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It was in 1986 when Charlene Woodward saw the need for a retailer in Seattle that catered to customers looking for unusual books. The budding entrepreneur founded Direct Book Service.
Little did Woodward know then that her new business would eventually go to the dogs.
Woodward soon discovered it was very difficult to find high-quality books for clients looking for specific information about dogs. Seeing a potential niche market, she decided to start selling dog books at dog shows across the region.
It didn't take long for customers to begin asking how they could buy dog books between scheduled dog shows, so Woodward designed a simple catalog and orders soon started rolling in. The business gradually began a new chapter as a mail order company, and changed its name to Dogwise (www.dogwise.com). Charlene's husband, Larry, joined the growing company and serves as its president.
The company grew quickly and eventually the Woodwards decided it was time for a change. Because it was now exclusively a mail order business, Dogwise could be located anywhere. The Woodwards began a search for a smaller town, found what they needed in Wenatchee and made the move over the mountains in 1992
"We had visited Wenatchee on a number of occasions and we really liked the area and the weather," Larry said. "Having lived in Seattle for some time, our family was ready for a change. Wenatchee is close to skiing and is still close enough to our extended family who remain on the west side."
At that time, the couple's son Nate was in the eighth grade. After graduating from Wenatchee High School, he attended Central Washington University and majored in business administration. He returned in 2002 to help with the family business, and he now serves as the company's vice president.
That same year an author had an out-of-print book that had been dropped by the original publisher. She had written a second edition of the book and needed a new publisher. Charlene worked with the author and coordinated with a printer in the Midwest to print the second edition of the book. Once again Charlene launched another arm of the business, putting on her publisher's hat.
The growing business needed a larger warehouse and found it at 403 S. Mission St. in Wenatchee. It purchased the property in 2008.
"Today we publish six to 10 books a year," Nate said. "If we didn't publish books, our business would be very different today — probably half of what we are today."
Dogwise contracts with United Graphics, a printer in Mattoon, Ill., for most of its printing jobs.
One of about 10 small book publishers nationwide, Dogwise has eight full-time employees and does 95 percent of its business online. In addition to books, Dogwise sells DVDs, pamphlets, e-books and toys — practically anything and everything pertaining to dogs. All products are thoroughly tested by the three resident dogs helping run the place. They welcome visiting dogs who bring their owners to the store.
But don't look for dog products imported from overseas at this business. Dogwise makes a point to find products made in America and proudly displays "Printed in the USA" on its books. Many of its customers — and even employees — appreciate that fact.
"I'm really proud to work for a company that publishes our books and carries products made in the United States," said Kristy Allen, customer service manager.
"We prefer to keep our business in the United States," Nate added. "It may be less expensive to print overseas, but we like to deal with a U.S. company. There's a service and quality we need. For example, if we have a book that sells faster than expected and we need more copies quickly, we can't wait for a slow boat from China."
However, with the vast majority of its business conducted on the Internet, Dogwise has customers worldwide. "We don't have the staffing to translate in different languages, so we'll sell the right to print our book to foreign publishers," Nate said.
The company has sold book rights to many countries, including Japan, Germany and Russia, and it has purchased book rights from Germany and Norway. The price of the book rights vary, typically selling for between $1,000 and $10,000, depending on how the contract is written, Nate said.
Dogwise books are also sold on Amazon.com. "We get orders from Amazon every Tuesday," Allen said. "Amazon is our biggest customer for books and e-books."
E-books are the wave of the future for the company. The process to turn a print book into an e-book is labor intensive, so Dogwise works with Innodata, a New Jersey business that claims it "is the leading provider of e-book services to publishers."
"We've really amped up our publishing," Allen said. "We have been publishing e-books for three years, and that business has really taken off. Our revenue from e-book publishing has increased tenfold since we began."
E-book revenue accounts for about 10 percent of the company's annual income, but that is expected to increase in the future, Nate said.
"The most interesting thing about the book industry is we are going through an incredible change right now," Larry said. "All of the growth is in the e-book field. E-books require no printing, no storage and no shipping."
Despite the company's recent success with e-books, it has been affected by the slumping economy.
"Our retail business definitely dropped off when the current recession started," Nate said. "But our customers are dog enthusiasts. Their dog is very close to being their child, if not a child replacement in many cases. They cut back, but they didn't stop spending. I think we have weathered this recession about as well as any other company. Our name is pretty established in the dog book printing and e-book world."
Professionals in the field agree.
"Dogwise has been an important part of the move toward providing positive, science-based books and DVDs for trainers," said Mychelle Blake, executive director of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers. "They are a 'one-stop-shop' for many dog trainer and behavior consultants' educational and reading needs, and the APDT has been proud to work with them through the years."
Authors from across the country have come to depend on the professional services Dogwise provides. Brenda Aloff lives in Midland, Mich., and is the author of "Canine Body Language" and "Aggression in Dogs." She's also an international clinician and speaker.
"I have worked with Dogwise through several publications now, both as an author and as a marketing partner," Aloff said. "Dogwise has a family feel about it that is friendly and welcoming. They have helped me from conception of an idea and moral support to the finished product of editing, printing and marketing. My books would have never reached the shelves of big book stores like Barnes and Noble without their knowledge and connections."
Seattle resident Grisha Stewart is the author of "Behavior Adjustment Training." She depends on Dogwise for keeping abreast of the latest information available in her field.
"Dogwise is the go-to publishing house for positive dog training books in the United States," Stewart said. "Whenever I need a book on a certain topic within the dog world or I hear about a new dog book coming out, Dogwise is the first place I check."
And locally, Dogwise has developed a positive standing in the community.
"Dogwise has done a lot to help us over the years," said Dawn Davies, executive director of the Wenatchee Valley Humane Society. "They have kept us involved in everything going on in the world of dogs, and they have provided great support to the center."


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With a little more than a week before Election Day, grassroots campaigns are hoping to maximize voter participation among often disenfranchised communities. Cuéntame has launched a series of public service announcements targeted at some 50,000 new Latino voters in three swing states: Colorado, Nevada, and Florida. The PSAs, made in conjunction with 300 partner groups, are airing on major Spanish language television stations like Univision, MundoFox, and Azteca America.
