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The state Department of Health will offer H1N1/swine flu vaccination clinics on Jan. 8-9 to administer the vaccine to anyone, but appointments are required.
"We are now able to provide H1N1 vaccine to any Pennsylvanian who wants it," said Health Secretary Everette James. "Even though flu activity is currently declining in the state, there is the potential for a third wave of illness from H1N1. The upcoming clinics will give a greater number of residents the ability to protect against getting and spreading H1N1."
The clinics will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
Appointments can be made at the clinic nearest you online or by calling 1-877-724-3258 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., weekdays or 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends. The shots given at a state vaccination clinic are free. Private providers also have the vaccine but may charge a fee to administer the shot although the vaccine itself is provided for free.

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Saginaw woman: Neighbor's pit bull killed my Chihuahua, 'nothing has been done'
Thousands of Consumers Energy customers are without electricity this morning after a thunderstorm with heavy rain that passed through Bay, Midland and Saginaw counties in the early morning of Wednesday, Aug. 7.
More than 2,000 customers in the Birch Run area did not have electrical service as of about 7 a.m., Consumers Energy reports, as well as 185customers in Saginaw County near Freeland and 830 customers near Auburn in Bay and Midland counties on the county line.
SUV tipped over during Saginaw Township crash on Fashion Square Boulevard
A woman who claims a neighbor's dog has attacked her family is unsatisfied with the answers from Saginaw County Animal Control.
"This dog has viciously attacked my family for over a year," Shatoris Jackson told the Saginaw City Council on Monday, Aug. 5. "I have made several reports. Nothing has been done."
Michigan State Police SUV rolls over during single-vehicle crash on I-75 near BridgeportPolice say no one was injured during a two vehicle crash that tipped an SUV on its side Wednesday, Aug. 7.
The incident occurred before 5 p.m. on Fashion Square Boulevard at the outlet for Stardust Lane in Saginaw Township. The small drive is located between McCarty and Shattuck.
A Michigan State Police vehicle rolled over while traveling on I-75 Wednesday, Aug. 7, according to the Saginaw County Sheriff's Department.
The single-vehicle crash occurred about 5:45 p.m. on Southbound I-75 near the 142 mile marker, south of the Bridgeport/Frankenmuth exit.
Police have arrested a 36-year-old Thomas Township man they say broke into his ex-girlfriend's Saginaw Township residence and startled her as she exited the shower, the Saginaw Township Police Department reports.
The 26-year-old woman called police at 5:25 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4, to report that her ex had broken through the back screen door of her residence on Amanda near Normandy, police said.


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TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — Alabama beat reporters Andrew Gribble and Michael Casagrande will tackle six burning questions surrounding the Alabama football program heading into preseason camp.
Somehow, they disagreed on all six. We start Day 2 of the three-day series with a look at the running backs.
Q: How should the carries be divided between T.J. Yeldon, Derrick Henry and Kenyan Drake?
Casagrande: Getting three percentages to add up to 100 is the hardest part since adding can be an issue sometimes. But choosing between these three can be trouble too. The top three backs could each be the one and only at just about any college out there. But, at Alabama, they'll have to take turns.
First, let's look at the percentage breakdown of the 334 carries the three shared last year in 2013.
-- Yeldon: 62 percent (207)
-- Drake: 28 percent (92)
-- Henry: 10 percent (35)
Those numbers will certainly shift this fall, but how much? In the Yeldon-Henry-Drake order, I'll say 45-40-15 (in percentage terms). It's hard to take Yeldon's share down so significantly after consecutive 1,000-yard seasons, but there's too much potential in Henry to sit and watch. His speed is better than some probably realized before watching the Sugar Bowl. And, at 238 pounds, he's a brick wall to tackle.
But Yeldon is still the lead dog and he'll still get the most looks. He's fast, patient and versatile. The 2014 breakdown will look a little more like the 2012 version. Eddie Lacy took 49 percent of the carries among the top three backs. Yeldon had 41 percent and Drake took the final 10. Drake will still have a place in the offense and his speed can't be discounted. But the summer arrest will likely impact playing time in the season opener. And since Henry passed him on the depth chart before the Sugar Bowl, a big performance against West Virginia could widen that gap.
The great equalizer in this whole debate is the fumble factor. Both Yeldon and Drake had inopportune turnovers last season in an issue that wasn't present in the Mark Ingram and Trent Richardson years. That 2010 season can a model for this fall. Both players missed two games with knee injuries as Ingram had 48 percent of the carries to Richardson's 34.
Gribble: That we're even asking this question shows how good of a "dilemma" this is. The Crimson Tide's been deep at running back for the past few years, but it feels just a little deeper this season because the top three options all have proven they can change the game with a single carry. Only twice, though, did the three running backs carry the ball at least five times in the same game. That'll occur regularly in 2014, but Yeldon and Henry should be the ones clearing double-digits while Drake, whose status remains uncertain for the season opener because of his offseason arrest, can pick his spots and take advantage of a worn-down defense on the ground and through the air as a change-of-pace third option.
The ideal rough ratio would be 40-40-20.
The key is distributing carries equally between Yeldon and Henry, both of whom would be 25+ carry workhorses at most other schools. Yeldon's carries increased by 32 -- over two fewer games -- from his freshman to sophomore seasons. In three of Alabama's final four 2013 regular season games, he carried the ball at least 24 times. Most will agree that the Yeldon at the end of 2013 didn't look as sharp and quick as the one who finished a 2012 season in which he split carries almost down the middle with Eddie Lacy.
Henry's experience is minimal but his potential is through the roof, enough for a number of pundits to believe he's a better "first" option than Yeldon. It's certainly far too early to make that declaration, but the fact that Henry and Yeldon were co-No. 1s at A-Day said a lot about how they'll be used within Lane Kiffin's offense. Alabama won two of its three national championships under Saban with a "lead dog" type running back, but the safer bet lies with equal distribution.


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Three hundred people in New Jersey are losing their jobs, and it's all our fault. Enough consumers prefer to buy digital downloads (when we buy music at all) that Sony is closing down their Pitman, NJ CD factory at the end of March.
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Slash is more than just a musician, he's a legend. Best known for his work with Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver, Slash has also served as a first-call studio gun-for-hire who has played on records by Alice Cooper, Daughtry, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, and Iggy Pop. But for the first time since he shot onto the scene more than two decades ago, Slash is going the "lone gunman" route and releasing his first bona fide solo album. Unlike Slash's Snakepit, which released two albums, and Slash's Blues Ball, the group he toured with in the late Nineties, this new project, called Slash and Friends, is not a band but rather a true solo effort that features a variety of different singers, musicians and songwriting collaborators. As a result it exposes more of Slash's breadth as a musician than his band efforts.
