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The technological revolution has erased the sights and sounds of the American workplace of the early 1950s. Gone, or nearly so, are clattering type-rotary telephones, and ponderous adding machines.
At many companies, however, business processes remain locked in a twilight zone, with the result that many senior executives raise the question: Can the
This approach largely eliminates top-heavy bureaucracies, faceless line employees who put little thought into their work, managers who rule by edict, and departmental turf wars. Instead, the re-engineered corporation is organized around results. Innovation, autonomy, energy, diversity, and the ability to work as part of an integrated team become capital assets harnessed to gain an edge over the competition. Process redesign is as important to market leaders as it is to failing enterprises; as important to manufacturers as to service organizations.
Re-engineering isn't free, nor does it come easy. It generally involves the integration of new technology, retraining, and massive cultural change-all of which must be driven and supported by the chief executive. Nonetheless, the payoff for businesses nationwide, including AT&T Capital and other AT&T operations, has been nothing short of dramatic.
In truth, re-engineering is more newly recognized than new. A number of companies have customized the concept based on their needs. In "Re-engineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution," by Michael Hammer and James Champy, case studies detail the efforts of Hallmark, Taco Bell, Capital Holding, and Bell Atlantic.
In the case of Hallmark, the company once needed two to three years to move a line of greeting cards from design to market. A process study by the company revealed that work was handed off 25 times between its origination among creative staffers and production by the printing department. But when Hallmark re-engineered itself, the company grouped together integrated, interdisciplinary teams. These days, Hallmark pushes out greeting-card lines within a year.
General Electric also successfully developed a new organizational model, in which only about 12 people oversee nearly 100 processes. And, DuPont formed a centralized group to organize business units along horizontal lines. At AT&T Network Systems, customer evaluations determine employee bonuses.
Whatever a company's re-engineering goals, generally it must start from scratch, discarding traditions and completely reinventing the way work is organized. Unfortunately, that means experience gained by one company can't always be used by another. Nonetheless, some common issues tend to crop up in redesigning a business, including those involving technology investment, the creation of teams, the elimination of functional duplication, and progress and payback bench-marking.
We feel the experience of AT&T Capital and AT&T Credit-Communications Systems-our core business-may be instructive to others. In fact, because of its re-engineering success, AT&T Credit-which provides leasing and financing support to AT&T, its only customer-has become the prototype for the entire AT&T Capital organization. In the company's other redesign efforts, the problems to be solved and the approach differed, but there was a strong foundation to work from.
AT&T Credit-CS supports AT&T's product and service sales capability by customizing lease financing packages for end-user customers who acquire AT&T equipment. The telecommunications equipment includes such items as PBXs, telephone systems, and voice-processing units. AT&T Credit-CS is the world's largest lessor of telecommunications equipment. Its markets cover the
The company's market is very competitive, partly because cash purchases are a major customer alternative. Many financial organizations, including commercial banks, vie for business in the telecommunications financing market. Although AT&T Credit-CS is AT&T's preferred provider for financing its products and service, the company does not have an exclusive agreement with AT&T, and it must compete with other finance organizations for the business. This provided the primary motivation to change our business. Another factor was the duplication of effort by AT&T Credit's two divisions.
To get rolling on the redesign, we formed an executive steering committee to study the issues and formulate recommendations. The committee decided to consolidate our two divisions into a single group that would show one face to the customer. This new organization would control the lion's share of the company's assets and would contribute most of the business' income and revenue.
In line with a team-oriented operating philosophy, the steering committee next formed a subcommittee of sorts-a design team staffed by personnel from all organizational lines and functions. We asked this team to redesign systems and workflows from the bottom up. If the group did its job well, the only difference the customer would notice would be better service.
As part of the selection process, candidates had to write a short essay about their design ideas. Sixty members applied, and 25 were chosen to be interviewed by the steering committee. Twelve people made the final cut. The steering committee gave support, guidance, and direction to the team-but never orders. The only requirement: Create a fast, accurate, customer-driven business and maximize members' job satisfaction.
Consultants played an important role walking team members through certain parts of the redesign process. The team also was counseled on how to make complex decisions and resolve conflicts. Team members visited a small local company, taking stock of operational procedures and customer interactions. Such hands-on experience comprised the first stage of training that would continue through the life of the project. Now the real work began.
Through interviews with AT&T Capital's customers, end-users, and "members," the team began to restructure the guts of the business. The group studied work flows, personal interactions, customer relation ships, measurements, technical support, turnaround time for credit approval, and a host of other functions key to the lease finance business. During the process, team members could call in suggestions on a hotline, and progress reports circulated in both a special publication and the company newspaper.
After nine months, team members gathered for a week in
One year after its creation, the team turned in its recommendations to the steering committee. A 20-member transition team then moved to execute the redesign-a formidable task indeed. The transition team had to redesign new facilities, re-engineer systems, and resolve telecommunications issues. It also had to define and fill new jobs, determine compensation and rewards, select furniture, and initiate training.
In less than a year, the transition team launched a pilot program to evaluate combined operations within four geographically based profit-and-loss centers. Based on the evaluation, AT&T Credit adopted the design. The company placed 20 fully integrated, customer-focused teams across the four centers, representing sales, sales support, credit, contracts, collections, customer service, and end-of-lease activity. In addition, three specialty units with national customer bases-such as federal systems-began serving the AT&T client. Also, process-management and improvement teams sized up our overall progress. Feedback from members and customers is part of the continuous improvement necessary to successful re-engineering. Members must continue learning the business, ensuring that choices made about what work is done and how it is done-are linked.
Our results also are monitored by strategic committees and process-management teams, and through the use of competitive benchmarking, client/customer surveys, and member feedback. All operational, financial, and market results are published daily in a "Daily Management Report." This review and management of data ensures that members are focused on customer-related and operational-performance issues. Customer data regarding product and service improvements are reviewed by the marketing organization, communicated to the organization through member newspapers and forums, and acted upon by the appropriate process-management or quality-improvement team.
All told, the redesign affected 200 jobs and more than 600 members, who were given an opportunity to apply for their job preferences. Members with special technical expertise were assigned to provide others with on-the-job training.
The redesign virtually eliminated errors by decreasing the number of handoffs of work between members, saving the company several million dollars. Response time was greatly improved, as was overall customer service. Conflicts between salespeople and those who approve the credit for a transaction were reduced by placing both types of employee on the same team, working for the same bonus. Salespeople now shared the responsibility if they pushed for credit on a marginal account, and the account became delinquent.
In effect, the new design set up mini-businesses, in which members are responsible for supporting their customers from start to finish. This kind of structure helps build and maintain relationships rather than focusing on transactions. Customers with special concerns can turn to the same members they do business with on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Members, in turn, can more intelligently help solve customer problems and contribute ideas to the business.
Ultimately, the redesign succeeded, because it drove accountability, responsibility, and decision-making further down into our organization. It set us irrevocably on the road to giving members a greater role in running the business and in creating an environment in which they can be productive and happy.
As a CEO, you must accept that the way you do business may be outdated. You must ask such difficult questions as: Are we competing in the right way? Are we working smart? What are we afraid to find out? Does the market care? Do we suffer from winners' curse? In other words, are we still listening and learning?
The answers to some of these questions may be found through an environmental scan, a periodic method used to understand the current and future need's of customers, employees, shareholders, and other outside influences, such as competitors, suppliers, government, and local communities. The scan is also an invaluable tool for making decisions on people, information technology, structure, and reward systems.
In addition to the environmental scan, social and technical analyses also may be necessary. The social analysis helps in understanding the interaction of internal networks, individual needs, work climate, and cultural impacts. The technical analysis examines process flow to identify value-adding tasks and steps for continuous organizational improvement.
Keep in mind: The CEO is the chief architect of re-engineering-not the builder, the carpenter, or the plumber. Your job is to communicate-communicate direction, communicate reality, communicate excitement. Create a discomfort with the status quo, while conveying attractive alternate possibilities that are reachable. Develop your vision and your values and your operating principles and ensure everyone understands them. From this foundation, you can make choices about people-about the tools you must give them, about the environment you want them to be in, about the span of their jobs-based upon those values, the vision, the operating principles. In this way, you will begin to build an integrated structure. Piecemeal re-engineering simply doesn't work.
Of course, the success of your effort depends on people. There are really only two people philosophies: "Control them, because they'll do wrong, or free them, because they'll do right."
Choose wisely. The success of your business hangs in the balance. And once you get started, don't look back. To quote an old adage: "If you start dancing with the bear, you can't stop when you're tired."
