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Family members have expressed frustration with the pace of the response as officials acknowledged for the first time it may be too late to save the miners, who have not been heard from since a massive explosion ripped through the Pike River Mine on the country's South Island on Friday.
A buildup of methane gas is the suspected cause of the explosion. And now the presence of that gas and others — some of them believed to be coming from a smoldering fire deep underground — are delaying a rescue over fears they could still explode.
A diamond-tipped drill was put to work on Tuesday as workers came within 33 feet (10 meters) of the tunnel where they believe some of the miners are trapped, police superintendent Gary Knowles said. The 500-foot (160-meter)-long shaft they are creating will allow them to sample gas levels — including explosive methane and carbon dioxide — and determine if rescuers can finally move in days after the blast.
Two workers stumbled out of the mine within hours of Friday's explosion, but there has been no contact at all with the missing 29. A phone line deep inside the mine has rung unanswered.
Officials will also feed a high-resolution laser camera down the hole to give rescuers their first sight of conditions — and potentially the men inside — said John Dow, the chairman of Pike River Coal Ltd., the mine owner. The camera will not be affected by the air quality.
Authorities are also hoping to send in a bomb-disposal robot into the mine. Army specialists worked through the night fitting the robot with a camera and up to 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers) of fiber optic cable so it could take video of conditions in the tunnel.
The battery-operated robot can only operate in fresh air, and so cannot be sent into the mine until the air clears. Work was continuing to spark-proof the electronic robot so it would not cause a spark or anything else that could ignite flammable gases inside.
"Everybody's frustrated, everybody's upset," said Laurie Drew, whose 21-year-old son, Zen, is among the missing. "I have my moments I can keep it together but deep down my heart's bleeding like everybody else's."
Authorities appealed for patience.
"You can't put men underground as a rescue team until it's a safe environment," Knowles said Tuesday. "I've looked at other rescuers and the chance of rescue teams dying or being critically injured (in a fresh explosion) is great."
The youngest missing miner was so excited about his new job he persuaded mine bosses to let him start his first shift three days early — on the day of the deadly gas explosion — his mother told local media.
Joseph Dunbar was one day past his 17th birthday when he joined his fellow miners in the pit.
Mine shift supervisor Gary Campbell said Dunbar was desperate to be part of the team.
His mother, Philippa Timms, said her son "got offered this chance to have a career — and that's how he saw it, as a career," she told TV One.
The wait to begin the rescue bid for the men had been frustrating, but Timms said she understood why.
"They can't just rush in there because, I know right from the word go, I know how it works," she said. "If the oxygen rushes in and it hits that methane, then bam, they're gone, (in) another blast."
One of the two workers who escaped, Daniel Rockhouse, 24, described the explosion as being like an oversized shotgun blast.
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The Punjabi breakfast menu consists of heavy food, a tribute to the big boned, robust men of Punjab. While Parathas and pooris dominate the breakfast platter, spicy fries and gravy based dishes of chick peas, cottage cheese and a variety of seasonal veggies are served along with it. A tall glass of yogurt drink both in its sweet as well as the sour form is considered to be essential and Punjabi men are often enraged if they do not find a good dollop of malai or cream floating on top of their lassi. Here are a few essential breakfast dishes from Punjab. Do take a look.
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Battle for Naboo XP Patch PLZ !!!!!
Is there any Patches out there that cures the delay in the PC Version of "Battle of Naboo", when I try to play this classic on my XP Home Edition, I get what appears a half second delay on frames, like the screen stops for a split second, some kind of delay ?
It works fine in Windows 98, but I don;t want to have to add a second O/S just for this game,,,
can anybody tell me about any patches for a XP cure....
I really like this classic game........
Thanks for any info ............ :)
To my knowledge BFN never even got a patch o.o But ofcourse I might be wrong.
And if I'm not mistaken there is some way or another to make Win95 games work on XP. But I've forgotten what it was, since for one I don't use WinXP myself.
Well any registry hacks or patches would be great, if you can think of anything that would help me please post.....
There must be someone out here that would know somthing about this game and problems with XP with it...
I can't believe Lucas has just kicked this game to one side, it has a great space battle in the game where you fly after them little tie fighter looking things...
We pay the cash for your products and seemed to get shafted when we ask for support...
I bet it would take no more then a day for there progammers to come up with some XP Patches for this game....
Help Please - Win 98 2ed prob with B for Naboo Game!
First time on this site. Not sure what I am doing, but hope this reaches someone who can help me.
I just loaded a new copy of this game on my PC and I get booted back to my desktop when the first level starts (the space scrolling scene). Argh.
Any suggestions?
Cheers, Jim
Check LucasArts.com's support pages (Yoda's Help Desk).
Also be sure you've got the latest stable drivers for your video card!
The Long Awaited Answer
But please lend me your ear (well, eyes I guess)! I have been trying to get this game to work for 6 years (worked on it off and on when I had time), and finally came to the solution:
BFN + WINE + LINUX + CDEmu
(BFN standing for Battle for Naboo)
I once was an absolute computer N00B, and this game wouldn't work on my new computer. I was determined to figure out how to make it work. This quest lead to me being the computer guru I am today (I'm not heavy programmer status, well, I've done some, but I've still got a good ways to go.). I actually came across this very thread in my search of looking for how to get it to work earlier on in the quest. I "vowed," if you will, to reply to this thread one day once I figure it out. I knew that if even the OP and contemporaries to the OP never saw my reply, modern and future Googlers (and Bingers, etc.) may benefit, and I wanted the personal satisfaction of finishing this childhood quest (though I would love for the OP and contemporaries to see it!).
I have the solution! This is a huge moment for me guys.
For the whole story to this EPIC TROUBLESHOOTING QUEST, read the whole story:
Incentives for reading the story:
1. If you're geeky enough, you might find entertainment in it. It is a story with a problem, and the problem gets solved. There's satisfaction in solving a 6 year computer problem after 6 years of troubleshooting and education (mostly self-education) - going from n00b to guru, or at least near guru.
2. You might learn a few other compatibility tricks.
3. There's a geeky, somewhat cheesy, parody of Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham.
Here's a link to Battle for Naboo's page in the WINE App Database:
Don't forget to read the comments toward the bottom of BFN's WINE page!
