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John Muir Wilderness > Mount Humphreys > East Arete > Climber's Log
East Arete Climber's Log
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|Exceptional route
Date Climbed: May 31, 2013
|A highly enjoyable route! I would definitely recommend doing the lower portion as well (possibly more fun than the upper section). It should be noted that if the lower section is done, the downclimbing and traversing to get to the base of the upper ridge is likely the crux of the climb (5.6?). Also, this is not Yosemite! Be careful & test your holds- while there ARE sections of quality rock, there is much choss on the route, as well as MANY blocks that are somehow (currently) balanced, & just waiting for their equilibrium to be disturbed, so they can become talus... The large basin to the south, accessed via the notch between the upper and lower ridges, provides a much easier way of getting back to the trailhead.
|Posted Jun 1, 2013 2:29 pm
|Hidden gem
Date Climbed: May 12, 2012
|This route is a great climb: scenic, aesthetic, interesting, with a fun finish. Definitely a good one and all the better when you can get snow at the start and finish as we did in May.
|Posted May 24, 2012 3:47 am
|Vitaliy M.
|Full arete
Date Climbed: Feb 13, 2011
|full east arete 5.5 as a winter climb. with mark t.
|Posted Jun 19, 2011 2:22 pm
|Full East Arete in Winter
Date Climbed: Feb 13, 2011
|Vitaliy and I started at the saddle between Magic McGee & the 13,000 ft subpeak and climbed the entire ridge. Boots & packs made it more fun. So did the snow cave bivy from 100' below the summit plateau.
|Posted Feb 14, 2011 12:21 pm
|Plan D worked
Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2009
|That was the only trailhead that had room for 4 from Bishop....darn Labor day weekend!
I am glad we did it though. It was adventurous with no map, no compass, no topo. We followed our instict and that worked. Really fun climb.
|Posted Sep 9, 2009 7:08 pm
|Did all the lower 4th class ridge but too cold and late to top out.
|Posted Apr 7, 2009 10:29 pm
|East Arete
Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2006
|Awesome climb. We brought a short skinny rope and superlight rack and it was more than enough. Went down the gully instead of reversing the arete and ended up having to climb a few ridges getting back around the mountain.
|Posted Aug 27, 2007 3:24 pm
Date Climbed: Nov 6, 2006
|Climbed the East Arete to the last technical section before the summit at 13,000'. Bailed due to lack of time and a bit of snow. Great route, however.
|Posted Nov 8, 2006 12:06 am
|East Arete
Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2006
|Soloed entire East Arete. Descended/downclimbed the entire East Arete also, rather than deal with the snow in the normal descent gully. 4:40 from car to summit, and 4:30 from summit back to car.
Easy climbing, with nothing harder than maybe 5.5. Some loose and grainy stuff, but mostly solid rock. Worth doing. Great workout.
|Posted Jul 13, 2006 4:15 am


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Two vie for 3-year seat on Selectboard
BRATTLEBORO -- There are two candidates -- Ben Spoon Agave and Kate O'Connor -- running for an open three-year seat on the Selectboard.
We asked them the same questions and here are their responses.
Ben Spoon Agave
List any town-school committees or commissions on which you have you served?
Selectboard, Town Finance Committee, Development Review Board, Charter Revision Commission, Planning Commission, Board of Civil Authority, Traffic and Safety Committee, Former Bus Advisory Committee (ex-officio), Town Meeting Member.
Why are you running this year?
I am running because town government has difficult and complex problems, because I have very deep and broad experience in town government and because I love the work. I will provide the expertise to make a good town better.
What qualities or experiences you would bring to the board?
My experience, which will enable me to hit the ground running, is especially important at this time because we may have, with three positions about to change hands, the most inexperienced Selectboard in memory. There may be as little as four years aggregate experience between all five members after this election. The history and knowledge that I bring from a previous year of experience on this board and 15 more years working in almost all aspects of civic affairs may be critical.
Is there a specific issue or challenge that inspired you to run this year? How do you hope to address this specific challenge?
I am not running just to see if I like the job. I am not running just to make a contribution to the town. I am running because there is a dire need of experience and vision. The knowledge required to do this job well takes several years to learn and become even moderately effective. I intend to stay with it as many years as it takes and the community will permit. Since I am retired I can put in as many hours as necessary. If six or seven hours is enough for some weeks, fine. If the job needs nine or 10 hours per week then that's what I'll do. To do less would be a disservice to the town.
The challenge this year is extraordinary. Through a series of recent decisions the residents of Brattleboro are facing, potentially, as much as a 40-cent tax increase over the next two years.
From day one the budget must be in the forefront of every consideration and decision. The Selectboard cannot wait until late next October when the next budget is written. If the Selectboard waits until then its hands are tied because there is no time left to do anything but make dramatic cuts. Every member of the Selectboard is going to have to work hard to fully understand municipal finances. The Selectboard needs to cease living from day to day. Resources are scarce and getting scarcer, with one magnificent exception: we have enormous human capital. It can and must be engaged.
Planning is the key. Selectboard can't afford to wait until Friday to find out what the issues will be the following Tuesday. We have to look at next year, the year after and 10 and 20 years down the pike. Planning provides most of the efficiency on a municipal scale. For example, it is my opinion that better master planning for infrastructure might have reduced the Police/Fire facilities project by several million dollars.
Should the Selectboard expand its use of social media during meetings? What are the advantages or pitfalls of such a move?
I think that before another element is added to meetings the Board has to do considerable work examining the effectiveness and productiveness of what it is now. That said, what may be much more important is employing the Internet to communicate with and engage the public all the time, not merely during meetings. I will raise the subject of creating an information stream that would go out to every citizen who wishes to receive information electronically on a frequent basis.
Do you think Brattleboro has a problem with crime (drugs and violence)? If so what can the board do to address it?
Police stats aren't indicating a severe or growing drug problem.
Should the town become more involved with the future of the River Garden?
The Selectboard should find a way to gauge the depth of citizen interest.
Thoughts on the tax rate, Grand List and economy?
There should definitely be some internal education on microeconomics such as the definition of growth, the impact of the CPI (Consumer Price Index) and COLA (cost of living), and how interest rates affect a community on all levels. Understanding supply and demand is important to understanding business activity.
The Selectboard needs to have at hand the most up-to-date data on unemployment, income levels, housing activity etc.
Suffice it to say I'm not into buzzwords, empty phrases and pandering. I intend to focus intently on the job of Selectboard member. Learn everything I possibly can and provide real and effective leadership. I want to excite the community with new ideas and concrete action. It's the only way to restore hope.
Town Meeting Reps voted down a 1 percent local option tax. Should the Selectboard bring the issue up again?
No one has expressed to me an interest in reopening the sales tax issue.
Kate O'Connor
List any town-school committees of commissions on which you have served?
Town Meeting Representative (District 3), Vice President, Building a Better Brattleboro Board of Directors, Brattleboro Goes Fourth Committee (July 4th parade organizing committee)
Why are you running this year?
When the seats on the board became available I thought it was a good opportunity to give back to my hometown. As anyone who lives here knows we are a community of passionate individuals and while we may have diverse opinions, we come together in times of crisis. It would be an honor for me to work on behalf of the people of Brattleboro.
What qualities or experiences you would bring to the board?
I consider myself to be thoughtful, pragmatic and a good listener. I was born and raised in Brattleboro, so I have a good sense of the history of the community, and the opportunities and challenges we face. I know what it's like to serve on a board. I am currently a member of two boards that deal with policy issues: Building a Better Brattleboro on the local level and the Community Development Block Grant Board on the state level (I was first appointed by the governor to serve on this board eight years ago).
Is there a specific issue or challenge that inspired you to run this year? How do you hope to address this specific challenge?
Many people in Brattleboro are worried that our town is or is becoming a place where they can't afford to live or where their children won't be able to afford to live in the future. Brattleboro is a great community. I have been able to live here and I would like others to have that same opportunity.
Should the Selectboard expand its use of social media during meetings? What are the advantages or pitfalls of such a move?
We should be open to any ideas that make Selectboard meetings available to more of our citizens.
Do you think Brattleboro has a problem with crime (drugs and violence)? If so what can the board do to address it?
Yes, I think we do have a crime problem in town, but, unfortunately, it's a problem not unique to Brattleboro. I think the most important thing we can do is to continue to support local law enforcement officials in their efforts to combat the problem.
Should the town become more involved with the future of the River Garden?
I am the vice president of the board of Building a Better Brattleboro, the organization that owns the River Garden. The River Garden is a prominent piece of downtown, but operating the facility comes with challenges. The BABB board has worked hard over the past few years to make the River Garden financially sound; however, our revenues continue to fall short of our expenses. Personally, I don't think the town should assume ownership and/or management of the River Garden. Our town budget is already stretched thin and I don't believe it's appropriate to shift the burden of operating the facility onto the backs of Brattleboro taxpayers.
