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Hey everyone! I'm training for Charlotte (December 12), my fourth marathon (but my first three were in 2001). Near the end of my second 21-miler this past Saturday I started getting some pain in my lower left calf. Later in the day it was surprisingly tender to the touch; however, the next day the pain was all but gone. Went for an easy 30-minute run on Monday and the pain was back within a mile.
Frantic googling makes me think this is either achilles tendonitis or a calf strain. Most of what I read about calf strains make it sound like a sudden, kicked-in-the-leg-type injury. So maybe this is achilles tendonitis?
I've been icing the leg some, and having it wrapped during the day, which helps. But how much time do I take off? I suppose I could take off until the marathon and just take my chances, but I'd rather keep running if I can. I've got a 12-miler on Saturday - should I just give it a shot, and stop the second I feel anything? Can you run with your calf wrapped up? I assume so...
What would you all suggest? I can't really afford to go to a doctor or sports therapist, so that's not an option. Thanks for any advice you might have!
[EDIT: I don't have any pain in the calf right now when walking or stretching.]
Thought you might be interested in checking out the following links for detailed information on a calf strain and achilles tendonitis. Be aware that although most calf strains have a sudden onset, they do occasionally occur insidiously.
Sometimes a heel raise (wedge) can help to take the strain off the calf and achilles tendon.
Hope that helps and good luck,
Thanks, that's some really good information! Still not entirely sure which I have, since calf strains are USUALLY sudden, and achilles tendonitis USUALLY affects the lower part of the tendon.
But I'm thankful that I'm pain-free right now, and hopefully I'll be able to log at least a few miles this Saturday, if not the full twelve. Regardless, I plan on scaling back on pace for all runs between now and the marathon...if I remain pain-free that is. I think once I feel any pain, I'll probably bag all training until the marathon, and then just hope for the best on race day!
The good news is you are officially in your 3-week taper now, so all repairs to your muscle will be accelerated over the usual healing time, even without a lot of rest. I would advise you at this point to switch some running days to upper-body or core x-training (to preserve your aerobic fitness while balancing your posture) rather than just cut mileage on each day, and cut the speed in your running to ease strain on the calf and achilles. You've already done the hard work of training your muscles for the event because it takes weeks to see the benefits. Right now the priority of any marathoner is to let the body adapt and heal. Because of your injury, you need entire days to rest and repair the torn tissues.
All running produces tears - or at least micro-tears - to the running muscles. Mileage tires the muscles (leading to injuries from loss of form), Frequency of workout determines recovery time, and Speed tends to shred things, including tendons and their sheaths. That's why marathon training is usually done upside down - strength and speed first, stamina (tempo) second, and endurance (long runs) last (when you are fully conditioned). My money says you pushed too hard in your 21 milers, which should have started to taper down markedly in speed at least 6-8 weeks out (1-2 minutes per mile slower than goal pace). Otherwise, you are just doing back-to-back marathons in training which nobody can do to maximum effect, other than injury.
The Achilles Tendon is shared by the Gastroc muscle (high, superficial, and prominent on the rear calf) and the larger, flatter Soleus underneath. But the Gastroc crosses the knee to the Femur bone, and is most active when the leg is straight. This means you can isolate a muscular injury by placing a load on the suspect Achilles with the leg bent and with the leg straight to see which hurts the most. If it hurts more with the leg bent, that focuses the load onto the Soleus, because the Achilles is used equally by both muscles. If the pain is equal both ways, it implies an injury to the Achilles. We already know the pain is not located high in the Gastroc, although tightness there would predispose the tendon to overuse injury.
Another sign is how the area feels when you cross the affected leg over the other while seated, alternately plantarflexing/dorsiflexing the foot the move the tendon. Inflamed tendon sheaths will often vibrate during this movement, sometimes audibly. Place your fingers on the tendon to feel for this.
If I had to take a guess, I'm willing to bet there is some inflammation or microdamage along/within the tendon from the increase in mileage toward the end of your program, which is normal for marathoners. However, it is highly likely you have latent trigger-points in the Soleus from running the long runs, or something else, too fast. Latent trigger-points sometimes precede tears and are often overlooked (even rarely discussed) by most medical personnel. Seasoned athletes know what they are, and regularly scan for them before actual injuries occur.
A Latent Trigger-point is a mini-spasm in a small portion of the muscle fibers that does not register pain constantly, but responds to touch and overuse. You need to rub these out because they are involuntary muscular spasms that you cannot simply rest, strengthen, or stretch away. In radical cases, injections are given to trigger-points to force them to relax, but a simple technique called Ischemic Compression can work just as well without needles. Simply find the area and put a thumb (or similar blunt object) on it until the pain is about a 7-8 on a scale of 1-10. You can use a little circular movement to home in on the exact source of the pain. Hold this for several seconds and you should feel a release of tension (release immediately if you feel throbbing because you are too close to an artery). Blood flow to that small area will be temporarily stopped (ischemia) and the muscle should release accordingly. While that is sometimes all it takes, the trigger point should come back later, each time a bit more weakly after successive treatments. They are usually history within 3 weeks if you avoid irritating them too much. That happens to be about the time you have left.
PhysioAdvisor is spot-on about the heel-lift. It will cut the necessary range of muscle/tendon motion for each foot strike, allowing a little more potential for healing while you continue to run - not only while training, but in your target Marathon. I've used them to great effect myself. Trust me, if your long runs have peaked at 21 you will need the extra support in the last 5 miles. Could be a game-saver. Also, resist the temptation to wear ultra-light marathon flats in favor of a good light trainer with some heel to it. It will more likely improve your chances than slow you down.
I have often had issues like yours this late in the training season. Same thing this year. I completed my 26.2 trainer a couple weeks ago and hope to finish my 28-29 this weekend before my taper. Last year, I did the 29 easy, walking through sips of water every half mile. Since I qualified for Boston (and nearly took an A/G trophy) in my Marathon 3 weeks later, it didn't hurt to take a load off. You can too. Just remember that if there is actual damage to muscle or tendon that is severe enough, you just might have to take a bye 'til next year, as I have also done (6 months off '03-'04). Patience is key for the successful marathoner.
Good luck with your taper for Charlotte!
James, thank you for your very informative, thought-out, practical and personal response to my question! I really appreciate the time you took to respond. What a great community here.
My pace on the 21-miler was quite slow, actually - about 30 seconds slower than my last (slow) 21-miler three weeks previous. However, the week before this 21-miler I did a half marathon and ran a pretty quick (for me) pace. So maybe my body hadn't fully recovered from that. I'm also a heavy runner (6'2" and probably about 210lbs) so I'm more susceptible to these type of injuries I think. I do use decent shoes and track my mileage - I think this pair only has 250 miles on them and they usually go about 400. Still, I've switched to my newer shoes just in case and will use those from here on out.
I'll post more as appropriate. Thanks again!
You're welcome, and thanks.
If you resort to an over-the-counter wedge instead of a professional athletic orthotic, try to find the stiffest gel-type you can find (especially considering your size). Most are too soft for running, minimally slow achilles motion, and do little to limit it. I have layered a super-stiff gel sole with a softer heel lift before. In any case, you should probably lift both sides to avoid asymmetrical compensation injuries.
You sound like you are on it. Good luck!
Thanks again. I'll check at our local running store first, and if I strike out there (which I doubt), I'll check the pharmacies or sporting goods stores. I already have a prescription orthotic in there (from a bout of plantar fasciitis 3 years ago), but I doubt the lift will be incompatible.
On a bright note, I ran 12 this morning with the barest hint of tightness (which loosened up) but no pain. Ran with a compression bandage on the calf, at least for psychological effect. Now in the mid-afternoon, still no pain or discomfort, or even tightness! So I think I'll resume my training again, taking it easy on pace from now until race day.
Appreciate your help!
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City of Northport wants to shift lines of jurisdiction along part of Black Warrior
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TUSCALOOSA | Usually, when two municipalities border one river, the jurisdiction for each ends in the middle of the water.
But for a nearly 1-mile span of the Black Warrior River between Tuscaloosa and Northport, that's not the case.
Now, Northport officials want that to change.