Thomas C. Wajnert is chairman and CEO of Morristown, NJ-based AT&T Capital Corp., the largest publicly owned equipment leasing and finance company in the


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BP Wasn't Prepared For Leak, CEO Says
HOUSTON—BP's chief said the company could have done more to prepare for a deepwater oil leak, as the British oil giant met with affected residents Thursday and embarked on fresh efforts to stem the vast slick now threatening the Gulf of Mexico shoreline.
BP PLC Chief Executive Tony Hayward has come under mounting pressure over the spill, caused after a drilling rig BP was leasing, the Deepwater Horizon, caught fire and sank last month. The accident killed 11 workers and raised fears of widespread ecological damage.
Mr. Hayward said he didn't think his job was on the line over the disaster but said "that, of course, might change."
Since the accident, the well BP was drilling has been spewing about 5,000 barrels of oil a day into the sea. BP is trying to install a dome over the leaking well with hopes of funneling a substantial portion of the oil onto a tanker above. An earlier attempt to do this with a larger containment dome failed. The smaller one will be moved over the leak in the next few days.
The Obama administration says BP is responsible for the spill and will bear the cost of the clean-up. Some officials and Gulf coast residents have slammed the company's response to the disaster as inadequate.
At a community meeting in Port Sulphur, La., on Thursday, representatives from BP and federal agencies heard residents' complaints, ranging from economic hardship to perceived ailments related to the spill.
"People are truly concerned. They're not eating or sleeping," said Kendra Arneson, wife of a fisherman left without work by the spill, in the meeting at a local church.
BP has been particularly vulnerable to criticism because among the large oil companies it is by far the biggest player in deepwater oil exploration. Some in the industry have said a company with such a strong focus on deepwater drilling should have had much better contingency plans for dealing with an underwater oil leak at this depth.
Mr. Hayward, speaking to a small group of journalists Wednesday night in Houston, admitted that the oil giant had not had the technology available to stop the leak. He also said in hindsight, it was "probably true" that BP should have done more to prepare for such an emergency.
Four ways are being considered to stop the spill. View chart
"It's clear that we will find things we can do differently, capability that we could have available to deploy instantly, rather than be creating it as we go," he said.
BP has created a huge command center at its Houston offices, mobilizing 500 people from 160 firms across the oil industry. In one room, engineers operate underwater robots to perform tasks on the rig's failed shut-off valve, or blowout preventer, which stands on the seabed nearly a mile deep.
Mr. Hayward was speaking after two days of hearings in Congress in which BP, Transocean Ltd., the Swiss-based company that owned and operated the Deepwater Horizon, and Halliburton Co., which was handling the cementing of the well, blamed each other for the disaster. Mr. Hayward declined to comment on the testimony, saying it was too early to speculate on the causes of the incident.
BP has tried several measures to stop the well from leaking oil, so far in vain. It initially deployed robots to try to activate the shut-off valve. After that failed, it tried lowering a specially constructed 100-ton dome onto the leak. But the dome became clogged with crystallized gas—rendering it useless.
BP is now trying a smaller dome, called a "top-hat," which should fit more tightly over the rupture. The company will pump warm water down the drill pipe connected to the device to prevent crystals from forming.
Hear Wall Street Journal reporters discuss the latest oil-spill coverage:
BP also is planning to block the failed shut-off valve by pumping material such as rubber tires, pieces of rope and golf balls into it. A similar "top kill" operation was used to shut off oil wells set on fire by withdrawing Iraqi forces in Kuwait after the first Gulf War.
While acknowledging that BP's underwater operation had so far failed, Mr. Hayward defended BP's efforts to contain the spill on the sea's surface and prevent it reaching the shore. He said he was in constant contact with federal and local officials. "The [Obama administration] cabinet has my personal mobile phone, and I get regular phone calls," he said.
At the meeting in Port Sulphur, residents said the BP claims process wasn't getting money to them quickly, in part because if they are seeking more than $5,000—the maximum amount BP will expedite to claimants—an evaluation takes more time.
Mr. Hayward admitted the company had made some "missteps" early on in its attempts to compensate people affected by the spill. For example, BP angered some locals by handing out contracts to people claiming damage that barred them from making any future claims.
He agreed that it had taken too long to get the claims process up and running in Louisiana. He said part of the problem was that fishermen who said their livelihood had been affected often didn't have paperwork proving their income from fishing.
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(Courtesy of Alabama A&M University)
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama---Alabama A&M guard G.A. Hill scored a team-high 17 points in the Bulldogs' 88-87 double-overtime victory against Jackson State (Miss.) at T.M. Elmore Gymnasium Friday night.
Watch what he had to say after the win in this video courtesy of A&M's sports information department.
Nick Birdsong covers HBCU sports for al.com. He can be reached at 205-325-2327 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @birds_word.


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LANSING -- Republican John McCain has narrowed the gap between himself and Democrat Barack Obama in Michigan, gaining among independents, according to a poll released Thursday.
Barack Obama, 46 percent John McCain, 42 percent Undecided, 9 percent
• Read more about the poll on the MLive Elections page.
A month ago, Obama held a slight 48-percent-to-42-percent lead over McCain in a Quinnipiac poll.
The more recent statewide poll of 1,684 likely voters was conducted July 14 through Tuesday by Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn.
It was commissioned by the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. It coincides with similar polls for Colorado, Minnesota and Wisconsin, all considered electoral battleground states.
Michigan women gave Obama a 50 percent to 38 percent edge over McCain, while men preferred McCain 47 percent to 42 percent. McCain picked up 48 percent of the white vote, while Obama got 40 percent and 10 percent were undecided. Among black voters, 90 percent went to Obama, while 4 percent went to McCain and 7 percent were undecided.
McCain campaigned in Michigan while the Quinnipiac poll was being conducted.
The Arizona senator held a July 17 fundraiser in Ferrysburg and visited a hot dog stand that day in Grand Haven before traveling to southeast Michigan, where he held a July 18 town hall meeting with about 500 engineers and technicians at the General Motors Corp. Technical Center in Warren. He also visited the state on July 10.
Obama last campaigned in the state on June 16 and 17. His wife, Michelle, made her first Michigan stop of the campaign season on July 9 in Pontiac.
Twenty-nine percent of Michigan voters in the Quinnipiac poll said Michelle Obama better fit their idea of a first lady, while 28 percent picked Cindy McCain. Forty-three percent were undecided.


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Senior midfielder Nana Kofi Kusi chalked up his second career hat trick and third multi-goal game and sophomore forward Raphael Araujo tacked on a pair of goals as New Jersey City University crushed Benedictine University (Ill.), 6-2, in the final round of the CSI Soccer Fall Classic at the College of Staten Island on Saturday afternoon.
Freshman midfielder Alec Metsch collected his first collegiate goal in his first action in the 89th minute to cap the scoring.
NJCU women, however, lost to New Paltz, 5-0, in the title game of the SUNY New Paltz tournament. New Paltz outshot NJCU, 28-4.
Stevens women fared better, with a 3-2 victory over New York University in Riverdale, N.Y.Stevens took a 1-0 advantage just 13:57 into the contest as sophomore forward/midfielder Ann Heine fed freshman forward Carly Bean. The Ducks then mounted a 2-0 lead off a free kick from junior forward/midfielder Jessie Wos.
Stevens men also had a successful start to the season with a 3-1 win over Baldwin-Wallace College on a neutral field in Pittsburgh.
Senior Zach Adler scored twice and junior Christian Grapel netted the game winner late in the first half to give the Ducks the win.
The Stevens Institute of Technology women's tennis team bested Empire 8 rival Elmira College, 8-1, on Sunday morning. The Ducks swept the three doubles matches and took first through fifth singles to end their season-opening weekend with a 1-1 record.
Jessica Bourque and Lisa Tessitore won their first doubles match easily, 8-1. Danielle Stewart and Julia Guignard took care of business 8-3 at twos and Lexie Handel and Victoria Tran won 8-5 at threes to give the Ducks a 3-0 lead in the match.
In singles, Bourque, Tessitore and Stewart combined to drop just four total games as they quickly secured the overall win for the visitors.
Guignard (6-1, 6-4) and Handel (6-2, 6-2) also went on to win their matchups at fourth and fifth singles, respectively.
Cross country
At the opening meet for the Stevens Institute of Technology women's cross country team, two freshmen led the Ducks at the Harry Lang Invitational hosted by Colgate University on September 1. Division I Syracuse University won the meet, while Bucknell University took second overall as a team.
Stevens freshmen Amy Regan and Kate Moyer recorded the top finishes for the Ducks, who finished 10th overall. Regan ran a time of 17:39 to finish second amongst DIII runners, while Moyer posted a time of 17:43 to place third.