Thoughts on the tax rate, Grand List and economy?
The number one challenge we have is making Brattleboro a place where people can afford to live. Our Grand List is shrinking; our population growth is stagnant; and we are growing older - all of which contribute to the affordability issue. Solutions to the problem include: (1) We need to increase the Grand List by focusing on economic development. While we need to attract new businesses, the most important thing we can do is support our existing businesses. They have shown a commitment to the area and will stay and grow if we can help meet their needs. We need to think regionally. We should support SeVEDS in its efforts to develop a Windham County economic development plan. (2) We must support the Brooks House redevelopment project. It will have a positive impact not only on downtown, but on the entire community. (3) We must explore other sources of revenue. We need to work with the legislature and the governor to see if there are options that towns like Brattleboro (regional hubs) can use to help pay for essential services.
Town Meeting Reps voted down a 1 percent local option tax. Should the Selectboard bring the issue up again? Maybe a townwide vote?
I don't think the increase in the sales tax should be explored at the present time. The issue was decided in October when town meeting representatives overwhelmingly voted against the idea.
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Business lobby pushes for annual leave changes
Employers could force staff to take holidays during close-down periods such as Christmas, direct workers with "excessive" leave to take time off, or cash out their leave entitlements, if submissions by business groups to the Fair Work Commission are adopted.
A host of submissions from employer groups given to the Fair Work Commission's annual leave case calls for changes to awards that underpin employment conditions to offer greater "flexibility". The case is listed for hearing before a full bench of the Fair Work Commission in mid-August and forms part of the Commission's four-yearly review of modern awards, which will set base line conditions for millions of employees.
"It is about time that annual leave provisions in awards are updated to reflect the needs of employers, employees and modern workplaces," Ai Group Chief Executive Innes Willox said.
The model clauses that Ai Group wants included in modern awards cover the cashing out of annual leave by agreement between an employee and the employer, provided at least four weeks of accrued leave is maintained.
Ai Group wants employers to have the right to direct an employee to take annual leave where the employee's accrued leave is "excessive", defined in the proposed model clause as more than six weeks of accrued leave, and during a close-down shut as over the Christmas holidays.
The Ai Group submission, which is largely consistent with those given by other employers groups such as the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, also suggests allowing annual leave to be granted in advance by agreement , with the employer having the ability to deduct payment for any leave granted in advance from monies owed on termination.
Other proposals include giving bosses the right to pay annual leave as part of the employer's normal pay cycle, rather than in advance of leave being taken.
Mr Wilcox said cashing out of annual leave beyond four weeks of accrued leave was now available for award-free employees, with the agreement of their employer, and under certain provisions in enterprise agreements. "However, where an award applies to an employee, cashing out is not available," he said. "Employees and employers covered by awards should not be disadvantaged."
Unions are not on board with the proposed changes. "Annual leave entitlements are for the taking of leave to assist in work-life balance," said Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Dave Oliver.
"Cashing out leave is essentially a cost-saving measure for employers as it enables them to squeeze an additional four weeks' labour per year out of each employee that has an accrued annual leave balance of four weeks, while also avoiding having to make arrangements to cover staff on annual leave or attempt to accommodate an employees' need to take annual leave at a particular time."
Mr Oliver argued that employers were really seeking more work and fewer holidays for the same pay from their staff; and "as usual, it's the workers who come off second best".
He said unions would fight to protect entitlements such as annual leave and ensure employees were not forced to trade off these "important entitlements".
ACCI's submission, which is supported by a raft of employer groups from the mining, retail, hospitality and local government sector, has also called for terms allowing an employer to direct the taking of leave and for awards and agreements to include provisions for cashing out. It said both sides of politics would support a change.
"The Liberal Party - through its WorkChoices legislation - and the Labor Party - through the introduction of the Fair Work Act - have indicated a preparedness to accept the cashing out of leave in Australia's industrial landscape," the submission said.
Employers make their case
Its submission said the Fair Work Act sets some minimum requirements but leaves the specifics of regulation to awards and agreements. It said the act included the intention that "Commission not only can, but should, regulate the taking and cashing out of leave through modern awards".
"The fact that the Fair Work Act permits, but does not prescribe, machinery in respect of directions to take leave and cashing out of leave strongly Indicates that Parliament expected that the Commission would create that machinery applying to award covered employees," its submission said.
It also pointed out that cashing out was often something workers themselves wanted. "For employees, the cashing out can provide financial benefits in times of exceptional need," it said.
ACCI's submission also highlighted changes to allow employers to force their workers to take leave where there was "excessive" leave of more than six weeks accrued, and during close down periods.
The employer lobby group referred to academic research that had found workers that do not take leave are likely to feel more stress and be less productive. And potential cash-flow problems when large amounts of leave had to be paid out if a worker leaves the organisation.
"Allowing employers to direct the taking of leave should ensure a more balanced, rested and accordingly productive workforce," its submission states. "The variation [to the act] impacts positively on business, including on productivity, employment costs and the regulatory burden by assisting employers in managing their liabilities."
ACCI also said that compelling employees to take leave would help boost tourism as "one of the most likely outcomes is that such employees will travel on holidays".
In relation to varying "outdated provisions" in some modern awards that provide for an employee to be paid for their annual leave prior to commencing the period of leave, ACCI said credit rather than cash payments were likely to be used when people went on annual leave.
"ACCI submission is not advocating for employees to simply use credit cards whilst on leave instead of using saved monies. Rather, the submission demonstrates that the sources and timing of payments vary dramatically in the present day to the traditional cash or cheque focused payments of the past."
ACCI's submission has been backed by a raft of employer groups including the , Australian Mines and Metals Association, Australian Hotels Association, Restaurant & Catering Australia, Australian Meat industry Council, Master Builders Australia and various local council bodies.
This story first appeared on The Australian Financial Review
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UNC and SAS join forces to personalize health care for better outcomes
Collaboration will leverage big data to help providers engage patients to manage diabetes, improve health
The UNC School of Medicine and business software leader SAS have joined forces on a multi-year collaboration to develop analytics-driven population health management capabilities to help providers personalize care delivery approaches for patients with type 2 diabetes. The new solution from SAS will leverage big data and help providers identify the best ways to engage individual patients in managing their diabetes and overall health.
"With this new solution, physicians will know how to communicate with and engage patients in a personalized manner based on what is likely to work best for each individual patient," said David Rubinow, MD, director, UNC Innovation and Health Care System Transformation. "By understanding the preferences and needs of the individual patient – not just his or her health history – the physician can select and provide resources that are best matched for that individual and consequently most likely to be successfully incorporated into patients' efforts to manage their diabetes and their health."
With the patient's permission, UNC and SAS will leverage UNC's patient data with third-party data commonly used in other industries to better understand customer needs and behaviors. Many industries now successfully mine such data to tailor internet content delivery and determine which products customers want. A similar technique will be used for diabetes patients, but the software will be used to stratify patients according to risk and customize interventions based on patient preferences, interests, motivations, and lifestyle.
"For diabetes patients, taking prescribed medication is important to achieving and maintaining good health," said Laura Young, MD, PhD, assistant professor of endocrinology and metabolism in the UNC School of Medicine. "If a physician knows that a patient is more likely to take medication if he receives regular text message reminders, for example, this will be extremely helpful. Finding new tools to help physicians help patients improve their health is more important than ever."
UNC plans to test the effectiveness of such analytic insights in physicians' offices in a clinical trial led by Young and John Buse, MD, PhD, division chief of endocrinology and metabolism and director of the UNC Diabetes Care Center. While the initial solution is being deployed for patients with diabetes, UNC and SAS expect many other populations to benefit from providers using the software to deliver personalized care and plan to work on additional applications in the future.
"As population health moves to the forefront in health care, SAS and UNC are implementing and validating new capabilities in creating patient engagement that meet the needs of the individual patient in the day-to-day management of their health and treatment plan," said Graham Hughes, MD, SAS chief medical officer. "Leveraging all available consumer data to drive a particular behavior is common in other industries, and it will be key in supporting patients' sustained behavior change for improved health and outcomes. Engaging patients as unique individuals will encourage them to embrace and manage their treatment plans and overall health."
The collaboration grew from discussions between the SAS Center for Health Analytics and Insights (CHAI) and UNC Health Care and School of Medicine's Center for Innovation. SAS and UNC have teamed up before and are working on another product to improve patient care for cancer patients.
