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One goal has driven Adriane Takeall for the last three years: earning her GED.
Want to earn your GED?
The following Lowcountry agencies or groups can help:
Berkeley County School District Adult and Community Education in Moncks Corner: 899-8703.
Charleston County School District Office of Adult Education in North Charleston: 746-6500.
Dorchester County Adult and Community Education in Summerville: 873-7372.
Trident Literacy Association in North Charleston: 747-2223.
She's passed four of the five parts on the high school equivalency exam, and only one more section, math, remains. It always has been her worst subject.
The sense of urgency the 49-year-old feels to pass the test is ramping up. If she doesn't, her past scores will be erased and she'll have to pass a new, tougher, computer-based GED test.
"That would crush me," she said. "I'm really trying to get it done right now so I can have it behind me."
The GED test will change on Jan. 2, and some educators are urging those who want a GED to take the test before then. Why? The new GED will be offered only on computer, so a paper and pencil test won't be an option anymore. The test also will be harder in that it will require more writing and applying knowledge. And it will cost more than the paper and pencil version.
Changing the way the test is administered might be a challenge for some older students who lack computer skills, officials said. Some can't type well enough to write essays, while others don't know how to perform basic computer tasks such as dragging and dropping.
It's too early to say what the deadline will be for South Carolina residents who want to take the current test version, but officials warned of a potential last-minute rush and a limited number of spots.
"For those people who have some concerns, we are encouraging them not to wait, because as we get closer to December, the (testing) seats will be gone faster," said David Stout Jr., director of the Office of Adult Education for the South Carolina Department of Education.
Computer-based test
Stout's office is tasked with overseeing the state's GED testing; preparation programs can be offered by community-based organizations or school districts, but the state education department controls the administration of the exams.
State GED examination teams travel to sites statewide to give the paper and pencil tests, but they don't have to do that with the computer-based testing. That's significant because some sites only would be visited twice a year, whereas computer-based testing centers can offer the test as much as they like.
"It gives them a lot more flexibility (to test), and people don't have to wait until the state is coming to town," Stout said.
Thus far, 26 adult education programs have been approved to offer at least one computer-based testing site, and 15 others have submitted applications to do so. That amounts to more than 80 percent of the state's 50 adult education programs being in some stage of becoming approved. Stout's goal is to have at least one computer testing center in every county by January, and ideally more than one in areas with bigger populations, such as Charleston.
The remaining nine adult education programs have not submitted applications. Stout said some are in rural areas, where their adult education program is housed in a mobile unit that is inadequate for computer-based testing.
"We're going to get the ball rolling and slowly improve to have the state totally covered," he said.
The test isn't offered online – it's downloaded to the computer at the testing site – so Internet access for rural areas shouldn't be an issue, he said. Some scams falsely advertise that the GED can be taken online; it can't, he said.
"You have to go to one of our facilities," Stout said.
In the Lowcountry, Summerville is home to what Stout described as one of the state's biggest and premier GED testing centers, and Berkeley also has been approved for computer-based testing. Charleston hasn't, but Cathy Godshall, adult education facilitator for the Charleston County School District, said that should happen by January. The adult education program will be moving into the former Brentwood Middle building.
Most school districts already have the computers needed to do the testing, so the switch didn't require a significant purchase. Some are using computer labs that can be converted to testing sites once or twice a week, Stout said. The state has sent each computer-testing approved site $2,000 to help cover costs needed to secure the room.
A harder test
Those issues aside, the content of the test is changing, and it's not getting any easier. It will be more writing and fewer multiple-choice questions, and it's based on the Common Core State Standards, which are the new English/language arts and math requirements for what students in grades K-12 must know. The standards require students to apply information they've learned.
"The actual test is more rigorous and more difficult than it is now, so the teachers will have to prepare a little bit differently to prepare students for those changes," Godshall said.
Stout remembers 2002, when the test last changed and the same things were said. He expects the state's pass rate of 72.1 percent to dip for a few years while teachers get used to the new content. That's what happened after 2002, but the state's pass rate now exceeds the national average of 69.1 percent.
"Every time there is change coming, people are usually anxious," he said.
The computer test also will be more expensive than the paper and pencil exam. To take all five of the GED tests with paper and pencil costs $80; taking them on a computer costs $150. The new test will cost $150.
"The majority of individuals still are preferring (to take the) paper and pencil, and if I had to hazard a guess as to a reason, it's because of the cost disparity," said Julie Anne Kornahrens, the director of Dorchester County adult and community education. "We have had several individuals who have signed up to take the computer-based test but it has not been in the volume that was anticipated."
Takeall's test
Takeall, who lives in Ladson, dropped out of school in the middle of her junior year.
"Young, dumb and crazy," she said of her former self. She started following the crowd and cutting classes, and she decided to quit after her guidance counselor said she would have to go to school six months longer than her classmates to earn her diploma.
"I didn't want to hear that," she said. "I always knew this would come back to haunt me."
She went to work, but the jobs she had were never ones she wanted, until her most recent job. She worked for nine years in the shipping department of a lighting company in Goose Creek, but she got laid off in 2009.
"I knew that if I wanted to get a job that was paying me (well) and offering me insurance, I knew had to have a GED," she said.
She started studying for her GED in 2010 at the Dorchester County adult education center in Summerville. She used to feel embarrassed when she saw her young classmates, but she never forgot what one of her teachers said, "If you don't use it, you will lose it."
She suffers from test fright, which she describes as her brain shutting down. She panics and fidgets and then guesses through questions without thinking. But the more she tests, the more confident she feels, she said.
She has to score a 430 to pass the math test, and her most recent score was a 400. Just 30 more points.
She's at the adult education center most days of the week, and she wants to set a good example for her 14-year-old son. She recently told him about how she quit school, and she doesn't want him to make the same mistakes.
After the GED, she said she probably will pursue more education and training. Maybe she'll take some medical assisting classes at Trident Tech. And she wants to work.
"I have to believe that if (I don't pass this year) and it works out that way, the Lord has something else in store for me," she said.
It's just 30 points between her and a new life.
Reach Diette Courrégé Casey at @Diette on Twitter or (843) 937-5546.
GED students took on Tuesday a computer-based test to determine academic areas they need to work on at the Summerville Adult Learning Center. Wade Spees/Staff×
Francisco Hernandez and other GED students took a computer-based assessment test on Tuesday to determine academic areas they need to work on at the Summerville Adult Learning Center.×


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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Who doesn't recognize the lyrics and melody of the Beach Boys' first No. 1 Billboard hit in 1964, "I Get Around"?
Incline Village's own, Mike Love, co-wrote the song with Brian Wilson and sang lead vocal, and it was with some tongue-in-cheek humor that Love made reference to this timely tune at the long-awaited dedication ceremony Wednesday morning for the Incline Roundabout, a first for Lake Tahoe.