It's hard to imagine a time when a Les Paul wasn't cool, but for a short time it fell out of favor, overtaken by fast, slim, bolton necks and hot bridge pickup Strat types whose popularity soared from the late-'70s onward. Then along came Slash. He didn't just have a Les Paul, or play a Les Paul. He owned the stage with it. The savior of rock had arrived. Lording over a transfixed audience with – what seems to be the obvious setup today – a Les Paul blasting through a Marshall stack. Yes, rock was dangerous again.
One look at the list of singers who recorded with Slash on the album reveals the guitar slinger's very diverse tastes. In addition to legends like Alice Cooper, Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister, Meat Loaf, Ozzy Osbourne and Iggy Pop, the album features vocals by rockers like Chris Cornell, Myles Kennedy of Alter Bridge, Kid Rock, M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold and Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother, pop stars like Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas and Adam Levine of Maroon 5, and even hip-hop icons Cypress Hill. All members of the original lineup of Guns N' Roses sans Axl Rose – Steven Adler, Duff McKagan and Izzy Stradlin accompany Slash on several songs, and heavy-hitters like Flea, Dave Grohl, Travis Barker and Ronnie Wood added their instrumental prowess as well.
What Slash started with the revolutionary hard rock band Guns N' Roses has continued on with Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver and now just Slash with his second solo album due out shortly. Slash and his life as a musician started out humbly in Hollywood, Calif., when his grandmother gave him a guitar at around 14 years old. "She went into the closet and dug out a guitar. We lived in a small apartment. I don't know how this escaped my knowledge, that there was a guitar in this closet, but she pulled out this flamenco guitar. It had one string and I didn't know anything about guitars, so I just learned stuff on that one string for a while." He explains, "After that I graduated to a Memphis Les Paul copy.
"I think I was really serious about being a musician the day I asked for a guitar." Slash says, speaking about his start in music. By chance or by destiny, Slash and the Les Paul were linked almost from the start – even Gibson has credited him with the revival of the model. "The guitar players that I liked had them and I always just thought it looked cool. To this day I still look at a Les Paul every so often and just think it's really incredibly sexy." Slash goes on to say, "I think it was just from an aesthetic point of view more than anything, because I didn't know tonally what the difference between a Les Paul and a Strat was, but I did have guitar players that I admired and that I was influenced by that played Les Pauls." Slash lists players such as Mike Bloomfield, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Keith Richards and Eric Clapton as a few guitarists he saw rock a Les Paul.
Slash now has a number of Gibson and Epiphone signature models. All have elements of different model years of Gibson, and all to Slash's specifications, but are also influenced by luthier Kris Derrig. "From 1986 until about 1988, that was my main guitar, that Kris built." He goes on to say, "The latest Slash model is identical to that guitar." For the rest of his signature models, he says, "I base the signature models off particular Les Paul models that I really like and then I change the pickups. I like to use Seymour Duncans. Sometimes I mess with the bridge and I mess with the pots – pots that are really smooth and stuff like that, and the frets. You know, just little tiny things that I change on my own guitars – I just sort of use the Slash model as an excuse to make Gibson put it together that
Slash's current collection features over 100 guitars, a lot of them Les Pauls. To amass such a large collection, it helps to have the opportunity to try out quite a few guitars over the years. "I did go through an experimental phase where I went through a number of different models of guitars, Strats included. And I love Strats. I mean, I think a good sounding Strat is one of the best rock-and-roll guitars made. But I just never felt totally at home. Some of the other guitars, say, double humbucker guitars, sounded okay, but I really, for some reason, found a home in the Les Paul. It just seems to be able to do everything that I want it to do." He speaks further about his collection, "I have some vintage Strats. I have some vintage Teles. I have some 335s. I have a real sitar from India, which is great; the occasional mandolin, electric sitars, '58 V and a '58 Explorer I picked up over the years. Just interesting stuff that I will potentially use or have used."
"To this day I still look at a Les Paul every so often and just think it's really incredibly sexy." —Slash
In addition to guitars, there have been two Slash signature Marshall heads with matching cabinets, each of which were limited runs. The first was based on Slash's Silver Jubilee. Slash tells the story of how it came to be: "When Guns N' Roses was touring in, I guess the late '80s, I ended up with some Jubilee heads and that was just all I had. The catalyst for the Slash model head was we had a riot in St. Louis in like 1991 or something, and most of my equipment was destroyed. So I went to Marshall, desperate for new heads … they came up with the idea of doing a Slash model and they based it off of the Jubilee."
The second, and latest, Slash model was based on the SIR Hollywood's rental unit #39 used for recording Appetite for Destruction, which has been missing for years. As Slash explains, "We decided to do this amp and the best way to recreate that sound was to be able to listen to the guitar tracks from the Appetite record as basically as possible. So I went and I got the masters, the actual guitar tracks off the master record, solo'd them and sent them to Santiago over at Marshall – he's our designer – and basically focused on recreating that tonality. It went on for a little while. I think it took probably seven or eight months of experimentation before we got it right."
In addition to amps and guitars, the sound of Slash includes a few select effects such as his signature Dunlop wah. It's based on one of his own pedals, as he says, "It was something I had, an old – I can't remember the model – but I had an old wah pedal that had some sort of distortion kind of thing that I used on the first Velvet Revolver record. It was really interesting, but it wasn't very refined. And so I thought it was a great concept. I took that idea to Dunlop. It's basically a distortion pedal inside a wah-wah pedal. It just sounds insane." One other pedal, used all over the new album, is an octave distortion. "There's octave pedals and there's fuzz pedals and I wanted to put the two together." As Slash says about the pedal he also worked with Dunlop on, "I love to mix fuzz effects with different things." The Slash model octave distortion is in production now for a scheduled release later this year.
From the guitars, amps and effects Slash uses, it's easy to see why he favors the albums he does, "Jeff Beck, Blow by Blow is a big one for me; Hendrix Axis: Bold as Love, Disraeli Gears from Cream – I know these are all ancient records, but they're just what I was sort of weaned on – Led Zeppelin II; and Aerosmith Rocks." He goes on to recommend one more that is possibly missed, "The first Cars record. Elliot Easton, great guitar player. Nobody would ever expect that, but if you were going to listen to a really cool sort of Les Paul guy, that first record would probably surprise a lot of people." For an album for guitar tone alone, he suggests Degüello by ZZ Top.
