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Steampunk David Anderson's Quintet uses the same instruments as Prokofiev's Oboe Quintet while combining elements of funk, jazz, and a little Shostakovich. Carl Nielsen's short Serenata in Vano (1914) takes a charming and humorous look at unrequited chivalry. David Bruce completed Steampunk 2010 after a friend showed him several handmade instruments inspired by the Steampunk movement. An octet of winds, brass, and strings takes listeners through an alternate history of sound, color, rhythm, and melody. 10/08/2013
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Take 6 Heralded by Quincy Jones as the 'baddest vocal cats on the planet!', Take 6 celebrates their 25th anniversary with a brand new tour full of new a cappella arrangements, great storytelling and their unbeatable and unmistakable harmonies.10/11/2013
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Latin-American and Bulgarian Warren Davidson conducts the Vardar Rhapsody by Pancho Vladigerov, a new work for accordion and orchestra by and featuring Vladimir Mollov, and the Sinfonia India by Carlos Chavez with the voices of the Coro Latinoamericano Pittsburgh.10/12/2013
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Stile Antico - The Phoenix Rising English Renaissance choral music owes its current popularity to the UK's Carnegie Trust, whose Tudor Church Music edition revived extraordinary music that had languished unperformed for centuries. Stile Antico celebrates the Carnegie Trust's centennial with a program entirely drawn from its publications, including masterpieces by Taverner, Tallis, Gibbons, White, and the exquisite five-part Mass by William Byrd.10/12/2013
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike In this Tony-winning Best Play, Vanya and his sister Sonia tolerate the mediocrity of their middle-aged lives in Bucks County, PA, until their movie-star sister Masha returns for a visit that shakes things up. With her boy-toy Spike in tow, Masha incites a madcap family reunion complete with all the comic genius that only Christopher Durang (Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge) can deliver. Tracy Brigden directs.10/12/2013
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For the first time in a long time, Buffalo Sabres players skating at the Northtown Center of Amherst were smiling Monday. They were still wearing sweaters from the NHL Players' Association and not their team but at least they now know that will change in a few days when training camp finally opens.
But some of the smiles went away for a few minutes when reporters questioned players on the apparent end of the NHL lockout, which will become official when the players and the league's Board of Governors ratify the deal later this week. Winger Thomas Vanek was particularly downcast about what's gone on the last four months.
"I think this whole lockout was stupid," Vanek said. "I think it should have been settled before the season started and we should have played 82 games but you can't change the past. You move on. Do I like what happened? No. But again, it is what it was, which was sad. I'm just glad we settled and at least we can play hockey this year."
Vanek said flatly the 113-day lockout wasn't worth it.
"I think we could have settled the same deal months ago," he said. "But was it necessary? Yeah. Because they weren't willing to negotiate. So that's the sad part about it. … You look way back at the first offer (43 percent of hockey-related revenue, compared to the 57 percent the players were getting), and it's like, 'Where do we start?' That's where it all started going south so early, which was not good."
Defenseman Jordan Leopold, who has served as the Sabres' player representative during the talks, tried to put a happier face on the situation.
"Guys were a little bit more energetic today," he said. "It's been an interesting, what? Four months now? We're excited to go back to work, excited to see the fans again. I hate to say this but I'm actually excited to see you guys here."
That drew a good laugh but Leopold admitted players have a long way to go to get back in fans' good graces.
"The product will sell itself. Once we get back out there, we have to put a good product out," he said. "I've been in this league since 2002. Two work stoppages. It hurts. Hurts to your career, hurts financially in all different aspects, especially with the people who come to the rink and watch us every day. We have to go out and put a good product and win back their hearts too."
Vanek and Leopold were joined on the ice by Tyler Ennis, Matt Ellis, Drew Stafford, Ville Leino, Mike Weber, Patrick Kaleta and newcomer Steve Ott. Ex-Sabre Martin Biron, now with the New York Rangers, and two amateur players served as goalies. Former enforcer Andrew Peters ran the drills.
Vanek, who was scheduled to make $6.4 million this season in the sixth year of his seven-year deal, said the players and owners need to show fans they're working to slowly rebuild their relationship. It won't be easy, especially when he noted the NHL "showed no respect again" to the players with a late change last week regarding penalties for clubs caught hiding hockey-related revenue.
"At the end of the day, the players love the game and you hope there's enough owners that love it, and I'm sure they do," Vanek said. "And we have 8-10 years [the length of the new CBA] to work on it. You start with small steps. It's an industry. They need us, we need them and we've got to find a common ground."
In other news:
• The Sabres confirmed that No. 1 draft pick Mikhail Grigorenko has been invited to training camp in the wake of his outstanding showing for Russia in the World Junior Championships. Grigorenko, 18, has 50 points in 30 games for Quebec of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
The 6-foot-3 Grigorenko can play up to nine NHL games without kicking in the first year of his entry-level contract. The Sabres can return him to junior at any time during that stretch or decide to keep him in the NHL, as they did with Tyler Myers in his 2009-10 Calder Trophy season.
• Sabres president Ted Black issued a statement on the team's Web site, thanking fans for their patience during the lockout and promising quick resolution regarding season tickets and individual-game sales once the league releases a schedule.
• Ennis said his shoulder is 100 percent healthy to start the season. Ennis was injured while playing in Switzerland and returned to Buffalo for treatment.
• Leopold said he expects the entire team to be in town by the weekend, including the players who are still in Europe.
"They're eager to get back," Leopold said. "[Ratification] is a process that will take a little bit. We can't just snap our fingers and have everybody here but the good news is that by the end of the weekend, hopefully things will be signed, sealed, delivered."
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LOCKPORT – Donnell J. Kent of North Tonawanda pleaded guilty Wednesday in Niagara County Court to shooting his girlfriend in the eye with a BB gun and jumping bail from mental health court last year.
The admissions brought to five the total of felonies for which Kent, 20, of Second Avenue, is awaiting sentencing.
Assistant District Attorney Joseph A. Scalzo said the plea deal included dismissal of two counts each of criminal contempt and witness tampering for phone calls Kent made from jail to his 16-year-old girlfriend, who was blinded in her right eye by the May 8 shooting.
Kent, who said he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 16 but is not taking any medication, was set for sentencing Jan. 9 by County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas for reduced charges of attempted second-degree assault and second-degree bail jumping. Farkas said she will likely sentence Kent to concurrent terms of one and a third to four years.
In Niagara Falls City Court, Kent has pleaded guilty to third-degree burglary and two counts of attempted third-degree burglary. He failed to show up for mental health court in that city, leading to the bail jumping counts.


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A Beverly woman was arrested for child abuse Wednesday after she allegedly struck her child with a plastic coat hanger until it broke.