Love joined other notables on a pristine fall day to commemorate this $2.4 million public/private partnership designed to promote safety, protect Lake Tahoe's famed water clarity and air quality and to celebrate local public art.
Master of Ceremonies at Wednesday's ceremony was Rudy Malfabon, director of the Nevada Department of Transportation, with speaking time given to Love, Washoe County Commissioner John Breternitz and Incline resident Don Kanare, member of the Incline Gateway Committee, a group of local residents working with the Tahoe Transportation District.
The original concept for the roundabout started back in 2001 during a community vision meeting with Kanare, Jim Clark and Jim Nowlin (original members of the Gateway Committee) plus local residents. The initial discussion included the overall concept, traffic control, water and air quality and a more attractive entrance for Lake Tahoe's North Shore where Mt. Rose's 431 and Highway 28 intersect.
In early 2007, Kanare said the idea for what was to become today's roundabout struck him while waiting 15 minutes to turn left at the intersection onto Highway 28, all the while breathing in exhaust fumes from the vehicles in front of him.
"It dawned on me that the solution to this intersection would be to build a large diameter roundabout so the traffic could flow smoothly, accidents would be reduced, air and noise pollution would decrease and we would have a beautiful entrance to our community," he said in his speech Wednesday.
Kanare referred to his late cat, "Spumoni," who used to run around in circles and served as the inspiration for the roundabout nearly six years ago, and he dubbed the roundabout "Spumoni Circle." (An inside note: June Towhill Brown, the local artist who created the bronze indigenous animal sculptures scattered amid granite rocks that grace the roundabout, actually patterned the face of the bobcat from a photo of "Spumoni.")
"This entrance to Incline Village and Crystal Bay will welcome millions of visitors from all over the world for generations to come," Kanare said. "And it's only fitting that the most beautiful place in the world should provide a welcoming entrance that showcases the native wildlife for everyone to enjoy."
Special attention also was given Wednesday to Brown, who was chosen from a field of accomplished artists who submitted their ideas to the Incline Gateway Committee. Concepts for the art came through the Incline Gateway Community Outreach sessions. Brown is founder of J.T. Brown Sculptures and a distinguished member of Woman Artists of the West.
"I am honored to be have been selected for our community's first public art project," Brown said. "I hope the sculptures reflect the mountain personality of our community and the nature that surrounds us throughout Lake Tahoe."
- Tahoe Bonanza editor Kevin MacMillan contributed to this report.

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Well I'm from Houston, and down here "barred out" means to be messed up on Xanex "bars." Bars are the most potent of Xanex pills in front of blue and purple "footballs." Usually you drink on them and get really fux0rdz.
maaaaaaaan i got barred out last night and backed my truck into a headshop and i dont even remember it
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Can you define these popular missing words?
To be messed up on Xanex Bars, usually the long yellow latter bars, or the blue 'footballs', also see BENT.
"I was so fucking barred out niggy!"
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A form of anterograde amnesia resulting from taking too much Xanax (or any other Benzodiazepine.) Similar to "Blacking Out."
Dude, i can't remember ANYTHING from last night. after a third xanie, i BARRED OUT
dodane przez JakeyJakethaog maj 11, 2011
Engaging in hardcore intoxication;at a bar or club
He's all barred out from the club last night.
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When someone is sick of or had too much of barred, had all they can take or tolerate.
'Man I'm all barred out, turn it off.'
'After that night I was all barred out.'
'After that night I was all barred out.'
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To be tired or sick of watching barred. Either because of already being sexually statisfied or just mental overload.
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damned barred, im all barred out.
i'm all barred out tonight dudes.
damned barred, im all barred out.
i'm all barred out tonight dudes.
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The act or feeling of being banned from a bar when one is too drunk, used in other forms not referring to the original literal definition
Guy 1 "I'm gonna go talk her"
Guy 2 "I dare ya"
Guy 1 "Hey, what's your digits?"
Hottie "In your dreams"
Guy 2 "Man you got barred out"
Guy 2 "I dare ya"
Guy 1 "Hey, what's your digits?"
Hottie "In your dreams"
Guy 2 "Man you got barred out"
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How does UNDP do business?
To ensure our ongoing support to development process in Bangladesh, UNDP must procure a significant volume of goods and services. As a public organization entrusted with donor funds and committed to supporting Bangladesh's economy, UNDP abides by the following principles:
Best value for money, which consists of the selection of the offer that best meets the end-users' needs and that presents the best return on investment. Best Value for Money is the result of several factors, including quality, experience, the vendor's reputation, life-cycle costs and benefits, and parameters that measure how well the good or service allows the organization to meet its social, environmental or other strategic objectives.
Fairness, Integrity and Transparency, which ensures that competitive processes are fair, open, and rules-based. All potential vendors should be treated equally, and the process should feature clear evaluation criteria, unambiguous solicitation instructions, realistic requirements, and rules and procedures that are easy to understand.
Effective International Competition, understood as giving all potential vendors timely and adequate information on UNDP requirements, as well as equal opportunity to participate in procurement actions, and restricting them only when it is absolutely necessary to achieve UNDP development goals.
In the best interest of UNDP, which means that any business transactions must conform to the mandates and principles of UNDP and the United Nations.
UNDP has to strictly observe its financial rules and regulations. While this may sometimes lengthen the procurement process, UNDP Bangladesh applies more flexible methods for low-value/low-risk purchasing, and approves purchase orders electronically, all of which save time and money for the organization and its vendors.
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COLUMBIANA - A motion by a city councilman to non-renew a contract for the municipal attorney he served a court order to last month created some tension this week.
Bryan Blakeman suggested council prevent Daniel Blasdell's contract from automatically renewing.
The contract signed by City Manager Keith Chamberlin and Mayor David Spatholt in 2008 is for a one-year term but automatically renews each year unless Blasdell or council opt to have it terminated, which can be done at any time.
Blakeman said he doesn't believe the contract should automatically renew because others should be given the chance to apply if interested.
"(This is) not to censure you, Dan, or to say that council has a problem with you. I don't believe that there should be an auto renewal of this agreement," he said.
Blasdell has worked for the city more than 30 years but reached the agreement with the city in 2008 after deciding to retire his private practice, Chamberlin said. The contract was for a little more money than he had been making before, he added.
Blasdell is paid $1,180 a month on the contract and the city also pays his $300 annual malpractice insurance premium, annual continuing education requirements and his bar association dues.
Although Blakeman said several times that Blasdell would have the opportunity to re-apply if he chooses, he mentioned that keeping the same attorney while changing the city manager "presents a problem."
Chamberlin will retire from his position next month and the city is currently seeking his replacement.
Blakeman argued that whoever is hired will have to step into the lawsuit he and others on council filed against Chamberlin and Blasdell in county Common Pleas Court last month.
The writ of mandamus, or court order, was requested by Blakeman and councilmen Bob Bieshelt and James King after Chamberlin and Blasdell refused to share information with them that pertained to a taxpayer's complaint regarding the income tax code. The request to make the court order was approved after Spatholt voted in favor to break the 3-3 tie among council.