It has another WINE page here (not much happening on this one though):
Sorry for the delay. School puts quite a damper on such things. Hopefully with summer I'll be able to tend the Internet better. (though it took most of that time to figure this sucker out)
As far as what the heck I'm talking about (for those that don't know):
Linux - a free operating system made by hobbyist programmers and is backed by a large, passionate, active community.
WINE - stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator. Don't dare think it stands for WINdows Emulator - quite the contrary - it stands for wine is NOT an emulator. This is an open source (and thus free) program that can run Windows programs in operating systems other than Windows - particularly Linux, though it can be used in Mac and other operating systems as well. In theory, you can have WINE run a Windows program in Windows.
CDEmu - an open source (free!) CD drive emulator for Linux. This lets you play Battle for Naboo in WINE in Linux without the CD. If you want to know about CD drive emulators and how hardware emulation works; I go WAY overboard here (just know that a CD image is (supposed to be) a raw bit-for-bit copy of a CD dumped to a file, that's all the 1s and 0s - not just the files. This gets the filesystem(s), boot info if present, CD label, other labels, number of tracks, number of sessions - everything - except for very technical analog properties of individual pits and lands.):
To sum the situation up, we have a FIRMWARE (or maybe even hardware) problem NOT a superficial software problem. But we do some sorcery and solve this deep software/ hardware problem with superficial software. Turns out that the problem is that the modern graphics cards don't do 3DFX, something that Battle for Naboo wants, according to DOS4Dinner. But they do do OpenGL. WINE wraps (converts) graphics calls (like DirectX - used by Battle for Naboo) into OpenGL graphics calls. So when Battle for Naboo runs in WINE, this deep software/ possible hardware problem is solved by superficial software.
This does make me wonder about people who report that they have gotten Battle for Naboo to work in Win98 but not in WinXP ON THE SAME COMPUTER. Hmmm. Did Service Pack 3 fix this on some computers? Driver? I know that on other computers, no matter the service pack or driver, Battle for Naboo ain't working in XP, but on others with that same exact version of Windows - XP Service Pack 3 - it DOES work. And it also works in Windows 7 without having to do anything special (unless your graphics firmware doesn't do 3DFX).
Let's all give a special thanks to DOS4Dinner. He helped me learn a lot of stuff.
Oh, and Oldpcuser, that brings up fond, old, childhood memories. Back on that Windows ME machine with a CRT, it used to boot me out of the game all the time! I simply learned to click the minimized Battle for Naboo window in the Start Bar so fast that it didn't affect my game play! Next time it boots you out, look at your Start Bar. Is it minimized in there? Just click it, and you should be back in the game. I hope your situation is solved this easy. You might not be having the same exact problem I had. I hope for the best. Have you tried WINE + Linux + CDEmu + BFN yet?
And Pedro the Hut, you're probably thinking of compatibility mode. I tried that for Battle for Naboo, and it didn't help the the computer that was having issues with BFN. Read my story ;) ! But WINE + Linux + BFN + CDEmu DID fix it. :D
This game is a part of my childhood and growth to geekdom. I have returned with the answer!
Ahh... what's this all about? Is there a new one?! :
It looks quite different indeed. That cover art vehicle was NOT in the old BFN.
That game is probably more easily compatible.
I posted this elsewhere, but thought I'd copy it here as well.
I've just managed to get "Battle for Naboo" working, perfectly, on a machine running XP SP3 (32-bit).
I posted this elsewhere, but thought I'd post it here as well, in case the other thread isn't being followed. I've spent way too much time tonight working this issue to just let my find slide, after all!
I've spent the past several hours digging into this, and have found the real source of the problem...
AND a solution which works perfectly for me!
Mind you, this is not me doing my own coding, just doing "forensics" work.
The game "Battle for Naboo" "requires 3D acceleration," but it's really looking for a 3DFX video card. Failing to find that, it defaults to Direct3D, but to a version of Direct3D which is no longer available or supported.
Also, the sound calls used are from an older version of DirectSound, so you'll need to convert to the newer API.
Sound is easy... run the application in Windows 98 compatibility mode (you can try other modes as well, if you wish). I'm not sure which "fix" in that set is the key one for getting sound to work, but I do plan to pare down the list of fixes eventually.
Video is also easy... by "piggybacking" on the work of others. Go out and do a web search for an application called "dgVoodoo." This is what you'll use to fix the program.
What is dgVoodoo? Basically, it's a "wrapper" which pretends to be the old 3DFX "GLide" API but really just re-routes these calls to Direct3D. Fortunately, it is far more "compatible" (meaning no cheats or optimizations) than the crappy programming used in this program.
SO... the program will think it's writing GLide video calls, which will be intercepted by this and transformed into Direct3D video calls (properly formatted and structured).
There are two EXE files in "Battle for Naboo." BOTH require this emulation. So, you'll be putting a copy of dgVoodoo in the same folder as each of the two "Battle for Naboo" executables. (The first one is the menu executable, but it DOES access some video, which will cause issues, if you don't provide this as well.)
I did those two things... "compatibility mode" to fix sound, dgVoodoo to fix video, and VOILA! "Battle for Naboo" is working FLAWLESSLY on my system.
FYI, my system is an i7-based system on an Asus motherboard based on the Intel X58 chipset. My video card is an nVidia Geforce GTX295 (which is two 280 cards on a single board... so it's essentially "SLI" on a single card). My sound card is an HTOmega Claro+, which is more than sufficient for any gaming purposes, I've found, and is an audiophile-level music player. I'm running Windows XP SP3 (32-bit). I also dual-boot into XP-64 for "work."
I can't promise that this will work perfectly for Win7... but for XP, it is now running flawlessly, and I was just about to abandon my efforts. Now I don't have to. And, hopefully, neither will you guys!
EDIT: By the way, I tried setting the "launcher" applet to Win98 compatibility mode as well, but that caused issues. Basically, the program keeps calling itself from itself, if run from that mode. So ONLY set the BFN.exe file to Win98 compatibility mode, not the "battlefornaboo.exe" file (which is the one which is causing my problem right now).
A brief follow up...