The city of Tuscaloosa's border ends on the northern shore of the Black Warrior River.
With annexations, the development of Lake Tuscaloosa and other jurisdictional changes, Tuscaloosa's borders actually extend well north of the river in certain areas.
But for the stretch of the river closest to Northport's historic downtown, Tuscaloosa's jurisdiction comes right to the river's north edge.
Rep. Alan Harper, R-Aliceville, is leading the charge in the Alabama Legislature to correct this boundary issue, which would not allow Northport to benefit from any riverfront development that extends into the river, such as a marina or private boat dock.
"As we begin to develop along our riverfront, we thought it only fair to move the boundary back to the middle of the river," Harper said to the Tuscaloosa City Council's Public Projects Committee on Tuesday.
Harper and Northport City Manager Scott Collins said there were no looming developmental projects that are spurring the need for the change. Rather, it's a problem they are seeking to resolve before it officially becomes an issue.
Northport first attempted to correct the boundary issue in 2005 under Mayor Harvey Fretwell, but the resolution stalled when Tuscaloosa countered with a proposed joint development plan for the two cities for areas around Lake Tuscaloosa.
The Public Projects Committee voiced its support for the change, and the full Tuscaloosa City Council is expect to give its approval next week. This endorsement is needed before Tuscaloosa's local delegation in the Legislature will consider a bill to alter the jurisdictional lines.
Tuscaloosa City Councilman Bob Lundell expressed concerns over the policing of that stretch of river, but officials said a mutual aid agreement between the two cities could resolve the issue since Northport has no means of policing the river.
And Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox said his only concern was the future maintenance of the lights along the Hugh Thomas Bridge for uniformity purposes.
Right now, the city of Tuscaloosa maintains these utilities.
Collins said he'd be willing to agree that Tuscaloosa continue the maintenance of the lights with Northport reimbursing Tuscaloosa for those that will be on its side.
"Obviously, we want it to be uniform," Collins said, "and we would be willing to do whatever the (Tuscaloosa City) Council feels is necessary ... to ensure it remains uniform."
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"I am concerned with protecting my personal information. I do a lot of things online and that's always a concern. I'd probably continue going to my gas station or grocery store to continue buying lotto tickets", says Rockford resident David Fagen.
A recent Illinois survey showed as many as one million people support the idea of a lottery but don't play. With moving sales online, the lottery hopes easier access will attract those non-players to test the odds.
Rockford resident Allan Harring says, "I think that's a good idea, absolutely. That way you don't have to get in your car and drive, go to the gas station and get them. It's convenient when you're at home."
Illinois Lottery officials say the system will require buyers to verify their age and will also limit the number of tickets each person can buy. Despite the organization addressing those concerns, some people still worry the move may cause more harm.
"I don't think it's a good idea because it's eliminating the aspect of people going into the stores and the local businesses that sell lottery and depend on that foot traffic. When I go in for a lottery ticket, I'm also going in for milk, bread and eggs...everything else I need while I'm there", says Winnebago resident Brandon Johnson
A big boom to mega million ticket sales is expected with the internet purchases. Illinois lottery research shows an estimated increase of 78 to 118 million dollars in revenue with online sales.


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TUSCALOOSA | March is known to come in like a lion at times, and this year, the king of beasts will arrive with an arctic blast.
Snow showers — light, brief periods of moderate snowfall — are predicted for Saturday, but forecasters are not warning of hazardous travel conditions.
"We're going to get drastically colder over the weekend," said Matt Anderson, a meteorologist for the National Weather Center's office in Birmingham. "(But) we're not talking much in terms of accumulation."
The mercury will start to drop today when highs reach the low 50s and continue into Friday when highs are predicted in the upper 40s.
On Saturday, the highs are expected to reach the upper 30s, which Anderson said would prevent an accumulation of snow.
Sunday morning is expected to be frigid, with lows in the mid-20s, and accompanying 10- to 15-mph winds will make it feel closer to the teens.
By Monday morning the lows will be in the mid- to low 20s but absent the wind, Anderson said.
Things will warm again by Tuesday, when the highs are predicted to again reach the 60s.
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TUSCALOOSA | Five Stillman College pitchers combined for 11 strikeouts and allowed only two West Alabama hits to claim a 4-0 baseball victory Wednesday. For West Alabama, it was the fewest hits of the season.
Stillman scored once in the second inning, once in the third and twice in the fourth. Stillman improves to 20-13. UWA drops to 18-20.
Stillman's Kevin McNorton (3-1) relieved Jake Barnett in the top of the third and completed three innings to get the win. He and Barnett led Stillman on the mound with three strikeouts each.
Zach Parks (2-3) started for UWA on the mound, and allowed two runs and five hits to suffer the loss.
Stillman had nine hits with three batters recording multiple hits. Dustin Dunn led Stillman with one run and a 2-for-2 finish. Jack Cockrum and Joel Murphy both ended 1-for-2 for West Alabama.
Stillman has a weekend home series against Lemoyne-Owen. Saturday's doubleheader is at noon and Sunday's nine-inning game begins at 1 p.m.
West Alabama will return to Gulf South Conference action at Shorter College for a three-game series beginning with a doubleheader Saturday.
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49ers-Packers playoff history
Packers 27, 49ers 17
NFC divisional playoff
Jan. 6, 1996, Candlestick Park
Key moment: On the 49ers' first offensive play, Packers linebacker Wayne Simmons hammered fullback Adam Walker on a screen pass that resulted in a fumble that Craig Newsome returned 31 yards for a touchdown. The Packers rode that momentum to a 21-0 lead and never looked back.
The hero: NFL MVP Brett Favre completed 21 of 28 passes for 299 yards and two touchdowns, without any interceptions and being sacked only once.
Quotable: "When you are up, 21-0, to somebody else, it is great," Packers tight end Keith Jackson said. "But when you are up 21-0 against the 49ers, you get nervous. You start saying, 'Let that clock roll, let that clock roll. ... ' "
Packers 35, 49ers 14
NFC divisional playoff
Jan. 4, 1997, Lambeau Field
Key moment: Desmond Howard returned a punt 71 yards for a touchdown to start the Packers scoring on a day in which offense was at a premium -- the teams combined for 406 yards -- because of rain, sleet and snow.
The hero: Howard added a 46-yard punt return to the 49ers' 7-yard line to set up the Packers' second touchdown.
Quotable: "He took them right out of the game when he took their initial punt for a touchdown," Packers general manager Ron Wolf said of Howard. "The next time he touches the ball, we go in again. It's 14-0, and we've got 9 yards in total offense."
Packers 23, 49ers 10
NFC Championship game
Jan. 11, 1998, Candlestick Park
Key moment: Packers safety Eugene Robinson intercepted Steve Young and returned the ball 58 yards to the 49ers 28-yard line. The Packers scored a touchdown two plays later for a 10-0 lead.
The hero: Packers running back Dorsey Levens rushed for 114 yards in becoming the first player to hit the 100-yard mark against the 49ers all season.
Quotable: "We felt the pressure to repeat,'' said Robinson of the Packers advancing to the Super Bowl after winning it the previous season. "The entire season was pressure- packed. We had a lot to prove, but we kept our cohesion. Last year was a storied season, but this team is going to be judged strictly by what we do in the Super Bowl."
49ers 30, Packers 27
NFC wild-card playoff
Jan. 3, 1999, Candlestick Park
Key moment: Young connected with wide receiver Terrell Owens on a 25-yard pass for a touchdown with 3 seconds left in one of the more memorable games in 49ers history. Young slipped and almost fell as he dropped back, righted himself, then delivered a strike to Owens a split second before several Packers defenders hammered Owens in the end zone.
The hero: Young overcame an up-and-down game -- 17 of 31 for 157 yards and two interceptions before the final pass -- to play a key role on the biggest play of the game.
Quotable: "I just looked at the clock, and it was ticking, ticking, ticking," Owens said. "I wanted to beat Green Bay so bad. Anytime there's a chance for me to get the ball over the middle, I'm tough enough to take it. I was just happy that I caught the ball. I had a rough day. I let the team down in the beginning, but they all encouraged me to keep my head up."
