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Clara Peterson and David Fairchild of Story City currently spend one-third of their income on health expenses, which include a monthly insurance premium of nearly $1,000. They hope the health insurance exchange will offer a better alternative. / Mary Willie/The Register
Learn about your options
The Iowa Insurance Division plans a series of meetings to help Iowans understand their options under the Affordable Care Act.
Some of the meetings will be designed for consumers. Others will be designed for employers. Some will be for both. Here�s what is scheduled so far:
Consumer meetings:
� Saturday, 10 a.m., Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines.
� Sept. 28, 10 a.m., Mercy Medical Center, Mason City.
� Oct. 23, 6:30 p.m., Marion Public Library.
� Oct. 24, 6:30 p.m., Chariton Community Center.
� Oct. 26, 10 a.m., Burlington Public Library.
� Nov. 13, 6:30 p.m., Lied Public Library, Clarinda.
� Nov. 21, 6:30 p.m., Indian Hills Community College, Advanced Technology Center, Ottumwa.
Employer meetings:
� Sept. 24, 8:30 a.m., Cedar Falls City Hall.
� Oct. 16, noon, Hotel Winneshiek, Decorah.
� Oct. 22, noon, Iowa City Public Library.
� Nov. 7, noon, Cass County Community Center, Atlantic.
Consumer/employer meetings:
� Oct. 10, noon, Hy-Vee, 2323 W. Broadway, Council Bluffs. Also: 6:30 p.m., Community Hall, 205 S. Main St., Council Bluffs.
Kickoff of occasional series
This is the first part of an occasional series, �Health Care Reform: What you need to know,� that will continue through the rest of the year.
You can expect another installment next Sunday, plus coverage about every other week after that.
Implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act represents a massive change in the nation�s approach to health insurance. The law requires most people to have health insurance or pay a penalty.
Our goal will be to help consumers understand their choices, from how much they�ll pay to what kind of coverage they will get. We�ll explore how the law will affect the health care industry, from providers to insurers. And we�ll hold government and the insurance and health care industries accountable, measured against the goals of the law: Will more Americans gain health insurance at a reasonable cost?
The main writer for the series is Tony Leys, who has covered health care for the Register for 13 years. He welcomes your suggestions and comments. If you have questions about Obamacare, contact him at email@example.com or 515-284-8449, and he�ll try to find answers for you.
Getting started
The main way to find your options in the new health insurance exchanges will be to go to the website
. The website won�t have specific prices and plan options until Oct. 1, but it already has lots of information about the coming changes.
The Kaiser Family Foundation, a national group that studies health care, has a website that offers estimates of what people�s insurance premiums could be and how much the government would be willing to subsidize that cost. The estimates aren�t exact, because Iowa has not released its price list for policies, but they give people a sense of what costs might be. The website is at
STORY CITY, IA. — David Fairchild and Clara Peterson are pinning their hopes on Obamacare.
The couple, who own a small cleaning service, are in their mid-50s. They pay more than $900 per month for private health insurance, plus thousands of dollars a year in deductibles and co-payments. Until now, they�ve been unable to shop for other policies, because no other insurer would be willing to cover Fairchild�s chronic leukemia without charging even higher premiums.
Starting Oct. 1, they and hundreds of thousands of other Iowans will be able to check out private policies offered on a new, government-run online shopping system.
Opening of the so-called exchanges will be one of the most dramatic steps in the country�s adoption of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. The politically charged law will usher in the biggest change in the nation�s health insurance system since the establishment of Medicare for seniors nearly a half-century ago.
Over the next two years, the law will require nearly all Americans to have health insurance, and large employers to offer it, or pay penalties. But through the exchanges, the law also will help people with low or moderate incomes sign up for public subsidies to help them pay premiums.
See how the law could affect you and review additional videos and stories at DesMoinesRegister.com/AffordableCareAct
Fairchild has heard skeptics criticize the exchanges, also called health insurance marketplaces. Critics predict that the computerized systems will crash; that the people designated to guide consumers through the process will be clueless; that the insurance policies will be too expensive.
The couple will proceed, even if they face some bumps in the process.
�I really don�t see that we have much choice,� Fairchild said. �We�ve just got to trust that everything�s going to work like they say it will.�
The marketplaces are mainly intended to help people who are uninsured or buy individual policies, or who run small businesses. Those Americans have had some of the toughest struggles in the country�s health care system.
Exchange proponents say the systems should be particularly helpful in states like Iowa, where there has been little competition among health insurance carriers.
Iowa�s effort got two big pieces of good news last week from state Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart. Gerhart said that a national carrier, Coventry, had committed to participating in the exchange. If Coventry had backed out, as some observers feared, most Iowans� only other choice would have been CoOportunity Health. That would have been a blow, because the point of the exchanges is to offer choice to consumers.
Gerhart also said his initial review of premiums indicated that Iowa�s exchange would offer lower prices than most other states�.
Check suggests pair will get subsidy
Fairchild and Peterson are the kind of people who are most likely to benefit from the exchanges. They don�t work for a big employer that could offer them cheaper group insurance. They�re not poor enough or old enough to qualify for public plans, such as Medicaid and Medicare.
And one of them has a serious health problem. One drug that helps keep Fairchild alive costs $8,700 for a four-week supply. So they�ve got to have health insurance.
But with an annual income around $50,000, they need help keeping up with ever-rising premiums. Just last year, their premium from Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield jumped nearly 23 percent, Fairchild said.
Iowa hasn�t yet released the full price list for policies that will be offered on its exchange. But Fairchild read over the proposed prices for Nebraska�s system, which includes both major carriers that will participate in Iowa�s new marketplace. He also used a website run by the Kaiser Family Foundation to get an estimate of how much the federal government would subsidize the couple�s coverage.
The upshot was that he and his wife expect to face a slightly smaller premium for a plan with better coverage than they have now. And the best news: The subsidy would pay nearly two-thirds of the cost.
The couple said they�ve never before taken government benefits, such as unemployment or disability. Fairchild said he�s a bit sheepish about accepting such a big subsidy toward health insurance, but he said he needs it.
Without help, the couple would soon be priced out of health insurance. Then he could no longer pay for thousands of dollars per month in treatment to keep his cancer at bay, would become sick again and would be unable to work, he said.
Many fear bugs in online system
With the Oct. 1 deadline to open the exchanges looming, organizers are scrambling to get the computer systems up and running and to train volunteers and professionals in how to guide customers through the new insurance-buying process.