Each part of Slash's signal chain is given attention and the cable itself is no exception. Preferring Monster Cables to complete his rig, Slash says, "Actually, I learned that different types of cable have a very direct effect on your sound. They have different types of cables and you can darken or brighten your sound depending on the type of cable that you use. That's been an interesting discovery lately. In the studio I actually use about three or four different types of cables for any given song."
Not one to stay trapped in his own genre, Slash is very generous when it comes to loaning himself out to other artists, lending his talent to Michael Jackson, Rod Stewart, Rihanna and many more. "It's really sort of a selfish thing. I just like jamming a lot and I get a lot out of playing with different people, especially the caliber of people that I can really learn something from. I adapt to different situations and react instantaneously. In other words, work at their schedule so I can't sit around and fumble around with things. I have to produce in the moment. I learn a lot from the different personalities and people with all those kinds of experiences and stuff like that. I enjoy it as well, but I do get a lot of sort of personal things out of it that I turn in my favor, so to speak. It's very humbling. Keeps me grounded. Educational, all around. Plus, you meet some interesting people."
The world will get to hear Slash on his second solo album shortly. His second release with noted hard rock hitmaker Eric Valentine at the helm producing was recorded mostly live to 2" analog tape. The recording process allowed him to get back to basics in a way. As he says, "We've always recorded the band playing live together and kept the bass and drums. I would go into the control room and overdub my guitars, replay them, only because I never felt like my performance was any good if I was wearing headphones. And so I've been doing it that way since the beginning, but on this particular record we built a room inside of the studio where the bass and the drums are. I can stand and play with the guys instead of using headphones. I get the playback as coming in through big monitors, so I can just have those turned all the way up and still play along with the guys, but it's in a room so it doesn't bleed in the bass and the drums. We can all play live at the same time and actually keep the tracks." Enlisting his last touring band, this album features Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge) singing, with Brent Fitz (Vince Neil, Alice Cooper) on drums and Todd Kerns (Sin City Sinners, Age of Electric) on bass.
Slash will release the album on his own label May 22, 2012. Then, Les Paul in hand and Marshall cranked up, Slash and company will embark on a U.S. tour, continuing the mission to save rock for us all – and, thankfully, making the world sound a little more dangerous again.


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'Tis the season for Christmas music! Clear Channel just announced a new digital Christmas station on iHeart Radio. The launch commemorates the 25th anniversary of the "Very Special Christmas" album series that benefits Special Olympics.
The new station, "A Very Merry Christmas Radio" will feature the whole "Very Special Christmas" song collection with songs from U2, Madonna, Sting, Bon Jovi, Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson, Wyclef Jean, Sheryl Crow, Mary J. Blige, No Doubt, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Vanessa Williams, Bryan Adams and others. The station also includes new songs from this year's releases, A Very Special Christmas 25th Anniversary "Joy to the World" and A Very Special Christmas "Bringing Peace on Earth."
The all-new iHeartRadio holiday digital station will be promoted across all of Clear Channel's 850 radio stations, reaching 239 million monthly US listeners, with a series of public service announcements that combine Special Olympics athlete stories with information on how to access the free station at iHeartRadio.com. The spots also feature a number of celebrities and recording artists, including Ryan Seacrest, Martina McBride, Train, Hunter Hayes, Michelle Kwan and Vanessa Williams.
Jessica King, director of Community Engagement for Clear Channel shared her excitement for the launch of the station saying,
"iHeartRadio is giving our listeners a special holiday gift by offering them the opportunity to listen to all of their favorite multi-genre "A Very Special Christmas" songs on one free, easy to use platform. Our on-air holiday campaign will encourage listeners to visit iHeartRadio, where they can find and enjoy the holiday songs they love, and be inspired to purchase this year's 25th anniversary albums in support of Special Olympics."
Scott Borchetta, President and CEO of the Big Machine Label Group in Nashville is enthusiastic about the station and had this to say about the albums that support Special Olympics,
"This is an album that everyone is so proud of and we're equally thrilled that Clear Channel has embraced this music and will utilize across their entire media, entertainment and iHeartRadio platforms. So many great artists, creative executives and fantastic companies have come together and given their support."
Will you be checking out the new "A Very Merry Christmas Radio" station on iHeartRadio for your Christmas music fix?
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Content Curation – Simplified
Want a really simple, concise description of what Content Curation is? Then look no further, as Sue Neal has really nailed it with this article. She takes a somewhat confusing concept and defines it a way that just makes sense. A great read regardless of whether you are new to the concept of content curation or an old pro. Enjoy and comment below…
Content Curation – What's That?Content Curation how does it build value—stefanomaggi (Flickr.com)
What do you think about content curation? I must admit, it took me a while to figure out exactly what it was. I thought it was an odd expression – it struck me as a bit suspect. I wondered if, like 'extraordinary rendition', it was just a fancy name for something naughty.
When I first heard people talk about curating content on their blogs, I'll confess I was pretty dismissive – it seemed like a lazy way to write articles, basically hi-jacking other people's work. This view was probably reinforced by the fact that the first curated posts I saw weren't anything to write home about.
I wanted to create my own original content and thought I'd be compromising my integrity if I resorted to curation.
But that was before I really understood what it meant.
So What Exactly IS Content Curation?
The MacMillan Dictionary defines content curation as "the process of analysing and sorting Web content and presenting it in a meaningful and organized way around a specific theme".
If you're curating content, you're doing the same kind of job as the curator of a museum or art gallery when they put an exhibition together. Having decided on your topic, you trawl the web for relevant content, select the best pieces, then arrange and present them in a coherent way, adding explanatory notes and your own commentary.
Here's one of the best articles I've come across on content curation, on Beth's Blog – Beth gives the clearest definition you could hope to find, plus a whole host of links to useful resources.
What Content Curation is NOT
- It's not copying or plagiarizing other people's content.
- It's not simply providing lists of links.
- It's not an automated process, like the feeds of categorized content you get via a service such as Google Reader or Google News – the 'human' element of content curation is crucial.
Is Original Content Superior to Curated Content?
There's a brief video here in which Storify's co-founder, Burt Herman, talks about the comparative value of authors and curators. He concedes that, at the end of the day, creators of original content have the edge. However, he feels curators also have an important role to play, particularly in this age of information overload. As well as helping people find the information they need, Herman suggests curators actually have a lot of influence as 'taste makers' – I wonder if you agree?
