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Field Report: 25-Seven Systems Audio Time Manager
We've all heard this happen, breaking news events are unfolding and the station is airing a commercial. The choices aren't good: dump out of current programming or wait for a break and risk missing the next big event on air. Why not give the station and the air staff another choice? Finish the current event and then go to the breaking news in its entirety. Leaving the current program abruptly is not graceful and certainly not professional. Leaving a commercial in progress is definitely costly. Waiting for a press conference to begin is capable of putting your listeners to sleep or worse, they will switch stations. Usually, there's no need to carry the first words at a press conference, the sound technician asking "can everybody hear me?" Now, you don't have to. 25-Seven Systems has manipulated the concept of time and has rearranged the way live events unfold. If you can grasp the bucket theory of a digital delay, you will see the ATM is a refinement on that technology and several new applications of a sometimes confusing process.
Audio is stored in a 15-minute continuous buffer capable of playback at any time while the recording process continues. The buffer of the ATM can be played out 20 percent faster than it was stored. The full 15-minute buffer now takes only 12 minutes to play back, and this can be done while the ATM continues to record. Before the sales department reads this and sells that extra time, realistically we have found play-out should be limited to about 10 percent, which is the equivalent of six minutes inserted per hour.
Time saver
Installation of the system is straightforward, audio in, audio out and an Ethernet interface for the time sync and remote capabilities. Once installed, the operators acclimated quickly and were running in just a few minutes. We use our ATM strictly for press conferences and other live feeds that don't occur on our clock.
Performance at a glance |
Simple operation
Adds time to audio programs Variable time compression ratios Self-synchronizing to external clock Ramp-down transitions Remote controllable |
All of us have all fallen in love with the concept of time shifting our favorite TV programs. So much so that Tivo is now part of our vocabulary. I like to think of the ATM as an audio Tivo on steroids. The system allows us to absorb the few seconds or minutes of dead time before a press conference and allows for a more graceful exit when the conference ends. Record the press conference and not miss a beat of on-air time. Begin a recording and while that recording continues, start the playback in real time or faster. In a recent instance, we used the ATM at the start of a press conference while we were still airing a commercial. The commercial ended naturally and playback from the ATM began. We were 45 seconds into the press conference and started play out. With 45 seconds in the buffer and the output set at a 10 percent faster rate, we caught up with the live press conference in about 450 seconds (7.5 minutes; this info is all on its front-panel display). Once caught up, we switched to the live feed of the press conference. This all sounded so natural no one noticed. The commercial aired, the entire press conference aired and we were done with the event at the same time we would have finished without the ATM.
To aid this process the ATM displays the current time, the amount of audio stored in the buffer, the compression rate and the time expected to rejoin live programming. You can speed up or slow down the play-out to accomplish the required "out time" while the ATM is recording and playing. When the buffer is empty the unit loops the audio through the box. Conceivably, the system could be left in the air chain. The sound quality is superb, with no change in pitch and no audible artifacts, even at 10 percent compression. The changes are perceptible only when the same non-compressed material is played side by side.
Timing and more
The system features selectable analog and digital inputs and analog and digital outputs. A TCP/IP connection, configurable GPI/O and a serial connection are included on the back chassis. One big plus about the included Web interface is that there's no need to dig through countless menus, the ATM's Web interface looks exactly like the front panel. Internet connectivity allows synchronization to the time server of your choosing, just enter the IP address.
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617-904-1670 www.25-seven.com email@example.com |
We've fed ours to and from our router for added flexibility and have control of the front panel via the Web interface. During the hours of the day when our station is automated and the ATM is idle, the production department wanted in on the act. The ATMs Web interface comes in handy for those times when standing next to the box isn't practical. One useful application is commercial production that arrives somewhat longer than 60 seconds. This can now be dubbed to exactly 60 seconds, on the fly, without a calculator. Record the spot into the ATM's buffer and set the playback for exactly 60 seconds. No more trying to edit that 62 second spot into a 60 second avail. Many popular software editors have a time compression feature, but I have found that most do not sound good. Some software editors simply change the play out rate and do nothing to restore the original pitch.
There are audio samples on 25-Seven's website that are useful. The site also shows various connection scenarios for use in satellite delivered programming and automation integration. The ATM can ingest the satellite program, store the network cues and then play out with the cue location adjusted to fit the exact placement in the original program. The cues are imported and exported through the GPI/O interface so they operate just like the contact closures you now use for automation.
Rigg is engineering supervisor for KFMB-AM & FM in San Diego.
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April 20, 2012
Jefferson City, Mo. – Attorney General Chris Koster said today that Carrie Williams and Jornel Williams, both of St. Louis, have pleaded guilty to Medicaid Fraud and stealing by deceit.
The Williams were ordered to surrender their Medicaid provider numbers, making them permanently prohibited from seeking reimbursements from the program. They were also ordered to pay restitution to the state. Carrie Williams was ordered to pay $24,900.07, which represented the remaining balance of her false claims, and Jornel Williams was ordered to pay $25,282.26. Judge Mark H. Neill also sentenced the Williams, who are father and daughter, to a term of five years in the Missouri Department of Corrections and then suspended the execution of those sentences and placed them on supervised probation for a period of five years.
