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The Department of Business and Professional Regulation Sweeps Gainesville for Unlicensed Contractors
June 24, 2010
GAINESVILLE—Today, Department of Business and Professional Regulation's Division of Regulation investigators swept the Tampa area for unlicensed electrical contracting. Investigators checked 16 licenses and found no unlicensed activity.
The Gainesville sweep is part of the statewide unlicensed activity operation this week. This effort is part of the division's three-tiered approach to combating unlicensed activity through education, prevention and enforcement.
Below are precautions that consumers can take to help protect themselves from unlicensed individuals:
- Check whether a state license is required for the work to be performed by visiting "What Services Require a DBPR License."
- Always ask to see the State of Florida license.
- Note the license number and verify that the license is current. To check a license, call 850-487-1395 or visit MyFloridaLicense.com.
- Ask for references and check each one.
- Do not pay cash and be cautious of writing checks made payable to individuals, especially when dealing with a company.
- Get a Release of Lien covering all workers and materials. This removes your property from the threat of lien.
- Get everything in writing, including a detailed description of the work to be completed, a completion date and the total cost.
The department's mission is to license efficiently and regulate fairly. The department licenses more than one million businesses and professionals ranging from real estate agents, veterinarians, and accountants to contractors and cosmetologists. For more information, please visit MyFloridaLicense.com.


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The rise of client relations managers
They may not be at the front line of investment, but the role of client relations managers has become increasingly important against a backdrop of generally low returns.
More than a third of pension schemes responding to a 2011 survey by consultancy Investit said excellent service could extend the life of a mandate by four to six months, despite disappointing returns. Nearly 25% of respondents said it could extend the life of a mandate by up to a year.
A good client relationship manager can explain in simple terms why and how a client's money has been invested. Managing client relationships is as much about setting expectations for the future as it is explaining the past, according to Neil Walton, head of Schroders' UK institutional business development group.
Walton said: "It's about fully explaining what you're doing, how that's panning out and indicating how future conditions could impact results. The clients we deal with are responsible to others for their money. "That's why clarity when explaining how we've done against a certain market backdrop is so important."
In bad times, Walton said, relationship managers have to be able to explain the "why" behind what's happening to their client's money. There may be "good reasons" for poor performance, he said, such as a position that hasn't paid off yet.
When an investment call has been wrong, honesty is the only way to keep a mandate long-term. Mike Taylor, chief executive of the £4bn London Pension Funds Authority, said that he expects full transparency and honesty at all times – including when performance suffers, when relationship managers are departing the firm or when the client's money could be better off elsewhere.
Hendrik du Toit, chief executive of Investec Asset Management, who was named chief executive of the year at Financial News' annual awards in October partly because judges were impressed by his firm's attention to clients' needs, said: "If we don't provide performance, we hope to leave them in such a way that they come back."
Inside men
A clear definition of client relationship managers' allegiances is also essential. While some client managers are tasked with actively selling other products from their firm to clients, others are encouraged to focus only on the mandate at hand.
Elaine Gordon, head of institutional client services at Artemis Investment Management, which manages more than £12bn in assets, said: "As part of that relationship, a client has to trust the people they're dealing with. The client relationship manager is working for them – not for the asset manager – we are our clients' men on the inside."
Acting as gatekeeper and information gatherer for clients, the relationship manager must also acknowledge their firm's strengths and weaknesses. Anne Healy, senior managing director for the UK and Ireland at MFS Investment Management, has received several client services awards from Financial News.
She recalled an incident (while working for a different company) when a consultant had recommended her firm for a mandate in an asset class that she believed was not a good fit.
She said: "I got a lot of kudos for that. He then knew that if I said there were better plays, I was being honest. It's not just selling for new revenue."
Taylor recounted an instance in which a client relationship manager at BlackRock had suggested that another fund within the firm was more appropriate than the one in which the LPFA was currently invested.
Taylor said: "That's being proactive to our needs. It's not something we could have noticed on our own."
Consistency counts
Another important aspect of strong client management identified in Investit's survey was consistency of teams.
Taylor said: "I would expect them to tell me that their key people are going elsewhere or moving on without me finding out from somewhere else."
One of the ways Investec Asset Management has built relationships with big clients over the past five years is by allowing them to be embedded within the organisation for training so that they learn the firm's investment process and business culture.
Healy said clients should meet the relationship manager and portfolio managers with whom they will be working during the beauty parade process of competing for a mandate.
Investit's survey also showed that the average number of clients per relationship manager was between 35 and 40. MFS has about 30 to 35 clients per manager, while Investec has about 20.
Healy said there is no definitive recipe for the best number of relationship managers, but she added that fund managers have to be willing to invest in their firm and bring on new people so that all clients receive an appropriate amount of attention.
David Aird, managing director of the UK client group at Investec, which often advertises the long tenures of its staff, said that good client relations work is about creating a relationship over 10 or more years that, over time, extends beyond the requirements of a mandate.
Aird said: "You aim to build a relationship with a client where you become far more than a transactional counterparty, where you have much more of an emotional relationship. You move from being a provider to becoming a trusted adviser."

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Skip to comments.2001 Top Secret Document: Production of Prohibited Nerve Gas Detectors (Translation)
Posted on 05/01/2006 1:05:30 PM PDT by jveritas
Saddam Regime Document CMPC-2003-016083 dated in 2001 contains a series of Top Secret memos that address the production of Nerve Gas Detectors which was prohibited by the United Nations resolutions concerning Iraq according to the document itself. The importance of the production of the Nerve Gas Detector is shown by the top secret letters exchange between the Presidential Office and the head of the Iraqi Military Industrialization Commission (M.I.C). This documents is yet another indication that Saddam Regime never stopped his WMD programs, and the nerve Gas Detector which some can see it a defensive in nature is not to be considered so when it comes to Saddam Regime, everything has an offensive and aggressive use.
Beginning of Translation of page 5 of document CMPC-2003-016083
In the Name of God the Most Merciful The Most Compassionate
The Republic of Iraq
The Presidency of the Republic
The Military Industrialization Commission
Number 2/4/44
Date 13/1/2001
To: THE PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT
Subject: Detection Equipment
Your top Secret letter number AA/128 on 10/12/2000, we would like to show the following:
1. On 10/12/2000 a laboratory test was done on the new equipment and the results of the test was similar to the required quality compared with the Russian equipments
2. On the light of the above (1) a second equipment was received from the Ministry of Industry and Minerals and the total tests were done on it on 24/12/2000 using laboratory equipment to Chemical Detection Device (GSU-12) and with the presence of the Chemical Class representatives and the manufacturing party and its success was proven from the perspective of detection and reaction to NERVE AGENTS.
Please review with regards
Abd AlTwab Abdallah AL Mulah Huwaish
The Minister of Military Industrialization
End of translation of page 5.
Now on page 71 of the document there is a section that mentions that the production of Nerve Gas Detectors is PROHIBITED
Beginning of Partial Translation of page 71
Based on what is in the letter of the respected Presidential Secretariat (Top Secret) aa/4 on 22/1/2001 followed by the Top Secret letter of (M.I.C) 2/4/44 on 13/1/2001 and after review of the technical report the commission recommend the following:
1. Consider it a work that reach level of Invention Works because it replace the need that occur to the Russian equipment that has an expired efficiency and that exist in the storages of the Chemical Class, and it is a PROHIBITED EQUIPMENT where the price of the effective material in it can reach 51,000 Dollars
End of partial translation of page 71.
Another good catch.
Thanks for you hard work.
(I heard you live on the radio.)
