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Remember folks, it's only a trial. Knickers can be untwisted, at least for the moment.
The umpiring referral system is having its second tryout during New Zealand's series against the West Indies. The evidence so far? Yes, it has promise, certainly it adds a measure of theatre and undoubtedly it helps get decisions right. But without question, rough edges need smoothing off.
The biggest bugbear was there yesterday for all to see - unless you were a spectator at the ground - at 3.20pm yesterday.
Midway through his 14th over, New Zealand captain Dan Vettori struck West Indian wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin on his front pad and appealed vociferously.
Umpire Amish Saheba - who seems to have been central to all the referrals thus far in his test debut - signalled Ramdin out. Ramdin wandered slowly away, then had a word with his experienced partner, Shivnaraine Chanderpaul, and signalled for a challenge to the third umpire.
What then transpired was manna to the nay-sayers who want the referral system put in the bin. It took five minutes for Rudi Koertzen in his booth to communicate to Saheba that his decision was correct.
Then Saheba had a chat to his fellow umpire Mark Benson. Players milled about and with nothing showing on the replay screen the crowd were out of the loop.
So they slow-handclapped while this palaver dragged on. Finally Saheba raised his finger, again, and Ramdin was on his way. The over took 11 minutes, and that is no joke.
Before lunch, Vettori had his hands up shaped in the T signal to register a challenge almost before Saheba had turned down a bat-pad appeal against Xavier Marshall.
Replays showed the ball had bounced from Marshall's pad onto bat into Jesse Ryder's hands at short leg. But this was a quick turnaround - only eight minutes for that over.
This test is doing what it is supposed to; that is, showing up flaws in the system which can be remedied.
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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: Fright Night (Nevermore) (Dâm-Funk Remix)
"Fright Night (Nevermore)", a highlight off of last year's BNM'd LP from Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Before Today, has its own little bass-inflected groove going-- but, apparently, not enough funk. Leave it to California groove-meister Dâm-Funk, then, to add some considerable bounce to the ghostly tune. Listen to Dâm's remix above.
Both Dâm-Funk and Ariel's crew have separate tours planned as well, and we have those dates for you below.
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti:
05-13 Camden, England- Koko
05-14 Minehead, England - ATP (curated by Animal Collective)
05-17 Bristol, England - Bristol Thekla
05-18 Manchester, England - Academy 3
05-20 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
05-21 Porto, Portugal - Casa de Musica
05-22 Paris, France - La Machine
05-23 Kortrijik, Belgium- De Kruen
05-24 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Rotown
05-27 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera
05-28 Milan, Italy - Palazzode
06-02 New York, NY - Irving Plaza
06-04 Philadelphia, PA - 4th Annual Roots Picnic at Festival Pier
07-17 Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival
08-05 London, England - Big Chill Festival
08-06 London, England - Field Day
08-07 Katowice, Poland - Off Festival 2011
08-11 Tallinn, Estonia - Rock Café
08-12 Helsinki, Finland - Flow Festival
08-13 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out Fest Festival
05-05 Los Angeles, CA - The Smell @
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06-25 Cleveland, OH - Cleveland Museum of Art
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WAYNESVILLE — Paul Lester Downey Jr., 85, of Downey Drive, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, at his residence.
A native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he had resided in Haywood County since 1993. He was the son of the late Paul Lester Downey Sr. and Beulah Margaretta Arnold Downey. Paulwas a U.S. Air Force captain and pilot, having served during the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam era. He was a member of the Retired Officers Association and later managed a Radio Shack store. Paul loved spending time with his family and friends and also enjoyed reading, working in his yard and cars. He was a member of First United Methodist Church where he served as an usher and was on the administrative board.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Nancy A. Downey; a daughter, Lisa A. Carraro and husband, Leo, of Greenville, South Carolina; son, Todd A Downey, of Webster, Texas; one granddaughter, Katherine Elizabeth Downey; loving caregivers, Angie Furgason, Meredith Cooke, Joy Smith, Kiana Medlin, Melissa Massie and Jennifer Mease.
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 31, in the Waynesville Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the Revs. Sanford L. Giles and Richard Harbstreit officiating. Burial will be at Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne, Massachusetts. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday prior to services.
Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 838, Waynesville, NC 28786.
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That would be because he doesn't. A lot of people think he does, including himself. A lot of people are completely fucking stupid, including himself. When somebody with skill and seniority works with him, they can take him by the ear and drag him from spot to spot, telling him exactly what to do and when to do it he can be carried to a good match.
When he's in there with someone who can be persuaded that spots over psychology and hitting multiple finishers is the way to go then the match goes down the crapper
. For all his faults, Drew meets the criteria of being able to tell Seth "do exactly what I say" and expect him to do that.
You realy can't blame Rollins, it's just that style that he was used to working. What I blame is those stupid independent promotions with their brainless fanbase who actually try to sell me that style of wrestling. Yeah, I'm supposed to just watch a guy go head first into a table and then kick out after 1 like nothing happened. The just get up perfectly fine and somehow muster up the strength to pick his opponent up. Then there's the stupid spots like dual-boots and the dual-super kicks. Yeah, the super kick which ends matches is just traded like regular punches. It's borrowed from the puro style of wrestling (which I also despise and fucking kill me for it I'm not a fan of any Misawa/Kenta matches because nobody fucking sells anything and a super duper corkscrew motherfuckin suplex apparently deals the same damage as a fucking right hand)
I was a fan of Tyler Black during his ROH because I saw some ability in him. That and he has the look. A lot of people often ask,'Why would you put someone like Rollins in FCW?" Well it's because they need to teach them how to actually wrestle and tell a story because they've been brainwashed over the years thinking that the more spots and the more suplex variations you can do, makes you a better wrestler'. I don't give a rat's ass about that submission move you learned in Mexico that you execute so cleanly. If it's gonna be awkwardly placed and applied to a body part you won't even working, then it has no place in the match and you shoulnd't be using it. Oh and is 5-10 submission moves per match really neccessary? I think the first thing they tell you in wrestling school is "Get it through your thick skull that less is more and your stupid flips add no meaning to the match whatsoever" There's a documentary on the Hart Dungeon and this matter was seriously addressed. Even one of the Hart brothers admitted to doing 'some pretty fucked up things" in his day. Less is more.
