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Nigeria's militant Islamists have said they carried out Tuesday's suicide bombing at the army headquarters in the northern city of Kaduna.
A man wearing a military uniform blew himself up outside the barracks - one of Nigeria's most fortified complexes.
A spokesperson for the Boko Haram group also claimed responsibility for an attempted attack on an air force base.
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1. CBH wrote:
Thank you for keeping this before us.February 9, 8:06 am | [comment link]
2. New Reformation Advocate wrote:
Yes, thanks, Kendall.
It's high time that the shameful name Boko Haram becomes as well-known, and rightly despised, as Al-Qaeda. This utterly ruthless and brutal movement of Muslim terrorists has killed about 1,000 Nigerian Christians (many of them Anglicans) in the last year. Boko Haram has recently and openly attacked police stations. Now it has even dared to attack military bases, and thus, in effect, Boko Haram has declared holy war, jiohad, on the national government itself. If that seems suicidal, it is a sign of just how desperate and ruthless these fanatics are.
Kaduna, Jos, Kano. These are also names we need to learn. The names of three major cities in northern Nigeria that we North American Christians, and especially we Anglicans, need to keep in mind, and to include in our regular intercessions. The first two are see cities for senior Anglican archbishops with growing flocks. Kano, however, is still relatively untouched by any evangelistic efforts. Kano is the sixth largest Muslim city in the world, with over 10 million people, virtually none of whom have heard the gospel or had a chance to be saved. But even in this fortified citadel of Islam, the masses live in fear Boko Haram, which wants to impose strict observance of Sharia on the whole population. Millions of people, Muslim as well as Christian and animist, live in dread of these remorseless killers.
Alas, things may well get worse before they get better. The government is now forced to crack down—hard—on this extremely violent group that is openly seeking to create sheer anarchy, in hopes of creating the conditions for the emergence of a true Sharia state in northern Nigeria. The cycle of violence and reprisal is apt to grow worse in the coming weeks and months. Lord, have mercy.
David Handy+February 9, 11:55 am | [comment link]
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Prayers for Nigeria. There were quite a few testimonies from recent visits to Nigeria in the Synod debate expressing solidarity with the church there. It can be listened to here. It is good to keep our brothers and sisters there in our prayers each day.
Some days I sit and think. Other days I just sit!!February 9, 3:08 pm | [comment link]
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Of course, those are the quirky-funny parts; throw some Tristan und Isolde in over the images instead of Talking Heads, and you've basically got "Melancholia." As a giant asteroid hurtles toward Earth, giving humanity three weeks to get its estate in order, a man (Carell) and his young neighbor (Knightley) head out on a road trip to find their loved ones. What they encounter ranges from riots to promiscuity to by-the-book police officers. It all looks...interesting. Can "Seeking a Friend For the End of the World" balance its warring tones over two hours, as well as it does in the two-minute trailer? As Woody Allen once wrote, "If it bends, it's funny; if it breaks, it's not funny."
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If you are reading this, you've probably noticed things look a little different around here today. And by a little different, I mean dramatically different! As you can tell, we have completely redesigned the site!
I know some of you may fear change, but rest assure, you're going to love it! The site is not only easier to navigate it, but its design and functionality are truly one of a kind. Our developers, designer (yes, one guy), and programmers spent thousands of hours creating more than just a website, it's an extension of the entire SingleHop experience.
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Or maybe, in this case, MHVP. Not trying to jinx us, but, for arguments sake, IF IF IF the Indians do go on to win this series, who are the current frontrunners for ALCS MVP? I'll only include Indians players for this argument.
- Peralta. Best stats, by far, of any Tribe hitter (1.212 OPS). Right now, probably the best candidate by far.
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The greying of America means more people than ever before will need the assisted living or long-term care provided by the nation's 17,000 nursing homes. Newly released government information is based on data that nursing homes must routinely collect from residents as part of their participation in the federal medicare program.
"The government's collected this data for four or five years. Now we're basically collating it and putting it out hopefully in a useful way for consumers to use to make the right decision about nursing homes," said Tom Scully, Administrator for Medicare & Medicaid.
Scully says consumers can now go to the Medicare web site as to find out about the past performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country. The information available includes deficiencies found during annual inspections and complaint investigations.
If you or someone you know needs to make a decision on the choice of a nursing home here are some of the important factors to keep in mind before making that decision.
Look at the residents themselves. Do they seem to be clean, well-groomed and appropriately dressed.
How are the living spaces? Is the temperature comfortable? How about the noise level. Are the common areas well lit and free from unpleasant odors. Is the staff trained and attentive? Do they know the residents by name? Are they warm, polite and friendly? Are the residents personal rooms well-maintained with some storage space and a window? Do residents have access to a personal telephone and TV? Does the facility have adequate safety measures such as clearly marked exits, smoke detectors, sprinklers and handrails?
Government officials are hoping the web site information will make consumers more aware and that will raise the level of quality.
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After our hottest race of the year, the Summer Sizzler, the Jack Frost is sure to be our coldest! The sixth annual Jack Frost 10K takes place on Sunday, December 14th at Cedar Grove in Bidwell Park. This race is the graduation run for our fall 10K training programs, and benefits two wonderful local non-profit organizations - Catalyst and Wings of Eagles. The Jack Frost is the last race of the year in our race series so it's your last chance to earn some points!
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The race takes place at Cedar Grove, starting at 8:00am. Parking is limited inside the park, so please grab a space out on the street if you find one. Ben Beckman from Built for Bodywork and Jesse Smith from Spine Chiropractic will be doing pre-race stretching/massage warm-ups starting at 6:30am. First come, first served!
The race is open to runners only as the course is only open for 90 minutes. The course goes into both Lower and Upper Bidwell Park. Runners start at the Deer Pens near Cedar Grove, and head out towards Upper Bidwell Park. After passing under the Manzanita bridge, the course heads through 5 Mile Recreation Area, and over the footbridge. On the other side of the footbridge, the course turns left and into the wooded area heading towards Wildwood Park. It turns left onto the footbridge at Wildwood Ave. and then takes another quick left onto the levee heading back towards 5 Mile. At the intersection, runners turn right towards Manzanita and go back under the bridge. On the other side, the course turns right over the footbridge, and then left onto the trail adjacent to No Park Dr. Runners, continue on the trail and switch onto the road at approximately Mile 4.75. The course goes left onto the footbridge at Hwy 99, and then left onto So. Park Dr before heading back to the finish line at Cedar Grove. PLEASE NOTE: depending on weather and requirements from the Chico Parks Department, the course may be altered to protect the sensitive park terrain.
Course Marking and Chip Timing
Mile markers will be posted every mile and the race will be chip timed. Please follow the instructions for using the timing device to ensure an accurate race time. It is important that you arrive on time to receive an accurate time for the event. Start line mats are removed promptly after the start of the race. Course monitors will be along the course to cheer you on and to provide course direction. Aid stations will be provided at two points along the course. Lifeline is our first aid provider at the event.
We'll have post race refreshments from our wonderful sponsors Peet's Coffee & Tea, Donut Rising, and Trader Joes.
