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The presentation will review the recognition and treatment of both congenital and acquired palatal defects as well as the
management of mandibular fractures utilizing interdental splints.
Two basic techniques for the repair of palatal defects are most commonly utilized. The first technique involves removal
of the epithelium from the edges of the defect and complete periosteal elevation of the palatine mucosa bilaterally on each
side of the cleft. Bilateral releasing incisions are made along the upper dental arcade to permit apposition of the edges
of the midline defect. The overlapping flap technique, the second basic technique, is preferred by most surgeons because
there is less tension on the suture line, the suture line is not located directly over the defect, and the area of opposing
connective tissue is larger which results in a stronger scar. The need for releasing incisions is also unnecessary in most
cases with the overlapping flap technique.
The overlapping flap technique is performed by creating two mucoperiosteal flaps. One flap is hinged at the end of the palatal
defect and is turned beneath the other flap. Vest-over-pants type sutures of synthetic absorbable suture material are utilized
to maintain the connective tissue surfaces of both flaps in apposition. This technique provides a wide area of connective
tissue contact without tension.
Acquired palatal defects that have etiologies other than dental disease are usually located in the hard palate. These acquired
palatal defects are caused by various types of trauma including dog bites, blunt head trauma, electrical shock, gunshot wounds,
foreign body penetration and pressure necrosis. The acute inflammatory reaction and the overall clinical status of the patient
with acute trauma should be managed prior to surgical correction of the palatal defect. Various surgical techniques can be
utilized to repair acquired palatal defects including buccal flaps, rotation flaps, advancement flaps, tongue flaps, split
palatal U-flaps and island flaps. The technique selected for repair of an acquired palatal defect depends on the location
of the defect. In general the technique that will provide the largest flap with no tension is recommended.
Buccal flaps can be utilized to repair defects associated with oronasal fistulas secondary to periodontal disease. The edges
of the defect are debrided to remove all of the epithelial margins of the palatal defect and divergent incisions are made
mesial and distal to the defect through the gingiva, mucogingival line and alveolar mucosa. The periosteal layer of the flap
is incised on the inner layer of the flap to release the tension on the flap prior to closure.
Rotation flaps are recommended for small circular defects especially defects located lateral to the midline. Large caudal
defects that cross the midline can be repaired using an advancement flap. The defect is repaired by excising a thin section
of mucosa from the perimeter of the defect and then creating a large mucoperiosteal flap caudal to the defect, incising the
periosteal layer of the flap caudally, advancing the flap rostrally and suturing the flap over the defect with monofilament
absorbable suture material in a simple interrupted pattern.
Tongue flaps may be used to repair large rostral palatal defects. The edges of the dorsal aspect of the tongue are excised
and apposed to the debrided edges of the palatal defect. Approximately four weeks later the tongue is separated from the
palate leaving enough tongue with the palate to close the defect without tension. Alternative techniques to tongue flaps
are recommended whenever possible because of the high incidence of dehiscence associated with tongue flaps.
The split palatal U-flap can be used to repair acquired hard palatal defects located in the caudal hard palate. The edges
of the palatal defect are debrided and a large U-shaped flap is created rostral to the defect. The major palatine arteries
should be preserved during the creation of the U-flap. The U-flap is divided on the midline. One side of the U-flap is rotated
90 degrees into the defect and sutured in place. The second side of the U-flap is rotated 90 degrees and sutured to the previously
rotated flap. The site from which the U-flap is harvested fills with granulation tissue and will be covered with epithelium
in 4-8 weeks.

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By Andy Ostmeyer
JOPLIN, Mo. —
David and Julie Holloway remember when traveling from McDonald County to Joplin took an hour or more along U.S. Highway 71.
Passing was irritatingly impossible, getting caught behind slow-moving farm vehicles was irritatingly easy, and failing to slow down through Goodman risked another irritant: a speeding ticket.
Driving through Pineville, Anderson and Neosho meant stopping, which was usually a hassle, but it at least had the virtue of taking travelers by the Dairy Queen in Anderson.
"When we were dating, we had to go through each town," David Holloway recalled Wednesday.
For years near Goodman, a weathered plywood sign kept tally of traffic fatalities along that stretch of Highway 71 and begged for improvements.
Julie Holloway herself was in an accident on Highway 71, she said.
She had recently graduated from Missouri Southern State University and was carpooling to a teaching job in Carthage with other educators when their vehicle was rear-ended by a truck rig. No one was hurt, but she remembers the risks that the former highway entailed. In fact, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation, the fatality rate is 60 percent lower on interstates compared with the rate on the rest of the federal highway system, and the injury rate is 70 percent lower.
Over the years, the Holloways watched the gradual leg-by-leg projects along the highway, as towns were bypassed, access was limited and minutes of travel time were cut with each new segment.
It all culminated Wednesday with the conversion of U.S. Highway 71 into Interstate 49 from Pineville to Kansas City.
In fact, when Julie Holloway left for work as assistant principal at Carl Junction High School on Wednesday morning, she took U.S. Highway 71; when she returned to her home near Tiff City on Wednesday afternoon, she took I-49, since the new interstate shields were uncovered by highway crews during the day.
"It's a smooth, carefree drive," she said.
The improvements have knocked 20 or 30 minutes off her drive time and, more importantly, have made the commute safer. The improvements, too, opened a door for her.
"I wouldn't have even been able to consider Carl (Junction) as a job opportunity" without the upgrades, she said.
Pineville 'doable'
Her daughter, who is a Crowder College nursing student, told her mom recently that the same thing is happening, but in reverse, with students from Carl Junction, Webb City and Joplin traveling to Crowder's Pineville campus for classes.
Joplin resident Stacia Elliott, 36, is one of those students. She makes the drive three times a week.
"The new road definitely is much better," she said. "You can set your cruise and just go. I'm very grateful for it actually."
Without the improvements, Elliott doesn't think she would have opted for school in Pineville because it would have taken too much time.
"With the new road, Pineville was doable," she said.
Up and down the highway Wednesday, that's what city leaders and economic development officials were talking about: the opportunities that I-49 opens up for people and towns.
Gina Ensor, executive director of the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce, said having the I-49 designation puts Nevada and other communities along the corridor on the radar of companies that want to be near an interstate. It also will lure more travelers for hotel stays, restaurant meals and tourism.
"There is going to be a lot more traffic," she said.
'By golly, we are'
In Lamar, City Administrator Lynn Calton on Wednesday was reviewing letters from companies that are looking at potential communities where they might expand. One of the letters on his desk was from a company that wants to be within five miles of an interstate.
"Well by golly, we are!" Calton said. "A quarter of a mile."
Mark Elliff, president of the Carthage Chamber of Commerce, agreed that having I-49 running through the area will lead to more jobs and growth.
