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Realistic Job Previews: Reworking Your Recruitment Messaging and Strategies to Reach Today's Candidates
Kamran Afzal, Captain, Commander, Human Resource Management Section, Arlington County, Virginia, Police Department; Jason Keckler, Lieutenant, Patrol Operations Commander, Frederick, Maryland, Police Department; and IACP Discover Policing Staff
In response to these recruitment challenges, the IACP, with funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, launched www.discoverpolicing.org, a dynamic online career information clearinghouse and job board to support law enforcement career exploration and police recruitment efforts nationwide. The goal of the project is to offer clear and accurate information on law enforcement and law enforcement careers and to broaden and diversify the pool of potential applicants. Discover Policing offers an interactive Career Center through which agencies can post openings and search for candidate resumés; it also provides a variety of promotional and educational resources for recruiters, job candidates, and educators. In 2010, Discover Policing partnered with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to develop new tools to help agencies better reach service-minded candidates who might not have otherwise considered a career in policing.
In November 2013, the Discover Policing project team brought together a group of law enforcement recruitment subject matter experts from small, midsize, and large agencies in Virginia and Maryland for an in-depth discussion about the challenges and misconceptions today's recruiters face; how state and local agencies are meeting these challenges; and what national resources can support state and local recruiters.
Some of most common challenges recruiters experienced include
With these issues in mind, recruiters shared their ideas on how these challenges and misconceptions can be turned around to reach potential candidates in a way that maximizes the positive aspects while still offering a realistic portrayal of the job.
Promising Practices: Case Studies in How Local Agencies Are Changing Strategies to Reach Today's Officers
Arlington County, Virginia, Police Department
Arlington County, Virginia, is a municipality of approximately 26 square miles located across the Potomac River from Washington, DC. The county has a population of approximately 210,000 people, and it is both a residential community and a major employment center. The Arlington County Police Department has been in existence since 1940 and has a staff of 358 sworn personnel. Arlington County Police Department is surrounded by police departments that are much larger in size and scope such as Washington Metropolitan, Fairfax County, Prince George's County, Montgomery County, and federal agencies.
Speeding Up the Recruitment Process
Arlington County Police Department recruits police officer candidates from the same pool as the much larger agencies that have better name recognition. To compete in the market against better known agencies, Arlington County has successfully implemented methodology to speed up the recruiting process to hire the most qualified candidates faster than the competition. The process is as follows:
With the revised process, there are times that a candidate moves from taking the entrance test to completing the medical and psychological test in less than a month. Usually the background check, to include local checks, takes much longer than the previous stages. Using this methodology the department has successfully hired applicants in two to three months of the entrance exam date. Some local competitors take up to a year to complete the hiring process, giving Arlington County a significant edge on hiring the best candidates.
Direct Outreach to Universities
In October 2013, Arlington County Police recruiters decided to try a new approach to reach more prospective applicants. In the past two years, approximately 600 applicants took the entrance exam each year. The desire was to increase that number. Like other departments, Arlington County Police is looking for a diverse force. The recruitment staff hypothesized that without the name recognition that some of the neighboring jurisdictions have that they needed to work at the grassroots level. They sent letters out to the criminal justice departments of all of the local universities in the metropolitan DC area and offered their services as experts in the field. The intent was to provide a service to the universities and colleges and provide their students with the dos and don'ts of what it takes to be a police officer. Presenters highlight the kind of behavior and indiscretions that might not reflect favorably upon the applicant, as well as the skills and abilities that are desirable for job applicants. The hope is that by engaging students early in their career planning, they will better understand the profession and consider applying to the Arlington County Police Department. Arlington County recruitment staff have been invited to speak to students at several universities and colleges, and though it is too soon to gauge the ultimate outcomes in terms of the number of students applying, it is expected that the partnership will continue.
Frederick, Maryland, Police Department
The Frederick Police Department is a full-service, nationally accredited police agency providing police services to the more than 65,000 residents of Frederick, Maryland. The Frederick Police Department faces many of the same recruitment challenges as law enforcement agencies across the United States. Whether it is due to competition for applicants, salary, difficult hours, or misconceptions about police work, recruitment of service-oriented candidates has become increasingly difficult. Add to that the challenge of navigating tough economic conditions during the recent recession, and it is easy to see why the department sought viable solutions to these recruitment challenges.
Recognizing the need to diversify its recruitment strategies, the Frederick Police Department sought to turn the identified challenges into opportunities. In the absence of a fully staffed recruitment unit, all personnel are tasked with being recruitment ambassadors for the department. The department created informational recruitment cards that officers are encouraged to distribute during citizen contacts on patrol, at neighborhood meetings, and other situations where they interact with the community. A new recruitment website was created to make information more accessible to potential candidates, and the recruitment website link appears on all department press releases, reaching a large and diverse cross-section of the community and surrounding areas.
Changing Recruitment Messaging to Reach Nontraditional Candidates
One of the most successful strategies has been a concerted effort to reach nontraditional police candidates. The traditional police candidates are predominately applicants with a criminal justice background or military experience. Typically, these individuals already have aspirations of a career in law enforcement and actively seek out agencies to submit applications. While these two groups of candidates may be qualified and possess good characteristics, they limit the pool of potential applicants. Additionally, this traditional group of candidates has been disproportionately male and not necessarily reflective of the diverse community served by the agency. Nontraditional candidates come from all different ethnic and racial backgrounds and bring a diverse set of skills with them to the job, which are becoming increasingly essential as law enforcement continues to evolve to meet the ever-changing demands of our citizens.
The catalyst for expanding recruitment efforts to nontraditional candidates was spurred by an influx of applicants seeking stable employment during the recession. The department received an increased number of applicants with experience in the financial industry, construction, business, and other fields impacted by the downturn in the economy. Upon interviewing these applicants, the department began to see the value in the varied skills represented.
Recognizing the value of these nontraditional candidates, recruiters developed strong relationships with local colleges and universities, focusing not just on criminal justice students, but broadening their outreach to students in education, information technology, forensic science, business, accounting, and other degree programs. The recruitment message was tailored to focus on police work as a service career, while emphasizing the diverse functions that police officers perform. Recruiters further targeted and personalized the recruitment message by explaining how the potential candidate's skill sets and interests fit into police work.
The population of Frederick has increased significantly over the past 20 years, and the department now provides service to a much more diverse community. With that in mind, the department makes an effort to recruit candidates who reflect the diversity of the community. To do this, they have strengthened partnerships with a variety of community organizations, particularly those serving the Hispanic community. Through engaging community leaders and organizing outreach events, the department has established excellent relationships and built trust among residents. These relationships open up communication and encourage nontraditional candidates to join the organization.
By emphasizing a career in policing as an opportunity to perform diverse tasks focused on working with the community to solve problems, recruiters at the Frederick Police Department have broadened the appeal to individuals who previously would not have considered law enforcement as a viable career option. Highlighting the service-oriented aspects of the job has helped to reduce the misconception of policing as being solely about enforcement and has allowed recruiters to be successful in reaching a much larger, more diverse pool of applicants.
Realistic Job Preview: Clarifying the Image of Policing
Promising recruitment practices like those in Arlington County and Frederick makes it evident that successful recruitment of today's candidates requires looking at new ways of reaching out and marketing the job and new ways of processing applicants. Many of the recruitment aspects commonly seen as challenges and misconceptions can be reframed into opportunities that will appeal to the right candidates for the job. Modifying recruitment strategies and messaging to emphasize the positive and distinctive aspects of the job that appeal to the interests and concerns of today's applicants can be done in simple ways to reach a broader audience.