The pleas result from an investigation Koster's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit began into suspicious billings, which found that from 2008 to 2010, each of the defendants submitted claims for payment of more than $25,000 to Medicaid for home nursing visits that were not provided.
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Medical marijuana report proves Colorado MMJ being illegally diverted, advocate says
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In Gorman's mind, such motives explain why diversion takes place despite regulations intended to prevent that from happening.
"There's no way to make regulations so tight that it stops diversion unless the State of Colorado ran the dispensaries," he feels. "That's because you have a profit motive. And when you have a profit motive, that means you have to sell as much product as you can sell, and get as many customers as you can get. If you don't do that, you're going to go out of business.
"There are probably some very legitimate people who believe in what they're doing," he maintains. "But this is a good indication of what we really have out there."
Moreover, Gorman thinks the situation would grow infinitely worse should Amendment 64, the Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act, be approved by Colorado voters in November.
"There would be much more of a supply, and you wouldn't have to allegedly have medical cards to buy," he says. "So you could have tourists come in from all over the country to buy their marijuana here -- and even if there are rules about possession of an ounce or less, you could go to different retail stores. And there's no limitation on how much you can grow. So I believe Colorado would become a real mecca for marijuana sales and trafficking for the rest of the country. We're already seeing that."
He points to a series of quotes from law enforcement officials across the country that conclude the report. For instance, Virginia Commonwealth University Police Department Assistant Chief Christopher Preuss writes:
Currently, you hardly see any Canadian marijuana in Richmond, Virginia, if at all. Everything I am coming across is from either from Colorado or California. The money is out there and the "medical marijuana" industry makes it profitable for the growers in CO and CA to ship to states where the drug is illegal and in demand. It was being shipped via car/truck, UPS, USPS, FedEx and shipping containers to name a few.
"California has always been considered the source state," Gorman allows. "But we're starting to see that Colorado is either rivaling California or in some cases passing it as a source state."
Gorman stresses the preliminary nature of the new study. "We will eventually do a more complete report and try to get more examples," he says. But even if "Colorado 'Medical' Marijuana," subtitled "Are Regulations Working or is 'Medical' Marijuana Being Diverted?," merely scrapes the surface of the problem, as he contends, he argues that the document contains more than enough data to muzzle the pro-medical marijuana crowd regarding diversion.
"How can you make a blanket statement that this is not happening?" he asks. "There's no evidence to support that it's not happening, and now we have evidence that it absolutely is happening."
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GSA SmartPay Usage Is Down – How Is It Affecting You?
Recently, Mark Amtower showed the statistics in the decrease of spending in the GSA SmartPay program. Spending dropped approximately 3 billion dollars and 20,000 transactions in FY 2012 compared to FY2011. Are you suffering from lowering buying from the government? If so, how do you offset this? It's time to look at your expenses. The first place to look is at your credit card processing expenses.
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In a recent article at the Federal Times, Sarah Chacko wrote about the impending changes to the Strategic Sourcing Initiative.
The GSA implemented Strategic Sourcing Initiatives to reduce costs and improve the overall procurement experience. According to the GSA, FSSI has been implementing strategic sourcing solutions for the government since 2005. The initiative has proven results that include cost savings, improved management visibility and adoption of industry and government agencies best practices. The initiative also has helped improve government management of commonly purchased goods… Read More »
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Carlyle Capital, a publicly traded hedge fund-like company, failed to meet margin calls from its banks on some of its $22 billion portfolio of AAA-rated mortgage bonds, sending markets tumbling and causing trading in its shares to be suspended after falling nearly 60 percent.
The Wall Street Journal enfolds the news in a broader story on A1 about banks demanding some of their money back from hedge funds and others—notably Thornburg Mortgage this week—to cover big losses on the funds' investments in recent weeks. The WSJ says the trend raises the specter of spiraling margin calls and losses that could leave banks in possession of even more wobbly investments.
The Financial Times puts the story on the cover of its Companies & Markets section, and says the situation is similar to what caused the implosion of the Peloton Partners hedge fund last week and what's giving private-equity competitor KKR fits right now:
Carlyle on Thursday said it had received one notice of default in recent days after its banks made $37m of margin calls. On Friday, it said in a statement it had been informed by its lenders that "additional margin calls and increased collateral requirements would be significant and well in excess of the margin calls it received Wednesday. The company believes these additional margin calls and increased collateral requirements could quickly deplete its liquidity and impair its capital."It said it was closely monitoring the situation and "considering all available options".
What's extra worrisome is that the margin calls are on some of the top-flight investments, like mortgage bonds backed up by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, who most investors see as essentially insured by the federal government. Forced selling would further erode, quickly, the value of those investments. For instance, the WSJ says the implosion of Peloton Partners last week after similar margin calls on falls in its holdings' value, could saddle the fund's fourteen big lenders with $17 billion in mortgage securities that are hard to sell and whose value is in doubt.