Post Race Awards Ceremony
Because the weather can be rather "frosty" in mid December, the awards ceremony will be hosted at Fleet Feet, starting at 11:00am. The top three finishers, male and female, will receive awards. There will also be age group prizes. All participants who come to the awards ceremony with bib in hand will receive a $10 gift voucher to the store (good for the day only). We will provide hot drinks and munchies. What a great way to start your Christmas shopping and holiday celebrations!
Packet Pickup
Packet pickup will be held at Fleet Feet on Saturday, December 14th, from 10:00am to 6:00pm. Participants can authorize other individuals to pick up packets for them. Our sponsor, Sleep Number will be raffling off an amazing pillow ($150 value) during packet pickup! You will also receive a "buy one get one" Chipotle voucher.
Early registration for this event is just $15, until October 31st. November 1st-31st registration will be $20. December 1st through race day will be $25. However, we do request that you bring a new, unwrapped toy to the store as part of your entry. The beneficiaries of the Jack Frost are Catalyst and Wings of Eagles. Both organizations support families in need and, during the holidays, a special gift will make a big difference. So, we ask all participants to bring a children's gift. It can be dropped off at Fleet Feet any time in the week leading up to the race.
Please Note: Race entries are not transferable to another person and there are no refunds.
Event Shirts
For an additional $25, you can purchase a very cool long-sleeved cotton event shirt; the deadline for buying a shirt is December 1st. These event shirts have become collectors items over the last few years!.
We would like to thank the following sponsors for their gracious support of this event. Gold Sponsors: Brooks Sports, Madison Bear Garden, Sleep Number, Upgraded Living, Built for Bodywork, and Superfeet. Also our Silver Sponsors: Trader Joes, Donut Rising, Chipotle, Peet's Coffee, A&J Party, Fragoso Chiropractic and Lifeline Training Center.
If you are unable to race the Jack Frost 10K, but would still like to be part of the event, you can enjoy participating by helping out on event day. Volunteer positions include course monitor and aid station positions around the course, course set up and tear down, helping to hand out packets before the race, and helping to make sure race finishers know where to go for refreshments after they complete their event. Volunteers play the very important role of ensuring event safety and helping to encourage participants. It is a rewarding and fun way to be part of a race. Volunteers receive a Chipotle "buy one get one" coupon and a $10 gift voucher to Fleet Feet!!! If you are interested in helping out, contact Brendan Scanlon at 530-879-9000 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - Gov. Bev Perdue recently transferred $9.3 million to the North Carolina pre-K program to make room for 2,000 more children.
If you do that math, that's a staggering amount of money per child -- almost $5,000 each, rivaling the $5,600 annual tuition at UNCW.
NC pre-K helps at-risk 4-year-olds prepare for kindergarten, teaching them social skills as well as letters and numbers, colors and shapes. Most of their parents' incomes fall below the state poverty level.
"It's not a baby sitting service at all," said Dr. Diane Emerson, director of the state's pre-K program in New Hanover County. "We really focus on high academics. Getting students ready for kindergarten."
While there is clearly value in having a pre-K education, it's not at all clear how much that education should cost. The state is paying New Hanover County $851 per child, per month for the newly enrolled NC pre-K students.
That's twice as much as Senator Thom Goolsby, who sits on the Senate Education Committee, spends to send his own children to a private, Montessori preschool in Wilmington.
"Where does the money go? How come it's twice what I am paying in the private sector," he asked when told how much the state was spending on pre-K.
First Presbyterian Preschool is considered to be a leader among private preschools in Wilmington. The 4-year-old program there is just $225 a month.
"We are adequately preparing children at a far less cost here," preschool director Anna Martin said. "I feel like our [students] are probably at the top level of preparedness."
The standards for state pre-K programs are different than for private preschools, but not necessarily better.
For example, students in many private preschools go to school for three hours a day, while students in the state program spend a minimum of six and a half hours a day, five days a week in school.
Additionally, the average salary for a licensed teacher for the state preschools is $45,000. Salaries in private preschools are not regulated.
At an age where many children still need a nap each day, it's debatable whether the extra time in school, and the extra expense for taxpayers, are necessary to get at-risk kids ready for kindergarten.
When asked why the reimbursement rate for the new NC pre-K students was so high, Emerson said, "I can't answer that question. That is totally upon the governor. She awarded the monies throughout the state, and that was the figure that was given to us. We have nothing to do about the cost. We just accept the monies that we are awarded."
While it isn't clear why the state is paying so much for its newest pre-K students, it's certainly considerably more than the typical pre-K reimbursement rate.
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Social Media Savvy – A Reason to Hire a Partner With Hands On Experience
We have been in many client meetings over the last few weeks as everyone now needs to be using social media and is furiously finalizing their budgets and marketing plans for 2010. In one of the discussions with a team member, we talked about how many large businesses still have no understanding of how to leverage social media, but have decided to get engaged. Further to that, they have decided (in many cases) that they are going to apply a minimal budget, hire some interns and run it internally. The other option is to use the agency that manages their traditional work and have them manage their social media marketing. What is the outcome? Just ask Toyota about the response to their recent Yaris campaign.
As a social media agency we tell people all the time that first you need to have a clear cut strategy as to how you are going to access and engage your intended target market. Then we tell them that in that plan, you are going to need to understand who that target market is and decide what that commerce play is going to be (which means what mode of commerce are you going to use to ensure and encourage participation) in order to engage your target and get an ROI. What is the prize or promotion or offering that your target customers are going to receive for their time and efforts and (most importantly) their information? How are you going to continue to keep them engaged, get them to spread the word, and build your relationship with them after the initial campaign launches?
Some of the ways we at Share demonstrate our social media savvy include: Writing on our blog most weeks (five days a week), yes we use Twitter and Facebook, and yes we have been able to build successful social media campaigns that integrate both offline, online and in-store marketing initiatives. We read other blogs and participate and comment. We are using our experience by being out there everyday—to help us find the way that will best get you the results that you need because we created a strategy. Maybe it doesn't involve Facebook and Twitter…maybe it is a viral video or an email campaign that is integrated into a microsite that includes a poll and comments on a blog. We are going to assess what you are doing on the front end but we are also going to look at the online commerce strategy you have planned and our experience from a search engine marketing/optimization perspective to leverage a way to find you success.
Tim Burrows, the author of the blog Mumbrella, from Australia, writes a most clever and clear account of what can happen when an agency with no social media experience creates a social media campaign: How Saachi & Sacchi's Toyota social media disaster unfolded.
Yes. You need to get into the game of social media and when you have success, it will be because you partnered with someone who has social media savvy. If not, and you just decide to get into the game yourself, understand how it works by being there. As the article states "It is not the social media that becomes the reason for success it is the lack of social media savvy"
How social media savvy do you plan to be?
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PS. The attached article is some what long but worth every bit of time to read!
Toyota's now disastrous foray into social media offers a demonstration of what skills an agency needs to play in that space.
It's now obvious that PR expertise is not an optional extra that ad agencies having a bit of a dabble in social media can do without. Although advertising has always had the potential to be controversial, for social media that possibility grows exponentially and that risk needs to be controlled.
And as Saatchi & Saatchi has demonstrated, it now goes without saying that you actually need to understand social media before you start. You can't start learning on the client's time.