With recruitment, it is a balancing act of casting a wide recruitment net, while also winnowing down the pool to those candidates who are a good fit for the job. Along with the job benefits, it is important to make candidates aware of the more challenging sides of the job—the late nights, safety concerns, and heightened expectations of personal conduct outside of the job. The key is be realistic about the benefits, expectations, and responsibilities. Candidates who come in with a realistic expectation of what the recruitment process and the job entail are more likely to make it through the hiring process and have better retention rates on the job.
To help agencies better present this 360-degree view of police work, Discover Policing, in partnership with the COPS Office, Human Resources Research Organization, and ClicFlic Intelligent Media, has developed a plan for a research-based approach to develop a realistic job preview (RJP) to educate potential entry-level law enforcement officers about the diverse and rewarding opportunities offered by the profession.
RJPs are used across industries to communicate important aspects of a job to potential job candidates. An RJP may be formatted as a video, web tool, or written publication. Typically, an RJP covers a straightforward reflection of the day-to-day duties of a job, unique characteristics of the position and company, and employee benefits. RJPs highlight both the positive and the negative aspects of a job, which allows the candidate to get a holistic understanding of the position.
Using knowledge gained from an RJP, candidates can make an informed decision about their interest in and suitability for the job before applying. RJPs have shown to reduce employee turnover and improve job satisfaction by setting up reasonable expectations from the start of an employee's tenure.
The Discover Policing web-based RJP will feature a series of animated clips depicting scenarios or interactions that a police officer might truly expect to experience on the job, with a focus on community policing and the service aspects of the job. The scenarios will use the core competencies for law enforcement officers that are outlined in the COPS Office's publication Hiring in the Spirit of Service and through conversations with subject matter experts.1 The RJP will feature a self-assessment tool integrated within the scenarios that will allow potential entry-level police candidates to gauge their suitability for the career.
Visit http://www.discoverpolicing.org or email email@example.com to get involved.
The RJP is designed to be general enough to apply to the widest possible range of law enforcement agencies. In addition to being made available online to potential job candidates, the RJP and self-assessment tools can be used by local law enforcement recruiters, schools, and youth law enforcement programs to educate their students and potential applicants about the job. Assessment questions will explore the individual's knowledge of the types of activities performed and the amount of time spent on those different activities, as well as the interest and comfort levels of the individual in doing this type of work. This self-assessment opportunity allows potential applicants to go into the recruitment process with a clearer picture of the job and to self-select out if the job is not a good fit for them, saving law enforcement recruiters valuable time and resources.
As anyone in the field knows, law enforcement is by no means a nine-to-five cubicle job. Like all jobs, it has its challenges, but, for the right candidate, it offers valuable benefits and vast potential for career advancement. Today's entry-level candidates are different than their predecessors, and the same old strategies and messages do not always reach them. In Arlington County, Frederick, and other state and local agencies, a shift is being made toward new recruitment methods like speeding up the recruitment process, reaching out to nontraditional candidates, and focusing messaging on community-oriented responsibilities. Through these local strategies and national resources from Discover Policing, law enforcement can refocus the overall image of law enforcement and the specific nature of police work in a way that will resonate with today's candidates. ♦
Note:1Ellen Scrivner, Innovations in Police Recruitment and Hiring: Hiring in the Spirit of Service (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2006), http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/Publications/innovationpolicerecruitmenthiring.pdf (accessed December 19, 2013).
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Kamran Afzal, Jason Keckler, and IACP Discover Policing Staff, "Realistic Job Previews: Reworking Your Recruitment Messaging and Strategies to Reach Today's Candidates," The Police Chief 81 (March 2014): 30–33.
From The Police Chief, vol. LXXXI, no. 3, March 2014. Copyright held by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA.


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Among all the talk about corporate venture funds and their growing role in providing an alternative for financing innovation, Biogen Idec has shut down its fund. Earlier this week Bruce Booth of Atlas Venture impressively documented on his blog Life Sci VC the growth of corporate VC over the past decade, but every rule has an exception, judging from Xconomy's interview with Steven H. Holtzman of Biogen Idec.
He headed Biogen Idec's New Ventures investment fund until January 2011, when he became evp, corporate development. Biogen Idec shut the fund down as well as a startup incubator in a shift of resources to internal R&D projects. According to Holtzman, the shutdown can be more than justified because four other truisms often used for justifying corporate VC activity aren't really true. Following are the truisms, and where he said they fall flat:
If Holtzman and Biogen Idec feel comfortable walking away from corporate VC funding, this just might explain why: The company's fund was hardly the largest player in the field when it shut down. Biogen Idec started its fund in 2004 and grew it to $200 million, taking part in financings such as the $28 million series B equity round closed in 2010 by iPierian and $25 million in various rounds stretching back to 2006 by CalciMedica.
As calculated by Booth, Biogen idec was lumped with a whole bunch of other biopharmas—Amgen, Astellas, Lundbeck, MerckSerono, and Takeda—in an "others in aggregate" category that totaled $500 million.
By contrast, Novartis and GSK tied at about $400 million, followed by AstraZeneca (about $300 million), followed by three funds of roughly $250 million each (Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., and Pfizer), then Eli Lilly & Co. (about $200 million), and Mitsubishi (about $100 million).
Over the past year Biogen Idec has pursued collaborations. The company in October joined with Portola Pharmaceuticals to develop and commercialize oral Syk inhibitors for the treatment of various autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. And with Isis Pharmaceuticals, Biogen Idec announced January 4 an option to license Isis' antisense drug ISIS-SMNRx, a treatment for spinal muscular atrophy.
It's a matter of following the money. Biogen Idec paid Isis $29 million up front and could dole out up to $45 million in milestone payments associated with clinical development prior to licensing plus up to another $225 million in a license and regulatory milestone fees and double-digit royalties. So what's in it for Biogen Idec? The company has the option to license ISIS-SMNRx after completion of the first successful Phase II/III trial.
In the Portola deal, Biogen Idec agreed to provide Portola with $36 million cash up front and buy $9 million in Portola equity, with additional payments of up to $508.5 million based on achieving development and regulatory milestones. Biogen Idec will lead the global development and commercialization efforts for the Syk inhibitor program in major indications such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, while Portola will lead U.S. development and commercialization efforts for select smaller indications as well as discovery efforts for follow-on Syk inhibitors. While Portola retained an option to co-promote in major indications alongside Biogen Idec in the U.S., Biogen Idec won a 75–25% split of worldwide costs and profits.
Both deals seem to involve greater outlays than traditional corporate VC deals but hold promise for much greater returns long-term for Biogen Idec. And that appears to be as much a factor in the company's move away from corporate venture funding as any truism about access to technology and playing nice with other VCs.
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Late marriage of Qatari women and some young women not getting married is a worsening social problem in the community, a Qatari man said, taking part in the discussion yesterday.
Local Arabic daily Al Raya quoted Ahmed Hassan Al Malki as saying Qatari men should be encouraged by the government to marry more than once. He said it will have twin benefits — the problem of many women not finding suitable grooms and remaining unmarried would be solved, and Qatari population would increase. The government should encourage polygamy by holding seminars and campaigns to raise awareness, he said. The debate was organised in his majlis.