I've determined the elements from the "Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit" which need to be set for this to work. I started off with the Windows 98 compatibility mode, and started turning bits off until I found a config which works perfectly for me... everything is very quick, and the sound is working just fine. Some of the items I turned off were slowing down graphics, so I recommend using this setup:
Add Write Permissions To Device Files
Change Authentification Level
Correct Create Event Name
Corect File Paths
Correct Sound Device Id
DirectPlay Enum Order
Emulate Create File Mapping
Emulate Create Process
Emulate Delete Object
Emulate Fine Handles
Emulate Get Command Line
Emulate Get Device Caps
Emulate Get Profile String
Emulate Heap
Emulate Missing EXE
Emulate Play Sound
EMulate Slow CPU
Emulate USER
Emulate Ver Query Value
Emulate Write FIle
Enable Restarts
File Version Info Lie
Force CD Stop
Force Co Initialize
Force Keep Focus
Force Shell Link Resolve No UI
Giveup Foreground
Handle API Exceptions
Handle Reg Expand Sz Registry Keys
Handle Wvsprintf Exceptions
Ignore Exception
Ignore Load Library
Ingore Scheduler
Load Library CWD
Map Memory B0000
No Ghost
ProfileS Env Strings
Profiles Get Folder Path
Profiles Reg Query Value Ex
Sync System And System32
Virtual Registry
I'm not saying that a few of these might not be able to be turned off, but I had no problems with them turned on, so I didn't see any reason to do so.
Hope this helps. Post a note if you find anything more.
Still Only Wine Solves It for Me.
Hi Guys (well, maybe only CLBrown)! It's exciting someone actually came back to this and replied!
CLBrown, that's some pretty interesting stuff you're doing. I tried your method of setting the exes to Win98 mode and putting those dgVoodoo files in with them on my Dell XPS 400. Still didn't work. However, BFN still works like a champ in Wine in Linux!
Here is the specs to my Dell XPS 400: http://pastebin.com/8Pu2CGWH
I have to vehemently believe that BFN not working is a hardware (or firmware) problem, _not_ a (superficial) software problem such as Windows version, DirectX version, etc.
The reason why is that my Dell XPS 400 is the only computer I have experienced this problem with (except for one other XPS tower machine, but that was because it was running 64-bit Windows and wasn't compatible with the bitage).
Seriously, on all other computers I have tried BFN on, it works without a hitch. No compatibility options checked, no wrappers installed, no sorcery at all - just works "out of the box."
I also have a Dell laptop with Windows XP 32-bit Service Pack 3, and a non-ancient DirectX version installed (don't have it with me right now or I'd get the version number for you). BFN works flawlessly on it without any compatibility options or anything (again, "out of the box").
But on my Dell XPS 400, which also has Windows XP 32-bit Service Pack 3, and a non-ancient DirectX version (maybe even the same version as the laptop), it doesn't work.
So, superficial-software-wise, the Dell XPS 400 and the Dell laptop are pretty much identical. But on one it works and on the other it doesn't (without doing any sorcery).
There is a very big hardware difference: The Dell laptop has ATI graphics, and the Dell XPS 400 has an nVIDIA graphics card. You said that your system also has an nVIDIA graphics card, and before you started doing computer voodoo, BFN wouldn't work on it. So maybe this is an nVIDIA-specific problem with either the firmware on the graphics card or the graphics card driver with some nVIDIA graphics cards, read on.
Also, a friend let me try to install BFN on his little netbook (used BFN iso and CD emulator) running Windows 7. It worked. No compatibility mode checked, no wrappers, no sorcery, it worked "out of the box". Also worked on a friend's MacBook's Win7 32-bit side; again, out of the box.
The MacBook has nVIDIA graphics, so this obviously isn't a global nVIDIA issue. In fact, maybe some ATI chipsets would find BFN unpalatable.
I have been very happy with BFN's performance in Wine in Linux. It's flawless and works "out of the box," even on my Dell XPS 400. I even can run BFN in 64-bit Linux.
This has been a long and persistent mystery.
Maybe by the time we're done figuring BFN out, we'll have a whole new updated version of it or something ;).
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Nease running back Daunte Owens eludes the tackle of Bartram defensive lineman Josh Culbreth during Friday night's game at Bartram. Owens had the decisive 62 yard touchdown run, playing both quarterback and running back to help Nease win 7-6. By JUSTIN YURKANIN, firstname.lastname@example.com
Finally, one of "those" finishes went in favor of the Nease football team.
The Panthers closed the regular season Friday night with a 7-6 win at Bartram Trail when Ryan Brookins' 37-yard field goal attempt was ruled wide right -- by just inches -- in the closing seconds.
"This is the greatest win since I've been at Nease," said coach Craig Howard, whose Panthers improved to 8-2. "This is the first win we've had where it was a dogfight."
When Nease has gone after signature wins in the past, something has always gone wrong at the end. The Panthers have lost three tight games against St. Augustine in the last two years, and they had an agonizing loss in overtime at Palatka back in 2003.
And it happened in the most unlikely of situations. Nease was playing without No. 1 quarterback Tim Tebow, who is among the nation's top high school players.
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A Bartram Trail player reacts after his team's last second game winning field goal attempt was called wide, allowing Nease to escape with a 7-6 victory Friday night at Bartram. By JUSTIN YURKANIN, firstname.lastname@example.com
Also out of action was No. 2 quarterback Ted Stachitas, who led Nease to 70 points last week. He was ineligible because he played in a junior varsity game earlier in the year and is allowed to play just 10 regular-season games.
That left the signal calling to freshman Kam Fasnacht, who only rose to the top of the depth chart because junior varsity quarterbacks David Brunson and Graham Bates are both injured.
"We just had to hold (Stachitas) out and go with a freshman," Howard said. "It will be the memory of his lifetime."
Daunte Owens took a lot of the pressure off Fasnacht, carrying the ball 28 times for 122 yards. His 62-yard touchdown run at the end of the third quarter was the difference in the game.
"Daunte Owens is amazing," Fasnacht said. "Our offensive line made some great blocks on the play."
Fasnacht's numbers were pedestrian for the normally high-scoring Nease offense. He completed 4 of 10 passes for 41 yards. He lost 12 yards on two sacks, but he never turned the ball over, never made the critical mistake.
