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North American renewable energy company, EnerWorks, of London, Ontario, is preparing to launch its latest project, which meshes district heating systems with solar panels and geothermal tubing.
The company has been testing its plan to create district heating for communities in the prairie town of Okotoks, Alberta. To create district heating systems, electricity producers, like EnerWorks, capture waste heat created during power generation and distribute the heat to homes and buildings for use as a heating source.
New York Times reporter John Lorinc recently talked with Florin Plavosin, director of application engineering at EnerWorks, about the project:
The North American residential development industry, with its low-density subdivisions, has been largely inhospitable to district heating. Drake Landing aims to challenge that mindset. "People have embraced the project," says Mr. Plavosin. "There was actually a waiting list for people who wanted to buy the homes."
About 800 EnerWorks solar thermal panels were installed on the garages of 52 homes. The panels heat water that is piped to a pair of central storage tanks. In the winter, homes draw hot water from these tanks as needed. In the summer, the excess heat is pumped into a ring of geothermal bore-hole tubes that extend about 140 feet down into bedrock. The rock can store the heat until it is needed in cold weather months."
This story caught our attention because of the potential district energy has to become a tool to increase the energy efficiency and reduce the emissions of communities everywhere. Government investment may be necessary in many cases, so hopefully local leaders will see the long term potential in district heating. In other cases, however, community members can come together to invest in neighborhood implementation, such as this community is doing in Portland, Ore.
Being a strong advocate with involvement in the geothermal heating and cooling industry for the past 28 years, I agree with the last comments from Ted Kantrowitz of CGC. I feel and have felt for some time that a combination of geothermal heat pumps using solar energy to boost the performance is a real solution. For every few deg temperature rise in EWT supplied to geothermal systems it raises the co-efficient of performance ie: a typical GHP delivers a COP of 3.5 @ 32 deg F and the same unit @ 50 deg F EWT delivers a COP of 4.3 thats about a 23% increase in efficiency. Now imagine if you could raise the EWT say to 70 deg F or higher what effect it would have on your heating costs. I would agree that a combination of geothermal, solar and thermal storage along with off peak electrical rates is where we are heading.


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A federal grand jury says a Johnson County doctor conspired to illegally distribute drugs.
Richard W. Albert operated a pain clinic in Paintsville until his office was raided by federal officials.
Albert was indicted Friday on one count of conspiracy to distribute drugs without a legitimate medical purpose.
Albert will be arraigned next week in Pikeville.
He faces up to 20-years in prison if convicted.
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The workforce board that serves Tippecanoe and nearby counties is hoping its ability to serve clients with disabilities will improve as a result of a new state grant.
The U.S. Department of Labor announced this week that Indiana received a $2.28 million grant to improve training and employment for adults with disabilities through its WorkOne centers. Seven other states also received grants.
The Region 4 Workforce Board could receive some of the funding, which would allow it to hire additional staff members who would focus on developing programs to assist people with mental, physical and ...


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The Friends of the North Liberty Community Library will host their Annual Belgian Waffle Breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the North Liberty Community Center.
The breakfast is $7 with kids five and younger eat for free. Tickets may be purchased at the circulation desk of the library or at the door.
The library will also hold its Fall Book Sale in the library that day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and through the next week during the hours the library is open.


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Officials at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area report nine wildlife refuges have been closed to human entry and all activities, including hunting, fishing and boating. The refuges will remain closed until March 15, 2013. The closures will provide undisturbed resting and feeding areas for waterfowl, shorebirds and eagles.
The closed refuges include portions of Duncan Bay, Smith Bay and Rushing Bay on Kentucky Lake; Fulton and Honker Bays on Lake Barkley; and Long Creek Refuge at the back of Elbow Bay. The closed areas are marked with buoys and or signs. Entry is prohibited until March 15.
Hematite Lake and Honker Lake, two inland bodies of water, are also closed to fishing and boating until March 15. Hiking trails around the two lakes will remain open.
The western one-third of Energy Lake is closed as a refuge until March 15. The eastern two-thirds of Energy Lake and all of Bards Lake are closed to hunting; however the eastern two-thirds of Energy Lake and all of Bards Lake will remain open to fishing.
Hunters should be aware that no hunting is permitted within 150 yards of any LBL facility.
For additional information, call 1-800-LBL-7077, or visit the LBL website www.lbl.og.
? LBL officials also report the new Central Hardwoods Scenic Trail is now open. The trail runs parallel with US68/KY80, east and west between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake. Visitors will enjoy a variety of seasonal and scenic diversity along the six foot wide trail. Spring and summer showcase vibrant wild flowers, lush plants and a canopy provided by the hardwood trees. Fall and winter offer an array of colors, as well as woodland views from ridges and narrow valleys.
? The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency reports significant improvements are being made to the Whites Landing area at Reelfoot Lake. The improvements include additional parking, three boat ramps, a courtesy dock, a picnic pavilion, picnic tables and grills, a walking pier, a fishing pier, lighting and restroom facilities.
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To the satisfaction of Springfield police investigators, a prolific burglar - with the M.O. of poking through walls of strip malls - has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
It'll mark the 15th conviction for Nathaniel Jones, 38, though police say he is suspected of dozens more break-ins.
On Friday, Springfield officers filled the courtroom in an apparent show of force. The seven or so investigators seemed set on making sure that, this time, Jones went away for a long time. ...


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Dr. Tobin E. Jacks, a former family practitioner at the Knoxville Hospital and Clinics has been fined prohibited from practicing obstetrics. The Iowa Board of Medicine charged Dr. Jacks on June 11th for failure to appropriately monitor a mother's diabetes during pregnancy, failure to perform an appropriate assessment of the mother and child prior to delivery and failing to order a Caesarian Section given the child's high birth weight among others. The charges stem from a delivery at the Knoxville Hospital and Clinics on February 16, 2005. Dr. Jacks' last day practicing in Knoxville was June 30th of 2006.
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COVINGTON -- A DeKalb man was sentenced to life plus 35 years, after being found guilty of murdering an Atlanta man in December 2009.
Newton County Superior Court Judge Eugene Benton sentenced Jordan Michael Coleman, 22, on Tuesday, after a jury recently found him guilty of murdering 44-year-old Alvin Hall of Atlanta. He was found guilty on all of his counts -- malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, two counts of second degree arson, concealing the death of another and three counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
His codefendant Brandon Hambrick, also of DeKalb County, recently pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, arson in the second degree and concealing the death of another; he was sentenced to 30 years with 10 to serve.
Their other codefendant Candice Cadasha Pope, of Palmetto, entered a guilty plea in April 2012 on the third day of her trial. She previously was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole.
Hall's burned body and vehicle were found on a trail in an abandoned part of a subdivision near McGiboney Lane in Newton County near the Rockdale County line in late December 2009.
Prosecutors have said that the three developed a plan to rob Hall after he loaned Pope money earlier in the month. Allegedly, they attempted to rob him by luring him to an Atlanta bar and rushing his car, but found no money since he hadn't been paid yet for the week. Instead, they pushed him into the trunk of his own car and drove around to decide what to do with him.
The other two codefendants, who are first cousins, said that Coleman shot Hall when the victim tried to break free and then stuffed him in the trunk of his car, doused him with gasoline and set the vehicle on fire.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ The percentage of children in Kansas receiving proper immunizations increased last year.
The federal Centers for Disease Control reports the state is above the national average for one standard set of shots.
In recent years, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment has worked to increase immunization rates because its officials were concerned about relatively low rates.
In 2007, according to a CDC survey, 81.7 percent of Kansas children received a standard set of 14 shots before entering school to protect them against nine diseases, including polio, measles and whooping cough.
Kansas ranked 15th in the nation. The national rate was 80.1 percent.
The state's rate was 2.7 percentage points higher than it was in 2006.
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**SCHEDULE CHANGE: Due to illness, Freeman Hrabowski will not be presenting at STEM: Preparing Our Nation's Future Innovators. He hopes to reschedule for a later visit.
MCC is excited to present the Essential Discussions colloquium STEM: Preparing Our Nation's Future Innovators, an in-depth look at science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and career pathways. Nationally recognized experts will discuss STEM's importance to our economy and the innovative education-industry partnerships that help meet the growing demand for STEM graduates.
The colloquium is Monday, March 18, 2013, 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., at MCC's Brighton Campus. It is free and open to educators, community and business leaders, and future innovators.
Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will open the colloquium with a compelling presentation on the STEM education pipeline, followed by leaders from higher education, industry, and the National Science Foundation. I hope you can join us!
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The Mediterranean diet has varied effects on cognitive decline among different races
While the Mediterranean diet may have broad health benefits, its impact on cognitive decline differs among race-specific populations, according to a new study published in the Journal of Gerontology. The team of researchers, including Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU Prof. Danit R. Shahar RD, Ph.D, analyzed an NIH/NIA prospective cohort study [Health ABC] conducted over eight years in the U.S. to measure the effects of adherence to a Mediterranean diet. Prof. Shahar is affiliated with the BGU S. Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences. The Mediterranean-style diet (MedDiet) has fewer meat products and more plant-based foods and monounsaturated fatty acids from olive and canola oil (good) than a typical American diet.
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The phone call that would lead to significant change in Brad Stevens' life came on June 25.
