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Plymouth's housing crisis: Councillor opens up on tackling "heartbreaking" problem
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Plymouth is facing a housing crisis, with thousands of families on the waiting list for suitable accommodation and many stuck in rented homes unable to get on to the property ladder. The council has promised to build 1,000 homes a year for the next five years - but where will they go, and will they solve the problem? SAM BLACKLEDGE reports.
IT is the ultimate balancing act for local authorities across the UK – how do you build enough homes to ease a heaving waiting list and lift families out of poor quality or cramped conditions, while also protecting your treasured green spaces?
Pop your answers on a postcard to Plymouth City Council headquarters, where the man tasked with solving this tricky conundrum spends his time attempting to pour a quart into a pint pot.
The first step in accepting help, of course, is admitting you have a problem. "The main issue is that there isn't enough housing stock to meet local demand," admits Councillor Chris Penberthy, PCC's cabinet member for housing. "Simplistically, you resolve that by building more houses. But it's not always as easy as that, because it is an expensive thing to do."
Plymouth has long considered itself as quite separate from the rest of the country, and the council's own housing figures bear this out.
Compared with the national picture we have lower levels of owner occupation, higher levels of private renting, higher concentrations of poorly-maintained private housing and more poor-standard social rented homes.
There are 10,500 households on the housing register, of which more than 2,800 are considered to be 'emergency cases'.
40 per cent of households earn less than £20,000 a year, while the cheapest homes in the city cost an eye-watering 6.3 times the lowest salary.
"Housing is unaffordable for people on low incomes, there's not enough affordable housing for demand, private sector demand is rising and there's a growing demand for people to get on to the housing market or progress up or down," Cllr Penberthy says.
"The challenge is how do you meet the needs of all those different people. We are a geographically challenged city, a city that is proud of being green and we already have high-density housing in some areas. It's a conundrum. It's a balancing act."
The council needs to build precisely 1,323 homes every year for the next five years just to stand still. Plans to sell off more than 100 acres of public land sparked residents into angry protests over the summer, with that old rallying cry of 'Not in my back yard!'
Cllr Penberthy admits to feeling some frustration at these community campaigns, saying the actual scale of the land which could be sold off, the equivalent of 100 football pitches, is a drop in the ocean.
"We have reviewed almost 900 sites in the city and we are considering less than 50 of those as even potential housing sites," he said.
"Some of the sites, like Yardley Gardens in Estover, are not designed and managed green space, it was always intended for housing. When people get used to something, the intention of what was meant to be in a space gets lost. But I can understand how people feel when something changes in their area."
Cllr Penberthy says he is concerned about the size of the housing waiting list, which will only continue to grow if things do not change.
He claims the key is to think in a different way, to offer a range of different housing options such as self-build, student flats, family homes, Rent Plus and shared-ownership.
"If we were to say 'We need 1,000 one-bedroom apartments, let's just build blocks of flats with one-bedroom apartments in them', we would end up with blocks full of young single people and pensioners, and that would create tensions between different styles of living," he said.
"We should be building 1,123 affordable homes a year. At the moment our commitment is to have 1,000 and that's really pushing it, because we have not achieved that very often. We are on track for this year, it will be tight but we are on track."
The targets, pledges, statistics and buzzwords associated with housing could fill the rusty old floors of the Civic Centre three times over; what it really comes down to is improving people's quality of life.
"I listen to stories almost every day of the week, within my own ward and beyond, and they're heartbreaking," Cllr Penberthy says. "The conditions that some people are living in in Plymouth are appalling. We're working to try to improve quality of stock, but that's hard.
"I have visited old people with mould in every room, a young family with a disabled child whose shower would never stop running and you could see the bathroom above through the floorboards. One man I visited, his flat was on one floor and his bedroom was a cupboard off a staircase. It's these people who can't afford to say 'I don't like this'."
The Plymouth Plan, a 'single strategic plan for the city' examining everything from transport to health, indicates the population will break the 300,000 barrier by 2031. All of those people will need jobs and homes, but Cllr Penberthy is confident we can make room for them.
"Sherford will help with that (a new town to the east of the city), as will the Seaton and Derriford plan," he says. "Housing is a long pipeline. From determining that there's going to be housing on a site to getting housing on a site is a few years.
"We are going to need more housing, but that goes alongside the fact that we're getting more investment in the city, there are more people wanting to bring jobs into the city, we need a workforce that is capable of doing that."
We haven't even touched on the issue of students, an ever-increasing element of the city's bloodstream which must be accommodated as our two universities continue to expand.
Cllr Penberthy says he appreciates that many people are uneasy with high-rise buildings springing up across the city. "I can understand that, but if it's well-managed it has much less impact than 700 students living in the housing around North Road West, North Road East, Mutley, Greenbank, St Judes," he says.
"If you have 600 to 700 students living in one block, that's an enormous number of houses that are not being lived in by students. For every big block that gets built, we are releasing 15, 20 or more houses back into private sector rented or to be put on the market for sale.
"That brings back into use the sort of housing I grew up in, terraces in Peverell which are great family homes."
Cllr Penberthy signs off with a message to first-time buyers who may be starting to lose hope – hang in there.
"As we provide more housing, that begins to release more housing stock, for people to upsize as well as downsize," he says. "For first-time buyers getting on the market is really important, but people need to be able to sell their smaller housing to move into larger family houses.
"We need to be building everything, from affordable homes and social housing right through to those really expensive luxury houses in the city, so that we have the full range.
"If we only have lots of starter homes, once people move they will move out of the city. That's why we're open to people talking to us about lots of different approaches."
Housing in Plymouth: the facts
- Plymouth has 59.5 per cent owner occupation, compared to 64.1 per cent nationally
- 20.2 per cent of Plymouth people are living in privately-rented homes, compared to 16.8 nationally
- 19.3 per cent of housing in the city is classed as 'affordable housing', compared to 17.7 per cent nationally
- The average salary in Plymouth is 23,600, with 40 per cent of households earning less than £20,000
- An average 'lower-quartile' house costs 6.3 times the lower quartile salary
- 20 per cent of working 20 to 34-year-olds in the city are living with their parents
- There are currently 10,500 households on the housing register, of which 2,875 are considered priority
- The council says it needs to build 1,323 affordable homes over the next five years to meet the existing backlog and future needs
- The 'Get Plymouth Building' programme aims to deliver more than 2,000 homes and 800 jobs
- The 'Plan for Homes' aims to increase housing supply by 1,000 homes per year over the next five years
- The council has pledged to identify and release more than 100 acres of publicly-owned land to build new homes. 27 sites, made up of 75 acres, have already been released.


