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Hero Kit Hero Kit for Road Biking $0.00
Next time you get a mechanical, will you be able to fix it, or will you be stranded on the side of the road, waiting for help? Well, if you have the Hero Kit for Road Biking, you'll be able to pull yourself up by the bootstraps and tackle almost anything that has you sidelined. Whether you're fixing your own bike or your friend's, you'll be the one who just saved the day. And that'll make your post-ride beer taste that much better.
The Hero Kit includes both tools and instructions to help you handle the vast majority of roadside repairs. What does that mean? Well, for starters, you get a 12-function multi-tool that encompasses all of the Allen wrenches that you're likely to need, as well as a chain tool. To help you make the best use of the chain tool, there are both 9- and 10-speed master-links. Moving on, the included tire levers make puncture repairs a whole lot easier. There's also a patch kit for your tube, and a high-pressure tire boot in the event that you damage your tire.
Unlike the Super Hero kit, you don't get a pump, but odds are that you already have one. You'll even find some spare bolts, including a spare bolt for your cleats. There's a strip of duct tape, which will have you whipping up your own Bike'Gyver inspired fixes in no time. And since mechanicals seem to happen at the least opportune moments, there's even a poncho. If you need it, you'll be glad you have it.
All of those tools aren't much use if you don't know what to do with them. Accordingly, you'll find a manual that covers the majority of repairs that you're likely to face -- everything from fixing a flat to readjusting a derailleur. Granted, the whole process is easier if you know what you're getting into, so we'd recommend at least flipping through the manual before your first repair. Trust us, it makes the whole process much easier.
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Indeed this HERO Kit Saved the Day
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
Once upon a time in the O.C...I was on a random ride to Dana Point. The day turned out to be a solid 88 miles round trip. It was like any other ride, except I ran into a world of problems.
I had never broken a chain before, and never thought I would. I mean, hey, I've gone years and never had this issue, both on road and MTB.
And then the day came...
I don't know about you, but I keep all of my HERO Kit materials in a second water bottle: tube, tire levers, CO2, and these trusty parts from my HERO kit (multi-tool, extra links, cleat bolt, and manual).
I don't like saddle bags, especially after all of the dollars we put int our bikes being aerodynamic.
Anyway, back to the story. I broke a chain. No idea what to do about it. Then I dug into my water bottle and BAM! There was that handy dandy manual. Step by step, with pictures, I was able to change my first chain break. I had everything I needed!
Ofcourse, I flatted out from a stubborn goat-head. Rather than slap a new tube in...feeling inspired from my previous experience with the HERO kit...I decided this time that I was going to patch it. You see...the back of the tire levers have patches in them. Go figure...smart tools with everything needed nicely tucked away so as not to take up too much space. I thought I would give the patches a try, I already had a spare tube and an extra CO2, so why not go for it. Still haven't changed that patched tire.
Look, these guys have thought of every issue you can have out there. I mean, dude, they even include tush wipes...just in case crap happens.
For you weight wienies, they've made the kit as compact as possible, with patches integrated into tire levers. Brilliant.
I also have to give props to them for their MTB Field Repair Guide...there is ridiculous good advice in there.
All in all, I'm thoroughly impressed with the HERO Kit Folks.
Thanks guys, for thinking of it all and proving your worth with your thoughtful Field Repair Guides along with quality repair gear
How is it packaged?
How is it packaged?
Hey Nicole,
Packaging is pretty basic.
Very convenient.
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
This is a great tool kit to take on the long road rides. It has everything you need and also things you didn't think of. I like the fact that it comes with a small manual so you can read directions on how exactly to fix something-especially handy if you are not mechanically inclined. It is a little heavy though but definitely worth the little extra weight for piece of mind.


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yes, we win
no, no we lose
what d'ya think. the pessimist in me says we lose at kansas. the optimist in me says we then beat WV at home and finish 6-6.
7-5 would be freakin' sweet though. any one of us would have taken that at the beginning of the season. I would have even taken 6-6. tough league.
Next Saturday will be the low point of the CPR era. Maybe it will assure that some offensive heads will roll at the end of the season.
unfortunately kansas has shown a lot of improvement throughout the season. wish i could say that about our team.
really wish we had them early on instead of now when they seem to be getting better and more confident despite all the losses.
Kansas is playing very well, will be a very tough game to win.
How sad is it that this is a thread?
Originally Posted by Turn2
Next Saturday will be the low point of the CPR era. Maybe it will assure that some offensive heads will roll at the end of the season.
I'm afraid this may be the case. KU has lost 20 straight games against AQ teams. 20 straight games. If our team is good for anything, it's for breaking massive losing streaks for other teams. We've done it before, and if our coaches don't get the offense straightened out, KU will beat us.
I think we've gone 9 straight games without a 100 yard rusher now. KU just had two of them yesterday against Tech, including one that went for over 200 yards. I realize our rush defense has been decent at times, but they're going to chew the clock and we will get beat if our offense can't move the sticks consistently.
Originally Posted by CyFan61
How sad is it that this is a thread?
sad? yes
reality? yes
This game scared me at the beginning of the season because we usually struggle with Kansas no matter how bad they are or how good we are. And now that they seem to be improving and very easily could have won their last 2 games vs Texas and Tech (2 teams who beat us fairly easily) I am now scared to death of this game.
I don't think we will win, and then we beat WVU at home to get to 6-6. I hope I'm wrong and we go 7-5..
When Prepared, Fear No One.
I think we will win. In saying that I'm scared about this game. I've been scared about this game ever since we barely beat them in Ames last season. I got even more scared when Kansas started to improve and compete. In saying that I don't think a Paul Rhoads coached team will drop this one.
we have soooo much more to play for than them. but that didn't stop kansas from destroying our north title hopes a few years back then either. hopefully the offense can pull their heads out of their arses and move the ball.
I think we lose 24-10 or around there. I see no better time to throw Richardson out there than this week and at least it will be a rallying cry. He may lack experience but experience only got us 7 points yesterday.
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Im pretty confident ISU will finish 7-5.
Originally Posted by UNIGuy4Cy
I think we lose 24-10 or around there. I see no better time to throw Richardson out there than this week and at least it will be a rallying cry. He may lack experience but experience only got us 7 points yesterday.
hope as you may, i wouldn't count on it. coaches see the three QB's every day and there must be something keeping him off of the field.
the ISU offense has lost any confidence it once had. KU has been playing tough against quality opponents as of late. I think KU rolls.
Originally Posted by EvilBetty
sad? yes
reality? yes
I'm not arguing with ya
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Have people gone mad or what? I have never seen so much hatred as I have since this election.
People are saying things that are usually reserved for private rooms when in the company of people who think like them. Facebook has caused people to open up and show their true selves.
Stories and pictures of burning the President in effigy, lynching him and other terrible things are prominently displayed on their Facebook pages. One woman lost her job when she called him the N-word and hoped he would be assassinated.