WALTHAM, Mass. — The phone call that would lead to significant change in Brad Stevens' life came on June 25.
He was in Indiana preparing the Butler University men's basketball team for the transition to the Big East Conference next season when he was contacted by Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge.
Out of the blue, the 36-year-old Stevens with no NBA experience had become the top candidate to replace Doc Rivers as head coach of the Celtics, and Ainge was calling to gauge his interest level.
Amazingly, in this day where few things remain a secret, the courting of Stevens was kept under wraps, and his surprise hiring as the Celtics' new coach was announced via a press release late in the afternoon on July 3.
Since getting that call from Ainge late last month, it has been a whirlwind few weeks for Stevens as he tries to learn on the fly while taking over a team in transition.
There was an introductory press conference on July 5, a parade he had committed to in Indiana on July 6, a visit to the Orlando Pro Summer League to watch and meet players and a trip to Kentucky to get acquainted with Rajon Rondo at the point guard's basketball camp.
It has been non-stop moving around for Stevens, who has about two and a half months before the start of his first training camp.
"It's been hectic,'' said Stevens this week, "but it's been great. It's a great challenge.
"I'm sitting up here and doing this press conference (Monday afternoon with newcomers from the Brooklyn Nets) and I've got a million thoughts on my mind.
"My focus is on everything from moving our family to making sure we're as prepared as we can be when workouts and the season begins.''
Stevens and his wife, Tracy, who have a 7-year-old son Brady and 4-year-old daughter Kinsley, are in the process of looking for a home in the area.
The coaching staff is being finalized with Jay Larranaga and Jamie Young returning from a year ago. They are expected to be joined by NBA veteran assistant Ron Adams, who was not rehired by the Chicago Bulls, and Micah Shrewsberry, who spent time with Stevens at Butler.
There is also the matter of learning as much as possible about the players on the Celtics' roster between now and October when camp gets going.
Stevens has met Rondo and visited with others, like Jeff Green, Courtney Lee, Jared Sullinger and Brandon Bass when they stopped by at the summer league in Orlando.
"I got to know a lot of the young players who were not only playing in the summer league but came down to visit and sit down with them and learn more about what makes them tick,'' said Stevens. "That was great.
Page 2 of 2 - "When you're sitting and watching a game with Jeff Green and Courtney Lee and Brandon Bass, etc., that's just a good, low-key time to get to know each other and learn more about them.''
With the franchise going through a transition period into a rebuilding mode, Stevens will try to made the ride not quite so bumpy.
"One of the things I've tried to do,'' he said, "is get myself as acclimated as much as possible the last couple of weeks with some of the jargon and the lingo that's been used so I can bring myself closer to the guys who are returning.
"What I'll try to do is make it as smooth a transition for everybody else while bringing myself up to speed.
The most important thing is how quickly this team comes together.
"I'm a small change, but any time you have a new group of guys together, the chemistry and how you compete together is a big part of it.''
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November 26, 2015
Police have made an arrest for the shooting of two Western Kentucky University football players.
Police arrested Travis Fant, 22, and charged him with two counts of first degree assault.
Police say WKU players Tevin Holliman and Ricardo Singh were shot early Sunday morning outside a Bowling Green nightclub.
WKYT is told both players suffered non-life threatening injuries.
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Sundance documentary lab finding the story in the footage
Sundance • On a sunny July day in the woods of Provo Canyon, within walking distance of the Sundance resort's ski lift and fancy vacation cabins, Anne de Mare and Kirsten Kelly are thinking about poverty.
Specifically, the filmmaking partners are talking about the stories of three homeless Chicago teens, whose lives they have been following for 3 1/2 years for their documentary "The Homestretch."
"We have a lot of scenes where events take place, but what do the scenes add up to?" Kelly asked, looking at a bulletin board on which index cards have been arranged with the teens' names as headings. "We're trying to keep the journey clear."
"We've been looking at each character's journey in a linear way," de Mare added, "and how do we break that up so that we tell the larger story?"
"The Homestretch" is one of four documentary projects whose makers were invited earlier this month to take part in the Sundance Institute's Documentary Edit and Story Lab. Four more projects were part of a similar lab in late June. At the Sundance resort, the directors and their editors could talk about their films in a low-pressure setting, and meet with advisors who could provide fresh eyes and suggestions about their projects.
The Documentary Lab, in its 10th year, aims to do for nonfiction filmmakers what the Directors Lab has done for narrative filmmakers since the Sundance Institute's founding in the 1980s.
"We're similar to all the other labs in that we're artist-centric, we really focus on building community, we insist on excellence, [and] we work with best both on the adviser side and the filmmaker side," said Cara Mertes, who directs Sundance's Documentary Film Program and Fund.
But there's a key difference in the way the labs work. Fellows in the Directing Lab get advice while their films are still in the script stage, before going before the cameras. Documentary Lab participants arrive after they have shot their film and are getting into the editing phase.
That difference reflects the way story emerges in the different forms. In narrative films, the story's in the screenplay. With documentaries, the story is found in the footage.
First showing • The filmmakers accepted to the Documentary Lab bring in a rough cut, or at least a rough assembly of edited footage, to show advisers. They then screen that footage and listen to the advisers' reactions.
Filmmaker Robb Moss, who directed the 2003 documentary "The Same River Twice" and is one of this year's advisers, said that moment is "full of promise and terror. And we, as advisers, have a chance to think with them at this critical moment. ⦠I think of it a little bit like if surgeons get together about a really interesting case."
Salt Lake City documentarian Andrew James, a participant in the June Documentary Lab with his film "Street Fighting Man," said the rough assembly he showed to the Sundance advisers was the first time anyone outside the production had seen any of his footage.
"These are people who are very accomplished filmmakers, and you look up to them and you know their work," James said. "There's a lot of pressure. But they're so warm and they're so gracious, and they really make you feel comfortable. That nervousness sort of disappears quickly, and before you know it, you're in these really intense conversations with all these people about what's working and not working in your film and how you can make it better."
It's not always easy.
"Usually they start crying," Mertes said. "Or they start laughing with great joy. Sometimes they cry for joy. We have a joke at the lab that crying is a sign of strength."
For de Mare and Kelly, with their movie on homeless teens, the harsh lesson was that their rough cut was driven too much by the issue and not enough by the people on the screen.
"We subconsciously had been feeling very responsible to an issue, the crisis of youth homelessness, and trying to bring awareness and explain it," Kelly said. "We had all these pieces and all these moments, but it was too issue-driven. It didn't have an emotional anchor."
"Filmmakers tend to be information-driven," Mertes said. "When you're making films in a contemporary issue space, you tend to want to let everybody know everything you know about the issue. And you forget about narrative, you forget about storytelling and you forget about why you loved the characters in the film. You lead with information and you leave your heart behind. And they had done that and didn't even know it."
So instead of front-loading the film with facts and figures, de Mare and Kelly aim to show their three teen subjects on their character arcs and, through their specific stories, the broader issue of teen homelessness will be not only explored but given a face.
"We need to trust that [the issue] is inside the personal stories of your characters," de Mare said. "You can trust to build it from there out, as opposed as from the outside in."
James' "Street Fighting Man" is, he says, a "cinéma vérité" look at three Detroit residents from different generations who represent "the past, present and future" of the beleaguered city. The issue with his film was the lack of on-camera interviews.
"One of the philosophies behind the film was not to talk about things after the fact, but try to really get in there and see what was happening, and shoot it all so that it would be more visceral and more of an experience," James said.
During the lab critique, though, one of the main sticking points was that the scenes didn't provide enough context and that the audience would not follow what was happening without some explanation.
"In my back pocket, I had these interviews I had recorded on audio, just in case," James said. After the critique, he played some of the interviews for the advisers. He decided to use a few interviews, sparsely, "to help give the audience a road map. ⦠The interview frees us up to stop trying to explain everything through a scene. It streamlines our storytelling."
Expert help • Another regular feature of the lab is the sharing of war stories. The advisers give evening presentations of their past work, sparking discussions about the choices they made directing and editing their films.
At one presentation, veteran film editor Victor Livingston showed clips of films he had worked on. The list varies from the prison film "Shakespeare Behind Bars" to two artist portraits: "Crumb," about the cartoonist R. Crumb, and "Corman's World," about B-movie impresario Roger Corman.
In showing scenes from "Shakespeare Behind Bars," Livingston revealed a trick he has mastered: intercutting a confessional interview with vérité footage of the same subject in action. In this case, he took footage of an inmate in an acting class and matched it with an interview of the same inmate discussing the crime that landed him in prison.
"I find it can be very effective," Livingston said, "and it can be a good way to find cutaways."
Editors accompany their directors to the documentary lab, a reflection of the importance Sundance stresses on film editing for nonfiction films. It's the same reason the Sundance Film Festival gives awards to editors of documentaries, as the equivalent to the awards given to screenwriters for narrative films.
"They're the magicians of the field," said Moss.
When Moss was finishing "The Same River Twice," a personal look at former member of a communal-living group, his editor was Karen Schmeer. At the same time, Schmeer was working on Errol Morris' "The Fog of War," a hard-hitting interview with former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara about his decisions during the Vietnam War.