For Toyota, I still think that running a live social media pitch with the five competing campaigns was a good thing. Even without this week's events, it will have learned a lot. And by doing it in the public arena, the entire marketing industry got to learn too.
Where it went wrong was in giving too much leeway to an agency with little apparent social media experience and seemingly too little risk control to accompany that.
As an aside, it was interesting to note that another agency on the shortlist was Oddfellows, a long term partner of Toyota. A traditionally based agency, Oddfellows didn't have the hubris to claim to be able to understand social media on its own. It partnered with social media agency The Population.
Saatchi & Saatchi apparently decided it could fly solo. Rather like many media planners think they'd make a good creative, I wonder if Saatchis thought social media was easier than it was.
It began to go wrong for Saatchis very early in the process. For starters, a film competition is such a tired idea. There was no twist. The brief was simply: make a film featuring a Yaris, and win a relatively small amount of money.
The accompanying Facebook page felt that it was being moderated by somebody who had just discovered the internet, and was catching up on the last few years' memes. It posted links to the likes of the OK Go treadmill music video, the Johnnie Walker Robert Carlyle ad and "Guy catches glasses with face". All great virals, but also familiar to anyone who'd spent much time online in the last year like the target audience. It didn't position the Facebook group as somewhere to go to catch the latest and hottest.
No wonder then that as rival agencies' Yaris campaigns began to get up stream, the Clever Film Comp got stuck on the grid. Facing the embarrassing prospect of no entries, the agency abandoned the idea of genuine user generated content, and with it what many would consider social media authenticity.
It forwarded this email to production house contacts:
From: Rob
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Hey creative people
I've got something that you'll (or your housemates, brothers, sisters, artistic friends etc will) be interested in.
It's a film comp in aide of promoting Toyota Yaris.
"A film comp? I don't have the time!" you may say, but listen up. So far, NO ONE has entered and it has been open for more than 10 days and closes 1st December. Voting is done on hits and comments so if you're in first you have a huge advantage. And you don't have to make an ad, just put a Yaris in somewhere a la the 'number 8′ or 'spring' in Tropfest or something
First prize is $7,000. $3,000 for second and $1,000 for 3rd. At this stage, you could enter a picture of your cat playing in his kitty litter and win 7 grand.
Details are in the attachments. If you win, I'd love an all carbon fibre road bicycle for Christmas.
Cheers y'all.
As a result, this skewed the entries. If you promote the competition as an ad agency to your production house contacts then what you're going to get back are slick would-be commercials, rather than short films. This was, as we now know, to prove important.
It certainly suggests that by this point the agency's aim was to avoid the embarrassment of having very few entries for its contest, rather than to run an authentic, engaging competition.
When The Brand Shop's Peter Bray wrote a guest posting for us on the contest, he placed the campaign in fifth place. He asked:
"Perhaps the account management and build was put together by interns? The Twitter followers are embarrassingly low, as are the number of Facebook followers. It seems a scattergun approach was used to build participation. Twitter appeared to be used for little purpose, as did Facebook, so why these platforms were even implemented has to be called into question. A social media campaign doesn't have to use either Twitter or Facebook; there is no need to try and be everywhere. So combining the fact that the budget seems to be overly stretched, together with the dated mechanic and low level of participation means this campaign comes in fifth. Saatchi & Saatchi are definitely capable of better."
As it happens, Saatchis haven't returned calls on this issue throughout the process and certainly not since the crisis erupted (I believe PR practitioners would have their own views on the wisdom of that approach), so I don't know for certain what the seniority of those involved actually was.
Even at this point, although it was becoming embarrassing for Saatchis within social media circles, it wasn't the end of the world for the brand. Toyota had probably more than learned $15,000 worth of lessons about Saatchi & Saatchi's social media savvy, which justified the budget.
But then came the key, bad decision. The ten most viewed and commented upon entries went in front of a jury. We don't know who was on it, except it included mainly Saatchi & Saatchi staff, at least one Toyota representative, and they were "from the demographic".
I suspect they weren't given any kind of specific brief about Toyota brand values (or indeed reminded of the terms and conditions of the contest, which implied that non squeaky clean films wouldn't be accepted). I wonder if there was even anyone senior in the room.
They selected the controversial ad we now know all about. And on December 6, just before 10pm, they posted the name of their winner to Facebook, and the timebomb began to tick.
It took nearly seven days to explode.
On Sunday afternoon I was in the office, clearing the decks for what I expected to be a busy week for other reasons. We'd written several times about the social media pitch, and I idly wondered if they'd announced their winner yet.
So I followed the link. I could not believe what I was seeing.
Wearing my journo hat, it was instantly obvious that by picking it as their winner, Toyota had endorsed the content. The comments on Facebook and on YouTube probably amounted to a couple of dozen at that point, but they all made the same point – it was sexist and offensive. And because it was made by a production house, it looked like a well made ad, not user generated content.
I started to write the story. And I called Toyota's social media marketing boss Todd Connolly at home. When I put it to him that people were reacting against it, he was relaxed. He talked about how well made it was – which is true.
A marketer rather than a PR man, he saw it as user generated content. We had a cheerful chat even after I flagged up that I thought this was going to be a big deal. I suggested he looked at the comments, which he hadn't seen and I suspect nobody else had been monitoring either – certainly there were no moderator responses.
I don't think he realised that journalists and the public would not see it simply as user generated content once Toyota had selected it as its winner. Why would he? That relies on having the advice of a PR practitioner, who as far as I can see hadn't been involved in that process.
I posted the story. A few minutes later, the first blogger to link to the story, Philip O'Neill, memorably referred to it as "abuser generated content". It was a phrase which was to go global.
Within an hour or two the penny began to drop at Toyota. The video was taken down.
However, even at that stage I don't think that those behind it actually understood that it was causing genuine offence to the public.
One of the comments that evening read:
"One minute Mumbrella and Burrowes are praising advertisers and particularly Toyota, who seem at least to have had a crack in the social media space, then Burrowes is shit-canning them in the next breath. Christ! Get a life! Try creating something for once rather than leeching off others' ability and criticizing them. It must have been a very slow day in the Burrowes household. There are worse things on the net than this. Maybe Tim needs a good pounding."
It's funny how often the subject of unwelcome coverage story complains about how it must be a slow news day.
Although the video had been taken down, as they always do, copies began to pop up on YouTube.
At about the same time on Monday The Punch carried a robust opinion piece from David Penberthy and theage.com.au wrote a lengthy news story. (Interesting to note the differences in approach – Penbo was generous in his link back to Mumbrella. The Age story was based on our material apart from a new Toyota comment at the end, but behaved as if it was breaking the news. Last time that I wrote about Fairfax being bad link citizens, there were lots of cross denials. Interesting to see little has changed.
The story spread to other Aussie news sites. Then by Monday night the British news titles were covering it. Yesterday the Aussie papers and US media get in on the act. And this morning, it's getting coverage on some of the large global ad blogs.
A big part of the problem is that if the public don't read the story properly, it looks like a real ad.
By midweek, I began to feel a bit for the Toyota press office, which is more used to setting up journo test drives than crisis PR. During conversations, it became clear that they still had not been properly briefed by the marketing team and didn't really understand what had happened.