It really hits home when you know the people who are displaying such vicious, venomous hate-filled garbage. I have seen a few of these things on the pages of people on my Facebook list. I don't find these attacks to be funny at all.
On election night around midnight, a post from a former Refugio school board member came out that said, "I just made Kool-aid. Anybody want some?"
I don't know if this was a reference to Black people liking Kool-aid or if he was talking about Jim Jones' followers drinking the poisoned Kool-aid in Guyana.
Either way, it was not in good taste. Later on, he posted a cartoon of men crawling on the ground with each head stuck up the next man's rear. The title says Democratic voters. His reply was "They're recycling the Kool-aid."
Again, folks, this is not funny. I wonder how proud his wife and two daughters feel about him.
In another instance, a Woodsboro teacher, who lives in Refugio, wrote that since the President was re-elected she may have to sell her home. She said that since he won she knows that the end of the world is closer than she previously thought.
She went on to enumerate the reasons foretelling the demise of time. She removed the post soon after I read it.
In another post she said "The crazy liberal half of America is fixing to see the REAL consequences to their "choice"... More jobless means more social welfare, bigger government and for Obama to be known as the new Obama Claus!"
As a teacher, she should not be sending these hateful opinions to her students. Teachers are supposed to promote positive messages. I think parents should make their children delete her from their Facebook. I wonder how her husband and two daughters feel about her messages.
I see so many of these people have signs that say all we can do is pray. I hope those prayers are for forgiveness for the nasty things that are being said because I don't think God is pleased.
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Once I assigned Dialer.exe (in Windows\System32) as the application to dial the phone, Zimbra will not let me switch to any other. Not only that, it apparently made a copy of the file and stored it somewhere on my hard drive under a different name, because taking ownership of the original file and deleting it has no effect; Zimbra still manages to execute a non-existent .exe!
How do I point the Zimbra phone dialer (Zimlet) to another dialing application?
How do I delete Zimbra's copy of the original Windows dialer.exe application?
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NEW YORK (AP) — Lucky Don Rickles: The Friars Club holds a night in his honor and everyone plays nice.
Almost everyone.
Robert De Niro, who appeared with Rickles in "Casino," joked that he was sure the 87-year-old comedian had died and Monday's gathering at the Waldorf Astoria was actually a memorial. In fact, it was a tribute to the man known as "Mr. Warmth," who received a lifetime achievement award from the Friars.
Bob Newhart, Joan Rivers and Louis CK were among the comics praising him. Natalie Cole, John Mayer and Diana Krall sang for him.
Rickles, of course, had insults prepared. He told Krall that her husband, Elvis Costello, was the "real star" of the couple. Lewis Black was likely "to die young." As for Rickles himself: "I'm standing here, barely."


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|Release Date: November 17, 2000
|Running Time: 106 mins.
|MPAA Rating: PG 13
|Box Office: $36,779,296.00
|Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gwyneth Paltrow
Ben Affleck
Jennifer Grey
Tony Goldwyn
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Summary:Buddy Amaral, a successful and self-absorbed Los Angeles advertising executive, switches airline tickets with a stranger just before boarding a long-delayed flight so that he might enjoy an overnight fling with a pretty Dallas businesswoman. When the plane goes down, killing all aboard, Buddy's guilt soon turns into an alcohol problem, As part of his 12-step program, Buddy seeks atonement and decides to seek out the woman he thinks he's left a widow. When he finds Abby Janello, a beautiful and smart real estate agent and mother of two, the pair fall in love, only to later split when she learns the truth.


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(WUSA9) -- Maybe it's the timing of it all or the length of season or maybe we're just desensitized to it by now, but what the Miami Heat just accomplished is simply astonishing in my book. Twenty-seven straight games! Really, 27! Even if you're a hater of LeBron James, and Lord knows there are plenty, you have to admit what the King and his court just did is, as the kids used to say, mack-a-docious!
Ultimate old-schoolers will probably scoff at the streak, pointing out the fact that it fell six games short of the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers' all-time record of 33 but c'mon. Today's NBA is world's apart from that era. Think Model T vs. Lamborghini. True, that team had Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor and Jerry West, three of the league's all-time greats. But the league as a whole wasn't nearly as talented as it is today. Not even close. Just a peep at the list of longest winning streaks is proof. Of the top eight winning streaks of all time, six occurred prior to 1972. Only the 2007-08 Houston Rockets (22) and the Heat (27) crack the list.
Jordan and Pippen's historic Bulls that won 72 games in 1995-96 (most in NBA history) rattled off 18 straight during that season. Shaq and Kobe's 1999-2000 Lakers won 19 in a row.
Miami's accomplishment, however, went somewhat underreported if you ask me. Sure, media outlets gave it the cursory mention but it appeared, at least to me, that most failed to truly put in perspective what the defending champions were doing.
Timing is one culprit. The Heat's streak began on the same day as the biggest sporting event in the country. As millions of viewers watched the Baltimore Ravens stave off a surreal power outage and a late San Francisco Super Bowl surge, Miami was dusting off the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre. Win number one, ho-hum.
A week later, fans were still basking in the afterglow of the Ravens improbable run and Ray Lewis had officially closed his pulpit (thank goodness). The Heat, meanwhile, were sprinting past Kobe and the Lakers for their fifth straight win.
Even a LeBron trip back to his old stomping grounds and the vitriol that accompanied it was trumped. On February 24th James and Dwyane Wade led a late Heat comeback over the woeful Cavs to reach 11 straight wins. Top billing? Nope, Daytona 500.
Then came March Madness and that was that. This country's love affair with college basketball's climactic month dwarfs just about everything. Miami Heat streak, meet the back burner! As fans gathered around televisions en masse on "Selection Sunday," Miami was quietly beating Toronto for the second time during its majestic run. D-Wade collected 24 points and nine assists, Lebron picked up his 32nd double double of the campaign, and the ageless Ray Allen stroked 16 of his 20 in the penultimate quarter. 22nd straight win, tied for the second longest in NBA history and barely anybody noticed because we were all trying to decide how badly Georgetown would whoop Florida Gulf Coast in the first round of the NCAA tourney. Oops!
The streak was impressive on many levels. Miami won 13 straight on the road. On the road! Think about your favorite NBA team (around here the Wizards) and the struggles they typically have away from home cooking. The NBA has traditionally been heavily weighted toward home court advantage. According to Bleacher Report, teams won more than 60 percent of the time in their own arena in the regular seasons between 1998-2008. The bottom line: home teams have a distinct advantage in a sport that requires freakishly tall men to play multiple games a week then tuck themselves onto planes and fly to another city and do it all over again, sometimes within 24 hours.
Which is why the best teams typically look to play slightly above .500 on the road, knowing they can clean up at home. The Heat broke that mold, beating six playoff-caliber teams in their own gym.
They also won back-to-back games seven times. How easy it would've been to fold the tent on one of those nights and simply choose to live to fight another day. After all, they're leading the conference standings by 10 games and have plenty of wiggle room.