Junior Kelly Freed put together a time of 19:26 for the third best finish for the Ducks. Freshman Janice Frontera was right behind Freed, clocking a time of 19:33.
For the men, junior Michael Cahill paced the Ducks in a time of 21:44 to finish second amongst all DIII runners at the meet. Sophomore Thomas Cunningham crossed the line in 22:36, while fellow sophomore Brian Lawrey Jr. posted a final mark of 23:06.
Field hockey
Five players scored goals, including two from senior forward Mary Nikish as the Stevens Institute of Technology field hockey team earned its first win of the season Saturday, downing Manhattanville College, 6-3.
Junior forward Rachel Chavez, freshman midfielder Erin Silverstri, freshman midfielder Dailyn Brook and junior midfielder Chelsea Cresci also tallied for the Ducks (1-1).
Senior goalie Kaitlin McClymont earned the win with seven saves.
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Life in Geneva
Kent State Geneva is a comprehensive academic and cultural program. Not only will students be taking classes and interning, but they will have many opportunities to experience Geneva and Switzerland. Some highlighted features of Geneva include:
- The Jet d'Eau, a giant fountain located on Lake Geneva, on which the city is situated.
- The 18th-century, Gothic St. Pierre Cathedral.
- Exploring the outdoors at the many parks and nearby mountains.
- United Nations Headquarters.
- CERN, home of the Large Hadron Collider.
- Countless museums.
As home to the United Nations and many non-governmental organizations such as the Red Cross, Geneva is most often called the "Peace Capital" because it is known as the worldwide center for diplomacy.
Geneva Quick Facts
- Size: Second largest city in Switzerland
- Location: In southwest Switzerland near the Swiss-French boarder
- Population: 470,000
- Official Language: French
- Climate: The weather is mild with temperatures ranging from 35-68°F during the spring semester, and 37-70°F during the fall semester. You could enjoy skiing and snowboarding in the Alps during the spring semester and swimming or lounging at the beaches of Lake Geneva in the fall semester.
Past student experiences
Check out photos from past Geneva students to see the amazing places they have visited both in and out of Geneva!
Student Testimonials
"I learned a lot about myself throughout the entire experience. Not only do you learn how to travel, communicate, and interact with people, but also how much you can do on your own. With college graduation usually around the corner for study abroad students, it doesn't hurt for students to gain the experience of living and traveling on your own for a while."
"The Geneva program amazed me in that it promised to find me an internship. When trying to break into governmental public service, it's really important to have things on my resume, which make me stand out, and interning at the International Labour Organization (a UN agency) is something I can see being really helpful down the line."
"Interning at the World Health Organization has taught me many important values that I will apply in my future work. It challenged my preconceived notions about public health policy and has given me a more concrete perspective of what I wish to do in my future."
"While interning at the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, I conducted research using the UN Conventional Weapons Registry and participated in meetings at the United Nations. Being able to show this international experience on my resume was the greatest factor in my successful employment search after college."
"KSU Geneva offers truly amazing opportunities and quite honestly, no other study abroad program offered ones quite like them. They have the ability to place students on internships with esteemed organizations like the United Nations, the Red Cross or Interpeace. I worked for the World Health Organization, the United Nation's largest public health agency in the world. I'm sorry, but it doesn't get much cooler than that or look better on a resume. Pair that with the ability to hop on a plane or train every weekend and within hours be in another country? I'm sold!"


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Making your garden your own by adding small personal touches can make all the difference in whether you stick with it for the long haul. These are the details that will make you want to spend more time in — and showing off — your garden as the years go by.
One possibility for making your garden your own is by adding custom stepping stones, and for those of us who grew up mesmerized by the classic Nintendo Entertainment System in the '80s and '90s, these NES Stepping Stones are a great place to start.
The brainchild of Instructables.com member fungus amungus, the process for making the stepping stones basically consists of removing the top of the console, sealing it with glue, using it to make a mold and then casting the mold with concrete.
To view all the steps in detail, check out the instructions on Instructables.com.
For those upset to see their beloved NES dissected:
"Some people are shocked to see a NES console cut up. The machine still works and the top can be reattached if you want," fungus amungus writes in the instructions. "But still, they sold over 60 million of these things and barely any are used these days. Relax."
Simon A. Thalmann is the online editor for Booth Features. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Russell Lowell Grimmett, age 96 of Murfreesboro, TN died Monday at his home. He was a native of Hanceville Alabama and was the son of the late, John Claude and Mary Shaver Grimmett. Mr. Grimmett was a member of Northfield Blvd Church of Christ and retired Steel Worker.
He is survived by his wife of 72 years, Ava Grimmett, sons, William Russell Grimmett and wife Cheril of Cullman Alabama, John Grimmett and wife Glenda of Murfreesboro, Byron Grimmett and wife Shirley of Charlotte North Carolina, Mark Grimmett and wife Ruth of Birmingham Alabama;daughter, Tammy Reed and husband Brent of Gardendale, Alabama; grandchildren, Jason, Stephanie, Jennifer, Amanda, and Russell; five great-grandchildren; and special care giver Shannon Goring.
Funeral service will be 4PM Wednesday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel. Brother David Bunting will officiate. Graveside service will be 1PM Thursday at Oakwood Memorial Gardens in Gardendale. Visitation will be 2PM until 4PM Wednesday at Woodfin Memorial Chapel www.woodfinchapel.com


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24 face DUI charges
Twenty four motorists have been charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants or controlled substances. Those charged and the police department involved were:
Freddy Giovanni Padilla Fonseca, 40, of 168 Bennett St., Picture Rocks; Hughesville police on North Main Street on Oct. 5; jailed on $5,000 bail (native of Costa Rica, his visa had expired).
Logan Ray Mahaffey, 21, of 267 Mahaffey Hollow Road Extension, Linden; state police following a crash in the 900 block of Country Club Drive on Oct. 3;also charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
Mark A. Fullmer, 27, of of 1799 Spring Run Road; Old Lycoming Township police on Spring Run Road on Aug. 29.
Ronald Larue Baker, 42, of Middleburg, Fla.; the county's DUI Task Force in the 300 block of Westminster Drive in Loyalsock Township on Aug. 24.
Sean David Boyles, 27, of 3452 Clarkstown Road, Muncy; state police following a crash at routes 442 and 405 in Muncy Creek Township on Aug. 24, also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and accidents involving damage to unattended property.
William Ray Holt Jr., 27, of Fairman Road, Muncy Valley; Muncy police in the 100 block of West Water Street on Aug. 22.
Jessica Rose Wool, 28, of 1089 Pennsylvania Ave., Jersey Shore; state police on Interstate 180 in the city on Aug. 18.
Katherine Marie Duck, 40, of 73 Morse Drive; state police following a crash on Route 973 in Eldred Township on Aug. 18.
Mario Joseph Dipaolo, 22, of 34 Irion Drive, Montoursville; state police at Route 864 and Simpler Hollow Road in Upper Fairfield Township on Aug. 17.
Joey Allen Aikey, 31, of Danville; Old Lycoming Township police on Daughertys Run Road on Aug. 12.
Rachel Lynn Furr, 33, of Sunbury; the county's DUI Task Force on South Main Street in Hughesville on Aug. 3.
Chicane Kyle Barkholz, 21, of 6240 Rose Valley Road, Trout Run; state police on Interstate 180 in Loyalsock Township on Aug. 2, also charged with speeding, driving without a license and underage drinking (he was 20 at the time).
Dylan Lee Reynolds, 20, of 272 W. Academy St., Hughesville; the county's Drug Task Force in the 1700 block of East Third Street on July 30.
Lisa Ann Brule, 29, of 1004 Elizabeth St.; city police in the 1000 block of Washington Boulevard on July 20.
Robert Joseph Shemory, 45, of 213 Oak St., Jersey Shore; state police at West Fourth and William streets in the city on July 20.
Daniel Benoit, 61, of 875 Beaver Lake Road, Hughesville; Muncy police at Main and Water streets on July 10; his fifth DUI arrest.
Nadia Teel, 35, of 415 Hawthorne Ave.; city police in the 300 block of Pine Street on July 7.
Jason Allen, 31, of 660 Cemetery St.; South Williamsport police following a crash at Maynard Street and Riverside Drive on July 4.
Rashaun Dante Ruley, 25, of 1426 W. Fourth St.; the county's DUI Task Force at East Third and Maynard streets on June 30.
Patrick John Bennardi, 51, of 115 New St., Muncy; the county's DUI Task in the 100 block of Broad Street in Montoursville on June 29.
Wade Ray Mullis, 31, of 88 Bybrook Road; the county's DUI Task Force at High and Oliver streets in the city on June 22.
