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No firefighters injured in Wednesday morning collision.
Ladder Truck 11 — which just last night was spared the budget ax by the Anchorage Assembly — was involved in a traffic accident Wednesday, Nov. 14 that shut down the Glenn Highway. No firefighters were injured in the collision.
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Anchorage Police Lt. Dave Parker said this morning that the Anchorage Fire Department's Eagle River Station 11 ladder truck was involved in a traffic accident at around 10 a.m. on the Glenn Highway.
According to Parker, the truck was hit after a Chevy Monte Carlo lost control, hit an Anchorage School District van, then collided with the fire truck. Parker said two people in the Monte Carlo were transported to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries after being extricated from the Monte Carlo by firefighters on the scene.
No fire department personnel were injured in the accident, which shut down the inbound lanes of the Glenn Highway and forced APD to briefly close the Muldoon JBER gate.
Parker said he didn't know the extent of damages to the fire truck.
The ladder truck was the subject of proposed budget cuts recently, but the Anchorage Assembly voted last night to continue funding the truck, which firefighters said is critical for use in highway rescues.
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2011 Honda Accord Performance
This performance review was created when the car was new. Some links may no longer point to an active page.
The 2011 Honda Accord is available with three different engines and transmissions, giving buyers a variety of options. An Accord can be anything from a competent family hauler with enough power for daily driving, to something with a powerplant nearing the capabilities of a driving enthusiast's ride. Regardless of engine power, reviewers remain mixed on whether or not the Accord is truly sporty.
- "Nicely trimmed and spacious inside, the Accord is a perfectly adequate commuter car. But as the test results show, a four-cylinder Accord isn't much when it comes to stopping, going and turning." -- Edmunds
- "More power equals more fun and more safety when passing and merging." -- USA Today
- "Accords remain on the sporty side of the midsize class, with light but direct steering and well-controlled lean in corners." -- Consumer Guide
- "The Accords I've driven in the past have all been pretty fun, light and quick to the helm, a little feisty. ... But I must say, the new Accord won't make anyone laugh those roller-coaster laughs." -- Los Angeles Times
Acceleration and Power
The 2011 Honda Accord can be equipped with any of three engines: two four-cylinder models or a sportier V6. The four-cylinder models can be paired with a five-speed manual transmission or a five-speed automatic. The V6-powered Accord coupes are also available with a six-speed manual.
Because of the wide variety of configurations possible, it's hard to make a conclusive statement about the Accord's power. That's because each motor represents a different flavor. The smallest of the three is sometimes singled out for weak acceleration, with some writers advising buyers to opt for at least the mid-level Accord motor. A 271-horsepower V6 doesn't have the same problem, offering brisk acceleration -- though reviewers say it isn't the fastest family sedan. Shoppers requiring a bit more excitement should test drive the Mazda6 s and Nissan Altima 3.5 SR.
For 2011, fuel economy has been upped with all three powerplants. Four-cylinder models, according to the EPA, net a city/highway rating of 23/34 mpg. Meanwhile, six-cylinder models earnn 19/30 mpg.
- "The sweet spot for the Accord is the 190-hp four-cylinder. It sounds good, drives well, and returns the same EPA-rated 31 mpg highway as the base engine." -- Car and Driver
- "Acceleration is class-competitive with either of the four-cylinder engines, but the last V6 sedan we tested recorded a middling 7.5-second sprint from zero to 60 mph, well behind competitors like the Mazda 6 s and Nissan Altima 3.5 SE. In terms of fuel economy, four-cylinder Accords are about average, while V6-powered models receive slightly above-average ratings." -- Edmunds
- "For many buyers, the 190-hp Four's silken operation and seamless power delivery will mean a V6 is beside the point." -- Popular Mechanics
- "I drove the EX-L with the 3.5-liter V6 engine, which is...an amazing lump of technology." -- Los Angeles Times
Handling and Braking
The Accord has always offered tight handling compared to the Toyota Camry, and the 2011 model doesn't disappoint. Still, dissenters say the Accord lost some of its sporty character when Honda introduced its all-new Accord in 2008. Shoppers who haven't driven an Accord since then may find the new car a bit sluggish.
- "The Accord is a favorite of ours because of its willing powertrains and fun-to-drive personality, with good steering feedback and controlled body motions." -- Car and Driver
- "A drive in the new Accord showed that the car's big ace in the hole -- fun, European-style handling in contrast to Camry's softer ride -- was very much intact." -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- "With its latest redesign, the…Honda Accord sedan has lost some of the sporty edge once attributed to it. In particular, the body rolls too much in corners, though we admire the Accord's nicely weighted and extraordinarily communicative steering. Notably, the Accord coupe's handling is significantly better." -- Edmunds

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Terms of Reference
Position: Human Resources Manager
Duty station: Garowe – TPEC Headquarters
Reporting to: The Transitional Puntland Electoral Commission
Major Tasks and Responsibility:
1. Support development of an effective human resources policies and procedure for the Transitional Puntland Electoral Commission;
2. Prepare the work plan for the human resources department;
3. Responsible for the smooth functioning of the TPEC human resources department;
4. Assist in developing Terms of Reference for the election staff;
5. Support the development of relevant and well defined criteria for the selection of the most qualified and balanced personnel;
6. Serve as a secretary to the Recruitment Panel and keep record of all proceedings of the panel;
7. Maintain an up to date database of the election staff both in electronic and hard copy format;
8. Ensure that all election staff have valid contracts indicating date of start and the end of the contract;
9. Supervise the work of the human resources department;
10. Monitor the progress of the staffing of the key positions;
11. Prepare periodic report of the activities of the election offices in the regions and districts;
12. Periodic Performance evaluation of Regional and District election officers
Qualification & Experience
University Degree in Business Administration with specialized training in all aspects of HR Management.
At least 5 years' experience in managerial position;
A strong commitment to being a team member;
Demonstrated ability to deal with time pressure;
Excellent communication and report writing skills;
Functional competencies required: successful negotiator, active learner, strong leadership;
Excellent written and spoken Somali and English languages.
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
Application Process:
The deadline for the submission of applications is 26 January, 2013. Applicants should send their CVs with a cover letter to the following e-mail: email@example.com or deliver it to the TPEC Headquarters in a sealed envelope. Please indicate that you are applying for the post of: "Human Resources Manager". Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
NB: The short listed candidates will be required to bring original copy of their certificates and supporting documents.


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Shelters preparing for high demand during excessive heat warnings
PHOENIX -- As temperatures are expected to reach above 110 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday, a Phoenix homeless shelter said it is preparing for a major increase in those seeking shelter to escape the heat.
Central Arizona Shelter Services (C.A.S.S.), located at 1214 W. Madison St., announced it is expecting to see about a 22 percent increase in demand for shelter this week, most likely beginning on Wednesday.
Mark Holleran, CEO of C.A.S.S., said that to deal with the increase, the shelter will open areas not generally used for housing to accommodate the influx.
"I think there are any number of homeless individuals that are scattered throughout the community and they're able to survive in the normal heat," he said. "But when we hit these excessive heat warnings issued by the weather service, it gets very oppressive."
Holleran said whenever the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issues an excessive heat warning, C.A.S.S. makes arrangements to house higher-than-average numbers of people.
"On an emergency basis, we open additional facilities that provide a place for these individuals to go so they can be safe, secure (and) have access to bathrooms," Holleran said. "No one should die on the streets because of the heat."
