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Reliever figures to serve as setup man to closer Johnson when healthy
PHOENIX -- Ryan Cook is progressing, but he's still uncertain for Opening Day.
Cook, who showed up to A's camp with shoulder inflammation, came out healthy from a bullpen session on Tuesday and will throw another on Thursday afternoon. Should that go well, the reliever will need to throw live batting practice, perhaps more than once, before he can pitch in a game.
With less than three weeks left in Spring Training, Cook's chances of being ready for the opener are dwindling, but manager Bob Melvin has not ruled out anything.
"Whether or not he'll be ready for the season is still undecided at this point," Melvin said on Wednesday morning before his club's 3-1 loss to the Royals. "I'm not sure how many of those [games] he'll need at this point. Certain guys, we've targeted relievers for eight games, other guys six games. So somewhere around there."
If the right-handed Cook isn't ready, he'll start the season on the disabled list. The depth the A's added to their bullpen during the offseason doesn't necessitate a quick return for Cook, who when healthy figures to be a key setup man to new closer Jim Johnson.
"Regardless, we don't want to rush it," Melvin said. "It's going to be more about how he responds each and every time."
Cook posted a 2.54 ERA in 71 games last season, after logging a 2.09 ERA and 14 saves in 71 games in 2012.
Chris Gabel is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Support in Patients With Refractory Sarcoidosis
This study has been terminated.
(No plan to continue enrollment)
Northwestern University
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Richard Burt, MD, Northwestern University
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First received: January 24, 2006
Last updated: January 3, 2017
Last verified: September 2016
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Sarcoidosis is a disease believed to be due to immune cells, cells which normally protect the body, but are now attacking lungs, heart, nerves, or other organs or systems within the body. As a result, the affected organs or systems fail to work properly causing difficulty breathing; heart failure; inability of the nerves to respond properly causing numbing, tingling, pain, and progressive muscle weakness; or other symptoms depending on the organ or body system involved. The likelihood of progression of this disease is high. This study is designed to examine whether treating patients with high dose cyclophosphamide (a drug which reduces the function of the immune system) and ATG (a protein that kills the immune cells that are thought to be causing this disease), followed by return of the previously collected blood stem cells will stop the progression of sarcoidosis. Stem cells are undeveloped cells that have the capacity to grow into mature blood cells, which normally circulate in the blood stream. The purpose of the high dose cyclophosphamide and ATG is to destroy the cells in the immune system. The purpose of the stem cell infusion is to evaluate whether this treatment will produce a normal immune system that will no longer attack the body.
|Biological: Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Biological: Allogeneic stem cell transplantation
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant in Patients With Refractory Sarcoidosis: A Phase I/II Trial
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MedlinePlus related topics: SarcoidosisU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Richard Burt, MD, Northwestern University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Toxicity [ Time Frame: For length of hospital stay (until discharge). ]Daily assessment will be made with regards to toxicity by one of the protocol investigators.National Cancer Institute Common Toxicity Criteria will be used to grade all non-hematologic toxicities. Toxicity grades as follows: 1 = Mild; 2 = Moderate; 3 = Severe and undesirable; 4 = life threatening or disabling ; 5 = Death
- Survival [ Time Frame: Participants are to be followed at 6 months and then yearly until 5 years ]Patient has not died.
- Time to Disease Progression [ Time Frame: Participants are to be followed at 6 months and then yearly until 5 years ]Worsening symptoms, pulmonary function studies, cardiac function and arrhythmia including EKG assessments, and neurological symptoms.
- Disease Improvement [ Time Frame: Participants are to be followed at 6 months and then yearly until 5 years ]Worsening symptoms, pulmonary function studies, cardiac function and arrhythmia including EKG assessments, and neurological symptoms.
|Study Start Date:
|December 2003
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|August 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Autologous stem cells will be injected after conditioning
Biological: Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Autologous hematopoietic stem cells will be injected after conditioning
Other Name: Autologous stem cell injection
Experimental: Allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Allogeneic stem cells will be injected after conditioning
Biological: Allogeneic stem cell transplantation
Allogeneic stem cells will be injected after conditioning
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥ 18years and ≤ 60 years at the time of pretransplant evaluation.
- Definitive diagnosis of sarcoidosis in pathologic specimen.
- Patients who failed to respond to conventional treatment of at least 3 months duration with corticosteroids (equivalent dosage of prednisone 1.0mg/kg/day to start). Patients must also have failed two or more of the followings: TNF inhibitors (etanercept, infliximab), methotrexate, azathioprine, 6-MP, cyclosporin, tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, gold, dapsone, colchicine, chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine or any other immunosuppressive or modulating drugs.
Failure of therapy defined by (not caused by unrelated conditions) any one of following:
- Progressive pulmonary disease (stage II or III) defined by decline in pulmonary function (DLCo, VC or FEV1) of 15% or more over 12 months.
- Progressive CNS disease (worsening symptoms such as paraparesis or medically refractory seizure).
Persistent peripheral neuropathy (one of following):
- Persistent muscle weakness Grade 3/5 or worse (MRC) in at least one movement (e.g. ankle dorsiflexion) in two limbs.
- Persistent cranial nerve involvement such as persistent facial diplegia.
- Persistent incapacitating sensory loss (e.g. gait ataxia, falls > 1/month).
- Progressive loss of vision.
- Persistent hypercalcemia.
- Cardiac sarcoidosis that is proven by cardiac biopsy or cardiac MRI.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Alternative diagnosis.
- Noncompliance to medical care.
- > 10 pack-year history of cigarette smoking if lung disease is the major problem.
- Poor performance (PS) status (ECOG >2) at the time of entry, unless decline of PS is due to the disease itself.
Significant end organ damage such as:
- Overt congestive heart failure (NYHA Class III or IV).
- Active ischemic heart disease, s/p myocardial infarction within 6 months, s/p unstable angina within 3 months, s/p CVA within 6 months, s/p hospitalization for CHF within 3 months.
- Untreated life-threatening arrhythmia.
- Pulmonary hypertension > 40 mmHg.
- End-stage lung disease (TLC < 55%, FVC < 55%, or DLCO < 40% of predicted value).
- Serum creatinine > 2.5 or creatinine clearance < 30 ml/min.
- Liver cirrhosis, transaminases > 3x normal or bilirubin > 2.0 unless due to Gilbert's disease.
- HIV positive.
- Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, or any other illness that in the opinion of the investigators would jeopardize the ability of the patient to tolerate aggressive treatment.
- Prior history of malignancy except localized basal cell or squamous skin cancer. Other malignancies for which the patient is judged to be cured by local surgical therapy, such as (but not limited to) head and neck cancer, or stage I or II breast cancer will be considered on an individual basis.
- Positive pregnancy test, inability or unable to pursue effective means of birth control, failure to willingly accept or comprehend irreversible sterility as a side effect of therapy.
- Significant psychological issues, social issues, psychiatric illness or mental deficiency making compliance with treatment or informed consent impossible.
- Inability to give informed consent.
- Major hematological abnormalities such as platelet count less than 100,000/ul, ANC less than 1000/ul.
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00282438
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00282438
|United States, Illinois
|Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
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Northwestern University
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|Richard Burt, MD
|Northwestern University
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Richard Burt, MD, MD, Northwestern University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00282438 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|January 24, 2006
|Results First Received:
|September 12, 2016
|Last Updated:
|January 3, 2017
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
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What is this medicine?BENZOCAINE (BEN zoe kane) relieves minor ear pain and itching.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?This medicine is only for use in the outer ear canal. Do not take by mouth. Follow the directions carefully. Wash hands before and after use. Lie on your side or tilt head so that the ear is up. Pull the earlobe up and back (for adults), or down and back (for children), and instill the prescribed number of drops. Avoid touching the ear with the dropper tip. Keep head tilted for about 5 minutes to help the drops stay in the ear canal. A small piece of cotton may be gently inserted at the ear opening to prevent the solution from running out. Replace the cotton at least once a day. Do not use more, or more often than recommended.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, use it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, use only that dose. Do not use double or extra doses.
What may interact with this medicine?Interactions are not expected. Do not use any other ear products without asking your doctor or health care professional.
What should I watch for while using this medicine?This medicine is not for long-term use. Do not use for more than one week without checking with your doctor or health care professional. Do not use if there is any discharge from the ear. Contact your doctor or health care professional if your condition does not start to get better within a few days or if you notice burning, redness, itching or swelling.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
Where should I keep my medicine?Keep out of the reach of children.
Store at room temperature between 15 and 25 degrees C (59 and 77 degrees F). Do not freeze. Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.
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Long after the video game boom of the 1980s ended the boom for pinball, loyal "pinheads" are preserving the game they love.
Through leagues, tournaments, expos and web sites, pinball hobbyists and collectors in the Bay Area and beyond hope to revive the dying pastime.