So yeah, you really can't blame Rollins. It's the only style he knows. He probably watched a lot of independent and puro shit. Not to mention the brainless ROH fans slapping the barricade chanting "This is awesome" every time somebody kicks out of a pin after being dropped on their head could get the momentum going and making you think you're putting on a good match, when you're not. And I don't think this matter should be up for debate. A lot of guys in the business have spoken out against this sort of wrestling. It's not wrestling. It's just move for move, spot for spot.
It's okay though. There's a reason he's on NXT. Right now they're trying to tone him down. And people take that term the wrong way. Toning down doesn't mean limiting your moveset. It means restricting it so that you can use the vast amount of moves in your arsenal effectively. The WWE has been known to tone these guys down really good and give them the ability to wrestle that style that tells a story and focuses more psychology rather than moves and spots. Look at CM Punk. He has changed a lot since his ROH days. Again, kill me I don't care, his match with Airies was fucking abysmal. Now look at his match with Cena. Has Punk ever did the Koji Clutch before in WWE? No. And that's why it meant so much that night. Less is more. And it was applied at perfect timing.
Rollins will get there. Right now the guy that I want WWE pick up is Adam Cole. He has basic understanding of ring psychology. I saw a documentary that featured. He knows his shit. He has ring psychology 101 downpact. But it's that stupid ROH that's fucking him up.
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The Director for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community's (SPC) North Regional office based in Pohnpei, Mr. Gerald Zackios, is back on island making his round of calls and meeting with Government heads. He will be accompanying the SPC Director General to this week's 44th Pacific Islands Forum meeting on Majuro.
He made a courtesy call on Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Minister-in-Assistance to the President, Minister Tony de Brum, and Foreign Affairs Minister, Minister Phillip Muller, at the ICC on Thursday, August 22. Accompanying Mr, Zackios was Energy Specialist to the RMI, Mrs. Arieta Gonelevu. Discussed was the urgent need to reevaluate, renew, and update Joint Country Strategies (JCS), as most if not all are expired.
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text: This guy is pretty good IMO. Mayock's position-by-position rankings By Mike Mayock Special to NFL.com (March 27, 2006) - NFL Network draft expert Mike Mayock has put together his positional rankings for the 2006 NFL Draft: Quarterback 1. Jay Cutler, Vanderbilt 2. Matt Leinart, USC 3. Vince Young, Texas 4. Charlie Whitehurst, Clemson 5. Brodie Croyle, Alabama 6. Tarvaris Jackson, Alabama State Interesting Reggie McNeal, Texas A&M Omar Jacobs, Bowling Green Others Brent Basanez, Northwestern Kellen Clemens, Oregon Darrell Hackney, Alabama-Birmingham Ingle Martin, Furman Barrick Nealy, Texas State Michael Robinson, Penn State (slash) D. J. Shockley, Georgia (slash) Brad Smith, Missouri (slash) Marcus Vick, Virginia Tech Running Back 1. Reggie Bush, USC 2. Laurence Maroney, Minnesota 3. LenDale White, USC 4. DeAngelo Williams, Memphis 5. Joseph Addai, LSU 6. Brian Calhoun, Wisconsin 7. Maurice Drew, UCLA Others P.J. 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For years, giving a car to charity offered multiple benefits. You could get rid of your beater, help a worthy cause and pocket a sizable tax deduction.
There are still many charities that will happily haul away your 1987 Chrysler LeBaron, but a law that took effect last year has deflated the tax deduction. Now, most donors can deduct only the amount the charity receives when it sells the vehicle — which is usually much less than the amount claimed under the old rules.
Congress tightened the rule to prevent taxpayers from exaggerating the value of donated cars. The IRS expects you to base the fair market value on the price you would get if you sold your car. Depending on your car's condition, its fair market value may be considerably lower than the amount listed in used car pricing guides, such as the Kelley Blue Book.
A report by the Government Accountability Office found that many donated cars were sold at auction for a few hundred dollars — far less than the deductions that donors were claiming on their tax returns. And in many cases, most of the profits went to middlemen hired by charities to auction the cars.
But if your car is in good condition, you may still be eligible to claim the fair market value. Better yet, your donation could change someone's life.
Under a provision in the law, you can deduct the fair market value of a donated vehicle if the charity fixes it up and gives it to a low-income individual or sells it to a needy person at a low cost. Only a handful of charities operate these programs, and not all used cars meet their standards.
What you need to know
•The likelihood your car will be refurbished. Good News Mountaineer Garage in Charleston, W.Va., repairs about 70% of the cars it receives, says Barbara Bayes, director of the program. Other charities accept a much smaller percentage. Good News Garage, which has branches throughout New England, repairs about 25% of donated cars, says CEO Chris Hendrickson. The typical car provided to low-income clients is 10 to 12 years old and has about 100,000 miles on the odometer, Hendrickson says.
Brian Menzies, CEO of Charity Cars, says he recently approved the donation of a 1991 Mazda with 150,000 miles. "It's a well-maintained one-owner car, in perfect condition," he says. "It's still a valuable car."
On the other hand, charities can't perform miracles. "If you have an '87 Ford Escort with a blown motor, that's not something anybody is going to fix," Menzies says.
•What will happen to the car if it isn't refurbished. In most cases, the charity will simply sell the car at auction, which means your deduction will be limited to the proceeds from the sale.
•Whether the charity will tow your car, and the location of drop-off facilities. With the exception of Charity Cars, which has processing facilities all over the country, most charities that refurbish cars are local organizations (see box). Good News Mountaineer Garage, for example, will pick up cars within 100 miles of its offices, which exist throughout West Virginia.
If a charity refurbishes your car and provides it to a needy individual, you should receive an acknowledgement from the charity. You can use that document to deduct the fair market value of your vehicle on your tax return.
Charities that repair used cars say they can't keep up with demand for good used cars. Charity Cars expects to give away 1,000 cars this year, but it receives about 2,000 requests a month, Menzies says. Good News Mountaineer Garage, Bayes says, "could use gazillions more cars."
No tax break for underwear
This is also the time of year when many people clean out their closets. But before you take your old Chess King pants and angora sweaters to Goodwill, keep in mind that the IRS is scrutinizing these deductions, too.
