank you again for sharing your beautiful birth story with us - your body, your baby, your birth. Amazing.
With best wishes,
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Beautiful, powerful birth story. Thank you for sharing and I am so happy that you got the healing experience you needed =)
16th September 2012 05:23 AM #4
Thank you for reminding us that an empowering birth can also be healing (in terms of feelings/even trauma about previous births) as well as a special experience in its own right.
I'm 34 weeks pregnant now and myself, my husband and my doula are working through a hypnobirthing course with the hope that I will experience the joyful birth I dream of as well as emotional healing from my previous traumatic experience of birth. Lots of positive birthing affirmations going on here!
Best wishes,
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I always enjoy reading homebirth stories where things weren't "text book". Thank you for sharing.
I had a few of those births myself, and my 4th baby was fairly blue when she was born, though she pinked right up. But she had shoulder dystocia so we had a hard time getting her out. I wouldn't exchange any of my 5 homebirths - they were all beautiful experiences.
Warm Regards,


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Paris-Dakar African Mix Coupe Decale
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Friday and Saturday nights at Little Baobab are vibrant, sweaty, and all together African.
Get down to: Reggae, Zouk, Soca, Latin and Brazilian beats along with popular Central and West African music.
Come as you are, be who you are- enjoy Senegalese hospitality.
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The 30-day comment period for the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of USDA proposed revised rules for country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for meat ended on April 14. AMS will review the comments received with a focus on May 23 for implementation of new rules required by a WTO ruling that the current regulations disadvantage imported animals. The Canadian government has already indicated that it considers the revised rules more discriminatory against meat from imported animals that the current ones found at fault in the WTO case.
The issues at hand are fairly narrow – do the rules put Canadian and Mexican live animals at a competitive disadvantage and do the labels provide adequate information to consumers? The issue is not about labeling laws; the U.S. government has the right to require labels stating sources of origin and the WTO ruling reconfirmed that. Whether or not consumers read the labels is also not an issue. The cost of COOL for the U.S. livestock production and meat processing industries is not up for debate. Congress passed the law as part of the 2002 and 2008 farm bills and the President signed them; changing the law is up to them.
The Canadian and Mexican governments filed cases at the WTO claiming their animals were disadvantaged by treatment not consistent with commitments of the U.S. government as a member of the WTO. In June 2012, the WTO Appellate Body affirmed a previous WTO Panel's finding that record keeping and verification result in processors segregating animals and create incentives to process exclusively domestic livestock and disincentives to process imported ones. The least costly way of complying is to rely exclusively on domestic livestock and thus has a detrimental impact on the competitive opportunities of imported livestock.
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Gene Simmons says he knows KISS won't continue on indefinitely. The blood-spitting bassist tells Sweden's Expressen TV that the time will come when the band has run its course and they're ready retire - eventually.
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KISS just launched the European leg of their 2013 Monster Tour in Stockholm Saturday night. With the show the band introduced their new stage set featuring a giant, fire-throwing spider that crawls into the crowd. Simmons credits frontman Paul Stanley with coming up with the spider idea, adding that all of KISS' great ideas have come from band members, not from outside designers.
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SABnzbd, Sickbeard, Couchpotato and Headphones are applications that help you create a fully automated system for downloading of TV Shows, Movies and Music. It works on Windows as well as Mac and Linux. This is supposed to be a complete guide to the setup (and small part of usage) of the appropriate programs for TV Shows, Movies and Music on the Windows platform. I'm a computer geek and have been working with IT for many years. Even this did not prepare me for the nightmare of a setup this was. The guides out there are really limited and have gaping holes. So, I do this for everyone out there who is new at this, and who wants a helping hand. This guide is written with a JRiver Media Center setup in mind, but it can easily be used as a basis for XBMC or any other Media Center or player.
I have not been a NZB or News group user for more than a few months, so this guide might give some misleading information and wrong statements. But if you do follow the step by step instructions it should provide you with a fully working setup, and some knowledge of how it all works. I'll add that Headphones is my weak spot. I've just started testing it.
- First post will give you an overview of the components used in this setup and how it all works together
- Second post will show you how to install SABNzbd and Sickbeard as well Sickbeard configuration
- Third post will explain how to set up SABnzbd
- Forth gives you the basics of Couchpotato installation and setup
- Fith post will give you instructions how to get Headphones installed and running
What are NZB & News, SABnzbd+, Sickbeard, CouchPotato, Headphones and JRiver Media Center?
NZB & News
NZB is a file type used in News groups, to gather information about downloadable files. Almost like a Torrent. News groups is an old system used for discussion groups and sharing data. Today, this is mostly used to categorize, search and share data. The beauty of NZB and News is the fact that every file that is uploaded has to be categorized and tagged. This information makes it easy to search for exactly what you need, and you can be pretty darn sure you'll end up with what you want and nothing else.
Another positive thing is that this is a service which does NOT require you to upload anything. It's a download only service. Of course, there have to be people uploading, and there are quite a few of them. But for normal users, you can be certain you don't get sued by USA media giants for uploading a few music tracks. Especially if you encrypt the data you download.
The only downside with NZB and News is that it costs a bit money. For News systems like this to be effective you need two things.
• One or more reliable search sites for NZB files. Like the torrent search web pages.
• One or more file server access
The search pages is normally priced at around 10$ for lifetime usage. The file service providers use mostly monthly rates of around 10$. So, you can probably calculate a startup fee of 20-30 bucks, and then a few dollars each month.
News sites normally save stuff for around 1000 days. In other words up to or around 3 years. Data older than that will be removed to save space. This means that older content CAN be hard to come by, but popular content normally gets uploaded now and then, so you can get media that is decades old.
The biggest problem with News sites is that copy right owners sometimes find their media on this news servers, and they send a cease notice to the admins. They are forced to remove parts of media, or whole files. Even though this parts of media seems to be spread and might have some duplicates(?), the result is often that this blocks or parts that the media consists of, sometimes is missing or bad. The only real option of dealing with this is to get access to News servers that is NOT of the same provider. This other sites often have the same data, but they might not have gotten the same cease notice, and the blocks you need is often available on other sites. This is where Block Accounts comes in. With a block account from another provider, you'll often be able to get this small blocks that is bad or missing, to recreate a fully functional file. With the setup I'm suggesting I find that my downloads have a success of up to and over 95%. The rest can be fixed by downloading different versions, or as a last resort, download by torrent. But be sure to use SSL encryption and delete the torrent from your torrent software as soon as it's finished, so you don't risk getting sued for millions!
This is a web application that enables you to download data in several ways, and help you process this data once downloaded. It works with NZB files and Torrents. It acts like an advanced download manager, and can be integrated with other apps.
This is a web application that manages your TV shows and keeps them up to data and full of Meta Data and images. In your desired quality. As soon as a Show is aired, Sickbeard searches the NZB search sites and downloads the NZB files when it finds a match.