Sonny Andrew Northern, 31, of 126 S. Main St., Montgomery; state police on Route 220 in Woodward Township on June 12.
Aaron U. Mathis, 37, of Home, Indiana County; state police on Route 220 in Piatt Township on June 7; also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, reckless driving and driving with a suspended license.
Kevin K. O'Brien, 55, of 123 N. Montour St., Montoursville; Montoursville police at Loyalsock Avenue and Mulberry Street on May 31.


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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Students and other supporters of UAB's efforts to build an on-campus football stadium plan to protest today and Friday as the University of Alabama System's trustees gather on the Birmingham campus for their regular meeting.
Organizers say the rally will dwarf a similar protest held in Tuscaloosa when the board of trustees declined to review the University of Alabama at Birmingham's stadium plans in November. Since then, supporters of UAB have launched a group called FreeUAB, which has run commercials and staged other events to draw attention to its cause.
But this time, the protest isn't only about football.
"It's about more than just the stadium issue," said student organizer Andrew Vines. "We're hoping to put out the feelers about equal representation on the board of trustees."
Vines and others are quick to point out that only two of the UA trustees' 14 regular members hold UAB degrees. They say they want today's event -- which optimistic estimates say could draw as many as 2,000 people to a street corner just across from the Alumni House, where the board will meet -- to keep building support.
"I think we all understand that it's not going to happen overnight," said Justin Craft, a UAB graduate and organizer. "I don't think we're going to miraculously have the stadium appear on the agenda or get representation, but I think it gets the conversation going."
In fact, the stadium is not on the agenda and is not likely to come up during the board meeting except during a planned annual presentation from the president of UAB's Student Government Association, or unless trustees decide to respond to the protesters, who plan to sit in the audience during the meeting.
Efforts to reach UAB officials for comment on the stadium project or the protest were unsuccessful.
Broadening support
The FreeUAB movement started out as a nickname on Twitter during that Tuscaloosa rally in November.
Since then, the loosely formed group has shot a television spot that's running this week, flown a plane towing a FreeUAB sign over Jordan-Hare Stadium during the Iron Bowl and held a rally at Saturday's UAB basketball game.
The efforts are focusing support for UAB, said Walley Borries, a local businessman who has joined the movement and will be out serving free hot dogs to those in attendance.
"Once (the trustees) decided not to have it on the agenda, it galvanized the community, and there are so many people who have come forward and said 'Let's do the right thing,'" Borries said.
Take Betsey Saab, who with her husband owns Saab Tire & Automotive on Messer Airport Highway. A University of Alabama grad, she attended her first football game after the stadium issue erupted. She has since bought season tickets and is joining the booster club. Several employees have also jumped on the bandwagon.
"I simply think that building the stadium would be a boost for the city itself, especially for people like me," said Saab. "What we need is more traffic in the city."
The group has backers in high places. Birmingham Mayor William Bell and Jefferson County Manager Tony Petelos both spoke at an SGA event before Saturday's basketball game.
"It's very important to not only UAB but the region," said Petelos, who met his wife at UAB. "I think it's important for the decision-makers to know that the community supports this."
But not everyone agrees on what success will look like. Some have suggested UAB should break away from the UA board, which governs UA, the University of Alabama in Huntsville and UAB.
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February 27, 2010
Stifling Campus Speech
Nearly 60 percent of North Carolina's colleges and universities have a speech policy, which seriously restricts students' First Amendment rights to free speech and free expression, according to a new report. Of the 57 colleges and universities in the state, 16 received a yellow light, indicating that they have "some policies that could ban or excessively regulate protected speech.� More than twice that number—34—earned a red light rating, indicating "at least one policy that both clearly and substantially restricts freedom of speech� by "unambiguously [infringing] on what is or should be protected expression.�


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A PVC pipe you can see through
This rigid PVC pipe is made to schedule 40 dimensions, but it's transparent, with only a slight blue tint, making it easy to see what's inside it. Built for laboratories, food and beverage processing, sight gauges, pharmaceutical manufacture, hospital use, chemical processing, dry food lines and other applications, the pipe and fittings are made from a clear, virgin grade, PVC compound. The ingredients are non-toxic, conform to FDA food contact standards, and the compound is listed by the National Sanitation Foundation for use with potable water. It doesn't need ties or clamps to hold it upright or level, and may be used with standard schedule 40 fittings of gray or white. The Clear-40 pipe and fittings are non-conductive and flame retardant, with a U.L. rating of 94 VO. It comes in ¼ through 4-inch nominal pipe sizes, and fittings come in 90 and 45-degree elbow, T, male and female adapter, coupler, reducer bushing, and cap fittings styles. Optional configurations include bell-shaped ends, other fitting configurations, longer lengths, and schedule 80 dimensions.
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Milwaukee brothers recruit John Goodman, other celebs for Funny or Die video
"The Big Lebowski's" Walter Sobchak is back doing what he does best – bowling. Well, kind of.
John Goodman, the actor who brought the unhinged bowling nut to life in the Coen Brothers cult comedy classic, makes a cameo in the latest Funny or Die bowling trick shots video from Milwaukee filmmaking brothers Nick and Jack Packard. »Read Full Article
Yo La Tengo swings from calm to full-on rocking
Yo La Tengo's show at Turner Hall on Saturday showed that in music, there are different types of Zen.
The Hoboken, N.J.-based indie rock darling began a nine-song opening acoustic set with a meditative variation of "Ohm," the first track off "Fade," its lovely and relaxed 13th full-length studio album released in January. Georgia Hubley gently tapped the drums with brushes, her husband Ira Kaplan glided the song toward a subdued Middle Eastern-influenced guitar jam, and the couple along with primary bassist James McNew sang sweetly, quietly, together. »Read Full Article
MSO captures excitement of rarely performed Beethoven works
In the culinary world it's quite the event to plan a meal around a single delicacy, for instance a white truffle meal.
In the music world, it's a similar treat to plan a meal around a musical delicacy, for instance some of the infrequently performed symphonies of Beethoven. »Read Full Article
Milwaukee Rep's 'Clybourne Park' an electrifying production
Because "Clybourne Park" is so good and because it explores issues that aren't going away, it's easy to agree with Mark Clements' prediction - made in his director's notes for the new Milwaukee Repertory Theater production - that Bruce Norris' play is built to last.
It's much harder to imagine watching the inevitable revival, 10 or 20 years from now, without hearkening back to the electrifying performance I saw Friday night, in which Clements' all-star cast gave "Clybourne" the treatment it deserves. »Read Full Article(1)
Winter Jam tour brings full range of Christian music to U.S. Cellular Arena
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The ______ toolbar contains buttons for common operations from the File and Edit menus such a New, Open, Browse in Bridge, and Save.
To define a site and create the hierarchy, create the root folder and any subfolders OR create ___ and then create the folders when saving the files.
Site Setup
To edit a site, click the site name and then click the Edit button. DW displays the _________ dialog box; from there, you can change any of the options you selected when you first created the site.
DW comes with a number of default commands. These defaults are stored in 20 different categories in Dw's ____________ dialog box.
line break
To start a new single line without a blank line between lines of text requires a __________.
_________ means to change heading styles, insert special characters, and insert and/or modify other such elements that enhance the appearance of the web page.
The ___________ button on the Property inspector allows you t apply a Paragraph, Heading, or Preformatted style to text.
Using the Center command on the _________ submenu on the Format menu allows you to center text.
Property Inspector
To remove the bullets or numbers from a formatted list, select the formatted list, and then click the button in the ________ that you originally used to apply the formatting.
When you select existing text and add bullets, the blank lines between the list items are _________.
Untitled Document
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A Web page ________ helps Web site visitors keep track of what they are viewing as they browse.
Windows arranges all of these objects -- root directory, folders, subfolders, and files-- in a ___________.
If you have already created a document that you can use as a Web page, store it in the root folder for your site, and then use the Open command on the ________ menu.
__________ images add texture and interesting color to a Web page and set the overall appearance of the document.
To apply a background color to a web page, you can click the Page Properties button in the Property inspector, click the _______ category, and then click the Background icon to display a color picker, which provides a palette of Web-safe colors.
You can insert most asset types into a document by _________, using Insert on the Assets panel, or the Media Command on the Insert menu.
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vertical bar
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When using the Property inspector, the _______ box allows you to make the selected image a hyperlink to a specified URL or Web page.
The DW __________ panel provides a view of the devices and folders on your computer and shows how these devices and folders are organized.
When a table's border is set to _____ and the table is viewed n a browser, the outline is not displayed.
When no table width value is specified, the table is displayed as __________ as possible and then expands as content is added.