Blakeman and Bieshelt had asked Chamberlin and Blasdell more than once what issue the taxpayer was having with the tax code, but the two men refused, stating that doing so would be a violation of state law.
The three councilmen argued the issue - not the taxpayer's name - should be disclosed to council since it affects the operation of the city. Blakeman suggested the court order following their refusal, and if granted, the new city manager and Blasdell would be ordered by a judge to disclose the information.
He noted that the new city manager could opt to disclose the information but if Blasdell continues to refuse, they are at a stalemate.
"I don't think it's fair to stick someone in that position on their first day on the job. I'm not suggesting you would not be the municipal attorney . But that's a powerful thing when we consider the auto renewal," he told Blasdell.
Spatholt pointed out that non-renewing the contract would stop Blasdell's wages only and that his contract can be terminated at any time, whether he decides to quit or council chooses to terminate.
"I spoke with Dan on this contract and he assured me that at any time council desired we could get rid of him," Spatholt said.
He then said that Blasdell has been good for the city, specifically, in "cleaning up tax cases" through Mayor's Court.
"I don't see any reason to terminate his contract at this time," he said.
Blakeman again said that non-renewing the contract wouldn't mean Blasdell couldn't work for the city.
"I never said I don't want (Blasdell) to have another contract," he said.
King said otherwise.
"The mandamus issue is kind of at the center of this contract. If we do bring a new city manager in, which we will eventually, I don't want them butting heads with us or the attorney. It would be nice to start fresh," he said.
Former council member Joyce Allcorn was not pleased with the idea of removing Blasdell from the position.
Allcorn, who was sitting in the audience at the meeting, served nine years on council about nine years ago and told Blakeman that she didn't appreciate his attitude toward the city and said more than once he was attempting to "micromanage."
"Dan has kept this city out of trouble for 30 years. Mr. Blakeman, ever since you became a councilman you have done nothing but cut the city down. I don't even know why you are here. You have undermined the authority of Mr. Blasdell. You have cut down management from day one. I don't understand, if our town was so bad why did you come here in the first place?" she said.
She also suggested that King agreed with Blakeman on the matter because they worked together, which elicited a strong reaction from King, who said he does not work for Blakeman, although he did at one point.
He then said that he has voted against Blakeman on more than one occasion and noted that he was not the only one with a connection to another city official.
Spatholt said he was related to councilwoman Mary Calinger through marriage. She is his sister-in-law.
Allcorn apologized to King for making the suggestion.
Bieshelt then told Allcorn he didn't appreciate her comments.
"I don't think Mr. Blakeman or anyone on this council is trying to ruin the city and I don't appreciate you coming to tell us (that) ... What we are trying to do is make sure we create change. We can't live under the same management style for 30 years. If we do, I can guarantee you we won't grow," he said.
Councilman Lowell Schloneger said the discussion should have been held in executive session since it had to do with personnel.
"The job that he's (Blasdell) done I feel that he's earned his keep and I for one am not in favor of not-renewing this," he said.
Blakeman's motion then died after Spatholt broke the 3-3 vote. Schloneger, Tom Ferguson and Calinger opposed.
The failed motion also killed Blakeman's second motion, which was to advertise the municipal attorney position and interview or appoint the new or renewed attorney at the Dec. 4 meeting.
Blasdell did not comment during the discussion.
Common Pleas Judge C. Ashley Pike was presented with the non-oral motions regarding the court order against Chamberlin and Blasdell on Nov. 23 and the matter was continued to Dec. 28.


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I've consistently been a little bit frightened by video clip modifying software program. It bewilders me, supplying a lot of alternatives and also inadequate descriptions to lead a moviemaking amateur like me. That's why I assumed Microsoft's Windows Live Movie Maker could be my excellent application, as it's developed for laid-back customers like me. As well as while Movie Maker is very easy and good enough to make use of, and also generates normally kindlying outcomes, it's additionally a little minimal, also by my specifications.
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As soon as you've finished your flick, Movie Maker offers you with numerous choices for discussing it. You could submit it straight to YouTube or Facebook. You additionally have the choice to style it for seeing on a cell phone, though the only tools provided in the food selection or Windows Phones or Zune mobile media gamers. Motion picture Maker additionally allows you discuss your film through email, burn it ideal to a DVD, or wait on your desktop computer. Keep in mind that of these alternatives conserve your film as a Windows Media Audio/Video data, though no option video clip styles assisted here.
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TPB has recently introduced the PirateBrowser. The brand-new variation of this private browser is nevertheless underneath advancement, however The Pirate Bay stated it will certainly be available as a standalone internet browser as perfectly as a plug-in for Firefox and also Google Chrome. In feedback to these initiatives, TPB introduced its individual PirateBrowser net browser in August 2013, that can help clients prevent restriction and also blockades. They released PirateBrowser, a personalized Firefox web browser that skirts World-wide-web restriction as well as allows you accessibility the Pirate Bay from just about anywhere.
On their 10th anniversary the website is launching its browser, a custom-made Firefox internet application that skirts Web blackout as well as permits you accessibility the Pirate Bay from anywhere. It especially explains that its internet browser is not planned for confidential Net usage as well as is indicated simply to prevent blackout. For its 10th anniversary, the molds of torrent download website The Pirate Bay have actually released a brand-new Internet web browser that's produced to make it possible for clients to accessibility sites shut out by federal governments.
PirateBrowser might not be one of the most famous technique made use of to obtain around such blocks and also look at The Pirate Bay, having stated that. This anti-censorship web browser is merely the beginning for the Pirate Bay's web browser aspirations (piratebay.com). Evidently this is merely the commence of TPB's initiatives to provide a solution for net restriction.
When attached, the program itself will certainly be introduced on the system. The launch of the web browser that commemorates the 10th anniversary of The Pirate Bay is just planned to prevent blackout, The Pirate Bay explained. PirateBrowser is basic to establish, immediately configures itself as well as executes successfully.
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At a look, the PirateBrowser does not appear all also numerous from the Tor web browser. Having claimed that, the brand-new internet browser guarantees to make it as well as various other web-sites much more resistant compared to before. PirateBrowser likewise has its individual internet page, which presently continues to be obtainable also for world-wide-web customers incapable to access the Pirate Bay itself.