Curators select, review and guide us towards the kind of content they think we should be reading – just like the curator of an art gallery, who decides which pictures to buy, which to put on the wall and which to leave in storage.
In my view, curated content isn't necessarily any less valuable than original content. Let's face it, there are some pretty appalling articles and blog posts out there – they may be 'original', but that doesn't mean they make the world a better place. On the other hand, I've come across some amazing curated articles that I wouldn't want to be without.
One of the most useful posts I've read this year was Demian Farnworth's Content Marketing Codex – a superlative piece of content curation, which went straight into my Evernote collection. Demian hasn't just copied a load of links – he's acted like a great museum curator or librarian, cataloguing the posts into different topics, for easy reference, and adding his own explanatory notes.
Benefits of Great Content Curation
- It signposts you to relevant content, helping you find what you're looking for in that vast encyclopedia we call the web.
- If done well, it sifts out the rubbish, so it should save time you might otherwise waste wading through tons of duff or irrelevant articles.
- The curator's accompanying notes and commentary should help you decide which links are worth following up.
- It helps ensure that high quality content is shared more widely – so it benefits the original creators of the good stuff.
If there were no librarians or art gallery and museum curators, it would be much more difficult for artists and authors to disseminate and display their work. A piece of art is far more likely to be seen and appreciated if it's properly catalogued and well displayed.
Similarly, if there were no curated articles, a lot of great content on the web might never see the light of day. That amazing post you've written will get much more exposure if it's shared in a well crafted piece of content curation on a popular blog. View Full Article… writeclever.com
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After last week's generally calm markets, stocks are down across the board this Monday. Investors can thank the International Monetary Fund, which lowered global growth forecasts. Managing director Christine Lagarde highlighted the eurozone as the single biggest risk to the world economy, but she shares concerns that the fiscall cliff -- a poison pill put into debt negotiations -- may actually come to pass.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX: ^DJI ) is faring the best out of the three major indexes, down 29 points, or 0.21%. The S&P 500 is showing a slightly worse 0.34% decline, and the Nasdaq (INDEX: ^IXIC ) has tumbled 0.85% as the technology sector weighs it down. Volatility, as measured by the VIX (INDEX: ^VIX ) , is up just 2% despite renewed worries coming from Europe.
On the Dow, only Pfizer (NYSE: PFE ) is up more than 1%, benefiting from a Moody's upgrade to the creditworthiness of the pharma industry, noting that companies have generally mitigated the loss of revenue stemming from a tide of branded drugs going off patent. Pfizer lost Lipitor, the world's best-selling drug, to the patent cliff last year. However, its impact on Pfizer's income statement was barely noticed in recent quarters, and the company's reorganization and strong pipeline have investors excited about the stock's future.
Off the Dow, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL ) is dominating the headlines. Shares of the tech giant are off 2% as the iPhone 5's debut weekend only netted the company 5 million units sold, shy of analyst predictions of 6 million or even 8 million units based on the enormous number of preorders. Apple may have hit those predictions if not for one minor snag: It ran out of iPhones to sell. Fortunately for Apple, many of those turned-away customers won't settle for a rival phone; they will largely wait for stores to restock, so any misses from the weekend should simply turn into deferred sales.
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KALAMAZOO, MI -- As police continue to investigate a string of suspicious fires in vacant houses, Tammy Shannon said Tuesday that she wishes she knew who is starting them and why.
"There's been three since I've been over this way," Shannon said from the front porch of her home in the 500 block of Elizabeth Street. "It's kind of scary."
A fire reported at 3:14 a.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of Elizabeth Street was the sixth in a vacant house in the city since mid-November, according to the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety.
Assistant Chief Donald Webster said there are ongoing investigations of all of the
fires, but for now the only thing for certain is that they are all suspicious.
The first fire was reported at 617 Ada St. on Nov. 12. Two days later a fire was reported at an abandoned house in the 1100 block of North Park St., just south of Norway Avenue. On Nov. 20, a fire was reported at a vacant residence at 116 E. Stockbridge Ave.
The last three fires have been on Elizabeth Street. A vacant house in the 700 block of Elizabeth caught fire twice in one month, on Dec. 4 and again Jan. 4. The vacant house that caught fire in the early hours of Jan. 14 is the most recent unexplained blaze.
No one has been injured in any of the fires, but Webster said he fears that could change.
Shannon, who lives across the street from the now charred structure at , said she moved into her home about a month ago.
"This morning I couldn't get my kids off to school because of the fire hoses and being up all night," she said.
Another Elizabeth Street resident, who asked that his name not be used, lives four houses away from the house that burned early Tuesday morning.
"I didn't know the house was on fire until I woke up to take my kids to school," he said. "It's all suspicious."
He said he did notice the screen door on the house was open the day before it caught fire. Webster said those sorts of details, which may seem insignificant, may help authorities in their investigations of the fires. He asked that any unusual activity in or near abandoned homes be reported to KDPS by calling 269-337-8994 or contacting Silent Observer at 269-343-2100 or www.kalamazoosilentobserver.com.
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The snide among us -- and when it comes to MTV's "Jersey Shore" and literacy that could mean most -- make nasty jokes.
They ask: Has Snooki even read a book?
Yes, in fact, and she has written three.
Some of Snooki's statements, such as her shock that we have to pay for electricity or that the Amish are rich, can make her sound like an indictment of the education system. But she has achieved much of what she wanted – fame, she's on a hit TV show, wealth, and works diligently on building her brand, which includes books.
A review of the most recent "Gorilla Beach" appears Sunday.
Though we don't see her reading on "Jersey Shore" which she once told me would not make for good TV, or with her nose in a book on her current MTV show, "Snooki & JWOWW," she explains how she comes up with her ideas.
"I use the same characters" as her last book, she says. "They are me and Jenni and I like to make up scenarios. And "Gorilla Beach" takes place in Atlantic City."
This book, done with the excellent writer Valerie Frankel, is reviewed here Sunday. All we'll say for now, is Jersey has been thoroughly Snookified, when you consider the current show is in Jersey City, the shore show is in Seaside Heights and the book unfolds in Atlantic City.


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The former head of the New Jersey's victims' compensation fund has filed a wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the state and Attorney General Anne Milgram.