Numbers aside, the streak occurred for one primary reason, which some still don't want to admit. LeBron James is the world's best player and no hateration can prevent that fact. Whatever gaps existed in his game, he's deleted them. Whatever mental hurdles existed, he's cleared them. James has overcome "The Decision" and placed it in the rear view mirror by ballin' the heck out!
During the streak he was otherworldly, averaging 27 points, eight assists, and eight rebounds per game. His myriad skills on display night in and night out. When teammates wilted from fatigue and points were needed, he obliged (i.e., 39 vs. OKC or 40 vs. Sacramento). Eight times he delivered 10 dimes (assists for you not up on NBA lingo) or more. He snatched 10 rebounds or more on nine occasions.
The streak was an oh-no moment for haters of the King. The realization that an unstoppable force had materialized. His departure from Cleveland was a PR nightmare, which ESPN was partially complicit in creating. The Worldwide Leader eventually bailed on him, fans who wanted a reason to hate had it, but James grinded through it all and came out on the other end better than ever.
Miami's streak eventually ended in Chicago at 27 but looking back it was a mind-blowing combination of will, luck, and the world's best player. A feat that, quite frankly, may not be approached for a long time.


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|Times They Are A-Changin'
|Written by Bret Miles, superintendent
For the last two weeks, I have shared some of the impacts on schools as we change standards in our state. Basically, standards tell schools what is to be expected as the end product. Then, schools go out and write curriculum to set a course toward that end, and we write assessments to monitor that progress along the way.
So as you see, changing standards eventually impacts how teachers plan lessons for any given day. Even though you are likely not a teacher, it isn't a big stretch to see that changing standards will take time and energy from the teachers to implement change successfully.
While all of this work is going on, there is another big change. Schools across the state are implementing another new law, Educator Effectiveness, also known as Senate Bill 191. SB 191 is bringing about some big changes in teacher evaluations and teacher contract law.
We used to evaluate teachers by what they do in the classroom through observations of the teacher's actions. Under the new law, these evaluations count for only half of the evaluation. The other half of the evaluation will be based on the results of student test scores, which is a significant change.
Under the new law, teachers can lose their tenure status. If a teacher is not getting student achievement results for two years in a row, he or she can lose protections of employment under tenure. Getting tenure is no longer automatic.
In the old system, if a teacher worked in a district for three years and you hired them back, they received their tenure status automatically. Under the new law, a teacher may work for a district for five years and still not have performed to the level necessary to earn the tenure.
Of course there is much more to this law, but those are the primary highlights. As you read how much the new Educator Effectiveness law is changing, I'm sure it is no surprise that teachers across the state are concerned, watching closely and of course getting involved in developing policies and practices to be sure that this new evaluation system is fair and can be successful. Holyoke teachers are no exception.
Holyoke has a teacher-led Leadership Team that is charged with helping to refine policy and procedures related to evaluation and employment decisions for the district. This Leadership Team has attended trainings, reviewed materials and worked together all year to better understand the law and to make suggestions as to the best way to implement the requirements here in Holyoke.
To this point, the Holyoke teachers have embraced the accountability and have been working together to find positive solutions that focus on student achievement results, hold teachers accountable and at the same time support teachers in their development.
Just like changes to standards and assessment, this change is also positive. It is just one more ball in the air to juggle, or like I stated before, it is the knife that we are juggling along with the chain saw, flaming torch and egg. The education landscape is changing for sure, and we hope for the better.
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Fehr Fara: 2-in-1 Throw Pillows
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- Specialty: Reversible throw pillows
- Price range: ($$) Mid-Range
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- Founded: 2012
- Founded by: Shilpa Amaram & Siddharth Nadkarni
- Headquarters: Houston, TX
All of Fehr Fara's patterns are designed in the U.S. and screenprinted by hand in India on 100% silk. We partner with suppliers who maintain high standards for sourcing, dyeing, and weaving silk to ensure a quality product. Once the silk is printed, we tailor the Inside&Out Pillow locally in Texas.
Why buy just one throw pillow when you can buy two-in-one? That's the thought behind Fehr Fara's Inside&Out pillows. Each of their pillows can be unzipped, flipped inside out to reveal a second color/pattern and then restuffed and zipped back up again. As someone who has a very short attention span, I can definitely get behind this idea.
Shilpa Amaram and Siddharth Nadkarni, the husband and wife team behind Fehr Fara, met while getting their MBAs at Rice University in Houston. Shilpa, who had been working in the furniture and interiors industry, was inspired by her desire to keep things looking fresh in her home. After she developed the plan for the Inside&Out pillow, Siddharth helped her bring it to life.
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Seems to be an awful lot of conflicting information being argued here. The officer was not off duty and he was in uniform. I agree that this is a he said/he said type of case that should not have gone to trial, but can we at least get the facts right?
"At the time, Kopsa was a uniformed member of a four-officer bicyle team that helped patrol the 2 a.m. bar closing scene, when hundreds of mostly college-age people swarm out of at least a dozen bars within a two-block area of downtown Lincoln."


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Laudami Ensemble comes to Los Altos Friday
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- Written by Los Altos Town Crier Staff - Town Crier Report
The Laudami Ensemble is slated to present a concert titled "Music by Bach & Son" 7-9 p.m. Friday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1715 Grant Road, Los Altos.
Featuring works by Johann Sebastian Bach and his most famous son, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the performance will showcase works from the chamber music canon.
The Laudami Ensemble comprises young musicians David Ross on flute, Laura Rubinstein-Salzedo on violin and Michael Peterson on harpsichord. As period instrument specialists, they are dedicated to performing lively interpretations of music from the Baroque era. The performers are currently finishing their studies at the Juilliard School and at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.
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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- The federal government is required to give employees 30 days notice before a furlough can take affect. Those notices are expected to come this Friday, March 1st, which means furloughs could begin in April, and federals workers will have to cut their own personal budgets as best they can.
"I'm very upset... It's going to affect my pocketbook, I'm concerned, says Linda Vincent, a paralegal specialist for the Department of Health and Human Services. She and her co-workers in NW D.C. are worried about looming furloughs that appear to be rolling forward as part of Sequestration to kick in on March 1st. Which means furloughs could start on April 1st.
HHS employee Francis Rucio said she has one-year-old twins and is very concerned about the hit on her paycheck. Workers haven't been told yet how many days pay they would lose, but it could add up to as much as 20 percent of their salaries.
Rucio says the first place she'd cut would be from her children's college 529 savings plan. Then, maybe from her retirement funds. "I don't have a lot of discretionary spending."
David Borer The General Counsel for AFGE, the American Federation of Government Employees, says federal workers have suffered enough, after three years of a pay freeze.
"It's needs to stop. They need to stop treating federal employees like an ATM. And they need to deal with the tax loopholes and the other kind of changes that are going to balance the budget," said Borer.
Borer says while the DOW Jones and private sector are doing fine, it's working people, private and federal, who are hurting and will be hurt more when the cuts come.