Senior Trooper S.E. Hevener with the Elkins detachment of the West Virginia State Police charged Shaunna Yokum, 29, with child abuse causing injury, a felony.
According to the criminal complaint filed in Randolph County Magistrate Court, on Tuesday, a child under 7 years of age told a Randolph County school employee "that her mother had struck her with a coat hanger until it broke."
The child said her mother, Yokum, had then locked her in her room for 30 minutes until her father came home. The employee informed Child Protective Services that there were "visible marks on (the child's) left and right arms and welts are apparent," according to the complaint.
Upon interviewing the child, a CPS worker observed bruising on the child's right and left arms. The child told the CPS worker that her mother struck her with a coat hanger and has previously hit her with a belt, according to the complaint.
Based on information from CPS, Hevener executed a search warrant on Yokum's residence at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, when she was the only person home. When Hevener went into the child's bedroom, Yokum reportedly asked him, "What are you looking for, the coat hanger?" and informed him she'd placed it in the trash.
Yokum then retrieved a white "J-shaped" piece of a plastic coat hanger from a trash can in the kitchen and handed it to Hevener. Hevener subsequently escorted Yokum to the Elkins detachment of the WVSP.
During the digitally recorded interview that ensued at the state police barracks, Yokum testified that the child had been jumping on the couch and had "talked back to her," the complaint states. Yokum said she smacked her child, grabbed the child by the elbow and took the child into her bedroom.
The child then allegedly began throwing things at her and Yokum approached the child with the intent to remove the "things" from her hands, according to the report.
"The suspect (Yokum) advised the hanger was right there and it was a 'knee-jerk' option to smack her with the hanger," Hevener wrote in the complaint. "(Yokum) advised (the child) began trying to hit and kick again so she smacked her again with the hanger."
Yokum told Hevener the child "didn't know what was going on" and was "probably loving the attention this incident is producing."
"The suspect (Yokum) advised when her daughter talks back and makes bad comments to her, it hurts her feelings," Hevener stated in the report.
Magistrate Rob Elbon set bond at $50,0000 cash only.
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Six months after the devastating tsunami, Habitat for Humanity is developing effective approaches to provide houses to families in need.
While local authorities in stricken areas continue to formulate public policies on where and how rebuilding can take place, Habitat for Humanity has put in place systems and infrastructure to assist tens of thousands of families in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand over the next two years.
"Through our strong network and expertise in community organization and construction, we are utilizing technical centres, partnerships and volunteers in order to get people out of the camps and into permanent housing in a sustainable, structured and efficient matter," said Steve Weir, vice president for Habitat for Humanity programmes in Asia and the Pacific.
Skilled international volunteers supplement local staff and volunteers in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Volunteers bring not only skills, but sorely needed encouragement and energy as they build alongside local volunteers and homeowners. Teams of technical college students and representatives of corporate donors such as Lowe's and Dow and other supporting groups are also participating in Habitat's tsunami recovery efforts.
Since the first team went to Sri Lanka in March, 30 teams of 12-15 people from around the world have spent one to two weeks building Habitat homes in tsunami-stricken areas. More than 40 corporate, donor and First Builder teams are scheduled to work in the four tsunami-affected countries over the next few months.
In addition to building homes, Habitat is developing technical centres that not only provide building materials and training, but employ people who have lost their livelihoods in the tsunami. In Sri Lanka, for example, where coastal homes are made of concrete blocks, Habitat's Batticaloa affiliate on the east coast is employing local community members in a block-making enterprise. Mobile block-making operations will soon be located in three additional communities.
A tsunami response technical centre in southern Thailand's Phang Nga province is producing vibrated concrete roofing tiles. "This is an environmentally-sound building solution as well as an economic boost to the community," said Geoffrey Wheeler who heads the operation.
Habitat's tsunami response technical centres are a flexible concept. At some centres, the emphasis is on experienced and novice construction personnel and construction supervisors receiving training on Habitat, partner and community work sites. At others, people are learning to make concrete blocks, roofing tiles, window and door frames, roof trusses and other building components. Materials are manufactured and stored under controlled conditions, either on the construction site or at warehouses and production facilities that serve several building locations.
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on October 11, 2012 - 10:24 PM
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NIAGARA FALLS – The Maid of the Mist now has a key ally in its quest to remain open past next summer.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo sees the company's future as an "important" issue and has been working to save the tours, The Buffalo News has learned.
Cuomo is "exploring all possibilities to try and make sure they keep running," a source within his administration said of the tourism boats.
The commitment raises the hopes of the world-famous company eight months after losing its Canadian tours.
But it also raises questions about whether the state will follow an open bidding process for the use of public land.
A final plan between the state and the Glynn family, who have long run the boats, has not been finalized, but an agreement is believed to be near.
The Glynn family operated boats on both sides of the border and stored them in Canada over the winter.
However, Hornblower Cruises of San Francisco won a contract to run tours in 2014 from the only storage area around the falls, on the Canadian side.
So while passengers will still be able to board the boats from the New York docks, the Maid of the Mist will soon have no place to store the vessels in winter.
The company has been scrambling to find a new place to fuel its American boats and keep its business afloat.
Hopes center around the site of the former Schoellkopf Power Plant, and engineers have been sent to size up the property.
The power plant ruins sit minutes from the falls and feature a flat, protected surface to shield the boats from the winter ice.
Most importantly for the Glynns: The site is owned by the state, which it has dealt with for decades.
Earlier this year, the state's parks commissioner said regulatory hurdles stood in the way of the plan. But the Maid has hired lobbyists to plead its case in Albany, and the governor's involvement could speed up any geological or environmental studies.
Maid President Christopher M. Glynn is not talking about the discussions, but his new competitor has taken issue with any deal.
Hornblower chief Terry MacRae says any new storage site on New York public parkland should be opened for bidding.
"It should be an open and fair competition," MacRae said. "It seems to me that would be the way for the state to be most transparent on this." The government should not "protect any individual company's interest," he said.
By opening any new facility to bidding, he said, the state could also line its pockets in the same way Ontario did last year. By choosing Hornblower to replace the Maid, the province increased its revenue by $300 million.
Starting in 2014, Hornblower will pay Ontario about 35 percent of yearly profits for 30 years – including $67 million in the first five years of the deal.
By comparison, the Maid pays New York State about 10 percent of its yearly profits – or about $60 million during the entire 40-year deal.
That deal, like its original agreement in Canada, was signed in 2002 with no public notice and no public bidding.
State officials signed the deal behind closed doors under the argument that the Maid was a "sole-source provider" because it held the Canadian docks.
MacRae believes that logic should apply to his company now, too.
"We just would like a fair shot at anything down in that area," he said. "I'm for competition if it is fair."
Some have questioned the stability of the possible U.S. site, where the power plant collapsed into the Niagara Gorge in 1956. And the Cuomo administration source stressed that the power plant site was not the only alternative.