Heat warnings are often issued not just when daytime highs reach excessive levels, but when overnight lows remain high, as well.
According to meteorologist Valerie Meyers at the National Weather Service, Wednesday and Thursday's daytime highs are expected to reach 113 degrees and overnight lows between those days is only expected to drop into the low 90s.
Holleran said high overnight temperatures present an added danger to people living on the streets because they have no chance to escape the heat and "re-energize" for the next day.
"(We) can be out in the heat, but then we go home and we go into a cool environment and we can relax and go through that recharge," he said. "If you're on the streets, you don't have that available to you."
C.A.S.S. began opening up additional shelters during heat warnings in 2005, when more than 30 people died on the streets of Maricopa County in July that year, Holleran said.
"It was very, very hot, which wasn't a surprise to anyone, but at night it stayed hot," he said.
The 22 percent increase means C.A.S.S. could see about 200 more people, if the excessive heat continues overnight Wednesday and Thursday. Nevertheless, Holleran said they're prepared to handle whatever comes their way.
"We will turn no one away," he said. "If we fill up, we will be using one of our partner agency's facilities -- the Lodestar Day Resource Center -- and if that fills up, we have agreements with St. Vincent de Paul to open up their dining hall, if that's what's needed."
During the summer months, Holleran said C.A.S.S. provides a lot of water to its clients and even some to Phoenix Police, so officers can help people if they're in distress on the streets. The Salvation Army set up hydration stations around the city to help the homeless get water.
The shelter relies heavily on donations to provide water to people, especially during excessive heat warnings, and Holleran said they're always accepting donations.
Donations can be made to C.A.S.S. by visiting CASSAZ.org or calling 602-417-9800.


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Fudge - yea or nay?
I love chocolate, sweetened condensed milk and nuts, but NOT fudge. Am I a mutant or have I never tasted good fudge?
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6 tips for the newbie on traveling abroad with plastic
Today's guest blog is by Geoff Whitmore, lead traveler writer at NoobTraveler.com, a blog dedicated to educating its readers on reward travel, travel tips and cost-saving travel techniques.
Adrenaline races through your veins as you begin to prepare for your first trip overseas. You are already picturing yourself sipping wine in the rolling hills of Tuscany or eating a seven course Michelin meal in France.
Then suddenly, you are struck with the fear of not knowing how you're going to pay for all these memories. Urgent questions arise, such as, "Do shops and hotels take credit cards? Should I stuff a wad of cash in my undergarments? Do I need travelers checks ... and what the heck are they?"
There's already a lot to think about already (like not getting lost or "Can I speak enough French to order a meal that is edible?"). Now instead of being amped, you break out in a cold sweat.
Take a breath and relax. The Noob Traveler is here to help.
I used to be just like you -- a little ball of stress. That's mainly because I used travelers checks when I traveled. Yes, there was a time when people carried with them pieces of paper called travelers checks. Travelers checks have all but disappeared, and I couldn't be happier these are a thing of the past. You used to have to worry if they would be accepted by the foreign establishment, or if there was a fee associated with the check.
I also went with the popular and more stressful practice of carrying around a big fat wad of cash. Who wants that pressure? Not me. I remember the days of stashing my cash on trips, fearful that at any moment I could be robbed and ALL my money would be gone.
Traveling with credit cards = peace of mind
What you need to know before traveling abroad with credit cards:
1. Ditch foreign transaction fees
2. Reward yourself
3. Contact banks before you leave
4. Carry a backup
5. Be ready for chip-and-PIN cards
6. Carry credit card contact phone numbers
In summary, traveling with credit cards can offer you peace of mind and make your travels an overall more pleasant experience. I would still carry small amounts of cash around for unexpected scenarios (they will occur), but the days of worrying about losing all your cash are over. I would advise anyone who is traveling overseas to strongly consider getting a credit card that doesn't charge you a foreign transaction fee. It will save you some serious cash and make your travels a thing of ease. Traveling with credit cards is the most efficient way to travel today ... until mobile payments take over.
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Introduction to Genealogy
Like many people I got hooked on Genealogy and have obtained quite a bit of information about my ancestors. I have many genealogy photos of people in the Morgan County, Ky area. The photos are also indexed by Name when I know the identity. If you can indentify any of the unknowns, please contact me.
In Documets can be found a store ledger from 1940-1941, the complete Floyd County, Ky Marriage Book 1, church minutes, various wills, deeds, family bible pages, marriage records and personal letters. They are also indexed by Name where possible.
When I photograph a headstone in a cemetery, I usually photograph the entire cemetery. I have cemetery photos from many eastern Morgan County cemeteries and surrounding areas.
The Cemetery Text Data link contains all the headstone names and dates sorted in various ways. Master Index is something I am playing with that combines photos of people, documents and the cemetery data in one large index, sorted by first name. Let me know if you find it useful.
Edward, Daniel Williams is a summary I did in 2005 of my research on Edward Williams, Jemimah Williams, Daniel Williams and Violet Williams. These are my ancestors who were among the early settlers of Ky, arriving around 1779.
Other information on the web related to my ancestry:
Castle, Daniel, Preston and Related Families
Williams of eastern Ky
Morgan Co., Ky Hills <-- no longer active but has some good archive data
New Morgan Co., Ky Hills
Massive list of Genealogy links by State/County or Surname


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Thursday, October 06, 2005
New Google Maps crime mashup: PhillyCrime.org
is a new Google Maps enabled crime-browser for the city of Philadelphia. The mashup allows users to select crime incidents by calendar date, time of day, and crime-type, and to display these crimes on an interactive Google Maps interface.
The crime data has been collected by the Philadelphia Police Department and the UPenn Police Department and although data is currently limited to West Philadelphia the mashup creators hope to have it operational for the entire city soon.
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"This morning, before school started, there was a small fire, localized to one of the science labs," she said. "It occurred when a teacher was setting up a lab this morning. No students were in the classrooms."
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When I first moved to New York City about a dozen years ago, I drew my father's face from memory quite a lot. It usually wasn't a good depiction at all, but occasionally it resulted in a decent drawing of a handsome man—which reminds me of a tip my friend Dan Gheno once gave me about painting or drawing your family. "Just say it's a drawing of a movie star," he laughed. Then, when they detect a slight resemblance, they feel flattered somehow.
I was not using the drawings of my father primarily as a way to improve my drawing skills, although that was certainly a secondary reason. I was missing my dad. I thought about these memory drawings the other day when I came across an article by Joe Skrapits in an early issue of Drawing magazine. Skrapits talks a lot about Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran, a drawing instructor who published a book in 1847 titled The Training of the Memory in Art. One of Lecoq's exercises involved imagining the drawing one would do of a memorized scene, tracing the drawing with one's finger, in the air, with the eyes closed.
"In the execution of such drawings and paintings in our heads, our ideas and feelings are unhampered by material difficulties and have free play to follow their natural inclination," Lecoq wrote. "They need not be slavishly bound by the exact appearance of things, which they may modify at pleasure by selection, by abstraction, by adding to them or taking away from them, by emphasis or embellishment, in short, by grafting, as it were, the ideal upon the real. ... Is not that truly an act of assimilation, whereby an artist, once he has made nature his own, is able so to speak, to infuse her with his own personal sentiment?"
Drawing from memory, it seems, is a skill that transcends the learning of simple rendering or drawing basics. It trains the whole person to think visually and confront one's artistic vision.