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Yes Google is the search engine boss.
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Born in San Jose, he attended Bellarmine College Preparatory and Santa Clara University, where he received a degree in engineering.
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The Grays lived in Atherton for 35 years before moving to Menlo Park.
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In his Tree Distribution Report, Project Manager Abderrahim Ouarghidi explains that in February 22,000 walnut and cherry trees were distributed to families from 2 fruit tree nurseries established by HAF in 2010. Beginning with 25,000 walnut trees and 20,000 cherry trees, these nurseries have been carefully managed for 2 years, now providing 43 villages with trees of their own.
Due to poor growing conditions last year (snow that arrived at a later than optimal time), a number of cherry trees were lost, leaving only 6000 ready to be distributed. The remaining 7500 cherry trees will be kept in the nursery for another year to be re-grafted next year and then distributed. Those 7500 trees will benefit 300 households in the 12 villages which did not receive trees this year.
This nursery project was considered a successful training program for the villagers who learned all of the necessary skills of upkeep, pruning, grafting, etc. leading up to receiving trees of their own.
The whole process of distributing the trees took 2 days. Cherry and walnut saplings were transferred from the nurseries where they had been raised, bagged, accounted for, and then transported to their new homes in remote douars (villages). The attached photo collage of the walnut tree distribution shows just how remote these areas are, some of the people who participated in this enormous task, and finally the farmers awaiting delivery of the new trees which they know will transform their lives.
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The Source of Joy
"These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full" (v. 11).- John 15:1–17
There is an old story about a pastor who was working the grill at the annual church cookout when one of his parishioners who had not attended Sunday services in a while came up and started chatting with him. As he listened to his parishioner explain that he did not need the church to be a Christian, the pastor used his tongs to move one hot coal away from the pile of burning charcoal. Soon the lone coal grew cold and stopped glowing, and the pastor used it as a visual illustration of how his parishioner's love for Jesus would also cease to burn brightly if he did not stop isolating himself from the body of Christ.
Separation from fellowship with other believers will cause our love for Christ to burn less brightly and result in a less fruitful walk with the Lord, but our affection will be even colder if we separate ourselves from Jesus Himself. Our Savior is the vine, as we see in today's passage, and those who profess His name are its branches (John 15:1–8). Just as branches that are cut of from the vine will not produce grapes, those who are separate from Christ will fail to produce spiritual fruit.
The Lord is not giving a discourse on whether salvation can be lost (it cannot, John 6:37–39); rather, He is encouraging us to live our lives in Him so that we will continue to receive His nurture. Those who abide in Him will bear fruit abundantly, including the spiritual fruit of joy (15:5–8; Gal. 5:22).
We cannot abide in Christ without keeping His commandments, for we truly love our Redeemer only if we follow His way (John 15:9–10). We must love the Lord with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and we must also love our neighbors as ourselves (Mark 12:28–34; Rom. 13:9), with a willingness to abandon whatever keeps us from following Jesus (Luke 9:62). To remain in Christ also requires regular fellowship with other believers (Heb. 10:24–25), for the Lord works through the encouragement and admonition of others to prune away the dead growth in our lives and make us more fruitful servants (John 15:2).
In our own strength we cannot make ourselves joyful, so we must abide in Christ and rely on His power. When we do this, Jesus' joy will increasingly well up within us, and we will find ourselves more readily rejoicing in all circumstances (vv. 10–11).
Coram Deo
Are you finding it difficult to rejoice even in the midst of difficult circumstances? Perhaps it is because you are not forming deep relationships with other believers. Let us all resolve to become active in our churches and take advantage of the fellowship opportunities offered through church dinners, Bible studies, Sunday morning coffee, and more. Let us also reach out to new members and make them feel included.
Passages for Further Study
Psalm 35:27–28
Ecclesiastes 2:24–26a
Jeremiah 9:23–24
James 2:8–9
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PAWTUCKET – Daniel Bard got his wish Monday night. Unfortunately for the pitcher, the switch to the bullpen did little inspire confidence that he's ready to turn the corner.
Working one inning, Bard allowed one run on one hit with a walk and two strikeouts as the PawSox saw a ninth-inning rally come up just short in an 11-8 loss to the Gwinnett Braves. Bard ended up tossing 22 pitches, 11 for strikes.
Rather than pitching the first inning on Monday like he did on Friday, Bard was scheduled to pitch out of the bullpen in an unspecified inning. He wound up pitching the sixth inning for the PawSox, who will close out the four-game series with the Braves Tuesday night.
The first two hitters in the frame reached on a single and a walk before a groundout brought home the Braves' seventh run of the game. Bard came back to strike out the next two batters, getting Stefan Gartrell to swing and miss on an 83 miles per hour slider for the final out.
Billy Buckner wound up starting the game for the PawSox, allowing seven runs in 4 2/3 innings. The Braves hit five home runs, two by Lance Zawadzki. Down 11-4 heading into the bottom of the ninth, the locals scored four runs on six hits.
If Aaron Cook passes his mound test with Single-A Lowell on Wednesday, the right-handed pitcher could rejoin the PawSox at some point during the team's upcoming eight-game road trip through Buffalo and Syracuse.
As Cook's agent explained Monday, the month-plus his client has spent on the disabled list was a serious matter.
"It was kind of like someone hit him in the knee with an ax," said Joe Bick about the violent collision Cook sustained at home plate on May 5, which was later diagnosed as a left knee laceration. "He tried to push the recovery a little sooner that he should have as he had some problems with it splitting open again. Basically he had to back off and let the thing heal up.