"There's never been more information available to you ... there's never been more replacement parts available to you," said Chris Kuntz, owner of Pinball Pirate in Benicia, which repairs and sells pinball machines.
"There's never been better organized leagues and shows where you can go out and get into the hobby," said Kuntz, 46, an arcade-industry veteran who lives in Bay Point.
Pin-a-Go-Go, one of the area's biggest shows, returns to Dixon May 17-19.
Michael Schiess, founder of the Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda, senses a resurgence in the game. On Monday nights, volunteers flock to his nonprofit museum to care for its collection of about 90 pinball machines. Those who show up range from pinball novices to professional technicians like Kuntz, one of the museum's top volunteers.
Schiess said pinball holds a special appeal that video games can't touch.
Not just for 'nerds'
"It was the kind of thing that a nerd could do, a jock could do, and they could both suck at it," said Schiess, a former museum exhibition designer. "It was something different that really required a set of skills that was kind of ridiculous, but very challenging and unique.
"Basically, keep that ball from going down the hole. And while you're at it, try to hit these targets. ... It's basically an adult cat toy."
Pinball fan Patrick Coleman, 36, said he likes the "physicalness" of the game.
"It's an actual ball rolling around, not just a video representation of it," said Coleman, a database programmer, who shows up on volunteer nights to "just clean machines and learn from others."
"There's a lot of minute skill involved with the flippers," Coleman said. "There's a lot of luck involved. When you have a great game, you have a great game."
Coleman said his interest in pinball began with a game called FunHouse, which was in his college dorm. A notable feature of the game is "Rudy," a talking, ball-capturing head that follows the pinball with his eyes and speaks to players.
"I have a love-hate relationship with 'Rudy,' " Coleman said. "Every once in a while he taunts me. I have nights where I defeat him on a regular basis, and some nights he defeats me. Sometimes I just have to walk away."
Daniel Lawson of Castro Valley said he's been playing pinball his entire life. He bought his first machine about four years ago, "because it's harder and harder to find places where you can go play it."
'More alive' than video
For Lawson, pinball feels "more alive" than video games.
"Every game's different," Lawson said. "If you play the same game 10 times in a row, each time you play it it's a different game. If you go play Ms. Pac-Man or Space Invaders 10 times in a row, it's the same game. Pinball ... because there's physics and actual physical forces involved ... you can never exactly replicate your previous games."
For pinball purists, downloading a pinball video game for your iPhone or computer is not the same thing as standing in front of a machine you can actually shake.
"It's digital as opposed to analog," said Andy Kuntz, Chris's younger brother and former business partner. "And pinball is analog. It's real time. With a lot of digital devices ... they can be mastered. But with an analog device you can have the best game of your life ... and the next game, 'drain, drain, drain' and you're done. How does that happen? ... Pinball has the potential to be different every time. Which is what makes it exciting."
Asked why he loves pinball, Chris Kuntz almost can't fathom the question.
"It's like, 'Why do you like chocolate?'" he said. "Well, everybody likes it! How can you not like it?"
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Phil Collins
Collins first came to prominence as the drummer for Genesis after joining the band in 1970. He stepped out from behind his kit to sing lead after the departure of original vocalist Peter Gabriel in 1975. Collins launched his solo career in 1981 with the release of Face Value, which included his classic "In The Air Tonight." He was one of the most popular artists of the 1980s, topping the charts with such smashes as "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)" (1984), "Sussudio" (1985) and "Another Day In Paradise" (1989).
AppealPhil Collins is a relatively short, balding, middle-aged man, but he recently married a woman more than 20 years his junior. With his generally easygoing demeanor, English charm and manners, and millions of dollars tucked away in Swiss bank accounts, we could imagine him being attractive to certain segments of the female population.
SuccessPhil Collins was one of the world's most popular and successful performers of the '80s and early '90s, both as a member of Genesis and a solo star. He's had at least six chart-topping singles under his own name on the Billboard pop charts, and chalked up an additional pair of number ones as a member of Genesis and in a duet with Marilyn Martin. His solo albums have sold over 70 million copies worldwide. No Jacket Required, his best-selling record, spent more than a full year lodged in the U.S. top 20.
Collins has collected seven Grammys to date, including Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)" (1984), Producer and Album of the Year for No Jacket Required (1985), Record of the Year for "Another Day In Paradise" (1989) and Best Soundtrack Album for Tarzan (1999). In 1990, he received two American Music Awards, including Best Pop/Rock Male Artist, as well as three Billboard Music Awards, including one for Top Worldwide Album. Collins has also picked up a pair of Golden Globes, including one for "You'll Be In My Heart" from Tarzan, which also won him an Oscar for Best Original Song.
Collins played drums on the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid in 1984, and was the only person to appear at both Live Aid benefit concerts in London and Philadelphia on the same July day in 1985. He will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in June 2003.
Phil Collins BiographyPhilip David Charles Collins was born on January 30, 1951 in the borough of Chiswick, London, England. His mother, a talent agent, enrolled young Phil in a stage school, where he studied acting and singing. He was one of the screaming fans in The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night (1964), and played the Artful Dodger in the London stage production of Oliver!. Music soon replaced acting as he took up the drums, inspired as much by British beat bands of the era as legendary jazz drummers Jo Jones and Buddy Rich.
the genesis of stardom
Collins was hired to handle percussion duties for progressive art-rock band Genesis in 1970, and made his recording debut on their 1971 album Nursery Cryme. The drummer first sang lead on "More Fool Me," which appeared on Genesis' Selling England by the Pound (1973). Following lead vocalist Peter Gabriel's departure in 1975, the band auditioned almost 400 potential replacements before deciding that Collins was the man for the job. A Trick of the Tail (1976), the first Genesis album with Collins as lead singer, became their highest charting album to date, reaching No. 3 in the UK and becoming their first release to crack the top 40 in the U.S.
In addition to his new lead role in Genesis, Collins kept busy drumming for the instrumental jazz fusion group Brand X through the latter half of the '70s. Genesis albums charted higher with each successive release, and 1978's ...And Then There Were Three became their first gold disc in America, and produced their first hit single in "Follow You Follow Me." 1980's Duke entered the British charts at No. 1 (No. 11 in the U.S.).
no odds were against him
Collins solo debut, Face Value (1981), also debuted at the No. 1 position in the UK, and went to No. 7 in the U.S. The album contained the R&B horn-driven hit, "I Missed Again," as well as the haunting classic "In The Air Tonight." By this time, Collins love of R&B helped move Genesis in a different direction, as they scored more radio-friendly hits with the Earth, Wind & Fire horn section on the singles "No Reply At All" and "Paperlate."
Collins' second solo album, Hello, I Must Be Going (1982) gave him his first UK chart-topping single in a cover of the Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love," which also marked his first of many top 10 smashes in the U.S. He reunited with Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford for 1983's Genesis, which contained the hit "That's All." His solo recording of the theme to the film Against All Odds gave him his first Billboard chart-topper in the spring of 1984, and he received an Oscar nod for Best Original Song and took home his first Grammy as Best Male Pop Vocal, both for the song "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)."
1985 proved to be Collins' most successful year. "Easy Lover," his duet with EW&F vocalist Philip Bailey, peaked at No. 2 in the U.S. and No. 1 in the UK. He released No Jacket Required in February, which quickly hit No. 1 on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as several other countries around the globe. His popularity in America had by now surpassed his fame in his native Britain, as four of the album's singles made the U.S. top 10, including chart-toppers "One More Night" and "Sussudio." That July, Collins made history as the only artist to play on both Live Aid stages in London and Philadelphia. He again found himself at No. 1 on Billboard that November with "Separate Lives," a duet with American singer Marilyn Martin, and he guest-starred on NBC's Miami Vice later that year.
the magic touch
Genesis' Invisible Touch (1986) produced five consecutive top five singles in the U.S., including the title track that bumped former Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" from the top of the Billboard charts. Collins revisited his acting past when he took on the title role in the 1988 feature, Buster. The soundtrack album contained two more U.S. chart-toppers; a cover of the '60s Patti LaBelle tune "A Groovy Kind of Love," which also topped the British charts, and "Two Hearts," which netted him a Grammy, a Golden Globe, as well as a second Oscar nomination.
In 1989, Collins was featured as the wicked Uncle Ernie in The Who's 20th anniversary performance of their rock opera Tommy. His fourth solo album, ...But Seriously (1989), went to No. 1, and included Billboard's final chart-topper of the '80s, "Another Day In Paradise," which picked up the Grammy for Record of the Year. Serious Hits...Live! followed in November 1990. Five years had passed between Genesis albums when We Can't Dance was released in 1991. The Way We Walk Vols. 1 and 2, a pair of live discs chronicling the supporting tour marked Collins' final albums with Genesis.
Collins played a police inspector in the 1991 feature Hook, a sleazy bathhouse owner in the HBO production And the Band Played On (1993), and an insurance inspector in Frauds (also '93), an Australian black comedy. That same year, he released Both Sides, on which he played all the instruments. It became his first album not to produce a major hit or go multi-platinum, a fate shared by its 1996 follow-up, Dance into the Light.