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Your computer system possibly has a program for tape-recording audio, unless you're on some unusual personalized OS or your grandmother's hand-me-down 386. It's simple sufficient to utilize; plug in whatever mics/instruments you require (or utilize the integrated mic your computer system certainly has actually considering that started, it's 2014), attacked Record, as well as stone out with your rooster out. You wind up with whatever style Macs usage (vinyl, possibly) of your marvelous shower program, which you could then upload around the Internet for individuals with reduced self-confidence to make fun of. Audacity is the updated model of that. Audacity has that large red Record button, as well as the recording program coincides if you simply would like to utilize it like your various other audio recorder. Lots it up, plug in, struck Record, and also right away acquire phase scare. (You're in your very own bed room, you recognize, there's truly no justification. Your teddy bear assumes you're doing an excellent work.) After that, Audacityfreedownload permits you do so a lot a lot more. If you wish to, claim, layer guitar tracks for an integrated tune, you could simply tape-record an additional track. You could readjust the quantity and also panning of each track. If you do not have a metronome, you could put down a click track (generally a collection of metronome clicks) to repeat. You could do standard trimming down, fading (which is incredibly very easy), as well as normalization (makings your track audible for individuals to in fact listen to, hint tip push push). Heck, if you actually wished, you might also videotape scrape tracks in Audacity (with a click track), then drag them right into a correct DAW as well as do some actual combining. Audacity is in fact truly valuable for tracking easy (actually basic) trials, and also catching concepts as you think of them. Particularly if you have a mic'ed amp or DI box (claim, a Pod), you should not repent to open Audacity every so often, as long as you recognize exactly what it is, and also isn't really, efficient in. It wants you would certainly call much more commonly.
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Everybody that consistently collaborates with computer systems takes care of pressed documents on a virtually day-to-day basis, we would certainly presume. The stores come in numerous forms as well as dimensions, and also you may not also understand that some data are pressed: software program installment bundles, image styles, audio documents, and also numerous video clips.
Obviously, the keynote behind documents compression is to lessen the area had to keep information, and also, probably more vital, reduce the moment it requires to move that details. That's the factor most individuals press their data. Maybe you're utilizing an e-mail web server with accessory restrictions, or perhaps you're archiving your essential customer information for data backup. In those instances, the moment it requires to finish a compression task is eventually lesser compared to the compression price you're able to obtain.
There are lots of devices for Windows that vow all the compression and also archiving performance that any individual can ever before require. The extensive bulk of them could take care of ZIP, one of the most commonly-used compression style, in addition to a variety of various other preferred styles.
Today, we benchmark 3 of the most widely known archiving as well as compression devices: 7-Zip, WinRAR, and also WinZip. Not just do they sustain a huge variety of styles, yet they likewise incorporate with Windows Explorer, making their performance very easy to gain access to where it's really required. Several of the devices also supply extra functions. The most current model of WinZip consist of social media as well as cloud capability. The additional unique MagicRAR, which asserts to three-way Windows's integrated full-disk compression performance, finishes today's round-up.
7-Zip incorporates right into the Windows Explorer context food selections, as well as it presents store data as typical folders. This application additionally has its very own data supervisor, that includes a compression-focused toolbar as well as drag-and-drop capability. All Windows models from 98 to 8 are assisted, as are multi-core cpus as well as Hyper-Threading. 7-Zip is readily available to download and install in 32-bit or 64-bit models with a total amount of 79 languages to select from.
Given that WinRAR lacks its very own compression style, this application does not offer favoritism to any type of one style, however instead leaves this option totally approximately the customer. There are several styles to pick from as well as, due to the fact that WinRAR download assists almost each one of the preferred compression styles using plug-ins, it's simple to include assistance for brand-new compression styles at any moment. WinRAR self-confidently markets itself as the device to make use of if you have to contain all compression styles. As a result of the multitude of consisted of plug-ins, it managed to manage every style that we tossed at it throughout our standards.
As for Windows Explorer assimilation, MagicRAR supplies the context food selection command "Find Smallest Archive", which suggests the most effective style for the picked data and/or folders. This makes the choice which compression style to contain very very easy. The software application likewise supplies recursive decompression, meanings that it could draw out stores that are dispersed throughout numerous subfolders. MagicRAR features its very own data supervisor and also incorporates with Microsoft Outlook.
The last method that MagicRAR attracts attention from the competitors is, regrettably, something that'll provide lovers reservations. Baseding on its designer, this application is meant to generate particularly excellent efficiency on SSDs. Our standards do not birth this out. We discovered the contrary to be real. Nothing else device takes as lengthy to press documents on SSDs, with just ZIP efficiency ranking as appropriate.
Similar to 7-Zip as well as WinRAR could be contained using its very own data supervisor, Windows Explorer context food selections, or perhaps the command line. It likewise provides optional 128-bit AES security. WinRAR could press data as well as folders right into self-extracting stores, as well as repair service harmed or damaged store documents. A noteworthy attribute is the dimension sneak peek, which forecasts the archived dimension for picked documents and also folders. This capacity could can be found in extremely convenient when you would like to press huge quantities of information and also need to know exactly how big the store data will certainly be just before undergoing the compression procedure.


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The LCD industry was rocked by a scandal in late 2008 when executives from some of the largest panel makers in the world pled guilty to conspiring to fix prices. The price fixing led to inflated costs for displays used by firms like Dell in its notebook computers.
In November of 2008, executives from Sharp, LG, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes all pled guilty to price fixing. The largest fine imposed was placed on LG and totaled $400 million with Sharp said to be paying $85 million in fines.
Today reports are coming in that in addition to the fines levied against the corporations; the executives that participated in the scheme are being individually fined and sentenced to prison time here in America.
DigitalTrends reports that the former Chairman and CEO of Chunghwa, Chieng-Hon Lin was hit with an individual fine of $50,000 and a sentence of 9-months in an American prison. The other executives involved in the scandal received prison terms ranging from six to nine months each.
Deborah A. Garza, Acting Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, said in a statement, "These cases involve the first Taiwanese nationals to face imprisonment in the United States for an antitrust offense. The Department of Justice is committed to holding accountable all conspirators who harm American consumers, no matter where they live or where they commit the crime."
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quote: And, as an aside, I'd rather see Bush in jail than pay him $191,300/year plus travel pay for the rest of his life.
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quote: criminal neglect. But don't worry, it's not going to happen.
quote: Also, drug users, when addicted, tend to move up the ladder to worse drugs. This leads to theft, burglary, murder, etc - anything to get money to pay for their fix.
quote: And, as an aside, I'd rather see Bush in jail than pay him $191,300/year plus travel pay for the rest of his life.Thats funny - because I say the same thing about Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, etc. But thats all personal preference.
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Pennsylvania's roads, bridges and mass transit systems need help, and it looks like legislation to pay for the work is finally gaining traction.
Gov. Tom Corbett proposed a $1.8 billion plan for transportation funding in February. He said last week that he would now sign either of two plans that lawmakers considered in their previous session. "He wants a transportation bill on his desk," state Transportation Secretary Barry Schoch said Friday. "What passes both parts of the Legislature I believe he'll sign."
The risk factor, however, is that the legislation could again get gutted by politics if conservative members of the state House refuse to recognize that mass transit funding is critical for urban areas in the state, especially Philadelphia. In the previous legislative session, the Senate came together in bipartisan fashion to approve a transportation spending plan of $2.5 billion, but the House could not agree on the Senate version because of the predictable aversion to raising revenue -- i.e., taxes -- and paying for mass transit in Philly.