Production of Prohibited Equipments related to WMD.
Thanks yet again. Your efforts, continue to build up the growing case against Saddam. They day will come when many understand he never stopped pursuing wmd programs.
And that we had all the right to remove his terrorist regime after 9/11.
A Jveritas translation related to Nerve agent detectors.
"it is a PROHIBITED EQUIPMENT where the price of the effective material in it can reach 51,000 Dollars
1) Are they suggesting that it is PROHIBITED EQUIPMENT because the cost is prohibited?
2) It appears that to test the detectors they have to actually HAVE nerve agents.
Please get jveritas in front of the Cameras daily seeing he is doing what the US government should be spending its money and time on rather than some other useless project!
Thank you in advance.
ASA Vet thanks for the ping, and jveritus, thanks for more outstanding translation.
Thank you very much, just doing my little duty here.
2001 Top Secret Document: Production of Prohibited Nerve Gas Detectors (Translation)
Release/Translation of Classified PreWar Docs ping. If you want to be added or removed to the ping list, please Freepmail me.
Please add the keyword prewardocs to any articles pertaining to this subject.
Operation Iraqi Freedom Documents
Documents from the Harmony Database
That was my immediate thought, too. How can you test your Nerve Agent detectors if you don't have Nerve Agents to test them with?
Thanks for the clarification jveritas. I just wanted to make sure and to explore all possibilities for the usage of the word.
Am I correct in understanding that they had to have banned nerve agents to test the equipment?
More good work jveritas, you've been doing great on the radio programs too.
Our #1 email address is no longer here, Tony Snow. Congratulations to him on his new position as White House Press Secretary.
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Thanks for the ping.
Jveritas keeps weaving the trap bigger and bigger for Saddam and his liberal friends in America.
Thank you jazusamo.
Exactly true.
I think you are 100% correct.
A little digging around on the net to see exactly what "expired efficiency" had to do with a Russian nerve agent detector.
"the Czechs indicated that they had to bury about 260 expired GSP-11 indicator charges out of the 350 sent to the Gulf. Other veterans indicated they did not trust the indicator charges because they had been stored in the heat and there was no way to check their condition."
So it looks like the Iraqis were replacing the Russian made GSP-11 chemical detector.
I wish we could have an annual freeper award; you would surely win. Hands down. Thanks again so much, jveritas, for all your hard work.
I've sent this to my e-mail and will send to my Senators with a little note.
Probably, but most nerve agents are not that difficult to make in small amounts.
I also don't understand why the detectors would be banned. Many nations, particular the Germans and Poles, have CBW detection gear, but do not have any CBW weapons of their own.
We have them as well, and no longer have the weapons themselves.
Unless these aren't detectors in the sense that I'm thinking of, as much as sensors required to monitor and control the production of nerve gas and/or other CBW agents.
thanks ping
look for anything about filters in their armored vehicles... the proof that the soviets planned to use Bio/Chem weapons was that all their tracks had filters designed to filter out THEIR OWN STUFF more than anything else.
Make sure you let us know when you are going to be on a talk show.
Is it possible that these detectors were aimed at being ready should Iran develop and use nerve gas against Saddam's regime? Yes ...
Anything is possible. Is it probable? No.
JV! Once again I bow before you in Gratitude! Thank you for what you are doing!
Could you explain why it is not probable? Every possibility must be explored. Is there a reason that you gave a firm NO?
Thank you for all your hard work in sifting through and translating Saddam regime documents and then posting those translations here on FR for all to read. God Bless you.
Thank you very much for all your support. The important thing is to have the truth out about these documents.
Thank you Peach :)
In Saddam world, there is nothing for defensive purposes, it is only for aggression.
Do you believe that Saddam would have waited for the Iranians to ave Chemical Weapons and he does not? He understand very well that Chemical Weapons are what saved his regime in the Iraq-Iran war, and that is why he was always obsessed in having them.
I will be looking for that, thanks for the tip.
I don't disagree that Saddam was always trying to build up his weaponry and capabilities. Would you concede that he might also be looking at how he would respond if Iram used nerve gas and how he might protect his forces in such a scenario?
Very Interesting!!!
So Why have nerve gas detectors?
Well almost immediately The best reason I can think of is to be able to check for leaks in your nerve gas supplies, you really don't want to go around checking for nerve gas leaks in ammo using the sniff test and ye olde Mark 1 nose.
Especially if these were purchased in volume.
Saddam would never put himself in a situation of defense only with Iran, no way. If he thinks the Iranians were working on Chemical Weapons then he is going to have his as well.
BTW, please keep up the tremendous work,jveritas. America truly needs what you are doing.
Another great find! Thanks for your hard work!
That it is, what you are doing is absolutely priceless. Thank you!
jveritas strikes again!
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Rollover accident in city this afternoon
Rollover accident in city this afternoon
OBSERVER Staff Report
An Explorer and an Equinox were involved in a rollover accident at the intersection of Deer and East Sixth streets in Dunkirk this afternoon.
Police and firefighters were called to the scene. Reportedly, the driver of the Explorer, who was traveling north on Deer Street, failed to yield for the Equinox, which was traveling east. The Explorer came to rest on its side on Deer Street. The Equinox suffered damage to the front end. The driver of the Explorer was ticketed by police.
The driver and the passenger of the Equinox were taken to Brooks Memorial Hospital for minor injuries. The driver of the Explorer was reportedly not injured.


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My Little Box of Gardening
- Overview
This fun kit makes it easy to fire up kids' sense of wonder at watching things grow. It includes the tools they need to start some easy gardening projects, plus a book to guide them through.
- 7" wide x 5" deep x 2.5" high
- Comes with all the gardening essentials: project book, journal, plant labels, magic beans, plant pot, trowel, gloves and stickers!
- Project book contains step-by-step growing instructions.
- Dimensions & Care
- Instructions are included.
- Shipping & Return Info
This is a general shipping item.
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At Pottery Barn Kids, we take great pride in the quality and craftsmanship of our products. Attention to design, materials, safety and construction is our priority. We carefully inspect your order prior to shipment; upon receipt, please inspect your purchase and notify us of any damage. We will arrange for a prompt replacement. If, within 7 days for Quick Ship upholstery and 30 days for all other products, you are dissatisfied for any reason, you may return your purchase for a refund of the merchandise value.
If your return for Merchandise Credit Cards is greater than $10,000, we will issue $10,000 in Merchandise Credit Cards to you that day, and then mail additional Merchandise Credit Card(s) for the amount in excess of $10,000 to you.
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|Mountain Hardwear Men's Thermostatic Jacket - The Men's Thermostatic Jacket by Mountain Hardwear is designed for those cold, damp days when you don't need full-on waterproofing, or heavy-duty insulation. The nylon ripstop shell is wind and water resistant, while Thermic Micro insulation provides low-bulk warmth. A full-length front zipper lets you control ventilation, and dual hem drawcords let you make quick fit adjustments. Low-profile elastic cuffs make for easy layering. At the end of your day, the entire jacket packs into one of the front handwarmer pockets. When you want something that is great for layering, or on its own on chilly days, you should check out the Men's Thermostatic Jacket by Mountain Hardwear.
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Informal Rules
"A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us"
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Members and guests should do their best to keep ourselves and each other free from injury. In general, this means using the right tool for the job, wearing appropriate protective gear, and gently reminding each other when we fail to do one or both of those things.
"Appropriate protective gear" is intentionally vague. There's never a wrong time for safety glasses! Find a pair so comfortable and so clear that you don't mind wearing them a lot. Think critically about what you're doing (solder seems harmless, but it is molten metal, after all) and about how there's really no such thing as a trivial eye injury.