In 1996, Collins had announced that he was leaving Genesis permanently. He formed the Phil Collins Big Band that same year, which played their first gig in honor of South African president Nelson Mandela, featuring Tony Bennett as a guest vocalist. With Quincy Jones conducting, the band played a series of summer jazz fests, including two sold-out concerts at the Montreux Jazz Festival.
a great comeback
The Hits collection was released in 1998, and A Hot Night in Paris, recorded with his big band, came out in '99. Although initially apprehensive about the project, Collins scored the soundtrack to Disney's Tarzan (1999). "You'll Be In My Heart" became his first big hit in several years, and earned him a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Original Song. He also picked up another Grammy for Best Soundtrack Album.
Collins married for the third time in July 1999. Orianne Cevey, 22 years his junior, had worked as his interpreter after he moved to Switzerland. In 2001, his fourth child, Nicholas Grev Austin Collins, was born. He has three other children from two previous marriages. In 2002, he and Orianne set up the Little Dreams Foundation, which provides support and financing for children who want to pursue a career in music, film or sports.
In September 2002, Collins announced his retirement from touring due to hearing problems. Testify, released in November, included "Can't Stop Loving You," which became a huge hit on Adult Contemporary radio. In June 2003, Phil Collins will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the 34th annual Award and Induction Ceremony in New York City.
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Replication is one of MySQL's most widely-used features, and despite significant improvements over the years, it can still fail. When this happens, it can be due to any number of factors, either internal or external to your MySQL database. For those who do not have a thorough understanding of the MySQL binary log format or the slave's two-phase replication architecture, safely restoring replication while maintaining data integrity can be a daunting task. The first portion of this talk presents a detailed review of the replication architecture, while the main portion of the talk will show you how to recover a replication slave from some real-world failures.
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WATSONVILLE - A Mexican restaurant on Airport Boulevard was robbed at gunpoint around 4 p.m. Tuesday, Watsonville police Sgt. Tony Magdayao said.
A man dressed in a gray beanie and gray sweatshirt approached the cashier at Fidel's Restaurant carrying a large-caliber handgun and demanded cash. The cashier handed over an undisclosed sum of money and then took off on foot, Sgt. Magdayao said.
The robber's face was covered and police did not immediately have a description of him. They were reviewing surveillance footage Tuesday evening. A handful of customers were in the restaurant at the time but no one was injured.


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Unlike our students, I'm really excited for the school year to start. This semester, I get the chance to help shape the way our ministry does campus outreach. Of course, this means we get to throw some pretty awesome events (i.e. tailgate parties!), but we wanted our ministry's outreach and involvement to be more than that.
Our ministry is made up of (mostly) 5 VERY different schools, and we wanted to make sure that we ministered to each campus accordingly. The problem is that, as adults, there is only so much we can know about a school. We only know what we are told, making it hard for us to correctly identify the school's individual needs and effectively meet them. Because of that, we are trying something brand new this year, School Teams.
The vision for School Teams is to have a group of students at each campus who love their school and are committed to meeting its unique needs. We want them to unify and empower the Body of Christ at their school to not just sit together in their own clique, but to go out to serve and evangelize. This could be anything from a campus clean-up event, to a freshmen cookie party on the first day of school. The possibilities are ENDLESS!
These students will be our "go-to†people for each school. This means a couple things for them. It means that if we ever have a new student in our ministry that isn't involved or connected at their school yet, we introduce them to a school team member who will make them feel welcome on their campus. The second meaning of being a "go-to†is that they are letting us know about important news updates at their school. If there school is doing a food drive, we want to know about it! How great would it be to help empower a school to collect food for a local homeless shelter? Our students would also let us know about any tragedies at their school. It would be awesome if, after service, a school got together to pray for a classmate or faculty member.
Even though we are creating special teams for each school, we still encourage ALL of our students to love their school and be a light at it. School Teams are just our ministry's way of ministering to schools through ministering students.
We presented this to our Student Leadership team and gave them the opportunity to apply for it. We used an application for this because it allows us to see their heart for their school and it shows the level of commitment they have for the program. Here's a copy of the application for our ministry's School Team you can download right here.
How about you, what do are you doing this next school year to minister to your local schools?
Colton Harker is the Student Leadership Coordinator at Saddleback HSM. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com or on twitter at @ColtonHarker.


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Mega is a prefix that means large. It starts out words such as megabytes and megalopolis.
A megabyte is about a million bytes. When computers first came out, most of us considered a megabyte of memory more than we could ever use. Now we generally want at least one gigabyte (1,000 megabytes.) Some people say that soon we'll want even more, so we may decide on storage of one terabyte, or 1,000 gigabytes.
Megalopolis comes from two Greek words meaning "great city." In modern terms Webster's says it is "an extensive, heavily populated continuously urban area, including any number of cities."
Below are photos of two megalopolises taken by NASA, our country's space agency. The top photo shows the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, which contains a chain of cities from Boston in the north to Washington, DC, in the south. The bottom photo shows a string of cities on the southern tip of Honshu, a major island of Japan.
If you're wondering how many bytes of memory it took to store these photos, I'm afraid I haven't a clue!
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I know the Clippers will probably match any offer given to DeAndre, but shouldn't we be going after him too. He would be my first choice in PF's that are available.
The worst that could happen by offering him a big deal and having the Clippers match is that they might have to choice between Gordon and Griffin for the long term. Then we would have a better chance a Gordon next summer.


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Britton's focus remains on competing for rotation
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Orioles lefty Zach Britton is well aware of the Ervin Santana rumors, but the 25-year-old lefty -- who is vying for a rotation spot this spring -- isn't letting the team's possible acquisitions change his approach.
"I haven't really looked into any of the stuff," said Britton, who is out of options, but could find himself in the bullpen if he doesn't make the rotation. "If we sign another guy, we sign another guy. That's been my mindset. I know when I'm healthy and I'm pitching the way I am, I can compete with anybody that we sign. Whether I get the opportunity to do that, it's out of my control. But just go out there and put on a good showing and hopefully I've got an opportunity on this team and kind of go from there."
Britton has given up one run in six spring innings and said after Sunday's game this is the best he's felt in years.
"When a quality hitter swings and misses the sinker, that's a pretty good sinker, especially at 93-95 [mph]," manager Buck Showalter said. "He's been sharp. I'm excited with how he's doing. Hopefully, he's following the same path as another guy [Chris Tillman] who was out of options last spring."
Britton, who would most likely be claimed off waivers if he doesn't make the Opening Day roster, credits his offseason work and new mindset for his performance so far in spring. While there's still progress to be made, the lefty is encouraged with where he's at in the second week of March.
"A lot of the focus has just gone toward what I can do on the field to be successful and stopped worrying about signings that we do or roster decisions," he said. "The focus is now completely out on the field and out on that mound and how can I improve and better myself this year."
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Twitter @britt_ghiroli. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...-game/related/Dr. Andrews says RG3 was never cleared to re-enter game
Posted by Mike Florio on January 6, 2013, 10:45 AM EST
Washington Redskins starting quarterback Griffin III is helped off field by team trainers late in fourth quarter against Baltimore in Landover Reuters
Renowned sports surgeon Dr. James Andrews serves as one of the Redskins game-day physicians. That relationship could now be in danger, grave or otherwise.
Andrews admits to USA Today that he never cleared quarterback Robert Griffin III to re-enter a Week 15 game against the Ravens, after Griffin suffered a knee injury that looked much worse than it ended up being. Griffin skipped one play, re-entered the game, and then exited for good several snaps later.
He didnt even let us look at him, Andrews tells Robert Klemko of USA Today. He came off the field, walked through the sidelines, circled back through the players, and took off back to the field. It wasnt our opinion.
We didnt even get to touch him or talk to him. Scared the hell out of me.
Andrews comments may scare the hell out of coach Mike Shanahan, who specifically said the day after the game that Andrews had cleared Griffin to return.
Hes on the sidelines with Dr. Andrews, Shanahan said at the time, via Klemko. He had a chance to look at him and he said he could go back in. [I said] Hey, Dr. Andrews, can Robert go back in?
Yeah, he can go back in.
Robert, go back in.
That was it.
But that wasnt it. And now, as the Redskins prepare to host the Seahawks on Sunday afternoon, Shanahan and Andrews may be having an awkward conversation at some point this morning. Especially since Andrews is still concerned about Griffins status.
Im the one that shut him down that day, finally, Andrews said. Ive been a nervous wreck letting him come back as quick as he has. Hes doing a lot better this week, but hes still recovering and Im holding my breath because of it.
He passed all the tests and all the functional things we do, but its been a trying moment for me, to be honest with you.