Spokesman Mike Breen described the competition to The Age: "I've talked to the guy who looks after the social media side of things, and from my understanding the competition was run by Saatchi & Saatchi. It asked for individual production houses to pitch for what you would put together for a commercial for Yaris, and so one of these agency production houses produced this film that was then put up on a website."
In later conversations with Mumbrella it became clear that the PR team was under the impression that the ad had only won a stage of the competition, and there were four other film making challenges still going. My impression is that Toyota (whose comms team have attempted to be nothing but helpful during this entire affair, by the way) has yet to nail down their message.
Going back to the cause of this, a big part of the issue is a cultural one. This could have happened to many ad agencies other than Saatchis. Culturally, very few are genuinely active and involved in social media. There are also few ad agencies who really understand PR. It's hard to understand how social media really works unless you do it. There are only a handful of ad agency people who also have a genuine social media profile.
If they want a piece of the social media action that will have to change. They will need to start learning about it for themselves rather than using their clients as guinea pigs, or they will need to find partners who do.
In the end, it wasn't social media that created this disaster for the brand – it was the lack of social media savvy.
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Contract for sale "online" means the distance contract that the legal transaction concerning goods and/or services concluded between a supplier, Moda& Musica s.r.l. (M&M) with its registered office in Via San Giovanni n° 7 - 81020 Casapulla Caserta, Italy and a Customer under an organized distance sales from the supplier for this contract, only uses the technology of distance communication called "Internet".
This Agreement between M&M and the Consumer will be completed with the orders confirmation from M&M following the procedures and terms indicated in the below Art 2. The improvement of this Contract require the acceptance and approval of this Conditions and Terms of Sale from the Customer.
Article 2: How to Buy
The customer can only purchase products in the online catalog at the order time and viewable online at www.ummstore.com as described in the relevant information sheets. The order will be processed upon the receipt the notification of the payment from the Customer.
The customer before to confirm the order, must take care to the delivery costs duly highlighted in the special page on this website.
The correct receipt of the order is confirmed by M&M through a reply e-mail, sent to the email address provided by the customer. This confirmation message will includes the Date and Time of execution of the order and the number of customer's order that should be used for any further communication with M&M. The message will include all data entered by the customer, all information related to the characteristics of the goods, indication of the price, payment method, the recess, procedures and delivery costs for return and applicable taxes. The Customer must verify the correctness and report any corrections, following the procedures described in this document.
In the case of non-acceptance, M&M ensure timely notification to the customer.
Article 3: Obligations for Buyer.
The Consumer agrees and obliges, once the purchase procedure "on-line" is closed, to provide for the press and the conservation of these general conditions, which, he has already read and accepted in the obligatory step, and the specific product being purchased, this is to fully satisfy the requirement of articles 3 and 4 Legislative Decree n° 185/1999.
It is strictly prohibited to enter false data, and/or invented and/or imaginary, in the registration process required for activating the process for the execution of this contract and the further communication; personal data and e-mail address must be the only real data and not some other person, or fantasy. It is expressly forbidden to make double entries corresponding to a single person or enter data of third parties. The M & M reserves the right to prosecute any violation or abuse for the protection of ordinary consumers.
Article 4: Prices
The goods will be sold at the current price list when the order is made by the customer. The prices for shipments in the European Territory are including VAT and excluding delivery charges which are calculated at time of order. The prices for shipments in Non-European Territory are excluding VAT and also excludes delivery charges which are calculated at the order time.
Article 5: Shipment conditions - Shipments costs - Customs Fees
The Company M&M will provide to ship the items selected and ordered, following the terms of the above article using courier or forwarder of its confidence.
A) Info for shipment in Italian Territory
M&M uses for shipment in the Italian Territory the transport Company GLS.
M&M will send to the customer a confirmation of shipment by email in the same time of the pick up of the package at our warehouse.
For know costs and delivery time please click here. In calculating delivery time should not be counted non-working days (Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays and Pre-holidays).
The Orders are dispatched weekdays at 3.00 pm, according to the daylight saving time in force in Italy.
In the absence of the recipient at the time of delivery, the courier will leave a notice and the customer must contact personally as soon as possible to the courier in order to arrange the delivery. The time of delivery, which will never exceed, in any case, those provided by Article 6 Legislative Decree. 185/1999 (30 days from order's date), can change depending on the selected courier.
It is also possible to call the carrier or forwarder in order to know the time of delivery if the first delivery was not successful, indicating the name, address and city of delivery.
The Customer can't check inside the package at delivery time, but if he found abnormalities of the box like opened or visibly damaged, he can refuse delivery indicating the reason to the courier. Then the customer must contact M&M describing the reason of the rejection.
If the package is damaged in transit but it is equally accepted by the customer, M&M can not be held liable for damages complained by the customer, since the withdrawal of the order has been certified untouched.
M&M will accept orders from customers residing in Italian territory and make deliveries in the Italian territory in the Republic of S. Marino and Vatican City State, but not including the cities of Livigno and Campione d'Italia.
B) Info for shipment in the European and Non-European Territory (excluding Italy)
M&M uses for shipment in the European and Non-European Territory with: TNT Global, FedEx Express, UPS Worldwide Express.
M&M will send to the customer a confirmation of shipment by email in the same time of the pick up of the package at our warehouse.
For know costs and delivery time please click here. In calculating delivery time should not be counted non-working days (Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays and Pre-holidays).
The Orders are dispatched weekdays at 3.00 pm, according to the daylight saving time in force in Italy.
In the absence of the recipient at the time of delivery, the courier will leave a notice and the customer must contact personally as soon as possible to the courier in order to arrange the delivery. The time of delivery, which will never exceed, in any case, those provided by Article 6 Legislative Decree. 185/1999 (30 days from order's date), can change depending on the selected courier.
It is also possible to call the carrier or forwarder in order to know the time of delivery if the first delivery was not successful, indicating the name, address and city of delivery.
The Customer can't check inside the package at delivery time, but if he found abnormalities of the box like opened or visibly damaged, he can refuse delivery indicating the reason to the courier. Then the customer must contact M&M describing the reason of the rejection.
If the package is damaged in transit but it is equally accepted by the customer, M&M can not be held liable for damages complained by the customer, since the withdrawal of the order has been certified untouched.
C) General info about shipment
The delivery date indicated in the table is to be considered as indicative only. No compensation can be obtained from M&M in case of damage occasioned by delay, interruption, total or partial suspension of deliveries. This also applies to cases of delays, interruptions or suspensions due to causes that may alter the process of procurement and distribution of such work interruptions, labor unrest, delays due to suppliers, energy deficiencies, suspension of transport, etc.
For each order, M&M will issue a document of material shipped, sending it via e-mail to the holder of the order, pursuant to Article 14 of Presidential Decree 445/2000. For the issuance of the receipt are necessary the authentic information supplied by the customer when ordering. No change to the receipt will be possible after the issuance thereof.
Delivery costs are charged to the customer and are clarified in the execution of the order. The payment of goods by the customer will be using the procedures available at the time of order. Upon delivery of goods by the carrier or shipper, the customer must check that the packaging is intact and undamaged.
Any damage must be immediately reported to the carrier making the delivery. Once signed the slip, the customer can not make any objection about the appearance of the goods.
