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Andaz Wall Street
75 Wall Street, New York City, NY, USA
Neighborhood: Manhattan - Financial District
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When some big chains venture into boutique-hotel territory, the result is basically the same old chain hotel, with an extra helping of funky plastic furniture. Not so with the Hyatt group's Andaz sub-brand. The hotels under the Andaz banner are about more than just design; they're boutique in philosophy as well, each one of them intensely localized — the London and West Hollywood outposts are as different as their respective cities, and a hotel doesn't get much more Lower Manhattan than the Andaz Wall Street.
The casual deskless check-in sets the tone for a stay that's not exactly typical. Today's Wall Street leaves the traditional Gotham look to Midtown, and the Andaz, designed by New York's own Rockwell Group, follows suit. You can expect the glossy finishes and lavish fittings of a luxury hotel that's located at the heart of the financial world, but there's also a healthy dose of downtown hipster funk, from the rough brick walls in the bedrooms to the impeccably sourced farm-fresh cuisine. And underneath it all is a high-end hotel by a group that certainly knows high-end — the bathrooms, for example, are as luxurious as those in any Park or Grand Hyatt, just a little sexier, in patented Manhattan black-on-black.
- Complimentary upgrade upon hotel check-in, based upon availability
- One complimentary glass of champagne or one cocktail, per guest, upon arrival
- A 15% Discount in our restaurant, Wall & Water
- Guaranteed 3 PM late check out
- 253 Rooms
- Style: Cutting-Edge
- Atmosphere: Lively
- 100 Guest Reviews
- Andaz Wall Street
- 75 Wall Street
- New York City, NY, USA
- Neighborhood: Manhattan - Financial District
Hotel amenities and services
- 24 hour concierge
- 24 hour front desk
- 24 hour gym
- Babysitting (on request)
- Bar
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Central air conditioning
- Free wi-fi
- Lounge
- Luggage storage
- Multi-lingual staff
- Pet Friendly
- Pets allowed (charges apply)
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Shopping area nearby
- Spa
- Spa treatments (on request)
- Wake-up service
Other New York City hotels
100 Guest Reviews
All reviews are from Tablet guests with verified stays.
- Cameron
- Stayed November 2013
- Rating: Good
What I liked:
Extremely good value for NYC and just a subway ride from rest of Manhattan.
Lively atmosphere but not noisy.
What the hotel could do better:
Nothing, had a wonderful stay!
- John
- Stayed November 2013
- Rating: Excellent
What I liked:
Very large, well designed rooms. Quiet. Courteous staff.
What the hotel could do better:
Nothing, had a wonderful stay!
- Dave
- Stayed October 2013
- Rating: Good
What I liked:
A classy hotel in a great location. Our room was large, with many fascinating cleverly- designed features. We found all the staff we encountered to be friendly, knowledgeable and helpful. A hotel we can recommend.
What the hotel could do better:
Only on thing - the room was to hot and stuffy. Outside the fall temperatures were in the 70's and very comfortable. We asked for the air conditioning to be checked but were advised the problem was the heating for the building had been activated some days prior. Apparently the only solution was to open a window. This fixed the temperature problem, but the street noise was over-powering!


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Shayanna Jenkins, the fiancée of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is standing by her man.
Shayanna is now refusing to talk to police per Aaron's the request. Boston.com reports that Aaron unsealed document states that he shut down her contact with authorities when he called and told her that "sports agent said she should not speak with police'' without a lawyer present.
Aaron, 23, was arrested on June 26 and charged with the murder of semi-pro football player, Odin Lloyd. He pleaded not guilty and is currently being held in Bristol County Jail in Massachusetts.
Odin, 27 was found dead on June 17 in an industrial park near Aaron's house. Aaron and two other individuals were seen with Lloyd in surveillance cameras hours before Odin was killed, according to ESPN Boston. Investigators have reported that Aaron's home security videos
Shayanna and Aaron were planning on tying the knot while he is behind bars so that she would not have to testify against him, they shouldn't invite any guest to the nuptials just yet.
"I don't subscribe to that. I feel that those rights are things that you access on the outside, if you're a good citizen," said Bristol County Sheriff, Thomas Hodgson reports the Huffington Post.

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National team competitions
Every fortnight leading up to EuroBasket Women 2013, fibaeurope.com's undercover expert ranks the 16 teams headed for France. Here are the inaugural rankings.
The Olympic silver medalists are not only playing at home next summer, but also have two teams on track for the play-offs in the EuroLeague Women. Players like Elodie Godin are in fine form.
New Russian coach Alfredas Vainauskas has a fantastic pool of talent with experienced players and a younger generation waiting to make their mark. A question mark remains over Maria Stepanova, who was pushing for a Russian head coach.
The Turks are not going to be a one-show after their silver medal in 2011. Galatasaray and Fenerbahce are amongst the strongest teams in EuroLeague Women whilst Nevriye Yilmaz is close to making her EuroLeague Women comeback.
Croatia's injury woes can be overlooked, due to the fact that Matea Vrdoljak and Mirna Mazic are performing well for Novi Zagreb and Sandra Mandir is not slowing down a bit at the age of 35.
The Czech teams in the EuroLeague Women are underperforming with Eva Viteckova's stats at a five-year low. Still, they have a talent-level that is superior to most other teams and Tereza Peckova is turning into a reliable threat.
Alba Torrens is finally back and La Roja will hope their most talented player reaches her top form before she reports to training camp. Silvia Dominguez has played well for EuroLeague Women front-runners UMMC.
The fact that Jelena Dubljevic and Jelena Skerovic play together at club level further strengthens a team that already had great chemistry at EuroBasket Women 2011.
A solid qualification campaign has been followed by successful showings of Kosice and Ruzomberok in Europe with Ruzomberok relying heavily on domestic players. A deep run in the EuroCup Women should further boost the confidence of the Slovaks.
Schio are a real threat in EuroLeague Women with a host of domestic players contributing in a big way. After a strong Qualification Round, Italy seem to be back on track.
Belarus appear to be in trouble getting their best players on board in the likes of Yelena Leuchanka, and Tatiana Troina who is still recovering from an ACL injury.
Lithuania have some young talent around in the likes of Giedre Paugaite and Marina Solopova. Without a team in the EuroLeague Women it is uncertain how well the rest of the team is prepared for the top level.