Packers 25, 49ers 15
NFC wild-card playoff
Jan. 13, 2002, Lambeau Field
Key moment: At halftime, Favre pleaded with his coaches to open up the offense. Favre responded by passing for 226 of his 269 yards in the second half and directing four scoring drives against the 49ers.
The hero: Defensive back Tyrone Williams intercepted a Jeff Garcia pass at the Packers 7-yard line in the fourth quarter. The Packers marched 93 yards for a game-clinching touchdown on their ensuing possession.
Quotable: "It's do-or-die in the playoffs," Favre said. "I don't ever want to look back and say we left something on the field. That was my stance at halftime. ... I said, 'Let's go get them. Lay it on the field.' When you come off the field, don't ever look back and say, 'We should have taken some chances,' or 'We should have done this or done that.' "


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Not yet compatible with Leopard's iCal 3.0.
OS-independent Java program that offers two-way synchronization between Google Calendar and various iCalendar-compatible calendar applications. GCALDaemon is primarily designed as a calendar synchronizer but it can also be used as a Gmail notifier, Address Book importer, Gmail terminal and RSS feed converter.
For details on Leopard compatibility, see the SourceForge forum thread.
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it breaks my heart to say this: stay away
there seems to be a slight problem with reoccuring events: they are deleted ;)
Someone else filed this bug 2 month ago:
A) the problem seems to be google-related and not GCalDaemon specific
B) never the less nobody but me answered to this thread for 2 month -> abandoned?
BEFORE DOWNLOADING THIS CHECK WETHER THE BUG HAS BEEN FIXED: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2844153&group_id=184382&atid=909032
Still on tiger and it works like a charm.
It's just a pitty that urls are deleted from iCal after synching (google-cal doesn't seem to support them)
You can now sync 2-Way now using CalDAV!, see here:
http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=99358
Takes just moments to setup and works!
There aren't any updates on the GCALDaemon site about Leopard, but there is a forum thread about it.
It says in the title that it's not compatible with Leopard, yet the site has no mention of this. Any comments on it's suitability for Leopard and iCal 3.0? One would think the site itself would have this warning rather than iusethis, but that isn't the case.
very complicated to make it run (especialy for a osx app), but if you follow the instructions on the website it should work.
The only problem with this application is that it sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. I don't know why (i autostart is with lingon).
Maybe it's because i use it on a macbook and put it in sleep very often.
Why do they make this so complicated to turn on?
There is a GUI for the config in the newer versions, but you have to go dig it out.
In the terminal, go to:
There's a few other little 'utilities' in the /bin too. Although I'm not sure how to make a shortcut to this so you can run it like a normal app.
works great. used it for 4 month now. never had a problem with it. does what it is supposed to. what else can i say?
I use Lingon to start it at boot.
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The Committee on Rules will meet today, Thursday, October 3, 2013 at 6:30 PM in H-313 The Capitol on the emergent measures of H.J. Res. 75, the Nutrition Assistance for Low-Income Women and Children Act, H.J. Res. 76, the Nuclear Weapon Security & Non-Proliferation Act, H.J. Res. 77, the Food and Drug Safety Act, H.J. Res. 78, the Preserving Our Intelligence Capabilities Act, H.J. Res. 79, the Border Safety & Security Act, H.J. Res. 80 the American Indian and Alaska Native, Health, Education, and Safety Act, H.J. Res. 82, the National Weather Monitoring Act, H.J. Res. 83, the Impact Aid for Local Schools Act, H.J. Res. 84, the Head Start for Low-Income Children Act, H.J. Res. 85, the National Emergency and Disaster Recovery Act and H.R. 3223 the Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act


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So, if you ever see me post about "fingerling potatoes in creamy mustard aioli," don't get all excited. It'll just be my recipe for plain old potato salad.
8 oz. noodles, boiled in salted water per package instructions, drained
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 Tbsp butter
1 small onion, diced
8-10 ounces of mushrooms, sliced
pinch of red pepper flakes
1 clove garlic, minced
4 Tbsp flour
1-14 oz can of chicken broth
1-5 oz can of evaporated milk
2-5 oz cans of tuna, drained
1 cup frozen peas
1 Tbsp chopped fresh thyme
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
salt and pepper
Topping: Combine two tablespoons of melted butter with one cup of Panko breadcrumbs. Season with salt, pepper and a couple of tablespoons of chopped fresh parsley.
Heat olive oil and butter in a large skillet. Add onions and red pepper flakes and saute for a minute or two then add mushrooms. Saute until mushrooms have lost their moisture, about 8 minutes. Add in the garlic and saute for another minute or so. Season with salt and pepper then sprinkle flour over mixture and stir to combine. Continue cooking over medium heat until flour has lost its rawness, stirring frequently to prevent burning. Gradually stir in broth and evaporated milk. Simmer until sauce has thickened. Add the drained tuna and peas. Stir in thyme and parsley and season again with salt and pepper if needed.
Combine noodles with sauce and pour into a lightly greased 9X13 baking dish. Sprinkle topping over all. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 35-40 minutes or until casserole is bubbly and the topping browned.


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FRENCH CAMP - Gary Allen Hawkins, 33, of Stockton was identified Monday as the burglary suspect shot and killed by law enforcement officers Saturday night after they said he tried to run them down in a stolen Mercedes, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office reported.
Hawkins was reported shot by both a county deputy and a Stockton police officer in the 200 block of South Adelbert Avenue while they were assigned to the Countywide Gang Task Force and were attempting to approach him after pulling over the vehicle, which was believed to have been involved in an armed robbery Friday.
After Hawkins was shot, he was pulled from the Mercedes, and a loaded handgun was discovered in his waistband, the Sheriff's Office reported. An ambulance took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead about 9 p.m. Saturday.
A multiagency investigation is being conducted. The names of the deputy and the police officer will not be released until after they have served three days of administrative leave, which is standard procedure in officer-involved shootings, sheriff's Deputy Les Garcia said.
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About the ELA Assessment:Adopted in 2010, the new content standards in English language arts are now called the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects. In addition to standards for reading, writing, and literacy across subject areas, the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards include speaking, listening, and language standards. To be prepared for rigorous study in school, and for the working world after formal education is completed, students must be able to use language effectively. Fluency in these standards is vital for students to express themselves and to understand others in oral and written communication, as well as essential to the ability to read critically, to draw conclusions from evidence, and to build knowledge.About the Math Assessment:Adopted in 2010, the new content standards in mathematics are now called the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics. Instruction and assessment tied to these content standards should include not only procedures but also conceptual understanding. Students should be fluent in mathematical practices such as being able to represent and solve problems, justifying methods or conclusions, and being able to apply mathematics to real-world situations.Source: Kansas Assessment Program
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In October 1832, Michigan began the process to become a state. On January 26, 1837, Michigan was admitted as the 26th state.
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The next meeting of the Library Board is Wednesday, March 16, at 7:00 p.m. This is, of course, a public meeting. The issues of the last two months, specifically the library making a contribution to the Township for the 2011 budget, and the terms of same, have been in negotiations since the last meeting. Last week, to our surprise, the Township Administrator and Attorney revealed to the press the amount of money they are asking for, $500,000. There are other terms which are still part of the negotiations. I can tell you that these are viewed as protections for the library from some of the threats that have been publically made. I cannot say, in truth, whether there is an agreement that will be struck by Wednesday night or not, but the Library is cautiously optimistic, and has given over much time and deliberation to the process.
If the Library transfers funds to the Township of Middletown, there are strict procedures stated in the law that must be followed, among these are the Library must prepare an Annual Report on the state of the library, it must submit a three year Technology Plan and a three year Strategic Plan. These last two plans are submitted to the NJ State Library for approval. Once these plans are approved, the Library can apply to the NJ State Library for the transfer to take place. The State Librarian has 45 days to approve or deny the transfer. These procedures were developed in tandem with the Department of Community Affairs, which oversees all municipal budgets in the State of New Jersey.