"You couldn't have two more different films," Moss said. " 'Fog of War' looked like an Errol Morris movie, and 'Same River Twice' looks like my film. Karen cut them both, and there's not a single moment where she wasn't offering her own view." Schmeer died in 2010, hit by a getaway car after a drugstore robbery in Manhattan.
"Directors are often thinking about the big picture, and editors are going, 'Yeah, but how do I get there?'," Moss said.
The lab, first and foremost, allows filmmakers to reconnect with the reasons they wanted to make a movie in the first place.
"It was a really great time to be able to sit and think about the film," James said. "You get so busy with all the other stuff, you need to unplug and just ⦠remind yourself of what you're trying to accomplish."


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A 23-year-old Princeton man was severely beaten with a metal pipe by a group of four-to-six men early Saturday morning near High Avenue and Division Street in Oshkosh that left him with severe head and facial injuries.
Oshkosh Police Spokesman Joe Nichols said the 23-year-old was walking at bar time with a friend and struck up a conversation with a woman. Nichols said the 23-year-old was punched by a black male, who ran away after being chased. The black male later returned and swung at the 23-year-old from behind with a metal pipe.
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Up in Albany as I type this, so excited this is my first time going to training camp.
I'm pretty pessimistic about this team this year, I could totally see them missing the playoffs this year, after getting every break to go their way last year. Either way, still pretty excited. I think Randle was great value where he was taken and fills the Manningham spot almost immediately.
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Where do the risks lie when it comes to information security in the public sector?
This was the theme of a one-day conference, organised by Kable, in London this week aimed at public sector professionals involved in safeguarding information security.
The chair of the conference, Gerry O'Neil, said that after the recent bad press surrounding data losses in the public sector - the HMRC disk debacle was cited often during the day - the emphasis is now on trying to restore public confidence in the way government manages our data.
O'Neil, who is also chief executive of the institute of Information Security Professionals, told delegates that new initiatives are being instigated by government with new standards, and the organisational structure of government departments is changing. But at the same time, he said, with new technology, mobile devices, business models, data migrating to new public cloud platforms and new partnerships with the private sector, the question being asked was where do the risks lie in this brave new world?
Clive Blackwell, a researcher on information security at Royal Holloway Univeristy of London, informed the conference that data leaks are getting worse and the problem for public sector is the enormous amount of data bases in use of varying quality - and worringly some still in operation from the 1970s.
The central theme of the conference, held at the Inmarsat Centre in central London, was all about restoring trust and the plain fact that government information security must improve if the public's trust in its data handling is to recover.
Cases and instances such as the Baby P scandal - where data was not used correctly - to the HMRC debacle and the more recent prisoner records coming into the public domain have all served to question the government's integrity on using our data responsibility.
The Audit Commission's report, Nothing but the Truth, said the mishandling of data can and does weaken frontline services (the Baby P case and its effect on social services). Delegates were told that trust is built on honesty and integrity ,it takes time to develop and seconds to destroy. The key is keeping open communications with everyone - and that includes 'data subjects' or service users.
With shared services, data is also shared across more departments, organisations and the waters are becoming muddied on where responsibility for information security lies. Then there is the issue 'clouds' where data such as email accounts are being offloaded by organisations to public and private clouds such as Google.
Cloud computing offers unlimiting scaling, lower costs and is not dependent on machines or physical servers stuck in the basement. But in such a system, who monitors or audits government data and is it segregated from other information floating around in the sky?
Other questions posed at the conference included what type of government data should be outsourced to private companies such as Google or Amazon; how citizens can physically access their data if their don't know where it is; and how to control privileged user and third-party access.
What can be done to improve information security?
It's all down to accountability, said John Colley, a director of ISC(2) a non-profit organisation for IT professionals and a former head of risk security at Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland. There has to be recognition that security is paramount and the risk to reputational loss through data leakage is just as great as financial loss. He said responsibility should not solely be down to IT departments, but HR, through employee contracts, legal departments checking outsourcing contracts etc all play a part in the way a business functions, understands and is therefore able to manage risk.
Colley concluded that security skills should be built into business functions, with someone responsible for assessing and managing risks and delegating accountability. Organisations should create an environment where policy is followed not ignored, and creates an environment where people thrive rather than are hindered by it.
Of course, one of the main flaws involved around data leakage is the human element, whether it is the then housing minister Caroline Flint walking into Downing Street with policy papers in view of press cameras - or staff at the DVLA centre in Swansea walking out with data on external devices such as memory sticks.
The new information commissioner Christopher Graham said one of the main threats is human weakness or error - there is a huge demand from private investigators for data on individuals for all sorts of reasons and such informations is a valuable commodity, especially for relatively low-paid staff working in call centres or other sensitive areas.
Professor Sadie Creese, director of e-security at the University of Warwick, said proper training is crucial and detecting malicious staff is also important to protect data within an organisation.
Risk is tangible, she said, in the real world you close your front door, lock your car and so on, but in the virtual world most of us don't behave as responsible and data subjects are just as lax at protecting their own identity on social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter.
O'Neill ended the day by putting the success of information security into a very simple ABC model, where all stakeholders are involved with data integrity. Administration (ie government) business (private partnerships) and the customer, consumer or citizen.


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Could the new technologies facilitate access to electricity? In Latin America and the Caribbean, there are around 31 million people without access to the commercial electricity grid. Of these, some 11 million subscribe to mobile telephony services. In other words, many Latin Americans have a telephone but no place to recharge it. What role could […]Leer más


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Gypsy jazz band One Leg Up plays 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Highland Brewing.
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5 Walnut Wine Bar: Jamar Woods Acoustic Band, 5 Walnut St., Asheville, 253-2593.
Music Hall
: Desert Dwellers, The Human Experience and Aligning Minds, 10 p.m., $15, 31 Patton Ave., downtown, 255-7777.
Black Forest Restaurant: Live music, open 4-10 p.m., 2155 Hendersonville Road, Arden, 687-7980.
Black Mountain Ale House: Sean Mason Trio, 117 Cherry St., 669-9090.
Pizza: Acoustic Swing, 7-9 p.m., 55 N. Main St., Weaverville, 658-8777.
Cinjade's: Dance music, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., 22 N. Market St., Asheville, 254-0835. Show college ID and get in free.
Club Eleven on Grove: Ole Skool Hip Hop, R&B, soul and funk. Open 10 p.m.-2 a.m. $7. 11 Grove St., Asheville, 505-1612.
Club Hairspray: Midnight Drag Show and Dance Party with DJ lil' Roo, 10 p.m., 38 N. French Broad Ave., Asheville.
Club Metropolis: Rave: Ashvegas Rises, 10 p.m., 38 N. French Broad Ave., Asheville.
Depot Doins: Bluegrass and country jam open to singers and bands, 6:30 p.m., The Depot in downtown Marshall.
Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar-Grove Park Inn: 8 p.m.-1 a.m., ages 21+, no cover. Disclaimer Comedy, free live comedy show, 8:15-9:15 p.m., 290 Macon Ave., Asheville, 252-2711.
Emerald Lounge: Autumn Owls, Sam Marine & County, New Sweden, The End Of America, 9 p.m., $5, 112 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville, 232-4372.
Feed & Seed: Adam Pope Band, 3715 Hendersonville Road, Fletcher, 216-3492.
Firestorm Cafe: Morgan Bolender and Friends, 7:30 p.m., 48 Commerce St., Asheville, 255-8115.
French Broad
Brewery: Todd Cecil, 6 p.m., 101-D Fairview Road, Asheville, 277-0222.
Good Stuff: Rupert Wates 7 p.m., Viva DeConcini 9:30 p.m., 68 N. Main St., Marshall, 649-9711.
Great Hall, Grove Park Inn: Donna Germano on dulcimer, 2-4 p.m., Bill Covington on piano, 6-8 p.m., The B's, 9 p.m.-midnight, 290 Macon Ave., Asheville, 252-2711.
Grey Eagle: Holly Williams, Frazierband, 8 p.m., $12, 185 Clingman Ave., Asheville, 232-5800.
Handlebar: 72nd and Central, Sun Brother, Joie, Alex Simpson, 8 p.m., $5, 304 E. Stone St., Greenville, S.C., 864-233-6173.
Harrah's Essence Lounge: Buchanan Boys 7-9 p.m., DJ Paul Gallo until 2 a.m., Harrah's Cherokee Casino.
Highland Brewing: Deed Fried 5, 6 p.m., free, 12 Old Charlotte Highway.
Iron Horse Station: Kevin Reese, 24 S. Andrew Ave., Hot Springs, 866-402-9377.
Jack of the Wood: Dulci Ellenberger 5 p.m.; The Green Boys 6 p.m.; Harris Brothers, Late Show By Peewee Moore, 9 p.m., $7, 95 Patton Ave., Asheville, 252-5445.
Lobster Trap: Calico Moon, 35 Patton Ave., Asheville, 350-0505. Restaurant opens 5 p.m., music 7 p.m.
Magnolias: Vinyl Brothers & DJ, 10 p.m.-2 a.m., 26 E. Walnut St., Asheville, 251-5211.
Native Kitchen & Social Pub: Live music, 204 Whitson Ave., Swannanoa, 581-0480, www.nativesocialpub.com.