Property inspector
If modifications are necessary to the original specified table values, you can change these values in the __________.
table, selected, cells
When formatting tables in Standard mode, you can set properties for the entire _________, ________ rows and columns, and selected ________.
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You can change cell alignment through the ____________ pop-up menu on the Property inspector by clickin the cell and then selecting another alignment option.
Property inspector
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Tables, images, and other Web site elements can be assigned a name through the ______ field located in the Prperty inspector
The name (ID) you give to a table identifies the content of a(n) _______ within the HTML code.
If you accidently remove content in a table, click the Undo button on the Standard toolbar.
Merge Cells
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You easily can delete a table. Select the table tag in the tag selector ad then press the _______ key.
________ can help separate content within a table and are especially useful if the table contains data that must be read across a row or down a column.
You can add borders to tables when you insert the table into the Web page using the Border thickness text box in the _________ dialog box.
Web _________ are a highly versatile tool that can be used to collect information from surveys, guest books, order forms, tests, automated responses, user questions, and reservations.
server, e-mailed
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The ______ contains the maito address or specifies the URL to the dynamic page or script that wil lprocess the form.
input fields
Web page designers create forms consisting of __________ so users can obtain useful information and enter data.
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When you insert a form, DW inserts the appropriate tags into the soure code and then displays a _____ outline to represent the form in Design view.
radio buttons
Each form object should have a unique name, except ______ within the same group, which share the same name.
Check boxes
___________ allow the Web visitor to click a box to toggle a value to either yes or no, and are also used to enable the visitor to select as many of the listed options as desired.
A pop-up menu, also called a _________ menu, lets a user select a single item from a list of may options.
A _______ menu is a special type of pop-up menu that provides options that link to documents or files.
________ ar einteractive elements that provide a way for the Web site visitor to interact with the site.
The <_______> tag includes parameters that allow you to specify a path to the server-side script or application that processes the form data and indicate which HTTP method to use when transmitting data from the browser to the server.
form objects
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single-line text field
Typically, a(n) __________ provides for a single word or short phrase response.
Radio Group
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Validate form
The ___________ behavior verifies that the user has entered data into each designated field.
images, text, media
An AP element is a container that holds other types of content, such as _____, _______, and _____.
x-, y-, z-coordinate
AP elements are positioned using a standard __________ system, similar to what you would use to create a graph on graph paper.
The x- and y-coordinate correspond to the AP element's top and _____ positions within the page.
AP Elements panel, JavaScript code
On the AP Div Property Inspector, the CSS-P Element ID assigns a unique name to identify the element in the ________ and __________.
When you insert an AP element, a code marker appears in the document window. This small ________ square indicates that an AP element is on the page.
overlaps, visibility, nest, stack
Use the AP Elements panel to prevent _________, change the _______ of elements, and ____ or _____ elements.
AP Element
You can create a hotspot on an image map to link to different parts of the same Web page or other Web pages within the web site or to display content with a hidden ______________.
Use DW ______ to allow visitors to interact with a Web page. Simply specify the action and the event that triggers that action.
The _______ command, which is accessed through the Modify menu, lets you align elements to their left, right, top, or bottom edges.
To align two or more elemtns, you first must select the elements. To select multiple elements in the AP Elements panel, you select one element, hold down the _______ key, and then click the other elements you want to align.
If you find yourself repeating or needing to undo or redo a step or steps, you can use DW's ________ panel t undo one step or multiple steps at one time.
The _____ object inserts the current date in a format of your preference and provides the option of updating the date (with or without the time) whenever yu save the file.
AP Element
A(n) __________ provides more flexibility than a table because it can be placed in an exact spot anywhere on the page with pixel-perfect precision.
The z-coordinate, also called the _____, determines an AP element's stacking order when more than one element is added to a page.
Show-Hide Elements
_________ is used to make visible or to hide an element and the element's content.
A(n) __________ region lets the content developer show or hide content on a page-by-page basis.
Make Nested Template
The __________ command creates a template whose design and editable regions are based on another template.
precise layout; smaller, faster downloading pages; all attached pages can be updated at one time
Advantages of style sheets include __________, __________, and ___________.
editable region
A(n) __________ is the basic building block of a template and is an unlocked region.
The __________ panel includes all of the assets for your site, including images, video, and other media.
repeating region
The __________ command creates a section of a template that can be duplicated as often as desired in a template-based page.
HTML Styles
_____________ are a DW feature that a Web page developer can use to apply formatting options quickly and easily to text in a Web page.
Cascading Style Sheets
________________________ are a collection of formatting rules that control the appearance of content in a Web page.
A(n) ____________ page generally consists of a default home page that displays the Web site logo or some other Web site promotion.
The Adobe ____________ program is a collection of tools for animating and drawing graphics, adding sound, creating interactive elements, and playing movies.
The Web Accessibility Initiative includes promoting a high degree of usability for people with ______________________.
screen readers; keyboard navigation; Operating system controls
DW supports three accessibility options: ________________, _____________, and _________________.
Web server
To prepare a WEb site and make it available for others to view requires that you publish your site by uploading it to a ___________________ for public access.
______________________ is the process of transferring your files from your comuter to the remote server.
______________ is the process of transferring files from the remote server to your computer.
show or hide content on the page; change the background color of the page; select menu options
Users use Spry widgets to _________, ___________, and __________.
Spry widgets have attached behaviors that you can access and modify through the _________ panel.
When you insert a Spry widget into your WEb page, a folder named ______ is created automatically and added to the root level of your Web site.
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The new musical If/Then starring Idina Menzel opens tonight on Broadway.
The show, by the award-winning team behind Next to Normal, focuses on Elizabeth (Menzel), a newly divorced woman who decides to move to New York City as she approaches 40. The story then goes in two directions, following how Elizabeth's life would go depending on one decision. The cast also include Anthony Rapp (who starred in Rent with Menzel) and LaChanze (The Color Purple). If/Then is an all-new story, and one of the few shows currently on Broadway not based on a book or a movie.
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Secret superstars are everywhere. These players might not get the credit, but they are integral to the success of the team.
The football analytics website Pro Football Focus has done a series identifying its secret superstar for each team. According to Pro Football Focus, Jamie Collins earned the honor for the New England Patriots in 2013.
The following week in Denver, the Patriots season came to an end, but Collins once again contributed. He did miss a tackle (his third of the year) and was responsible for two first downs and 51 receiving yards to tight end Julius Thomas, but managed to defend a pass to Montee Ball, record six tackles including three stops in run defense, and beat an offensive lineman for a pressure.
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Our Mission
The Ontario 4-H Foundation was started in 1998 and is a federally incorporated charitable organization. Its mandate is to receive and manage endowment funds and to encourage on-going partnerships that will ensure the long-term sustainability of 4-H Ontario. Income from the Foundation is used to train 4-H volunteers, develop timely new 4-H projects and provide funding for provincial 4-H events.
Trustees of the Ontario 4-H Foundation are responsible men and women experienced in sound financial management, and committed to the future of 4-H in Ontario.
About Our Charity
4-H is an organization of leaders building leaders. Approximately 6000 youth 6-21 years of age, and a grass roots network of 1800 trained, screened volunteers pledge their Head, Heart, Hands and Health as members of community-based clubs. The Cloverbud Program includes youth 6-8 years old. With projects encompassing agriculture, food, health and the environment, 4-H Ontario's "Learn To Do By Doing" clubs, camps and conferences have a successful 98 year history in developing competence, confidence, connection, character and caring within rural and urban youth.
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CLINTON, Miss - The Huntingdon College baseball team got off to a good start on Saturday, but Mississippi College rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the Hawks 6-5.
It was the third straight one-run loss to the Choctaws this weekend. Huntingdon, ranked 17th by the American Baseball Coaches Association, lost 4-3 and 8-7 (11 innings) on Friday.
Grant Brown led off the game with a solo home run as Huntingdon (16-9) batted around and took a 4-0 lead in the first inning. The lead stood until the fifth inning.
Mississippi College (13-15) took advantage of three Huntingdon errors to score five runs with two outs in the bottom of the fifth. The Choctaws went ahead 6-4 in the sixth. Huntingdon answered with one run in the seventh, but could not close the gap.
Brown and Joseph Odom each had two hits, a RBI and a run for the Hawks. Trey Smith and Keegan Lambeth each had two hits and one run. Evan Agnew had two RBIs, Seth Currie had one RBI and Caleb Astin scored one run.
Starter Gavin Free (3-4) took the loss in 5 2/3 innings.
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St. Paul, MN (NNCNOW.com) - The Minnesota House of Representatives approved a measure Monday to regulate e-cigarettes.
The bill adds e-cigarettes to current tobacco regulation and criminal statutes.