If coach Marina Maljkovic can summon her best team, Serbia can be a real threat. In the past however, that has been a problem. Jelena Milovanovic and Sonja Petrovic are the key names in this aspect.
The Swedes beat Spain twice in the Qualification Round and also had a team competing in EuroCup Women. The injury-plagued season of top-performer Frida Eldebrink however, is worrying for the Scandinavians.
Latvia only just qualified for the Final Round and are constantly in danger of losing marquee players. With a handful of key players uncertain, they must be considered strugglers at the moment.
Ukraine have promising players and if Alina Iagupova keeps developing into a star player, they might be a surprise package. A lack of depth in the squad leaves a lot of questions though.
GB's issues are more off-court, with funding seriously cut down and a new head coach yet to be appointed. Johanna Leedham joining Bourges is a small ray of hope.


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HAZARD-Several students from Hazard Community and Technical College (HCTC) traveled to Frankfort on March 19 as part of the leadership training associated with the student ambassadors program.
The students had the opportunity to meet with Representative Fitz Steel and Senator Brandon Smith while in the capitol as well as viewing an active Senate session.
Dr. Stephen Greiner, president of HCTC traveled with the students to Frankfort.
Greiner said, "We have the student ambassador's organization here and the purpose of student ambassadors in multi-fold. They are involved in campus and community service but in addition it's an opportunity to develop some leadership training."
It gives them an opportunity to not only visit state government but to visit individually with state government legislatures that represent all seven of our counties. It also affords the students an opportunity to talk with the elected officials individually about matters of concern that they have in the county or matters of interest they may have, Greiner went on to say.
Greiner said that the college intended to make this trip with the students an annual event.
"We've only had the ambassadors for two years and we've done this for two years, and we intend to continue to do this because one of the things that we find is that several of our ambassadors have never visited the state capitol" Greiner said.
The students that traveled to Frankfort were Tiffany Quinlan, Will Padgett and Sonya Fields.
Gwendolyn Holliday can be reached at 606-436-5771, or on Twitter @HazardHerald


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I'm not a big fan of mast-based furling systems, whether they furl in the mast or in a foil behind the mast. They ruin the air flow over the sail, they have a high potential to jam—particularly in heavy winds, the sails are hard to get good shape on because of the furling system, and they add a fair amount of weight aloft.
I would ditch it and go with lazy jacks and slab reefing or a Dutchman system. Much more reliable, much better sail shape, much less expensive and much less weight aloft.
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Deidre Elizabeth Wiley and Paul Joseph Konczakowski were married June 17 in Lawrenceville. Father Jack Durkin Jr. officiated the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of J. David and Cynthia Wiley of Suwanee. She is a 2001 graduate of North Gwinnett High School, a 2005 graduate of the University of Georgia, where she received a bachelor's degree in English education, and a 2009 graduate of Walden University, where she received a master's degree in literacy and learning. She is employed with Gwinnett County Schools as a language arts teacher.
The groom is the son of Peter and Barbara Konczakowski of Wexford, Pa. He is a 2002 graduate of North Allegheny High School and a 2006 graduate of Duquesne University, where he received a bachelor's degree in business administration. He is employed with H.J. Heinz Company.
Jennifer Troncalli of Nesbit, Miss., served as the matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Lauren Addington of Atlanta, Krysta Choskey of Suwanee, Katelin Connor of Lilburn, Amanda Lancaster of Atlanta, and Ashley Procter of Lawrenceville.
Matthew Konczakowski of State College, Pa., and Jeffrey Shugars of Thornton, Colo., served as best men. Groomsmen were Colin McGettigan of Pittsburgh, Matthew McGettigan of Wexford, Pa., Justin Pulasky of Cranberry Township, Pa., and Kevin Shugars of Wexford, Pa.
After a honeymoon to Italy, the couple resides in Suwanee.
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3) In addition, if this is your 1st time playing sports for Salem High School, you also need to watch and print out a form from the Liability Waiver Process Video. To view the video, please go back to the Athletic Home page and you'll see the liability waiver process video towards the bottom half of the page.


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Re: Anyone have their davits set up for one person to use?
One can implement a single line lift by using a spreader bar slightly longer than the distance between lift points on the boat at the level of the boat. The slings attached to the boat are connected to the spreader bar fore'n aft at the lift points. A (multi-part) lift line is attached to the motor end of the boat with the line led over a block at the davit and back to the block at the spreader bar, then along the length of the spreader to a single block at the forward end of the boat above the forward slings, around that 90º and up to a single block at the second davit and from there, through lead blocks, through a cam-cleat and to a convenient winch or horned cleat. Assuming one has to lift a combined weight (motor and boat) of 200#, a 5:1 tackle at the aft davit would require only 40# of tension in the lift line. Because of the spreader bar, both ends of the boat must raise at the same rate. If the foregoing is unclear, I can make a sketch but it's really not complicated.
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I wanted to post a little more history about the Iron Works. This is excerpted, added to and edited for brevity without permission from a brochure published by the Rockingham County Historical Society, written by Lindley S. Butler;
Speedwell Furnace (locally known as the Ironworks) was important as a crossroads store, polling place and grist mill for nearly one hundred and fifty years. As the site of one of the few colonial ironworks in the state, Speedwell Furnace offers the historian much information about the little known North Carolina iron industry. (It was illegal during the colonial period to smelt iron. Iron was only allowed to be imported from England.) Furthermore, around Speedwell furnace was an important bivouac fortified during Nathaniel Greene's southern campaign, which led to the final defeat of the British at Yorktown and to American independence.
Troublesome Creek became the location of Speedwell Furnace for two reasons – water power and available iron ore. The creek crosses the extreme northern end of a belt of titaniferous iron ore that runs from Davidson County to southern Rockingham County. The ore has too high a concentration of titanium dioxide to be a good source of iron, which may explain why Speedwell Furnace only operated successfully for two years.
The first ironworks was established in 1770. The advent of the War for Independence brought a resolution from the Provincial Congress in 1776 " to purchase and repair the iron works in Guilford County (now Rockingham County) for casting pieces of ordinance, shot and other warlike implements for the use of this Province."