Olive or Twist: Rotating guest bands, 8-11 p.m. (jazz, Motown, rock, beach music), 81 Broadway St., Asheville, 254-0555.
Orange Peel: Sexy, 9 p.m., $5, 101 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, 398-1837.
Pack's Tavern: Micah Hanks Duo, 20 S. Spruce St., Asheville, 225-6944.
Pisgah Brewing Co.: Sara Watkins (of Nickel Creek), John Kingham, 9 p.m., $15, 150 Eastside Drive, Black Mountain, 669-0190.
Red Stag Grill: Chris Rhodes, 8-11 p.m., blues, jazz, pop, Grand Bohemian Hotel, 11 Boston Way, Asheville, 505-2949.
Root Bar: Warren Byrom, roots rock. 1410 Tunnel Road.
Scandals: DJ dance party with drag show, 10 p.m.-3 a.m., 1 a.m. drag show. $8, $5 members. 11 Grove St., Asheville, 505-1612.
Shovelhead Saloon: Karaoke every Friday, U.S. 70 W., Black Mountain, 669-9541.
Southern Appalachian Brewery: 2/3 Goat, 822 Locust St., Hendersonville, 684-1235.
Spurs: DJ dance music and private parties every Friday and Saturday night, 1501 Patton Ave., Asheville, 575-2258.
Straightaway Cafe: South Forty, most shows start at 6 p.m., 1722 N.C. 9, Black Mountain, 669-8856.
Tallgary's Cantina: Contagious, 4 College St., Asheville, 232-0809.
The Dugout: Johnnie Blackwell & Six Toed Possum Babies, 9 p.m. every Friday, 430 N. Main St., downtown Hendersonville, 692-9262.
The One Stop: Free Dead Friday's featuring members of Phuncle Sam, 5 p.m., free, 55 College St., Asheville, 255-7777.
Tressa's Jazz & Blues: Kontained, Peggy & The Swingdaddies, 28 Broadway St., Asheville, 254-7072.
Vincenzo's: Bobby Sullivan, 5:30 p.m., 10 N. Market St., Asheville, 254-4698.
Well-Bred Bakery & Café: Live music, 26 N. Main St., Weaverville, 645-9300.
White Horse: Asheville Jazz Orchestra, 8 p.m., $15, 105C Montreat Road, Black Mountain, 669-0816.
Wild Wing Cafe: Trial By Fire, 161 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, 253-3066.
5 Walnut Wine Bar: King Leo & His New Hot Rhythm.
Altamont Theatre: David Grier, 8 p.m., $15, 18 Church St., Asheville.
Asheville Music Hall: Everyone Orchestra featuring Kyle Hollingsworth, Reed Mathis, Lebo, John Morgan Kimock, Anthony Thogmartin & Mike Healy, Greg Hollowell, 10 p.m., $15.
Black Mountain Ale House: Paul Edelman.
Pizza: Mark Bumgarner
Boiler Room: Mindshapefist, Vic Crown, Twist of Fate, 9 p.m.-2 a.m., $7, 11 Grove St., Asheville, 505-1612.
Cinjade's: Dance music, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.
Club Hairspray: Midnight Drag Show and Dance Party with DJ lil' Roo, 10 p.m.
Club Remix: Mixwave EDM dance party, 10 p.m., 38 N. French Broad Ave., Asheville.
Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar-Grove Park Inn: 8 p.m.-1 a.m., ages 21+, no cover. Entertainment 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Nonstop rock 'n' roll singalong party show.
Emerald Lounge: lowercase letters, Conversations With Enemies, Man On Earth, Gone By Daylight, 9 p.m., $5.
Feed & Seed: Lonesome Road.
French Broad Brewery: Peggy Ratusz.
Good Stuff: The Ugly Club 8 p.m.
Great Hall, Grove Park Inn: Bill Covington on piano, 6-8 p.m., live music by local musicians 9 p.m.-midnight.
Grey Eagle: Blue Dogs, Corduroy Road, 9 p.m., $12.
Handlebar: Mr. Understood, Neverfall, Alias For Now, Thermostat, Islander, more-12 bands, 4 p.m., $12.
Harrah's Essence Lounge: Fortunate Sons 7-9 p.m., DJ Suave to 2 a.m.
Highland Brewing: One Leg Up.
Iron Horse Station: Wilhelm Brothers.
Jack of the Wood: The High Jump Heart 5 p.m.; Toy Soldiers, Daphne Lee Martin, 9 p.m., $7.
Lobster Trap: Trevor Stoia Jazz.
Magnolias: Crocodile Smile.
Olive or Twist: The 42nd Street Jazz Band, 8-11 p.m.
Orange Peel: Pleasures of the Ultraviolent, Ivan The Terribles, 9 p.m., $5.
Oskar Blues Brewery: Tony Traham Duo, Girls On Top, Interstate Stash Express.
Pack's Tavern: A Social Function.
Party Place and Event Center: 7 Eighty 9 Band, 8-11 p.m., Exit 59 off Interstate 26, Friendship Church Road, Saluda. $9. 749-3676 or www.partyplaceandeventcenter.com.
Pisgah Brewing Co.: Shampoo Duo featuring Shane Pruitt, 8 p.m.
Purple Onion: Marc Yaxley, 16 Main St., Saluda, 749-1179.
Red Stag Grill: Pianist Eric Ciborski, 8-11 p.m. every Saturday.
Root Bar: NCM, folk-punk.
Scandals: Live DJ dance party spinning top 40, 10 p.m.-3 a.m., 12:30 a.m. drag show. $10, $7 members. 11 Grove St., Asheville, 505-1612.
Shovelhead Saloon: WildBillCody Band, 8 p.m. every Saturday.
Southern Appalachian Brewery: Taylor Moore Band.
Spurs: DJ dance music and private parties every Friday and Saturday night, 1501 Patton Ave., Asheville, 575-2258.
Stompin' Grounds: Ivy Hill Band, 8-11 p.m. Saturdays, Soco Road, Maggie Valley. $10, $5 ages 4-11. Clogging, square dancing, waltz, two-step, shag, line. 926-1288.
Straightaway Cafe: Sarah Tucker.
Tallgary's Cantina: Westsound.
The One Stop: Bluegrass Brunch hosted by Jay Franck (of Sanctum Sully) & Friends, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Jahman Brahman, 8 p.m., free.
Vincenzo's: Marc Keller, 7:30 p.m.
VFW: Hundred Proof Band, country and Southern rock, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., 626 Leicester Highway, Asheville.
Well-Bred Bakery & Café: Live music.
Westville Pub: Marcel Anton Band, 777 Haywood Road, Asheville, 225-9782.
White Horse: AmiciMusic presents "Jazzical," 7:30 p.m., $15.
5 Walnut Wine Bar: The Roaring Lions 7-9 p.m.
Asheville Music Hall: Asheville Wing War II, 4 p.m., $20.
Barley's Taproom: Skylark, swing and jazz, 7:30 p.m., 42 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, 255-0504.
Pizza: Locomotive Pie.
Dirty South Lounge: Drive By-Sci Fi Movie Night, 9 p.m., back room at The Southern Kitchen & Bar, 70 W. Walnut St., Asheville, 251-1777.
Great Hall, Grove Park Inn: Live music 10 a.m.-noon; singer/guitarist Bob Zullo 6:30-10:30 p.m.
Harrah's Essence Lounge: Dueling pianos 3-7 p.m.
Jack of the Wood: Irish session/Celtic jam, 5 p.m.; TJ Kong and The Atomic Bomb, Riyen Roots and The Family Tree Band, 9 p.m., $5.
Lobster Trap: Leo Johnson.
Rankin Vault: Psychobilly Sock Hop, 9 p.m., 7 Rankin Ave., Asheville, 254-4993.
Scandals: Open 10 p.m.-3 a.m.
Southern Appalachian Brewery: Jason DeCristofaro 5-7 p.m.
The One Stop: Bluegrass Brunch hosted by The Pond Brothers, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., free.
Tressa's: Neo Soul, Lyric.
Vincenzo's: Steve Whiddon 5:30 p.m.
5 Walnut Wine Bar: The Flowers.
Ale House: Monday night football 7 p.m., karaoke 9 p.m., 117-C Cherry St., 669-9090.
Bywater: Open mic with Taylor Martin, 8:30 p.m., 796 Riverside Drive, Asheville, 232-6967. $5 membership.
Emerald Lounge: Cask Mouse, Mieka Pauley, sami.the.great, 9 p.m., $5.
Good Stuff: Cask Mouse 7 p.m.
Great Hall, Grove Park Inn: Bob Zullo 6:30-10:30 p.m.
Grey Eagle: Contra dance, 8 p.m., $7.
Handlebar: Wiggle Waggons, 8 p.m., $5.
Jack of Hearts: Singer Songwriters in the Round 6:30-8:30 p.m., 10 S. Main St., Weaverville, 645-2700.
Jack of the Wood: Filthy Still, 9 p.m., $5.
Lobster Trap: Dana and Susan Robinson.
Tressa's: Monday Night Swing Session 8 p.m., Scary-Oke karaoke 11 p.m.
Vincenzo's: Marc Keller 7:30 p.m.
Westville Pub: Trivia Night.