Fairchild has already gone onto the main Obamacare website, healthcare.gov, which soon will be the entryway to the new exchanges. The website already offers lots of information about the coming programs, but Fairchild has noticed bugs with it.
�It�s all glitched up,� he said, shaking his head. He worries that such flaws will be magnified once signups begin. But he said he�ll patiently work his way through whatever problems crop up.
Jesse Patton, a West Des Moines insurance agent and leading figure in Iowa�s health insurance industry, has also encountered bugs. Patton has taken online training and passed a test, but he said he�s been unable to get confirmation that he�s registered to sell policies on the exchange.
�I�m concerned that if it�s so messed up that it can�t even get us registered,� he said, �what�s going to happen when they switch on the marketplace Oct. 1?�
Patton, who is president-elect of the Iowa Association of Health Underwriters, has preached a pragmatic approach toward Obamacare. He said he and other insurance agents want to help clients use the new system to check for the best deals on individual and small-group policies.
He predicted that if the system crashes repeatedly in its first weeks of operation, critics will leap to denounce it as a failure. That could scare off consumers who potentially could benefit from it, he said.
�It�s such a politically charged topic,� he said. �If something goes wrong, it�s going to be hard to sort out.�
Patton also predicts that there won�t be nearly enough government-trained �navigators� and �certified application counselors� to help Iowans get through the application process. He said insurance agents are prepared to pick up much of the slack, and they can help customers compare the deals both on and off the exchange.
Federal official: System will be ready
Nanette Foster Reilly, an administrator for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, expressed confidence last week.
Reilly said the main part of the federal government�s computer system is running and has been tested. The department has expert teams ready to fix any glitches that crop up as consumers begin using the marketplaces, she said.
�I hope that they will be patient. I believe that a system that large and as important as the health insurance marketplace deserves a little bit of time to get right,� she said. Reilly said many computer-savvy consumers should be able to use the website without assistance, similar to the way they use websites to buy airline tickets.
�If people are comfortable with an online purchase like this, and many of us are comfortable with online purchases, then I believe they�ll be able to make their purchases from end to end from their own home,� she said.
Others will be able to get advice over the phone, online, or in person, she said.
Reilly noted that consumers will have six months to sign up for insurance plans after the marketplaces open.
Reilly said she was aware of frustration with how long it�s taking for officials to say exactly how much insurance will cost on the exchange. Those answers will come soon, she said.
�I understand that people would like to see the plans and premiums before the marketplaces open,� she said, �but we�ve always said that plans and premiums will be on healthcare.gov on Oct. 1, when the marketplace opens.�
Doubt over main goal: Curbing costs
The longer-term question is how much good the insurance exchanges will do.
David P. Lind, a Clive health care consultant, supports the idea of the exchange, but warns that it can�t be seen as the full answer to the country�s rising health care costs.
�I am somewhat skeptical that having more carriers will somehow miraculously keep our health premiums down,� he said. �The premiums we pay for health insurance is nothing more than a derivative of health care costs. As health care usage and costs by procedure increase, so will the premiums we pay for health insurance, regardless of the number of carriers in the market.�
To really tackle the cost, he said, the health care system must become better organized and more efficient, and the American people must adopt healthier habits. Both of those goals are included in the overall health reform program, but it could be years before their success or failure can be fairly judged, he said.
� Carol Hunter, interim editor


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The Summerville and Ashley Ridge boys soccer teams split a pair of games last week.
I think it came down to home-field advantage, Ashley Ridge coach Nate Harris said. They are used to their field and we are used to ours and I think it showed. We are more comfortable at home and over there the tighter confines made us work harder and it leant very well to their game.
But Coach Rasner had done an excellent job with them and Im proud of him as a friend because he has done such a good job, Harris said.
On Thursday, the Green Wave handed the Swamp Foxes a 4-1 loss at the SHS track.
Ryan West scored two goals for Summerville while David Kennedy and Edward DeLonge added a goal each. Summerville keeper Davis Wiggins was strong in goal, only allowing the one Ashley Ridge score.
The teams entered the half scoreless but then Summerville found its grove to take a one-game lead over Ashley Ridge in the Region 8-AAAA standings.
However, the next evening the teams met at Ashley Ridge and the Swamp Foxes earned a 2-0 win to knot up the standings once again.
Due to a Fort Dorchester loss Friday, now Ashley Ridge, Bluffton, Fort Dorchester and Summerville all entered this week with identical 6-3 records in the region with only one region game remaining for each team.
In the 23 minute, Michael Sauter lobbed a kick from the left corner of the field toward the goal. It landed and took a high bounce out of the reach of Wiggins and then took an awkward-looking roll sideways and into the goal.
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Stockton Blanchard had the shutout in goal for Ashley Ridge.
Ashley Ridge entered this week with a 15-5-1 overall record and played Colleton County after press time Tuesday.
Summerville entered the week with a 10-10-2 overall record and closed its schedule out with a game against Fort Dorchester Tuesday after press time.
The Boys Class AAAA playoffs begin next Tuesday.
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As we all know, marketing is the key to the success of anything. Of all the marketing strategies that are available as of now, Facebook Likes campaign is considered the most prominent. The importance for this is understandable as it is the best way to take you to the people who are relevant to the product that you are advertising. The exact text of Facebook ad campaign is
Create an ad to get more Page likes from the people who matter to you.
You would have seen Facebook pages for many brands with millions of likes. What do you think the user engagement levels would be for such pages. Very less. Surprised? Don't be surprised. There is enough evidence that most of the "Likes" that you get after running an ad campaign on Facebook are from developing countries. You may think whats wrong with it? I don't have an issue if the Likes for my brand are coming from developing nations. But the worry some part is that the people who "Like" your page have also liked a thousand more other pages. I guess this makes my concerns clear and valid.
In general, as a human being how many pages would you be following? I guess it should be around 100. Because if it is more than that, your entire Facebook feed will be filled with content from these pages rather than the actual social content from your friends. I would be happy if these users following huge number of Facebook pages, had at least a common interest. But that is also not the case. If you randomly pick these profiles with thousands of following pages, you will see that they liked all sorts of pages.
Here are some links to articles that already proved this and i was surprised that with so much evidence on the Internet, it never came to my notice till recently.
Given this problem, i felt that the work around would be to allow ad campaigners to choose the profiles based on the number of pages they are following. It would be great if Facebook can allow us to decide the population to whom our Ad will be displayed based on the maximum number of Fb pages liked by that person. I personally would like to display my Ad to people who had Liked less than 100 Fb pages. Facebook already allows us to choose which countries and interests to display the Ad.