Edward Werner, who was serving as the acting executive director of the Victims of Crime Compensation Office, charges that political considerations led to his removal last year. He is seeking reinstatement and unspecified damages in the lawsuit, which also names Shavar Jeffries, one of Milgram's top advisors.
The crime compensation office disburses money to crime victims for expenses like medical bills, counseling and lost wages. In 2007, the office distributed $13.5 million to such victims.
Werner, who became involved with victims' rights issues after his 11-year-old son was killed in 1997, was fired after an Inspector General report found questionable payments and poor oversight.
Attorney General Anne Milgram said at a press conference today that the office under Werner had "severe problems in leadership and administration."
Werner said there were no improper payments under his watch, adding that he was completely blindsided by his dismissal.
"Never once did anybody from the attorney general's office or the governor's office contact me to tell me they had any question about any of the work we were doing," he said.


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Africa's CEO's are more upbeat than CEOs globally when it comes to predicting growth, according to a new survey released yesterday.
The survey, entitled The Africa Business Agenda, was conducted by PricewaterhouseCooper, who interviewed 201 CEOs across the 10 countries in Africa.
The survey found that 90 percent of CEOs on the continent are confident of growth prospects and expect operations to grow in Africa. This is on average higher than the percentages of CEOs which are confident about growth prospects globally, which stands at 75 percent.
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Over the next 12 months, 40 percent of CEO's intent to complete a cross-border merger and 54 percent will enter into a new strategic alliance or joint venture.
A greater percentage of CEOs in Africa are concerned about global risks like the impact of terrorism, climate change, health crises and natural disasters than CEO's globally. CEOs in Africa are also most aligned on risks which are local, for example the exchange rate and inadequate infrastructure.
Political instability, however, only concerns African CEOs one percent more than the global average- 59 percent in Africa compared to 58 percent globally. CEOs in Africa mitigate political instability by investing in different countries, thereby reducing their risk exposure.
Surprisingly, CEOs in South Africa were less confident about growth prospects than their peers across the continent, with only 47 percent of CEOs describing themselves as 'very confident' about the prospects of revenue growth next year, which is significantly below the 64 percent average for Africa.
"The broad view is South Africa is not the gateway into Africa. Global investors are looking for ease of access into markets," said Suresh Kana, CEO of PwC Southern Africa told Business Day. Some "locational advantages" are also becoming more prominent, such as the cost saved in supplying Europe with goods from East Africa.
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I went to College for broadcasting for a while with aspirations to be a hockey play-by-play guy someday. Not necessarily at the Pro level—after all, my professors always used to joke that I had the looks for radio—but College games on the weekends would have made me happy.
So when I watch the Detroit Red Wings play, and the announcers are forced to come up with descriptions and adjectives for the things that Pavel Datsyuk does on a nightly basis I kind of feel sorry for them.
For the most part it seems they can't help but giggle with delight. I don't think any of us can help it. Datsyuk is that kind of special player that seems to think the game slower, and can make something out of absolutely nothing.
If the NHL has a da Vinci, Datsyuk is it. Albeit a Russian da Vinci, but you get the idea. The ice is his canvas and the puck attached to a string attached to his stick is the brush. And I suppose that would make the rest of us viewers in the art gallery that has become No. 13's endless bag of tricks.
A Marry Poppins sized bag even. Pardon me for mixing metaphors here. Now maybe you see why I feel sorry for the guys having to make the calls up as they go with it. A slapshot from the blueline is one thing. The things that Datsyuk can do with the puck is another explanation entirely.
I scoured YouTube and my memory banks for hours to come up with the top 10 magician-like plays from Datsyuk's stellar career and put them here for your viewing pleasure. Mind you this is roughly two months from the start of the 2011-2012 regular season, and some of these plays will undoubtedly be replaced within a few weeks of that opening puck drop.
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City and state officials were perplexed when thousands of birds fell from the sky in Beebe, Arkansas on New Year's Eve night.
Beebe mayor Mike Robertson said reports of the dead red-winged blackbirds and starlings first surfaced at about 11:30 p.m., WCSH6 in Portland, Maine said.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission says the carcasses will be tested Monday by the state Livestock and Poultry Commission Lab and the National Wildlife Health Center Lab in Madison, Wis.
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Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is advising customers in Nain of a scheduled power outage on Tuesday, Jan. 8 from 4 a.m. to 6 a.m. The outage is required to complete permanent repairs to one of the generating units at the diesel plant.
The following customers will be affected by the outage:
• All customers on Ikpiaivk St., Tukuk St., Pinguvik St.;
• Middle Path Rd. (odd numbers 1-87 & even numbers 2-88);
• Ikajuktavik Rd. (odd numbers 1-33 & even numbers 2-28).
On Saturday, Jan. 5, customers in Nain experienced a 10-hour outage as a result of an issue with one of the sensors in the generating unit. Crews completed temporary repairs to the unit to restore power to customers on Saturday evening.
By 8 p.m. Saturday, power was restored for the 450 Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro customers affected by the outage. Additional workers from Happy Valley-Goose Bay remained in Nain as of Sunday to handle the repairs.The scheduled outage is needed to complete permanent repairs.
One of the three generating units at the Nain diesel plant has been out of service since late December due to engine failure. A new engine has been ordered and this unit is expected to be restored by mid-February. Hydro continues to encourage customers in Nain to limit their electricity use where possible to help lessen the generation demand on the available generating units. When repairs are complete on the third unit, spare generation capacity will be restored.