"He's done that and I think he's pleased with how things are coming along," Bick added. "He was doing everything that he could to keep his upper body and arm strength in shape. Before he went to Florida [for extended spring training], he threw a bullpen in Boston that I know they were happy about."
In other injury news, the Red Sox announced Monday that outfielder Cody Ross (left foot fracture) is scheduled to play for Pawtucket this weekend in Buffalo. Also Jason Repko (shoulder) began a rehab assignment with Single-A Greenville Monday, going hitless in four at-bats with three strikeouts.


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From: "What religion do superhero's belong to? [sic]" forum discussion started 18 July 2002 on "Toon Zone" website (http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=41332; viewed 22 May 2007):
What religion do superhero's [sic] belong to?
I'd like to discuss what religious beliefs are favorite costumed hero's belong to. Everyone knows Daredevil is Catholic. But beyond that, what do we know of superhero's beliefs? I'm thinking of mostly the Marvel Universe, but you DC fans feel free to contribute as well...
Wonder Woman is what is referred to as a Classic Pagan, because of her and her bloodline's continuing faith in the old deities of Europe. Catwoman is a lapsed Catholic. Sailor Moon is Christian, and is often portrayed with Crucifixes. Sailor Mars is a Shinto priestess.
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Are you sure Sailor Moon is Christian? I mean I know the show has a lot of Christian references but theres but no definite reference to Sailor Moon being Christian, besides Sailor Moon S, the only other appearance of religion would be that one episode where Molly was talking to the priest and he got turned into monster and that one episode in SuperS where Diana first came.
I'm talking about the comics (or manga as they are properly called), silly. Why would I refer to a TV show in the Comics Forum? In the books, she's often shown wearing or holding a Crucifix. She has also celebrated Christmas, complete with books of carols, and Advent Wreaths. I'm sure there are other signs, but I can't remember them off the top of my head right now.
By the way, Sailor Venus is a Buddhist. In one issue of "Codename: Sailor V", she recites some of his teachings.
From: "Which superhero would be the best Muslim?" forum discussion, started 17 January 2006 on the "Muslim Student Association: University of South Florida" website (http://www.msausf.org/MSAUSF/forums/467/ShowPost.aspx; viewed 4 June 2007):
Which superhero would be the best Muslim?
Salam. Me and Momodu were speaking to each other over some delicious baklava and coffee about which superhero would most likely be Muslim. I would say Batman is most likely to be a great Muslim because he practices great self-restraint when it comes to alcohol consumption, and fornication mashallah. Also, Batman does not eat pork because it slows him down in his nightly crusades against Joker and other foes. Also, he does not have time to backbite or gossip or engage in other forms of fitna because he is too busy cleaning the Batcave and changing the oil in the Batmobile. Thank You.
Momodu, on the other hand, says the Hulk would make an amazing Muslim because he always keeps his gaze lowered. Also, Momodu says the Hulk's purple pants somehow always manage to cover his a'ura, as in his body from his belly button down to his knees. Please dont be shy about showing your feelings. No one is here to judge you and all your postings are welcome.
DC and Marvel superheroes are both welcome
How about Aqua Girl...she always has wudu.
Or Invisible Woman... her awra is never showing.
Or Sailor Moon who saved a cat who was being tortured, and in which the cat gave her special powers to be a soldier for love and justice, principles of Islam.
The best superheroine is SHE-RA, she can horseback ride which is sunnah, and in addition the horse turns into a flying unicorn which is similar to the creature that took RasulAllah (saw) to Jerusalem. Oh yeah and she knew how to use a sword... Her and her friends fight to protect and free Etheria from the grasp of the evil Hordak, so they have a mission to spread peace and order in their ummah.
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23rd Annual Downtown Stuart Art Festival
When Stuart Main Street started in 1987, the streets of the historic downtown were so empty you could bowl in them. That won't be the case on Feb. 23-24 when the Downtown Stuart Art Festival returns. The festival started 23 years ago to help draw new visitors to the downtown and it works.
"Back then they knew that if people just had a chance to discover Stuart they would fall in love with it, but there weren't many businesses and not much to bring people downtown," says Main Street president, Mark Brechbill. The solution was to bring together high quality artists in a festive setting and let the quaint historic downtown do the rest.
Today the annual juried art show draws some 10,000 attendees from across the state and around the country, and is just one event on a year round calendar of activities designed to bring people to Downtown Stuart and raise funds for Stuart Main Street.
Main Street works with promoter Howard Alan Events to ensure the quality of the art show year after year. This year's show will transform Osceola Street with works from some 250 artists in 30 states working in media of all types. Patrons will enjoy creations in oil and watercolor, photography, ceramics, wood, mixed media, jewelry, and sculpture.
Several local artists will also participate, including David Berger, Julie Berger, Scott Buccina, Sue Dayton, Lori Drucker, Kevin Hutchinson, Anthony Joneck, Jim Matheson, and Mimi McCallum.
A highlight of the show is that all artists are on-site throughout the show and available to discuss their works in person.
Planning an entire year of downtown events and programs, including the annual fireworks display, Christmas tree lighting, two craft shows, and a seven-month music series, is no easy task, and takes an army of volunteers. The Main Street promotion committee includes both downtown merchants and others interested in keeping the historic downtown vibrant.
Downtown business owner, Patty O'Connell chairs many of the events and works to coordinate all the activity with the shops, restaurants, and businesses. "Most businesses recognize that even if an event doesn't directly benefit them, it still promotes the entire downtown and raises funds to benefit the district," says O'Connell.
Promotion committee members include John Bella, Steve Binder, Jim Chrulski, Terry Early, Ron Hart, Annie MacMillan, Patty McAuley, Bill Moore, Judie Phipps and Rachel Snyder.
Another key component to making the calendar happen is sponsors. The entire promotion committee works to bring on annual contributors like Seacoast National Bank, Mulligan's Beach House Restaurant and others to support downtown activities.
The funds raised by these events support Stuart Main Street's programs. "It's not just about historic preservation," explains manager Thondra Lanese. "Strong downtowns are more important than ever to creating healthy local economies, small businesses, walkable districts, and environmentally sustainable communities."