In 1781, during General Greene's epic retreat to the Dan River following the battle of The (Hanna's) Cowpens, several roads in the area were involved in the complicated maneuvering by both armies. While in pursuit of Colonel Otho William's Light Infantry, British Colonel Banstre Tarleton's Cavalry camped at the ironworks on February 13
Following the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 15
, the American army retreated to Speedwell Furnace and remained there several days to recuperate. General Greene had chosen the site as the location of a second battle with Cornwallis, whom he expected to pursue. The attack never came, as the British had been badly mauled by the Americans and they were very low on supplies. It is assumed that the forge and furnace were in ruins at the end of the war.
In 1784 Peter and Constantine Perkins attempted to establish another ironworks on the site, but it appears not to have succeeded. It was sold to George Hairston and John Marr, who operated the furnace until 1792. George Washington visited the ironworks during his southern tour in 1791.
By 1810 the works had become a grist mill owned by James Patrick. Alexander Sneed reported that "Flour of the first quality is manufactured here, which finds a ready market at Petersburg and Fayetteville."
The Patrick family continued to own a share of the property until after the Civil War. In 1870 the mill produced 600 barrels of flour, 3700 bushels of cornmeal, and the sawmill handled 40,000 feet of lumber. The mill burned and was rebuilt in 1915. It continued to operate under various owners until after WWII, when it was finally closed.
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You have the following pages in the application:
● FILE CATEGORIES. All files in internal and external storage,SD card or USB device are presented in a structured way:
By category (documents, videos, music, etc.)
By file size (large, large, medium, etc.).
● My Storages page displays the summary statistics for available storage.
● Drives Usage Sunburst is an Intuitive and effective way to display the data on the device. Simply drill-in and you will discover inner data universe. If you have used WinDirStat, Linux Baobab, Disk Space Fun or TreeSize you are welcome!
● Top 10 Files mode shows you where all the free space on the device has disappeared
● Quick Search mode shows the result of search or a content of a chosen category.
Clicking on the file shows context menu with a open or delete the document, discover its properties.
Long click on the category or extension will put contained files to the Quick Search page.
Application contains beautiful widget with clear design. Widget allows to control disk space from a launch screen and displays free and occupied space of internal storage. Widget can be resized if your android os version allows it.
# The application is OPTIMIZED for phones (2.3.6) and tablets (3.0 and above).
# Application is still in development, so there may be unexpected force closes. Better FEEDBACK than low rating. Thank you!
AppMgr III (App 2 SD)
AppMgr (also known as App 2 SD) is a totally new design app that provides the following components:
★ Move apps: moves apps to either internal or external storage for getting more available app storage
★ Hide apps: hides system (built-in) apps from the app drawer
★ Freeze apps: freeze apps so they won't use any CPU or memory resources
★ App manager: manages apps for batch uninstalling, moving apps or sharing apps with friends
* Over 30,000,000 Downloads! *
★ up-to-date UI style, themes
★ batch uninstall apps
★ batch move apps to external storage
★ notify when movable apps installed
★ hide apps from app drawer
★ freeze apps to a stop state
★ 1-tap to clear all cache
★ batch clear apps cache or data
★ batch view apps on Google Play
★ export the app list
★ install apps from the exported app list
★ No ads (PRO-only)
★ quick uninstall or move an app by drag-n-drop
★ sort apps by name, size or installation time
★ share customized app list with friends
★ support home screen widgets
★ support Android 2/3/4/5
★ support "Move2SD Enabler"
★ customizable notification sound, vibrate and light
Move apps
Are you running out of application storage? Do you hate having to check each and every app if it supports moving to the SD card? Do you want an app that automatically does this for you and can notify you when an app can be moved? This component streamlines the movement of apps to on your device's external or internal storage through your device's Settings. With this, you'll have more control over your ever expanding collection of apps. This is crucial to anyone who has memory management issues.
Hide apps
You don't care for all the apps your carrier adds to Android? Well, now you can get rid of them! This component enables you to hide system (built-in) apps from the app drawer.
Freeze apps
You can freeze apps so they won't use any CPU or memory resources and consume zero-battery. It's good for you to freeze apps that you would like to keep in device, but don't want them to run or be uninstalled.
We have been selected as a Google I/O 2011 Developer Sandbox partner, for its innovative design and advanced technology.
* Move apps function may not work on your device as manufacture removes the function of moving apps to SD from Android system
* Read user's manual or FAQ by going to: AppMgr > Settings > About
Arabic-Mohamed Hany
Bulgarian-Димитър Димитров
Croatian-Bruno Švorinić
Czech-Michal Fiurášek
Danish-Christian Stangegaard Kappelgaard
Dutch-Niko Strijbol
Filipino-Vincent C. V. Estrellado
Finnish-Teemu Paavola
French-Jérémy Roth (JeremX)
Galician-Xesús M. Mosquera Carregal
German-Wolfgang Dinter
Greek-George Georgiadis
Indonesian-Khairul Agasta
Italian-Luca Trevisan
Macedonian-Петар Пехчевски
Norwegian-Mathias Aavik
Polish-Kamil Szymański, Grzegorz Jabłoński
Portuguese-Altieres Lima da Silva, , Luis Barbosa de Assis Junior
Romanian-Stelian Balinca
Russian-Павел Алексеев
Serbian-Branko Radičević
Slovak-Patrik Žec
Slovenian-Matevž Kersnik
Spanish-Lahiri López
Swedish-Henrik Andersson
Tamil-KUMAR D
Telugu-Venkat Kamesh
Thai-Pimlada Singsanga
Turkish-Kutay KuFTi
Ukrainian-Михайло Грицина
Urdu-Hafiz Muhammad Moin Ud Din
Vietnamese-Phong Quang PdaViet
If you are interested in helping us to translate this app to your native language, please let me know. Thanks.
Folder Size
Be careful! Delete files carefully, otherwise you may harm some of your programs or loose personal data.
Main features:
• Browse file system on your device
• Show size summary for folders and files
• Open files
• Delete files and folders (long tap)
• Copy current folder path
Memory Map — Disk Cleaner
You want to translate the app to your language? Enroll here: http://goo.gl/gC8ZRw. Of course you'll be credited for it in this page and in the app! :-)
Featured by:
— Appxoid http://www.appxoid.com/
— Appium http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.appium
— Androidgalaxys http://www.androidgalaxys.net/
— TuttoAndroid http://www.tuttoandroid.net/
— Appllio http://appllio.com/
— Androidiani http://www.androidiani.com/
Thanks to Enzo Marangoni for the italian translation, Antipov Dmitriy for the russian translation, and Michał Ćwiek for the polish translation. Thanks to all beta testers, including @AleksThomas, @Piwai, @dam_villeneuve, @robinpenea, @BluePyth, @Thiboid. Special thanks to Ben Sumner for his very detailed feedbacks and his very good ideas!
