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I bought Alstrasoft's e-friends software and I have to say that this software has been a nightmare. Right out of the box, about 50% of the features that Alstrasoft bragged about on their sales page do not work at all.
Throughout the process of installing the software my web/php developer spent numerous hours fixing errors in the original source code. These things include but were not limited to:
Searching these problems out and correctly them was very time consuming and costly for my company, however, due to the fact that site was being customized for my business enterprise, I was only mildly irritated that these bugs were present in the software. Fortunately they were fixed.
Once the site was completed and we entered a beta testing process, we recognized many more problems. These however were not simple glitches or bugs but MAJOR problems with E-Friends core features. These include:
*2. The "Classifieds Search" does not display results correctly. Running a search with certain keywords display multiple pages of matches. However, clicking on "Page 2" of the search results(or "Page 3" or "Page 4" for that matter) leads to nothing.
3. The "Forum" does not allow users to use any sort of normal formatting when posting messages. A carriage return, Quotation marks, all end up leaving jibberish on the page. Why can people make new paragraphs in the meesage section, the blog section, the invite section, the classifieds section, but *NOT the forum? I dont understand this.
*4. The "Chatroom" section is only compatible with Internet Explorer. Any chance of allowing the other 30% of the online population that use Firefox or Opera or Safari the opportunity join in on the chat?
I love the "idea" of e-friends, BUT this is rediculous. If there is one thing I do today... I hope it's to stop you from making the same mistake I did by purchasing this garbage. AVOID ASTRASOFT AT ALL COSTS!!!! PAY TWICE AS MUCH FOR ANYTHING ELSE!!! PERIOD.
Anbody got theirs to work fully? I keep getting into more and more errors and I barely know any php to fix it all. Any help would be appreciated.
I agree, bought the script and it had alot of problems as well and ended up not using it.
You should have done a search for reviews on the product/company before you purchased it.
I don't think I've ever seen anyone say anything good about that company.
Yes, I had a similar experience. But when I purchased it, very little had been mentioned about it on sitepoint.
There's a moral to this story, research research research and you are better off building a customised site from scratch. If you are going to invest so much time and effort, spending the money will be worth it in the end.
All alstrasoft products are like that, it's probably the worst software company ever conceived.Their products are less than half finished and full of bugs, don't buy that **** :/
Thanks for the review..i almost bought it..thank God i didn't
Yep, I had the same problem! Support is terrible too. I actually purchased this prior to PHPFox...
Did you try to get your money back?
I never tried getting my money back and I have just put it down to inexperience (on my part). And no, I never got it to work fully either. I just abandoned the whole thing and hired someone to build a site from scratch (far worth it!).
I find it hard to believe that people still spend hundreds of dollars on scripts available from hotscripts listings without going through it 100% as if the site / demo was on your own server.
Sometimes it's hard to tell if a script works 100% just demoing it due to many hidden features that become visible during "specific actions and / or events" in the software that may be the source of bugs "after you buy" but this is why many firms offer a online demo.. for you to act like a customer that will use the service. Sometimes (including my own software) you will receive a Encoded Trial to fully test for x days on your own server.
This is a notice to all software purchasers - do your research to the point where you can't do anymore, then be sure to TEST TEST and TEST again. It's not wrong for you to even contact them and ask about known flaws.
Try something different next time:
Tell the software company that you will only purchase from them based on the a legal binding contract they will sign stating there is no "known software flaws". Be sure you do this AFTER you receive a response based on them telling you "There is no known flaws".
That's good advice Peter. Thank you.
i bought the software the last week :nono:
alstrasoft not yet send me e-friend...now, on his page (http://www.alstrasoft.com/tos.htm) i read:
All sales of our products are final unless otherwise decided. Decisions are to be placed only in the hands of the AlstraSoft agent handling your request. No refunds will be issued, guaranteed or promised. Once we issue a registration number or registered copy there is no way for us to recall, or rescind a registration number or registered program that has already been issued to a customer. Essentially, once the registration information or program has been issued there is no way for us to guarantee that a customer has not, or is not continuing to use the product. AlstraSoft does not accept any returns nor make any refunds for the Software. Refunds are NOT given if server specifications does not meet requirements as listed on our corresponding product info page. Refunds are NOT given for unsuitability to a web server requirement for which the requirements are clearly listed on the product site. Refunds are NOT given for missing "features" or missing capabilities for our products which feature a fully functional online demo. The customer is responsible for determining if the product is suitable by using the demo. Refunds are NOT given for installation fees or other non-product labor costs.
I please you to read the bold...I send them a lot of mail, but i not yet received software...
In this case, can i cancell the order?!?
Another piece of advice, never buy php scripts that have been encoded. Besides the issues of getting your hosting company to install the required software in the web server, you are left waiting on the software company for even the most simply changes to the code.
I see how they get around negative feedback, they add their products many times on hotscripts see http://hotscripts.com/New/20060910-2.html they add the same script twice
I guess they are hoping that people find the listings with no negative feedback. Like this one http://hotscripts.com/Detailed/59812.html low rating but no feedback, but this one http://hotscripts.com/Detailed/63271.html has no rating or feedback
Maybe some of you will take the time to complain to hotscripts, this could hit them. Or you could all club together and get a developer to rectify the bugs?
They market other peoples scripts, in fact they probably have ads on scriptlance for buying peoples scripts, reselling but never testing?
If the software doesn't work, then essentially they breached their agreement. The developer can whine, complain and protest that their policies are no refunds but they have NO CHOICE but to give you a refund if there are MATERIAL defects like you claim. They did not deliver on your half of the agreement so you should get your money back. This does not generally apply with minor bugs (always look at the terms of the agreement) but it sounds like a whole lot more than that and essentially the script does not work as advertised. Good luck.
Looking back, I would/should have taken your advice but it has been such a long time now as I bought the script back in 2005 and then I had it heavily modified but to no avail. Oh well. I guess I have learnt and this time I am doing things very differently.
Ditto ^that^. I've never heard ANYTHING good about them.
I'd send them another email, say the product does not function even close to how its advertised, and if you don't receive a refund within a set deadline, then you'll instruct your credit card company to do a chargeback. It might stick a rocket up their jacksies, and even if it doesn't you'll at least get money back, and stop it going to people who are basically thieves!
I got interested in the Alstrasoft Online escrow Pro and was to purchase it before deciding to visit the forums.I've not read any comment on this program specifically.Does anyone know an alternative program or company that can offer the equivalent program for running an escrow business?My search so far has not yielded any results. `Appreciate your helpful response.
Iagree but unfortunately humans love instant gratification, which is why the internet became so popular. Easy access to everything... as you can see - some people trust in companies and get burned and then it creates a lack of trust for "the web" in general.
Companies like Alstrasoft ruin it for legitimate companies online. Alstrasoft sucks... I hope more people read this thread and choose wisely before purchasing from Alstrasoft.


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Mumford & Sons
Album Review
On paper, the British folk quartet Mumford & Sons doesn't seem like a shoo-in for international superstardom and nearly universal critical acclaim. But then neither did Adele.
In 2010, Marcus Mumford and his three bandmates (who are not his sons) released their debut, Sigh No More, a raucously folksy march into unplugged nirvana punctuated with pounding foot drums, blitzkrieg banjos, acoustic guitars strummed within an inch of their lives, and achingly earnest harmonies about life and love and faith and death. Suddenly, Mumford & Sons was everywhere—even landing a coveted set at the Grammys with the grizzled godfather of folk himself, Bob Dylan.
Now the group returns with its second effort, Babel, an album that takes every element of Sigh No More—both musically and lyrically—and amps them up into arena rock territory.
And by arena rock, I mean arena folk, a genre that doesn't really exist—but now should.
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Spiritual Content
Sexual Content
Violent Content
Crude or Profane Language
Drug and Alcohol Content
Other Negative Elements
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The story of the tower of Babel in Genesis 11 symbolically represents humanity's foolish, arrogant attempt to reach God on its own—an attempt God resisted and struck down. Mumford & Sons gives this theme a half twist. Over and over again, these provocative songs pivot between characters' foibles, flaws and failings, and their determined intent to keep clinging to hope, grace and faith anyway.