The Downtown Stuart Art Festival is free and open to the public from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Feb. 23-24. Park downtown and enjoy the festival on Osceola Street from St. Lucie Avenue to Haney Circle and continuing on Osceola Street to Detroit Avenue. For additional information, call (772) 286-2848, email email@example.com, or visit www.Facebook.com/DowntownStuart.
Submitted by Thondra Lanese, East Stuart Main Street Program Manager
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An Exodus of African Nurses Puts Infants and the Ill in Peril
By CELIA W. DUGGER
Published: July 12, 2004
LILONGWE, Malawi— Six women suddenly went into the final, agonized minutes of childbirth. Hlalapi Kunkeyani was the only nurse. There were no doctors.
Panicky cries rent the fetid air of the ward, a cavernous space jammed with 20 women laboring in beds, on benches, even on the concrete floor. Mrs. Kunkeyani worked with intense concentration, her face glowing with sweat, but she was overwhelmed.
Four of the babies arrived in a rush without her to ease their passage into the world. She found one trapped between his mother's legs with the umbilical cord wrapped around his chest. The face of another was smeared with his mother's feces. Yet a third lay still on his mother's breast, desperate to breathe. The nurse swiftly suctioned his tiny mouth until at last he gulped a breath.
Mrs. Kunkeyani, 36, is the stalwart nurse in charge of this capital city's main labor ward, where 10 overworked nurse midwives deliver more than 10,000 babies a year. But soon, she will vanish from this impoverished nation, joining thousands of African nurses streaming away from their AIDS-haunted continent for rich countries, primarily Britain.
''My friends are telling me there's work there, there's money there,'' said Mrs. Kunkeyani, who will soon make in a day's overtime in Britain what she earns in a month in Malawi. ''They're telling me I'm wasting my time here.''
The nursing staffs of public health systems across the poor countries of Africa -- grossly insufficient to begin with -- are being battered by numerous factors that include attrition and AIDS. But none are creating greater anxiety in Africa than the growing flight of nurses discouraged by low pay and grueling conditions.
The result of the nursing crisis -- the neglect of the sick -- is starkly apparent here on the dilapidated wards of Lilongwe Central Hospital, where a single nurse often looks after 50 or more desperately ill people. What is equally visible is the boon to Britain, where Lilongwe Central's former nurses minister to the elderly in the carpeted lounges of nursing homes and to patients in hushed private hospital rooms.
It is the poor subsidizing the rich, since African governments paid to educate many of the health care workers who are leaving.
In May, African countries banded together at the annual assembly of the World Health Organization to urge developed nations to compensate them for their lost investment. After an intense debate, the assembled countries resolved to search for ways to lessen the damage of what they called increasing rates of emigration.
The brain drain of health professionals from Africa, and, more broadly, the severe staffing shortages, will be an issue at the 15th International AIDS Conference in Bangkok. Physicians for Human Rights, a Boston-based nonprofit group that shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997, will be releasing a report on the topic and proposing steps to avert a deepening of the human resources crisis.
At Lilongwe Central, an 830-bed hospital, there are supposed to be 532 nurses. Only 183 are left. That is about half as many as there were just six years ago. And only 30 of those are registered nurses, the highly skilled cadre that is most sought abroad.
The hospital's director, Dr. Damson Kathyola, a peasant's son educated at University College London, seems to feel an almost physical pain when he describes trying to run a major medical institution that is hemorrhaging nurses.
''Unbearable,'' he said, leaning his head back and squeezing his eyes shut. ''Unbearable.''
In Malawi, afflicted with one of Africa's most severe nursing shortages, almost two-thirds of the nursing jobs in the public health system are vacant. More registered nurses have left to work abroad in the past four years than the 336 who remain in the public hospitals and clinics that serve most of the country's 11.6 million people, according to Malawi's Nurses and Midwives Council.
Many of these English-speaking nurses have flocked to Britain, which is confronting its own acute shortage of nurses to care for an aging population. Its central nursing register shows that the number of nurses being certified from Malawi, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana -- all former British colonies -- has soared since 1999.
African nurses are also migrating, though in smaller numbers, to the United States and New Zealand, with trickles to Australia and Canada. There are now more than 3,100 registered nurses from Africa in the United States, according to a national survey of nurses by the Department of Health and Human Services.
As projections show the shortfall of nurses in the United States ballooning to 800,000 by 2020, the pressure to recruit abroad is likely to grow.
''The U.K.'s experience could be a harbinger of what we'll see in the U.S.,'' said Julie Sochalski, associate professor of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania.
But Africa's nurses are not just moving overseas. They are also quitting government service for better-paying jobs in their own countries at private hospitals and foreign-financed nonprofit groups and research institutions.


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It's never good when a race official has to hold a press conference post-race to explain what went wrong. And this is the second time Colin Fraser has had to do so, the first being after the pace-car debacle at Daytona. Always candid and to the point, Fraser - AMA Pro Racing's director of competition - did his best to give AMA Pro Racing's side as to exactly what transpired with the pace car during the AMA American Superbike final at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca yesterday afternoon."The second start there was a multi-bike accident with three riders down and several other people on and off in turn two at the bottom of the hill," Fraser said. "That led to a safety car call, which didn't occur. The riders didn't respond and therefore we had to stop."So where exactly did the pace car come from?"The car came out of the pit lane so what happened is when the field, on the first lap after the incident in turn two, reached the Corkscrew, we called for the safety car and it pulled out just past and under the bridge with a plan to drive it as far up the hill as it could be and still be seen. The marshalls displayed dual waving yellow flags and a safety car sign and they know that those signs and those flags were shown and seen in nine, 10, 11 and at the start /finish line. I know they were seen because we asked the marshalls and got a call in terms of how some of the people in the field behaved. I can't tell you why people didn't respond. Please understand that the safety car had to be somewhere where it could control the field through turn two, so what we tried to do is put it as far up the hill, past the bridge, where the riders could still see it with the expectation that there were multiple turns with waving yellows and safety cars prior to that location that would allow us when the riders came out of 11 to follow the instructions as per usual with the safety car. There is no set spot where the riders will encounter the safety car - it depends on the flow of the race."Clearly, it didn't work well. I'm not going to pretend that it was successful."The pace car was being driven by Dan Argana, who Fraser says has done it on a regular basis and who is a a former racer who teaches at Laguna Seca. "He has a lot of laps on this track on a motorcycle," Fraser said."The instruction was to go on the far right as far up the hill as they could be seen exiting turn 11 and that was quickly discussed when we made the call as the field was reaching the Corkscrew to go with the safety car."When things went wrong and the majority of the field was past the pace car, "We were off the leash on this deal and we're trying not to cause further trouble so obviously, I shouldn't say obviously because I'm not 100 percent sure on everything that happened, but the safety car got as far out of the way as possible once the leader had passed him. This is not a scenario that we had discussed, so the only safe thing to do is to stop [red flag the race]."Despite the melee, Fraser said AMA Pro Racing is still committed to the pace car idea and it will soon change to a safety bike."I still believe in the concept of the safety car. I think it has a lot to offer in terms of controlling the field and I believe if it is utitlized properly it is a safe idea so no I don't believe the safety car shouldn't be used. I think there are a lot of things that need to be considered and obviously we have to get to the bottom of how these things happen."