About the UNC School of Medicine
The University of North Carolina School of Medicine is a nationally-ranked public medical school with campuses in Chapel Hill, Asheville, and Charlotte. Its mission is to be the nation's leading public school of medicine. In 2014, the UNC School of Medicine was ranked 14th in NIH research funding and 1st in Primary Care in U.S. News & World Report's Best Medical School Rankings. It is one of the few in the nation to excel at both teaching primary care skills and the fostering of research careers. The School of Medicine was established in 1879 and offers degrees in the fields of medicine, allied health sciences, and biomedical sciences.
About the SAS Center for Health Analytics and Insights
The SAS Center for Health Analytics and Insights (CHAI) is a strategy, research and incubation organization focused on innovative uses of advanced analytics across health and life sciences. Through multi-disciplinary collaborations and the world's most powerful analytics software, CHAI helps organizations develop deeper patient insights, better medical outcomes, lower costs, and improved organizational performance.
SAS is the industry leader in health analytics software and services, delivering best-in-class solutions for improving medical care, strengthening financial performance, deepening customer relationships and pursuing medical innovations. AstraZeneca, Brigham and Women's Hospital , Kaiser Permanente, Healthways and McKesson are among the leading health care companies that use SAS. Visit SAS® for Life Sciences, SAS® for Health Care Providers and SAS® for Health Insurance for more information.
Om SAS
SAS Institute är världens största privatägda mjukvaruföretag med lösningar för avancerad analys. SAS Institute har sedan 1976 erfarenhet av att utveckla lösningar och metoder som låter företag och organisationer lära av sin historia, mäta och kommunicera pågående aktiviteter och skapa insikt om framtiden. Världen runt har SAS Institute totalt 50 000 kundinstallationer, bland annat i 92 procent av Fortune 500-företagen. I Sverige startade SAS Institute AB år 1986 och har idag 150 anställda på kontoret i Stockholm. Bland de svenska kunderna finns landets mest betydande företag och organisationer. För mer information besök: www.sas.com/sweden


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The Week in Parties
♦ It was the Metropolitan Opera's 125th opening night on Monday and so naturally a long list of recognizable faces trooped out for the occasion. In floor-length gowns and tuxes to walk the red carpet and watch Renée Fleming: Barbara Walters, Howard Stringer, Michael Bloomberg, Helen Mirren, Christie Brinkley, Faye Dunaway, Molly Sims, Taylor Momsen, Martha Stewart, Hilary and Bryant Gumbel, Henry Kravis, Mercedes Bass, Ann Ziff, Georgina Chapman (left), Helena Christensen, Jane Fonda, John Lithgow, Juliana Margulies, Joy and Regis Philbin, John Turturro, Parker Posey, Peggy Siegal, Ellen and Chuck Scarborough, Deborah Norville, Julie Macklowe, and Tory Burch. [Park Ave Peerage, NYSun, Wireimage, PMc]
♦ On Tuesday, the Lev Leviev and J. Mendel-sponsored Director's Council New York After Dark Party took place at the Museum of the City of New York. Gigi Mortimer, Scott Currie, Marjorie Gubelmann, Karen and Barry Kieselstein-Cord, Bronson Van Wyck, Jackie Astier, Cynthia and Dan Lufkin, Celerie Kemble, Tatiana and Campion Platt, Debbie Bancroft, Allison Rockefeller, Dave Ganek, Muffie Potter Aston, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Cristina Greeven Cuomo, Thom Filicia, Nina Griscom, Patrick McMullan, Olivia Chantecaille, Helen Lee Schifter, Vicky Ward, Jamee Gregory, Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss, Jonathan and Somers White Farkas, Lisa Airan, Jennifer Creel, and Marina Rust Connor all ate, drank and pulled in $300,000 for the museum. [The Daily, Style.com, PMc]
♦ Last night Anne Hathaway's new Jonathan Demme-directed movie Rachel Getting Married was screened by the Cinema Society and Lancome at the Sunshine Theater, followed by an after party at the Cooper Square Hotel. Joining the film's stars Hathaway, Debra Winger, and Fab 5 Freddy and its writer Jenny Lumet: Jenny's father Sidney Lumet, Andrew Saffir, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, Heather Matarazzo, Jill Hennessey, Matthew Modine, Rob Wiesenthal, Alan Cumming, Bobby Cannavale, Beth Ostrosky, Bee Shaffer, Nigel Barker, Dennis Basso, Eleanor Ylvisaker, Georgina Chapman, Alexander Weinstein, Maggie Rizer, Rachel Roy, Derek Blasberg, Steve Guttenberg, and Sigourney Weaver. [PMc, WWD]
♦ A gathering at Michaels on Wednesday to celebrate the Lifetime movie Living Proof included the film's executive producer Renee Zellweger and its stars Harry Connick Jr., Bernadette Peters, Amanda Bynes, and Ron Perelman, as well as Trudie Styler, Christiane Amanpour, Carol Radziwill, Frederic Fekkai, Marjorie Gubelmann, Liz Smith, and Carolina Herrera. [The Daily, PMc]
♦ The Accompanied Literary Society threw a party on Wednesday with Diesel in the penthouse of a new luxury condo building in Tribeca. In attendance: Jonathan Lethem, Jonathan Ames and Fiona Apple (still together!), Lewis Lapham, Patrick McMullan, Emma Snowdon-Jones, Anisha Lakhani, Corynne Steindler, Kristian Laliberte, Whitney Vargas, and "a gaggle of young literary types." [NYO, PMc]


text: In the episode "Force of Nature" the idea was introduced that warp travel was damaging the fabric of subspace, with subspace rifts appearing near Hekaras II, so the Federation decided to limit Warp travel to warp 5 unless there is a emergency. However I wonder if that didn't put a limit on story telling and it seemed like it was just ignored later. During the Dominion War, Dominion ships would have ignored this limitation and Federation ships would have to go as fast as Dominion ships in order to counter them. So it seems like these limits were soon ignored. So was putting limits on Warp travel a bad idea?


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This warm weather has me reminiscing about the great times I had on our company boat, back when I lived close to the Lake Michigan port of Grand Haven. During the summer, I'd spend every weekend I could out on the big lake.
Although this was in the era before preschoolers started carrying cell phones, I did have a phone on the boat in case of emergencies. It was about as fashionable as Maxwell Smart's shoe phone (and three times as large as the shoe itself), but it worked.
One beautiful Sunday in July, a couple friends and I were taking in the view several miles off the Michigan shoreline when the phone rang. It was one of my clients. He needed my assistance in setting up the clock on his VCR. I took a few minutes to talk him through the process, and all was well and good.
Needless to say, my friends couldn't believe I had made myself that accessible to a client, nor that a client would feel comfortable enough to interrupt my Sunday afternoon for a non-emergency. As far as I was concerned, though, I was providing my client with the customer service he deserved.
So how does customer service fit into a successful marketing plan?
Let me share a story from Case and Phyllis Marsh, owners of Marsh Video (www.marshvideo.com) in Easton, Md. Case handles corporate productions while Phyllis handles special events and weddings.
While many videographers might just book, shoot, deliver, and invoice, Case and Phyllis take a different approach. "There are a lot of customers out there who are low maintenance," says Case, "but probably more who want their videographer to be accessible and interested in them. You've got to be part of the team. Does a guest need four AA batteries? You've got them—free. The bride gets a spot on her dress? You've got the Miracle Cleaning Pen. Photographer missing? You make sure he/she doesn't miss something important. Say the groom's sister produces a PowerPoint montage and has no clue how it's going to be shown. You help her set up the screen and projector, free. No doubt about it; teamwork can be incredibly challenging," Marsh comments, "but you must always be perceived as being on the high road."
Of course, there are all the other less obvious considerations too. These considerations include being professional, polite, clean and tidy, unobtrusive, and friendly—things we should all do automatically.
Good customer service doesn't have to require a lot of time nor effort. A lot of it comes down to pretty basic stuff:
Case and Phyllis are excellent videographers who see customer service as an effective tool for building relationships and business.
"Locally, Phyllis with her wedding-event business has achieved a 'you and only you' reputation," Case says. "Around here, almost everybody who can afford her calls her, and even some who really can't [afford her] call her too.
"We recently captured a wedding that featured eight bridesmaids, and just about all of them are young women who know us well as former brides or as close friends of former brides," Case continues. "Apparently, there was continual talk during the preparations Phyllis was covering about how wonderful her videos are. And then, there's a father of a former bride. We both overheard him telling people that they'll like the photos, but they'll love the video!"
This, Case insists, is the kind of reputation that will make you and your business almost recession-proof. "You want a pipeline full of people—prospects and clients alike—who want you and only you, and are willing to pay your price."