Another section from that article caught my eye—Skrapits' arresting assertion that even the person who steadfastly draws from life is actually drawing from memory. He quoted Kimon Nicolaïdes from his book The Natural Way to Draw: "With the exception of the [blind] contour study, there is no drawing that is not a memory drawing because, no matter how slight the interval is from the time you look at the model until you look at your drawing or painting, you are memorizing what you have just seen."
Recently, I watched Donald Demers paint a sequence of waves from memory. I agree that memorization is a part of the painting process. With that said... some people seem to be better at it than others.
I have to work at it... a lot!
Do you still have the memory sketches? I'd love to see them.
I read about Lecoq's book in the magazine and bought it from Amazon and read it twice. They don't write things like they used to. Lecoq was a genius and old-school teacher about art and learning. He developed a method of training artists to develop their memories of subjects to improve their drawing skills, but he had so much more to say about the overall training of artists! And it is all relevant today as much as it was in 1870! I recommend that all budding artists read the book.
I love looking at it this way. I've been trying to train myself to draw from memory all year in my sketchbook, doing faster and faster cat gestures and other sketches, repeating the same subjects, sometimes working from my sketches instead of photos. Lately I've done some things from pure memory or imagination without even a glance at the subject.
It's true! The more life sketching I do, the more clearly I can remember beautiful places I've been even decades ago or back in childhood. I never managed to get film even when I had a camera or get it developed except once or twice in my life till my first digital camera - that solved the logistic problems of forgetting to buy film or forgetting to get it developed or losing the entire camera in a move.
But I tried from the 1970s onward to draw or watercolor anytime I was on vacation or moved to a different part of the country. Those memories get clearer all the time. Someday I will be able to draw and paint the places I didn't have a camera when I went. It's coming closer all the time!
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Agnostic Ron Rosenbaum wants to clear something up: "Agnosticism is not some kind of weak-tea atheism," he says, but the stout ale of "radical skepticism, doubt in the possibility of certainty." In fact, he insists, his belief system is just as distinct from atheism as it is from theism. It is important that you know this.
In "An Agnostic Manifesto" published on June 28, 2010, at Slate, Rosenbaum takes great pains to explain that God-deniers, like God-believers, have childlike faith: faith that reality is nothing but the sum-total of the physical world; faith that science is the sole source of knowledge; faith that the materialistic quest will unravel the deepest mysteries of the universe, including the ultimate questions about human existence; and faith that their beliefs are not based on faith, but are settled beyond rational argument.
For example, atheists believe that the universe is the product of some materialistic process. For the moment, a cosmos-birthing fluctuation in the quantum potential is a popular explanation. They believe in it, not because it is proven or even provable, but because it must be true to keep their worldview from collapsing like a dying star.
God-deniers dismiss God-believers for their dogmatic claims, yet fail themselves, as Rosenbaum rightly notes, "to consider that it may well be a philosophic, logical impossibility for something to create itself from nothing." Not to mention the impossibility of nothing creating everything!
But agnostics, Rosenbaum proudly points out, refuse to believe what is not or cannot be verified as true, and they therefore stand against the dogmatism of both theism and atheism. When faced with the question of cosmogenesis—what "banged," and who or what did the banging—the agnostic shrugs, ever so humbly, and says, "I don't know."
It is a response calculated to let you know that the agnostic occupies an elevated plain of intellectual integrity, one on which lives are directed by facts, not faith. What the agnostic doesn't realize, however, or willfully ignores, is that he is just as much a person of faith as those he tries to distance himself from. It begins with what he really knows. See more HERE.
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Tahoe collides with Creek County ambulance
SAPULPA, Okla. - Several were injured after a vehicle and a Creek County ambulance collided in Sapulpa Saturday.
Sapulpa police say the driver of a Chevrolet Tahoe ran a red light and collided with the ambulance near New Sapulpa Road and 96 th Street South.
The driver of the Tahoe had to be extracted and was taken to the hospital in critical condition, police said. Three others in the Tahoe were also injured. Their conditions are not known.
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Almost as soon as Google announced Tuesday morning that it would now incorporate posts and photos from its Google+ social thingie (it doesn't like to call it a social network) as well as its photo service Picasa into search results, the furor began.
Critics said the move, which will apply to people who are signed into Google, is a gift to politicians or the Justice Department that might want to pursue an antitrust case against the search giant. The central notion is that Google, which at least comes close to having a monopoly in search, can now be clearly accused of using dominance in its core service to give itself an unfair advantage in a new, adjacent area. That's something the Justice Department zapped Microsoft in a 1998 antitrust case, charging it used Windows unfairly to promote its Internet Explorer browser vs. Netscape's. Google rival Twitter, in fact, put out a statement that Google's move would reduce people's access to the latest news distributed by Twitter users, which would be "bad for people, publishers, news organizations, and Twitter."
To start sorting out the antitrust issues, I talked to Eric Goldman, an associate professor at the Santa Clara University School of Law and director of the High Tech Law Institute there. While he, like I, wants to try out the new search for a few days before pronouncing judgment, he raises some issues that cast doubt on the immediate assumption that Google's gone over to the dark side (or ventured even further, to those who think it has already resided there for a long time). At the same time, he says Google will have to show that what it's doing benefits consumers and therefore shouldn't be considered anticompetitive. That can be tough to show, especially for a company famously secretive about the inner workings of its algorithms.
First, Goldman notes, let's not forget that when Google+ first came out, it was hailed by most as a competitor to an increasingly dominant Facebook (and Twitter). "Google+ has improved the competitive environment because it has offered another choice to consumers," Goldman says. Indeed, he says, after Google+ debuted, with features such as video Hangouts and Circles that allow users to put contacts into buckets of friends, family, and the like, Facebook responded with similar services. That's competition at work. "In order for the social marketplace to be competitive, we want Google+ to be more than an orphan," Goldman says.
Still, what's at issue here is not really the existence of Google+ but Google's use of its search engine to promote it over other services such as Twitter. So far, it's tough to tell if Google is indeed doing that, though search expert Danny Sullivan shows an example that indicates that it is in at least some cases. At the same time, even though Google's onetime deal to use Twitter data to surface relevant tweets expired when the two companies couldn't agree on terms to extend it, it still could index public tweets that constitute the vast majority of Twitter activity. (It can't do so with Facebook, most of which is more private.) Google seems to index at least some tweets, but I can't tell how much, and it seems far less than it used to.
One argument in Google's favor is that without access to full, relatively real-time data feeds, tweets in Google search results may not be perceived by users to be as relevant as full, real-time Google+ posts. Thus Google has a case that there's a good reason if tweets don't show up as much as Google+: They aren't as valuable to users, so they show up lower in search results just like any other Web pages that users don't end up clicking on. And that may actually be the case in the reckoning of some observers.
Google+ critics would say Google's social service doesn't have much of value yet, and perhaps they're right compared with Twitter. So for now, Google might be on shaky ground if it makes a claim that Google+ posts are more valuable than tweets. All it appears to be saying so far is this post on Google+ (of course): "We are a bit surprised by Twitter's comments about Search plus Your World, because they chose not to renew their agreement with us last summer (http://goo.gl/chKwi), and since then we have observed their rel=nofollow instructions." (For nongeeks, that means Google agrees not to follow links if a Web site so chooses.)