"Any time you get a designation upgrade to interstate, it is an automatic plus," he said, noting that having a second interstate — I-44 — will help lure companies.
"It raises the profile for the whole region," he said. "Like the old Route 66 saying, we are at the crossroads of America again."
He said the Vision Carthage group is working on upgraded signs along the route to draw in visitors, anticipating more traffic along the interstate.
In Neosho, Mayor Richard Davidson said via email that the I-49 designation will mean more traffic in the long run.
"Unfortunately, until the Arkansas end of I-49 is completed, towns south of Joplin won't see the full impact of the change for a few more years," he said. "We'll continue to promote and support economic development projects that capitalize on the new I-49 designation."
David Holloway worked for years for the Missouri Department of Transportation as the regional maintenance supervisor out of Anderson. In November, he also became the newest member of the McDonald County Commission.
He knows that having an interstate through the county will mean more traffic, which will bring revenue and growth with the increased freight and tourists.
"There's great potential," he said.
New rules
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS are prohibited from operating under their own power on an interstate highway, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation. That means farmers who might have driven tractors or combines on U.S. Highway 71 will have to haul the machinery now that the roadway is an interstate highway.


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After the required centrifuge time of 10 minutes, turn off the centrifuge, and allow the rotor to come to a complete stop.
Do not touch the rotor or use the centrifuge brake to slow it. Remove the coverslip from the sample tube in one deliberate
upward motion, and place it on a microscope slide. Place one side of the coverslip on the slide first and lower it gradually
at an angle onto the glass slide as described previously to prevent entrapped air bubbles.
We are often asked whether to allow the sample to stand an additional five or 10 minutes after centrifugation. Although data
suggest that an additional 10-minute standing time may increase parasite recovery rates,2 we suggest that if extra time is added to the procedure, the time should be added to the duration of centrifugation.
Allow the centrifuge to stop as described above. Remove the centrifuge tube, place it in a holder, and add flotation solution
to form a meniscus. Follow the same procedure for placing a coverslip as described previously. Allow the sample to stand for
a minimum of 10 minutes before removing the coverslip, placing it on a slide, and examining it for parasite stages. If a sucrose
flotation solution is used, we have found that it may be necessary to allow the tube and coverslip to stand for 15 to 20 minutes
to recover all of the parasites stages. In my clinical experience, it is not necessary to wait longer than 10 minutes when
all other flotation solutions are used.
Examine the coverslip on the slide systematically and thoroughly. A prepared fecal slide is three-dimensional—it has length,
width, and depth. Depth is the most important. It is helpful to focus on the dust on the top of the coverslip and then move
downward. The smaller parasites (e.g. Giardia species, Cryptosporidium species, small coccidia) will be found in the first or top-most layer. The next layer down will contain the large eggs (roundworms,
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By JORDY KIVETT, Good For You
---- — Everyone has heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It wakes up your body and metabolism and gives you energy for your day. However, many of us are not naturally inclined to eat first thing in the morning and skip breakfast.
For those who do not wake up hungry, getting into the habit of eating breakfast daily is easier if you try to eat within two hours of waking up, and not necessarily right away. Choose any food you like, but be sure to include a few key components that will help you feel full longer and give you lasting energy.
▶ Carbohydrates: Since these are known as quick energy, it makes sense to eat them to wake up. Choosing complex carbohydrates (choices with fiber) will help that energy last. Carbohydrates are found in grains, fruit and some dairy foods.
▶ Fiber: Fiber is a type of carbohydrate that does not get digested in the same way that sugars and starches do. Since it helps slow digestion, fiber is especially important in the morning. Some good sources of fiber are whole grains such as bran flakes, shredded wheat, and fruits or vegetables.
▶ Protein: Protein will help you feel full. Dairy is a great source of protein, as well as eggs, nuts and meats.
Try to include at least three food groups in your breakfast. Eating from more food groups at each meal helps to ensure you get enough from each food group, without eating too much. Many breakfast choices can be quick, easy, inexpensive and hopefully too tasty to skip. Here are some nutritious breakfast ideas:
▶ Banana roll-ups: Spread peanut butter (or other nut butter) on a whole-wheat wrap, and wrap tightly around a banana. If you are taking this on-the-go, spread the peanut butter on the wrap, and fold it in half and bag it. Peel and add the banana when you are ready to eat it. This prevents the banana's ends from browning.
▶ Oatmeal: Add some fruit, such as a chopped apple or raisins, to oatmeal, and cook it with milk. Oatmeal will also cook quickly in the microwave. You can add cinnamon, vanilla or a sweetener if you like.
▶ Breakfast burrito: Add an egg and a chopped tomato to a whole-wheat tortilla with reduced-fat cream-cheese spread on it. To save time, you can microwave a beaten egg in a coffee mug; just stop and mix it every 30 seconds until fully set (they usually cook in 1 to 1.5 minutes).
▶ Peanut-butter banana shakes: Peel and freeze your overripe bananas. Add at least 1 cup of milk and 1 tablespoon of peanut butter to a frozen banana, and puree. To make it thicker, you could add flax seeds, oatmeal, yogurt or any other smoothie favorites.
▶ Berry parfaits: Layer some vanilla or plain yogurt with frozen berries, and refrigerate overnight so the berries thaw and their juices release. Add granola or your favorite cereal when you are ready to eat it.
▶ Waffle sandwiches: You can make this popular breakfast at home with whole-grain waffles. It is great to freeze your own waffles and use them; it's easy and saves quite a bit of money per serving. Using half of a large waffle, or two mini-waffles, add an egg and cheese for a crispy breakfast sandwich.
▶ Muffins: Most store-bought muffins are loaded with fat and sugar and have little to no fiber, but you can make a much healthier version at home. Increase the fiber in muffins by using whole-wheat flour or adding bran cereal. Using mashed, ripe bananas will decrease the fat and sugar by half, since the bananas are moist and sweet. With a glass of milk and a piece of fruit, they can make a full meal.
If you skip breakfast, start small by eating just one thing that is easy to grab each morning, such as an apple. Often, if you eat a little in the morning, you are hungrier as the morning progresses. After a while, add another component. Once breakfast becomes a habit, you will probably wake up looking forward to it.
Jordy Kivett is a nutrition educator at Cornell Cooperative Extension in Clinton County. For more information, contact her at 561-7450.


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"ESPN: Alabama and Auburn"
Saw the Alabama/Auburn (or was it Auburn/Alabama?) show on ESPN the other night, otherwise known as a song of praise to the mental lightweight otherwise known as Harvey Updyke.
Thought the whole program missed some golden opportunities to really explain the intensity of the rivalry.
Wish we could have heard Bear Bryant talking about "that Cow College" or Tommy Tuberville bragging about "One for the Thumb," two of the famed comments that irritate each of the fan bases.