Under a law enacted earlier this year, donations of clothing and household goods aren't deductible unless they're in good condition or better. The IRS hasn't issued guidelines yet on what constitutes "good" condition. A guideline, though, is to limit deductions to donated items that can be used for their original purpose, says Donna LeValley, tax attorney and contributing editor for tax guide publisher J.K. Lasser. Don't deduct donations of clothing that someone wouldn't wear, such as used undergarments and socks. The same goes for old household appliances that don't work.
Keep a list of the items you donated, along with other information, such as the brand names of the items, LeValley says. She also recommends taking photos of the donated items. That way, you'll be able to support your deductions if the IRS audits your return.
The Salvation Army's website provides useful guidelines on valuing frequently donated items. You can find it at www.satruck.com/valueguide.asp.
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Announcement: The MAXEYS of Virginia CD
I'm pleased to announce the availability of a CD version of my last book:
The Maxeys of Virginia: A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Edward and Susannah Maxey, Third Edition, 1085 pp., index, maps, Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., 2000.The book has been out of print for the last two years and no reprints or future editions will be available.
H. David Maxey, who helped me with the Third Edition, has generously put the book on CD to make it available again to the family. Dave will also be receiving orders and making and mailing copies of the CD, which I am no longer able to undertake. The following is his description of the CD.
My best to you all,
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Paul Pierce is just awesome at life. Not only is the guy one of the greatest Celtics of all time, but now he is also helping out his fellow Celtic fans in the love department. "Pierce tweeted his gift suggestion, a "Celeb Call" from none other than himself." Valentines Day is an awkward holiday. Guys feel a lot of pressure to go all out because those are the expectations that have been set by the world/Hallmark. Girls probably worry about there man screwing up, or that the gift they receivereflects how their man feels(it doesn't we just are clueless). The reality is, it is what happens between Valentines Day and Christmas that really shows a true "good" relationship. What you give a girl on a random Wednesday in July means more than a Christmas or Valentines Day gift. Not that I'm an expert or anything, but I do watch a lot of Romance movies. So, would you want Pierce to call your Valentine? What would you want him to say to him/her? My ideal Valentines Day date will be answere...
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Pedestrian retail zoning for Admiral District may affect parking and storefronts
At the March meeting of the Admiral Neighborhood Association Aly Pennucci, Senior Planner with Seattle Dept. of Planning and Development, will discuss the potential zoning changes for the Admiral District. This may affect future parking options, the use of ground level storefronts for administrative offices and the efforts to encourage greater density.
Janet Jones, with the Genesee‐Schmitz Neighborhood Council, will provide an update about their recent grant application to fund pedestrian safety improvements near West Seattle High School at Calfornia Ave. S.W. and S.W. Stevens.
The West Seattle Relay for Life will also be discussed.
NOTE: Beginning this month the new meeting venue will be The Sanctuary at Admiral, at 2656 42nd Ave SW. Meeting will still take place the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm.
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Trip to Sunshine Coast Queensland, September 2004 visit to bridge and foreshore
CRC Construction Innovation (2005) Trip to Sunshine Coast Queensland, September 2004 visit to bridge and foreshore. CRC for Construction Innovation, brisbane.
A trip was undertaken to look at concerns of Public Works and Main Roads Departments of Queensland. David Paterson and Wayne Ganther from CSIRO travelled to the Sunshine Coast with Alan Carse of Queensland Department of Main Roads and Michael Ball of Queensland Department of Public Works. We were also joined for part of the visits by Ed Bowers of QBuild which is a commercial unit of Public Works responsible for maintenance of Public Works. During the trip we visited a bridge on the David Low Way at Sunrise Beach near Noosa. This bridge was in a serve marine environment with high salt content in the concrete and corrosion of the galvanised guardrails and barriers. Also the foreshore at Coolum was visited and the use of stainless steel was examined. This is discussed in this report. Most problems stemmed from incorrect specification due to lack of awareness of the severity of the environment. The companion report Visit to Schools Report 2002-059-B No 7. covers the visit to four schools north of Caloundra.
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Historical Dictionary of Zimbabwe
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Juli 2001
BeschreibungZimbabwe, one of Africa's longer, more promising countries, has been in the news a lot recently-for all the wrong reasons. This more than justifies a third edition. Hundreds of fresh entries cover new political leaders, changing governmental, cultural, and economic developments, and scores of place name changes.
PortraitSteven C. Rubert was a research associate at the University of Zimbabwe and is currently Associate Professor of History at Oregon State University. R. Kent Rasmussen has published several books on the history of Zimbabwe's Ndebele people.
PressestimmenAn invaluable resource with good cross-referencing and an extensive bibliography. Certainly it is a book that students of Zimbabwe should possess. Journal Of African History Entries are well written and wide-ranging, covering everything from the aforementioned rock paintings to agriculture, ethnic groups, languages, historical figures, political parties, movements, and newspapers. Highly recommended. CHOICE Revised to reflect recent events, this edition contains entries on people, places, institutions, events, ethnic groups, and political parties influential in the political, social, cultural, and economic life of Zimbabwe. It also includes entries of historical significance, with reference to the colonial period and the movement for independence. Details of this history are covered in the introductory essay, and in a separate chronology. Rupert is a researcher at the University of Zimbabwe; Rasmussen in a reference book editor. Reference and Research Book News
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Erscheinungsdatum: Juli 2001
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We showed up on time and were escorted to the crowded breakfast room. We got our food and were listening to the nice young man go on and on how he worked for us. You know the usual drill. We toured the new buildings which of course are much nicer than ours.
We went back to a different room and we told them we were not interested in buying a new week or upgrading. He left us to get the survey. We were met by another man who said we had to sign back our equity to Westgate. He asked us why we never agreed to the lower priced upgrade?
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Unleash the iPhones of war! The Army's announced the winners of its first-ever mobile phone app development contest. And the general behind the program says some apps will be in the field "within a year."
A total of 141 soldiers and Army civilians participated in the contest, called Apps for the Army, or A4A, which launched on March 1. Participants designed a total of 53 applications, mostly for Androids and iPhones, in five different categories. Twenty-five apps were short-listed and cleared for deployment, with first-prize winners in each category taking home $3,000.
"This portends a different way in which we hope to develop tools for the military in the future," Army Chief Information Officer Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson tells reporters. "This eliminates requirement documentation, solicitations, and the rest of the bureaucratic acquisition process that really slows us down."
