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A protective covering assembly for removable placement over a bed restraining side rail, made of spaced members, has lengths of preformed pipe insulation, cut and fitted about the spaced members, to provide surrounding padding for them. Thereafter, sheets of heavy duty plastic upholstery are cut, sewn, and fitted up, across, down, and under, the padded bed restraining side rail, as an envelope, to provide a surrounding, restraining, easily cleaned, protective covering. Then to provide for the removal of the covering assembly, an openable fastening assembly is secured to the plastic upholstery, which when opened, serves to clear the envelope from the padded space members of the restraining side rails, during their relative movement.
1. In combination with a bed having a side guard on at least one of its sides, said side guard comprised of a plurality of elongate, generally cylindrical, intersecting side pipe rails that are adapted to move up and down, relative to the bed, as a unit, an easily removable protecting covering assembly adapted to protect a user of the bed from harmful contact with the uncovered side pipe rails, comprising:
(a) commercially available lengths of readily available hollow cylinder preformed plastic foamed pipe insulation of selected commercially available inside diameters of a size to closely receive exterior cylindrical surfaces of the up and down movable side pipe rails, each length of pipe insulation radially cut to lengths to match the lengths of these pipe rails, and longitudinally cut, via one straight cut per length, to enable the placement of this cut length about a selected pipe rail;
(b) commercially available lengths of adhesive backed tape cut to selected lengths, to enable their placement at selected spaced locations to hold the cut lengths of the preformed plastic foamed pipe insulation in place about the respective pipe rails of the up and down movable side pipe rails;
(c) commercially available heavy duty naugahyde upholstery cut to a selected size to substantially completely surround the up and down movable side pipe rails, after their complete covering with the preformed plastic foamed pipe insulation, held in place by the spaced adhesive backed tape, and to leave a longitudinal arrangement of closely spaced parallel edges of this naugahyde upholstery at a location on an outside of the sideguard, clear of any possible contact with a patient who is in bed; and
(d) a commercially available arrangement of a fastening subassembly, such as a zipper assembly, for installation along the closely spaced parallel edges of the naugahyde to secure them together during the installation of the protective covering assembly over the up and down movable side pipe rails, and to release them during the installation or removal of the protective covering assembly over the up and down movable side pipe rails.
In reference to beds having side rails to keep persons in bed during their possible restlessness, which might otherwise cause them to fall out of bed if there were no restraining side rails, there have been previous covers provided for these restraining side rails, some of which have been padded.
Margie I. Clark in her U.S. Pat. No. 3,742,530 of 1973, illustrates and describes her bedside rail cover, made of opaque material, such as plastic, quilted cotton, stretch fabric, or double-knit fiber, which is readily washable. The inner portion of her bedside rail cover, for placement adjacent the person in the bed, is about twice as wide as the outer portion, which is folded back against the inner portion and secured by fasteners in the middle and at the ends, over an intermediate brace, i.e. a spaced member, of the restraining bedside rail. She does not first place padding over the spaced members of the side rails.
Patsie Mahoney, in her U.S. Pat. No. 4,215,446 of 1980, in respect to a different type of hospital bed side rail, describes and illustrates how she provides two panels of padded material of a shape similar to the appropriate bed rail, and of a size sufficient to completely cover and enclose the bed rail. Her two panels are hinged together at the top for their movement, between an open, spaced apart relationship, and a closed, coplanar relationship, enclosing the restraining bed rail. Then detachable fasteners are located along the lower edges of the panels, for detachably fastening the two panels on the bed rail. She does not first place padding over the spaced members of the side rails.
Gloria C. Webber, in her U.S. Pat. No. 4,370,765 of 1983, describes and illustrates her envelope and flap, made of a net-like plastic or nylon, which is strong, durable, and washable. The envelope portion slides down over the restraining side rail of a bed, and the flap portion extends under a mattress across the top of a mattress supporting member and is secured thereto. Her envelope and flap, when placed over a bed rail and fully positioned and secured, keep a person in a bed and prevents portions of his or her body from extending between the rails and between the side rail and the mattress. She does not first place padding over the spaced members of the side rails.
Protective cushions for side rails of a bed and within a bed are provided by Donald C. Spanns as illustrated and described in his U.S. Pat. No. 4,214,326 of 1980. In reference to his cushion placeable over the top spaced member, it is not thereafter covered by a protective cover.
Michael F. Petock, in his U.S. Pat. No. 3,884,495 of 1975, describes and illustrates his design of a child's walker.
To protect furniture in a home from being damaged, as a child, learning to walk, moves his or her stroller or walker around the home, portions of the stroller are padded. A resilient material is placed around a support member, such as a leg of a stroller. The resilient material is of a foam type, such as foam rubber, foam polystyrene, or foam polyurethane. Thereafter, the resilient material is covered using a canvas, natural or synthetic fabric, synthetic resin flexible plastic material, or any other suitable cleanable material, synthetic or natural. The covering is provided with fasteners, such as snap fasteners, clasps, or other fasteners, which are well known.
This protective covering assembly for removable placement over a bed restraining side rail, made of spaced members, protects bed occupants or bed patients during their sleep, when often they cannot control themselves, and/or they do not realize the significance of their movements, particularly the restless or confused, elderly, physically handicapped, and/or mentally ill persons. The very well padded spaced members, often of pipe configurations, covered with pipe insulation, so well cushion any portion of a person's body that strikes the padded spaced members, that the occupant of the bed will not suffer any injury.
Moreover, the surrounding, restraining, easily cleaned, protective covering keeps the portions of a person's body over the mattress, not allowing any portions to partially or fully pass through the spaces between the spaced members of the bed restraining side rail. The protective covering, preferably made of a plastic upholstery such as naugahyde, adds to the overall cushioning protection of portions of a person's body.
The overall completeness of the protective covering assembly insures the completeness of the daily cleaning operations. Yet when this assembly must be removed, the preferred zipper fastener assembly is quickly operated to create the clearance necessary for the relative separating movement of the protective covering assembly, as an envelope, from the padded space members of the bed restraining side rails. Installation of this protective covering assembly does not interfere with the normal raising and lowering of the bed restraining side wall, by any person assisting the person who is confined to bed.
The protective covering assembly for removable placement over a bed restraining side rail, made of spaced members, is illustrated in the drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating how two protective covering assemblies are removably placed over respective bed restraining side rails of a bed, showing them in their raised restraining positions, and with dotted lines indicating a lower position of one of them;
FIG. 2 is a side view of one embodiment of the protective covering assembly fitted over one embodiment of a bed restraining side rail;
FIG. 3 is a side view of another embodiment of the protective covering assembly fitted over another embodiment of a bed restraining side rail;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, having portions removed, to illustrate: commencing at the left, the unpadded and uncovered spaced members of the restraining side rails; then in the center, the padded and otherwise uncovered spaced members, indicating the use of adhesive tape when necessary, and terminating at the right, the padded and covered spaced members;
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 5--5 of FIG. 4, illustrating the spaced members of the restraining side rail, the padding fitted around them, i.e. the pipe insulation fitted about these pipe sized spaced members; the surrounding, restraining, easily cleaned, protective covering, i.e. the covering made of heavy duty plastic upholstery, such as naugahyde upholstery; and the openable fastening assembly, i.e. the zipper fastening assembly; and
FIG. 6 is an exploded view of a marine type fastener used as the fastening assembly.
The protective covering assembly 10, in one embodiment 12, is shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 4, and 5, on a bed 14, for removable placement over a bed restraining side rail 16, of one embodiment 18. The protective covering assembly 10, in another embodiment 20, is shown in FIG. 3, for removable placement over a bed restraining side rail 16, of another embodiment 22.