Wish Pat Dye could have recounted that classic line when he was asked in his interview how long it would take to beat Alabama. "60 minutes," he said. "You rarely beat them in less than 60 minutes."
Wish we could have heard more about the negotiations on the game site in the late 1980s and the respective positions of each school about moving the game away from Birmingham.
Thought David Housel was understated and brilliant, as was Bo Jackson.
Loved the coverage of the "mixed marriages," with one spouse on one side and one on the other. Wasn't really impressed with the small children fighting (obviously staged) over their respective allegiances.
The coverage of the response of both sides to the hurricane was outstanding.


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At the Forge: Bloglines Web Services
Last month, we looked at ways in which we can gather, or aggregate, content from a number of different Web sites and put together a single summary of the day's news. Although it was amazing to see how much we could accomplish with a little bit of code, the application I presented is merely a toy when compared with actual aggregators. My example application supports only one user, is controlled by a primitive configuration file, doesn't categorize Weblogs into groups, checks for Weblog updates only when we explicitly ask it to do so and doesn't check for or handle errors.
Creating a robust, user-friendly aggregator is beyond the scope of this column, given the attention to technical and design details that would be necessary. But several days before I sat down to write this column, something amazing happened. The free, Web-based Bloglines.com aggregation service, which many people use to keep track of their favorite Weblogs, announced the availability of a Web service API that allows independent developers to create and deploy applications that use the data and applications developed by Bloglines. The publication and availability of the Bloglines API marks the growing popularity of Web services among well-known sites and opens the door to new applications built on the underlying Bloglines infrastructure.
This month, we take a look at the Bloglines API, including the creation of a simple application based on it. The API is brand new as of this writing (early October 2004) and undoubtedly will evolve as more people use it. If Weblogs interest you, and if you still are waiting to see practical uses for Web services, this combination of events might have come just in time.
The basic idea behind Web services is quite simple: the Web's success is due in no small part to the fact that the client and server operating systems are irrelevant. So long as the client and server adhere to the HTTP and HTML specifications, they can communicate seamlessly. Linux has made inroads into the server space precisely for this reason.
Web services take this one step further, saying that computers and not people should be the biggest users of the Web. Although computers exchange information over HTTP, they send and receive data in XML, the markup language or meta-language, that has caught on like wildfire in recent years. If my computer can send XML in the HTTP request it sends to your computer, and your computer then returns XML in its HTTP response, we can exchange information regardless of what languages and operating systems we're using.
The original form of this service, known as XML-RPC, still exists and is great for fast, easy communication. But this idea was extended further, and a variety of data types, error-checking mechanisms and object serialization techniques were introduced that XML-RPC lacked. This extension became known as SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol). SOAP theoretically can run on top of a variety of protocols, but it most often is sent on top of HTTP.
SOAP is a great solution to many problems, except that it is terribly complex, can be slow and is difficult to implement. And, both XML-RPC and SOAP require that the HTTP request include a well-formed XML request containing the query. One response to this growing complexity is REST (representational state transfer), in which all transactions are initiated by a simple HTTP GET request and all parameters are specified in the URL itself. The response then is an XML document containing the records and fields appropriate to the request. All of the Bloglines API calls are done with REST, although it's hard to say if this reflects the relatively simple queries now provided or if it's a design preference of the developers.
Although Web services probably are taking off behind corporate doors, only a few of the larger Web sites have made their plans and APIs public. The best-known examples are some of the largest and most profitable sites on the Web, including Amazon, eBay and Google. eBay charges for access to its Web services, with annual fees as well as per-transaction costs. By contrast, Amazon and Google have made their APIs freely available to the public, subject to usage restrictions and without making any promises regarding future availability.
In making its API public, Bloglines is indicating its interest in creating the same sort of developer community that Amazon, Google and eBay have created. This move also demonstrates its interest in remaining a leader in the world of Weblog aggregation and applications. Given Google's purchase of Blogger several years ago and the extensive search features that Bloglines is making available with its API, we might be witnessing the beginning of a new type of application or platform battle, with the Google and Bloglines APIs competing for attention.
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The Hurricanes were arguably the NHLs busiest team the past six months, adding Jordan Staal and Alexander Semin to their top six while committing more than $150 million in guaranteed money to both their new acquisitions and their core players.
The focus is clearly on winning and winning now. Carolina traded one of their top prospects in defenseman Brian Dumoulin to Pittsburgh to land Staal, and the one-year deal for Semin shows that Carolinas braintrust is willing to take a risk.
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Drafted 1st round, 12th overall, 2011
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By CHRIS AGEE
As the weather gets warmer, making a cool splash is as easy as heading to Perrin for a day at Unk's Lake Campground and Swimming Hole.
Preparing to open May 11 for its fourth year of operation, owner John Cope said there are a number of new reasons to visit.
"This year we're right in the completion phase of building some showers and restrooms," he said, "and we're putting in a pizzeria."
High Dive Pizza, as it will be known, will cater to those visitors who work up an appetite after a day of diving and swimming, he noted.
"We'll have wings and different types of hot breads," he said, in addition to traditional pizza choices.
There will also be more shopping opportunities this year, Cope noted.
"We're opening up the store as a real store," he explained. "There will be a lot more items people can purchase than in the past."
He said the ability to expand and offer even more than the notable acre-and-a-half freshwater swimming hole is due to great local support. The new amenities, he hopes, will attract even more people from surrounding communities.
"Mineral Wells really supports us well, but I'm still amazed by how many people don't know we're here or don't know how to get here," he said.
Unk's Lake and High Five Pizza opens in time for Mother's Day weekend, Cope said, with the first day of operation set for May 11. Hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. for swimming, he added.
"We're open all year long for camping and fishing," he said.
The destination is located at 2479 Elenburg Road in Perrin. For more information or for directions, search for the Unk's Lake page on Facebook or call (940) 798-2096.


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Phil Lesh & Friends Play The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester This Weekend
It's been a long time since we've written about anything happening in Westchester County, but the newly reopened Capitol Theatre in Port Chester cannot be ignored. In its heyday it hosted the likes of Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, Derek and the Dominos, Jimmy Hendrix and the Rolling Stones. Bob Dylan played the grand re-opening in September. This week, Phil Lesh & Friends will hole up for a four-day run that will hopefully reignite the energy stored up in the theatre's 86-year-old, but newly-renovated walls. We will be including the venue's upcoming events in our music listings from now on. (Also, it's located just a block off the Port Chester Metro North stop, so you can drink all you want.)
Phil Lesh & Friends
The Capitol Theatre, 149 Westchester Ave., Port Chester, N.Y. Thu., Nov. 15 through Sun., Nov. 18, 8 p.m. $65. (914) 937-4126. thecapitoltheatre.com.