This is almost the exact same type of service as Sickbeard, but this works with Movies. You put movies in your Wanted list and Couchpotato checks for releases in your desired quality and with the meta data, subs, trailers and so on, that you have asked for.
This is yet another web application, but this one takes care of Music Artists and Albums. You scan your library or add new artists, and Headphones keeps a lookout for new albums of your favorite artists.
JRiver Media Center
I've been a very active HTPC user for 10 years, and I've tested applications like iTunes, Foobar, Winamp, Mediamonkey, XBMC, Mediaportal, Meedios, Windows Media Center, MythTV, Plex and a few more. I've even returned to a few of this again and again in hopes of good progress, but they've allways let me down hard. In my opinion JRiver Media Center 17 is the number one media player, manager and media center ever created. I've not managed to do without it in the 8-9 years I've used it. The reason is simple. JRiver listens to the community and implements most of what people need and want. They do it in a professional way. They keep on improving existing code to do things more efficiently, and they work closely with some of the pioneers and great minds within the Audiophile and Videophile community to create a listening and viewing experience that is extremely hard to beat. JRiver MC costs 50$, but if you spend more than two hours with your video, music or photo collection each week, it will probably be a great investment, and it will most likely prove to be a tool you will quickly be totally dependent on. It's the best spent 50$ in my life, and I know there is lots of people that agree. Here is SOME of the Functions and features of MC17.
- Works perfectly for workstations in standard view, on your laptop or pad, as well as on your big screen TV with a remote control
- Unparalleled support for audiophile music features and settings
- Great database and media management possible. Supporting hundreds of thousands of media files with endless of configuration possibilities
- Blazing speeds. Database and coding is very effective. Giving speeds that is unheard of in other applications. Even with enormous amounts of media.
- Automated directshow Video codec setup, with the best possible playback Quality
- Playback of Bluray, and automatic ripping system
- Automatic meta data scraping/retrieval for Movies and TV Shows
- Client or Client/server setup for several clients with automatic data sync and many server features
- DLNA playback and control functionality. Allowing you to use devices for playback or push data to several units in your house
- Multi Zone playback for a true household media system
- Theater View display mode that is really fast, super flexible, has an intuitive and good control system and looks good
- Playback, remote functionality and zone control through a number of applications and services. Android, iDevices, web browsers etc.
- PVR functionality
- Support for many services like Hulu, Youtube and similar
- A community that is very friendly and helpful
Sickbeard, couchpotato and Headphones all searches for NZB files and passes this over to SABnzbd when found. SABnzbd downloads the data that the NZB files points to and sends the data to a specific folder for each "media type". When Sickbeard, Couchpotato or Headphones discover a new episode, movie or Album in this folders, it starts processing the files. Renaming, adding meta data and so on. After processing, the files is moved the destination folder that is configured in each application. JRiver Media Center automatically picks up the TV Shows, Video and Music, and everything is ready for playback. Only thing you had to do was to add the Show, Movie or Artist.
The result is a highly automated media system for your home entertainment. Amazing? Yes, I would say so.
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Setup Guide
Install SABNZBd+
Download from: http://sabnzbd.org/
Choose the correct installer from the Green box.
Choose to Run at startup (under install)
After install: Choose to Start SABNZBd (hidden)
Opera Users:
When SABNZBd+ is running, you might get a connection error. SABNZBD's way of using localhost as address is not well liked in Opera. Use [::1] instead. Example:
Quick Start Wizard
1. Choose your preferred language
2. Click Start Wizard
3. Enter your News Server details. Example Supernews:
Host: news.eu.supernews.com
Port: 563
Username: mail address
Password: your supernews account password
Connections: 25 (recommended to set it slightly slower than maximum connections. Speed will max out anyway)
SSL: Checked. Choose this if you want your transfers to be encrypted. This SHOULD be used in most cases. Your provider/subscription have to support this!
4. Verify server details with the "Test Server" button and click Next
5. Choose if you want to access the SABNZBd web console page on the local machine only, or if you want to access it from other computers via a browser.
6. Password Protect SABnzbd (choose this if you're concerned about security)
----- Enter the Username and Password of your choise
7. Enable HTTPS access to SABnzbd: Use this if you want a secure connection to SABnzbd. It can however cause some other problems if you don't know exactly what it does. Not recommended for normal users.
8. Click Next
9. Click Next if you do not have a NZBMatrix or Newzbin account. If you do, fill in the details and click Next.
10. Click Next to start SABnzbd. Enter login details to access the page.
SABnzbd will start and open another tab. You can test the remote connection of SABnzbd+ now, by writing http://IPadressOfServer:8080 in a browser on another client. Use port 9090 instead of 8080 if you chose SSL encryption. You can use DNS names instead of IP address if wanted. It should work if the access to TCP port 8080 or 9090 (with SSL) is added to incoming connections on the firewall.
Install Sickbeard
As Sickbeard does not have official support for J River Media Center, we'll use a bit older build to ensure compability.
1. Some of the components require Visual C++ component. Download this from this website and install: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/de...laylang=en
If you use JRiver Media Center, you follow the instructions directly below. If you use other applications start from step 6
2. Download this JRiver compatible Sickbeard version: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8820265/Sickbear...thJRMC.zip (this will be updated in time)
3. Unpack it in a directory like C:\Program Files(x86)\Sickbeard
4. Drag the Sickbeard.exe file the start menu, "All Programs" and "Startup" folder. This will create a link which is ran each time you log in
5. Run the Sickbeard.exe file
If you do NOT use JRiver Media Center download this instead:
6. Download the Sickbeard binary files from: http://code.google.com/p/sickbeard/downloads/list
7. Choose the highest build number
8. Unpack it in for example C:\Program Files(x86)\Sickbeard
9. Drag the Sickbeard.py file to the start menu, All Programs and "Startup" folder. This will create a link which is ran each time you log in
10. Click the file to run Sickbeard. This will open the browser with Sickbeard.
Python Alternative
There is also a Python version available, and most people use this one I think. There should be no problem installing and using this version. But be sure to go through the Python installation steps first. You will find it under the Sickbeard post. I have not tried it my self, but I think it's just about downloading and unpacking it, and running the sickbeard.py file to start it. I can however not give you any support on this. As I've not tried it my self yet.
Sickbeard Configuration
When in Sickbear, go to Config and select
1. Remove the selection in "Check for Update" to prevent the loss of J River Media Center integration.
2. Enter a Username and Password if you want to improve security or share the web site with more users
3. Save Changes and go to Search Settings
Search Options
1. Increase the Usnet retention up to the Maximum of retention of your primary provider
2. Choose SABnzbd next to the NZB Method (Pulldown menu)
3. Enter the URL for SABnzbd. Example: http://localhost:8080/sabnzbd
4. Enter User Name and Password for SABnzbd
5. Go back to SABnzbd under the Config and General settings. Generate a new API key, Save changes and copy this to "SABnzbd API key" field in Sickbeard.