The intent of all this is to ensure that the library has sufficient funds remaining for current year operations and for the future plans it has adopted. In fact, an early version of the law was vetoed by Gov. Christie, because he saw that the safeguard provisions for the local libraries needed to be improved in the bills that were passed. If the Middletown Township Library Board of Trustees does decide to transfer monies to the Township, it is committed to following these procedures accurately and completely.
Once the terms have been negotiated and an agreement has been made, the Trustees desire is that a joint announcement of the terms will be made available to the public.
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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Monday, Oct. 1, 2012
EVANS, Ga. -- Columbia County is on the cutting edge of technology with its new county broadband utility. It broke ground in December of 2010, and now, each county department is being connected to the network.
The work is mostly being paid for with a $13.5 million grant from the federal government, and it's starting to go live
Believe it or not, even at the peaceful Reed Creek Park Wetlands and Interpretive Center in Evans, you can connect to Wi-Fi.
"It's nice to know that we can be here at the park and I can link on to her website and do her lessons here at the park," said Jennie Smith.
Smith and her daughter, Maren, were taking their geography lesson outside, learning about compasses.
"We love this park, we come as often as we can and we like to bring our dogs," she said.
And now they can do even more learning, thanks to the new broadband network.
"We had to show where we would put infrastructure out in the under-served and un-served areas of Columbia County," said Lewis Foster, the county broadband manager.
Crews have spent nearly two years working to install 200 miles of fiber-optic cable all over the county. Government buildings and parks will now have free Wi-Fi and become inter-connected.
"We needed connectivity to all government facilities, primarily for our public safety network, which we desperately needed because we could not get communications throughout the county," Foster said.
Seven towers, along with the 200 miles of fiber-optic cable, all lead to the headquarters in Evans.
"Ultimate goal is to expand broadband in Columbia County so we can compete against other markets, so we can bring industry to our county," Foster said.
It's also a commercial venture, a chance to bring wireless opportunities to many more people.
"We're building the major highways connecting government facilities, then another provider can actually build out to the home or business. We've got infrastructure and we'll be able to lease it at a reasonable cost to off set our operating costs," he said.
And they're off to a good start.
"We do have some potential customers. That's look at leasing some of our infrastructure," Foster said.
The price tag is about $20 million total. The Columbia County Sheriff's Office also spent another $6 million to upgrade its communications so its system will be a lot better than it was before, meaning faster service and response times.
They'll continue working to connect each department and park in the coming weeks.


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In the 1960s when marijuana was in its infancy as a north coast cash crop, some students at what was then known as Humboldt State College took to calling their school "Roll-Your-Own-U."
It seemed appropriate then. It seems more appropriate now, with the announcement of the Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research at Humboldt State University.
Where else would you put such a center, CSU Dominguez Hills?
That's a sentiment echoed by economist Erick Eschker, who is co-chairing the Humboldt institute.
"If anyone is going to have a marijuana institute, it really should be Humboldt State," Eschker told the Eureka Times-Standard newspaper.
The idea for the institute started about two years ago when California voters were asked to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana. Proposition 19 was rejected by a 62-38 percent margin but that didn't stop the wheels from turning at HSU.
Likely the idea really gained traction from the Nov. 6 election when Washington and Colorado voters legalized the recreational use of marijuana.
Now people are talking.
Unfortunately, according to sociologist Josh Meisel, who is leading the Humboldt enterprise with Eschker, "With these public discussions, there were a lot more questions than there were answers."
The institute hopes to answer some of them, including the connection between marijuana production and employment in Humboldt County.
Pot production there is believed to be far and away the county's biggest agricultural commodity, its legality in state and federal law notwithstanding.
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- Oct 16:
- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: No dead bodies
- San Jose: One-time 'Sons of Anarchy' actor detained for ditching tab at downtown bar
- Oct 15:
- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: Jax rallies the troops in wake of bombing
- Oct 9:
- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: Explosive shocker has SAMCRO in disarray
- Oct 2:
- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: Tensions, body count rise
- Oct 1:
- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: Tensions rise and so does the body count
- Sep 25:
- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: Goodbye to a SAMCRO fave?
- Sep 24:
- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: Are we about to say goodbye to a SAMCRO fave?
- Sep 17:
- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: Fallout from school shooting begins
- Sep 11:
- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: Did shocking plot twist go too far?
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- 'Sons of Anarchy' recap: Did shocking plot twist go too far?
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- A 'Sons of Anarchy' game-changer in season-opener
And then, the little motorcycle club went "ka-boom!!" ... Holy shamrock shake, did anyone see that one coming?
Actually, I did think we were in for something horribly violent toward the end of Tuesday's episode, "The Mad King." I could feel it. Maybe not a SAMCRO-destroying bomb, but something very bad. And I'm surprised Jax didn't see it coming.
After all, he had been on the phone earlier with the scum bag Irish kings, who suspiciously wanted a very quick reply on the whole gun-selling deal. And when Jax informed them that he'd have everyone at the table by 8 p.m. for a vote, I sensed that the Irish were up to no good -- that they might be seizing upon that little piece of info to set up some kind of a trap or ambush.
And I expected Jax to pick up on it too. But no. He and everyone else -- including Tara, Gemma and the kids -- were at the auto body shop just before 8. Luckily, Jax spotted the shamrock pen on the counter and realized, just in a nick of time, that a beer keg delivery earlier that day wasn't full of barley and hops at all, but some powerful nitro. And so instead of getting blown to bits, he and his associates were able to watch their clubhouse go up in flames, from a safe distance in the parking lot.
The fiery finish had me immediately thinking back to some prophetic words Jax uttered earlier in the episode. At that point, Chibs had growled at Jax for naively trying to hook the Irish up with August's crew and asked him if he trusted any of his SAMCRO brothers ... "because it's not just your club."
To which Jax replied, "It might not be anyone's club for much longer."
So now what?
Do you sense now Jax is about to go on a vengeful rampage that will only hasten his downward spiral? That an all-out war is coming? How many wrong moves can he make?
It's sadly ironic that a war is what Jax was trying to avoid in the first place. And by now, Jax is reminding me a little of the honorable Ned Stark in "Game of Thrones." Like Ned, Jax usually wants to avoid violence for the sake of violence. Like Ned, he tries his best to be pragmatic and reasonable. Get SAMCRO out of the gun business? That sounds like the right thing to do. Set up a deal between the Irish and August? That should make everyone happy. Pretty reasonable.
But things just keep blowing up in his face. That's because being honorable, pragmatic and reasonable doesn't always work when you're dealing with criminal miscreants -- racist bigots who would never consider going into business with August, a black man. And slime balls who don't exactly see how Jax killing one Irish goon to the two SAMCRO dudes they chopped up is any kind of a "peace offering."
We saw what being honorable and pragmatic got Ned Stark: A brutal beheading. Now, what fate awaits the embattled Jax?
Winter is coming.
Some random observations:
-- Despite all the "Game of Thrones" channeling I've done here, the "Mad King" in tonight's episode title is not a reference to Aerys II Targaryen, but to a novel by "Tarzan" writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. It's the book handed to Clay in prison containing a proposal from the Irish. "The Mad King" tells the story of a fictional European ruler who was impersonated by a look-a-like relative against the backdrop of war. Obviously, the Irish see Jax as the make-believe king.
-- Clay and Gemma's prison get-together in front of two perverted guards? Worst conjugal visit ever. Ew.
-- Jax, of course, has more to worry about than just the Irish. The temperamental Barosky is looking like the wrong fit as a business partner. Also, how long will Nero stay in his corner -- especially if Eli applies the kind of pressure the DA wants him to? And then there's the whole Tara-Wendy scheme that continues to play out behind his back.
-- Nice dialogue: "Write down the address. I hope you're not a lefty" -- Jax to Connor, who, at the time, happens to have a knife blade embedded in his left hand.
-- Apparently, when people die on "SOA," we're supposed to quickly move on. I picked up just one passing reference (were there more?) to Otto tonight. I guess Kurt Sutter, who co-wrote the episode and played Otto, wasn't interested in paying his respects.
-- Jax to Nero, on the conflict with the Irish: "It might get worse before it gets better." Mark that as the understatement of the season.
So what did you think of "The Mad King"? Were you shocked by the explosive ending? What tactic do you think Jax now takes?