Conscientious use of the space contributes to safety. Clean up after yourself. If you notice a slippery spot on the floor, tackle it. If a tool behaves strangely, bring it to the attention of the tool's owner or maintainer. Don't hesitate to "tag out" (write and attach a note to) a tool you feel is unsafe.
Treat tools as if they were your own, or somewhat better than that. If you break something, please don't hide it! Fessing up sucks, but discovering hidden damage later sucks more.
Put tools back where they belong. This may be indicated on the tool. When in doubt, ask. Don't put tools away dirty.
Breaking one of the informal rules may be punishable by wearing the "Shirt of Shame". If you are deemed worthy of wearing the "Shirt of Shame", accept your punishment with grace and good humor.
If you are sharing intellectual property that is patented or otherwise protected, please advise the people you are sharing it with.
must keep proper hygiene, (smell your pits and body before heading off to the space)
Be excellent to each other.


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GAMMA Bucket-O-Balls Pressureless Tennis Balls - 40 Ball Pack
Product Information:
Practice until you're perfect with the GAMMA® Bucket-O-Balls Pressureless Tennis Balls. Perfect for practice, lessons and training drills, these forty pressureless balls will never lose their bounce, allowing hours of fun to improve your skills. The plastic bucket allows for easy transportation and storage so you can maximize your time on the court.
- Bucket of 40 practice balls
- Pressureless balls never lose their bounce
- Ideal for practice, lessons and matches
- Stored in a reusable plastic bucket with closeable lid
- Includes 40 tennis balls
- Model: CGBBK00
- Gamma
Country of Origin: ChinaWeb ID: 13237653
Customer Reviews:
Rated 3.7 out of 5�by 6 reviewers.
Rated 5 out of 5�by Kellog They r practice balls Designed for exacly that use. Could not be happier May 1, 2016
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Rated 4 out of 5�by Chris Gamma Practice Tennis Balls These balls are great pressurless tennis balls that are a little heavier and that are great for practicing your serve or top spin. Not ideal for a game because they are pressurless and lack the action you get from a fresh, pressurized ball. Great overall value at about $1/ea with many hours of use and still in good shape. September 9, 2012
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Doug Doyle wraps up the NJ Gov race on TV
November 11, 2009. Posted by Brandy Wood.Add new comment | Filed under: chris christie, chris daggett, doug doyle, jazz, Jazz Alive, jon corzine, new jersey governor, News, nj, nj governor, steve adubato, wbgo
Tune in to Caucus: New Jersey's "Democracy Works: NJ Race for Governor Roundtable Wrap Up" featuring WBGO Jazz 88.3's News Director, Doug Doyle. This half-hour program features members of the print, electronic, television and radio media analyzing the campaigns of New Jersey gubernatorial candidates Jon Corzine, Chris Christie and Chris Daggett. The panel is a "post mortem" if you will, about this highly publicized race discussing what lies ahead for the new governor and how he will deal with a legislature that isn't his own party.
Saturday,11/21 at 12:30pm on Thirteen
Sunday, 11/22 at 8:00am on WPSJ
Sunday, 11/22 at 8:30am on NJN
Monday, 11/23 at 5:00pm on Cablevision of Morris
Monday, 11/23 at 9:00pm on Comcast Channel 57
Monday, 11/23 at 11:30pm on NJN
NJ Gubernatorial Debate at WBGO
October 22, 2009. Posted by Brandy Wood.Add new comment | Filed under: andrew meyer, chris christie, chris daggett, jazz, Jazz Alive, jon corzine, new jersey gubernatorial debate, new jersey politics, new jersey race for governor, News, phil gregory, wbgo
Thursday, October 22, all three candidates for New Jersey Governor met at the WBGO studios to debate the issues for the last time in this race.
Listen to the debate by clicking here.
The debate was moderated by Doug Doyle, WBGO News Director since 1988, who has been covering New Jersey politics for the past 25 years. Doug and the WBGO News team have received over 200 awards from organizations like PRNDI, AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists. Doug began his radio career at WMJY in Long Branch, New Jersey where he eventually became news director at the station known as Y107 at that time. The next stop was WOBM-FM in Toms River, New Jersey. He spent ten years there, seven of them as news director. Doug teaches radio and news writing classes at Rutgers-Newark University and Brookdale Community College and can be heard regularly on National Public Radio where he provides the network with business news and breaking stories.
General assignment reporter and the afternoon/evening news anchor, Andrew Meyer, an award-winning journalist who's been a member of the WBGO News department since 1998, was one of two reports posing questions to the candidates. In 2004, Andrew was a fellow at the University of Maryland's Knight Center for Specialized Journalism in a program called "Cities, Suburbs and Beyond." In 2001, he received a fellowship from the National Press Foundation in Washington D.C. to take part in a special four-day forum on housing and development issues. He is a past president of the New Jersey Associated Press Broadcasters' Association. Andrew is also a contributor to and a co-host of the WBGO Journal, a weekly news magazine produced by WBGO News airing Friday nights at 7:30. He also serves as the host of WBGO's live, monthly call-in show with Mayor Cory Booker, Newark Today.
Phil Gregory, a recent addition to the WBGO team and a long time reporter in the tri-state area, was also asking questions of Christie, Corzine and Daggett. Phil anchored coverage of several major events including the 9-11 attacks and the 2003 blackout while at Bloomberg Radio in New York City. Phil also covered business and market news as a reporter from the New York Stock Exchange. Phil started his broadcast career at WAEB in Allentown, PA where he advanced to become News Director. He was an award winning reporter and anchor at radio stations WPTR, WFLY and WROW in Albany, NY and at WOBM in Toms River, NJ. Phil is a past President of the Empire State Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He covers the Statehouse and Central Jersey for both WBGO and WHYY in Philadelphia.


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What is Yogic Chai you may wonder?
Chai that is made with REAL ingredients, like REAL TEA & REAL SPICES.
Wait, isn't that what I drink at my coffee shop?
Unfortunately, no. What we know as a Chai Tea Latte from coffee shops here in the USA can't hardly compare to the REAL taste of Indian chai.
When I went to India in 2006...as I was walking in the streets of New Delhi, it was almost impossible to not hear the words "Chayee!, Chayee!, Chayee!" I wasn't really interested in chai because my only experience with chai tea was your typical chai tea latte from any major chain coffee shop...overly sweet milk with a bit of cinnamon taste, and I was not a fan of it.
Little did I know my story was about to change...
I went to the train station to catch my train to Kathgodam, a small village in the foothills of the Himalayas to meet with my spiritual master.
8 hours later, the train had come to a 15 min stop. It must have been around 6-7am. I decided to step out and stretch my legs. Not even 5 min. later, a little boy approached me and all he kept saying was chayee! chayee!, as he tried to persuade me to buy a cup of chai from him.
I could not say "No" to his sparkling eyes or to the smell of the spices that were coming from the cup. The chai was totally different from what I had experienced in coffee shops in the USA. It was so delicious! It was energizing, nourishing yet calming, all at the same time. I was hooked!
Luckily for me, at my master's spiritual center we drank chai at least 3 times a day. It became part of my morning, afternoon and evening ritual. Unfortunately, when I went back to the USA, I was really disappointed in not been able to find some real chai. I had no choice but to start making my own REAL chai tea blends. In doing so Yogic Chai was born.
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The freshness and the quality of the herbs & spices we use are very important to us.