But it's not all good news. Our community journalists write in that schemes to confuse voters are coming to a head. Here are some of this week's most important voting rights updates:
'It Feels Like Sabotage' for Nevada's Early Voters
Kate Sedinger works with the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada--one of the groups that paired up with Cuéntame to create some of the PSAs we just told you about. Kate writes in that there are already problems with early voting for some people in Nevada:
Saturday was the first day of early voting in Nevada. PLAN had an early voting rally in Sun Valley, which is a community just north of Reno that has a high percentage of low income and Latino residents. Those residents are the reason why we chose that location for our rally. I've never waiting in line for more than a couple of minutes to early vote at the university or some of the shopping centers in higher income neighborhoods.
As KOLO 8 reports, however, people waited hours in line--and that some were even asked for identification, which isn't law in Nevada.
Colorado's Arapahoe County's Sticky Situation
Our Colorado-based community journalist, Rosemary Harris Lytle has had a busy week. She heads the Colorado/Montana/Wyoming State Conference of the NAACP, and because Colorado is a battleground state, every vote will definitely count there. You may remember Secretary of State Scott Gessler, who demanded the Department of Homeland Security hand over an immigrant database in order to purge voters, and then gave up on using it. Rosemary writes in that Gessler now faces allegations of state ethics rules violations.
But that's not all. This election could well be decided by Arapahoe County voters, who are essentially split three ways between Democrat, Republican, and independent voters. Rosemary tells us that The Denver Post is reporting a troubling update in the swing county:
More than 230,000 ballots last week were mailed to Arapahoe County's voters in envelopes that possibly contained a participation sticker that rubbed up against the ballot and in some cases left a faint, near-linear mark that appeared exactly where voters draw a line to select their candidates.
The story concludes that the voting machines won't count the marks, but this may not be the last we hear about Arapahoe County.
Maricopa County Strikes Again and Again
You may remember we told you last week that Maricopa County misled Spanish speaking voters about the day on which to cast their ballots. The county's election department explained it was an honest mistake, and that it fixed the error. The Phoenix New Times is reporting, however, that the county also produced Spanish language bookmarks with the wrong date as well.
But wait, it's Maricopa, so of course, there's more. Some early voters are getting letters stating that their signatures need verification. The letters allow voters four business days to respond from the date on the letter so that the ballot can be validated. One voter, Jason Spence, took to his social media site to explain that although his letter was dated October 22, he didn't receive it until after work on October 24. Spense claims that none of the phone numbers listed were answered, and none had the voicemail set up. He kept trying and subsequently got through and was able to verify his ballot. Voting Rights Watch called all four phone numbers Thursday morning, and verified his initial experience: no answer, and no voicemail setup. When we called back Thursday evening, one of the phone numbers was answered, but although the letter is also addressed in Spanish, no one at the Election's Department was able to talk in Spanish, aside from kindly asking to call back "mañana."
Intimidating Letters Sent to Florida Voters
The Advancement Project tipped us that voters in at least 26 Florida counties have been sent fraudulent letters questioning eligible voters' citizenship. Whoever is behind the intimidation is violation of Florida law, and could be charged with a third degree felony and fined up to $5,000. Voting rights advocates demanded federal investigation into the matter, and the Tampa Bay Times reports that the FBI is looking into the letters.
Voter ID: A Threat to Tribal Sovereignty
Hillary Abe, our Community Journalist who's keeping an eye on Native American voter disenfranchisement, writes in that The National Congress of American Indians has released a new report that outlines how voter ID laws disproportionately affect Native voters and threatens tribal sovereignty. Indian Country Today explains:
The new report, "Voter ID laws & the Native Vote: States of Concern," says that state voter ID requirements create three problems. First, it strips American Indians of their rights when states refuse to accept tribal IDs. Second, it costs money, travel and time for American Indians to get a state ID. And, these laws risk disenfranchising voters by rejecting provisional ballots. Three states - Alaska, Florida and Minnesota - either have rules or proposed measures that do not allow the use of tribal IDs for voting.
Minnesota's voter ID ballot measure would require a physical address with which to vote in the future. Natives who live in rural areas use PO Boxes instead of physical addresses, because some homes are in areas that are so remote, there are no street names or addresses.
Don't think it's all that hard to get an ID? Then watch Hillary's video, which might help you reconsider.
Minnesota County Commissioner Candidate Stands Corrected
Community Journalist Lolla Mohammed Nur is based in Minnesota, where voters will decide whether to amend their state's Constitution to make state-issued identification a requirement for voting. Lolla writes in that a local candidate was more than confused, and made a wildly incorrect claim about registered voters:
The Twin Cities Daily Planet recently published a column correcting a claim made by Sue Jeffers, a candidate for Ramsey County Commissioner and a voter ID proponent. Jeffers allegedly claimed there are more ballots than registered voters in the Twin Cities during a local radio interview, a claim which Mary Turck, editor of the Twin Cities Daily Planet, refuted. Turck interviewed a Hennepin County Elections Manager, who said it is impossible for there to be more ballots than registered voters, because Minnesota state law has procedures that account for every person who votes and every ballot cast.
Read Turck's column in the Twin City Daily Planet for more.
Pennsylvania Still Misinforming its Voters
Our Philly-based Community journalist James Cersonky writes in that Pennsylvania has been slow to catch up with the ruling that affirms that voters won't need an ID to vote on Election Day:
Though Pennsylvanians won't need photo IDs this election cycle, voters are still receiving twisted or flatly incorrect information about ID requirements. A petition backed by the Advancement Project, Philadelphia's Public Interest Law Center, and the state ACLU states that thousands of seniors received a mailing from the state's Department of Aging that included a card saying, "Voters are required to show photo ID on Election Day." The petition also notes that state Department of Transportation centers, which administer voting-only IDs, still had up outdated posters telling people that they needed ID as recently as October 11. Meanwhile, the state has barely changed the "Show It" ads that it was running before the voter ID law was put on hold.
On Wednesday, Judge Robert Simpson asked the state to respond to the petition, filed on October 19, by October 30. In response, the petitioners have filed a follow-up motion for the state to move faster so it has enough time before the November 6 election to mail corrective notices and resolve other misleading information--or, if the petitioners' case is rejected, to give enough time for an appeal.
All Time Low Turnout Expected for Military Voters
Military voters' absentee ballot requests have dropped to an all time low--especially in the key swing states of Ohio and Virginia. Although Congress moved to increase participation for those stationed overseas, the Department of Defense has resisted the move. No military voter assistance office has been installed, leaving thousands of overseas troops disenfranchised in this election.

