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Work to resurface Hereford footpath starts next month
Updated 1:43pm Monday 19th May 2014 in News
WORK to resurface a Hereford footpath begins next month.
The Highways Agency will carry out the overnight work on the footpath along the A49 Roman Road and Church Way through Hereford.
The work starts from Monday June 2 between 10.30pm and 6.30am and is due to last for a week.
Temporary traffic lights and a temporary closure of the access road and layby on the northbound carriageway will take place as part of the work.
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WINNSBORO, La. (KNOE 8 News) - The Franklin Parish woman accused of setting herself on fire and blaming the "KKK" has pleaded guilty to terrorizing and false swearing.
District Attorney Mack Lancaster tells KNOE 8 News Sharmeka Moffitt has been sentenced to five years on each of the counts, to be served concurrently. However, the prison time has been suspended and Moffitt has been placed on four years of supervised probation. She must also pay a $1000. and $500 in fees and court costs.
It all happened back in October 2012 at Civitan Park in Winnsboro. Police say Moffitt blamed three men in white hoodies. She suffered burns on more than half of her body.

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Brian Allen Tucker unexpectedly pleaded guilty on Thursday to capital murder, and all the charges stemming from his escape last week.
According to Hopkins County DA Will Ramsay, Tucker decided to plead guilty after attending a pre-trial hearing on Wednesday.
Tucker was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for the April 2011 murder of Bobby Riley of Mahoney. He also pleaded guilty to all of the charges stemming from last week's escape from the Hopkins County Jail.
Tucker got 25 years for escape, 20 years for the charge of burglary of a habitation, and 20 years for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
Tucker was also sentenced to 20 years for a State Jail theft charge in 2011. He got the maximum sentence for the charge because of his prior criminal history.
All of the charges will be served concurrently.
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Nationalist plans on currency and tax are falling apart
Better Together Chair, Alistair Darling, has today challenged the SNP's assertions that a separate Scotland would be able to keep the pound, dramatically raise public spending and cut taxes.
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The leader of the pro-UK campaign was speaking as leading figures inside and out of the independence movement have severely criticised the SNPs plans for a currency union with the rest of the UK were Scotland to go it alone.
Recently the leader of the Yes Campaign has once again called for Scotland to adopt a high tax economy - in direct contrast to John Swinney's desire to cut corporation tax.
Speaking today at a meeting of business leaders in Inverness, Alistair Darling said:
"The nationalists are desperately looking for a credible position on both currency and tax. They have gone from favouring the euro, to a currency union and now their own advisors and members of their own coalition are calling for Scotland to adopt its own currency.
"Professor Kay, who Alex Salmond has described as a leading expert who we should all listen to, has said that a currency union simply would not deliver the type of fiscal and economic freedom that the nationalists have based their entire case on. The only place that they are left to go is to ditch the pound and set up an entirely new currency.
"This is not in Scotland's interests. It is not what the people in this country want. Having a different currency from our biggest market and nearest neighbours would have a terrible impact on our businesses.
"On tax, they are equally as confused. Their own fiscal commission said that there would not be an abundance of cash to spend if we go it alone, but every week they are announcing more and more spending commitments. John Swinney has promised to cut tax, while the person in charge of the Yes Campaign has today called for taxes to be higher. It just doesn't stack up.
"There is nothing more fundamental to the prosperity of our people, our businesses and our country than our currency and the tax regime. The nationalists need to stop trying to mislead the public with their claims and come clean about the true cost of separation.
"The reality is that we are better together with the rest of the UK. We have a single market that works and we have the same currency as our biggest and most important trading partner. Changing this will only harm our prospects."


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Hey Guys,
I went to the live unveiling today at the NFL draft pop up store on 6th. Pretty cool. Here are my pics to share, I love the Jets draft hat! The 39/30 version (flex fit) is the design on the right, which I think is terribly gay. The one on the left in this pic is the real 59/50 draft hat, although too bad, I prefer the 39/30 type hat.
I think Payton has the coolest new jersey. All pics after the jump