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cgkdisc wrote:There's no question the qualifications to enter last year were too loose with regards to not requiring more rounds that your rating was based on to qualify or enter the USDGC. That's been fixed for 2012 with a rating based on at least 12 rounds. Even if you have league rounds included in your rating before playing a qualifier, you'll have to qualify by doing well at that qualifier by playing above your rating.
This is precisely what I wanted to address with this year's qualifier, but I wasn't quite sure how to say it. Ratings are like hands of poker. 7-2 off can win any particular hand, but the more hands you play the worse it will do. I think we need to do something that rewards or at least evens the playing field for more established players.
I wanted to give everyone a couple weeks to weigh in on this, especially those that are interested in trying to qualify. I'd love to hear some unique ideas or thoughts on this. Either way I'll nail down our plan of attack in the next couple weeks.


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If you think traffic on I-20 is bad now, get ready--it could become a nightmare.
Tuesday will be the first morning that a new construction project shifts all eastbound traffic onto the westbound side of I-20.
It begins near the 196 exit and ends just past the Warren Road bridge.
News 12's Diane Cho is on your side to tell you just how long this mess will be with us.
Jualdene Coleman has to use I-20 everyday to get to work and even without the lanes shifting, it's already causing her headaches.
"The little change they did the other day it took me 45 minutes to get from exit 194 to 199," Coleman says.
Starting at ten o'clock on Monday night, the department of transportation will move all traffic going eastbound on I-20 into the westbound lanes.
The lane shift will begin near exit 196 and end just after the Warren Road bridge, lasting less than a mile.
One driver thinks this move might help the flow of traffic.
"I can live better with the lane shift than the lane closing because it takes forever," says Christy Cook.
The $11 million project will add culverts to the road and raise it another 12 feet, which may prevent another flooding disaster like the one that happened five years ago.
"If it's something that needs to be done, just got to cope with it," says Coleman.
The lane shifts are expected to be completed by late April or May, but the entire project won't be finished until April 2007.
During Masters Week all construction and lane closures will come to a complete standstill to relieve some of the congestion, but the lane shifts will remain.
The interstate seems to be getting a lot of attention from construction crews.
Most recently, construction shut down lanes on both sides of I-20 near the Washington Road exit.
This was around the travel heavy holiday season.
And back in 2003, crews were again working on both sides of I-20--this time, just a month before the Masters.
Bad weather and several accidents caused delays, but the crews managed to clean up before the Masters crowds flooded the town.


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WOW! OK I hear you!
WOW!! I saw all of the messages about For Better or Worse being "REAL." I saw the messages from some of you saying that it hit close to home. "Just what I was trying to do," YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET!
I see a lot of you saying Angela should be patient, pray and wait to find out the truth. Some of you say she should lose it on Marcus.
And surprisingly, a lot of women believe Marcus!
So, I got a question, now that she has the letter, how do you think she's handling it?
By all accounts, Angela has been doing a good job at staying calm…Well, UNTIL NOW!!!
This Friday, Angela is going to LOOOSE IT!!!! WAITING TO EXHALE STYLE!!!
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I remember when my Mum bought an original Sony walkman that played actual cassettes (for you younger ones, this was a magical device made of platic, little cogs and reels of black tape that held music). The only album I had was Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms. I don't know how many thousands of times I replayed that album, but at the time it seemed like plenty of musical variety.
Pushbuttons takes this a step further turning a simple album into a wearable piece of art, as well as a listening device. Genius!
Now I just have to wait until they get the licencing for Brothers in Arms and I'm sorted.


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Design handmade greeting cards with Anne Power. Join this fun and informative hands-on class. Anne will demonstrate and then students will try their hand at stamping and die cutting. Everyone will go home with two lovely greeting cards that they made themselves. All adults are welcome regardless of craft experience. $5 covers all supplies.
The card at left is just a sample; you will chose your own design from a wide selection.
Registration required. Sign-up at the library or call 215-643-1320.
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"Revolution" Ends, "TMNT/Batman:TAS" Begins in IDW's November 2016 Solicitations
Comic Books
Welcome to Food or Comics?, where every week we talk about what comics we'd buy at our local comic shop based on certain spending limits — $15 and $30 — as well as what we'd get if we had extra money or a gift card to spend on a splurge item.
Check out Diamond's release list or ComicList, and tell us what you're getting in our comments field.
Chris Arrant
If I had $15, I'd first snap up a book I've been trying to track down for years: Amazing Spider-Man: Hooky (Marvel, $4.99). This 1986 lost classic features Bernie Wrightson drawing a webhead story featuring monsters and alternate worlds – looks like a real gem. Now to convince Marvel to republish John Paul Leon's Logan: Path of the Warlord… Next up would be Secret Service #1 (Marvel/Icon, $2.99). I'll buy pretty much anything Dave Gibbons puts out these days, and seeing him with Mark Millar is bound to be a unique experience. Next up is Saga #2 (Image, $2.99); Brian K. Vaughn is really setting up a world – like a sci-fi sitcom here, with loads of direction to go in. Lastly I'd get Conan the Barbarian #3 (Dark Horse, $3.50). Can I admit I might like this more than Northlanders? Brian Wood's definitely expanding how people think of him with this story, and Becky Cloonan is making a lot of editors look foolish for not putting her on these kinds of books sooner.
If I had $30, I'd start out with Secret #1 (Image, $3.50). Manhattan Projects seems more up my alley than this story, but Jonathan Hickman's built up some credit in me to try anything new he puts out even if I'm not too interested. Next up would be Northlanders #50 (DC/Vertigo, $2.99), which I'm sad to see go. I think this will be one of those series that achieves more popularity after it's over, and it's a shame DC can't find a way to continue it. After that it would be Glory #25 (Image, $2.99). I was a bit shaky on the story after Joe Keatinge's first issue, but everything after has really put the pieces into place and Ross Campbell seems to be finding his footing to really land the superheroics of this story. Last up would be Secret Avengers #25 (Marvel, $3.99); Rick Remender's clearly put his own spin to this series, so much I'm surprised Marvel didn't use this as a chance to renumber the series… but I'm glad they didn't.
If I could splurge, I'd throw money at my comic retailer for Pete and Miriam (Boom!, $14.99). Big fan of Rich Tommaso, and he seems to be honing his craft like a knife, creating more pointed and poignant stories here. And Miriam, she's a real gem.
Dark Horse has released this artwork (see the full image below), teasing only that it's "coming soon from Dark Horse Comics and Caitlín R. Kiernan!" Fans of the fantasy author will likely identify the crouching figure as Dancy Flammarion, the monster-hunting albino from the Florida backwoods introduced in the 2001 novel Threshold. The character's adventures were later chronicled in the 2006 short-story collection Alabaster, which sports a cover and interior illustrations by Courtney Crumrin creator Ted Naifeh.
On her Livejournal, an excited but relatively tight-lipped Kiernan reveals the official announcement is coming Wednesday.
The author is, of course, no stranger to comics, having written The Sandman spinoff The Dreaming (for which she won Bram Stoker and International Horror Guild awards), and the miniseries The Girl Who Would Be Death and The Sandman Presents: Bast.


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Remember when the Red Hot Chili Peppers played during halftime of the Super Bowl? They somehow did it without being plugged in. Not even to wireless devices.
After being called out on social media, bassist Flea tweeted on Monday, "No trickery. No choice, but no trickery."
Fansided reported both Flea and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer lacked cords on their guitars while performing their hit "Give It Away," and photos show the instruments weren't plugged into anything.
Last year's Super Bowl performer Beyonce sang live not long after getting caught lip syncing the national anthem on Inauguration Day.
Bruno Mars also appeared to be singing live during last weekend's performance.
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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Friday, March 1, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- The clock is ticking in Washington as lawmakers appear unlikely to cut a deal to avoid what's being called "sequestration." In a news conference Friday, President Barack Obama said massive cuts are now imminent and local educators are waiting to see how it will affect them.
The Head Start Program serves more than 1,500 3- and 4-year-olds in our area.
