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Which Patriots Wide Receiver Will Be This Season's Jabar Gaffney?
By: Russ Goldman
Jabar Gaffney is not a wide receiver that got huge numbers with the Patriots. However, he picked up the slack from other wide-outs in his time here in New England. With the addition of Chad Johnson, who will be that fourth wide receiver that can be counted on to be productive? Which Patriots wide receiver will be this season's Jabar Gaffney?
Gaffney in his time with the Patriots was pretty productive. In 2007, there is no question that he became a third option for Brady over Dante Stallworth as the season went on. He only caught 36 receptions in that regular season, but many of those catches were important. Whether it was a touchdown reception against the Steelers or the Chargers in the playoffs, he made more of a contribution to the Patriots than most give him credit for.
In 2009, he left for the Broncos, and I think the Patriots actually missed him. The passing game became centered around Moss and Welker with no real third or fourth option.
This season, the Patriots will have Welker, Branch and Johnson. But, they will probably need someone else to contribute. So I ask the question today, which Patriots wide-out will be another option for Tom Brady in the passing game?
Will Brandon Tate step up this year, or will it be someone else? (FILE:Icon/SMI)
There are 3 players who have the opportunity to be that key contributor for the Patriots this season. The candidates are Julian Edelman, Brandon Tate, and Taylor Price. Which one will step up in the coming months?
Julian Edelman has already shown flashes that he has the ability to be a wide receiver to be counted upon. His first season in 2009, he caught 37 passes in the regular season. In the playoff game against the Ravens, he stepped up huge filling in for Welker. He caught 6 passes, and had 2 touchdowns.
However, Edelman took a step backwards last season. He was injured for a chunk of the year, and only had 7 receptions. As he heads into his third season, now that he's healthy again it makes you wonder which Edelman will be on display this season for the New England Patriots?
Brandon Tate has the potential to be a #2 wide receiver in the NFL. He is a 3rd round draft pick. However, at some point, he is going to need to raise his game. Last year was a perfect opportunity to show his promise. Unfortunately, other than in the kick return game, the third year receiver was inconsistent for the majority of the season. He had 24 receptions for 432 yards. He averaged 18 yards per reception. Tate has blazing speed, but he is going to have to really learn how to separate himself from his defender on a consistent basis. This season could be a make or break for him with the Patriots.
Taylor Price is a 2nd year receiver who also has potential to be a quality player in this league. He is another 3rd round draft pick. However, in his first season, he mostly did not make the active roster on gameday. He showed some ability in the pre-season, and in the regular season finale against Miami where he caught 3 passes.
He is 6 feet tall, weighs 205 pounds, and has decent size for a receiver. The Patriots have had their share of small receivers. Price doesn't fit in that category, and that is probably to his advantage. The Patriots could use more taller and physical receivers. It is time for Price to show if he can be that player.
So with everyone focused on the three main wide-outs for the Patriots, do not sleep on the battle for the 4th receiver spot. Just remember Gaffney, and the contributions he made in this offense a few years ago.
These three young receivers have an excellent opportunity to make a difference this season. I would recommend focusing on these players throughout pre-season. It could be an interesting battle to win that position.
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(February 11, 2013) - CFSI has announced a time change for the start of the 25th Annual National Fire and Emergency Services Dinner. The dinner will begin at 6:30 PM. The date has not changed - it is still on May 9th. Please visit our website (www.cfsi.org) for additional information about the dinner and seminars program. We still have sponsorship opportunities available for companies and organizations seeking to elevate their presence at the event. Please make your reservations soon to ensure yourself a room at the Hilton.
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High Tech System Detects License Fraud
By Phil Gregory, WBGO News
Trenton. February 12, 2013
New Jersey is using a new facial recognition system to detect people who obtain driver's licenses using false identities.
In what's called Operation Facial Scrub, Chief Administrator Ray Martinez says the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission is using the technology to search its 19 million photo record database to identity duplicate photos that indicate fraud.
"It is measurements on things on your face that essentially you cannot change or you'd have to go to extremely great lengths to do that. A beard is not going to do that. A mustache is not going to do that. A change on your hair style is not going to do that."
In the first wave of prosecutions, Attorney General Jeff Chiesa says criminal charges have been filed against 38 people.
"These 38 cases include individuals who were using false identities to run from their criminal pasts so the public and potential employers wouldn't know. In other instances the defendants have repeatedly been convicted of drunken driving or have had their licenses suspended for drunken driving."
In eight of those cases Chiesa says false identities were used to obtain commercial licenses to drive trucks or buses.
"When you hear about folks with multiple DUI convictions, sex offenders who are able to get licenses to operate those school buses and quite frankly licenses to continue to drive on our roads, it certainly is a stark reminder that this is the kind of thing that we need to be putting assets in."
Chiesa says the technology can potentially uncover other types of crimes including identity theft, financial fraud, and terrorism.
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With the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season beginning to wind down, some teams are starting to shift their focus toward next season. Preparations have begun to make sure that it will be a successful one.
As has become customary around this time every year, announcements are continuously being made about drivers signing with different teams for the upcoming season. Some of the moves come as no major surprise, as rumors began to fly earlier in the season. But other signings seemingly come out of left field.
Both teams and drivers have similar thoughts in mind when deciding to invest in a working relationship with one another: being competitive, winning races and, ultimately, qualifying for the Chase and racing for a championship.
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July 31, 2005
Podcasting to Mobile Phones!
Here's a freeware add-on to iPodder that exports the Podcast to the Mobile Phone audio format (AMR). This way, everyone can listen in to Podcast, even without an MP3 player, or an MP3 mobile! (Thank you Vui Huang Tea)
100 school pupils penalised for taking mobile phones into exams
According to Scotland Today, more than 100 school pupils have failed exams this year - not because they cheated - but because they broke the rules by taking mobile phones into examination halls.
"The pupils involved will learn they have been penalised when exam results are delivered on 9th August. The Scottish Qualifications Authority say a further 41 pupils have failed for copying the work of other students or authors."
July 30, 2005
ATM cash advances with cellphones
The UFJ banking group said Friday it will start offering a service Aug. 10 in which customers can use their mobile phones to obtain cash advances from automated teller machines, reports Forbes.
"The new credit service will require cellphones featuring Sony Corp.'s FeliCa noncontact smart card technology.
To obtain cash advances, UFJ Card Co. credit card holders will only need to hold their compatible phones close to ATMs at UFJ Bank branches, which will link them to the UFJ Card website.
The service will initially be available in eastern Japan and will later be expanded to western and central Japan, the group said."
London Bombings. Suspect 'tracked by phone calls'
Italian investigators say police used cell phone records to track down one of the suspects in the failed suicide bombings in London on 21 July, reports the BBC.
"Osman Hussain was arrested on Friday in his brother's flat on the outskirts of the Italian capital, Rome.
He was traced using call records from two cell phone numbers, supplied to the Italians by UK police.
The suspect's constant use of cell phones betrayed his attempt to find refuge. As well as calling his brother in Rome, he talked to his father who lives in Brescia, in northern Italy."
Car computer systems at risk as viruses go mobile
Here's something new to worry about.