The title track suggests dichotomy. Mumford perhaps acknowledges both his folly and his simultaneous hatred of it when he sings, "Like the city that nurtured my greed and my pride, I stretch my arms into the sky." He knows well his frailty ("You know our breath is weak and our body thin/ … I know my weakness, know my voice") yet proclaims, "But I believe in grace and choice."
"Whispers in the Dark" speaks elliptically to the battle between truth and holiness on one side and the devil's lies on the other ("You hold your truth so purely/Swerve not through the minds of men/This lie is dead/This cup of yours tastes holy/But a brush with the devil can clear your mind/And strengthen your spine"). Lead single " I Will Wait" apparently mingles love for a woman with love for God, concluding with what seems like a worshipful prayer for self-control and clarity: "Now I'll be bold/As well as strong/And use my head alongside my heart/So tame my flesh/And fix my eyes/A tethered mind freed from the lies/And I'll kneel down/Wait for now/ … Know my ground/Raise my hands/ … Bow my head/Keep my heart slow."
On "Holland Road," a broken man seems to admit that his own failings have inflicted deep hurt upon someone else—hurt that's boomeranged back upon him. Still, he's determined to forgive that harsh treatment ("I wished you well as you cut me down") and to cling to his faith even as he longs for reconciliation ("When I'm on my knees, I still believe/And when I've hit the ground, neither lost nor found/If you'll believe in me, I'll still believe"). "Ghost That We Knew" recalls a painful sundering of relationship in the past even as it looks forward to a brighter, better future. Likewise, on "Lover of the Light," a husband seems to promise a wife who's on the verge of leaving him that he's committed to changing his ways to win her heart again.
"Lover's Eyes" finds a man haunted by the memory of his beloved's eyes, a woman who's now left him. In her absence, though, he prays, "Lord, forget all my sins/Take my hand/Help me on my way/And I'll walk slow." "Reminder" and "Hopeless Wanderer" both involve men clinging to hope and meaning in the aftermath of losing love.
"Broken Crown" grapples with spiritual struggle and temptation: "The pull on my flesh was just too strong/Stifled the choice and the air in my lungs/Better not to breathe than to breathe a lie/ … Oh, my heart was flawed, I knew my weakness/So hold my hand, consign me not to darkness." "Below My Feet" also pleads for purposeful strength: "Keep the earth below my feet/For all my sweat, my blood runs weak/Let me learn from where I have been/Oh, keep my eyes to serve, my hands to learn."
Objectionable Content
As was the case on Mumford & Sons' debut, the album's generally positive vibe gets interrupted by jarring f-words on one track. This time it's "Broken Crown."
Seemingly mingling the carnal and the spiritual, cryptic lyrics on "Whispers in the Dark" hint at a man's opposing desires for illicit sex and serving God: "Whispers in the dark/Steal a kiss, and you'll break a heart/Pick up your clothes and curl your toes/Learn your lesson, lead me home/Spare my sins for the ark/ … I'm a cad, but I'm not a fraud/I set out to serve the Lord."
Summary Advisory
Outside of the contemporary Christian music environment, it's a rare thing to hear a musical act pour out its innermost thoughts in such consistently theological language. Love. Grace. Forgiveness. Flesh. Sin. Hope. Looking at the lyrics for some of these songs, they seem closer to something you'd hear in an ancient hymn or an epic poem by John Milton than something sandwiched between Maroon 5 and Taylor Swift on the radio.
Album closer "Not With Haste," for instance, acknowledges life's difficulties but looks forward to a time of healing in the future (perhaps in heaven?) and determines to keep loving well until we get there: "Do not let my fickle flesh go to waste/As it keeps my heart and soul in its place/And I will love with urgency and not haste." Fickle flesh? Who writes lyrics like that? Chris Martin? Bono? Maybe Leonard Cohen?
I can't tell you where Marcus Mumford is coming from spiritually. But I can say that his band has once again born remarkable lyrical witness to the inescapable tension between our best spiritual longings and our deepest fleshly failings. Eject the f-words on "Broken Crown," and it's clearly the former, not the latter, that get the last redemptive word on Babel.
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Debuted at No. 1 with first-week sales of 600,000 units.
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Robertson and Delsing re-elected chair, vice chair of NWB
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A big fighter changed his ways, Chuck Hagel and Dennis Thompson were promoted, construction in North Platte set a new financial record, and the old Catholic school building and two downtown stoplights were torn down...
Big fight
Big Rob Mitchell, six-foot, seven-inches tall, changed his life. The former gang member was shot in the leg during a gang fight a few years ago. Now he teaches fighting in a new building near the Nebraska Athletic Club on East Fourth. He and other fight organizers are gearing up for the St. Paddy's Day Beatdown, a night of mixed martial arts fights set for March 16.
Hagel nominated to cabinet
Chuck Hagel, born in North Platte in 1946, was nominated to become the U.S. Secretary of Defense, continuing his climb to national prominence. Hagel also served two terms in the U.S. Senate. He was born in a tiny house on the west edge of North Platte and grew up in the Sandhills, where his family owned a lumber company.
Star Wars spoofed
1991 North Platte High graduate Patrick Gorman hits it big with a quirky spoof of Star Wars, appearing on ABC's Nightline. The play has run for 15 years at Star Wars conventions in the U.S. and Europe.
Firefighter sentenced
Former North Platte firefighter Aaron Vieyra, 33, was sentenced to up to three years in the state penitentiary for attempting to distribute cocaine.
Vieyra was arrested in May 2011 along with eight other people in a major bust in this part of the state. He later pled guilty to two counts of attempted distribution.
Lincoln County District Court Judge Donald Rowlands said a lesser sentence for the nine-year veteran of the fire department would send the "wrong impression to the public and the community."
Vieyra eventually served nine months in prison and was released at the earliest possible parole date on Sept. 9.
Options narrow at Pawnee Hotel
Pawnee Assisted Living Hotel Director Sandy Schade met with about 30 people Jan. 5 from the community and said the operation might not be salvageable. Residents have had to wear their coats for more than two weeks after the heating system quit working and the hotel made do with temporary heaters. Health and Human Service inspectors have temporarily suspended the hotel's assisted living operating license pending a formal hearing.
Goodbye to early out
The North Platte school district will officially drop its "early-out Wednesdays" program, when classes were dismissed every Wednesday afternoon so teachers could meet and collaborate. The program began in 2010 under former Supt. David Engle.
Pornographer sentenced
Jason Bielicki was sentenced to seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to receipt and distribution of massive volumes of child pornography. U.S. Attorney Deb Gilg said more than 110 giga-bytes of pornography and erotica were found. Not only were the photos illegal, but missing and exploited children from the national registry were identified on 96 videos and 105 digital photographs. Bielicki was arrested in October 2011 at 2318 West First, police said.
Cold courthouse
Lincoln county courthouse workers donned coats and jackets in upstairs offices Jan. 14, as the building's hot water heat showed its age. Too many space heaters caused other problems – blown fuses -- and part of the building was without electricity. The courthouse is going through a four-phase renovation, with new windows scheduled in 2013 and a new heating and air conditioning system in the plans for 2014.
Four die in crash
Four businessmen were killed Jan. 11 when their twin-engine aircraft crashed in the hills 13 miles northeast of Maxwell. The plane took off from North Platte Regional Airport around 3:45 p.m. The sky was misty, the temperature was slightly below freezing and a north wind was blowing around 20 mph, the weather service said. The wings evidently iced up and the plane went down violently in a small valley.
New carts
The city will spend more than $25,000 this summer for new golf carts at the financially troubled Iron Eagle Golf Course, the city council said.
Chronic criminal caught
Ryan Gabel led police on a car chase around town that reached speeds of 60 mph, but he was caught when he hit a parked car near A and Ash. He took off on foot, but police caught up with him at his house near Washington Elementary School.