"He loves it," said Ashley McCall of her 3-year-old son. "He really does. He's learning, he's playing, he's making friends."
McCall is a single mother of two children and her oldest son attends Clara Jenkins Head Start Program. Most of its funding comes from the federal government.
"If I don't have the money right now to pay for daycare and other childcare assistance, I can take my child right here," McCall said.
But Head Start is one of many programs on the list for budget cuts Friday within the sequester.
"I'm in school and if he's not in school, I won't be able to go to school," McCall explained.
McCall's just one of many parents who rely on this program every day.
"We have working mothers, single parents, sometimes parents not able to pay childcare," explained Yvonne Johnson, the director of the Clara E. Jenkins Head Start Center.
"These children that we work with every day, they really need us," added Gloria Lewis, executive director of the CSRA Economic Opportunity Authority. "They're the most vulnerable in our community and not only the children, but also the families."
If Congress doesn't reach a deal by midnight Friday, it could mean 1,700 less students walking through the doors of Head Start programs all over the state of Georgia.
"Locally we have about 85 of those 1,700 and that's equivalent of probably 15 jobs, maybe more," Lewis said.
In the end, she says the littlest ones will pay the biggest price.
"It means that more of our children will be outside of our door and we won't be able to do anything to help them because we won't have the funding," she explained.


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Darby Field was born in Boston, England in 1610 and moved to Boston, MA in 1638. He married and had five children. He died when he was 40. Little else is known about Field and his life.
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TracFone is a pre-paid wireless cellphone company that people enjoy for its low cost and hate for its customer service. The problem comes from their globally outsourced and non-integrated call centers. Problems don't get solved. Emails go unreturned. Problems get stuck in infinitely recursive loops. Here's a typical story from reader Susan, "I asked them to escalate this to a supervisor. Three days later, I get a response saying that they have investigated the problem and I should call their support line. When I called the support line, they had no details of any prior communication and no way to resolve the problem. So I am back at step one. " Luckily for you, she found the numbers to escalate complaints up to the corporate level and got it solved: 1-800-876-5753 or 1-800-339-9345.
Reach TracFone Executive Customer Service
These folks make the big 3 auto makers look like business geniuses. As the story says I love using the phone, but I hate call customer service.
I got one. perfect if you dont have to deal with CS. Just what i need and no annoying contracts or obligations and if my phone breaks or i need a new batter I can just buy a new phone for 10$ and there ya go.
I bought a 450 minute card on my double-minutes phone, but the minutes didn't get put on my phone. When I called, the cs rep accidentally added 1,800 minutes to my phone, instead of 900. In a spasm of honesty, I said, "You added 1800 minutes, and I should have gotten 900." I suppose in my mind he would have just said "Keep it, my bad." I'm such an idiot. 40 minutes later, he finally managed to give me only 900 minutes, but by that time I was ready to demand extra minutes for having to deal with them!
Long story short, they taught me honesty doesn't pay, and you better believe I'm keeping however many minutes they give me next time.
@emilayohead: I hate to tell you this, but Tracfone giving you that 1800 minutes may not have been an accident–it may have been an intentional bonus for your original trouble.
From the FatWallet and SlickDeals forums, I've heard of folks being surprised with bonus minutes when transferring TF accounts to new phones. (If you had say, 179 minutes to transfer to a newer phone, Tracfone would put on 200 minutes instead, rounding up.) For the folks playing the bonus code game, some codes haven't always worked properly or were expired, and the heavily accented customer service reps loaded the minutes anyway when users complained.
As expensive as a 450 minute card is, the fact that it didn't double properly should have ticked you off–and Tracfone may have wanted to make it right with you the first time.
Who cares about customer service on your burners anyway?
A couple years ago I bought a TracFone as a quick and brief way to call my dad to pick me up from college.
A few days after I got it, I was in a store and it mysteriously turned off during use. When I turned it on again, the thing lost ALL 100+ MINUTES I had bought.
When I called customer service to reclaim my minutes, the operator told me they did not keep track of that sort of thing.
I calmly hung up, went outside, and threw the phone as high as I possibly could towards the street.
Hmmm, I suppose I would have thrown the operator for a loop. "If you don't keep track of it, then I can just buy a 10 minute phone card and just keep re-entering it every time I want to make a call, right?"
@Reenee: Uhhh, yes they DO keep track of it. What YOU have to do is be sure to have the phone's 10-digit number AND it's electronic serial number. That is in the phone.
With that, you can destroy the phone and get you units moved over to your new one. I've done it with no problem at all.
@HalOfBorg: Actually, they really DON'T keep track of that info.
My first Tracfone got borked after a year and when I went to transfer the minutes from it to my new Tracfone they made me wait 2 weeks to get the minutes and then they just asked me how many minutes were on the phone when I called back as instructed.
It doesn't matter if you have all the info for the phone, they don't know anything.
@shanoaravendare: I believe that's where the name "TracPhone" came from– instead of the minutes being tracked on the network end, the balance and deduction is done on the actual phone hardware. (could be wrong, though)
@shanoaravendare: My experience is the same as HalOfBorg's – I've changed Tracphones three times over the last two years, and not had a single problem with them switching over my phones. Of course, I always had the exact # of minutes written down, in addition to my serial # and phone number, so maybe that makes the difference.
If you want pre-paid, try Go Phone! instead. Not perfect, but better than TracFone.
Tracfone, I believe, has an extremely high rate per minute, and you have to buy the most expensive minute packages in order to keep them for 90 days.
I have found T-Mobile to be excellent for prepaid. If you dial 611 on the phone, you get to talk to actual native English speakers on the phone (although I have a feeling some are prisoners). It's still pretty good customer service, though. MUCH better than Tracfone.
If you buy a $100, it's 10 cents a minute, plus you get 15% more minutes just for spending $100 or more, PLUS you get to keep the minutes for the whole year.
And, when you reach $100 of minutes spent with them (I'm talking about in total, not just for one transaction), you get the same 15% bonus and one year expiration for every other purchase afterwards.
My wife's minutes expired one time. I bought a $10 card for her, and I was AMAZED that she got all her expired minutes back. That is awesome!
The cheapest phone they have is only $30, and is a speakerphone as well.
So, have I convinced you enough yet? Dump Tracfone!
@jasonlcomp: A $20/60 Min card keeps your phone active for 90 days. Basically, you can keep minimal cell phone service for about $7/month. I don't know what T-Mo offers, but it's probably not that cheap for minimal service, which is all some people need – not to mention you can get a TracFone for less than $10.
@TheUncleBob: T-Mobile's prepaid service requires only $10 every 90 days.
@jasonlcomp: Does T-Mobile offer a "double minutes for life" option? I got that for my dad's and brother's Tracphones, and it's been great.
I'm a big Net10 advocate, but I have had similar customer service experiences; my wife spent quite a few of her own minutes on the phone with these un-empowered, english-as-a-second-and-a-half language call center types, got all the way to a supervisor, and still never managed to get her massive quantity of minutes she had bought as part of a promotion.
They would repeatedly say they "would have the issue resolved in 24 hours, and will contact you" and then not fix it and not call us back, ever.
Eventually, I charged the purchase back on my credit card. We figured losing $400 (for 5000 minutes) might actually nudge them into contacting us, which I look forward to just so I can give someone hell.
@opsomath: The short version is, buy your prepaid minutes at a store. Never had a problem with that, and it's gloriously anonymous and simple. Fantastic signal strength, too; so much better than Sprint, Verizon, or T-Mobile that it's not even funny.
@opsomath: Net10 is owned by Tracfone, or maybe they're both owned by the same people. But either way, seems like they share the same CS quality.
@emilayohead: You're right, they're one and the same for corporate ownership and CS quality.
But, I spent $15 on my Net10 phone with the first 300 minutes free. I never spend more than $30 on minutes a month. There's no contract and if I lose/break my phone, I just spend $15-20 and start all over again with a nicer phone.
I got spoiled with Cellular One. They had great CS, rollover minutes, cheap packages, and good coverage. When I moved after school, my choices were US Cellular and Cingular, which both had limited coverage, expensive-low minute plans, and no rollover.