131 Main: Chris Rhodes all-original song showcase, 308 Thetford St., Biltmore Park, 651-0131.
5 Walnut Wine Bar: The John Henry's.
Altamont Brewing Co.: Open mic night with Zachary T, 8:30 p.m. every Tuesday, 1042 Haywood Road, Asheville, 575-2400.
Altamont Theatre: Original Music Series, 8 p.m., free, 18 Church St., Asheville. Free. 348-5327 or www.myaltamont.com.
Music Hall
: Tuesday Night Funk Jam 10 p.m., 31 Patton Ave., downtown, 255-7777.
City Tavern: Caleb Bost and Dickey Jones, 7-10 p.m. every Tuesday, 2574 U.S. 70, Swannanoa.
Ale House: Trivia Night 7 p.m. Teams of four compete for prizes. Family friendly.
Pizza: Paul Cataldo.
Club Eleven on Grove: Swing lessons and dance by Swing Asheville, 6:30-11 p.m., $12 lesson, $5 dance only, $3 upcharge if staying for lesson and dance. Four week series begins first Tuesday of every month. 11 Grove St., Asheville, 505-1612.
Club Eleven on Grove: Tango lessons and practilonga with Karen Jaffe, 7-10:30 p.m., $7 class, $5 practilonga, $10 entire night.
Club Hairspray: Trivia Tuesdays, sign up begins 10:15 p.m.
Eye Scream Ice Cream Parlor: Swannanoa Valley Bluegrass Jam, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 2064 U.S. 70 W., Swannanoa, 505-2174.
Firestorm Cafe: Open mic 7 p.m.
Good Stuff: Old time jam 6:30 p.m.
Great Hall, Grove Park Inn: Bob Zullo 5:30-7:30 p.m., The B's 8:30-11:30 p.m.
Iron Horse Station: Ashley Heath.
Jack of Hearts: Quizzo trivia fun 7-9 p.m., 10 S. Main St., Weaverville, 645-2700.
Jack of the Wood: The Royal Hounds rockabilly 10 p.m.
Lobster Trap: Jay Brown.
Native Kitchen: Trivia Night 7-9:30 p.m. every Tuesday. Test your knowledge and a chance to win prizes. 204 Whitson Ave., Swannanoa, 581-0480.
Olive or Twist: Bluedawg Blues Jam, Al "Coffee" McDaniel (blues/soul), 8 p.m.
Orange Peel: Starfucker, Blackbird Blackbird, 9 p.m., $17.
Red Room: Rockstar Karaoke.
Tallgary's Cantina: Techno Dance Party.
The Dugout: Trivia 8 p.m.
The One Stop: Two For Tuesday: Keelan Donovan, Jerry's Bones, 8 p.m., $2.
Tressa's: El Duende.
Vincenzo's: Marc Keller 5:30 p.m.
Westville Pub: Open Blues Jam with Westville Allstars, 10 p.m.
White Horse: Irish music session 6:30-8:30 p.m., open mic with Ryan Gore 8:45 p.m., free.
5 Walnut Wine Bar: One Leg Up.
Barley's: Dr. Brown's Team Trivia 8:30 p.m., 42 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, 255-0504.
Pizza: Open mic host Mark Bumgarner.
Broadway's: '80s night 10 p.m. every Wednesday, 120 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville, 285-0400.
Cataloochee Ranch: Jeanne Naber, 8-9:30 p.m. Wednesdays, dinner 7 p.m. with reservations. Easy-listening folk and country singalong tunes. 119 Ranch Drive, Maggie Valley, 926-1401.
Club Hairspray: GayMart with DJ David, blue light specials, free pool, 9 p.m.
Club Remix: Debaucherosity Dance Party. EDM. 10 p.m.
Dirty South Lounge: Wax in the Back.
Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar-Grove Park Inn: 8 p.m.-1 a.m., ages 21+, no cover. Entertainment, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Nonstop rock n' roll sing-along party show.
Emerald Lounge: Dana and Susan Robinson, WestWend, Dave Desmelik, 9 p.m., $7.
Great Hall, Grove Park Inn: Bob Zullo 5:30-7:30 p.m., The B's 8:30-11:30 p.m.
Handlebar: Hinder, Acidic, The Last Vegas, 8:30 p.m., $26.
Harrah's Essence Lounge: Throwback Night DJ 1970s-1990s, beer pong, cornhole, 6 p.m.
Iron Horse Station: Jesse James.
Jack of the Wood: Old-time mountain music jam starts 6 p.m.
Lexington Avenue
Brewery: Spirits of the Red City, 9 p.m., $5, 39 N. Lexington Ave., Asheville, 252-0212.
Lobster Trap: Ben Hovey.
Native Kitchen: Appalachian Music Night.
Olive or Twist: Cadillac Rex (rockabilly and '50s/'60s surf rock), 8 p.m.
Orange Peel: Rory Kelly's Triple Threat & Zombie Queen, 9 p.m., $5.
Pisgah Brewing Co.: Natural Vibrations, Hawaii's reggae powerhouse, 9 p.m., $10.
Red Stag Grill: Chris Rhodes, 7-10 p.m., inside Grand Bohemian Hotel, Biltmore Village.
Tallgary's Cantina: Open mic/jam from 7 p.m.
The One Stop: Soul Jazz Jam hosted by Preston Cate, 10 p.m., free.
Tressa's: Jason DeCristofaro Trio.
Vincenzo's: Steve Whiddon 7:30 p.m.
White Horse: Krmar Das, blend of Indian, flamenco, folk, 7:30 p.m., $10.
Wild Wing: Jeff and Justin.
5 Walnut Wine Bar: The Big Nasty.
Altamont Theatre: Benavides-Wolf, 8 p.m., $5.
Barley's: Alien Music Club jazz composer series 9 p.m.
Black Mountain Ale House: Woody Wood.
Pizza: Mark Bumgarner.
Club Hairspray: Gong Show Karaoke 10 p.m.
Club Remix: College Night Dance Party, house and hip hop, 10 p.m.
Deli & Pub: Musicians Round with David Bryan every Thursday, 122 Cherry St., Black Mountain, 357-5300.
Dirty South Lounge: Dirty Bingo with Hug Buzzard, $2 to play.
Elaine's Dueling Piano Bar-Grove Park Inn: 8 p.m.-1 a.m., ages 21+, no cover. Entertainment, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Disclaimer Comedy, free live comedy show 8:15-9:15 p.m.
Emerald Lounge: Stephane Wrembel, Balkan Death Grip, 9 p.m., $12.
Frankie Bones: Chris Rhodes, all original music show, 2 Gerber Road, Asheville, 274-7111.
French Broad Brewery: LeMasterPlan.
Good Stuff: Whitney Moore funky Latin soul 6:30 p.m.
Great Hall, Grove Park Inn: Bob Zullo 5:30-7:30 p.m., The B's 8:30-11:30 p.m.
Harrah's Essence Lounge: Live band karaoke with Jukebox Johnnie, 8 p.m.-midnight.
Jack of Hearts: Old-time jam starts 7 p.m.
Jack of the Wood: Bluegrass jam 6:30 p.m.
Lobster Trap: Hank Bones.
Neo Cantina: The Caribbean Cowboys, 7-9:30 p.m. every Thursday on the patio, smoking permitted. Biltmore Village, off Sweeten Creek Road, Asheville. http://islandtimes.net/ccb/.
Olive or Twist: West Coast swing dancing with Heather Masterton Quartet, 8 p.m.
Orange Peel: Comedians Noah Gardenswartz and Gilbert Lawand, 8 p.m., $10.
Pisgah Brewing Co.: The Low Counts 8 p.m.
Purple Onion: Dylan Sneed.
Red Room: Dance Lush with DJ Moto.
Red Stag Grill: Eric Ciborski, 7-10 p.m. every Thursday.
Scandals: DJ dance party with 12:30 a.m. drag show, theme is Country Show, open 10 p.m.-3 a.m., no cover.
Soul Infusion Tea House: Adam Bigelow & friends, 8 p.m. every Thursday, 628 E. Main St., Sylva, 586-1717.
Southern Appalachian Brewery: Paul Cataldo 7-9 p.m.
Tallgary's Cantina: Asheville Music Showcase 8 p.m.
The Dugout: Rockstar Thursdays karaoke 9 p.m.
The One Stop: Phish n' Chips 6 p.m.; A Night of Mayhem featuring DrFameus, 10 p.m., $8.
Tressa's: Odette Dinasty O'Hara.
Vincenzo's: Aaron LaFalce.
Wild Wing: ACC tournament until 11 p.m.


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In 1910, famous Chicago sportswriter Hugh Fullerton and Chicago Cub second baseman Johnny Evers wrote a book together. They called it "Touching Second", subtitled "The Science of Baseball".
Pirates' Spring Training Primer: 21st century player development
Many aspects of the Pirates' process originated in Cleveland. Huntington began his tenure as the Indians' assistant director of minor league operations on Oct. 20, 1997. A day later, the Indians allowed seven ninth-inning runs and lost Game 3 of the World Series to the Florida Marlins.
Will King Felix Be Like Tom Terrific, Or Doc Gooden?
Felix Hernandez has been historically excellent as a youngster, ranking 15th all-time in Wins Above Replacement among starting pitchers through age 26. He also has a lot of mileage on his golden right arm. Hernandez has thrown 1,620 innings in the majors so far, the highest total for an Expansion-Era pitcher through age 26 since Dwight Gooden tossed 1,713 frames from 1984-1991.