Still, it appears that Google declined to use Twitter's full feeds because Twitter was charging more than Google thought they were worth. (Or, if we can take Google at its word, Twitter declined to renew the deal. No doubt it was something of a joint, and economic, decision.) In that sense, Google's decision to use Google+ signals instead of tweets to provide more relevant, personalized results can be viewed as a buy vs. build decision, and Google made the "build" choice. "It's a rational economic response to the marketplace, so it could be viewed as pro-competitive," says Goldman. What about Twitter's complaint? To Goldman, it sounds less like a valid antitrust claim and more like the usual "bitching" of intermediaries–such as Kayak has done in response to Google's travel search results–when they're faced with losing their pole position with consumers.
As for using its dominance in search to promote another service, Goldman says that determination ultimately will rest on whether search results using Google+ are better than results not using them. That, of course, will be up to users–one piece of evidence of which would be whether Google manages to maintain its leading position over time. So that won't be immediately apparent. "If search results aren't better, then Google could be seen as trying to favor its own services," says Goldman. "But if they are better results, then it's to consumers' benefit," and an antitrust case looks weak.
For all that, it's quite possible that a regulator or politician will take a run at Google over this, since, as they say in Washington D.C., the optics (at the least) aren't great for Google. What's more, there's a valid argument that moves like this reduce access to information because they limit the Internet's role as a public commons. Or as John Battelle bluntly puts it, "it sucks for the Web":
Instead, we have the deepening trend of each of the Internet Big Five trying to be All Things to All People, creating a World That If Only You'd Use Exclusively, You'd Never Have To Leave.
Ick. Remember when Google used to be a neutral player that crawled the Whole Dern Web? So sad to see that era pass. It's not Google's fault, entirely, but it's sad nonetheless.
Regardless of whose fault this situation is, Google's social search move is sure to roil the waters in search and especially in social networking. Come to think of it, isn't that another way of saying things are more competitive than ever now? Now the question is whether they'll stay that way.
UPDATE: I added some more thoughts on all this–on Google+, why not?–in response to a new post from MG Siegler.


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Sept. 30, 1969 K. BISCHOFF METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILLING BAGS OR THE LIKE Filed May 15.1967
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his ATTORNEY A FIGZ K. BISCHOFF Sept. 30, 1969 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILLING BAGS OR THE LIKE 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 15. 1967 INVENTOR:
L B/SCHOFF his ATTORNEY K. BISCHOFF Sept. 30, 1969 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILLING BAGS OR THE LIKE Filed May 15. '19s? 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 United States Patent H 59,416 Int. Cl. B6511 9/16, 1/22 US. Cl. 53-37 16 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for filling bags or other types of deformable receptacles with flowable materials, particularly with pulverulent or granular substances. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and apparatus for filling bags or like deformable receptacles with flowable material in such a way that the charge of material in the interior of a bag is tightly enclosed by the material of the bag so that the latter can more readily assume and retain a desired shape and can be more readily stacked in boxes or other types of containers for shipment or storage.
Background of the invention One presently known method of completely or nearly completely filling a deformable bag with flowable material includes the use of a winding or twisting device which engages and rolls the top part of a filled bag. Such method is not entirely satisfactory because, if the operation of the winding device is automatic, it makes a certain number of turns so that the appearance of finished bags and the quantity of air which might remain entrapped therein depend on the quantity of flowable material in the bag. The uniformity could be improved by tamping the charges in successive bags to the same level and by trimming the top parts of filled bags so that each successive bag would comprise a top part of identical length. However, the time, machinery and energy required for such operation would contribute excessively to the cost of the ultimate product. Furthermore, twisting devices cannot be used in connection with highly deformable bags of polyethylene or the like and they cannot guarantee complete expulsion of air and/ or the formation of bags which are readily stackable in boxes or on shelves.
Accordingly, it is an important object of the present invention to provide a novel and improved method of forming, filling and sealing bags or like deformable receptacles for flowable materials in such a way that each receptacle can be converted into a body of desired configuration for convenient stacking in storage or transport.
Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved method of expelling air from the interior of filled bags prior to final sealing of such bag.
A further object of the invention is to provide a method of the just outlined characteristics according to which the expulsion of air can be carried out simultaneously with other treatment of bags.
An additional object of the invention is to provide a method which can be resorted to in connection with filling of flowable charges into fluidtight or permeable bags or like receptacles.
A concomitant object of the invention is to provide an apparatus which can be utilized in the practice of the above outlined method.
Another object of the invention is to provide an apparatus which can be used in the production of different types of bags and which can be operated automatically or semi-automatically.
A further object of my invention is to provide the apparatus with simple means for effecting expulsion of surplus alr from filled bags or like receptacles.
Summary of the invention One feature of the present invention resides in the provision of a method of filling bags or analogous deformable receptacles with flowable materials, preferably with granular or pulverulent substances. The method comprises the steps of introducing into a receptacle whose bottom and top ends are respectively closed and open a charge of flowable material so that the charge fills the interior of the receptacle to a desired level and that the remainder of the receptacle still contains at least some air, evacuating air from the interior of the receptacle by moving the material of the top part into abutment with the top surface of the charge, and sealing the receptacle immediately above the level of the charge so that all sides of the charge are completely surrounded by the material of the receptacle and that the charge completely fills the receptacle in the region below the seal. As a rule, the material-introducing step is carried out at a first station and the filled receptacle is then transported to a second station at which the air is evacuated prior to sealing. The receptacle is preferably subjected to one or more vibrating, agitating or other shaking actions to compact the charge in its interior prior to expulsion of air above the level of the thus compacted charge.
If the receptacle consists of foraminous material which retains the charge but permits the passage of air, the material of the receptacle is simply folded over the charge from two or more sides to provide atop panel which overlies the charge, and the seal is formed directly above the panel. If the material of the receptacle is not permeable to air, its upper part above the level of the charge must be provided with one or more openings or outlets for evacuation of air. This can be achieved in a number of ways. For example, the open top end of the filled receptacle can be partially closed to provide one or more paths for evacuation of air through the resulting closure, and the material of the receptacle is thereupon folded over the charge to expel air prior to scaling. It is also possible to completely close the top end of the filled receptacle and to pierce the thus closed receptacle above the charge to provide one or more punctures in the form of circular, slit-shaped or otherwise configurated openings for escape of air. The puncturing of the receptacle above the level of the charge can be carried out simultaneously with closing of the top end.
The receptacle preferably consists of heat-sealable synthetic plastic material which can be sealed and closed by the application of heat and pressure. The means for respectively sealing and closing the receptacle preferably comprise pairs of cooperating welding electrodes.
The novel features which are considered as characteristic of the invention are set forth in particular in the appended claims. The improved apparatus itself, however, both as to its construction and its mode of operation, together with additional features and advantages thereof, will be best understood upon perusal of the following detailed description of certain specific embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawing.
Brief description of the drawing FIGS. 1a to 1d illustrate four stages in the formation of a tightly packed and sealed receptacle in accordance with one embodiment of my method;
FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of a receptacle as it appears when looking in the direction of arrow X shown in FIG. 1a;
FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of a portion of an apparatus which may be utilized in carrying out the method of my invention; and
FIG. 4 including FIGS. 4a-4d illustrate four stages in the operation of the apparatus shown in FIG. 3.