So, I went with Net10. I never have to worry about unexpected cell phone charges, or even a bill. I buy minutes when I need them, otherwise the phone sits in my pocket. It's just a communications tool, not a digital lifeline or leash.
We have 4 TracFones and have only had 1 real problem. We are in the Family Plan (auto bill once month, extra units on all. no contract) but there was a problem getting one phone signed up. Kept saying 'pending'.
After several months and several tries one CS rep told me I needed to talk to the "Family Plan' people! DUHHHH!
Whoever that was handled it in about 5 seconds.
Some other issue came up – forget what it was – and I asked for them. Again – handled it NOW.
I protest the use of the DROSTE name in your post. How dare you place the DROSTE name with the likes of TracFone. The company goes back even before Peter Stuyvesant landed in New Amsterdam. If you love chocolate, DROSTE is your brand.
I LOVE Tracfone.
I've had them for over 5 years, there are always deals on minutes. Customer service is slow, but any call i've made ended up with extra minutes for free, between 20 to as much as 200. There are no strange fees and coverage is excellent. I've been places we my blackberry friends can't get signal and want use my "crappy little $20" phone.
@Brtus: Agreed, I had tracfone for a few years and loved it. Only had a few issues and each time they resolved it right away. No complaints from me!
I had their prepaid 50 minutes for $9.99 monthly plan and things went just fine w/ automatically adding new time for about 9 months. After that, the minutes stopped getting added automatically & I had to deal with the nightmarish international customer service of TracFone for 3 months in a row before I cancelled the plan. The quality & availability of TracFone's telephone performance also leaves much to be desired. I also want to express solidarity w/ SheelaDeimachus, & agree 100% about the quality of Droste. How is there any relation between Droste & TracFone? Droste is Dutch & TracFone's based in Miami.
We have Net10 and have the minimum 150 minutes ($15) just automatically billed to our credit card each month. Works out great and we've had them for a couple of years. The signal strength is great as I believe they use both T-Mobile and AT&T towers. If your phone breaks, just buy a new one at $30 and it comes with 300 minutes and 60 days of service. Even their unlimited plan is $79.99 which isn't bad really. Never had to deal with their CS though.
@opsomath: I've never had a problem dealing with Tracfone/Net10 customer service. I have one of their lifetime plans with my Net10 phone and in three consecutive months my additional minutes and extra 30 days never arrived even though I had been charged. Called them up and they fixed the problem within five minutes including hold times. Twice they even gave me extra minutes and days because of the problem.
Either things have changed in recent months or I got some of the good ones. Even if I couldn't understand them sometimes they were all friendly and helpful.
I've used Tracfone for many years and I like them. Yes customer service tends to be a little slow and you have some times to explain your problems more than once but they are very polite and eager to help, a litle civism and good manners go a long way.
I've been using a Vigin Mobile phone for the past three years and am very satisfied. I only have it because if I'm out and about finding a pay phone is near impossible. I also use it for the occassional international call. Virgin has very good customer service. When I researched pay as you go phones three years ago Trac Phones were the most expensive to use. Maybe that's changed.
As a former RS salesperson, we always HATED doing TracFone activations. Or adding minutes for that matter. GoPhone's were always the easiest. They were activated just like a regular ATT plan phone, and it was very easy to add minutes. (just punch in *811#(MINUTE PIN)#+send and then you got a confirmation. What really sucked is when people would come in to buy minutes for someone else and request the wrong carrier.
I can't say they are the best, but my family has had good experiences with them. Two standard setups with no trouble. I went through tranferring a phone number from ATT to Tracfone with no trouble at all. The Tracfone customer service even went so far in suggesting I wait a day with the transfer to avoid the fee for ending my ATT contract early. So far so good, but I'm pretty low maintenance.
My girlfriend and I have used Tracfone for years and although it is sometimes a frustrating language barrier to deal with Customer Service, I chose to hang up and take a chance on getting an English speaking rep.
Our circumstances with our phones is primarily for emergency use, but we will talk on them if the need arises out on the road.
So far it has been the most economical way for us considering we have spend less than $50 in way way over 6 months. That makes it very affordable.
Thank you Consumerist! After 3 days, and 7 calls to the regular customer service # to add minutes to my phone to no avail, I used the exec. cust. svc # and within 5 minutes, everything was fixed so that my original 200 minutes/90 days turned into 400 minutes/15 months.
Never had problems with Tracfone until now, but if you're having trouble and want to avoid the Darjeeling express, use the executive #
My family has been using various models of Tracfone for years. Yes, it is much less expensive and there are no service contracts than other cellular services. However, Tracfone is the worst when it comes to customer service. The 1-800 number you call for Tracfone is in the Philippines and not very many representatives speak English very well. I had three inactive phones that I wanted to reactivate. I purchased three 60-minute airtime pins on their web site and discovered that they combined them all into one 180-minute pin. I called to explain the problem. The willingly walked me through the process of reactivating 2 of the 3 phones with 60 minutes each. However the third phone needed a new part (SIM card), which had to be mailed. They informed me that once the new part arrived to call them and they would then be able to reactivate the phone. In the meantime, the number two phone would not work. I called them about it and they walked me through the process of getting it working again. When the part for the number 3 phone finally arrived, I called Tracfone as instructed. They informed me that I would have to buy more airtime for the phone because they added the airtime to my number 2 phone and blamed me for the problem. I explained the problem to a supervisor and still got nowhere. I reversed the charges to my credit card and I'll never do business with Tracfone again!
I used to work as a customer service representative, and I know all you say its true. Customer service can sucks the most of the time,maybe because sometimes agent dont speak english as good as they speak spanish, but sometimes its about the system, I had hard times trying to fix the fxxx system and handle with a very mad customer yelling at me in my ear at the same time….is very hard to work under those conditions, but i have to say, I had good customersand stupid customers as well and Im glad to helped them all and solved the issues when I could. Thank God that is not my work anymore , because..sucks. If you have a tracfone celphone…good luck.


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crazykrug wrote:Dave,
Might have to find some old school DGers for those Rocs.
I know my father has some since him, his brother John and I have been playing since the 80's and I know he has never thrown them, some nice wall hangers.
I know he still has a prototype Stingray.
Would you ask him if he's interested in selling one or two?


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Topic: Davis Family
I have not been too involved with this site, but I do read a lot and used the chat site today. I also have a caringbridge site for my mother who has cc. Things have taken a turn for the worse, so I really see the benefits of this support network now.
The site is www.caringbridge.org. The site name is: grandmamaof4, and the password is also: grandmamaof4.
I will be posting and chatting more as time allows. This has been a great resource for me, and I think that it will be a good support group in the future.


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Over the last few months, an international effort to give consumers more control over the collection of their online data has devolved into acrimonious discussions, name-calling and witch hunts.
The idea was to work out a global standard for "Do Not Track," a computer browser setting that would allow Internet users to signal websites, advertising networks and data brokers that they do not want their browsing activities tracked for marketing purposes.
But some industry executives involved in the negotiations have questioned the agenda of privacy advocates, saying their efforts threaten to undermine an advertising ecosystem that fuels free online products and services. At the same time, some technology experts and privacy advocates have accused industry executives of stalling and acting in bad faith.
Into this rancorous battle steps a new mediator, Peter Swire, a professor of law at Ohio State University and a former White House privacy official during the Clinton administration. Last week, the World Wide Web consortium, or W3C, the international consortium that has been trying to develop technical "Do Not Track" standards, said that Swire would take over as co-chairman of its Tracking Protection Working Group.
While parties on both sides welcomed the move, many said they were doubtful that Swire could bring opponents to agreement, especially at a time when some industry groups are questioning whether the W3C is an appropriate forum.
On one hand, industry executives have an interest in protecting "behavioral" ads, marketing pitches that use data about an individual's online activities in order to tailor ads to that person. On the other hand, consumer advocates argue that Internet users should be able to limit that kind of online surveillance.
Swire, a former chief counselor for privacy at the Office of Management and Budget, said he hoped to strike a balance that was palatable to both sides. He said he viewed a "Do Not Track" system as a kind of digital equivalent to the "Do Not Call" list, a national registry in the U.S. through which consumers may opt out of phone solicitations.