Not bad for a player who had a hard time staying calm before his first varsity start.
"It's unbelievable," Fasnacht said. "My mind was racing before the game. I was nervous."
Nease turned to the power running game, which is not something normally seen.
"We decided we should just run it down their throats," said Nease offensive lineman James Wilson, who was also used as a blocking back. "I got to just bury people. It's more just power and strength."
Bartram (7-3) failed to take advantage of the slow-moving Nease offense most of the game. The Bears had two major scoring opportunities and came away with field goals both times.
With 1:20 left in the first half, Nease punter Zac Cooper couldn't handle the snap and threw a desperation pass that was picked off by Taylor Johnson at the Nease 20. But the Bears stalled at the 3, and Brookins made a field goal.
To start the second half, Bears quarterback Kyle Parker completed a 54-yard pass to Chris Kohl on the first offensive play. But again, the Nease defense held Bartram to three -- a 33-yard field goal by Brookins.
Nursing a 6-0 lead, the Bears had another promising drive late in the third quarter, but Nease linebacker Mannie Wellington picked off a Parker pass at the Nease 19 and returned it to the 38.
"We had a young guy in there (at quarterback), and on defense we knew we had to come out and make plays," Wellington said.
On the next play, Owens slipped through the middle of the Bartram line and sprinted to a long touchdown.
"Nease has a very good defense, and they did a great job of flying to the football," Bartram Trail coach Darrell Sutherland said. "Mannie Wellington is one of the best linebackers I've seen this year."
Bartram's comeback attempt was halted twice by turnovers -- an interception by Nease's Evan Lamolinara, and a Parker fumble.
However, there was still a chance for Bartram.
Following a Cooper punt to the Bartram 9-yard line, the Bears took over with 2:33 left.
Parker had a 43-yard pass to Joel Raggins that got the Bears to the Nease 33. A pass to Timmy Foster moved the ball just inside the 20.
The Bears brought Brookins out for the 37-yard try on third down. When the kick sailed past the upright, the Bartram fans cheered in celebration of a thrilling victory, but the referees ruled the kick no good. Parker finished the day 12 of 21 for 160 yards and two picks. Johnson had 40 yards on 13 carries.
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The 28th Annual R.S.Vintage Steel Steam and Gas Engine Show will be featuring International Harvester. The show exhibits the saw mill, shingle mill, blacksmith, rock crushing, thrashing, and many other fun things to watch. We have a flea market, parade of tractors at 1 pm both Saturday and Sunday and a kiddie tractor pull on Sunday at noon. Entertainment Saturday evening. We also have food and beverages.
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- Whats the naming convention of the aliases in the acos table? Is it 'controllers/Posts/add' or just 'add' with the parent id from 'Posts'?
- My login doesn't work. When I try to login I don't get any error message but the Auth.User and the Auth->user('id') are both empty. What could be the problem? I do everything like in the ACL example from CakePHP.
Thank you.
UPDATE: My login works now (Problem with the time settings on the server) and my acos table looks right but I can't go to any action. I allowed the action in the aros_acos table. If I check the permission with '$this->Acl->check()' it just works if I give the single name of the action and not the full path ('controllers/Posts/add' doesn't work).


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Nigel Coutts on 17 Jul 16In teaching it is often the little things we do on a daily basis that have the largest cumulative effect. While the events, festivals, camps and more spectacular lessons may stand out in our memories these moments have less overall impact across the time that our students spend in our company. Getting these little details right however is a complex business that demands we bring our best to every interaction, every lesson and every opportunity we have to shape the minds and dispositions of our learners. The result is that there are no easy lessons, no easy days.


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The main star of the G20/G8 summits arriving 1016 local via rwy 23, from Andrews AFB. Barack Obama on board Air Force One. 20 minutes after arrived Air Force 2, than Mariner One took Obama to Hunt... (more)
Flybe's special livery rolling down rwy 36L on a nice spotting evening as Schiphol.
About to touch down on 34L.
Landing in fantastic golden light!
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This error appears at the top of the CDN section. I created the Rackspace cloud files container via W3TC so the hostname was filled in and I've successfully manually uploaded files via the same section.
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Gianfranco Zola's men are due to travel to St Andrew's on August 3 before Blues head to newly-promoted Yeovil for their first away game.
Birmingham's first four opponents were all in the play-offs last season, with Brighton at home being the third match before a trip to Leicester.
Lee Clark's men head to FA Cup holders Wigan on Boxing Day and are at home to Barnsley on New Year's Day.
Leeds are the final visitors of the season on April 26 before the campaign ends at Bolton's Reebok Stadium on May 3.
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Skip to comments.Cops: Day after finishing 15-year prison term, man robs the same Toms River shoe store once again
Posted on 03/28/2014 2:40:19 PM PDT by EveningStar
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Here's a guy who REALLY wants those Stride-Right shoes.
Where art thou/,,sanity?
Repeat customer.
Old habits are hard to break.....................
This guy wanted to go back to the big house. Didn't like it on the outside I reckon.
Damn. Just when he was starting to get his life together and now this!
"Just as he did in 1999, Miller demanded the pair go to the rear of store, Stocco said. However, they refused, he said.
He demanded their car keys and was turned down again,"
After planning for 15 years, you'd thunk he could get it right the second time.
He got "caught up in a robbery."
Exactly correct.
It appears he wishes to shoe-horn his way back into prison.
Besides, who says four strikes works anyway?
Being a heel, it sort of runs in the family.
This guy had evidently lost his soul.
Neighbors and friends say he was never known to be straight laced.
He was never given decent socks as a child...
The nice thing is that you never need more than one pair on the outside.
It was all a misunderstanding. He thought it was a steal a pair, get one free special.
Sounds like he couldn't get out of the store, before they boxed him and the shoes in.
I'm thinking he's really stubbed his parole this time.
Son, you're a special kind of genius, aren't cha?
There's something almost fine about this kind of defiance. ...
'If at first you don't succeed...try, try again!!'
He has to be a lib!!
Not yet. The board is meeting to talk about it tonight.
They said my chances were between whim and some.
Imagine every day for 15 years thinking about this and planning every detail of it.