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Suspect in Custody Following Shots Fired Incident
Welcome generosity
Dawn Olson, Minot
I do not drive and as a result I use Souris Basin Transportation each day to get me to and from work and to any other appointment or event that I wish to attend throughout the week. I spend approximately $150 each month buying bus tokens so I can use this service. While I know that $150 is not much in comparison to car payments, insurance and fuel for a vehicle, it is at times a financial burden for me. This Christmas season I received a month's worth of tokens from an anonymous giver. Whoever you are, thank you so much for your thoughtful and generous gift. It will never be forgotten.


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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Philippine Airlines Launches First GSMConneX Flights
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is the first airline to launch commercial flights featuring the TriaGnoSys in-flight GSMConneX connectivity hardware.
The first PAL aircraft to be retrofitted with GSMConneX is a Boeing 777-300ER. According to TriaGnoSys, GSMConneX will allow passengers to perform onboard cell phone calls with a global system for mobile communications (GSM) satellite connection, along with the choice to use the system's Wi-Fi connection. The system features two small units installed on the aircraft, along with wireless access points and a cabin control screen.
OnAir, PAL's GSM and Wi-Fi service provider, worked with TriaGnoSys to install the first GSMConnex system for the airline. Ian Dawkins, CEO of OnAir, said the ability for PAL to offer both a GSM and Wi-Fi connection is "very important" because "passengers want to be able to choose how they communicate during the flight, just as they do on the ground."
PAL's entire fleet of Boeing 777s and Airbus A330-343s will be retrofitted with GSMConneX.
Related: Commercial Avionics News


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Dorothy Maertens
March 18, 1929-April 15, 2013
MARSHALL – Mass of Christian Burial for Dorothy Maertens, 84, of Marshall will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Marshall. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. today with a CCW Rosary at 4 p.m. and a Parish Prayer Service at 7 p.m. at Rehkamp-Horvath Funeral Home in Marshall. Visitation will continue from noon-1:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Marshall.
Dorothy died Monday, April 15, 2013, at the Prairie Home Hospice House in Marshall.
Dorothy Marie Maertens was born March 18, 1929, in Tracy, to Reneand Bernice (Tiemessen) Maeyaert. As a child, she moved with her family to a farm between Ghent and Marshall. She attended school in Marshall and graduated from Marshall High School. She was united in marriage to Earl Maertens on Nov. 23, 1948. The couple farmed near Amiret for a few years before moving to a farm near Porter. In 1975, they moved to Marshall. Dorothy worked for the Schott Corporation for more than 25 years. She enjoyed visiting, playing cards, baking, cooking, reading magazines and doing word puzzles. Dorothy was most passionate about her family, especially her grandchildren.
Survivors include her children Kathleen (and David) Schreurs of Tyler, Patricia (and Wayne) Peltier of Cottonwood, Lora (and Douglas) Lindsley of Lynd and Brenda (and Curtis) Hanson of Proctor; 14 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren; twin brother Donald (and Donna) Maeyaert and brother Francis (and Judy) Maeyaert; sisters Rita LaVoy and Ruth (and Larry) Erickson; and nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl, sons Dennis and Alan, infant daughter, Mary, parents Rene' and Bernice and brother David Maeyaert.
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September 24, 2013
The feds had lots of fingerprints ... 80 years ago
Here's something interesting sent out to the press in 1933 from the "United States Bureau of Investigation, Washington D.C., J. Edgar Hoover, Director," touting its "Identification Division, Part of Technical Section. "
(The Dispatch photo archives not only contain images taken by our staff photographers, but also decades of publicity stills and other handouts, such as this one.)
Information on the back of the print says: "4 million fingerprints are stored here. They are so well classified that new prints can be matched with those previously received in five minutes in ordinary cases."Continue ReadingPosted by Linda Deitch on September 24, 2013 09:23 AM
September 18, 2013
OSU season ticket, 1973
Here's a little time capsule found in the Dispatch archives.
It's a photo taken 40 years ago of a season ticket to five OSU football games at Ohio Stadium. The package was priced at $12. The opponents were Texas Christian, Washington State, Northwestern, Michigan State, and Iowa, and the price works out to $2.40 a game.Continue ReadingPosted by Linda Deitch on September 18, 2013 08:48 AM


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Waxings & musings. Watching a clip of Your Show of Shows the other day from the early 1950s made me realize that bloggers and TV's pioneers have a lot in common. To blog passionately about jazz or anything else today, you have to believe in your heart that the Web represents the future of content and communication. Logic tells you, of course, that this is the case, since the Internet is faster to access than traditional print, easier to absorb and a lot more fun.
My complaint with many books these days isn't that they're heavy or that fonts are too small (both frequently true). It's that the writing often isn't fast enough. The web has changed the English language and storytelling in more ways than we realize. Online content has to fly. It has to be conversational and get to the point. Fast. Because readers' attention spans fade quickly. So bloggers must constantly push themselves to pick up the pace. On the web, writers are going through what early television writers and performers endured. For bloggers who succeed in satisfying their readers' interests in a flash, the world of tomorrow is plenty exciting.
Benny Goodman. Reader Greg Lee sent along a note last week letting me know about a National Public Radio podcast on Benny Goodman and his overnight success in the mid-1930s. Go here to listen free.
Bobby Scott. Following my post on Friday about Bobby Scott, I received the following from Richard Dubin:
"The Xerox commercial you mention that kicked off the campaign centered on Jackie Eagle's character was shot on April 23, 1975. The production was elaborate, a two-minute piece for initial airing during the 1976 Super Bowl. It told the story of two monks traveling by bus from their cloister in New Jersey to the Xerox building in New York to explore an alternative to the ardors of calligraphy. I was the other monk, the bigger one. What are the chances of two trumpet players turned actors in that spot?"
From Ira Gitler:
"Wonderful post on Bobby Scott. Thanks for including my recollections. After reading it, I went through my 10-inch recordings by Scott and realized that I had written the liner notes for Great Scott, Bobby's first LP for Bethlehem in 1954. In the first paragraph I wrote, "Precocity, awareness and intensity are three words very descriptive of Bobby Scott." In the last paragraph I wrote, "When you listen to these sides, don't judge Bobby Scott as a 17-year-old, for his playing has the merit to stand by itself. You can however bear in mind the 17 in another sense, the vast time which lies ahead of this young man, Look out!" I also remember that Lester Young used to call him 'Bobby Sox.' "
Fables of Faubus. My post last week on Charles Mingus' Fables of Faubus triggered several e-mails. Here are three...
From Sue Mingus:
"Thank you for your post. Just a little clarification: When Charles said he just wrote tunes and put political titles on them, he was essentially referring to two tunes he wrote in the mid-1970s: Remember Rockefeller at Attica and Free Cell Block F Tis Nazi USA, to which he added the titles later based on what was going on at the time.
"Other pieces like Oh Lord Don't Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me," Freedom and Don't Let It Happen Here were definitely political pieces. It isn't that he didn't write political pieces. I was just pointing out that it was one element in a broad swath of composition, unlike the reductive summaries by Ken Burns or Wynton Marsalis of MIngus's musical legacy, heralding him as a civil rights protester and little more."
From Doug Zielke:
"Your post was wide of the mark, very wide! In fact some of it was ridiculous. Insightful, not really. Incite-ful, certainly. Despite your bonfire, I still love my seven tracks of Fables of Faubus. I thought Eisenhower acted judiciously! He did not drag his feet, nor did he "finally" do something about it. He was constantly in contact with Governor Faubus, directly and indirectly, doing his diplomatic best to get him to come to his senses. Eisenhower was smart enough to gather his resources so that when he made the move, other Southern prejudiced
"leaders" would get the message that the time had come and that inevitably integration was going to happen!"