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There is a sort of old-fashioned air about this work, written in the manner of the years before the First World War, years when earnest men wondered whether the Greeks and Poles and Italians and Jews would ever assimilate to American life. Mr. Fairchild wrote books then too, books which are almost identical with the one before us. For this author values consistency; if experience will prove him wrong, why then he will refuse to look at experience.
Here is Mr. Fairchild's thesis. Race and nationality both exist, but they are two different phenomena. Race is a purely biological division of mankind; nationality, a division based on culture. A nation is something else again, but strong nations are homogeneous in race and nationality, and are distinguished by uniformities of language, religion, and customs.
Obviously, the United States then confronts a problem, or rather, two problems, one of race and one of nationality. The latter, involving the Jews, is the simpler. The Jews as a nationality refuse to assimilate because, in the absence of a national homeland, assimilation means loss of group identity. The solution is a Jewish state in Palestine which would relieve American Jews of the care of perpetuation of their nationality and allow them to be digested by the dominant culture. Anti-Semitism would then disappear since it is provoked by the Jews who insist on remaining different and refuse to intermarry with the Gentiles.
The case of the Negroes (the racial problem) is, alas, more difficult. To deport them to Africa would be not nice. Amalgamation might be eugenically unwise. Education does not help much, and laws against discrimination only intensify antipathy. We (the Nordic Americans) should wish them well (only they should not boast about their achievements—and anyway most of the well-known colored people have a saving tincture of white blood).
A conscientious reviewer could, no doubt, subject this argument to sober analysis; on the evidence, however, there seems little hope of converting Mr. Fairchild. For the rest, it will probably be more profitable to point to some of the types of intellectual dishonesty perpetrated in this work, for not the least of victims is the author himself.
Witness the "this is not to say" tactic. Here the writer disarms his opponents by giving all the arguments against his own position, then blandly takes it anyway. For instance, a long discussion leads to the conclusion "that there does not exist as yet any conclusive scientific evidence as to the actual genetic mental equipment of the various racial subdivisions of mankind." But then we go on to learn "it will nevertheless be interesting, and to some extent illuminating, to examine some of the results of the most objective instances of racial mental testing . . . taken at their face value they are significant." Then come the tables, with the Negroes at the bottom, which "show at once a striking inferiority in intelligence of the colored recruits."
Similarly Mr. Fairchild gives all the reasons why it is unlikely that there is a Jewish race, then concludes: "This is not to say, by any means, that there is not probably a heavy racial predominance—naturally Semitic—in the total body of Jewry today."
Or, take the maneuver by elegant omission. Back in 1911 Franz Boas made hash of one of Mr. Fairchild's favorite notions, the immutability of physical racial traits. Boas showed that the cephalic index, regarded by anthropologists as one of the most permanent of racial characteristics, changed among the children of immigrants within a single generation. Writing in 1913, Fairchild sidestepped these inconvenient facts with the hope that "they will be subjected to the most careful scrutiny by anthropologists qualified either to verify or correct them." In 1947 he is still sidestepping, only now a slur, characteristically generous, accounts for the failure of anyone to produce the desired verification or correction: "Boas' very eminence and his high standing as a scholar have created a certain reluctance among his colleagues to launch a really destructive attack upon his edifice."
When these means fail, there is always the method of the apt cliché. "De gustibus non est disputandum. . . . Once this truth is fully grasped, the whole controversy over race relations takes on a new aspect, clearer, more intelligent, and purer." Not infrequently does Mr. Fairchild call to his aid the dubious exception that proves the fictitious rule.
Nor should we overlook the ingenious analogy. How convincing to make a point by explaining that "the child of a couple of pure Swedish Nordics" raised as "an orphan from birth in the midst of a tribe of African Negroes" would have "fair hair and blue eyes" but "his whole concept of the cosmos would be those of his foster group." Go prove the contrary! I would put into the same category the chain of reasoning by which Fairchild proves the existence of races out of anthropological "evidence" about the way primitive man moved out of the plateau of central Asia.
Finally there is the pose of lofty impartiality. Not for Mr. Fairchild, "mere undiscriminating goodwill." He will criticize both the racist (less than one page) and the antiracist (at least twenty-five pages).
The whole is held together by confident assertions, confident because they rest upon an absolute lack of consequential thinking and upon a stolid refusal to regard the world of facts. Here is a logician who defines race in purely biological terms and who then shows that "the notion of race is almost as old as humanity" because all men have in-group feelings. Here is a scholar who has not changed his discussion of assimilation in thirty-five years, all the evidence from the experience of that generation to the contrary notwithstanding. But then was he not also the author, in 1926, of a book called The Melting Pot Mistake?
Fortunately, Mr. Fairchild cannot argue away the past by insisting it should not have been so. Nor is he likely to influence a future that is fast running away from the quality of mind he represents; we do seem to be getting laws against discrimination in employment and for more equal educational opportunities.
But one can afford to be a little sorry for him personally. A quarter of a century at New York University (what difficulties for a teacher when Jewish students stay away from class on their peculiar holidays)! So many years to have lived in New York City (where the Irish still persist in parading on St. Patrick's Day and where one is constantly subjected to the "acute irritation" of hearing foreign languages spoken in the streets, to say nothing of "multitudinous varieties of tortured and mutilated English")! No wonder a vein of bitterness runs through this book.
What a fate—to be a life-prisoner of democratic America with less and less hope of parole as the long years go by!


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The Irving Independent School District's board of trustees named Debbie Cabrera as acting interim superintendent at a special meeting on Friday morning. This comes after Dr. Dana Bedden vacated the position last week.
Cabrera has been a member of the district since 1997, taking on several roles including associate superintendent of business services. "Cabrera has the experience and leadership that will keep Irving ISD moving forward," said board president Dr. Steven Jones in a statement on Friday. "We are committed to the students, staff and families of this great district, and today begins the process of finding the next leader to guide Irving ISD."


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Michelin and TIA Release Tire Inspection Training VideoJun 14th, 2012 | By Editorial Staff | Category: Industry News
Michelin North America and the Tire Industry Association (TIA) have partnered on another free training video for the tire and transportation industries. "CSA Tire Inspection" covers the guidelines for inspecting truck tires under the new Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) Program administered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
"We are proud to partner with Michelin and support FMCSA's efforts to improve safety on our nation's highways," remarked Dr. Roy Littlefield, TIA Executive Vice President. "This video will help the industry educate drivers and technicians on the federal inspection regulations for truck and bus tires."