The governor's proposal removes the cap on the tax paid by gasoline wholesalers and increases vehicle registration fees. Although this would not hike the gas tax directly, the higher tax on wholesale gasoline would likely be passed along to motorists, possibly raising the cost of gasoline by 25 cents a gallon. "Nobody's asking for it -- among everyday people -- to increase their gas taxes. And nobody's asking for fees, fines and surcharges to be increased," House Majority Leader Mike Turzai, R-Pittsburgh, said last week at the Pennsylvania Press Club.
Of course ordinary people won't clamor for a tax increase, especially one that will hit them at the pump. Yet there would be a loud chorus of voices asking for state government to intervene if a bridge collapsed due to lack of maintenance. When the Legislature did not advance a transportation bill before it adjourned for the summer, Schoch announced that 1,000 bridges in Pennsylvania would be labeled with additional weight restrictions. "For months I've been explaining to Pennsylvanians and to lawmakers that there are very real consequences for not enacting a transportation funding plan," Schoch said in August. "Without additional revenues anticipated in the future, I have to make the safe and responsible decision to reduce how much weight is crossing these deteriorating bridges."
Schoch's decision hit close to home. Lower weight limits are in effect for one state-owned bridge and seven local bridges in Erie County and eight state-owned bridges and 12 local bridges in Crawford County.
But Erie motorists don't restrict their travels to this region; either do businesses. Across the state, 4,500 bridges have been labeled as structurally deficient. Erie's economic future is also tied to development of the Inland Erie Port as a logistics hub. Moving goods through northwestern Pennsylvania requires good roads and safe bridges. Lawmakers should pass a strong transportation funding bill and tell citizens the truth: The time to pay this tab is long past due.


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Ramón Hamilton's award-winning movie "Smuggled" will be screened on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m., in the Taylor Science Center's Kennedy Auditorium. Ramón Hamilton will be present to introduce his movie and answer questions. The event is being hosted by the Hispanic Studies Department and the Spanish Club and is free and open to the public.
"Smuggled" tells the story of a 9-year-old boy and his mother as they are smuggled into the U.S. in a compartment underneath a tour bus. Unfortunately, the journey doesn't go as planned as a new destiny awaits them.
The film was an official selection of 15 festivals worldwide and the winner of five "Best Of" Awards, including Best Feature at the 2012 Mexico International Film Festival.


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Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference women�s soccer has been a topsy-turvy roller coaster from start to finish.
Take that ride and bottle it into one weekend, with each game carrying major NCAA Tournament implications, and it�s bound to be a runaway train.
So strap in.
The Fort Lewis College women�s soccer team will open the RMAC Tournament on the road as the 5-seed and will play the fourth-seeded UC-Colorado Springs Mountain Lions at 4:30 p.m. today. Both teams likely need wins, perhaps a couple of them, to shore up an NCAA Tournament spot in a crowded fight for all six spots in the South Central Region.
�I feel as if it�s so tight that the only way to really look at it is we need to go and win the conference tournament,� FLC head coach Damian Clarke said in a phone interview Monday. �I think we all like our chances if we win this first game.�
Fortunately for the Skyhawks, RMAC women�s soccer produces perhaps the most wide-open postseason tournament out of any of the league�s sports. Take FLC for example: The Skyhawks finished fifth despite having 12 overall wins and eight in conference. They finished just two wins shy of top-seeded Regis and No. 2 Colorado School of Mines and may have been playing this game at home if not for a wild finish against Regis.
That game saw three goals in the final minute of regulation, including one from midfield, as Regis rallied for a miracle 3-3 draw with FLC. The 10 seconds between Elena Benavides� go-ahead goal for FLC and Marissa Davis� midfield equalizer for Regis was the second shortest time between goals in NCAA Division II women�s soccer history. And the 17 seconds between Sade Akindele�s equalizer and Benavides� goal is 12th all-time, according to the NCAA record books.
Such a finish could prove tough to get over, and Clarke was honest about it, saying he wasn�t sure when he�d know if his players had moved past it or not.
�To be honest with you, I don�t know that I�ll know until we run into a bit of adversity again or score a goal and roll with it,� he said.
UCCS defeated FLC in the teams� only matchup of the regular season Sept. 23 in Durango. Hannah Rather scored a rebound goal in overtime to hand FLC its first loss (1-0) of the season in a battle of then-ranked teams.
FLC hasn�t had nearly as much trouble finding the net since then. In their last five games, the Skyhawks have scored 17 times, good for more than three goals per game over that span, and they�re 5-1-1 in their last seven contests.
All that said, let the wild RMAC ride begin.
�I like to think the kids will be physically hardened if we can get through this first game,� Clarke said.


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quote: This particular Volt issue has yet to occur in the real world.
quote: Toyota's issue on the other hand was repeated higher than expected cases of unintentional acceleration.
quote: If a Volt is fully charged and in a side impact crash with a much stiffer object and is then placed in a storage facility and ignored for weeks counter to the manufacturers user guide and recommendations there is a chance that it will catch fire. Of course, this is not really a reasonable test for the real world post the actual impact.
quote: If there was no issue here, why the recall at all?
quote: If I damaged the fuel system in my car, and parked it someplace sitting full of fuel, then no one would question I was in the wrong if the car/building caught on fire. In fact, I am almost positive that most manufacturers recommend not even using emergency lights or flares if you suspect your car is leaking fuel.


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proud: those of us currently insured are paying 20% more in order to pay for the uninsured. I believe the government should not be requiring business to be the source of the subsidies. This is an undo burdon on our economy and private businesses. I would much rather see my premium dollars go into a public pool to ensure everyone has access to healthcare when needed instead of going into a private insurers pocket. Private insurance only makes money denying benefits and payments. There should be no profit based on human suffering
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It is a handout deadhead - who do you think is paying for this? Mr. & Mrs. Tax Payer are footing the bill, that's who, by increasing our insurance fees through our employers.
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Sorry Radsdoc I believe you are wrong. The sample size for MA may be a little small (valid point however). The other side of the coin is to begin to change the way we compensate doctors. The current system is based on a fee for service model that has no regard for outcome. If we change the model to reward outcome over sevices provided; I believe there will be an improvement in lowering the obesity epidemic and reduction of related heart disease and diabetes. (this does take longer than a decade - more like 1/2 a century for real data) If physicians were rewarded for getting folks to quit smoking and lose weight; then I believe you would spend the time educating ({especially the young) people for healthier ways of life. AND reductions of trips to the ER for illness that would be better treated by a family physician would also be the result we will see... MEDICARE/MEDICAID FOR ALL -- NOW!