The overall winners ranged from a workout guide to an app for disaster relief efforts that allows users to search, create and edit maps using Google Earth. But in terms of battlefield utility, the most important app may be the "Sigacts" program for the iPhone. It lets a soldier tap into the Army's futuristic command post software (called, I'm not kidding, "Command Post of the Future") and learn about bombings and firefights in his area.
The app was developed by a team led by Major Greg Motes. They are also the contest's first-place winner, "Physical Readiness Trainer." Motes says his goal was to break down "a wall of text" into something more accessible. "I heard a general comment on a new fitness manual being circulated, and it was 400 pages long," he told reporters. "We didn't want to drop a PDF into an app, so we sat down and broke the guide down, added multimedia." The team incorporated exercise pictures, videos and a search function to make the fitness guide user-friendly.
Lt. Gen. Sorenson says the Army plans to host more contests, and that plans are also underway to collaborate with commercial developers. But while A4A marks an impressive openness to streamlined development and new computing platforms, Sorenson acknowledges the Army's still working out some kinks.
"We've yet to figure out adequate security encryption for iPhone and Androids," he says. This makes the gadgets off-limits for most soldiers on the battlefield. And while the apps are already available for download online (sorry, Department of Defense Common Access Card holders only), some had to be taken down after the Army realized developers had used Wikipedia content without acknowledging copyright.
Already, though, the Army's got a leg up on Darpa, the Pentagon's blue-sky research arm. The agency's also working on battlefield applications, but their program, "Transformative Apps," was shot down by the House Armed Services Committee in May. The committee noted that Sorenson's leadership offered "a closer understanding of the warfighter's needs and requirements."
"What we wanted to do here was simple," Sorenson says. "We wanted soldiers to create something that, from their perspective, could be useful for the Army. Something they'd actually use."
And even though the apps haven't quite hit the war zone, Sorenson's already anticipating improvement. All the apps will be open source, "so if someone else wanted to take a look, add changes and re-host it, we would certainly welcome that."
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- A Combat Zone iPhone? Soldiers Have an App for That
- From iPhone Apps to Beer Holders, Killer Accessories for Your Guns …
- Darpa Chief: Fix America's Critical Geek Shortage
- 'iBreathe' App Lets Troops Put Stress In a Chokehold
- New Use for Your iPhone: Controlling Drones
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Another Missed Sunset
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Another cold night in the desert, we were up and waiting at the entrance gate to Soussusvlei for when they opened at 5:30am.
We did the 45km to Dune 45 and climbed most of the way to the top for sunrise. I was barefoot and the sand was freezing. It was a tough old climb.
The dunes were an apricot colour and absolutely beautiful. To add to this the sky was a brilliant blue and the valley was a light green. It was probably one of the most beautiful sights I'd seen on my whole trip. The valley also contained trees, that seemed for the most part dead. It didn't take long for my bad mood from the previous day to disappear.
After breakfast we were back on the road for 9:30. Not nearly enough time to appreciate Soussusvlei.
Again we were racing through some more fantastic scenery to reach Fish River Canyon for the sunset. We should have had extra time here and camped halfway along the road to the canyon, that was if we hadn't of wasted the extra day in Maun.
In race mode we really didn't feel like we could ask the truck to stop and admire the views as we were in such a rush. In the end we were forced to stop as our shredded tyre became so bad it burst. At that point we knew we would not make it to the canyon for sunset.
The roads here, and the population were scarce. In the 90 minutes it took to fix the puncture only 2 cars passed and we could count the number of houses we'd seen that day on our fingers (and maybe toes). Eventually we moved into cattle and sheep country and eventually arrived at the canyon for just after 7pm. 2 hours after sunset!


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A Whangarei man facing four charges after it was alleged his two dogs attacked a mental health worker visiting his home says he'll plead guilty in relation to one of the dogs, but will fight to clear the name of his second dog, which is still in the dog pound.
Paul Logan has been charged with two offences against Section 57 of the Dog Control Act 1996 and two against Section 58 of the act after it was alleged his dogs, Luna and Misty, attacked and badly injured a mental health worker who was visiting a client on July 16 for whom Mr Logan is a caregiver.
The female health worker is understood to have sustained severe bite and puncture wounds to her neck and body and has had at least two operations to repair the damage. She had to have one ear surgically re-attached, had several stitches to her head and lost a large chunk from one calf. One bite is understood to have been just a centimetre from the carotid artery in her neck.
Logan has been charged with one charge relating to each section of the act for each dog and said he would plead guilty to the two charges related to Luna, but not guilty for the two relating to Misty as that dog was innocent and he would fight to get her back.
After the attack, he immediately surrendered Luna to animal control staff as he wanted him put down after the attack.
"I said at the very start that Luna did it and I'll put my hand up and take responsibility for that. He attacked the lady and I'll accept any punishment for that," Logan said.
" ... I just want Misty back and I will go for a trial by jury to clear her name."
Section 57 of the act relates to dogs attacking persons or animals and anybody found to have breached it is subject to a fine not exceeding $3000 in addition to any liability that he or she may incur for any damage caused by the attack.
Section 58 relates to dogs causing serious injury and a person convicted under that section is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or a fine not exceeding $20,000, or both, and the court may make an order for the destruction of the dog.


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Now here's a turn up for the books...
After chasing a few reader queries about VoIP over 3G - something traditionally feared by mobile operators (unless its 3) - we got this extremely interesting reply from Vopium:
"Although Apple blocks VoIP over the 3G network, Vopium has in fact got round this issue. When using the 3G network the call is signalled over a http ping via 3G or GPRS meaning the call is made as a normal local call to a local access exchange and not as an internet call. The call is then transferred to Vopium's servers where it is terminated in the required country at a local exchange. This enables Vopium to offer uninterrupted coverage and does not tie people to WiFi 'hotspots'. In this instance users may incur a local charge from their operators."
Now I'm tracking down what this 'local charge' may entail, but equally interesting would be whether Apple knows about this loophole and if so has it let through the Vopium app anyway? Should that be the case - expect fireworks. If not, will Vopium be pulled from the App Store in its current form?
We're chasing answers dear readers, but while it's out there go give it a try yourselves...
Update: Here comes some explanation (let me know if you'd like any more questions addressed)
With free calls from Vopium to Vopium and no way of checking who is online, how is this a better solution to Skype or Fring? Currently, Vopium iPhone users are able to see if the call has been free of charge or if they have incurred a local call charge.