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Shhh...you have a secret to tell (or not). You might choose to tell only a small group of people in your first trimester or maybe you're wanting to shout it out to the whole world! Take your pick from these innovative ideas or create your own unique plan to share the news you're having a baby. Get ready for the smiles, hugs and happy tears. We're positive you'll find at least one way to do it!
Take advantage of a holiday: If you happen to be in your first trimester near a holiday, you've got it made!
- Create a special Valentine: Have the loving message be from your baby.
- Creative picture frames: Wrap up a "Grandparents are a Blessing" frame with the note, "picture arriving soon".
- Easy holiday tie-ins: Take advantage of holidays like Grandparents Day in September.
- Holiday ornaments: Send a special ornament to the grandparents for the tree (make sure you have for both sides of the family!).
- Baby's signature: Add your baby's signature to cards and gifts for an added surprise.
- Gift certificates: Create your own or buy from your favorite store. You can have the certificates be good for "one grandchild" (or two if twins are on the way).
- For older siblings: Hang an envelop on the tree from "baby" with the note, "Sorry I can't be there with you right now, but I'll see you all in ___!".
My husband wrote a poem of our lives and then added about our new addition at the end. We had each of our mother's read the poems at our family gatherings for Christmas. ~Deidre, FaceBook fan
Share the news with help: Enlist a child, pet or even a website to help spread the word!
- Put your message on a t-shirt: Dress your child in a big brother/sister t-shirt. Have the camera ready to catch surprised expressions.
- Share your message on a pet sweater: Try, "New playmate arriving soon!"
- Make a picture album: Create an online album (or one the old-fashioned way). The last picture can feature a picture of the nursery, you in an under construction t-shirt or other hint that a baby's on the way.
- Post a video: Put together a video of ultrasounds, baby shopping, create one online...it's up to you!
My mom saw our son's "big brother" shirt and started laughing and then gave him a big hug and then she started crying. Then I started crying! ~Jennifer, Pregnancy.org member
Announce your news at a gathering: You've got everyone together, now is your chance! Tip: Have a trusted friend who is "in the know" catch the announcement and reactions on video.
- Desserts: Decorate dessert or cup cakes with mini rattles or bottles and arriving soon or due date. It's your day, keep it fun!
- "Could you hold the baby?": Ask the family to gather for picture. Hand Grandma or Grandpa your ultrasound picture and ask if they would hold their grandchild for a moment.
- Movie night: Invite friends over and have a bunch of pregnancy-related movies to watch together: "She's Having a Baby," "Nine Months," "Junior," "Knocked Up." See how long before someone catches on to the theme.
We'd moved and planned a housewarming to show all the family around our new house, saving the nursery for the very last. In there I had a big poster board saying, "Welcome Baby, coming in June." Everyone was screaming and hugging. It was so fun. ~Annie
Customized products: From announcement cards to sports event tickets that look and feel like the real thing to themed fortune cookies, your imagination's the only limit.
- "Gambling" scratch tickets: Have scratch tickets created with all baby theme pictures.
- Announce it in the candy dish: Leave out a dish of special pink and blue m&m's.
- Customized fortune cookies: Pick your messages and watch the faces!
I bought custom pink and blue M&M's that said, "WE'RE PREGNANT" on one side and the due date on the other. I poured them in a bowl to share at a family get together. It took a while before someone read them but when they did, everyone's reaction was priceless! We also sent a bag to our family in Ireland. I wish we could have seen their faces as well, but their reaction online and on the phone was still a lot of fun. ~Chimmy, Pregnancy.org member
Put 'Em on the Spot: Create a situation for self-discovery, sit back and enjoy the responses.
- Ask an important question: "Which do you prefer? Grandma/Pa or Nana/Papa?"
- "What's this!?": Borrow or buy some baby clothes. Ask a friend or family member to get the laundry out of the dryer/hamper and see what happens!
- Writing on the donut: Label each person's favorite kind with their name. Don't forget to include baby's name if you have one picked out! Let the guessing begin. Who are the new parents?
- Surprise in the fridge: Place a ketchup or mustard in a baby bottle and ask your friend for the condiment.
- What's the dog playing with?: Get a rattle-shaped toy for your dog. Ask those around you, "Could you see what the pup's playing with?"
I handed my mom an "important survey." On the front it said, "Please mark your selection and return by August 14" (my due date). On the inside was a list of check-boxes next to 10 different "Grandma" names. She started to fill it out and then tossed the survey and pencil and jumped up to hug me! ~Cindy, Pregnancy.org member
Use your Facebook status: Ready to make the big announcement about your pregnancy to your social networking friends and family?
- Tag your husband/partner: "Is it okay if we tell everyone we're pregnant now?"
- Status says: "...is eating for two"
- Witty status messages: "My eggo is preggo."
- Change your profile picture: Switch out your typical profile picture to your latest ultrasound. That's bound to get some "likes" and comments!
Between you and your partner: Did you test alone? Beyond blurting out the news, you could try one of these:
- Baby stickers/cling-ons: Hang a "Baby On Board" sign in your husband's/partner's car window.
- Bun in the oven: Buy some hamburger buns and place them in a (cool) oven. When your other half gets home, have them open the oven and get "dinner" out for you. When they look at you funny, hold your belly and say, "I got one in mine, too!"
- Subtly is over-rated: While getting dressed ask, "Does this baby make me look fat?"
- Dedicate a song on the radio: Call a local radio station and see if they are willing to let you announce your news on the air or have them read a message while you know your partner is listening. This item might take some prior planning.
Post your innovative ideas and stories in the comments, we'd love to hear them (even the bloopers)!
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Sunset Ice Cream, a landmark along Lycoming Creek Road, will be torn down to make way for new CVS Pharmacy and Eyeland Optical stores.
At their meeting on Tuesday evening, the Old Lycoming Supervisors unanimously approved a preliminary plan from Shumbat Partnerships for the new pharmacy, and a final plan for the new optical store.
Zoning Officer Judy Balzer is pleased that the township is seeing commercial growth, but she admitted she is a bit sad to see Sunset Ice Cream go.
"That's a landmark for us around here, everyone knows and loves Sunset Ice Cream," Balzer said.
The ice cream parlor will be torn down to make room for a new, larger CVS, which will feature a drive-through pharmacy window.
"Basically, I looked over this with a fine toothed comb this week, and I like what I see," Supervisor John Eck said about the plans.
Sam Marranca, owner of Shumbat Partnerships, explained his development vision to those in attendance.
"I think this will make a nice, more commercial area eventually," Marranca said.
"We will be putting in a new Eyeland Store, and move CVS across the street from where it is now. Both will have much better access and parking, which will let us put a drive-through pharmacy window on the CVS," he added.
The new Eyeland store will be about 60 feet from the old one. It will move the building closer to the street and allow for better parking, according to Marranca.
The main entrance to both stores will come via Shumbat Street, which makes figuring out the parking lots a bit tricky, according to Balzer.
Approval of the plans is contingent on Shumbat Partnerships addressing certain concerns expressed by the township engineer, which included parking issues and driveway permits.
According to Marranca, it will be at least seven months before the new Eyeland is erected. He hopes to break ground on the new CVS some time in 2013.


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Let me start by saying I have been following a low carb, primal life style since mid January. I have lost 55 Lbs and my BP and BS numbers are better than they have been for 15 years. Blood sugar was 97 this morning before breakfast. I have been good about no grains, sugars or processed foods the entire time. I'm 64 YO and currently at 260 Lbs.