"This time I'm gonna' get it right !!!"
Maybe 30 years will get his mind right. lol
He's a natural born world-shaker.
He never really learned to toe the line.
I think he took a shine to prison life.
He always was a loafer.
He had a foul tongue and his wife was a vamp.
He spent a little time at Oxford but was given the boot.
Fellow inmates realized he was a sneaker.
Hey great... now I don't have to take all the toe fungus for my post. LOL
A man who robs shoe stores is an Arch Criminal.
He'll get it right the next time, in 2029. Third time's the charm.
Planning planning planning. There is just no substitute!
Well noone can say that he has no sole.
You could just imagine his sole-liloquy in prison. "To shoe or not to shoe?"
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KeePassSync is a KeePass plugin that synchronizes your database using various online storage providers. This allows two or more computers to easily keep their data in sync.
- Allows syncing of KeePass databases with Online Storage Providers
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The absolutely WORST install instructions ever put into a google application. For one, the user should never have to update the xml file and too, your instructions are so vague it's impossible to install unless you are a programmer.
I switched to KeePass a few years back and haven't looked back. My problem is syncing Android and Win versions of KeePass. Would love to see support for GoogleDrive which would save me a lot of work. I'll still be using KP but that support makes a great piece of work even better.
Don't support sync with DropBox, SkyDrive, GoogleDrive, SugarSync, etc.
Just nonsens. Keepass is a security app so you WONT let your most precious passwords free to use for Amazon or others.
Don't support sync with DropBox, SkyDrive, GoogleDrive, Yandex.Disk, SugarSync.. Terrible plugin! WebDAV? Where?? Only digitalbucket, S3 and FTP


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Confortable et Belle Trullo
Nombre max. de visiteurs5
Salles de bain1
Surface60 m²
- Petit déjeuner
- Chambre avec serrure
- Serviettes
- Adapté aux familles/enfants
- Cuisine
- Parking
- Fumeurs acceptés
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The building, with a parking space, overlooking a courtyard paved with the characteristic "chianca" of local stone and a garden with olive trees, cherry and almond trees. We recommend this hotel to all families and individuals who are looking to stay in Puglia devoted to tranquility and outdoor spaces.
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We just had a wonderful time and got the chance to tour around the "Pouilles " area. Wonderful places to visit and a spacious, charming and quiet place to rest.
I highly recommended the place. Very good timing and appointment, mobile phone exchanges with Antonella.
We had a wonderful stay in Denise´s house.
The adress was not easy to find but with her help we finally did .
The appartement is very nice as descibed, clean and cosy.
And just a few steps from the center of the city with many restaurants.
We enjoyed .
This beautiful trullo more than lived up to our hopes and expectations, being charmingly located in the peace of the countryside, surrounded by olive groves and a couple of miles outside Alberobello. Antonella had only recently taken it over from her grandparents and was anxious to be helpful, which was much appreciated after we were cold during the first night, when she arrived promptly with extra bedding and turned the heating on for us. The trullo has been sympathetically restored and updated, with all modern comforts and offered a truly unique experience to enhance our visit to Puglia. I would certainly recommend it highly and should like to go back one day.
Il trullo è davvero bello ed elegante, comodo e dotato di tutti i comfort. Già all'arrivo la pietra bianca della pavimentazione del cortiletto e delle pareti colpisce gradevolmente lo sguardo, grazie anche ai fiori colorati che ornano l'esterno.
Letto ampio e comodo, bagno accessoriato, cucina attrezzata. Tutto pulito e perfettamente corrispondente alla descrizione. Molto bella la zona living, con caminetto in pietra, perfetto per scaldarsi nelle fredde serate invernali.
Immerso nella natura e piacevolmente silenzioso, in pochi minuti di auto si giunge al centro di Alberobello.
Gentilissima e molto disponibile la proprietaria, Antonella.
Ci siamo trovati benissimo. Che dire... Se torneremo ad Alberobello, sapremo già dove soggiornare!
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Zach Iams' parents were manufacturing a memory, one that a 10-year-old boy could hold for the rest of his life.
They wanted him to be able to reference it in the good and bad days ahead, when Zach would be without his father.
More than two years later, the son is a witness to his parents' success.
"It's probably the greatest night of my life," said Zach, whose sensitivity and maturity belie his 13 years. "It was really fun to do with my dad. Since he died shortly after that, it was like he went out with a bang."
Kevin Iams was a 42-year-old dedicated father and husband, a successful Sacramento, Calif., employment law attorney, when his lung cancer took a turn for the worse. He didn't want his son to remember the chemotherapy and caregivers, the wheelchair and radiation. Kevin wanted a memory that would bring a smile to Zach's face.
After years of being a season ticket-holder with the Kings, Kevin was no longer able to attend games comfortably. Yet he longed to go to one more game, scream one more time for the home team.
When word reached Maloof Sports and Entertainment's front office about a loyal customer who had been given one month to live, several executives stepped up.
And what followed was chronicled in a segment of the book called "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inside Basketball," released in February.
"That's the neat thing about sports and entertainment - a night of memories can last a lifetime," said Kings spokesman Troy Hanson. "I still get a little choked up thinking about it."
Zach and his mother, Chris, returned to Arco Arena this month as the Kings neared the end of their season. They walked the same hallways where that memory was created.
Zach held onto the hat he had signed by every Kings player during a special meet-and-greet after the game he attended with his dad on Nov. 15, 2006. To ice the cake, the home team beat the Memphis Grizzlies, 115-111.
"That night overall, Kevin was just completely overwhelmed and just happy," Chris Iams said. "He was ecstatic to be at a game. His energy level on a typical day wasn't very high, and that night we talked forever about the game and the experience at the kitchen table."
In the two days that followed, Kevin bragged from his Davis, Calif., home to friends about the experience, about the gift bags and floor seats, the meet-and-greet and VIP treatment. On the third day, Kevin died.
"Now, I look back at it, and it's amazing that he was even at that game," Chris Iams said. "That night was really special to him to create a memory for Zach. He knew that. So truly I think a lot of that night was it created a great memory for me, but definitely for Zach."
And now their story is being told in a heartwarming book, which includes 101 basketball-related stories from players, coaches and fans. The Kings are selling the book inside their team store and online at www.kings.com for $16. The proceeds from those sales go to a college fund for Zach Iams.