Cuomo sees the Maid's future as an "important" issue because it is a local company synonymous with Niagara Falls. But the power plant ruins or another site would likely be upgraded with money from the Glynns, whose tours brought in nearly $15 million last year.
The Lewiston family has owned the company since 1971, and the boats have driven tourists to the base of the falls since 1846. The family also owns the trademark to the Maid of the Mist name.
The Glynns will operate the American and Canadian tours until 2014.
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Ping 151: Gaming wars, Lumia News, SkyDrive, Outlook, Predictwise
- Posted: Aug 21, 2012 at 9:41AM
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Nice to see Nokia catching up to HTC. They've had the "Attentive Phone" thing (started out as an app, but with the 7.5 update it moved to an extension on the Settings screen) that has flip-to-silence, plus features like increasing ring volume if it's in your pocket, and flipping the phone over during a call to put it on speaker. It also does tethering.
Please bring the kitten in next week.
@Ian2:ooooh, good idea!
TMZ material @ 22:59.
Being a gentleman, I closed my eyes. I swear!
LOOL, nice ep.
For some reason, Laura doesn't seem that focused when Paul is talking, its funny.
And props to the editor! those in between thingys are fun!
I don't think it'd be too hard to make the flip-to-silence feature reliable on the Nokia. It already has a sensor to turn off the screen when you put it up to your face (or if you cover the screen with something).
So if you use that in combination with the accelerometer, then you should know when the phone has been flipped on its face.
Although, to be honest, it's not too hard to silence my Samsung Focus either. Just press down on the volume control.
Wow! Did not know it would stop vibrating on pick up. I felt sure Laura was going to win that one.
The feature I'd like in my next phone is an option where it can tell I'm moving in a car and doesn't ring. Like airplane mode but based on how fast I'm moving.
Does anyone know when I can find Ping fanfic?
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That vibrate thing is pretty sweet, nice tip Paul.
I'm assuming the Lumias still ring if they receive a call while it's upside down but if you pick it up and look at the screen THEN turn it over again the ringer will stop.
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I'm assuming the Lumias still ring if they receive a call while it's upside down but if you pick it up and look at the screen THEN turn it over again the ringer will stop.
If you have the phone turned over, it WON'T ring, so you need to be careful. Missed called could be in-bound.
That's kinda dangerous.
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If you have the phone turned over, it WON'T ring, so you need to be careful. Missed called could be in-bound.
Lumias are just getting it now...."Attentive phone" has been part and parcel of windows phone 7.5 (AKA Mango) on HTC for ages!!
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What better way to silence the rumor mill than to step out together looking happy – and hot!
Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom appeared very much in love on the red carpet during the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night.
Kerr, 29, and Bloom, 36, whose marital status has been the subject of persistent questioning in recent weeks, were photographed donning big grins and holding hands. Bloom was dapper in a blue Burberry suit and white shirt, while Kerr wore a sexy red Zuhair Murad dress, showing a lot of leg.
The Victoria's Secret model and Lord of the Rings actor have been married since 2010 and welcomed son Flynn in January 2011.
They were still holding hands when hitting the InStyle party after the Globes. "She's so beautiful," Bloom told PEOPLE while Kerr added that she was looking forward to "dancing with her husband."
As the night went on, the couple also indulged in Godiva chocolate martinis, with Bloom commenting that the cocktails were "bloody good."
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Hurricane Sandy devastated large portions of the Northeast a few weeks ago, but for Yosaira, a little girl from the hills above Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, the storm provided a healthier new look on life.
A team of dentists, hygienist, support staff and educators spent the week of October 22 in the mountain town of Jarabacoa ministering to the needs of the poorest of poor in that area. This is the fourth year in a row that The Village Church organized and sponsored such a team to minister in this Dominican town.
The team provided dental education and care to more than 170 children to students from the Palo Blanco School, Anija School and The Ark Children's Home; as well as sharing songs, games, drama, crafts and stories with the children. These facilities are ministries of Kids Alive International. This ministry was founded in the early 1900s and has facilities for children all over the world.
The dental team was composed of dentists Consuelo Charron from Florida, April Westfall from South Lake Tahoe and Israel Armijo from Southern California; dental hygienist Sara Holmes from Zephyr Cove; dental assistant Bonnie Lemert from Washington State; and Renee Taylor and the Rev Dr. Richard "Dick" Randall from Lake Tahoe and Ron Lemert from Washington State, who served as clinical support.
This team provided dental education, cleaned teeth, gave fluoride treatments, applied dental sealants, restored and extracted teeth. Based upon Reno, Nevada dental fees, the team provided over $140,000 worth of dental care at no cost to the children.
This was the fourth time a dental team from The Village Church traveled to Jarabacoa. They were most pleased to see significant improvements in the overall dental health of the children over the past years.
With their portable dental clinic in a classroom in the Palo Blanco School, the team had challenges with electricity and a few equipment breakdowns. Regardless of the conditions, the team was creative in providing the best possible care to the children to the level of dental standards expected in the United States.
Unlike past years, because of Hurricane Sandy, the team did not have to deal with excessive heat and humidity as in past years. The hurricane cooled the region by quite a few degrees and provided refreshing rain. In addition, Hurricane Sandy caused the delay of the flights home for Drs. Westfall and Armijo by a number of days. As a result, they were able to complete considerable dental work on Yosaira including providing her with partial dentures allowing her a bright and healthier smile.
The rest of the team - Stacy and Carly Lippert from Incline Village, and Jessica Klinker from Central California - shared games, drama, crafts and songs with the children, as well as helping them with English as the students helped the team with Spanish.
The Team greatly appreciates the support of the community with this dental mission trip. The financial as well as dental equipment and supply donations made this trip possible. The Team is already planning their fifth mission trip to Jarabacoa in the fall of 2013. This will allow for continuing dental care for the children as well as longer term relationships with the children, school staff and Kids Alive missionaries in the Dominican Republic.


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Tyra Banks has spoken openly about her battles with weight, body image and self-esteem – and learned there's no easy cure for the body blues.
The America's Next Top Model creator told PEOPLE Tuesday at her TZONE Foundation Flawsome Ball in New York City that, despite understanding how it feels to be considered too fat and too thin, blind support for teens struggling with their weight isn't the answer.
"I've had some of my girls talk about their weight, and I actually talk to them honestly about it," says Banks, who mentors teens through her foundation and who, at the Flawsome Ball, helped to drive up bids during a fundraising auction.
"There's one thing you can do, which is say, 'You're great, you're great, you're great,' which makes them feel good in that moment when you're talking to them," Tyra explains.
Then it goes away.
"They go back in the crazy world of attacking, or looking in the mirror and not feeling good about themselves," Banks explains. "So what I tell my girls is, health is important, and we need to get our shapes in shape – not looking like somebody else."