As illustrated in FIG. 4, in the left area, portions of the spaced members 24 of the bed restraining side rail 16, of embodiment 18, are shown as they appear before being covered by the protective covering assembly 10 of embodiment 12. In the central area of FIG. 4, the spaced members 24 of the bed restraining side rail 16, are illustrated, as they appear when covered by a padding 26, which is generally derived from hollow cylindrical pieces of pipe insulation 28, generally made of foamed plastic materials. In the right area of FIG. 4, the spaced members 24 of the bed restraining side rail 16, and the covering padding 26 thereof are shown covered by a surrounding, restraining, easily cleaned, protective covering 30, such as a plastic material, for example, naugahyde 32. This surrounding protective covering 30 has a fastening assembly 34, preferably a zipper 36. When the zipper 36 is opened, the surrounding, restraining, easily cleaned protective covering or cover 30, is removed upwardly to clear the padded bed restraining rail 16. After major cleaning or repair, this protective cover 30 is moved downwardly to pass over and around the padded bed restraining rail 16, and then the zipper 36 is closed. Daily cleaning is undertaken without removing this protective cover 30. As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 4, very thorough strong stitching threads 37 are used by the zipper 36 and elsewhere at seams and edges to insure the long active life of this protective cover 30.
As necessary, portions of an adhesive tape 38 are placed circumferentially and/or longitudinally to maintain the positioning of the pipe insulation padding 26. Also plastic cements may be used on abutting portions of the pipe insulation 28.
When a protective covering assembly 10 is in place, and the covered bed restraining rail 16 is up on one side 40 of a bed 14, often a hospital bed 42, and another bed restraining rail 16, having a protective covering assembly 10 in place is in an up position on the other side 44 of a bed 14, especially a hospital bed 42, then any person sleeping in this bed will not be injured, when portions of his or her body strike or rub against the covered bed restraining rails 16, covered by this protective covering assembly 10.
As shown in FIG. 6, other fastening assemblies may be utilized such as the three piece marine fastener assembly 46 often used in securing boat, car, and truck canopies.
Resilient materials which may be utilized are neoprene foam rubber, foam polystyrene, foam polyurethane. However, all materials used must meet medical standards and fire codes.
In FIG. 2, the sliding guides 48 of the bed restraining rail 16 of one embodiment 18 are illustrated. In FIG. 3, the sliding rods 50 of the bed restraining rail 16 of another embodiment 22 are illustrated. These components 48, 50 are utilized when the respective bed restraining rails 16 are raised and lowered.
The materials selected for using in the protective covering assembly 10 are selected: to meet fire codes; be anti-static; have a slip surface; be mildew resistant; be sulfide stain resistant; be oil resistant; be of commercial grade; be noncorrosive in reference to the zipper or other selected fastener assemblies; be fire retardant having a flame spread rating of 25 or less; and a smoke producing rating of 50 or less.
This resulting protective covering assembly 10, attains higher protection advantages than any previous covering assembly, in respect to providing care for those persons who must spend confining times in beds.
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Comic Monstore's Tabletop Gaming Spooktacular - Hotel Salisbury and Conference Center, Salisbury
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Twelve-hour gaming convention and Halloween celebration sponsored by the Comic Monstore of Salisbury, NC. Come play your favorite games or learn a game you've never played before. The Tabletop Gaming Spooktacular will feature Magic the Gathering and Yu-gi-oh card games, Hero Clix and Star Wars: X-Wing miniatures, Cthulhu Dice, Fluxx, Mage Wars, Munchkin, Ticket to Ride, Settlers of Catan (and other Mayfair Games), and different Pathfinder sessions. Admission is free for kids 11 years of age and under, $10 for everyone 12 and up. A first of its kind for Salisbury, NC, this event will be a must attend event for all gamers in North and South Carolina this fall.
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BAKER — After a week of hosting Ireland's top radio personalities, resident Mary Gadeken has her sights set on exploring the Emerald Isle, and her guests are eager to return her hospitality.
"Mary is obsessed with castles so we're going to show her as many medieval castles as possible," Dermot Whelan, co-host of the 98FM show "Laughternoons with Dermot and Dave," said.
He and Dave Moore, of Dublin, were expecting Southern hospitality when they arrived in Baker, but their week in north Okaloosa County far exceeded their expectations, they said.
"It really has been everything we expected and more," Moore said. "We really learned a lot from being friends with Mary."
"Everything they say about Southern hospitality is true," Whelan said.
With their producer, Maria Devereux, and "resident tech nerd," Paul Bonass, the four Irishmen experienced north county culture, sampling food and soaking up local ambience.
On their first night at the Crestview Hampton Inn, a resounding noise kept the jetlagged quartet awake. Finally, with Bonass armed with recording equipment, they investigated.
Playing it back the next day for Gadeken, she laughed and said, "Those are bullfrogs!"
"We don't have those in Ireland," Moore said.
"We have bulls and we have frogs but not the two in one animal," Whelan added. "They were louder than Dave snoring."
Gators and more Gators
Lunch at Baker's Gator Café, holding — and eating — alligators at Fudpucker's, and hoisting a couple of cold ones at Hooters and Johnny O'Quigley's were among their local experiences.
But Moore said there was one Southern icon he avoided during their four-day visit, having experienced it before.
"Mary sent me grits," he said. "I cooked the grits and I ate the grits and I didn't know what was happening to my mouth. I've been to the beach and the beach was in my mouth."
There was one thing the Irishmen especially appreciated during the warmer part of their visit to Okaloosa County.
"My thing is, air-con is a serious requirement here," Bonass said of air conditioning, expressing surprise when Gadeken said, "It isn't even hot yet."
During a visit with Gadeken's friend, Crestview Mayor David Cadle, the radio hosts laughed during a humorous proclamation of "Dermot and Dave Day" in Crestview.
Cadle proclaimed the duo "goodwill ambassadors for Ireland as they visit America, and their presence is an honor for Okaloosa County, the city of Crestview, and the town of Baker."
In return, Cadle received "warmest greetings" in an official scroll from Dublin Lord Mayor Oisín Quinn, praising the "many new friendships" his citizens were forming, "strengthening cordial relationships" between the cities.
Gadeken, strengthening her own cordial relationships with Dublin, is counting down the days until her May 30 trip to see her friends in Ireland.
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1 Badar VA, Thawani VR, Wakode PT, et al. Efficacy of Tinospora cordifolia in allergic rhinitis. J Ethnopharmacol . 2004;96:445-449.
2 Singh N, Singh SM, Shrivastava P, et al. Effect of Tinospora cordifolia on the antitumor activity of tumor-associated macrophages-derived dendritic cells. Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol . 2005;27:1-14.
3 Singh N, Singh SM, Shrivastava P, et al. Immunomodulatory and antitumor actions of medicinal plant Tinosporacordifolia are mediated through activation of tumor-associated macrophages. Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol . 2004;26:145-62.
4 Nair PK, Rodriguez S, Ramachandran R, et al. Immune stimulating properties of a novel polysaccharide from the medicinal plant Tinospora cordifolia . Int Immunopharmacol . 2004;4:1645-1659.
5 Rawal AK, Muddeshwar MG, Biswas SK, et al. Rubia cordifolia , Fagonia cretica linn and Tinosporacordifolia exert neuroprotection by modulating the antioxidant system in rat hippocampal slices subjected to oxygen glucose deprivation. BMC Complement Altern Med . 2004;4:11.
6 Stanely P, Prince M, Menon VP, et al. Hypoglycaemic and other related actions of Tinospora cordifolia roots in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. J Ethnopharmacol . 2000;70:9-15.
7 Stanely Mainzen Prince P, Menon VP. Antioxidant action of Tinospora cordifolia root extract in alloxan diabetic rats. Phytother Res . 2001;15:213-218.
8 Stanely Mainzen Prince P, Menon VP. Hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic action of alcohol extract of Tinospora cordifolia roots in chemical induced diabetes in rats. Phytother Res . 2003;17:410-413.
9 Rathi SS, Grover JK, Vikrant V, et al. Prevention of experimental diabetic cataract by Indian Ayurvedic plant extracts. Phytother Res . 2002;16:774-777.
10 Bishayi B, Roychowdhury S, Ghosh S, et al. Hepatoprotective and immunomodulatory properties of Tinosporacordifolia in CCl4 intoxicated mature albino rats. J Toxicol Sci . 2002;27:139-146.