6. Notice the Category field with "tv". This keyword should be used in SABnzbd later on.
7. Hit Save Changes in Sickbeard and hit the next config page:
Search Providers
I've found NZB.su to be the most reliable index source, and then I use NZBmatrix if that one fails. So, put a check mark next to those, and drag NZB.su above NZBmatrix to give it priority.
You'll need to make a user on this site. The standard membership only gives you a few downloads each day. To get more download rights from NZB.su, make a donation and get your new API key.
You'll need to pay a small amount for the NZBmatrix access as well. Both is a one-time fee though.
After you have the API keys, go back to Sickbeard.
1. Choose NZB.su in the drop down menu next to "Configure Provider"
Remember! If there is no options of nzb.su, you can create a custom NewzNab provider (basically the same thing) with the login info and url to https://nzb.su. This might be the case on newer versions...
2. Enter your API key in the API key field
3. Save Changes
4. Choose NZBmatrix in the drop down box and fill in UserName and API key for NZBmatrix
5. Save Changes again
6. Put a checkmark next to NZBmatrix and NZB.su. Then pull NZB.su above NZBMatrix and click save changes. Then go on to:
Post Processing
1. Remove the selection from "Keep Original files", in case you don't want to have duplicate episodes laying around
2. Check "Move Associated Files" in case you want to move the subtitle files etc. This creates a lot of unnecessary files in the destination directory though.
3. Save Changes
4. Select JRMC (or any other Media player if you're not using JRMC) Under "Metadata Type".
5. Select what Meta Data and images you want with your TV Shows
6. Save Changes
7. Remove Air-By-Date selection if you want to show Episode/season instead
8. Under Episode Naming you choose whatever is normal to you. I usually select Episode Name, so this is saved in the file name as well as changing to S01E02 Number style. I leave the rest as default.
9. Save Changes
Everything should be configured in Sickbeard now. Let's move back to SABnzbd.
(This post was last modified: 2012-06-12 23:36 by MrHaugen.)
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SABnzbd Config
This has been mostly chosen during the Wizard. Only addition is the API keys which you need for integration with other apps such as Sickbeard (already done), and the Download Speed limit setting that you might wish to set (there is a more elegant setting once it's all running though). Click on the "Folders" option.
1. Enter the directory paths in Temporary Download Folder and Completed Download Folder of your choise. F.eks. "D:\Download Incomplete" and "D:\Download Complete". UNC paths is not allowed. If you have it on a share, use the Map Network Drive function and link to this disk instead. It's recommended to have a separate disk for this data, so you don't use the throughput for writing and moving video at the same time as you are watching something from the same disk. Raid setups might support this though.
It's strongly recommended that you think about your folder setup before you go at this. In my case I have one "Complete" and one "In Progress" folder. Under both of those directories I have SABnzbd, Sickbeard, Couchpotato and Headphones directories. This will make it much less painful later on, if you need to search for missing episodes, downloads gone wrong, do some manual post processing or what ever.
2. You can also create a NZB folder and add this in "Watched Folder". You can drop NZB files here, and SABnzbf will automatically download them at the set Scan interval.
3. Important! Post Processing Script folder: This is the folder "AutoProcessTV" in the Sickbeard install folder. Enter the path to this script folder. For example: "C:\Program Files\Sickbeard\autoProcessTV"
4. Go to the next options page:
Not much to do here. The only thing that might be worth changing is:
4. Ignore Sample Files to "Do not download"
5. Go to the next options page:
This is the place you set up your server providers. This is usually monthly subscriptions on 10$+. Block accounts can also be used when you're missing data from other providers. Block accounts is accounts with a set number of GB available for download. You can use this limit over as long period of time as you want and is excellent for repairing missing/bad data blocks in SABnzbd. This is my recommended Servers:
Primary: Supernews (set up in Wizzard)
Backup Server: Newsdeamon Block account (remember to select Backup Server)
This is an example of a Newsdemon setup (backup block account):
Host: Europe-ssl.newsdemon.com
Port: 563
Username: p20459282
Password: xxxxxxxxxxx
Connections: 10
Retention time: 1100
Enable, SSL, Backup Server
You'll find most of the info you need on the providers homepage. Only thing to note is that you might want to set the Retention time to a lower value than the max, if you have problem with old NZB's with missing data. Sometimes it's better to get a little less hits, but also avoid a lot of corrupted files and downloads. Hopefully the backup block account will fix most of this though. Click on Scheduling:
This is the place you set up the regular shifts in download speed. If you want downloading to happen at full speed during the night and half speed at daytime so you still can browse the Internet or do other things, this is the place to do it. Click on the Categories tab:
You remember the "TV" category from Sickbeard? That's right. The NZB's downloaded from Sickbeard is marked as TV when it's passed on to SABnzbd. So you need to set up the TV category for correct Post Processing of the files.
• On the second line type in "tv" with small letters, under Category.
• Under Processing choose +Delete. This will make SABnzbd do the selected choice as well as all the above. It will download files, check and repair, unpack and delete the source files after the episodes have been transferred.
• Select "sabToSickBeard.exe" under Script
• Click Add on the current line
• Click Save on the last line (strange behavior, yea I know)
Editing Script
To enable this script to access Sickbeard, you'll have to enter some info in the scripts config file. You find this under the same directory as the script. In this example, it's located here: "C:\Program Files\Sickbeard\autoProcessTV\autoProcessTV.cfg.sample". This name has to be changed to "autoProcessTV.cfg and you'll have to enter your Sickbeard login info in the file. Open it and enter the correct port, username and password for sickbeard. If sickbeard is located on another computer you'll have to change the host address as well. Web_root can be left blank.
Test Run
Everything SHOULD be working now. Let's test it.
1. Go to Sickbeard
2. Select Home and Add Show
3. Choose add a new show (it's a little less that can go wrong here)
4. Test with a new show. Click Search and next when you have found the correct Show
5. Click New and choose the Series/TV Show parent Directory. This can and should be the same as your current TV Shows. I'll use mine called "E:\Series
6. Use the "Set as default" button to make this the standard choice from now on. Click Next
7. Select Wanted as the initial status.
8. Select "Season Folders" to get cleaner folder structure
9. Select Custom under Preferred quality. This works in the following way: Initial is the first download of the file. You can choose a lower quality for the initial download, and after this is downloaded, Sickbeard can search for higher quality episodes for "Archiving". It will only download a file if the quality is higher than it was. This is not always logical for everyone. Some would like it the other way, but that is impossible.
I usually select:
Initial: HD TV, 720p BluRay and WEB-DL
Archive: Nothing
Also Set "Initial state" to "Wanted", and then hit save.
Tip: You can select and deselect multiple items by holding CTRL button in while you click on each item.
10. Click Add Show
11. Sickbeard will use some time to gather data from online sources and to fetch NZB files from NZB.su and NZBmatrix.
12. You can click Home to see the status. Click the TV Show title for more details. You can change the status of the files here, if they are wrong.
STATUS – What does what?