Hal McKusick in concert. Saxophonist Hal McKusick will lead his quartet on June 7th at the Fifth Annual "Strawberry Jazz" Concert at 2 p.m. at the Christ Episcopal Church of Sag Harbor (N.Y.). For ticket prices and more information: (631) 725-0128.
Mary Tyler Moore, Latin-jazz model. Bobby Sanabria sent along a link featuring Mary Tyler Moore's early modeling years. Turns out she appeared on the covers of several Latin albums before her TV comedy break. Go here.
CD Discovery of the Week: Vibraphonist Gary Burton's new album was recorded live at Yoshi's in Oakland, CA, in 2006 and is a reunion of sorts. Bassist Steve Swallow played with Burton's 1967 quartet, and guitarist Pat Metheny joined Burton in 1974. Drummer Antonio Sanchez has been a part of the Pat Metheny Group for 10 years. By bringing together old hands, Burton stretches out in an interesting and relaxed way. When you have a decades-long history with bandmates, you can roll back into yourself a bit and offer expressions that are old and new. (Yes, that's a Peter Max illustration on the cover.)
I never tire of listening to Burton, and this album is no exception. There's always a tug of war going on in Burton's playing. You hear the four-mallet formalism of the early 1960s and the strong fusion influences of the 1970s constantly circling each other. The beauty is that neither side ever truly wins out. Like two tussling brothers, there are no victors, just bouts. Especially smart are Coral and Syndrome. Metheny's solos backed by Burton also have a distinct, almost nostalgic seventies sound.
You can find Gary Burton: Quartet Live! as a download at iTunes or as a CD here.
Oddball Album Cover of the Week. Googie Rene recorded just one near-jazz album: Romesville, in 1959. Rene was a lounge boogie-woogie player who belongs more snugly in the early rock genre than jazz. Despite the LP's dopey track lineup (Cool It at the Coliseum, Flippin' the Pizza, etc.), Rene was joined by quite a big band, including Conrad Gozzo, saxophonists Buddy Collette and Willie Smith, bassist Red Callender and drummer Larry Bunker. The cover design remains a puzzle. I guess it was every guy's dream to take two models to fake ruins and let them strike poses in the parking lot while playing the bongos. Actually, the dream is the car. Looks like a 1959 Ferrari Superamerica to me. And the LP label? Class Records. I kid you not.


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As a parent, you try to protect your kids from all kinds of harm – from unsafe drivers, playground bullies, bike falls and broken hearts. If you could protect them from cancer, wouldn't you? Well, the great news is that you can, with a vaccine against HPV or Human Papilloma Virus.
What many people do not know is that HPV is the primary cause of cervical cancer in women, causing more than 12,000 cases and 4,000 deaths per year in the United States.
It also causes about 7,000 head and neck, anal and penile cancers in men each year. And in spite of the fact that the vaccine has been shown to be more than 90 percent effective in preventing some types of cancer, only a small number of us have been vaccinated. In fact, only 5 percent of age-eligible individuals in the western Upper Peninsula have received even one dose of the vaccine.
Why are so few of us vaccinated? Well, as it turns out, HPV is a sexually transmitted infection and that sometimes makes the discussion more difficult. But it is important to know the facts about this infection.
HPV is so common that most sexually active people will be infected at some point in their lives. Currently more than 20 million men and women in the United States are infected with HPV, and as many as half of these infections are among adolescents and young adults, ages 15 through 24 years.
Most people infected with HPV will never have symptoms and never even realize that they have been infected.
Fortunately, in most of us, the infection will resolve on its own. But in some people, the body does not fight off HPV, leading to health problems like cancer or genital warts.
The Gardisil HPV vaccine is given as a series of three shots over a 6-month period of time. It is safe, effective, and according to current studies, long-lasting and can be given up to age 26 for both males and females. The Gardasil vaccine is approved for use in males and females 11-26 years of age (there is another HPV vaccine called Cervarix that is approved only for females).
Why vaccinate pre-teen children against a sexually transmitted virus, long before they are at risk of exposure? There are really two main reasons to target this age group for vaccination: 1) The vaccine is most effective when it is given well before any possible exposure to the virus, and 2) children typically are seen for routine check-ups at 11-12 years of age and receive booster doses of other vaccines at that time, so it is an ideal opportunity to get vaccinations done. Older teens are much less likely to see the doctor every year for check-ups, so there are fewer opportunities to get them vaccinated.
To remove any financial barriers associated with the HPV vaccine, the health department will assist families in determining if their private insurance covers the vaccine, identify eligibility for the Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program for clients under age 19, or enroll clients in patient assistance programs offered by vaccine manufacturers.
Please contact the health department or your health care provider with any questions about the HPV vaccine or to schedule an appointment for vaccination, and remember, this is an opportunity to help keep your child healthy for a lifetime. Add HPV vaccine to the list of everything else you do as a parent to protect your child.
Editor's note: Barb Auten is Director of Public Health and Education at the Western U.P. Health Department.


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Dr. Thompson
Dr. Thompson is a Board Certified (American Board of Optometry) optometrist/optometric physician and graduated from the Southern California College of Optometry in 1978. He began his practice here in Port Angeles in 1979. Dr. Thompson is a member of the Contact Lens Association of Optometrists, American Optometric Association and the Washington Association of Optometric Physicians of which he is a Peninsula Society past President. He is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys skiing, hunting, backpacking and golf. He and his wife Maureen have four children and 10 grandchildren.
Dr. Reis
Dr. Reis is an optometrist / optometric physician and was born and raised in Seattle, where he attended Seattle Preparatory School and Seattle University, completing his B.A. in Humanities and B.S. in Health Sciences. He then attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he completed his B.S. in Vision Science and Doctorate in Optometry.
Dr. Reis has lived in Clallam County since 1991, and worked as an associate of James D. Watson, M.D., from 1991 to 1996. Following Dr. Watson's retirement in 1996, Dr. Reis joined Angeles Vision Clinic.
Tom's interests include music, hiking, sailing, and bridge. As a musician, Tom plays the piano, and is well known for his singing and choral conducting skills. He and his wife, Nancy, have two children, Emily and James.
Welcome to avclinic.com We hope you find the site interesting and informative. Within this site you will find original essays explaining common vision problems and eyecare issues in an easy-to-understand format. As I searched the internet comparing other vision care sites, I was hard pressed to find good, understandable and informative literature on common eyecare issues. This was surprising to me. We want our patients to be as well informed as possible. This is my attempt to offer information in an understandable manner. Please e-mail me by clicking on any "avclinic.com" with suggestions, comments or questions. We are pleased to present this site as a value-added service. Our services include family practice, Low Vision, diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as glaucoma and cataracts, contact lens services, computer eyestrain solutions, refractive surgery consultation and vision services for the elderly.
Vision is priceless: you only have two eyes. Vision problems affect a large segment of the population. That is why I take the time during your exam to explain findings, offer options and make recommendations. During your appointment you will not be processed through the office or rushed through the examination. Our staff is friendly, personable, knowledgeable and experienced. They can answer most of your questions. What they can't help you with will be deferred directly to me. We do not have technicians who work up patients for the Doctor, only to have the Doctor see you for 5 minutes; all your time in examination is spent directly with me. I am always happy to discuss any topic that is of concern to you in the office. I also have available a 24 hour emergency service for established patients. Just call the office number and the service will have me, or if I am not available another doctor paged. This service is for emergencies only.