"People can choose not to have telemarketers call them during dinner. The simple idea is that users should have a choice over how their Internet browsing works as well," Swire said in a phone interview. But he added: "The overarching theme is how to give users choice about their Internet experience while also funding a useful Internet."
Still, Swire may not be able to overcome the bitterness that remains among the negotiating parties after months of public accusations, personal attacks and recriminations.
Earlier this year at an event at the White House, industry representatives publicly committed to incorporating and honoring a browser-based "Do Not Track" system under certain conditions. The conditions included a requirement that individual users would actively choose to turn on a don't-track-me setting. Industry groups also said any system should still permit companies to collect information about users' browsing activities for market research and product development purposes.
But after months of wrangling with consumer advocates, industry representatives now say the W3C is not an appropriate forum for them to work out policy details, arguing that the group's expertise is more technical than practical.
In an online discussion forum for the working group, for example, senior industry executives have suggested that respected technology experts are out of touch with commercial reality.
"The advocacy side of the group tends to lean toward absolutist terms and solutions," Shane Wiley, the vice president for privacy and data governance at Yahoo (YHOO), wrote in a message in September to Ed Felten, a professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton University. "The real world isn't that easy even if it feels that way in a classroom or a small lab."
Then there are the technologists who say industry executives are playing down the privacy risks of online data-mining.
"For want of a better metaphor: you are the climate change skeptic of computer privacy," Jonathan Mayer, a graduate student in computer science and law at Stanford University, wrote last month to Yahoo's Wiley. "Unlike some of the more patient members of the group, I long ago ceased pretending you're negotiating in good faith."
Now the industry has begun an effort to distance itself from the W3C process and promote its own self-regulatory program that allows consumers to decline targeted advertising by installing opt-out buttons from dozens of member companies.
"We've seen the W3C falter," said Mike Zaneis, the general counsel for the Interactive Advertising Bureau, an industry trade group. "So industry is redoubling its efforts to come up with a meaningful standard for browser controls."
As the debate rages on, newer iterations of popular browsers like Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Google's (GOOG) Chrome have already installed "Do Not Track" settings for their users. But, in the absence of accepted global standards for these systems, ad networks and data brokers are not yet honoring the don't-track-me browser flags. Even Microsoft's and Google's own ad services don't respond to such signals coming from their own browsers.
Although Swire said he hopes to spur progress, for the moment "Do Not Track" browser settings have no more significance than emoticons.
"'Do Not Track' is a work in progress," Swire said. "So is the Internet."


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SANTA CLARA -- Here at the home of the NFL's Most Arrested Team, it was just another day at the office Tuesday. There was no official word if 49ers defensive lineman Ray McDonald would play in Sunday's opening game at Dallas.
The hunch here: He will. Trent Baalke, the team's general manager, said that McDonald was practicing Tuesday. If the 49ers were going to suspend him after he was arrested for suspicion of felony domestic violence over the weekend. Plus, it is unlikely that any NFL or police investigation -- which could lead to a league suspension -- will conclude before Sunday's kickoff. Draw your own conclusion.
Baalke did speak briefly to reporters Tuesday. He said that "domestic violence is unacceptable and certainly won't be tolerated" by the team. Baalke also reiterated his previous statement that the 49ers "take such matters seriously."
Fine. My question is, do you?
Yes, you, over there in the 49ers cap.
And you, the couple in 49ers T-shirts who are lining up your game-watch party for Sunday.
Are you taking this seriously?
Because I wonder. I really wonder.
Specifically, I wonder how much of a factor the fan base's tolerance for the 49ers' recent spate of trouble has played in the continuation of that trouble.
This topic is the third rail for sports columnists, I realize. Our most fervent readers tend to be a team's most fervent fans. It is considered customer-unfriendly to tell those same readers that they bear some blame when a player thinks he can commit a loathsome or stupid act -- and yet know he will continue to be employed by a team.
I also do not claim that sports columnists are moral superiors to anyone or are innocent of sports-worship dementia. We probably do as much as anybody to inflate the public personas of athletes. Guilty as charged.
Nevertheless, my belief is that NFL teams only coddle their knuckleheads because the fans and the business community often coddle them more. McDonald's incident marks the 10th arrest for the 49ers since 2012. Yet throughout this stretch of ignominy, what have fans done? They have sold out new Levi's Stadium for the entire season. Sponsors and corporate partners have signed on to be part of the show. Team merchandise is ubiquitous.
Occasionally, the coddling even involves public officials. Or have you forgotten about Aldon Smith's buddy-buddy treatment by some in the Santa Clara County sheriff's department in 2012?
That year, officers were called to Smith's home in the San Jose foothills when a house party turned chaotic. Smith was stabbed. Two people were shot. In the aftermath, Smith was investigated for possessing illegal assault weapons.
Yet at right about the same time, Smith was invited to a fundraiser staged by the sheriff's advisory board. At the event, Smith was given a ride in the sheriff's helicopter and participated in gun target practice at the sheriff's shooting range. Yes, this really happened. When the story of this bizarre episode leaked out, opponents of Sheriff Laurie Smith (no relation to Aldon) made an issue of it during her re-election campaign. Voters still handed her a fifth term in office.
Meanwhile, Aldon Smith eventually pleaded no contest to the weapons charges and is suspended for the first nine games of this season -- after which, I predict, he will return to the field with cheers from the Levi's crowd.
Which is why I ask: Who is truly doing the enabling here? Is it only the team? Or is it people who continue to follow the team rapturously and act as if nothing really that major has gone wrong?
Let me be clear: This doesn't mean that fans should heckle offending or convicted players in public. It does mean that when a convicted player appears at an autograph show, people might not want to line up and pay for his signature.
It also doesn't mean that convicted players should be sent hate mail. It does mean that when a convicted player shows up at a restaurant or nightclub, he should not be given special treatment or swarmed over by fans eager to meet him. Players are used to such treatment. They will notice when they don't get it.
And it doesn't mean that fans should stop watching NFL games on television or at the stadium. It does mean that if fans really care about the direction that their team is going in terms of a moral compass, they might consider not patronizing some of the companies who advertise on the broadcasts and send them an email or message, informing them that they will not buy products of companies that support a team employing lawbreakers.
And yes, it doesn't mean that sports columnists should stop writing about the NFL players who are good people and do good things.
It does mean that maybe we should hold those players a little more accountable for tolerating their knucklehead teammates and not doing more to call them out publicly.
It would also be nice if fans backed up those voices by not being more worried about who to pick in their fantasy lineup for Week 1 against Dallas.
I am not holding my breath.
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LAKE TAHOE — The Regional Plan Update Committee of the TRPA Governing Board is moving toward a different permitting system at Tahoe, in which many parcel-by-parcel regulations would shift to local county or city governments, officials announced last week.
"TRPA's goal is to operate more on a regional scale where we can be most effective at protecting the Lake Tahoe environment and to shift some level of permit review responsibilities to local governments," TRPA Executive Director Joanne S. Marchetta said in a statement. "The policy updates being considered by the Governing Board are based on extensive input from the public and partner agencies."
Called "conformance review" in similar planning frameworks, according to a TRPA press release, the concept would leave local planning, zoning and development codes to each jurisdiction as long as environmental standards are followed; large-scale projects may still fall under the permitting authority of TRPA.
While details of this proposal are still under review, officials said the Regional Plan Update Committee endorsed the general concept, and the governing board will consider the change as part of the plan update process in 2012.
Last week, the governing board also adopted an updated Code of Ordinances that has improved clarity and added user-friendly diagrams to improve the public's understanding of Tahoe regulations, according to the agency.
This reformatting has resulted in a code book that is more than one pound lighter than the current code. The updated regulations will take effect March 2012 to allow the public ample time to explore the improved documents, officials said.
This step is the first of two phases of the code update. The second is ongoing and will be completed once the TRPA Governing Board takes action on the Regional Plan Update, which is scheduled for the end of 2012, according to TRPA.
More information on the Regional Plan Update and the updated TRPA Code of Ordinances are available on the Regional Plan Update page at trpa.org.