The idea, she says, is to balance health with reality. "A size 16 can be the best shape for you, and you can be healthy. I have a friend who's a plus-size model, and she's a size 18. She is fierce, she can bench-press, she can run longer than me. She has not an ounce of cellulite. My butt looks like an orange peel."
The answer for parents? Try showing a girl that "her that her body is beautiful, show her images of girls who are size 16 and healthy. But when you just say, 'You're great,' it doesn't last."
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Representatives from the Tucker County Ambulance Authority announced, during a contentious Tucker County Commission meeting Wednesday, they need funding to balance their 2013-2014 budget.
Ambulance Authority officials rejected several proposals by commissioners during Wednesday's meeting, including offering $40,000 above current funding levels.
Ambulance Authority representative Larry Armbruster said the budget "contained numerous problems, i.e. no raises for employees for the third year in a row, no provisions for additional coverage we had to drop due to budget concerns in the previous year and the fact that we have approximately a $96,000 deficit in the budget.
"The board decided not to act on that budget," Armbruster said. "Especially since it would cost us approximately $61,000 in addition to our salaries for a 40-cent-per-hour raise for our employees and to provide four additional hours of salaries for a second crew on a seven-day-a-week basis."
Armbruster said the Ambulance Authority is in "a crisis mode" because it must have a finalized budget by July 1, but by law cannot pass a budget with a deficit.
Tucker County has three ambulance stations - one in Parsons, one at the Courtland Acres nursing home in Thomas and one at Canaan Valley Fire Department. There only are two ambulance crews for the county, however.
Currently one crew provides 24-hour coverage in Parsons, while a second crew provides eight hours of coverage per day, alternating between Thomas and Canaan Valley.
The second crew was created when Davis Health System reduced the scope of its emergency coverage in Parsons, officials said Wednesday.
"One possible solution would be to further reduce our coverage for the county," Armbruster said. "For example, we could reduce second-crew coverage, which is eight hours all together, which would save us approximately $78,000. Still not enough.
"A second thing we could do is reduce a shift, i.e., a midnight shift, which would be about eight hours, seven days a week and save $78,000," Armbruster said.
"Essentially that would put us down to one crew to cover the county 16 hours a day. I rest my case."
In the county's budget for the next fiscal year, the Tucker County Commission budgets $125,000 for the Tucker County Ambulance Authority.
"We currently give (the Ambulance Authority) hotel motel tax in the amount of $75,000," Commissioner Mike Rosenau said. "It is our choice to give you that portion of the hotel motel tax. "
"Well, if you don't want to give us anything, don't," Armbruster yelled in response. "Do we want quality and protective services for the county? That is the question that has to be asked and answered."
"As an authority board, what have you done to bring your budget into line?" Rosenau asked.
"Tried to pay the bills," Armbruster answered.
"We give you free rent, you have free office space. We, the commission, pay for your utilities," Rosenau said. "Have you done any more negotiation with Courtland Acres?"
"We have started a conversation with them but have nothing finalized yet," Armbruster answered.
"What's your discussion?" Rosenau asked.
"I would just as soon not discuss that in public," Armbruster said.
"Why wouldn't you? It's everybody's responsibility. It's all our money. It's all of our coverage," Rosenau said.
"Essentially, 'can you cut it down, or remove it or drop it all together,'" Armbruster said. "And that's up to the Courtland Acres board to make that decision."
Commission members then offered to give an additional $40,000 to the Ambulance Authority to add a second 24-hour crew for three months. That idea was rejected by Armbruster.
"What dollar amount are you requesting?" asked Commissioner Diane Hinkle.
"I am presenting some facts," Armbruster answered. "I will let you folks decide what the dollar amount is going to be."
Rosenau explained the commission's responsibility for ambulance coverage in the county.
"State code says that we will supply ambulance coverage," Rosenau said. "Grant County just went to a private place (that provides ambulance service). We have to provide services, yes we do."
After further discussion, commissioners voted to schedule an emergency meeting on the matter for 8 a.m. Friday in the Tucker County Courthouse Courtroom.
Commissioners then asked the Ambulance Authority board to look at its budget and see where it could make some cuts.
Ambulance Authority members left the meeting, then returned later, asking to address the commission again. They were told they would have to wait until the end of the meeting after the agenda items were finished.
"Basically what we came up with are three options," Armbruster said when the issue was taken up a second time. "We can vote to close station 2; (create) a three-month budget slashed to the bone; (or) dissolve the Ambulance Authority board."
Commissioners asked the Ambulance Authority to provide a budget for Friday's emergency meeting, but Armbruster said they could not finish one by that time.
"You folks let us know what you are giving us and then we will come up with a budget," Armbruster said. "There is no sense in us putting together a budget until we know how much we are getting. Then we will take that to our board."


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Ping 152: Microsoft's new logo, Kinect price drop, Xbox covers the election, New Windows Phones
- Posted: Aug 27, 2012 at 9:12PM
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As long as Microsoft is making news Laura and Paul are more than thrilled to report it to you with their unique flair. Check out what happened this week...
Microsoft logo gets a make-over [03:52]
Kinect becomes more available [14:58]
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@Laura - if you're working in Microsoft, why are you using a phone from the carieer? I always thought, that MS employees can choose their smartphone and get if for free
Laura/Paul I was only talking about the Lumia 800/900 which got the recent firmware update to have the flip to silence. Try it with one of those!
I feel your pain on the short sleeves Paul, I have the same issue. The folks who make them seem to think you must be XXL in order to have long arms these days.
New logo looks good, but I'll miss the old one as it looked more "designed" where as this one looks more like someone just opened up Word and typed in Microsoft.
The new logo looks snazzy in a classic kind of way.
Fashion tip for Paul: roll the cuffs a turn or two. Not only does this hide the fact that the shirt doesn't fit right, it also make it look like you're working harder.
I like the new logo, it seems simple yet iconic and it resembles that of the Microsoft Store, which can't be a coincidence. Also, the "f" and the "t" still touch each other like in the old logo, so it's slightly modified from regular Segoe.
BTW everyone pronounces Segoe as Laura did, so I'd assume LAURA IS RIGHT. Paul always chooses the most random pronunciations for every word.
Actually, according to some people (incluiding Paul Thurrott) the red is Windows Phone and the yellow is Office, although the new Office 2013 has a dark-orange logo so... we really don't know. But the new Windows Phone logo IS red.
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@IRB: I can confirm the Lumia DOES ring/vibrate no matter which side its facing... and you can flip it over to silence it, just as you would expect. You wont miss any calls for having the Lumia facing down.