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July 22 & 23 Fashion Focus Chicago Sidewalk Sale
The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events presents the eighth annual Fashion Focus Chicago Sidewalk Sale at Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St. The two-day shopping event on Tuesday, July 22 and Wednesday, July 23 from 9am to 3pm, will be the perfect place for fashion enthusiasts and bargain shoppers to shop until they drop with the assortment of affordable apparel and accessories to choose from by Chicago designers and independent boutiques.
October 14-19 Fashion Focus Fashion Week
The City of Chicago is home to thousands of fashion professionals including hundreds designers, manufacturers and independent boutiques. Fashion Focus Chicago Fashion Week is a celebration of Chicago's thriving fashion industry, showcasing emerging to established fashion businesses with runway shows in Millennium Park, educational programming and selling events at various locations around the city.
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Democracy Now! Blog
"If Only Information Flowed as Freely as Oil." By Amy Goodman
The U.S. Coast Guard has announced new rules keeping the public, including photographers and reporters covering the BP Oil Spill, from coming within 65 feet of any response vessels or booms on the water or on beaches. Violators could face a fine of up to $40,000 and felony charges.
Mail Tribune of Southern Oregon news story on Amy Goodman's stop in Ashland, OR
The Mail Tribune newspaper of Southern Oregon published a story on Amy Goodman's tour stop in Ashland, Oregon.
Reporter Paris Achen wrote, "Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, told a crowd of about 300 people at Ashland's Southern Oregon University Sunday night that print and TV media have failed to provide balanced and contextual coverage of the most critical issues facing Americans, including health care reform and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Next stops on the tour: Portland, Astoria, OR, Olympia, WA, Bellingham, WA, Vancouver BC, Victoria BC, Port Angeles WA, Bainbridge Island WA, Seattle, Everett, Boulder CO, Minneapolis, Wash. DC, Philadelphia, NYC See the tour site:
Greg Grandin Fact Checks Lanny Davis on Honduras
We recently hosted a debate between Latin America historian and New York University professor Greg Grandin and Lanny Davis, a former special counsel to President Clinton who's now a paid lobbyist for Honduran business leaders backing the coup government. A few days after the debate, Grandin posted this response.
Guardian Newspaper Credits Democracy Now! in Breaking Military Domestic Spying Story, New York Times Does Not
Juan Gonzalez's column: "Day of pride for Latinos as Obama nominates Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court"
"All across the nation, Latinos were ecstatic after learning that President Obama had named federal Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Senate approval would make her the first Hispanic to serve on the high court."
Amy Goodman taking viewer calls on CSPAN-2's Book TV Saturday April 25 at 1:30pm ET. Call in!
Amy Goodman to appear on Book TV from the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. She will take viewer calls about her just released New York Times Bestselling Paperback, Standing Up to the Madness.
"We Can't Afford War." By Amy Goodman
The U.S. will eventually negotiate its withdrawal from Afghanistan. The only difference between now and then will be the number of dead, on all sides, and the amount of (borrowed) money that will be spent.
Follow Democracy Now! On Twitter
Visit http://twitter.com/democracy_now to get updates about Democracy Now! and Amy Goodman's 70-city tour.
Amy and David Goodman on KQED Forum w/ Michael Krasny, 10am PDT, Tues Apr 14: listen live, call in, send an email
KQED's live call-in program presents wide-ranging discussions of local, state, national and international issues, as well as in-depth interviews.
Tune in on-air in the SF Bay Area, or online at kqed.org
Watch Amy Goodman On Bill Moyers Journal
Amy Goodman and Glenn Greenwald, the first recipients of the Park Center for Independent Media Izzy Award (named for I.F. Stone), appeared on this week's Bill Moyers Journal on PBS. Watch online
VIDEO: David Shuster interviews Amy Goodman on MSNBC's 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Amy Goodman provides commentary on President Obama's plans to delay troop withdrawal in Iraq and escalate the war in Afghanistan.
Bill Moyers asks: "Why will Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! never show up on 'Meet The Press?'" (watch video)
In this week's Bill Moyers Journal, Moyers talks with prominent bloggers Jay Rosen and Glenn Greenwald on the role of the establishment media in the dysfunctional political system.
"Another World Is Possible, Another Detroit Is Happening." By Amy Goodman
"I have a dream." Ask anyone where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. first proclaimed those words, and the response will most likely be at the March on Washington in August 1963. In fact, he delivered them two months earlier, on June 23, in Detroit, leading a march down Woodward Avenue.
Amy Goodman and other Right Livelihood Award Laureates arrive in Stockholm
The Right Livelihood Awards (RLA) festivities are beginning in Stockholm, Sweden. Joining Amy are her sister RLA Laureates Krishnammal Jagannathan, Asha Hagi, and Monika Hauser.
Associated Press: "Reporters arrested at GOP convention: No charges"
ST. PAUL, Minn.–Charges will be dropped against journalists who were arrested during the Republican National Convention protests and cited with unlawful assembly.
Anjali Kamat's New Column: "Change We Can Believe In?"
Democracy Now! producer Anjali Kamat writes, "To all those for whom America has represented generations of racial injustice, the election of America's first Black president marks the beginning of a new era...But unless the inspired millions who brought him to power continue to believe their demands matter and insist on holding him accountable each step of the way, it will be Obama's corporate and hawkish friends who determine the domestic and foreign policies of the coming administration and our collective future."
Press Coverage of the Right Livelihood Award
Amy Goodman, first journalist to win the "Alternative Nobel"
"Incarceration Now!": NPR's On The Media Interviews Amy Goodman
Around 800 people were arrested during the four day Republican National Convention earlier this month. Dozens were reporters, and one was Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman, who argues the arrests have a chilling effect on journalists.
"Broken Promises, Broken Laws, Broken Lives." By Amy Goodman
Federal authorities are investigating whether officials of the government south of the border participated in a citizen's kidnapping and torture—Canadian authorities, that is, investigating the possible role of U.S. officials in the "extraordinary rendition" of Canadian citizen Maher Arar.
By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
In her epic book, "The Guns of August," historian Barbara Tuchman detailed how World War I began in 1914, and how the belligerence, vanity and poor policies of powerful leaders led millions to gory deaths. We can look at that war in retrospect, as if through a distant mirror.
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Israel Approves Largest Seizure of Palestinian Land in Decades
Group: Gaza Rebuilding Will Take 20 Years
Thousands Camp Outside Pakistani Parliament in Anti-Gov't Protest
Ferguson Protests Continue 3 Weeks After Michael Brown's Killing
Oklahoma Police Officer Accused of Raping, Sexually Assaulting African-American Women
Judges Block Anti-Abortion Laws in Louisiana and Texas, Sparing Clinics
Immigration Court Rules Domestic Abuse Victims Qualify for Asylum
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Civic Hacking Day Announced
National Day of Civic Hacking events are being planned across the USA.
The US National Day of Civic Hacking will take place June 1-2, 2013, according to a recent announcement from the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
According to the event's website, the National Day of Civic Hacking "will bring together citizens, software developers, and entrepreneurs from all over the nation to collaboratively create, build, and invent new solutions using publicly-released data, code and technology to solve challenges relevant to our neighborhoods, our cities, our states and our country."
National Day of Civic Hacking events will take place in cities across the United States with the goal of creating technology-based solutions at the federal, state, and local government level.
If you wish to participate, you can sign up to plan your own event, such as a hackathon, a meeting, or a block party. You can also contribute pertinent data or code, or submit your own idea for a coding challenge. According to the announcement, federal agencies, including NASA, the US Census Bureau, and the US Department of Labor, will be offering specific challenges for hackers during the event.
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All websites that use these popular CMS tools could be vulnerable to denial of service attacks if users don't install the updates.
Heartbleed Bleeds On
According to a report, many potential victims of the Heartbleed attack have patched their systems, but few have cleaned up the crime scene to protect themselves from the effects of a previous intrusion.
Drone Brain Goes Open Source
DARPA and NICTA release the code for the ultra-secure microkernel system used in aerial drones.
Password Management Services Vulnerable to Attack
Should you trust an online service to store your online passwords?
New Raspberry Pi Adds Two USB Ports
New B+ board lets you build cool things without the complication of a powered USB hub.
Microsoft Grabs No-IP.com Domains
Redmond rushes in to root out alleged malware haven.
Firefox Steps into 3D
New initiative will bring futuristic virtual reality effects to the web surfing experience.
New Trojan Targets Online Banking
Dyreza malware launches a man-in-the-middle attack that compromises SSL.
HP Rolls Out Massive Cloud Network
New cloud combines worldwide access with local attention to data security.


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In 2013 84% of our IGCSE students achieved 5 A* - C grades
Our Parent School Partnership runs events every term, forming a core part of the school's social calendar
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Hey CH'ers in Chi-Town. There were quite a few of you who expressed interest in getting together for a night of fellowship and hoops, so let's get this going.
The first of hopefully many hoops nights will be for this upcoming Tuesday, January 10th where we will watch our beloved pups take on the hated Bulls of our fair adopted city.
Let's meet at Brownstone Tavern - located at 3937 North Lincoln Avenue Chicago, IL 60613 right off the Irving Park Brown line stop (great food, good specials, plenty of flat screens)
Tip off is @7pm. If you can make it there early that would be awesome. I'll be in my finest T'wolves regalia and I hope you will be too. RSVP in the comments so I can ensure we get a table in a prime viewing location.