1. Wanted – this option will make Sickbeard search for the episodes
2. Skipped – This drops the episodes from searches. Perhaps you've seen it or don't want it
3. Archived – This does the same thing, but indicates that the episode IS downloaded
4. Ignored - This also gives the same result, but it indicates that you just don't bother downloading it.
5. Downloaded (Quality) – this is used for marking episodes as downloaded. It's useful is you have selected a higher quality Archive settings, and want new downloads of higher Quality
6. Snatched (Quality) – It shows that the NZB have been found and are possibly being downloaded/processed by SABnzbd.
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Download CouchPotato source files from:
Remember! There's also a version 2 out now, which you should use.
Select download and select the tar.gz option. Unpack this in for example C:\Program Files(x86)\CouchPotato
Download Python from here:
Choose the Windows x86 MSI installer for easy Windows installation. Click and run the file when it's downloaded. Choose the standard option and install.
2.6.5 is the recommended version in the README of Couchpotato, but you can probably use some newer versions as well. But 3.2 does NOT work. Not sure about other 3.x versions.
Drag the Python.py file in the CouchPotaty directoy to the Start Menu, All Programs and Startup. That way the program will start each login. Or you can manually run the CouchPotato file.
CouchPotato Configuration
If you are asked to update, you can do this.
1. Click on the Gear icon to enter the Config menu
2. Click on General
1. Change port to 8082 if you want it to be in the same sequence as SABnzbd and Sickbeard
2. Enter the same Undername and Password as the previous apps
3. Under ignore words you can enter things like "SCREENER", "German" or "Spanish" to be sure not do download bad quality or dubbed movies. You can add things here later if you experience bad downloads.
4. Click save
5. Select "Downloaders" options
1. Set retention as the same as you did in SABnzbd
2. Copy the Apikey from SABnzbd under General and paste it into the Apikey field
3. Enter the username and password you set on SABnzbd
4. Write "movies" under category
5. Click Save
6. Select "Providers" options
1. Enable Newznab and enter URL. For example: https://nzb.su
2. Enter API key
3. Enable NZBMatrix.com and addUsername and API key
4. Enable [email protected]
5. Click Save
6. Select "Quality" options
1. Under Default qualities you can drag and drop the quality to the desired position. I like to download 720P first, then BR-Rips and then 1080P. The rest I leave as default. This is highly user dependent though. Do whatever you want.
2. You can Create a new Quality Profile under Quality Profile to make CouchPotato wait x number of days for this quality and then go to the list on the right side. I like to add 720P as a quality profile and wait a few days before it searches for 1080P and down.
3. Click Save
4. Select "Renaming" options
1. Click Enable
2. Enter the SABnzb movie download folder
3. Enter the destination folder of your choise
4. Select what Folder and File renaming
5. Select the Cleanup option if you like clean folders (this might remove subtitles as well, which might be a bad thing)
6. Click Save
7. Select "Extras" option
This is the place where you can enable subtitle download, download trailers and automatic downloading of movies of a certain score on IMDB, Metadata download and so on. Play with it if you want.
This is where you configure if you want Couchpotato to be configured for Media Centers. JRiver Media Center has no support here yet, but I will try to modify the source files when I have the time.
SABnzbd Configuration
1. Go to SABnzbd and enter the Categories option.
2. On the blank line you write "movies" under Category
3. Under folder/path you enter the directory you added as SABnzbd movie download folder under Renaming options in Couchpotato.
4. Click Add and save
CouchPotato Test Run
1. Go to CouchPotat and click Wanted
2. Click the search field and write a movie name and click add
3. The status is updated with Snatched when a movie is sent to SABnzbd for downloading
(This post was last modified: 2012-06-14 12:15 by MrHaugen.)
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2012-01-20 01:11 Post: #5
This app also require Python, but as we have already installed it, we'll skip right to the best part.
The guide is written for Version 1 of Headphones, but version 2 is now out. At least in beta, and it works great according to users. I would recommend using the version 2 of the program, but I can not guarantee that the config is the same.
1. Go to https://github.com/rembo10/headphones/downloads and choose to download the zip version
2. Unpack for example together with Couchpotato, SABnzbd and Sickbeard in the Program Files directory
3. Create another shortcut under All programs and Startup which points to the file "Headphones.py" under the headphones directory
4. If there is any problems with file association, you have to select what app to open it with, and choose to Always open py files with python.exe from the Python installation folder
5. Run the Headphones.py file and let's configure this thing
Headphones Configuration
Let's go through some more or less necessary steps.
1. Click on settings
2. Change HTTP port to 8083 (if you want it in the same sequence as before)
3. Enter the Username and Password on the right side. This can be the same as used on the other apps, or different ones. You can also leave it blank.
4. Enter http://localhost:8080 under SABnzbd host (if it runs on another machine, you'll need to enter another IP or DNS address of course).
5. Get the API Key from SABnzbd under General again, and copy it in the SABnzbd API key field
6. Write "music" as category
7. Enter the username and password for SABnzbd (if you have one)
8. Enter a directory for temporary downloads under "Music Download Directory"
9. Under search providers you'll select the ones you use, and enter the details as previously example shows. I usually select NZBmatrix and Newznab/NZB.su
10. Under Quality and post processing you'll have to select what you prefer. There is no right or wrong here. Just remember to add the destination directory in the Path field. This is the place where your new albums should end up. Example: "Z:\Audio\Albums"
11. Under Advanced Settings you have some special options. You can choose how to rename the folders and files, as well as what extras you want with the albums.
MusicBrainz has done some changes to their scraping policies, and we're now forced to connect to other servers. This is how you correct this.
Important!! This is the OLD way of fixing the problem! Look further down for recommended solutions (I just keep the old one for reference).
1. Find the Headphones Directory. It can be placed under for example "C:\Program Files(x86)HeadPhones"
2. Browse to the folder "\lib\musicbrainz\
3. Edit the file "webservice.py"
4. Make sure you use a program that does not remove the formating of the file. Like Notepad ++
5. Search for the class "WebService(IWebService)"
6. A few lines under this, you'll see host= and port= on the same line.
7. Replace the content with host='tbueter.com' and port=3000
8. Go to Settings and select Restart
MusicBrainz fix 2 and 3:
There's added 3 options of MusicBrain servers and mirrors to the configuration in later Headphones 1 builds. So, you might be able to fix the problem by changing the server.
Another way of dealing with this is to pay 10$ for the VIP server access. According to users, this gives huge benefits (but I can not verify that yet). Follow these steps:
1. Go to settings > advanced and under musicbrainz select headphones and then tap on "Get an account"
2. Follow the steps, donate, and plug in that user and pass back on the headphones settings.
Headphones Test Run
1. Go to SABnzbd and enter the Categories config page
2. On the empty line enter "music" as a category and enter the folder where SABnzbd should place the albums after download
3. Click Add and Save
4. Go back to Headphones again
5. Go to "manage"
6. Add the directory where you have your artists and albums. Example: "Z:\Audio\Artists"
You have two choices here. To automatically add new artists or not. The "Automatically add new artists" options enables all artists scanned in the directory to be added to the watch list for new albums. Some might want this, but those of us with large collections might want to leave this option off, and rather add new artists that you really want to update. The choice is yours. If you're a JRiver Media Center user like me, you might have used the Album Artist fields for a lot of compilations. Headphones do not always pick up compilations if there is different Artists in the Artist tags of one album, and this might create a bit messy scan list. That is why I would recommend for most users to leave this option OFF and select the Artists that you want to subscribe to.