"Michelin is strongly committed to the safety of the transportation industry," said Doug Jones, customer engineering support manager for Michelin. "This commitment is why we have partnered with TIA over the years to produce this series of safety related videos. We strongly encourage fleets, owner-operators and other industry personnel to utilize this and the other training videos to help promote safety in our industry."
The CSA Tire Inspection video is available for free download or viewing at michelintruck.com under the Tool Box tab or at youtube.com/michelintruck. Previous Michelin/TIA videos (In Shop Safety, Wheel End Safety, Tubeless Radial Truck Tire Safety, and Commercial Road Service) are also available for no charge at the Michelin truck website.


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Workshop to discuss horse pasture management
FRANKLIN FURNACE, Ohio -- Horse owners who want to provide better foraging opportunities for their animals are invited to attend a workshop from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, at the Ohio Horse Park, 400 Bobcat Lane, Franklin Furnace, Ohio.
The "Southern Ohio Forage for Horses Workshop" is jointly hosted by the Lawrence Soil and Water Conservation District and the Scioto Soil and Water Conservation District.
The workshop will cover information on pasture management, pasture soil fertility, forage species selection, tall fescue management, horse nutrition on pasture, manure management, and will include a pasture walk where plants will be identified and designing a grazing paddock system will be discussed.
The day will end with a hay quality discussion and hay evaluation session. Attendees are encouraged to bring a sample of their own hay for evaluation.
Bob Hendershot, who retired from the NRCS State Grassland Conservation and is now a part-time ODNR-DSWR Grazing Specialist, will lead the discussion. Hendershot helped develop the Forage for Horses program and has presented this material across the country. Also speaking will be Jeff Fisher, OSU Extension, Pike County, and Jeff Moore, OSU Extension, Gallia County.
According to a news release, "This workshop will provide tips to make better use of your horse pasture. Improving the productivity of your pastures can reduce the amount of hay needed. A well-managed pasture can provide a large portion of a horse's forage requirement mid-April through mid-November. Horses grazing well-managed paddocks will spread their manure over the pasture instead of in loafing areas or in their stalls. Healthy grass and legume plants are more productive if given the opportunity to regrow in between grazing events.
"You can improve forage growth by dividing the pasture into smaller paddocks and rotate the animals among the separate paddocks. Managing the forage is an important concept to understand to protect the environment, soil, water, plants and animals."
Producers need to register by May 3 by contacting Scioto SWCD at firstname.lastname@example.com or 740-259-9231. A registration fee of $20 will include materials, a 400-page Forage for Horses notebook, Pasture Stick, refreshments and lunch. Seating is limited.


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How To Pick Up Bowling Splits
how to pick up bowling splits
is a small part of the game but one which can make a difference in improving your scores. The goal of all bowlers is to deliver your ball into the pocket and to get a strike or if a pin or pin combination known as a "spare" is left standing, then the goal becomes to convert the spare. Since no one strikes every delivery the likelihood that a split combination of pins will remain standing does exist and is a reality of the game.
How to pick up bowling splits
can be accomplished by understanding more about pin combination leaves known as "splits" and how to give yourself the best chances in converting the split (a split is also a spare, of course).
In the second row of pins, the 2-3 pin combination is extremely rare but is possible to leave standing. The 2-3 pin leave is known as a split and can be converted by rolling the bowling ball into the exact middle of the two pins as to contact both pins with your bowling ball at virtually the same time. Normally, an adjustment from your strike line will be between 3-5 boards to the right using the same target on the lane for your strike delivery if you are a right handed bowler, which is a commonly used system, but not the only method to convert the 2-3 split. Of course, the 2-3 split is very, very uncommon but the strategy for adjusting is an important key in converting similar splits.
It is important to note that by using the same strike line target and adjusting your feet laterally to the right for this spare since the head pin is located on the 20 board and the pocket on 17.5 board, then about 3 boards to the right is the most likely adjustment. In cases with extreme amounts of lane oil in the center of the lane which causes excessive ball skid, however, an adjustment of 4 or perhaps 5 boards might be needed while still using the same strike line target so you will get the same ball motion toward the split as you do toward the pocket on your first ball delivery. This same adjustment actually works well for the "bucket" spare, the 2-4-5 or the 2-4-5-8 pin combination spares.
By the way, for the sake of simplicity, all references to adjustments for splits in this article will address the right handed bowler. The opposite adjustment will hold true for the left handed bowler.
In the third row of pins exists the 4-5 pin split and the 5-6 pin split. Normally, the 4-5 pin split will occur for a right handed bowler while the 5-6 pin split is a left handed bowler combination. Moving to the right for the 4-5 pin split from 7-10 boards on the approach with your feet and using the same strike line target on the lane is a continuation of a commonly used system for converting the 4-5 pin split. The more oil in the center of the lane, the greater the number of boards are needed to adjust to give yourself the best chances at converting this split. The less amount of oil in the middle of the lane as is the case on very dry lanes, then adjusting a fewer number of boards to the right from your strike alignment positioning will give you the best chance at converting this spare.
In the back row of pins are the same type of split leaves known as the 7-8 pin combination, the 8-9 pin combination (almost never will you leave the 2-3 pin nor the 8-9 pin combination), and the 9-10 pin combination. For the 7-8 pin split, adjust your feet to the right from your strike alignment 11-14 boards and use your same strike line target on the lane so you get the same dependable reaction when the ball travels down the lane toward the 7-8 pin split as you do for a strike delivery.
For the 9-10 pin split, use your 6 pin adjustment from your spare system strategy (perhaps the 3rd or 4th arrows on the lane) and perhaps even use a spare ball which does not hook as much as your strike ball because the back end of the lane is very dry and it is dangerous to try and hook your ball excessively when rolling for right side of the lane spares and splits. Usually, shooting for the 9-10 pin splits requires moving left and delivering your ball across the lane passing through on or about the 20 board or center arrow on it way down to the 9-10 pin split.
Another most frequent split combination is the "baby split" or the 3-10 pin combination. The strategy is to contact the 3 pin on the extreme right side of the pin with your ball so the ball deflects into the 10 pin and you convert the split. Using approximately the same adjustment for the 9-10 pin split can work for the 3-10 pin split because in both cases your ball needs to pass across the 6 pin spot on the pin deck in order to contact both pins and convert the split. An adjustment to the left with your feet across the approach as you would roll for a six pin spare or perhaps a 6-10 pin spare is fairly close to the needed adjustment with, perhaps, 2 boards less adjustment to the left on the approach. Use the same target on the lane as called for in your spare system for the 6 pin or the 6-10 pin spare combination.