11 Subramanian M, Chintalwar GJ, Chattopadhyay S, et al. Antioxidant properties of a Tinospora cordifolia polysaccharide against iron-mediated lipid damage and gamma-ray induced protein damage. Redox Rep . 2002;7:137-143.
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Pressure and opportunities in retail banking market
Up to 75% of the people have never accessed banking services while the remaining 25% have not taken full advantage of banking services, Ta Quang Tien-head of the State Bank of Vietnam's Information Technology Department said. Actually, this is a big opportunity for the banks to develop retail services and products in Vietnam.
All ATM users are now waiting to see when the domestic card system will merge. Vietnam now has two largest card systems namely SmartLink and Banknet. Both card alliances have a total of 4,500 ATM machines and issue 9.2 million cards providing traditional services of cash withdrawal and balance check-up, accounting for 85% of the total number in the Vietnamese banking sector.
Generally, the country has a total of 39 card issuing institutions with 6,200 ATM and 22,000 POS. As estimated, the Vietnamese card system will be connected with 25 SBV units by December 20.
Ho Huu Hanh-director of SBV-HCM City Branch stated that the two problems for the merger of ATM systems are capital and technology. To speed up the merger, SBV or the state budget must advance capital for investments in sophisticated technology, and then call for capital contribution from the joint stock companies.
Namita Lal, director of the Standard Chartered Consumer Banking in Vietnam said that ATM, mobile phones and internet will speed up the development of banking services.
Online banking services are popular at the moment. Viet Phu Payment Support Joint Stock Co which is the first firm being licensed by SBV to pilot the payment service via mobile phones and internet has made the debut of "Mobivi electronic wallet" that is actually an electronic account.
According to Dr Tran Thanh Nam-deputy general director of Viet Phu Co, new-generation chip cards are safer than the ATM magnetic cards but the chip cards are expensive. Therefore, making transactions via mobile phones and internet equipped with personal security solutions will be safer and helpful to the customers.
In developed countries, lending to businesses accounts for only 25-40% while the remaining ratio is for retail banking services. Nam added, the potential of retail banking in Vietnam remains high but first, Vietnam needs to boost multi-media transaction channels.
In HCM City, 2 out of 3 people use an ATM card, 18.3 people use an international card. Total number of ATM cards in the city until September 2008 reached 3,849,475 while the number of international cards is 492,140.
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Comment Re:Like all One-Size-Fits-All approaches.. (Score 1) 243 243
In respect of dual signature, the key word is "green" - this would be appropriate for validated domains such as banks, not necessarily for all hosts.
An advantage of a WoT model is that it is possible to give partial trust to different signers, and set a policy to trust a site once there are enough partially trusted supporters for it. This means that the system need not be fragile to a lapse in a single signer. At base though, you can have something exactly equivalent to the current single-signer model by issuing the root public certificates for the current CAs with the operating system.
Comment Re:Like all One-Size-Fits-All approaches.. (Score 1) 243 243
An advantage of the web of trust model is that you can incorporate CAs as parties that you trust (exactly as for the current model), but you can also require multiple signatures, which as far as I know is not possible with the current model. You might, for instance, require that two of the current CAs have signed a certificate before it lights up as "green" in a browser URL bar.
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First of all, you're forgetting where the Bible even comes from [catholicapologetics.info]. The Bible is not the sole rule of faith, was never intended to be...
The church existed before the New Testament was written - yes. However that does not mean that the Roman church was responsible for its production, or the that the various writers agreed with the emerging traditions of Rome. The gospel of Matthew, for instance, appears to have been written by and for Jewish Christians, and in ch 15 (part of the Sermon on the Mount) clearly states that all of the existing Law still applies to Christians - a view diametrically opposed to that of Paul (Peter appears to have swithered on this question, according to Acts).
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I've worked for a large mobile telco for more than ten years. "Content based charging" has been discussed for all of that time, usually by new people coming in to the business. I don't think it's ever going to happen in the way described here. What we do have is zero-rated "on-net" content - that means that if you go to our internal web sites, it doesn't come out of your bundle (monthly allocation of data). That's reasonable, because you don't want to be charged for going to your account management page.
In general we just want to sell you a bundle of data, and we aren't too worried about what you do with it. There are some exceptions - for instance for VoIP traffic, if possible (and it usually isn't) we try to give a low-latency traffic profile. Video streaming is sometimes throttled for the very good reason that there is only so much bandwidth on the air side, and we need to be able to give other customers on the same cell reasonable service. Sorry guys, but this is more the laws of physics than The Man trying to screw you.
Yes, there are ways that we want to take advantage of our position as a phone company, but this isn't a zero sum game. We have things like micro-charging and secure identification that we are trying to build products on (or more commonly get third parties to build products on) - but this isn't going to work unless we can persuade you that you want to buy those products.
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Probably, although I suspect that it also reflects people who left the church years or decades ago in practical terms.
One thing I find amusing about endless American discussions about the separation of church and state is that for many Christians, this is one of our important beliefs. I live in England (specifically England, don't confuse with the UK). We have a state church, the Church of England. Until the 60's farmers had to pay tax (tithes) to the C of E, even if they belonged to non-conformist churches - i.e. those churches which reject a link between church and state. From 1661 until 1828 non-confirmists were barred from holding public office, and were only permitted to take university degrees in 1871.
We don't believe in state support: it's a Faustian bargain. If church and state are linked, the state will control the church, at least to some extent.


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Chemicals or additives are products that are usually advertised as a way of keeping your septic system "healthy." Septic systems are made to work without assistance. The process involves bacteria which break up the sludge and the addition of chemicals into the septic tank will not help.
Be wary of any product advertising that it will keep you from having your septic tank pumped. Pumping is the best septic system cleaner and bypassing this crucial step will only end up costing you money in the long run.
The only time we advocate using an additive is when a tank is first installed; at the time we suggest the addition of a single packet of yeast.
Inevitably, homeowners will pour chemicals of some kind down the pipes and into the septic tank. Normal use of household cleaners such as bleach, etc., should not harm your septic system.
We suggest limiting the use of anti-bacterial products because this can damage the bacterial action of the septic system.
Some companies sell biological additives, and while these may not harm a septic system, we feel it is a waste of money.
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Altvater: Tom Watson Honoree at Memorial TournamentWritten by Fred Altvater | | firstname.lastname@example.com
Jack Nicklaus honored one of his old playmates on Wednesday at the Memorial Golf tournament.
Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus had some very tense battles on the golf course throughout their careers.
The 1977 Open Championship at Turnberry will forever be known as the "Duel in the Sun." Nicklaus and Watson battled all four days through the gorse and over the heath in Scotland.
The 1982 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach again came down to a Nicklaus-Watson confrontation on the final day with Tom making that famous chip-in on the 71st hole at the par-3 No. 17 while Jack was waiting in the clubhouse to pick up the trophy.
Tom Watson won five Open championships, two Masters' green jackets, and one U.S. Open Championship. He won 39 PGA Tour events and 14 Champions Tour events.
He was the leading money winner on the PGA Tour five times and was named PGA Player of the Year five times.
He won the Vardon Trophy three times and was enshrined into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1988.
Nearly as important as all of these accomplishments, he provided a worthy opponent for Jack Nicklaus in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Watson learned the game at the feet of Byron Nelson and has been a true gentleman and ambassador for the game of golf for many years.
He even tried to pull off the unthinkable and win a sixth Open Championship at the ripe old age of 59.
Tom Watson has had a remarkable golf career.
It is only proper that he is the 2012 Memorial Tournament Honoree.
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Attorneys for former banker Chris Latham have asked a judge to dismiss his estranged wife's civil lawsuit against him, arguing that her complaint is too vague and fails to make a case that he should be held liable for an alleged plot to kill her.
Wendy Moore, a co-defendant authorities have described as Chris Latham's live-in girlfriend, made similar arguments for dismissal in her response to Nancy Latham's lawsuit.
In April, Nancy Latham filed the suit against her 50-year-old husband, Moore and two others after the alleged plot was exposed. She later added a fifth suspect in the case.