I like Phyllis' story, in part because it reflects my own philosophy about business and customer service. Regardless of where you work, there are probably at least a handful of excellent event videographers vying for the work you want. And that's why the effort is so critical to success.
After all, if you aren't willing to go the extra mile for your customers, then you can expect to be just another commodity rather than an indispensable resource.
Steve Yankee (syankee at opinmarketing.com) has more than 35 years of video production and marketing experience and is the founder of The Video Business Advisor (www.videobusinessadvisor.com) in East Lansing, Mich.


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1) What is the most exciting technology innovation you've seen in the past 12 months?
iPhone and iPhone 2. The first to say seriously: This is not a phone that can do stuff, but a this that can do stuff that is also a phone. The this that it is is still being defined. The opening, even a slight opening, of the device internationally and to innovators along with the social construction of its use with define the "this" quite soon.
2) What is your biggest hope or fear for the future, and how does tech relate to it?
Our approach to pricing and for maintaining Net Neutrality effect and create both my hope and my fear. Charge for all use models versus charge when it seems appropriate models play a part in this as does ala carte pricing vs all you can eat pricing. Pricing at each point both as a philosophy and as a means of control of markets will constrain or make abundant the availability of innovations in information technology.
3. What should be the top priority for the next US president?
Bringing access to health care in the US up to the global standard. That means a complete realignment of our national health care strategies. The health care cost burden must shift from employment centric to, at least, nation centric to promote an effective ecosystem for innovation and competition.


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|Outdoor Storytime
Event Type: Story Time
Age Group(s): Pre-schoolers, School Aged Children, Toddlers
Date: 7/13/2013
Start Time: 10:00 AM
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Come enjoy stories, activities and fresh air. In case of rain, story time will move into the library. Held on the west side of the library, on the grass. Look for a sign. Ages 3-8, limit 24. Preregistration is not required. Co-sponsored by the Annandale Area Friends of the Library.Library: Great River Regional Library - Annandale Map


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Buena Vista Missing Man Found Dead In Gravel Pit
The body of a Buena Vista man who had been missing for a week was discovered by his family in a gravel pit on Saturday.
The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office confirms the identity of the body found off Pancoast Mill Road as Andrew Taylor of the Newtonville section of Buena Vista.
An autposy to determine the cause of death is still pending but police say there is no "imminent danger" to area residents.
The discovery was made by family members who organized a search party for the 23-year-old man who is also known as Abdul Raheem who had been missing since last weekend. He was found "Face down..in a muddy puddle of water, blood everywhere. Blood was everywhere," the victim's aunt, Deanna Mobley, told WCAU TV.
Taylor was last seen a week ago leaving home with two friends. He was reported missing when he did not show up for his job at Kirkland's Home Furnishings in Mays Landing on Wednesday according to WCAU TV.


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The "Garden of Hope" was established in January 2012 to help at-risk youth who have run into trouble with the law at an early age. The program was a vision come true for Fifth Judicial Circuit Judge Ken Coker Jr. He and others have pooled resources from youth activists, including people from academics, business and law enforcement, who believe hope is the key to youth rehabilitation.
"We are excited about having this for the kids," Coker said. "This is a team effort. Gardening is a healthy hobby, and it gets the kids away from TV and computer screens."
Phil Sims, Pope County Cooperative Extension Service agent and staff chair, has helped coordinate other entities associated with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, including Pope County Master Gardeners and 4-H members who volunteer to mentor the youth, according to Coker.
"The Master Gardeners are excellent role models," he said. "We want these children to be good citizens."
Sims teaches classes which inform these at-risk youth about the importance of gardening and the science behind it.
"We teach the kids about soil preparation, plant thinning, spacing and weed control," he said."We teach the kids to understand the importance of beneficial insects and pests that are harmful to the plants.
"We also teach the kids about different types of vegetable plants and the best environment for growing them."
One probation officer took on the primary task of getting the program up and running, according to Coker. Juvenile Probation officer Jaime Davis was prepared to handle the task.
"We appreciate Jaime," Coker said. "She has taken this project under her wing."
Davis has devoted a great deal of time to making sure the program meets its goals.
"Phillip Hubbard is our chief juvenile officer," Davis said. "He helps me every Monday and Wednesday morning.
"Master Gardener Frank Russenberger, and others, help the kids by volunteering as mentors. We have four master gardeners who assist with showing the kids what to do during each phase of growing vegetables."
There are a lot of plants for them to learn about, according to Russenberger. The project includes several planted and growing beds which have a variety of vegetables.
"The kids have really taken to the program," he said. "We have tomatoes, greenvbeans, squash and zucchini plants and purple hull peas.
"Some of the kids have potted some of the plants and took them home to start their own gardens there. This was their own initiative, we did not require it."
The garden project is an option for some of the juvenile offenders, according to Davis. For some it's mandatory.
"These kids are volunteering; there not made to do this," she said. "But, some are required by Judge Coker to participate. Several kids have taken leadership roles. One young person has taken charge of making the other youth behave responsibly."
One of the Master Gardeners has started a movement toward ensuring literacy among at-risk youths. Roseann Kennedy has arranged to provide special tutoring sessions to improve literacy among the youths, according to Davis.
"We will take them on an outing to see the greenhouses at the high school," Davis said. "And, later, we plan on taking them to the Farmer's Market."
Sims and the other mentors will use the vegetables harvested from the garden to show the kids how to cook.
"The idea is to bring some vegetables from their garden into the kitchen and have a cooking demonstration," he said. "We intend to teach them the nutritional value of the food." Many local businesses have donated to their cause, according to Davis. The kids have ideas about who to donate food to as well.
"Lowes, Atwood's, Ride-Out, Hodges Wrecker Service, Tractor Supply and Peters Family Living have all donated to the program," she said. The property owner donated the land area and Community Service, Inc. and Counseling Associated have donated gloves and transportation as well."
Those interested in the program or how to help with it can go to www.facebook.com/pages/Garden-of-Hope/396060517171710 and find out more about the program.


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A coordinated update, rolling out gradually, will enable users to sync direct messages (DMs) across different devices and Twitter accounts.
"People use Twitter to connect to the things and people they care about," according to Twitter senior software engineer Josh Barnes-Hoyt in a blog post. "Today, we're making that even easier with a coordinated update for seven different apps: Android, iPhone, iPad, Mac, twitter.com, mobile.twitter.com and TweetDeck."
The update is based on user requests, according to Barnes-Hoyt. It will enable you to, for example, "read a DM on your Android phone or iPhone, [and] it will be marked as read in your browser, your desktop apps or your tablet. And vice versa."
[ Twitter is taking heat for its tax filings that don't seem to make sense to observers. See Twitter's Tiny U.K. Profits Raise Eyebrows. ]
Users will need the latest version of each app to ensure that it works on all of their devices, according to Twitter. (All updates are available now from the App Store, Google Play and the Mac App Store.)
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-- Have your say (in an easier way): On the iPhone, a built-in composer makes it easier to reply to Tweets.
-- People who need people: Bringing the iPhone app more in line with its Android cousin, a new button on the nav bar shows a list of accounts that may be relevant to you.
-- How YOU doing? On Twitter for Mac you can now see favorites, retweets and @mentions, giving you an idea of how your own posts and content are resonating.
-- It's a small world: Twitter for Mac now supports additional languages: Danish, Filipino, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish and Thai.
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OSFW,2011/07/12,06:34:32 +2:00 GMT,BLOCKED,Generic Host Process for Win32 Services,E:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe,REGISTRY, DELVALUE,,HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTV ERSION\RUN,StillImageMonitor,http://osalerts.zonealarm.com/osanal...llImageMonitor
Generic Host Process for Win32 Services (svchost.exe) settings (default) Smartdefense System, all 4 rights allowed, trust level Super.
What's the reason of this error ? As I see, the registry doesn't contain this StillImageMonitor, and I don't know, why svchost wants to remove this from registry.
Maybe somebody saw something like this.
This blocking causes no problem in working.


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Apps collecting data from kids www.ftc.gov
A report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Mobile Apps for Kids, finds that despite a warning from the FTC this past September, software developers continue to create apps for kids that collect and then report information about them to third parties. Only about 20 percent of the apps for kids studied by the FTC made any attempt to disclose the app's privacy practices, and 60 percent were sending information back to an advertising network or the app developer. The FTC plans to conduct nonpublic investigations to determine whether these actions constitute violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, and is also considering launching a consumer education campaign intended to inform parents about mobile apps.