Can you roam in and out of WiFi and 3G connections seamlessly? Apple doesn't allow VoIP and IP to be carried over data network, so users are therefore not able to flick between WiFi and 3G when using Vopium.
In related news Vopium has also become the first mobile VoIP application on BlackBerry App World. Off you go RIM fans.


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Latest Weather Blog
Man drowns after falling into apartment complex pool
BATON ROUGE - Baton Rouge Police say an uncle and nephew fell into a swimming pool at an apartment complex off Florida near Sherwood Forest Saturday afternoon.
Baton Rouge Police say the 6-year-old nephew is expected to survive, but Mike Green, 24,drowned.
According to witnesses the 6-year-old was on Green's shoulders when they fell into the deep-end of the pool and was not able to resurface.
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A bank spokesman said about 15 management roles and 25 back-office positions might be made redundant by the overhaul, which aims to reduce the amount of bureaucracy in the New Zealand business. It comes five months after
Mr Hisco said the bank needed to simplify management so that staff could respond more quickly to customers. "The proposed move recognises that it's our thousands of front- line staff who make the difference to our customers day in and day out," he said. "While these changes don't affect them directly, I want to ensure they have more local support with less bureaucracy getting in their way. The plans announced today will help us achieve that."
The management of the two New Zealand brands will be merged.
Kerri Thompson will be in charge of all retail operations in the country while Graham Turley will be in charge of commercial and agribusiness lending.
Instead of reporting along different lines for the two brands, staff will sit within four divisions set up according to geographies, or southern, central, northern and Auckland.
The bank spokesman said there were no plans to drop the National Bank brand. The business was acquired from Lloyds TSB Bank in 2003.
The One ANZ program in 2008, designed to reduce the number of levels of management at the bank, led to about 1000 staff losing their jobs.
The recession in New Zealand has crimped the profits of the major Australian banks, which all have sizeable businesses there.
ANZ, the country's biggest lender, recorded a sharp rebound in profit in 2010, earning $688 million compared with $159 million in 2009.
Delivering a trading update for the first quarter of 2011 on Tuesday,
ANZ's first-quarter trading update will held on February 18.
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Renowned Michael Romeo is the lead guitarist for the progressive metal act Symphony X. When listening to his immaculately precise, technically mind boggling yet impeccably phrased playing one knows a virtuoso of his calibre demands a suitable guitar for the job.
Dellinger-M3 MJR - Michael J. Romeo Signature
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I was fortunate to be on high ground in Brooklyn during the storm, Sandy. I waited a week though for the trains to be running again. Events were canceled – we finally settled on a quiet dinner with a few supporters in Brooklyn.
There hadn't been any gasoline deliveries into NYC (I shipped my bicycle and most of my cycling gear home), so on Saturday morning I walked the 4.5 miles from Brooklyn to Penn Station in Manhattan. The walk over the river at dawn was beautiful, the dawn sky reflected in the glass sides of buildings in Lower Manhattan still dark from lack of electricity. I could have caught a bus once I got into Manhattan, but was content with the morning walk. A friend with a bicycle met me in Union Square and helped carry my bags the final stretch to the train station. I mailed some of my last DVDs to the New York State Police superintendent, to Democracy Now! and to the WNET public television station.
Taking the train allows me to stop and visit people along the way – AE911Truth petitions signers and NVC community friends in Princeton and WA DC. I gave out the last of my DVDs, to clergy, to a friend who knows a prominent journalist, to a friend with an engineering professor in the family. I connected with a friend who is a student at American University and we gave "9/11 Journey for Truth" business cards, with a link to watch "Experts Speak Out" online, to students in a political science class.
I'm gradually making my way home, now visiting with more AE911Truth petition signers and NVC community here in Chicago. I expect to be home by the end of the week.
Notes from riding the train from WA DC to Chicago:
On the train going west, I remember the satisfaction of riding my bicycle east, each day the satisfaction of riding east.
Despair tells me that there was no reason for the ride. But I don't listen. I remember conversations and people who received DVDs.
Unlike the bicycle, the train rolls night and day.
The countryside looks different now, frosty and cold in the mornings.
I'm grateful for friends and family at home inquiring about my wellbeing, eager to welcome me home.


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Thai relaxation
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Before coming, I had concerns about the food. But actually it's been fine! And I've generally really liked it. I've eaten street food, in cafes and restaurants. I have tried a variety of local foods and snacks. And ordered from Chinese-language-only menus, where I'm not entirely sure what I have ordered. But I've also had my fair share of McDonalds!
The language barrier was another concern. It's been a problem sometimes, especially with rogue taxi drivers who drop you somewhere random. But overall, they don't expect a white person to speak Chinese, so they either just ignore you, or accept silent pointing!
One thing that I really don't like is all the blatant staring
Overall, despite the above, I have enjoyed most of China - but I won't be rushing back any time soon.
I left Beijing in the morning, for the return 2 metro and 1 airport train journey, back to the airport. I'm popping (can you call it popping when it's a 6 hour flight?!) back to Bangkok to pick up the rest of my luggage I left there over a month ago. I'm looking forward to thawing out and eating some red curry!!
Check in was a bit ridiculous. Not only was I asked for proof of onward travel (noone else was being asked), I had to show a credit card. Why?! Then security was even more ridiculous, since when did you have to go through the scanner several times just because you have a camera in your bag
We left at 2.30pm, on time, through the thick smog covering Beijing. Aside from the constant staring and photo taking, the flight was fine. I even had a tv to play with (that's quite novel for flights through Asia!).
I landed at 7pm. 31 degrees (at night time!). That's a bit of a shock coming from just 4 degrees (at its hottest!) in Beijing! A very welcome change. Getting off the plane was like walking into a hairdryer. Oh how I have missed this!
Wow. Bangkok airport; land of the white people. The Chinese won't know where to look! I feel like I'm in England. Its a bit of a shock coming from a foreigner-free China.
I only have 2 pages left in my passport and I'm still going to quite a few countries before I come home. So it's now fairly critical where it gets stamped. None of this stamping in the middle of a free page rubbish anymore
The airport train, then 2 metro trains into the city (£1.40) felt like they took forever. Well they did, nearly an hour and a half. I'm sure it was a lot quicker last time I did this.