Last month, the suit was further expanded to include Bank of America and U.S. Trust Corp., alleging that the corporations "failed to properly supervise and take reasonable steps concerning" the alleged plot being put together. Investigators contend that a set of Google maps and a photo of Nancy Latham found in a "hit package" provided to the would-be killers were printed from Chris Latham's and Moore's computers at Bank of America.
Attorneys for Chris Latham, who was arrested last month in connection with the alleged scheme, argued in a motion filed Friday that his wife's lawsuit fails to lay out a claim against him, providing vague allegations that don't specify exactly what he is accused of doing.
They have asked the court to either toss out the suit or require Nancy Latham to provide a more detailed complaint outlining the specific allegations against him.
"In our opinion, she has failed to state a claim against Chris Latham," said Robert Rosen, an attorney for the Sullivan's Island man.
Moore, 37, who is representing herself, made a similar argument in her legal response, also filed Friday.
Matt Yelverton, an attorney for Nancy Latham, said she stands behind her suit.
"We filed this lawsuit because we believe that it is a strong case and that we will prevail," he said. "Nothing in the motions served simultaneously by the alleged co-conspirators in the plot to kill Nancy Latham changes our position."
The case went public in early April after Russell Wilkinson, 39, of Kentucky, alerted police to the alleged scheme when Charleston police stopped him while he was trying to buy heroin on Charleston's East Side, authorities said.
Besides Wilkinson, Moore and Chris Latham, authorities arrested Moore's former husband, 38-year-old Samuel Yenawine of Louisville, Ky.; and Yenawine's girlfriend, Rachel Palmer, 36. Yenawine committed suicide in June, hanging himself in the Georgetown County jail.
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WILKES-BARRE — A new house of worship in Wilkes-Barre held its grand opening Sunday morning at the site of a former United Methodist Church.
The church, named Restored Church, on North Franklin Street held its first weekly service this past Sunday.
The new church is renting the space and has been holding preview services until now.
One of the pastors at Restored Church said word spread quickly through social media leading to a lot of interest from people in Wilkes-Barre and the surrounding area.
"Wilkes-Barre is a hurting city, let's face it, we watch the news and we see there's hurting, bad situations all the time, in every city really," said Pastor Dan Nichols.
The church uses the name "Restored" because the pastors believe people can have a restored relationship with god.


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The Albuquerque Police officer accused of causing a crash that killed a young Air National Guard member in February has turned himself into the Metropolitan Detention Center.
Booking information shows that Sgt. Adam Casaus was booked at 12:56 p.m. Thursday.
He was released shorty after.
Casaus faces vehicular homicide (reckless) and great bodily injury by vehicle (reckless) charges for the car crash death of Ashley Browder and injuries sustained by her sister, Lindsey Browder.
Casaus pleaded not guilty before a district court judge Wednesday.
Casaus, who was on placed administrative duties, was placed on administrative leave last month.
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My searches for a pocket-size notepad failed. Either they were not small enough or they were too expensive. That's when I decided to make my own.
Step 1: Items needed
1. Two cards - I used a gift card and a card I received at a casino
2. Duct tape - I am sure you have a roll or two handy
3. Rubber bands - They need to be thick and make sure they fit snugly around the cards
4. Notepad - I work in IT so a lot of vendors drop of their notepads covered with their logos. It's not corporate theft if these were free AND headed to the rubbish since we get so many of them.
Tools needed:
1. Exacto knife - nice and sharp
2. Well... that's about it
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I used the card as a guide (offsetting just a bit for a reduced size) and made my markings. After that was complete, the cutting began. It took several passes to cut through all the sheets of paper.


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The cartoon suggests that the "failed policies that got us into the mess" are somehow different from the "failed policies that haven't gotten us out of it." They are one and the same: massive deficit spending, artificially low interest rates and ever-increasing regulations: a larger government presence in every sphere of life.
Maybe some of you Ron Paul supporters will learn the details of the disgusting process that elevates these sociopaths to power. I know I did in 2008.
You wanted licensure...meet its evil twin, regulation.
Sure, people retire at 55. It may be more difficult in higher ed because normally professors are hired at an older age, but it's still possible. Not just high risk jobs, any state employee can do this if he has worked more than 25 years. Moreover, if you choose to retire at 70, there will be a large bucket of money waiting for you in accrued benefits. On top of all that, you don't have to pay into social security. I get to pay these taxes, yet I will only see a tiny portion of the benefits that I put into it (if any at all) by the time I retire.
And you don't necessarily pay most of your retirement checks. Your checks are guaranteed for life. The system depends on a constant stream of very successful investing to fund itself. If it earns less than projected, or if life expectancies go up, it borrows money or gets it from the state. Your actual contribution to the system is quite small.
Yes, I do get a 401K, matched quite well by my employer. Obviously, this is not the same thing as a pension.
Look, it's ridiculous to suggest that employees in the private sector earn anything near what comparable public employees do, in total. The recession hit, and we had to cut back. We lost our jobs. Health insurance became way more expensive. The private sector reeled. The public sector, however, coasted along as it always has done, passing out goodies to those who want to devote their careers to it. I could be just like my buddy right now, working for the war machine making radar and communications systems. This guy works about half as hard as I do, is less qualified, yet gets paid more. I chose to not go that route because I have a sense of morality.
Wow, I seem to have hit a nerve. Usually, nobody ever even bothers to reply to me on this site. Maybe you guys will think of me when you are leisurely retired at 55 with paychecks still coming in the mail. And I'll still be working my rear end off to make sure that power and gas gets to your house when you need it.
Despite making 45% more than the people who are taxed to pay their salaries, public employees SQUAWK when anybody goes near their pile of loot. You see, they are public servants. They deserve to make more than the rest of us. I will NEVER see a pension, nor will the vast majority of people who work in the private sector.
Or, in your case, breathe in the sand, as your head seems to be buried in it.
Yes, the "liberals" are silent. Now we find that it's not mass murder that they hate. They hate the Republicans getting the credit.
It is quite obvious that TheWorldMatters does care about our troops, since he wants to take them out of those meat grinders overseas. It should be particularly obvious to you.
There is a word that perfectly describes the Louisiana Funeral Directors Association: cartel.
She must have stepped on somebody's toes.
Let's recognize that there would be no need for the regulation if it was not for the limited number and high price of cab licenses.
Licenses create a large barrier of entry into the industry. New cab companies can't compete with existing ones because they have to put so much money forward to get started. This makes existing companies very comfortable. They are able to reduce the quality and raise the price of their services because they enjoy an oligopoly. You can see this dynamic in many heavily-regulated and licensed industries, for example health care.
So, permission to charge money for transporting people is a property right??
Excuse me if I don't feel any sympathy for the cabbies, who have artificially increased their income by having the government limit the amount of competition in their industry. You play with fire, you get burnt.
Don't the privileged squawk when you take even a tiny portion of their privileges away!
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Pure laissez faire exists only in bits and pieces, and it takes some imagination to predict how things might behave in a free society. I do not put much effort in trying, because, ultimately it is a moral and ethical question. Kind of like when some people were arguing to end slavery, and those who were against it said, "well who's going to pick the cotton?" If they would have replied that giant machines would be invented in the future that roll over the cotton, process it, and bale it with very little human labor involved, they would have been called crazy. Consider that the government consumes about half of the country's productive capacity in taxes, and turns around and uses that money to force further reductions in private productivity. If the boot were lifted, the possibilities are endless.
I think laissez faire deals with water resources very well, if you consider Murray Rothbard's views of property rights, homesteading, and easements. The classic example of an easement is a path through a forest. The path belongs (speaking normatively, of course) to those who use it only in the limited capacity that they currently use it for. If somebody comes along and tries to seize the land for some other use, they are required by law to respect the travelers' easement rights by preserving the path. This would preserve the commons and prevent any private monopolization of commonly-held property.
Fresh water would be respected similarly. For example, someone who drills down and sucks an underground body of water dry would have to pay large sums of money to all people who previously used the body of water for drinking and irrigation. They had previously established rights to use the water. Of course now the government owns the water, so it can suck down the underground lakes and dam the rivers as it pleases, and nobody can do anything about it. The government subsidizes the overuse of these scarce resources, so nobody even has any incentive to conserve.