Any problems concerning the physical, correspondence or completeness of the products received must be reported within 7 days after delivery in the manner provided herein.
In case of missing collect within 5 working days of the material in storage at the warehouses of courier because of repeated inability to deliver to the address specified by the Customer, the order will be automatically canceled.
D) Customs Fees
Shipments in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, South Korea, Croatia, Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Norway, New Zealand,Russia, Singapore, Spain (Ceuta / Melilla ), Spain (Canary Islands), United States, Switzerland, Tahiti, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkey may be subject to customs fees that are established by the customs of the country of destination. M&M can't predict the amount of such expenditure shall be borne by the purchaser.
E) Article 6: Payment
The customer can pay by Credit Card. At the same time of the order, the bank will authorize to charge on the customer's credit card. If the customer exercises his right to withdrawal in the manner set down in Article 6, will be reclaimed when the amount previously charged on the bank account specified by the customer except for shipping costs already incurred.
F) Article 7: Right of Withdrawal
The sale in question is considered subject to the Legislative decree n° 185 of 22/05/1999, which allows the buyer to exercise the right of withdrawal. Included in this case the distance purchases made by phone, or via the Internet, whether they are delivered to your home, or picked up at the company headquarters or at a point of presence on the territory.
- Who is covered
To individuals (consumers) acting for purposes that are unrelated to his business. They are therefore excluded from the right of withdrawal, purchases made by retailers and /or holder of VAT and Companies.
- What is:
The consumer shall, within 10 working days from receipt of goods, to exercise the RIGHT OF WITHDRAWAL. The customer receives the goods may have a "rethinking" for the failure of the product after it is viewed in its expectations, or incorrect purchase, and then decide to return it. This right is the right to return to the seller of the goods purchased and the resulting refund of the purchase price.
The right of withdrawal states that the product is returned under the following conditions:
COMPLETE: The law applies to product purchased in its entirety it is not therefore possible to perform partial withdrawal of the product purchased (Ex: accessories).
INTEGRITY: the product is made in the original packaging, complete, and not opened or used, in respect of reselling: the returned product must be re-listed without the subsequent purchaser may assume that it is not the first owner.
Finally, under the law, the right of withdrawal, is not applicable to open products, tailor-made products and products purchased with a request for invoicing.
How to use it:
The withdrawal right is exercised by sending, by the deadline in 10 days, a written notice to the geographical location of the supplier (Moda & Musica s.r.l. Via S. Giovanni ,7 81020 Casapulla Caserta Italy) by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt. The notice may be sent, within the same period, by telegram, or fax (0823/253025), provided it is confirmed by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt within 48 hours. It 'important to summarize their data, the order in question, and the product. All this within 10 working days of receipt of goods.
It is important to communicate the full adress and the banck account that you want to receive the refund.
Subsequently, the Customer will inform the M & M Return Authorization Number. The package must be postmarked within 3 days from authorization of the practice, since after this period will be the discretion of the company 's acceptance of returned merchandise.
How to send:
After obtaining the return authorization number of the operator must:
· Pack down the goods carefully in order to protect the original covers of products from any damage;
· attach and send, together with the goods, including the receipt of purchase;
· apply the label with the address clearly visible;
· Send the goods at the warehouse (at your charge) through any carrier. Products authorized to travel at WITHDRAWAL Costs, Risk and Customer Care.
The address is: Moda & Musica s.r.l. Via San Giovanni, 7 81020 Casapulla (CE)
If the product violates even one of the clauses, then the final acceptance of the right of withdrawal for the returned merchandise is at the discretion of the operator. The product may, in case of anomalies, which may be made to the buyer, who must also pay the costs "of management practice."
Article 8: Processing time of repayment
M & M, if the above procedure is performed correctly, will, under the terms of the law, to be credited to the customer the amount paid within 30 working days from receipt of goods by bank transfer, excluding shipping costs (where means: the transport costs incurred for the purchase of goods and / or expenses incurred for the return of the buyer to the seller.
All in accordance with Legislative Decree 22 May 1999, No 185 (for further details: Legislative Decree 185/99)
Article 9: Complaints
Any complaint must be addressed to:
Moda & Musica s.r.l.
(Complaints Office Moda & Musica)
Via S. Giovanni, 7 81020 Casapulla CE
Item 10: Resolution and Contract Termination clause
The M & M has the right to terminate the contract simply by notifying the customer with sufficient and justified reasons, in which case the customer shall only be entitled to a refund of the amount already paid. The obligations assumed by the customer under Article .7 (Obligations of the buyer), and the guarantee of the payment to the customer using the means provided for in Article .2, are essential, so that by express agreement the failure by the customer, only one of these obligations will lead to termination of the contract pursuant to Art. 1456 cc, with no need for a judicial sentence, without prejudice to the right of the company M & M to sue for damages.
Article 11: Privacy
We hereby inform you that, pursuant to art. 13 of Legislative Decree 30.06.2003 n. 196, the personal data that will be provided by the Customer to M & M are treated the same, with or manually, for inclusion in the customer and are necessary for the conclusion of a contractual relationship and for the subsequent steps of civil , tax, management.
Providing data is optional: given the lack of it shall be impossible to enter into any contract.
Customer data can be communicated, for the same purposes of the collection, the group companies, business partners, as well as subjects that are entrusted in outsourcing services. The data controller is Moda & Musica s.r.l. located in Via S. Giovanni, 7 81020 Casapulla Caserta .
Note that, in relation to Art. 7 of the Code. above, the Customer will, among other rights, to obtain:
· confirmation of the existence of personal data concerning them;
· the cancellation, transformation into anonymous form or blocking of the possibly in violation of the law;
· the updating, rectification or integration of data.
Article 12: Law and Jurisdiction
Any dispute regarding the application, implementation, and breach of contract of sale entered into "online" via the website www.ummshop.com is subject to Italian jurisdiction, these general conditions are reported, although not expressly expected, in conjunction with the Legislative Decree No. 50 of 15/01/1992 and Decree No. 185 dated 22/05/1999. Any dispute between the parties relating to this contract will be competent Court in whose district the consumer's domicile, if located in Italian territory, for all other customers it is understood that any dispute shall be the sole responsibility of the Forum of Santa Maria Capua Vetere (Caserta).


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The metro area didn't get a whole lot of rain over the weekend, or any snow for that matter, but it wasn't far away… at all! In fact, areas just to the southeast received upwards of 2" of rain and a little snow on top of that. Most of the area did get a little rainfall Saturday morning, but the low and associated cold front were able to drop far enough south to allow the metro to escape the rest of the weekend dry. You can't say the same for areas southeast of a line from Mankato to Northfield, Hastings, and Baldwin Wisconsin as more rain and even snow fell in these areas and points south. Here is a look at the overall liquid precipitation totals from our area and the region over the weekend, and then of course the snow.
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text: Did anyone see the game Kirk put on today? Granted he is coached well and has a o line that understands where they are going (and they're athletic), but this kid at 6'3" 220 something is really good. Do you think Washington would give him up? Shanny looks like a genius for drafting him. Who is our #2. Enough said. He is mobile, has a great arm and has good vision down field. What I am learning (yes I am late to the party) is that Sanchez is just not that accurate. I've seen footage recently of Payton, Eli and Luck and they put the ball where it needs to be. Cousins looks like he can do it and he's mobile. Welcome all comments.