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Students cheer up the holidays for the needy
"Waiting to load up their school's haul of 3,285 donated canned goods, Langley Middle School students (from left) Lucy Brennan, Marissa Wilhelm, Ariel Schmidtke, and Key Simmons are just a few of the hundreds of South Whidbey students who make the holidays cheerier for many local families.Matt Johnson / staff photoEvery year, when the holiday season rolls around, cars and trucks full of food start to roll up to the Good Cheer food bank in Langley.At the wheel of many of those vehicles are South Whidbey High School students or parents and teachers of younger South Whidbey students. And in the back of those cars and trucks are boxes upon boxes filled with food collected by local students.Next to South Whidbey grocery stores, these students are perhaps the most important donors to South Whidbey's food bank. Last year, donations from the high school, middle school and elementary schools topped $12,500 in market value. Collected in each classroom leading up to the holidays, the donated food prevents about 200 local families from going hungry during the winter and keeps Good Cheer's shelves full.Brenda Thorn, manager of the food bank and Good Cheer's thrift store operation, said that without the school donations, Good Cheer would have to use cash to buy at least that much food to keep local families supplied during the winter.It saves us that much in what we have to purchase, Thorn said.After setting donation records last year, the schools are pushing hard again this year. Langley Middle School dropped off almost 3,300 food items last week, while the high school's Key Club is trying to get 7,000 items together by Dec. 1.Key Club president and South Whidbey senior Leah Von Pressintin said the school got off to a slow start for this year's food drive. Last year, the school collected more than 6,000 items, so the Key Club set a higher goal for this year's drive. But by Wednesday, the school had less than half that much to drop off at Good Cheer. Von Pressintin said she and other Key Clubbers are putting the pressure on now because many families depend on the success of the drive. To make the goal, each high school student needs to donate 10 to 15 food items.It's really not that much when it comes down to it, Von Pressintin said. I think now the kids are grasping that this is serious.And, if not, they can always concentrate on the payoff. The first-period class that collects the most food will get a pizza lunch or an ice-cream party during class time.Brenda Thorn said she hopes donations do not dip this year. Even though the good economy has made it possible for many families to forego the food bank this year, Good Cheer still needs to keep its stock high. For Thanksgiving alone, the food bank gave out turkeys and boxes of food to more than 140 families. The nonprofit organization needs to be ready to do it all over again for Christmas.We don't turn down anyone, she said. "
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The Bellevue Reporter sat down with Superintendent Amalia Cudeiro to discuss the start of school next week, Sept. 6, and important topics in the school district.
REPORTER: All of Bellevue's high schools have made Newsweek magazine's best high schools in America list. Aside from test scores, what is it that makes Bellevue high schools shine?
SUPERINTENDENT: Bellevue's high schools, like all the schools in our district, benefit from an amazing level of parent and community support. Additionally, all of our students are expected to master a rigorous common curriculum that has been aligned to college readiness standards. Finally, all students in Bellevue have access to AP courses without having to test into these courses-in fact, the expectation is that every student will take at least one AP course before graduating from high-school and many students take two or more.
REPORTER: Tell me a bit about the diversity in the Bellevue School District.
SUPERINTENDENT: Many people may not realize that the Bellevue School District is officially a white minority district: 49.3 percent our students are Caucasian and we have at least 84 languages spoken in our schools. Just over 30 percent of our students speak a language other than English as their first language and about 22 percent of our students receive Free and Reduced Lunch. Our student population is quite diverse in race, languages, cultures and income levels.
REPORTER: What are some unique challenges for public education in Bellevue?
SUPERINTENDENT: Those same diverse conditions mean we have students who have a wide range of needs and each child deserves to have those needs met. That means providing supports to students who are challenged academically, as well as to those students who need greater challenges so their learning can be extended. Meeting the differing needs, with the current funding from the state, continues to be a challenge.
REPORTER: What are some of the unique strengths? Also, mention what kind of draw this district has. I've heard families come to Bellevue specifically for the schools.
SUPERINTENDENT: It's true, we have many families who have moved to Bellevue specifically for the quality of our schools and we have had families move to Bellevue from all over the country. That's because we have system-wide commitment to provide students with an excellent college-preparatory education to prepare them for college, career and life. Our strengths lie in a common curriculum, high expectations for all students, a strong teaching corps, principals who are instructional leaders, and again—amazing support from parents and community
REPORTER: Tell me about some of the additions to district programs that you're especially excited about.
SUPERINTENDENT: We are very excited about the work going on in each and every one of our schools. However, we do have a few new programs that hold tremendous promise and offer parents and students additional options and opportunities. Our new Big Picture School and our new STEM program at Sammamish High school have an emphasis on problem based learning and will offer mentorships and internships for students. Our new dual language programs, Chinese at Ardmore and Spanish at Sherwood Forest, will provide opportunity for students to become bilingual and bi-literate; skills very much in demand in a global economy.
REPORTER: How do you see this year going with the projected budget cuts in Olympia. Do you have a plan in place for how to handle that?
SUPERINTENDENT: Our finance department has taken a conservative approach to budgeting, yet the cuts from the state will have impacts. Several years ago the District made cuts with the help of a Fiscal Advisory Committee; a group of citizens and staff who provided solid feedback on priorities as well as revenue options. Our commitment is to keep impacts away from the classroom, but we will have to constantly monitor budget information from the state because at this point, the extent of future cuts is unknown.
REPORTER: What were some of the tougher decisions for the 2011-12 school year that had to be made in the face of state and federal budget cuts?
SUPERINTENDENT: Because the district made deep cuts in the past, took a conservative approach and our enrollment has risen which has carried with it some state funds, we did not have to cut any programs this year. However, we are waiting to hear what cuts could come from the state in mid-year revenue reductions.
REPORTER: What advice do you have for parents sending their young children off to public school (kindergarten) for the first time?
SUPERINTENDENT: Meet your child's teacher and ask how you can support the lessons taught in the classroom at home. Attend Curriculum Nights and get to know your school principal. Ask how you can help and get involved in PTSA.
REPORTER: What advice or suggestions do you have for students?
SUPERINTENDENT: K-12 heading back to school? Try to stay ahead of your lessons and listen carefully in class. Ask questions if you don't understand what is explained. Try to think about how your lessons can be applied in the real world. Challenge your teachers' thinking if you have a different view and yes, do your homework. Eat healthy and get lots of sleep — it really helps.
REPORTER: Anything else you'd like to say?
SUPERINTENDENT: I am very excited about our new contract with the teacher's association. I believe that both the union and the district worked hard to reach agreement on areas that are critical to the continued academic success of our students and further development and support of our teaching professionals.
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^ Will do as soon as I can get the chance.
You can try NO$, but it's awfully confusing to get it working. But it does indeed work, I was able to do it with my own collection of dumps with Rockman EXE4~6 e-Reader+ Cards.
You would need a modified Japanese Pokemon Colosseum ISO which would allow it to read US Saves.
US Retail/Backup of Pokemon Colosseum.
A modified Nintendo Wii/GC (Wii is the best option) that can run GC Backups.
Printed out E-Reader Cards for Colosseum Double Battle.
Than scan the printed Cards into the Completed US Pokemon Colosseum Save being Run on a Japanese Game.
Save the game.
Check the US Version.
In the US Version you SHOULD be able to access the E-Reader Room if saved in the Japanese Game that is modified to save over a US Save.
go to the receptionist.
If she says you can battle previous VR trainers without scanning we are successful, extract a GC save for us and bring it over to the forum with a DL Link.