"As carmakers adjust on-board computers to allow consumers to transfer information with MP3 players and mobile phones, they also make their vehicles vulnerable to mobile viruses that jump between devices via Bluetooth that connects them, reports The Hindustan Times.
Companies so far have seen no reports of viruses in auto systems, and studies have shown it is not easy to transplant a virus into a car, but carmakers say they are taking the risk seriously."
R u safe & dry: SMS floods Mumbai networks
According to the The India Times, with network problems, SMS volumes have soared following heavy rains in Mumbai.
"The messages are full of concern, R u safe & dry' or Hope you and your family are fine or To prevent Leptospirosis, those who walked through water yesterday must take tablet of medicine ..... Single dose, Make others aware also.
... Since the SMS messages remain in the network for about 24 hours (at times even 48 hours), the SMS may be delayed, but will be delivered as soon as the subscriber reaches an area where the network is alive.
Picture from the BBC.
Technorati Launches Mobile Search
Technorati has launched Technorati Mobile, a special version of the famed blog search facility set up to be easily viewed on mobile phones and handheld computers, according to Search Engine Journal.
"The site, which provides similar options to the main Technorati site, could actually end up being more popular amongst bloggers, as it seems to be quicker, and in this humble authors opinion, looks better and presents more cleanly than the hello kitty layout employed on the main page."
Emergency Alerts: Coming to Your Cell Phone?
Emergency alerts may soon be delivered by more than just your television set or old-fashioned radio: The US federal government is considering alerting you via text message should a possible natural disaster or terrorist attack directly affect your area, reports PC World.
"The Senate Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention and Prediction met this week on Capitol Hill to discuss creating a national, integrated all-hazards alert system that uses digital technology to efficiently send public warnings to Americans".
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Singles work on sex drive
The Advertiser has an article on Jam Texting, first first written up in 2002 - but hasn't made the papers in a while - which conducted from a car while waiting in traffic, enables a mobile user to text someone interesting-looking in a car nearby.
"Singles register their number plate and mobile details with the service provider and are given a number they can send their message to.
It is forwarded to the mobile phone of the object of their desire - if that person is also a member. If they are not a member, the message is stored and revealed to them later if they join?
July 29, 2005
Saddam image on pre-paid calling cards
Wireless operator Telefónica has been obliged to withdraw from the Brazilian market 200'000 pre-paid calling cards depicting US soldiers capturing Saddam Hussein.
"The card belongs to the series "History of the World" and has generated a lot of negative reactions and a legal action which forced Telefónica to retire it from the market."
[via Adverblog]
Equally in bad taste: - Cell Phone Toy Shows Picture Of Osama Bin Laden
Mobiles could lead to hearing loss among college kids
Purdue University audiologists have found that cell phones or portable digital music devices could lead to hearing loss among college-bound adults, reports New Kerala, this a few days after an Israeli study found cell phone radiation causes damage to the visual system.
"We're starting to see hearing loss in young adults that we expect to diagnose in middle-aged adults."
People, especially young adults on a college campus, have something in their ears almost all the time as they walk from class, visit the library, work in the computer lab, drive in their cars and rest in their apartments. Their ears have very little quiet time to recover from noise exposure."
The Trail of Text Messages that Trapped a Killer
A Senior detective has told The Cumberland News, how cutting edge forensic analysis helped trap a Carlisle man who murdered his girlfriend in their city flat.
Kieran Grieve strangled Miss Flanagan in a jealous rage after discovering that she had a secret lover.
He then went to extreme lengths to cover up his crime, even cutting Lisa's fingernails to remove any forensic evidence that may have linked him to the killing. Grieve then set about sending a series of bogus text messages from Miss Flanagan's mobile phone in an attempt to give the impression that she was still alive when he fled with Holly to Portsmouth.
Detectives turned to three specialist companies in an attempt to discover how what Grieve claimed had happened compared with what the mobile phone evidence revealed.
Using tracking techniques used in the Madrid bombing investigation, experts were able to show that Grieve lied about where Miss Flanagan was when messages were sent. The text messages he claimed she sent from the city centre were almost certainly sent from the couple's flat by Grieve himself."
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Phones Make Korea a Silent Society
As America is grappling with loud cell phone behaviour and rudeness, in South Korea, people have become paradoxically quiet, as new means of communication are replacing the spoken word; Chat programs and text messengers are cheap, convenient to use and accessible everywhere, according to Digital Chosunilbo.
... "There are people who say they could live comfortably without saying a word all day, and who send so many SMS and chat online so much that sometimes they find it awkward to talk.
Yet it is the telephone that is at the heart of these changes, a device that is rooted more than anything else in the attempt to allow people to talk. As mobile phones grow more sophisticated, they are eradicating the very purpose they were designed for.
In the case of telecom provider KTF, the SMS sent in June (2,000,008,616) for the first time outnumbered mobile phone calls (2,000,004,669).
... There are concerns that the silent society could aggravate alienation and isolation. But experts say there is no need to expect the worst: it is merely that communication is changing, from face-to-face to other forms, yet the flood of communication itself has not stopped.
Yonsei University sociologist Kim Ho-gi says young-generation cool means a preference for writing over speech. "Speech is loaded with feeling, and because young people prefer communication styles that convey meaning simply and clearly while keeping their own emotions in check, they like communicating through text messages."
Cell phones tripped up alleged CIA operation
A trail of casual cell phone use that tripped up the 19 purported CIA operatives wanted by Italian authorities in the alleged kidnapping of a radical Muslim cleric, reports The Associated Press.
"The suspects used at least 40 Italian cell phones, some in their own names. A track of their cell phones also showed them on those streets "nearly 100 times" during the month before Abu Omar's disappearance, the prosecutor said.
Why they would use their cell phones so openly has baffled experts.
Unless the power or the wireless antenna is turned off, a mobile phone remains in constant contact with the nearest cell towers even when it's not being used for a call. Information processed by the cells can be used to precisely locate or track the movements of a phone user."
Nativi, the military expert, called the use of regular cell phone accounts "a huge weakness in the operation." It would have been more difficult to track anonymous prepaid cards, satellite phones or radios, he said."
Cell Phones Help Couples Become Pregnant
A new text messaging service called EggAlert is an innovative program that will notify cell phone users when they are ovulating.
EggAlert, developed by PDAHealthWare, Inc., calculates a woman's next ovulation time, and sends a text message telling them their day of ovulation, fertile period to increase the odds of conception, and when to expect their next menstrual period.
In addition, using research that employs theories about the timing of conception and its influence on conceiving a boy or girl, EggAlert can also allow couples to implement this strategy which may increase their ability to select the gender of their child. Press Release
-- Mobile phones may woo women with birth advice - A mobile "ovulation" application will tell women when is the best time to try to get pregnant.
-- Mother and Baby, a UK family planning website, was the first to offer an SMS ovulating alert in 2001. (cf netsurf.ch)
Style Up! Design your own cell phone cover
Taking personalization to a new level, Sony Ericsson on Style Up!, offers mobile users the option of designing a mobile cover with their own images and text.
In their own words:
Use photos of your loved ones, cartoons any picture that stirs your imagination!