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Update, 10:45 p.m. Friday: The two children reportedly abducted from their mother during a domestic dispute at a Prunedale gas station were found unhurt in Fresno, the Monterey County Sheriff's Office reported.
Authorities issued a statewide Amber Alert on Friday aftenroon afer Marquis Edwards, the father of one of the children, reportedly took them.
The children were found unhurt and Edwards' vehicle also was recovered, but he remains at-large, deputies reported.
Original story, 3:20 p.m. Friday: Two young children were abducted in Monterey County Friday, triggering a statewide Amber Alert, according to state emergency officials.
Onika Edwards, a 6-month-old girl, and Enrique Joseph, 6, were allegedly taken from the Prunedale area of Monterey County at 11:52 a.m. by Marquis Edwards, 21, the father of Onika, emergency officials said.
The abduction apparently occurred after some sort of altercation between Edwards and the girl's mother, officials said.
Daniels was last seen driving a white Buick Century with a California license plate No. 4RKD823 and is possibly headed toward Fresno, according to authorities.
He is described as a black man who is 6 feet 3 inches tall, weighs about 250 pounds and has brown eyes and black hair. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans and has a tattoo on his upper right arm that says "ANT DOG," authorities said.
Unika Edwards is a 6-month-old black female, 2 feet tall and 25 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
Enrique Joseph is a 6-year-old black male with medium complexion, 4 feet tall and 67 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a green shirt, blue jeans and white shoes.
Anyone who sees Edwards is asked to call the Monterey County Sheriff's Office at (831) 755-3718.
—Bay City News contributed to this report.


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The chamber's Board of Directors decided to back the district's millage proposals Tuesday morning.
"It was the board's consensus that strong schools are an integral component of successful communities -- communities that retain and attract talent, jobs, and investment," Doug Luciani, the chamber's president and CEO, stated in an email to TCAPS officials.
Voters in November will cast ballots either for or against a $35-million, .20-mill main TCAPS proposal for, among other projects, reconstructions at three elementary schools, bus and technology replacements, and security upgrades at Central High School and West Middle School. They will also vote on a separate $13 million, .09-mill proposal for auditorium reconstruction at Central High School.
TCAPS previous $100-million millage proposal lost at the polls last November by about 7,000 votes. The defeat prompted a review of the millage by district officials that included a telephone survey of registered voters and feedback forums with community members and the chamber's board of directors.
Luciani said he's never seen such a "deep dive" into the reasons a millage proposal failed. He added the decision to split the proposed millage projects into two separate ballot questions proves district officials learned from last fall's defeat.
"The bond proposals they're putting in front of voters truly reflect (that) they listened to what voters said," Luciani said.
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Chickasha Public Schools School Board Member, Ryan Copeland, was arrested this weekend after his wife, Raina Copeland, reported to the district attorney's office that he had naked videos of a female family member.
An affidavit from the DA's office states Raina had two separate disks for review.
"That in the first video, Mr. Copeland can be seen placing a video recording device in the room of the victim while she is in the shower," the affidavit reads. "That the victim exits the shower and enters the bedroom with the video device. That the victim disrobes from the towel and is naked in plain view of the video recording device. That the victim dresses in view of the recording device and opens the door of the bedroom. That after the victim leaves the area, Copeland returns and removes the video recording device."
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LOS ANGELES, CA - The upcoming World Series of Bowling V - which takes place October 25-November 3 at the South Point Bowling Center in Las Vegas - is sure to add to the already great list of moments that have taken place on Xtra Frame in 2013.
The 60-plus hours of live preliminary-round coverage planned on Xtra Frame at this year's World Series will include all of the qualifying rounds in the four animal pattern championships - where four players will advance to the stepladder finals round on ESPN each day - plus all of the additional match play rounds that will determine the five finalists for the event's crown jewel - the PBA World Championship. The event is sold out with 240 of the world's best bowlers - from a record 22 countries - making the trek to become a part of history. Fans can watch all the action by signing up for Xtra Frame for just $7.99 per month, or $64.99 for a one-year subscription.
One exciting addition to Xtra Frame's WSOB V coverage will be long-time ESPN color commentator and PBA Hall-of-Famer Randy Pedersen calling the action alongside Mike J. Laneside during the Top 24 rounds of the animal pattern championships. Plus, the event will kick off with a special pay-per-view live event on October 25 called the High 5 Gear PBA League Challenge: USA vs. The World. The match will pit the top six International players entered into the World Series against the top six americans, with the teams captained by Australia's Jason Belmonte and the U.S.'s Sean Rash, respectively. Viewers who are not currently subscribers to Xtra Frame will be able to view the matches for just $5.
As a reminder of all of this great action coming up later in the month on Xtra Frame, we have compiled a list of "Xtra Frame's Greatest Hits - 2013" on the PBA Youtube Channel. The list includes Mika Koivuniemi and Osku Palermaa's 7-10 conversions, Joe Scarborough's historic 900 series, several 300 games (including one by the ageless Johnny Petraglia) and a number of tight matches and clutch performances from the PBA Tour, PBA50 Tour and PBA Regional action. Have a look and let us know what your favorite moment(s) are on the PBA's Facebook page and be sure to join us later this month to see more great bowling history that is sure to be added to the list.
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This Sunday at 1pm ET on ESPN, competition in the PBA League will resume with Round 2. The show marks the second installment of the historic team competition, and also features a new format that will be used over the next four rounds of PBA League competition. Here is how it works:OVERVIEWThe upcoming PBA League telecasts will be expanded to two hours (hooray, more bowling!), and will feature three distinct segments.SEGMENT 1 - CLASH ROUNDThe first part of the PBA League telecasts will consist of an exciting new "Clash Round", featuring 11 different players. Each team will have a specific number of players representing their teams (determined by final qualifying position - the higher the team finished in the standings, the more players they get in the Clash Round). The format is a one-ball roll-off where each player will throw a shot, with the lowest scorer (or scorers in the event of a tie) eliminated. The last remaining player's team will gain a spot in the baker-format team stepladder finals, and will join the three teams who qualified through the preliminary qualifying rounds (all of those rounds are currently available to watch on demand on XTRA FRAME). SEGMENT 2 - TEAM STEPLADDER FINALSThree baker-format team matches will determine team points earned for that week's telecast. The points earned over the five rounds of the PBA League will determine the four finalists for the Elias Cup, which will crown the PBA's first team champion. Here are the current standings after Round 1:1, BROOKLYN STyLES (owner Jesse Williams), 18 points.2, New York City WTT KingPins (owner Billie Jean King), 12.3, Motown Muscle (owner Jerome Bettis), 9.4, Dallas Strikers (owner Terrell Owens), 8.5, Silver Lake Atom Splitters (owner Chris Hardwick), 6.6, L.A. X (owner Chris Paul), 5.7, Philadelphia Hitmen (owner Kevin Hart), 3.8, Pittsburgh Jack Rabbits (owner LaMarr Woodley), 2. SEGMENT 3 - SINGLES FINALEach PBA League telecast will conclude with the title match between the two finalists for that week's Classic qualifying and match play rounds. Round 2 will feature the Carmen Salvino Classic finalists (D.J. Archer and Andres Gomez), Round 3 the Mark Roth Classic (Michael Haugen Jr. and Scott Norton), Round 4 the Don Carter Classic (Wes Malott and Jason Sterner) and Round 5 the Earl Anthony Players Championship (Sean Rash and Scott Norton). So not only will these shows feature exciting and historic team competition, but they will also crown a PBA champion!CLICK FOR COMPLETE PBA on ESPN TV SCHEDULE
Now that the 2011-12 PBA Tour season is in the books, and we still have five full months until the start of next season at the World Series of Bowling this November let's take a look back and recall some of the great storylines from the season. Here are my picks for numbers 6-10, with the top five coming at you later this week...