Description of the preferred embodiments FIGS. 1a to 1d illustrate certain details of an apparatus which can be utilized in the practice of my method. This apparatus comprises a suitable bag forming and filling machine which maybe similar to that disclosed, for example, in US. Patent No. 2,113,636 to Vogt or in U.S. Patent No. 2,960,808 to Pike. The filling machine comprises a pair of cooperating closing electrodes 2 disposed at a level below a mandrel 2m which feeds charges of liquid, granular or pulverulen't material into successive lengths of a continuous tube 2t. The tube is severed at a level above the bag 1'. During evacuation of air via slit 4, the bag 1 whose bottom ends are sealed at 1a and whose top ends are closed or sealed at 1b. The filling machine may comprise two pairs of closing electrodes 2 and 2a and a reciprocable knife 2b which moves into the gap between the electrodes 2, 2a to sever the bag 1 from the lower end 1a of the remainder of the tube 2:. The electrodes 2a form the closed lower ends 1a, 1a and the electrodes 2 form the closed top ends 1b. These electrodes are disposed at a first station I which is a filling and closing station and at which the bags 1 are formed one after the other.
In accordance with the feature of my invention, the station I further accommodates a reciprocable, turnable or rockable puncturing or piercing device 3 which serves to puncture the material of the bag 1 above the level 6 of the charge 6a so that the interior of the closed bag above the level 6 can communicate with the surrounding atmosphere. In the illustrated embodiment, the piercing device 3 is designed to provide the bag 1 with an elongated horizontal slit 4 which is shown in FIG. 2, this slit serving as an outlet for evacuation of air above the level of the charge when the bag reaches a second station II which is an evacuating and sealing station and is shown in FIG. 1c. The walls 5 of the neck portion of the filled bag 1 converge toward the closed top end 1b and the closed bottom end 1a rests on a suitable conveyor 100 which serves to transport the bag 1 from the station I toward, past and beyond the station II. The conveyor 100 can be driven intermittently or constantly and is free to advance a freshly filled bag 1 as soon as the latter is severed from the tube 2t by the knife 2b. During transfer from the station I to station II, the filled bag 1 is preferably subjected to a shaking or vibrating action so that the charge 6a settles in a manner as shown in FIG. 1b wherein the level 6' of settled charge 6a is below the level 6 of FIG. 1a. The means for shaking the bag 1 may comprise one or more vibrators 101 each of which is operatively associated with the conveyor 100. Other shaking means may be used if desired. It is further clear that the bag 1 can be transferred from station I to station II by hand and that the operator can shake the bag during such transfer.
The station II accommodates evacuating means for expelling air above the level 6' and sealing means for sealing the bag 1 directly above the level 6 so that the interior of the thus sealed bag 1' (see FIG. is completely filled with the settled charge 6a and the bag 1' preferably resembles a brick-shaped or parallelepiped body which can be readily stacked in boxes, crates or on shelves. The station II further accommodates a severing means in the form of a cutter 29 which serves to remove the topmost part 30 of the bag 1' and to leave only a short welded seam 1b which can lie fiat aganst the top panel 10' of the bag 1'. During evacuation of air via slit 4. the bag 1 is lifted off the conveyor 100 but is deposited thereon again upon severing of the topmost part 30 so that the resulting bag 1' thereupon advances to storage or to a packing station (see FIG. 1d).
The slit 4 which is formed by the piercing device 3 of FIG. la can be provided in addition to or as a substitute for a different outlet 31 which is shown in FIG. 2. The outlet 31 is defined by the closed top end 1b of the bag 1, i.e., the electrodes 2 at the station I may be designed in such a way that they leave one or more paths (outlets 31) in the closed top end 1b to permit evacuation of air at the station II. The piercing device 3 can be dispensed with if the electrodes 2 are designed to provide the top end 1b with one or more outlets 31. It is equally possible to design the electrodes 2 in such a way that they form an airtight top end 11) and to use only the piercing device 3 or two or more piercing devices.
Of course, and if the material of the bag 1 is permeable to air but is capable of preventing escape of the charge 6a, the piercing device 3 may be dispensed with and the electrodes 2 may form an airtight closure. At the station II, the bag 1 is thereupon simply deformed in such a way that it forms the top panel 10 and is sealed at 1b to be converted into a block-shaped body 1 which is completely filled with the material of the charge. The utilization of air-permeable bags is particularly desirable when the charge consists of granules, balls, pellets or fragments which cannot pass through the pores or interstices of the bag.
In accordance with another feature of my invention which will be readily understood by referring to FIGS. la to 1d, the closing electrodes 2 may be dispensed with, i.e., the bag 1 can be transported from the station I to station II with its top end open. The piercing device 3 may be dispensed with or, if used, it operates in synchronism with the knife 2b and electrodes 2a to provide the top part 5 with one or more outlets for escape of air at the station II.
Referring now to FIG. 3, there is shown an assembly 7 which is accommodated at the station II of FIG. 10 and serves to expel air from successive bags 1 prior to formation of the seals 1b. This assembly 7 comprises evacuating means including two jaws or grippers 12, 13 and sealing means including two sealing electrodes 25. The jaws 12, 13 are carried by the downwardly extending free end portion or head 11 of an arm 8 which constitutes a carrier for the jaws and is rockable about a horizontal shaft 9. The arm 8 is biased by a return spring 10 which tends to rock it in a clockwise direction and is attached to a fixed frame member 10a. This frame member 10a further carries an adjustable stop 23 which determines the upper end position of the head 11. The jaws 12, 13 are mirror symmetrical with reference to a vertical plane which is normal to the plane of FIG. 3 and are movable up and down with the head 11 as well as toward or away from each other. The upper end portions of the jaws 12, 13 are respectively fixed to horizontal shafts 22, 19 which are journalled in the lower part of the head 11 and respectively carry mating gears 21, 20. The shaft 19 is further connected with a motion transmitting lever 14 having at its upper end a follower 16 which tracks the convex face 17 of a cam 170. A spring 15 is arranged to permanently bias the follower 16 against the cam face 17. The cam 17a is attached to a reciprocable driver 18. The lever 14 will be rocked in a counterclockwise direction, as viewed in FIG. 3, when the driver 18 is moved in a direction to the left whereby the shaft 19 rotates the gear 20 in a counterclockwise direction and the gear 20 rotates the gear 21 and shaft 22 in a clockwise direction so that the jaws 12, 13 move apart as indicated by arrows. When the spring 15 is thereupon allowed to dissipate energy (i.e., to contract), the jaws 12, 13 will return to the positions shown in FIG. 3 and will grip the top end 1b of a bag 1 which has been advanced from station I to the station II. In the embodiment of FIG. 3, the conveyor of FIGS. la-ld is replaced by a conveyor having a series of buckets 23 (one shown) which can move up and down at the station II to participate in upward movement of the bag 1 when the latters top end 1b is gripped by the jaws 12, 13 and the arm 8 turns in a clockwise direction to move its head 11 toward the stop 23. The means for moving the arm 8 in a clockwise direction may comprise a double-acting pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder 8a having a piston rod 8b which bears against the arm 8 and can move the latter against the opposition of the spring 10.
The electrodes 25 are disposed at a level below the jaws 12, 13 and are movable toward and away from each other by a suitable mechanism 25a. The cutter 29 is disposed above the electrodes 25 to sever the aforementioned topmost part 30 (see FIG. 1c).