We offer a full service Optical and a selection of over 900 frames. We specialize in difficult contact lens fits and pre and post operative refractive surgery care. I personally guarantee your contact lens fit. Should you be unhappy with your lenses for ANY reason during the first 3 months, having exhausted all other contact lens options; even if you just decide that contact lenses aren't for you, I will gladly refund contact lens material fees upon return of the undamaged lenses. There is no reason lenses should end up sitting in the medicine cabinet.
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Julie Houser is an optician. She joined our practice in 2004 and has over twenty three years in the optical business.
The success of a lens prescription depends on many factors: the proper lens design and material can mean a comfortable, clear view of the world or many difficulties adapting. Product knowledge and experience can make all the difference when determining which lens will work best for you. An incorrect measurement can cause headaches, impaired vision or distortion. Even inaccurate adjustments to your frame can affect your vision. We strive to provide the personalized attention you deserve.
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Lukas Neil 'Duke' Sanville
GLADSTONE – Lukas Neil "Duke" Sanville, 19, 3437 Co 426 24th Road, Gladstone, passed away Tuesday morning, Jan. 22, 2013, from injuries sustained in a car accident.
He was born on March 4, 1993, in Escanaba, son of Ronald Sanville and Kim (Sanville) Knauf Wyckoff. Lukas was raised in Gladstone, graduating from Gladstone High School in 2011.
Luke was an avid motocross racer, racing for many years in the District 16 circuit, winning several championships.
Hunting season for Luke began Oct. 1 with bow season, into rifle season, black powder season and ending with bow season. To say he loved hunting is an understatement. He took annual trips to Colorado and Wyoming with his dad, several cousins and uncle. Whenever he could fit it into his busy schedule, Luke loved to fish, even building his own fishing boat at the age of 16.
Luke loved woodworking and made several beautiful pieces for all to enjoy.
Luke had an infectious smile. His happiness and love for the Lord radiated in him. He was an inspiration to all who knew him. As one friend described Luke, "he jumped into this world and never touched the ground." In his 19 short years he lived a lifetime.
Luke is survived by his parents, Kim (John) Wyckoff and Ron Sanville; brother, Nathan "Tades" Sanville; maternal grandparents, Fred and Ada Knauf; paternal grandmother, Bonnie Sanville; paternal great-grandfather, Richard Cool; Uncles, Scott Knauf and Jamie (Trina) Sanville; cousins, Curt, Abby and Blake Knauf and Neil and Leah Sanville; several great-aunts, uncles and cousins and an extended "motocross family."
Luke was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Robert "Butch" Sanville.
Visitation will be on Saturday, Jan. 26 from 1 to 5 p.m. at Grace Church in Gladstone. The funeral service will follow at 5 p.m. with Pastor Steve Patrick officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the Lukas Sanville Scholarship Fund has been set up for the Gladstone High School.
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Instagram is where many people meticulously document their lives with cellphone photos. The view from your seat in coach: click! That mediocre meal at Dave & Busters: click! Your dog taking yet another nap: click!
That's the life that most of us know, appreciating the little things because that's what most things are. That's okay though, because all of the little things make us appreciate the occasional big thing.
Professional athletes, on the other hand, have a very different existence. Standing outside the private jet: click! Trying to decide what to pick from a box full of jewels: click! Another four star meal in another four star hotel: click!
There isn't much appreciating the little things when you're living this freaking large. Look at how rich these athletes are!


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Nike engineer Tobie Hatfield pioneers the future
While most people whip up amazing meals in the kitchen, former Wildcat pole vaulter Tobie Hatfield ('87) cooks up visionary footwear in the Nike Innovation Kitchen, a think tank that produces some of the sports world's greatest products and technologies.
His newest footwear design, for people with disabilities, was inspired by a letter he received from a 16-year-old with cerebral palsy. Read more in the Huffington Post.
Tobie Hatfield's latest design is making the news for more than its flashy looks and great performance. The Zoom Soldier 8 is designed for people with disabilities. Read more in the Huffington Post.
Nike Free creator
As a senior engineer and athlete innovation director of the Kitchen, Hatfield pioneered Nike Free, a technology designed to let feet move more naturally and freely than with traditional athletic shoes, although he's perhaps best known for creating Michael Johnson's famous gold spikes that propelled the sprinter to double gold in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and appeared on the cover of Time.
More recently, Hatfield turned his attention to helping athletes who compete with prosthetic limbs reach their potential.
He first became aware of the special challenges these athletes face through his friend and world-record holder Sarah Reinertsen, the first woman on a prosthetic leg to compete in the Hawaii Ironman, a 2.4-mile swim and 112-mile bike ride, followed by a 26.2-mile run.
Reinertsen was one of a number of athletes using the Össur Cheetah prosthetic blade.
Tackling a special challenge
"These blades are carbon fiber and really great technology," Hatfield says. "What they don't come with is traction and protection."
To add traction, Reinertsen would take a shoe, cut it up, glue layers and use duct tape to attach it to the blade, a process that took about an hour.
"I took one look at it and said, 'We can do better,'" Hatfield recalls. And the idea for the Nike Sole was born.
"Looking at the blade itself, it basically has pretty sharp edges on the side. That reminded me of a rail system, that you could slide things on and slide things off," Hatfield explains. "So we set out to devise a design that could slide on and be affixed well enough that the athletes would have confidence it would stay on.
"Once we developed the Nike Sole, people started asking, 'If you can do that for somebody running on the road and running on the trail, could you do that for somebody running on the track?'" Hatfield says.
A leap ahead
"I knew the system we designed for Sarah was not going to be adequate for someone who was going to put so much load and so much power into the track with their legs going around corners," Hatfield says. "So we devised a new Spike Pad, as we call it, that would work for anyone who wears a blade."
Reinertsen was his inspiration for tackling the problem of prosthetic blades.
"Sarah said there would be so many more amputees who would actually get out there and exercise if they had a system like that," Hatfield recalls. Now the Nike Sole and Spike Pad are available to both professional and amateur athletes who need them.
Hatfield says his own experience as an athlete and coach helps him relate to the challenges of the athletes he works with now.
ACU pole vaulter
At Abilene, he was part of four NCAA Division II Track and Field Championship teams, three as a pole vaulter and one as an assistant coach.
After graduating from ACU in 1987, he followed the footsteps of his father, who was a college coach for more than 40 years. Hatfield took a full-time coaching job for Wichita State University, but when Nike offered him a position in 1990, he set off on a new career path.
Hatfield thrives on the innovative atmosphere in the Nike Kitchen, which got its name early in the company's history after co-founder Bill Bowerman used a waffle iron filled with liquid rubber to create the first waffle sole.
"We're constantly working on new things. It's the nature of what we do," he says. "We're very passionate about how we go about it because we care. It's exciting because we know eventually we are going to be able to help people in many respects. And it's not just about making people go fast or high. It's about quality of life as well. To me that's an even bigger thing."
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Does Oprah need a $38,000 handbag?
To the editor:
The Journal has been publishing articles about Oprah Winfrey's unsuccessful attempt to purchase a $38,000 purse at a Zurich, Switzerland boutique.
The discussion has centered on the racist attitude that the clerk may or may not have had.
My question is: Did Oprah really need another purse? Is a single purse a wise use of $38,000? What kind of purse costs as much as many people's homes? What values did Oprah display in her anecdote? Do you agree or disagree that a purse can be worth an average person's yearly income?
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Student Media
Coborn Plaza apartments
Friday, January 15, 2010
Marked in blue on this Fifth Avenue Live master plan are the buildings that comprise Coborn Plaza. Drawing courtesy of UrbanWorks Architecture, Minneapolis.