This back-and-forth highlights the tension between doctors and the teams that pay those doctors to provide care and evaluation to players. And it suggests that Andrews, who doesnt need his relationship with the Redskins in order to remain the go-to orthropedic specialist for NFL players, has opted to jeopardize that role with the team in order to keep his conscience clear.
Other team-hired doctors dont have that luxury. Routinely, those doctors tell coaches what the coaches want to hear about player availability, knowing that if the coaches arent told what they want to hear theyll find another doctor who will.Thats why the NFL and NFLPA should work toward the use of a truly independent staff of game-day physicians, who can work with only one concern in mind the health and well-being of their patients.


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I''ve been a member of the AA now for some years. It''s only this year that I''m disappointed with the service I have received. In January my car blew its intercooler pipe and they refused to pay for the repair stating it was due to a blockage. We are still currently arguing about this one. In fact I have made a complaint with the Financial Ombudsman Service and we are awaiting the response.
My car has since then broke down again. The day before the bank holiday (17th April) we left our home towing a caravan for a six day holiday to the forest of dean. We didn''t get very far. Just 45min down the road before the clutch went, or so we thought. When the service man came, he diagnosed the fault as a turbo issue. First we dropped off the caravan to our house and then the car to our local garage.
On the way to the garage I gave my mechanic a quick heads up we''re coming. He said that the turbo if ordered today wouldn''t get delivered until the following Tuesday / Wednesday and we were hoping to try and get away again that Wednesday. The campsite that we had booked with let us move our booking to that Wednesday. The mechanic said that we could drop off the old turbo and pick up a new one if we went our self to collect. So he removed the old turbo that night and then Friday morning I went and exchanged the turbo. I was curious, so while I was there I asked, ?Why it had failed?? The man said the fan thing inside the turbo had come loose. I dropped the new / exchanged turbo to the mechanic Friday morning and by the Tuesday we had our car back. Then on the Wednesday night we went Holiday.
It was that Tuesday when the problems started. I had just got the car back and so I got the receipts for the new turbo and mechanic bill. I rang my mechanic and gave him the telephone for claims and my details. The next second my mechanic rang me back saying that the AA wouldn''t take his word that the turbo is faulty and wanted to see it. Which was impossible as it was exchanged for a new one. And so when I rang them up they said they wouldn''t pay as they haven''t seen the turbo.
It seems to me that the AA are making anything as an excuse not to pay. The reason given for wanting to see the old turbo was they wanted to check for wear and tear.
My mechanic said "Everything is wear and tear". As soon as you drive a new car off the forecourt you will have some degree of wear and tear. What is the point of having insurance when every time I go to claim, the AA refuses to pay out? Anyone would think that they are trying to get me to cancel my insurance because my car is getting old. They are quite eager to take my money but very reluctant to pay out.
Am I right to be asking to cover this cost. What do you think?
I''ve always had breakdown cover, just in case, but recently I''ve had cause to use it for the first time. I am currently with the AA and cannot praise them highly enough for the response I received to my ''emergency'' call.
I had broken down on a busy motorway in rush hour. The person I spoke to on the phone was clear, helpful and efficient at getting all the information she needed from me. She was also very good at making sure I did everything possible to stay safe while waiting for the patrol to arrive.
I received two text messages while waiting, updating me of the estimated arrival time of the patrol, which were accurate. I had been warned on the phone that I could be waiting up to an hour but was very pleased to see the familiar yellow van pull up just 25 minutes after I called them out. No complaints at all about response time, especially as it was rush hour in a busy city. They must have a decent number of vehicles spread out on the roads to get to people this quickly.
The patrol person (what is their job title? I have no idea!) was reassuring, calm and didn''t make me feel stupid for knowing absolutely nothing about my car beyond its colour and the number of wheels it has. He was able to fix the problem very quickly at the roadside while I waited behind the safety barrier, but then followed me all the way home to complete the paperwork as I was nervous about the same thing happening again.
So, absolutely top notch service in the event of a breakdown. What about the price? Well, there are cheaper options available but I think you probably get what you pay for a bit. There are enough options for different levels of cover that you can tailor it to suit you and pay as much or as little as you want. The only issue is that the best cover is a bit prohibitively expensive for those of us on low incomes which could result in issues if you breakdown. For example, I''m only covered for a tow to the nearest garage to where the breakdown happens, and would have to figure out how to get myself and my car home after that. Even at its most basic though, you know you aren''t going to find yourself stuck on a busy hard shoulder with a car full of smoke and facing a big bill just to get yourself out of that situation.
Joining the AA is really easy online, and there are often introductory offers, free trials of other products, and cashback available through Quidco.
After a late night fishing trip my car would not start. A passing police car tried to help with a jump start which didn't work. By this time it was around 0045am (and in a dark remote part of Scotland!)
I phoned the AA, after some annoying automated menu's the phone rang, and rang, and rang - I waited 30 minutes and there was no answer other than automated drivel "..your call is important to us....we are experiencing a high volume of calls..." this was of course rubbish.
In the end a friend brought me out a replacement battery and I got home after 2.30 am.
I phoned the complaint helpline to be offered a discount on the renewal - I refused and cancelled my membership and direct debit.
I've been a member for a long time, never had the need to use them for years until last week and they let me down very badly. I have no confidence in the AA.
Don't trust the hype - 4'th Emergency Service stuff is rubbish.
AA agreed to refund and cancel my membership as my car was scrapped. 3 years later they decide they want that money back and passed my details to BPO scum collectors agency.Threats, bailiffs and court down my phone line.Don't do it! They also tried to sell me products that were expiring making them appear as "special offers".Don't do it They also found me the cheapest car battery around.... £20 more than the one I found from local company.... Don't do it
We have had the basic AA breakdown cover for about 5 years now. Our currently monthly bill is about £18.00, but this includes the basic breakdown coverage + home start and coverage for repair bills up to £500 as well.
In the last 5 years we have called the AA out 5 times, always for our old Daewoo car. Four out of five times they arrived within approximately 30 minutes. On the fifth occasion there was a considerable delay and they explained that this was due to higher then normal volume of calls. We were however stranded on the motorway on this occasion, with the two children so I was not too happy about the wait. After nearly 2 hours without being able to get a van to us, the AA phoned and paid for a private tow truck company to come. On this occasion, the car was take to the garage owned by this tow truck operator, and I was not overly happy with the garage. Still I was very fortunate to have the repair coverage as the bill came to £535 without the tow. AA of course paid for the tow and £475 towards the repairs as the limit is £500.
On one of the other occasions the cars transmission had gone out and the bill was £375 of which we paid £25, another instance a belt had snapped which the driver fixed at no charge, and the other two were for electrical faults. By this point we were fed up with the car, hence our purchase of a Ford Focus but I am very glad we had the coverage. It does seem dear, but it is a lot easier to come up with a monthly payment then over £500 all at once. It also gives us a lot of peace of mind.
On all occasions, I found them polite and helpful. We did call one other time as my husband had locked himself out of the car. They were going to send someone out to help him but a someone was able to get into the car.
Overall our experience with the AA has been quite good and I would not hesitate to recommend them.
We have also used their travel insurance - a whopping £7 odd paid for our domestic holiday. But as we did not make a claim I can say how good this insurance is, as insurance is only tested when you use it. It was easy to purchase, a few minutes online.
We have since used this service two more times, with slightly longer but reasonable call out times. The first time my husband broke down on the way into the mall. they told him to go ahead and do his shopping and they would ring the mobile when coming out. Total wait time 45 minutes.
Second occasion was also about 45 minutes but several roads were closed and he was ringing us, at one point even waving to us from down the street trying to get to the small road we were on. Again I have no complaints
The AA - been with them for ages! So how do they treat their long term customers- by charging them a huge premium on their annual renewal of their breakdown cover!!!!Be warned - DO NOT RENEW YOUR AA CAR BREAKDOWN COVER automatically by their letter. You will get a letter every year saying they will take £xx amount from your account automatically when the renewal becomes due. STOP - go on to the internet see the lower price then call them to match this! They have NO customer loyalty reward at all. I am really disappointed with the AA at least they should give you a better discount for staying with them year on - instead they charge more if you stay with them - worst company I know!!!!
I have been a member of the AA for many years and I think it is a must have if you own a car. The prices of AA cover vary depending on the type of assistance you want to be covered for - the most basic package can be bought online from their website for £28 a year! I think this is incredibly good value for money - plus if you go through a cashback site like quidco as I did you can often get £21+ cashback meaning you get the basic years cover for only £7!! Fantastically good value.
The basic cover (£28 per year) entitles you to call out the AA when you are outwith a 1/4 mile radius from your home. They will attempt to fix your car at the roadside and if they cannot then you will be towed to the nearest garage. You can choose to have cover for your car or you can choose to have personal cover which means you can call them out no matter what car you are travelling in. There are various other types of cover which offer services such as relay (where you choose the garage your car is towed to) or homestart (where you can call them out to your house if your car breaks down at home) at an additional premium (£69-100 per year for these).