7. Save and wait for the scan
8. Go to the Manage tab
9. Select Manage new Artists
10. Select artists you want to subscribe to, and go to the home menu to check what albums have been found. This can be a very time consuming job.
I'll add some more usage hints later when I have the time.
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2012-01-20 14:13 Post: #6
Posts updated and layout edited. The guide should be complete. I've installed it 3 times just to be certain that it's working. Missing some introduction text for some of the parts for this setup, but it will be added shortly.
Please tell me if there is errors, or room for improvement in my walk-through. I'll update it when I can.
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2012-01-20 14:37 Post: #7
Great post.
I thought Headphones was practically dead as the developer isn't working on it any more and musicbrainz has blocked the app (although I believe there are workarounds to that).
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2012-01-20 14:47 Post: #8
Darn. That explains why it did not work that great yesterday. It worked a few months ago, but I did not have the time to really test it out at that time.
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2012-01-20 15:31 Post: #9
It seems like there is still some life in this project. The author is in contact with the music services to make it work again, and meanwhile there is people looking into some quick fixes. Looks like the solution to the problem is rather simple. I can't test it now, but I will try to do it later this weekend.
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2012-01-20 17:17 Post: #10
thanks for this
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2012-01-20 17:28 Post: #11
MrHaugen Wrote:It seems like there is still some life in this project. The author is in contact with the music services to make it work again, and meanwhile there is people looking into some quick fixes. Looks like the solution to the problem is rather simple. I can't test it now, but I will try to do it later this weekend.Jap, the project is still not dead - the dev. is still working on it (but probably currently has not much time at his hands) and there are other people also looking into the code of hp - I'm hopeful that it will be developed further
However - to work around the musicbrainz-block, I set up a mirror for the musicbrainz-server which is publicly available - you can use that one, headphones will then work again.
However - it can be that headphones needs a little bit longer to retrieve the information from my server since it is pretty slow at the moment (since it is running with the musicbrainz-server already built-in rather than an external one which should speed things up. But I can't configure that right now as that takes a lot of time and there is a lot of Trial&Error involved.
Nevertheless - thanks for the guide, although I wrote my own one (see my signature), your work is greatly appreciated
Need help? Check out my XBMC Frodo Guide. It contains full featured guides to Sickbeard and CouchPotato as well.
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2012-01-20 17:52 Post: #12
HenryFord Wrote:Nevertheless - thanks for the guide, although I wrote my own one (see my signature), your work is greatly appreciated
Yea, I saw that earlier today. Nice work! I skimmed through it. A shame I did not find it months ago when I had real trouble
Anyway, I think the two guides address the problems at bit differently. Yours seems to be focusing a lot on cross platform usage and XBMC setup, while mine is just for Windows and a bit more generic when it comes to media player. Perhaps a bit easier to get through for those with windows as a platform? I hope that someone might find this detailed step by step hand holding to be helpful
I tried the Headphones solution now and it works perfectly. I've added it to the guide.
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2012-01-20 22:57 Post: #13
Thanks for this, just getting started on my end and need a good guide. The Sickbeard download link is dead.
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2012-01-21 00:15 Post: #14
The link should be working now. The original link is dead, so I had to share my own version. Remember to read that paragraph again. I've added a link to a JRiver compatible version as well as a generic version for other apps.
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Thanks for the guide. Just started using usenet helped a lot.
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Without funds to renovate or reinforce the structure, water district officials approved a demolition plan, and the construction of a monument that would utilize original bricks from the home in order to honor the Chinese laborers who had once lived in the building and the area.
The building, on the southwest corner of Klusman Avenue and San Bernardino Road, is the last remnant of a once-thriving Chinatown in the Cucamonga Valley and represents the last structure of a Chinatown anywhere in the Inland Empire, according to leaders of the Chinese American heritage groups.
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Communication? Even Yesser: Touch base every, single day – even if it's just for a couple of minutes. Listen to each other. When in doubt, say something. If you can't say it – text it. Growing apart happens so easily, almost effortlessly. Staying in touch with each other takes effort and sometimes, strategy.
Men Are Not Mind Readers: Have you ever said some variation of: "Well if you don't know then I shouldn't have to tell you" or gotten angry because your husband didn't do something that obviously needed to get done? The point is you must be annoyingly straightforward about what you would like. Live by this rule: If you do not ask, you will not get.
Pick Your Battles, B*tches: We've all heard this before and we all know how true it is. Also included in this category? Adjusting expectations. This doesn't mean that you live with unhappiness or crappy behavior, but rather that unreasonable expectations get replaced with those that have some basis in reality – minimizing disappointment and making it easier for everyone (including you) to live up to them.
Must Have Date Night: You have to take time to be together and hang out. It doesn't have to be dinner and a babysitter. It can be a game of cards after the kids go to bed. It just has to be a priority.
Take Time for Yourself. Take It and RUN: Time with girlfriends or at Zumba or just being by yourself for a little while – INVALUABLE. Ask for it. Demand it. Make sure you get it. And make sure he gets it, too. Because he needs it just as much as you do.
Use Your Damn Manners: We kill ourselves making sure our kids say please and thank you . That they understand that being rude means that they're essentially ungrateful and lack respect for other people. Bottom line? Everyone is deserving of courtesy and respect. And when it's the hardest to give, it's usually when it's the most necessary.
Before we move onto everything else
Important Point #1: Sex =Good. No Sex=Bad.
- You want to have sexy time never and your partner wants to have it always.
- Sweet, sweet lovin' is not a big priority for you because you're freaking exhausted by 9pm every night, but you do it anyway because it makes him happy.
- You know you should be doing it more and that you should want to do it more.
"Men place an enormous value on sex. To them, it is how they express their love for you, and also how they FEEL loved in return. So if you don't really feel like it, remind yourself that, to him, it is like saying you don't feel like loving him."
"Sometimes sex is like picking up the playroom. You just have to force the first 10 minutes, then you are either happy with your progress or happy that it's done. And yes, you have to do it again later."
"If you aren't in the mood ALL THE TIME, examine what the source of that feeling is. It could be a medical problem, or it could be your intuition telling you that there is something seriously wrong."
"I introduced my husband to choreplay! Nothing makes me hotter than seeing him vacuum or fold laundry, and it drives me absolutely wild when he empties the dishwasher. And we laugh about it and joke about it and then have really good sex. Yay!"
"I was told once that a full belly and empty balls = happy marriage."