Costs of testing www.brookings.edu
A report from the Brookings Institution's Brown Center on Education Policy, Strength in Numbers, finds that the cost of standardized testing for grades three through nine in the 45 jurisdictions studied averages out to $65 per student. The District of Columbia at $114 spent the most per student, followed by Hawaii, Alaska, Delaware, North Dakota, and Massachusetts. New York spent the least: $7 per student. Pearson Education received most of the $669 million spent nationally (39 percent), followed by McGraw-Hill Education (14 percent), and the Data Recognition Corporation (13 percent).
Disabled parents' rights www.ncd.gov
A study from the National Council on Disability, Rocking the Cradle, finds that the parental rights of disabled parents are frequently and unfairly infringed upon, with two-thirds of state child welfare laws permitting courts to declare a parent unfit solely on the basis of their disability. Custody removal rates for psychiatric (70-80) and intellectual (80 percent) disabilities in particular are strikingly high. The study also found these parents lacked peer networks and that disabled parents embroiled in family law proceedings face significant barriers to obtaining good, affordable legal representation.
Obesity greater risk to kids than hunger www.thelancet.com
"The Global Burden of Disease 2010," recently published in the Lancet, has found that except for countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, obesity has grown by 82 percent globally over the past 20 years. In the Middle East, obesity has grown by 100 percent since 1990. The health issues caused by obesity now far outweigh the health issues caused by hunger. While deaths from heart disease have decreased by 70 percent worldwide, the incidence of its diagnosis has skyrocketed. While adults are living more than 10 additional years worldwide, on average, they live the last 14 years of their lives in pain, disability, and illness.
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"Why Superintendents Turn Over," a study of California superintendents appearing in the American Educational Research Journal, found that 43 percent of all superintendents left their districts within three years, but 71 percent of superintendents serving in districts with 29,000 students or more did the same. The study's authors interviewed superintendents and board members about district climate and reasons for departures and found that superintendents usually traded up to larger districts, raising their salaries on average from $109,761 to $131,110 per annum in the process.
Technology for online assessments www.smarterbalanced.org
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (Smarter Balanced) has released its Smarter Balanced Technology Strategy Framework and Systems Requirements Specifications for the technology districts will need to support upcoming electronic assessments. Smarter Balanced finds that computers, Chromebooks, iPads, and Android tablets running on newer operating systems will be adequate for online testing. Any device used for online assessments must have a 10-inch screen, a keyboard, Internet access, and allow features that could lead to cheating to be disabled during the assessment. Thirty-three states already offer online assessments with varying degrees of success. Wyoming switched to online testing in 2010, resulting in chaos and a lawsuit against standardized testing giant Pearson, according to digital.hechingerreport.org.
TIMSS and PIRLS http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/
First, the good news: In 2011, Florida fourth-graders participated in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), and outperformed every other country and every other jurisdiction participating with the exception of Hong Kong. Florida's reading score was 569, 13 points higher than the U.S. average score of 556 -- up 16 points from 2006. Now for the bad news: On the 2011 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), eight countries outperformed the U.S. in fourth-grade math, and 11 in eighth-grade math. Six systems outperformed the U.S. in fourth-grade science, and 12 in eighth-grade science. Finland, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, and Taipei performed strongly in all subjects.
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this gives them the edge with Dwill. but, ironically, Dwight has now said he will only go to Dallas. Maybe him and Dwill will conspire to go west. Then the Russian will come after Steve. wasn't i supposed to turn off the internet?
this gives them the edge with Dwill. but, ironically, Dwight has now said he will only go to Dallas. Maybe him and Dwill will conspire to go west. Then the Russian will come after Steve. wasn't i supposed to turn off the internet?
Nets are starting to look interesting
PG: Deron Williams
SG: Joe Johnson
SF: Gerald Wallace
But this is not a team for Nash to lead
chemistry pending they would be good for 3 to 6 in the east. Orlando, and Atlanta blowing up Chicago with Rose out half or most of the season recovery pending, Boston another year older...Raptors could sneak into 7th or 8th this year without even changing a light bulb
I don't think those 7 games were necessarily a "fluke" but I also don't put much stock in them. He averaged what, 6 TOs a game during that time? And he's no better defender than Nash. I also don't put much stock in Bayless' performance as a starter. If I did, I'd much rather just re-sign Bayless than Lin. Your definition of "good numbers" is different from mine, I guess.
There's no contradiction in saying I prefer signing the proven commodity with huge ulterior benefits to the team beyond simple stats, and then looking for your future PG over the next 2 seasons via sign/draft/trade. If you're saying TO could just trade Lin anyway after his contract is no longer healthy, what's your long-term PG answer? Whatever PG plays next year in TO, it doesn't preclude further improving/changing the lineup as time goes on.
Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.
Is anyone else scared Nash declines? Where do you go from there? Stand pat with Jose? Do you think they have a pre-arranged deal with Houston for Lowry in case?
Whenever I start thinking something's a sure thing it ends up exploding in my face, forgive my pessimism.
2006/03/23 Waived by the Toronto Raptors.
2006/03/01 Back injury, inactive list.
2006/01/31 Missed 6 games (lower back pain/suspension).
2006/01/30 Lower back pain, day-to-day.
2006/01/19 Suspended by the NBA for five games for entering the spectator stands during a Jan. 17 game.
2005/02/16 Missed 5 games (back injury).
2005/02/05 Back injury, injured list.
I am so scared that something like this will happen to Steve. Knocking wood so hard right now.
comparing nash and hakeem isn't right. hakeem was a shell of himself when he got here. numbers dropping, games played dropping for years and then we just signed him because he was hakeem. that is probably my least favourite raptor move ever. like tom put up in the statophile compare nash to stocktons' later years and remember he just retired for his own reasons and could have kept playing.
It's more accurate to compare Nash to John Stockton. Same position, same work ethic.
http://www.thestar.com/sports/basket...ves-across-nbaNash is not expected to make a decision until Williams makes his call — the USA point guard has said he will choose a landing spot prior to the start of USA Basketball's pre-Olympic camp on Friday.
What I do expect, from the very few conversations I've had since before free agency began, is that things will happen rather rapidly once they know what's going on with the big fish they're chasing.
It won't take two or three or four days for them to basically fill out the roster if they get Nash — he's got that kind of allure to other free agents — and if they don't, they have to be ready to hit the ground running with Plans B and C and D.
Things around the office have been eerily quiet and calm, no one's talking even privately, but you have to hope that beneath that calm, there's some furious paddling being done and once the No. 1 issue is resolved that things will move at a rapid pace.
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free agents are slipping through our hands like sand! make some moves man!