Barbwire Bill, otherwise known as William Morris, ended up in the state penitentiary in the 1921. Morris' wife Maud died, allegedly drug to death by a horse, in a strange series of events on a ranch near Tryon, in the history story of west central Nebraska.
Close call
A car ran through the back wall of the North Platte home of Ryan Jones on West Philip, narrowly missing Jones' two-year-old daughter asleep in her bed. The driver, Benjamin Beauvais, just backed out of the house and drove off, tearing out Jones' backyard fence as he went. He was arrested and charged with three misdemeanors. Jones estimated $10,000 in damage to his house.
Shining star
Marilyn Merksick of North Platte was honored for rescuing a kindergartner at Lincoln Elementary School, after the little girl got chicken nuggets stuck in her throat.
"Her arms were flailing and she was grabbing me," Merksick said. "She was scared to death."
Mersksick, who is known as "Grandma Merksick" around the school, was honored with a Shining Star award by the North Platte school board.
Cold splash
Organizers flexed their urge to be crazy again and invited people to get wild in February, when the Hoggy Doggy Shadow Splash returns for the 15th year. Dressed in crazy costumes, "splashers" jump into the frigid waters of the South Platte River to raise money. This year, the proceeds will go to the Adopt-a-Backpack program, which sends food home with school kids on weekends.
The Splash has been a small-size event for a couple years, but organizers Russ Jones, David Fudge and Jim Paloucek are bringing it back, full force.
Boe busted
Christopher Boe, 21, was sentenced to 3-9 years of hard time for trying to have sex with a 12-year old-girl. Lincoln County District Judge Donald Rowlands told Boe that he "must realize this is a serious sex crime," noting that Boe was 19-years-old when he took advantage of a 12-year-old.
Tragic death
Korey Elizabeth Huebner of Hershey was killed Jan. 28 from injuries in a deadly wreck at a three-way intersection north of Sutherland. Driver Micah Koch was later charged with motor vehicle homicide and driving under the influence of alcohol. Huebner was a 2012 nursing graduate of the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Smokers eager
Pot smokers are eager to start smoking marijuana in Colorado, after voters gave the okay to retail pot sales in November. However, they must be patient because legislators are working out the complex details of a new set of laws.
Alexander resigns
With a terse, one-sentence statement, Washington elementary school principal Shane Alexander resigned Jan. 28. No details of his departure were released.
No license
More than a year ago, Karen Hough of Arnold made a phone call to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services to find out how to become a licensed horse massage therapist. Hough's straightforward effort to abide by the rules took her on a journey that lasted more than a year. First she was told she had to graduate from veterinary school, then she was told that new rules were being written, but those rules never became clear. The licensing process is tightly controlled by the veterinarian's association.
"Did you ever play fox and goose when you were a kid?" Hough asked. "Government works a lot like that."
Big bank
Work is progressing quickly on the big new three-story building for Nebraskaland National Bank, with a commanding view of the South Platte River. Work did not slow during the winter and construction is on pace to be finished by fall.
Four-legged prowlers
Reports of wolves on the prowl are increasing through the central states, outdoor writer Rick Windham said, citing sightings in Kansas, Missouri and Minnesota.
Bill Riley
Bailey Yard's first black locomotive engineer, Bill Riley, is well-remembered. Riley is in the Bailey Yard Hall of Fame. His parents were part of a black homestead settlement near DeWitty in the Sandhills, near the present-day village of Brownlee.
Brutal honeymoon
There was no wedded bliss for Quincey Shugart of North Platte, whose honeymoon soured quickly. Shugart fought with his new wife, wrecked his pickup and landed in jail on the same day. Police said the couple had a fierce argument. Shugart punched his bride, Dawn Vanmeter, as he drove along in his pickup. He hit a car parked on the street, changed direction and hit a power pole. He was jailed on a series of charges.
Smuggler caught
Inmate Jeff Denson had a wild idea recently – to smuggle pot into the Lincoln County Jail. Denson stuck a baggie of weed up his butt and successfully snuck it into the jail when he was booked on drugs and weapons charges.
The pot was later found in the cells of two other inmates – Michael Malmkar and Matthew Mollman – in addition to Denson's cell.
Inmates are stripped naked when they are booked, but are not routinely probed, a sheriff's spokesman told the Bulletin.
Malmkar sentenced
In an emotionally charged courtroom, Michael Malmkar was sentenced to as long as 10 years' imprisonment for motor vehicle homicide and leaving the scene of an injury accident.
Malmkar, 22, was driving an SUV in June 2011 that hit and killed bicyclist Lavern Walter on State Farm Road on the south side of North Platte. And, months later he was caught burglarizing a bar in Lincoln, near a halfway house where he was completing his treatment for drug and alcohol abuse.
Lincoln County District Judge Donald Rowlands said if Malmkar had completed treatment and received good evaluations, a lesser sentence might have been appropriate, but as it was, a lesser sentence "would send the wrong message to the public – that one can commit something like this and only get probation."
Hot sparks
Former North Platte convenience store clerk Jason Jones was sentenced to probation for accidently burning a car inside a garage that he was trying to burglarize. Inside the garage, Jones moved an air compressor that was wired into the wall and the sparks started a fire. He pled guilty to second-degree arson and possession of meth. He was ordered to pay $8,000 in restitution. (By the end of the year, Jones was back in jail again for violating probation. – Editor.)
North Platte's Bob Schimek created a scale model of the city of Hue, Vietnam, in commemoration of the 45th anniversary of the battle of Hue, one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War. Schimek made the model as a tribute to the soldiers who fought in Nam, including his fired, ex-Marine Dan Dailey of North Platte. Schimek took his replica to the Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles in Lexington, but first he stopped to show it to the Bulletin.
Neal Criddle, a former police officer, was hired as the director at the Connection homeless shelter, replacing Roy Lawton, who lasted just four months on the job. Criddle was a North Platte policeman for nine years, and more recently, was a manager for five years at the Wal-Mart Distribution Center.
Stoplight study
A broad study of traffic in the city indicates that stoplights should be removed at Jeffers at Third and at Fifth, as well as other spots, according to a presentation to the city council. However, councilman Brook Baker questioned the accuracy of pedestrian counts near Memorial Park and Lincoln Elementary School because the study was conducted in October, when pedestrian traffic is lighter than warmer months.
Defense Attorney Russ Jones announced he is running for the Legislature, and intended to focus on the future. "Raw. Real. Problem solving for the future generations," is how he described it.
Sex offenders
The number of high risk sex offenders increased sharply since 2009. Today, there are nearly 90 registered sex offenders living in Lincoln County, according to a registry kept by the Nebraska State Patrol, which is more than a 100 percent increase since 2009, when there were only 42 offenders in the county.
A young North Platte man, 20-year-old Tanner Matthies, rammed his Dodge pickup clear through the front window of Perkins Restaurant, with a 25-year-old man hanging on the front. Police thought the two had argued on the phone before Matthies went ballistic.
Matthies drove across the lot at the man, who grabbed ahold of the bumper grill to keep from falling underneath. The victim ended up covered in glass near the checkout counter of the restaurant. He was rushed to the hospital, and Matthies was arrested.
Credit theft
Swipe a card or tap some buttons on an automated credit card reader and hope your data is safe. According to Western Nebraska Investigative Services of North Platte, criminals have their eyes on your bank account, and credit card fraud victimized nearly 800 Nebraskans in 2012. The thieves' technology is often highly sophisticated. False keypads can be installed over the real keypad, so a credit card number can be collected and stolen without the victim suspecting there is anything wrong.
After tornado
West of town, Joan Smith stood in her backyard on March 12, staring at shards of plastic and pottery in the ground, one year after a twister scattered most of her house and belongings to the wind. She will never get all the pieces back.
"My life changed (the day the twister hit)," she said. "I don't worry about things that might happen in 10 years anymore. I make decisions based on what is important today."
Smith's home was completely rebuilt, this time with double walls in one room – a safe room – in case a twister ever strikes again. But she was still going through boxes of items that were salvaged from her wrecked home, a painful process.