First things first, some Thai food!! No red curry in this restaurant, so next best thing. Green curry :) So good!
Reunited with all my copious luggage and dive equipment. Im not looking forward to dragging this all round with me for the next few weeks now!! After another re-sort I got rid of a load of clothes that no longer fit. Although it hasn't really made a huge amount of difference....
It feels a long time ago since I woke up in China!
Monday 18 March 2013
I've been to Bangkok several times now and have already been to all the touristy sights. So a day of relaxation. Life is hard.
After a nice lie in, I booked myself in for a massage and headed over to the spa just before lunch. Last time I had a massage in Thailand (Chiang Mai) it was actually pretty good, so I have high hopes. 90 minutes of being pulled and pushed - this one as a bit different, with the lady using a 'hot compress' a hot ball that was pressed all over my back. It was really good. I went somewhere fairly expensive, you seem to get what you pay for with these things.
Other jobs for the day; stocking up on cheaper toiletries and snacks for the next few days! I love 7-11.
Despite not meaning to, I found myself wandering around. And what is a day in Thailand without a temple! This time, a Hindu temple - Sri Mahamariamman temple. All around, the shops were full of flower garlands and incense. Really pretty.


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Hey folks: We're new at the site, so if we make a mistake, please be cool about it! Anyone know if there are any WRX clubs in Southern California? We'd like to go to an event with a lot of WRX's, either a car show, club or rally event. Any ideas?
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When it comes to celebrating the music of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, who better to sing his praises - and a number of his fabulous songs - than New Zealander Delia Hannah whose star has soared thanks to his shows?
His ability to transform water into wine is well known. But now Jesus Christ will endorse the Magnifica bean-to-cup cappuccino coffee maker as ITV offers brands the chance to embed their products in its new search to find a West End star.
The Magnifica is expected to play a starring role in ITV1's next talent show, a Saturday night search for the lead in a new production of Jesus Christ Superstar, with Andrew Lloyd Webber heading the judging panel.
Sir Tim Rice, the hit musical's lyricist, has already called the show "tasteless" and "tacky" after warning that it would be "ill-advised to have people voting for who should be Jesus".
His concerns about the programme's overt commercialisation may not be allayed by the news that ITV is asking brands to provide products which will be demonstrated on camera by the singing finalists.
In an email exchange seen by the Independent, ITV said it was "looking for a company to supply a new Saturday night prime-time programme with a coffee machine to be used by the talent".
The plea was forwarded to the brand manager of De'Longhi, producers of high-end coffee machines. An account executive from Clarion Communications, De'Longhi's PR agency, replied that the opportunity "sounds great!"
She wrote: "The show is a talent show looking for the next Jesus Christ Superstar lead role with Andrew Lloyd Webber. They require two coffee machines to sit in the competitors' house kitchen (it can be a machine of our choice so we suggest providing a Magnifica), and in return De'Longhi get a credit on the website, which can include a blurb about the products, a logo and a link to the De'Longhi website."
The machines will be used for the "full length of filming which will be until the autumn". The De'Longhi brand manager agrees, writing: "Let's go ahead. I would suggest Magnifica too."
Viewers expressed concern that performances of the rock opera's climactic song, The Crucifixion, could be halted while Jesus samples a cup from the £300 ($580) Magnifica ESAM4200, a fully automated "bean-to-cup" machine with integrated coffee bean grinder.
Vivienne Pattison, director of viewers' association Mediawatch UK, said: "It shows that with product placement, anything goes. The purpose isn't to make better programmes for viewers but to deliver viewers to advertisers."
However, claims that product placement, a commonplace feature in US television shows such as Mad Men, could generate £100 million a year in the UK have proved optimistic.
A ban on "junk food" placement means ITV cannot scatter cans of Coca-Cola in front of Simon Cowell on The X Factor.
Paid-for branding is not allowed in children's, news, consumer affairs or religious shows - ITV's Superstar series is classified as entertainment.
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The Rolling Stones' concerts in Hong Kong were called off after Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa questioned the band's reputed $US5 million ($A7.23 million) fee, a news report said today.
Tung demanded an explanation for the cost to the government of bringing the British rock band to Hong Kong on November 7 and November 9 after learning that their recent performances in Toronto had cost the Canadian government nothing, according to the Hong Kong Standard.
Officials then "seized the opportunity" to call off the concerts after the Stones last week asked for more time to set up concerts in China before confirming their Hong Kong appearances, the newspaper said.
The Rolling Stones were to headline a month-long government-subsidised rock festival on Hong Kong's harbourside aimed at promoting the city as a destination following the SARS crisis.
Prince, boy band Westlife and other international acts are already confirmed to appear.
Tung raised questions over the fee for the Stones, however, after speaking to a Canadian journalist who told him there had been no government subsidy for the Toronto concert on July 30, according to the Standard.
A source quoted by the newspaper said Tung had been "shocked" and had since been pressing for the price to be lowered.
"Instructions must have come from the top," the source was quoted saying.
Organisers said on Friday the Stones' appearances had been called off because the band could not set up its China concerts in time to meet a Thursday night deadline. Leaving the deal any later would not allow enough time for ticket sales, they said.
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and Hogan Apex 98-99 and nice as the Hogan 98-99s are by far the nicest looking and performing blade is the Clevelands absolutely beautiful even more so than a 63 round Carnoustie in a hoolie or a 40 year old Sophia Loren.PS thats taking into account that the Hogan 89-99s have DG S300s in them.
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Summary:all i want to add about these irons is they are extremely durable!! i don't know how these irons are chromed but the bag chatter on these is very minimal. after owning for several years without head covers and mostly clanging around in a cart these have held up much better than my old mizuno mp-29's.