EC Uganda Sends 500,000 SMS Out to Voters
The Electoral Commission (EC) in Uganda sent out short text messages to remind potential voters of yesterday's referendum polls on change of political system. [via AllAfrica.com]
"The advantage of SMS messages is that whoever receives the massage automatically reads it before deleting it. We have been stressing patriotism and reflecting voting as a national duty," SMS Media's Clients Executive Mr Chris Ssali said.
Human Scale Chess Game
The eighth Human Scale Chess Game in Oakland will take place on Saturday, August 06.
The organizers need 32 volunteers with working cellphones to play the roles of the chess pieces. Sign up now by email to select the role you will play. To participate, you will need a working cellphone and a couple of free hours on Saturday August 06. Costuming is strongly encouraged; the campier, the better.
Human Scale Chess is a project of Glowlab contributor Sharilyn Neidhardt.
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Cellphone Marketing to Children Attacked
Some 30 health, education and privacy advocates, led by the Ralph Nader group Commercial Alert, are demanding Congress regulate mobile phones marketed to children, reports Adage.
"A letter to members of the Senate and House Commerce Committees said the telecommunications industry is targeting young children as its next growth market, a move called "one of the worst ideas to appear in the American economy in a long time."
The letter, written and organized by Commercial Alert, a consumer advocacy group that monitors advertising, cautioned federal lawmakers that once cell phones "are in classrooms, playrooms, and in children's bedrooms, it will be too late." Even though cell phones for children are marketed as a tool for children to contact parents in an emergency, in reality the phones allow advertisers of all kinds to better market to children, the letter said".
Phone to Heaven
Phone to heaven by Harada Keigo is about trying to contact the dead.
The bubble maker is activated by a voice sensor in the telephone: The faster you speak, the smaller the bubbles are. The slower, the bigger bubbles. This provides a visual representation of a message floating to heaven.
Harada Keigo explains how she got the idea for Phone to Heaven:
"I was very close to my grandfather, but as we lived far from each other in Japan, most of the time my relationship with him was through the telephone.
After moving to England at the age of 13, I called him less and less. After he died, I found out that he was always waiting for my call and kept asking if it was me when the phone rang."
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Sales texting is a turn-off
The explosion in text messaging may be damaging the ability of sales people to talk over the phone to sell products and services, according to research findings, reports The Telegraph.
"...Almost 60 per cent of buyers surveyed gave a rating of fair to poor for the way sales people used the phone to try to drum up business.
The research also showed that texting is a turn-off as a sales aid either because it was disliked or the abbreviations cause irritation. More than 80 per cent rated the text messages they received as poor while only 10 per cent said the quality was fair".
July 28, 2005
Interviewed by IF
Following the likes of stellar bloggers Régine Debatty and Josh Rubin, I too have had the honor of being interviewed by Piers Fawkes on IF. Thanks again Piers!
Fake Tube safety e-mail spreads
London Transport and mobile firms are warning people about an e-mail spreading rapidly containing inaccurate safety information, reports the BBC.
"The message claims that passengers on the London Tube system can contact emergency services via a satellite signal from their mobiles underground.
Mobiles do not work in the London Underground, and satellite signals cannot reach there either." Nor will cell phones divert to a satellite signal.
"Even with a satellite mobile phone (which very few people have), you would need to have a clear line-of-sight to the satellite. You would have to be outside, not in a building or a tube tunnel."
A spokesperson from mobile operator Orange reiterated that if you do not have a signal on your mobile, wherever you are, you simply cannot make a call."
Rome quashes SMS water scare
A false rumour that terrorists had contaminated Rome's water supply spread throughout the Italian capital on Wednesday, partly by telephone text message, prompting calls for calm from the mayor. Reuters reports.
"It was the latest scare to jolt the Italian capital, where polls show citizens are convinced it is a question of when - not if - Islamic militants will strike, just like they did in London on July 7.
Like other European capitals, Rome has also endured a wave of bomb scares in recent weeks, including at the international airport.
But the water scare was unusual, gaining momentum throughout the day with a circulating SMS telephone text message that warned people not to drink the water. Concern sparked a flood of calls to police and hospitals."
Poll: Teens prefer land-line phones
The Pew Internet and American Life Project report on teens and technology, released Wednesday, claims that teenagers prefer the land-line telephone to cell phones, text messages and instant messaging - because parents foot the bill.
They also prefer instant messaging, or "IM," for casual online conversations. E-mail, they say, is for "old people" and formal institutions.
[via Knight Ridder Newspapers]
A gang of teens hacks off a student's thumb - for stealing a cell phone
A gang of teens beat up a student outside a Bronx school yesterday and then hacked off his thumb with a machete, because they mistakenly believed he had stolen one of their cell phones, his relatives said. [via The New York Daily News]
Cartoon Thriller Debuts On Mobile Phones
Thrill Noir' is an all-new, dark, edgy graphic tale presented in cartoon strip format that's building a cult following in the UK. But you can't get this in any bookshop, newsagents or even specialist comic book store.
Thrill Noir'is available exclusively via mobile phone, according to creativematch.
"All fourteen episodes of the first series are already available to fans via Gobspeed and can be downloaded, simply, anytime, anywhere on WAP enabled phones."
SMS Numbers from South Korea
Mobile messaging is at an all-time high, KTF said Wednesday, according to Digital Chosunilbo.
"It said the number of SMS (2.086 million) exceeded voice messages (2.047 million) after surpassing the 2 billion mark for the first time this year, seven years after it started the service in1998.
Other networks report similar figures. SK Telecom said that it saw the number of SMS increase from 1.358 billion last June to 2.813 billion this June, while voice messages remained almost unchanged at 3.849 billion from 3.813 billion on-year.
Revenues for the three mobile operators earned from SMS rose by W86 billion (US$86 million) from W320 billion in 2003 to W406 billion last year".
Nokia Launches Mobile Security Site
Last month Nokia launched its Mobile Security Site to provide up to date information on protecting mobile devices and networks. [via Blueserker].
"There's even an RSS feed so you can get the info pushed to you, rather than having to keep checking back for updates. The pages provide useful information on Cabir and Commwarrior, Bluetooth security, and keeping mobile malware off your devices."
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Sciatica : studies of symptoms, genetic factors, and treatment with periradicular infiltration
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|Karppinen, Jaro
|University of Oulu, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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| 2001-08-30
|Thesis type:
|Doctoral Dissertation
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|Academic Dissertation to be presented with the assent of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, for public discussion in the Auditorium 5 of the University Hospital of Oulu, on September 28th, 2001, at 12 noon.
Docent Ilkka Kiviranta
Professor Kjell Olmarker
The nature of symptoms and signs of sciatica, genetic factors, and efficacy of periradicular infiltration were studied in 160 nonoperated patients with unilateral sciatica of 3 to 28 weeks duration.
Back and leg pain (100-mm VAS), disability (Oswestry), and quality-of-life (NHP) were evaluated. ENMG and 1.5-T MRI were performed on every patient. Presence of the Trp2 and Trp3 alleles of collagen IX was determined from blood samples. After informed consent, patients were randomized for periradicular infiltration with either methylprednisolone-bupivacaine, or saline. The final follow-up assessment was 1 year after the intervention. Economic analysis was based on data gathered from the patients, medical records and the National Insurance Register.