"Typically, a government worker makes between $50 to 70,000 a year. And if you subtract 5, 6, $10,000 out of that due to a furlough, that's real money. That's money that won't be re-spent in the community by these workers and it's going to have a ripple effect through the local economy," said Borer.
"Everybody's going to be hurt. Yes, we're worried," said Ernestine Barksdale who works in the Chicken and Waffles Food Truck parked near Union Station. She said most of their customers are federal workers.
Some federal workers say forced furloughs imply that their work is not valued and their pay not important. And that makes them angry.
"We're just like everybody else, whether in private industry or the federal government. We need our paychecks. We all work real hard. To be told we're going to be cut one day a week, that's going to hurt, especially the lower grades and I feel bad about that," said Linda Vincent.
The union AFGE says the average federal worker in this area makes around $60,000 annually. AFGE is trying to lesson the hardship by asking agencies to allow employee to chose their furlough days, and also allow those who can afford furloughs to take more on, voluntarily, allowing co-workers who cannot afford them, to keep working. Sort of a furlough swap to help out a more needy co-worker.


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Thursday Afternoon News, Feb. 21
City To Enforce Odd/Even Parking Restrictions
(Le Mars) -- Le Mars city officials are reminding residents that the odd/even parking restrictions are in place and will be enforced if Le Mars gets blanked by the pending snow. Vehicles need to be parked on the odd side of the street on odd numbered calendar days, and on the even side of the street on even calendar days.
City Looks At Upgrading Pedestrian Crosswalks Near Schools
(Le Mars) -- City officials are looking to upgrade three pedestrian crosswalks near schools. Le Mars City Street Department Superintendent, Steve Hansen informed the city council that state grant funding may available for the upgrades. Its part of a state initiative to make safer routes to schools.
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The council approved the application, and will wait to see if Le Mars has been granted the funding.
Wendt Comments On Educational Bill In State Legislature
(Le Mars) -- Earlier this week, the Iowa House passed an education bill that includes both funding for the next two years, as well as some of the reforms that is being requested by Governor Terry Branstad. The state House of Representatives passed a two percent allowable growth rate for school districts. Meanwhile, the Iowa Senate adopted a provision that would fund four percent allowable growth, and Governor Branstad has advocated a zero percent increase in allowable growth. Le Mars Community School Superintendent, Dr. Todd Wendt says it may be too early to determine whether cutbacks will be needed. He says enrollment actually increased this past year, which may offset some of the decline in school funding.
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Wendt offers an explaination as to what a two percent increase and a four percent increase would mean for the local school district.
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Governor Branstad's proposal would ask school districts to set the base salary pay at $35,000. However, the House passed a bill that would set the minimum base salary at $32,000 per year. Wendt says Le Mars school district base salary is above the state's minimum.
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Motels Filling Up In Anticipation of Snow Storm
PERCIVAL, Iowa (AP) - Some motels are filling up ahead of a snowstorm that threatens to dump to a foot of snow in some parts of Iowa.
Krista Tillman is manager of the Super 8 motel near Percival, just off Interstate 29 in the southwest corner of Iowa. Tillman said the snow had been falling for about 90 minutes but she'd
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Agents say they arrested a pilot who was transporting high-grade marijuana from California to the east coast after his plane stopped in rural Iowa for maintenance.
A complaint says Angelo Efthimiatos piloted a plane that landed Tuesday at the airport in Washington, Iowa to refuel and fix a mechanical problem.
The Department of Homeland Security Air and Marine Operations Center asked police to inspect the pilot's license.
The complaint says Efthimiatos didn't have his license, and a drug-sniffing dog later indicated that controlled substances were on the plane.
The complaint says the pilot told agents he was transporting 55 pounds of high-grade marijuana from California to the eastern U.S.
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1956 Chevy 210 Handyman - Chuck WagonWritten by Chris Shelton on March 11, 2014 Chevrolet put this 1956 Handyman Wagon on the Road. Chuck Miller's Love for it Keeps Bringing it Back.
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Year: 1956
Make: Chevrolet
Model: 210 Handyman
Owner: Chuck Miller
State: Washington
Chuck Miller's 1956 Chevrolet Handyman isn't his first love but it's probably pretty damn close to it. "I first saw it at a Portland swap meet in April 1979," he begins. He tied the knot with it that November. "I used this car as a daily driver for 12 years."
But unlike most love affairs that burn hot but fast this one kept growing. For the decades that followed he used the wagon as his transport to various shows across the west and, in 1996, even drove it to Springfield, Illinois, as part of Rod & Custom magazine's Americruise. "That was a fun, 5,000-mile adventure," he says. As a proclamation of his feelings for the car, Chuck took the opportunity to freshen it up mechanically and aesthetically. In fact, he found the opportunity to do it four times.
But something happened on the way to the latest spray booth. Though it never went back together quite the same way as it came apart the car always got the same white and green colors The General deemed fit for it the first time around. This time Chuck took the opportunity to change the car's entire character.
It looks slicker but the body remains pretty faithful to stock. Larry Foss in Montesano nosed the hood, modified the hood bird, and shaved the door handles, antenna, and exterior mirrors. He shot the body in its latest PPG Concept series hues. Oregon Plating in Portland freshened up the brightwork.
The car earned its colors according to what's beneath its skin. Over the years Chuck raised the wagon's status by a succession of engines, each bigger than the last. This time Jim Andrew in Castle Rock, Washington, machined a 454 and Longview's Terry Major built it as a 468. Lee's Transmission in Kelso built the TH400 and a Gear Vendors overdrive hung from it transforms the rather low 3.55:1 screw into a more big-block–friendly 2.8:1 when the need arises. The limited-slip carrier transmits power through Summers Brothers' 31-spline shafts.
When Chuck stepped up to the 9-inch axle he also adopted a four-link rear suspension. The front suspension consists of 2-inch dropped spindles, tubular control arms, and a modified Saginaw 605-series steering box. RideTech ShockWave air spring dampers suspend the car and 11-inch-diameter Wilwood rotors and four-pot calipers stop it. Chuck's bladder will probably fill up well before the 22-gallon stainless fuel tank runs out.
Anticipating more long-distance treks, Chuck specified a Vintage Air climate-control system. Longview's Jeff Shelton trimmed the cabin in Morbern Allanté leatherette and Daytona-weave carpet but not before Kelso's Dale King wired the car and Kevin Truedson installed the audio gear.
So did Chuck Miller achieve perfection with this most recent rebuild? So far he's pretty damn happy with it. At the very least we can't imagine how we could make it any better, at least better by rational means.
But then again most of us don't know what it's like to spend 35 years with anything, much less a car. Not even 22 percent of all marriages last that long after all. So even if Chuck can't call his wagon his first love he can certainly call it a lasting one. And we've been known to do some pretty crazy things in the name of love. Sharing one's retirement fund with a car certainly qualifies—and we can certainly identify with that.