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Sutton celebrates Commonwealth Day
Updated 5:43pm Wednesday 12th March 2014 in News By Robert Fisk, Chief Reporter
Flag raising and drumming marked Sutton's celebrations of Commonwealth Day.
Before raising the flag of the Commonwealth in Sutton High Street this morning Sutton's mayor Councillor Sean Brennan spoke of the importance and meaning of the celebrations.
He said: "Joining together as members of one worldwide commonwealth community, and valuing the personal dignity and worth of every citizen, we raise this flag as a symbol of the ties and kinship and affinity we cherish.
"We draw inspiration from our diversity, and the opportunities for working together, as a rich source of wisdom and a powerful influence for good in the world.
"We affirm our commitment to upholding the values set out in the Commonwealth Charter, to serving one another in a spirit of respect and understanding, and to advancing development, democracy and co-operation locally, nationally and internationally."
Those watching the ceremony were also entertained by the Gary Mason Drummers (pictured above).
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Ponta: Social-democrats want constitutional guarantees PSD will have the PM office if it wins elections
Constitution draft greatly empowers the President, preventing abuse of power, says the premier.
Most of the Social-Democratic Party (PSD, at rule) members wait constitutional guarantees from the party leaders that the party will provide the prime minister if it wins the elections, PSD leader and Prime Minister Victor Ponta told RTv news channel on Monday.
'As long as I am the party leader and know my party very well, I try to take it on the path where most of the PSD wants to go and, not related to it, what the people in the PSD want: they want us to govern well, they want to have guarantees that if we win the elections, it will no longer happen as in 2004 and 2008, when we won the elections and won them in vain – I am speaking of constitutional guarantees here, because, you know, the question was raised: when has it ever happened for one to win the elections and not have the prime minister? We were the ones to take such a blow, two times at that. In 2004 and 2008,' Ponta said.
'You have to remember, after the parliamentary elections held on December 9, 2012, President Basescu was insisting that he should appoint the new prime minister. He let it go after being told by Mr. Barroso and everyone else that he cannot break the law,' the head of the executive explained.
PM Ponta also stated that the new Constitution draft gives 'many powers to the President ' but leaves no room for possible abuse of power. 'The current Constitution and the constitution draft as well, give many powers to the President because he is directly elected by the people and this is natural. But the new Constitution leaves no room for these powers to be abused, as Traian Basescu did,' Ponta told Romania TV.
"I haven't' seen anywhere inside the Constitution that the President is allowed to name his driver or his doorman as prime minister, but Mr. Train Basescu told us so, of course, he had some persons at the Constitutional Court who said so," Ponta added.
He also said President Basescu, in collusion with Augustin Zegrean (Constitutional Court president), slowed down the enforcing of the law regarding the 30 per cent threshold at the referendum.
The leaders of the ruling Social Liberal Union (USL) decided on Monday that the referendum on the revision of the Constitution will take place simultaneously with European Parliament elections, at the end of May. Asked by journalists to explain the voting system as far as senators are concerned, following the modification of the Electoral Law so as to go back to the vote by list in the Chamber of Deputies and to have no more than 300 deputies, PM Ponta answered the Senators will be elected by uninominal vote, most likely two in every county of the country, under a special law, given their role of representation of regions and foreign policy responsibilities put down in the new Constitution. 'The Deputies' Chamber is given a constitutional interdiction and basically, any type of law that is drawn up has to take into consideration that there can be no more than 300 (deputies- editor's note). If you read the Constitution draft law, you'll see that the Senate is given another constitutional role, to represent Romania's regions, as well as some special foreign policy responsibilities (…),' Ponta said.


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I love this quote from Steve Sloan: "opacity is evil." I totally agree with that when it comes to public institutions. The way our tax money is being spent should be done transparently. I doubt we'll ever get there.
I look at yesterday's events regarding PodCamp. Would I have done anything differently if we had been totally transparent? No. I told an audience yesterday that I live my life expecting that whatever I do or say will get on the front page of the New York Times. That makes people uncomfortable.
It is an uncomfortable life sometimes. Particularly when people don't do their homework before jumping to conclusions.
I wish bloggers called and tried to get my side of the story before making attacks and tried to present both sides of the story, even if their side of the story is right and mine is wrong. I thought blogging was about being fair, and open, and different than what existed before. I guess not.
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How do I know that Spring has arrived?
Is it because the calendar says so?
Is it because business has picked up?
Those are good indicators, but as a groomer, the biggest indication that Spring has arrived is that the number of filthy, matted, and/or shedding dogs has increased dramatically. Sure, I see those types of dogs year-round, but the number of each type goes WAY up in the Spring.
Let's start with filthy. I do this Westie puppy about every 5 weeks. Being a terrier, she basically lives in the dirt - and you can tell.
By itself, this picture gives a pretty good idea of how dirty she was, but it is in comparison to the after picture that you can REALLY tell how dirty she was.
That's quite the color change, wouldn't you say? By the way, the reason her front legs look partially shaved and funny is because I think the vet removed her dew claws while they spayed her.
Here is another dirty regular of mine. I'm not sure how well the pictures show how dirty he was, but since I see him so regularly, it stood out to me as soon as I saw him how dirty he was.
And here he is after the bath but before the haircut - I forgot to take a picture after the haircut, but this picture still does justice to how dirty he was before the bath.
Even if you can't see the difference between dirty and clean, I think it's neat how fluffy he gets.
Now on to the matted dogs. I'm not sure how many other groomers do this, but for a lot of dogs that are only matted in a few places, I will leave them longer (up to 5/8") where they are not matted and go shorter where I need to in order to get under the mats.
This is a Labradoodle I did recently. You can see how curly she is, but without feeling her, it's hard to say how matted she is.
Here is a close-up of some of the matting. When you spread out a dog's hair like that, you should be able to see skin, not more hair.
The bath and blow dry (non-groomers please note - you MUST dry the dog completely, preferably with a high velocity dryer, for this to work. I do NOT recommend washing matted dogs to non-groomers!!!) usually loosens mats up enough to get a longer blade through - but I don't feel the need to wash and dry non-matted hair when it is SO long, so sometimes I will take my longest blade through the dog where I can before the bath. This is how the dog looked before I washed her.
Note that I left all the matting on the dog so I could loosen it with the dryer and get a longer blade through her.
Here is how she looked after the bath and blow dry.
She was also pretty dirty. Notice how she is less shiny after the bath? That's because she was SO greasy before I washed her.
Here is her after picture. Can you even tell where I had to take her shorter due to matting?
Before I learned this technique, I would have had to shave her nearly to the skin all over her body before the bath. I like to think that even if owners can notice the shorter spots, they appreciate that their dog isn't that shorter (or shorter!) on their entire body. This method takes longer than just shaving the dog before the bath, but I think the end result is generally worth it.
Here is another dog that came in extremely matted on about 1/3 of her body. Can you tell where her harness goes?
How about now?
Here's my PSA for the day - if your dog regularly wears a harness, you really need to take it off and brush the hair under it at least 2-3 times per week to avoid this kind of matting.
Again, much of her body was not matted, so I used my long blade on the parts of her that weren't matted before the bath. I forgot to take a picture of that before I washed her, but here she is straight after being washed and dried.
From here, I try progressively shorter and shorter blades until I find the longest blade that will fit under the matting.
Here she is all done. She was a little wild for her head, so forgive me if it isn't perfect.
Would you even believe that's the same dog? Anyway, if I had shaved before the bath, I would have had to use my shortest, or maybe second shortest, blade to get under the matting. She would have been bald, possibly even pink. I am glad I have learned the skills to send matted dogs home with some hair still.
Now for the shedding dogs. Dogs shed year-round, some more than others. But the worst sheds of the year tend to be Spring and Fall. This Golden was, I think, also blowing puppy coat. Here is how much hair came out with just the bath and blow dry.
Now let's add in the hair that I got out with my brushes and other tools, and you get a pretty impressive final total.
Well, this blog post was longer than I anticipated, so I should probably stop here.
I hope you've enjoyed this glimpse into what Spring is like for a groomer!