At baseline, symptoms of sciatica did not correlate with the type of displacement of the symptomatic disc in MRI, or the presence of the Trp2 or Trp3 alleles. In the case of the Trp2 allele, there was a non-significant tendency for the presence of a radial tear at the L4–5 level. A significant genotype-phenotype association was found for the Trp3 allele: 15 of 34 (44%) patients with the Trp3 allele were positive for thoracolumbar Scheuermann's disease in MRI compared to 19% for sciatic patients without the allele (p = 0.003).
Periradicular infiltration with methylprednisolone-bupivacaine produced a significant treatment effect compared to saline at 2 weeks for leg pain, straight leg raising, lumbar flexion and patient satisfaction. At 6 months, saline was superior to steroid in back and leg pain. By 1 year, 18 patients in the methylprednisolone group and 15 in the saline group had received surgical treatment.
Subgroup analysis revealed that the short-term effect of the steroid treatment was most pronounced for contained herniations and symptomatic lesions situated at the L4–5 (or L3–4) disc level. Patients with a contained herniation were less likely to undergo back surgery when receiving the steroid treatment and they also had significantly fewer days on sick leave from 3 to 6 months. Counter-effectiveness was most pronounced for extrusions.
The results indicate that disability among sciatic patients may be present even when MRI findings are minor; and vice versa, prominent MRI findings may not associate with any symptoms. However, MRI seems to be useful for identifying patients with the Trp3 allele. On the basis of the treatment intervention results, periradicular infiltration with a combination of steroid and anaesthetic may be recommended for sciatica as it offers at least short-term pain relief. Furthermore, in the case of contained herniations the steroid injection is cost-effective and may also prevent surgery. However, this subgroup analysis calls for a verification study.
Acta Universitatis Ouluensis. D, Medica
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can't you do the following... let a -> 0+ and let A-> positive infinity. then it must be true that (a * uniform norm) <= norm1 <= (A * uniform norm) since 0 <= norm1 <= infinity, for all f.
what's wrong with that?
i understand there's a theory that all norms in Rn are Lipschitz equivalent to the Euclidian norm. then all should be Lipschitz equivalent to each other. seems applicable?


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In the highly regarded ad competition The One Show, Volvo Trucks' campaign for its new range not only received an impressive nine awards - The Epic Split also earned one of the most sought-after prizes in advertising - Best in Show.
Volvo Trucks' Live Test online ad campaign swept The One Show, a top-ranked awards ceremony for advertising held in New York, winning nine 'Pencil' awards including six golds. The Epic Split even won the prestigious Best in Show prize against 21,000 entries submitted from around the world.
The Live Test campaign features six videos that demonstrate innovative features in Volvo Trucks' new truck series in a variety of spectacular ways. All told these films have been viewed more than 100 million times on YouTube.
"The One Show's awards are among the highest honours in advertising. It feels especially rewarding that a B2B campaign continues to win advertising prizes in one competition after another," says Per Nilsson, Director Public Relations at Volvo Trucks.
In addition to Best in Show, Volvo Trucks also took home the award for Client of the Year. The campaign won gold awards in the Interactive, Branded Entertainment and Advertising categories. Most of the awards were for The Epic Split, the viral video where Jean-Claude Van Damme does the splits between two new Volvo FM trucks driven in reverse. The Live Test Campaign also received a Gold Pencil for the best consumer campaign in the advertising category.
"Our surveys show that almost half the truck buyers who have seen the live test films indicate they would be more likely to choose a Volvo the next time they buy a new truck. For us this is another strong sign that the campaign has been successful," says Per Nilsson.
The awards ceremony for The One Show was held on Friday, May 9th at the Lincoln Center in New York. On May 1st the campaign won eighteen awards in the New York Festival ad competition, including Global Brand of the Year and Best in Show. A few weeks earlier Volvo Trucks took home three Golden Egg awards at the Golden Egg gala, a top Swedish advertising competition. The campaign also earned the sought-after Black Cube award and Client of the Year at the ADC awards, another prestigious global ad competition.
-In total, six live test films were released as part of the campaign, in the following sequence: The Ballerina Stunt, The Technician, The Hook, The Hamster Stunt, The Chase and The Epic Split.-The videos demonstrate the innovative features of the new truck series in a spectacular way. -The videos have only been released on YouTube.
From June 2012 to May 2014: - The number of followers on Facebook has increased from 16,000 to 362,000. - The number of followers on Twitter has increased from 6,000 to 19,000.- On YouTube, the number of subscribers has increased from 3,500 to 92,000. - The number of unique visits to Volvo Trucks' websites in Europe has doubled from just over 175,000 to more than 300,000 per month. - The videos have more than 100 million views on YouTube and have been shared nearly 8 million times. - There have been over 20,000 reports about the videos in the media worldwide. - It is estimated that this degree of publicity represents 126 million euros (172.6 million USD) in earned media value. - When surveyed, almost half the truck buyers who have seen the launch videos say it is now more likely that they will choose Volvo the next time they purchase a truck.
Facts about The Epic Split- The Epic Split was released in November 2013 and is the video in Volvo Trucks' launch campaign that has had the greatest impact.- After just 48 hours the video had 10 million views on YouTube.- Today it is the most watched automotive ad ever on YouTube, with more than 72 million views.- The day after its release The Epic Split was the most shared video in the world.- The video took sixth place in YouTube's annual list,'Top Ten Trending Videos of 2013'.- The video has been shown at Musée de la Publicité at Palais du Louvre in Paris.
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ELK CITY, Okla. - A father and his son were killed, and another family member was critically injured, in a two-vehicle wreck late Saturday in Beckham County.
Roberto Aguirre and his son, Blas Aguirre, died at the scene of the wreck, which occurred about 9:05 p.m. on westbound Interstate 40 a few miles west of Elk City, according to a report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
The Aguirre family is from Melrose Park, Ill.
Pilar Aguirre, 34, was driving a 1994 GMC Yukon west on Interstate 40 and was passing a semitruck driven west by Clifford D. Allred, 35, of Polk, Mo., according to the OHP report.
The Yukon apparently hit the truck and went off the left side of the roadway before crossing the road again, going through a guard rail and rolling down an embankment, the report said.
Another passenger in the Yukon, Adela Aguirre, the daughter of Pilar Aguirre, was ejected. She was flown to Children's Hospital in Oklahoma City with critical injuries, OHP reported.
Pilar Aguirre was hospitalized with minor injuries and later was released.
Allred reported no injuries.
2 dead, 3 injured in rollover in Kansas
ELKHART, Kan. - A one-vehicle wreck Thursday in Morton County left two people dead and three injured.
Norris Bolding, 45, of Kirksville, Mo., died at the scene of the wreck. Alna Bolding, 43, also of Kirksville, died Friday evening at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol report. The wreck occurred on Kansas Highway 51, 7.2 miles west of U.S. Highway 56.