Important Point #2: Communication Means Stop Looking at Your Phone
"Don't talk down to your spouse (or about your spouse) to your friends and family. Funny stories, "he's crazy but I love him", eye-rollers are all well and good, but when you start actually saying things about your spouse that would wound him/her if they were overheard, that's the beginning of the end. You will internalize those words, learn to believe them, and soon you have disgust or contempt for your partner and that's The End."
"Most relationship misery comes from un-communicated assumptions and expectations. This only works if both of you do it. If your partner is not so into talking about things, you may need to START by talking about why you need to talk about things. AND you have to actually listen to each other, rather than just waiting til that annoying sound stops to say the next thing in your brain (this can be REALLY hard as you can lose track of what you wanted to say and end up on a tangent). For big discussions a list of points you want to bring up is helpful. Totally not kidding."
"It's okay to have things about the other that really piss you off. Learning to ignore these things is what defines a long marriage. Trying to change these things is what defines a fight."
"It's okay to go to bed angry, especially if you know from experience that you will wake up thinking it wasn't such a big deal. Sometimes small problems are best put to bed as small problems, rather than unpacking 6 months' worth of dirty laundry and throwing it at each other til 3 am."
"Don't play games. EVER. If you want or need something, tell him. If you are angry about something, tell him. Don't make him guess. He will either be completely bewildered (and likely get angry with you), or he will ignore you, figuring if it had something to do with him you would say so. Be straight with each other, and you will probably solve most of your problems together quickly and easily."
"You CANNOT hold your spouse/partner responsible for things you don't verbally ASK them for. No body language, no "you should have just known" or mind reading... if I don't ask for whatever it is I need/want, and I mean literally like, "Honey, will you mop the floors while I'm gone?" or "Honey, can we have sex tonight?" neither of us can get mad about not getting what we want. Made all the difference in the world in our relationship."
Important Point #2: Do the Work. Oh Goody! Another Job.
"My father told me the key to a long and healthy relationship was to worry about the other person and put them first. The caveat was that they have to do the same for you."
"Our marriage works because we mutually desire to make life easier for the other. That's what it's about."
"What my grandfather told my mother and my mother told me: In your marriage, don't expect to go halfway and meet in the middle. Only when you both feel like you've gone the whole way will you meet in the middle."
"If I count on him to be my bestie, my parent, my gossiper, my housekeeper, coworker and my drinking buddy, I'll have to suppress the need to throw things. Girlfriends save my life."
"My husband is not considerate by nature. As in, at all. Respectful is hard enough for him to manage. So he has programmed things into his iPhone at key times certain reminders. Examples: "Ask how her day was" "Ask if there's anything around the house that needs doing after kids go to bed" (before he hunkers down with his computer for the evening). Not everyone is thoughtful by nature, but everyone can find a way around it. "
"When things go to hell -- and they will go to hell -- turn TO each other, not ON each other."
"My grandmother told me: "Gramps and I have been married for over 50 years. During those 50 years, there were at least 5 years of time in which I hated his guts. I couldn't stand the sight of him. All I could think about was that I would be better off without him, or with someone else. After a few months (or in one time, years), we would talk it out, and things would get better. Now, looking back, we were happy for probably 90% of our marriage. Not bad odds. And those 5 years don't seem so bad in comparison to our life together. So be prepared. There will be times in which you hate your husband. Just try to hang on until it gets better."
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Burglars smashed windows to break into two homes Sunday night in Redlands.
Redlands police were investigating a break-in in the 100 block of Beattie Lane about 7:30 p.m. when they received another call about a burglary in the 700 block of West Brockton Avenue, said Redlands police Sgt. Ken Wright.
Police came to the second scene around 8 p.m.
Police said property was stolen in both incidents and no one was in custody.
Wright said there is no evidence indicating the two incidents were committed by the same people.
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Holding tents in the air on Rothschild Boulevard is also legal.
Nicknamed "the Mozart of Finance," Macron spent short but extremely lucrative years as an investment banker at Rothschild.
Despite his Labour politics, Mandelson loves the company of the rich and famous and numbers Deripaska and Rothschild as friends.
"I wanted him to represent Wall Street, but Arne got me Rothschild," Samaras says, referring to Evelyn de Rothschild.
Saif is also pumping Libyan money into Montenegro—reason enough for Rothschild last year to host a party in his honor in New York.
A sum enough to strike the house of Rothschild flat into gold-leaf.
Jenkyns Soames has retired to his room; probably to write to Rothschild.
Rothschild had special boats under his direction upon which he sold passages to his brethren.
No one will volunteer to work for the enrichment of your Rothschild.
The officer gave Rothschild a receipt for the amount, and assured the banker it was but a loan.
"rich person," 1833, in reference to the international banking family descended from Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812) of Frankfurt. The surname is literally "red shield," a house name.


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Photo galleries: Commuters use Highway 38 for first full day since Sunday tragedy | More Yucaipa bus crash galleries
Related stories: Tour bus company failed more than a third of safety inspections | Trip to snow was nightmare for victims of deadly bus crash | First responders can turn to peers, counselors, chaplains after disturbing incidences
Previous coverage:
Sunday -- Bus overturns near Yucaipa
Monday -- Crews clear scene of fatal bus crash on Highway 38; six victims identified
Tuesday -- Seventh victim identified | Crash investigation just beginning, NTSB investigator says
YUCAIPA - Sunday's fatal bus crash on Highway 38 north of here claimed an eighth victim on Wednesday morning - a man identified as a 72-year-old Mountain Home Village resident who was driving a Ford pickup that was hit by the bus.
Fred Bailey Richardson was pronounced dead at Loma Linda University Medical Center at 6:39 a.m., San Bernardino County coroner's officials said.
Richardson was driving a truck with a trailer that had the name "Richardson Landscaping Maintenance" on the side.
He was well known in the Mountain Home Village area east of the crash site.
Deborah Coleman, a daughter of Richardson's who was in town from Ohio on Wednesday, said people loved to be around her father, a man of deep Christian faith, one who could bring joy to difficult situations.
"If someone was broken down on the side of the road, he would help them," Coleman said. "He would give them food and something to drink."
Richardson was also a charitable businessman known to give breaks to clients going through hard times.
This was especially true of widows, Coleman said.
She recalled her father as a hardworking man often drenched in his own sweat and dirtied with the grime of a tough day's labor.
But he was also a gentleman who knew how to freshen up; that was especially true on Saturdays, the day he set aside for worship.
"Dad was always a rugged guy," Coleman said. "He always cleaned up nice on the Sabbath. One day of the week he would clean up and look handsome."
Coleman said her father was a morning person who read the Bible daily before going to work.
Richardson was a family man who, along with his wife, Anita, reared Coleman and her younger brother, Stephen Richardson.
She recalled fishing with her dad in the mountains. A favorite memory is of trips with her dad to Panama City Beach, Fla., where her father took special time out to walk with her on the beach, during which they shared memories and talked about their lives.