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Riding mares in foal When would you recommend stopping riding a mare which is in foal? Shes only about 4, and is also pretty green when ridden so take that into account :) |
How many months is she? Some people ride them til their ready to pop but I wouldn't. Depends on how far along she is. I would ride her but nothing excessive. The riding is good for excersise and mentality. Posted via Mobile Device |
Ride her till she pops then give her a couple of weeks off and start riding her again. |
They say when a woman is pregnant, she can ride like she usually does. I would guess applying the same rule to a pregnant mare would not be pushing it. As long as you aren't teaching her to jump half way through her term, or working her any harder than usual, you should be fine riding through most of the pregnancy. Posted via Mobile Device |
i'm also worried about riding her as she can sometimes get really stressed when ridden and start bucking and jumping abt etc, could this harm the foal? :shock: i've given her a break since abt feburary, because of the foal and also because i haven't had a lot of time to ride or school her, she was working really well so i thought i might as well let her have a break over summer, turn her out, and start again around now :-) but shes due to foal next spring :wink: so i dont know whether to start again, cos i'll obviously have to give her another break when the foal's born, or should i just wait and keep doing little bits with her until the foal is weaned when i start serious training again? its all a bit of a mess :cry: |
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shes normally great on the ground, but a few months ago she had an injury on her leg which we had to wash every day and she didnt like it, and it got her really stressed and eventually we couldn't hold her and she started bucking and going mad :\ also she was on box rest so that sent her a bit looney as well :cry: thankfully, she calmed down and now she's fine again, but i think there probably are some trust issues we can work on, so i'll be doing plenty of groundwork and hopefully just spending lots of quality time with her, she loves a fuss :) |
Definitely keep her conditioned well, whether it is working her on the ground, or riding. The better shape she stays in, the easier the foaling will be on her, and the quicker she'll bounce back. I rode my pregnant mare all summer and fall (of course she did not have any "stress" issues either). Quit once winter came and we had tons of snow.... The following spring she was sooo big, and just looked miserable, so I would never have even tried to ride her. But I got lots of comments on how great she looked. Foaling went well, and she got her "girlish figure" back in no time. I started riding her again when her colt was three weeks old, but just very short ones so that Kizmit could follow along, as soon as he looked like he was ready for a nap or suckle we were done. Enjoy that new baby when it arrives! They are just so precious, and grow up much too quickly...... |
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In all seriousness, congrats to David for his promotion, and best of luck.
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Sweet Clover: Ugly but Harmless? Or Dangerous Invasive Species?
Why is sweet clover the target of aggressive control by some prairie managers and largely ignored by others? After talking to a number of people across the Midwest and Great Plains, I think there are a couple of things happening. … Continue reading
Purist or Pragmatist? Identifying and Addressing Non-Native vs. Invasive Species in Prairies.
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Butterflies on Noxious Weeds
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Cyberbullying is when a child, preteen or teen uses the internet to bully someone. It might be name-calling or creating fake profiles. If an adult becomes involved, it is cyber-harassment or cyberstalking. Adult cyber-harassment or cyberstalking is NEVER called cyberbullying. www.stopcyberbullying.org
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Matt Ferguson named general manager of Canaries
Posted: 4/8/2014
Higbe & Bragnalo named assistant GM's
Sioux Falls, SD—The Sioux Falls Canaries are proud to announce that Matt Ferguson has been named general manager of the club. The Tripp, SD native is in his fifth season with the organization and also serves as the vice president of sales.
Ferguson began his career with the Canaries in 2010 as a sales executive and was promoted to director of ticket sales in 2012. In 2013, Ferguson was named vice president of sales, a position he holds for both the Canaries and Stampede hockey club. Under his guidance, both clubs have seen record attendance and ticket sale growth over the last two seasons.
"We are thrilled to have Matt as general manager of the Canaries," stated Canaries CEO/President Tom Garrity. "His work ethic and demeanor make him a perfect fit for this position and we know he will help make us a better organization on and off the field."
The club also announced today that Duell Higbe has been named assistant general manger of baseball operations and Brita Bragnalo as assistant general manger of business operations.
Higbe is in his second season with the Stampede after working last season in stadium operations. The Austin, MN native has an impressive baseball background that includes playing at Iowa Western Community College where he helped his squad to the Junior College World Series in 2008. That season he led the team in hitting with a .435 average and was teammates with current Canaries relief pitcher Kirk Clark.
Bragnalo is in her first season with the Canaries and also works as the hockey operations administrator. A native of Monticello, MN, Bragnalo played Division I college hockey at St. Cloud State University. She served as captain of the Huskies her junior and senior seasons and is tied for fifth all-time with 145 career games played. She is also the wife of Stampede assistant coach, Christian Bragnalo.
"Duell and Brita have also done outstanding work for our club since they started," added Garrity. "We are fortunate to have all three of them working for our organization and feel they make a perfect team that will help make us successful."
The Canaries open the 2014 season at home on May 15th against the Sioux City Explorers. Single game, season, group and suite ticket information can be found at www.sfcanaries.com or by calling 336-6060.


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#1 Turns Out That DSK's Swanky Hotel Suite Was Stained With The Semen Of Four Other Guys08-23-2011, 04:33 PMIn a motion to dismiss rape charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Manhattan prosecutors today reported that an analysis of carpet stains in the Frenchmans $3000-per-night Sofitel hotel room contained the semen and DNA of three unknown men, while a stain on the rooms wallpaper contained the semen and DNA of a fourth unknown man.
The revelation that the swanky 28th floor suite was semen-soaked is contained in a footnote in a New York State Supreme Court recommendation for dismissal filed by prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorneys office.
As for the source of that stray semen, investigators noted that, the circumstances under which the unidentified DNA was deposited are unrelated to the encounter between the 62-year-old Strauss-Kahn and hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo. ...
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08-23-2011, 06:08 PMThe problem is : Dominique Strauss-Kahn DNA Matched To Samples From Maid's Shirt: Report (VIDEO)
Dominique Strauss-Kahn's DNA sample has been matched to material found on the clothing of the maid who claims that he sexually assaulted her, NBC New York reports......Traces of the ex-IMF chief's sperm were reportedly found on the maid's dress... The New York Post reports that the NYPD notified French authorities of the development on Sunday.
DSK, as he is widely known in France, was arrested on May 14 on charges of "a criminal sexual act, attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment." It was reported that a maid entered his New York City hotel room where he forced her to perform oral sex.