The 5-7 split requires an adjustment to the left on the approach and since you need to have the ball contact the 5 pin barely on the far right portion of the pin as to slide the pin into the 7 pin, your adjustment to the left on the approach should be 3-5 boards and continue to use your strike line target on the lane. Moving left on the approach will cause the oil in the middle of the lane to skid your ball far enough to still contact the 5 pin but not squarely as is the case on a strike line delivery.
The 4-9 pin split requires an approximate adjustment as for converting the 7 pin spare as to contact the 4 pin on its far left side of the pin to slide the pin into the 9 pin. Moving your feet anywhere from 11-14 boards to the right on the approach and using the same strike line delivery will give you a good chance to convert this split.
To convert the 4-10 split, the same alignment plus perhaps 1 or 2 additional boards adjustment from the 4-9 split adjustment to the right on the approach and using the same strike line on the lane is the strategy. To convert the 6-7 split, use your 10 pin alignment with perhaps an additional 1 or 2 boards adjustment to the left on the approach with your feet and use your 10 pin target on the lane from your spare shooting strategy so you have some chance of barely contacting the 6 pin with the ball and sliding it over to the 7 pin. Since a greater angle to slide the 4 pin or 6 pin over the the 7 and 10 pins respectively for these splits is required in comparison to converting the 4-9 or 6-8 splits, the chances of converting these larger apart pin location splits is reduced considerably.
To convert the 7-10 split, the 4-6 split, the 8-10 split, or the 7-9 split requires an extremely fortunate ball positioning when contacting either pin in the split combination as to barely topple the pin over, bounce the pin on the deck until it walks itself over to knock down the other pin. These spare combination splits are rare to convert and are more generally picked up by contact on one of the key pins in the split combination and getting a lucky bounce out of the pit and back onto the lane to contact the remaining pin or pins.
One certain strategy for every pin combination on any split you might leave after delivering your strike ball is to make sure to knock down something and not deliver the ball to miss contact at least one pin. Hit something - no air balls please!!
The "washout" leave is generally not referred to as a split but requires similar strategies to convert. To convert the 1-2-10 pin "washout" leave requires adjusting about 5 or 6 boards to the right on the approach (remember, right handed bowlers) and using the same strike line target on the lane as to deflect the head pin across and to the right and contact the 10 pin. The washout is converted fairly regularly compared to many split combination of pins.
Splits are very difficult spares. There are systems using a spare ball and using the same target near the center of the lane which we might see Pro Bowlers using on TV, as example, but require a good deal of practice and do not utilize the oil ratios applied to the lanes by the lane machines as commonly found in most house-conditions at local bowling centers. Unless you are well practiced at systems to convert splits which do not involve use of your strike target line and ten pin or 7 pin spare lines, then we suggest using the strike line delivery system the examples given in this article refer to and encourage.
Develop a system of strike alignment and one for spare alignment before a system for for splits. Using your eyes, your imagination, and controlling your ball speed are keys to converting splits. Generally speaking the best spare shooters are also the best split shooters. So - become a good spare shooter and learn to make good strike line adjustments. Also and importantly, you must walk your lines when delivering your bowling ball toward any off-center pin combination. It is shocking how many bowlers drift off-line when walking to the foul line thereby reducing the impact and effectiveness of making good adjustments for spares or for splits. Practice walking your lines from any location on the approach!
The process of alignment and converting spares and splits is very geometric and matches nicely with use of the bowling arrows, the break point, and ultimately, the pocket.
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Nobel beginnings
Living to Tell the Tale
Gabriel GarcIa Marquez. Translated by Edith Grossman Jonathan Cape, 48
Living to Tell the Tale
Gabriel GarcIa Marquez. Translated by Edith Grossman Jonathan Cape, 48
by Richard Gott Published
Flying back from South America, I sat beside a Scotsman importing coal from Colombia to Aberdeen. His job had been to spend several weeks at the quayside checking that proper lumps of coal were carried on the conveyor belt, and not the dust and dross that would be loaded on to the freighter if his eyes were turned elsewhere. Talking to him, I realised how accurately such writers as Joseph Conrad and Gabriel GarcIa Marquez have described the colonial atmosphere of Latin America, the corruption and inertia of local participants comparing unfavourably with the dynamism of the entrepreneurial outsider.
The Latin American novelists of the boom generation of the 1960s were misguidedly labelled "magical realists", when in practice they were a fresh version of a tradition of colonial fiction in which the exotic tropical "Other" makes a guest appearance. The "boom" novelists appear to be insiders rather than outsiders, for they were born and brought up in Latin America, yet a close examination of their biographies shows that their lives and work are largely part of that continent's colonial heritage. Their strength was their capacity to catch the nuances of the cultural clash, not just between Europe and South America, but between the white ruling class and the immense swamp of blacks and Native Americans who form the bulk of the population. All of them have had a sharp eye for incidents of local exoticism, as that was the staple diet of the provincial press in which several of them made their debut.
GarcIa Marquez has now produced his own version of his past, the first book in what is designed as a three-volume autobiography. This first instalment is largely about his childhood and early struggling years as a literary journalist. It starts with a visit that he makes with his mother to his childhood home at Aracataca, beneath the slopes of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, which leads to his conscious decision to become a writer. It ends when he finally escapes to Europe from the claustrophobic atmosphere of Colombia, but with the prospect of soon returning to the woman with whom he has fallen in love. In between, he provides some of the background to his early stories, "Leaf Storm" in particular, and one of his later novels, Love in the Time of Cholera, which is partly based on family history. The gestation of One Hundred Years of Solitude will doubtless come in the second volume, although some of the incidents and imagery are already present.
GarcIa Marquez revels in his descriptions of tropical vegetation and landscape: the Arawak Indians carrying sacks of ginger and avocados, the small boys stealing mangoes rather than apples, and the oxcarts unloading green stems of banana. In the background is the ever-present absence of the US banana company United Fruit, which once brought instant prosperity and then just as swiftly took it away, abandoning its plantations and leaving only a memory of better times, coupled with that of a fearsome massacre of its workers. "The company leaves ruin wherever it goes," ruminates the local priest in tones that Graham Greene could have borrowed.