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Rather than resort to the typical (and probably overdone) square-weave carpet treatment Shelton dipped into the 1950s GM pool for the Daytona-weave carpet. In light of the wagon's utility (the Millers load the thing up), he carpeted the entire cargo area.Accessories when mounted thoughtfully create a mechanical aesthetic that invokes the past. It also encourages function: the RideTech panel sits within reach, the Vintage Air blows through big vents, and the B&M shifter falls right to hand.


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Let's start with the first semi which saw Francesca Schiavone reach her first ever Grand Slam final when Elena Dementieva retired with the recurrence of the left calf injury she sustained during her second round match with the score at 7-6 (3) in favor of Fran.
The pair played their tried-and-true games: the Russian blasted groundies and worked to control the center of the court while the Italian played D until she had a ball she could pummel with heavy topspin. However, the injury was already taking its toll and once Fran took the set Elena called it quits - the first time in 43 major appearances.
Fran was asked about this surge so late in her career:
Q. Okay. Second one: Is why is that success coming so late for you?
FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE: Why late? I think everybody are different. Could be late for you, could be good for you. I think it's my time now. Maybe before I wasn't ready.
Maybe before I had the chance I didn't catch, so I think now I have just to live and to keep going to work like I did for many years.
Q. What are your chances for the final? You think you can win the final on Saturday?
FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE: I don't know. I really don't know, but I'm really happy to be here. I will go on the court and I will fight at the best that I will do it, that I can do.
Now is time to relax, and Saturday will be the time to put everything that I work until now.
She made JJ look like an amateur out there with her big game yet calm, quiet demeanor - a silent killer if you will. The Serb never had the opportunity to use her backhand into Sammie's weaker backhand because of the 7th seed's ability to run around and hit her forehand and control points. JJ was left scrambling and hitting off balance - a perfect recipe for unforced errors (22 UEs against only 9 winners.)
So what's the biggest difference in the Aussie's game is now versus a few years ago? She told the press:
Oh, I think it's a lot of things. It's not just one aspect. My fitness and strength is something I've been working on for probably a good five years very seriously. That hasn't been an overnight process. And, you know, really understanding my game and how to use it and my strengths and weaknesses and all that, I've got a lot better at understanding everything that I can do over the last few years a lot better.
And then self belief and starting to win big matches. So I think it's a combination of lots of things all coming together.
So it's Sam vs. Fran and their new fangled and apparently effective Babolat black RPM Blast String for the whole damn thing (incidentally, just got my racquet strung with these babies!) I mean, WHO WUDDA THUNK IT? And if you say "me" then you're a liar, except for Van Sias who somehow picked the Italian to make the final in his VANtage Point post.
I raise my glass of sangria to you, sir. Cheers!
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Tired of hearing that I get 'entitlements'
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At age 73 and counting, I am tired of many things.
I am tired of watching television shows and reading news stories that tell me I need to have saved at least $1 million in order to retire with any assurance of having an adequate quality of life.
I am tired of hearing from those who retired to their hobbies and their travel itineraries at age 65 that I am somehow a fool for continuing to work through my 70s.
Most of all, however, I am tired of the word "entitlement," which to many mean that I am collecting money that I do not deserve to collect.
Paul Ryan and his Tea Party compatriots use the word in a way that connotes something immoral, and certainly something slightly wrong with those who get entitlements.
Ryan wants to cut Social Security and Medicare, if not for people of my generation, certainly for my children and grandchildren.
His parents ought to spank him for even thinking about it.
The major entitlements he speaks about cutting are Medicare and Social Security, two safety nets that were put in place as a result of the Great Depression, which started with the stock market crash in 1929 and lasted until the beginning of World War II in the early 1940s.
The Social Security Act was passed in 1935.
I was born in 1939, and began to work and put money into my social security account in 1958, when I began to work part time in a small department store called Bargain Town in Lawrence.
I am still putting money into that account 55 years later. My latest pay stub at the Herald shows that I put about $50 a week into the account even now, when I have been collecting a Social Security check of about $2,000 a month for 7 years. To say that after putting money into the account for more than 50 years, I have no right to get some of it back in my older age gets my dander up, to use an archaic term.
You need 40 quarters of work experience to collect a Social Security check. I have 220 quarters of work experience.
And yet, Ryan and his conservative Republican buddies continue to talk as if I am somehow misappropriating public money every time my check gets deposited directly to my bank account or when Medicare pays my doctor's bills and for my prescription drugs.
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I hate the smell of Hurricane Sandy. It's the smell of decay.
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New Video: PEDRR Training of Trainers in Bangkok, 6-8 December 2011
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The Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR) has designed a Training Course on Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development aimed at strengthening resilience at national and local levels.
IUCN is a leading organisation in PEDRR and this training can be adapted to national or sub-national capacity building initiatives within ongoing projects.
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Showing 21 - 40 of 91 for "Student Life"
Creating an on-ramp into the field of international development
Professor Roland Hoksbergen and senior John Michael LaSalle teamed up to create Entravos, a website dedicated to connecting recent college grads with entry-level positions in Christian development organizations.
September 17, 2013 | Matt Kucinski
Crow headed to Grove City Hall of Fame
Calvin's dean of student development will be inducted this weekend into his alma mater's athletic hall of fame.
February 13, 2008 | Myrna Anderson
Dancing for Ghana
"Huemanity," a dance group from Calvin College, took first place at a Global Outreach Show held at Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU) on April 7. The group—made up of eight Calvin students—won $500 for their routine to techno and dubstep music.
May 02, 2012 | Matt Kucinski
Disc golf: aiming away from the lights
At the annual disc golf tournament, held in the Hekman Library, contestants play a "finesse game."
March 11, 2009 | Matt Decker
Elected students look ahead
With the recent elections for student senate in the books, the new leadership, according to president-elect Ben Shoemaker, has set about planning out a course of action for their term.
May 08, 2009 | Matt Decker
Exploring leadership, climbing peaks: Snow Mountain Ranch
Students learn to wrangle horses, clean toilets and serve as leaders at the Leadership Challenge Institute at Snow Mountain Ranch.
August 22, 2011 | Jessica Folkema
Faith and International Development Conference
Calvin College's seventh-annual, student-run Faith and International Development Conference (FIDC) focuses on dialogue around best practices.
January 30, 2012 | Matt Kucinski
First-year diver makes big splash
Freshman diver Andy Krafft is already breaking records. Watch him dive.
February 17, 2011 | Lynn Rosendale
Fulbright to teach English in Turkey
Emily Pope is captivated by the history, archeology and culture of the Middle East.
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Galaxies far, far away ...
Astronomy professor Deb Haarsma and her student researchers study the largest galaxies in the universe.
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Gearing up to throw down
Rock, Paper, Scissors competition sweeps campus.
March 16, 2009 | Matt Decker
Goldwater Scholar, NSF Fellow and now a Fulbright
Senior Lauren Manck will research seagrasses in Spain via a Fulbright Scholarship.