The WSJ says in so many words that Carlyle could face liquidation:
When hedge funds can't come up with cash to meet a margin call, they are at risk of losing all access to credit and shutting down immediately. In that case, banks and brokers are forced to seize the collateral, leaving them holding the troubled securities at the root of the hedge funds' problems. Analysts say banks may have to take billions of dollars in further write-downs.
Carlyle, which was launched by private-equity heavyweight Carlyle Group last year, is leveraged to the gills with debt. The FT and WSJ say it has $28 to $32 in debt for every $1 of equity.
Floyd Norris, writing in his New York Times column, provides some good context:
As the economy grew through most of this decade, much of the growth was fueled by borrowing, both by individuals taking out mortgages and by investors who sought high returns through highly leveraged investments. Some of those investments are now unraveling because lenders will not lend enough money to enable investors to hold on to them. That reluctance forces the sale of investments, which lowers prices and makes lenders even less willing to risk their capital.
Bloomberg has our Apocalypse Now (or at least Impending) Quote of the Day:
"The credit crisis is spilling over to the next asset class, agency (Freddie and Fannie-backed) bonds," said Philip Gisdakis, senior credit strategist at UniCredit SpA in Munich. "There's never just one cockroach. If you see one highly leveraged hedge fund going bust, then there's another on the way."
Incredibly bad housing news
Yes, there's more bad news today. The WSJ goes big on page one with news that home foreclosures hit a record in the fourth quarter, with 2 percent of all loans in the foreclosure process and 0.83 percent entering foreclosure in the last three months of the year. Both numbers are the highest on record. Meanwhile, nearly 6 percent of homebuyers are late on their payments, a twenty-three-year high. The NYT combines the numbers to report that essentially one in 12.5 home loans is late or in foreclosure—by far a record.
The Journal twins that with news that homeowners' equity hit the lowest level since record-keeping began after World War II, falling to 47.9 percent in the fourth quarter, down a full point from the previous quarter. The FT says that will make government efforts to ameliorate the housing crisis more difficult.
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Lisa Marie not satisfied with son in law
Lisa Marie Presley Doesn't Want Riley Keough Marrying Alex Pettyfer
Apparently Lisa Marie Presley is livid about Riley Keough's engagement to Alex Pettyfer.
A close source dishes:
"Lisa Marie doesn't believe this marriage has a chance in hell of lasting. Riley has horrible taste in men. She's dated womanizing pop star Ryan Cabrera and a number of irresponsible, pretty-boy male model-types.
She's worried that Alex just wants to sink his hands into the Presley family fortune.
Lisa Marie doesn't trust Alex. She thinks he's bad news – young and immature and too much of a playboy charmer. She will do anything to prevent Riley from enduring the heartache she has suffered. But the more she objects to the nuptials, the more Riley seems determined to marry Alex."
But we can understand where Lisa Marie is coming from… she's had four weddings herself - one being to Michael Jackson!
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DUBAI -- Lamprell has signed a joint venture agreement with Shoaibi Group, a Saudi industry and energy services provider, and Al Yusr Townsend and Bottum ("AYTB"), a Saudi integrated industrial, technical and logistical services provider, to form Lamprell Arabia Ltd.
The Joint Venture, which will be based in Al Khobar in the oil rich Eastern province of Saudi Arabia, intends to establish a presence for new build fabrication, refurbishment and repair of land drilling rigs in Saudi Arabia, by combining Lamprell's expertise in this sector and Shoaibi Group's strong experience in the Saudi onshore and offshore market and AYTB's operational support facilities and multi-disciplinary workforce. Lamprell Arabia Ltd. will offer new build fabrication, refurbishment and repair of Saudi land rigs, ancillary fabrication for onshore assets and services on Saudi offshore rigs, with the intention of opening a local workshop in the recently built Shoaibi Group Oil and Gas Park, located in the Industrial Village zone in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
The Lamprell Group has been in partnership with the two entities for 11 years through the Maritime Industrial Services Arabia Co. Ltd. ("MIS Arabia") Joint Venture agreement which was established in 2001 to offer fabrication services for pressure vessels, columns and other specialised process equipment.
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President Jean Henderson opened the meeting with greetings to all members and their guests. She thanked George and Martha Lessig for inviting the club back into their home and for all the work they had done in getting ready to accommodate such a large picnic group. Her appreciation also went to Dortha Townsend and Carolyn Lay, who assisted as hostesses.
Henderson welcomed several talented new members to the club. They had decided to join after previously contributing to monthly club meetings as guests.
Brian Lessig, a percussionist, is the son of the host couple. His wife, Andrea, will be making vocal and drama contributions.
Rick Donegan introduced Matt Ingram, a guitarist, Josh Wenger, a tenor, and Wenger's wife, Christa, who had previously impressed club members by playing her 6-foot tall concert-grand harp. Cameron LaBarr and his wife, Susan, joined as associate members. All were welcomed with whole-hearted applause.
Due to two open positions on the board of directors, Dortha Townsend had agreed to fill the unexpired term of secretary Pat Henley, and Sheridan Randolph will replace Debbie Huebschman as the club's parliamentarian.
Townsend conducted the roll call, but reading of the May meeting minutes was suspended.
Treasurer Terry Barger gave a detailed financial report that included very positive figures from the Scholarship Benefit Concert held in May.