I have personally had to call out the AA twice over the years and each time they have been excellent. The first time, I had broken down on my way home from work. I was on my own and it was quite late at night on a dark road. When I called up the breakdown line I was clearly quite frightened and distressed but the advisor helped to keep me calm and assured me that someone would be sent immediately. No more than 10mins later the big yellow van arrived with a friendly chap inside who was actually able to fix my car within around 20 mins. He was very professional, friendly and seemed like he genuinely wanted to help which was nice. I used them again a few years later when I had broken down on my way to work one afternoon. Again, the patrol van arrived within 10-15 mins max and as he wasn't able to repair my car he towed me to a garage and even dropped me off at work a few miles down the road after!
I have no bad things at all to comment on about their service. As long as I own a car I will always make sure I have AA cover as I think they are the best of the bunch and this type of breakdown cover is completely priceless when you think about what you would do in the event of a breakdown. As the advert says, for less than the price of a pair of jeans for an entire year! Money very well spent in my opinion.
Basically I went to college in the morning, parked my car in the local car park and when I got back in the afternoon the car did not start. So I phoned up AA, I didn't have breakdown cover. The customer service was great, BUT I had to pay £80 for the call out charge because I wasn't a member and I had to get £50 breakdown cover.
Note- If I were to get that same cover over the internet then its only £28 which is 44% discount online. And this cover is only if you don't breakdown at home and they will only take your car to the nearest approved AA garage. So don't worry if you've been in the same situation as me because you can cancel the breakdown cover within 14 days.
I've done a bit of research on the internet and found that instead of paying £50 you can pay roughly £37 and get more for this price. This £37 cover includes
1. Nationwide recovery weather it be at home or anywhere in the U.K
2. If they cannot repair the car the same day then they will pay up to £100 maximum for your transport OR a standard return rail ticket to get home and to return to receive your vehicle, once its fixed.
3. If they decide to get you overnight accommodation then they will pay £60 to you if your are alone OR £40 for each person up to a maximum of 6 people.
Also a couple of other minimalistic extras.
But I haven't used this service so I don't know how its like however will do so though. The company is called START RESCUE
I must say that the AA service was exceptional. They gave me a time of one hour but the fella arrived in 20 minutes.
I signed up with the AA a few months ago after I was having a few problems with the starter on my 2000 Volkswagen Golf. I have had to call them a few times since taking out my policy and have had a number of rather different experiences of their service which are discussed below.
Signing up for membership is very straight forward. Simply go to their website (www.aa.com) and choose the breakdown cover option. For breakdown cover there are several different elements of the service you need to be aware of and choose. These include:
- Roadside: The AA will come and fix your car if it breaks down on the roadside only if it is more than 1 mile from your home address.
- Homestart: The AA will come and get your car started if it is parked at or near home and wont start.
- Relay: If your car breaks down and cannot be fixed at the roadside, the AA will transport you and your passengers to where you need to get to.
- Parts and Labour: The cost of fixing your car at a garage is included in your policy.
I opted for the Roadside and Homestart option which cost me £90 for the year, however, I did get this through the topcashback website who were offering a special deal which meant I got £42 of that back so in essence it only cost me about £50. No sooner had I signed up, I needed to call them because my car wouldn't start. I called them from my mobile phone and after hearing a warning telling me to make sure I was in a safe place I was connected to an operator who asked for my name and address details. She then asked what was wrong with the car and asked me where I was. She informed me that there would be someone there to get the car started within 45 minutes and took my mobile number so that she could update me via text message of any delays.
45 minutes later, the AA van pulled up on my road and after inspecting the car, it was jump started my the AA van and the engineer told me I would need to get the battery replaced at a garage as it was something he could not do.
A few days later (as I had not got around to visiting the garage) the same thing happened again and I called the AA out once more, again they were at my doorstep within 45 minutes and after looking at the car, the engineer (a different person) told me that it was not the battery that was the problem. When I presented the sheet given to me by the other engineer telling me that the problem was the battery, the engineer quickly changed his mind and said that it was. This gave me the impression that one of the men didn't really know what he was talking about and a bit of confidence was lost in the AA. He explained to me that he could replace the battery for me but I would have to pay the cost of the parts. I said that was fine and asked him to do it, again I lost a bit of confidence as the previous engineer had told me that this was not something he could do which meant that I had to call the AA out a second time as the car wouldn't start a few days after he had looked at it.
Generally, since then I have had no problems with the car, and while the AA did get my car started on both occasions when I called them, I did find the conflicting information both about the problem and the services provided to be something of a worry. Be careful!
Unless your surname is Lucky, then if you drive a car anywhere away from home then you need breakdown cover. Like all worthwhile insurance, then it is really worth it for peace of mind. That's good for your health for a start.
Which provider to choose? I've been a member of the AA for nearly three decades, and have been very happy with their service. I joined the AA rather than the RAC as my father was an AA member, and I trusted his judgement.
What you pay for AA membership in 2010 depends on what you want to cover. Breakdown cover means if the AA can fix it at the roadside, they will. If they can't, they will arrange a local repair for you, but you would have to pay for this. However, from 2004, the AA AA launched a breakdown promise - 'to fix a member's car by the roadside or get them another one' - that gives personal members a courtesy car for 24 hours if their broken-down vehicle cannot be fixed there and then.
If you have a car under 10 years old, you can cover it for breakdowns for just £28 a year. Alternatively, you can cover the driver for £39.20, two people sharing the same address for £59.15, or up to four people living together for £100.87.
If you are on a budget, then this option at least gets a reassuring AA patrolman to you, which could be very reassuring in difficult circumstances such as darkness, remoteness or bad weather. On that point, the AA do operate a sensitive priority system for attending breakdowns, so that lone ladies are reached first.
If you want a bit more, the there is the famous Relay service, which takes you and the car to a destination of your choice on the United Kingdom mainland. This could be perfect if you were going on holiday - the car could be taken to a garage near to where you were staying, and mended while you hired a substitute vehicle. Prices for this , when added to basic breakdown cover, run between £69 and £122.03 for one to four people.
Rolls-Roycing this option is called Stay Mobile. If the AA can't fix your car, then they provide you with alternative transport. You choose between a replacement car for up to 72 hours, public transport costs or overnight accommodation. Prices go between £62.65 and £132.37 when added to basic breakdown cover.
The final bit you can add in is Home Start. The AA's standard breakdown cover doesn't apply if you are at or very near home. I'm not quite sure why, but this has always been the case. Perhaps it's to stop people cheating on the system and buying a heap of junk, towing it home, and then hoping that the AA will fix it. However, it can be desperate if your bona fide jalopy won't play ball in the morning and you have to get in to work, or away on holiday. With Home Start, you're covered at home as well as away from it. This costs £70.35 to £159 when added to the basic breakdown cover.
£138.60 - to £218.62 is what it costs for having all the options.
My own experience of calling the AA with a car not going has always been positive. When you telephone, the call is answered promptly. You describe where you are, which car you are in, and tell them the problem. The AA used to say that you would be attended within the hour, and I have never known them come later than that. More recently, they have said that they will be with me in 45 minutes, and still managed that. Most problems have been fixed there and then: the only one that wasn't was a clutch on a VW Beetle that died in Gloucester on the way to a B and B holiday in Wales. Luckily we had AA Relay and they took us to Cheshire by request, where we stayed for a few days with family while the Beetle was fixed, before heading for Wales.
About five years ago, we had a very nice letter from the AA which thanked us for our loyalty to them, rewarding us with Complimentary Home Start, which is worth about £33 for the two of us.
There are other breakdown services. The RAC is the historical competitor and offers very similar products at very similar prices. The RAC claims to have more patrol cars per member than the AA, so is probably an equally good bet. Green Flag have arrived on the scene more recently. They claim an average arrival time of 30 minutes, and to fix 86% of breakdowns at the roadside. Their website takes a bit longer to get prices, some of which are lower than the AA and the RAC. Unusually, they give you £10 back if they don't get to you within the hour. I wonder whether this would still apply in remote areas of Scotland! ASDA does a breakdown service too.
The AA have had to move with the times quite a bit. Before the days of mobile phones, they supplemented the number of call boxes in the country by adding special ones of their own, which could only be opened with a special AA key. Sadly, these are now redundant, as is the AA patrolman on his motorcycle, as is also the original ornate AA members' badge, examples of which can still be found on Ebay. AA shops have closed down. Fascinatingly, they all used to called Fanum House - fanum being the Latin for temple. The HQ in Basingstoke still bears the name.
The AA is itself a good organization, which has supported the needs of the motorist for over a century. The website is excellent, and the route planners, which date back to the days when these could be ordered through the post by members, are helpful and accurate, especially regarding journey time.
And that concludes my 100th Dooyoo review!
Anyone who drives and especially long distances knows that its best to have breakdwon cover. You seriously never know when you might need it as I discovered recently!