I have long subscribed to the theory that the novel flowered best in the hothouse atmosphere of bourgeois society in 19th-century Europe; the reason for the success of the Latin American novel in the 1960s is that mid-20th-century Latin America was caught in a time warp very similar to that experienced by Europe a century earlier. The tropical background of GarcIa Marquez's memoir might be unusual, but the stratified society with its rigid constraints will be familiar to anyone brought up on 19th-century European novels.
GarcIa Marquez was born in 1928, and began his adult life as a provincial journalist in Barranquilla, reporting on the everyday goings-on at a large port on the Caribbean. Yet it is clear from his record that he was always an exceptional figure, regarded with awe by his peers and excelling at music and drama as well as literature. He was a star from the start, appearing as a columnist in the editorial and cultural sections of the paper rather than on the news pages. It was not long before he moved to the capital Bogota where he continued to shine. There, immersed in literary preoccupations, he was forcibly introduced to the contemporary politics of Colombia when the white hope of radical liberalism, Jorge Eliecer Gaitan, was assassinated in April 1948. His death provoked an urban insurrection that destroyed the city, leading to the resurrection of a civil war that has lasted, off and on, from that day to this. GarcIa Marquez recalls the political situation as the Conservatives prepared for all-out violence. "It was a return to the historic reality of the 19th century, when we had no peace but only ephemeral truces between eight general civil wars and 14 local ones, three military coups, and then the War of a Thousand Days, which left some 80,000 dead on both sides in a population of four million people." Guerrillas, drug traffickers and US special forces are merely the current players in a deadly charade with an ancient history and a long future.
Aficionados of GarcIa Marquez's novels will be happy to be back in Macondo, or beside the waters of the oceanic Magdalena River where the whores and the paddle steamers eternally ply their trade. Yet some may feel that the life story of a writer, even a Nobel prize-winner, cannot compare with his fictional creations. As biographer, the writer is obliged to pay homage to the longueurs of his life, details that could be easily deleted from a novel. However, specialists in the minutiae of Colombian literary elites from 1945-55 will find much useful material here for their footnotes.
The book as a whole is a delightful ramble through the difficulties and problems of becoming a writer from a poor but would-be bourgeois background where such an achievement was hardly encouraged. It is also a wonderful introduction to the Colombia which rarely appears in the usual news reports from that country, in a state of permanent civil war.
Richard Gott's history of Cuba will be published next year by Yale University Press


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March 3, 2012
Box Score
WACO - Jonathan Dziedzic masterfully pieced together his first collegiate shutout Saturday afternoon as Lamar University upended 25th-ranked Baylor 8-0 in the second round of the 2012 Baylor Classic.
The Baylor Ballpark crowd of 3,062 saw Dziedzic scatter six hits, strike out four batters and walk only one in upping his record to 2-0 and helping Jim Gilligan move to within one win of reaching 1,200 as the Cardinals' head coach. The junior left-hander threw 80 of his 132 pitches for strikes, and the defense played error-free ball behind him.
Centerfielder Garret Autrey led the Cardinals' 15-hit attack by going 3-for-5, including a triple, and he drove in two runs. First baseman Brad Picha slugged his first major college home run while going 2-for-5 and driving in three runs.
Third baseman Darian Johnson, left-fielder Jeff Abt and designated hitter Seth Dornak also contributed two hits each to the offensive assault on five Baylor pitchers.
Dziedzic held the Bears scoreless on three hits over the first five innings, giving his teammates enough time to put up single runs in the second, third and fourth innings and add a three spot in the fifth as the lead ballooned to 6-0.
Designated hitter Josh Ludy touched Dziedzic for three of the Bears' six hits, but the product of Humble Atascocita craftily escaped heavy damage. The Bears put two runners on base only once - in the fourth inning - but Dziedzic get catcher Joey Hainsfurther to fly out to right field to end the threat.
The Cardinals snapped their 10-inning scoring drought in the tournament when back-to-back one-out singles by Autrey and Thomas Henk and a base on balls to Aaron Olivas loaded the bases in the second inning. Shortstop Wayne Stanley then came through with a single into centerfield put Lamar up 1-0.
Picha's solo homer over the right field fence increased the lead to 3-0 in the fourth inning. Johnson and Abt sandwiched singles around a walk to Jude Vidrine to load the bases with no one out in the fifth and to chase Baylor starting and losing pitcher Max Garner.
After Dornak flied out to right field, Autrey's slow roller down the third base line brought in Johnson with the Cardinals' fourth run, and Picha added a two-out single to left field to drive in two more runs and make it 6-0.
A one-out single by Dornak and Autrey's booming triple into the gap in right centerfield ran the lead to 7-0 in the seventh inning. They were the Cardinals' 12th and 13th hits of the afternoon.
The score reached 8-0 in the eighth inning when David Harris got a pinch-hit single back to the mound and came around to score on a throwing error by Bear pitcher Trae Davis and an RBI single by Johnson.
The Cardinals will conclude the three-day tournament Sunday by playing UC Irvine at 11 a.m. and then meeting Baylor in a rematch at 3 p.m.


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How to install the 'Novell' client
Last Updated: 25/08/11
To use Novell storage on UCD's computer network you must install the Novell client on your computer. This program is called the 'Novell Client'. The Novell Client allows us to manage the access to and the security of the computer network.
Make sure you have registered your computer. Find out how to register your computer.
Start your computer. Make sure you log in to your computer as an Administrator.
If you do not log in as an Administrator, you will not be able to complete this process.
If you don't know what an Administrator is, please call the IT Helpdesk for further assistance.
Logon to UCD Connect and Click on Software Download from the Software Applications channel
Click Download in the Novell Client section
Click Save in the box that appears. Select a location for download.
The download will take about 1 minute.
When the download is complete, doubleclick the saved file.
Click unzip in the box that appears.
Doubleclick the icon My Computer on your desktop.
Enter the following address: C:\NovellClient\temp
Doubleclick the file called Install.bat
This will cause a preconfigured Novell client to be installed
Restart your computer (if it does not automatically restart).
When your computer restarts you will see the Novell Client login screen.
Click on the Advanced button.