Elaborating on the Benefit Concert, Henderson expressed her appreciation to all who helped make it a big success. Her special thanks went to Jeannie Saywer for spearheading the event and for working long and hard hours to realize her dream of having the Kantorski-Pope Piano Duo, a Steinway Artist Ensemble, perform for the club's scholarship fund.
Not only did she procure two highly acclaimed pianists to play in Cleveland, she arranged for them to perform on two Steinway pianos, and transporting two Steinway pianos to the Museum Center was no easy task.
Sawyer added that the concert was financially a great success thanks to the generosity of sponsors whose contributions covered expenses over and above proceeds from ticket sales. She expressed her appreciation not only to the sponsors, but to all club members who had diligently worked on printing the tickets, making sure that all tickets were sold, preparing refreshments and serving them after the concert, handling publicity and taking on many other functions to benefit the scholarship fund.
Henderson turned the program over to Milteen Cartwright who led the group in singing "When They Ring the Golden Bells," a hymn with lyrics written by Daniel de Marbelle.
Mary Ann Borst and Martha Lessig co-directed a musical potpourri of "Favorites" chosen by the various participants on the program. After being introduced by Borst, each performer explained why the selection was one of his or her "favorites."
George Olin, alto saxophone, and Martha Lessig, piano, opened with "Melodie," by the Belgian composer Simon Poulain.
Soprano Sawyer, with piano accompaniment by Margaret Ann Randolph, had chosen a Leonora aria from Giuseppe Verdi's opera "La Forza Del Destino."
Rick Donegan, trumpet, with his son, Caleb, guitarist, presented two jazz standards: "Here's that Rainy Day," by composer Jimmy Van Heusen, and "Killer Joe," by Benny Golson.
Robbie Cody and Barger offered a four-handed piano arrangement of the hymn "The Old Rugged Cross." Lyrics of the hymn were written by George Bennard.
Pat Meagher, soprano, accompanied by Randolph on the piano, sang "All the Things You Are to Me," with lyrics by Jerome Kern and music by Oscar Hammerstein.
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adrian2 wrote:I would not rush in. I think the heydays of Investors Group are behind it. The growth in mutual fund industry is slowing, maybe substantially, and within the industry IG is far from the best in the bunch, even though that may be the biggest.
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TORONTO - Mackenzie Financial Corp., a unit of IGM Financial Inc. , said on Thursday it agreed to acquire all the assets of Cundill Investment Research Ltd. and its related businesses. Mackenzie, which did not disclose financial terms of the deal, said the acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter and Cundill's investment management team will operate as a separate division of Mackenzie.
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investor99 wrote:IGreat (albeit short) dividend growth history.
Maybe it's not cheap enough to get in yet? Still seems a little rich on a P/E basis.
investor99 wrote:Has this company traded under a different symbol previously? Different name?
yielder wrote:Over the past 10 years, the high PE has ranged from 34.6 in 1997 to 15.9 in 2003. With a 10 year average PE of 18, it's not particularly cheap or expensive at a current PE of 17.
yielder wrote:If you want it to be cheap, then you probably have to wait for a down market and/or an earnings stumble. Doing that means that you miss the dividend growth which has averaged 16% over the past five years.
adrian2 wrote:Do you mean high P/E for the year?
I'm content to wait.
investor99 wrote:Forward yield, assuming a regular dividend increase, is now pushing 3.7%.
P/E is now = 16.5
I may pick some up tomorrow if this continues.
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We remodeled our Master Bath in the fall. Here are the photos. Misplaced the original shots before demolition, but it was mid-80's mauve and gray tile with a narrow, dark 14'tower to shower in and always cold. We knocked down the tower, heated the floors and recessed the shower floor.
Now we can enjoy the view of the seasons through the glass while we shower and keep our toes toasty even in winter. Thanks for all the advice that sped up our research!
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Equinox is located just off of Lafayette Park, and is a scant block from the White House and Warner's Theater. A popular spot for a bite after moonlit walking tours—and before or after a show—Equinox serves an ever-revolving seasonal menu with emphasis on mid-Atlantic regional specialties like the pork head cheese terrine. Chef Todd Gray, well known among DC's foodie elite, plates up American entrees and desserts ranging from Granny Smith apple donut holes with Calvados ice cream shooters to crusted Rappahannock oysters wrapped in Virginia ham.
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For a birds-eye view of the block in front of the White House, dine in the Atrium, the restaurant's glassed-in and temperature-controlled street-side garden.
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Shawn Patrick Malarkey Pleads Guilty in U.S. Federal Court
The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Missoula, on July 11, 2012, before U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy, SHAWN PATRICK MALARKEY, a 35-year-old resident of Kalispell, pled guilty to robbery involving controlled substances and use of a firearm during a crime of violence. Sentencing has been set for October 12, 2012. He is currently detained.