I meet all these standards except for that damn e-reader + -.-, otherwise I would've done it myself *sigh*
I intentionally left out the save region hacking part because it would be simple enough for you or me to do that after he uploads the Japanese save file. Saves him the trouble.
Speaking of saves, ZoneBoii could you send me the English save you have where you're standing in the e-Reader room? I have a custom-built VBA that I want to test with Dolphin and it would save me some time if I didn't have to go through the entire process myself. Fell free to PM or post the link here, whatever you prefer.
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Just uploaded it to my website! Knock yourself out unfortunately my computer is unable to handle VBA-M when it's in Joybus mode, give it a try!
Been playing with VBA all day and I'm sad to say that emulating this appears to be out of the picture, even with a version that supports link and e-reader functionality. It's all up to you Nigoli!
BTW did you see my link to the $55 e-reader+ ZoneBoii?
Yeah I am currently saving up for one, won't be able to purchase right away though . Hopefully we'll be able to get into the Japanese version and see if it does anything on the US version.
Owner of Pokeinfo.co.nr site for watching Live Pokemon Announcements.
And a Pokemon News Reporter on Youtube
Also when you say
A quick guide of like 3 or 4 screen shots would make doing this super easy ^_^
This is a good find ZoneBoii. I'm surprised no one has tried connecting the Card Reader e+. Well I was bored and tried it myself, since I own one. I actually brought one 2 years ago to use with F-ZERO: Legend of Falcon (F-ZERO: GP Legend) which allows you to play extra courses.
Anyway, as ZoneBoii has shown, the e-reader features were not removed and the necessary text was translated as well. They have not however made any changes to the Application that gets sent to the GBA. Basically, it is still set up to communicate with the Card Reader e+ and send the data to the device.
I've taken some screenshots, to prove it works.
Here is the message saying the e-reader has been found and is sending the data.
This message on the GBA basically shows the data has been transferred successfully.
Here is the application running, with Japanese text.
Once the application has been sent, you can walk into the tube thing. It need gives you the options to have a Panel Battle or Endless Battle.
If you click on Panel battle, you will get this option, asking you to scan the cards.
Now the fun part is printing out the cards. Unfortunately, I need access to a good printer, which I don't have. However, at my work place, they have an awesome printer. Hopefully next week, I'll get them printed out onto photo glossy card.
The e-reader stores data in vpk format. In the US ISO file, at location 3A2E8A94 is the size of the file and at location 3A2E8A94 is the file that gets transferred. This means we could modify the application to run on the US version. Although I would need to look into that.
For those that are interested, here is the Card Reader e+ save file: http://www.mediafire.com/?2sf5fof5sv6jer3
Card Reader e+ was available in a pack with Doubutsu no Mori e+. Searching for that game will pick up further sources to find one.
Maybe we could make an Action Replay code to trick the door warp into behaving like Japanese Colosseum?
It's certainly possible the PAL version translated the room's text into each relevant language. Super Mario Advance 4 did that despite hiding world-e after all.
I realize this is 2013, but I'd like to work on this as a project. I have all the supplies besides the Ecard dumps.I have a Japanese Colleseum, Japanese Ereader, and a printer capable of making ecards. I even have a USA ereader, japanese and usa emerald. If any of you still have access to the ereader dumps and are willing too share them, I will share my results.
here you go!
Wow, this is interesting.. so if scanning the cards works, there would be three "new" English event pokemon? =3
I've recently fought through all of the trainers from the e-cards in the Japanese Colosseum myself.
So I can confirm that catching the three extra shadow pokemons will increase the total value of pokemons on the save file.
Arg, I failed!
When I connect e-reader to gamecube and speak to the hostess my e-reader displays that message "Communication Failure".
I don't know what it means, maybe it's the link cable? Or it's because I use a PAL version?
EDIT: Don't work with PAL Versions but it works US version.
Does anyone know how do promo cards (2 released and 1 unreleased) work?
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So, has anyone caught these so called "unreleased events?"
Project Overload!:
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How to Transfer Wii Data to the Wii U
Are you on the fence about the Wii U because you don't want to lose all your Wii save data and digital purchases? Well, stop that, you. The Wii U allows you to import the majority of your original Wii goodies by using the Wii System Transfer Tool, a time consuming and overly complicated process designed to help Wii owners move into the current generation. Wii System Transfer allows you to import all past Wii data, allowing you to import Wii save data, WiiWare titles, Virtual Console titles and save data, Wii Points, Wii Shop Channel history, and Mii characters to your brand new Wii U console.
Things to Know:
- You can't transfer Wii U data to Wii, but then again why would you even want to?
- All data is transferred as a set, you cannot transfer individual items.
- Transferring from Wii to Wii U is a one-time thing and the original data will be permanently erased from the Wii.
- Preinstalled Wii-exclusive software such as Wii Parade and that voting crap no one used will not be transfered.
To start the process, put your Wii SD card into the SD card slot on the front of the Wii U. Then, from the main menu located on the Wii U GamePad, locate and press the Wii Menu button. By default, it should be to the right of Hulu Plus after the mandatory online update.
If you haven't yet, you will be prompted to pair a Wii remote with the Wii U. This is because the Wii menu is incompatible with the Wii U GamePad.
To pair your Wii Remote to your Wii U, press the Pair Wii Remote button. Then press the red sync button on the back of your Wii Remote. Within seconds it should chime and vibrate, signifying that the pairing is complete. Unless you want to pair addition controllers, you may now back out of this menu to the previous and select Continue.
Now using the Wii Remote, select Wii Menu. This will turn off your Wii U GamePad and boot up the Wii U as a Wii. From here, select Wii System Transfer.
Now, you're going to have to have an active Internet connection to continue. Go through the menus until your see the Download button. Clicking it will transfer you to the Wii Shop Channel. Download Wii System Transfer to your SD card. Once downloaded, press the Home button on your Wii Remote to take you back to the main menu. From here, press the SD Card Menu icon on the lower left-hand corner of your screen and locate and launch the Wii System Transfer software from within it.
There are now only three steps left in the transfer process. Assuming you have already inserted your Wii's SD card into the Wii U, there are only two steps; but if you haven't, insert it now. Step two then involves you plugging the SD card back into your original Wii console so it can finally import all data to it and delete it from the Wii. Step 3 has you removing the SD card from the Wii and putting it back into your Wii U to complete the system transfer.