Stephen Marquez and Shawn Reese are charged with theft from a salvage yard. They parked their pickup at the fence during the night and spent three hours loading batteries, tires and metals from inside the ABC Auto Salvage Yard. Sheriff's deputies, acting on a tip from a passerby, found the men the next morning in a North Platte apartment.
The Pawnee Assisted Living Hotel got its operating license back on March 8, which had been suspended in October 2012. An HHS hearing officer said the hotel has made a good faith effort to clean and repair the building, and to keep good records of medication use, and HHS investigators have found no recent deficiencies, so the license was reinstated.
In full color layouts and photographs on the center pages, the Bulletin showed the wonder of the Sandhill cranes that arrived west of town during their annual spring migration.
Solving puzzle
Cody Jolliffe, Terry Houchin and Jacob Moser of North Platte were linked to not only the burglary of Kohler Trailer Sales in North Platte, but also to a break-in and theft of a safe near Lake Maloney, as well as the theft of a safe from Ideal Linen in North Platte.
Prison camps
The Bulletin looks at reports of prison camps being built inside the U.S., following the filibuster in Congress of Rand Paul, who tied up the Senate for 13 hours, until he received assurance that drones would never be used against U.S. citizens.
A watchdog group believes there are hundreds of prison camps ready for use in the U.S. in case of a mass uprising. However, many of the camps on their list are marked "ready for renovation," or "currently in use for prisoners." They are not sitting empty in anticipation of a rebellion.
No consultant
In a close 4-3 vote, the city council nixed a request for $51,500 to hire a consultant to look at North Platte's recreation needs, and fitness centers, and plan for the future. Proponent Paul Pederson, president of the hospital board of directors, said the study would be community wide study, encompassing Lincoln County. Councilman Jim Carman led opposition, saying wellness and fitness are personal responsibilities, not a function of government.
Ghostly theater
Bulletin contributor Kaycee Anderson took readers on a night looking for ghosts in the old Fox Theater, part of an investigative effort spearheaded by the management of the North Platte Community Playhouse.
Nice raises
The North Platte board of education approved 3-percent across-the-board pay raises to 22 top administrators. That boosts Superintendent Marty Bassett salary to $187,200 – or more than $700 a day -- an increase of $7,200/year compared to the year before.
Overall, the raises will add $150,500 to the districts budget in the 2013-14 school year.
Drive to jail
Michael Stone, 24, was sentenced to 2-6 years in the state pen for taking a car from Missouri and driving it to North Platte in September 2012. Stone was already wanted in Lincoln County on seven charges, including theft, bad checks and failure to appear.
Ft. McPherson
Ft. McPherson was the site of crucial Indian negotiations in the 1860s, and the Bulletin recounts the most colorful negotiation from the book, "Fort McPherson, Nebraska" by Louis A. Holmes, when the Pawnee and the Sioux were unable to resolve their differences. This is the 150th anniversary of the historic fort south of Maxwell.
Going strong
The Bulletin began its 11th year. Launched in April 2003 from a basement, doubters said it wouldn't last, but our newspaper remains dedicated to straightforward information about North Platte -- the most important place in central and western Nebraska.
For a decade we have published a print edition each week, a special parade edition during every Nebraskaland Days and 25,000 news stories on the Bulletin's website.
Record construction
A new Credit Union building, a machine shop and a truck repair center opened in North Platte, marking what shapes up to be a record-high year of construction spending. A $100 million addition to the Great Plains Regional Medical Center, the completion of the $15 million Nebraskaland National Bank and a $1.6 million Centris Federal Credit Union help set the new record.
Also, Troyer Welding doubled the size of their machine shop; Inland Truck's built a new, $2 million center on Newberry Road; a $400,000 stairway and elevator was added to the northwest corner of the old 1913 post office on Jeffers St. as it becomes an arts center; Casey's General Store on Rodeo Road added a $350,000 expansion; the Holy Spirit Catholic Church was expanded to the tune of $344,000. A $200,000 Verizon antenna tower and ticket booth were added at Bauer Field at North Platte High School.
Other projects: A $200,000 storage unit in the Industrial Park, a Nebraska - Colorado Cellular warehouse, also in the Industrial Park, Dynamite Destruction's warehouse on West Walker Road and Troyer Crane Service's warehouse on N. Bailey. An office building on East C Street became Dr. Deb's Express Medical Care, Time Saver on South Jeffers was improved and a new open front building went up at the Lincoln County Historical Museum, adding to the grand total.
Councilman: No health consultant
North Platte City Councilman Jim Carman, an outspoken critic of hiring a consultant to do a health and wellness study, suggested it might be done anyway without taxpayer's money. Carman led opposition two weeks ago when the council voted 4-3 against hiring a consultant.
On the other hand, committee chairman David Pederson said that private money is not high on the list of options.
"I suppose that could be one (option) but the general consensus is that we need to work with the city, not around them," he told the Bulletin.
Carman told the Bulletin he remains staunchly opposed to city endorsement of the study and is "happy that our council voted not to fund the study with (growth fund) tax dollars."
HHS waste
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services paid money to dead people and others who didn't qualify, wasting at least $7.7 million in federal money, Nebraska State Auditor Mike Foley disclosed after a lengthy investigation.
Foley said in August 2011 -- just 5 weeks before the end of the federal fiscal year -- the DHHS spent $17.6 million in an apparent effort to spend money before it became unavailable because the year was ended.
The payments were supposed to help low income people pay heating and cooling bills it they qualify.
Foley said thousands of people got the money even though they didn't qualify. Auditors questioned if most of those payments were ever even used to pay utility bills. The money could be traced to utility bills in only a handful of instances.
Most alarming, 261 payments totaling nearly $112,000 were sent to persons who are dead, in some instances for a year or more, the audit showed.
Hopeful recordings
New equipment will improve the recording system at the Bridge of Hope Advocacy Center in North Platte, where victims of domestic abuse are often interviewed and give their statements to law officers. The center received a $2,500 check from the Lincoln County Drug Fund, Hershey Lions Club, the Thrift Center, Cabela's, Bill Summers Ford as well as Wal-Mart Supercenters in McCook and North Platte.
Distinguished grads
North Platte school officials selected the 2013 NPHS distinguished alumni: businessman Byron Boslau (class of 62), Dr. Jim States (62), for outstanding accomplishments in medicine and service to the community; attorney Jim McFarland (65), for outstanding accomplishments in both business and athletics and broadcaster Chuck Schwartz (68).
Divorced dads want more time
If it takes an act of legislature, divorced dads are all for it. Divorced dads want to be able to see their children for the same amount of time as the mothers. A bill in the legislature (LB 22) aims to do that, forcing the divorce court to set up a parenting plan that provides for both parents to share decision making about their child.
Sen. Galen Hadley of Kearney said it is important to see that fit parents have a reasonably similar amount of time and opportunity to be parents. The bill did not pass the Legislature but Hadley vowed to continue fighting for it.
Girls' diamond dust-up
Dissent erupted into the softball season of the North Platte Community College team when nine girls walked off the team April 8 during a tournament in Columbus, capping a long weekend of trouble. The girls were on the edge of the team by the time they returned to North Platte after the tournament.
Head Coach Janelle Higgins is accused of breaking the law by locking girls inside the bus after a season of verbal abuse and overly harsh practices.
Some parents filed a complaint with the North Platte Police Department, pointing to the confinement.
College Vice President Marcus Garstecki said the coaches should have done a better job but he would not suspend them. Garstecki offered to reinstate five of the suspended players if they would sit out a four-game suspension. The girls turned down the olive branch.
Sixth-grade Madison
Discussions began to move North Platte's sixth graders to Madison Middle School and put all the seventh and eighth graders in Adams. Proponents said sixth graders would get the same instruction and get the support they need as they come together from North Platte's 10 elementary schools.
Bassett said seventh and eighth graders would also be together, eliminating the get-acquainted process during the critical freshman year in high school.
With 2 out of 10 students failing to graduate at North Platte High School, top administrators are looking for solutions.