April 20, 2012 | Myrna Anderson
Goldwater tradition continues: Students earn top research award
Since 2008, Calvin College has had more Goldwater Scholars than any other liberal arts college in the nation.
April 05, 2013 | Matt Kucinski
Good Knight! Calvin gets a new mascot
In the fall of 2008 the idea of a new mascot became a serious project for student senate. "Student senate has had a mandate to get a new mascot for about five years," said student senate president Jared Rispens.
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Graduating with honors
For Rachel Hekman, receiving a medal at Honors Convocation was the realization of a dream that began back in high school.
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Hawks raise concern on campus
The growing population of Red-tailed Hawks on Calvin's campus is raising some concerns.
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Hendriksma wins Spoelhof Award
Jane Hendriksma, Calvin's dean of students for judicial affairs, won the 2011 William Spoelhof Lifetime Achievement Award.
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International student in the executive chair
Nana Owusu-Achau is mid-way through a historic first semester as student body president.
October 25, 2011 | Andrew Steiner
Jack Kent Cooke Scholar
First-year student Jennifer Lyu is a 2010 Jack Kent Cooke Scholar.
September 21, 2010 | Matt Kucinski
Keeping Asia at the forefront
When Calvin College established an Asian Studies minor in 2001, professor of history Dan Bays, an Asia specialist, said simply: "Ignorance of Asia is not an option for the 21st century."
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Green Bay, WI (Sports Network) - The Green Bay Packers announced that they
have placed running back Cedric Benson on the injured reserve designated to
return list.
Benson injured his foot during last Sunday's loss to the Indianapolis Colts.
He was expected to miss Week 6's matchup against the Houston Texans, but now
won't be eligible to practice for six weeks and can't play for eight weeks.
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In five games this season, Benson has rushed for 248 yards and a touchdown on
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Trumbo is the story of screenwriter Dalton Trumbos remarkable journey from Hollywood royalty to blacklisted writer to Acadamy Award winner. Focusing on the writers own indelible words, the film features performances of some of his extraordinary letters, clips from his films and, archival and contemporary interviews with those who knew him best. The film illustrates how one mans unerring belief in the First Amendment and the power of the written word-plus a drink or two-empowered him to fight back after being blacklisted by HUAC. Forced to write underground, letter writing became a chief repository of Trumbos extraordinary talents, and they serve as a wonderfully entertaining testament to his boundless intellect, acerbic humor, and staggering resilience.
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Starring: Joan Allen, Brian Dennehy, Michael Douglas, Paul Giamatti, Nathan Lane, Josh Lucas, Liam Neeson, David Strathairn, Donald Sutherland
Written by: Christopher Trumbo
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Produced by: Will Battersby, Al Klingenstein, Tory Tunnell, David Viola
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Gallery 9 has scheduled an exhibition of photographs, "Vietnam in Color & Landscapes in Black & White," by Bay Area artist Tony Coluzzi. The exhibition, on display through July 28, includes works from his travels to Vietnam. The above image is titled "Village Chief Playing Dan Ho." Gallery 9 is located at 143 Main St., Los Altos. For more information, visit www.gallery9losaltos.com.


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Ryder preps to acquire Total Logistic Control
December 09, 2010
Freight transportation and logistics services provider Ryder System said it has inked an agreement to acquire Total Logistic Control, a subsidiary of SUPERVALU and a provider of supply chain services for shippers in the food, beverage, and consumer packaged goods sectors.
Company officials said Ryder will acquire TLC for cash under a stock purchase agreement, adding that this acquisition is expected to add roughly $250 million in annual revenue to Ryder's Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) business unit and is expected to close on December 31, 2010, pending closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
TLC provides various services for shippers, including distribution management, contract packaging services, and solutions engineering, working with customers on a local, regional, national, and international basis for food and beverage manufacturing, consumer and wholesale distribution. The company operates 34 facilities comprising 10.6 million square feet of dry and temperature-controlled warehousing in 13 states and has 2,500 employees.
"This strategic acquisition is an exact fit with our strategy of developing a leading CPG capability and strengthening our focus in key vertical industry sectors," said John Williford, Ryder's President of Global Supply Chain Solutions, in a statement. "By bringing the TLC organization and operations over to Ryder intact, we are able to immediately deliver best in class supply chain solutions to a broad range of new and existing food, beverage and CPG clients. Going forward, we will build on TLC's proven and highly regarded packaging and temperature-controlled warehousing capabilities by integrating client solutions using Ryder's well-established strengths in Dedicated Contract Carriage, Transportation Management, lean operational execution and logistics engineering. We look forward to providing clients with innovative solutions in Ryder's new CPG vertical industry group."
And as a new addition to Ryder's SCS business unit, TLC brings relationships with 1,000 Fortune 1000 clients into the fold that are in the food, beverage, and CPG sectors, which Ryder's SCS unit has targeted for growth and complements the automotive, high-tech, industrial and retail sectors SCS already serves, according to the company.
A leading 3PL expert told LM that this deal makes sense on multiple levels for Ryder.
"Acquiring TLC provides Ryder with an increased Food & Grocery vertical industry customer base and additional value-added warehousing and contract packaging capabilities," said Evan Armstrong, president of supply chain consultancy Armstrong & Associates. "TLC has significant dedicated contract manufacturing and primary/secondary packaging operations. Its food industry customers include: Birds Eye, Campbell's, ConAgra Foods, Dean Foods, Diageo, General Mills, Kellogg's, Kraft Foods, PepsiCo, Ocean Spray, and Sara Lee. While it originally saw significant synergies in acquiring TLC, Supervalu has since refocused its business on grocery retailing leaving little strategic support to grow its 3PL operations."
According to Armstrong & Associates research, TLC had 2009 net revenues of $252 million, employs approximately 2,500 people, and has a domestic network of
29 warehouses with approximately 9.1 million square feet of space. And of its warehouses, 79% are dedicated (single client) operations and 21% are multi-client, with 40 percent of the operations having some temperature-controlled space: 35% having freezer/refrigerated capacity and an additional 5% having air-conditioned space."
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|Members sought for 4-H Council
Now that the 2012 Perkins County Fair is history and summer is completely over, the 4-H Council will replace some of its members for 2013 due to term limits. Members are being sought to replace Tara Nodlinski and Kathy Curtis, plus at least three youth members to fill positions currently held by Seth Burge and Mariah Curtis. Anyone interested in filling these positions may contact the extension office at 352-4340 for an application which is due by Oct. 31. Council members recently gathered to discuss the activities and adventures for the future of 4-H'ers in Perkins County. The current council includes (Front row, l-r): Robin Cornelius (vice president), Mariah Curtis, Rebecca Cornelius, Tara Nodlinski (treasurer). Back row: Julie Burge (secretary), Seth Burge, Darin Robertson, Kathy Curtis (president). Not pictured: Ben Pelster. (Courtesy photo)


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When Peter G. and Katy Meehan, our talented new graphic designer, decided to collaborate on a project to communicate the changes afoot in the global coffee market to the specialty coffee community, we had no idea about the magical results they would achieve.