"That's one of the main memories I will keep about my dad," Zach said. "We kept making jokes throughout the game, saying, 'How did this happen to us? We're VIPs.' When I think of him, I think of him laughing, that's what he loved to do the most."
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I am tryin to recreate a dropdown with various cities for a visitor of my site to select and following on that being redirect to a specific page on my site. It should work the same as http://www.groupon.co.uk (see header).
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New York (CNN/Money) All college-bound students, and their parents, know that the cost of a higher education is getting pricier every day.
Now comes a government warning that families have another challenge to contend with: con artists.
According to a report released Monday by the Federal Trade Commission, 482 individuals filed complaints with the agency about scholarship fraud in 2002, up one-third from 322 in 2001.
In fact, that is just a fraction of the families who are misled, said FTC spokesperson Brenda Mack.
According to National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, some 350,000 people are cheated out of $5 million in scholarship scams each year.
Many families fall victim because they're so eager to send kids to school that they'll try anything and trust anyone.
It's easy to understand their desperation. Tuition, fees room and board now average $25,052 a year at four-year private colleges and universities, according to College Board. At four-year public institutions, the tab runs $9,663.
Scholarship scams have been around for decades. But experts say con artists are getting more sophisticated. Years ago, a family might receive a letter inviting them to send money to obtain scholarship information that never materialized.
Now, such offers are coming over the Internet, through e-mails, and in telemarketing calls.
Families may be invited to attend a free seminar about scholarships only to be pressured to signing expensive contracts -- as much as $200 or more -- to "hire" professionals to help them obtain scholarship dollars. Many times that's the last they hear of operators or, at best, they receive scholarship information they could have obtained for free from legitimate sources.
Another scam? Families are told they will receive guaranteed scholarship money if they provide financial information to obtain it. Experts say you should never give out a credit card or bank account number to "hold" scholarship dollars.
In addition, be wary of any offer saying you've been named as a finalist for scholarships you've never heard of. For more information about common scholarship scams, click here.
The good news about scholarships is that there are plenty of sources to track down college aid. The bad news is that you'll have to do some homework. In fact, if you get any offer to help you obtain a scholarship from individuals offering to "do all the work," chances are it's a scam, experts say.
However, while you may need to spend time on a scholarship search, it's not impossible to find financial aid -- even if you aren't the class valedictorian or captain of the track team.
Start with filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or "FAFSA." The form is the key to obtaining about 70 percent of federal student aid that's available to college students. The best news: Once you complete the FAFSA form, you can use it at any college or university to apply for such things as the federal Pell grants, low-cost Stafford loans, or work-study programs.
High school guidance counselors should have the FAFSA application. You also can get it for free from college loan offices, your local library or download the FAFSA form from the Department of Education Web site, where you can download it for free.
Private colleges and universities may accept the FAFSA for their own aid programs, or they may require you to fill out additional forms. Ask their loan offices.
Meanwhile, you can get listings of scholarships that may best suit you from College Board, which maintains a free database of scholarships. Provide personal data such as information about your academic record, cultural background and extracurricular activities and the College Board will send you a list of scholarships that match your profile.
You also can search for scholarships for free at Web sites like FidAid.org or by filling out an online student profile at WiredScholar.com.
Employers often give college scholarships for their employees or their children, so check with your human resources department. Ditto for community groups, which award free money to kids in their community.
Finally, be aware that because student loans are inevitable for many students, your best bet is to start saving early for college. Programs like state-sponsored 529 college savings plans have several tax advantages for those stashing cash for college, or consider opening a Coverdell Education Fund.


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|Denys Cowan, Reginald Hudlin and Axel Alonso at WonderCon 2009
Who is the Black Panther?
Thatâs the question âBlack Pantherâ comic book and animated series writer Reginald Hudlin posed to an excited audience at last weekendâs WonderCon in San Francisco. Senior Vice President of Animation for BET Denys Cowan and Marvel Executive Editor Axel Alanso joined Hudlin on the panel to discuss BETâs new âBlack Pantherâ animated series and tease fans about what they can expect in the next few issues from the ongoing comic book.
Hudlin, who began his career as a director on films such as âHouse Partyâ and âBoomerang,â has been writing the âBlack Pantherâ comic book for over three years now and just re-launched the book last month with a new character adopting the legendary Black Panther mantle. âAs you know, the new story line is, who is the new Black Panther?â he said. âBecause there is a new Black Panther and itâs a woman, there has been a lot of speculation on who that is.â
Cowan, who is perhaps best known for his work on âBatmanâ and âThe Questionâ for DC Comics as well as co-creating Milestone Media and the TV series âStatic Shock,â introduced a teaser reel for the new arc in âBlack Pantherâ comics. The trailer reflected the current state of the Marvel Universe, explaining the **Dark Reign** storyline and that with King TâChalla in a coma, there is no Black Panther for the first time in Wakandaâs history. The teaser went on to explain that with the world in danger, Wakanda demands a new Black Panther. We were given an image of the new female Black Panther and the teaser ended with images of several different women from the Marvel Universe, including Storm and Sue Storm, and a voice saying, âThe only question that remains is, who is the new Black Panther?â
Although the first issue of the re-launch does not reveal the answer to that question, Hudlin did discuss some of the possibilities. âWill it be Monica Rambeau? Will it be Storm? Will it be Sue Storm? Will it be Echo? Because you came here on a Friday afternoon Iâm now actually going to reveal to you who the new Black Panther is,â he said.
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The audience erupted with applause in anticipation for the exclusive scoop. âItâs Michelle Obama,â announced Hudlin. âLetâs take this power couple thing to a new level!â
Although they did not reveal the well guarded secret, Alanso did say to be sure to grab a copy of the second issue next week, as it reveals who put TâChalla in his coma. âIt really is one of the strongest issues Iâve edited in the last few years,â he said. âItâs got some amazing stuff.â
The panel then changed gears from talking about the Black Panther comic book to discussing BETâs new animated series based on the character, also written by Hudlin and produced by Cowan. The show is based on the first arc of Hudlinâs three-year run on the book, with art for the series inspired by John Romita, Jr. The panel introduced a behind-the-scenes look at the new show that revealed the stellar cast of voice actors on the series.