#10 - Blanchard's Fall
While this story may not make newly selected PBA Rookie of the Year Josh Blanchard's list of moments he'd like to remember, the "fall heard 'round the world" garnered a great deal of media attention and gave the young up-and-coming star a fantastic opportunity to educate folks on some of the finer points (You use tight thumbholes? There's oil on the lanes? Pros have interchangeable slide shoes? I never knew!) of our sport. Blanchard handled the attention with great class and used the platform to make a name for himself as one of the Tour's sure-fire future stars. And he bounced back in the very next tournament with a top-four appearance in the season's first Xtra Frame Tour event in Fountain Valley.
#9 - Newell's Gutter Ball
Making his first career "TV" appearance (technically, it wasn't a TV appearance because it was an Xtra Frame only event, but to hear it from Newell, he was every bit as nervous) in the PBA Ricart Ford Open. After telling sideline reporter Jackie Bowling how nervous he was in spite of the fact that there were no ESPN cameras on hand, the man with the mohawk and "Captain America" belt dumped his first shot of the opening match against Dom Barrett straight into the gutter. After telling himself, "Well, it can't get any worse than this!" he calmed down and shot 740 for three games to defeat Barrett, Rhino Page and Ryan Ciminelli for his first career PBA Tour win.
#8 - International Dominance at WSOB
When the Dream Team dominated the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, no one thought the rest of the world would ever catch up to the Americans in the sport of basketball. For a long time, critics and experts thought the same thing of American dominance in the sport of bowling. But with the arrival of a bevy of international stars to the PBA Tour in the past five years, the tide completely shifted in favor of international dominance at this year's World Series of Bowling. International players won every single animal pattern event on the schedule (Stuart Williams of England - Viper, Jason Belmonte of Australia - Chameleon, Dom Barrett of England - Scorpion, Belmonte - Shark) with Finland's Osku Palermaa claiming the PBA World Championship. The dominant performance of the Internationals declared, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the world now stands on equal footing with the Americans at every level of the sport of bowling.
#7 - Shafer's Heartbreak at the World Championship
And speaking of the PBA World Championship, an American who could have ended the run of the international players was Ryan Shafer, who was the heavy emotional favorite going into the final match of the season's first major. With 12 career TV appearances in the majors without a win, many hoped Shafer would shake off the bad luck and post a "W", especially after his emotional reaction to advancing to the final round. But it was not to be, as a late miss on a 3-6-10 leave would cost Shafer the match and his chance to erase all of those past heartbreaks. As always, Shafer handled the loss with class and marched on with another solid performance in the U.S. Open, where he finished 4th. Fans of Shafer can only hope that next time things will be different.
#6 - Belmonte's 300
With as much power as he packs in his two-handed delivery, and with the frequency with which he is making it to the TV finals these days, it was bound to happen eventually - a perfect game on TV for Jason Belmonte. During the second eliminator match of the Mike Aulby Division Finals of the PBA World Championship, Belmonte went on a tear on the Shark pattern (that he had chosen as the high qualifier on the telecast). With laser-like precision and devastating power, Belmonte labelled twelve straight strikes to shoot the 21st televised 300 game in PBA history, earning a $10,000 bonus for his efforts.
Well, there are the first five in our list of the top 10 storylines of the 2011-12 PBA Tour season. I'll be posting the top five later this week. In the meantime, what were some of your favorite stories from this past PBA Tour season?
The Etonic PBA Senior U.S. Open is now in its third and final day of qualifying before the majority of the field is sidelined, and several big-name players find themselves with quite a bit of work to do in order to stay alive in the tournament.
A veritable murderer's row of stars that includes Walter Ray Williams, Jr., Lennie Boresch, Jr., Kenny Parks, Mark Williams, Don Moser and reigning Senior Open champion and PBA Senior Tour Player of the Year Ron Mohr are outside of the top 24 and, in two surprising cases, behind the cashers cut line (top 55) with just six more games of qualifying remaining.
Mohr, who received his crystal PoY trophy in a pre-squad ceremony on Tuesday, is definitely the biggest surprise, struggling in round two to drop all the way to 105th position entering the final qualifying round. He needs to make up 116 pins on the cut line in order to stay alive, and he'll be bowling on the A squad, which is the second of three shifts that will be competing Wednesday.
Mark Williams, who won this tournament in 2010 (defeating Ron Mohr), is also outside the top 55 with a day to go, sitting in 75th place, and needing to make up 34 pins on the cut line. Williams is on the first squad out on Wednesday, which means he'll have to post his number "on the fresh."
With Joe Salvemini and Sammy Ventura tied for the lead, a number of marquee players are still in the mix, including Charlie Tapp (4th), Tom Baker (5th), Wayne Webb (6th), Brian Voss (13th), Hugh Miller (14th), Amleto Monacelli (15th), Eric Forkel (17th) and Mike Edwards - who making his PBA Senior Tour debut - in 24th.
The scoring pace slowed considerably on day 2, with the B squad players generally starting off playing deeper on the lanes (closer to the second arrow) than the A squad had (closer to first arrow) on day 1. In spite of that, there still seemed to be plenty of opportunities to score, as Rick Francis showed by shooting a big +277 block to jump from 79th all the way up to 11th. We'll have to watch closely to see where the C squad starts off in the morning, as the further right they play, the more likelihood there will be - since there are no re-oils between squads - for higher scores as the day goes on.
All of the action today will be covered live on Xtra Frame, and coverage will continue throughout the week through the conclusion of the event with the live stepladder finals Friday at 6:30pm ET. More than 25 hours of coverage remains, so to view the complete schedule, or to subscribe to Xtra Frame for just $7.99 per month, click here.