Anyway, I am starting to ramble. I ordered Water Wars, and I look forward to a good read.
You have no idea what I know, nor do you understand the details of my opinions on the subject, since my post above merely called out Bob Marshall for pretending that the other side of the argument doesn't exist. I have not read Water Wars, but, reviewing the discussions about the book, I would probably agree with most of what Shiva says. I think you are confusing privatization with fascist-style corporatization. Governments ultimately control water resources, and the handing out of monopoly contracts to private companies does not resemble a free market in any way. To the contrary, it is fascism plain and simple.
I never said that privatization is a cure all. Of course, markets are imperfect because people are imperfect. But you have to recognize that governments are imperfect (I'd argue far less perfect than markets) for the same reason.
Anyway, if you want to know more about the other side of the argument, please read this article, written by an economics professor at Loyola:
"Outdoors sports -- from hunting and fishing to backpacking, camping and canoeing -- can't happen without public resources, specifically fish and wildlife and public lands and water. Those resources are protected by laws written by politicians and managed by agencies following policies that must be approved by politicians."
The fact that something is does not mean that that is the only way it can be. It certainly does not mean that that is the way that it should be. Obviously, outdoor sports can and do happen in the absence of government land ownership and regulation. As for water, government has crowded out any possibility of private ownership of those resources.
You may not agree that private ownership of natural resources is the best way to preserve nature and wildlife habitat, but you should at least research some of the possible alternatives before assuming that the government should be solely responsible for these things, especially given the government's atrocious track record in this area.
Be a good citizen and pay your protection money.
I love how this rag uses the word "privatize" to describe the handing of a government-protected monopoly to a (likely) politically-connected contractor.
It's just like 1820s New York, when Cornelius Vanderbilt earned a fortune by illegally undercutting the local steamboat monopolies:
"In 1817, his income began to fall due to the rise in success of the steamboat business. He responded by selling his sailing vessels, designed and built his own steamboat, ferrying passengers from New Jersey to Manhattan in violation of the monopoly. Vanderbilt undercut his competitors by charging only $1, which was below cost, compared to the monopoly price of $4, but made up his losses by raising the price of food and drink in the steamboat's bar. Vanderbilt became a key figure in breaking the transatlantic steamboat monopoly granted to Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston in the waters around New York City. "
It's a testament to the politicization of the language, always favoring the state, that we no longer call this a monopoly. It is "privatization."
The extension of the patriot act (with extra totalitarian provisions added on) was signed by Obama himself. Therefore, the patriot act is an Obama policy.


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It has finally happened. After a half century of tromping and paddling throughout the vast recesses of the Adirondacks, I was finally forced to throw in the towel. I felt like a battered boxer, but I probably looked more like a puffy, cranberry muffin.
It happened just last weekend, while I was fishing on the small ponds near Lake Clear. With a blizzard of buzzing of mosquitoes in hot pursuit, I was actually chased from the woods.
Never before have I experienced bugs so thick, so ravenous and in such abundance. The buzzing was incessant and there was no escape. I was forced to give up.
Mind you, I was prepared, sporting a full arsenal of bug dopes, sprays and other concoctions. I wore long pants, which were tucked into tall, rubber boots and my head net was covered by the tight collar of a turtleneck shirt.
I had taken proper precautions to insure that no patch of skin was available, beyond the fingers I had cut from cotton gloves to allow me to fish. I sprayed on plenty of bug dope, swatted when I could and even considered drinking a bit at the height of the battle. I knew whiskey wouldn't help, but I figured it couldn't hurt either as I already had a buzz going on.
After absorbing as much torment as one could possibly bear, I decided to call it a day. With the cloud of mosquitoes in hot pursuit, I stashed my canoe along the shoreline and turned tail for the trailhead, about a twenty-minute hike.
A buzzing grey cloud accompanied me on the frenetic foray that followed. Mosquitoes filled the car as I quickly slid in through a small crack in the door.
Although fully encapsulated by glass and metal, I was still under fire. There were nearly as many mosquitoes on the inside of the windshield as there were on the outside.
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You've probably sung it yourself hundreds of times – but if you want to do so on television, in a movie or on stage, you'll need to pay Warner Music Group for the privilege. Happy Birthday to You is believed to have been netting the company $2 million a year in fees.
Now, though, a New York company that's making a documentary about the song has filed a class action lawsuit with the aim of making it free for all. After being told that unauthorized use would cost $150,000, Good Morning To You Productions Corp paid a $1,500 licensing fee in March – but is now trying to get it back.
Happy Birthday to You has been described as the most famous song in the English language, but has surprisingly unclear origins: the root of the current lawsuit. The song was first published in 1893 as Good Morning to All, and was apparently written by sisters Patty and Mildred Hill. The better-known lyrics – which may or may not have been written by the sisters – emerged soon after.
A set of 'Happy Birthday' lyrics was published in 1924, and a piano arrangement in 1935; and, because works published after 1923 carry 95 years' protection, Warner unit Warner/Chappell (which bought the copyright in 1998) has been able to pursue licensing fees. Under EU law, copyright will expire in the next few years, as it lasts for the lifetime of the author plus 70 years; in the US, as things stand, it'll apply until 2030 (95 years after the 1935 piano arrangement).
Chellenging this has been something of a historical detective story. The film-makers claim that they have irrefutable evidence that the song was, in fact, in circulation as early as 1901, and that an Indiana school filed for copyright in 1912. If Warner owns the rights to anything, they say, it's only the specific piano arrangement published in 1935.
"More than 120 years after the melody to which the simple lyrics of Happy Birthday to You is set were first published, defendant Warner/Chappell boldly, but wrongfully, insists that it owns the copyright to Happy Birthday to You, and with that copyright the exclusive right to authorize the song's reproduction, distribution, and public performances pursuant to federal law," reads the suit.
"Defendant Warner/Chappell either has silenced those wishing to record or perform Happy Birthday to You or has extracted millions of dollars in licensing fees from those unwilling or unable to challenge its ownership claims."
The film-makers are asking for the song to be declared in the public domain – and for the return of the licensing fees that Warner's claimed over the years.
Robert Brauneis, professor of law at the George Washington University, has taken an interest in the song's copyright for years – predicting in 2008 that a legal challenge was unlikely, as the cost would be prohibitive. A class action lawsuit changes all that.
"If the plaintiffs are successful, the lawsuit could provide a model for how to challenge copyright in a song or other copyrighted work," he says. "The success of the class action form may be particularly important, since individual users of a work typically do not have enough at stake to mount a challenge."
Recently, the rights for both Sherlock Holmes and Zorro have also come under dispute. Here, the disagreement centers on whether the copyright 'clock' for a fictional character is reset to zero with further publications based on that character. Most of the Sherlock Holmes stories, for example, were published before 1923; does this mean that the character is out of copyright, or does the subsequent publication of a few more stories mean that the character gets 95 years' protection?
As for Happy Birthday to You, there's certainly no other song that's performed quite so widely and whose copyright remains in such doubt. All the same, says Brauneis, a decision in favor of the plaintiffs could provide a precedent.
"Copyright in the vast majority of songs and other copyrighted works is sound," he says. "Yet there likely are a number of other songs in which copyright is dubious, either because the chain of title back to the asserted author is faulty, or because the author or copyright owners did not comply with formalities required under earlier copyright law. So we might see a number of other challenges spring up if this one is successful."


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At the pub, as Caroline and Kayla look on, Roman assures Bo he has everything covered, he'll look after Ciara and everything else. When Caroline and Roman leave, Kayla asks Bo to level with her about Caroline's progress. Ciara walks in with a picture of the family for Grandma to remember her by. They tell each other they love each other as Bo and Hope look on. Bo and Ciara hug tightly and promise to video each other every night. Later, Hope tearfully tells Bo he's fearless and she's proud of him. They kiss lovingly. She later gives Bo a disc of memories and a separate disc with info about Stefano. "Partner's for life" they tell each other. After an emotional goodbye, Bo leaves the pub.