Alna Bolding was driving a 1995 four-door Pontiac south on Highway 51 and was approaching a curve when she went off the right edge of the road and then overcorrected, the report said. The Pontiac rolled several times and came to rest on its wheels.
Thrown from the car were Norris Bolding, Jordan Bolding, 8, and Richard Bolding, 11. Another passenger, Danielle Bolding, 13, was not ejected.
Alna Bolding was the only occupant wearing a seat belt, according to the report.
The three children were taken to Morton County Hospital and then were transferred to Wesley Medical Center with serious injuries, the report said.
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Robert Henri letter, 1911 Feb. 8
Henri, Robert, b. 1865 d. 1929
Painter, Educator, Illustrator
Active in Paris, France; New York, N.Y.; Cozad, Neb.
Collection size: 1 item (on partial microfilm reel)
Collection Summary: One letter to Mrs. Jesse C. Green, sending her his autograph.
Biographical/Historical Note: Painter, illustrator; New York, N.Y.
Donated 1955-1962 by Charles E. Feinberg, an active donor and friend of AAA.
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So it's only a matter of hours until it's out in the open and you can read it for yourself in your very own copy of the Fringe Guide but we just CAN'T WAIT that long! Check out the Adelaide Fringe Opening Night Line-Up below. Follow the Parade into Wonderland for a night of top music across not one but two stages as Fuse @ Fringe takes its place alongside the Fringe Stage for the first time!
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Gaborone, Feb 15 (IANS): The value of Botswana's rough diamond exports dropped by 20 percent in 2012, according to data released by the central Bank of Botswana.
The figures show that the exports dropped to $22.5 billion Pula (about $2.8 billion) from 28 billion Pula (about $3.5 billion) in 2011 as production and prices softened due to uncertainty in the global economy, reported Xinhua.
The data revealed that rough diamond exports stood at 1.3 billion Pula ($163 million) in December from 1.5 billion Pula ($188 million) in the previous month.
The Botswana economy has for a long time depended heavily on diamond exports as it is the biggest foreign currency earner. The trend was however affected by a 12 percent drop in prices in 2012 as diamond miner Debswana's production also fell by the same margin.
Another factor to the drop in rough diamond exports was the temporary closure of the Jwaneng mine last year following a mine accident that claimed one life. The mine, situated about 120 km from the capital Gaborone, is the richest diamond mine in the world.
The landlocked country's 2012 exports figure is however higher than the 18.8 billion Pula ($2.3 billion) in 2010 and 13.7 billion Pula ($1.6 billion) in the recession year of 2009.


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© Copyright 1996, Slovenian Genealogy Society International, all rights
Rev. Trunk translation index
Provided by and courtesy of Al Peterlin, President, Slovenian Genealogy Society International
This Rev. J.M. Trunk text was published originally in 1912 as Part 8, History of Slovene Communities, contains significant genealogical information about Slovenian immigrants, the places they lived, the organizations they formed, and the churches they attended.
Translators for the Slovenian Genealogy Society have been working to translate many texts published early in the 1900s that contain significant genealogical information. Our translators are not professional linguists, and they do not complete a translation with rigorous academic oversight. The goal of our translation projects is to make information available to the American descendants of Slovenian immigrants. If you believe we have made serious errors in translation, please contact us and volunteer your time to us in order to make the corrections. We strive to do good work; we are always willing to correct errors to the extent we can; and we ask others to join us in this worthwhile endeavor.
The Slovenian Genealogy Society International collects church histories. Readers with information on Slovenes in the communities listed, the churches mentioned, or other information on Slovenes, can contact the Society at 52 Old Farm Road, Camp Hill, Pa 17011. The society accepts donations of Slovene books, texts, and publications.
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Naylor. Mr. F. Lever reports to me: "In March of 1908, I came here with Ant. Lipold and Jos. Gregorec. Fr. Gram and Fr. Cinbel followed us that same year. Around Naylor, there are approximately 30 Slovene families who have farms averaging 40-120 acres in size. We are engaged exclusively in farming and raising livestock. The Catholic Church is in the Oxley region some 4 miles west of here. The priest comes there once a month from Doniphan. The only benefit society belongs to the SSPZ in Chicago."
Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Mary Dulc writes: Fifteen of our Slovene families have settled here. Slovenes are doing well settling on farms. We go to an English church in the city. The children attend public school. The Dulc family moved here on 1 August 1911 and the other moved here a short time before.
St. Louis. The first Slovenes came here from Semic in 1885. Among these were Anton Buovec, Stefan Mihelcic, Ivan Petric and Ivan Sever. Now there are about 300 among them and up to 40 families. No one has acquired unusual wealth or success but the families have their own houses. They are scattered over all parts of the large city and work in foundries, various factories, but mainly in the breweries. Those who nuture any kind of religion go to the various German churches. They have no contacts with the Croatians even though the Croatians have their own parish and school. The younger generation is in the Socialist camp. The Heart of Jesus Society #70 of the KSKJ has over 70 members and the St. Alloysius Society #87 of the JSKJ has 35 members.
On the left bank of the Missouri River is East St. Louis, Illinois, where a greater number of Slovenes are in the slaughterhouses [Rev. J. Kompare]
In this State, there still more Slovenes in the regions of St. Joseph, Winita and Keota--the majority being farms.


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R.I.P. Maderian Large White Butterfly
Contributing Monkie G Living Staff Monkies
Topics of Interest Butterfly, Extinction, Insect
Published on December 2, 2008
Section Green Report / Media, Nature / Non Human Stories
We interrupt your reading pleasure to bring you a devastating announcement: the Maderian Large White is the first butterfly to become extinct in Europe since the 17th century.
At a recent International conference of butterfly experts, it was confirmed that many butterfly species around the world are either endangered or extinct. The conference was held as the inaugural meeting of organizations partnering together to form the Butterfly Conservation Europe. Experts from over 31 different countries were represented and the devastating news of the Maderian Large White was announced.


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Jigger Sirois
Sirois was born into a racing family on April 16th, 1935 in Shelby,
Indiana. His folks, Earl 'Frenchy' and Fern, named him Leon Duray after an
Indy 500 driver his dad had admired. In his young years he was nicknamed
'Jigger' by his Dad and Sister, Eleanor, after a riding mechanic at the
Speedway, Jigger Johnson. Frenchy was a mechanic for numerous Speedway
cars and was on the Indy 500 winning crews in 1951 when Lee Wallard won in
the 'Lil 99 of Murrell Belanger from Crown Point and in back to back
winning cars owned by George Salih in 1957 & 1958 with Sam Hanks and
Jimmy Bryan the winning drivers.
Throughout Jigger's young life he had a dream of racing in and winning the Indy 500. While his folks supported him in his efforts to become a race driver, they never encouraged it, as they knew first hand how dangerous a sport it is and what a tough life it could create. While racing is still a very dangerous sport today, in those days it was a lot more dangerous. Jigger was once ridiculed for demanding that his midget racecar have a roll bar put on it.
Jigger's racing career started in 1956, when he drove in a jalopy heat race at the Illiana Speedway in Schererville, Ind. After that experience he pursued a ride in the United Auto Racing Association (UARA) which is now the United Midget Auto Racing Assn. (UMARA). He started racing midgets in 1957 at Joliet, Ill. for car owner Jack Sims of Crown Point.