A model student apartment at the newly named Coborn Plaza is expected to open Jan. 25 for tours, according to university officials.
The 455-student housing complex is under construction at the former Coborn's grocery store site at Fifth Avenue South and Ramsey Place. The apartments are slated to open in August.
The proposed semester rate is $3480 per person in a four-bedroom unit, which averages out to $696 per month. Rates still need to go through the approval and consultation process, according to Dan Pedersen, director of residential life.
Rates for studio, one- and two-bedroom units are not yet established, Pedersen said.
The apartments will be fully furnished. Rent includes all utilities.
A lease sign-up event for current students is 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 3 in the Alumni Room, Atwood Memorial Center. View the sign-up event flyer (PDF).
Coborn Plaza's pair of four-story buildings also will include 19,000 square feet of retail space and a 12,000 square foot St. Cloud State welcome center.
Coborn Plaza is the initial phase of Fifth Avenue Live, a $100 million mixed-use development expected to remake both sides of Fifth Avenue from Ramsey Place north to Minnesota Highway 23.
Fifth Avenue Live is the work of Fifth Avenue LLC, a partnership that includes the Coborn family, Cornerstone Construction of St. Cloud, and local attorney and St. Cloud State alumnus, Brian Schoenborn.
The university is leasing the apartment complex and welcome center from the J.A. Wedum Foundation, a Minneapolis non-profit that develops house for students and seniors.
The apartments will operate with St. Cloud State Residential Life staff, policies and procedures. Other amenities include:
- Keyless access to private and common spaces
- Secured entrances and video surveillance
- Private bedrooms
- Private baths
- In-unit washer and dryer
- St. Cloud State data network and Internet
- Extended basic cable television
For an additional fee, there will be more than 300 secured parking spots.
Officials expect these apartment configurations: 102 four-bedroom, 18 two-bedroom, three one-bedroom and six studio.
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This training course provides strategies and examples of Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) implementation processes that will help safety partners manage their state's SHSPs. The intended audience for the SHSP Implementation Course encompasses a wide
range of safety stakeholders involved in SHSP management and implementation efforts at all levels (e.g., local, regional, state, and Federal) including: engineers (e.g., safety, traffic, design, operations, maintenance, and management); transportation planners;
safety practitioners; law enforcement officers and managers; emergency responders; and nonprofit and private sector partners.
The course recognizes States implement their SHSP according to available opportunities and resources. Models, such as the SHSP Implementation Process Model (IPM) presented in this course, are representations of ideal processes, and all parts of the model
may not work or be necessary for all States. The model presents the ideal framework to help states assess, compare, and adjust their own SHSP implementation efforts.
You will be expected to complete three online lessons and three facilitated Web conferences. It is recommended that Modules 1 and 2 be completed prior to any other modules. Module 6 can be taken at anytime following the first two, but should be completed
prior to taking Modules 7 and 8. You must complete all eight of the online lessons and participate in the Web conferences to obtain your certificate. By passing the online test at the end of the course, you can also receive Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
for the course. All participants will need their own computer with internet connection and a telephone line to participate in the Web conference.
NHI hosts SHSP Implementation and four other Web-based Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)-related training courses HSIP Overview, SHSP Development, HSIP Project Identification, and HSIP Project Evaluation.
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Faith and Baseball, Part 1-AlbertPosted Thursday, November 3, 2011, at 12:39 PM
After he hoisted the trophy on Friday night commemorating his first World Series championship, the Comeback Player of the Year Lance Berkman made a comment to Albert Pujols: "Come back. Let's do this again."
While no one knows what is in the stars for Pujols, who will be a free agent effective 11 p.m. CST Wednesday, Nov. 3, he did share some insight into his decision making process. That decision is one Albert has no intention of making alone.
"I'm going to be prayerful about it," he said in a postgame interview Friday night amid the celebration. "Whatever decision I make hopefully is the best decision I make for my family and the fans and everybody."
Pujols' public talk of prayer and his faith is nothing new to the man who just a few days ago tied enough World Series records in a single game to change the way he will forever be viewed in history.
In a recent book chronicling Pujols' career and faith entitled, "Pujols:More than the Game," the story of his childhood, growing up with an alcoholic father is detailed and is credited as a major factor in not just Pujols "the Workhorse," but also in Pujols "the Christian."
"Right now I am just going to enjoy the moment and just celebrate with the guys and pretty much just thank that my teammates that helped me out to accomplish another World Championship, because at the end of your career, those are the sweeter moments that you take," he said. "And there's a lot of tough time that we went through this year and a lot of sweet moments, you know. And the way that we did it is incredible."
Incredible is the understatement of the year. To have been 10.5 games back on Aug. 25 after a crushing series with the Los Angeles Dodgers, this team decided they were going to do things different.
Manager Tony LaRussa said last week that from that point on the team treated each game like it was their last game of the season. They paid no attention to tomorrow, only tonight. That strategy worked and that's why as they hoisted the trophy high to the sky, the Pitbull song "Give me Everything (tonight)," blasted through the Busch Stadium sound system. It was a standing testament to the mentality that pulled this special group of guys through what may be the most dramatic comeback, not just in baseball history, but professional sports as a whole.
"You know, there's not too many teams in the game that done it like that," he said. "I'm just blessed to be part of that."
Pujols played a major role in that run. Despite having his career lowest start to a season, his performance in the second half helped give the Cardinals the boost they needed to stay in the game. As the saying goes, "as goes Pujols, so go the Cardinals."
While he didn't want to talk contract immediately following the World Series, Pujols' certainly looked like a man who wouldn't trade his only baseball home at that moment for anything in the world. The genuine smile he carried all over the field during the celebration and embraces of the people who in just a few days will be involved in intense negotiations with his agent showed a man who appreciates the deep history of the organization he calls home. This is the home of not only his team, but his family and his foundation-two things that are second only to God in his life as he will tell you.
During the clubhouse celebration, even through the goggles, you could see the emotion and excitement in his eyes. As he popped cork after cork, not only showering teammates, but some members of the media as well, he was clearly soaking in every second of that amazing night.
"I think [these are] the best moments of my career pretty much because just the way that we did it, the way that we got in and the way that we finished," he said. "We're the World Champions, it's pretty special."
Yes, Albert, it's pretty special. Just like you were blessed to be a part of this moment, so were we. To quote Joe Buck's call of the final out in game seven, "What a team, what a ride!"
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When Michigan Tech coach Mel Pearson said, "Maybe this will be the year," before this past weekend's Great Lakes Invitational, I have to admit, it sounded a little bit like when Detroit Lions fans say that before every season.
Nothing personal against Pearson (or Lions fans, for that matter), it's just that when a team hasn't won its own tournament in 32 years, owns just a 4-10-3 record in the ongoing season and its opponents include two historically dominant GLI teams (Michigan and Michigan State) and the No. 7 team in the country (Western Michigan), it's easy for cynicism to erode even the purest optimism.
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This was finally the year the drought came to an end – and in emphatic fashion.
Tech beat Michigan, where Pearson served as an assistant coach for 23 years, and No. 7 WMU, both by 4-0 scores, and the Huskies dominated the 48th annual GLI.
Finally, the MacInnes Cup will return to the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. It's Tech's 10th GLI championship, but first since 1980, Pearson's senior year playing under legendary coach John MacInnes.
"So proud of our players, so happy for our fans and our alumni," Pearson said in a postgame interview Sunday on Fox Sports Detroit Plus. "They've gone through a lot of lean years. It's a special moment for Michigan Tech."