About a Month ago I started getting a flashing, burning sensation in the thighs of my legs. It happens when I put my legs up. It can be quite painful and feels better if I massage the area. It isn't like a lactic acid build up from needing carbs. It feels more like it is near the surface.
I have been doing once a week high intensity workouts to failure for a month now and the leg press isn't affected by this pain at the time. However at night when I put my feet up I get the pains.
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- Dimensional Paint is formulated to keep it's thickness and shape providing a 3-D effect rather than acting like a typical paint that is flat and follows the form of the surface it is brushed or sprayed onto or behaving like markers and pens. You can draw, outline, write and embellish with dimensional paint. Tips vary, but dimensional paint comes in a bottle with tip that can be held like a pencil in your hand.
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We can enjoy a spectrum of great island talent Saturday when the Maui Arts & Cultural Center presents Na Hoku Hou Award Winners Concert, featuring the traditional and contemporary Hawaiian music of Mark Yamanaka and Kainani Kahaunaele, the swinging gypsy jazz of the Hot Club of Hulaville and the melodic rock of legendary band Kalapana.
Big island artist Mark Yamanaka swept the Na Hoku Hanohano Awards this year, winning Album of the Year, Male Vocalist, Most Promising Artist and Song of the Year (for "Kaleoonalani," composed for his young daughter). Kainani Kahaunaele won Haku Mele and Hawaiian Language Performance; Hot Club of Hulaville won Jazz Album of the Year; and Kalapana was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Mixing Hawaiian standards with newly composed Hawaiian language songs, Yamanaka's debut album, "Lei Pua Kenikeni," clearly impressed the Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts judges. Nominated for seven awards, he is only the third musician to win three major categories with a debut album, after Willie K in 1992 and Keali'i Reichel in 1995.
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Known for his beautiful falsetto, Yamanaka is a student of kumu hula Johnny Lum Ho. He began playing music while attending intermediate school in Hilo, beginning with the ukulele and later teaching himself guitar. Soon after, he discovered a talent for falsetto.
His love for singing falsetto was inspired by the work of artists like Dennis Pavao, Gary Heleamau and Darren Benitez. "For me it was mimicking, trying to sound like that," he said in a Hawaii Public Radio interview. "Making the CD, I didn't consider winning any awards. I just wanted to get a CD out with good music, something I and my family could cherish."
Honored with the most nominations - eight for second album "Ohai Ula"- Kauai musician Kahaunaele has continued a winning streak since her debut CD, "Na'u 'Oe," which earned Female Vocalist of the Year, Most Promising Artist and Hawaiian Language Performance in 2004.
Born in rural Anahola and raised by her grandparents, she grew up surrounded by four generations of musical talent. Her love for Hawaiian music was infused at an early age, playing ukulele and singing in church and with the Kapa'a High School Show Choir.
While studying for a degree in Hawaiian Studies at University of Hawaii at Hilo, Kahaunaele started singing professionally and composing traditional songs as part of 'Aha P?nana Leo's pioneering Hawaiian language revitalization program.
Kahaunaele's proficiency in composing haku mele led to artists such as Weldon Kekauoha, Aaron Sala and Na Leo recording her songs, while a number of halau have danced to her music - including kumu hula Keali'i Reichel's Halau Ke'alaokamaile at Merrie Monarch in 2009.
Strikingly talented with a lovely voice, she crafts memorable contemporary Hawaiian music with subtle touches of jazz and pop. Supported by the Wish List Band, Kahaunaele composed nine of the songs on her latest CD.
"My passion is to perpetuate Hawaiian culture in a way that is more authentic and to promote Hawaiian language and Hawaiian composition," she said in an interview.
One of Hawaii's most popular groups, Kalapana was celebrated in May at a Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony at the Hawaii Convention Center, which also honored Maui brothers Ernest and Freddie Tavares.
Besides current members Malani Bilyeu, DJ Pratt, Kenji Sano and Gaylord Holomaila, the event also honored the late Mackey Feary, and former members Alvin Fejarang, Michael Paulo and Randy Aloya.
The seeds of Kalapana's long career were sown in 1973, when childhood friends David John (DJ) Pratt and Malani Bilyeu auditioned at the Rainbow Villa for the newly popular duo Cecilio and Kapono.
C&K encouraged the two musicians to form a band, and they then recruited Kirk Thompson and Mackey Feary. Settling on the name Kalapana, the group's popularity soon grew, and the release of their debut album cemented their reputation as hot island talent. Packed with memorable songs, which would become audience favorites, including "Nightbird," "Naturally" and "Kona Daze," the album sold more than 125,000 copies.
Within three years of their initial meeting, Kalapana had become so popular that they headlined at the Waikiki Shell, selling out three evenings before a record attendance of 25,000. At the close of the same year they joined C&K, performing before a crowd estimated at 30,000 at Aloha Stadium.
From the mid-1980s until the late 1990s, the band performed as a quintet comprising founding members Bilyeu, Feary and Pratt, with Gaylord Holomalia and bassist Kenji Sano.
In recent years all the members have pursued solo careers. While their appearances in Hawaii became sporadic, Kalapana has consistently enjoyed a huge following in Japan.
In 2002, the band released an album of new material, "Blue" - featuring Robert Lynn Nelson's painting "Yellow Moon over Lahaina" - which earned them Hoku Awards for Best Rock Album and Best Engineered Album. And in 2009, they again won Rock Album of the Year for a collection of re-recorded favorites, "Many Classics, Kalapana Plays Their Best."
"When we're together it's great," says Gaylord Holomalia. "We don't see each other all the time because, individually, we all have our own projects, but when we get together we have a lot of fun."
Returning to Maui after impressing folks opening for John Jorgenson, the Hot Club of Hulaville won this year's jazz Hoku for their CD "Django Would Go." Based on Oahu, the group features Duane Padilla on violin, Emmet Mahoney on guitar, Ricardo Diaz on bass, Sonny Silva on guitar and vocalist Ginai. They perform their own special blend of 1930s-style jazz, swing and gypsy music with a Hawaiian flavor.
"It's a French twist to American swing," explained group leader Sonny Silva. "We're influenced by the original Quintet du Hot Club of France. We play jazz and hapa-haole Hawaiian music like 'Sophisticated Hula.' "
The group's talented vocalist sings in Portuguese, French, Spanish, Italian, English, Tahitian and Hawaiian (on the sweet track "Kalua" on "Django).
The band's violinist recently released his own album, "Sentimental Swing." A member of the Honolulu Symphony, Padilla has also performed with Amy Hanali'i and Uluwehi Gurrerro. Interpreting classics from the Great American Songbook such as "Autumn Leaves" and "Embraceable You," the album was recorded live without rehearsals.
* The Na Hoku Hou Award Winners Concert is presented Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 event day, and $40 for premium table seating (plus applicable fees). For details or to purchase tickets, visit www.mauiarts.org or call the MACC box office at 242-7469.
The Maui duo Ahumanu, featuring Liz "Kopa'a Tita" Morales and Joni DeMello, will perform songs from their new album, "No Ku'uipo," at a CD release party at Stella Blues Caf on Saturday evening. They will also play a sold-out show at Stella Blues on Friday.