It also allows local governments to regulate e-cigarettes and makes selling e-cigarettes to minors a misdemeanor crime.
"These provisions are solely aimed at keep e-cigarettes out of the hands of Minnesota's children," said Rep. Halverson. "While e-cigarettes may not have the dangerous smoke that regular cigarettes have, the vapor does contain formaldehyde and other dangerous chemicals. E-cigarettes also come in candy flavors that appeal to children — a tactic the tobacco industry has historically used to target kids."
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Homosexuality. The topic is at least uncomfortable for many. While a growing number of denominations consider the possibility of ordaining homosexuals, and while government and media continue to catechize the public in the articles of tolerance, many evangelical and other leaders have encouraged strong political reaction. While I do not think that everyone's politics is my business, I do think this type of reaction from a publicly Christian group often only alienates sinners from the one divinely appointed agency of reconciliation to God, Christ's Church.
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Issue: "Evangelism: To the Ends of the Earth, Till the End of the Age" May/June 1995 Vol. 4 No. 3 Page number(s): 18-23
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Club Italia (Community), Schuler Books & Music, 2660 28th St. SE. 7 pm. Information: 942-2561.
Speck Mountain + Tiger Waves (Music), The Pyramid Scheme, 68 Commerce Ave. SW. 7:30 pm. $6. Information: www.pyramidschemebar.com
Cozy Tales for Chilly Days: Music: Bring something to make music (Community), Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, 1000 E. Beltline Ave. NE. 10 am. $12/adults, $9/seniors and students, $6/children 5—13, $4/children 3—4, free/children 2 & younger. Information: 957-1580.
Erin McKeown feat. Jenn Grant (Music), The Pyramid Scheme, 68 Commerce Ave. SW. 7 pm. $12. Information: www.pyramidschemebar.com
Fashionette (Community), Women's City Club, 254 E. Fulton St. Noon. $37, $32/members. Information: www.womenscityclubgr.org
GVSU Writers Series: Faculty Readings by Patricia Clark and Chris Haven (Stage), Grand Valley State University's Cook-DeWitt Center, 1 Campus Dr., Allendale. 4 pm. Contact for details. Information: 331-8022.
Misery Signals (Nightlife), The Intersection, 133 Grandville Ave. SW. 6:30 pm. $14/day of, $12/advance. Information: www.sectionlive.com
Diversity Lecture Series: LZ Granderson (Community), Fountain Street Church, 24 Fountain St. NE. 7 pm. Free. Information: www.grcc.edu/lecture or 234-3390.
Wheelhouse Talks: Troy Evans (Art/Museums), Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, 2 W. Fulton St. 12:30 pm. Free. Information: www.uica.org
Grand Rapids Songwriters Alliance (Community), Schuler Books & Music, 3165 Alpine Ave. NW. 6 pm. Information: 647-0999.
68th Annual Grand Rapids Boat Show (Community), DeVos Place, 303 Monroe Ave. NW. Call for details. Information: www.ShowSpan.com
Hell and Mr. Fudge (Film), Wealthy Theatre, 1130 Wealthy St. SE. 7:15 pm. $7.50 at the door, $5 advance. Contact for details. Information: www.grcmc.org/theatre


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By PATRICK O'CONNOR
Brendan O'Connor's letter of Oct. 9, 2011, attacks the current administration for funding that China-fabricated bridge in San Francisco.
Mr. O'Connor ought to read and listen to more media than Fox News for his information. It was a Republican governor who gave China the contract.
California did not apply for U.S. government money for the project. Go to the Internet, Mr. O'Connor, for the "rest of the story."
I'd also advise on not relying on those specious e-mailings as reliable sources of your information, either. Judge Judy?
I will add that I'm against that "penny wise, pound foolish" bridge project as much as I am against citizens of our Island for paying for the raising of the Bayonne Bridge to allow more cheaply made foreign goods to flood our markets.
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Syracuse, N.Y. – As of 4.30 p.m. National Grid reported there were still 1,583 customers without power in Onondaga County and another 1,144 in Oswego County.
The company's website estimated it will have power restored by 8:30 p.m. in Onondaga and 8 p.m. in Oswego.
Utility crews have been working all day to restore scattered outages throughout Central New York caused by high winds which knocked down power lines and trees.
The National Weather Service has a wind advisory for the region in effect until 7 p.m. The area has been experiencing winds of 15 to 25 miles per hour with gusts of 45 to 50 miles per hour.


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ST. TAMMANY transfers filed Feb. 6-10
Dundee Loop South 3089. Michael J. Canhoto to Herman Paul Baudoin and Patsy Parks Baudoin, $115,000.
John Court 73073. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Trustee Saxon Asset Securities Trust 2007-1 to Mark Rachel and Wendy Rachel, $99,699.
Keller St. 71472. Succession of Eugene Svebek to Lynn D. Bridges and Melissa Anthony Bridges, $65,000.
Barbara Ave. 20418. Succession of Donald Wayne Mills and Mary Marcell Mills to Samantha D. Hood, $187,500.
Barkley Parc subdivision, phase 3, lots, 133-136 and 138. Barkley Development LLC to DSLD LLC, $175,000.
Bateleur Way 417. James Adam Hughes and Kevin M. Steele Jr. to Christopher Brian Lawrence, $169,900.
Brier Meadows Lane 405. Robert J. Delaney III and Debra Debautte Delaney to Vincent J. Ficarra, $240,000.
Crestwood Estates subdivision, phase 4B, lot 318. Federal National Mortgage Association to Susan Moritz and Donald G. Ruff, $159,700.
Division of New Covington subdivision, 300. Patricia Planche Bopp, Andree G. Planche, Valiga LLC, Laura Lee Planche Graber, Benjamin H. Rawls II, Stephen B. Rawls, Joseph S. Rawls Jr., Thomas W. Rawls, John P. Rawls,Mary Rawls McCann, James C. Burns Rawls, Ruth Helen Burns Rawls and ETC. to City of Covington, $35,000.
Division of New Covington subdivision, square 1609, lot 5. Ana Maria Vles Caldwell to Julie Dallimore and Aaron J. Richie, $35,000.
Division of New Covington, square 3003, lot 9. Ronita Elzy Pratt, Loren Watts and Trudy Watts Bufkin to John E. Elzy and Shirley Elzy Baham, $15,000, donation.
Division of New Covington, square 1212, lots 6 and 7. Terri Jo Bruner to Patricia Bruner, no value stated, donation.
Emerald Forest Blvd. 350, unit 26-107. Emerald Forest to Equity Trust Co., $136,500.
Emerald Oaks Drive 246. Lawrence J. Oggs Jr. to Lauren Jennifer Oggs, no value stated, donation.
Flower Estates subdivision, lot 3C. Jason Matthew Meyer and Kimberly Chapman Meyer to Dale A. Viola and Terri Ott Viola, $157,000.
N. Jefferson Ave. 403. Kristin Cuadrado Watson to Max M. Chotto and Lisa Dominguez Chotto, $180,000.
Pear St. 142. Paul J. Senac to The Community of Acquets and Gains Existing Between Danielle Buquet Senac and Paul J. Senac, no value stated, donation.
Quincy Ave. 20088. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. to Jerome Christopher Hebert and Karen Solon Hebert, $74,900.
River Bend Drive 69104. Fannie Mae to Boyd Anthony Acosta and Robin Marie Desellen Acosta, $200,000.
Southwest Division, to Abita Springs, square 24, lot 1. Stephanie K. Alahmed and Marguerite Ann K. Roark to Elegant Home Builders Inc, $135,000.
Town of Abita Springs, portion of ground. Elegant Home Builders Inc.to James Daniel Eaker and Celia Sc, $200,000.
Denise St. 206. JP Morgan Chase Bank to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., $144,216.
Donnie Road 77259. Regions Bank to Federal National Mortgage Association, $139,794.
Marle Loop 289. Kathleen Benoit Baker, Fred Michael Baker and Lottie Amanda Baker to Ashlee Everett Cleveland and Paul Levis Cleveland, $150,000.
Section 36, township 5 south, range 11 east, portion of ground. Ann Racquet Bankston and Eric V. Bankston to Justine Youman Bankston and Eric Hunter Bankston, no value stated, donation.
Forest Glen Addition to Lacombe Park subdivision, portion of ground. Elena Busujeva Bryant and William C. Bryant Jr. to Roxsand Seals Henderson and Ernest Homer Henderson Jr., $10.
Forest Glen subdivision, lot 3, unit 2. GMAC Mortgage LLC to Federal National Mortgage Association, $127,468.