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Descriptions :- Krrish 3 is an upcoming Bollywood superhero science fiction film. The film will be produced and directed by Rakesh Roshan. The film will be released during Diwali 2013 along with its 3D format on November 4, 2013.The first trailer of Hrithik Roshan's superhero franchise Krrish 3 is finally out.The superstar will be seen in a double role in the film both as Rohit from Koi Mil Gaya, the first film in the series and Krishna aka Krrish.The trailer begins with Rohit (Hrithik Roshan) finally discovering the essence and power of solar energy.However even as he has finished the anti-hero of the film, 'Kaal' is introduced who is here to rule the world.Kaal's role will be essayed by Vivek Oberoi.The action sequences of the film are reminiscent of Keanu Reeves starrer The Matrix Revolution, where the hero – Krrish – takes on the evil forces 'like never before' in the city which is torn apart.Certain parts may also remind you of the Marvel superhero film, The Avengers.Before, the 2 minutes trailer end we also see a lip-lock between Priyanka Chopra and Hrithik!We also get a small glimpse of Kangana Ranaut who plays an alien in the film.The film helmed by Rakesh Roshan is set to release this Diwali in October.
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NEW ALBANY, IN (WDRB) -- One man remains hospitalized and two other women suffered broken bones after being run over by a pickup truck in the parking lot of an Indiana strip club.
Authorities have arrested 29-year old John J. Arnold and charged him with attempted murder and three counts of criminal recklessness causing serious bodily injury.
Court records show police responded to the Rustic Frog Gentlemen's Club on December 8th to an injury accident. When the officer arrived, a witness told police Arnold became upset after being told to leave by a bar employee. The probable cause affidavit states Arnold told the employee "I'm going to get in my truck and ----ing kill you."
Moments later, court records show Arnold drove his truck toward the building running over three people - one man and two women.
Gregory Robards is still hospitalized and was among those injured. His leg was crushed below the knee. He told WDRB News in an email that he's in a lot of pain but thinks he was run over "by accident."
"I don't recall getting hit by the truck," Robards wrote. "I guess I'm doing ok, for making the transition from walking to not being able to use my right leg."
No one answered the door at Arnold's Indiana home. His neighbors told WDRB News that he is friendly, but they've had limited interaction with him.
"That's surprising, that it would happen (to someone) next door," said Tim Pierson, a neighbor.
Arnold had his initial appearance in court on Wednesday. He remains in the Floyd County jail on a 15-day hold for probation violation. He will later have a $500,000 bond, jail officials said.
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Released in May of 1987 for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America, Castlevania was Konami's addition to the action platforming genre that took over the NES. Castlevania starts the Belmont's family tradition, a tradition that consists of killing the immortal Dracula every couple generations. You play as Simon Belmont — now a well known legendary Vampire killer. Your mission is to storm Dracula's castle and put an end to his dark deeds. During the 80's — this was considered a scary game.
The graphics in Castlevania are well designed because their quality is not exactly exceptional — sounds odd, right? Hear me out. For example, the enemies animate quite frantically, and backgrounds can look messy sometimes. While this does add to the spooky feel, and screams limitations, it does give us a piece of the 8-bit 80's flaws we love… or maybe I'm speaking for myself. Don't get me wrong, the colors are bright and the game can look nice at times. My only issue with the graphics is that sometimes enemies can blend with the background and cause you to get hurt or get hurt and fall into a pit. Castlevania's small graphic era is easily forgotten when you take into account how great the music is. The music alone had me coming back to the game even as frustrated as I was with it's difficulty.
The gameplay in Castlevania is not exactly perfect, Simon Belmont's controls are anything but flexible. While controlling Simon, the first thing you'll notice is how slow he walks and how clunky the attacking and jumping is in this game. This can pose lots of frustration when trying to dodge enemies over pits such as flying Medusa heads. (I can't begin to explain how irritating those enemies are in this game).
In many ways Castlevania is a simple game: no save function, can be completed in a single play through, and strict linear stage progression make for a short game. This game has style — and that style is a welcome refreshment from the constant hauls of Mario clones and frequently uninspired platformers that make up a large segment of the NES library. By keeping things simple, Castlevania manages to be a game that is fun to pick up and play and repeatedly challenge until you eventually become skilled enough to beat the entire game. It won't provide the length or depth that a modern game is able to provide, but what it does give is a heck of a lot of fun despite it's immediate follow-ups greatly improving upon the formula. The original Castlevania remains a terrific game to play and certainly one of the best action-platformers on the Nintendo Entertainment System.
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TUCSON, Ariz. -- A lightning-caused fire continues to burn Monday on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains just north of Tucson.
The Prison fire was reported Sunday evening by the lookout atop Mount Lemmon at a time when radar recorded more than 600 lightning strikes across the Coronado National Forest.
Several fire crews and engines are fighting the fire. It had burned 200 acres by Monday and containment is reported at 5 percent. No structures are currently threatened.
The fire started near the site of a World War II prisoner of war camp.
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An Army general who admitted breaking military law during improper relationships with three subordinates will pay a $24,000 fine but will not lose his rank or be dismissed from the Army, a court ruled Thursday.
In closing arguments, prosecutors argued that Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair should be thrown out of the Army and lose his military benefits, while the defense said that would harm his innocent wife and children the most. The two sides also offered contrasting arguments about the seriousness of the misdeeds that felled the former deputy commander of the 82nd Airborne.
On Thursday, the court ordered that Sinclair must pay $5,000 a month for four months and pay restitution of $4,100 for credit card fraud. Sinclair did not lose rank and will not be dismissed from the Army.
However, when he seeks retirement, it's up to the administrative system to determine his retirement rank.
Sinclair smiled and hugged his lawyers after the decision.
As he left he courtroom, he said, "The system worked. I've always been proud of my Army. All I want to do now is go north and hug my kids and my wife."
His attorney said he plans to retire.
The attorney for the accuser, Jamie Barnett, called the decision "beyond disappointing."
"It's no secret that the treatment of service members who have been sexually abused and assaulted has been a very serious problem in the military, and challenges remain as we saw today," Barnett said. "Clearly, the Army judge does not understand the nature of cruelty, maltreatment of subordinates and sexual abuse by a superior in command. This sentence can only be interpreted as the Army viewing what General Sinclair did as just not that bad."
Retired Lt. Col. Gary D. Solis, who teaches law at West Point and Georgetown University, called Pohl's ruling lenient. "I can't believe it," Solis, who served 26 years of active duty in the Marine Corps and tried hundreds of cases as a military judge, told The Associated Press. "I know Judge Pohl to be one of the best judges in the Army judicial system, but ... this is an individual who should not be a general officer. He should have gone to jail and dismissed from the Army." Sinclair will now go before Fort Bragg commander Maj. Gen. Clarence K.K. Chinn, who approved Sinclair's plea deal, and he'll get either a verbal or written reprimand. Then he'll appear before a board to determine whether he will lose any rank, which could cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars in benefits.
The defense had called a host of character witnesses this week to laud Sinclair as a selfless leader in hopes of getting a lenient punishment.
Sinclair's sentencing comes as the military and Congress grapple with sex crimes in the ranks.
Prosecutors did not ask the judge to send Sinclair to jail, even though the maximum penalty he faces on the charges to which he pleaded guilty is more than 20 years.
The general admitted he mistreated a captain under his command during a three-year affair and had improper relationships with two other women. He also pleaded guilty to adultery - a crime in the military - as well as using his government-issued credit card to pay for trips to see his mistress and other conduct unbecoming an officer.
The 51-year-old general had been accused of twice forcing the female captain to perform oral sex during the three-year affair, but the sexual assault charges were dropped as part of the plea deal.
The Army's case against Sinclair started to crumble as questions arose about his primary accuser's credibility and whether military officials improperly rejected a previous plea deal because of political concerns.
A military lawyer representing Sinclair argued that his wife, Rebecca, had made a significant investment in the Army herself by holding leadership positions in organizations that helped soldiers' families. Maj. Sean Foster said Rebecca Sinclair and the couple's two sons would be hurt the most if the general lost benefits.
"These three are the only truly innocent people in this case," he said.
Even if Sinclair were allowed to retire and be demoted by two ranks, the defense calculated that he would still lose $831,000 in retirement benefits by age 82. And no matter what, Sinclair will be paying a hefty price with his lost career and ruined reputation.
"That is a life sentence in itself," Foster said.
Sinclair broke down in tears multiple times during Wednesday's hearing.
When a letter from his wife was read aloud, Sinclair buried his head in his hands, appeared to cry and dabbed his eyes with two tissues.
In the letter, Rebecca Sinclair said she hasn't fully forgiven her husband but doesn't want the Army to punish him and his family further with a significant reduction to his pension and other benefits.
"Believe me when I tell you that the public humiliation and vilification he has endured are nothing compared to the private suffering and guilt that he lives with every day," wrote Rebecca Sinclair, who hasn't attended her husband's hearings.
Jeffrey Sinclair broke down at several points as he read a statement to the judge, pausing to collect himself. He apologized to his family and the women with whom he admitted inappropriate relationships.
"I've been frustrated and angry, but I don't have to look any further than the mirror for someone to blame," he said, noting the hearing came exactly two years after the captain came forward with allegations on March 19, 2012.
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Drivers should put on their seatbelts when they start their cars.
Motorists are being put on alert via a short but attention-getting ad campaign that the annual Click It or Ticket traffic enforcement mobilization is just around the corner. Click It or Ticket messages will appear on TV, cable, radio and internet sites as well as billboards.
The federally funded mobilization is meant to reverse a decline in the state's seat belt use rate that began in 2010 and continued through last year when belt use hit 93.6 percent, down from the all-time high of 97.9 percent in 2009.
"Despite a high observed belt use rate, we know that about half of the vehicle occupants who die in crashes are unbelted," said Michael L. Prince, director of the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP). "This mobilization seeks to ultimately save lives and reduce injuries."
The advertising campaign's primary audience is young men, who have lower seat belt use rates and a higher likelihood of being involved in a crash. Billboards and ads during sporting events ensure the message reaches a broad audience as well.
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Next week law enforcement officers in 26 counties plan a series of safety belt enforcement zones leading up to and including the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Advertising, community outreach and well-marked enforcement zones are meant to increase seat belt use.
State officials say the brief but focused effort has paid big dividends for the state. While the advertising blitz is just two weeks long, a statewide phone survey indicates nearly 90 percent of Michigan residents know and recognize the Click It or Ticket campaign. The state's primary seat belt law, coupled with an annual enforcement push, has helped reduce traffic deaths and injuries.
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Packer, 20, was scheduled to face trial on a first degree murder charge and two alternative counts of second degree murder this May. However, court records indicate that Packer will now be tried on Aug. 20, allegedly for killing Paul Frontiero III during a fight Oct. 9, 2011 on Spruce Street.
Last month, Judge Diane Nicolosi granted a motion by Packer's defense attorneys seeking to interview one of Packer's former cellmates. The trial was postponed to allow more time for deposition of the potential witness, says court records.
Meanwhile, prosecutors Michael Lewis and Jeffery Strelzin have withdrawn their names as counsel for the state. Instead, Peter Hinckley and Benjamin Agati of the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office will represent the state as prosecutors during the trial, which has been scheduled to last up to three weeks at Hillsborough County Superior Court South in Nashua.
Since Packer's arrest, prosecutors have filed nearly 2,000 sealed pages of discovery following depositions with multiple individuals, including one of Packer's former cellmates, according to court documents.
Representatives from the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office interviewed Robert Ryan, who bunked with Packer during the summer of 2012 at the Hillsborough County House of Corrections.
Now, Packer's defense team will depose Ryan as well, questioning his motive for sharing information with police, says court documents.
Packer previously told authorities that he took out a six-inch pocket knife, but only after being punched in the ear by strangers in the fall of 2011. During a former probable cause hearing, the lead detective in the murder case told a judge that Frontiero died after allegedly being stabbed by Packer 16 times, including one puncture to the heart.
Other vital organs, including Frontiero's lung, left kidney, diaphragm and spleen were damaged from the knife wounds, according to Det. Daniel Mederos.
The defense plans to introduce evidence that Packer was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder at the time of the attack, and has filed a notice of defense claiming Packer was legally insane during the stabbing, according to court records.
Frontiero was reportedly trying to protect two females when the stabbing took place. Jill Arnold and Kathryn Libby, both of Nashua, were injured in the attack, as Packer also is accused of assaulting them. He has been indicted on related charges of first degree assault, second degree assault and attempted murder.
Frontiero worked for EasCare Ambulance Service out of Dorchester, Mass., and was training to become a paramedic He planned to leave for the Dominican Republic for his second medical mission trip just days after his murder.
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"The Obama administration is announcing a broader opt-out for religious nonprofits that object to providing health insurance that covers birth control," The Associated Press reports.
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"The administration is allowing religious nonprofits to offer coverage that does not include contraception. In such a case, a third-party issuer will handle all business related to providing birth-control coverage for women, according to a source familiar with the changes who spoke only on condition of anonymity."
Some educational, charitable and other institutions, as NPR's Julie Rovner has reported, have argued that "requiring coverage of birth control in most health insurance plans violates their religious freedom."
Last year, Julie reported, "President Obama tried to defuse the controversy … after religious groups complained that the exemption from the requirement, which applied effectively only to actual houses of worship and groups that employ only members of a specific faith, was too narrow."
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On the Finnish band's new album Dark Passion Play, all eyes (and ears) are on Olzon, and she comes through. She has a more traditional singing voice, not the operatic style of Turunen. She doesn't have as much power, but sings with more emotion and expression. Bassist Marco Hietala also supplies male vocals on a few songs and does a good job.
The album opens with the 14 minute epic "The Poet And The Pendulum," which sets the stage. Nightwish's music is bombastic, symphonic and cinematic, with keyboards and strings creating a gothic atmosphere. There are also crunchy guitars that add heavy riffs and break off a solo once in a while. Dark Passion Play, whether loud and epic, or subdued and acoustic, is always very melodic with memorable choruses and a lot of hooks. Fans that thought Nightwish would go downhill after Turunen left are sadly mistaken. This is an excellent album that's right up there with the best the band has done.