A follow-up to their debut album, "The Gathering," the new project features a number of original compositions ranging from contemporary Hawaiian to the jazzy "All Right Now," along with songs by Ka'upena Wong and Johnny Lum Ho, and a cover of Duke Ellington's "Swingtime in Honolulu."
Multi-instrumentalist Liz plays ukulele, lead and rhythm guitar, upright bass, percussion and Tahitian banjo on the album, while Joni contributes guitar and bass.
* Ahumanu CD release party tickets are $60 for dinner and show at Stella Blues Cafe, with seating at 6 p.m., or $30 for the show only, which starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Call 874-3779.
It may be a Maui first when a total of nine pianists combine talents for the "Battle of the Pianists" concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Maui Music Conservatory at the Queen Ka'ahumanu Center.
Presented by Ebb & Flow Arts as part of their "A Little More Summer Music, Please" series, the concert features Ruth Murata, Lotus Dancer, Robert Pollock, Beatrice Scorby, Karyn Sarring, Peiling Lin, Anna and Laura Reiley, plus special guest Winston Choi, performing pieces for one, two and four pianos.
The program features works by Igor Stravinsky, Simeon ten Holt, Anne Ku, Percy Grainger, Maurice Ravel, Johannes Brahms, Phil Dennys and Henry Gilbert. And the world premiere of Robert Pollock's special composition for the occasion, "16 for 4," features eight pianists playing four pianos.
As usual, the concert is presented free of charge.
* Ebb & Flow Arts' "Battle of the Pianists" free concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Maui Music Conservancy. For details, www.ebbandflowarts.org.


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Feizy debuts Bling Dynasty rugs
March 26, 2008-- Home Textiles Today,
Dallas -- Feizy Import & Export looked to the Far East for the design direction of its newest area rug offerings set to debut at the High Point Market, which kicks off April 7.
Dubbed the Bling Dynasty Collections, this grouping of new rugs employs Asian-inspired motifs and patterns portrayed in a luxury-leaning and overt style of wealth, as its slang name connotes.
Explaining Feizy's Bling Dynasty launch, "It's nearly impossible to find a designer that doesn't use some Asian influence when decorating for the home," said Steve Sorrow, vp of design and product development.
Sorrow and Feizy's design team has created a variety of collections in different constructions and price points, to respond to the demand for Asian looks updated in modern colors and construction techniques.
The Bodhi Collection features an Asian tree-of-life pattern enhanced with fresh colors and metallic hues. It comes in six colorways and is hand knotted of New Zealand wool. A 5-foot-3-inch-by-7-foot-6-inch is set to retail for $230.
The TingTang Collection is what Feizy describes as "an offshoot of the Feng Shui style of decorating." It comprises transitional designs in a wool loop and viscose pile construction in four designs of delicate leaves and florals. These rugs are hand-tufted. A 5-by-8 is priced at $430.
Chinese screen patterns are the source of inspiration for the Dim Sum Collection of hand-knotted rugs made of New Zealand wool and silk. A 5-foot-6-inch-by-8-foot-6-inch is set to retail for $1,490.
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Tom & Jerry
This holiday drink, a variation on eggnog made with brandy, was first invented by a British sportswriter and journalist named Pierce Egan in the 1820s; it's named after two characters in his best-known satirical work. If you make the recipe in quantity, use a punch bowl and cups. Punch sets from the 1960s with "Tom & Jerry" written on them sometimes turn up at antiques shops and flea markets.
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- 2 eggs, separated
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- 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 2 tablespoons (1 ounce) light rum
- 2 tablespoons (1 ounce) brandy
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- Whole nutmeg
Beat egg yolks, sugar, and allspice at high speed with an electric mixer until thick and lemon-colored. Blend in rum and brandy.
In separate mixing bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until they form firm (but not dry) peaks. Fold in yolk mixture. Spoon 1/2 cup of the mixture into four warmed 8-ounce mugs. Fill each with 1/3 cup hot milk. Grate a bit of nutmeg on top and serve immediately.


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Audible wind turbine noise may or may not be a problem, depending on your proximity to the installation. What I've never heard discussed is "infrasound."
Infrasound is an important component of noise that most city planners never heard of or turbine manufacturers might be reluctant to discuss. It is a low level noise below the sounds that are audible. It undoubtedly affects the ear.
Infrasound can be compared to sunlight. We see a little bit of sunlight and assume we're OK because we are not standing in it, however, it's exposure to ultraviolet rays that are harmful, as will be infrasound.
Long term infrasound exposure disturbs sleep. Ultralow pitch of an earthquake can be felt by animals and sensitive humans. Whales use infrasound as weaponry. Certain whales use blasts of the inaudible sound to stun their prey.
The common belief is "If you can't hear it, it can't affect you." False! I would suggest that city, county, township planners do some homework before approving lease rights to wind turbine farms and include a bit of escrow money to handle the coming litigation.
I must reluctantly agree that wind turbine electric generation has a place, however inefficient, on vast unpopulated areas, a small farm or even a very small community. There are many other negative considerations that will keep it from ever being the flavor of the year.
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Snowmobile operator charged after accident
A Rocky Mountain House-area man remains in hospital in stable condition after being struck by a snowmobile Sunday.
"I think it's head injuries so you never know what could be underlying there," said Cpl. Mark Burnell of Rocky RCMP.
The snowmobile driver faces an impaired driving causing bodily harm charge after he ran over a quad driver on a rural property northeast of town around 9:30 p.m. The quad driver was leading a group of quads and snowmobiles when he rolled his machine and was run over by the snowmobile following him. STARS airlifted the injured man to an Edmonton hospital.
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Syracuse, NY - A tearful Cornelia Brown angrily told a Syracuse man in court today she holds him responsible for her son's death even if he wasn't the person who stabbed the victim.
If Kenneth Binder had not attacked her son, her son would not have ended up being stabbed to death during the fight, Brown said.
Binder apologized, telling Brown he never meant for the tragedy to happen.
Binder, 24, of West Borden Avenue, pleaded guilty in March to a felony count of first-degree gang assault in connection with an attack on Darnell Brown last June 12.
Authorities said Brown had been celebrating his upcoming 27th birthday at a party at the Prince Hall Masonic Temple on West Brighton Avenue when he was attacked on the street outside.
In pleading guilty, Binder admitted he and three others struck and kicked the victim. Authorities contend Derek Singletary, 25, of South Collingwood Avenue, fatally stabbed Brown in the neck and chest during the fight.
Facing Binder as she read from a prepared statement in court today, Cornelia Brown said the defendant had caused her family tremendous pain. Noting that Binder contends he was under the influence of drugs at the time of the incident, she said the defendant was responsible for the choices he had made in his life.
She challenged him to look back over his life and determine if drugs had ever done anything positive for him. She also suggested he familiarize himself with the Bible and the Ten Commandments.
Brown said that Binder's involvement in attacking her son gave Singletary the opportunity to stab the victim. For that, she said she held Binder equally responsible, telling him he would have to answer to God as well for his conduct.
Defense lawyer Patricia Campbell said Binder intends to use his time in prison to address the substance abuse problem he has failed to address in the past.
Fahey sentenced Binder to 10 years in state prison.
"You've caused them the kind of pain that they are never going to get over," Fahey told Binder as he stood several feet from where Cornelia Brown stood sobbing alongside her husband, Donnie Brown, in the courtroom.
Fahey told Binder he had never heard of any four-on-one fight being a fair fight.