The operation is as follows:
When a bag 1 approaches the station II, the electrodes 25 are held in spaced-apart positions so that the piston rod 8b can move the jaws 12, 13 to a lower end position in which the jaws extend into the space between the electrodes 25. In the next step, the driver 18 is caused to perform a leftward stroke to move the jaws 12, 13 apart so that the jaws define between themselves a gap which can receive the closed top end 1b of the bag 1. The driver 18 then performs a rightward stroke so that the spring 15 returns the jaws 12, 13 to gripping positions, i.e., the jaws grip the top end 1b in such a way that the outlet'31 (FIG. 2) remains free and that air is also free to escape through the slit 4. The piston rod 8b is then withdrawn whereby the spring contracts and rocks the arm 8 in a clockwise direction to lift the jaws 12, 13 together with the bag 1. The bucket 23 follows such movement of the bag 1 and the electrodes 25 begin to move toward each other. Thus, the walls 5 of the neck portion are folded over the charge 6a and the electrodes 25 cooperate with the jaws 12, 13 to assist in expulsion of air above the level 6' of the compacted charge 6a. The operation of the mechanism 25a is synchronized with the operation of cylinder 8a in such a way that the jaws 25 close and apply heat and sealing pressure at the moment when the head 11 abuts against the stop 23. At the same time, the cutter 29 severs the bag 1' above the electrodes 25 so that the jaws 12, 13 merely hold the severed topmost part 30 (FIG. 1c). The electrodes 25 are then caused to move away from each other and the bucket 23 descends with the bag 1. This completes a full cycle and the assembly 7 of FIG. 3 is then ready to start a new cycle and to convert a fresh bag 1 into a bag 1'.
FIGS. 4a to 4d illustrate the four important stages in the operation of jaws 12, 13 and sealing electrodes 25. In FIG. 4a, the head 11 for the jaws 12, 13 extends into the space between the moved-apart electrodes 25 and the cutter 29 is retracted. The jaws 12, 13 are open and the closed top 1b of the bag 1 extends into the gap between the jaws. The stage of FIG. 4b is an intermediate stage. The jaws 12, 13 grip the top end 1b and the electrodes 25 engage and deform the walls 5. The electrodes are preferably rounded, as shown as 28, to avoid damage to the bag. The stage of FIG. 40 is similar to that of FIG. 3. The electrodes 25 engage the horizontal top panel of the bag and are about to form a welded seam. The knife 29 approaches the material of the bag in the region between the jaws 12, 13 and the electrodes. In FIG. 40, the jaws 12, 13 have reached their upper end positions and the top part of the bag 1 contains very little air. In FIG. 4d, the jaws 12, 13 are moved apart so that they have released the topmost part 30 and the formation of the seam 1b directly above the level 6 of the charge 6a is completed. The bag 1 is ready to descend with the bucket 23 as soon as the mechanism 25a moves the electrodes 25 apart.
If desired, the seam 1b (formed by the sealing electrodes 25) can be bonded to the top panel 1c of the bag 1', for example, by means of a heated ram or plunger 37 which is shown in FIG. 1d. Of course, the electrodes 25 will form the seam 1b at a level below the slit 4 6 (FIG. 2) or in the region of this slit to make sure that the slit disappears when the formation of the bag 1 is completed.
It was found that my present invention can be practiced with particular advantage by resorting to an apparatus which is provided with a machine capable of converting a web of heat-scalable synthetic thermoplastic or plasticcoated material into a tube 2! and has a mandrel 2m which introduces measured amounts of flowable material into spaces provided above transverse seams (closed bottom ends 1a" in FIG. 1a) formed by suitable electrodes, such as the electrodes 2a of FIG. 1a. The tube 21 is preferably fed downwardly and the finished bags 1 are transported from the station I to station 11 in a fully automatic way, preferably by a conveyor whose operation is synchronized with the operation of electrodes 2a, knife 2b, and the assembly 7 of FIG. 3.
The bags may consist of any suitable heat-sealable material or of a material which is coated with a heatsealable substance. Polyethylene is one of the materials which can be used in the practice of my invention.
Without further analysis, the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of the present invention that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt it for various applications without omitting features which fairly constitute essential characteristics of the generic and specific aspects of my contribution to the art and, therefore, such adaptations should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalance of the claims.
What is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims:
1. A method of filling deformable receptacles with flowable material, comprising the steps of introducing into a receptacle whose top and bottom ends are respectively open and closed a charge of flowable material so that such material fills the interior of said receptacle to a desired level below the top end thereof; closing said receptacle at the top end thereof; providing the receptacle with at least one outlet opening for air between the closed top end thereof and the level of the charge; removing air located in said receptacle between said closed top and the level of said charge by compressing a portion of said receptacle immediately above said level whereby air entrapped in the receptacle beneath the closed end thereof will escape through said outlet opening during said removing step; sealing said thus compressed portion of said receptacle immediately above said level; and severing the portion of the receptacle above the sealed portion thereof from the filled remainder of the receptacle.
2. A method as defined in claim 1, and including the step of engaging the material of the receptacle above said level to move such material against a top surface of said charge prior to sealing the receptacle immediately above said level.
3. A method as defined in claim 2, wherein said material introducing step is carried out at a first station and further comprising the step of transporting the filled receptacle to a second station prior to said sealing step.
4. A method as defined in claim 3, further comprising the step of shaking the receptacle during transfer between said stations to compact said charge.
5. A method as defined in claim 3, wherein said receptacle consists of foraminous material which retains the material of said charge but permits the passage of air.
6. A method as defined in claim 3, wherein the step of providing the receptacle with at least one outlet is carried out simultaneously with said closing step.
7. A method as defined in claim 3, wherein the :step of providing the receptacle with at least one outlet comprises piercing the receptacle above said level.
8. A method as defined in claim 3, wherein the receptacle consists of heat-sealable material and said sealing step includes the application of heat and pressure.
9. The apparatus as defined in claim 16, wherein said grippers have parallel shafts journalled in said carrier and mating gears provided on said shafts, and further comprising means for rotating one of said shafts.
10. In an apparatus for filling bags or analogous deformable receptacles with flowable material wherein charges of a fiowable material are introduced through the open top ends of successive receptacles so that the thus filled receptacles contain fiowable material below and air above a desired level, in combination, closing means for closing the tops of successive receptacles; sealing means for sealing the receptacles directly above said level so that each charge completely fills the interior of the thussealed receptacles, said sealing means comprising a pair of welding electrodes and means for moving said Welding electrodes toward and away from each other so that the electrodes deform the material of a receptacle over the top surface of the charge during movement toward each other; and means for providing an air outlet opening in the material of the receptacle above said sealing means to permit expelling of air from said receptacle during movement of said welding electrodes toward each other.
11. The apparatus as defined in claim 10, further comprising cutter means for severing the topmost parts of receptacles directly above said sealing means.
12. An apparatus as defined in claim 10, wherein said last-mentioned means comprise piercing means for puncturing the receptacles above the respective charge.
13. An apparatus as defined in claim 12, wherein said closing means and said piercing means are remote from said sealing means, and further comprising conveyor means for transporting punctured receptacles from said closing and piercing means to said sealing means.
14. An apparatus as defined in claim 10, and including means for gripping and moving upwardly the top end of a filled receptacle while a top portion of the receptacle is located between said electrodes which are arranged to engage and to deform the material of the receptacle above said level to move such material against the top surface of the charge prior to forming a seal directly above said level.
15. An apparatus as defined in claim 14, wherein said gripping and moving means comprise a carrier, means for moving a portion of said carrier up and down, a pair of grippers mounted on said carrier for movement therewith and arranged to engage the top end of a receptacle, and means for opening and closing said grippers.
16. The apparatus as defined in claim 15, wherein said carrier is rockable about a fixed horizontal axis and said grippers are mounted on said carrier at points remote from said axis, the means for moving said carrier comprising resilient means for biasing the carrier in a sense to move said grippers upwardly and said grippers being mirror symmetrical with reference to each other.