There are a few to choose from Green Flag, RAC and the AA. AA is the bets known with a good reputation.
The packages you can have with them vary and it depends what you want.
You have normal roadside cover which (as I should have done) only costs £28 for the year. The extras are "Relay" where they will tow the car to a destination of your choice, "Home Start" for breakdown at your own home, and "Stay Mobile" where they will pay travelling costs if you need to get anywhere in a hurry, including overnight accomodation and a replacement car.
All of these extras cost more money. Relay will cost around £50 extra, Home start £41, and Stay Mobile around £37. Take out the whole package and its £140 or so and this is less than i paid at the roadside.
I was gutted to find my head gasket blew in my engine recently while on a long journey. I coasted into the service station off the motorway just about. Better to be stopped there than on the side of he motorway or worse though eh! Anyway i realised, like the idiot i am, i didnt have breakdown cover. When the head gasket goes you're dead basically and i was totally stranded. i called the AA but i wasnt a member. I had to sign up and because i was already in a breakdwon situation they charged me an extra £99 to join. Ouch. Some people use cashback sites like Quidco to get some money back and had i planned to get the cover earlier, sat at home in front of my PC, i could have saved a packet by shopping around and using a cashback site.
I ended up paying £200 plus for breakdwon attendance where my car was towed more than 16 miles from the detsination (this is referred to as relay). Otherwise normal cover would tow the car to the nearest garage or destination of your choice as long as its less than 16 miles away.
Heed my warning: get breakdown cover now!
The AA breakdown Cover
I have been a member of AA for the past five years and throughout that time I have paid for their roadside assistance breakdown cover. Firstly I would say that the breakdown cover itself is actually pretty decent however I have become disillusioned with the AA and as a result I have decided not to renew my breakdown cover.
What is the AA?
The AA is the Automobile Association. They are involved in all aspects of motoring from roads, petrol, cars, bikes etc. In the UK and possibly Europe they offer a breakdown service for members at a premium.
How much does it cost?
For new member breakdown cover starts at £28 per year for roadside assistance. Optional extras such as home start etc can be added to your policy for additional cost.
I opted for the roadside assistance.
My opinion
I had this service for the past five years and over that time I have called out the AA three times. It's a great reassurance to have someone to call when you break down. The first two times I broke down the AA where with me within 2 hours which wasn't really all that bad. Both times they managed to get my car going again with little delay. I found the driver to be friendly and helpful.
The third time the AA didn't come within two hours and I managed to get the car going again myself so cancelled the call.
Normally I would be recommending such a decent product however as I said at the beginning I have become disillusioned with the AA. I had opted for an automatic renewal membership for the AA. When my last bill came in they were looking for £56 for roadside assistance however when I checked online they quote the same level of cover for a new member as being £28 plus a new member could get £21 cash back through quidco.
I hadn't used the service in the last year and therefore couldn't understand why the fee had gone up so much. I tried to contact AA be phone but as all there operators where busy "answering emergency calls" I was unable to get through. I sent an email over 2 weeks ago and have failed to get a reply.
So far I have had no explanation regarding the difference in price between my renewal price and the price for a new member so I have decided to cancel my membership. I know many other people who have done the same and have switched to the RAC and I intend to the do the same.
Im not sure whether or not I can do it but i plan now to just switch breakdown cover each year to ensure that i get the lowest price possible which they seem to be only offering to new members.
I am with the AA via my 'enhanced' bank account. I've always had breakdown cover but never had to use it until recently when, in the space of 2 weeks, both mine and my husbands battery's went flat.
On both occasions I rang them my call was taken by a very polite, well spoken lady who was easy to understand and pleasant and the phone system was very easy to navigate (just one option and then I was talking to a 'human').
The first time they said they'd be with me within the hour and they were, the man was very friendly, checked the battery for me and gave me advice on it. The second time I called I had to make an appointment as they were busy and I was at home (therefore not urgent). The appointment was for between 10 and 11am and the man arrived at bang on 10. He was also very friendly, I explained that my car had recently been returned from the garage after someone had gone into the back of me. He checked the work they had done for me to make sure nothing had been forgotten without me even asking which I thought was above and beyond.
I have to say if my current account ever stopped offering the breakdown service I would definately check out the aa based on the service I've received so far.
I have been with the AA Breakdown Assistance for many years now and have had a real mixed-bag experience with them.
I drive a (quite old) Nissan Micra which is boringly reliable, - so over the last few years, I have had little need to call the AA out - but have still been paying my yearly direct debit payment of £45 (basic roadside). I have contacted them recently and attempted to cancel but ended up altering my contract to a vehicle only contract (£28) and staying with them. In retrospect it would have been good customer service for them to call me and check that they were meeting my needs - as when I first joined, a vehicle only contract was not an option.
I opted for the £28 vehicle only cover for conveniences sake. However,I would advise that anyone looking for AA cover should visit a cashback website that is linked with the AA and buy cover through that. This will make the payment only a few pounds. I wish I had stuck to my guns and cancelled. Yet another example of how loyalty is not rewarded.
For my 'vehicle only' cover I can get roadside assistance just for my own named car. I pay for this via a direct debit.
On the positve side, I did need to call out the AA last year when my passenger locked the car keys in the car. The AA was called and with us in about 20 minutes. Update texts were sent to my text concerning the proximity of the AA help - up to when it arrived. The AA guy was polite and respectful and gave me a lesson in how to break into a car (my own)! This is an interesting process of putting a wedge in the window and then using a coat hanger wire as a hook. We were on our way quite speedily - which was useful as my friend had to pick up her daughter from her childminder.
I did however, once have a terrible experience with the AA and it is useful to impart this as it is an experience that another person could easily have. It was probably around 13 years ago when I was driving (with my little girl). We were returning from a holiday and had been driving for hours. We turned off from the motorway and were only a few miles home when the cam-belt went and the car was suddenly going nowhere on the slip road. I called the AA and was initially towed to a safer road to have the damage inspected. The AA man told me that it was impossible to repair so I requested he tow me home. After asking for my post code, which was fed into a small computer in his van, he told me that it was too far away. I knew that this was incorrect so asked that he input it again. In short, his computer failed to recognise my valid postcode and kept bringing up an incorrect address. If this was not bad enough, the repair man did not know the area very well; if he had - he would have known that the distance to my home was within the 10 mile towing distance that roadside allows.
This experience was bad enough - but having a small, upset child to contend with made the ordeal very stressful. I had no option but to increase my assertiveness to significant levels - insisting that he check back with head office, look at maps etc. I should not have had to do this. Much time was wasted by this inexperienced mechanic and he made my daughter and myself feel wretched for well over an hour. Eventually, he conceded that I was right and drove us home. It was a disgusting way to be treated - and after a letter of complaint, I received an apology.
Most of my experience with the AA has been positive - but this one breakdown was terrible. I hope that, over the last few years, they have ironed out any postcode computer problems.
I was with the AA for a number of years for breakdown cover and I did find their breakdown assistance when I had to use it was very good. The engineers came quickly and were very friendly and helpful and got me back on the road with a good idea of what was wrong so I could take it to the garage if necessary.
Despite this I no longer have my breakdown cover with them and would be reluctant to go back. What I have an issue with is the way they handle renewals. When the year is up I get sent a letter with my renewal quote, not taking things on face value I go online to see if I can get it cheaper and generally find that I can get cheaper quotes from a number of companies including, wait for it ... the AA! Of course when I phone and tell them this they offer me the cover at the cheaper price but I really feel like they're trying to con me out of money hoping I won't have the time or inclination to do any checking.
I realise that the AA aren't the only company to employ this tactic and I'll probably fall out with them one at a time until I get back round to the AA again, but if I do find a company that actually offers me the best price in their renewal quote I think I'll stick with them.


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Another version of the same idea I tried a few days ago to discuss.
Indiana trades TJ Ford, the rights to Erazem Lorbek, and 2009 second round pick to Minnesota
Minnesota trades Brian Cardinal, draft picks #18 and #28 in the 2009 draft to Indiana
Why for Minnesota: Gets a legitimate NBA starting point guard with experience. Gets rid of Cardinals salary in 2009-2010. Lorbek is a sweetener.
Why for Indiana: Pacers get 2 late first round picks to help build their roster. By keeping #13 and adding the later picks, the Pacers can take a point guard at #18 to replace Ford, and take another position player at #13. Cardinal has an expiring deal, which can be used as a trade chip during the season or to help save us money in 2010-2011. This also clearly gives the starting job to Jarrett Jack (assuming that we are sure we are going to re-sign him).
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New Wall Street Journal Managing Editor Named
Gerard Baker has been named editor-in-chief of Dow Jones and managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, effective Jan. 1, 2013. Baker is currently deputy editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal, a role he has held since January 2009. He succeeds Robert Thomson, who has been named chief executive officer of the new proposed publishing entity for News Corp.