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Yellow Jacket stun gun iPhone case: Stay protected with 650,000-volt phone case
TAMPA - It seems that everywhere you go these days, everyone has a case on their smartphone to protect it from just about anything. But how about a case that protects you?
They now exist, and George Sidler is one of the first to jump on board.
"The case became very attractive because you always have your phone in your hand," says Sidler.
He is like most husbands and fathers, worrying about his family's safety. That is why he recently ditched his entire family's old iPhone cases and replaced them with something called the Yellow Jacket.
The phone case with a catchy name is a 650,000-volt stun gun in the palm of their hands and on the tip of their iPhones. His wife Kelly just got the pink one.
"If something happens, it's readily available. I can flip the switch down and enact it," says Kelly.
Yellow Jacket's website shows you how to use the cutting edge cell phone case. Just flip the safety cover off, and in two seconds, you have a shocking self defense weapon with 13 times more volts than a police stun gun. It also comes with a reserve battery on the bottom that extends your phone's battery by 20 hours.
ABC15's sister station, ABC Action News got their hands on two of them, and took them to Tampa Police Corporal Mike Rivera, who's a stun gun instructor for new recruits. While he wouldn't endorse the product, he did volunteer to try the Yellow Jacket on himself.
"The concept is kind of neat but it is pain compliance and pain compliance, if you're motivated enough, you can fight through the pain," says Rivera as he repeatedly shocks his left forearm with the blue bolt of electricity.
Even with a lower voltage, Rivera says a police stun gun packs more of a sting than the Yellow Jacket but he says Yellow Jacket's 650,000 volts can stun anyone if they are hit in the right spot. Rivera says the neck and pelvic area are the most sensitive.
Now the big question -- is the $140 price tag worth it? Rivera says it's up to the buyer.
"I think it's a huge deterrent without a doubt. I mean just hearing that arcing sound, I think that can be a deterrent in itself," he says.
Kelly says that's all she hopes for if she ever found herself in a "shocking" situation.
"It would stun somebody enough for you to at least get away and get a head start and get out of there," says Sidler.
Here are just some of the unique iPhone cases that also double as a self-defense weapon:
Stun Gun Case - http://www.yellowjacketcase.com
Pepper Spray Case - http://spraytect.com/products
Brass Knuckles Case - http://knucklescase.com


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Transit Fair March 17th at Senior Center
Original post made by Claudette McDermott on Mar 12, 2009
on Mar 12, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Will the Wheels bus be discussing the route to downtown so the Seniors can buy some art?
on Mar 13, 2009 at 5:04 pm
lol, good one Mary
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An Article in the Pleasanton Weekly Thursday stated $80 million in federal earmarks heading our way....
A $410 billion federal spending bill that President Obama signed Wednesday will bring more than $80 million to the Bay Area for projects that include transit, port and harbor improvements, wetlands restoration and green jobs, according to U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer's office.
$8 million for a Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority bus project.
Details on the actual spending on which projects that this money will go towards might be some questions to ask at this event, if anyone is interested. $8 million sounds like a lot to spend on bus projects..... when our schools and teachers are at risk.


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Gretchen adores her pup. That first snapshot was taken just a few weeks after she was born, the second, about a month ago. And at her birthday party this weekend, she's going to be stunned when she sees the "Winston Cake" that a favourite local bakery is whipping up for her!
PS. Another super cute fact about that second photo? The stuffy G is holding belonged to my baby brother, who had it with him in his incubator when he was first born and had some respiratory issues. I brought it to the hospital over 15 years ago and at Christmastime, he gave it to Gretchen. The sweetest gift. My mom teared up a little. And now she never wants to sleep without it.


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A man and a woman were arrested after a traffic stop in Oconee County early Wednesday morning.
Oconee County Sheriff's Office spokesman Jimmy Watt stated that Timothy Howard Elrod, 36, of Seneca, and Ladonnia Kaye Moore, 31, also of Seneca, were arrested after authorities were alerted to a suspicious couple at a store in West Union. According to Watt, Elrod was charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a felony, while Moore was charged with possession of methamphetamine, driving under suspension and giving false information to police.
Watt stated that a sheriff's deputy was alerted around 1:20 a.m. about a couple, identified as Elrod and Moore, acting suspiciously at a store in West Union. When the deputy arrived, he noticed Elrod and Moore standing beside a white Nissan Maxima with a 45 day tag. After checking with dispatchers, the deputy was advised that no information was available on the tag.
According to Watt, Elrod and Moore left the scene in the vehicle and the deputy saw the car cross over the fog line and then over a double yellow line on Highway 11. The vehicle then pulled into the left turn lane. Due to the deputy's observations and the vehicle registration not showing up in DMV files, the deputy initiated a traffic stop on West Main Street, just before Torrington Road in West Union, Watt said.
The deputy noticed some suspicious activity inside the vehicle and the couple appeared to be nervous when the deputy approached the car. After asking Moore for her driver's license, registration and proof of insurance, Watt said that she provided the deputy with a false name, false birthday and could not produce a driver's license. Elrod gave the deputy a false vehicle registration and proof of insurance, said Watt.
As the deputy checked on Moore's status, Elrod exited the vehicle and walked to the front of the car and opened the door. The deputy ordered Elrod to return to the car and when he did so, the deputy received an identification on Elrod.
Another deputy arrived on scene and they learned that Moore had a suspended driver's license and Elrod was reported to be a member of a gang, Watt said. Elrod was asked to step out of the car and asked if he had any weapons on him. He admitted that he had a needle in his possession and a subsequent search of his pants led to discovery of a clear plastic bag at the top of his pants.
Moore was asked to step out of the car and during a search, one of the deputies found drug paraphernalia and a small, clear baggie, Watt stated. As the search continued, several more clear baggies were found. A field unit was brought in by Seneca police, and the items tested positive for meth.
A search of the front area of the car where Elrod had gone to led to the discovery of a handgun between the battery and headlight.
Elrod and Moore were placed under arrest and transported to the Oconee County Detention Center where they are currently being held.
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Since I am unemployed and I need a brain break and a break of the monotony of filling out applications, I decided to look into what was the best draft year in Avalanche history. The 2009 draft class looks very promising and we can only guess how good that class is going to be. However, is it the best? After the jump I will show the drafts per year, or the draftee's that made any sort of difference in the NHL.
2011- 2nd- Gabriel Landeskog, 11th- Duncan Siemens, 93rd- Joachim Nermark, 123rd- Garrett Meurs, 153rd- Gabriel Beaupre, 183rd- Dillon Donnelly- Landy is an immediate impact, Siemens is very promising and a sure fire NHL'er, Nermark and Meurs has talent, but have to improve
2010- 17th Joey Hishon, 49th- Calvin Pickard, 71st- Michael Bournival, 95th- Steven Silas, 107th- Sami Aittokallio, 137th-Troy Rutkowski, 139th- Luke Walker, 197th- Luke Moffat- Hishon has the talent but has all of the question marks, personally I think will be a great NHL'er, Pickard and Aittokallio both look very promising goalies, Bournival was traded. Silas and Rutkowski have talent but are not developing as anticipated.