And the other four guys were just there for the show? :eek:
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The web archive is a comprehensive backup of the web looking as it did in different points of time. Think of the web archive as a flash drive that you might carry around to keep important business documents on hand, or that term paper that you wrote the night before it was due! Now scale this little flash drive we're thinking of up about a hundred billion times, and you've got yourself a web archive! The mission of the web archive is to store the internet in its entirety at different points in time over the last 15-20 years (or however far back the archive goes that specific page you're trying to view). Although it is not a foolproof list, there can oftentimes be a plethora of content on a page that you mightn't thought had fallen by the wayside years ago.
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Pullout plan leaves many Afghans concerned
KABUL, Afghanistan — President Barack Obama's decision to bring half of America's 66,000 troops home within a year was welcomed Wednesday by Afghan officials who have long agitated to control their country, but was greeted with dismay by Afghans who think America failed to keep its promise of a better and safer life.
A troop drawdown was widely expected, but for the first time, Obama said how many. For some Afghans, Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday underscored the reality that foreign troops were indeed leaving — and sooner than expected.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai viewed the announcement as good news. He has pushed for a faster withdrawal of international troops, arguing that his country is sovereign and should control its own fate.
He persuaded NATO to agree on a 2014 deadline for the departure of foreign combat troops just over two years ago. He and Obama also agreed last month for Afghan troops to take the lead for security around the country this spring — months ahead of schedule — as foreign forces take the backseat and shift to an advisory and training role.
"This is something Afghanistan has wanted for so long now," Karzai's office said.
He also applauded Obama's commitment to speed up the timetable for handing over the lead for security to Afghan forces. "The withdrawal in the spring of foreign forces from Afghan villages will definitely help in ensuring peace and full security in Afghanistan."
Obama said the first 34,000 troops will leave Afghanistan within a year.
No decision has been made about how many U.S. troops could remain in the country after December 2014 when most foreign forces will have left. Administration officials have said they are considering a residual U.S. troop presence of as few as 3,000 and as many as 15,000.
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Verizon Wireless Says Galaxy Nexus Coming Later This Year
Oct 21, 2011, 5:04 PM by Eric M. Zeman @phonescooper
Verizon Wireless today announced that it will carry a Long Term Evolution 4G version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus — the first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone — later this year. Verizon didn't provide pricing or an exact launch date.
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Hi, this is Gary with MacMost Now. On today's episode let's look at some Mountain Lion tips.
So there are certainly some big new features in Mountain Lion. There are also some tiny little improvements. Let's take the time to look at a few of these.
So when you are working on a document in a pretty modern app like TextEdit, one that uses the new Mountain Lion features, you've got some new things in the File Menu.
You may have missed, for instance, the Save As choice that was there in Snow Leopard and everything before it. You don't have that anymore. You've got Duplicate just like you do in Lion. But in Mountain Lion you can also hold down the Option key and Duplicate changes to Save As and now you can use it as you did in Snow Leopard and before.
In addition, you've also got some interesting things here like Move To. So you can actually be editing the document in the middle of it in TextEdit or Pages or Numbers or some other app that supports this and use Move To to actually select a new location for that file. You don't have to go into the Finder to do it.
In addition, in the Title Bar here you have got the ability to click on it and you can see it brings up a menu with things like Rename, Move to, Move to iCloud, Duplicate right on there. If I do Rename you can see I actually type the new name right in the Title Bar.
Now the Notification Center is useful for a lot of things but did you know you could also use it as a Twitter app. If you go into your System Preferences and go into Mail, Contacts & Calendars, this is where you handle all your different accounts. You can set up a Twitter account here. Just hit the Plus button and you can choose Twitter. If you go into that you set up, of course, your password and your user name, and once you have that all set up instead of using the regular Twitter app you can actually go into Notifications and see a little click to tweet here at the top and actually tweet right from inside of Notifications.
So you've got two different new ways to get a web page off-line in Safari. One, of course, is Reading List. You may have heard about this where now if you add something to your reading list it actually downloads it and is available off-line. So you can read that article on the airplane after you add it to your Reading List before boarding.
Now another thing that you can do that you couldn't do before is that you can email using the Share button. That's not new. But one of the options here is that you can send web content and you can send it as one of various formats including pdf. If you do that it will actually bundle up the page into pdf just as if you printed and saved it as a pdf, and then you can email it.
Launch Pad also has a really cool new thing. If you go Launch Pad at the top you will see a search field and you can actually start typing right away and it will go right into the search field. So you can quickly get to the app you want in a similar way you could do it with the Spotlight menu before.
So you just launch Launch Pad, go in here and start typing the name of the app and then you could actually use the arrow keys to navigate further and then hit return to actually run the app. So if you were to actually set up a keyboard shortcut for Launch Pad, and you can see there is a spot for one in keyboard shortcuts right here. So you have Launch Pad and it is F7 here. So I can do F7 and start typing what I want and hit return and it will launch that app. So a new quick way to launch an app with the keyboard.
Finder sidebar has one new big trick. Before you had all these different things like Favorites and Shared Devices and things like that. Now you can actually reorder them. You can drag them around. So if you want to have your devices at the top you can drag it up there and your devices will appear first before Favorites and Shared and any other items you may have there.
Now getting to the handy accessibility functions has never been easier. There is now a new keyboard shortcut. It's usually command option F5. That brings up this quick little panel here where you can access some of the most common ones. You can hit Preferences to jump to your regular accessibility preferences.
You may know about Airplay mirroring, the ability to mirror your screen on your Apple TV. But here is something really cool. You can actually go here to volume, of course you might already know you option click on volume and get a list of devices to go out. You can also go into System Preferences for this. Notice now that output devices now include Airplay. So on Apple TV I can also send the audio from my Mac to Apple TV. I can also do it with other Airplay audio only devices. So I can have a Airplay speaker system in the room and wireless send my audio from the Mac to that speaker system.
Now Lion added the ability to easily encrypt external drives using Disk Utility. But now you can actually do it right in the Finder. So here I have, in my devices, a few drives here. I can control click on one and one of the options, right here, is encrypt that drive. So live, with all the data on it, I can actually add a password to it and it will go ahead and encrypt all the data on there. Of course, you want to use this with caution and if you forget that password you can't get to any of that data on that drive ever again.
This tip deals with Time Machine. Time Machine is a great new functionality inside of Mountain Lion that wasn't available before. You can select a disk and add a disk to Time Machine. So you can actually back up to two disks. If you have both of those disks present, then basically it alternates, backs up to one and then the other, every other hour. If you don't have them both present, like say you have a Time Machine back up at work and one at home, it will back up to the one available. So you can plug your MacBook into the back up drive at work and then bring your MacBook home and plug it into one at home and it will keep backing up to both drives which is very handy.