actually, that kind of strikes me as possibly bad news - leaning towards mavs or brooklyn, whoever Williams doesn't sign with :/
Might be time to pick up that call from Morey on line 2, Bryan
Anyone find it interesting that triano was part of the recruitment committee? Isn't he like some kind of father figure to Nash? Have to think he would have some insight as to which way Nash was leaning,
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Chicago examiner wednesday october 1 4 1 908 1 4 pages f vol vi no 255 a m price ome cent tered by carrier 30 cents pox monti packers victims of legislative thugs for years says father dorney stock yards priest at banquet declares lawmakers have long held up barons a sand bag conspiracy american association sits down to 12-course feast done in old english style itiat th Chicago packers have been held np by the legislature for the past twenty years was declared by the rev father maurice j dorney last eight at the second annual banquet of the american packers association the rector of the stock yards in his after-dinner speech at the auditorium annex described the illi nois legislative body ts a sand bag con spiracy to mulct the meat barons e letter treatment for employes of the eking hosses also was urged by the cler man who for twenty-five years has pre led over a pariah back of the yards the bad<juet a twelve-course dinner was patterned to every detail after the old eng fsh fashion the waiters were attirej in regulation english style each wore a red coat knee satin breeches and a powdered wig eacb of the guests was presented with a copper ale mug bearing an english coat of arms and a long day pipe similarly adorned climax of banquet the climai of the banquet came when apoa a signal the doors were thrown open nd thirty chefs garbed in white cap and apron marched into the banquet hall on old english trenchers they bore an im mense steer's head followed by a huge boar's head the procession wound its way a boot the room amid cheers until the speaker's table was reacbtd when president james s afar following the example of king james £" knighted the beef there was served la all 1,000 pounds of roast beef wbirb was especially raised killed and packed by a member of the asso ciation for the banquet an incident of the evening happened wien frederick layton eighty-two y s : <], milwaukee's oldest packer was em raced by charles b murray the seventy ight-year-old packer of cincinnati while he two gray-haired men stood at the ban net table the guests gave three cheers or both ather domey's speech father dorney's speech came as a finale o the feast when i look buck at the old days and recall the many kind deeds of mr swift nd of mr morris and of mr armour and when i think of the courtesies extended mployes of the big packing houses by the ndahys i grow sad he said i ask on gentlemen the later generation to ome dose to the fireside to enter the homes of yonr employes as did your ! athers before you and your reward i am \ ore will be increased prosperity and nn old happiness the packing business to-day is the greatest industry in the united states in i Chicago there is no class of business which seeks so earnestly for public ad aneement and yet the Illinois legisla are for the past twenty years ha been othing short of a sand-bag conspiracy ; gainet the cnion stock vardß company speak from what i know this is a reat corporation and by some is supposed o be a self-seeking corporation but we who ive id the yards and back of the vards know that employes of the great jhicago packing houses are better paid and receive more considerate treatment than do aborers of the same class in any part of he country that water steal we have read in the newspapers of the ecent water steal at the stock yards but we who know the real history of those dl erted pipes recall that t it were not for the cniengo packers residents in our dl rlct might to-day be served with sewer water rather than the fresh waters of lake michigan for it was the packers who iu talled and paid for our present water sys em j r morron president of the diamond taft's train wrecked candidate thrown from seat but is uninjured special on which judge is making tour of ohio derailed at sterling sterling 0 oct 13 candidate taft's special train on which he was tonring ohio was wrecked to-day at this point mr Taft was knocked from his seat when the coach in which he was riding bumped along the ties for fifty feet the mishap might have been a serious one if the train had been going at more rapid speed two of the coaches in the train eft the track and it was fully a half hour before they were again placed on the rails mr Taft was seated in the second passenger coach and when it bumped along the ties he was jarred from his seat but was uninjured the passengers when the first shock bad passed ran to mr taft's aid he picked himself up however and declared be was unhurt mr Taft as soon aa he saw he was not needed proceeded on foot to the place in the tillage provided for bis speech at this place this is the first mishap the candidate has met with in all bis travels score hurt in flag rush at cincinnati university co-eds carry refreshments to stu dents in all-day battle cincinnati 0 oct 13 a score of students of the university of cincinnati were badly injured to-day in the annual flag rush between the freshmen and sopho mores tbat began with daybreak this morning and lasted until sundown uose worst injured and carried from tue scene were herman haehnle scalp tors and lacerated louis crossley butted in abdo men charles willis kicked in groin wal ter day seriously bruised abont the body nearly all the 125 students engaged in uie fray for the possession of the freshman sag at the top of a twelve-foot pole greased from the top to the bottom re ceived minor bruises and scratches the co-eds assisted in the battle by carrying refreshments to their classmates plan steel plant for 50-acre Chicago tract english capital will erect independ ent mills alongside calumet river new york oct 13 the syndicate of capitalists headed by stewart browne | which recently sold the eighteen-story office building at broadway and maiden lane will utilize the fifty-acre tract of land in Chicago taken id part payment for the sky scraper for a steel plant and possibly a rail mill it is understood a 1,900,000 com pany will be soon incorporated in Chicago for the establishment of the plant the tract fronts on the calumet river and is bounded by one hundred and third street and green bay avenue this site was con sidered by the steel trust before it estab lished its big plant at garv ind the new industry will be backed by english capital and will be operated as an independent plant japs slaughter koreans annexation is rumored seoul oct 13 1t has jnst been learned that twenty-two members of the llchln hol an organization of koreans favorable to japan were killed by japanese gen darmes at cholado a few days ago the affair has i caused much uneasiness be cause it might be considered as a ruthless slaughter of unoffending koreans and is calculated to confirm previous reports of unnecessary cruelty practiced by the jap anese in korea the explanation given is that the japanese mistook them for a band of insurgents owing to repeated tokio conferences the report is widely circulated that the japanese government has decided immediately to annex koreu dr cook's friends think he is near north pole new york oct 13.-dr frederick e cook arctic explorer is believed by an thony flala to be close to the north pole if he has not already reached tbat target of many historic expeditions on march 17 las the was about 560 miles from the pole when he wrote he was on the eve of mak lug a dash for the pole dr cook's attempt to reach the pole was unpremeditated a year ego last spring be started on a hunting expedition with john b bradley a wealthy new yorker the hunting trip ended the latter part or august 1007 dr cook decided to remain and make a one man try for the pole d.c.gilman,ex-president of johns hopkins dead baltimore oct 13 dr daniel colt gilman president emeritus of the johns hopkins university died to-day at nor wich conn at the home of his sister where he had gone after his return from europe last week dr gilman was sev enty-eight years ol<i and resigned the act ive presidency of the university several years ago to dr w itenisen he was one of the trustees of the carnegie educational fund and also of the peahody fund dr gilman placed the johns hopkins univer sity on its present high plane and wns one of the most distinguished educators in america discovers husband is pugilist asks divorce new york oct 13 charles b forrest of brooklyn formerly an army officer is being sued for divorce by his wife who says she recently discovered tbat her hus band whom she supposed held a fine post tion with a cash register company has really been earning the greater part of his living as a prize fighter in brooklyn ath letic clubs she a belle of westerly r l.^vhen be in j^kuirtiul role wooed and ajjim 410,242 registered an increase of 5,006 over 04 gains in republican wards and losses in the demo cratic strongholds figures favor g 0 p 142,591 are added on last day many voters neglect opportunity chicago's total registered rote t>y tte • unrevlsed returns la 410,242 that is an increase of 5,006 over the an ■revised returns for 1904 when the named ■put on the books before erasures num ' bered 405,236 . the revised registration for the last pres ■identlal election showed a total vote of ' 403,971 and it is probable a similar redue ■tlon will be made from this year's figures ' the total of the first daj's registration [ thlß year was 267,651 the names added - yesterday numbered 142,501 which fell ' short 2,500 of the democratic prediction | ] and exceeded the republican guess by ■2,500 the total registration with com ■parative figures is as follows unreviwd unrovised . flret total total . ward day 1908 19os wo4 ' firat 6,314 9,836 11,231 ' second 7.t88 12,010 lii.i.w " third 7,767 11.688 u.&53 i ■fourth 5.591 wh y.»s f.fth 6,t>43 9.425 ' 9,770 ■■sixth 12,811 18,154 16,74 . sereiith h.iws a),kb 17,764 tiehth e.eos 9«s 9,708 ninth 3,728 6.601 8.