Bo arrives at Victor's place, telling him he's brought some of Ciara's things. Maggie appears and greets him as well. Bo tells Victor and Maggie that he's taking Caroline to have experimental treatment in California. Maggie says she's sorry to hear it could be early dementia or Alzheimer's. Victor kicks himself for not realizing sooner. Bo says she put on a good show and that her distant memories will last the longest. Maggie and Victor tell Bo he's doing an incredible thing for his mother. Bo says he'll miss his family, but can't think of a better place to be than with Caroline right now. Victor is proud.
Billie and Bo meet by chance in the cafe. They discuss Caroline. Billie mentions Chelsea not being there to say goodbye. Bo says Caroline will be back. Billie hugs him. "Safe travels." Marlena and John appear. Marlena embraces Bo, and they talk about Caroline. John says she's the only woman he recalls calling 'Mom'. Marlena takes a call and John and Bo discuss the frustration of pursuing Stefano. John's pleased to hear Bo isn't giving up - just putting Ma first. Marlena returns and they wish Bo luck. Bo leaves, and Marlena reminds John they need to talk about Kristen later. He goes to a meeting.
Bo arrives to see Caroline at the pub. She can't believe it's her last day. Bo embraces her. They'll be back sooner than she knows. Sami turns up, complaining about the men in her life. Caroline forgets their names and Bo interrupts their conversation to inform Sami what she's been missing out on. Sami's upset to learn about the dementia. Why didn't anyone tell her? "You didn't ask," Bo reminds. Caroline asks Bo not to be so hard on Sami. She has her own life and it was a secret! Caroline hugs Sami and goes off to help Eddie with something in the kitchen while Bo apologizes for being short with Sami. They discuss what's been happening and Sami agrees to be there for Caroline. Caroline returns and promises Sami can still lean on her. Sami cries. "I love you so much, Grandma." Abe heads in and says goodbye to his old friend Bo. Later, Bo shares the story about Caroline thinking he was Shawn. Sami has high hopes for treatment. She calls around looking for Will to say goodbye to Caroline.
At the pub, Bo decides if Kayla thinks Caroline must go to Northern California for treatment of her dementia, he'll go along. Kayla tells Caroline about the treatment but she refuses to go. Kayla runs back to work and Hope tries to reason with Caroline by telling her she needs her back here, healthy for the holidays. Caroline considers it and later hands Bo a beer in lieu of pie. She's watching his calories. She agrees to let Bo take her to the treatment program - tomorrow. They talk about the fun they'll have at Yosemite as Hope looks on.
Hope surprises Bo at the pub. Caroline interrupts to make jokes about Bo babysitting her. Caroline is relieved Bo has confided in Hope. Bo bluntly tells Caroline he and his siblings agree she shouldn't be working alone anymore. Caroline reacts badly. She has an event coming up for the fourth of July... Hope gives Bo a look and they discuss getting her a caretaker. Caroline feels humiliated and pissed, she stalks off. Later, Bo apologizes. Hope says they'll find someone discreet. Caroline finds it frivolous to spend money on that and doesn't want anyone hovering over her. Hope talks her into giving it a shot.
Bo and Kayla meet at The Coffee Bean to discuss how Roman's having a difficult time with Caroline's devastating news and Jennifer being incarcerated. Roman turns up and they discuss the test results. Caroline's not having mini-strokes and these events will only get worse. Bo relays what happened last night when Victor showed up. While Kay and Roman agree Caroline needs a caretaker, Bo disagrees angrily and decides he has to be the one to approach Caroline about it. He owes it to her after making her life difficult for years when he learned Victor was his biological father. They need to do this right. They owe her that much. Everyone tears up and Roman heads back to SPD.
Victor walks into the pub and notices Bo sweeping. Did he quit his job at SPD to become a broom master or a bus boy? Bo smirks. Victor's brow furrows when Caroline calls for Shawn on her way down the stairs. Caroline snaps to the present and Bo gets them some Port and leaves them. Caroline reminisces about Bo working in the pub as a youngster. They talk about the past. Each still see each other as they once did. Caroline gives Victor a quick kiss on the lips and goes up to bed. Victor tells Bo how sorry he is. Bo remains positive about treatment. Victor offers to pay for it. Bo refuses. Victor's never been prouder of his son. They embrace as Maggie and Hope walk in. Maggie leaves with Victor and Hope learns that Victor knows what's up. Bo looks at Shawn's photo and vows not to let him or Ma down.
At Jennifer's house, Bo struggles to tell Hope about Caroline's memory lapses. He worries she could still be standing right there and slip away from them. Hope hugs and consoles him, saying Caroline needs love and support. Bo vows to be strong for her.
At Jennifer's Hope asks if Kayla has a diagnosis. Bo says she's ruled out other deficiencies, but not Alzheimer's. Bo is devastated that Caroline goes in and out of lucid moments. Hope is encouraging and says he can't do this by himself, what his mom needs is for Bo to be the son that Caroline needs.


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Renton, WA (SportsNetwork.com) - The Seattle Seahawks waived six players and terminated the contracts of two others on Monday.
Offensive lineman Wade Smith and cornerback Terrell Thomas had their contracts terminated. Smith was signed Aug. 4, while Thomas had been added July 29.
Thomas spent his first six NFL seasons with the New York Giants. He missed the 2011 and 2012 seasons because of injuries, but returned last year and notched 67 tackles with an interception in 16 games, seven of which were starts.
The 29-year-old USC product has 12 career interceptions, seven forced fumbles and three sacks. He was selected by the Giants in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft.
The Seahawks waived tackle Cory Brandon, running back Demitrius Bronson, safety Mike Dobson, defensive end Jackson Jeffcoat, wide receiver Kevin Smith and cornerback Thomas Wolfe.


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Officials Say Accused Reseda Killer Is Iraq Veteran With PTSD
Authorities on Saturday identified the suspect they said shot two people — killing one and leaving the other critically wounded — at an apartment complex in Reseda.
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Two people have been shot, one fatally, in Reseda, according to authorities.
World War I-Era Howitzer Shell Removed From American Legion Post In Reseda
A World War I-era howitzer shell has been safely removed from the attic of an American Legion Post in Reseda and detonated by a Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad.


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Ironton coach, players in all-star game
HUNTINGTON -- It's one thing to game plan for a Division III semifinal game in the Ohio High School State Basketball Tournament.
It's another to devise a plan for two all-star games.
Ironton High School boys basketball coach Mark LaFon admits he's much more at ease for the latter assignment than he was three weeks ago when Ironton lost to Ottawa Glandorf, 61-60 in overtime, in the tense semifinal contest at Ohio State's Value City Arena in Columbus.
"I'm going to enjoy these couple of games," LaFon said Thursday while driving to the Cincinnati area where he'll serve as an assistant coach for Ohio in the 22nd annual Ohio-Kentucky All-Star Basketball Game scheduled Saturday night at Thomas Moore College's Convocation Center in Crestview Hills, Ky. (10 minutes from Cincinnati). "The pressure's not as great. It's not like having to come up with a scouting report for the next day."
Two forces on the Ironton team will get coaching from LaFon one more time Saturday. They are 5-9 point guard Zac Carter and 6-6 forward Trey Fletcher. Next Saturday, LaFon will coach Carter for the final time in the Ohio North-South All-Star Game at Capital University in Columbus.
Carter averaged more than 24 points a game and Fletcher hit at a 20.5 clip and grabbed 7.2 rebounds per game to lead the Fighting Tigers to a 23-3 record. Carter made first-team All-Ohio Division III and Fletcher made third team. The numbers and record explain why LaFon was voted the Buckeye State's Division III coach of the year.
"Zac for two more weekends. I'm excited about it," LaFon said. "I hope him and Trey take advantage of it. It'll be nice for all three of us."
When the Fighting Tigers had that team meeting prior to the first practice in October, LaFon made it clear the goal was to make it to the Final Four in Columbus.
"High expectations? Yes," LaFon said. "That was our only goal. I told this group if we fell short, it would be an extreme disappointment."