Send to SD card
This application works with your device filesystem, including filesystem on internal device memory and/or SD cards. If you don't know what the filesystem is, where the device's camera stores photos and where the Gallery application searches your photos/media files, and you don't have any experience with a file manager, please don't use this application.
In Android KitKat is not legally possible to write files to any location on external SD card. So the functionality of the app limits to internal storage on KitKat. If you have a rooted device you can try a fix: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
Please note that "Send to SD card" cannot send applications to SD card by itself. It can only save files which are sent by another applications.
For details see http://code.google.com/p/sendtosd-android/wiki/FAQ
How to use:
* Choose "Send" or "Share" menu item in any application
* Choose "SD card"
* Choose any folder on SD card
* Tap "Copy here"
You can easy:
* Organize your photos.
* Organize your files.
Memory usage
Using this app you can analyse your disc usage and delete files or folders you do not need.
From version 1.0.0 we added "File size bar" feature. This feature helps visually detect large files and compare file sizes.
SD File Manager
* Cut, copy and paste progress dialog.
* Compress and decompress (extract) support (ZIP)
* Thumbnail for photo and pictures files
* Root Explorer for rooted devices
* Support file shortcut on Favorites for easily access
* Sort by name, size or last modified
* Send and share files
* Open any file
* Play media files with your favorite apps
* Support many languages: English, French, Spanish, etc.
* The best (optimized) resolution and theme for each system version: Kitkat, Jelly Bean, Ice Cream Sandwich, Gingerbread, Froyo, Eclair
File Manager (Wifi Transfer)
Developed by the Clean Master team
Highlights of File Manager
☆ Fully featured:Cut, copy, paste, delete, compress, decompress, search and more.
☆ Cloud support:Switch between local and cloud files - supports Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, SkyDrive and more.
☆ Wi-Fi File transfer:Use your PC to wirelessly edit your mobile files using FTP.
☆ Super convenient:View files by type (image, audio, video, recent, download etc.), use a widget to access folders in one tap from the homescreen.
☆ Multiple protocols: Supports file transfers using FTP, FTPS, SFTP, WebDAV and LAN/SMB, stream media from LAN/SMB/FTP/WebDAV/Cloud without downloading.
Supported languages
English, Arabic, Czech, German, Greek, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Bahasa Indonesian, Hebrew, Finnish, Hindi, Croatian and Serbian
Total Commander - file manager
Main features:
- Copy, Move whole subdirs
- Drag & Drop (long press on file icon, move icon)
- Inplace rename, create directories
- Delete (no recycle bin)
- Zip and unzip, unrar
- Properties dialog, change permissions
- Built-in text editor
- Search function (also for text)
- Select/unselect groups of files
- Select by tapping on file icons
- Select range: Long tap+release on icon
- List of installed Apps (built-in plugin)
- FTP and SFTP client (plugin)
- WebDAV (Web folders) (plugin)
- LAN access (plugin)
- Plugins for cloud services: Google Drive, Microsoft Live, Dropbox
- Root support for the main functions (optional)
- Send files via Bluetooth (OBEX)
- Thumbnails for pictures
- Two panels side by side, or virtual two panel mode
- Bookmarks
- Directory history
- Media player which can stream directly from LAN, WebDAV and cloud plugins
- Configurable button bar for changing directories, internal commands, launching apps, and sending shell commands
- Simple help function in English, German, Russian, Ukrainian and Czech
- Optimizations for visually impaired, like text for icons
- Supported languages of the main program: English, German, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.
- Public translation via http://crowdin.net/project/total-commander
About the new permission "SuperUser":
This permission is now requested to make Total Commander work better on rooted devices. It tells the SuperUser app that Total Commander suports root functions. It has no effect if your device is not rooted. Root functions allow Total Commander to write to system folders like /system or /data. You will be warned before anything is written if the partition is write protected.
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WiFi Keyboard
It works as ordinary input method. You can use terminal or type SMS ...
Use WiFi for low latency input. 3G may be blocked by some carriers. USB connection works best, but require some technical knowledge and connected cable.
Internet Explorer is not supported and can be unstable. Recommended browser is Chrome.
Source Code (GPL2)
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Send to Computer
When reading web pages on my android I would like sometimes to take a look at it on my computer when at home.
This is it! Open our site in a browser on your computer, scan displayed barcode on your phone and you can send pages from your phone to the browser. It will open up in new windows.
No registration required.
Source available under open source GPL-2 licence.
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Baby Puzzle
Online library of tiles! Just press MENU. Add your own tiles at website: http://babypuzzle.appspot.com
New: Simple version for 1 year old children.
- Internet - to download new tiles
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Ashish O Sureka, MD
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University of Louisville Cultural Center
Early Arrival Program
The Cultural Center Early Arrival Program (EAP) was created to help assist under-represented students participating in the Cultural Center retention programs with their transition from high school to college. Through an enriching series of discussions, events and networking activities the program aims to teach students to be an active and engaged student at the University of Louisville.
African American Male Initiative: This track will aid scholars AAMI participants in their successful transition to college life at the University of Louisville. Contact: Joey Wilkerson 502-852-4770
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Investment Banking Workshop
The Investment Banking Workshop is an exclusive program that is a combination of traditional corporate finance and accounting courses with a practitioner's approach teaching students how to "play the game of investment banking". Sophomores are admitted late in the spring semester, and have intense focus on the financial services industry, the practice of investment banking, and the analyst's role in the investment banking process.
For the capstone of a junior's experience, completed in the spring semester, alumni teach students how to achieve high performance during the summer internship. Seniors focus on career management techniques promoting the student's ability to accelerate and enhance career development, as well as wealth creation tactics and strategies. Seniors, post-internship, become leaders, coaches, and mentors of younger students.
Thank you for your interest in the IBW. The application for the IBW Class of 2017 is now closed.