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Summary:I have been a golfer since I was a kid and have a good natural swing. For the first 15 yrs, I played with some DCI's and never really thought about changing. However, about 5 yrs ago I discoverd Ben Hogans book, Five Lessons and for the first time ever I understood the golf swing, I wish someone would have gave me this book when I was young!( I give it away all the time). The first season after I read this book was the most fun I've had on a golf course, my irons where pure & straight and my scores droped into the 70's. Since then, I have read EVERYTHING Hogan and swithced to Hogan irons, the APEX EDGE PRO's(cavity back forged irons) Great irons,and with my new (Hogan inspired swing)my game got even better. Then I started to try some old school blades thinking it would interesting to see if I could hit them. I tried everything, Mizuno's, KZG's, Nike....then I found the APEX 98's. Much to my delight most of the blades were very playable and decided to get a set of Apex 98's. Got them off EBAY with Rifle 6.0 which I thought might be to much for me, but I hit them dead straight. I think everyone with normal ability should play stiffer shafts, the ball WILL go straighter and more consistent. For some reason I decided to reshaft them with the KBS tour shafts, did it myself, fun project, swingweight D-2 the hole bit. I leraned alot about the affect a shaft has on a golf swing/ball. For the record I actually have four 5 iron heads fitted with different shafts so I could try which shaft worked the best, (Stock Apex #4,Rifle 6.0, Project X 5.5 and the KBS tour stiff). I have to say the Hogan shaft was the worst, it was like hitting a different club, all the other shafts preformed much better, with ball flight lower and more powerful. This project has showed me that the shaft IS the engine of a club and a correct fit will help any golfer. I still keep the Rifle 6.0 in my bag because I think I hit it more consistent then the KBS's (always tinkering). The reason I talked about Ben's book is that it made me a much better golfer and I can really enjoy playing blades because of it. With that said a good blade iron will make anyone play better. At least buy a single 6I and take it to the range, I promise, you will be converted. In conclusion the Apex 98's are not only some of the best looking irons ever, they are also in a very small group of great blade irons (others:MP-29,MP-37,MP-14, KZG to name a few) that anyone can play and enjoy. A purely struk Apex is the only way to feel what Ben Hogan felt every time he hit a golf ball and for that reason I will play my Apex's for a long time.
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Summary:I picked these up from the net for less then $250 for about two years ago. The reason was that I wanted to try something "a little harder" then my Ping G5 and Eye2, and all my friends said that the ultimate set to have before you checked in to the Heavenly G&CC is a forged Hogan set. I have to agree. When you play good golf and have time to practice your shots and shot making capabilities, blades are the deal. If you are not that serious about your game, maybe you should look for something else, but at the same time; these could help you improve your game if given the chance. The shafts in my set are Hogan by Spalding no 3 (regular), and they fit the club heads nicely, I like the combination. Considering my swing speed (80-83 mph with I6) the do the job very good and I do not need a stiffer shaft. When the sun shines and you have the wind in your back, there are not a whole lot of sets I would rather have in my bag.
The only sad thing about this set is that Hogan as a company, for all intents and purposes no longer exists as an independent club maker, which I think is a great shame.
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Bonanza's wrestling team sweated out a 43-33 win over Pahrump Valley on Saturday in the championship match of the Boulder City Duals in Boulder City.
The Bengals finished 3-1 in the tournament, winning a tiebreaker to claim the top spot in their four-team pool to advance to meet the Trojans, who captured all three of their pool matches.
Basic finished third, followed by Foothill and Boulder City in the eight-team field.
Bonanza was a 71-12 winner over Faith Lutheran and a 41-39 victor over Basic, but dropped a 39-33 verdict to Boulder City in pool matches.
The Trojans advanced to the final by collecting wins of 54-21 over Sierra Vista, 42-21 over Foothill and 60-18 against Mohave (Ariz.).
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Temecula Valley (Calif.) won the event, wrestling to a 33-33 tie against the Panthers in the title match.
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For a stock that many had assumed would be a highly speculative bet, slot-machine maker International Game Technology has emerged as a pillar of steady, robust growth since the late 1980s. The stock has risen from 10 a share early last year to 33 3/4 on May 11 and has given the shorts nothing but the heebie-jeebies. They have been forecasting a big fall for IGT, and now they may have to suffer more sleepless nights, since the company seems destined to hit more jackpots.
The next one will come on May 20, when IGT will unveil its new blackjack "jackpot" gaming system called Progressive 21 in Atlantic City. For the first time, blackjack players will get a chance to win large jackpot prizes for a $1 wager. The new game is played on a custom-designed table with a special "chip acceptor" next to the regular betting area. IGT will link 74 jackpot tables in nine casinos. A player can plunk down $1 to participate in Progressive 21 while playing ordinary blackjack with the same cards. The player wins $2 when one of the first two cards dealt is a five. Two fives of the same suit wins $50. Four fives of the same suit gets you to the grand prize of $200,000, and the pot can rise to more than $1 million if there are no big winners for a long time.
Progressive 21 will be IGT's "next big draw and bottom-line winner similar to IGT's Megabucks system that helped propel the company's profits to great heights," says Chairman and CEO Chuck Mathewson.
Veteran entertainment and gaming analyst Steve Eisenberg at Oppenheimer & Co. says IGT's leading industry position has been "further augmented by its recent entry into Japan," which approved IGT's bid to make Pachisuro devices--the Japanese wall-mounted version of reel-spinning slot machines.
ON THE RIVERBOAT. Japan will be a big market, but it's only one of the rich markets IGT will be breaking into, says Eisenberg. He notes that much potential lies in other parts of the Far East and South America.
Based on IGT's break into Japan, the analyst has raised his earnings estimate for the year ending Sept. 30, 1993, to 85 a share from his prior 79 . For fiscal 1994, the analyst sees $1.35. But he notes that he has yet to factor into his 1994-95 estimates the earnings expected from new IGT casino customers in Canada, Indiana, and Texas, as well as the riverboats in Chicago and video lotteries in Massachusetts. "With the company just at the beginning of a 40% annual growth, the upper 40s is within easy reach for this stock," Eisenberg says.


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Mazda will unveil its complete SkyActiv bag of tricks for the first time in New Zealand when it launches the mid-range CX-5 SUV next month.
SkyActiv is a bunch of technology with which Mazda aims to drastically improve fuel economy. The powertrain - engine and gearbox - is at the core of the system, and Mazda claims it delivers more power and torque but cuts fuel use by around 25 per cent.
SkyActiv also includes lighter-weight materials - the bumpers are made of resin, for example - and improved aerodynamics. The chassis contains straight, lightweight steel sections to form the body shell's reinforcement channels.
The CX-5 is available in front- or all-wheel-drive with the choice of SkyActiv G (2-litre petrol) and D (2.2-litre diesel) engines mated to a six-speed automatic gearbox with manual mode.