Carter said he owed his success to the coaches he's played for and worked under. One is Oak Hill's Norm Persin. LaFon was an assistant at Chesapeake when Persin was head coach there. It so happens he was riding to this assignment with Persin, who's on the Ohio selection committee for this game.
"I've been fortunate and very blessed," LaFon said. "When I started coaching I was around good people. That's why I'm where I am today. I've had mentors, I'm riding with one right now (Persin). To be able to do things like this is nice. It takes good players and teams to be selected for those honors, not one person. I hope I can keep that perspective all the way through."
LaFon remembers well the final 56 seconds when Ironton had a 54-48 lead, only to see Ottawa Glandorf to rally to tie the at 55-55 on a layup by Matt Kaufman with one second left. Then T.J. Metzger made the second of two free throws with one second left in OT to give Ottawa-Glandorf the win.
"Obviously great heartbreak and disappointment," LaFon said. "I've replayed that rebound (turnover by Fletcher with 43 seconds to go) a million times. I wish we made better decisions. I wish I could've made one call the last minute to stop the bleeding. You're coaching in a public school. The whole thing is you try to help these young men grow while they play basketball. You want to win. You see who they grew up over a two-, three-year span, that's special."
LaFon will have one more area player to coach. Chesapeake's Javon Thompson has been added to the Ohio roster.
Two games in the event billed as "The Battle at the Border" are scheduled Saturday. The girls will play at 5:30 and the boys at 7:30 p.m. Teams had their first practice Thursday. A second is scheduled Friday followed by the Slam Jam All-Star Night of Stars at 7 p.m. Events are 1-on-1, 3-on-3, 3-point shooting and slam dunk contests.
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Well, as I am paranoid I check my BP a couple of times a day at work with my BP cuff. I have decided that I am allergic to work. It is usually 10-15 points higher there than home. I work nights and don't really do much besides sit at a desk in front of a computer. Every once in a while I get up to walk up and down the hall. I do less here than at home. Although the higher BP's of 135/90's at work aren't really looking good for the near future. My usual Bp is 110/60-70's. And on top of that as a side rant- had a lady tell me the other day "oh are you pregnant, I couldn't tell at all" Really cause that is awesome At 20 weeks you would think it showed a little but apparently I just look Fat.
So when did everyone else's bp start to creep up. I have had a couple of days of trace protein this week in my urine. Hoping its just the usual variance due to hydration and diet. Plan on asking for a 24 hour urine at my next visit just to make sure there isn't something more to it. Hope everyone else is having a great weekend.


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loop-backs tend to shift off-centre.
• Begin straight across on the inside (grey section) and out through the bottom eyelets.
• At each eyelet pair, the ends are given a half twist in the middle of the shoe before looping back and returning to the outside.
• The ends are fed under the sides and out through the next higher set of eyelets.
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shoes. These accentuate the fact that the laces loop back on themselves rather than simply crossing over each other.
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Definición de park en inglés:
- The most striking ones are connected with the illegal giveaway of some public parks and gardens, he said.
- Work includes care of public parks, gardens, painting of signs, sowing of flowers, shrubs, care of the graveyards, repair of paths etc.
- He would like to see more public parks and gardens where he could go to feed the ducks with his children; more facilities for younger people - and more child-friendly pubs.
- The residents will now make submissions on the upcoming review of the Naas Development Plan looking to have the wetlands area formalised as a wildlife park.
- It turned out that this was no ordinary deer, but a young orphan - appropriately enough, called Rain - who had been reared from birth by the good folks at Porfell Animal Land wildlife park, near Looe.
- The judges say the Town Park and the wildlife park in Glendowns are both providing opportunities for wildlife appreciation.
- In the area of Bromley, there are parks with swings and slides, but that can be a bit boring for older kids.
- We don't let them go up to the park nearby because older kids sit on the swings drinking up there.
- Christine set up the Action Group after Lancaster City Council took down swings and slides in a local park.
- His presence was enough to send opposing fans into a frenzy - one of the true bad boys of soccer on the park.
- After the break, however, England came more to the fore in the centre of the park and the Rovers midfielder spent most of the half on the back foot as his team came under siege.
- Solidity in the centre of the park is supplied through Smith's conversion into a midfielder, a role where he did not expect to perform.
- Not to mention he accomplished this playing his home games in Yankee Stadium, a difficult park for righthanded hitters.
- The Southern League has favored pitching dramatically of late, though the Georgia outfielders will be playing in historically neutral parks.
- The ball had plenty of depth to reach the park's famed left field fence.
- Plans came and went that included high-rise apartments and an amusement theme park, however nothing materialised.
- A series of pilots are set to begin at regional and national theme parks.
- In the amusement parks on the outskirts of Chennai, huge crowds queue for a water ride.
- Union Terrace car park will lose more than half its existing spaces so a new coach park and toilet facilities can be built.
- The sports hall, bowling green and coach park is likely to be lost, and council officers are already looking at the possibility of moving them elsewhere in the city.
- Householders and traders fear that a move to relocate a city centre coach park in York will trigger a spiral of decline in a street which has been revived after years of planning blight.
- I jammed the gear shift into park and jumped out of the car, wiping my pants off.
- He struggled to push the gear shifter into park, but he finally heard and felt the needle click over to the large P.
- She turned the key, the engine letting off a bit of a rumble, than she shifted the car from park to first gear, and turned it back around.
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- The car park of Morrisons often suffers from overflow car parking with shoppers having to park on side roads close to Morrisons which creates more congested local roads.
- Does free parking mean one can park vehicles anywhere and on any road?
- Police have been using the Polebarn Road offices to park vehicles since May.
- Equally, if Stringer was lost for any period of time then you could park any notions of grandeur until he returned.
- Which is sweet of them, except that these crèches are not to park your baby in - they're for men.
- I need to do a nifty leftward swerve right where you've parked your eight year old child!
- At the start of a routine home fixture he parks himself in a seat high in Ibrox's Main Stand.
- I promptly told my mind to shut up and strolled across the floor to the bar, parking myself in a seat.
- At the command every student in the room hurriedly parked themselves in their specific seats and waited for instructions from the teacher, Madame Besson.
- I did have ideas for an 'Engage' page up front which links users to blogs, discussions, and questions but I've decided to park that for now and focus on other requirements.
- The banks are celebrating rumours that plans to reform the banking sector have been parked until after the next general election.
- He tentatively floated the idea with one of the senior fitters a few months ago but met with fierce resistance and parked the idea.
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- Soccer , informal (Typically of an away team) play in a very defensive way: sometimes we do struggle at home against sides who park the bus[From the idea of parking the team bus in front of the goal]Más ejemplos en oraciones
- Chelsea didn't exactly park the bus to pull off a 1-0 win at Manchester City.
- Jose didn't just park the bus when Chelsea took on hosts Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, he parked the train, plane and every automobile he could lay his hands on.
- We need a more clinical striker who can score against teams that park the bus.
Middle English: from Old French parc, from medieval Latin parricus, of Germanic origin; related to German Pferch 'pen, fold', also to paddock. The word was originally a legal term designating land held by royal grant for keeping game animals: this was enclosed and therefore distinct from a forest or chase, and (also unlike a forest) had no special laws or officers. A military sense 'space occupied by artillery, wagons, stores, etc., in an encampment' (late 17th century) is the origin of the verb sense (mid 19th century) and of sense 2 of the noun (early 20th century).
Park is from Old French parc, from medieval Latin parricus. It is probably of Germanic origin, related to German Pferch 'pen, fold', which is also the source of paddock (mid 16th century). The word was originally a legal term for land held by royal grant for the keeping of game animals: the area was enclosed and therefore distinct from a forest or chase, and (also unlike a forest) had no special laws or officers. A military sense 'space occupied by artillery, wagons, and stores, in an encampment' (late 17th century) is the origin of the verb 'to park' (mid 19th century). The British slang term parky, 'cold', dates from the 1890s. It probably comes from perky, 'lively, sharp' ( see perk).
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Here we go again. Last month we asked if former District Attorney Clark Joe Crumley received preferential treatment after he was stopped by Jonesborough Public Safety officers in a traffic pursuit that ended with the former prosecutor bumping his car into a police cruiser. Many of you told us that had you been the one involved in such a chase, you doubt you would have been allowed to turn yourself in more than a week later — a privilege that was afforded to Crumley.