In an Offer of Proof filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Tara J. Elliott, the government stated it would have proved at trial the following:
On March 12, 2011, the Flathead County Sheriff's Office (FCSO) responded to a call from a local pharmacy. Upon their arrival, officers were advised by employees that at approximately 11:30 a.m. MALARKEY entered the pharmacy, approached the pharmacist, and demanded all of the pharmacy's Oxycontin. Oxycontin is a controlled narcotic substance regulated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
The pharmacist responded, "You've got to be kidding." The robber responded, "I'm not," and produced a semi-automatic handgun and pointed it at the pharmacist. Throughout the course of the robbery, MALARKEY pointed the handgun at the pharmacist and his employees and threatened to kill them, causing great fear and concern. After repeated demands by MALARKEY, the pharmacist gave MALARKEY a brown paper bag containing bottles of Oxycontin. MALARKEY also demanded keys to one of the employee's vehicles; however, the employee did not have a car that day and the pharmacist, fearing for the safety of his employees, retrieved the keys to his vehicle and gave them to MALARKEY. MALARKEY then directed the pharmacist at gunpoint to depart the pharmacy with him. The two then left in the pharmacist's green Ford pickup truck. The pharmacist was eventually released by MALARKEY at a church in Kalispell.
When apprehended later that day, MALARKEY was in possession of the handgun which was loaded with a live round in the chamber and $3,300 worth of Oxycontin. The weapon was also determined having been reported stolen in a previous theft.
MALARKEY was interviewed by the FCSO and admitted to being under the influence of narcotics and to robbing the pharmacy on March 12, 2011.
MALARKEY faces possible penalties of 25 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and 5 years supervised release. In addition, MALARKEY faces the possibility of an additional mandatory 7 years in prison, consecutive to any other sentence, for the use of a firearm during a crime of violence.
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It was at Pop. That's all I really know.
I recall hearing that Southwest Airlines was doing a trial run, at one resort only, of allowing Magical Express passengers to check their luggage at the resort.
Does anyone have any info on how that trial is going? Or has anyone heard of any plans to move forward with adding Southwest Airlines baggage check to all resorts?
I have not yet booked my flight home for our September trip.
Thanks in advance.
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We are flying Southwest for the first time at the end of November. I'm hoping all goes well and that they add Southwest to all of the resorts.
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Haven't heard anything but will check it out for next months trip. Going, I like to retreive my bags before boarding DME bags. On the return it would be nice to send them from the hotel as other airlines have done in the past.
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Howdy y'all - Southwest is testing the Luggage Checkin process at the Pop Century Resort currently - with MORE Resorts hopefully to be added in the future.
Here's hoping that it is a successful trial run and that it will be expanded to all of the resorts.
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Polynesian December 2003
Polynesian November 2004
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I actually just used that service last week! It made my life so much easier!
They printed out all of our boarding passes & left them on our door, and gave us a luggage tag for each of our bags. (They only gave us one per person, and I had two bags, so when I went to the check-in counter they printed me up another one for my second bag.)
Then you just get on the Magical Express, they take your bags to the airport and check them in for you, and ta-da! Then they're magically at the baggage claim when you land!
I was a little nervous that they weren't on my ME bus with me to go to the airport, but all of our bags made it. So no complaints from me! I'm glad they're finally adding Southwest!
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just another reason to LUV Southwest Airlines..
I LUV Southwest even though they don't service any of the hotels I stay in. I sent them an email regarding expanding the service to all the hotels. Their reply was that it's still a test and there are no plans for the future:< A girl can dream though:>
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FYI - if anyone has traveled recently - you may have noticed there are more than just the POP now - you can also use all 3 All-Star Resorts for luggage checkin if you are traveling on Southwest! G'luck!
Does anyone know if Southwest has expanded to the moderate resorts yet? Our friends are going down in June staying at POR and using DME to and from their resort. If Southwest hasn't expanded do they just get their luggage themselves and take it over to the Disney Magic Express bus?
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Yes...if the airline does not allow you to check bags at the resort then you just take them with you when you go to the DME bus that day. They will take it from there.
To the resort, no they do not need to pick up thier luggage. DME to your resort is run by "Disney" and they will pick up luggage from ALL airlines.
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George Fredrick Franklin, 91, a resident of Cleveland, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at his home.
He was the son of the late George R. Franklin and Mary Ellen Buster Franklin. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 49 years, Gertrud Franklin; a son, Floyd Blackwell; his sisters: Nellie Wilcoxon, Lucy Randolph, Nona Hannah, Essie Jenkins and Bessie Franklin; his brothers: Jake Franklin, James "Cotton" Franklin and William Franklin; his stepmother, Thursa Franklin; great-granddaughters: Addison Goodner and Kendall Scoggins; a son-in-law, Bill Adkins.
He was a retired World War II Army veteran with more than 23 years of service.
At the time of his retirement he held the rank of sargeant 1st class. He was a field artillery crewman. After his retirement he worked at several different places in the Cleveland area and retired from Eaton Corporation. He enjoyed telling stories of his past and taking care of his yard and grandkids. He was a member of the Cookson Creek Baptist Church.