Aptly called a "comic service announcement" by our friends at Sprudge.com, the Counter Culture Comics debut, "So What's the Deal With the Coffee Market?" is available online as part of our Flickr stream. Click here for a slideshow.
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Justice Department to Press Texas to Seek Clearance of Election Changes
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced July 25 that the Justice Department plans to ask a federal court to require Texas to obtain approval from the federal government before the state can implement future voting changes.
This "bail in" request is available under the Voting Rights Act "when intentional voting discrimination is found," Holder said.
"Based on the evidence of intentional racial discrimination that was presented last year in the redistricting case, Texas v. Holder – as well as the history of pervasive voting-related discrimination against racial minorities that the Supreme Court itself has recognized – we believe that the State of Texas should be required to go through a preclearance process whenever it changes its voting laws and practices," said the attorney general during his address to the National Urban League Annual Conference in Philadelphia.
Holder's announcement came about a month after a controversial ruling by the Supreme Court in the case Shelby County vs. Holder that struck down a pivotal provision of the Voting Rights Act that empowered the federal government to take action against jurisdictions that adopted voting rules with a discriminatory purpose or effect.
Though the law had come into effect during the Civil Rights Movement, when such discriminatory laws were blatant and widespread, the measure has been applicable during contemporary times. Even the Supreme Court justices acknowledged, "Voting discrimination still exists."
And over the past two years, the law became particularly necessary as Republican-led states such as Texas passed a slew of vote-suppressing laws, including restrictive voter IDs, questionable redistricting and voter purging.
With Congress still waiting to act on the high court's directive to update Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, Holder said the Justice Department is doing what it can to continue upholding the voting rights of every American.
"This is the Department's first action to protect voting rights following the Shelby County decision, but it will not be our last," he said. "My colleagues and I are determined to use every tool at our disposal to stand against discrimination wherever it is found…. We cannot allow the slow unraveling of the progress that so many, throughout history, have sacrificed so much to achieve."
Civil rights groups are praising Holder's decision as a "bold step."
"This bold request by the Attorney General sends an important message that the Department of Justice will aggressively protect the voting rights of voters of color made vulnerable by the Supreme Court's devastating ruling last month," said Ryan Haygood, director of the Political Participation Group at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which defended the Voting Rights Act before the Supreme Court in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder and successfully represented college students in the challenge to Texas's discriminatory photo ID law before the 2012 elections.
"Texas is notorious for its repeated efforts to discriminate against voters of color," Haygood continued in his statement. "Just last year, two separate federal courts rejected Texas's attempt to enforce the most racially discriminatory photo ID measure in the country and to implement intentionally discriminatory redistricting plans. Within hours of the Supreme Court's ruling that effectively struck the heart of the Voting Rights Act, Texas's Attorney General announced that he would 'immediately' move forward with the previously-rejected discriminatory measures.
"The United States Attorney General's strong statement today makes clear that the Justice Department will fight Texas's attempt to undermine our hard-fought gains. We will stand and fight with him," Haygood added.
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The chance of coming across lions, tigers or bears is low for many of us, but being in the middle of a disaster is a horse of a different color. As the 2014 hurricane season approaches, we are reminded that disasters are scary, but knowing what to do can make trying times less stressful.
One of the first things you can do to prepare for a disaster is be aware – aware of immediate surroundings and of potential dangers. Had Dorothy paid more attention that she was in the midst of increasing winds and cloud activity in the state of Kansas, she would have known she was experiencing a tornado and immediately looked for shelter.
After awareness, preparation is key. Keep an emergency kit at home with flashlights, a battery powered radio and other supplies that could be needed in case the power goes out or evacuation is necessary. Always have a copy of important documents like the Uniformed Services ID card or other health insuranceHealth insurance you have in addition to TRICARE, such as Medicare or an employer-sponsored health insurance. TRICARE supplements don't qualify as "other health insurance." card, driver's license and social security card and lists of prescriptions and shot records. Have the number to the family's Primary Care Manager (PCM) or regional coordinator for help getting care. Protecting this documentation is especially important with the destruction that can be caused by fires and floods.
Also, prepare to carry any needed medical devices or equipment: medicines, glucose monitors/diabetic supplies, respiratory aids (nebulizers, oxygen tanks/tubing, etc.), spare eyeglasses/contacts, etc. If possible, get any medication refills that are due. And think 'clean' and 'hygiene' to remember wet naps and sanitizers as well as towels and blankets.
Don't be like Dorothy – she got caught in the storm, received a nasty bump on the head and was knocked unconscious. Know where to seek shelter and if asked to evacuate, do it. Be sure to use the pre-designated escape route of which everyone is familiar and meet at the pre-determined area.
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If evacuation would cause more hardship than staying or if authorities are requesting everyone to stay indoors, having a preassembled disaster kit helps to keep panic in check. The standard rule of thumb is to have one gallon of water per person, per day (plan for a few days), non-perishable familiar food items, and a change of clothes – in a disaster, there are no kind-hearted wizards offering courage or clothes.
Disaster preparation is important and being prepared is just as essential as knowing how to get help if you need it. Have a disaster plan and practice it. TRICARE has a downloadable contact wallet card with all the contacts you need for help with your health plan. There is also fact sheet that explains TRICARE coverage during natural disasters. Find them both online at http://tricare.mil/disasterinfo.
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I have Zimbra NE 5.0.11 installed on a Mac Mini (10.4) and am testing Outlook 2007 interoperability. One thing that is not working for us is free/busy lookup when scheduling a meeting. I had a look at this thread: http://www.zimbra.com/forums/zimbra-...schedules.html and I verified that tools->options->calendar options->free/busy options has the search location set to
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However Outlook does not see the free/busy. One thing that might be relevant is that the server doesn't have a public SSL certificate. Thinking it might help, I've tested various zmtlsctl modes with these results:
http doesn't work.
https does not work (perhaps not surprisingly given the use of a self-signed cert). Note I did update the search location to https in Outlook.
mixed does not work regardless of whether I have secure mode set for the connector. With secure mode not set when I set up the connector, I tried both http and https for the free/busy URL, without any luck.
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|City employees to receive wage increases in 2009
|Written by April Peregoy
By April Peregoy
It's good news for employees of the City of Holyoke, who can now expect to see higher numbers on their paychecks in 2009.
With the increase already accounted for in the 2009 budget, Holyoke City Council approved a 2009 wage proposal for city employees at its Tuesday, Jan. 6 regular meeting. The proposal was a collection of each employee's new, increased wage as recommended by the department heads.
The reason given for the raises granted by the council is to compensate employees for the heightened cost of living. This is with the exception of library and swim pool employees, whose wages were updated to comply with the new minimum wage law that went into effect Jan. 1.