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The interior is bare aluminum, and the car is being painted.
Front clip upper fender louvers, under door custom oil cooler Naca vents, rear clip Naca vents, rear clip reverse facing scoop for air cleaner, custom rear clip for tail lights, roof plenum for engine air, remake dash to accommodate instruments, repair air gaps in fiberglass body, fill door handle holes, repair fiberglass on front clip, finish inner front spider vents, fabricate aluminum plates to back up all metal connection points on fiberglass, $2k in body shop body work to date. The body /door/ clip spacing reveal/gaps have been gone over. I would say a decent body man could have the car ready for paint in under 40 hours
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Tag Archives: Mitch McConnell
Thom Hartmann: "[If the debt ceiling is not raised, then we should] close all federal buildings named after Ronald Reagan whose policies brought us this disaster"
Chris Matthews: "There are times when he [Bill Clinton] sounds like Jesus in the Temple."
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on what would happen if we did not raise the debt limit: "We'd have to stop making payments to our seniors — Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security. We'd have to stop paying veterans' benefits. We'd have to stop paying all the other payments on all the other things the government does. And then we would risk default on our interest payments. If we did that, we'd tip the U.S. economy and the world economy back into recession, depression." None of which is true, of course.
News reporter Chris Matthews on the Japan disaster: "Was this sort of a good opportunity for the President to remind everybody that he grew up in the United States and Hawaii? That's the first thing that I thought of."
Senate leader Harry Reid on the Republicans budget which cuts too much from the budget: "The mean-spirited bill, H.R. 1, eliminates National Public Broadcasting. It eliminates the National Endowment of the Humanities, National Endowment of the Arts. These programs create jobs. The National Endowment of the Humanities is the reason we have in northern Nevada every January a cowboy poetry festival. Had that program not been around, the tens of thousands of people who come there every year would not exist."
Chris Matthews: "You know, gentlemen, I'm a little bit jubilant right now, a little bit frisky so I'll say something that will bother people…In a way it's like it took Obama to have this [the revolution in Egypt] happen, or it's just so serendipitous."
Bill Maher: "I think he's [Obama] a centrist the way he's a Christian…he's pretending to be a centrist."