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The climactic telecast of the PBA World Championship took place Sunday and it was easily the best show of the year. The TV folks did a fantastic job of squeezing in every possible storyline imaginable (Ryan Shafer's past heartbreak, Sean Rash and Jason Belmonte's rivalry, Osku Palermaa and Belmonte's eerie similarities, Rash's World Series of Bowling dominance, etc.) so that, whichever way the bowling went, it was sure to mean something to us all.
Considering how well Rash and Belmonte had bowled in the World Series, a lot of folks (including me) were expecting nothing but a final featuring the two newly minted rivals, but Shafer and Osku had other plans. As you saw in the Pre-game warmup for the show, the bowlers were striking at will on the Rash-chosen Scorpion oil pattern and many people (including Storm/Roto-Grip ball rep Chris Schlemmer) expected a high-scoring affair, but the lane oil had other plans for that as well.
Fans who might have been hoping for an all two-hander final had their hopes dashed in the opening match. Rash and Shafer zoomed out to games of 245 and 236, leaving the slow-starting two-handers behind to duel for the third and final spot in the next round. Coming down the stretch, Belmonte - who started hot and then suffered through some mid-game transition and a couple of poor shots - seemed to get it together heading into the final two frames. But he slammed a very familiar-looking stone 7 (a carbon copy of the one he left to lose the Plastic Ball Championship in 2009) in the 9th and finished with a 203. Osku, needing a double to advance or strike nine-spare to tie was forced to the second option when his second shot in the 10th left a pesky 10-pin. Luckily, Osku throws it 30 mph on his spare attempts because the only thing that looked like it could've knocked that 10-pin over on his spare shot was the wind as the ball blew by the 10-pin. After paramedics came in to defribrillate Osku's heart (just kidding, but mine definitely would have stopped) Belmonte and the burly Finn went to a one-ball sudden death roll-off.
Belmonte elected to lead off and left the bucket on a shot that sailed wide on him. Needing just 7 or better, Osku packed a strike and joined the others in the next match. According to Belmonte's Facebook page, the loss was "bitterly disappointing" and was really a big missed opportunity, considering the conventional wisdom that he gets tougher to beat in the eliminator format the longer he stays on the show. But the rest of the players heeded Randy and Chris Barnes' advice and got him out of there early.
The second match of the day was a virtual dead heat all the way into the 9th, as all three players fought transition that was seeing their balls hook too early in the front and not enough on the back part of the lane. Rash looked like he might have it figured out until a wicked 7-10 split jumped up in his 9th frame and doomed him to a 193 score. After the miss, Osku caught a double for 217 and Shafer, looking to join Palermaa in the final, finally got the break he's been waiting for in 50 long TV appearances, rolling the 2-pin in consecutive shots in the 9th and 10th for 222 to secure his spot in the title match.
It was a cruel ending for Rash, after his complete domination of the qualifying rounds and really a pretty good game here in the finals. His consolation is that he has five more appearances over the rest of the World Series telecasts and clearly, the respect of his fellow competitors for what he was able to accomplish at South Point.
As is often the case on these eliminator-format telecasts (and is also true in any show where more than one two-hander makes the finals), the longer it goes, the more the conditions favor the two-handed player. The reasons are detailed in this blog, and, using that logic, one would assume that Osku would have the advantage over Shafer heading into the final, due to the former's ability to generate the revs necessary to get left of the front-lane burn and around the back-end oil. But Shafer definitely has a few tricks up his sleeve, especially one that his fellow players refer to as "Voodoo roll" that allows the crafty veteran to stay right longer than most other players, thanks to his unique release.
But as the game progressed, it was clear that both players would need to make adjustments in order to combat the rapidly-changing environment, and heading into the 8th frame, both players were pacing sub-200 scores. Shafer made a good move (a ball change coupled with a move to the left) to give himself a chance to strike, but couldn't figure out the carry part of the equation, leaving flat-10s in the 8th and 9th to give Palermaa the opening he needed. After sniffing around all game, Osku found something late and put together a double in the 9th and 10th to shut out Shafer with a score of 203.
And just like that, Osku Palermaa became the second player from Finland - and the first two-hander - to win a PBA major title. The win was a huge boost for Palermaa, and caps off a great stretch in both his professional and private life that has seen him welcome a daughter into the world and now cash his biggest PBA check. And for those of you who think Palermaa lacks a little something in the personality department, check out this post-show interview and his cheeky, confident smile and sense of humor. It may be a little on the dry side, but it is definitely there.
Well, the year's first major is now in the books, but that doesn't mean there is not a huge amount of PBA-related things going on in the near future. The animal pattern finals now begin on ESPN, starting with the Bayer Viper Open next Sunday at 3pm ET (note the time change). Also airing Saturday and Sunday on Xtra Frame is the first-ever Xtra Frame Tour event - where a National title will be contested and awarded entirely on your online bowling channel. Don't miss a moment of the action and subscribe to Xtra Frame now (for just $7.99 a month or get a day pass for just $3.99) to see the champion crowned at Fountain Bowl in Fountain Valley, California!
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Against the Slave Lords—the hardcover collection of the classic A series of adventures (as well as the all-new fifth adventure, A0: Danger at Darkshelf Quarry)—is scheduled to release this June. We've added the cover art to its product page, but also wanted to showcase a closer look at its gorgeous art.
If you've ever played through the original series, you'll remember the new cover art's subject from A2: Secret of the Slavers Stockade:
As the party opens the doors, they hear a shouted command. This room appears to be a huge kitchen, over 50' long and wide, and 40' tall. About the room are piles of crates and kegs, as well as several tables and cabinets. In the center of the room is a large fire pit, the fire in it licking at the charred head of a giant lizard hanging head down into the fire by a chain from the ceiling.
And who happened to be turning the roasting lizard but lcar, the commander of the hill fort garrison. According to the adventure, Icar was feared both for this tactical ability and his personal prowess, his reputation made even more awesome by the fact that he is totally blind, and relies on his other keen senses in battle.
He turns to face the door, as the party enters, and you see that his helm has no eyeholes. At a table in the east end of the room sit three barbaric looking men, all bristly bearded with coarse red hair. They have mugs of beer in their left hands and smilingly lift hand axes off the tabletop and hurl them at the party.
You might also recall this interior image of Icar, from A2: Secret of the Slavers Stockade, used for reference:
In the adventure, Icar wields a two handed sword +1 called Death's Master, and wore a ring of fire resistance. If lcar can, he will maneuver his opponents back to the firepit and then force them into it. As a last defensive measure, he will stand in the firepit using the lizard for cover and will throw handfuls of flaming grease at the party (treated as flasks of oiI)—thus explaining his pose in this image.