Now my last tip deals with Notes. But it's kind of an untip. It seems like every Mac site out there is talking about how you can pin notes to your desktop and use them like you could use sticky notes before. It is not quite true as everyone finds out as they try this. Here's what the tip is actually about. You double click on a note and it opens it up in its own window. So it's really cool. This kind of does look like a sticky note. You can resize it. And if you close the Notes window you've got it right there. So you can actually go and do other things in other apps in the Finder and this little note will continue to be there in its own window. What you can't do is if you go into Notes here and you quit Notes it doesn't stick around. So it is kind of a useful feature as long as you realize its limitations.
So here is a look at some of my favorite miscellaneous tips from Mountain Lion.
Until next time this is Gary with MacMost Now.


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Thursday, May 1st, 2014
Complete Obituary
C. Eugene Ruhlen
Gene Ruhlen, 84, St. Marys, formerly of Mendon, passed away at 3:30 a.m. April 30, 2014, at home with his loving family present.
He was born Jan. 25, 1930, at the old Lima City Hospital in Lima, the oldest child and only son of C.V. and Viola Neubrecht Ruhlen. On Dec. 20, 1953, he married Marilyn Miller, who survives.
Also surviving are three children, a son, Dr. Michael (Cathy) Ruhlen, Charlotte, N.C., two daughters, Lisa (Bob) Moeller, Chickasaw, and Terri (Scott) Shutt, Lima; seven grandchildren, Chris (Cathy) Ruhlen, Kensington, Md., Jenny (Todd) Bruns, Celina, Tara Ruhlen, Charlotte, Kelly (Ben) Rude, Huntersville, N.C., Ben (Sarah) Moeller, Coldwater, and Emily Shutt and Sam Shutt, both of Lima; nine great-grandchildren, Anna, Casey and Keira Ruhlen, Kensington, Nicholas, Rachel and Adam Moeller, Coldwater, and Cole, Hope and Joy Bruns, Celina; a sister, Erma Jane (Larry) Hawkins, Elida; a sister-in-law, Barbara Miller, Coshocton, and two nieces and two nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; parents-in-law, Dwight M. and Joanna H. Miller; and a brother-in-law, Jack Miller.
He grew up on a farm south of Lima and attended Lima Perry Schools and graduated from Lima Shawnee High School with the class of 1949. On Aug. 20, 1949, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. He trained as an airplane engine mechanic and was stationed at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu. His air transport group carried wounded Korean War soldiers from Japan to the United States. He received an honorable discharge on Jan. 29, 1953. He worked at Nameplate in Spencerville, The Lima News, The Lima Citizen and Petro-Chemical. He retired from Citizens Commercial Bank of Celina in 1990 after 26 years of service. He had been on the Mendon Board of Public Affairs, was a member of Mendon United Methodist Church, and had served as financial secretary of the church. He was a life member of Spencerville VFW Post 6772.
While at The Lima News, he met the love of his life, Marilyn Miller. They celebrated 60 years of marriage on Dec. 20, 2013, with all of their family present. They lived for 47 years on S. Main St., Mendon. Then in 2011, they moved to Otterbein, St. Marys.
He loved to hunt, fish, ride motorcycles and be outside. After retiring, he enjoyed auctions and antiquing. He collected antique tobacco items and fishing lures. He also crafted meticulously detailed miniature models of local homes and buildings. He was a loving family man who enjoyed every minute spent with his kids and grandkids, and was so proud of their accomplishments and achievements.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Mendon United Methodist Church, the Rev. Don Clinger officiating. Burial will follow at Mendon Cemetery with graveside military rites by the Spencerville VFW Honor Guard.
Calling is 2-7 p.m. Friday and 10-11 a.m. Saturday at Mendon United Methodist Church.
Memorial contributions may be made to Grand Lake Hospice or the Mendon United Methodist Church Sanctuary Fund.
Arrangements are being handled by W.H. Dick & Sons-Hellwarth Funeral Home, Mendon.
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The Panic Button first appeared at the beginning of January. Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett were both out of the lineup with knee injuries. But as soon as the Panic Button showed up I grabbed it and hid it in the closet. After all, what's the worry? Paul Pierce will be joining the team again after being out for a couple of weeks with the knee injury. No worries.
Celtics go on a losing streak. The Panic Button appeared for the second time.
I grabbed the Panic Button and flushed it down the toilet. After all, what's the worry? Kevin Garnett will be joining the team again after being out for 10 games with the knee injury. No worries.
After two wins, I was feeling pretty good. KG looked rusty but energized. Then the Celts played Orlando Thursday night. KG didn't have that same energy, the knee was clearly bothering him. The Celtics allowed the Magic to get back in the game and lost.
The Panic Button appeared again.
I dug a hole in my backyard and buried the Panic Button. After all, what's the worry? Maybe KG had an off night. Maybe the Celts were caught sleeping. They did have a shot to win the game in the end. No time to dwell because they would have to play the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night. No worries.
Unfortunately, the Celtics didn't realize there was a game on Friday night because they didn't show up. Atlanta had control from the start and never let the Celts in it. Boston lost all 4 games this season to Atlanta. Not good. This is a team they have faced in the playoffs two years in a row and needed 7 games to beat them both years.
After the Celtics lost on Friday night, I didn't want to look down at the table because I knew what would be staring up at me. Lousy Panic Button.
This time I brought the Panic Button on a little drive. I dropped the Panic Button off in the middle of Manhattan with no cash, no map, no GPS. Good luck trying to find your way back to my house. After all, the Celtics would be playing the Lakers on Sunday at the Garden. Games don't get any bigger than this. Great opportunity for this team to unite. I'm feeling it. Ubuntu, baby.
Celtics have the lead. Lakers come back. Offensive foul on Paul Pierce. Oh what do ya know, Kobe drained a jumper with seconds left in the game.
Panic Button, how did you find your way back?
That's okay. Celts still have a chance. Coach Rivers will draw up a play for the win. Celts inbound the ball and there it is RAY ALLEN FOR THREE…
And a miss.
The Panic Button is not going away this time. Its stapled, duck taped and glued to my hand. I can't ignore it anymore. The Panic Button has been officially pressed.
Can you hear the sirens?
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Holy Toledo! What a year at Fifth Third Field! THANK YOU to all the fans who attended a Mud Hens game in 2013. This season Fifth Third Field welcomed 560,080 people to the ballpark, the fourth highest total since 2002 and the highest attendance since 2008. The ballpark has now attracted a total of 5,576,977 people in the 12 seasons the Mud Hens have played in downtown Toledo!