In the late fifties and early sixties the UARA had some of the best midget racing in the whole country. A weekly show was run at the Joliet Memorial Stadium in Joliet, Ill. on Saturday nights and regular shows also at Raceway Park in Blue Island, Ill. on Friday nights and at O'Hare Stadium in Chicago, Ill. on Sunday nights. They also competed at a few other tracks in the Midwest.
Racing with this group were some of the finest drivers in midget car racing. Probably the most famous driver in midget history, Mel Kenyon, was getting his start here also. Every week you would find Bob Tattersall, Danny Kladis, Ray Elliott, Russ Sweedler, Warren Schiebe, Johnny Riva, Bob Hauck, Tony Lenti, Newt White, Willy Wildhaber, George Sellery, Willy Wilson and numerous other very fine race drivers competing for the wins.
In 1961 Jigger started driving for Larry White of Lockport, Ill. and they became the team to beat. Driving the yellow #82 they raced in 49 features and finished 46 of them. Winning the track championships at Joliet, Raceway Park, O'Hare, & Sterling, Ill.. In the 49 shows, Jigger won 17 heats, 6 trophy dashes and 8 features. Having a very consistent year, he finished in the top 6 in 37 of the 46 features he finished. This won him the overall 1961 UARA Championship and proved to be the start of a very exciting racing career.
Some new opportunities opened up in 1962 and Jigger started competing with the USAC National Midgets. He became the driver of the Harry Turner #21 and in his first race, which was the Night Before the 500, 100 lapper at the Indianapolis Speedrome, he led for about 70 laps before peeling the right rear tire and finished 6th. Throughout the summer he raced at tracks in the Midwest with some highs and it seems a lot more lows. As with all racing, luck is a big factor, and Jigger led many races only to have some bad luck. He always kept a positive attitude and continued to look towards his ultimate goal of racing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Staying in the top 8 in points throughout the summer, on September 17th, while racing in the feature at a 1/4-mile dirt track in Springfield, Ill., tragedy struck. On a personal note, this had to be one of the two toughest times of my life. Trying to pass another car on the outside he got pinched into the fence, got up over the other cars wheel and flipped end over end 8 or 9 times. This was before roll cages and the single roll bar caved in which left Jigger's body taking the punishment of the crash. He was taken out of the car unconscious and in very critical condition. He stayed this way for about a week. Although he had serious head injuries, a broken collar bone, a badly burned left arm from the exhaust pipe and numerous other injuries, our good Lord took care of him and spared his life. With a lot of rehabilitation, skin grafts and hard work, he was able to continue his racing career the next year.
During this time, Jigger had also picked up a ride in the Ralph 'Speedy' Helms #3 IMCA Sprint Car. This is where he crossed paths with such notables as Johnny Rutherford, Johnny White, Arnie Knepper, Jerry Reichert, Scratch Daniels, Jerry Blundy, Harold Leep, Gordon Wooley, Bob Hogel and many others. At this time, this was a natural step that could lead to Indy. In his first race after his near fatal crash, he won a heat race at the Florida State Fair in Tampa and he was on his way back, pursuing his big dream.
Over the next few years, Jigger raced midgets and sprints with some interesting highlights. He won a 100-mile midget race at the Milwaukee Mile. Ran in the Houston Astrodome in an open competition midget race, where he ran wheel to wheel with the legendary A.J. Foyt, getting nipped at the checkered flag by A.J. in a heat race. Won the championship in an open competition midget series in Daytona Beach, Fla. Raced at State Fairs in Minn., Wis., Ill., Iowa, Ind., Mo., Ohio, and Fla.
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Joan hopes to give people the confidence to make decisions to do something beautiful for themselves.
After 12 years as host, writer and associate producer of HGTV s Kitchen Design series, you could say that Joan Kohn knows something about designing and remodeling kitchens. In her first book, Joan Kohn s It s Your Kitchen: Over 100 Inspirational Kitchens, she states boldly that every beautiful kitchen begins with a vivid dream. Let your imagination soar!
Although remodeling your kitchen is probably the most complex and challenging project you could tackle, Ms. Kohn believes that s where you should start. She explains, When you set out to remodel your kitchen, you learn everything you need to know and do to take on any other room in or addition to your house. There are so many decisions to make.
You should consider budget, style, assessing the existing kitchen, and working with a design team to cover function, space, floor plans, and your own personal touch.
No matter what your particular kitchen situation is, if the common denominator is that there is not enough space for all your great big kitchen design ideas, Joan has ten ideas to help:
1. Explore the spaces around, above and below your kitchen to discover where you can borrow space. For example, unused halls, closets, attics and stairwells can find new life and purpose as part of your new kitchen. Share space visually with adjoining rooms by eliminating unnecessary walls or narrow doorways.
2. Use architectural elements such as moldings, pilasters, rosettes, dado, and niches to add stature to your kitchen. Make certain that these elements are scaled to fit into the style and design of your home.
3. A key element in any kitchen is to have ample general light, excellent task light, and just enough accent light to make it beautiful. Wherever you can, use skylights, glazed transoms, clerestory windows, and translucent doors to let in natural light. Also, mirrors and other reflective surfaces visually enlarge your room.
4. Expand your space at eye level. Open shelves and glazed cabinet doors allow a kitchen to look as large as it really is.
5. Don t take any space for granted. Fill unused refrigerator shelves with canned goods. If you rarely use your dishwasher, use it to store serving trays and other service items.
6. Use standard upper cabinets as base cabinets wherever you can to save space and make your kitchen feel larger.
7. Round corners wherever you can.
8. Invent new spaces. For example, you can create one-can-deep pantries between the studs in your kitchen walls and an empty windowsill can become your herb garden.
9. When only one of any item will do, don t buy two. Whenever possible, make choices that double-function. Fill a water pitcher with flowers. Glass dishes can be used for both casual and formal settings. Less stuff means less storage space is required.
10. Now you can find multi-functional kitchen equipment that will fit your cooking style and your available space.


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Janis Siegel: A Thousand Beautiful Things
Edmar Casteneda's Colombian harp and the band's bright Latin jazz accompaniment gives Siegel a pleasant texture with which to sing songs of love and romantic pleasure. Caramel mambos into our hearts with a lightly dramatic flair; both Casteneda and pianist Edsel Gomez contribute stirring solo spots and suave accompaniment. Siegel sings this one with a romantic presence, multitracking the piece and filling it with positive thoughts.
A Thousand Beautiful Things allows Siegel and her ensemble to bring a lovely mambo texture to the dance floor. The music simmers gently and she takes us for an exotic tour of far-off lands where the landscape is filled with nothing but spiritual pleasures, both wholesome and real. Paul Simon's "Love places the singer amid a chorus of voices that float gently over a syncopated Caribbean breeze. Here and elsewhere, Edsel Gomez adds considerable depth to Siegel's heartfelt interpretation.