Semi-trucker thanks his dad
A semi-trucker who ran head on into an I-80 overpass support post at full speed on April 5 believes his dead father saved him from death. Carl Shane Peck of Utah is in the hospital with a broken foot and nine stitches in his forehead, but is otherwise okay.
Peck said he remembered taking a drink of Diet Coke, part of which went down his airway. He started coughing, felt light-headed and looked to pull off the road safely. When his mind cleared, the cab was wrapped around the support of the overpass.
Volunteer crews from Hershey and Sutherland worked three hours to get him out of the cab. A helicopter flew him to Good Samaritan in Kearney.
Peck told the Bulletin that his dad was also a truck driver, but died from cancer in 2002.
"But, I believe he was there to protect me, I really do," he said.
Peck drives for Hinz Trucking of Odessa.
Bank robber gets up to 3 years
Would-be bank robber Drew Steier was sentenced to up to three years in prison for trying to rob the Farmers State Bank in Wallace. Steier, 21, of Evanston, Wyo. was one of two men who made a stab at robbing the bank in August. Steier pled no contest.
The men did not complete the robbery. Steier went into the bank and waved a BB handgun around, but left frustrated when tellers told him they could not give him money because it was all locked up. He and accomplice Tracy Black, also of Evanston, drove out of town on a back road in Black's pickup and were caught about an hour later near Imperial.
Man shot in drug theft
Drugs, theft and gunplay put three young North Platte men behind bars, after a late-night shooting on the north side, near 17th St. Police were called to the Great Plains Regional Medical Center around 1 a.m. April 11 on the report of a gunshot victim, a 30-year-old man who was shot in the left leg. He told investigators he did not know who shot him as he ran away from a parked car. Soon officers became involved in a vehicle pursuit on West Second with suspects in the shooting. The chase ended near Third and Adams where three men in the car tried to run on foot. All three were eventually apprehended.
Britton Renfrow, 21, Matthew Bobo, 28 and Ethan Bentley, 21, all of North Platte were all in jail by April 17.
Hershey parents ticketed
Some Hershey parents, plus an entertainer from Lincoln, were shocked to find a $100 parking ticket on their car window as they left a post-prom party early in the morning April 14 at the North Platte Recreation Center. Hershey parents rented the rec center for a closed-door party to keep their children safe. The rec center was closed to other business.
Police issued parking tickets around 2 a.m. Police Information Officer Rodney Brown said one officer issued five parking tickets to vehicles parked in handicapped parking stalls, an offense that is enforceable 24 hours a day.
Unwind on bike
It boils down to one person on the seat, two wheels and a hand on the throttle -- the ingredients in the joy of motorcycle riding.
"When you twist the throttle, there is a power that moves you," said Dave Harrold of North Platte. "The sensation is between you and the ground and the scenery. There is no separation between you and the environment. There is something to be said for a seat and handlebars," Harrold said motorcycle riding is good therapy.
"If you go out and ride for a couple of hours you forget your problems."
Tree for suicide victim
A lone tree will be planted near the Lincoln County Jail to honor a veteran who, struggling to recover from war, hung himself in the Lincoln County Jail in 2008. The tree is one of the outcomes of a years-long lawsuit pressed by the man's sister after Brian Hatcher's, death. The tree on the south side of the courthouse will honor her brother and all fallen veterans.
The total monetary amount of the settlement is confidential, but it gave Brian's sister Kara a sizeable amount of money, $50,000 of which she will donate to Soldiers heart, a nonprofit group dedicated to supporting and healing veterans who suffer from PTSD.
Hatcher served from 2001–04 in the Army's legendary 101st Airborne Division, deployed in both Afghanistan and Iraq. During his second deployment he began to suffer post-traumatic stress disorder, and his symptoms worsened when his deployment ended.
Sixth grade: evenly divided
The North Platte School Board gave Superintendent Marty Bassett the green light to continue to look at putting sixth graders in Madison Middle School. Putting the entire grade in school together would reduce rivalries between middle school students and allow teachers to collaborate better, he said.
Bassett told the board Tuesday that nearly 200 parents and teachers attended public meetings last week at each of the schools. He said that opinions are nearly evenly divided based on a show of hands and numbers written on sticky notes.
St. Pat's school building to bite dust
The 97-year-old original St. Pat's school building will be demolished this summer. Salvageable items such as lights, desks, appliances and the flag pole will be sold at auction on May 18.
"It's been a very difficult decision," Fr. Jim Golka said. "It served for many years; there is a lot of history there. But, nothing has been going on there for two years. It is no longer a safe environment."
Plans are under way to build a new family life center, hopefully within two years, Golka said.
Money for irrigators
Nebraska farmers might be reimbursed for water taken by the state with a bill advanced by Nebraska lawmakers. Christensen proposed this bill because residents of the Republican River Basin irrigation district in southern Nebraska have lost access to much of their surface water from the Republican River during the drought.
Gasp: Chlorine railcar derails
Anatomy of a near miss -- a black railroad tank car rolled by itself in the pre-dawn light, carrying a toxic load of liquid chlorine, covering three miles, past the intersection of Front and Bare Ave. where houses line the streets. It kept going below the overpass at Buffalo Bill Ave., the north-south arterial street on the west side of town.
The big car hit an automatic derail device that keeps runaway cars from rolling into town or straying onto the main lines. It tipped over, plowing a trench a foot and a half deep in the dirt, and stopped.
Sirens in Bailey Yard sounded and emergency responders scrambled. Bailey Yard workers were confined inside buildings, train traffic in and out of the yard stopped for nearly two hours, the Buffalo Bill overpass was closed for a short time. Front St. was closed to traffic for most of the morning. Eventually the car was set upright, but it took most of the day for cranes to lift the heavy and potentially deadly car.
The breakaway load of chlorine sparked a renewed emphasis on precautions, including the only quick response to a deadly leak of hazardous material – taking shelter in the home, sealing windows and doors with plastic and tape, and staying put for up to 12 hours.
Warfield convicted
Donald Warfield, 70, of North Platte, was convicted April 22 of third-degree sexual assault of a child. Warfield, who bears a resemblance to Santa Claus, pled no contest, in a plea deal from first-degree sexual assault of a child. Warfield lived in a trailer on the victim's family's property and inappropriately touched an underage female, now 16, beginning when she was seven years old and continuing for 3-4 years, prosecutors said. Warfield faces up to five years in prison and registering as a sex offender for life.
Future dark for downtown lights
Gary Thayer, District 6 Engineer for Nebraska Department of Roads talked about the removal of downtown traffic lights along Jeffers/U.S. Highway 83 at a meeting of the downtown association. Thayer took comments from downtown business owners and answered questions about the lights at Fifth and Third, the two that are slated for removal.
Miraculous recovery
A three-year old boy fought for his life in a Denver hospital, the victim of a drowning on May 6 just east of North Platte. The boy was fishing with his stepfather in a pond east of Newberry Road overpass, Lincoln County Sheriff Jerome Kramer said.
The boy, Landon Schroeder, was taken to Great Plains Regional Medical Center in North Platte and then life-flighted to Denver Children's Hospital, where he was put into a medically induced coma. Landon was with his stepfather Trevor Perry when the drowning happened and Perry took him home instead of to the hospital. His mother rushed him to the hospital.
Perry's strange behavior prompted an extensive investigation and led to criminal charges.
On the morning of May 8 family members reported that Landon cried and followed an object with his eyes, signs of near-miraculous recovery. Later, his grandfather told the Bulletin that he was resuscitated four times.
Evil Obsession
A major movie and an international Rail Town could be in North Platte's future, developers say. A movie is planned about the notoriously mean Annie Cook, who used the county's poor to bring lucrative contracts and business connections her way in the early 1900s. Producers said they were only waiting on the financing to take shape, but by the end of the year, no real progress had been made on that front. A Rail Town attraction is envisioned to stand near I-80 and attract travelers into town. It would include a new visitor's center where people could see what North Platte has to offer.
Fire Chief
Dennis Thompson is North Platte's new fire chief after a unanimously vote by the city council. Thompson was deputy fire chief for five years and the interim fire chief since Paul Pederson retired early this year. Thompson is looking forward to providing leadership to the fire department, and talked about the department's team efforts.