"Dad and I always did our beach walks," Coleman said. "It was special. He was the best dad you could ever imagine."
Scott Richardson, who isn't related to Fred Richardson, stood Wednesday alongside Highway 38 near Mountain Home Village.
He remembered the landscaper who always met folks with warmth and friendliness.
"We take care of each other in this community," he said. "We take care of the animals, the river and the forest. And Fred was the best caretaker of all because he worked with the earth every day, seven days a week. He never greeted anyone without a smile."
Scott Richardson said he understands how dangerous the highway that passes his community can be.
He's still recovering from a motorcycle crash along the same stretch of road where the tour bus collided with his friend and neighbor on Sunday night.
"It took me five years to recover from my crash," he said. "Those poor people on the bus, they paid their 40 bucks and expected that they'd be taken care of. And now Fred's dead. It's like he was murdered."
When asked if he was related to Fred Richardson, he said, "We like to think so, we like to think so."
The crash on Highway 38 east of Bryant Street also killed three San Diego residents and four Mexican nationals from Tijuana who were returning to Mexico after a trip to the snow in Big Bear Lake.
They have been identified as Liliana Camerina Sanchez Sauceda, 24, Aleida Adriana Arce Hernandez, 38, Rubicelia Escobedo Flores, 34, Mario Garcia Santoyo, 32, all of Tijuana; and Guadalupe Olivas, 61, Elvira Garcia Jimenez, 40, and Victor Cabrera Jimenez, 13, of San Diego.
The bus driver, Norberto Perez, 52, of San Ysidro, lost control of the vehicle and rear-ended a Saturn sedan, authorities said. He reportedly veered into oncoming traffic and struck Richardson's pickup, causing the bus to flip and toss several passengers out onto the roadway.
Federal transportation records show National City-based Scapadas Magicas Tours had failed 36percent of its safety inspections in the past two years.
Only 16 of its 25 vehicles passed inspection. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said the failure rate exceeded the national average.
Tijuana-based Interbus Tours rented the ill-fated bus from Scapadas.
A woman who answered the phone at Interbus on Wednesday said the company was still booking trips but she would not confirm if it was using Scapadas.
The woman declined to give her name.
Most of the passengers on board the tour bus that crashed were workers with the government health-care agency, Issstecali.
According to one passenger, the group of workers and their relatives had arranged the trip specifically for that weekend due to a holiday in Mexico.
San Bernardino County sheriff's officials said none of the remains of other seven people killed have been released to family members because the Coroner's Office plans to conduct autopsies.
Carolina Zaragoza Flores, the local consul of Mexico, said Wednesday that 10 victims remained in the hospital, eight have been released and 13 have returned home to Tijuana and Mexico City.
"And we continue working with (officials in Mexico) to help family members of the deceased who are going to be requesting assistance for funeral services in Mexico," Flores said. "It's very difficult, sad."
Staff photographer Rick Sforza and staff writer Beatriz Valenzuela contributed to this report.


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'The Sabres took a two-goal lead early in the third. The puck took a funny bounce off the boards to Connolly, who was all alone in front of the net. He deked to his backhand and lifted the disc over Price at the 4:55 mark to make it 3-1.'
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This month's big giveaway is for one of the coolest modern cat scratchers ever! It's the CatScratch from Urban Cat Design. This unique wall-mounted scratcher gives kitties a corner surface to sink their claws into. You know how much they love the corner of the sofa? Well, here's a corner that they are free to go-to-town on, plus the carpet insert can be replaced when it's worn, or if you just want to try a different color.
The CatScratch is hand spray painted with three layers of "catnail resistant" finish in crisp modern white. There are nine different carapet colors to choose from. The scratcher measures about 19.5″ tall and can be positioned at any height on the wall. The CatScratch sells for €269, or about $333 US.
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Valero's Klesse to Retire
Bill Klesse, the lifetime Valero Energy employee who is credited with maintaining the company's growth when gasoline priced tumbled to $1.30 during the first days of the 2008 recession, announced today that he will retire effective May 1, 1200 WOAI news reports.
Klesse is the second head of a major San Antonio company to announce his retirement in the past two weeks. Joe Robles, the CEO of USAA, announced plans to retire two weeks ago.
Valero Energy is the ninth largest corporation in the United States, according to the 2013 Fortune 500 list, between General Motors and Ford Motor Company. It is the largest independent refiner in the world.
"I would like to thank our employees, Valero's shareholders, our customers and suppliers, and our communities where we live and work," Klesse said in a statement released by Valero Monday.
Klesse, 67, has worked his entire career, 45, years, for Valero and its predecessors. He became CEO in 2005. He will be succeeded by President Joe Gorder in a pre arranged succession agreement.
"He has decided that it is time for him to retire, maybe do something different," Valero spokesman Bill day said.
Klesse is credited with building Valero into not only the largest refiner in North America, but one of the nation's largest producers of Ethanol, as he led the company's move into alternative fuels. Klesse also built up Valero's Corner Stores and oversaw their spinoff into an independent company, the third largest in San Antonio.
But it is Klesse's leadership during the recession which is receiving the most praise.
"Refining was doing fairly well when he took over, but then the economy went into a downturn, and really Bill Klesse was the right person at the right time and the right place to lead Valero through that downturn," Day said. "Refining lives and dies by the economy, and if the economy is not doing well, the refining industry is not going to do well. But Valero not only survived that time period, but did very well. We expanded into the Ethanol business at that time, because we were able to buy a plant for a low price."
Day says due to Klesse's leadership, Valero is thriving again, and feels comfortable about turning the reins over to Gorder.
"We have done a lot of things to add value to our shareholders at a time when similar companies were not doing very well," Day said.
Gorder is the long time President of Valero Europe. His appointment as President of the Corporate was a part of the leadership transition, Day said.


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'"This will be a first," Gionta said. "It will be awesome playing against Buffalo. It's only an hour away from where my parents live. There will be a lot of family and friends. I think as a kid I played here between periods once. Real young. That was it."'
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- 6 servings
- 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, divided
- 3 scallions, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 pound lump crabmeat, drained and picked to remove shells
- 2 teaspoons fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- 1 lime, juiced
- Kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 10 sheets phyllo dough
- 1/4 cup plain dry breadcrumbs
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a medium saute pan, add the scallions and garlic and cook over medium-low heat until the scallions are soft, approximately 5 minutes. Add the curry powder and stir. Shred the crabmeat into a bowl and mix with the parsley, lime juice, salt, to taste, and pepper. Add the crabmeat to the scallion mixture. Melt 10 tablespoons of butter in a small pan and set aside. Unfold 1 sheet of the phyllo dough. Brush the sheet with melted butter and sprinkle with bread crumbs. Repeat the process by laying a second sheet of phyllo dough over the first sheet, brush it with melted butter and sprinkle with bread crumbs until 5 sheets have been used. Spoon a 1-inch wide row of the crab mixture along 1 edge of the phyllo dough. Roll it up. Brush the top with butter and set aside. Repeat the entire process using the all the phyllo dough and crab filling. Cover a sheet pan with parchment paper. Score the crab strudel diagonally into 1 1/2-inch pieces and bake for 12 minutes, or until the top is lightly brown. Slice and serve.