Left to cherish his memories are his daughters: Helen Adkins, Judy Stanfill and her husband, Mike, Becky Crabtree and her husband, Don, Linda Nichols and her husband, Jeff, Brenda Burns and her husband, Joe: grandchildren: David Strickland, Cassie Gaston, Blake Crabtree, Jenna Crabtree, Tanner Goodner, Chad Goodner, Taylor Nichols, Reid Burns, Billy Adkins, Lisa Carson, Tammy Blackstone, Lee Stanfill and Nichole Floyd; 10 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; half-sister, Mary Johnson; several nieces and nephews; and a special friend, Magdalene Wilcoxon.
A Remembrance of Life service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, April 25, 2014, at the Wildwood Avenue Chapel of Jim Rush Funeral Homes with the Rev. Herb Conley officiating.
Interment with full military honors will follow in the Cookson Creek Baptist Church cemetery with grandsons Blake Crabtree, David Strickland, Billy Adkins, Tanner Goodner, Reid Burns, Lee Stanfill and Taylor Nichols serving as honorary pallbearers.
The family will receive friends this evening from 5 until 8 at the funeral home.
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Makes 4 servings
- 1/4 to 1/3 cup hot pepper sauce
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter
- 1 0.6-ounce envelope dry Italian salad dressing mix
- 4 kaiser rolls, halved
- 4 lettuce leaves
- 4 boneless chicken breast halves with skin
- All purpose flour
- Additional vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Purchased blue cheese dressing
Stir 1/4 cup hot pepper sauce, butter and dressing mix in heavy medium saucepan over low heat until sauce is smooth; add more hot sauce, if desired. Arrange roll bottoms on plates. Top each with lettuce leaf and 2 tablespoons sauce.
Sprinkle chicken with salt; dust lightly with flour, then brush generously with remaining sauce. Dust lightly with flour again. Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken; sauté until brown and cooked through, about 5 minutes per side.
Complete sandwiches with chicken, blue cheese dressing and roll tops.
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type: Kid-Friendly, Quick & Easy, Sandwich
main ingredients: Chicken, Hot Pepper, Lettuce, Poultry, Bread, Blue Cheese
cuisine: American
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HELENA — Grab that jug of milk from your fridge and take a look at it. You should see two dates stamped on it.
The top date is the "sell-by" or "pull-buy" date. Under Montana regulation, this date is 12 days after the milk was pasteurized.
The date of pasteurization should be on the second line, below the sell-by date.
If stores haven't sold the milk by the sell-by or pull-by date, they are required to remove the milk from their coolers and dispose of it.
However, jugs of milk from Darigold, which Core-Mark imports to Montana to some convenience stores and groceries, have a different date-stamping system.
The top date on Darigold milk is a sell-by date that is the last date for milk to be be sold outside of Montana. It's more than a week later than the Montana sell-by date, which is listed below the out-of-state sell-by date.
Contrary to what some people think, the sell-by date is not an expiration date.
Milk can still be good after the sell-by date, but Christian Mackay, executive officer of the Board of Livestock, said there is no consensus among research scientists about how long.
"It depends how the milk was handled by the distributor, retailer and consumer," he said. "Did you leave it on the counter for two hours after you poured some on your cereal?"
But in general, milk should be good for 21 days after pasteurization, Mackay said.
But Pat Roylance of Butte, director of marketing for Sutey Oil, which operates Thriftway Super Stops, advocates getting rid of the 12-day sell-by date in part because it's confusing to Montanans buying milk.
"For the average consumers, they think it is an expiration date," she said. "When you tell them it's not an expiration date, they're surprised, shocked, angry. They've been dumping milk for years (after the sell-by date). We're all taught you don't eat something after the date."


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For those who haven't seen it yet, our own R.O. Flyer has a great review up at The Other Journal of Dan Bell's recent book, Just War as Christian Discipleship. Here's a quote to whet the ole appetite:
As Christians, our allegiance is first of all to Christ, not to the just war tradition. If the concern of Christian discipleship is ultimately faithfulness to Jesus of Nazareth, then neither the church community nor its many traditions are free from critique. In times of great moral uncertainty like ours, plumbing the depths of the wisdom of the theological tradition in a fresh manner can often open up fruitful paths of inquiry to help guide us in our contemporary context. Such plumbing, however, if it remains open to the voice of the Spirit, may lead us to call into question and even challenge the wisdom and faithfulness of our inherited moral and theological tradition. Although it is imperative that contemporary Christians listen with a spirit of generosity to our mothers and fathers in the faith, there may be times when, precisely because of our boundedness to Christ and with respect for the faith of our predecessors, we will be led to reject rather than retrieve a particular trajectory of thought taken in the past.
Interestingly Dan Bell has responded extensively in the comments, leading to further response from Ry and myself. Check out the conversation.


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Sun, Jan 15, 06 at 17:23
Thought I would winter sow some hollyhocks but wanted to check with fellow gardeners before I order seed. Is there a downside to perennial hollyhocks or are they just as colorful ect. as the biennial flower? I was in the Sodus Point area last summer and noted some very, very tall hollyhocks, anyone have any ideas as to the variety? Lastly, does anyone have a tried and true source that they have used for hollyhock seed. I think I would like the perennials unless advised otherwise.