Indeed, even this reporter, a Copper Country native who had to watch the GLI from afar, has never been witness to a GLI championship (not even on TV) before this year. It's safe to say a good portion of the 31,068 fans who watched Saturday and Sunday's games hadn't seen it happen either.
Certainly none of Tech's players had seen it. In fact, none of the Huskies had even played in a GLI championship game, let alone won one (the last championship game appearance was 2007). Watching the championship banner get raised to the rafters at Joe Louis Arena, in front of more than a few Red Wings dignitaries (Mike Babcock, Steve Yzerman, to name a few) had to be a special feeling.
"I couldn't be happier," Tech senior defenseman and assistant captain Steven Seigo told Dirk Hembroff on WKMJ-FM following Sunday's game. "Myself, and Carl (Nielsen) and Tommy (Brown), and Aaron (Pietila), all the seniors, coming in after our first year, we were looking a little down with how the program was going, but we're starting to turn it around, and looking at (the banner) now, it's a great feeling."
The Huskies even got offensive contributions from some upperclassmen forwards Sunday. None of the previous 29 goals had been scored by a junior or senior forward until Dennis Rix, a junior, tallied the eventual game winner in the first period Sunday against WMU. Aaron Pietila, a senior, then chipped in the last goal of the game. Houghton native Blake Hietala and Hancock native Tanner Kero scored the second and third goals.
Of course nobody came up bigger during the weekend than freshman netminder Pheonix Copley, who turned in a performance for the ages. Copley's 70-save effort is just the second consecutive-shutout performance in a GLI, with the other coming in 2007 from Michigan goaltender Billy Sauer, who made 87 saves (50 saves against Providence, 37 against Tech in double overtime). Copley's shutout streak is now at 125 minutes, 45 seconds, and counting, and he picked up his second and third wins of the year. His only previous win (with six losses) came against then-No. 1 Minnesota in the season opener.
Can you say big-game goalie?
He entered the weekend having allowed 27 goals on 181 shots (.851 save percentage, 4.36 goals against average). His stats are now .892 percent and 3.26 GAA.
"I've had some inconsistency, and we've (all three Tech goaltenders) all been battling trying to prove we can be the guy, but it's nice to come in and get a few wins," Copley said on Mix 93's postgame. "For the coaching staff, how much they've given to us, and for the seniors, the guys who it was their last chance, it felt great to do something like this special for them."
Pearson, through his four years winning it as a player, 12 times winning as a Michigan assistant coach and this year at Tech, has now been a part of 17 GLI championships, more than any other person.
In addition to the aforementioned reasons for success in Detroit, Tech's improved penalty kill should not be overlooked. It entered the weekend with the 10th worst (but improving) PK in the nation, and WMU featured the 10th best power play. What did the Huskies do? Stifle the Broncos – who had scored half their 34 goals this season on the power play – on all eight man-advantage attempts. Had it not been that effective, this column could easily be about reoccurring penalty problems which, of course, still need to be addressed in the second half.
But, in the meantime, Tech can celebrate killing off 20 straight penalties. And they killed all 12 at the GLI without their top penalty killer (and scorer) Blake Pietila, who continues to perform that PK role masterfully for Team USA at the World Junior Championships in Ufa, Russia.
Bring back Blake Pietila and carry over the GLI effort into the second half, and Tech fans have a lot to be excited about.
Who knows, maybe this is the year the Huskies win the WCHA Final Five? After all, the last time Tech was WCHA playoff champion? The 1980-81 season.
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Interactive Travel Map | Text the SecretaryToday, Secretary Clinton is in the Netherlands to attend the International Conference on Afghanistan. At the conference, Secretary Clinton said:"We are here to help the people of Afghanistan prevail against a ruthless enemy who poses a common threat to us all. Afghanistan has always been a crossroads of civilization, and today we find our fate converging in those plains and mountains that are so far and yet so near in this interconnected world to all of us.
Thanks to the efforts of the international community, the perpetrators of the horrific terrorist attacks of 9/11 - attacks which killed citizens from more than 90 countries - were driven from Afghanistan, and the Afghan people made a promising start toward a more secure future. But since those first hopeful moments, our collective inability to implement a clear and sustained strategy has allowed violent extremists to regain a foothold in Afghanistan and in Pakistan, and to make the area a nerve center for efforts to spread violence from London to Mumbai.
The range of countries and institutions represented here is a universal recognition that what happens in Afghanistan matters to us all. Our failure to bring peace and progress would be a setback not only to the people of Afghanistan, but to the entire enterprise of collective action in the interest of collective security. Our success, on the other hand, will not only benefit Afghanistan, Pakistan and the region, but also the blueprint for a new diplomacy powered by partnership and premised on shared interests.
So as we recommit ourselves to meet our common challenge with a new strategy, new energy, and new resources, let us be guided by an ancient Afghan proverb, 'patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.'
The plan I outline today is the product of intensive consultations with nations that have donated troops and support; Afghanistan's neighbors and international institutions that play a vital role in Afghanistan's future. The results of these consultations are clear: Our strategy must address the challenge in Afghanistan and Pakistan; it must integrate military and civilian activities and support them with vigorous international diplomacy; and it must rest on the simple premise that while we can and will help, Afghanistan's future ultimately rests with the Afghan people and their elected government."
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It used to be said, "what happens in California first, will eventually happen to the rest of us" -- now we can only hope that the measures taken to bring peace and prosperity in Afghanistan, will bring a lasting peace to the rest of the world.
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I'm not sure if this issue was addressed at the conference, but if there's anyone to voice opposition and be heard, it would be you, Secretary Clinton:
Please stand up for women's rights in Afghanistan.
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Your speech was well versed and I can only assume it was well received by other influential leaders abroad. I take comfort with your leadership and I fully support your mission; SMART POWER FOR AMERICA!
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I have a 9 year old black lab he has been a great retriever last 8 years. He has played fetch since a pup in yard with a tennis ball and dad trained him with a rubber bumper. This year he go out great for duck but gets to it and wont bring it back just smells i or lick it and leave it there and come back i have no idea what happened. he still will play fetch at home with bumper. we but some duck wings on bumper and he wont pick that up either any advise/tips will be appreciated
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Not sure if this will work in your situation (or what happend to be honest), but this is what I did when training mine when he was a pup. He was hesitant to pick up birds the first few times so I didn't try to force them on him. Instead, I put a sock over his bumper and had him retrieve that for a couple of weeks. I then took the same sock and stuffed a dead duck in it.
(Note- the duck was kept in the freezer between sessions and only thawed enough to not be freezing to the touch)
After a week or so, I cut a hole and pulled the head through. A week later, I cut the sock into an 8" band around the middle of the bird. Subsequently I cut about 2 inches off each week until all I had left was a little ring of sock. Finally, I had him retrieve without the sock. He never noticed it was gone.
This worked for me and I haven't had an issue since, but like I said, the circumstances are a bit different.
Good luck and happy hunting,
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thank you ill try it i keep working with him every night just hoping hell start retrieving. its weird how he stopped
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Jacob, I had the same issue with 4-year-old lab. She was a fantastic retriever, had great attention span, would fetch bumpers and even training decoys for hours on end, but she would not bring me back a downed duck. She would even swim out to the bird, sniff it, then swim back empty "mouthed". I finally got frustrated and put her in force fetch training. It took 4 months, but I just got her back and she is retrieving birds, from the water and out past decoys, with no issues at all. The real test will happen this weekend during our season opener, but I feel confident that she will do well. FF might be something you can try out if the sock trick does not pan out.
Good luck!
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