Don't Forget About Chase Utley
Through all the injuries, Utley has shown very little decline in his on-field performance heading into his mid-30's.
The Mock Salary Arbitration Case in Favor of Max Scherzer Seeking $7.4 million
In the case of Max Scherzer seeking a one-year salary arbitration salary for 2013 with the Detroit Tigers, a strong case is made that the $7.4 million salary he is seeking is fair, not only in comparison to his peers within his service time class this year, but in the year prior.
Do Power Pitchers Get Squeezed?
When it comes to fastballs, pitchers who blow smoke reign supreme. The harder you throw, the better your results. Batters missed about 27% of the time that they swung at a fastball thrown 98 MPH or harder last year. By contrast, hitters whiffed at less than half that rate against fastballs lobbed under 90 MPH. But what happens when hitters don't swing? It looks like power pitchers are actually at a disadvantage compared to their soft-tossing brethren. The harder you throw, the smaller your strike zone from the umpire.
If we've seen the last of Chris Carpenter …
Chris Carpenter first pitched in the major leagues in 1997, the year before Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa hit 328 home runs. He was only 22, and went 3-7 with a 5.10 ERA for the Blue Jays. The next season, Carpenter found himself as a major leaguer, and from there we can divide his career, perhaps uniquely, into six different phases …


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Johannesburg - Former National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) president Senzeni Zokwana, quite inconspicuous in his 14 year term at the helm of the union, steps into a minefield with his appointment as agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister.
It was on his watch that the new kid on the block, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), ate up NUM's membership in the platinum belt, leaving the union to watch on the sidelines as Amcu launched the longest strike since 1922's Rand Revolt.
The most outstanding issue he has to deal with is in fisheries, which eagerly awaits effective state intervention.
Zokwana's predecessor, Tina Joemat-Pettersson, announced a fortnight ago the suspension of the 2013 fishing rights allocation and ordered that, pending a review, those with existing rights would continue to exercise these rights, while former rights holders who lost out could apply for an exemption to continue fishing.
"Union presidents are less conspicious than secretary-generals, so they tend to slip under the radar," said Johnny Goldberg, the chief executive of Global Business Solutions.
Others felt Zokwana also got off lightly when he appeared before the Farlam Commission probing the death of 34 miners in August 2012 in Marikana.
Under cross-examination by Dali Mpofu representing the miners, Zokwana's saving grace was reported to be his ability to give long, expansive answers and Mpofu's laxity in pinning him down on crucial aspects.
Zokwana joined the NUM in 1983. He became a shaft steward in 1984. He was elected president of the union in 2000, a position he kept until his deployment to Parliament.
Zokwana's deputy minister will be Bheki Cele, the former commissioner of police fired by President Jacob Zuma in the wake of procurement scandals at police buildings in Pretoria. - Business Report
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Adams County Winery strikes Double Gold
Adams County Winery recently announced Rebel Red, one of the six Official Wines of the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, earned a Double Gold Medal at the 13th Annual Finger Lakes International Wine Competition recently in Rochester, NY. In addition to the Double Gold Medal awarded to the winery's best-selling red wine, a semi-sweet Concord-Niagara blend, seven additional medals were awarded to the Orrtanna, PA-based winery.
Over 70 judges from around the world conducted blind judging of wines at the competition held March 23-24. Stray Cat Strut, a crisp and fruity pale pink Catawba wine; and Yankee Blue, which is made with 100 percent blueberries, claimed Silver Medals. Bronze Medals went to Scrapple, the winery's sweetly-spiced cranberry and apple blend; Traveller, a semi-dry Vidal wine; The Engagement, a delicate rosé offering hints of cranberries and strawberries; Turning Point, a smooth, semi-dry red wine; and Tears of Gettysburg, a distinctively smooth union of Niagara, Vidal, and Seyval. The Engagement, Turning Point and Tears of Gettysburg, along with Rebel Red, are among the six Official Wines of the 150th Anniversary of Battle of Gettysburg. The award for Turning Point represents its first international competition medal. Tears of Gettysburg's medal marks the 25th competition award for the winery's hallmark wine in as many years.
The winery recently announced its "150th Gettysburg Commemoration Family Festival at Adams County Winery," scheduled for 1-5 p.
The farm winery is at 251 Peach Tree Road in Orrtanna and its downtown Gettysburg tasting room is at 25 Chambersburg St. For more information about Adams County Winery, call 717-334-4631 or visit the winery on the Web at www.adamscountywinery.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/adamscountywinery.
Prudential Bob Yost makes acquisition
The parent of Prudential Bob Yost Homesale Services' Hanover office has acquired YorkCounty's Century 21 Heritage Realtors.
The 36 Heritage agents and employees will now do business in Prudential Bob YostHomesale's 28th office.
The Realtors Association of York and Adams counties ranks Prudential Bob YostHomesale Services as the number one homeseller in York and Adams counties.
This is the third expansion for Prudential Homesale in less than 60 days. Previously, Prudential Homesale opened a new office in Baltimore's Inner Harbor and relocated and doubled the size of its office in Timonium, Md.
Prudential Bob Yost Homesale's Hanover office is located at 1444 Baltimore St.
For more information, contact Doug Rebert, managing director, at 717-333-6123 firstname.lastname@example.com.
Realtor recognized
Prudential Bob Yost Homesale Services was recently honored by the Prudential Real Estate Network as the fourth most successful real estate company in the Prudential Real Estate Network based on sales at its annual conference.
The Company was also ranked number one in per-agent sales production among the top 10Prudential Realtors worldwide.
The 2012 results of the Homesale realty, mortgage, settlement, property management and insurance divisions placed the Company as the fourth most successful Prudential company worldwide in the delivery of these home services.
Prudential Homesale Services operates 28 offices. Prudential Bob Yost Homesale'sHanover office is at 1444 Baltimore St.
Zeigler joins Children's Aid Society
Jan Zeigler, CFRE has joined the staff of Children's Aid Society in the role of director of development and marketing.
Zeigler is a recognized fundraiser with 36 years of experience in the non-profit sector. She has extensive experience working with organizations serving children including Bridge Association, United Cerebral Palsy of Metropolitan Dallas, and Mi Escuelita Preschool. In 2007 she was recognized for her achievements with the Outstanding Professional Fundraiser of the Year award presented by the Dallas, Texas, Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP).
Zeigler earned her undergraduate degree in the field of psychology at the University of North Texas and her master's degree with a specialty in the field of marriage and family therapy from Texas Woman's University. She earned her Certified Fund Raising Executive credential in 1991. Zeigler serves as a volunteer on the board of directors of the AFP Central PA Chapter and on the AFP Diversity and Inclusion Committee.
A unique non-profit agency that began helping children in 1913, Children's Aid Society provides services in three centers: The Nicarry Center (Adams County), Frances Leiter Center (Franklin County) and The Lehman Center (York County). Services include art/play therapy, family advocacy, parent support groups, and a crisis nursery with a 24-hour hotline.
YWCA Hanover appoints 2013 Board of Directors
YWCA Hanover recently elected and appointed new officers to their Board of Directors. New officers are Linda Siegle, president; Jody Shaffer, vice-president; Barbara Krebs, treasurer; and Ruth Shaffer, secretary.
Outgoing officers are Barbara Rupp, Christine Dubbs and Bobbi Anne DeLeo. All three outgoing officers will continue to serve on the YWCA Board of Directors for 2013. The Board of Directors at-large for 2013 is Miriam Clapper, Kelly Lynch, Lisa Noble, Cheryl Paulin, Carolyn Rhodes and Melissa Speal.
For more information on YWCA Hanover programs and services, visit www.ywcahanover.org or contact Executive Director Tina Heffner at 717-637-2125.


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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
© Copyright 2015 Clayton News Daily
By Joel Hall
For several years, the Spring 2010 Mega Yard Sale, hosted by the Clayton County Humane Society, has been its most important fund-raiser. The activities of the no-kill animal shelter are largely supported by money the agency gets from fund-raisers it holds in the spring and fall.
Patrons demonstrate their support through the purchase of furniture, electronics, baby toys, bicycles, books and other lightly used equipment.
This year, however, donations of items for the spring sale -- scheduled for Saturday, May 1, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. -- are lagging.
"Our donations are down this year," said Maria Dorough, community outreach coordinator for the Clayton County Humane Society.
"Normally around this time of year, we have two [storage] units full with items. We just haven't had that this year. We usually make several thousand at our yard sales. Right now, we might have $1,000 [worth of items], if we're lucky," Dorough said.
"In the past, we've had a lot of people donating electronics ... We haven't seen that this year," she continued. "Things like tools, lawn furniture and equipment, those things go really fast."
The Humane Society is presently scouring the community for furniture, tools, electronics, and other high-ticket items to display for sale in front of the Jonesboro High School Vocational Building, at 7728 Mount Zion Blvd., in Jonesboro.
"These two yard sales are our biggest fund-raisers annually, and we really depend on [them] to pay for all the medical needs and nutrition of the animals we take in," said Michele Bryant-Hall, president of the Clayton County Humane Society's board of directors.