I've tested this on both the 800 and the 900
If you ask me, the newer MS logo is better, and I feel the opposite for the Windows logo. I feel the newer MS logo is better as it shows more design and has consistency with and represents Microsoft's major products. The Windows Vista/7 logo was better simply because it was more colorful and backlit in a way that made it look prettier.
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@IRB: I can confirm the Lumia DOES ring/vibrate no matter which side its facing... and you can flip it over to silence it, just as you would expect. You wont miss any calls for having the Lumia facing down.
I've tested this on both the 800 and the 900
Hmm weird as mine didn't, I shall need to go test this again. Are you on the latest firmware update with the turn to silence? 8773.12220 ?
I is a fool! I admit it! I tested it again this morning and my ringtone takes an age to kick in, so I think that is where I thought the no-ring came from. I hang my head in shame, well done mythbusters!
Maybe you can do an avatar kinect session after you receive all those kinects you are asking for!
I have mastered the steps you need to take in order to recreate the "phone upside-down not ringing" phenomenon.
if you follow these steps to the letter, you will indeed notice that your phone does not ring or vibrate when it is called! This could also be the reason Laura has not been getting calls from Madonna.
@laura: Can I do the picture, dans le style des dames françaises? Vous modèle? ou Paul?
@AdamSpeight2008:oui oui
I have got to say, my Samsung Focus S does not stop vibrating after I pick it up when it's ringing. Is there a setting that I don't know about or is this hardware specific?
Also, Laura.. since you're the Bing expert what happened to Bing Finance? I loved that site, and alas it has gone the way of the Dodo to be replaced by MSN Money. This nice thing about Bing Finance was how clean the site was. It's a shame now because MSN is nowhere as clean as Bing was. But I guess all good clean things will get dirty at some point. YUCK!
Please help.
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Good luck Paul!
There actually exists some (NSFW) "fanfic" involving Laura, but I'm not sure you want to know about it.
If it doesn't matter which way the phone up, but flipping it over silences it.
So you get a call, turn it over, you get a call, turn it over, ad infinium
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The Wolverines turned over a new leaf Saturday in Page, Ariz.
�We showed up ready to wrestle,� Bayfield head coach Todd McMenimen said after the Wolverines placed four wrestlers at the Sand Devil Tournament.
�We wrestled much better. I was pleased with the effort, no question,� said McMenimen, who was less than pleased after Friday�s rounds at the Arizona tournament.
Two BHS wrestlers finished third: heavyweight Matt Eckstein and 126-pounder Colter McMenimen.
�Matt really looked good out there,� Todd McMenimen said. �And Colter did a really good job.�
Matt Certes finished fourth at 220 pounds.
Tyler Beebe added a sixth at 120 pounds.
�The wrestler who impressed me the most this weekend was Tyler Beebe,� McMenimen said. �We found a new Tyler Beebe.�
McMenimen said the Bayfield 120-pounder had strong matches all weekend. Outside of a scoring problem, he likely would have wrestled for third place at Page, McMenimen said.
�Tyler continued to wrestle well. It was like a switch flipped with his wrestling,� the BHS first-year head coach said.
McMenimen said the Sand Devil organizers added an informal second-chance tournament Saturday for those wrestlers who were eliminated Friday.
�So we got some good wrestling in for all the guys, which was good,� McMenimen said.
Dom Brittain won his first varsity match for Bayfield in Saturday�s second-chance tournament.
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There are four basic ways to change the food system. I talk about three of them a lot: The first is to eat differently, focusing on good food and especially plants; the second is to bring change to your work, whether that means becoming a farmer or helping other people eat better through your role as a teacher, doctor, artist, techie, lawyer or journalist. The third is to work locally to effect change in, for example, school systems or municipal politics.
The fourth is the toughest: Change the system that governs everything, including food. This means changing dominant economic theories and practices, and indeed the nature of capitalism itself. That isn't happening anytime soon.
But incremental changes are possible within that system. Some believe that food is a bipartisan issue, since it's in everyone's interests to eat better and to protect the environment from the ravages of industrial agriculture. But it's also true that public health, income inequality, mitigating climate change and fighting racism (just a few examples) are bipartisan issues as well, and we know how slowly change comes with those, even though change is in the interest of all but a few defenders of the status quo.
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Adoption of Eco-Efficiency in Strategic and Operational Management of Industrial Small and Medium Size Enterprises
Penttinen, Ilpo
Publication type: Doctoral dissertation
Issue date: 2010-11-12
Language: en
Pages: 179
Belongs to: Turun ammattikorkeakoulun tutkimuksia - Research Reports from Turku University of Applied Sciences; 33
Supervisor: Lemmetyinen, Helge
Opponent: Ketola, Tarja
University: Tampere University of Technology
Faculty: Faculty of Science and Environmental Engineering
Department: Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering
Climate change, smelting glaciers, lack of fresh water, polluted soil and energy consumption are major issues of our time. These phenomena are often considered to be related to industrial activities and their ecological consequences. Sustainable development has become a widely quoted policy in this context as it combines social, economic and environmental/ecological development. Economic and ecological efficiency, eco-efficiency, has a key role in sustainable development. Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) play an increasingly important role in economic growth, employment and local development. Several methods for adopting eco-efficiency, as well as various models for evaluating eco-efficiency in enterprises, have been developed. Common frameworks to differentiate these methods and thus promote the use of them in SMEs have so far been modest. The aim of this dissertation is to increase knowledge on the applicability and adoption of eco-efficiency into strategic and operational management of industrial SMEs. The focus is on the role of eco-efficiency in strategic and operational management, adoption of managerial methods, and use of methods for adopting eco-efficiency, use of methods for evaluating eco-efficiency and on the role of material flow management as a link to eco-efficiency in industrial SMEs. The research methodology chosen is action research, and the research methods are case studies and a survey. The main outcomes of the research are summarised as follows: • a recommendation for common frameworks to help in adopting sustainability and eco-efficiency in strategic and operational management • a recommendation for common frameworks to recognize a suitable method for adopting as well as for evaluating eco-efficiency. The frameworks will help enterprises to manage the adoption of eco-efficiency and to demonstrate and communicate eco-efficient improvements both internally and externally • descriptions and recommendations for some common methods for adopting eco-efficiency • descriptions and recommendations for some common methods for evaluating eco-efficiency • use of material flow management as a link to eco-efficiency in SMEs This study gives new empirical knowledge on the adoption of eco-efficiency and the factors behind the adoption decisions.
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PUKALANI - The first win of the season couldn't have come on a better night for the King Kekaulike High School football team.
In front of a packed house of about 2,500 fans at King Kekaulike Stadium on homecoming and senior night, Na Alii scored the final three touchdowns in a 19-7 victory over Kamehameha Maui.
Senior Aaron Alama put the final touches on the win with a 9-yard scoring run with 1 minute, 46 seconds to play. Alama had 92 yards on 10 carries, all in the second half.