In 2013 Fifth Third Field hosted 1,969 group outings -- totaling 143,718 fans in 2013 - breaking the 2007 record of 143,226. A group is defined as any party of 25 or more people.
Several other attendance records were set this season:
- Fans rented a total of 267 party suites, a 15% percent increase over the previous peak year.
- A Cut Above, the official catering group of Fifth Third Field, hosted 916 parties (for 57,499 meals).
- 26,083 students attended one of the three School Celebration Days. They represented 248 total area schools, including 78 schools from Michigan. The students that came the farthest were from Mason Middle School in Waterford, Michigan. They traveled 86 miles to attend a game!
- In 2013 the Mud Hens welcomed more children from youth sports teams (9,486) than even before. The young athletes were invited to line up along the baseline before the game to be recognized. These young athletes play Little League baseball and softball, soccer, football and hockey - there was even a junior roller derby team at Fifth Third Field this year!
The Mud Hens received national acclaim this year as the Fifth Third Field Fanatic Freeze Sundae was voted the "best concession food in Minor League Baseball" by MiLB.com.
For the first time in franchise history the SportsBusiness Journal named Toledo the 'Number One Minor League Market in the Country'.
"This has been such a significant year for our franchises," says Joe Napoli, Toledo Mud Hens and Walleye general manager. "After 12 seasons, our corporate and community partners and enthusiastic fans continue to play a major role in our success. We couldn't ask for better fans and want to thank the Toledo Region for another great year."
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Did it for a while because my doctor recommended it to me to relax me and help stimulate my appetite. Didnt really notice any change and wonder if anyone else has tried it and what their results were and why they decided to try it.
Did it for a while because my doctor recommended it to me to relax me and help stimulate my appetite. Didnt really notice any change and wonder if anyone else has tried it and what their results were and why they decided to try it.
Being punctured by sharp metal is usually a good thing to avoid.
I want to know what kind of doctor recommends pseudoscience.
I'd really love to try, never done it though.
I was surprised the reaction of many here, I didn't expect people to be so... doubtful?
I consider acupuncture in the same category with sauna, swimming in a pool of freezing water, drinking tea and whatnot. Propably no scientific proof, but if it feels good then what the hell, why not.
Did it but without metal needles, they used those special plastic ones.
It was damn relaxing
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I have tried it, it made no difference to me. Maybe it was because I was so sceptical and the placebo effect did not work on me.
havent tried acupuncture, but i use pressure points sometimes to help with my sinuses. works.
Well, that's because (as Grokan noted above) it's pseudoscience. Most people have figured out that bloodletting has no scientific value, why not acupuncture as well?
I'm sure there are cheaper means of administering a placebo which don't involve needles and the associated risks.
I tried it, but I had it done when I had no issues for it to resolve. I was also skeptical that it would do anything to begin with. So I didn't notice anything. I think there's probably some placebo effect that works for some people.
Your doctor is an idiot, acupuncture is no more effective than a placebo, and carries some mild risks. He should have just given you sugar pills and told you they were magic beans instead.
My mom is all new-agey and shit so I did for about 4 months as a kid, along with a whole lot of other colossal wastes of money that had no effect on my health.
My son was suffering from Bells Palsy and after we had used the prescription with no positive results we decided to try out Acupuncture because we had heard positive things with it in regards to Bells Palsy. We had no expectations from the treatment but in my sons first session we seen improvemnt within 20 mins. After 4 treatments, once a week, he was completely cured. Take from that what you will, there is more to it than placebo effect. Check out You Tube and you will see others with positive results from using it.


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It keeps getting better for fans of Toyota sports cars.
Following on from the brilliant 86, news has come to light that incoming chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada wants the company to produce a vehicle "comparable" to the Supra (pictured).
The Japanese company that used to produce a range of sporty models, including the Supra, the MR2 and the FWD Celica, has had a veritable drought of excitement in its range until the recent introduction of the 86.
Uchiyamada is reportedly keen to see that expand beyond the expected 86 convertible. While there is no concrete proof that Toyota is going to build a new Supra, the fact that the incoming chairman is keen adds weight to the rumour that Toyota and BMW will "set up a feasibility study to define a joint platform concept for a mid-size sports vehicle".
Hmm ... a bigger 86 with a BMW-derived straight-six turbo jammed in it? Yes, please!
Paint your ... Volvo?
Think BMW has cornered the market on getting famous artists to slap a priceless coat of paint on a car? Well, yes actually.
That is why Volvo doesn't bother with that, instead it lets established and up-and-coming artists loose on temporary exhibits in a large art display in the central train station in Zurich, Switzerland.
The installations start with a huge blank canvas and a single Volvo this year an XC60. Each artist is free to do what they choose, as long as they use the car in some way. Some choose to use the car as a focal point, others choose to make it almost invisible.
The resulting artwork is in existence only for a short time before it is painted over by the next artist.
We are the world
*Ismael Martinez got more than he bargained for when he carjacked a minivan, armed with a knife. The driver, Dorothy Baker-Flugence, not only fought with him while calling 911,
she also drove the car into a power pole when she noticed he wasn't wearing a seatbelt, then punched him in the face. After Martinez fled, she ran him over. ''I told him he messed with the wrong witch,'' she said.
*UK parking wardens could be equipped with ``video badges'' following the jailing of a warden who said a driver had run him over after an argument over a parking ticket. CCTV
footage from a pub proved nothing of the sort happened and the warden was sentenced to a short prison term.
Great cars, shame about the movie
While we know Michael Bay isn't finished with his comprehensive trampling of our fond childhood memories and has a fourth instalment of his Transformers cinematic franchise in the works, the cars that will feature have been something of a mystery. Until now.
Bay's company has been gradually releasing a list of the cars which will feature (briefly, among the shaky camera work, disorientating cuts and big explosions) in the movie, and some are interesting.
For a start, Autobot leader Optimus Prime gets a new look with a Western Star body and
outrageous paint job (above), while Bumblebee drops his modern Camaro look for a trip back in time to become a first-gen Camaro (even though the original Bumblebee was
a VW Beetle ... ).
Other cars revealed include a Bugatti Veyron, a C7 Corvette, a Lamborghini Aventador and a serious looking military vehicle that has been revealed to be a character called Hound.
TVR (sort of) returns
After being bought and mishandled to the point of extinction by Russian billionaire Nikolai Smolenski, British brand TVR has fallen back into British hands after being bought by Surrey-based entrepreneur Les Edgar.