With Casteneda's harp as accompaniment, Siegel interprets "A Wish sincerely as a romantic Valentine's Day greeting. She closes the program with "Did You See the Moon Tonight? performed slowly with piano accompaniment: sweet, sincere and filled with the beauty that rest of her album delivers in abundance.
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It took a keen eye, but W's accessories editors spied a subtle sparkle on the earlobes, wrists and fingers of several models walking the Phillip Lim 3.1 runway yesterday. As it turns out, they were debuting Cartier's newest Trinity collection, designed in honor of the French jeweler's 100-year anniversary in America. The 18K white, rose and yellow gold earrings, bracelets and rings are bedecked with a smattering of diamond stars; two stunners, a $36,400 bangle and a $14,400 ring, each feature 100 of the sparklers. In case you missed the baubles at Lim, you can get a closer look at them next week when they land in 36 Cartier boutiques across the country.
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ALFORD: Notes From the DR
Harry C. Alford | 12/18/2013, noon
Our members in Surinam, South America were present and gave an impressive proposal. They have ownership of 21,000 square acres of land that is farmable and possesses gold and other minerals. They have the land and we have the expertise. They propose a formal partnership. Our office has made two trips to the nation already. We will begin implementation of a strategic plan beginning in May, 2014.
Our 22nd Annual Conference for the National Black Chamber of Commerce will be held in downtown Chicago during the week of July 10 – 14, 2014. That will give us an opportunity to report on the progress of the above and to further gather more resources in our worldwide endeavors. We expect this to be our largest event ever. Stay tuned for details.
The remainder of 2014 will involve two other major venues. We have established a "beach head" in Senegal. A formal Trade Mission will be planned for this nation shortly. It will have a focus on the Fashion Industry but not exclusive from general trade and infrastructure. The other venue will be Havana, Cuba. Yes, we are going back at last. Currently, we are screening licensed travel agents and will decide on an exact date within the next 30 days. Cuba is allowing small business activity and land ownership now and that makes the timing just great. All national business organizations, including us, want the doors to Cuba to open wide. The timing is right and capitalism is going to win in the end.
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All you ever wanted to know about graduate studies is buried somewhere in the Graduate Calendar, located here: http://www.wlu.ca/calendars/index.php?cal=3&y=58
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- General Regulations: http://www.wlu.ca/calendars/section.php?cal=3&s=583&y=58
- Registration Information: http://www.wlu.ca/calendars/section.php?cal=3&s=583&ss=2511&y=58
- Academic Standing: http://www.wlu.ca/calendars/section.php?cal=3&s=583&ss=2514&y=58
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- Important Dates: http://www.wlu.ca/calendars/dates.php?cal=3&y=58
- Academic and Research Misconduct: http://www.wlu.ca/calendars/section.php?cal=3&s=584&ss=2527&y=58
- Regulations concerning MA Thesis Procedures:http://www.wlu.ca/calendars/section.php?cal=3&s=583&ss=2521&y=58
- Regulations concerning PhD Dissertation Procedures: http://www.wlu.ca/calendars/section.php?cal=3&s=583&ss=2518&y=58
- Thesis Style and Format: http://www.wlu.ca/calendars/section.php?cal=3&s=583&sp=2245&ss=2519&y=58
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- Contacts (GCs): http://www.wlu.ca/gradstudies/contacts
- Admission requirements: http://www.wlu.ca/gradstudies/admissions
- Application: http://www.wlu.ca/gradstudies/apply
- International students: http://www.wlu.ca/gradstudies/international
- Graduate Calendar: http://www.wlu.ca/gradstudies/calendar
- Info for New Graduate Students: http://www.wlu.ca/gradstudies/welcomebook
- Funding: http://www.wlu.ca/gradstudies/funding
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- Registration: http://www.wlu.ca/gradstudies/registration
- Postdocs: http://www.wlu.ca/gradstudies/postdocs
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- Petition for Extension to Complete Coursework (this applies to "courses" except when they are regarded as PhD program milestones, such as the thesis proposal or the language requirement--for milestones you use the "petition to grad student appeals committee"): /forms_detail.php?grp_id=36&frm_id=147
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Race gap found in pothole patching
City's response is slower in minority neighborhoods
William English called the City of Milwaukee in February about his neighborhood's potholes, but no one showed for 37 days. English lives on N. 33rd St. in a predominantly minority neighborhood, where cracks and cavities took weeks to fill this year.
A statistical analysis by the Journal Sentinel found that the larger the minority population in a neighborhood, the longer it took city crews to fix potholes. Potholes in mostly minority census tracts took an average of 11 days to repair, while potholes in mostly white census tracts took seven days.
Potholes are not the most serious problem plaguing Milwaukee. But the city's many pockmarked streets can harm the quality of life for those commuting to work and force unfortunate drivers to shell out hundreds of dollars to repair damage to their vehicle.
What's more, potholes and how the city responds to them are as close as many people come to watching local government in action.
City officials say they set priorities based on several factors. A top concern is keeping heavily traveled roads safe for drivers. But the Journal Sentinel found that major roads on the north, such as Silver Spring Drive and Hampton Ave., were fixed more slowly than less traveled residential streets farther south.
The Journal Sentinel discovered the disparity in service by reviewing a city database of more than 11,000 pothole repair locations from January to mid-July. Hundreds of repairs took longer than a month from the time a complaint was logged.
An analysis of pothole fixes in the city also found:
• Residents who live on or north of Capitol Drive waited the longest for pothole repairs. It took crews an average of 14 days to fix potholes on or north of Capitol Drive, where more than three-fourths of census tracts are predominantly minority. But to the south, where 56% of census tracts are majority white, repairs took about six days - even for twice as many potholes.
• The city fell behind as complaints mounted during a difficult winter. The disparity in service was greater during the peak season of February through April, when repairs averaged 18 days north of Capitol Drive and eight days to the south. The gap narrowed during less busy months to a four-day difference.
• Pothole repairs took the longest in Ald. Ashanti Hamilton's District 1 on the north side, averaging 15 days per pothole. That's five times as long as in Ald. Tony Zielinski's 14th District in the south, where potholes took about three days to fix.
• The two district managers in charge of dispatching pothole repair crews both live in south side neighborhoods that are among the fastest served when potholes are identified.
Responding to the Journal Sentinel's analysis, Mayor Tom Barrett said the city could have done a better job distributing its repair crews equally.
"My view is that we should be . . . making sure that pothole response is consistent throughout the entire city. Obviously we were tested on this," Barrett said. "In retrospect, should we have added more (crews in the north) to even it out? I would say yes."
The Department of Public Works, which handles street maintenance, insisted that race is not a factor in determining when and where potholes are fixed on Milwaukee's 1,400 miles of city streets.
"We categorically do not base our service delivery on demographics," public works spokeswoman Cecelia Gilbert said.
Common Council President Willie Hines Jr. said the Journal Sentinel's findings raise questions that merit further investigation.
"Obviously it's worth assessing and ensuring that city services are being delivered equally," said Hines, whose own district took an average of seven days to repair. "It's definitely unacceptable to deliver services because you are a particular ethnicity."
Hamilton said there can be no excuse for unequal service.
"If that's the case with potholes, what about other city services? How are they handled?" Hamilton said.