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A wise caterer once said that every couple wants its wedding reception to be different, but they all end up being the same.
Even when the bride and groom try to be different, they end up mimicking others. During a recent reception, Ted noticed that he seldom sees the old-style bride and groom on top of the wedding cake anymore:
"I asked a baker about that, and he said Martha Stewart said, 'Why be like everybody else? Everybody else puts a bride and groom on top of the cake. Keep it simple, keep it elegant.' The funny thing is, if everyone now is putting flowers on top of the cake, then they're not being different.'"
The sameness is moderated slightly by budget -- money does change the props and scenery. Wedding receptions vary visually from Lemay to Ladue, depending on whether the couple is throwing a buffet with plastic plates at a VFW hall or a sit-down meal served on china at a fancy-schmancy hotel.
But within a certain middle-class price range -- say, around 25 bucks a plate with booze, at a total price of $4,000 to $8,000 -- most receptions bear striking similarities. The introduction, the toast, the dinner, the cake-cutting, the bouquet and garter tosses, the first dance and the photos are differentiated by only the slightest nuances.
The emcee of this ritual, the person who not only provides the soundtrack to the evening but does the most to affect its dynamic and demeanor, is the wedding-reception DJ. Ted, 39, is a veteran of the St. Louis wedding-reception circuit. He's won nine awards in a quarterly competition for best DJ at Complete Music, which employs about 45 "mobile DJs" locally.
Ted has heard the criticism about the incredible sameness of most wedding receptions, but he refuses to take the blame. People may gripe that they always hear the same songs, played at the same times, but Ted defends himself by saying that most couples want them that way. He points to songs listed on the form filled out by Newman and Stoverink before the wedding -- selections from Grease and Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl."
"These are all the standards," says Ted. "These are all their requests. That's why you hear so much of the same stuff at a wedding -- because they are popular wedding songs."
The way Ted sees it, what he plays is what the bride and groom have specifically requested or songs requested by the wedding party or someone in the audience -- or, he says, "If nobody gives me anything, then I'm just going to mix it up to see what I can do to get everybody up there dancing.
"As far as I'm concerned at my shows, there should never be a problem with music selection," Ted says. He has two ways of knowing the crowd doesn't like the music: They tell him, or they don't dance.
The two basic goals of a wedding reception DJ are related: Make the bride happy and get people to dance. Get people to dance and make the bride happy. That about sums up the science of it.
Taking requests is part of the deal, but the last thing Ted wants is the wedding-reception equivalent of the neutron bomb: a song that leaves the dance floor intact but eliminates all life-forms from it.
"Let's say I'm playing 'Hot in Herre' by Nelly and everybody's dancing, and somebody says, 'I want to hear 'Faithfully' by Journey.' I play it and everybody clears, even the guy who asked for it. And I go up to him after the song and he says, 'I just wanted to listen to it.' Well, that's why God gave you your CD player and your radio. We want people who come to dance."
Ted tells the crowd early about his two rules: First, don't bring drinks to the dance floor, and second, if you request a song, dance to it. "If your request clears the dance floor," Ted will tell the crowd, "I will know who made it, and so will everyone else in the room."
Ted even has what he calls the das ist verboten list -- songs the bride and groom don't want played. If they have an aversion to "Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce, "Brick House" by the Commodores or "Color My World" by Chicago, they can list those as verboten songs. The same goes for line dances such as the Electric Slide, the Macarena and, of course, the Hokey-Pokey.
One guest at the Newman wedding went down that road a few months ago with a different DJ. While planning his own wedding, 29-year-old Bret Kroencke spelled out his dislikes.
"I did not want 'Cotton-Eyed Joe,' 'YMCA,' 'Celebration,' the Hokey-Pokey, the Electric Slide -- no Macarena, no limbo, none of that," Kroencke says. "No conga line." Kroencke's fiance, Janet, also asked that there be no bouquet or garter toss.
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SPEEDING Stoke boss Tony Pulis has escaped a driving ban – despite having 15 points on his licence.
Pulis was clocked driving his BMW 530DM at 96mph within a 60mph-stretch of the M42 motorway hours after Stoke had been thumped 5-0 at Bolton last November.
But Pulis has escaped a ban after his lawyer argued it would have caused the manager, Stoke City and the people of Stoke-on-Trent exceptional hardship.
And Pulis warned he could not hire a chauffeur because his confidential phone conversations could be leaked and potentially scupper major transfer deals.
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Now Pulis, who admitted speeding on November 6, has seven days to pay his £2,500 fine and £85 costs.
Leamington Magistrates' Court heard Pulis was handed six penalty points for the latest offence, on top of his existing nine points.
Pulis told the court that he sometimes works from 7am to midnight, lives in Bournemouth, drives 62,000-miles-a-year and watches up to three football matches every week.
Pulis told magistrates: "I'm in control of over 100 employees. I deal directly with the chairman and his son; it's very unique in that respect.
"They're concerned about the circus of media which follows football clubs.
"A lot of the success of the club is because a lot of deals have been kept within the football club until we have to disclose them. We try to keep it that way."
Asked why he could not employ a chauffeur, Pulis responded: "We signed Peter Crouch in the summer without anyone knowing. "That took almost four days of non-stop conversations between us and Tottenham and Peter and the like.
"If other clubs had found out, they would have been attracted and might have signed him before us.
"I have my staff who I trust implicitly, but there are things I wouldn't even discuss with them."
Pulis also warned a driving ban could affect his charity work, including fund-raising for the Donna Louise Children's Hospice Trust, at Trentham Lakes.
Pulis's lawyer, Mike Stephenson, told magistrates that the manager's close relationship with the Coates's family had been key to Stoke's success.
He told magistrates: "There are numerous phone calls every day between Mr Pulis and the chairman which are totally confidential.
"That has contributed to the success of the football club. As a result of being in the Premier League it has put Stoke-on-Trent on the map.
"It has led to numerous businesses being set up.
"A number of them are totally reliant on Stoke City, and those businesses would suffer if they were relegated.
"The people of Stoke-on-Trent could suffer if Mr Pulis lost his licence and lost his job."
Allowing Pulis to keep his licence, magistrate Donnie Clarke told him: "You will not be able to use this defence again in any other proceedings in the next three years."
More Stoke City articles on www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk today:
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Serves 4
- 4 pieces (7 oz each) black cod (aka sablefish or butterfish), skin off and deboned
- 12 oz cleaned baby spinach
- 12 baby carrots, pre-steamed with tops removed and sliced lengthwise
- 1 clove garlic, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 ½ oz fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped
- 3 Tbsp olive oil
- sea salt and ground white pepper
- Miso Orange marinade (recipe below)
- Ponzu Butter sauce (recipe below)
- Optional: finely chopped yellow and red peppers, fresh sprigs of chive for garnish
Miso Orange Marinade:
- 3 cups Mirin rice wine
- 6 oz sake
- yellow miso paste
- 6 oz orange juice
Combine all marinade ingredients and bring to a boil. Whisk the liquid so the miso paste is well dissolved. Cool off completely, then cover prepared cod with marinade and refrigerate overnight.
Ponzu Butter Sauce:
- 1 lb unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 1/2 tsp Japanese yuzu juice
- 2 shallots, finely chopped
- 1 dash soy sauce (salt replacement)
- 2 stalks lemongrass, chopped
- 1 pinch ground white pepper
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- 1 tsp olive oil
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Spc. Miguel Carrasquillo, 25, of River Grove, Ill., died on Aug. 9 in Baghdad, Iraq, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his military vehicle. Carrasquillo was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.