To recreate Icar, Nick Bartoletti first generated the following images. The sculpt series shows the progression from rough model to fine detail:
The render series included different images that he then composited together in various ways:
These were then finalized as the finished composition:
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I'm hoping on getting some new speakers, (lusting over the rti a1s with maybe some owm3s) to fill out the sound in the rear. My concern is music, home theater not so much, medium sized room, live in an apartment so I don't need to be super loud. Would the amp-100 have enough juice to power all 4? I don't want to under power these things to the point where they don't sound good. Looks like it would just distribute the power among all speakers?
On the other hand if this unit doesn't sound like a good idea, the Yamaha RX-V373 is on sale this weekend for $170 and appears to deliver a full 105 watts per channel (I may be interpreting the specs wrong). I'd be willing to up to that price range if it was worth it and the sound would be much improved. But really I like simplicity and small footprints.
Appreciate any insight, I'm a bit of a neophyte as far as these things go but I do appreciate good sound. Obviously not expecting top tier sound in this price range though.


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It's been quite a few years since Code Complete was published. I really love the book, I keep it in the bathroom at the office and read a little out of it once or twice a day.
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Officials say local fire and police departments and about a dozen other civilian agencies came together to create a search and mission exercise.
Victims were camped out in different areas around Lake Bryan and agencies worked together to rescue them.
A Blinn College student volunteered as a victim.
" I just had a head wound it wasn't anything too big, it was more just like of a laceration, a scrap type of thing,"Jose Montalvo, volunteer.
But a real life situation would be much different thing.
"Just kind of not knowing when you're gonna get picked even if you're going to get picked up. We were out there for about five hours trying to occupy ourselves and really almost kinda stay sane," Montalvo.
Canine searchers were on the scene. Responders were also on foot, and mounted by horse back. Water operations looked for evidence in the lake and helicopters surveyed the area.
If someone is stuck in a real life situation, volunteers say its best to make any food and water last.
" As bad as it sounds almost kind of make yourself at home know where everything is at know if you have to describe where you're at just keep an eye on everything," said Montalvo.
It was six hours of training that emergency responders received this weekend to be prepared for something that could happen at any time.
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It was sad to read of former Loganville mayor Ray Nunley's passing. Ray was always considerate and responsive to Loganville citizens' concerns and needs.
Once, a few years back, I had a concern regarding work done on my property line by city workers. I called Ray, my city councilman, and asked if he would drop by to review the work at his convenience. Within the hour, I saw Ray pull up in his truck, look at the area, then drive away. Within 30 minutes, Ray had returned with two city workers and with a rake in his hand, supervised the necessary relandscaping of the area. When I walked out to thank him he said, "Thank you for bringing this to my attention."
I hope that whomever seeks to take over leading the city of Loganville will honor the work ethic and honesty of Ray Nunley. God bless his family during this time of loss.
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PHOENIX — From the triple-digit temperatures the day before to the gusty winds that kicked up in a matter of hours, nearly every detail leading up the June deaths of 19 Arizona firefighters has been painstakingly spelled out by investigators.
Even though they say proper procedure was followed, the families of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and members of Congress have wasted no time in asking that lessons be learned.
The challenge now, experts say, is figuring out how to prevent another tragedy as the threat of wildfire shows no sign of diminishing in the nation's drought-stricken forests and foothills. One way, they say, is to invest in GPS tracking technology for firefighters.
"Real-time information on the location of crews and the location of the fire, if those two things had been known, this accident could have been prevented," said Bill Grabbert, a retired wildland firefighter, fire management officer and author.
The results of a three-month investigation released Saturday outline a series of missteps by the crew and commanders who were fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire, but specific causes for the deaths are not included. Grabbert said such "milquetoast-type reports" are the result of federal legislation that opened the door to firefighters potentially being charged criminally for making mistakes while battling a blaze.
"It's critically important that we learn from fires like this," Grabbert said. "But with the guidelines for writing reports like this, you end up with things being soft-pedaled. That makes it difficult, or impossible, to learn lessons that can prevent fatalities."
A year after the deadly Thirtymile Fire in Washington state, Congress approved legislation in 2002 requiring an independent investigation whenever a U.S. Forest Service firefighter dies in an entrapment or burnover. In the Yarnell case, a team of local, state and federal fire experts conducted the investigation since the Granite Mountain Hotshots worked for the city of Prescott.


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The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Inc. announced Tuesday in a press release that it will induct former FB William Henderson, former OG Marco Rivera and contributor Frank Jonet at the 41st Hall of Fame Induction Banquet, to be held the evening of July 23, 2011, in the Lambeau Field Atrium.
Henderson, a third-round selection from North Carolina, spent 12 seasons in Green Bay (1995-2006) and appeared in 188 games with 112 starts. His 188 career games were more than all but three players in team history (Brett Favre, Bart Starr and Ray Nitschke). A bruising blocker, Henderson helped pave the way for seven 1,000-yard rushers. Also a productive contributor with the ball, he caught 320 passes (currently 10th on Packers' all-time list) for 2,409 yards (7.5 avg.) and 14 touchdowns, and rushed for 426 yards on 112 carries (3.5 avg.) with five scores. A member of the Packers' Super Bowl XXXI and XXXII teams, he earned All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors in 2004.
Rivera, a sixth-round draft choice from Penn State, played nine seasons (1996-2004) in a Packers uniform, appearing in 125 games with 111 starts, including his final 99 consecutively. He started seven consecutive seasons at guard (1998-2004); just one other Packers guard has started more consecutive years (Jerry Kramer, nine from 1958-1966) since 1958. He also was selected to three Pro Bowls (2002-04). Rivera's teammates voted him as the Packers' 2004 'Ed Block Courage Award' winner in recognition of his continuing ability to play through injury.
Jonet, a native of Tonet, Wis., was involved with the team since 1919 as office manager for the Indian Packing Company, Curly Lambeau's employer that sponsored the team with funds for uniforms and equipment. Jonet later would be named treasurer in 1935 and then elected to the dual position of secretary-treasurer in 1941, a role in which he served until his death in 1951. Through his association, he was instrumental in helping steer the organization through dire financial situations. In 1920, Jonet was part of a three-man committee that planned a fence to surround Hagemeister Park, allowing the Packers to charge admission and put the organization on sound financial footing. In 1933, he was appointed financial receiver by a local judge when the Packers faced bankruptcy after a fan fell from stadium bleachers and sued the team; Jonet guided the team through the crisis. In 1950 he was one of the main speakers in an organizational meeting that launched a stock drive that again saved the franchise.
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The city of Johnstown apparently will be able to complete the second phase of its sanitary-storm separation project in Walnut Grove and Hornerstown for about $500,000 less than anticipated.
On Wednesday, council approved a pair of resolutions authorizing City Manager Kristen Denne to finalize deals with A. Liberoni Inc. and Greenland Construction Inc. to perform the sewer work. Liberoni will be paid $2.8 million to make the upgrades in Walnut Grove.
Greenland will receive $5.1 million for the larger Hornerstown project. Money for the repairs will come from the Pennsylvania Infrastructure and Investment Authority.