Students interested in careers in investment management should visit kelley.iu.edu/imw/
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Compugen is a leading drug discovery company focused on monoclonal antibodies and therapeutic proteins to address important unmet needs in the fields of oncology and immunology. The Company utilizes a broad and continuously growing integrated infrastructure of proprietary scientific understandings and predictive platforms, algorithms, machine learning systems and other computational biology capabilities for the in silico (by computer) prediction and selection of novel drug target candidates, which are then advanced in its Pipeline Program. The discovery and development of monoclonal antibody therapeutic candidates against selected Compugen-discovered novel target candidates is performed by Compugen's wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary located in South San Francisco. The Company's business model includes collaborations covering the further development and commercialization of product candidates at various stages from its Pipeline Program and various forms of research and discovery agreements, in both cases providing Compugen with potential milestone payments and royalties on product sales or other forms of revenue sharing.
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Ontario Hockey League Game Day Preview for Wednesday November 7 2012
Pictured is Daniel Catenacci who leads the Owen Sound Attack with 24 points (11 G, 13 A) and a +11 rating.
He was scoreless in their last game vs. Kitchener but racked up 3 goals and 3 assists in the back to back games vs. the last place Erie Otters last weekend.
Guelph at Owen Sound
In the only game of the night, the slumping Storm squad visit the #1 team in the OHL. The Attack are atop the standing with a record of 12-2-1-2 whereas Guelph are close with a record of 11-6-0-1.
Last weekend Owen Sound won handily in back to back games at Erie PA with scores of 6-1 and 6-3. On Sunday they would venture into Kitchener where they would drop a gritty 3-2 overtime decision to the rebounding Rangers. The Guelph Storm were impressive in their 4-1 home win last Friday night vs. the Oshawa Generals. They would then travel to Niagara where they would run into the smoking hot Ritchie / Strome / Theoret
line and get blasted 9-4. Things did not get any better on Sunday when the Knights came into Guelph and handed the spiralling Storm a 3-0 loss.
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Desktop search
Desktop search tools search within a user's own computer files as opposed to searching the Internet. These tools are designed to find information on the user's PC, including web browser history, e-mail archives, text documents, sound files, images, and video.
One of the main advantages of desktop search programs is that search results are displayed quickly due to the use of proper indexes.
A variety of desktop search programs are now available; see this list for examples.
Desktop search emerged as a concern for large firms for two main reasons: untapped productivity and security. On the one hand, users needs to be able to quickly find relevant files, but on the other hand, they shouldn't have access to restricted files. According to analyst firm Gartner, up to 80% of some companies' data is locked up inside unstructured data — the information stored on an end user's PC, the directories (folders) and files they've created on a network, documents stored in repositories such as corporate intranets and a multitude of other locations.[1] Moreover, many companies have structured or unstructured information stored in older file formats to which they don't have ready access.
Companies doing business in the United States are frequently required under regulatory mandates like Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and FERPA to make sure that access to sensitive information is 100% controlled. This creates a challenge for IT organizations, which may not have a desktop search standard, or lack strict central control over end users downloading tools from the Internet. Some consumer-oriented desktop search tools make it possible to generate indexes outside the corporate firewall and share those indexes with unauthorized users. In some cases, end users are able to index — but not preview — items they should not even know exist.[citation needed]
Historically, full desktop search comes from the work of Apple Computer's Advanced Technology Group, resulting in the underlying AppleSearch technology in the early 1990s. It was used to build the Sherlock search engine and then developed into Spotlight, which brought automated, non-timer-based full indexing into the operating system.
Most desktop search engines build and maintain an index database to achieve reasonable performance when searching several gigabytes of data. Indexing usually takes place when the computer is idle and most search applications can be set to suspend indexing if a portable computer is running on batteries, in order to save power. There are notable exceptions, however: Voidtools' Everything Search Engine,[2] which performs searches over only filenames — not the files' contents — for NTFS volumes only, is able to build its index from scratch in just a few seconds. Another exception is Vegnos Desktop Search Engine,[3] which performs searches over filenames and files' contents without building any indices. The benefits to not having indices is that, in addition to not requiring persistent storage, more powerful queries (e.g., regular expressions) can be issued, whereas indexed search engines are limited to keyword-based queries. An index may also not be up-to-date, when a query is performed. In this case, results returned will not be accurate (that is, a hit may be shown when it is no longer there, and a file may not be shown, when in fact it is a hit). Some products, such as Lookeen,[4] have sought to remedy this disadvantage by building a real-time indexing function into the software. There are disadvantages to not indexing. Namely, the time to complete a query can be significant, and the issued query can also be resource-intensive.
Desktop search tools typically collect three types of information about files:
- file and folder names
- metadata, such as titles, authors, comments in file types such as MP3, PDF and JPEG
- file content (for supported types of documents only)
To search effectively within documents, the tools need to be able to parse many different types of documents. This is achieved by using filters that interpret selected file formats. For example, a Microsoft Office Filter might be used to search inside Microsoft Office documents.
Long-term goals for desktop search include the ability to search the contents of image files, sound files and video by context.[5][6]
The sector attracted considerable attention from the struggle between Microsoft and Google.[7] According to market analysts, both companies were attempting to leverage their monopolies (of web browsers and search engines, respectively) to strengthen their dominance. Due to Google's complaint that users of Windows Vista cannot choose any competitor's desktop search program over the built-in one, an agreement was reached between US Justice Department and Microsoft that Windows Vista Service Pack 1 would enable users to choose between the built-in and other desktop search programs, and select which one is to be the default.[8]
As of September, 2011, Google ended life for Google Desktop, a program designed to make it easy for users to search their own PCs for emails, files, music, photos, Web pages and more.[9]
X1 and Lookeen are two of the leading desktop search products on the market. They are software alternatives to Windows Desktop and Outlook Search, helping business professional sift through desktop files, emails, attachments, SharePoint data, and more.,[10][11]
Platforms & their histories[edit]
There are three main platforms that desktop search falls into. Windows, Mac OS & Linux. This article will focus on the history of these search platforms, the features they had, and how those features evolved.