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Canmore Update
Few things happening here in Canmore as of late. First off we have a new Indian Restaurant on Bow Valley Trail called the Spice Hut - have eaten there a couple of times & been very impressed, although service is very, very slow at times I put this down to the fact that they are cooking to order - consequently when your food arrives it is piping hot & very fresh. As a Brit I find the spicing quite mild & the decor lacking in charm - but its a solid, quality addition to the dining scene here & the prices are good. Marra's Way sushi continues to be our fallback option, sushi is good & one day we will get to try the izakaya option they offer later in the evening.
Of course the Poutine at La Belle Patate is outstanding - the food & service here is so good- lucky to have this gem nestled away in the industrial area of Canmore (yes there is one!).
Communitea is the best coffee spot in my opinion, love the Intelligensia they brew there & the lunch menu is always hearty & healthy at the same time. Mercato is also consistently excellent - they make real effort to bring in great ingredients in the grocery section.
Le Fournil Bakery also on BV Trail - is a first class bakery, as good as anywhere in Calgary - the sandwiches are a treat & the pastries sublime - glad to see it is busy most of the time.
Not much new has opened over the winter other than the Spice Hut. The Mexican restaurants on Main seem to chug along, but I baulk at the prices there.
The Grizzly Paw brewery should open soon, you cant miss it as you head along the Highway. A second Good Earth cafe will open in the new Elevation Place Rec Centre.
That's about it - spring is sprung here (at least for the long weekend) - once the farmer's market gets rolling, the ice cream bus returns & the patios open we'll be well & truly back in business.
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The farmer's market is on Thursday from 9-4 (I think, no guarantees those times are exact). Don't count on them for peaches - most other produce runs the gamut from so-so to quite nice. What I'm saying is it's not the Calgary farmer's market, but it's something.
La Belle Patate is great. The worst thing about it is I often go skiing on Mondays and crave poutine after. That is the one day a week they are closed. My favourite kind is the one with steak and green peppers, but any of them will hit the spot.
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Good to know.
The two places I always stop at in Canmore are Rocky Mountain Bagel and Nutters. Oh do I love the snacks in the bulk bins at Nutters.
My wife & I were in Canmore last Dec on our way to Banff. Had heard about a couple of Mexican places so decided to check them out. We looked at one spot which as I recalled was formerly a coffee joint, looked like it was running a deficit in the ambience dept so took a pass. We finally found the other spot which was on main street, from the decor, formerly a Greek restaurant? We went in & had a look at the menu; the server was completely indifferent, the prices were outrageous, ie, an enchilada was almost $17. What???
We have spent much time in New Mexico, specifically, Santa Fe & Taos. Mexican food in Canmore appeared like it would fall far short of the mark!
We ended up having a fairly pleasant lunch at Murrieta`s, very good service, average food & a great mountain vista.
We used to go to Summit cafe for breakfast on our visits to Canmore, haven't been in that direction for a while. Is it still there? Worthwhile still?
My spouse and I had our anniversary dinner at Tapas, in Canmore, in November, and it was one of our top meals of 2012. It was fantastic - great service, interesting food, reasonable prices, and it was romantic, upstairs in that little house. I hadn't heard too much about it beforehand, but we are dying to go back. Fingers crossed we'll make it there this summer!


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GRID 2 will push "today's best PC's", says Codemasters31 Aug 2012
After too many years of waiting in darkness, more details are starting to arrive about the secret-but-not-so-secret GRID 2.
Codemasters is moving to assure us that we can expect a game that pushes today's "best" PC hardware as the team try to find new ways to squeeze every drop of power from the machines.
Lead programmer Gary Buckley believes that the game's PC engine will test your set-up:
"The PC version of our engine has high-end options that push today's best PC's and is regularly used by benchmarking sites to stress test new kit. We work closely with the hardware vendors to try to get as much as we can from their cards and it's a good idea of what the engine can do given the right hardware."
Associate producer Toby Evans-Jones adds that the hard work put into the engine is all about delivering a top-notch "on-track" experience:
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If by "most" you mean "not many" then I agree
NCAA is going to "band" Penn State? What, Graham Spanier on lead washboard?
Here's all you need to know of Mark Emmert's comments, despite the absurdity of this article.
"There's an enormous amount of political courage, if you will ... to do the right thing on a variety of cases, and we've been demonstrating that again and again in recent months. ... If there's findings of violations of our rules, the decisions will not be based upon whether people want to be courageous or not."
Since when has Emmert's group done the right thing in recent cases? USC? Yeah, they're set to have one of the best recruiting classes ever this year. Ohio State? They're not hurting either.
I'm sure they had the vote. Just they don't have to tell anyone because it was a "conference call" or something.
I've never been a Spanier fan, but I'm not sure how this story proves anything.
And the same thing can be said for Ohio State, Alabama, USC, LSU, Auburn, Texas, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc.
"The Freeh Report on Penn State, highlights the "striking lack of empathy" on the part of university officials toward the child victims of rape and sexual assault. "
The Freeh Report also featured a striking abundance of hyperbole.
Oh, and the world "cover up" appears nowhere in the report.
All the "news" out there to harp on, and the PN picks this?
Funny, take away the scandal and people would be saying "wow, Paterno didn't get much for his retirement after all those years"
Tear down Old Main. Because that's where the approval to put up the statue (in 2001, ironically) came from.
The Freeh report should be required reading for anyone answering this question.
Because if you actually read the report, you'll see there's nothing in there that matches the damning and borderline unprofessional statements Freeh made during his press conference
You missed the biggest unanswered question of them all.
How could Freeh arrive at so many drastic conclusion with such incomplete and vague evidence?
Those were jabs at the media and to the person who leaked the info.
Also notice the jab at Vicky Triponey, too.
PSU BOT should take note on what getting your money's worth out of legal/PR fees looks like.
" and Baylor had to do with teammates giving alibis concerning the murder of a teammate"
Actually, Baylor had to do with drugs and payments to players then lying about payments to players by pegging the murder victim as a drug dealer.
There is no crossroads. The trustees know exactly what'll be in this report...the same thing that they knew would be in the report when they hired Freeh to do the investigation.
So answer us all one question. Why did Corbett sit on this case so long a AG?
Wait...nope, not April Fool's Day.
I guess this article answers the question if the PN will send its crack Pulitzer staff to investigate why Corbett sat on this case for so long.
First of all, there is no NCAA investigation. Please stop saying that there is.
"There's not much precedent for the NCAA pursuing a matter that didn't involve violations of student athletes or prospective student athletes."
Well no crap there isn't. There also isn't much precedent for the IRS to impose tax penalties on murderers, either. Gee, I wonder why.
Meanwhile, the Baylor sanctions had everything to do with NCAA rule violations and nothing to do with the murder.
Please, PN, stop interviewing these people who have no friggin clue what the NCAA definition of lack of institutional control is.
"Paterno, in his public statements on the matter in his last weeks of life, conceded, "I wish I had done more." "
He didn't concede anything. He merely said what ANYONE with have a heart would have said. But hey, PN, keep using partial quotes to attack Paterno.
This is why everyone, whether you're a gun lover or gun hater, should go through a gun safety course.
This guy is clueless. He should stick to sports law, not NCAA rules.


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