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77 Million Paintings
Hard to say what this Brian Eno invention is. Part book, part screen saver, part gallery painting, part DVD video, part music, part software. It slices and dices your perceptions! The accompanying book in this package makes it clear that this an art piece that is normally exhibited in a large room. Here it comes disguised as DVD that you load onto your computer (Windows or Mac). When you fire it up, it starts to slowly generate paintings constructed by random layering of several hundred of Eno's foundational images. Very S–l—o–w—l—y each painting melts into the next painting, so that the total number of image permutations tops out at 77 million. While the images shift, Eno's ambient music also swirls in the background. Like an extremely slow screen saver, the result is ambient painting. But instead of happening in a gallery this evolution of paint happens in your space.
As I spent time watching these lovely paintings gradually, almost imperceptibly, evolve into another image, I had a epiphany. These 77 Million Paintings are not about colors, space, or painting — but time. The reason audiences will spend hours watching gallery installations of this same DVD is that their "nows" are elongated. If they are like me, they wait anxiously for the first image to change (Hurry up, man, this is slow), but by the time the fifth one is changing , it no longer seems slow, and by the 20th, you are in some eternal zen now. It is quite remarkable how colored lights can change time.
Besides the handsome 52-page book written by Eno, and the software, there's also a DVD interview of him discussing the project. A very nice package.
"This high definition HD video contains a 35 minute time lapse recording at 12 times normal real time presentation speed - equivalent to 7 hours (or 420 minutes) of one unique real time performance instance of 77 Million Paintings..."
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What year escort? I'll dig up the wiring diagram on Alldata....
Call ford and ask the parts dep. to look up the wire colors for ya :P
-Karl Tiedt
currently using a rio volt mp3 cd player thru AUX port on Panasonic 601 HU :P
What year escort? I'll dig up the wiring diagram on Alldata....
Thanks, I think I've figured it out. It seems that the green/red wire makes the antenna retract, the green wire makes it extend, the black wire is ground, and the green and black wire has no purpose
Now my problem is that it doesn't run for the length of time that is appropriate to close the glove box (it runs too long) so I'll either have to figure out what's causing that, or simply control it manually.
Hey theflightline!
I've got some AllData discs from 2/97 from back when I was working in a local shop. But I don't have the Program disk. Do you know what it would take to get them working?
I'd love to be able to look up stuff for any car again!
1983 BMW 733i
Cyrix 166 32MB with MPXPLAY And no display. Player sits on the back seat with a keypad in front. Someday I'll mount this thing for good...
Gathering parts for carplayer v2.0!
Hey to cut power to the motor and stop the antena, setup a small pin switch near bottom of box to cut power once its open far enough... same for closing
-Karl Tiedt
currently using a rio volt mp3 cd player thru AUX port on Panasonic 601 HU :P
Not sure how they did it back then--it's been a while--but I believe it used a "dongle' type key at the printer port, AND software that would not work after an "expiration" date. The really old disks didn't expire, you just needed a key.
They've gone from a few disks to 9 DVD's every quarter--I finally gave up, and put my guys onto alldataonline--it's the same price, reasonably fast, and I don't have to deal with disks!
SuperMatty go to this site and go to the servo link , have a look at it , i think this wil help you.
This is just a guess.. but I believe black and green is the ground for the green line and black is the ground for the red line.Originally posted by SuperMatty
OK well I got a power antenna out of a Ford Escort (i think) from a junkyard for $8 It appears to work at some points; I have been fumbilng around with it a little. Anyway, there are 4 wires and I know the black one is ground, but the others are green, green and red, and black and green. I'm having a difficult time trying to figure out what is what, I only expected there to be 3 wires. Any suggestions?
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OK well this project is getting harder and harder...the motor I"m using has a worm gear on it...so I was thinking maybe just attach some string to that and then hook that onto the back of the glove box with a hook But that might be a little bit ghetto...any other suggetions for use with a worm gear motor? It certainly has enough torque, atleast with the way its geared right now...it can lift the entire glove box drawer off of the ground like a crane The pivots that the glove box is on are thick plastic cylinders about the size of a dime in radius. It would be difficult to attach a gear to them I think.
I don't know what you have access to in the way of tools and materials, but here's what comes to my mind... Use the worm gear the way it was meant to be used. This is going to be very difficult to describe, so bear with me. Imagine a normal gear (say, from a bicycle), now cut a pie shaped section out of that gear. Attach this to the side of your glovebox such that rotating that pie shaped piece of gear would open/close the box. Now drive it with the worm gear. Use limit switches to turn limit the range of motion.


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A splash of succulent citrus and luscious fruits that surround a bouquet of dazzling white flowers. Sultry notes of amber, sandalwood and liquid vanilla emerge from the back, for a curvaceously feminine impression.
It is inspired by a star which twinkles brighter than all other stars a star of a distant galaxy, far away from this world. The composition of Britney's new cosmic glow begins with strong and optimistic citruses, with a refreshing, glittery red bouquet opening its fragrant petals in the very heart of the composition. The base notes twinkle and add warmth with amber, soft vanilla and creamy sandalwood.