Academy Award nominee Djimon Hounsou (âAmistadâ) will be lending his voice to the role of the Black Panther, along with fellow Academy Award nominee Alfre Woodard (âStar Trek: First Contactâ) as Dondi Reese. Actors Kerry Washington (âFantastic Fourâ) and Carl Lumby (âAlias,â âJustice Leagueâ) round out the cast, along with comic book legend and Black Panther co-creator Stan âThe Manâ Lee voicing the role of General Wallace.
Cowan then introduced a rough cut of a scene from the first episode. The scene takes place in 19th century Wakanda and features a group of white soldiers who are about to loot the village. Just before they begin, the Black Panther appears and threatens the men. âLeave now and I will let you live. Attack and only one of you will be left standing.â Of course the soldiers do not heed the kingâs warning. They fire their guns and cannons, but the weapons backfire, killing all the men but one. The scared solider begs for mercy and to be allowed to take up the kingâs original offer to leave in peace. The Black Panther stands silent as the background drumbeats get louder and we are given a close up of his intimidating eyes.
The clip confirmed that the series will begin with a look at the historical Black Panther, similar to Hudlinâs arc, and the artwork did have a remarkable resemblance to Romitaâs popular look and style.
|BET's animated Black Panther series will be faithfully adapted from Hudlin and Romita's "Who Is The Black Panther?" storyline
Cowan explained the process of creating the show. âWe are adapting the first run of the series that Reginald did with John Romita, Jr., and itâs going to look exactly like the graphic novel,â he said. âWeâre using John Romitaâs art and weâre animating it as you can see. Itâs a time intensive thing but we wanted this series to look unique and different from anything youâve seen before in an animated series based on a character that youâre all familiar with.â
The show will air in prime time on BET. Hudlin declared, âThis is not for kids. What you saw in the book, you will see in the series.â
There will be eight 30-minute episodes. Hudlin explained that since the first arc of the comic was six issues, he had space to revisit the material and write some additional scenes for the show. For example, in the first issue of the book, there is a fight between the Black Panther and Captain America. Instead of just being a montage scene on two pages, the writer can flesh that scene out and make it an elaborate action set piece that really comes alive on the television show.
âYouâll be seeing even more of your favorite characters from the Marvel Universe popping up throughout the series as well,â Hudlin teased.
Hudlin went on to explain the genesis of the project. âI was head of programming at BET for the past couple of years and I said, you know what would be cool, man? If we did a Black Panther animated series.â
âAnd when youâre the President of the company, you can say things like that and everybodyâs got to jump,â chimed Cowan.
Hudlin continued, âI just sort of said that and Denys quietly went off and did a two-minute sample reel that everyone who saw it was just blown away with, and I took it to Marvel.â
âReggie calls me at 3:30 in the morning and says, you got to get together [Marvel Publisher] Dan Buckly [Editor-in-Chief] Joe Quesada and yourself because I have something to show you,â Alonso said. âI managed to get us all together and Reggie showed us this reel on a little computer screen and all of our jaws dropped to the floor.â
|"Black Panther" #2 on sale this week
Hudlin said that cartoons based on comic books always bothered him because they didnât look like the art from the comics, so it was important to bring Romita along and make sure the show looked as close to his art as possible.
Cowan also teased that if fans look hard enough, they might be able to find that original test reel floating around on the Internet, but he would not say specifically where.
While growing up, Hudlin and Cowan were both inspired by Black Panther and explained the importance he has to them. âMy reason for doing the comic book series was so others could have the same reaction to the character that I did from reading Stan [Lee] and Jack [Kirbyâs] books,â said Hudlin.
âFor me, it was always Black Panther and Luke Cage,â added Cowan. He went onto say that those two characters were the catalyst for creating Milestone Comics.
Cowan also discussed the political importance of the show. âThe series is more than putting heroes on the screen, itâs a different world today. Telling the story of a Black King guarding his kingdom sends a powerful message, same as the recent Presidential Election. Itâs going to rock people and change their world. Itâs profoundly personal for all of us.â
âBlack Panther is the President, the Pope and the Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff all rolled up in one,â explained Hudlin. âThink of Black Panther as the African equivalent of Captain America.â
The panel then took some questions from the fans. First up was a question about the possibility of an all-black Avengers team appearing on the show. âWouldnât that be cool,â answered Cowan.
Alonso added that when he first met with Hudlin, the writer pitched a similar idea but the Marvel Executive thought, âWe should start with the Black Panther series first.â They went on to say that appearances by other African-American Marvel characters are possible and hinted that the Falcon could be one of them. When asked about War Machineâs involvement Hudlin had this to say: âI like the character and the new book. Right now heâs not in it but you got me thinking.â
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Next, a fan of âTruth: Red, White & Blackâ asked if there would be any more historical Marvel comics coming out in the future. Hudlin and Cowan then took this moment to cryptically mention that the two friends have never worked on a comic book together before and that there could be something cultural coming down the line featuring Captain America and the Black Panther.
When asked about the possibility of a Luke Cage animated series, Cowan said, âThat would be so great. Hope reigns eternal.â
Hudlin said such a project would hang on the success of the âBlack Pantherâ series, which will be the first adult animated series in history starring a black superhero.
Finally, Hudlin was asked if he would be interested in making a Black Panther feature film. âMy whole life, Iâve wanted to make a Black Panther film,â he answered. He then asked the fans if they would like to see him write or direct the film, or do both. The audience shouted out an overwhelming, âYes, do both.â To which he answered, âWeâll see.â
âBlack Pantherâ premieres this summer on BET.


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This is why the Dark Knight flies in his own personal Batplane.
The Transportation Security Administration confiscated four batarangs (interestingly, in two different styles) from a passenger at Boise Airport in Idaho, along with an array of other interesting items from passengers across the country, according to the official TSA Blog.
What fan of Batman, whether as a child or as an adult, hasn't wished to own Batarangs that could scare the bejeezus out of a bad guy or, I don't know, maybe sever a carotid artery? Well, now you can make your own … as long as you have a fully equipped blacksmith shop at your disposal.