2009-3rd Matt Duchene, 33rd- Ryan O'Reilly, 49th- Stefan Elliot, 64th-Tyson Barrie, 124th- Kieran Millan, 154- Brandon Maxwell, 184- Gus Young- Duchene is a developing star, Radar is one of the games best defensive players, and Elliot and Barrie are going to be great NHL'ers. Millan and Maxwell are both very solid NCAA goalies and could suprise and compete for a AHL team next year. So this class will have 4 really good NHL'ers. Well done Pracey, well done.
I am going to start going with NHL experience or still top prospects.
2008- 50th- Cameron Gaunce, 140th- Mark Olver, 167th- Joel Chouinard, 170th- Jonos Holos. - Good Defense draft year. Gaunce and Olver seem to be the most promising of the four.
2007- 14th- Kevin Shattenkirk. 45th- Colby Cohen, 49th Trevor Cann, 55th T.J Galiardi, 105th - Brad Malone, 113th- Kent Patterson, 135th- Paul Carey.- Shatts is the lone NHL star potential but Gali and Malone seems to have NHL career potential.
2006- 18th- Chris Stewart, 81st- Mike Carmen-
2005- 34th- Ryan Stoa, 44th Paul Stastny, 47th Tom Fritsche, 88th- T.J. Hensick, 124th- Ray Macias, 168th- Justin Mercier, 222nd- Kyle Cumiskey,
2004- 21st- Wojtek Wolski, 55th- Victor Oreskovich, 184th- Derek Peltier, 239th- Brandon Yip
2003- 63rd- David Liffiton- 163rd- Brad Richardson, 288th- David Jones
2002- 61st- Johnny Boychuk, 129th- Tom Gilbert,
2001- 63rd- Peter Budaj, 144th Cody McCormik, 227th- Marek Svatos
2000- 14th- Vaclav Nederost, 47th- Jared Aulin, 88th- Kurt Sauer, 159th- J.M. Liles, 252nd- Darryl Bootland
After this point has to have played in at least 82 NHL games
1999- 93rd- Branko Radivojevic, 183rd- Riku Hahl, 212nd- Radim Vrbata, 240th- Jeff Finger
1998- 12th- Alex Tanguay, 17th- Martin Skoula, 19th- Robyn Regehr, 20th- Scott Parker, 53rd- Steve Moore- Steve Moore would have played more then69 games if he was not gooned, so I included him.
1997- 55th- Rick Berry, 78th- Ville Nieminen, 87th Brad Larsen, 161st- David Aebischer
1996- 79th- Mark Parrish, 146th Brian Willsie, 167th- Dan Hinote, 176th- Samuel Pahlsson
1995- 25th- Marc Denis, 81st- Tomi Kallio, 129th- Brent Johnson
Pre Avalanche Picks
1994- 12th- Wade Belak, 35th- Josef Marha, 72nd- Chris Drury, 87th- Milan Hejduk, 217th- Tim Thomas
1993- 10th- Jocelyn Thibault, 12th- Adam Deadmarsh, 179th- David Ling
1992- 4th- Todd Warriner, 52nd- Manny Fernandez, 96th- Steve Passmore, 220th- Anson Carter
1991- 1st- Eric Lindros, 24th- Rene Corbet, 68th- Dave Karpa, 103rd- Bill Lindsay, 156th- Janne Laukkanen
1990- 1st- Owen Nolan, 148th- Andrei Kovalenko, 158th- Alexander Karpovstev
1989- 1st- Matts Sundin, 22nd- Adam Foote, 43rd- Stephane Morin, 68th- Niklas Andersson
1988- 3rd- Curtis Leschyshyn, 24th- Stephan Fiset, 66th- Darin Kimble, 108th- Ed Ward, 129th- Valeri Kamensky, 213th- Alexi Gusarov, 234th Claude Lepointe
1987- 9th- Bryan Fogarty, 15th- Joe Sakic, 72nd- Kip Miller, 114th-Garth Snow
1986- 18th- Ken McRae, 81st- Ron Tugnutt
1985- 36th- Jason Lafreniere
1984- 36th- Jeff Brown, 57th- Steve Finn
1983- 52nd- Bruce Bell, 54th- Iiro Jarvi, 152nd- Tommy Albelin, 232nd- Bo Berglund,
1982- 13th- David Shaw, 34th- Paul Gillis, 55th- Mario Gosselin, 181st- Mike Hough
1981- 11th- Randy Moller, 74th- Clint Malarchuk, 116th- Mike Eagles,
1980- 24th- Normand Rochefort, 66th- Jay Miller, 87th- Basil McRae, 108th- Mark Kumpel
1979- 20th- Michel Goulet, 41st- Dale Hunter, 62nd- Lee Norwood, 83rd- Anton Stastny, 104th- Pierre Lacroix
So which draft year in franchise history was the best?


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"Will Donahoo pitched really good," Childersburg head coach Chad Slaten said. "He is real consistent pitching. Every time he pitches he is going to throw a lot of strikes, get a lot of ground balls and he did that again. He is one of the most consistent guys that we have; I am proud of him. I thought we hit it real good. We have been swinging the bats good the last couple of weeks. We played good defense. Brashear made some good plays at third base. Any time you get some runs early that helps, we got that and built on it. Will kept throwing strikes and of course Lightsey with the big grand slam. He has been hitting the ball really good. He has been on fire and we want him to keep hitting the ball like he is hitting, because he is tearing it up right now. That is a good thing for us. It is a good win against a good team, they are going to make a lot noise in 1A."
After a 1-2-3 inning in top of the first inning, the Tigers (9-3) went to work at the plate. With two on and two out, Walker Holmes hit a single to left field to score Zack Lightsey to give Childersburg a 1-0 lead.
In the bottom of the third inning, Reeves Brashear hit a double to right center field to score Alex Bentley and Lightsey to increase the Tigers to 3-0.
Ryan Garrett singled to score Peyton Logan to increase the Tigers lead to 4-0.
In the fourth inning, Childersburg scored two runs to take a 6-0 lead.
Logan hit a ground ball to the second baseman that allowed Bentley to score from third base to give the Tigers a 5-0 lead. An error on Fayetteville pitcher Zach McGrady allowed Lightsey to score from third base to give the Tigers a 6-0 advantage.
Donahoo made quick work of the Wolves in the top of the fifth inning. The junior pitcher struck out the first two batters of the inning and the final out of the inning came off a ground out to the shortstop to end the inning.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, the Tigers ended the game in dramatic fashion. With the base loaded, Lightsey hit a grand slam over the left centerfield wall to end the game at 10-0.
McGrady was the losing pitcher for Fayetteville. The Huntingdon signee pitched four innings and allowed five earned runs while striking out two batters.
Donahoo allowed two hits, which came in the first and the fourth innings.
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When you stay at Mayor Lord's House Bed and Breakfast in Meadville, you'll be minutes from Allegheny College. Make yourself at home in one of the 6 air-conditioned rooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Take in the views from a garden and...
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Excellent 10.0
Mayor Lord's House Bed And is just outstanding. The breakfast was 100% better than the hotel food. The room was so comfortable and ¿quiet.¿ Sherry went out of her way to accommodate me.