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Although I haven't ordered from this site, I've heard great things about the quality: This will be my first year with hollyhocks, both perennial and biennial. Hoping to have much success. Tracy |
Woops, guess I should have visited the site first. She only offers one type of hollyhock. Here is my second try: I KNOW for sure they have tons of seeds! Tracy |
- Posted by susanzone5 z5NY (My Page) on Tue, Jan 17, 06 at 13:32
I'm not sure what you mean by perennial hollyhocks...maybe some malva? I've grown them all, and the biennial kinds are by far the most enchanting, especially the old fashioned single type. In my garden the plants come back and flower for two seasons sometimes. The malvas and lavateras are lovely, but with shorter plants and smaller flowers...not as impressive, and some can be rangy looking and/or short-lived. Try them all and decide what you like. |
- Posted by ridgetop01 z5 CNY (My Page) on Wed, Jan 25, 06 at 12:59
I have grown various hollyhocks from seed, my problem seems to be getting rid of them - they reseed freely. Hollyhock "Antwerp" is supposed to be rust-resistant, I'm cultivating/planting those lately, because rust is the one problem I do have with these lovely, towering flowers. |
I wintersowed Malvas and the regular hollyhocks. The down side for me was japanese beatles and runt. The rus didn't affect my malvas but they did affect the regulars. I finally gave up and am not going to fool with them anymore. They need an airy open area to grow with less chance of rust and I just don't have that kind of environment. My malvas were grown in clumps which gave the appearance of bushier plants. They also got about 5 ft. tall and loaded with blooms but once the Jap. beatles arrives I ended up pulling them out along with the regular hollyhocks. Penny |
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I have a house with a two car garage. Whenever the power goes off either because of a storm or because of a circuit breaker being turned off one of the doors always opens when power is restored. Thought maybe a surge protector would fix it but no go. Any suggestions greatly appreciated. |
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You didn't say which make & model of GDO you have, but it is malfunctioning. A call to the manufacturer's tech support might help you troubleshoot it, but I suspect the problem is on a circuit card. |
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I would begin a process of elimination. First by disconnecting the wall control and then the wiring from the wall control to the opener. I can't believe it's not something simple. |
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For an animal lover, this Multicolor Giraffe Statue Sculpture is hand painted and crafted from hard wood. The giraffe statue has beautifully painted graffiti and its legs are planted on a rectangle plank. The statue is 40" tall and is sturdy when placed on a smooth surface. The giraffe makes for a wonderful corner show piece in the living room or bedroom or the office. The giraffe will remind you of the exotic African safari and lets you bring a hint of wildlife into your homes. The sculpture's long neck and legs are crafted smoothly with every detail in mind. The Multicolor Giraffe Statue Sculpture makes for a great gifting item to someone with an adventurous edge. It comes with a dimension of 40" H x 8" W.


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The Portfolio Manager DataTrends series is the first-ever analysis of aggregate data stored within ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, pulled from a pool of hundreds of thousands of commercial buildings across the United States. This fact sheet -- Energy Use in Retail Stores -- examines how retail stores use energy, as well as the characteristics of the stores currently benchmarking in Portfolio Manager. Other statistics are also presented in an easy-to-read format.


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David Soucie, an aviation safety inspector and advisor on safety management to many groups, including the federal government, brings extensive experience to the writing of his impassioned memoir of his fight to make the skies safer. Elegantly performed in a normal-guy tone by Mike Chamberlain, Soucie's audiobook is filled with up close and personal stories of harrowing tragedies and near misses. While everyone shudders at the thought of an airplane crash, preventing such crashes is Soucie's career and purpose. Listeners will hear not only the heartrending losses but will also learn some of the physics of flight and will become inspired by the prospects for future flight safety.
Boarding an airplane strikes at least a small sense of fear into most people. Even though we all have heard that the odds of being struck by lightning are greater than the odds of perishing in a plane crash, it still doesn't feel that way. Airplane crashes might be rare, but they do happen, and they're usually fatal. David Soucie insists that most of these deaths could be prevented. He's worked as a pilot, a mechanic, an FAA inspector, and an aviation executive. He's seen death up close and personal - deaths of colleagues and friends that might have been prevented if he had approved certain safety measures in the aircrafts they were handling. His years of experience have led Dave to become an impassioned consultant on the topic of airline safety. This includes not only advising the Obama administration, but also taking a leading role in the congressionally funded NextGen interdepartmental initiative in regards to both the department of transportation and the departments of defense, homeland security, FBI, CIA, and others. Find out the truth about airplane safety and discover what the future holds for air travel.
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"From the front lines of airplane safety"
The author was trained or worked as an airplane or helicopter mechanic for several years before getting into flight safety full time. He describes the evolution of his awareness of flight safety and also the background of airplane crashes in which we was on the investigative team. If you are interested in airline safety or safety in general, this will be of interest to you. He does name names and complain about people in the industry, so he will make some enemies. He also seems to have a bit of a chip on his shoulder, but, if you can ignore that, this will be a fascinating read or listen.