In his new role, Baker will assume oversight of all global newsgathering and editorial operations for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires.
Before joining the Journal, Baker was the U.S. editor and an assistant editor of The Times of London, where he wrote news and commentary for Britain's longest continuously published newspaper and oversaw U.S. coverage for the paper and online editions.
From 1994 to 2004, Baker worked for the Financial Times, first as Tokyo correspondent, where he wrote about the country's financial crisis, and then, from 1998 to 2002, as Washington bureau chief, where he led a team of 10 correspondents and provided extensive reporting and analysis of the federal reserve. From 2002 to 2004, he was the FT's chief U.S. commentator and an associate editor.
Before joining the FT, Baker worked for the BBC from 1988 to 1994, as a producer, then as U.S. producer, then as economics correspondent for TV and radio.
In addition to the Journal, the FT, The Times and the BBC, Mr. Baker's work has appeared in many other publications and he has been a frequent television and radio contributor in the UK, the U.S. and around the world.


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Well, running late with this blog. Personally I was thinking about passing a blog on this show over, but it is the Free Per View spectacle that is Hardcore Justice. Will it be a spectacle, or just a standard Impact Wrestling episode? We'll soon find out. In recent years anything Hardcore that I have watched has involved Asians on the internet, so this will be a new experience for me. So let's
It's time to pick on TNA again. Now this will be the third week straight that I pick on these poor bastards. Now, it's not because I hate them. Quite the contrary, I've been looking forward to TNA the most every week. The BFG series is clearly the best reason to tune in to their program. But...the last two weeks, the stories have sucked, they really have. The lawsuit, the August 1st mystery,
Well, after two straight TNA blogs it's time to pick on RAW, which tends to get a bit exhausting. Usually I do these blogs one of three ways:
1) Take notes on all segments shown and organize them in a blog later.
2) During commercial breaks, write on the segment that I just saw. When you see my blogs timestamped an hour after the show ends, this is usually what I've done.
So this is it. August 1st has arrived. The big August 1st mystery shall be revealed tonight. MY problem with it...I really don't care. I expect to be disappointed by this surprise. I haven't been following the hype. I'm more so interested in Sabin/Bully build up which I'm sure will take a backseat to this crap tonight. But hey, maybe TNA will completely wow me tonight.
Well it's been a while. Sorry, between work and internet porn, I've had distractions. But that doesn't mean that I've kept out of the loop. Actually I've been very interested in TNA, who I believe has been on a streak of putting on some pretty damn good quality shows as of late. A shame that TNA will probably be brought down in a year by terrible upper management, but that's a story


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I made my first trip to Conseco this year last night for the Wizards game. A few things I noticed:
1. I still had the TSA treatment coming into the facility. Being treated like a criminal by businesses I am paying good money to patronize is a huge turnoff.
2. Wow - the crowd was thin. I'm guessing only 50% occupancy. I hate to say it, but if it gets much worse they are going to have to bring back the curtain. The team is above 500 and playing tracking to the playoffs. While I can understand that the team's style of play is lacking in characteristics Hoosiers normally appreciate, there's no reason for this other than that the team has really alienated its fan base. I think it goes to show that there is a still a ways to go to reconnect.
3. The Pacemates are as good looking as I've seen them in a while. I think we can now say that we've got legitimately good looking cheerleaders.
4. The constant exhortations to "stand up" by the announcer is patronizing and disgraceful. It's also pathetic. If the team can't motivate people to stand and cheer, we shouldn't have to be told to do so by the announcer.
5. Conseco is still the best place to see a basketball game I've ever been.
6. This team is a lot better than I expected, but still it can be painful to watch an NBA game these days. Call me crazy but I do sort of miss the old 125-123 final scores.
Too bad I didn't sign up for League Pass this year. With the Pacers effectively untelevised, it's been hard to follow the team. So it was good to get to see them in person.


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National Cathedral dean to advocate gun control in Sunday sermons
WASHINGTON (AP) - The dean of Washington National Cathedral will call for stricter gun control during his sermons Sunday.
The Very Rev. Gary Hall says in a statement that the Episcopal Church has strongly advocated gun control for several decades. He says in the current political climate, officials are "unwilling to address the realities of gun violence in America."
Hall says the cathedral community will pray for the victims and all those affected by Friday's mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
And he pledges that the cathedral will "work with our national leaders to enact more effective gun-control measures."
Hall will preach about the topic during services Sunday morning at 8:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.


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Does one have to self-identify as poly in advance of a situation in order for polyamory to work?
1:00 News and host chat
2:00 Topic: Poly by Orientation vs Poly by Situation
Should I be poly? This question is often asked, and a recent BlogHer essay questioning whether monogamy is the ultimate form of love or a restraint on one's sexual freedom is better brought up the question: is polyamory a solution to a relationship with no intimacy?
- Is poly of zero benefit to a monogamous-identified partner of someone who would like to be poly?
- Does "Poly by Situation" ever work?
- 11:20 What is required for a Poly by Situation effort to work out: every partner is fully committed, everyone voices their fears and doubts at every turn, no veto power
13:15 Feedback
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- Sarah on the autonomy-intimacy scale from episode 304
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Poly by situation is a concept I never thought of.
One of the interesting things of polyamory, even for those not into polyamory, is that it gives you guidelines that also works very well in a monogamous relationship.


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Both the usual shenanigans and the unexpected can be seen in this, the fifth series of Killinaskully - a place that has more village idiots per capita than anywhere else in Ireland.
With Goretti debuting as a spirit medium, Sgt. Dick's secret potion, the dreaded Bally Boys up to their old tricks, and Pa Connors as a weatherman, the new series of Killinaskully looks set to serve up a diet of undiluted mayhem and madness.
Dan tries his hand at tantric yoga, while Jimmy's robotic dance is the talk of the village during the bachelor competition. Timmy's science fiction comics go to his head and the Bally Boys scheme to outmanoeuvre Dan and Jimmy in a rally race to remember.
We can look forward to madcap escapades when a missing letter to the minister starts a hostage situation and Dan, Jimmy and Timmy end up in a spot of bother when they are hauled up in front of 'the beak' accused of manslaughter. As if that is not enough, Cantwell somehow manages to lose his class, which starts a massive manhunt that soon disintegrates into a circus. literally.
A visit to the village of Killinaskully will no doubt have you in stitches. Old favourites such as Dan Clancy, Timmy & Jimmy, Pa Connors and Sgt. O'Toole, Mrs.Gilhooley and Dieter have once again been brought to life by the writing team of comic Pat Shortt , Limerick writer Mike Finn and Joe Rooney. Limerick native, Eugene O'Connor also returns in the director's chair.
This series was shot on location in the villages of Killoscully and Ballinahinch.


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Looks like Kawasaki is leaking things itself now, according to MotoMag.gr, which snagged these photos and details off the manufacturer's European website, where they were published for a brief time. The Kawasaki W800 is a 773cc version of the venerable W650, itself considered a better take on the classic Triumph Bonneville than the new Triumph Bonneville itself. You know what to expect: a reasonably powerful parallel-twin, "meh" suspension and tires, but ridiculously good styling and neat retro details.
Update: full details in a Kawasaki PDF embedded below.
As this is a "leak" there's not a lot more information for now. The whole shebang weighs 220kg/485lbs (not clear if that's wet or dry), which is par for the retro course, but still pretty disappointing for what could be a truly awesome motorcycle. Indeed, that's sort of the feeling with get with all these retro roadsters. Sure, they're pretty affordable, but they're built more for a look than they are for actual riding, which is a shame, looks like this in a package that could actually perform? That'd be a killer app. But of course, this is why the W650 was and the W800 will presumably be such a popular basis for customization, the fundamentals of greatness are there, they just need some help coming to light. We expect to see Deus Ex Machina churning out kick ass customs based on the W800 by next summer.
And before you ask, no, this probably isn't coming to the states. Despite the success of the kinda-rare W650 on the used market, the bike was never marketed correctly here and therefor wasn't a sales success, but the company blames that on the bike, so we lose.
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Multicultural Affairs
Diversity is central to student learning at Columbia College Chicago.
Columbia College Chicago's campus is an eclectic, urban cacophony of cultures that create the unique characteristics of our institution. It is universally understood at Columbia that diversity is integral to the learning experiences we create for our students, both within and beyond the classroom. We also believe that a diverse campus is central to our ability to produce high caliber, versatile artists and communicators of all races, cultures, and ethnicities.
As educators, we place great importance on racial and cultural diversity in our classrooms, residence halls, and various organized activities. It is our individual differences that help enliven classroom discussions and social interactions. By sharing and experiencing our differences, we can dissolve barriers that exist through stereotypes, help prepare our students to effectively integrate themselves in a global society, and function collaboratively with others.