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The law should be carefully examined in about 5-6 years to see if healthcare costs are truly decreased and whether ER visits for non-emergent reasons are down. If the law follows by the partial Mass. model, the answer to both of those questions will be no, and rather than continue to throw money into an endless pit all in the namesake of giving people 'access to healthcare,' both parties should revise the system towards the directed goal of driving down unnecessary ER visits and overall healthcare costs. Oh, there is also that joke of a concept called access to 'preventive' healthcare. The minute the patients I see start taking steps to treat their obesity, high blood pressure, and elevated cholesterol, is the minute I believe we should be encouraging doctors to spend precious minutes with their patients 'educating' them. This law is out of touch with reality. Ask any competent physician.
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Thankfully my employer provides my insurance at no cost to me. If I didn't have this fantastic coverage I would be looking into the ACA.
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...this is following the redumblican idea floated by the heritage foundation that everyone be responsible for their own health insurance... Personal responsibility they call it. And now that the black man in the white house embraced it; all of a sudden it is wrong... YOU WON! what is it you want? For millions to remain freeloaders in the emergency room?
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I am insured via a subsidy thru my employer. I am in the 85% of the country who receive healthcare via this type of insurance benefit. The ACA is not a handout to anyone. I checked to see if I possibly could pay less via a broader pool and use a government subsidy instead. NOPE. Since I make more than enough to be eligible for medicare and my employer does offer a plan it subsidizes... The government will NOT offer me a subsidy to purchase private health insurance. (this is THE flaw in the law... requiring employers to offer/subsidize insurance) People obtaining health insurance via the ACA/health exchange are folks who either qualify for the expanded medicare (POOR PEOPLE!- THE WORKING POOR - SUBSIDIZING WALMART AND MCDONALDS) and those who have to buy plans individually because they make too much money for medicare and their employers DO NOT offer health insurance as a benefit... LEARN THE LAW and remember
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I have insurance available through my job, and thus the Exchange doesn't apply to me.
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I hope that I will not have to - I have been taught that you have to work for what you need and want in life not stand in line for a handout!
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Hours after Vice President Joe Biden was sworn in to begin his second term of office on Sunday, Barack Obama placed his hand on his wife's family Bible and did solemnly swear to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and officially began his second term as President of the United States.
Sunday's private ceremonies – required by the Constitution to take place on Jan. 20 – were in anticipation of Monday's public swearing in of the country's top officials and the attendant formalities and festivities, which are expected to attract 800,000 people.
Obama was sworn in just before noon by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts in the White House Blue Room, with only the President's immediate family – wife Michelle, daughters Sasha and Malia – and a few reporters in attendance.
The President said, "I did it!"
The Vice President took his official oath shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday at the Naval Observatory, his official residence. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor presided.
After Biden's swearing in, he and President Obama made the trip to Arlington National Cemetery for a traditional wreath-laying ceremony.
Abraham Lincoln's family Bible will be used for the swearing-in ceremony on the Capitol Steps on Monday, as will Martin Luther King Jr.'s.
The last time the calendar and Constitution dictated that there be Sunday and Monday Presidential ceremonies was in 1985, to begin the second term of President Ronald Reagan.
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Cheyenne Frontier Days — the "Daddy of 'em All" has been going strong since 1897 and justly deserves its title of the World's Largest Outdoor Rodeo. It has been voted by the cowboys the Large Outdoor Rodeo fifteen times since 1993 and has won that award every year since 2004.
Competing at Frontier Days has become a status symbol and it is rumored that contestants who have won at Cheyenne prefer to sport their CFD championship buckles even more so than a world champion buckle.
Approximately 1,800 contestants competed for a total purse of cash and prizes of $1 million, the largest purse award in regular season pro rodeo. There are so many contestants competing for the coveted spots in the rodeo performances that four days of Slack are required to whittle that number down to the best-of-the-best. The smallest group was Barrel Racing which had 187 contestants vying for spots in the regular performances! There are many small rodeos that do not have that many contestants total.
Slack is a great time to see the rodeo action at Cheyenne Frontier Days. The atmosphere is more relaxed, and, best of all, Slack is totally free.
The outdoor arena at Frontier Days is absolutely huge. In fact, this is world's largest outdoor rodeo arena. It is the focal point of a 100-acre park with barns, grandstands, exhibit halls, and food facilities. The arena is over 700 feet long and 200 feet wide! The seating capacity for the rodeos is 15,000 and over 20,000 for the night shows.
To put that into perspective, the Thomas and Mack Arena in Las Vegas where the PRCA holds the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, the Super Bowl of rodeo, is a basketball court for the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.
What began as a small local event in 1897 has grown to a "bucket list" event that is two weeks long and includes parades, pancake breakfasts, world-class concerts, chili and chuck wagon cook-offs, a carnival, exhibits, Indian Village, military open houses and performances by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and, of course the event that started it all, nine Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) rodeos.
With the exception of the rodeos, the Old West Museum, and the big name concerts, everything is free.
And these free events are not small. Take for interest the Pancake Breakfast where volunteers will serve up more than 100,000 flapjacks made from 5,000 pounds of pancake mix, cook-up 3,000 pounds of ham, serve 9,200 cartons of milk and 520 gallons of coffee, along with 630 pounds of butter and 475 gallons of syrup!
Cheyenne Frontier Days is a celebration of the West and its traditions that has to be experienced by every fan of the American West. Frontier Days has 2,300 volunteers that come from all over the United States, whose goal it is to make sure your visit to the "Daddy of 'em All" will be something to remember forever. ❖
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This cut deserves careful treatment. It's lean and delicate. Keep it simple. Salt, pepper, garlic, branches of rosemary. You might want to rub the meat with oil before putting it in the hot pan.
A quick pan sear for a few minutes on each side is all it needs. You could do that on a grill, too. Slice into delicate medallions and then fan out the morsels of lamb on a platter with vegetables of your choice.
There won't be any leftovers.
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Oh I hope Scott's neck isn't hurt again
V/M are only leading by 1/100th over C/L.
Oh I hope Scott's neck isn't hurt again
V/M are only leading by 1/100th over C/L.
V/M are in second. Whoa.
Aren't they in 1st?
Nevermind, first by 0.01
Oh wow. I wonder what went on...
Nothing changed...
Wonky messed up lift at the end for them, would have been higher score.....
I noticed the twizzles were a bit off on the first set. The unison on some of the footwork was a bit off. There was something weird with the last lift as well.
I'm surprised they aren't in first but this program is weird to me. Maybe it's weird to the judges as well.
65????? really, what happened?
The final lift wasn't aborted, but it wasn't pretty. Tessa got stuck, Scott had to work really hard, and it didn't mean any of the requirements of a rotational lift.
They didn't get as much credit for the lift maybe? It was a bit of a mess, that's for sure. Watching it in Slow-Mo was painful....
Whew! Glad that V/M are not in second--can you imagine if they had to skate THEIR Carmen before C/L skate theirs?