"There was nothing fair about what happened out there that night," the judge added. He called the attack on the victim a "vicious, vicious, cowardly assault."
Binder is the second defendant to admit guilt and be sentenced in the case.
Morrice Harper, 25, of Lafayette Road, was sentenced in January to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to the felony gang assault charge.
A gang-assault case is still pending against Jerrell Brown, 22, of Fabius Street. Singletary is facing a second-degree murder charge for the fatal stabbing that occurred during the fight.


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Oklahoma National Guard gets new helicopters
First two helicopters arrive in April
The Oklahoma Army National Guard is getting four new helicopters to replace a fleet of 30-year-old aircraft.
The guard said Thursday it will receive four UH-72A "Lakota" helicopters in 2013. The helicopters will replace four OH-58C "Kiowa" helicopters that the guard has used for more than 30 years.
The first two new helicopters are to arrive in April, with the other two coming in May.
The guard says the UH-72A is a twin engine platform with a single four-bladed main rotor.
The guard said the new aircraft will give soldiers greater capabilities in emergency support missions, including homeland security, disaster-response, firefighting and medical evacuations.
Pilots are now being trained to fly the UH-72s.
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Cute Bedding From Your Aunt Buckyalismith
I'm not putting together a new nursery for our baby girl. When I planned the nursery for our first, a boy, I intentionally made it as gender-neutral as possible so it could be used again … for exactly the situation I'm in.
That said, I do want to switch out a few things. I need new sheets, and maybe a new quilt or throw-pillow would significantly girl-up the space without requiring much in terms of money, or time, or energy—all things I'm short on these days.
I came across this cute bedding on Etsy. Check it out after the jump! With so many cute sheet options that aren't sold as a set (hurrah!), her collection might be just the thing I'm looking for. Below are some of my favorites from Aunt Bucky's Etsy shop.
Chocolate Kisses Fitted Crib Sheet, $40 1 of 10
Summer Forest Patchwork Crib Sheet, $70 2 of 10
Starry Night Crib Sheet, $40 3 of 10
Granny Bug Crib Set, $175 4 of 10
Love Hearts Crib Sheet, $40 5 of 10
Sunny Love Crib Sheet, $40 6 of 10
Moosey Mushrooms Crib Bedding Set, $175 7 of 10
Candy Stripes Fitted Crib Sheet, $40 8 of 10
Pineapple Pirates Crib Sheet, $40 9 of 10
Chili Blu Crib Sheet, $40 10 of 10
Are you planning a new nursery for your second child?


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Frat president reacts to accusations of racially-themed partyUPDATED 9:34 PM CST Feb 26, 2014
The leaders of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at the University of Arkansas have been asked to quit. Investigators say members held a party on MLK Day that included racial stereotypes.Video Transcript
ARKANSAS FRATERNITY HAVE BEEN ASKED TO RESIGN AFTER SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THEY HOSTED A RACIALLY THEMED PARTY. YOU FIRST LEARNED ABOUT THIS STORY IN A 40/29 BREAKING NEWS ALERT. OUR EMILY MAHER SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THAT FRATERNITY TO SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. SHE'S LIVE IN FAYETTEVILLE. 40/29 OBTAINED DOCUMENTS FROM THE U OF A SAYING PI KAPPA ALPHA MEMBERS HELD THE OFF-CAMPUS PARTY ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY. THE SCHOOL SAYS THAT PARTY INCLUDED RACIAL STEREO TYPES, AND THAT FRAT MEMBERS HAVE NOW BEEN REPRIMANDED. 40/29 OBTAINED DOCUMENTS SAYING THE UNIVERSITY INVESTIGATED THE PI KAPPA ALPHA, OR PIKE, FRATERNITY AFTER THEY HOSTED A PARTY LAST MONTH. IN THOSE DOCUMENTS IT SAYS, " the investigation supports the conclusion that participants in the unregistered party took part in certain themed activities based on disrespectful racial stereotypes that run counter to core values of the University of Arkansas." 40/29 NEWS GOT A TIP SAYING THAT PARTY HAD BEEN FRIED CHICKEN AND 40S-THEMED. SOMETHING THE PIKE FRATERNITY PRESIDENT DENIES. (SOT Matt Smallwood, Pi Kappa Alpha President) "there's not racial allegations, other than that, there's nothing that I have to comment on" WE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF THE FRAT'S BOARD MEMBERS VIA EMAIL - NONE OF THEM HAVE RESPONDED TO US TONIGHT. WE SPOKE WITH STUDENTS ON CAMPUS TO GET THEIR REACTION TO THE OFF-CAMPUS PARTY. (SOT Jeremy Sprinkle, Student) "I was surprised by it. I mean, I didn't think anything like that was going on." THE UNIVERSITY SAYS BECAUSE THERE IS NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ABOUT THE THEME OF THE PARTY, THEY ARE UNABLE TO PUNISH THE FRAT FOR THE RACIAL ALLEGATIONS. THE FRATERNITY IS BEING CITED FOR HOSTING AN UNREGISTERED OFF- CAMPUS PARTY. IN THE INVESTIGATION DOCUMENTS, IT SAYS THE UNIVERSITY IS REQUIRING THE FRATERNITY TO WORK WITH THE MULTICULTURAL OFFICE ON PROGRAMS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT. REPORTING LIVE IN FAYETTEVILLE, EMILY MAHER 40/29 NEWS. THE PIKE FRATERNITY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY SPRING RECRUITING EVENTS. AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS WHO WENT TO THE PARTY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GO TO ANY GREEK SOCIAL EVENTS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
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Chuck's Two Kilobytes Worth
I no longer maintain the my Linux File Manager page, because I no longer have time to devote to trying new things with desktop Linux. The content is still available if you really want it, but from my perusal of the Linux news groups, I no longer see a need for such a page.
Still, I've left it here for historical purposes, and to keep some links live. Consider it a relic of a time when KDE wasn't yet at version 1 and I hadn't heard of Gnome. That was really the situation when I started it. Linux has come a long way, hasn't it?