Tony Swatton, a veteran armorer and master blacksmith who has created props for the likes of Batman Forever, The Dark Knight, Thor and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, hosts a web series called Man at Arms in which he recreates famous weaponry from movies and television series (he's tacked everything from Raphael's sais from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to Jaime Lannister's sword from Game of Thrones). In the latest installment, he turns his attention to the Batarangs from the Batman movies.
Normally I would razor-sharpen a knife or a sword," Swatton says. "I'm not quite putting that degree of sharpness on it, but a comparative sharpness to these Batarangs would be as sharp as I sharpen an ax. These are not stunt Batarangs. These ones will tear stuff up."
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Take a look at this ticket and try your hardest to figure out what company this ticket is for.
..... *que jeopardy music* ....
So if you went to the delta airlines counter you would have realized that you just pissed away 20 minutes waiting in line while the woman at the delta airlines counter implied that you were a total fuckwit for getting in the wrong line. Look in the green box in the middle near the number that says 1179, do you see the 'UA' that should have told you that it was a UNITED AIRLINES flight. duh. Then you would probably go wait in line for another 20 minutes at UA only to have them berate you for not realizing you should be in the "international layover line" on the other side of the fucking terminal. hmmm, you're flight boards in 20 minutes. Luckily you don't have a problem with cutting in line.
so I was thinking...why not give people several big confusing pieces of paper with lots of useless, impractical, hard to read information on it.


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When I enable cache with WP Super Cache, my website does not display correctly.
I turn it off, and all is good.
Any help would be appreciated.
When I enable cache with WP Super Cache, my website does not display correctly.
I turn it off, and all is good.
Any help would be appreciated.
Check your php error log, also use the debug log in the plugin as that may reveal what went wrong.
Try using PHP mode caching.
I did change to PHP mode caching. same result.
Did you try all the tips suggested in the Troubleshooting section of the plugin documentation?
i have the same problem. i run a multisite installation and every time i enable the plugin i get a 500 error or just a blank page.
this happens to the admin pages and the site itself.
to unable the plugin i have to remove the define('WP_CACHE', true); from the config file and then deactivate the plugin.
i have another site in the same server, not a part of a multisite, and the plugin works fine there.
both sites running under nginx server, with varnish.
spartacus - anything in your PHP error log?
Hi Donncha,
these are the errors i get when the plugin is on: (i changed the ip and domain)
2012/08/09 15:07:49 [error] 3387#0: *488543 recv() failed (104: Connection reset by peer) while reading response header from upstream, client: 18.104.22.168, server: mydomain.com, request: "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://unix:/tmp/php-fpm.sock:", host: "www.mydomain.com", referrer: "http://www.mydomain.com/path-to-page/"
2012/08/09 15:10:50 [error] 3384#0: *492364 readv() failed (104: Connection reset by peer) while reading upstream, client: 220.127.116.11, server: mydomain.com, request: "GET /stories/story-title/ HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://unix:/tmp/php-fpm.sock:", host: "www.mydomain.com"
is there any nginx/multisite configuration you recommend using with your plugin?
are you going to update the plugin to full support nginx? (in the cache options there's only apache mod_rewrite, php and legacy)
thanks in advance for your help.
Unfortunately Nginx never worked right for me which is why I'm using Apache and Varnish. Not quite as fast but my site doesn't get a lot of traffic any more.
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The Office of Research and Graduate Studies
The Office of the Provost administers these awards on the basis of recommendations from the University Research Council. Supported by a generous contribution from SMU Trustee Gerald J. Ford, these competitive research awards help the University retain and reward outstanding scholars. The Ford Research Fellowships provide stipends of $15,000 for up to four faculty members.


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Volunteer fire department considers hiring crew
Published: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 3:39 p.m.
THIBODAUX -- The volunteer fire department that serves the Gheens area could become the first in Lafourche Parish to have paid firefighters if its chief can persuade residents to pay for them.
Vacherie-Gheens Volunteer Fire Department Chief Spence Cressionie and other officials say someone is needed to respond to calls during the day, because their 12 active members all work outside the community.
The paid model is used in other communities outside of Lafourche. In Terrebonne Parish, operations such as the Montegut and Pointe-aux-Chenes Fire Department have at least a handful of full-time firefighters.
Cressionie plans to address his departments manpower shortage and suggest the department hire at least one full-time firefighter, if not more, during a town meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. today at the Vacherie-Gheens Community Center.
"This is for Gheens," said Cressionie, chief for 10 years, of the need to pay personnel. "Its not for the parish. It falls back to how much do you want to pay."
One full-time firefighter would cost the average Gheens household $500 per year, Cressionie said. A full-time department would cost individual taxpayers $5,000 per year, or $1.2 million for the community.
Those figures are too steep for many in Gheens, he said.
"Ive talked to a lot of people since, and theyre not willing to pay those rates to get better coverage than they get," Cressionie said.
Accusations of poor daytime coverage and training surfaced during a civil lawsuit filed by homeowner Brian Rivet against the Vacherie-Gheens
Volunteer Fire Department.
Rivet said the first firefighter on the scene, Todd Dufrene, did not know how to pump water from the hydrant to the fire truck during the 1998 fire. This caused the damage to Rivets house to be much worse than it should have been, he alleged.
Since then, fire department morale has plummeted, Cressionie added, as the pervading feeling is that certain residents are second-guessing the departments every move. Dufrene, for one, decided to leave the department shortly after the lawsuit was filed.
Cressionie disagrees with Rivets assessment that the department spends little time training its crews. He did admit that its tough to force volunteers to train, however.
"How do you tell someone you have to train or youre not going to be here?" he said. "In a small community like we have, it makes things more difficult because we have a small pool of candidates."
In a setup similar to the one Cressionie proposes, Montegut and Pointe-aux-Chenes have four full-time staff and one part-timer, Fire Chief Spencer Rhodes said, noting he has been a paid staff member for 12 years. The two stations each have one person working 24 hours per day.
"Basically, the trucks leave immediately," Rhodes said, instead of having to wait the time it would take a volunteer to leave his home or business, travel to the station to get a truck and then head for the fire. A blaze, he added, "doubles every minute. One to two minutes are a big advantage."
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