NoYou can leave your car, walk into town, enjoy the architecture and have a decent meal in the downtown. I would recommend the Mayor Lord's House to salespeople because it has plenty of room to work, great wifi, safe parking and is easy to zip back on to the highway
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My stay was so pleasant. You are treated with care by the proprietor. She made herself available either in person or by phone at all times. This B & B is clean, quiet and filled with charm.
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discover Pennsylvania's Great Lakes region.. welcome to the Hampton Inn-Meadville, PA. The Hampton Inn® Meadville hotel sits in the heart of Pennsylvania's Great Lakes region, in beautiful Crawford County. As our guest, you'll be minutes from the historic downtown area, scenic Route 6, a bustling marketplace, family farms, an array of wineries, exciting Wald...
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Clean, staff was amazing. Fitness room was excellent, clean, and had nice equipment.
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I recently stayed at the new Hampton Inn in Meadville and the entire stay was fantastic! All of their wonderful amenities are included! FREE hot breakfast, FREE internet. And their whole staff was very friendly, happy and helpful! The beds are extremely comfortable. They have an indoor heated pool with a hot tub, and an excellent fitness center. There isn't one part of my stay that I didn't enjoy! You'll just have to try it for yourself!
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Meadvilles only Full Service with Limited Price, hotel. We feature many onsite amenities such as an indoor pool, hot tub, sauna and fitness center. Monday through Friday we offer a FREE continental breakfast. On Saturday and Sunday we offer a buffet breakfast for only 5.95 tax. We can accommodate meetings and banquets for up to 350 people. We are just minu...
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Mediocre 4.0
Ease on and off the highway.
Pool was questionable to swim in. The bar/diner was even more questionable to even walk in. Had to go to an Applebees!
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No wifi¿ No free breakfast extra charge $6.99 each ppl! Smelly room, no service, ask staff/manager no reply. Never be there anymore.Basement room no wifi, coz only on ground level
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Easy on and off from I-79/North and South with convienient access to restaurants and shopping, the Econo Lodge of Meadville, PA offers clean lodging at an affordable rate. Guest rooms feature hairdryers, irons and ironing boards free wireless high-speed Internet Access and more. Guests will enjoy a complimentary continental breakfast, free newspaper each d...
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Very clean....bathrooms especially spotless.
Breakfast bar was not great, but we knew that going in.We just spent a quick night there driving home from Canada, so it suited our needs.
Poor 1.0
The bed was well made and comfortable.
The smell, I'm extremly sensitive to dust and smoke. I could smell smoking.Judging by the my observation of the staff, they were overworked and underpaid.
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The Meadville Quality Inn will meet all your needs. Hotel offers complimentary hot fresh breakfast. The area features: scenic beauty, amazing history, dinner theatre, centry old amusement park, outdoor recreation, hunting, fishing, state park, fairs, festivals, restaurants, and shopping. Crawford County is blessed with remarkable array of attractions to plea...
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I was given a room that was unclean I needed several maintenance issues addressed. I left a message for the manager to call me they never did. I stayed in hotels for half the cost that were better than this oneI will tell everyone I know never to stay at this hotel Demand satisfaction for my unsatisfactory experience someone needs to make this right
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Currently under construction and parking was horrible. Made no sense to have a construction trailer take up 4 parking spaces especially on a weekend.
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Meadville Hotel's Staff Offers Exceptional Service Welcome to the Holiday Inn Express® Meadville (I-79 Exit 147A) hotel, the premier choice for smart business and leisure travelers in the Northwestern PA area. Our one-of-a-kind staff, a very convenient location, cutting-edge amenities and impressive facilities deliver an exceptional experience to all of our...
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Historical area downtown location; walking distance to shops, restaurants, and museums. Quality executive rooms. Q Corner Cafe Breakfast complimentary. This hotel is a 100 percent non-smoking facility
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Staff was very attentive to our needs during our week long stay. Not a day went by without someone asking if we were happy or needed something.
Water Pressure... But that's a local thing it hasn't been good for years.Centrally located in downtown Franklin, History right outside your door. Friendly staff an locals who are more than happy to share their city and send you on to more interesting and historical sites in the area. The continental breakfast is available each morning, but if you know you wont make it in time they will make a plate for you. Nice hotel in a nice area.
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This hotel was a pleasant surprise. It is family friendly, and the staff was particularly helpful. Franklin is a small town, and the hotel is within easy walking distance of the early 20th century downtown.There are few, but varied restaurant choices nearby. The hotel restaurant is very good.
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When you stay at Super 8 Franklin Pa in Franklin, you'll be within the vicinity of Cranberry Mall. Make yourself at home in one of the air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Cable television is provided for your entertainment. A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily. Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet a...
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A wonderful center hall colonial, Bethaven Inn is filled with everything to make your stay comfortable, relaxing and you wanting to stay longer. The Inn is just minutes from Allegheny College, downtown restaurants and businesses. Ameninities include complimentary Wireless Internet Access, A/C, cable, quiet areas and wonderful outdoor landscaping for your r...


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Arnold L. Demaske, 67, of Ettrick, WI, passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2013, at his home.
A memorial service will be held Monday, October 28, 2013, 1:00 p.m., at South Beaver Creek Lutheran Church, Ettrick, WI. Reverend John Ashland will be officiating.
Family and friends are invited for visitation Monday, from 11:00 a.m. until the time of the service at the church.
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Updated Jan 7, 2014 - 11:29 am
Pastor of suburban Phoenix church resigns over affairs
By Associated Press
Originally published: Jan 7, 2014 - 7:53 am
Originally published: Jan 7, 2014 - 7:53 am
GILBERT, Ariz. -- A large church in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert said its married lead pastor has resigned after confessing to engaging in extramarital affairs with more than one woman from the congregation.
Interim pastor Gary Sutliff said Mark Connelly was confronted about the affairs and submitted his resignation as lead pastor of Mission Community Church after it was requested.
The church addressed the issue on its website with a video and statement.
Sutliff said the church is concerned about all of those involved and is providing them with counseling and other resources.
The congregation will pick a new permanent lead pastor from its leadership.
More than 6,000 people attend services of the church.
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Weekend icy weather warning from county council (From Gazette)
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Weekend icy weather warning from county council
6:00pm Friday 7th December 2012 in News
Essex County Council is urging residents to travel with extra caution as icy conditions are expected over the weekend.
Gritters will be out across the county from tonight as temperatures are expected to fall below zero and roads could be particularly hazardous due to the heavy rainfall over the past few days, which has led to flooding and surface water in some parts.
Derrick Louis, councillor for highways and transportation, said: "With icy conditions set to continue over the weekend and into next week we are keeping a close on weather forecasts. Our fleet of gritting vehicles will be on standby to treat the main road network as and when they are required.
"I urge motorists to drive with extra caution at this time, checking weather forecasts and the condition of their cars before they leave."
In the event of severe weather residents are advised to take extra care if driving, and only travel if it is necessary.
It residents do need to travel then they should check the condition of their car tyres and battery before they leave, and pack an emergency kit in case they get stuck for a while containing items like warm clothing, bottled water, a mobile phone and a torch.
For further advice and announcements of gritting decisions, visit the Essex County Council winter website.
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