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Burpee's Top Garden Experts to Speak at the 2012 Philadelphia Flower Show
March 2012 – Warminster, PA – Two of Burpee's top garden experts will speak at the 2012 Philadelphia Flower Show, offering advice and lectures to an enthusiastic crowd of home flower and vegetable gardeners. The lectures will take place in the Gardener's Studio on Sunday, March 4 th at 7 p.m. and on Friday, March 9 th at 5 p.m.
Here's a sneak peak at the exciting garden topics Burpee's flower and vegetable garden gurus plan to cover during their presentations:
Cover Crops – Rollin' in Green Manure
Venelin Dimitrov, Burpee's Flower Product Manager
Sunday, March 4th at 7 p.m.
Venelin Dimitrov will present a fun and informative lecture titled, Cover Crops – Rollin' in Green Manure on Sunday, March 4th at 7 p.m.
Those who attend Dimitrov's lecture can expect an in-depth and entertaining look at the benefits and practicalities of using cover crops in the garden. Dimitrov, who is involved in garden performance evaluation and variety selection for Burpee's mail-order catalog, will also offer details on how Burpee makes use of cover crops at its Fordhook Farm trial gardens in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. To see more about this lecture, check out our video here: http://bit.ly/wNahYl.
Edible Architecture - Outside the (Garden) Box Design Ideas for Vegetables
Chelsey Fields, Vegetable Product Manager
Friday, March 9 th at 5 p.m.
Horticulturist Chelsey Fields isn't just Burpee's Vegetable Product Manager; she's an avid home vegetable gardener and cook with a deep passion for teaching others how to cultivate fresh, tasty homegrown foods in their own gardens. Fields will present a range of innovative and inspirational vegetable garden design ideas on Friday, March 9th at 5 p.m. during her lecture titled, Edible Architecture - Outside the (Garden) Box Design Ideas for Vegetables.
Gardeners who attend the lecture will learn about unique ways vegetables can be incorporated into the garden. Fields will share tips on introducing functional and aesthetic structural elements, such as obelisks and decorative tomato towers, into a garden plot. To see more about this lecture, check out our video here: http://bit.ly/ztAoIW.
Pre-registration for lectures is not required, and admission to these talks is included with general admission to the Philadelphia Flower Show. For more information about these lectures, stay tuned to Burpee's Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/BurpeeGardens.


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In Pictures: Red Dead Redemption
Autumn 2010 is a long way off, so here are some all new Red Dead Redemption screen shots to help tie you over.
Autumn 2010 is a long way off, so here are some all new Red Dead Redemption screen shots to help tie you over.
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The Warcraft series has been embarrassing normal gamers (and enthralling nerds) for 15 years. That's one-and-half decades of orcs, elves and archmages. With more than 11 million players regularly getting their crawl on, World of Warcraft is easily one of the most successful computer games of all time. And we're all the poorer for it -- both literally and metaphorically. Disclaimer: In case there is any confusion, the following slideshow is meant to be satirical. We obviously have the utmost respect for World of Warcraft and its diverse community of players. After all, how could 11 million people be wrong?
We're big fans of Movember here at GamePro. In addition to raising awareness of men's health issues, it allows unmanly types (like us) to proudly display our peach-fuzz free of discrimination. On any other month of the year, our pathetic attempts to grow a mustache would be mercilessly abused and ridiculed. But not so on November 1st -- for one month, our scratchy efforts become heroic! This year, Rockstar Games was an official sponsor of Movember -- which just about justifies this extra-fuzzy feature. Rest assured, we've left no whisker unturned in our mission to bring you the very best lip fur that gaming has to offer.
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Assassin's Creed 2 is a sandbox-style action-adventure video game in development by Ubisoft as the sequel to Assassin's Creed. Early footage of the sequel appears to indicate that that the game takes place in 15th century Italy with an Italian protagonist, similar in appearance to Altair but more colourful, named Ezio, also meaning "eagle," just like Alta?r. Gameplay updates include abilities to swim and the use of gunpowder. The game is hitting Australia on 19 November.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 by Activision for PC is a combat FPS and the sixth game in the Call of Duty series. Comparable to the "Mile High Club" epilogue mission in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a "Special Ops" mode that consists of isolated missions in a variety of settings unrelated to the campaign story. The main campaign is single-player only, but the "Special Ops" mode supports two-player cooperative play. Missions in this mode were created from portions of levels in the campaign, and feature such scenarios as a snowmobile race, a battle alongside U.S. Navy SEALs, and fending off a wave of 50 enemies at once. The game will be released worldwide on 10 November.
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.


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Am I probably being self centered? Yeah. I will admit to that. It's one of those things, were you go into something and it's one way and you plan your life around that and then all of the sudden it's another way. So now I am trying to deal with the other aspect of what my marriage may be like.
I am not self centered for wanting to do whatever I can to make my marriage work though. I would rather think these things through, then have all of us living together, trying to adjust, it not working out and then within a year we are divorced and no one is happy.
My fiance has asked certain things of me and my son to make it easier on him. I have adjusted myself and my son to those things. I dont think it's too bad of me to ask him to give me time to adjust to all the changes and to not add more to the plate.
And I dont think I am being unreasonable in thinking it's not okay for the kids to go back and forth from house to house (different towns and school districts) when they aren't getting along with the other parent.
I dont want my step daughter to feel rejected or hurt. But with no real reason to rush this, I think I am being smart to ask for a period of adjusting to be married, so we can provide a happy home for the kids.View Thread
In regards to my son my fiance and I have this understanding/routine of taking care of him. I do most of it, and he is there as support. It works that way for us.
So here is the thing- I asked him, to talk to his daughter and make it clear, that there would be no discussion about her living with us for at least a year until after we are married.
I feel that there is sooooooo much going on- moving, new school for my son, planning a wedding, house stuff that is going to need to be done, adjusting to living together, adjusting to marriage, that we need to take a year and focus on our marriage before bringing more into it.
He wouldnt agree to it, but told me not to stress about it right now. He said I am over thinking things.