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Saturday night, Western High School found out its baseball team will move up to 4A because of its recent success. It will play in the same sectional as Kokomo, Logansport, Marion, and Lafayette's Jefferson, McCutcheon and Harrison.
A system that sees the same teams in the championship every year leads to a drop in fan interest. The crowds start to drop off as fans find more exciting things to do with their time.
The IHSAA is trying to change that. We applaud the organization for the effort, and we wish it success.


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Asbestos News
Canadian asbestos mine likely to receive $58 million loanIt appears likely that Quebec's floundering asbestos industry will get the financial boost it needs to continue its operations. This development comes despite an international outcry about the dangers of the deadly mineral.
There were plans to expand the asbestos mine in the aptly-named Quebec town of Asbestos since 2002, but a lack of funds halted the project, according to the Montreal Gazette. Now it appears that the Quebec Premier, Jean Charest, will save the flagging industry with a $58 million loan.
Asbestos Mayor Hugues Grimard confirmed to the news source that Clement Gignac, the Quebec economic development minister, had promised the town and the Jeffery Mine company a loan under two conditions.
The union must accept a five-year contract and workers must pay 10 percent of their salary into a fund, to be held by the government if the mine is unsuccessful. If the mine avoids failure, workers would get their money back.
Canada is one of the last Western countries to be involved in the asbestos industry. They export a great deal of the deadly mineral to Asia and hope to begin sending it to Africa, as well. Most developed nations have regulated asbestos, as it causes malignant mesothelioma, lung cancer and asbestosis.
Related Articles
Copper thefts may increase locals' risk of asbestos exposure, http://www.heraldnews.com/newsnow/x1922376864/Asbestos-spread-by-copper-thieves-will-cost-Fall-River-Housing-Authority-78-000, 12/14/12
Massachusetts school custodians learn about asbestos exposure, http://www.wickedlocal.com/norwell/news/x2105847083/Norwell-participates-in-asbestos-awareness-training#axzz2Ese9TA66, 12/14/12
Experts question integrity of asbestos exposure reports, international collaboration, https://www.rightoncanada.ca/?p=1761, 12/14/12
Northern Ireland campaign will educate tradespeople, others about asbestos exposure, http://m.u.tv/news/300-NI-asbestos-deaths-in-five-years/e3426c38-0a85-47ff-b68f-3e2d4fbbe3cd, 12/11/12


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Roger Luhn, MD, is a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist and a full-time medical staff member with the Adolescent Center at Rogers Memorial Hospital - Oconomowoc.
Prior to joining Rogers, Dr. Luhn practiced at Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison and was medical director at the Mercy Cooperative Childcare Institute in Janesville. He has directed inpatient, outpatient and residential programs for children and adolescents.
Dr. Luhn earned an undergraduate degree in biology at Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington and his medical degree at the University of California in San Diego, California. He completed his residency and fellowship at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.
Dr. Luhn is a member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.