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text: I don't think that C# is a good programming language for DSP... We tested it some months ago, and in the benchmark it was approximately slower by a factor ten than the good, old, "unmanaged" C. We tested with FFT algorithms and linear convolutions, but I suppose that the same hold approximately for any algorithm. Why hell are You planning to use C# for DSP ??? Bye! Angelo Farina > -----Original Message----- > From: music-dsp-bounces at shoko.calarts.edu > [mailto:music-dsp-bounces at shoko.calarts.edu] On Behalf Of Roger Waters > Sent: 27 January 2004 01:52 > To: music-dsp at shoko.calarts.edu > Subject: [music-dsp] C# Interpolation Code > > I'm new to C# and am looking for a linear or spline > interpolation code in C#. Does anybody know of a site where > I can view similar code, or would anybody be willing to share > some code for me to study? > > Thank you :) > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use > your own dupswapdrop -- the music-dsp mailing list and website: > subscription info, FAQ, source code archive, list archive, > book reviews, dsp links http://shoko.calarts.edu/musicdsp > http://ceait.calarts.edu/mailman/listinfo/music-dsp >


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Anastasia Griffith stars as first responder paramedic Nancy Carnahan on Trauma, which premieres tonight on NBC. Let's hope this high-octane show full of car crashes and helicopter explosions can pull the network up from last place. With a paramedic like Anastasia running around giving everyone CPR it's got a good chance of raising people's blood pressure. Unless the victims are coughing up lung juice and stuff, because that's not very sexy, even if it's on the lips of a hot blue-eyed blonde. Remember, lung juice is never sexy.
A word from Anastasia: "People have told me since, being an adult, that m brothers are fiercely protective of me."
Hell, I'd be protective of you, too. Also, you can't hear it through the still images (hello, technology?!), but Anastasia's British, which means she's got a proper British accent that'll have you properly melting in her hands. Long live the Queen.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — State and local officials are aiming to reduce traffic deaths across Virginia by 15 percent this year.
The goal is part of the national Drive to Save Lives traffic safety campaign. The campaign also aims to increase safety for law enforcement officers on patrol.
With the long holiday weekend ahead, Virginia State Police on Tuesday urged motorists to drive safely.
The four-day Memorial Day weekend is the traditional start of the summer travel and tourism season.
State police say in a news release that nine people were killed in traffic accidents during the holiday weekend in 2013.
This year's holiday period begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday and ends at midnight Monday.
State police plan to increase patrols during the period as part of the annual Operation Combined Accident Reduction Effort.
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The international touring Bounce Music Festival is making its way over to Syracuse University on January 18th. Unlike most major EDM concerts that come to the university, this time it will be at an one of the best venues on campus, the Goldstein Auditorium.
Cazzette, Swedish DJ Duo consisting of Sebastian Furrer & Alexander Björklund, will be tearing up the stage for their second performance for the Bounce Music Festival. They have established themselves as one of the best duos in the world, touring with Avicii for the past 3 years and currently holding the #11 track in the world on Beatport, "Beam Me Up."
Cazzette will headline the night, but they will not be alone. The power duo from NYC, Modern Machines, will be supporting Cazzette with a set that will have everyone pumped for the finale.
An event of this caliber has not happened in the history of the Goldstein Auditorium. Especially with a top 5 EDM festival and a world-renowned duo like Cazzette taking the stage. They will have the auditorium decorated with Bounce's touring production with state-of-the-art lights and a sound system that will bump through the entire venue.
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text: GreenGrape29 5pts To all the fleet haters, I don't get it. They are necessary, only rental car companies can be considered bad, but even then, if you could not rent a car, you would take a taxi (a fleet sale), or the bus (fleet also), subways might be the only way but they are kind of fleet because a city commissions a company to build them, and not every city has them.Not to mention, police, fire, ambulance, government and the private sector. Be honest, without fleet, you would get off a plane and be walking the rest of the way to your destination.


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As a part of this weekend serials here on My Productivity Tools, each week on Saturday I will publish this type of posts, and you can find the previously published at weekly productivity tools.
Because I always try to learn something more, to become more productive and to improve my productivity, I need to try different tools, read different materials and implement different things. This serial is the place where I share different resources that I find and think will be useful in increasing my own and your productivity. I encourage you to check the links and try tools to see how they can impact on you.
Excellent productivity stuff that I chose for this week:
- Book: Work the System by Sam Carpenter [affiliate link]. We need to create systems that will work for us if we want to free up our time. I finish reading the book this week, and I am impressed about the topics for creating strategic objectives and documenting all procedures. I already have experience applying such systems with my clients, but the book is something that gives me additional knowledge to try in my practice.
- How to Boost Workplace Creativity? Really important stuff that everyone needs today is workplace creativity. Here are three tips that can impact in improving your workplace creativity.
- Why Traditional Planning Doesn't Work? Planning is important part of our personal and business life. But, recently there has been evidence, that probably you also feel about planning. Sometimes we say a good plan means half project or work finished. As for anything, we need to know what to plan, and how to plan something if we want to get results from that plan.
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- You Need to Say No to Many Things
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- My GTD System With Evernote and OmniFocus Today
- What You Need to Do if You Feel Overwhelmed by the Work
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Develop a strong biblical theology of mission for practical engagement in a world that needs to know Jesus Christ. Learn skills for understanding both the uniqueness of the world's different cultures and the increasing interconnectedness of these different social contexts through processes often referred to as globalization.
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The Bachelor of Arts Intercultural Studies is built on a solid foundation of courses in Biblical Studies and Theology and designed to challenge students to develop a strong biblical theology of mission. We seek to develop skills for understanding both the uniqueness of the world's different cultures and the increasing interconnectedness of these different social contexts through processes often referred to as globalization. The program builds toward a cross-cultural internship or similar experience, which is seen as the keystone of the student's learning.
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Our programs and courses are designed to strengthen your relationship with the Lord, help you develop deep cultural awareness and sensitivity, and prepare you for cross-cultural ministry. You'll also find a community of learning that is centered on faith and the authority of God's Word.
God has commissioned us to the world and its peoples with the good news of His kingdom and His reconciling love. This message is the heartbeat of Briercrest.
From its beginnings in 1935, Briercrest College and Seminary has been committed to equipping God's people for service. More than 20,000 Briercrest alumniare serving in more than 80 countries around the world.
Like most Briercrest programs, the BA Intercultural Studies requires 39 credit hours of 300+ course work within the context of a 126 credit hour degree. It requires 42 credit hours of Interculturall Studies requirements (including at least 24 credit hours at the 300+ level), 6 credit hours of cognate modern language requirements, and a significant cross-cultural component.