"We need for the community to support us, as they have in the past, and to donate gently used items that we can resell," she said. "We need them to possibly visit us on sale day and find some other little treasure. By buying it, it will help us with the cause."
Bryant-Hall reminded patrons that the society is the county's only no-kill animal shelter. The animals taken in by the shelter are kept until a suitable home can be found. She said thousands of dollars are spent every year feeding, vaccinating, and nursing back to health cats and dogs that have been abused or neglected. Since the economic downturn, she said, more abandoned animals have been finding their way to the shelter.
"I don't think there are less people caring about these animals than in the past, but it seems like financial situations are more desperate than ever," she said. "It's getting more common for people to move away, or leave their home and just leave their animals behind. We have a good deal of people turning their animals in, and telling us they can't afford to feed them anymore or take care of their veterinary bills.
This year's Spring Mega Yard Sale will be dedicated to Miles "Micky" Taylor, a long-time volunteer who died on Jan. 7, at the age of 77. Since the late 1990s, Taylor and his wife, son, daughter, and daughter-in-law have all been dedicated volunteers at the shelter, said Bryant-Hall.
"They are big animal lovers, the whole family," she said. "Losing Mr. Taylor wasn't like losing somebody you know. It was like losing a member of your family. This will be the first time we have had this without him. That's why there is a memorial to him."
Taylor's daughter, Cathy Lovett, said that since the 1970s, Taylor had also been an active volunteer with Southern Regional Medical Center, Rainbow House, and the Girl Scouts, but the Clayton County Humane Society was the closest to his heart. By his own request, Taylor was buried wearing a Humane Society T-shirt under his suit, his daughter said.
"He loved that yard sale," Lovett said. "He would donate tons and come back with three tons, because he always found some treasures. Anybody who volunteers [at the animal center] knows that every dime counts there. I think that he would think it is wonderful that, maybe because of the things he did in his life, it would bring more attention to the Humane Society."
People donating to the Clayton County Humane Society Spring Mega Yard Sale can receive a tax-credit receipt upon request. Those with items, should call Maria Dorough at (404) 630-8515, or Gwen Lyle at (404) 432-9986 to arrange a pick-up or drop-off. For more information, visit www.claytoncountyhumane.org.
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- Yard sale to aid no-kill animal shelter ( April 28, 2011 )
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Hellur.......I am new here. I wanted to say what's up and glad to be a new PRS owner. Thank you........
Hellur.......I am new here. I wanted to say what's up and glad to be a new PRS owner. Thank you........
Yes........I have OCD!
I have a Santana SE model, orange color. Found her in a music shop in SC. Someone needed some Christmas dough and let her go......too bad, so sad. Now she's mine all mine lol........As far as an amp goes.....sigh, I have a, dare I say, pignose 7-100 right now.......but I have a little Orange Crush 12L amp on layaway which I hope to have out soon. I was playing a Breedlove acoustic before which I still have but it's not getting any love these days since "Maria" came into the picture. So I'm not quite sure how to post pics, tried but it's asking for an url. Can I add pics from my computer or do I have go about it another way? Sorry for the "newbieness."
Yes........I have OCD!
Santana's are great in orange. And with an orange amp - winner.
Welcome to the forum!! Post some pics!
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2012 FBJB 10 top Tremonti-signed by Tremonti
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Nice entry into PRS! Welcome to the Forum!
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Welcome the the Forum. Congrats on the guitar.
Yes, to post pics I use Photobucket, but there are many other free sites you can use.
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Welcome suthern...some strictly platonic newbie luv coming your way.
SE Santana is the perfect way to start, or re-start. That's the axe that bit me when I got back into playing 2 years ago...love the neck pickup on those things.
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I love your middle pick...the one with the cat tongue texture...Welcome and enjoy the beautiful guitar!!
Thanks Bill! Yea, that middle pick is a standard jim dunlop usa nylon 1 mm. Awesome pick, great for strumming as well as lead picking. Just got the dunlop tortex t3 (green) in the .88 mm and they are good for both too. I recently bought two of the dunlop nylon (red) max grip jazz III to try and I like them a little better than the regular jazz III. The grip helps out quite a bit, for me anyway. I guess I have Dunlop's disease. And not just for picks....my belly dun lopped over my belt with all the recent Thanksgiving and Christmas goodies lol...
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Next chance you get , ask your local store about "Brain" picks...same idea but with more texture to help grip. I also have some with a crescent moon on them that have a similar texture but not sure of brand name. Enjoy that guitar!!
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One would think a movie co-starring James Gandolfini would be a mystery thriller or a gangster film, anything but a romantic comedy. In this quirky chick flick, Gandolfini is teamed up with Julia Louis-Dreyfus as his awkward, yet cute love interest Eva, a traveling masseuse. Albert (Gandolfini) is a sloppy, overweight, very laid-back single dad who stumbled upon his new girlfriend Eva at a party.
It turns out that Marianne's ex is none other than Albert, who by this time is deeply entrenched in a relationship with Eva. She puts two and two together to discover that Marianne has been bad-mouthing the guy she now has fallen hard for, Albert. However, Eva is too scared or too dumb to tell Albert about her new friend, and it all blows up in her face one day when she was at Marianne's house and Albert shows up to pick up their shared-custody daughter.
When I watch, or try to watch, romantic comedy chick flicks with Sharon, I usually walk out and find something else to do after 15 minutes or so. But I stayed with this one until the end, not because it is a good film, quite the contrary, but because I am a fan of all the actors in this film. Gandolfini is the best, Louis-Dreyfus is one of my favorite funny women, and Keener is just a superb actress. Another favorite of mine, Toni Collette, plays a minor role in the film as Eva's friend and confidant.
It's a shame, really, that Gandolfini's final role was in a crappy chick flick. He died before the film was released. His performance, as always, was perfect, but the film was not. On my scale of two thumbs up, I give this one thumb. Watch it if you like Gandolfini or if you like chick flicks.
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Re-Imagining Development in Eastern Kentucky:
A Symposium on History and Place
Union College Rector Little Theatre • April 11, 2014 • 1 pm
The Union College Redbud Festival of Appalachian Culture and Appalachian Studies Program will host a symposium to explore current economic challenges facing eastern Kentucky. Speakers at the event will foster a dialogue between local, regional, and state leaders, community members, and Union College students and faculty regarding the need for practical development solutions grounded in a critical understanding of our region's history and culture.
Members from our local and regional community are highly encouraged to attend!
For more information or details, please contact Amanda Fickey, Assistant Professor of Intercultural Geography and Coordinator of Appalachian Studies (606) 546-1520, OR, Monica Clouse, Coordinator: President's Office Operations and Events (606) 546-1609.
List of Presenters:
Mandy Lambert
Acting Commissioner, Department for Business Development &
Interim Executive Director, Office of Entrepreneurship
Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
Teresa Montgomery
Knox County Extension Agent for Family and Consumer Sciences
University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service
Kent Whitworth
Executive Director
Kentucky Historical Society
Hal B. Goode
President & CEO
Kentucky Association for Economic Development
Jeff Spradling
Director, University of Kentucky Robinson Scholars Program
University of Kentucky Appalachian Center
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Union College Appalachian Studies Program
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DENVER (AP) A 46-year-old man has been arrested on charges of murder and assault in the shooting deaths of two people and the wounding of a third in the Black Forest neighborhood northeast of Colorado Springs.
The El Paso County Sheriff's Department says Kenneth Lankford was arrested Sunday after an intensive search.
Authorities say 51-year-old Terry Lankford and 51-year-old Carol Joan Fowler were killed Saturday. Their bodies were found in separate houses. Fifty-two-year-old Thomas Edwyn Fowler was wounded.
The Colorado Springs Gazette identified the Lankfords and Fowlers as spouses.
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…and a measure of good old fashioned beating the bushes. In this altered market, it's time to re-examine your strategy and plot your next move.
Once called "recession-proof,"
the heavy equipment rental market has succumbed to the economic downturn, proving that old norms and conventional wisdom do not really apply anymore. One needs to look no further than the earnings statements from a few publicly held firms for the evidence. At H&E Equipment Services, a diversified dealer with 63 full-service facilities operating in many regions of the
, gross margin on rentals decreased to 30.6 percent from 50.3 percent in the third quarter of 2008. In the company's third-quarter earnings report, it was reported that rental rates were down 19.1 percent and rental revenues were down 42 percent, versus the third quarter of 2008. At Sunbelt Rentals, with locations in 34 states, rental revenue was down 29 percent through July 2008.
There's no doubt many more dealers are experiencing these same difficulties with the rental side of the business.
"You are competing with your customer," says Dale Vaughn, president of Oklahoma City-based OCT Equipment. "Your customer may have some number of crews working and he's down to one. He needs one [machine]; he pulls one out of his back yard."
Meanwhile, an oversupply of equipment has further diminished the value of the dealer's rental fleet.
Gary McArdle of Rouse Asset Services tracks a number of metrics for the rental industry, including the value of their fleets. "The value is down 20 percent on used machinery specific to the general rental equipment market versus 2008," said McArdle. "Peak to trough, 29 or 30 percent."
Rental Plays Well to Market Uncertainty
Still, there are some signs that the market may be improving, if ever so slightly. According to McArdle, the value of the rental equipment inventory has flattened in the past few months.