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Jaguar cars are losing their looks. To General Motors. Or, more specifically, to this year's Chevrolet Caprice and next year's Cadillac Seville and now Buick's new Park Avenue. These beamy, four-door American whoppers carry enough of the slopes and bulges of the Jaguar XJ6 to bristle the wig of any British barrister specializing in plagiarism suits. They also display that Coventry trademark of setting a car low and flat to camouflage its weight and bulk. The slink is further accentuated by full use of horizontal styling lines. Look once: There's aristocratic tradition in their fluted and heavily chromed grilles. Look again: Their wheels are reverse dishes and polished aluminum, mild chin dams lurk beneath the front bumpers and both items are the subtle hints of high speed. See the whole package as a flattering imitation of the Jaguar aura of elegant performance. Lordy, fire up the new V-6 of the Buick Park Avenue and it even has that distinctive, gurgling purr of the venerable straight six that was in Jaguar's 3.5-liter saloons of the '40s and the XK120s of the '50s. The irony is that General Motors simply swiped these handsome visuals to compete on their own shores against the classier, more expensive Jaguar. Ford, on the other hand, bought the British company lock, stock and look for $2.6 billion last year but hasn't announced any intentions of producing a domestic car with the Coventry lines. Go figure. Buick's 1991 Park Avenue is probably closer to Bond Street than anything else coming out of Michigan these days. It's a four-door notchback, more than 16 feet long and 6 feet wide and is available with leather upholstery. So is the Jaguar XJ6. The windshield on the grandly touring Jaguar has a long, sporty rake; quarter-panes in the rear windows so doors can be made larger and passenger visibility increased; enough hip room for three adults in the rear seats and narrow door pillars to lighten the roofline. Same with the Buick Park Avenue. Looks, however, do not prove the car any more than they maketh the man. There is only one Oreo cookie. So how can any domestic car pretend to that throne of quality occupied by Jaguar since it was Swallow Coachbuilding and making motorcycle sidecars? It can't. But the Buick Park Avenue is the one domestic vehicle that comes closest to catching and matching the European combination of grace, pace and luxury. It isn't a perfect clone. The Park Avenue cannot compete with Jaguar (or with Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Lexus and Infiniti, for that matter) when the road beckons broad and straight and is empty of gendarmes. In fact, full stretch for the Park Avenue isn't much more than 110 m.p.h., which for mightier machines is about time to be shifting into fifth. Also, in its passion to be considered modern, Buick has pursued the traditional gospel according to GM by piling on conveniences that are littl e more than dime store novelties. Nobody really needs an overhead warning panel to glow when a parking light has burned out. Nor is there the slightest need for a tachometer in a basically unsporty car equipped with automatic transmission that will shift exactly when and where it chooses. On the other hand, what the Park Avenue can do, it does for a base price of $24,385. Including driver-side air bag and anti-lock brakes. At $39,900, the sobriety and stiffer uppers of a Jaguar XJ6 might not appear quite so attractive. Despite ghastly touches of plastic burled walnut trim in doors and dash, Buick has built a pleasant, uptown interior for its Park Avenue. Fabrics and some of the fittings (the center armrest has a tendency to wobble) don't feel quite as substantial as the Europeans. Bench seats are a definite anachronism offering precious little butt and body grip during quick maneuvering. A gearshift mounted on the steering column is another relico the pre-Columbian era of motoring. But the living quarters of the Park Avenue are definitely superior to most run-of-Detroit interiors. Knobs are not threatening to drop. Plastic and chrome do not appear ready to peel. Flush fitting, decorous finish and tight cabin sealing have attained that level of excellence where quiet thoughts are allowed when cruising. May it all be the start of a quality trend that will eventually trickle south to less expensive cars in the GM lineup. Mechanically, the Park Avenue is based upon a front-drive platform it shares with the Oldsmobile 98, the Cadillac Seville and other broad-shouldered stablemates from GM. It plows no new soil. The engine is a port-injected, 3.8 liter V-6 producing 170 horsepower. Refined, but far from radical. The powertrain, however, is an electronically controlled smoothie and the automatic transmission has caught up with one of the best and most sophisticated features of Japan's enormously successful luxury car, the Lexus LS400. Simply put, Buick's new Hydra-matic transmission (developed in the GM shop that in 1939 produced the world's first automatic transmission) is a system of computers and solenoids that control the shift pattern until it is crisp, quick and free of the surges and sags of lesser automatics. So on the road, the Park Avenue is smooth, magnificently mannered and from rest to 60 m.p.h. will run alongside a Jaguar until the final split second. Hard, mid-range acceleration from 60 m.p.h. to 80-m.p.h. takes 20 seconds. These are not exactly Roger Ramjet numbers, but are quite respectable for a car of this size, weight and purpose. That purpose, of course, is to carry a half-dozen souls in quiet, undramatic fashion over fairly long distances without requiring the services of a chiropractor at journey's end. This the Park Avenue achieves and with a reasonable consumption of regular unleaded. We only wish the car didn't wallow quite so much. We also would like the front wheels and steering box to lose that Kleenex feel. Discs brakes on the rear wheels would be nice. Yet these are the only real deficiencies remaining with a satisfying car that clearly is Buick's response to the elitists--and its gage to sister divisions and a domestic industry fighting for a tomorrow. 1991 Buick Park Avenue The Good Elegant, European styling. Single-digit initial acceleration. Smooth, silent riding for long haul. Closing door on imported quality. The Bad Interior loaded with gimcracks. No rear disc brakes. Marginally mushy handling. The Ugly Genuine simulated imitation plastic walnut trim. Cost Base: $24,385 As tested: $27,094 (including power seats, power door locks, upgraded sound system, theft deterrent system, driver-side bag.) Engine 3.8 liter, V-6 developing 170 ho rsepower. Type Front-drive, six passenger, luxury sedan. Performance 0-60 m.p.h., as tested, 9.8 seconds. Top speed, estimated, 110 m.p.h. Fuel consumption, EPA city-highway, 18 and 27 m.p.g. Curb Weight 3,580 pounds.
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What's for dinner? Stinkbugs?UPDATED 7:59 PM EDT Oct 18, 2013
Stinkbugs congregate on the sunny side of houses on warm fall days. But News 8's Jack Hubley says, if you cannot beat 'em, eat 'em!Video Transcript
THIS TIME OF YEAR MANY HOMEOWNERS BRACE THEMSELVES FOR THE ANNUAL INVASION OF STINKBUGS. THEY CONGREGATE ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE HOUSE ON WARM AUTUMN DAYS. BUT IN TONIGHT'S WILD MOMENT, NEWS 8'S NATURALIST JACK HUBLEY SAYS.. IF YOU CANNOT BEAT 'EM.. EAT 'EM! 3 There he is, the infamous brown marmorated stinkbug, bane of agriculture and suburbia. Is there any redeeming feature to this smelly little insect? That's what many Wild Moments viewers would like to know. Laurie, you may not realize it, but you've stumbled upon the solution - stinkbug cookery! And here to expand on that topic is Lisa Sanchez, the Rachel Ray of insect cuisine. Lisa is a park naturalist at the Lancaster Co.Environmental Center, and she's been cooking up insects for decades.: So, there you have it. Thanks for coming to the rescue, Lisa.Thanks to Lisa Sanchez we now know that there is light at the end of the stinkbug tunnel, if you're willing to eat your enemies. I'm Jack Hubley, News 8.
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something you say when something incredibly bad is about to happen. best used if you have enough time to say "oh.............balls."
a perfect example is in the the movie Posiedon when the giant wave is about to go into the ship. It is perfect because it takes a while to crash but a person watching knows that it will hit hard. "oh... balls." (spoken very slowly)
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Can you define these popular missing words?
What someone says ehen they were expecting something good but get something bad.
Doctor: Your pregnancy test results are good-you're not pregnant.
Mary: Great!
Doctor: But you do have AIDS
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An expression of dissapointment and or frustration.
"Oh balls, I lost my chemistry homework..."
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Wipes in my cleanroom environment
Increasing productivity in cleanroom manufacturing is a challenge. This is
especially true when it comes to reducing potential contamination that can
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March 9, 2012
Former Republican presidential candidate and well-known television evangelist Pat Robertson, 81, told the New York Times in an interview published Wednesday that he believes the war on drugs is a failure and that legalizing marijuana would reduce the social and financial costs of harsh drug laws.
"I really believe we should treat marijuana the way we treat beverage alcohol," Robertson told the newspaper. He originally spoke publicly in favor of reforming marijuana laws in 2010. Last week on Christian Broadcasting Network's "The 700 Club," Robertson expanded his support for legalizing cannabis/marijuana. In the New York Times report, he made it clear that he a now a full-blown advocate for reforming the nation's marijuana laws.