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- Calories606
- Carbohydrates79 g(26%)
- Fat26 g(41%)
- Protein13 g(27%)
- Saturated Fat15 g(77%)
- Sodium196 mg(8%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat2 g
- Fiber4 g(16%)
- Monounsaturated Fat7 g
- Cholesterol61 mg(20%)


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Should We Have the Right to Be Forgotten Online?
What comes up when you enter your name into Google? It could be positive: mentions in newspapers or notices for awards received. But the results likely include some negative material as well: your phone number and address might show up, some sloppy party photos taken without your permission, or even court records. A new company in France called Forget.me wants to help you make those results disappear with just a few clicks, thanks to the European Union's "right to be forgotten."
The right to be forgotten is a law passed in 2012 that was upheld this year by the European Commission. It gives citizens of the E.U. a right to see themselves represented online "in a way that is not inconsistent with his or her current personal and social identity," writes Italian lawyer Luigi Manna in Lexology. In other words, if you don't like those Google search results, you can legally request that they be removed from the web giant's listings.
The law reflects the control we have over how we represent ourselves in real life, says Forget.me's founder Bertrand Girin. "If I explain to you who I am, I have the freedom to give you the information in the order I want," he says. "We decided to create technology to help customers regain this freedom online. The order of information on search engines is even more critical than in real life."
Yet critics of the right to be forgotten argue that by removing Google search results, the law is enabling censorship. Recently, an actor requested that news articles about an affair with a teenager be removed, and a politician did the same for stories about their erratic behavior in order to pave the way for another run for office, according to Google. This is information that the public has a right to know. But Forget.me has found that it is social media, not traditional journalist media, that the vast majority of users want to forget them. "Less than three percent of requests are demanding articles to be taken down," Girin says. "Most of the demands are going toward Facebook."
Forget.me's records of what we want forgotten says a lot about our relationship to the Internet—namely, that we've lost control over our personal information as it exists online. The right to be forgotten could restore it.
After it became clear that the law was here to stay, Google launched a form for filing right to be forgotten requests. The form asks users to explain why the disputed links are "irrelevant, outdated, or otherwise objectionable."
"Most people would say, what does that mean, exactly?" Girin says. Forget.me provides different options for users to choose from—my ex put photos of me online, for example, or the results inappropriately reveal my sexual orientation—and inserts the necessary legalese required. Then it sends the request off to Google. Without Forget.me, "Google has received a lot of requests where they don't understand what is written," the founder says. "We make things easier for the people as well as the search engine."
To date, 13,000 users have submitted 5,280 links to be removed. (Though the law is inapplicable in the United States, a third of all traffic to Forget.me comes from here, suggesting strong interest.) Google says it will decide whether it complies with the removal requests by balancing "the privacy rights of the individual with the public's interest to know and the right to distribute information."
Links are already being taken down, as The Guardian editor James Ball writes. That doesn't mean the webpages cease to exist. It just makes them harder to find, since they don't appear as frequently in search results. Bell argues that Google is "clearly a reluctant participant in what effectively amounts to censorship."
But censorship isn't the whole story. As the scant three percent of requests targeting journalists and media outlets through shows, there's a lot more to the right to be forgotten than attacks on the media.
According to data from the company, 28 percent of the requests resulted from "invasion of privacy," exposures of private, personal information like ethnic identity, academic performance, religious beliefs, and political views. Nineteen percent were based on defamation and online hearsay like "I am targeted by false rumors presenting me as a member of a cult," as one Forget.me example runs.
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'Except for local hero Brian Gionta, the Devils were never thrilled about playing a regular-season game in a minor-league arena with poor ice. The game was the brainchild of Buffalo Sabres owner and Rochester billionaire Tom Golisano. Rather than protest the request from NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello chose to show some good will and cooperate.'
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Amy Paradis, who was left paralyzed following a car crash in 2009, is hoping to be up and walking in a robotic suit by the end of the month. (Submitted photo)
Amy Paradis is awaiting the arrival of a life-changing parcel — a bionic suit.
When the much-anticipated package arrives in her hometown of Windsor, it will mark the beginning of an exciting new chapter in the 20-year-old's journey to regain the use of her legs following a car accident that left her paralyzed in 2009.
Windsor's own FootPrints SCI-Recovery — a non-profit spinal cord recovery centre Paradis operates with her mother, Marlene Belliveau — has placed its order for the Ekso Bionics Exoskeleton.
Belliveau says the hope is the $80,000 exoskeleton will promptly pass through customs and arrive in time for a five-day training block with clinicians from California that is scheduled to begin March 24.
The exoskeleton is essentially a battery-powered device Paradis can strap on and use to stand, and walk, on her own two feet again.
Paradis has devoted the years after the crash to training her body, both mentally and physically, for the moment she would walk again, a moment doctors claimed would never come.
She's restored function in her arms, core, hip, pelvic area and quadriceps, and soon she will accomplish yet another amazing feat.
Plans are in place to have Paradis participate in a home study that would allow researchers to track her progress with the ground-breaking exoskeleton for a one-year period. The study will measure the changes in Paradis' circulation and bone density, and assist in the development of an exoskeleton for household use.
"She is the only Canadian that will be doing the research for the home version at this point," said Belliveau.
Belliveau says public reception to a fundraiser launched to help FootPrints acquire a $5,000 down payment for the exoskeleton by March 6 was well received, making it possible for the not-for-profit organization to arrange for the device to ship March 13.
Belliveau is proud to report that FootPrints will be the second facility in the country to acquire an exoskeleton, a device that offers select individuals living with paralysis the opportunity to improve their overall well being one step at a time.
"We're pretty excited and it should be exciting for the town and for the province as a whole," she said.
FootPrints must come up with another $75,000 for the exoskeleton to be paid off. For more information, visit: http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/-let-s-get-amy-walking-/138717 or http://sci-recovery.ca.


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Shift + F3. How often do you use that one?
Remember its little gem? It takes the highlighted text and rotates it between the Title Case of lowercase and UPPERCASE letters.
But, what if you're tired of rotating through the choices and just want to jump straight to UPPERCASE?
Can we find a quick way to make that change?
Well, obviously we're looking for a key combination. (After all, if we have to use the Format menu, Change Case choice or even a button on a toolbar/Ribbon, it's going to take way too long).
Here's my humble suggestion. Next time, try Ctrl + Shift + A.
- To change a single word, simply put the cursor in the word and hit Ctrl + Shift + A.
- Changing multiple words can be done too. Highlight all of them before you use Ctrl + Shift + A.
In either case, to toggle the text back to its original form, use Ctrl + Shift + A again.
There you have it. A quick, direct way to get to the CAPS!
~ April