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While my husband is setting up to watch the Playoffs with our son today, I'm busy thinking about what appetizers and desserts I'll be making for our mini Super Bowl party. This year, the big game is Sunday, February 2nd. I always whip our usual favorites … sausage cheddar balls, baked beans with lil smokies, a big pot of chili and plenty of chips and dips. I'm hoping my husband will pull out his new smoker and smoke us some ribs and chicken too. But I'm also thinking about what new recipes I can add to the menu and how to make in smaller portions.
Here's our top picks for Super Bowl Party essential for an awesome (and delicious) game day celebration.
1. Blender
For a small Super Bowl party, mix up some frozen margaritas while enjoying the game. While my husband is all about the beer, I prefer fruity frozen concoctions while I fast forward through the game to get to the hilarious commercials, unless the Packers are play, then I'll watch the game.
Buy It: Cuisinart 15 pc Blending System // under $60
2. Football Chip Tray
Chips and dip are a football party staple. Share them in this football shaped chip tray with two dip spots, perfect for my favorite french onion dip and a salsa.
Buy It: Football Chips & Dip Tray // under $25
3. Football Dessert Wrappers
Spend more time enjoying the big game (or commercials) and whip up a batch of cupcakes for dessert. You can bake them in football wrappers and cute football picks for decoration.
Buy It: Wilton Football Cupcake Wrappers and Football Cupcake Picks //under $5 each
4. Mini Muffin Tin
In our family, game day is all about the finger food and appetizers. There are so many fun mini appetizers you can make in a mini muffin tin like bite sized mac n cheese cups and mini corn dog bites.
Buy It: Baker's Secret 24 cup Mini Muffin Tin // under $15
5. Disposable Football Dinnerware
Forget the post-party clean up and put out football themed disposable dinnerware. These plates are the perfect size for appetizers and go straight in the trash when the party is over.
Buy It: Dixie Ultra Football Themed Paper Plates // under $10
6. Football Table Runner
If you're hosting a big Super Bowl party, decorate the food table with a simple football themed table runner.
Buy It: Football themed Table Runner // under $10
7. Football Dessert Stand
This eye catching dessert stand is perfect for those mini appetizer cups, cupcakes and more. You could even fill baking cups with this sweet toffee Chex party mix to share.
Buy It: Wilton Football themed Dessert Stand // under $15
8. Party Food Take and Bake Dish
Not partying at home? Bake your favorite game day dish in the Pyrex portable baking set then wrap it up in the carrier to keep it warm no matter where you go.
Buy It: Pyrex Portable Baking Set // under $40
9. Football Dip Bowl
A must-have appetizer for any celebration is my favorite cheeseball. You can shape it like a football with green onion 'laces' and share it in the football dip bowl which a themed spreader to match.
Buy It: Football Dip Bowl & Spreader Set // under $15
10. Snack Sized Triple Slow Cooker
My favorite game day kitchen tool of all! The triple snack sized slow cooker is perfect for making small portions of different dips. It's great for a bean dip, chicken & corn dip and my husband's favorite, buffalo chicken dip.
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While there were more than 100, perhaps more than 1000, top takeaways from the recent 2014 CRM Evolution conference (and the adjoining Customer Service Experience conference), here are 10 terrific customer service and customer experience insights shared by key speakers and analysts at the event including Kate Leggett of Forrester Research, Ray Wang of Constellation Research, Brian Vellmure, Denis Pombriant and more: Read More
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Microsoft's Fred Studer, Duke Chung Talk Top Trends in Customer Service
In an age where globalization and online access have practically erased price, product characteristics and availability as competitive differentiators, it's customer service that now stands out as a key reason why consumers will favor one brand, product or service over another. According to a recent Customers 2020 Report, by 2020, customer experience will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator. Many say it already has.
Talking the Customer Experience Talk
While it's easy for many brands today to talk the talk when it comes to being customer-centric or offering an exceptional customer experience, walking the walk is a story that currently can only be truly told by the few. In fact, a recent study by Bain & Company reveals that while 80% of companies believe they are delivering a superior experience to their customers, only 8% of customers agree. Read More
Microsoft, Parature, Ask.com Discuss Customer Service Best Practices, Trends at CRM Evolution
On August 18 – 20, the Big Apple will play host to CRM Evolution, accompanied by the Customer Service Experience and SpeechTEK conferences running concurrently. Sessions at the conference will run the gamut from digital transformation and social strategies for customer service, to the future of CRM and customer service as discussed by top industry analysts such as Forrester Research's Kate Leggett, Constellation Research's Ray Wang and Natalie Petouhoff, and Esteban Kolsky of ThinkJar.
Microsoft, along with Parature, from Microsoft, is pleased to be a platinum sponsor at CRM Evolution. If you're going to CRM Evolution or the accompanying Customer Service Experience or SpeechTEK conferences, be sure to stop by Microsoft's booth (#202) at the Customer Solutions Expo, where we will be showcasing our solutions and look forward to talking with you about best practices and trends in customer service and engagement.
We also invite you to listen in on the CRM Evolution speaking sessions and panels that Microsoft, Parature, and Parature customer Ask.com will be participating in. On August 18th, Ask.com's Global Customer Care Manager, Eric McKirdy presents Tips to Modernize Customer Service for Faster Response Times. Read More
INFOGRAPHIC: 2014 State of Multichannel Customer Service
A new 2014 State of Multichannel Customer Service Survey commissioned by Parature, from Microsoft shows that old customer service channels certainly aren't going away, but new ones like social are creating both greater and faster service expectations across the board.
The survey, which gauged the responses of 1,000 U.S. consumers, shows that time and effectiveness are of the essence when it comes to a satisfying customer experience. Key findings are summarized in the accompanying infographic. To download and read the full survey report, click here. Read More
CASE STUDY: Tagged Works Around the Clock, Across Channels to Serve the Connected Customer
Consumer expectations for 24/7 service and support are growing. Many brands cannot tell their customers that service and support is only available from 9am through 5pm on weekdays, because for many brands, regular business hours do not apply.
An example of this is Tagged.com. An incredibly popular social network with more than 300 million members worldwide, Tagged faces an imposing customer service challenge. Their members are constantly connected and using Tagged's website 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and therefore, need to engage Tagged for support at any time of the day, and typically on weekends or after normal business hours.
Therefore, round-the-clock customer self-service and full-service options available on the Tagged site are incredibly important to the company that has been ranked on the Inc. 500 and named to the Forbes list of America's Most Promising Companies, among other awards.
The Power of Online Self-Service
A self-service knowledgebase and support ticketing on the site's customer service portal were key support additions for Tagged.com, but it was the continued development of the brand's self-service knowledgebase, and more importantly, continued improvements to its functionality and organization that proved the most beneficial in improving customer convenience, support and satisfaction. Read More
In Customer Service, It's What You Say and How You Say It
Whether it's answering the phone, an email, a chat, a ticket or a tweet, what you say and how you say it makes a big difference. Satisfactorily handled customer service interactions are associated with high levels of brand loyalty, but while it's easy to ask customer service representatives to walk the walk and talk the talk, when it comes to customer care, consistent delivery just doesn't seem to be happening.
The most recent Customer Rage Study conducted by CCMC, in collaboration with the W.P. Carey School of Business and the Center for Services Leadership, shows a great divide between what customers want and what they receive when they complain or request assistance: Read More
Lack of Knowledge Hurting Customer Self-Service Success
With the heightened customer expectations of today, investments in customer service (both assisted and self-service) must be made to keep up with demands. Backing this notion is a recent study by Bain & Company that reveals 80% of companies believe they are delivering a superior experience to their customers, while only 8% of customers agree.
Self-service to the Rescue
Self-service is an important component in improving overall customer satisfaction. Not only does it empower customers with 24/7 answers, information and updates – but for organizations, it also serves to deflect a high volume of frequently-asked-questions from high-cost, high-effort channels such as phone, email and support ticketing, so that customer service teams can focus on both improving service and information, and delivering superior customer experiences.
And customers are perfectly fine with getting their own answers. In a 2014 report titled The Real Self-Service Economy, 40% of approximately 3,000 consumers in a global survey said they prefer self-service to human contact for their future contact with companies; 70% expect a company website to include a self-service application. Read More
One Does Not Simply Walk Into Customer Loyalty
According to the latest COLLOQUY Loyalty Census, the average number of loyalty program memberships per U.S. household stands at 21.9, yet less than ten of those memberships are active ones, and this number has been decreasing since 2010.
And while U.S. brands can collectively boast 2.5 billion loyalty program members, the numbers above show that loyalty programs do not necessarily a loyal customer make.
The Quest for Customer Loyalty
What brands must begin to increasingly accept is that while delivering a single delightful experience or a reward to a customer is in the moment delightful, it typically does not earn a customer's long-term loyalty. Instead, it's multiple and consistent satisfying experiences that pay off in the long run. Delighting once is easy; delivering a satisfying customer experience multiple times over multiple channels including the phone, web, chat, social and mobile to name a few, is a quest few brands, it seems, can fulfill.
Forrester Research's most recent North American Technographics Customer Experience Survey shows that 67% of more than 7,500 US online consumers say they've had multiple unsatisfactory service interactions over the past 12 months. Read More
Make Room in Your Budget for Customer Engagement
According to eMarketer, annual ad spending in the U.S. alone is projected to top $175 billion this year and reach nearly $200 billion by 2017. But if you look for similar numbers around customer engagement, they're currently hard to find. The majority of brands say in general that customer engagement is a top priority, yet putting their money where their mouth is with planned, actual-number spending projections seems yet to have broadly materialized.
A new report from Gallup, however, shows that planned investments for customer engagement deserve just as much budgeting attention as advertising. The State of the American Consumer Report shows that customers who are fully engaged with a brand represent an average 23% premium in terms of share of wallet, profitability, revenue and relationship growth compared to the average customer. In contrast, actively disengaged customers represent a 13% negative in those same areas. Read More
The 5 Habits of Customer-Centric Companies
We all have a set of set of books that we have read or plan to read for professional development in our industry, and if you're a Chief Customer Officer, Customer Service Manager, Customer Service Representative – or CEO, CMO, CIO or CFO for that matter – you may be reading up on how customer experience is becoming the competitive differentiator for many leading brands over even product or price. According to a recent Temkin Group Customer Experience Expectations and Plans for 2014 report:
- 63% of companies expect to spend significantly more or somewhat more on customer experience in 2014 than they did in 2013.
- 51% of companies plan to increase the staffing of their centralized customer experience team in 2014
- 78% of companies plan on dedicating significantly more or somewhat more effort to improving their web experience in 2014
- And 84% of companies expect to increase their focus on customer experience measurements and metrics. Read More