(63 ' tenth 4.013 0.021 8,210i eletenth 6,t553 8,585 10,1*61 twelfth 8.552 j3.5545 12.654 thirteenth 8,776 13,568 12,755 . fourteenth 7,4 11,403 12,374 plteel.th 6,943 11,604 10 sixteenth 8,823 8,i92 10.18s seventeenth 0.445 8,321 11,700 eighteenth 5.542 8,452 10,028 nineteenth 6,116 8.032 10.386 twentieth 8.621 13,is 14,28.0 twenty-flrst 8,611 13,078 15,i89 twenty-eecond 5,659 8,3-i2 10,427 twenty thiid 6,200 9,537 10,2«2 twenty-fourth 6,322 9,876 9.56s twentj-flfth 14,125 21,816 17.054 1 twenty-sixth 8.90u 14,686 11,683 1 twcnty-aeventh 10,799 17,658 12,742 twentj-eigbth 8,021 12,706 12,218 twenty-ninth 6,217 10,191 wft thirtieth 7.056 10,471 11.941 thirty-first 8,467 14.800 13.049 thirty-second 10,110 14,882 12,741 thirty-third 7.554 11,582 11 w2 i thirty-fourth 7.616 12.16n 8,832 thirty-fifth 7,075 j.1,645 8.814 j totalß 367,651 410,242 405,21)0 in favor of the republicans as upon the bret day's registration the surface indications of the returns were in favor of the republicans in the stronglv republican wards there were great gains over the registration of four years ago while in the democratic strongholds there were verjr large losses from the figures of the last presidential year all the figures are in our favor said john j hanberg chairman of the repub lican organization committee last night in nearly all the strong republican wards we have big gains which shows we got our men out and the democrats show losses the registration figures are entirely sat isfactory to the democrats roger c sul livan said the losses in certain demo cratic wards like the ninth tenth eight eenth and ninetenth were to be expected the people have moved out of them into what used to be republican ivards the seventh twenty-fifth and thirty-fourth as well as the twenty-seventh ton will see that the democratic vote will show in these wards especially in the thirty fourth big gain in twenty-seventh notwithstanding the claims of the dem ocrats all the big gains were in the wards that give increasing republican majorities the greatest gain of all was in the twen ty-seventh which showed an increase of 4,916 over the last presidential registra tion the second largest was in the he publican twenty|fiftb or 4,232 names while the thirty-fourth loriruer's ward and now claimed by the democrats was third with a gain of 3,836 the seventh also strongly republican showed a gain of 3,059 governor deneen'a home ward the thirty-second showed an increase of 2,141 it was william loeffler's private domain the ninth that got the medal for the largest decrease 2,432 names from the registration of 1904 while john rowers territory the nineteenth had a falling off lof 2,333 names and was a close seiond to the loeffler bailiwick john brenuan's ward fell 1,576 names under tue last pres idential mark and the cougtilln-kenna principality the first was 1,406 short of the last big registration loss in only one g o p ward most of the other wards showed registra tions close to the previous presidential figures those tbat generally go repub lican however had the increases and those in which the democrats oftenest lead the decreases the third milton j fore man's newly-acquired domain was the only distinctively republican ward to show a losa and here it was slight 2>',o votes the biggest increases were all in the out 1 lying wards which was natural as the trend of population is all to the outskirts , ! the decreases were in the congested dis 1 tricts and while it is hardly likely taat population has decreased in those wards there have not been the increases that have naturally occurred in the outlying wards what makes the figures give the demo crats an unusually poor showing is that at j the presidential election of four years ago they admittedly did noi get their men out the explanation then was that the parkor campaign did not arouse buy enthusiasm , as a matter of fact the registration la i the strongholds are from 3,000 to 4.000 votes to the ward behind what was ex pected . since the last presidential registration the population of the city has increased by all estimates at least 150,000 that should mean an increased vote of at least i 30,000 while in fact the increase is onlv 5.000 it is clear that a great nianyjmßnl^i i forgot or refused to register k^^^k cruelty to animals abruzzi tells king betrothal is off queen dowager congratulates miss elkins former suitor on making sacrifice rome oct 13 1t was learned positively to-day that the engagement between the duke of the abruzzi and miss katherlne f.lkins has been broken the duke him self made the announcement to the royal family in a telegram from turin the pub lication of which has just been permitted the telegram occasioned the greatest re joicing in the royal household dowager queen margherlta replying as follows id listening to the voice of dignity rather than affection you give proof of pos sessing greater character than in your fam ous expeditions i congratulate you with renewed affection the duke does not attempt to conceal his sadness at the unfortunate termination of his love affair wi:h the american heiress he will soon start on a perilous explora tion in order to divert his mind from his grief at whose instance the engagement has been broken is not stated bnt there is a well authenticated rumor that mies elkins took a leading part in the affair dowager queen margherlta is indignant over the reports printed in the united states that she alone was responsible for the situation that first delayed the au uouncement of tae duke's engagement and now its formal breaking she wat ap prised of the duke's to wed miss elkins and while she was opposed to it for dynastlcal reasons she took no overt act to cause the duke to oreak with his affianced indeed she was never asked for any official pronouncement nor would it have had much weight bad she made it there never was any real engagement i said a lady of the queen dowager's suite to-day as a matter of fact the elkiusl family always preferred this way of leav ing things indefinite the reason being they probably foresaw that they might feel forced as at present to declare that no engagement really existed there is evi dently real affection between the two young people but if i must answer i will s.iy that i do not think they will be mar ried if you wi.nt the truth in a nutshell as i understand it here it is the whole itnlisn royal family while not at all ac tively opposing the engagement do not be lieve that the marriage will take place but when dealing with a temperament like the duke's vou cannot be too sure of any thing the elkins family denial of miss kl kius engagement with the duke is re 1 igarded here as an attempt to save the royal family's face offense to one party or the other being involved in an an 1 i nouncement of a rupture it is believed in koine that the opposition of the royal family to the match was not the sole cause for the rupture of the engagement i . ai;d that the change of religion proposed j to miss elkins was a compelling factor people who know the duke are not con i vinced the engagement is irretrievably ended they believe the duke may yet i overcome all obstacles to the marriage london oct 13 a rome dispatch to i the dally telegraph says regarding the i telegram from america denying the exist 1 ence of the engagement between the duke ' of the abrnzzl and miss elkins i am able to state on the highest ju thority that the marriage will certainly take place and very soon probably the denial is intended to put a stop to endless rumors of the press and to withdraw public uttentiou from the matter a romp dispatch to the ijeader says that despite the denial of rtie engagement the duke still is determined to marry miss klktns and may persuade her to consent to a renewal of the engagement it is iprobabje the duke will go to america for i this purpose arrest col tucker free him on parole ex-soldier goes south on promise to stand trial for wife abandonment colonel william f tucker v s a un til recently paymaster for the department of the lakes was arrested for wife aban donment yesterday on a wnbash train as it was pulling into decatur mrs myrtle i platt the nurse whose name has been 1 so closely linked with that of colonel tucker was with him and she went into hysterics when the warrant was served by order of the war department the j colonel was on his way from mount clem ■ens to hot springs where he had expected to stay for a while in search of health there seems to be no doubt that he s now a very sick man and it is said that the shock of his arrest caused a collapse he begged not to be taken off the train and his sister mrs j t johnson and j mrs platt joined in the entreaty three of colonel tucker's Chicago friends called on chief of police shippy last night and persuaded him to promise not to take a personal interest in the case i give you my word as an officer and a gentleman said colonel tucker feebly that if yon will let me go on to it louis in accordance with my plans i j will return to Chicago and stand trial as | soon as i am able to travel which i | think will be soon upon this condition the two detective sergeants who had the warrant agreed to let him and his party pass on through the state they accompanied him to st louis and are now at fhe southern hotel : under assumed names of course they hnve jno authority to seize the colonel in mis i sourl but they are merely hovering about jln the belief that their presence may serve i to keep the sick man's promise clearly be fore bis mind hayne it pearson attorney for the abandoned wife mrs mary logan tucker a daughter of general john a logan said last night we are depending upon colonel tucker's word as a gentleman and an officer if he chooses to wreak it we will have no other alternative than to ask for an in dictment against him and procure bis ur j rest at hot springs or wherever he ' may be i oi ought this proceeding on behalf of mrs tucker and with the hearty apyrm al 1 f uer on captain logttn tucker of the marine corps in order to bring the un fortunate controversy to a head and obtain for mrs tucker a vindication to which she j is undoubtedly entlt.ed ever since the tucker scandal as it j { has become known was smoothed over by ! the war department at washington at the ' expense of general ligan's daughter the friends of mrs tucker have beeu urgiug i her to bring action in a state court when it was learned that colonel tucker i bad been ordered fioin the suuliarlum at : mount clemens to hot springs hr pear ! 1 sou went before municipal judge gemmill and swore out a warrant charging deuer tlon july 25 190i the warrant was issued october 9 and given to detective sergeants william plaul and walter o'brleu for service it was at first believed that nln ■•«! tucker would come to Chicago to-day but a dispatch from at i.uui la t ..... that his condition was much worse and that he probably wonid not be able to leave the southern hotel for weeks dr louis h behrens hasbeen called ii to attend him and striflßl^ml^^mbeei given to nenrj^^^jm thrown into lake by bible students i son of northwestern univer sity official torn from co ed's side and ducked abram harris son of dr a w harris president of northwestern university was | given an icy bath in lake michigan last i night by students of the garrett biblical i institute the outcome may be a campus war between the students of the liberal arts department of the university and those of the theological school in company n-ith a girl student a resi ! dent of willard hall harris was strolling along the lake shore six garrett stu dents met them and one of them called out you were at heck hall last halloween i think were you not harris admitted this whereupon the six seized him carried him to the water and i tossed him in the co-ed he was es i corting screamed loudly but nobody re sponded harris fought pluckily scratching and biting at his captors while they carried him he crawled out wet to the skin and ready for more trouble but the divinity students had fled to heck hall last halloween 200 students of the lib eral arts department raided heck hall where the theological students have dor jniitorlea and ducked twenty of the j lodgers most of the bibs were in their ; night clothes at the time subspquently eismeeu oi the hazers were arrested bit ter feeling resulted and still exists harris in his drenched clothes escortei his companion back to willard hall before seeking a change of clothing corey's sister to wed a hospital physician doctor studied in philadelphia to be near sweetheart philadelphia pa oct 13.