But don't come over all wobbly at the knees and filled with teary-eyed gratitude yet, fans of British cars, because an interview with Les Edgar on the PistonHeads website reveals a man who appears to be not entirely certain what he has bought or what he is going to do
with it ...
The former video game developer is evasive over his plans for the company, what the brand means to him and even which of the company's cars he has owned.
The interview is peppered with answers like ''That's confidential'' and ''I can't tell you'', but is backed up with ''We do have a very clear idea of what we are doing'', and he
comes across ill-prepared at best, utterly clueless at worst.
This is one of the rare occasions that The Good Oil hopes it is wrong, but we are not holding our breath for a glorious TVR resurrection just yet.
Never trust an Audi driver
While BMW and Audi constantly swap the lead in the luxury class in New Zealand, news comes that Audi has taken the lead from BMW in another, probably not quite so important race.
A poll shows that more people willing to cheat on their partners drive an Audi than any other brand. The same poll last year had BMW in the lead, but the Munich brand has to settle for being the No 2 cheater's choice this year.
Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and Volkswagen round out the top five, with Peugeot, Renault, Rover, Skoda and Hyundai being the top five cars driven least by cheaters.
Number Crunching
200 CARS The number General Motors supplied for destruction in the final battle scene in the first Transformers movie.
3 MILLION The dollars saved with GM product placement for the first Transformers.
38 PER CENT The average rating of all three Transformers on the Rotten Tomatoes
review website.
4 BILLION The box office revenue in US dollars of the three Transformers films.


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Microsoft Releases App For Google Android
Now, Tag is available for Android. Tag is an application that links 2D barcodes to websites, videos, social networks, promotions, and much more. After installing Tag on your smartphone, you can use the phone's camera to snap a Tag image and you'll instantly gain access to the content that corresponds to that image.
Benjamin Gauthey, a member of the Microsoft Tag team, wrote, "It's important to give more people access to Tag because there's huge demand for reliable mobile barcoding – businesses and consumers are eager to find creative ways to use their phone and hyperlink the real world. We want to make this easier, so over the next few months we're making changes to our website — such as including many more ways to learn about and experience Tag and get inspired by how others are using Tag today — to help better meet the needs of our Tag community."
Tag Reader for Google Android is now available for download from the Andriod Market. Simply search for 'Microsoft Tag.'


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- Starring: George Clinton, Micky Dolenz, Richard Grieco
- Summary: Seven established music performers are led through every aspect of the country music industry in an attempt to break out as the next big thing. John Rich of the hit country duo Big & Rich hosts this Nashville-based production.
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Los Alamitos and Rossmoor histories told
Larry Strawther can talk history. Ask him a question but don't expect a short answer.
A self-described history buff, the Rossmoor resident has been studying, reviewing and compiling local history for years.
His "A Brief History of Los Alamitos & Rossmoor," a 160-page book that takes a look at the evolution of the two Orange County communities, was published in November.
"The more I got into it, the more I learned this place has a really interesting history," Strawther said.
"Orange County history tends to be Irvine- and Santa Ana-centric," he said. "This area gets overlooked."
Here are some facts Strawthers wants people to know:
•The first sugar beet factory in the county was in Los Alamitos. And sugar beets were huge in Orange County, dubbed at one point "the sugar bowl of the country."
•The first military base in the county was the Naval air base, now the Joint Forces Training Base, although a base in Santa Ana was commissioned first and is recorded as the first one.
•Ross Cortese, who built the unincorporated community of Rossmoor and the retirement community of Leisure World in Seal Beach, was a pioneer in many ways, including how homes were marketed: He took out full-page newspaper ads, targeted upscale buyers and opened fully furnished model homes.
Strawther, 60, started doing research more than a decade ago, when he ran a newspaper called Local Sports, now localsports.biz. A Rossmoor resident since 1997, Strawther helped pull together history on the unincorporated community's 50th anniversary in 2007. More recently, he started the online Los Alamitos Rossmoor History Project, losalhistory.com.
But his interest in history probably started when he was a kid and pored over books on the Revolutionary War. The San Francisco native went on to become a writer, script consultant and executive producer for several television shows, including "Happy Days" and "Laverne & Shirley." He was a head writer for "Jeopardy" in the late '70s and worked with comedians such as Bob Hope and Rich Little.
As a younger man, while working as a runner on the old Merv Griffin talk show, Strawther picked up a book by guest author James Michener. It was "Centennial."
"And that piqued my interest in history again," he said. "I like history in general. The history of this area is a microcosm of all western United States."
In his book, Strawther traces the area's history from its early days to the present. Well-known names like the Bixbys and James Irvine played a role in the development of Los Alamitos and Rossmoor, he writes. He touches on the links to neighboring cities, including Seal Beach and Long Beach. And he addresses some interesting questions, like why the Los Alamitos Race Course is in Cypress. (Leaders of the future Cypress agreed to help finance and delay taxes for the race course when Alamitos leaders would not.)
He also touches on the relationship – at times volatile – between Los Alamitos and Rossmoor.
In the past couple of years, the idea of combining Los Alamitos, with its 11,000 residents, and the unincorporated Rossmoor, with its 10,000 residents, has created tension between the two. Some proponents, particularly Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach, would like to see the two join Seal Beach as parts of one city.
In his book, Strawther writes about earlier attempts to incorporate Rossmoor. In 1959, for example, one Rossmoor homeowners meeting deteriorated into a "series of accusations and threats." One Rossmoor resident called for boycotts of Los Al merchants: "I wouldn't even use his restroom," he shouted.
But Strawther notes that the three communities share a lot: a school district, the same fire authority, library system, sewer district. Its residents belong to the same churches. Their kids participate in the same sports leagues and recreation programs. Strawther is involved in some of those activities. He taught video production at Los Alamitos High and began Taste of Los Al, an annual fundraiser to benefit activities at the high school.
"We've very unique. We have three areas – Los Alamitos, Rossmoor and Seal Beach – that are each different from one another, yet intertwined," Strawther said.
Next up for Strawther: a book about Seal Beach.
His Los Alamitos-Rossmoor book is available on the big online sites: Barnes & Noble and Amazon. But what do you do when you write a book about local history and there are no bookstores in town to sell it? Strawther turned to some neighborhood hubs: Charlie's Barber Shop, So-Low Drugs pharmacy, Ganahl Lumber and Play it Again Sports.
His first book signing this month drew dozens of friends and neighbors.