"If people can go into a liquor store and buy a bottle of alcohol and drink it at home legally, then why do we say that the use of this other substance is somehow criminal?" he said in the interview. Robertson, who finished second at the 1988 Iowa Caucuses behind then-Sen. Bob Dole, said he saw nothing in scripture that would prohibit legalizing the popular recreational and medically used drug. While noting that he has never smoked marijuana and never would, he also noted that Jesus turned water into wine.
"I don't think he (Jesus) was a teetotaler," Robertson said in the interview.
Robertson said he was not worried about any criticism he might receive from those who were used to him being on the "straight and narrow." He noted that in some cases, young people with no other criminal records were serving outlandish prison sentences for possession of small amounts of marijuana/cannabis. That, he said, is wrong and contrary to the message of the Gospels.
"I just want to be on the right side," he told the Times. "And I think on this one, I'm on the right side."
Robertson is among the growing number of Americans who have come to the conclusion that marijuana/cannabis should be legal for both medical and recreational use. Last year, the Gallup organization found that for the first time, support for legalizing the drug had reached 50 percent, a record high (pun intended) since polling on the issue began some four decades ago.
Among current presidential candidates, Libertarian Gary Johnson and Republican Ron Paul favor legalizing cannabis/marijuana.
Finally, for those who don't know, "420" is a popular slang term for cannabis/marijuana. No one, however, seems to be able to give a definitive answer why this is so.
Pat Robertson says marijuana use should be legal, New York Times, March 7, 2012
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Unless otherwise noted, the following incidents were reported to Huntsville police Thursday and Friday. In items with incomplete addresses, police withheld the information.
North Precinct:
Beard Street: Samsung Flat-Screen TV, a DVD player and a PlayStation 3 was stolen from a residence in the 1500 block between 6:40 a.m. and 4:20 p.m. Nov. 13.
Berry Street: Copper pipe was stolen from a residence between noon Oct. 1 and noon Nov. 5.
Fairbanks Street: An IPhone 4 was stolen at 3 a.m. Monday.
Harris Road: A credit card was stolen from a residence in the 2200 block at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 16.
Julia Drive: A Bag of coins, a charity egg containing $300, sets of keys, and UPS and FedEx packages were stolen from the 400 block between 8 a.m. Nov. 16 and 11 p.m. Nov. 17.
Oakdale Terrace: An Alabama license plate was stolen off of a 1985 GMC 5-15 Monday around 4 p.m.
Sparkman Drive: A Whirlpool dryer, a Samsung plasma TV, and $1266 worth of furniture was stolen from a business 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Sparkman Drive: A LG TV was stolen from a business at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.
University Drive: A Vizio flat screen TV was stolen from a residence between 6:15 p.m. Monday and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
South Precinct:
Memorial Parkway: A box of Godiva chocolate almonds and Godiva chocolate bars were stolen from Belk at 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Memorial Parkway: A wallet, family photos, a social security card, ID cards, children's ibuprofen, and a bottle of Pinot Grigio was stolen from someone in a Walmart parking lot at 9:50 a.m. Monday.
Oakwood Avenue: Tools and keys to a van were stolen from a storage facility between 4:10 a.m. and 4:15 a.m. Nov. 7.
West Precinct:
Alberta Road: A utility trailer and electronic generators were stolen from a residence in the 4900 block between Jan. 1 and Nov. 4 at 4:53 a.m.
Bob Wallace Avenue: Sunglasses were stolen in the 3100 block at 9:10 a.m. Tuesday.
Kiger Street: An amplifier and an air compressor were stolen from a residence between 10:30 p.m. and 10:55 p.m. Monday.
Mason Court: A 9mm Ruger was stolen from a residence on Nov. 15 at 8:30 a.m.
Rime Village Drive: Two IPad minis, a Sony PlayStation 3 and a "Call or Duty" PlayStation game was stolen from a residence in the 6200 block between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Monday.
Westheimer Drive: A 2000 Chevy Silverado truck was stolen from a residence in the 3200 block between Nov. 18 and 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.


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Holyhead ferry port in Wales connects you with Dublin in Ireland with a choice of up to 8 ferry crossings per day. The duration of the Holyhead to Dublin crossing is from 1 hour 49 minutes and the crossing is operated by Irish Ferries & Stena Line.
The union of Britain with Ireland in 1800 increased the need to improve the road route from London to Dublin and, by this time, Holyhead had emerged as the primary port for sea access, mainly due to the fact that it is the closest point on the British coast to Ireland.
The town's centre is built around St. Cybi's church, which is built inside one of Europe's only three-walled Roman forts (the fourth wall being the sea, which used to come up to the fort). The Romans also built a lighthouse on the top of Holyhead Mountain inside Mynydd y Twr, a prehistoric fortress. Settlements in the area date from prehistoric times, with circular huts, burial chambers and standing stones featuring in the highest concentration in Britain.
Holy Island (Ynys Gybi) is blessed with Anglesey's best scenery.
The A55 expressway to Anglesey cuts journey times across the island by up to 30 minutes. The A55 ends approximately 100 metres from the port, which is well signposted from then onwards.
Holyhead station is on the main line and can be reached from all over the UK. Trains take about 4 hours from London and 2 hours from Manchester.
Leave the train at Holyhead Station and follow directions along the platform into the main Port terminal. Taxi and Bus services also operate to and from Terminal 1
For more information and booking, please visit our trains to Holyhead page.
There are regular bus services to Anglesey and Holyhead from all over the UK.
There is also a frequent National Express service to Holyhead ferry terminal.
For more information and booking, please visit our coaches to Holyhead page
There are two car parks available for Long Term parking which costs £5 per day or £20 for 7 days. 60 Spaces are available at the port entrance and a further 500 spaces are a short ride from the port at the main car park. A FREE Park & Ride bus service to and from Terminal 1 operates around the ships arrival and departure times.
Cars are parked at owner's risk. The car parks are patrolled and have CCTV coverage.
We can also arrange hotels to Holyhead and many cities and destinations throughout Europe. For more information and booking please visit Holyhead accommodation page.
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You can't help but wonder about an offhand comment made by Samantha Stevenson two decades ago.
She was a sportswriter trying to gain access to the Phillies locker room in 1978, in the days when women were knocking on the door of equality. They wanted access to the athletes whom only male reporters had covered for generations.
What was the team's objection? "I think [then-owner] Ruly Carpenter is fighting me so hard because he thinks I'll seduce his superstars, and find out what's really going on with that team and then write the whole damn thing in some national magazine," Stevenson told The Inquirer in October 1978. "If he's thinking that, he's not too smart. If he's smart, he treats me just like any other writer. But no. . . . Fine. Now maybe I will go out and seduce his superstars."


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> Hello all, I am running to this problem and I have no clue how to
> solve it...if somebody can give me some ideas, I will really
> appreciatted
> I am trying to ftp a file. This is the process:
> ftp -n nameofserver
> user username password
> cd /var/xx/xx/xx
> ascii
> put nameoffile
> dir
> bye
> When i first do the ftp i get all this (I dont know if this is good or
> bad):
> 220 bigbird FTP server (DG/UX Release R4.11MU06) ready.
> 500 Command not understood.
> 500 Command not understood.
> KERBEROS_V4 rejected as an authentication type
> Then I enter the username and password
> and when I tried to put the file i get this message:
> 421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
> Passive mode refused.
> Can this be a problem on the other end? I dont know what to do
Google is that way -->
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