The cost is well below the original estimate of about $8.4 million for both contracts.
"That's a good thing," said the city's engineer, Steve Sewalk from The EADS Group.
Johnstown was able to save some money by dividing the work.
"Two contracts does make it a little bit more competitive," Sewalk said.
"You get a better bid. Rather than putting one contract out for $8 (million) or $9 million, we try to break it in half and get a very competitive number."
Councilman William Gentile Jr. asked Sewalk if any local businesses pursued the contracts.
"You get a call here and you get a call there (with people asking) 'How come we're not able to bid?' " Gentile asked.
No Johnstown-headquartered company placed a bid, according to Sewalk. Liberoni is from Pittsburgh. Greenland operates out of Clearfield.
"From what I've been told, after you get about over like $200,000 to $300,000, the bonding requirements for the smaller contractors really change at that point," Sewalk said.
The work in Hornerstown and Walnut Grove is part of a large-scale effort to modernize the city's sewer system. The overall project will take a decade to complete. It will remain a major factor in the city's budget process and politics throughout the process,
"It's sewers, sewers and more sewers right now in Johnstown," Denne said.
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U.S. Army Custom Grille Emblem Design/ Idea i'm thinking about gettin made!
I have a idea for the Paramount Restyling Black Evolution Grille that's the RBP look alike that is all black with chrome rivetss. I have been looking online and have seen that they are a 1 piece replacement and fit just like the stock grille shell. The pic's i uploaded recently on the grille look nothing like the actual pic's i have seen on other trucks with the grille i must say i'm impressed for the price $305.
Anyways about the Custom Grille Emblem to go in the middle of the 1 piece grille i have contacted someone who can make me some custom emblems and at a vair price. The emblem is gonna be the Star logo just like the RBP grille emblem except is goin to be powdercoated gloss black and the outline of the star is gonna be chrome to go along with the grille. The U.S. Army is gonna be cut out or punched out inside the star. I plan on not coloring the outline of the punch out of the U.S. Army but if anyone knows what color would look right and not look cheesy let me know.
I havent heard back from the guy but i'm sure the Emblem is gonna cost a good bit but i think it will be worth it in the end. I want a emblem that represents the Military since i'm in it without breaking any rules by copying other brand grille. I have been debating if he could maybe add a small thin piece of metal or aluminum or even plastic something to put behind the U.S Army cutout and have it maybe dipped in a pattern of the Digital Camo so they background is the same color of our uniforms. Anyone let me know what you think i just wanna do something different. Thanks, Jake
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I love this idea! I think a black and silver emblem or the digital camo would look great! I thought about military green for a second but then I realized that might clash with all the rest of your truck being black. Would be cool if you could do some photoshop work and give us an idea of what it might look like!
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www.billetbadges.com only reason i found it because i was looking around to see where a reliable site could possibly make this for me. I'm going to pay good money to get it paid so i don't want it half assed if you know what i mean so i think they are legit. Yeah i would like the Star emblem to be a cutout piece of chrome so when they get ready to paint they could just tape of the outline to keep it chrome then powdercoat it gloss black but i like the idea of silver also with how my truck is setup. The Digital cammo seems like it could be a simple mod on plastic,metal or aluminum but a very thin piece to put on the back of the emblem to sit flush so the cutout of U.S. Army will appear in the digital cammo which is a great idea i think!
I'm still not sure if the emblem would look best in the middle of the grille or possibly on the sides of the grille but i'm leaning to just put it in the middle of the grille. I'm sure he can fab something to make the emblem easy to put on the grille without a hassle hopefully. Idk how i came up with this idea because i have never seen or heard of this done before and that's what i like the most is being different and standing out than doing the exact what other's are doing with ther trucks. I was thinking of maybe doing something for the back tailgate emblem but not sure of what to do just yet. I think i will leave the back emblem alone and probably take it off to not put too much of the custom look on the truck the grille is enough i think it will stand out more just doing the front grille emblem.
I'm actually thinking of also getting a badge like this done but the Desert edition want just be black like this one maybe i want it the same digital camo color patterin inside of the lettering and can put those where my gm logo's went on the side of the door's and instead of chrome do the powdercoated gloss black would look very nice!
This is some truck badges he made. He makes custom emblems and badges.
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Yeah man i really trust this guy to do the work since his stuff has been in magazines and happy customers and really good designs.
Not that the truck already isn't one of a kind. But i think that the emblem would really set the truck off. Digital Camo would be a first choice for me, I think that it would really sit well with the black, make it stand out nicely. I am looking forward to seeing some pictures of the finished product.
Have you thought of getting the piece machined and then sending it off to get dipped? I dont know if it would be cheaper or not... just a thought
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The Star is like the RBP but isn't cutout how there's its just a solid one and podercoated gloss black. Inside the star i want U.S. Army and a small star in the middle. I want the same coloring as the desert edition badge but like i said if he can't do that i'' have to settle with the silverish/greyish color. I also was thinking about the outline of the Star half the outline in desert camo and other half regular digital camo just the outline of the grille emblem star that would even be sicker! I hope he can do everything because this is a great idea i came up with nd never seen or heard anyone have this kind of grille!
I like it, sounds awesome man. Any idea on how long all that will take?
Also you can send pic's of designs that you want and even have them drawn out and they will design it for you. I think after this order i might get another Badge for the tailgate that say's Desert Edition and was thinking about side badges but i don't think i will or not i don't wanna put too many on the truck wouldn't look as good. I think you should give them a call and make a design and you don't pay anything until your happy with the design!
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Those badges he has made are awesome! I bet your pumped about this! That desert edition is pretty sweet too. I like where your going with this. A good idea and your keeping it in moderation. I like good clean additions like this. And best part the meaning behind it all.
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It currently takes two-thirds of voters to approve new taxes, raise existing taxes or extend the time a tax is collected, which is why Measure J failed recently with some 66 percent of voters backing it. Proposition 13 set the two-thirds precedent in 1978 and Liu would like to bring that threshold down to 55 percent.
What do you think? Should the California Constitution be amended to lower the voter threshold from two thirds to 55 percent? Should Proposition 13 be altered to remove tax protections for commercial property owners?
The Long Beach Press-Telegram looked at Governor Jerry Brown's proposed budget and suggested that overspending could force legislators to look to the longstanding Proposition 13 for extra tax money. The referendum was designed to protect property owners from increased property taxes and required two-thirds of voters to impose special taxes (like those for local transportation projects). Commercial property owners were included in that provision and enjoy the same protections.
One possibility for altering Proposition 13 could include a "split roll," which would leave the protections for homeowners in place and would either allow for the reassessment of commercial property value more frequently or raise the rate of assessment, political analyst Sherry Bebitch Jeffe told KCET.
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