The heartbeat of SkyActiv is more efficient combustion, improved cooling, a largely conventional automatic gearbox with the precision of a Volkswagen-type DSG unit but considerably lighter in weight, and an improved exhaust manifold.
The big news is compression ratios. Mazda has changed the rules of combustion by increasing the ratio in its spark-ignition petrol engines and decreasing it in compression-ignition diesels.
For years, petrol engines with carburettors ran at a ratio between 8:1 and 9:1. Direct fuel injection moved the ratio on to 10:1 and as high as 12:1. That was as good as it got before the risk of "detonation", when the fuel ignites too early in the combustion process.
Mazda overcame that problem by using crowned pistons with a saucer-like cavity in the centre (much like a diesel engine), valve gears that can be adjusted to change the operating cycles and improved fuel injection to enable the 2-litre Skyactiv G engine to run at 14:1 on 91 unleaded, a ratio that means a better bang when the fuel/air mixture ignites. (The SkyActiv Mazda3 runs at 12:1, an agreed ratio for New Zealand and Australia.)
The result is that more of the power in the fuel is used to drive the vehicle rather than being lost in the exhaust or cooling systems, or through mechanical resistance or friction.
The diesel engine in the CX-5 is another breakthrough. SkyActiv D lowers the traditional diesel compression ratio from 17:1 to 14:1, enabling the 2.2-litre oil-burner to rev to 5200rpm and beyond - the current best run out of puff around 4400rpm.
A brief drive around central Auckland in the 2-litre CX-5 showed a petrol engine with good power delivery all the way to 114kW at 6000rpm and beyond.
The engine remained strong but bellowed a bit under the throttle as the six-speeder searched for a suitable gear to get the roughly 1600kg CX-5 up a steeper suburban street.
A repeat of the climb using the gearbox's manual mode and a lighter throttle opening kept the noise down.
Ride and handling is first class for a higher-riding SUV. The driving position is a cracker and cabin design and fit and finish is a step up from others in the Mazda range. But the black-on-black trim throughout becomes a tad dreary on the eyes very quickly.
The raked windscreen and deep side windows offer visual relief from front and rear seats with more than enough room. The rear seats are easy to fold flat for added cargo room.
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PepsiCo calls workers in on weekend after snow days
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - While many people in our area enjoyed an extended holiday weekend thanks to the snow, others were working Saturday to make up for their losses.
News 5 discovered one of the area's most popular drink companies is playing catch-up after this week's winter weather put their jobs on freeze.
Tim Swecker is the manager at the Johnson City PepsiCo Bottling Company.
Swecker opened the center on Saturday to help them catch up on deliveries. "We do approximately 100,000 to 110,000 cases a week," said Swecker.
But this week, Mother Nature put thousands of those Pepsi drink deliveries on hold. "Usually the snow scare increases the demand. You see the rush in the stores. One of the items that people look for, in addition to the bread and the milk and the eggs, is sodas and snacks," said Swecker.
Swecker tells us his bottling center serves grocery stores, convenience stores, and restaurants from Greeneville, to Abingdon, to Surgoinsville.
But getting these big delivery trucks over the rugged, snowy and icy terrain proved to be a no-go Thursday, so workers like John Harkleroad were called in Saturday to get caught up on the job. "[Friday] we ran two days into one. And [Saturday] has been like your normal end of the week would be," said John Harkleroad, delivery driver.
Harkleroad tells us Thursday was a rough weather day, but he's seen worst days in his 30 years of delivering drinks. "I can remember times back when I first started here, it was like three days when we didn't go out when it got down to 20 below zero. The roads stayed bad," said Harkleroad.
Swecker admits there are added costs to opening up shop on Saturday, but he believes safety should take priority over product. "We err on the side of safety, to make sure our employees are safe. That's what we want to make sure we do all the time, because we can always make up getting product out," said Swecker.
Pepsi says this isn't the first time it's been delayed this winter due to icy roads.
Crews say they are all caught up on deliveries after the extra work on Saturday.


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This past weekend we traveled to Memphis, Tenn. for the Memphis Twilight Classic. I must admit the weather was perfect and the conditions were absolutely great. It was dark, a cool temperature and flat! The DNA that makes up a PERFECT MEET! Unfortunately, I didn't run a PB (personal best), but I was proud for everyone who did and the outcome of the team as a whole. I've been attempting to wrap my mind around this whole 5k thing, and it's coming along slowly but surely.
In addition to this lovely weekend's outcome, we were blessed to meet Coach Spain's two children, four-year-old Neely and six-year-old Joel (J-Baby). They must have been the coolest kids I've ever met. Neely and Joel were definitely NOT shy and immediately became comfortable around us. I could tell Neely and Joel were really excited to be at the meet around us runners. So excited, that they even found themselves competing against each other back and forth to the fence. It was adorable. One of the funniest things to me though had to be when J-Baby and Neely both decided to leave their "borrowed" UAB caps in Olive Garden. Coach Spain was absolutely frustrated at this point, but managed to keep his composure and understand that they were babies and they tend to make those types of mistakes.
All in all, I think everyone had a good time. Coach Boldon and I keep having this debate about whether I'm a cross country senior or not, which Stephanie and I find pretty entertaining. Either way I'm a senior in track, and I am appreciative of what cross country does for me to prepare for the upcoming season. In the mean time, we are training hard through this week preparing for next week's Southeast Cross Country Showdown in Hoover. I'm sure we will do great.
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A felicitous March Madness to all! The NCAA round of 64 commences today, and we'll gladly cede the floor to hoopyball for its duration. While there is much we do not understand about basketball, including but not limited to its history, rules, strategies, players and coaches, the tournament does come along at a dreadful lull in the calendar for our beautiful game, and it gives us something to watch on television that is not the Cakes And Skanks Channel.
We harbor a particular fondness for the first day of March Madness, for it was on this date five years ago that we first journeyed to Las Vegas to take in the massive multi-day basketball betting spectacle, and it was there on March 21, 2008, that we spied an Illinois fan wearing a commemorative Rose Bowl shirt in public:
At the time this photo was taken, less than three months' time had elapsed since Illinois faced utter obliteration at the hands of USC, falling 49-17 to the Trojans in Pasadena. This anonymous gentlemen is the bravest football fan we have ever met, and without college basketball, we'd never have known he existed. For this we give thanks.