-m!ss ada b corey sister of william e corey president of the united states steel cor poration will marry dr charles offham nier now a member of the house staff at the episcopal hospital in this city the wedding will take place quietly on novem ber 4 at downingtown pn where the brlde to-be and her mother make their home the couple will live in plttsburg dr offhammer and miss corey first became acquainted in pittsburg when she was in short skirts when miss corey came to joak lane to attend the seminary there dr | offhammer chose philadelphia a^s the place '■■where he would follow his medical studies so he could be near his sweetheart they | are close friends of the present mrs corey prairie fire threatens great loss in indiana laportk ind oct 13 word to-night from hanna sa.vs a prairie fire ik sweeping over the kanuakee country a conservative estimate of the loss up to 8 o'clock is 10,000 wolves driven by the flames from the kankakee marshes are raiding the barnyards of farmers in the southern part of this county the h'-ulp of ongaaii 80 pound beast was pn-scuted u^^^ko-da^i for bounty am cubs win third and need one more game for flag by fkank x fiknegah detroit despairs of taking 3 straight games from chi cago conquerors 12,907 see the contesi fans of michigan city expect ing another triumph don their gala garb society attends game perfect weather makes park glass of fall fashions in feminine fans detroit mich oct 13 de troit put on its swellest gown and its best hat to-day — the big hat with the long green plumes — and went out to bennett park to see the tigers get some more b'ar meat detroit went home in the golden light of the afternoon along about 4 o'clock without having enjoyed that infre i quent spectacle those pesky cubs all jbut clinched their hold on the world's j championship by sloshing the calci mine all over the tigers wiping out every last stripe and making them look like a troupe of well-broken per forming polar bears to-day's victory ' a made three in four games for chi"t;go and but one more game is needed by chance's team to retain the world's championship on the other hand the i tigers must win three straight games i j to wrest the cubs title from them ' three to nothing was the arithmetic affair and that faithful old campaigner . mordecai brown had a large hand in it albeit the hand is shy a few finger joints thn attendance looked up a bit to-day the certified count being 12,ix)7 the lucky fans who jammed president navin's grand stands and blue circus seats saw the game of tbefr lives many of them had yielded '< up quite a bit more than the top price of 2.50 for choice seats but the glittering exhibition put up by chance's winner 1 was worth all of that and then some tiger fans admit cubs superiority naturally the yellow ribboned rooters were shrieking for a tiger victory but when it was all over they admitted that their pet had been out-played from the tap of the gong and that the cubs richly deserved their triumph it was eleven Chicago hits against four detroit safeties four stolen bases for the cubs against none for the oeal heroes four Chicago walks against none granted to the tigers that won for the now champions lanky mr summers who was rushed to the rescue in the opening game of the se ries last saturday got the heavy bumps to-day and lasted until the ninth inning when winter tried to do something and failed this shift by manager jennings was greatly appreciated by all the town eut-ups in the stands who were enabled thereby to point out to their helpless neighbors that summers was succeeded by winter a joke that is considered quite pert and seasonable over here the taste of cub blood that the tigers got in Chicago on monday stirred up this charming little city as it has not brfj^^m i stirred since the cadillac hotel was opeflf some twenty 3'eare ago it has beeu pohfl^b ed out often in the newspapers of presum ably jealous rival cities that detroit fans flock to the support of their team when it is grabbing the prizes and fade away into the dim distance when the euemy has put over a few victories on the team judging from a wholly unprejudiced stand point it would appear that there is some thing in that insinuation detroit fans awaken following the lone victory of the tlkir in the eight games they bad played against the cubs the local rooters woke up to-day a and got ready early to go to the ball game confident that the Chicago team would again be walked upon by the spiked shoes of cobb crawford russman et al the wise pennant and badge venders who were iibro.ul 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Chicago examiner wednesday october 1 4 1 908 1 4 pages f vol vi no 255 a m price ome cent tered by carrier 30 cents pox monti packers victims of legislative thugs for years says father dorney stock yards priest at banquet declares lawmakers have long held up barons a sand bag conspiracy american association sits down to 12-course feast done in old english style itiat th Chicago packers have been held np by the legislature for the past twenty years was declared by the rev father maurice j dorney last eight at the second annual banquet of the american packers association the rector of the stock yards in his after-dinner speech at the auditorium annex described the illi nois legislative body ts a sand bag con spiracy to mulct the meat barons e letter treatment for employes of the eking hosses also was urged by the cler man who for twenty-five years has pre led over a pariah back of the yards the bad
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Custom 2004 Nissan Titan X-Cab Truck - Hooked On Speed
The Street Never Saw This Thing Coming
It must be tough being Shawn Williams, because he is one of those guys who has all the toys in his garage. He also has this Vortech-supercharged Nissan Titan as one the vehicles that is at his leisure to drive at any time. But, he deserves to have things like this, because he works hard at staying on top of his game and constantly putting out high-quality customs.
His shop, Street Concepts, which is located in the heart of Huntington Beach, California, is not your average fix-it-up-and-get-it-out custom shop. Shawn started out 6 years ago, designing special project vehicles for the corporate world. When Nissan wanted to debut a version of its new Titan truck, it knew just where to turn to make the company's ideas a reality. By choosing Street Concepts to build Nissan's Titan, the company could customize a truck for practical purposes, and the design would stand as a platform for personalization. Shawn had been researching this Titan build for a month before Nissan gave him the green light to put everything together-two months before the SEMA Show.
Once Street Concepts got the Titan in its possession, the race was on to get the truck together in time. The list of mods to perform included a lowering kit, bigger wheels, brakes, interior, paint, and performance mods. On the performance end, Shawn made some calls and got ahold of Bassani for a power-boosting exhaust system.
While calling around, he got wind of a new supercharger kit being developed for the Titan by the folks at Vortech. By that time, Vortech had already laid down its plans and created a prototype system on its own Titan. To generate a buzz at the upcoming SEMA Show, Vortech decided to scramble a concept version together for the Street Concepts Titan.
The truck was finished and debuted at the show, meeting its deadline. Now that the truck has been completed, it's our turn to get behind the wheel of this blown monster of a truck and put it to the test. To compare and contrast, we did a quick run in a stock Titan, punching it down and around the streets. It handled smooth over the bumpy surface streets, and it seemed to have enough muscle to pull us down the asphalt at a good rate. In stock trim, the Titan had plenty of power, as we pushed 20 mph past the speed limit and it didn't struggle to get us to that point.
Once we got back to Street Concepts, we dropped off the factory roller and grabbed the keys to the hi-po truck. We felt the seriousness of the power the moment the engine turned over because we heard a distinctive large rumble out of the exhaust and a whistle from the blower. With a gentle push of the go pedal, we became one with the truck and fearful that we might pitch the truck sideways out of the driveway.
Since the shop is in Huntington Beach, we cruised along Pacific Coast Highway. With its long stretches of paved road, we knew that we wouldn't get caught up by troublesome street lights. We made a sharp left onto the highway and passed a couple of slower cars with some aggressive maneuvering. All that was left was the open highway and our right foot smacked down on the gas. We were plastered to the seats as the speedo flashed past the 90-mph mark, and tunnel vision set in as the scenic beachside view became a blur.
We quickly came to a stop and noticed our hands were clenched on the wheel, face drenched in sweat, and we were grunting for more. Unfortunately, it was time to head back to the shop. But, before that, we had to backtrack on PCH, which meant we had no choice but to fully test the truck's capabilities down the stretch. Once again, the go pedal was smashed to the floor, the needle swept quickly to the right, and we practically drooled on the leather.
Needless to say, this truck was a thrill to test out on the unsuspecting public streets. And even though the supercharger kit is a concept version and we had no horsepower or torque ratings, we are able to tell you that it was nothing short of amazing. We were having a long day here at the office, and this truck gave us something to smile about during our hectic day.
Shawn has put his skills to the test with this one. With the truck's concept Vortech blower, it gives us an anxiety attack just thinking about what we could do when it reaches production. This Titan is a classy truck that has the tricks under the hood to prove itself, even to us magazine guys.
The 411
Owner/hometown: Shawn Williams / Huntington Beach, California
Owner/hometown: Shawn Williams / Huntington Beach, California
Year/make/model: '04 Nissan Titan X-Cab
Engine/drivetrain: 5.6L DOHC V-8 / Bassani high-performance exhaust system and headers / Vortech supercharger / five-speed automatic transmission
Installer: Street Concepts, of Huntington Beach, California
Wheels/tires: 24x10-inch Foose Speedsters / 295/35R24 Toyos
Suspension: Street Beat Customs 2/4 drop / Air Ride Technologies helper 'bags in the rear / Brembo 15-inch eight-piston brakes
Fabricator: Street Concepts, of Huntington Beach, California
Body Mods: Grill Craft front grille / Starshield clear bra
Custom Paint: PPG Burnt Orange
Bodywork/paint: Paint 'N' Place, of Placentia, California
Interior: Katzkin re-covered leather seats / carbon-fiber dash accents by Suite E Graphics
Upholsterer: Street Concepts, of Huntington Beach, California
Audio/video: Rockford Fosgate upgraded door speakers / mono amp / stereo amp / two 10-inch subwoofers / touch-screen head unit / wiring components provided by Lightning Audio
Installer: Street Concepts, of Huntington Beach, California