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King Kekaulike High School's Masson Lacno heads upfield during the first half of Na Alii's 19-7 victory over Kamehameha Maui on Friday at King Kekaulike Stadium.
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King Kekaulike's Ekolu Kenui pursues Kamehameha Maui quarterback Chase Newton on Friday night.
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Na Alii bent but didn't break on defense in the first half and took a 12-7 lead on a 3-yard pass from Ryley Widell to Onosai Emelio with 8:00 left.
"We had a great week of practice, the kids responded really well, the coaches did a really good job, I didn't screw everything up that bad," said first-year King Kekaulike coach Clarence Rivers. "This is what it's all about - having people happy afterwards."
The win lifts Na Alii to 1-5 in the MIL (1-1 in the second round) and keeps their faint postseason hopes alive. Kamehameha (2-5, 1-2) was the first league team officially eliminated from title contention.
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|x-Baldwin (4-1)
|Maui High (2-4)
|x-Lahainaluna (6-0)
|King Kekaulike (1-5)
|KS Maui (2-5)
Overall MIL record in parentheses
x-won first-round championship
Friday's Result
King Kekaulike 19, Kamehameha Maui 7
Today's Game
Lahainaluna vs. Baldwin at War Memorial Stadium, 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 19
Baldwin vs. Kamehameha Maui at War Memorial Stadium, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 20
Maui High vs. King Kekaulike at War Memorial Stadium, 7 p.m.
After being dominated statistically in the first half, Na Alii had big plays and an advantage on the stat sheet themselves in the second half. On the go-ahead drive, Widell found Masson Lacno for a 38-yard pass to the 3-yard line, and on the final scoring drive, Alama broke free on a 47-yard run to the 20.
"The only thing I impressed on the guys was: 'We have got to be one play at a time, one game at a time, and go from whistle to whistle. If we get the effort, if we minimize the mistakes and we do what we have been coaching, we will be OK,' " Rivers said. "We put it together tonight."
Na Alii were playing their final home game of the year.
"This is a special time because it is also senior night," Rivers said. "The seniors will never play on this field again, they will never play against Kamehameha again, they won't even get on the teal and black 'K' in the middle of the field. It's rewarding and I'm just happy that people were here to share it, that's all. Our focus is on finishing up strong this year. We have two more games and like I told the guys, 'We should shoot to be 3-1 (in the second round) - that would be a perfect season for us."
Kamehameha took a 7-6 lead into the locker rooms, but had chances for a larger edge.
The Warriors went in front 7-0 after going 92 yards in 10 plays on the first possession of the game, finding the end zone on Chase Newton's zigzagging 34-yard run with 7:06 left in the first quarter.
They had a golden opportunity to increase the lead two drives later when they went 76 yards to the 2 early in the second quarter, but after Newton executed a pretty play-action fake, he overshot Aydan Lopes in the end zone. Lacno, who finished the night with three catches for 61 yards, intercepted the ball and returned it 50 yards to King Kekaulike's 47. Na Alii's drive ended with a bad snap after they lined up for a 36-yard field goal attempt.
King Kekaulike forced a three-and-out, however, and then put together a 10-play, 69-yard drive, closing within a point on Emelio's 3-yard run. The play that set up the score was a 35-yard roll-out pass from Widell to Romeo Cabbat to the 3 - Widell escaped pressure and Cabbat rolled to the sideline with his quarterback.
The Warriors got to Na Alii's 13 on the final drive of the first half.
Kamehameha piled up 205 yards in the first quarter and 284 for the half. King Kekaulike had 108 in the half, 88 of which came in the second quarter. In the second half, Na Alii had a 203-75 advantage.
Kamehameha's Makoa Medeiros had 84 rushing yards on eight carries in the first half, Stephen Barut had six carries for 63 yards and Newton had seven for 54.
The Warriors had a 12-7 advantage in first downs in the first 24 minutes, but Na Alii turned that number around 9-3 in the second half.
"One of the things that I noticed about Kekaulike is that they have improved every week," Kamehameha coach Kevin O'Brien said. "They have gotten better as the season has gone along, every single week they have gotten better. So that's a credit to their kids, that's a credit to their coaches. Their school and their community should be very proud of the effort that their coaches and kids have given."
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Kamehameha Maui ..... 7 ..... 0 ..... 0 ......... 0-7
King Kekaulike ............ 0 ..... 6 ..... 0 ..... 13-19
First Quarter
KM-Chase Newton 34 run (Kamahao Romero kick), 7:06.
Second Quarter
KK-Onosai Emelio 3 run (kick failed), 2:17.
Fourth Quarter
KK-Emelio 3 pass from Ryley Widell (pass failed), 8:00.
KK-Aaron Alama 9 run (Widell kick), 1:46.
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Junior varsity-King Kekaulike 21, Kamehameha Maui 0.


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West Point firefighters were hard at work as fire destroyed two homes Saturday.
One was on state Route 7 near Beaver Local not long after midnight.
The second was at a mobile home on Yeager Drive shortly after noon.
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West Point and Glenmoor firefighters battled a blaze on state Route 7 early Saturday.
The home's owner, Chris Fisher, his son and a female occupant were inside at the time and made it out safely. The house, however, was declared a total loss. A cat and a potbellied pig were killed in the fire.
West Point Fire Chief Wayne Chamberlain reported an unused air conditioner started the blaze.
"The fire started in the air conditioning," Chamberlain said. "The unit was not running at the time, but the wiring could have shorted out and spread that way."
Chamberlain also noted the wiring may have gone bad, and didn't rule out the possibility that the cold weather played a factor.
"With it being as cold as it has been, it has the tendency to short the electricity out and cause damage to the wiring," Chamberlain said. "It's either that or there (is) some wiring that went bad in the house already."
Fisher's neighbor, Rich Wright, first noticed the fire after his dog Jinxy ran toward the house and barked continuously.
"I was in the kitchen, and I saw my dog taking off," Wright said. "When I went over there I saw flames shooting from the air conditioning unit. That's when I told my brother to call 911."
Fire crews arrived shortly after, and Wright felt that Jinxy's alertness made a major difference in several lives.
"She was the one that alerted me," Wright said. "She ran to the first sign of any trouble. She's like my little Lassie. ... I am happy that I was able to see them make it out safely."
Fisher is staying with his father in the meantime.
Fire crews also couldn't save a home on state Route 7 from being a total loss after being called at 1:48 a.m. Saturday.
Michelle Ammon, the resident, was not at home, and no one was inside the house as firefighters worked hard to put out the large flames.
"The fire was well-involved on our arrival," Chamberlain said. "It was just a total loss."
Firefighters and county officials were unable to determine how the fire destroyed the home owned by Larry and Betty Davis.
"We're not sure how it happened," Chamberlain said. "County officials had investigated the matter, and couldn't find a cause for the fire."