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Fri, Jun 2, 06 at 22:07
Hi, I live in a house in California and I've noticed these very very tiny insects on the windowsills a couple of weeks ago in some of the rooms...they range in size from the point of a pin to no larger than 1/8 of an inch long. They range in color from brownish to orange, the larger ones are brownish and clearly have wings while the smaller ones don't have them, but they can either jump or move very quickly as they can discern shadows and run and hide into the cracks of the wood in the windowsill or jump or fly out of harms way. I sprayed some raid, but they still seem to be coming back, though not in the great number as before. I'm sorry I don't have pictures. I hope they aren't termites. They seem to come out at night more so than during the day. I've never seen these insects before living in my house of 10 years. Does anybody have any ideas what they could be? |
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I am sorry, but that is not enough of a description for us to determine what kind of insect (or other) you might be seeing. |
I don't know what else I can say about the insects other than the larger ones clearly have antenna's. The wings on the larger ones are transparent like any other insect...I am unable to take a picture of them, but isn't there something that I've said that might come close to something that is known? Should I try to count the tiny legs of a dead one? Would the number of legs help you? |
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Let me guess, six legs? I'll take a chance with a member of the Mycetophilidae clan. |
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- Posted by day_by_day (My Page) on Sat, Jun 3, 06 at 22:00
It's impossible to count the number of legs without not squishing it first. Since these insects look like they are feeding on the wood of the windowsill, I can only assume they are some type of woodeater. I just saw one of them crawl out of a crack in the wood of the windowsill near where the windowsill itself and the metal frame of the window pane meet and crawled back in. I don't have a magnifying glass, but it appears to me that there are minute wood shillings leftover on the edge of the window pane metal frame near the crack in the wood of the windowsill. Is it a definite possibility that it is some kind of woodeater, but not a termite since termites are much bigger in size. These are no more than an 1/8th of an inch in length and are even slimmer in width. This last one I saw I figure to be about 1/16th of an inch, but this one looked more darker brown than the others. |
I would be tempted to call in a professional, bugged. You can't rely on us to try to ID this troubling 'bug' sight unseen. Especially when you are suspicious that it might be doing some damage. Right? This critter may be taking advantage of a moisture situation, of dry rot, or other situations that have nothing to do with damaging your home. But wouldn't you rather find out for CERTAIN? If it were my home, I'd be looking through the yellow pages tomorrow. |
- Posted by day_by_day (My Page) on Thu, Jun 8, 06 at 22:49
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Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) | New International Version (NIV) |
1 But you, explain what kind of behavior goes along with sound teaching. | 1 You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine. |
2 Tell the older men to be serious, sensible, self-controlled and sound in their trust, love and perseverance. | 2 Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance. |
3 Likewise, tell the older women to behave the way people leading a holy life should. They shouldn't be slanderers or slaves to excessive drinking. They should teach what is good, | 3 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. |
4 thus training the younger women to love their husbands and children, | 4 Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, |
5 to be self-controlled and pure, to take good care of their homes and submit to their husbands. In this way, God's message will not be brought into disgrace. | 5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God. |
6 Similarly, urge the young men to be self-controlled, | 6 Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled. |
7 and in everything set them an example yourself by doing what is good. When you are teaching, have integrity and be serious; | 7 In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness |
8 let everything you say be so wholesome that an opponent will be put to shame because he will have nothing bad to say about us. | 8 and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us. |
9 Tell slaves to submit to their masters in everything, to give satisfaction without talking back | 9 Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, |
10 or pilfering. On the contrary, they should demonstrate complete faithfulness always, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Deliverer more attractive. | 10 and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive. |
11 For God's grace, which brings deliverance, has appeared to all people. | 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. |
12 It teaches us to renounce godlessness and worldly pleasures, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives now, in this age; | 12 It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, |
13 while continuing to expect the blessed fulfillment of our certain hope, which is the appearing of the Sh'khinah of our great God and the appearing of our Deliverer, Yeshua the Messiah. | 13 while we wait for the blessed hope--the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, |
14 He gave himself up on our behalf in order to free us from all violation of Torah and purify for himself a people who would be his own, eager to do good. | 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. |
15 These are the things you should say. Encourage and rebuke with full authority; don't let anyone look down on you. | 15 These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you. |
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. (The Complete Jewish Bible Online) | Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |


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Louis Vuitton Luggage: What Is It? What Is It Worth?
Professional appraiser Helaine Fendelman identifies and evaluates your collectibles and antiques
What Is It?
In the 1850s, Parisian boxmaker Louis Vuitton began designing luxurious compartmental trunks. By 1858, Vuitton impressed his wealthy clientele by introducing the first flattop slat trunk. Prior to his new design, trunks featured dome lids, which were hard to stack aboard ships. The flattops incorporated poplar frames, embossed coated canvas, and brass hardware with a patented tumbler lock, and they were customized with a client's initials.
What to Look For
"Purchase trunks from a reputable antiques dealer who can highlight any special features or restorations on a vintage trunk," says Debra Manning, vice president of Hermitage Antiques in Dallas. Condition is key, because examples were used for travel. Many still contain the original hangers, drawers, and storage boxes. In 1922, a wardrobe was on sale for $115 to $150. Today prices start at $1,500 for vintage trunks in mediocre condition and $7,000 for ones in good shape.