"I don't do it alone," he said. "It's all of us down there that get out and do the job. I look forward to this opportunity to lead and help the department progress."
McMurtry returns
A former North Platte student with a strong background in athletics is lined up to take over at Madison Middle School. Superintendent Marty Bassett recommends Danny McMurtry to replace Tom Coviello, who is resigning without comment.
Bentley charged
Ethan Bentley, 21, who once said he didn't know anything about a shooting and a meth deal gone bad in mid-April, will be prosecuted for his part in the shooting and attempted methamphetamine robbery. Bentley and two other men are suspected of trying to steal an 8-ball of meth, and then shooting the seller when he tried to run away. Bentley is charged as an accessory to assault, attempted robbery and giving false information.
Pedophile sentenced
Eric Humphrey, 29, will serve 4-5 years in the Nebraska State Penitentiary for two counts of child sexual assault. At most, Humphrey will serve slightly less than three years, four months before he is eligible for parole. He will also register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. An extensive year-long investigation revealed Humphrey had an ongoing sexual relationship with a teenage girl who once told investigators that she had a sexual relationship with Humphrey's roommate Paul Timmer, but later said that Humphrey had tried to have sex with her too. Evidence showed that Humphrey had the ongoing relationship with the underage girl, not Timmer.
Touching sparks prison sentence
Birch also sentenced John Barr, 30, of North Platte, to 6-10 years in the penitentiary for attempted sexual assault of a child, and aggravated assault of a prisoner. Barr was arrested in 2012 after a teenage girl stayed overnight with her friend -- Barr's stepdaughter. Investigators said Barr assaulted the girl on the couch, touching her inappropriately her and trying to pull her pants down. While in jail, Barr got into a fight with another prisoner.
Wolves in hills
Wolves were reported in Box Elder Canyon, a few miles northeast of North Platte. Vernon and Jackie Stenger said they saw three wolves when they were feeding their calves about 15 miles from North Platte.
"We looked across the fence, and there they were, about 200 yards away," Jackie told the Bulletin. "We watched them for a few seconds. They were on a mission, moving at a slow lope. They ran totally different than a coyote, much smoother."
The Game and Parks Department was non-committal about the sightings, refusing to officially say that wolves are in Nebraska.
In related news, mountain lions are now so prevalent in northwest Nebraska that a hunting season could open. Game and Parks officials said lions have been permanent residents since the early 2000s and an estimated 18 now live there. They are considering allowing 1-2 cats a year to be hunted and killed.
School committee
A 15-20 member committee of residents and administrators was formed to look at an all-sixth grade Madison Middle School, planning to meet once a month, Superintendent Marty Bassett said.
Dye honored
Dallis Dye is honored as a Golden Senior just a few days before he passed away. Dye was active in the Eagles, Kiwanis, the opportunity center, the college booster club, Nebraskaland Days and the North Platte Ambassadors, among other civic contributions.
Return to Vietnam
Airport Manager Mike Sharkey took Bulletin readers back to site of intense battles 45 years age in the Vietnam war. Sharkey hired a rickshaw driver to take him to the airstrip where he served during the war. The driver's father was a South Vietnamese security guard at the airstrip and was killed during the war. The driver would not accept any money for the ride. Sharkey found a beautiful country full of forgiving people.
BB shooter sentenced
BB gun shooter Justin Belsky was convicted of 10 counts of criminal mischief in an August 2011 shooting spree that damaged approximately 200 windows all over town. Belsky was ordered to write letters of apology to all victims and pony up 30 percent of his paycheck until restitution is paid. He was placed on strict probation for two years.
Stepdad in trouble
Accused stepdad Trevor Perry is arrested for the second time, once for the near-drowning of Landon Schroder, age 3, and the second time for the assault of his step-mother, 61. Bond was set at $500,000.
Bricks disappear
Honorary bricks for the20th Century Veteran's Memorial will be reordered after an order of 38 turned up missing. The bricks, each engraved with the name of a veteran, were delivered April 25 to the Pawnee Assisted Living Hotel, where the memorial's office is located. An employee at the hotel signed for the 40-pound box and they were left in the lobby, but were nowhere to be found when secretary Wilma Salisbury went to get them. Salisbury said the shipment is covered by insurance.
Bullet shortage
Gun owners, fearing new restrictions and swayed by rumors, are buying excessive quantities of bullets. The buying spree is making it difficult for manufacturers and retailers to keep ammo in stock. Some critics attribute shortages to an unusually high number of federal ammo purchases. According to widespread internet rumors, federal officials have hoarded more than a billion rounds of ammo in an attempt to disarm the public and in effect, control guns.
However, in reality people are stockpiling ammo. Nick Legas of Five Star Pawn Shop in North Platte told of two men who came looking for .22 ammo. Both had said they had stockpiled 10,000 rounds each and wanted another 10,000 rounds. Jim's Hobby shop owner, Jim Harris Jr., said .22 caliber are used for target shooting and small game, and the widely used bullets are the toughest to find these days. Harris said 9mm and .45 caliber bullets are in short supply too.
Kohler burglarized
Police looked for suspects in a theft from Kohler Trailer Sales on Rodeo Road. Sometime during the night, unknown persons broke in and removed a large safe and other items Kohler Trailer Sales is at 3821 Rodeo Road.
Young men, thefts and meth
The list of young men arrested this year for break ins, thefts and drugs is a long one. Here are a few:
• Britton Renfrow 21, Matthew Bobo, 28, and Ethan Bentley, 21 are suspected of trying to steal an 8-ball of meth from Benjamin Newman, 30. Renfrow allegedly shot him when he tried to run.
• Joseph Duran, 28, was sentenced to 1.5-3 years in the pen for the burglary of the Westfield carwash and taking two bill changers from the office.
• Stephen Marquez, 24, sentenced in March to 180 days in the county jail for possession of codeine without a prescription. He faces charges of burglary, theft possession of stolen property, unauthorized use of a vehicle, trespassing and criminal mischief in connection to a pickup load of items taken March 9 from ABC Auto Salvage.
• Timothy Jones, 25, was sentenced recently to 1-3 years in the pen for burglary. Arrested in December, his record of crimes shows three burglary charges, drug possession, five counts of theft, several charges of assault, stolen property, trespassing, witness tampering, shoplifting, contempt of court, disturbing the peace and failure to appear.
• Chance Ragle, 23, jailed June 1 for stealing cars and joyriding during the Christmas holidays. He has a history of theft and was charged with possession of amphetamine in 2011.
• Troy Culpepper, 26, sentenced to 3-6 years in the pen June 2 for a felon in possession of a weapon, after an Aug. 29 burglary where four guns, a large knife and $1,000 cash were taken. A few days later, police found the knife and one of the guns in Culpepper's car.
• Seth Schuett, 23, arrested June 3 after deputies found eight guns that were stolen a week earlier in Maxwell. Most of the guns turned up at a rummage sale in Sutherland. The person running the rummage sale told deputies he had bought the guns from Schuett.
A new business failed and the city inherited the office equipment. The city received about $20,000 in office equipment in exchange for quality growth money that was appropriated in mid-February for a business start up for People Oriented Planning. The business did not develop. Organizer Michelle Stephens initially received a $30,000 grant to launch the business.
To be continued… First published in the Dec. 26 print edition of the North Platte Bulletin. Back issues of the Bulletin are available at our office at 1300 East Fourth St.
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Andy Sinnott says he can't wait to get started after he was appointed as assistant manager-coach at Didcot Town, writes Nick Farrant Sinnott, 62, who left his position as coach at Oxford City, said he enjoyed his time at Marsh Lane, but felt the chance of helping Calor League Division 1 South & West Didcot to progress was too good to turn down.
"I was approached by Ian Concannon and Jamie Heapy (Didcot's joint bosses) and when I went to meet them what really impressed me was their enthusiasm," said Sinnott.
"They were with me as players and they are so keen to do well, and I want to be part of that.
"It wasn't that difficult a decision.