Looking to a recovery, tight credit markets and market uncertainty are two reasons why rental should play well with contractors wanting to outsource capital and logistics. And until credit flows more freely, there may be a whole new group of contractors for whom rental makes sense.
"Cash constraints with third party leasing or funding have hurt the distributor's sales," noted Chris Pera, president of HiReach Group, based in
King of Prussia
"The rental business is a terrific alternative because the customer doesn't need the credit."
What You Should Be Doing Now
"This has been a stressful and demanding time for a lot of dealers," said Don Buttrey, president of Sales Professional Training, Inc. "But now it's time to go back to the war room and sit around the table and come up with some new strategies."
There is no denying that the market has changed, so your market position and strategy need to be re-evaluated to determine if they are still right for your business. In addition, dealers need to assess the importance of rental to their overall strategy and adjust resources accordingly. Your flexibility in adjusting your strategy to market conditions may be a key factor in achieving success coming out of this recession.
Every market is different, and according to Buttrey, dealers need to examine their own competitive situation and identify what their particular advantage is. "Prospect those types of customers that best fit your strategy."
Competition is fierce in the rental market, and you need to differentiate yourself from your competition. "Know what you do and leverage what you have to your advantage," added Buttrey.
Pera launched Hi-Reach Equipment in May of 2009, so he doesn't have many of the same problems and obligations of other dealers, who have had to adjust inventory and personnel when demand dropped off the table. He sees advantages in his narrow niche. The company rents JLG lifting equipment, including rough-terrain scissor lifts, articulated booms, telescopic booms, 4 x 4 telehandlers, electric scissor lifts and industrial cranes.
"Having such a narrow view makes it so much easier and comfortable for the sales reps," explained Pera. "Users are clearly defined. Our product only applies to a certain group of folks."
Defining a market niche is nothing new for Volvo Rents, either. The franchise arm of Volvo Construction Equipment North America has its eye clearly focused on the 10 percent of customers who account for 80 percent of the volume. Volvo Rents has chosen a franchise model based on its belief in the concept of local ownership.
"With local ownership you can tailor your service offering to each and every customer," said Nick Mavrick, vice president of marketing for Volvo Rents. Its VIP customers require a lot of flexibility, and the franchise model allows Volvo Rents operations to provide it.
Analyzing the competitive landscape is an important part of the strategic process. For Vaughn, a dealer with three locations in
, rent-to-rent competitors aren't a major factor. OCT Equipment represents Case,
, Hamm Compactors and Stone Construction Equipment.
"They [rent-to-rent competitors] have moved away from the dirt to the lift" said Vaughn. Vaughn believes his customers rent from him for the reliability, and their marketing reflects that. "We Rent Reliability" is the slogan that OCT uses to promote its rental business. "Otherwise," says Vaughn, "it's a commodity."
Buttrey also cautions dealers about selling value and not price. "Giving somebody a discount on price is not going to solve the customer's problem," said Buttrey. "Helping them come up with a solution, that is how we help them."
"It is not the lowest price," contended Pera. "Low price has to introduce you to the customer, but there has to be more merit than just low price."
Hunting for Customers
According to Buttrey, prior to the recession, dealers were admittedly focused on order taking, not order making. "The issue wasn't, 'can we find customers?' It was 'can we find equipment?'"
Rental industry veteran Pera concurs. "What I used to notice in this business is that the sales staff never went to look for new customers." As a result, HiReach has put a strong emphasis on prospecting.
"From a rental perspective, the more sales calls I make, the luckier I get," reported Pera. One of the sources the company uses to prospect is McGraw Hill Dodge reports. "We are making cold calls and also on jobsites every single day." Pera believes that rental salespeople are fortunate because they can get instant gratification for their efforts. They can find someone, fill and get an order in the same day. On the sales side of the business, that doesn't happen."
"Salespeople are either "hunters" looking for a sale, or "farmers" caring for their crop/customers," said Vaughn. "Good salespeople are a little of both. It is very common to see a salesperson start out as a hunter since he has not developed relationships. Over time, they become farmers and lose the intensity for the hunt, relying on developed relationships."
Buttrey believes it's time to put a focus back on hunting. He recommends some additional sources for prospecting, such as lists from other divisions of the company, lists of unassigned accounts and UCC data. "The best way is to just pick up the phone and start calling."
Buttrey also suggests strategic account planning and pre-call planning. "Select viable, well-fit potential customers and start working them to build long-term relationships," he said. He acknowledges that it may take time for some of these relationships to develop but also thinks that now may be an ideal time, because contractors are not busy.
Pre-call planning ensures that you run the meeting to accomplish your objectives; are prepared to deal with customer objections; and will sell value.
"These are things we should have been doing all along," said Buttrey. "Instead, everything was transactional. They didn't do the grunge work of sales."
Technology in Play
Technology has the potential to provide dealers' rental business with a competitive edge by turning data into meaningful and actionable information. Software programs provide a wealth of tools that can assist companies in defining their market niche and identifying new prospects. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications can capture a wealth of data such as industry, sector, size and turnover, but can also capture information such as purchased and rented equipment.
"All of this information allows a market to be clearly defined and targeted," said
, a solution consultant for Lawson Software. "The software should enable company profiling too, so that similar companies can be identified against the same characteristics such as size, type of company and installed base.
Sunbelt Rentals utilized Mobile SalesPro with an innovative iPhone application to create a more efficient communication tool for more than 1,200 employees. The company worked with Customer Connect, a Microsoft-certified partner, to implement Microsoft CRM 4.0 and customize a Web interface.
With the new technology,
sales reps can access real-time information about a customer's account, rental history, and outstanding invoices, as well as quote equipment rental rates. The result is that salespeople can respond more quickly to customer requests. They can obtain information on their own, rather than waiting for phone calls from the inside sales people. The company just received the Best Mobile SFA/CRM Award in Mobile Enterprise magazine's 2009 Mobilizer Awards for their efforts.
A Balancing Act Between Sales and Rental
Full service AED dealers who are involved in new machine sales, service and rental have an added challenge of balancing their resources between each area of business. Inherently, there are conflicts.
"The operating models are so different," explained Mavrick at Volvo. "Ultimately they compete for people and resources."
"When you have a sales side and rental side within the same dealership, CRM is so important," said Buttrey. Good leadership is required to ensure that the needs of the customer come first. For example, data on maintenance expenses for a particular machine could be used to convince a customer about the value of a new machine purchase. "The larger the dealer, the more important CRM is, so that you are attacking the customer base as a team," added Buttrey.
This past year, many dealers have restructured and refined their processes to reduce costs as required by the steep downturn. But the rental game is still on, and there's no better time like the present to determine your next move.
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text: Gordius Little Giant Range Nov 10, 2007 19:51:46 GMT Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by andybutler on Nov 10, 2007 19:51:46 GMT www.gordius.be/I recently received the Gordius Little Giant, modified to take 4 expression pedals.The web site has a feature list, but just to add.1) yes, you can program any midi string on pressing a switch, and any other on release.2) It's very well built, with high quality fast acting switches.3) Latency is just a hint lower than the fcb10104) The expression pedal inputs are accurate enough to dial up an exact number ( 0-127)5) power is 9V DC from walwart6) There's a bit of learning to do before you can program it, because the setup is more sophisticated. After that it's really easy. Well, it is if you have a pc to run the editor(...mac versionpromised soon... ) otherwise there's a few menus to navigate on the devices own little screen.Creator Xavier is very helpful, and open to suggestions.afaik, this is the best footcontroller for looping,worth it if you can afford it.


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DescriptionSuntide II Condominiums
Direct beach views from both living room and master bedroom. These condos are just as spacious and offer the same amenities as many other island resorts, yet with an affordable rate. Units offer fully equipped kitchens, premium cable services (HBO, CINEMAX & ENCORE) and private balconies with phenomenal views of the Gulf of Mexico. On site, guests enjoy basking in the island sun by our sparkling pool and grilling in the designated BBQ area. Relax in the Jacuzzi after a game of tennis on the outdoor court or after a walk on the beach. Beach chair/umbrella rentals and Banana Boat rides available seasonally by The Beach Service. The ideal property for the perfect vacation


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Program History of 3E Plus®
3E Plus® was developed by the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association (NAIMA) to simplify the task of determining how much insulation is necessary to use less energy, reduce plant emissions and improve process efficiency.
1961 First version of Economic Thickness for Industrial Insulation program developed as a card deck.
1973 Next version of card deck called Econ 1.
1980 Card deck converted to MS-DOS and called Economic Thickness for Industrial Insulation for Hot and Cold Surfaces, covering economics and payback.
Late 1980s Environmental aspect added to the program now called 3E Version 1.0.
1993 3E Version 2.0 released.
1994 "Plus" added to program name to connote performance of insulation in place. 3E Plus® also included a heat flow program.
1996 3E Plus® honored with US Dept. of Energy National Awards for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
1998 3E Plus® Version 2.1 released.
2001 3E Plus® Version 3.0 released. This was the first Windows version of the program and CO2 numbers were added.
2002 3E Plus® Version 3.1 released.
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2012 3E Plus v 4.1 released. Operates on Windows® XP, Vista and Windows 7. Over 15,000 registered users.
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