Lacombe Park subdivision, square 177, lots 5 and 6. Succession of Andrew King and Hilda Cryer King to Annette Dumas and Marvin Smith, $10,000.
Lake Drive 28481. R E Concepts LLC to Stacey Devillier and Eric Charles Olson, $40,000.
S. Mill Road 60186. Timothy W. Seeney to Kenneth C. Plaisance Jr., $135,000.
Aklridge Court 111. Frederick Aldridge to Mona Hughen Russell and Danny Joe Russell, $90,000.
Ashton Parc subdivision, Filing 1, part 1, lot 12. Azalea Lakes Partnership to DSLD LLC, $206,000.
Bryant St. 121. Homesales Inc.to Denise B. Timmerman, $80,700.
Coquille Drive 132. Bethany Fristoe Glover and Jerry Joseph Glover to Michele Portrey Anderson and Phil George Anderson, $200,000.
Coquille subdivision, phase 1, lot 8. Forest Lake Estates LLC to Rinaldi Builders LLC, $60,000.
Empress Court 277. Mary Kuehne Terrell and Robert D. Terrell to Natalie Kay Hill and Joel Thomas Hill, $425,000.
Faye Daye Drive 139. YAR Construction Co. Inc. to Anna Parden Schiff and Christopher D. Schiff, $189,800.
Perriloux Road 293. The Bank of New York Mellon to Dwayne Michael Eschete and Angela Margaret Braud Eschete, $320,000.
Raiford Oaks Blvd. 111. DSLD LLC to Michael Louis Capdeboscq and Brooke Renee Capdeboscq, $233,600.
Raiford Oaks subdivision, phase 1, lots 1, 2, 4,5,19,27,28,29 and 30. Raiford Oaks LLC to DSLD LLC, $360,000.
Section 44, township 7 south, range 10 east, portion of ground. Crystal Courtney Hughes, Arianne Hughes and William L. Hughes to 475 LLC, $35,000.
Stonebridge 209. Home Bank to Lauren Michelle Garrett, $176,500.
Tchefuncte Parc Drive 106. Alan J. Cravens to Jason M. Meyer and Kimberly C. Meyer, $305,000.
Tchefuncte Trace, lot 21. Carolyn Ann Asprion Dupre Licciardi and Leon A. Licciardi to Julie Seals Palmisano and Steven R. Palmisano, $195,000.
Town of Mandeville subdivision, square 33, lot 7. Joan Tauzier Condon to Michael V. Condon, no value stated, donation.
Town of Mandeville subdivision, square 33, lot 7. Matthew V. Condon to Michael V. Condon, no value stated, donation.
Briarwood Terrace subdivision, phase 1, lot 5. Bank of America to Department of Housing and Urban Development, no value stated.
Camellia Lane 355. Albert Ivan Moller and Kathleen Montz Moller to James Robert Hanks III and Alison Mizerski Hanks, $230,000.
Hawtham Place 101. Maria E. Marti Hunter and Carlos Eugenio Hunter to Cartus Financail Corp., $404,500.
Hiern Road 67445. Department of Housing and Urban Development to Kristopher Guerra, $120,050.
Highland Court 621. Miriam Newport Karl and Kevin Joseph Karl to James Michael Senac, $207,000.
Marigny Trace subdivision, phase 6B, lot 158A. Steven Michael Gourgues and Melissa Angelico Gourgues to May Investments LLC, $45,000.
Morningside Drive 235. Andrew Lee Halpern and Bonnie Schilinger Halpern to Edmund Lee Hukill, $590,000.
Nancy St. 610. Madeline Carroll Fischer to J & J Builders Northshore Inc., $18,000.
North Beam Drive 685. Jill Collier Galloway to Ernest Roy Winslett Jr. and Paulette Ann Winslett, $410,000.
Serenity Drive 26. Kathleen Henshaw and George Thomas Henshaw to George Thomas Henshaw III and Kathleen Henshaw, no value stated, donation.
Spanish Moss Court 1. June Francis Devin IV and Cynthia Ann East Devlin to Christopher D. Houha, $507,500.
Tete L'Ours 820. Kevin J. Thompson and Joy Steib Thompson to Alfred A. Olinde Jr., $515,000.
Trace Loop 19. Capital One to Carlos J. Juarez and Eliska Estopinal Juarez, $145,000.
Vale St. 204. Delecia Johnson Gibson to Meagan Ingram Boggan and Leslie Edward Boggan Jr., $140,000.
Buck Run 805. Wyman C. Alderman and Dorothy Walker Alderman to David Alderman, no value stated, donation.
Powerline Road 36421. Ronald Jefferson Jr. and Dorothy Fleming Jefferson to John Joseph Guate Jr., $191,000.
Section 27, township 7 south, range 14 east, portion of ground. Sandra Craddock Heffner to Karen Schielder Coci and Michael Darren Coci, $4,000, donation.
Spruce St. 39461. ST. Tammany Homestead Savings & Loan Association to Clinton R. Reed and Ann Ripple Reed, $41,400.
Sticker Road 64405. JPMorgan Chase Bank to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., no value stated.
Stonebrook subdivision, lot 8. Franklin McKenzie Kyle III to Phyllis Martin Kyle, $175,000.
Section 21, township 7 south, range 14 east, portion of ground. Edward J. Zisk Sr. and Bridget Heraty Zisk to Scott H. Crawford and Melissa Forrester Crawford, $51,000.
Ashton Oaks subdivision, phase 4, lot 140. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Jason Campbell and Charlotte Holmes, $186,000.
Bayou Liberty Road, lots 8 and 9. Enola Ann Rizzo Bunch to Shannon Earl Davis and Madeline Bothner Davis, $17,000.
Brighton Lane 334. Murphy F. Martin III to Charles D. Warren and Donna Phillips Warren, $245,000.
Cardiff Court 108. Christopher M. Poulin and Julie A. Tice Poulin to Paul S. Gilbert, $214,000.
Carey St. 2116. Hiram G. Fayard and Diana Kornfeld Fayard to IT'S Promo Time LLC, $75,000.
Chestnut Court 122. Anthony C. Plescia Jr. to Juanita Nell Crowell Plescia, no value stated, donation.
Cypress Lakes 217. Jerry E. Wiggins to Elizabeth Verzwyvelt Wiggins, no value stated, donation.
David Drive 112. Archibald F. Forsyth Jr., David P. Forsyth, Kenneth J. Forsyth and Keith J. Forsyth to Belinda Schultz Ricca, $119,000.
Frances St. 117. CitiMortgage Inc. to Terri Ann Ballard Diaz, $45,000.
Hampshire Drive 2148. Patrick Earl Scheuermann and Sarah M. Lee Scheuermann to Brett G. Martin and Julie S. Martin, $345,000.
Harbor Cove 6. Yvette Sevin Bonnaffee Hingle to Irvin Hingle, $161,170.
Hermina St. 38416. Richard C. Weixel Jr., Judy A. Weixel, Carolyn C. Weixel Medley and Leo L. Weixel to Beth Johnson Sigur and David B. Sigur, $30,000.
Kensington Blvd. 409. Platinum Holding LLC to Shondel O. Wilson, $218,900.
Legendre Drive 103. Dorothy Cothern Perkins to Heather Huebner Savoie and Troy J. Savoie, no value stated, donation.
Lindbergh Glenn Annex Number 2, square 3B, lot 9. John R. Brooks to Opal Slaydon Harris, no value stated, donation.
Magnolia Lane 408. Nikki A. Moseley to Terry Lee Parker and Abrenda Agee Parker, $274,000.
Moonraker Drive 149. Elizabeth Walsh Beelman to Michele McClure Beelman and Everett W. Beelman, $172,000.
Normandy Drive 200. Fannie Mae to William Edward Farmer, $82,500.
Normandy Drive 211. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Christina Elizabeth Odle and Bruce James Odle, $110,000.
Oak Manor Drive 120. Carol Cue Cimino to Road Home Corp., $109,459.
Ozone Woods subdivision, Addition 1, square 24, lot 3. Dragonfly Enterprises Inc. to Martha McQueen and Michael John Loftus, $12,000.
Pontchartrain Drive 3001. Ngoc Duyen Thi Phan and Quyet Dinh Tran to Hau Ngou Phan, $125,000.
Scott Drive 208. Patrick J. Schulte Jr. to Corey A. Hogue and Amy E. Digiovanni, $124,500.
Section 34, township 8 south, range 14 east, portion of ground. Genord L. Jones to Mary Alice Taylor, no value stated, donation.
Tanglewood Village subdivision, phase 1, square 1, lot 10. Catherine L. Lobue to Mark A. Snyder, no value stated, donation.