"I had been at City a while and Mike (Ford) has a lot of coaches around him.
"I felt my role was diminishing. I have no axe to grind with City.
"It was the opportunity (at Didcot) to be a bit more involved.
"I believe I still have a lot to offer the game.
"I have been around a long time.
"Jamie and Ian are in their first managerial roles and I am the old head. It's an exciting prospect."
He added: "I played for City most of my career and it's a wrench to leave.
"I enjoyed doing some scouting, but I was missing the buzz that you get on matchdays.
"I need to be in a dressing room environment."
Concannon said: "We are chuffed to bits.
"With Jamie back playing again, we needed some help.
"Andy has years of experience in non-league football and has some excellent contacts.
"He's very enthusiastic and it's massive for us. We met him last Thursday and had a long chat. He was keen to see what we wanted to do.
"We are delighted to get him and what he can bring to the club."
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3 Tools to Make Tricky Car Repairs Easier
Although trimming the weight from sports cars has serious handling benefits, it boosts mpg too. The all-new Porsche 911 is larger than the previous model, but its weight has been trimmed by about 100 pounds. The development team used aluminum for the doors, floorpan, and roof, and even parts that aren't aluminum were put on a diet. The MacPherson strut front axle assembly now weighs 4.4 pounds less than the old one. All of this weight reduction, combined with drivetrain efficiencies and new technology, boosted fuel economy by 16.3 percent.
Next to SUVs, large luxury sedans are the some of the heaviest passenger vehicles on the road. These cars have to be huge to provide the limo-like experience drivers want. And since they are typically packed with an overload of technology and five-star comforts, the weight creeps up with every new generation.
That's not the case at Audi. The new 520 hp S8 uses an aluminum spaceframe to save weight—the body itself weighs just 507 pounds. The S8's curb weight is 4355 pounds, and that may not make it seem like a featherweight until you realize that its main rival, the Mercedes-Benz S63, tips the scales at close to 5000 pounds.
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College Football 2012 — Week Two Preview
Week One told us a few things. Like that Alabama is really, really good.
This week, we don't have any matchups between ranked schools, but we do have some intriguing games that should tell us a bit more about some of these teams. Wisconsin, Nebraska, Oklahoma State and Florida all have challenging road games against BCS-conference opponents. Oklahoma and Stanford, who struggled last week, will try to work out some kinks. Missouri and Texas A&M get their first tastes of life in the SEC. Poor Savannah State will be obliterated by another Top 25 team. And Alabama and Arkansas can set up the first top 10 matchup of the season.
Here is what to look for this week in college football:
Get Familiar with the Rule Changes Coming to College Football So You'll Be Ready for the New Season
Player safety has been a major point of emphasis at all levels of football in recent years. That trend will be noticeable with several changes coming to college football games this fall.


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Herrera adds hook to pitching repertoire
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- As if Kelvin Herrera's 100-mph fastball wasn't enough, the Royals right-hander is polishing up a curveball for his arsenal.
"I'm trying to throw it more often now. That's what I'm going to work on my next outing," Herrera said.
That will be Saturday against the World Series champion Giants. So far he's pitched two scoreless innings, giving up three hits.
"I need to add a pitch this season," Herrera said. "It's a sweep curveball."
Manager Ned Yost said an effective curveball will make Herrera even more dominating than he was last year, when he posted a 2.35 ERA, four wins and three saves as a rookie.
"It's definitely the one thing that he needs to make a bit of an improvement on and be more consistent with," Yost said. "He basically throws strikes with his fastball, has a very good changeup and was a tad bit inconsistent with his breaking ball. If he can develop more consistency with his breaking ball, that gives him three above-average pitches that he can get guys out with."
This spring, Herrera has a secure hold on a bullpen spot. A year ago, he was a kid hoping to land a job.
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Queen Aminah, owner of Queen Aminah Fashions on Market Street in Downtown Inglewood, recently conducted a Rights of Passage Exercise for students at Crenshaw High School as a part of her annual series of Black History Month programs and activities provided for students throughout the Los Angeles Unified and Inglewood Unified School Districts.
The Rights of Passage program featured an entire day of activities designed to bolster the self-esteem of the young women who participated in the program as well as a broad range of workshops covering such topics as African Cultural Awareness, Black History Makers, Arts and Crafts, African Dance, a fashion show displaying the complete collection of African fashions and attire, and other educational and fun activites.
Queen Aminah's annual Black Hisory Month presentations and programs typically feature an interactive lecture on African American history, African drummers and dancers, a lively question and answer session for the students and its finale is a fashion show featuring classmates of the students in attendance.
She said, "The programs we conduct on the elementary, middle school and high school campuses throughout the Los Angeles area are designed to engage and entertain the students, provide an inter-active lesson on Black history, and stimulate their desire to achieve, do well in school, and stimulate their interest in African as well as African-American culture and history."
Queen Aminah's African Boutique in the bustling section of Inglewood's downtown shopping area features a complete collection of authentic African attire for male and female, adults and children. She also offers a broad selection of authentic African collectibles including wood carvings, prints, artwork, jewelry and other items for one's "African Collection."


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The last 10 days of August is almost always good. Think about hurricanes and beaches while lifeguards are still on duty before labor day. It's like clockwork. Every single year it's the same thing. I can't remember a single season that has been this bad for tropical stuff. Basically not a single tropical swell up here other than a quick 2 hour shot of berly from 6 to 8pm which I and many others missed. And now nothing on the horizon and it's nearly the 20th of August
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You have two vertical poles. One stands at 6ft. 6in, the other at 7ft. 7in. From the top of each pole tie a string to the bottom of the other pole.
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majorsick wrote:Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but this just feels awful to me. It wobbles like hell and I can't get any consistency.
Since this is the preferred style of Climo, Schultz, and Feldberg, i'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's because you're doing something wrong
I've been working on this for a couple weeks now, and the timing of it is not intuitive. But try this and see if it helps:
- Imagine your standing in a bar at a shuffleboard table. You do know what a bar-shuffleboard table looks like, don'tcha?
- the part where you're bringing your arm and the disc up while coming up on the ball of your foot is kind of like bringing the puck up to the table
- the part where you're pushing/accelerating is like pushing the puck down the table, and the little kick with the off-leg is the offsetting action that gets a little more power into it.
- don't forget to adjust the nose up a little if you keep hitting low. Not a lot, just a little.
This isn't where I've ended up, and I'm not 100% there yet, but it was one of the visualizations I used to figure out how to time the raise-up-on-front-foot-and-push-with-pop when I was having a hard time getting consistency. Good luck


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10 Crash Course Tips For Job Interviews
January 9, 2014
10 Tips To Boost Your Interview IQ
By Carole Martin, Interview Coach
Even the smartest and most qualified job seekers need to prepare for
job interviews
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is a learned skill, and there are no second chances to make a great first impression. So, study these 10 strategies and caveats to enhance your interview IQ.
1. Practice good nonverbal communication.
It's about demonstrating confidence: standing straight, making eye contact, and connecting with a good, firm handshake. That first impression can be a great beginning—or quick ending—to your interview.
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2. Dress for the job or company.
Today's casual dress codes do not give you permission to dress as "they" do when you interview. It is important to look professional and well-groomed. Whether you wear a suit or something less formal depends on the company culture and the position you are seeking. If possible, call to find out about the company dress code before the interview.
3. Listen.
From the very beginning of the interview, your interviewer is giving you information, either directly or indirectly. If you are not hearing it, you are missing a major opportunity. Good communication skills include listening and letting the person know you heard what he or she said. Observe your interviewer and match that style and pace.
4. Don't talk too much.
Telling the interviewer more than he needs to know could be a fatal mistake. When you have not prepared ahead of time, you may tend to ramble, sometimes talking yourself right out of the job. Prepare for the interview by reading through the job posting, matching your skills with the position's requirements, and relating only that information.
5. Don't be too familiar.
The interview is a professional meeting to talk business. This is not about making a new friend. Your level of familiarity should mimic the interviewer's demeanor. It is important to bring energy and enthusiasm to the interview and to ask questions, but do not overstep your place as a candidate looking for a job.