I am stressing about it though. I feel that marriages are hard enough and then to have a blended family. I feel that we need to make our marriage stronger.
I know it's his kid and I want him to do anything for her, I really do. But I also want him to understand what I am saying and where I am coming from. Do you think I am being unfair? Any advice or thoughts about it?
I am not saying she can never live with us. I am saying though that we need time to get ourselves together before adding more, especially considering she is in a perfectly fine home.
Any helpful input is apperciated! Thanks!View Thread
I am engaged and my fiance has 4 kids (19,18,16,13) and I have a son who is 6.5. My fiance's oldest lives out of town, his son has always lived with him (now me as we are just now living together)- he is a senior in highschool and about to join the Marines. Very low maintence, out with his friends alot etc. They just moved in with me, as we are in the process of buying a house and my fiance's lease was up. His 2 youngest daughters live with their mom.
My "issue" is his youngest daughter wants to live with us.
Before his youngest daughter started to ask to live with him (in the past 3 months?) we agreed, that we wouldnt have kids together, so we can enjoy more time together as a couple. I wasnt 100% on the idea of not having kids, but the thought of us traveling, spending time together, etc I got used to the idea and I am fine with it now. It was a nice thought to think we really only have 1 kid to worry about, etc.
I feel that if his daughter lived with us, I would take on more of the parenting of her then my fiance. He is working crazy hours.(just starting out in the sub contracting world) As well, we also have this routine, where he does spend a lot of time with his friends helping them with house stuff, car stuff, drinking some beers, etc. So we have finally worked out the kinks of everything with that. And I use that time to spend 1x1 with my son and also relax. I feel that I would be resentful if I had another kid to take care of and"cater" too. With my son, he knows my quirks, we know what to expect of each other, so it's nice, it's like when you get out of the baby phase of when your kid is more independent and you can do more. I feel that adding another kid (even at her age) I would be adding more to my list of things to do and have to worry about.
I know for a fact that we would not get child support (or much) from his ex. She only woks part time and my fiance is about to be making more money. With buying a house, having a wedding and my fiance getting his work stuff situated, I feel that adding more to the mix is not good at this time. We need to make sure we can feed ourselves.
Teenagers are just rough. I dont know how well I will be able to deal with the attitude, the laziness, etc. Also she is spoiled, she is babied and I have a hard time dealing with that and accepting it. My fiance had his kids when he was young and I am 9 years younger then him, so I feel almost weird, dealing with teenagers to that extent.
Also, I know that as soon as she doesnt like something that we tell her to do, etc she is going to go and run to her mom and then her mom is going to be up in our business causing trouble. Her mom is very diffcult and likes to cause trouble whenever she can. We ignore her mostly. But I picture it, if I try to discpline the daughter, she will go back to her mom and then there will be issues.
She says she hates her mom and sister and that is why she wants to live with her dad. However, it's not just her dad's house anymore, where she would just lay around and eat all day and be babied. I run a tight ship and I am not going to put up with a lot of crap. I feel that it isnt going to be long until she deciedes she hates living with us. If there was a serious reason that she needed to live with us, I wouldnt think twice about it, but her reasoning is she hates her mom, but dont all teenage girls?
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Save money and quit using my credit cards. I would be fine financially if I could just stop the cycle!
Spend more time with my friends and family or do more things for them, even send cards, etc.
I have been super involved with my SO, which is fine cause it's so new to me to be so in love and have someone treat me so good, but I dont see my family and friends as much.View Thread
I think you did a very smart thing. You know what you can handle. You know what is best for you. I am a firm believer of not bringing a baby into the world if you dont feel that you can handle it. As long as you are not using abortion as a form of birth control.
Trust me, having a baby with no money, not ready, is super hard. I would never take back my son, but it's been a hard road. It has finally just gotten better for me, 61/2 years down the road. And because I had my son and all the drama that went with it, I wont be having anymore kids and that makes me sad too
I hope you start feeling better soon. I think time will heal. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.View Thread
Have a great week!View Thread
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The Frog Plus utilizes Cressi's patented three material injection molding
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The Frog Plus also incorporates Cressi's patented positioning of the foot pocket
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The combination of the channeling effect and the foot pocket mounted beneath the
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The industrial park started in the late 1960s with 40 acres donated to the city by the Cedar Falls Utilities. The original 40 acres is the home of the Viking Pump foundry and manufacturing operation.
From 1970 to 1980, it grew from three to 15 companies.
From 1980 to 1990, it grew to 27 companies with approximately 750 employees.
From 1990 to 2007, it grew from 27 companies to 155 companies, and from 750 employees to 5,000 employees.
In the fall of 1996, the 75-acre Technology Park for Corporate Office Sites was developed. The technology park overlooks two man-made lakes created from a borrow site for the construction of Highway 58 (Avenue of the Saints). The park also incorporates recreational trails, a park / picnic area for employees, wild prairie grass, nesting habitat, etc. The current industrial / technology park consists of more than 850 acres with complete infrastructure and over 5,100,000 square feet of completed buildings.
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Approximately 5,000 people are employed by companies in the park.
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There are 155 companies in the Cedar Falls Industrial / Technology Park as of 2007.
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Digital health is hot at CES
The Consumer Electronics Show is underway in Las Vegas and the theme for this years show seems to be mobile and digital health. Seismic shifts are occurring in the health industry. Policy is changing at the federal level, cultural attitudes about wellness are evolving, and new forms of technology are transforming the way patients relate to their bodies and the way clinicians practice medicine. One of the most important trends to watch is the growth of the digital health sector.
Rock Health released its 2012 Year-End Funding Report. The findings indicate that digital health technology will continue to thrive and become an increasingly significant part of health care industry, as well as the entrepreneurial ecosystem. However while digital health may have good intentions and while the range of gadgets may intrigue us the real question is will consumer embrace this technology to help them manage their health ?
Venture capital funding of digital health grew dramatically in 2012. Investors funneled 46 percent more money and made 56 percent more deals in health care in 2012 than in 2011, with the cumulative funding totaling $1.4 billion last year. This sharp incline contrasts with declining investment in traditional healthcare fields, like biotechnology, life sciences, and medical devices.