Westminster Drive 416. Joseph Stanley Karczewski and Sharon Watts Karczewski to Kenneth J. Pereira and Janice Juhl Pereira, $105,000.
Willow Wood 120. Jeffrey L. Hyde and Etta M. Hyde to Joseph Matthew Gremillon and Megan Marie Wilcox, $153,000.


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Anniston Museum of Natural History will have a free museum day Sept. 7.
They will offer free admission to both the AMNH and the Berman Museum. There will be fun activities for all ages.
Activities include:
Bring a blanket and picnic lunch, or purchase a plate on-site from Smoke-N-Hot BBQ, visit with docents in the Exhibit Halls, and meet the folks from the Atlanta Center for Puppetry Arts. Museum Day children's activities are made possible by a Young Child Priority Grant from Kiwanis Club of Anniston.


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Wanted to know what Knicks president Phil Jackson told forward Carmelo Anthony at a two-hour dinner they had together last week? We did too.
Here's the answer, according to the Wall Street Journal's Chris Herring: Jackson said he's "expecting" to hire Steve Kerr to be the new head coach.
"The meeting suggested a couple of things: First, that Jackson, in his new role as an executive, won't necessarily make his decisions...based on his star player's opinions," Herring wrote. "On the other hand, the sit-down with Anthony was a strong sign that, despite Jackson's recent comments suggesting that he'd like Anthony to take a pay cut, he'll likely still put on a full-court press to retain the 29-year-old star forward this summer."
Anthony also wasn't insulted by Jackson saying the forward needed to take less money to stick with the team (Knicks fans who want Anthony to stay, you can exhale a little now).
If all the signs weren't pointing to Kerr taking the job before, they certainly are now -- there was a previous report the Knicks wanted him signed by the end of the first round of the playoffs, which happens to be on Saturday.


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Just a small programming note: I'm in Washington, D.C., for a couple of days to attend the annual Military Reporters and Editors conference. It's been a good chance to catch up on issues related to military justice, medical treatment for wounded soldiers and to see peers from around the country. Just finished listening to CBS-TV's Kimberly Dozier, who has come back a long way since being blown up in Baghdad.
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A man is dead after the truck he was driving plunged into a Millbury pond Saturday morning.
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Police said when emergency crews responded, a 73-year-old man was found dead inside the vehicle. The truck was emerged in the water about 50 feet from shore.
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|By Nycstud (Nycstud) on Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 09:23 pm: Edit
I've already applied, but I wanted to see what people here think about admission, since I'm looking to visit some schools that I'm likely to be admitted to in more depth (i.e. sit in some classes, etc.). So here are my stats:
3.33 GPA (6 APs, rest honors, no rank) at a competitive public school (most go to top 50 schools)
Captain Physics & Math Teams
Went to Stanford EPGY and Columbia summer programs
Research all 4 years
NHS (National Honor Society) 3 years
Varsity Soccer 3 years
My Schools (In order of preference):
1. Yale
2. Washington St. Louis (suckered by the mailings)
3. Columbia
4. Rice
5. Cornell
6. Johns Hopkins
7. Northwestern
8. Emory University
I already got into IIT (full ride) and Binghamton. Which of these schools do you think I'm likely to get into (so I can visit)?
|By J0h (J0h) on Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 09:33 pm: Edit
Your GPA is gonna hurt you pretty badly.
I'd you're comparable to a person w/ 4.0 GPA and 1300 SAT.
|By Nycstud (Nycstud) on Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 09:51 pm: Edit
That bad? Even considering an upward trend and the fact I was too immature to care about grades in my freshman year when I was 10?
Edit: And that my school has a really tough grading system (It's like prep schools...people rarely score 4.0)?
|By Libsters (Libsters) on Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 10:10 pm: Edit
Uh you were 10 in your freshman year?
|By Nycstud (Nycstud) on Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 10:15 pm: Edit
yeah...just turned 14
|By Nycstud (Nycstud) on Monday, January 26, 2004 - 12:27 pm: Edit
bump or whatever...any thoughts?
|By Libsters (Libsters) on Monday, January 26, 2004 - 03:50 pm: Edit
Sorry your GPA is still going to hurt you. It doesnt matter that you skipped grades or what not. Skipping grades is for people who are academically ready.... If you feel that you weren't academically ready, and this resulted in your not so great GPA, that's jut too bad and you can't do anything about it - It's just a bad excuse because then colleges will just be like " Why did this person skip so many grades in the first place? ". I skipped one grade, and being younger than anyone else ( while it looks impressive ) doesn't really give me any props.
|By Nycstud (Nycstud) on Monday, January 26, 2004 - 04:27 pm: Edit
True my GPA is going to hurt, but I noticed JHU has like an average GPA of like 3.7 or something...what about the people that get lower than that? It is an average after all...and a 1500 is in the top 25th percentile for their school. Also, remember that very few people score 3.5+ in my school (like 5 students) and they take few APs/honors courses.
I failed to mention, too, that I messed up mostly in non-academic classes and foreign language (or I would be among the 3.5+)
|By Subparasian (Subparasian) on Monday, January 26, 2004 - 08:21 pm: Edit
I don't think 14 year olds have the maturity to go to college. You better be able to write an awesome essay that conveys your ability to handle yourself. I think your GPA is not your greatest problem facing admissions.
|By Nycstud (Nycstud) on Tuesday, January 27, 2004 - 11:18 am: Edit
yeah I suppose you're right...I might as well go to another high school and do it all over again; and I'll have a high SAT score to boot...maybe even Presidential Scholar
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Typically I would pick one upset and one match up...this week is tough...
From what i can see, the #23 Penn State vs #3 Alabama game is the only game with two top 25 ranked teams going head to head. Every other ranked team is playing an unranked opponent.
Based on the match up of long time NCAA legendary programs, and the "wow" factor of the game, Penn Sate vs Alabama gets my vote for Game of the Week and possible Upset of the Week. My only beef with this game is that it's not being played at night. Fans on both sides would love that (That goes to Notre Dame and Michigan, neither is ranked by the way, 8 p.m. ABC).
Penn State-Alabama Key Match Up
A key match up to this game has to be the Nittany Lions' wide receivers against the Crimson Tide secondary. The Nittany Lions have a strong receiving corps with talented and experienced athletes. Derek Moye, Devon Smith and Justin Brown should be able to match up well with a Alabama secondary that returns all four starters from last year. If Penn State is able to cause some problems and create big plays, they may have a chance.
Game rating: 9 out of 10
No one knows how this game will go down, and if it were a night game, it would be perfect.
I have a backup great match up...Georgia vs #13 South Carolina.(4:30p ESPN)
Athens is an awesome place during football season.
(I used to eat cheeseburgers in my car parked in the shadow of the stadium in Athens when working out that way!)
Georgia looked really good against Boise, just not good enough. That was a tall order to face that opponent in Week 1, and I give The Bulldogs a lot of credit for lining that up.
The loss to Boise in Week 1 makes the Dawgs much better and ready in Week 2 against The Gamecocks and Lattimore (I know, we lost him).
I would give the nod to Georgia and the upset considering that they've already hammered a tough game. I'm sure they are ready for South Carolina.
Georgia-South Carolina Key Match Up
Gamecocks running back Marcus Lattimore vs. the Bulldogs inside
linebackers. Georgia lost starter Alec Ogletree with a injured right foot
against Boise State, leaving the middle of the 3-4 defense extremely
thin. The powerful Lattimore ran for 182 yards and two touchdowns on 37
carries in his SEC debut in the Gamecocks' 17-6 win over Georgia last
season. Georgia is improved and fired up with their new uniforms, so watch out 'Cocks!
Game rating: 8 out of 10
Georgia Bulldogs are looking for redemption from last year and do NOT want to start 0-2. There's a real strong border rivalry here with the "Old Ball Coach." Awesome Saturday deep SEC match up..
What are your picks in the above games. Do you have a better game to watch or recommend? Please respond below!


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How powered up is the sail? I did a comparison between my F-Type 148 and the iSonic 155. I found them to be similar. But I would say the F-Type was a little friendlier and slower. Basically, I found I had to focus more on making the iS155 perform compared to the FT148... not much but a little.
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Situated in the business district, this hotel is 0.5 mi (0.8 km) from Masunda Lake and within 3 mi (5 km) of Korum Mall and Viviana Mall. Jupiter Hospital is 2 mi (3.3 km) away.
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Hotel Name
- Alka Residency
- Alka Residency Thane
- Hotel Alka Residency
- Hotel Alka Residency Thane
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport and train station (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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After 14 months, state police SAAA probe continues
WINCHESTER — The Virginia State Police investigation into financial irregularities discovered at the Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging (SAAA) in 2011 continues 14 months after it began.
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