Continue to follow the onscreen instructions to properly format the SD card. Once complete, turn on your original Wii console and download the Wii U Transfer Tool from the Wii Shop channel, located under Wii Channels. If you have two Wii Remotes, that's great. If you don't, however, you will need to pair your Wii Remote back with the Wii and change your TV's source to accommodate the AV connection the Wii uses. If you're like me and haven't touched the Wii in some time, expect to install a few updates before you can access the Wii Shop channel.
Once you're able to download it, make sure to download it to your Wii System Memory instead of the SD Card. Return to the main menu and select Wii U Transfer Tool. Now it's time to insert the SD Card into the Wii console. Once done, press next and it will load additional transfer software to your Wii, connect to the Internet and start the transfer after showing you what can and can't be transferred. If the content isn't stored in the Wii System Memory and is on the SD card, it can then be re-downloaded from the Wii Shop Channel on the Wii U console's Wii Menu. After the final warning appears, press Transfer to begin.
The entire transfer animation is of Pikmin carrying the software from the Wii to the Wii U. While it's cute, in classic Wii fashion it's a little rough around the edges and will likely be the last time you see the subpar quality of the original Wii, unless you go back and play a Wii title on your Wii U, of course. Once the Pikmin leave in their spaceship, it's time to pull the SD card from your Wii and reinsert it into your Wii U console.
You may now turn off your Wii and turn your TV's source back over to the Wii U. You will now need to pair your Wii Remote back up with your Wii U. Now hit next to load the data from the SD card. The Pikmin will now land in your Wii U console and start to unpack all the removed data. I was hoping they would turn into their HD version once they landed, but sadly, they retained the jagginess of their Wii counterparts. It's a simple animation that will only be seen once, so I can't complain too much, but it would have been cuteness overload if they put the extra effort into it.
The rest of the process is just a waiting game. Once completed, you may access your Wii titles from the Wii Menu channel. Like before, it'll turn your Wii U into a Wii, but you have the added ability of actually playing Wii games! Fun stuff.
The entire process of transferring data from the Wii to the Wii U can be completed in around an hour, give or take. If you already sold or boxed up your Wii, you're naturally going to have a harder time than those who kept their Wii hooked up to their TVs. While this option is great for those of us done with the original Wii, it would have been a lot easier if you didn't have to swap the card between two Wiis.


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Back on March 12, the NFL's 2013 league year began and the free-agency period opened with a flurry of activity. Almost 17 weeks later, there are few certainties pertaining to the remaining players that are ready, willing and able to play in 2013 but are not on a roster.
It's a buyer's market, as teams are now less than a month away from the start of training camp. Most teams have already spent the majority of the money they're going to spend this offseason and have filled out their depth charts.
There still are, however, a number of quality veterans out there in the free-agent pool. The key to their success in signing somewhere this late in the offseason is price and availability. There will be situations (read: injury or other roster openings) that require a team to grab one of these veterans at some point prior to Week 1. As long as these remaining free agents stay as close to game shape as possible and are willing to accept the reduced rate of pay that is like to be given to free agents in June, job offers will be handed out.
Here are the top 10 free agents that are still available along with a prediction as to where each of them will land.


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MOBILE, Alabama – Mobile County schools Superintendent Martha Peek is the highest-paid superintendent in the state, according to salary figures released by the State Department of Education.
Peek, who oversees the largest school system in the state with an enrollment of 59,000, earns an annual salary of $204,000. Birmingham City Schools' Craig Witherspoon is second on the list, earning $202,155. The Birmingham system's enrollment is 24,629, according to the list.
Other top earners are Tuscaloosa City's superintendent, Paul McKendrick, at $198,900; Mountain Brook's Richard Barlow at $192,260; and Jefferson County's superintendent, Stephen Nowlin, at $189,162.
Jefferson County is the second-largest system statewide, with an enrollment of 36,279.
According to the report, Baldwin County's Alan Lee earns $180,250; Saraland City Schools' Aaron Milner earns $137,000; Satsuma City Schools' Joe Walters earns $112,200; and Chickasaw City Schools' Kyle Kallhoff earns $107,100.
The list of superintendent salaries does not include all benefits that superintendents may receive, such as car allowances or performance bonuses. Peek's contract also entitles her to a $1,200 per month vehicle allowance.
If the salaries were divided by enrollment, Peek would make $3.45 for each student in Mobile County's public schools. Birmingham City Schools' superintendent would make $8.20 per student; and Tuscaloosa City's superintendent would make $19.99 per student.
Bill Foster, president of the Mobile County school board, said Peek's salary was justified, especially given her experience, her work ethic and her accomplishments since she became superintendent in the spring of 2012.
"She's had significantly more experience at all levels in education than most people who become superintendents," Foster said, listing Peek's previous positions: teacher, principal, assistant superintendent and deputy superintendent.
"I don't know of anyone who would have had ... the breadth and depth of knowledge and experience in this system," Foster said. "I don't believe we could have found anybody who would have had that kind of experience."
Because of Peek's many years in the Mobile County school system, Foster added, she was able to "hit the ground running" as soon as she was selected for the job, unlike an outside candidate, who would have needed time to get to know the schools, principals and teachers.
During its retreat in September, the school board gave Peek a perfect score on the four performance goals set by the board in August 2012: to increase the graduation rate; develop a comprehensive communication/marketing plan; provide "transparent accountability" on how the system spends money and on the progress of school construction projects; and to practice "sound fiscal management" to support the district's educational programs.
"The graduation rate has gone from 54 percent to 70 percent," Foster said. "To me, that's very significant, especially when you consider the size of this system and the complexities of this system."
Peek has a strong work ethic, Foster said. "We get what we pay for."


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Building and Maintaining Effective Cloud Computing Infrastructures
Number of technical issues, including WAN performance, security, and central management of virtual and IP services prevent the widespread adoption of cloud computing infrastructures in the enterprise. This paper explores the nature of these technical challenges and offers solutions for building and maintaining more effective cloud computing infrastructures. Cloud computing holds great promise as the next leap in efficiency for enterprise computing. Primarily enabled by server, storage, and network virtualization, cloud computing allows businesses to dynamically allocate and assign computing resources from across the company's assets to where the resources are most needed.
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Every simple monotonic game in bv'NA is a weighted majority game. Every game v[set membership, variant]bv'NA has a representation where u[set membership, variant]pNA, [mu]i[set membership, variant]NA1 and fi is a sequence of bv' functions with . Moreover, the representation is unique if we require fi to be singular and that for every i[not equal to]j, [mu]i[not equal to][mu]j.
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