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We also benefit from Target's Take Charge of Education Program. The REDcard is an actual debit or credit card. For security purposes, please visit www.target.com/tcoe or call 1-800-316-6142 to designate our school, and then use your REDcard whenever you shop at Target to benefit All Saints.
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Participating in our Box Tops For Education school collections is an easy way to earn money for our school. Since 2005, All Saints has earned over $20,000! Get creative and ask your neighbors, relatives, co-workers, etc. It's easy cash for the school.Box Tops For Education - Collections Form
Use as many as you need or collect them in a baggie. Please label the sheets or baggies with your teacher's name. For a complete listing of where to find boxtops, go to www.btfe.com. Thank you for supporting this program to benefit All Saints Catholic School.
Did you know that All Saints is ranked in the top 10% of schools, both nationally and in the state of Virginia, for Box Tops collecting? All Saints is ranked 158 out of 2,146 schools in Virginia.
For a complete list of items eligible for the Box Tops for Education program, click here.
All Saints back-to-school also means back-to-collecting Campbell product labels. We are very excited to be participating in the Campbell's Labels for Education program this year. The program is a great way to earn FREE merchandise for our school, but we need your help.
Help us earn educational equipment this year by simply saving the labels from any of the hundreds of varieties of Campbell products and sending them to school with your child. Some of the products eligible for redemption in the program include:
- Campbell's® Soups
- Franco-American® Spaghettios™ pasta
- Prego® pasta sauces
- Swanson® broths and canned poultry
- Pace® salsa and picante sauces
- V8® and V8 Splash® juices
- Campbell's® tomato juice
- Pepperidge Farm® breads, cookies, crackers, and frozen products
- Pepperidge Farm®
- Goldfish® crackers
- Campbell's® Food Service products
For a complete listing of participating Campbell products, visit the website at labelsforeducation.com.
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February 21, 2012
Africans in Haiti, by the tens of thousands, broke their chains and though penniless, hungry and scarred by the ravages of bondage, found weapons and the will to fight for freedom against the defenders of slavery: France, Britain, and Spain. They did what no "slave" army had ever done in modern or ancient history. They defeated an empire.
November 26, 2010
It's been 25 years since the film version of Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" opened to much controversy. Despite the controversy, the story is one that is still read, watched and celebrated in many forms. The San Jose production of the musical is fantastic! This is the final weekend.


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Tony talks about Christmas at the Mission during our annual visit to the Rick and Bubba studios...
From left to right: Rick Burgess, Tony Cooper and Bill "Bubba" Bussey
The Jimmie Hale Mission has been blessed to visit the Rick and Bubba show for several years now. Sometime in the weeks prior to Christmas, Rick and Bubba invite Tony Cooper to share how people can help the homeless and hurting.
During his on-air visit, Tony also shared the Mission's own personal story of the "widow's mite." Here, Tony shares about a small gift that meant the world to us and to the Mission.
Thank you so much to the "Rick & Bubba Show" for letting us visit again this year and share our own Christmas message.
The Mission's "crew" at the Rick & Bubba studios:
From left to right: Terry Preston, Community Relations,
Tony Cooper, Executive Director and
Anthony Cooper, Director of Development
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Posting Date: November 10, 2010
Meet Cameron Dix: Fashionably Dramatic
By Brian Tucker
Cameron Dix
Photos by Sarah Singleton
When Cameron Dix was in high school, her self-professed "odd sense of style" set her apart from the crowd. It was her unique experimentation with fashion which led one of her teachers to ask her to design the costumes for a drama production.
"I'd never thought of doing costuming before, because I'd always been so focused on fashion. With costuming, I can do creative things that people actually wear without being looked at weird," Cameron shares. "But I knew going to a fashion school would be very difficult in Georgia." That is where KSU came into the picture. "I wasn't aware that it's the third largest university in Georgia. I don't feel like it's a big school; I feel like the faculty takes care of me. I made sure my younger sister came here as well."
Cameron is matter-of-fact when it comes to discussing her accomplishments as a costume shop intern in the Department of Theatre, Performance Studies & Dance: "I'm always on time. I'm a very good student, and I'm both left- and right-brained, so I'm able to solve problems and create. When I designed for 'Out at Sea' this fall, I was able to bring my point of view and integrate it with something else. I really love collaborating, and I got to work with another designer on the show."
Cameron is quick to cite this show in particular as her stand-out moment in costuming thus far: "Seeing 'Out at Sea' and having the boys come and try on their costumes in the costume shop and noticing that their outfits matched my renderings perfectly was very rewarding. I was so excited that something I'd created was actually on stage. I made sure my parents attended, and I was really proud to see something of mine come to life."
Associate Professor Jamie Bullins, shares, "Cameron is a fresh face in the department with a very sharp mind and wit. She has a keen sense of design and a great ability to focus on the task at hand."
Cameron, who is currently a junior, is a recipient of the Henry County Foundation Scholarship. As for her future endeavors, she hopes to continue the Etsy shop of vintage clothes which she has been operating for more than two years. "I really love designing, but I'm not sure that's what I'll end up doing full-time. I have a business minor, so I'd really like to have a second-hand shop where I also sell hand-designed garments."
Whatever she decides to do, one thing is for sure: Cameron will do it in a fashionably dramatic way.


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(WMC-TV) - Thursday morning, some elementary school students in Collierville were greeted by someone they consider a hometown hero. Baltimore Ravens star Morgan Cox stopped by the school to welcome students.Mayor Stan Joyner was there and proclaimed March 7 as Morgan Cox day in Collierville.It was all screams as Morgan Cox walked into the Crosswind gym to greet students. Cox came back to Crosswind to help raise money for Collierville's food pantry. "I want to be involved in the community because that's what it's all about and it's what I was taught from a young age is that being involved and helping people is the reason you're in positions like this," said Cox. Prior to his speech, Cox signed autographs in the school office. He said he's humble about his part in the Super Bowl win this year."For me, it's all about all the people around me and I try to shed light more on the people that have gotten me here, my friends and family," he added. Many Crosswind students and staff dressed in purple in honor of the Ravens. Cox and his wife Lauren made their way down a purple walk of fame created by the students from food they've collected. Part of the reason Morgan Cox was visiting his home elementary school was to give back to his home town. For one week, Crosswind students have been collecting food for the hungry in Collierville. They have collected over five thousand dollars to go to the Collierville Food Pantry, and thousands of cans of food.
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These adorable sandals from Candy Coast feature an adjustable ankle strap with self-adhesive closure, contrast stitching and cute flowers on the front.
Bealls is a privately held company, rich in tradition, owned by the founding family and its employees. Founded in 1915, Bealls Department Stores now operates 80 store locations in the state of Florida in addition to BeallsFlorida.com. Bealls Department Stores and BeallsFlorida.com are owned and operated by Beall's Department Stores, Inc and Beall's Westgate Corporation.
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LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - University Medical Center hopes to raise $26-million in bonds in order to finish an addition to the hospital, but they need the county's approval first. They'll present their request to Commissioner's Court on Monday at 10 a.m.
The County Commissioners must approve the bonds, but because they are revenue bonds the hospital must pay them back, not the county.
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