Glenmoor fire crews also provided manpower and Lisbon personnel were on standby for both fires on a day proven to be long and hard for West Point fire crews.
"We had gone to Route 7, then to Yeager Drive, then back to Route 7," Chamberlain said. "It has been a busy day."


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LOCKPORT – City police monitoring traffic on High Street Tuesday said they spotted a driver who was about to get high.
Robert J. Sczpeczinski, 31, of Weston Avenue, Niagara Falls was stopped in a Toyota Camry at 12:15 p.m. on High, near Washburn Street, for failing to signal a turn, police said. Officers said they spotted him driving by them with his hands off the wheel and apparently lighting a pipe.
Sczpeczinski was charged with failure to control a vehicle steering mechanism, two counts of seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of marijuana.
Police said there was a strong odor of marijuana when they pulled over Sczpeczinski's car. They reported finding two baggies of marijuana under a center console, the pipe Sczpeczinski said he put under the seat, and M&M containers that contained marijuana and several pills that included amphetamine salts and two strips of the narcotic suboxone.


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I've spent about 3 hours total with xbox support and I'm not having any luck. Typically it works for the duration I'm with them on chat, then when I get off about 5-15 minutes later it disconnects. When I test my connection, the network and internet connect, but the xbox live will not. Sometimes it reconnects randomly for up to an hour before disconnecting again. I've done traceroutes during disconnects to my internet provider and everything is stable. I called my internet provider and he said that they are having "a lot of xbox LIVE" problems. He said it would be fixed by connecting my ethernet cord straight into the modem. He then told me that it was xbox's fault and I had to wait for an update. The modem connection worked for a while, but then within an hour was back to disconnecting.I have rebooted my router, modem, deleted corrupt files, cleared system cache, entered port numbers for 360, opened my NAT settings, checked for data corruption in my profile, tried using my wireless adapter, deleted the last LIVE update and redownloaded it. Again it appears "fixed" but within an hour it loses the connection again. I have not had problems disconnecting for the last year and half in my apartment. It just started on Presidents Day when I got back from a trip. (I had taken my xbox with me and it worked fine at the other place on LIVE).
Hey there Yami! Sorry to hear you are having these frustrating disconnect issues. Since your ISP has stated they are seeing a lot of issues with connecting their customers to Xbox LIVE, I'm thinking it might be something on their end, but let's run through the basics here just to see where we're at.First, you said that your network test fails at the LIVE step, correct? Can you check out this page (support.xbox.com/.../errors) and check out the links under that connection error to see if any of the steps listed there help you out. If not, please let me know what you tried and what happened.If those steps don't help, it would help me out if you were to post back the answers to the bold questions found here (forums.xbox.com/.../155724.aspx). When it asks you to run the network test and post back the answers, do this test right after you get disconnected, not when you are connected properly. Once we have all that info, we can go from there. Thanks!
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I've done everything suggested in support.xbox.com/.../errors). It fails to fix the problem and then tells me I'm being dumb and xbox LIVE is probably down.
I have noticed that whenever it disconnects me and I open system settings, it reconnects often. Often times I can sit in the dashboard without a problem but when I start a game or netflix it disconnects immediately or within 15 minutes.
What Country/State/Province do you live in? Minnesota
Modem brand & model number:
Comtrend, Model # CT-5372
Router brand & model number:
Cisco Linksys E1200 serial #10810C13142910
If Wireless, are you using a white or black external adapter, or an internal (Xbox 360S) adapter?
I am using an ethernet cord, but I have an external black adapter as well.
Things you have tried: Cleared system cache, deleted corrupted data, checked for corrupted profile, rebooted modem, router, xbox, uninstalled LIVE updates and reinstalled, opened ports manually, restored factory settings, tried using wireless adapter & sacrificed a goat to the xbox Gods.
Is UPnP Enabled? Yes/no/Unknown: I'm not sure.
Do you have a NAT error? If so, what is your NAT? No.
Any Error Codes you encounter:
Xbox LIVE: Failed
Who is your ISP(Internet Service Provider)?
Paul Bunyan Communications
After you run "Test Xbox LIVE connection" press "Y" for "More Info". In the pop-up that appears, what are the following values, if shown? (If a value below does not appear for you, just leave it blank.)
T: Wired
Thanks for the info, and I'm sorry the steps I provided did not help you out. You mention that you see disconnects frequently when starting a game or app, correct? Sometimes this can be fixed by downloading your profile again. Give that a try and see if it helps. Also, are any other profiles on your console seeing these issues as well? Let me know, thanks!
By "downloading profile again" do you mean... delete my profile then recover it and lose all my saved data in the process? I really don't want to lose all my stuff right before Mass Effect 3.
I'm the only one with a profile on the console.
Oh, no, I don't want you to delete anything. All I want you to do is download your profile again. This won't delete any saved games at all. Sorry for the confusion in my last post. I hope this clears it up, but if you have more questions, just let me know. Thanks!
Okay. I tried it. When I deleted my gamertag it took about 45 minutes for LIVE to connect again so I could recover it. It is still disconnecting. I spent 3 more hours with xbox chat support. We thought we fixed it after manually opening my ports again. It held for about an hour and forty-five minutes then disconnected about 30 minutes after getting off with xbox support.
I've noticed that there's been an EXPLOSION of people complaining about disconnecting. This seems to have happened all after the February 16th update. I think it's probable there is a connection between the two and having people jump through hoops and try 1,000 different things is going to make a difference if it's from the update.
However, I do know that when I was at my parents house I was never prompted to do an xbox LIVE update the 16th. I was never asked to dl a new update until the 22nd. With the 22nd update would it have downloaded any other updates I haven't already received? It's still disconnecting either way.
i feel your pain. ive run my internet provider through the wringer as well. im fed up with this blame game
Yeah, they've tried to work with me, but I don't think it's them. It has to be LIVE. They tried giving me a switch to bypass my router and said it "worked for others" but I'm not having any luck with it. It's getting to be ridiculously frustrating. You and I know we're not the only ones being affected by this and it all started happening after Feb 16th. I wish xbox would get the hint.
I have a bypass switch as well bu sometimes my nat is still closed and then i Plug into router and its open or visa versa. I did go back and delete an update file off my hard drive yesterday and it didnt kick me off yesterday. Not sure if it is just coincidence or not
Hey fellas, i agree with u 110%. There is a huge problem with LIVE since the update. I dont get disconnected but i have tons of other issues that arose since the feb update. Its their issue not ours. I was told to buy a new unit, haha, really!?!?! I ended up getting the update to download but thats about all now. Dashboard wo.t load, cant download anything from my history, its pretty bad. single player campaigns until its fixed i guess.
Hammerhound, I thought that if you didn't have the latest update for LIVE it wouldn't let you play online?