We agree.
Now comes word that a judge decided it was not necessary to arrest a local sheriff facing 10 serious felony charges. As Press Erwin Bureau chief Brad Hicks reported last week, the charges against Unicoi County Sheriff Kent Harris stem from a pair of Tennessee Bureau of Investigation probes — one initiated in 2009 and the other in 2010 — that overlapped and were eventually combined.
District Attorney General Tony Clark told the Press last week the TBI had intended to arrest Harris, but was discouraged from doing so by Criminal Court Judge Lynn Brown. Clark said both he and the TBI were opposed to Brown's decision.
"Judge Brown said that was his decision, that it is his call," Clark said. "I respectfully disagreed with him and he respectfully disagreed with me, and a summons was issued in lieu of an arrest and that's the only explanation he gave me."
Perhaps the judge felt Harris was not a flight risk. If so, does Brown apply this exception equally to all defendants within his jurisdiction?
We don't presume to pass judgment on Harris. His guilt or innocence is something the courts will decide. We do ask, however, that the sheriff be treated the same as any other defendant who is facing similar charges.
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I'm not quite sure why it took so long, but suddenly, it's official: Battlefield 4 is bad. Mike Futter (of Game Informer) and Ben Kuchera (now of Polygon) have both come out with opinion pieces in the last few days about how much of a disaster the launch of Battlefield 4 has been, and how both DICE and EA have failed their fans and lost consumer trust. Analysts are now saying the Battlefield brand has permanently been damaged.
I don't disagree with much said here. Battlefield 4 was a technical disaster, and the way EA and DICE have responded since has been abysmal. That said, it's tough to say that anyone has truly "lost consumer trust" in this era, especially EA.
I've written more "EA screwed this up" stories than I can count over the past few years from Mass Effect to Sim City, and I've covered both times they won The Consumerist's Worst Company in America award. That said, players are as excited as ever about new games from the company, be they more Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Mirror's Edge, Titanfall and yes, Battlefield. While EA isn't thriving like rival Activision, it's hardly been completely abandoned by fans.
Battlefield may prove to be a different case, however. While the series never managed to reach the numbers that would allow it to remotely compete with the Call of Duty behemoth, it was still a solid franchise and a very different sort of military shooter, no matter it's cosmetic similarities to COD. It has had a loyal following for years now, but one that might be splintering in the wake of the BF4 disaster.
So, what of Battlefield 5? How will it suffer as a result of its predecessor?
Well, I'm not sure there should be a Battlefield 5.
Rather, I believe EA only has one way forward if they want to salvage the brand at all, and that's releasing another Battlefield title with the "Bad Company" subheader, which they've previously expressed interest in doing. Everyone still has fond memories of Bad Company, and a new installment in the sub-series would likely erase a good portion of the frustration fans have felt with Battlefield 4.
The Bad Company series isn't nearly as self-serious as COD or other BF games, and could be a welcome addition to a shooter landscape that hasn't seen anything quite like it since Bad Company 2 in 2010. If the series is to be saved, the next installment almost has to be a new Bad Company to wash the taste of 4 out of everyone's mouth.
Past that? It's unclear how much room there is in EA's shooter lineup for a straightfaced attempt at Battlefield 5. They have Titanfall, which should prove to be their next big shooter franchise in conjunction with Respawn, and they have DICE working on Star Wars: Battlefront 3, a project that has been disrupted due to Battlefield 4′s woes.
Ultimately, having DICE devote their full attention toward Battlefront instead of Battlefield may be the better play. Interest in modern military shooters is waning. Even Call of Duty's massive numbers are slowly starting to fall. But with Disney's Star Wars Episode VII on the horizon, there's about to be a fresh resurgence of interest in the franchise (even though there's always some constant level of interest with Star Wars) and EA's Battlefront could be one of the signature SW games of the new era.
After one more Bad Company installment as a last hurrah, it may be time to retire Battlefield as a brand, focusing on more promising series instead. While EA as a whole doesn't seem to truly have lost consumer trust as gamers clamor for new series or new installments in existing franchises, Battlefield was already fighting for relevancy in a crowded line-up, and it may have just lost its right to exist after the launch debacle of 2013.
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Linux Conquers the Canaries
The Canary Isles now rely almost entirely on Linux in education.
Many Canaries' schools and the major universities all use Kubuntu – a derivate of Ubuntu which uses the KDE desktop. According to the project manager the schools are using Meduxa, which is based on Kubuntu (Breezy Badger), KDE 3.5.6 and a selection of educational software including vocabulary trainers, astronomy software and calculation tools. Canaries' universities use Bardinux, derivative of Kubuntu Feisty Fawn with various add-on packages from various fields of science.
Thus far, 300 schools have deployed Linux, with another 100 to follow by the end of the year. All told, 8000 computers will be running the free operating system on the islands. All 1100 state schools will be moving to the Meduxa operating system by the first half of 2009.
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Qemu Flaw Lets the Guest Escape
Xen project announces a privilege escalation problem for Qemu host systems
Android Bug Threatens Millions of Users
Attackers can compromise an Android phone just by sending a text message
Lenovo and Canonical Announce Laptop Deal
PC vendor will pre-install Ubuntu on portables in India.
Mozilla Firefox Blocks Flash
More embarrassment for Adobe's embattled multimedia tool
Security Problem in Firefox's NoScript Add-On
Mozilla's script blocker add-on could be putting malware sites on the whitelist.
RIP SSLv3
The Internet community officially banishes the notoriously unsafe Secure Sockets Layer protocol.
Mate 1.1 Arrives
Popular desktop environment continues the Gnome 2 legacy – with new support for the Gnome 3 toolkit.
US Government Requires HTTPS
The Obama White House has issued a memorandum telling all US government agencies they must use HTTPS for all websites and web communication.
Mozilla Signs Firefox Add-Ons
New program will dial up security for the Firefox browser.
Fedora 22 Arrives
Red Hat's community distro embraces the cloud.


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Yesterday came the news that the Federal Reserve expects unemployment to hover around 9 percent throughout 2011 and possibly decline to 8 percent by the end of 2012. It's worth noting that we don't have much reason to trust that the Federal Reserve knows anything about anything these days. The prognosticative skills of its officials and reports have proved scandalously poor over the past few years, just as its policies have suggested exactly the kind of inconstancy, desperation, and politicization that the Federal Reserve system was designed to avoid.
So with those caveats, which are substantial, we can still be assured of one thing: if unemployment is that high in 2012, Barack Obama will not win a second term. Democrats can intone the words "Sarah Palin" all they want as a desperate hope for salvation from Republican rule. But the simple fact of the matter is that if we enter into a fourth year of unemployment at levels unseen except for periods of a few months since the 1930s — after spending somewhere north of $1 trillion to try to bring the number down and with the Fed printing as much as $2 trillion to pump up growth — any Republican, and I mean any Republican, who can get the nomination will win.
Indeed, if unemployment is higher than the Fed now is expecting at the beginning of 2012, I think it's entirely possible that Obama would not run for a second term. Continued parlous economic news through 2011 will surely create the condition for a serious primary challenger, as I talk about in my lead article in COMMENTARY's December issue, as will continued trouble in Afghanistan.
One reason for the depth of the difficulty here is the degree to which the United States remains a consumer-driven economy. If a tenth of the country has little or no disposable income, that limits the possibilities for economic growth and a roaring recovery. Even worse, the psychic effect of years of bad economic news depresses consumer spending in every sector.
And the uncertainty created by the current political-economic climate, in which no one knows what will happen to tax rates and what will happen to health-care plans and what will happen to housing, contributes to the worries of small businesses (traditionally the engines of job growth, especially at the tail end of a downturn) about taking on new workers.
It's a dangerous loop. So now, having to invest hope in the Fed's newest round of quantitative easing working in his favor, Obama must simultaneously pray that the Fed is wrong about all that other stuff. Even if it is, he's going to have a tough road ahead.