Columbia College Chicago's Multicultural Affairs Office is a division of Student Affairs that exists to foster and support the intellectual, social and cultural development of all students, especially those from diverse cultural backgrounds and lifestyles.
Offices within Multicultural Affairs include African-American Cultural Affairs, Asian American Cultural Affairs, International Student Affairs, Latino Cultural Affairs, and LGBTQ Office of Culture and Community. Together, these offices promote and celebrate diversity by creating a cultural agenda for the college community, and in doing so, we help retain and encourage our diverse students as they matriculate. By providing programming and services that are relevant to the experiences of our diverse students, we assist them to thrive and connect with all of their peers, mentors, faculty, and staff here at Columbia.
Diversity is hardly just a buzz word at Columbia; it is part of the fabric we weave in preparing all of our students to work together for the benefit of current and future generations.


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State lawmakers have reached their first self-imposed deadline for committees to take initial action on bills, but it's still not clear which issues are actually dead for the session.
The Vikings stadium bill is among those measures still clinging to life. There could be some movement this week on a proposed constitutional amendment, and a bonding bill also appears to be taking shape.
Tim Pugmire is keeping an eye on all of the action at the State Capitol, and takes a look at the week ahead with Cathy Wurzer.


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It Seems Apple Is Still Its Own Index
At Thanksgiving dinner this past weekend, my 12-year-old nephew reported to me that one of his teachers had started the class on a stock-market game at the beginning of the month. Each student was given a hypothetical $100,000 to invest from now until school lets out in May and, obviously, the one with the most money at the end will win.
I asked him what stocks he bought -- and, so far he had only bought one. I will give everyone two seconds to guess which one it was. If it takes you longer than that, you have not been paying attention this year....473 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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See Jessica Biel's Giant Engagement Ring From Justin Timberlake!
Justin Timberlake really, really loves Jessica Biel -- and she's got the giant engagement ring to prove it!
PHOTOS: How Justin Timberlake and Jessia Biel fell in love
After months of secrecy, the "New Year's Eve" actress finally debuted her giant rock in public at The Tavern in L.A. Thursday. She was joined by Timberlake, 31, who popped the question over the holidays in Jackson, Wyoming.
PHOTOS: Jessica Biel's hottest, most revealing body moments
Biel first gave off a glimpse of her ring at a "Saturday Night Live" afterparty at New York City's Ristorante Asellina on February 18. "It looked vintage and might have been custom made," a witness told Us Weekly. Despite showing it off to Amy Poehler and Kristen Wiig, Biel managed to keep her new bling hidden from photographers.
Timberlake and Biel, who have been together on-and-off for nearly five years, are planning to wed "this summer at a private estate," an insider recently told Us, who added that Biel is hoping to wear Monique Lhuillier for her big day.
PHOTOS: Justin Timberlake's many women
Though neither star has talked publicly about their engagement, Biel's "New Year's Eve" and "Valentine's Day" director Garry Marshall recently admitted they've spoken at length about her happy news.
PHOTOS: Zoom in on Hollywood's biggest engagement rings!
"We talk about it a lot. I hope it all works out -- they are terrific kids," Marshall told Us of Biel, 30, and Timberlake. "I love them both. I'm happy for her."
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Avery® Business Card Pages 76009, Pack of 10Product Number: 76009
These Business Card Pages will help get you organized in a flash. Each page holds up to 20 business cards--10 on each side--and is prepunched for storage in a three-ring binder. The pages are archival save and acid free so they won't lift print off the inserts or cards. Soon every business card in your collection, from business associates to your doctor to your favorite hairstylist, will have its own place. With these pages, organization becomes a simplified success.
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In addition to using them for business cards, I use them at home for coupons. It's a great way to quickly find the coupon I'm looking for at the grocery story.
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These business card holders are the best because they do not rip, tear or get wrinkled with age. I had purchased "another" brand and I thought I got a better product as they were much thicker. Well, 1 year later they have gotten so wrinkled that I had to replace all of them as you could not read the cards.
These Avery ones do not wrinkle even when left in the car in the hot summer weather.
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I thought I was pretty good at storing business cards. Until I lost the whole pack - rubber band and everything!!! It was a sad day... Now I love using the Business Card Pages. You have all the cards you ever wanted, or just collected, right at your disposal in an organized fashion. I love getting organized!!!
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We've used these sheets of business card holders as part of the ideal introduction for new employees by inserting business cards for the people they need to know and how to contact them. It makes the ability to connect the name with the person easier and provides the employee with a handy reference sheet.


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Exclusive Military Discounts, Benefits & Rewards for
Active Duty Military, Veterans and Their Families Exclusive Military Discounts, Benefits & Rewards for Active Duty Military, Veterans and Their Families
Troops going into combat count on one thing: No matter what happens, their buddies won't leave them behind.
Service members at the Pentagon honored this battlefield tradition in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attack on the historic military headquarters.
Gen. John Keane, Army vice chief of staff, was in his office at the Pentagon that day. In mid-January, he talked of the day's terror and courage to a group of reserve officers here.
"It was like a battlefield in every sense of the word," the general said. "There was a terrifying blast and a horrifying fireball.
"Ceilings and walls imploded," he said. "(The) room filled with the fireball and then with this black, acrid smoke that forced you to crawl on your hands and knees -- if you could -- to get out of that building. People formed human chains to do it."
Strange Battlefield
Just like on the battlefield, Keane said, there was terror, desperation, death -- and extraordinary acts of heroism. Army Lt. Col. Marilyn Wills, who later received the Soldier's Medal for heroism and the Purple Heart for her injuries that day, he said, was one example.
"She and a co-worker were knocked to the ground," Keane said. "The fireball came over them, then the smoke. She knew she had to get out. She grabbed her co-worker and put her on her back.
"We estimate she moved (the length of) a football field and a half or two, on her knees before she got to a window," he noted. "She took a computer and busted through the window and pitched her co-worker out the second floor. The woman broke both her legs.
"Marilyn had passed another woman en route, whom she knew would perish if she didn't go back and get her," he said. "She went back and put that woman on her back, dragged her down the hallway and pitched her out the window. She broke a leg. Then Marilyn jumped out the window herself.
"Marilyn's not that tall," remarked the square-jawed general, who's as broad-shouldered as an NFL player. "If I asked her today to lift her co-worker and put her on her back, she probably couldn't do it. But that day, knowing that she had to save a life, and save her own, she found the strength."
When the smoke cleared, 300 people were injured and 189 were dead, including 64 airline passengers and crew. The Army lost 75 people in the attack, Keane noted.
"Before the first responders came, we had people there who had first aid and combat life-saving skills," Keane said. "Hospital officials later told us what a remarkable job our people did in saving so many lives."
Because it was a crime scene, the Federal Bureau of Investigation took charge of the site. The local fire marshal directed search and rescue operations. Search and rescue operations soon transitioned into recovery operations.
Unprecedented Mission
The intense heat of the fireball had obliterated the remains of some victims. The remains of others lay in the smoldering ruins.
"We had a formidable task ahead of us to find the remains and remove them," Keane said. "We went to see the fire marshal and the special agent in charge and told them that as far as we were concerned, this was a battlefield and those were our dead. We have a way of dealing with this. On the battlefield, we take care of own and that's what we intend to do here."
Military officials called on one of the Army's most prestigious infantry units, the 3rd Infantry Regiment. Known as "the Old Guard," the unit is the oldest active infantry regiment in the Army.
Old Guard soldiers traditionally take part in Army ceremonies in the national capital region and around the world. They also perform funerals at Arlington National Cemetery and guard the Tomb of the Unknowns. On September 11, the Old Guard was called out for an unprecedented mission.
At first, they performed search and rescue operations to find survivors. The soldiers helped shore up parts of the building and helped local fire and rescue authorities. Later, the task at hand was to locate and recover remains.
The soldiers helped sort through the rubble so FBI agents could locate evidence and local search and rescue workers could locate remains. When remains were found, the Old Guard soldiers carried out body bags containing the remains.
Military mortuary affairs personnel stood by to receive the remains. The Army's 54th Quartermaster Company (Mortuary Affairs), based at Fort Lee, Virginia, were first on the scene, followed by the Army Reserve 311th Quartermaster Company (Mortuary Affairs) from Puerto Rico.
"We intended to remove (all the remains) using United States Army soldiers," Keane said. "That's our tradition. That's our custom. So we asked the fire and rescue people to call us when they located (remains) and told them that we would assist them."
The Old Guard's young soldiers, he said, most in their early 20s, wore protective garments, respirators, rubber boots and gloves when they went in to recover remains.
All work on the site stopped while they performed the grim mission. Nothing would move except the soldiers, Keane said. They carried the remains to a tent, where there was a short ceremony with the American flag and a chaplain said a prayer.
"We did that outside the view of any camera or reporter," he noted. "We did that because that's who we are and what we stand for. Those are our values."
Source: American Forces Information Service via Veterans News and Information Service