The most common theme for investment was health consumer engagement, which represented $237 million in funding. Navigating the tangled health care industry can be daunting. These companies help consumers figure out which care options are best for them and connect them with well-matched providers. Interest in these services is exploding among consumers and investors alike as the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) looms closer. Of the five largest deals, which represented more than 20 percent of the entire year's funding, four were in this area.
These devices and gadgets are becoming easier to use and if they succeed in changing consumers health behavior than they are worth every penny. The biggest challenge is going to be "do consumers have the time to monitor their health (i.e. upload and review data) and will they like what they see ? I know one person, for example, who was quite upset when her Fitbit informed her that she spent 85% of her time sitting. "I work in an office, and I usually just go from meeting to meeting. What the hell am I supposed to do ?"
Another trend in digital health are gadgets targeted to increase adherence and compliance. MediSafe Project, an Israeli health IT startup, says data it has collected since the November launch of the cloud-synced app for Androids and iPhones shows a patient adherence rate of 81 percent. That exceeds the 50 percent average medication adherence rates for patients taking medication for chronic illnesses in developing countries listed by the World Health Organization. The company claims an even higher rate — 84 percent –for users taking statins to lower cholesterol. U.S. pharmaceutical companies have been increasing their budget allocations for patient adherence. Since 2009, budget allocations have increased 281 percent to $1.5 million in 2012.
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From 2010 to 2011 usage of remote patient monitoring, or telehealth, increased by 22.2 percent as the number of patients enrolled worldwide reached 241,200. However, telehealth device revenues only grew by 5.0 percent from 2010 to 2011; and 18.0 percent from 2011 to 2012. InMedica, a division of IMS Research(now part of IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS)) attributes slow revenue growth over the last year to poor economic conditions leading to restrictions in healthcare funding particularly in Europe, and ambiguity on the impact of healthcare reform and readmission penalties on telehealth in the U.S.
Telehealth is projected to be increasingly incorporated into post-acute care strategies from 2013; it is listed by CMS as one of 13 possible models to reduce readmissions. In addition, as a larger number of patients enter the insurance pool, healthcare payers are projected to adopt telehealth as a population management tool to reduce in-patient costs. Consequently, InMedica forecasts that in 2013, the telehealth market will grow by 55 percent worldwide, in terms of device and service revenues.
There will come a time when patients, as they talk with their physician, can review the information from their digital health devices. Some devices, for example, allow users to scan food items to track what they eat and this could lead to a discussion around poor eating habits. Imagine if your iPhone or other smartphone was connected to your device and routinely collected data which it then transmitted to your personal digital health website. A user could simple choose to send the data to his or her physician where it could be reviewed during office visits.
The important aspect to remember is that while there is a lot happening in this area we are just scanning the very top of what could happen in digital health. It's like comparing MS-DOS and an old 486 PC to today's iMac and Windows 8. We are moving more to a connected world via mobile devices and for the first time it's expected that tablet sales are going to be bigger than PC sales. There is a lot of reason to be excited but a strategic approach that focuses on patients outcomes is needed rather than an approach that asks "what's the ROI?".


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Woodroe W. Meade, 87, of Perrysville, died Monday, October 1, 2012 at Colonial Manor in Loudonville after a short illness.
He was born August 26, 1925, in Honaker, Kentucky, son to the late Robert and Myrtie (Case) Meade. Woodroe moved to New London in 1960 and resided in Perrysville for the past 35 years.
He was a self employed carpenter. Woodroe was a member of the New London Eagles and a social member of the Perrysville VFW.
Survived by his two sons, Phillip (Judy) Meade of Bellville and Larry (Janet) Meade of Perrysville; many grandchildren and great grandchildren; stepchildren, Diane Hoyman, Judy Harris, Cheryl Petroff, Nick Petroff; John Petroff, Michael Petroff and Rick Petroff; siblings, Ethel Hamilton, Siltana Yates, Rose Jackson, Almas Shepherd, Merle Perkins, Ramson Meade and Linroe Meade. Woodroe was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth in 2009; sons, Darrell and Cary; stepson, Keith Petroff and siblings, Lemual Meade, Tworea Ratliff and June Harvey.
Visitation will be held from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, October 3rd at Eastman Funeral Home, 200 West Main Street, New London where a service will be held 11 a.m. Thursday with Linroe Meade officiating.
Burial will follow in Ashland County Memorial Park. Condolences online may be expressed to the Meade family at www.eastmanfuneralhome.com.


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Hi Nicolas,
You might want to have a look at the href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/java/net/package-summary.html">java.netpackage. There reside the classes to handle URL connections directly; refer to the href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/guide/net/overview/overview.html#locating">JavaNetworking Overview for a brief explanation.
An easier way of reading HTTP web pages would be using a complete HTTP client such asthe Jakarta Commons HTTP Clientor Ronald Tschalär's HTTP Client.I personally prefer Ronald Tschalär's HTTP Client. A quick explanation on how to use it isavailable here.
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Here in America, we're all well-aware that police departments are constantly upgrading their hardware, getting the newest, biggest and baddest technology available. It's not terribly uncommon to see local and state authorities putting powerful muscle cars to use patrolling the highways, like Dodge Chargers, Ford Mustangs or even the occasional Chevy Corvette.
While most police cruisers stick to classic models like the Crown Victoria or Ford Taurus, some departments around the world look to be gearing up for a street race rather than fighting crime. In certain places around the world, like in Dubai for example, money has completely changed the cultural landscape. Supercars are fixtures on every street, and residents feel perfectly okay with hitting insane speeds. You might remember a recent episode in which Justin Bieber was speeding and driving recklessly through the city. Well, that behavior is all too common in cities like Dubai, and as a result, police departments have stacked their arsenal to combat it.
Here are the ten fastest police cars in the world, specially-created to serve the needs of the boys in blue in specific areas all over the world. Some are used as actual patrol vehicles, others merely for show. One thing is for sure: the police aren't cutting any corners in their battle to keep dangerous driving at bay. Read on to see the world's ten fastest police cars.


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