Dawued, Yeah, unfortunately that seems to be their scapegoat. "It's your $300+ xbox, not our free and mandatory update that we won't admit screwed up hundreds of people". I don't know why xbox won't man up. I've lost so much respect for them and I've been a loyal customer for years. Spent thousands of dollars on their products and services and I'm just about ready to call it quits for good.
I dont mind a mess up but at least tell us so we don't try 100 different fixes and spend time we dont need to.I too have spend a lot of money on memberships for myself and family, I purchased tons of dlc stuff and then to just brush it off and say its our boxes that are the issue is a slap in the face. i downloaded the update finally but now when I wanna download the huge Netflix app the 70+mb app is just too much for my box to handle...for real?? common MS.
I have spent ELEVEN HOURS with xbox support. They keep making me do the EXACT SAME THINGS over and over as though the first fifteen times were a coincidence that it didn't work. I REFUSE to continue to troubleshoot a problem that I cannot fix. I have been sitting on the forums for the last FIVE days being asked the same question continuously. Between tech support and the forums I have been asked the same questions with no solutions over and over and over and over. I have also spent THREE hours with my ISP and even brought in my xbox to check it for being faulty. When you look at the forums you can see there are HUNDREDS of people complaining about connection issues after the Feb update. Stop insinuating that we're all incompetent morons that don't have reasoning skills. It is a xbox issue, not miraculously hundreds and hundreds of idiot players unplugging their ethernet cords at the same time.
When will you guys, xbox, admit that your last update screwed over hundreds, probably thousands of users? Stop lying to me and telling me this is an "isolated incident". Stop insulting my intelligence.
I pay $115 a month for internet, specifically for xbox LIVE. I just spent $80 on the collectors edition of Mass Effect 3. I planned to PLAY THIS ONLINE. I have had a gold membership with xbox for the last 3-4 years. I have spent $7,000+ on xbox games, dlc's, systems, controllers, mics, ect.
Unless someone admits fault and gives a ballpark estimate of when this will be fixed, I demand compensation. Who do I talk to for this?
Does a direct modem connection work?
If it does, possibly router, can you factory reset your router?
Try unplugging the internet cable that is on the wall and replugging it in and see if that works.
I hear ya on the Live issues. It all points to the latest updates since the new dash came out. Like I said before, things will round-robin on here, until something official is released. I had to get a new router and it has worked, but it served other purposes that I needed. That's not an option for many, but for me it helped. I got a prepaid Live Gold card and unfortunately you can't get a refund on those lol, o well, when it's up I'm done with Live Gold.
I have plugged it in directly to my modem and that does not work either. I guess I haven't tried unplugging it from the wall, but I have reset my modem and router, used a switch and everything else in between. I know my ISP is willing to give me a new modem since I get one from them. But I doubt it's the problem (or my router) since I can connect with my laptop without any problems. I pay for my LIVE through automatic renewal. I do love playing LIVE, I really do. I would understand completely if someone made a mistake--they're human too. But not admitting it making people spend hours with tech support or be forced to go out and try and buy things to "fix" it is ridiculous. I know I have a replacement plan on my router that lasts up to a year, but I really don't know if they'll let me exchange it for anything other than the same thing and that seems sort of redundant.


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Ask Jessica Harris how she's feeling, and she'll tell you she's fine, even as she's limping.
Ask her about personal accomplishments, and she'll tell you she doesn't care. All that matters to her is winning.
Harris has played for Tiffin University for parts of five seasons, but those two things have never changed. Well, that, and her strong play underneath the basket.
The only thing, it seems, that can stop Harris from playing for TU is the fact that her eligibility will run out after this season.
"Five years here, I just, I love the team I've played with," she said. "I love the coaching staff, I love how everyone always gave 100 percent effort."
Effort was never something TU coach Pam Oswald has had to worry about from Harris. She injured her back in her freshman season and missed most of the year, gaining a medical redshirt. It took her more than a year, even after coming back, to be reasonably healthy.
"She's dealt with the back and everything else," Oswald said after Tiffin's 77-46 loss to Ashland, Harris' final home game. "I never heard a complaint from her from Day One. She's a class act.
"I have no idea what her pain is like. I never hear a complaint from her; I always have to ask for her, because she's that blue collar worker. She wants to do whatever it takes to help her team win."
Harris has helped the Dragons win plenty of games over her career.
Last season was not only a great one for the program - Oswald's 2011-12 team notched 21 wins and advanced to the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference semifinals - but a great one for Harris. She averaged about 10 points and nine rebounds a game, but those numbers don't reflect a torrid close to the season, when the Dragons were coping with the loss of senior Holly Focke to injury, and needed someone to step up.
Harris stepped up.
Over her last four games of 2011-12, Harris averaged 15 points and 14 rebounds, teaming with then-senior guard Mandy Jaeb to create a powerful two-headed monster opposing teams continually struggled with.
Jaeb, one of the best guards in TU history, was a pinball, bouncing off opponents, running past them and playing with an uncontainable spark that gave opposing coaches fits.
Harris was and is steady, tough and tenacious.
The team had other very good players, including Focke, Jennifer Johnston and Karli Mast.
But it was Harris and Jaeb who always seemed to come up with the big play.
This year has been a challenge for the Dragons. The graduations of Jaeb, Focke and Johnston, and injuries to Mast and newcomer Jordan Fraley have been difficult for the team to overcome, and the team's goal of reaching the GLIAC Tournament for the third-straight year faded during a rough patch in the past few weeks.
It has fallen to Harris and guards Stephanie Kelly and Melissa Gilliland - the team's other seniors - to lead this group to the finish line.
As always, Harris has been up to the task.
She's averaging 10.2 points and 10.5 rebounds a game. Once again, she's finishing strong.
She had 13 points and 15 points in Thursday's loss to Lake Erie, and in Saturday's loss to No. 2 Ashland, had 13 rebounds and seven points.
Those totals put her in rare company. She went over 1,000 points for her career Saturday. If she gets five rebounds in the team's regular season finale at Ohio Dominican next Saturday, she will become the first player in program history, and only the second in all of Tiffin basketball - men or women - to finish her career with 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.
Impressive, right? Harris didn't seem to think so. The only numbers that matter to her are the Dragons overall and Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference records (11-14, 8-13, respectively).
"The wins are better," Harris said when asked about her achievements. "I do it for my team. I don't do it for any other reason."
Harris is not going anywhere yet; she's slotted to be a graduate assistant for Oswald next season.
But Harris, who played her first game for the Dragons in 2008, won't be wreaking havoc on GLIAC courts anymore.
For opposing coaches, that's probably a relief.
For the rest of us, it's too bad.
It's been a special career.
Zach Baker is the sports editor for The Advertiser-Tribune.
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