Today's Windows Search replaced WDS (Windows Desktop Search). WDS, in turn, replaced Indexing Service. A "a base service that extracts content from files and constructs an indexed catalog to facilitate efficient and rapid searching"[12] Indexing service was originally released in August 1996, it was built in order to speed up manually searching for files on Personal Desktops and Corporate Computer Network. Indexing service helped by using Microsoft web servers to index files on the desired hard drives. Indexing was done by file format. By using terms that users provided, a search was conducted that matched terms to the data within the file formats. The largest issue that Indexing service faced was the fact that every time a file was added, it had to be indexed. This coupled with the fact that the indexing cached the entire index in RAM, made the hardware a huge limitation.[13] This made indexing large amounts of files require extremely powerful hardware and very long wait times.
In 2003, Windows Desktop Search (WDS) replaced Microsoft Indexing Service. Instead of only matching terms to the details of the file format and file names, WDS brings in content indexing to all Microsoft files and text-based formats such as e-mail and text files. This means, that WDS looked into the files and indexed the content. Thus, when a user searched a term, WDS no longer matched just information such as file format types and file names, but terms, and values stored within those files. WDS also brought "Instant searching" meaning the user could type a character and the query would instantly start searching and updating the query as the user typed in more characters.[14] Windows Search apparently used up a lot of processing power, as Windows Desktop Search would only run if it was directly queried or while the PC was idle. Even only running while directly queried or while the computer was idled, indexing the entire hard drive still took hours. The index would be around 10% of the size of all the files that it indexed. For example, if the indexed files amounted to around 100GB of space, the index would, itself, be 10GB large.
With the release of Windows Vista came Windows Search 3.1. Unlike it's predecessors WDS and Windows Search 3.0, 3.1 could search through both indexed and non indexed locations seamlessly. Also, the RAM and CPU requirements were greatly reduced. Cutting back indexing times immensely. This brings us to the Windows Search 4.0 which is currently running on all PCs with Windows 7 and up.
Mac OS
Mac OS was the first to fully implement Desktop Search, it allowed users to fully search all documents with in their Macintosh computer. This means file format types, meta-data on those file formats and the content within the files. Released in 1994 two years before Windows Search was released, AppleSearch already had content searching. The biggest issue that AppleSearch had large resource requirements "AppleSearch requires at least a 68040 processor and 5MB of RAM."[15] A Macintosh computer that had these specs cost around $1400 in today's dollars that's around $2050.[16] On top of that, the software it self cost around $1400 for a single licenses.
In 1997, Sherlock was released alongside Mac OS 8.5. Sherlock, named after the famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, was integrated into Mac OS's file browser: Finder. Sherlock extended the desktop search to the World Wide Web. Allowing users to now search locally and externally. Adding the web to Sherlock was relatively easy as the plugins only needed to be written in a plain text file. Sherlock was included in every single Mac OS 8, 9 and 10 until 10.5.
Spotlight was released in 2005, on Mac OSX 10.4, is a Selection-based search which means the user invokes a query using only the mouse. It allows the user to search the Internet for more information about any keyword or phrase contained within a document or webpage. Spotlight also uses a built-in Oxford American Dictionary and calculator to offer quick access to definitions and small calculations.[17] While Spotlight had an initially long start-up time (for first time set up). The entire hard disk was indexed, and as files are added to the hard disk, the index is constantly being updated in the background. This is done using minimal CPU & RAM resources, making searching relatively easy and quick.
For Linux, we will primarily cover the Ubuntu distribution as it was and currently is still the most popular version of Linux. Strangely enough, Ubuntu didn't have desktop search until Feisty Fawn 7.04. Using Tracker[18] desktop search, the desktop search feature was very similar to Mac OS's AppleSearch and Sherlock. Considering the fact that both are UNIX based systems. Tracker, was released in late 2007 was built to have a relatively low impact on system resources. But unfortunately occasionally had sporadic control over what resources it was using. It not only featured the basic features of file format sorting, and meta-data matching, but support for searching through emails and messages (instant messages) was added. Years later, in 2014 Recoll[19] was added to Linux distributions, it works with other search programs such as Tracker and Beagle to provide efficient full text search. This greatly increased the types of queries that Linux desktop searches could handle as well as file types. The wonderful thing about Recoll is that it allows for greater customization of what is indexed. For example, Recoll will index the entire hard disk by default, but will and can index just a few select directories instead of wasting time indexing directories you know you will never need to look at. It also allows for more search options, you may actually narrow down what kind of query you want to ask. For example you could search for just file types or by content.[20]
See also[edit]
- ^ "Security special report: Who sees your data?", Computer Weekly, 2006-04-25.
- ^ "Everything Search Engine". voidtools. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ "Vegnos". Vegnos. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ "Real-Time Indexing and Lookeen 8". Lookeen. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ "The current state of video search", by Niall Kennedy
- ^ "The current state of audio search", by Niall Kennedy
- ^ "Search wars hit desktop computers". (Oct 2004) BBC News
- ^ "Microsoft agrees to change Vista Desktop Search Tool" (Jun 2007)
- ^ "Google Desktop Update" (Sept 2011)
- ^ "What do you do for desktop search in VDI and RDSH?". Blogpost by Brian Madden on brainmadden.com. Retrieved on March 25, 2015.
- ^ "X1 rises again with Desktop Search 8, Virtual Edition" (May 2013)
- ^ https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee805985%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
- ^ https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd582937%28v=office.11%29.aspx
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20110924212903/http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/technicalresources/techfaq.mspx
- ^ http://infomotions.com/musings/tricks/manuscript/1600-0001.html
- ^ http://stats.areppim.com/calc/calc_usdlrxdeflator.php
- ^ http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/04/12Apple-to-Ship-Mac-OS-X-Tiger-on-April-29.html
- ^ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2007/07/afirst-look-at-tracker-0-6-0/
- ^ http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/usermanual/index.html#RCL.INDEXING
- ^ http://archive09.linux.com/feature/114283
External links[edit]
- Keeper Finders, by Paul Boutin, Slate, December 31, 2004 — A comparison of Google, Ask Jeeves, HotBot, MSN and Copernic desktop search tools.
- GoebelGroup.com's desktop search tools comparison chart - Date of last update: 15 January 2007.
- A detailed comparison of desktop search tools - dated 2004.