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How wealthy is Congress? Data calculated by OpenSecrets.org shows the 113th Congress had a median net worth of $1,008,767. The report indicates that this is the first time a majority of members are millionaires.
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Does anyone ever read street fighter comics from UDON Entertainment? It's a manga publishing company thath publishes the streetfighter comics. www.udonentertainment.com is the official website.
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I read one of the comics and it's pretty neat."I love anime and manga! Also J-Rock!"


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on May 6, 2013 - 6:03 PM
, updated May 7, 2013 at 9:22 AM
Dec. 28, 1926 – May 2, 2013
Edwin Richard "Eddie" Kaye, a widely known Buffalo-area jazz tenor saxophone player, lost his battle with congestive heart disease Thursday in Shell Point Hospice Center, Fort Myers, Fla. He was 86.
Mr. Kaye was born in Lancaster. His talent and affinity for jazz led him to begin studying the tenor saxophone at age 13. He moved to Buffalo and attended Riverside High School, where he played in the school band.
He married Jeanne D. Pratt in 1945, and they had seven children. She died in 1997.
Mr. Kaye's professional music career as a jazz tenor saxophonist, launched when he was just out of high school, endured for well over six decades but flourished during the 1940s and '50s, the golden age of jazz.
He became widely known and admired for his distinct, warm, sensitive playing style and knack for delivering heart-wrenching, emotional ballads reminiscent of sax greats Lester Young and Ben Webster, his idol and good friend.
He was a fixture in the popular local club and dance venues of that era, such as the Town Casino, the Crystal Beach Ballroom and the Copa Casino, where he fronted his own jazz group as the "house band."
He and his group at the Copa backed many nationally known jazz legends, including Ella Fitzgerald, Gerry Mulligan, Mel Torme, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Peggy Lee and countless others.
Mr. Kaye also was one of the first white musicians to be featured regularly at the Buffalo Colored Muscians Club on Broadway.
In the mid-1950s, he recorded under his own name for Chicago's Mercury Records with fellow Buffalo music stars Dodo Greene and Ducky Rice.
Mr. Kaye also maintained an enthusiastic hobby as a gardener and horticulturist, raising prize-winning hybrid roses in Buffalo and lush tropical orchids in Florida.
In 1999, Mr. Kaye relocated to Fort Myers and married Diane Kisting.
Survivors, besides his wife, include five daughters, Mary Jeanne Blum, Patricia McCormack, Kim Panczakiewicz, Susan Mack and Jill; and a son, Rick.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 1029 Delaware Ave.


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Kidnappers sometimes get head starts on law enforcement because their victims are suspected to have been runaways. That may have been true in the case of Skylar Neese.
Then 16, Neese left her parents' Monongalia County apartment one night last July. When she didn't return, her worried parents called the authorities.
A mechanism for enlisting the public's help in finding missing children exists. It is the Amber Alert program, through which information about disappearances can be made public quickly.
But when law enforcement officers believe teenagers have left home voluntarily, they usually are handled as runaways, not abduction victims. The Amber Alert system is not activated immediately.
Neese's body was found earlier this year in Pennsylvania. The details of what happened to her may never be known. Neither may it become clear whether an immediate Amber Alert could have saved her life.
West Virginia House of Delegates members seem to believe it might have made a difference - and that a change in the system could save young lives in the future. By a unanimous vote Wednesday, delegates approved a bill that would create Skylar's Law. It would require local law enforcement officers to report missing children immediately to the Amber Alert program. There, if it is determined foul play may be present, expeditious action would be taken.
Most missing teenagers indeed are runaways. It has been pointed out too many Amber Alerts could dull the public's sensitivity to them, with a resulting decrease in the program's effectiveness.
That certainly may be true. If Skylar's Law is enacted, the change should be monitored to ensure it does not become counterproductive. For now, however, state senators should follow the House's lead and approve the bill.


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Thanksgiving is no longer the sacred territory of turkey and mashed potatoes, family dinner-table talk and football games.
This year, Black Friday - the day traditionally reserved for early bird holiday shoppers to catch door-buster deals - is beginning a day early in Elkins, the surrounding region and across the nation.
Although Black Friday has always been seen as a sign that Christmastime is right around the corner, not everyone is up for celebrating the early advent of holiday markdowns.
Terry Ware, owner and manager of Sears Hometown Store on Harrison Avenue in Elkins, says he has mixed feelings about - for the first time ever - opening his store on Thanksgiving Day. Between 8 p.m. and midnight, Sears will be offering special deals on assorted appliances, electronics and tools - nationwide deals that Ware can only offer because he's agreed to open his doors on Thursday.
"Historically, it's always been a big family day, and it still is," he said of Thanksgiving. "But I agreed to do it because I felt that I wouldn't be doing my customers justice, or a good service, by not offering them the chance at promotions that are running nationwide and the ones that are specifically at hometown stores."
Although Walmart in Elkins does business around the clock - 24 hours a day, seven days a week - 2012 is also the first year Black Friday specials will begin on Thursday.
"This is the earliest we've started," said Bob Smith, store manager. "Our first big sale is at 8 p.m. Thanksgiving evening, and there's another one at 10 p.m., and yet another one at 5 a.m. Friday morning." So, on what types of items may shoppers snatch up savings?
"Mostly electronics," Smith said. "We have all kinds of different items, but electronics are what a lot of folks are looking for."
The Elkins Kmart is staging so many Black Friday sales on Thanksgiving and the day after - three different doorbusters - that store manager Veto Moots said his head was spinning.
Kmart will be open from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday; then, it will close for four hours and reopen from 8 p.m. Thursday to 3 a.m. Friday. Traditional Black Friday hours will be in effect from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday.
"Try making a schedule (for employees) around that," he chuckled. Moots suspects that many people will take advantage of Kmart's "hot prices" on TVs, in particular.
It was intended to provide exposure for small businesses during a time that consumers associate with shopping and holiday deals. Elkins ON TRAC participated in the event this year by distributing flyers to local small businesses, while explaining the Saturday event.
"All the businesses are expecting to have a good weekend," said Karen Carper, the ON TRAC promotions committee chair.
Vickie Roidt, manager of Mainline Books, said a 10 percent discount will be applied to all Melissa and Doug toys on Saturday. In addition, 2013 Calendars will be 10 percent off, she said.
Sue Pifer, owner of Elkins Sewing Center, mentioned the holiday deals at her business.
"We have several specials," she said.
A purchase of one gift card will allow buyers to get a second card with a 20 percent bonus, Pifer said. Sewing machine purchases will come with free fabric in the amount of 10 percent of the machine's value.
She said extended interest-free warranties will also be available on sewing machines up to 60 months, interest free, depending on the machine.
Many retail shopping locations in Buckhannon are preparing for increased traffic on both Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday.
For the first time since opening doors in Buckhannon about two years ago, Goody's will be open Thanksgiving from 8 p.m. to midnight for anyone who wishes to get an early start on their Black Friday shopping list.