Barrett said that questioning the distribution of all city services is a "legitimate concern" given the Journal Sentinel's analysis. He said the city would continue to use data to improve and check its service delivery.
Pothole repair crews are supposed to fix the most heavily traveled roads first. Residential areas are a lower priority, officials said. They also said the far north side of the city has more aging residential streets, leading to more complaints that are difficult to keep up with.
Goal is a moving target
Crews generally aim for a citywide average of four to 10 days on pothole repairs, said Dale Mejaki, who manages field operations for public works. That goal is harder to meet during severe weather.
Even counting the difficult winter months, workers have met that mark overall - a nine-day average so far in 2008. But they fall short on the north side.
"The sheer magnitude of (the weather) led us to a policy decision . . . to concentrate on the arterials," said city engineer Jeff Polenske. "These are the streets we need to maintain for public safety."
But the Journal Sentinel found that complaints about potholes on arterial streets in the north part of the city took longer to address than on arterial streets south of Capitol Drive, even when considering daily traffic counts.
For example, pothole complaints on Silver Spring Drive took an average of nine days to address, while potholes farther south, on Oklahoma Ave., took an average of three days to fix.
Adjusting the repair time to account for daily traffic volumes, potholes on Silver Spring still went unfilled twice as long as on Oklahoma Ave. Other arterial roads in the north and south showed similar differences.
A review of pothole repairs on residential streets in 17 neighborhoods south of Capitol Drive showed that response times for high-priority arterial streets in the north were longer or equal to response times for low-priority residential streets in the south of the city.
Officials said the Journal Sentinel analysis doesn't take into account other factors such as age or size of roadways and pothole severity. The city's own database of repairs doesn't track this information. City officials added that their database contains errors and may inaccurately reflect the response time of repair crews. Still, officials said they have no problem using the data to assess their annual progress.
"We're constantly looking for ways to improve it that will allow us to use that data more as a management tool than just a deployment tool," Polenske said.
Gilbert, the public works spokeswoman, said the department would try to improve its tracking by having workers record repairs promptly after completion.
Pothole complaints up
While city officials review their policies, William English continues to navigate his neighborhood as if it's a mine field. As block captain of his north side neighborhood, English said he was outraged by the Journal Sentinel's findings.
"It just seems like a shame, because they're being paid a reasonable wage at taxpayer expense to service all people of different ethnicities," said English, who is white. "I'd need more than two hands to count all the cars damaged by the pothole mess."
English isn't the only steamed resident. City records show that many others were frustrated by this year's turnaround time.
City attorneys received three times as many damage claims for roadway defects during the first half of 2008 as in all of 2007.
Motorists who think the city will reimburse them for damage caused by potholes can think again. Only one person had received money as of July 1. The city logged 70% more pothole complaints during the first six months of 2008 than in the same time period in 2007, said Mejaki, the public works official.
One pothole service request contained 16 exclamation points. Other comments used obscenities or colorful analogies to describe the potholes as trenches, craters, moats, an 8-foot monster or sinkholes.
People said potholes were "going to break my car in half" or were "so big it could swallow up a garbage truck." Those requests waited 20 days and 16 days, respectively.
About one-third of all pothole repairs took more than one week to make, and 154 took more than two months. The longest wait was 91 days for a residential cul-de-sac at the end of W. Wanda Ave., about two miles west of Mitchell International Airport.
"Something's definitely wrong there," said Steve Sitzberger, a former street repair district manager. "Two weeks is too long."
When Sitzberger retired last year after nearly 35 years of service, he oversaw pothole repairs for the northern half of Milwaukee. He said crews should average responding to complaints in four to six days.
Pressured by residents, the Common Council in March approved a resolution by Zielinski calling on Public Works to present a thorough report on pothole repairs. The Public Works Committee delayed the report and hasn't scheduled a meeting to address the issue.
"Even though my district is receiving the fastest work," Zielinski said, "it's still not an acceptable level."
In the next two months, the city comptroller's office will also release an audit on how Department of Public Works conducts street maintenance and reconstruction. It is meant to look specifically at street life cycles, not pothole repairs.
Political favors uncertain
Although pothole data shows locations in some aldermanic districts were addressed more slowly this year, it's hard to say what role civic leaders played in those differences.
Some complaints from aldermen were recorded without names. The city data listed direct calls from Zielinski and District 7 Ald. Willie Wade. Records show both aldermen called the city at least three times over four months. Zielinski's requests on the south side were handled in a few days, while Wade's requests in the north took up to 45 days.
Wade, a longtime member of the Public Works Committee, declined to comment.
The ultimate decision of where to dispatch crews lies in the hands of district managers Ronald Golec and Daryl Sobczak. According to their last listed addresses, both men live on the city's south side in some of the fastest repaired areas.
Sobczak lives in an area that sees its potholes fixed in five days. Golec lives in an area where potholes are fixed in six days. By contrast, the mayor lives in a neighborhood that takes about nine days for pothole repairs.
Attempts to interview Sobczak were unsuccessful. Four calls placed to his listed home phone number resulted in hang-ups. Golec referred requests for comment to city officials, who said that where managers live has no bearing on response time.
Until recently, the city's street maintenance division had three district managers. The city consolidated the work into two positions when Bill Lewis retired in January 2007. Lewis departed with 17 years of experience serving the northern district. Sitzberger, his replacement, retired five months later.
"We all grew up as laborers through the system over the years," Sitzberger said. "There was experience lost."
Crews trying to catch up
During its peak winter season, Public Works had an unprecedented 24 crews working on potholes.
In July, Mejaki joked that Wisconsin's winter still wasn't over because repair crews were recovering from its wrath. Comparing the first six months of 2008 to 2007, the city put in 82% more work hours on potholes.
City officials say that pothole repair was a frustrating job because plows, traffic and weather unearthed patches of freshly laid asphalt. Fixes might last only one week during winter. During the summer, repairs can move much faster and last months.
Even so, city worker Craig Maier found himself last week filling potholes on W. Carmen Ave. for the third time this summer. Heavy trucks quickly degrade patches on the road, a small hub for manufacturing near Highway 100.
Maier scooped hot asphalt into the worst spots, slapped the pavement twice with the backside of his shovel and waved his partner to move the truck forward.
One pothole can take a few minutes to fill, but a bad stretch can take hours. Maier said he ignores minor cracks because rain would wash away the asphalt mix.
After a while, he passed the shovel to his partner and took the wheel. On a large job, both men grab a shovel and spread the black tar, Maier said.
To minimize driving time between jobs, crews are sent to regions with multiple potholes for a "strategic sweep."
City officials say that potential safety hazards are given top priority.
But that's not always the case, records show.
In March, a resident from the 4900 block of N. 73rd St. called the city and said "potholes have metal spikes coming up . . . keeps popping tires."
The location is in a predominantly minority area on the north side of town that typically waits 16 days for its repairs.
Edgar Thomas lives near the reported location, and he said pieces of rebar were all over the street. He took a proactive approach and collected some of the mess.
But the city ignored the problem. An anonymous resident called six days after the first request and registered a second complaint.
City crews didn't show for 37 days after the second call.