- Comparison of desktop search software - Date of last update: March 2008
- TBox - DevTool, with ability to do fast search by text files


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Chris Lam is a business litigator who enjoys the responsibility of helping clients during challenging times and working to protect their businesses through either the defense or prosecution of claims. His professional accomplishments, leadership, and contributions to the community have been recognized by multiple publications and organizations.Chris has developed a diverse and successful litigation practice, representing both businesses and individuals, in disputes related to contracts, trade secrets, pharmaceutical product liability, defamation, non-competes, motorsports, and private equity investments. He has also represented professionals, including doctors, lawyers, and dentists, in disciplinary proceedings before their respective licensing boards.Chris serves as the point person for several clients, connecting them to the right firm lawyer in whatever discipline is needed for prompt, effective, and efficient resolution of that client's issue. He takes pride in being a one-stop call for assisting clients with needs including employment law, real estate, corporate, tax, and estate planning.Recognitions•Named one of North Carolina's 2013 Leaders in the Law byNC Lawyers Weekly•Named one of Charlotte's 2013 40 Under 40 by theCharlotte Business Journal•Named as a North CarolinaSuper Lawyer Rising Star (2010-2012)•Named asBusiness North Carolina Legal Elite Young Gun (2010)•UNC Law Pro Bono Alumni of the Year (2008) (Inaugural recipient)•Business Leader Media Pro Bono Impact Award (2008)•Mecklenburg County Bar Young Lawyer of the Year 2004-2005 (Inaugural recipient)•Named Guardian of the Environment by theThe Charlotte ObserverNotableMultiple representations of buyers and sellers in disputes arising out of corporate deals, including earnout disputes, indemnification claims, and merger challenges.•Defended franchisor portfolio company and directors and officers in numerous nationwide franchisee suits alleging breach of contract, fraud, and unfair and deceptive trade practices.•Obtained defense verdict for NASCAR owner in multi-million dollar unfair and deceptive trade practices suit based on alleged defamation and wrongful interference with contract.•Defended prominent civic and business leader in defamation action filed by former executive of area charitable organization.•Represented leading international insurance broker in lawsuit against major competitor and former executives for breach of non-solicitation agreements, unfair trade practices, misappropriation of trade secrets, and related claims.•Defending major pharmaceutical company in multi-district litigation alleging product liability for leading cancer drugs.•Obtained summary judgment for major financial consulting company in New Jersey Federal Court in multi-million dollar claim for alleged misappropriation of trade secrets and business interference.Outside Nexsen PruetBorn in Charlotte, but raised in Southern Pines, Chris had no choice but to play golf as a kid. He was introduced to the game by his dad, using clubs cut down by his grandfather. While the local junior golf program allowed him to play some of this state's best courses, Chris also made the most of the PGA Tour's visits to Pinehurst. He was a standard bearer during the 1991 and 1992 Tour Championships and volunteered as a marshal on the putting green during the 1999 US Open, in addition to broadcasting updates and reports on the tournament for a local radio station.Chris continues to love the game of golf, though his frequency of play is greatly reduced due to his chosen profession and two young children.Speaking & WritingRelated NewsLitigator Chris Lam Named to Forty Under 40 ListMarch 26, 2013•Chris Lam to Receive North Carolina Leaders in the Law AwardAugust 30, 2013•Chris Lam Appointed to Board of Visitors at Duke University's Sanford School of Public PolicyAugust 27, 2013•Chris Lam Honored with Leaders in the Law AwardSeptember 19, 2013 Related InsightsDefending Commercial Class Actions: Recent Cases May be Giving the Defense an EdgeFebruary 15, 2013OverviewSpeaker,Association of Corporate Counsel Contracts Symposium, November 2013, The Ps and Qs of Ts and Cs - Three Key Contract Provisions You Need When Trouble Comes: Warranty, Indemnification, Data Privacy.•Defending Commercial Class Actions: Recent Cases May be Giving the Defense an Edge. International Association of Defense Counsel Midyear Meeting, February 2013.•Co-Author,North Carolina General Practitioner's Guide to Litigation (2013), Federal Civil Practice chapter•Speaker,The Racing Attorney Conference (TRAC), 2010, Team and Driver Panel: Managing the Effects of a Changing Business Environment on Employment Agreements, Sponsorship Deals and Driver Contracts.


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In March 2005, A.M. Best received notification that it was recognized as an NRSRO by the Division of Market Regulation of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result of the recognition, Best's Credit Ratings may be used when distinguishing levels of creditworthiness required under numerous federal and state laws.
A.M. Best applied to be added to the list after it was granted NRSRO status, the NAIC said. The NAIC's valuation of securities task force approved the addition of A.M. Best, bringing the NAIC's list to five. A.M. Best joins Moody's, Standard & Poor's, Fitch and Dominion Bond Rating Service.
Insurance regulators allow most securities bought by insurance companies and rated by an NRSRO to qualify as filing exempt, the NAIC said. Filing exempt securities allow insurers to report these holdings to regulators without submitting them to the securities valuation office, the NMC said.
"State regulators continually seek ways to gain efficiencies and leverage the credit assessment work done by others such as the NRSRO to preserve limited SVO resources," Howard Mills, chairman of the valuation of securities task force and New York's insurance superintendent, said in a statement.
A.M. Best began publishing credit ratings in 1999 for corporate debt, preferred stock and commercial paper as an extension of its expertise in providing Financial Strength Ratings and evaluations for insurance companies since its founding in 1899.
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Investigators said the driver of the car, 23-year-old Rodrigo Gallegos, was driving while intoxicated.
Police said there were three other passengers in Gallegos car, including a woman, a child and an infant, who were both in safety seats. Gallegos and the woman suffered minor injuries, while the children were unharmed.
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Our Sun Is A Comet Thief!
The next time you thrill at the sight of a comet blazing across the night sky, consider this: it's a stolen pleasure. You're enjoying the spectacle at the expense of a distant star.
Sophisticated computer simulations run by researchers at the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI) have exposed the crime.
"If the results are right, our Sun snatched comets from neighboring stars' back yards," says SWRI scientist Hal Levison. And he believes this kind of thievery accounts for most of the comets in the Oort Cloud at the edge of our solar system.
"We know that stars form in clusters. The Sun was born within a huge community of other stars that formed in the same gas cloud. In that birth cluster, the stars were close enough together to pull comets away from each other via gravity. It's like neighborhood children playing in each others' back yards. It's hard to imagine it not happening."