Students will complete the four-year BA degree Core Curriculum, as well as 6 semesters of Service and Experiential Learning. As part of their graduation requirements, all four-year BA students will also complete the Senior Portfolio (PRT 400).
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Tim grew up in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the son of American Baptist missionaries. He gave his life to Christ early in life, and after graduating from the American School of Kinshasa in 1969, he went to Easter College, where he did a BA in Sociology under Tony Campolo at Eastern Baptist College (now Eastern University). It was during his subsequent MAR studies at Westminster Seminary that he felt the Lord was leading him to mission work in the country where he had grown up. On the way there, he met Susan, and they were married in 1982. They have four children, all born during the years that they were working in Congo (1982 to 1996).
After that time in Congo, Tim went on to do a PhD in Intercultural Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, completing that degree in 2005. This was the same year that he began teaching at Briercrest, where he is program coordinator (with Alan Guenther) of the Intercultural Studies program. During the summers, he often returns to the Congo where he continues to be involved in teaching and leadership training at various levels.
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Alan Guenther's interest in the history of Islam is based in large measure on the four years he lived in Pakistan from 1988 to 1992 while serving as a missionary with The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM). Upon returning from Pakistan, he pursued academic studies at the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University in Montreal, completing both his graduate degrees there.
The focus of his research has been the historical development of the Muslim community in British India in the late 19th century as well as the interaction of Muslims with Christian missionaries in that time period. His involvement in Mennonite, Plymouth Brethren, and, most recently, Free Methodist churches has also stimulated him to research in their histories and become involved in their historical societies. Since 2005, he has had the opportunity to teach courses not only on the history of Islam, but also on the history of Christianity more broadly at Briercrest College and Seminary in his home province of Saskatchewan.


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Orange County Choppers teamed up with Goody's World Famous Popcorn to support our troops.
Goody's has been sending some of their world famous popcorn to soldiers as a way to give back for their service.
But now the owner tells us they've decided popcorn wasn't enough.
Dave Goodwin says, "we're here celebrating the celebration of freedom. We bought our Orange County Chopper bike built by Paul Sr. and the crew to help raise money to send care packages overseas."
Goody's and Paul Sr. with Orange County Choppers partnered up to raffle off a custom chopper to benefit our troops, and 6th Street was lined with supporters.
"Freedom isn't free and there was a price paid for freedom. So that's why we're here today, to celebrate freedom, and who knows it best but bikers."
"To put more of a view on our nation, on our armed forces past present and future, I think it's awesome."
Goodwin says they would really like to keep this raffle close to home.
"We want someone in Amarillo to win this. Everything we do is based here out of Amarillo. Even though big things are happening, we want somebody from Amarillo to win the bike," he says.
The Celebration of Freedom event had bands, food, drinks, and free dog tags, with a fallen soldier ceremony capping off the evening.
"Losing one soldier is losing one too many"
Since they provide popcorn for the Texas Rangers, Paul Sr. will be riding the chopper out to home plate and throwing the first pitch on September 29.
Also on November 25, the Orange County Chopper's show on CMT will show the building of the bike, and bring awareness to what they're doing right here in the Texas Panhandle to support our soldiers.
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Information reported this week about the speeding ticket Bob McCaffrey received on the night his wife disappeared was an attempt at further putting him in a bad light and there was nothing new or remarkable for investigators, his attorney said this morning.
McCaffrey seemed agitated when he was stopped for speeding early March 18, and he had a handgun inside his Dodge Ram, according to the Travelers Rest Police Department. But the firearm had been legally stored in the pickup, and nothing was remarkable about the traffic stop, the official said.
The Post and Courier previously reported that McCaffrey was a shooting enthusiast and that sheriffs investigators removed several firearms during a search of his West Ashley house. But none of the guns have been linked to any alleged crimes.
That could have been anybody at all during a traffic stop, attorney Chris Lizzi said this morning. This information has been in the hands of law enforcement since Day 1, and it was part of his initial statements.
Nothing has changed.Gayle McCaffrey, 36, was reported missing later on the day of the traffic stop. Investigators have unearthed no clues about what happened to her but have named her husband as a suspect in her death.
The couple had a disagreement during a family meal on St. Patricks Day, prompting Bob McCaffreys trip Upstate. Thats where he met with a woman he had been pursuing as a love interest, according to the Charleston County Sheriffs Office.
A Travelers Rest police officer stopped his truck on U.S. Highway 25 for going 64 mph in a 45-mph zone. He was issued a $135 ticket.
McCaffrey had a handgun stashed in the center console of his pickup, and he removed it as he reached for his registration and insurance information, Travelers Rest Police Chief Lance Crowe said.
While its best to inform an officer during a stop that a firearm is in the vehicle, Crowe said no laws were broken. The stop was one of more than a dozen conducted that evening by the officer, whom the chief called one of the most productive and knowledgeable on his force.
There was nothing noteworthy about that traffic stop, Crowe said. It didnt stand out to us at all. Nothing made the officer want to do any more during the stop than he did.
Nothing flew up any red flags.
Bob McCaffrey said he returned to his Limestone Boulevard home about four hours after the encounter and found his wife gone. Left behind were their two children, her wedding band, her cellphone and her Jeep. A typed note saying she had left to be with another man was determined to be bogus, sheriffs investigators have said.
Though evidence technicians have removed weapons from the home, officials declined to theorize about how Gayle McCaffrey was killed.
We removed several weapons from the residence, sheriffs spokesman Maj. Jim Brady said. But theyre legal. Theyre guns that he legally owns.
Through his attorney, the 41-year-old has maintained his innocence and remains hopeful that his wife will be found alive. He also has offered himself for follow-up interviews with investigators, Lizzi said.
At this point, any case against the man is purely circumstantial, officials have said. Several searches along S.C. Highway 61 near the couples home also have uncovered nothing.
Lizzi said the media and the authorities have continued to negatively portray his client when they have no real evidence at all.
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Grabban joined the Cherries in the summer of 2012 for £300,000 from Rotherham and the new deal will keep the 25-year-old striker at the Goldstands Stadium until June 2016.
He has been in fine form this season for the Cherries, scoring seven goals in 15 appearances as Eddie Howe's men have adapted to life in the Championship.
"I'm pleased to have it done because we've been trying to get it sorted for a while, so I'm looking forward to getting on with the football again," he told the club's website.
"I still had two years left on my contract but the club wanted to extend it and I was more than happy to do that.
"It's a good place to be at the moment and the club is on the rise, so I see it as a positive thing to extend my stay here."