Department heads also received a pay increase. The new annual salaries are as follows: City Clerk Kathy Olofson—$44,798; City Supt. Mark Brown—$66,752; and Police Chief Phil Biersdorfer—$51,531.
There was one change made to the wage proposal after some discussion between council members. One recommendation given by Biersdorfer for the Police Dept. called for a 10 percent hike for a part-time employee, with the other positions receiving three percent each.
Defending his recommendation, the Police Chief pointed out this employee does not get any benefits and is paid less than other part-time city employees. He added this person is a real hard worker who has accomplished many things since starting at the Dept.
However, some of the council members questioned the fairness and lack of uniformity of the one employee's higher percentage increase over the rest at the Police Dept. They also argued the particular position in question was created by the council on a trial basis to be reviewed after one year.
The agreement reached by the board is to grant the employee a three percent increase—the same as the other officers. When the year-long trial for the position comes up for review in May, the council will then reconsider whether to give another pay raise.
Besides the regular wage proposal, city council also agreed to bump up the on-call wage for employees of the electric, water and sewer departments from $75 to $100 per week.
In addition, police committee member Barry Winckler requested a new payroll item be included in the Police Dept.'s wages. Making the case the police officers are always on call when they are out of the office—meaning they can be called anytime from anywhere—without any additional compensation, he asked the council to give the officers an on-call wage of $100 each per month.
Biersdorfer was asked to explain the dept.'s on-call schedule, to which he answered there is none. "Every officer who is not on duty is on call at all times," he said. He added this means even officers who are out of town could be called back to work if a big event required it.
Councilman Orville Tonsing pointed out, if there is no rotating schedule, then the dept. is simply asking for a flat $100 per month raise. Discussion then turned to the comparison of Holyoke's officer salaries against others in the area. Winckler said Holyoke falls somewhere between the lower one-third and one-half of all similar-sized depts. in the state when it comes to wages.
He also argued that while, yes, it is basically a flat pay increase, including the sum as a separate line item in the payroll will show officers recognition for the extra time worked. And, he added, it could prevent the issue of extra compensation for being on-call from being brought up again in the future.
Council members then voted on adding the on-call payroll item, with the stipulation the council review the issue again next year. It passed, 6-1, with Tonsing casting the negative vote.
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to be installed
Holyoke City Council opted to upgrade the city's phone system at the meeting on Tuesday. As explained by Olofson, the current phone system shut down last summer. PC Telcom was able to put another unit in for it to work, but told the city if it shut down again, it would not be repairable.
The city decided to wait until the expense could be included in the 2009 budget to purchase a new system. PC Telcom gave the council the option to purchase a new system at $9,198.48 or to lease it for four years at a total of $9,271.68. The lease includes a buyout option at the end of the four years.
Thinking the lease option is the best deal because of the technical support that comes with it and the ability to upgrade the lease in four years, the council voted to go with that option.
Additionally, the board agreed to the Holyoke Police Dept. installing its own internet server. Biersdorfer presented the council with two possible service packages the Dept. could purchase from PC Telcom, adding he thought the cheaper package of $611.40 would cover all of the Dept.'s needs.
He recommended the council allow the Dept. to make the switch at the same time the new phone system is put in to save on installation costs. The only problem is the internet service costs were not budgeted for 2009. However, Biersdorfer was confident he could come up with the money needed within his budget.
Cannon plaques ordered
It has been nearly a year since the WWII cannon, formerly located at Holyoke City Park, was refurbished and placed in front of the Holyoke City Office. Tuesday night, the council took the final steps in the project by choosing dedication plaques to order for it.
One plaque will be located near the cannon. An 8"x10" bronze plaque from Sterling Trophy Shops was chosen by the council at a cost of $304.17. On it will be a message of dedication of the cannon to the veterans and their families.
The other one purchased is a picture plaque that will be located inside the office building. It will feature the men who worked on the refurbishing of the cannon. For this plaque, the council chose an 8"x10" veneer walnut at $47.85, also from Sterling Trophy Shops.
Other business
In other business, city council members:
—held a public hearing for Ordinance No. 9, which amends the ordinance governing natural gas distribution to comply with SourceGas changes in calculating fees. Hearing no objections, the ordinance was approved.
—approved a travel request for Mark Brown and Lennie Fisbeck to attend Colorado Rural Water Association certification classes in Colorado Springs.
—granted a special events permit to Holyoke Vets Club for Saturday, Feb. 14.
—held a one-hour executive session for the purpose of receiving legal advice from the City Attorney.
—were notified Debra Tomky has replaced Sara Bohrer on Heginbotham Library Board.


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Chris Tinkey has been a member of the Butler University Sports Medicine staff since 2008. He was hired originally as an Assistant Athletic Trainer. In 2010, he was promoted to Associate Athletic Trainer. His primary responsibility at Butler since he was hired has been as the primary athletic trainer for the football team. From 2008-2012, he also was the primary athletic trainer for the men's and women's tennis teams as well. Since his promotion to Associate Athletic Trainer, he also now coordinates the insurance claims process for our student athletes as well as oversees our certified intern athletic trainer.
Tinkey earned his Master's Degree in Sports Administration at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., in May 2008. While at Ball State, he served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer working with the baseball and football teams. Prior to Ball State, he earned his Bachelor's Degree in Athletic Training at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich., in April of 2006. Tinkey has been certified as an Athletic Trainer by the National Athletic Trainer's Association since 2006.
Originally from St. Joseph, Mich., he and his wife Andrea have two children Gracelyn and Lydia. They reside in Speedway, Ind.
Director of Sports Medicine Ryan Galloy on Chris: "Chris has been a fixture on our staff for several years and has made many positive contributions to Butler Sports Medicine. Also, as the primary athletic trainer for football, Chris managed the medical care for the 2009 and 2012 Pioneer Football League champions! The 2009 team was the first PFL champion at Butler since 1994! Chris' tireless work ethic and diligence in providing care for our football team has directly contributed to the resurgence of the Butler football program."


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Ned Yost media session: July 30
Aviles to see time at third
Mike Aviles took groundballs at third base in an early workout today. Ned Yost would like to give third baseman Wilson Betemit a day off here and there as Betemit has had hamstring and legs problems in the past. Yost said that Betemit does not have an injury now, but that this is a preventative measure. The use of Aviles at third base will also open up more time for Chris Getz at second base, who the club wants to get a longer look at. Aviles could play at third as early as tomorrow. He is doing well as he progresses in his recovery from "Tommy John" surgery.
Luke to the mound?
Luke Hochevar continues to throw on flat ground and has worked his way up to tosses of 75 feet. He could be throwing off the mound in the next 10 days.
A reporter asked about Zack Greinke and his struggles in his last start against Minnesota. Yost talked about his coaching experience in Atlanta with ace pitchers Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and John Smoltz. The three would have days where they would dominate, days where they would be ok and days where they would get hit hard. Yost said that no one is immune and there is no explanation for it. The best pitchers minimize the number of times that they are hit hard. He expects Zack to be fine.