Goody's will also open early at 6 a.m. Friday and stay open until 9 p.m. for additional sales. The first 25 people through the door both Friday and Saturday will receive a scratch-off ticket that will either contain a $10 coupon or a $100 gift certificate. Only one lucky customer can win the gift certificate.
"We're having extremely good buys, a lot of variety," store manager Trena Lewis said. "I'm hoping to be extremely, extremely busy. I'm hoping that people want to shop locally and keep it in their own community."
Walmart, Hibbett Sports, CVS, Sears and Rite-Aid also will be open on Thanksgiving. Some Black Friday sales actually begin as early as 8 p.m. Thanksgiving Day for places such as Wal Mart.
Hibbett Sports will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thanksgiving, and will open early at 6 a.m. for Black Friday. CVS will be open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thanksgiving, but will resume regular store hours on Black Friday.
Sears will be open from 8 p.m. to midnight on Thanksgiving for the first time, and will open early at 4 a.m. Black Friday. Rite-Aid opens from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving and from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Black Friday.
Lowe's will not open for Thanksgiving, but will open at 5 a.m. Black Friday.


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Two-vehicle crash reported on West Sixth Street
Erie police and firefighters are on the scene of a two-vehicle crash on the city's west side.
The crash happened in the 900 block of West Sixth Street at about 7:45 a.m. It was initially reported that someone might be trapped in a vehicle, but responding crews found no entrapment. Two people are reported injured in the accident.
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Based in Hove, Duplock creates expressive abstracts and serene silkscreen prints, which represent a contemporary definition of nature. A graduate from the West Sussex College of Design, Duplock went on to work in New York before returning to the South Coast of England. Duplock draws inspiration from the environment of her coastal home, as well as her travels around the world.
Employing a minimal palette of earthy colours - terracottas, olive greens and sandy yellows - Duplock's prints imbue the viewer with a sense of tranquillity and balance. To complete the harmonious look, team with a hand-finished frame.


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We offer career opportunities and assignments worldwide, and encourage flexibility and personal development throughout our businesses and across our locations. We recognise potential and develop expertise through our talent management programmes.Learn more
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A mysterious enemy is infl icting havoc on Angel Island. Knuckles has been kidnapped and all but one of the Chaos Emeralds has been taken. Now it's up to Sonic and his team of friends - including Tails, Amy, Shadow and Knuckles - to set out on a quest to stop this new threat from another world.
Their adventure takes them away from their home in the Green Hill Zone to Angel Island and through to an alternate and terrible dimension. Sonic and his friends must combine their skills and strengths to overcome all obstacles and evil enemies in their biggest challenge yet.
- Epic Journey: Embarking in a rich story filled with twists and turns, Sonic and friends must use teamwork and strategy to uncover and defeat the mysterious menace that is destroying their world.
- Teamwork and Customisation: Build a team choosing from 11 different Sonic characters to defeat enemies - their unique abilities, skills and tactics that can be customised throughout the game.
- Combat: Use teamwork to battle new enemies and perform new character combo moves to execute bigger enemy hits.
- Over 20 Areas to Explore: Discover new worlds and classic Sonic environments while solving puzzles and dodging obstacles. Just like combat some challenges require teamwork to solve.
- Wi-Fi Trading and Collecting: Collect several types of Chao, each with varying power-ups and abilities that help you throughout the game. Trade Chao with friends via local wireless play.
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a unmoded or moded xbox
ftp access to your xbox eg 007 or mech assault save hack or hdd hot swap if you already have the bigfont exploits u can use this to ftp to your xbox just make sure you delete phoenix and bigfonts from the c:/drive and the xboxdash.xbe from the e:/drive and rename all font files and evox.ini back to default!
ok i'm not going to go on about how to ftp in to you xbox as its on just about every tutorial on here
download Audio_Signed_Phoenix_Bios_Loader. i've set up phoenix1.2 its all signed but you need to find the rc4key and 4977bfm your self i cant post it on ***DO NOT GIVE LINKES***
again if u already have phoenix with bigfont hack you already have the rc4key and bios.
now open Audio_Signed_Phoenix_Bios_Loader.rar your have 2 folders c/stuff and e/stuff copy the contents of c/stuff to your xbox c:/drive then open e:/stuff/tdata and replace the fffe0000 thats in your xbox tdata with this one! you might want to back up your old one frist.
now copy the rest of pheonix to your e:/drive you should now have the following in your e drive
boot.cfg with the rc4key in
fffe0000 replaced in your xbox E:/tdata folder
and the following in your c drive
every thing else in c should be default!
now reboot your xbox go to music put in a audio cd hit copy then copy again then press A phoenix will boot and then go in to evox all done:-)
now u can use live just turn on your xbox with out useing the audio trick and your ok 4 live
this will also fix the keeps rebooting after xbox is turned off for a long time with font hack and cant boot xboxdash.xbe with font hack as it boots to the xboxdash.xbe first
u can also add a 2nd bios in phoeinx if u want just call it xboxrom2.bin
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Two workshop videos from the 2010 AGO National Convention are available in DVD format. They can be found in the Organ Music/Essays/Catalogs section of the AGO store.
Hymn Tune Improvisations: Increasing Your Skill
William Porter
How We Got Here From There: Trends in Pedagogy, 1860-1960
Ann Marie Rigler
Professional Education Documents
Downloadable Documents
Manual of Procedure for the Service Playing Test
Manual of Procedure for the Colleague Examination
Manual of Procedure for the Associate and Fellowship Examination
Selected Repertoire for Organ and Orchestra, compiled by MichaelBarone
Modern Editions of Early French Organ Music
AGO Certification. A chapter guide for promotion, preparation, and participation.
AGO Bibliography for Exam Preparation
Wedding Policy: A Guide for Churches and Synagogues
Pipe Up! Let it Resound!An Introduction to the Pipe Organ booklet for Pre-School through Grade 5.
The Examinations and Academic Regalia of the American Guild of Organists by Agnes Armstrong, first published in The American Organist, July 1996


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Admission to the practice of law in Wisconsin
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Under diploma privilege, graduates of the University of Wisconsin Law School and Marquette University Law School are admitted to the practice of law by complying with the terms of SCR 40.03 -- their school certifies their legal competence and the Board of Bar Examiners certifies their character and fitness for the practice of law.
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- 2015 Diploma Privilege Character and Fitness Certification - Information and Filing Instructions (BE-270)
- Applicant Questionnaire and Affidavit (BE-001)
- Authorization and Release (BE-002)
- Character Reference Questionnaire (BE-101)
- Amendment to Application (BE-010)
- Change of Address Notification (BE-009)
- Medical Information Form (BE-004)
- Debts (BE-005)
- Traffic Violations (BE-007)
- Law Violations (BE-008)
Board of Bar Examiners
110 East Main Street, Suite 715
P.O. Box 2748
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