According to this "thief" model, comets accompanied the nearest star when the birth cluster blew apart. The Sun made off with quite a treasure "" the Oort Cloud, which was swarming with comets from all over the "neighborhood."
The Oort cloud is an immense cloud of comets orbiting the Sun far beyond Pluto. It is named after mid-20th century Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, who first proposed such a cloud to explain the origin of comets sometimes seen falling into the inner solar system. Although no confirmed direct observations of the Oort cloud have been made, most astronomers believe that it is the source of all long-period and Halley-type comets.
The standard model of comet production asserts that our Sun came by these comets honestly.
"That model says the comets are dregs of our own solar system's planetary formation and that our planets gravitationally booted them to huge distances, populating the cloud. But we believe this kind of scenario happened in all the solar systems before the birth cluster dispersed."
Otherwise, says Levison, the numbers just don't add up.
"The standard model can't produce anywhere near the number of comets we see [falling in from the Oort Cloud]. The Sun's sibling stars had to have contributed some comets to the mix."
Comets in the Oort Cloud are typically 1 or 2 miles across, and they're so far away that estimating their numbers is no easy task. But Levison and his team say that, based on observations, that there should be something like 400 billion comets there. The "domestic" model of comet formation can account for a population of only about 6 billion.
"That's a pretty anemic Oort Cloud, and a huge discrepancy "" too huge to be explained by mistakes in the estimates. There's no way we could be that far off, so there has to be something wrong with the model itself."
He points to the cometary orbits as evidence.
"These comets are in very odd orbits "" highly eccentric long-period orbits that take them far from our Sun, into remote regions of space. So they couldn't have been born in orbit around the Sun. They had to have formed close to other stars and then been hijacked here."
This means comets can tell us not only about the early history of the Sun "" but also about the history of other stars.
"We can study the orbits of comets and put their chemistry into the context of where and around which star they formed. It's intriguing to think we got some of our 'stuff' from distant stars. We're kin."
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Image 1: A cluster of stars forming in the Orion nebula. According to Hal Levison's research, these stars could be swapping comets. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, J. Stauffer (SSC/Caltech)
Image 2: An artist's concept of the Oort cloud. Note that the distance scale is logarithmic. Compared to the size of planetary orbits, the Oort cloud is very far away. Indeed, the estimated size of the Oort cloud, 10^5 AU, is approximately 1 light year. If the Sun passed within 2 light years of another sun-like star, the stars' Oort clouds would overlap and their comets would intermingle. Image credit: ESO.
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Under signal No. 1 were Catanduanes, Romblon, Mindoro provinces, including Lubang Island, La Union, Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, Aurora, Samar and Leyte provinces, Biliran, northeastern Iloilo, Capiz and Aklan.
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COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö No news may not be bad news for the Columbia City Redevelopment Commission.
On Tuesday, the RDC held a meeting regarding cityŌĆÖs lot, northwest of the intersection of Van Buren and Line streets.
The city is seeking proposals from developers. Those proposals are due in early June.
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ŌĆ£We have answered some questions through phone calls,ŌĆØ said Councilman Ben Romine.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö The Whitley County SheriffŌĆÖs Department is looking to add a handful of deputies to its reserve program.
Reserve deputies have similar duties to full-time law enforcement officers, but work on a volunteer basis.
WCSD Detective Bill Brice said the reserve program is a great way to build a resume when applying to be a full-time deputy.
ŌĆ£Most of our command staff and several of our deputies were reserve officers before we were hired,ŌĆØ Brice said. ŌĆ£The reserve program is a great feeder program.
MERRIAM ŌĆö One of the most iconic figures in United States military history is not that of a soldier, but rather that of a bearded man, too old to actually serve, exhorting others to do their part.
The figure of Uncle Sam is one of the worldŌĆÖs most recognizable, and in its original poster form, one most closely associated with the U.S. armed forces.
The iconic ŌĆ£I Want YouŌĆØ poster was originally published as cover art for LeslieŌĆÖs Weekly in 1916. Originally published with the caption ŌĆ£What Are You Doing for Preparedness?ŌĆØ
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Nearly all Whitley County elementary schools performed better than the state average on iREAD-3 testing this spring. The Indiana Department of Education recently released results of the test from every school district, revealing a statewide average passing rate of 84.2 percent.
"American Profile" ŌĆō a special weekend magazine ŌĆō is inserted in this Weekend's Edition of The Post & Mail!
In addition to the top local news of the day, features and local sports, the Weekend Edition of The Post & Mail is full of coupon savings and discounts! The Weekend Edition of The Post & Mail is now available on newsstands and at convenience stores and other outlets throughout Whitley County.
This Weekend's Edition of The Post & Mail offers more than $134 in advertised coupons, discounts and specials, including those in pre-printed inserts from:
PIERCETON ŌĆö One person is dead following a tractor-trailer crash along U.S. 30, just east of Pierceton Friday afternoon.
Officers and emergency personnel responded at 12:23 p.m. to a 9-1-1 call of a single vehicle, semi tractor/trailer crash on U.S. 30, east of Ind. 13.
Officers arrived and located that the vehicle had crashed into, and was still inside, a vacant business.
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COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö The Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, or ŌĆ£duck stamp,ŌĆØ will increase in price for the first time in 24 years.
The cost will change from the current $15 to $25. The increase adjusts for inflation over the last 24 years. Several conservation organizations, including Ducks Unlimited and Delta Waterfowl, support the increase.
The 2005 National Duck Hunter Survey showed that 65 percent of U.S. duck hunters spent more than $250 per season.
SOUTH WHITLEY ┬ŁŌĆö Town council members approved a tree trimming and removal plan at TuesdayŌĆÖs meeting in South Whitley.
Plant Growth Management Systems, Inc. will handle the $77,000 project to clear unwanted trees and trim low-hanging limbs.
SOUTH WHITLEY ┬ŁŌĆö Whitko High School received a silver medal and was ranked 47th in the state in a recently released report from U.S. News and World Reports.
Information supplied by the Indiana Department of Education was used to determine school ranking. The report ranked schools based on student/teacher ratio, college readiness and proficiency in algebra and English.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Two new deputies were sworn in to the Whitley County SheriffŌĆÖs Department Thursday afternoon.
Jon Stoffel and Tim Hartman are no strangers to law enforcement, and have begun patrol in Whitley County.