"Larry is a wealth of information," said Rossmoor resident Cynthia Sells. "The only history I know of Rossmoor is when I talk to Larry, so I'm looking forward to reading it."
Lori Pinkerton bought six of the books at the book reception: "It'll make for a great gift."
A Rossmoor resident for over 20 years, Pinkerton said she was excited someone had written about her town.
"This is such a neat place to live," she said. "I want other people to realize it and know what a great place it is.
"I think it's fun too," Pinkerton said. "How many cities have books written about them?"
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Sore as the incision from his kidney transplant surgery might still be, Donald Jones' outlook on life is suddenly fresh.
Though Jones' NFL career is over, what matters more to the former Buffalo Bills receiver is knowing he has a father willing to sacrifice anything — even a kidney. And that leaves Jones, who turns 27 on Tuesday, thankful for a second chance.
"Going through all of that is like, man, I've got nothing to lose. I've persevered through the worst," Jones told The Associated Press by phone this week from his hospital room at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. "It's really a blessing."
Happy birthday. And Merry Christmas.
Jones had surgery Dec. 3 and was released from hospital Wednesday with a good prognosis for a full recovery.
Though he faces months of rehab, Jones has already made plans for his next chapter. He's determined to pursue another sport — his first love, baseball.
Jones held workouts with scouts before his surgery. Without saying which teams have expressed interest, he is already intending to play winter ball next year.
"I'm going to make a run at it," Jones said. "I'm still young."
Young might be a relative term. Yet as far-fetched as this next pursuit might seem, Jones has been no stranger to beating the odds.
He was first diagnosed with IgA nephropathy — an auto-immune disease affecting the kidneys — during his sophomore season at Lackawanna Community College in Scranton, Pa. Jones continued playing, spending two more years at Youngstown State, where he was regarded a long-shot NFL prospect.
The Bills signed Jones as an undrafted rookie in 2010. He was good enough to make the team and earn a regular role on what eventually became known as Buffalo's "No-Name Offense" of castoffs and journeymen led by quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick.
As a rookie, Jones had 18 catches for 213 yards and a touchdown in 15 games, including five starts. He finished with 82 catches for 887 yards and six touchdowns in 35 games over three years before the protein levels leaking from his kidneys began to spike. Jones was placed on Buffalo's reserve/nonfootball illness list in December.
The Bills and Jones never revealed what the illness was, but the player acknowledges now he was having difficulty dealing with the disease's symptoms, which included swollen hands and feet and bloody urine.
After being cut by the Bills in February, Jones signed with New England. It was during a visit with kidney specialist Gerald Appel last summer when the severity of Jones' condition was fully revealed. His kidney functions had deteriorated to a level where the only options were a transplant or dialysis.
"We tried a couple of things but it was just irreversible damage at that point," Appel said.
The next step was finding a match, which turned out to be Jones' father, Donald Jones II.
Barring complications, Appel is confident Jones will live a long and normal life, including the prospect of playing baseball.
"He is certainly not a quitter by any means," Appel said. "The first thing he talked to me about when he knew he needed a transplant was, 'Well, I can't play football, but could I play baseball?"'
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Emtec Global Services (EGS) Acquires eBAS and Aveeva
Acquisition Adds Over 300 Consultants and Global Delivery Capability
Aug 13, 2008, 01:00 ET from Emtec, Inc.
MARLTON, N.J., Aug. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Emtec, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ETEC) ("Emtec" or the "Company") announced today that it has acquired through its subsidiary, Emtec Global Services LLC, all of the outstanding stock of eBusiness Applications Solutions, Inc. ("eBAS") and Aveeva, Inc. ("Aveeva") headquartered in Fremont, CA, and their Indian subsidiary Aviance Software India Private Limited ("Aviance"), headquartered in Bangalore, India. Jessica Chopra, who will remain as President of eBAS and Aveeva reporting directly to Dinesh Desai, Chairman, CEO, and President of Emtec said, "I'm excited to be a part of the growth of Emtec Global Services and provide its first offshore capability." (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080414/EMTECLOGO ) Aveeva and eBAS offer a broad range of software consulting services, including business analysis, quality assurance, testing, and training as well as SAP, CRM, Oracle Apps, and Java based solutions. They are an SAP Services Partner which offers many opportunities for SAP Implementation, Consulting, Value-Added Services, and Federal and State ERP implementations. Specific capabilities include Turn-key Project Executions, Compliance Management, Business Process Management, Off-shore, On-shore and Near-Shore Software Development, QA Automation and Maintenance. Their clients span a wide range of vertical markets including Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, Retail, Healthcare, and Technology. Aveeva and eBAS deploys over 300 consultants, many with Masters Degrees in Computer Science. They have deep experience in these and other applications supplemented by strong domain knowledge in various market segments. "With this acquisition we have accelerated the growth of Emtec Global Services that we began with the acquisition of Luceo, Inc. in March of this year. Also importantly, we now have over 400 consultants with a coast to coast presence and global delivery capability," said Dinesh Desai, Emtec Chairman, CEO, and President. "This greatly enhances the software service capability of Emtec Global Services and continues to complement the enterprise infrastructure services provided by our Emtec Systems Division, including Emtec Federal." About Emtec, Inc.: Emtec, Inc. established in 1964, is an information technology company, providing services and products to the federal, state, local, education and commercial markets. Areas of specific practices include enterprise architecture, data management, data center infrastructure and consulting and integration services. About Luceo, Inc.: Luceo, Inc. is an IT Services and consulting enterprise offering a wide array of customer-centric solutions. Areas of specific expertise include SAP, Java/J2EE, Microsoft, Oracle and UNIX based solutions; Systems Admin, and Data Warehousing. About eBAS, Inc., Aveeva, Inc., and Aviance Software India Private Limited: eBAS, Inc., Aveeva, Inc. and Aviance Software India Private Limited provide software consulting services across a range of areas including business analysis, quality assurance, testing, and training as well as SAP, CRM, Oracle Apps, and Java based solutions. Areas of specific vertical expertise include Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, Retail, Healthcare, and Technology. Certain statements in this document constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company's future operating results are dependent upon many factors, including but not limited to the Company's ability to: (i) obtain sufficient capital or a strategic business arrangement to fund its plan of operations when needed; (ii) build the management and human resources and infrastructure necessary to support the growth of its business; (iii) competitive factors and developments beyond the Company's control; and (iv) other risk factors discussed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission which are available for review at www.sec.gov under "Search for Company Filings." We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events, or changes to future results over time.
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