6. Use appropriate language.
It's a given that you should use professional language during the interview. Be aware of any inappropriate slang words or references to age, race, religion, politics, or sexual orientation—these topics could send you out the door very quickly.
7. Don't be cocky.
Attitude plays a key role in your interview success. There is a fine balance between confidence, professionalism, and modesty. Even if you're putting on a performance to demonstrate your ability, overconfidence is as bad—if not worse—as being too reserved.
8. Take care to answer the questions.
When an interviewer asks for an example of a time when you did something, he or she is seeking a sample of your past behavior. If you fail to relate a specific example, you not only don't answer the question, but you also miss an opportunity to prove your ability and talk about your skills.
9. Ask questions.
When asked if they have any questions, most candidates answer, "No." Wrong answer. It is extremely important to ask questions to demonstrate an interest in what goes on in the company. Asking questions also gives you the opportunity to find out if this is the right place for you. The best questions come from listening to what is asked during the interview and asking for additional information.
10. Don't appear desperate.
When you interview with the "please, please hire me" approach, you appear desperate and less confident. Maintain the three C's during the interview: cool, calm, and confident. You know you can do the job; make sure the interviewer believes you can, too.
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No New Drugs Approved For Lupus in 40 Years
Washington, DC, September 23, 2005 - Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Congressional staff were updated about the magnitude and impact of lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease estimated to affect 1.5 million Americans, at a congressional briefing held here today. Hosted by Congressman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) and presented by the Lupus Research Institute (LRI) National Coalition, the briefing uncovered some of the dismal facts: lupus has no known cause or cure; no new treatments have been approved for lupus in 40 years; and existing treatments are often as toxic and dangerous as the disease itself.
Congressman Boehlert, as Chairman of the House Science Committee, spoke on the direction of biomedical research, the support of Congress for lupus research initiatives, and the need for improved public awareness about the disease.
Outlining the extent of the problem among women, Stuart Kassan, MD, clinical professor of medicine at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Lupus Research Institute board member, pointed out that "Ninety percent of lupus victims are women, and the onset of the disease usually occurs during the prime of life, between the ages of 15 and 44. African American women are three times more likely to get lupus than Caucasian women, and it is also more common among Hispanic/Latina, Asian and American Indian women."
Heterogeneity of Lupus
Dr. Kassan also explained that lupus is the most fundamental example of the immune system gone awry, creating auto-antibodies that attack the body's own normal tissues and vital organs including the kidneys, heart, brain, lungs, blood, skin and joints. "The systemic, multifaceted nature of the disease is the core problem in lupus," Dr. Kassan said. "These multiple manifestations may delay diagnoses, confound clinical studies and alter scientific progress."
Recognizing heterogeneity as the core problem in lupus, last year the Lupus Research Institute National Coalition proposed an initiative to develop a five-year research plan on lupus across multiple institutes of the National Institutes of Health. Language included in the Fiscal Year 2005 Report of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education & Related Agencies directed the National Institutes of Health to develop a coordinated trans-institute multidisciplinary research approach for the disease.
Updating attendees on current and future research at the NIH at the congressional briefing were Josiah Wedgwood, MD, PhD of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Elizabeth Gretz, PhD of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS).
"Working together, public and private entities must continue to move forward aggressively to increase allocations across all applicable NIH Institutes in order to carry out this essential research necessary to advance our understanding of lupus and develop safe and effective treatments for the disease," said Margaret G. Dowd, president of the Lupus Research Institute.
Other speakers at the congressional briefing were:
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The LRI's National Coalition, consisting of state and local lupus organizations from major urban centers (New York, Chicago, Los Angeles) as well as regional and statewide lupus organizations from such diverse parts of the country as California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia, collaborates on lupus awareness and advocacy initiatives.


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Peek over the shoulder at the smartphone of any commuter or an office worker's computer screen during a break, and undoubtedly you'll see a social network open. According to Nielsen's 2012 Social Media Report, all those quick looks at Facebook or a scroll through Twitter news added up to Americans spending 121 billion minutes on social networking in one month. While Facebook remains the top social site, those minutes are also being filled with services like Blogger, Pinterest, and Google+.
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Sweeney to participate in Hall of Fame Classic
KANSAS CITY -- Former Royals captain Mike Sweeney is headed for Cooperstown.
Sweeney, now special assistant to baseball operations, will be the Royals' representative among ex-Major Leaguers participating in the Hall of Fame Classic on Saturday, May 24, at historic Doubleday Field.
Game rosters are expected to include recently retired players from each of the 30 big league clubs. This sixth annual event will be part of the Hall of Fame's 75th anniversary celebration.
Managers and coaches of the teams will include Hall of Famers Roberto Alomar, Andre Dawson, Rollie Fingers, Eddie Murray, Phil Niekro and Ozzie Smith.
Dick Kaegel is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Latin Rock band Maná will perform on May 1 at Pepsi Center at 8 p.m., the band promoters confirmed last week. The tickets went on sale on Feb. 24 and range from $41 to $106.
Denver was listed as one of the 17 cities in the tour list in January; however, it did not appear on the revised schedule of the band released on Feb. 10. The original location was the Magness Arena at the University of Denver.
For more information on how to purchase tickets, visit pepsicenter.com.
On Feb. 13, Maná won a Grammy for the "Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album" for the album "Drama y Luz," which was released in April 2011. The band was given Premio lo Nuestro's "Artistic Excellence of the Year Award" on Feb. 16.
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Tolleson to have back surgery, miss 3-5 months
NEW YORK -- Dodgers reliever Shawn Tolleson was scheduled to undergo surgery for a herniated disk in his lower back Thursday. He will be out three to five months.
Tolleson made one appearance after being recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque following Zack Greinke's broken collarbone. He walked both batters he faced and was put on the disabled list two days later.
Tolleson actually sustained the injury in January, and believes it flared up between an April 11 save for Albuquerque and his April 12 appearance for the Dodgers. In between, the Isotopes flew to Omaha and took a bus to Iowa, then he flew to Dallas en route to Phoenix.
"From all of that, it got tight," Tolleson said. "After I pitched Friday night, it got really bad."
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BURGLARS smashed a rear-door window at a house in Purton last week before making off with jewellery found within the home while the householders were away.
A key had been left on the inside of a rear door at the house on College Road in Purton, and the offenders smashed a hole in the window pane in order to turn the lock.
The occupants had left the house at 3.30pm on Wednesday and returned around 8.45am the following morning, only to discover that the burglars had turned the house upside down searching for valuables to steal.
There are currently no suspects and police are appealing for any witnesses to the burglary, including anyone who may have seen any suspicious activity in residential areas of the village, to contact them with relevant information.
This incident was not opportunistic as the offenders forced entry to the property, and police are warning people to make the proper precautions even if the house is fully secured, including taking keys out of locks and making sure valuables are not left on display.
It is not thought the offenders have limited their activities to Purton and may have been seen in other outlying villages.
DC Sonia Marsh, of the Priority Crime Team of Wiltshire Police, is asking for anyone with information to come forward.
"We are appealing for witnesses to a dwelling burglary which occurred in College Road in Purton," she said.
"The burglary occurred between 3.30pm on Wednesday, July 2 and 8.45am on Thursday, July 3. The burglars entered the property via a secure rear door by shattering the glass and making a hole in the glass with which to reach through to the inside of the door with the key still in the lock.
"The offenders then made an untidy search of the house and stole an amount of jewellery from within.
"We would advise the public to be on their guard and not leave windows open in their premises no matter how small the window.
"Always remove keys from doors and put them far enough away from the door as to be reachable in an emergency but not close enough to be reached from the outside.
"If anyone has seen this incident or seen anything unusual in Purton or the outlying villages of Swindon, any suspicious activity or vehicles, or have any information that might assist in the apprehension of the offenders they should contact the Priority Crime Team at Gablecross police station on 01793 507912, or alternatively contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 where information can be left anonymously."


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So Far, January's Covers Do Not Disappoint
This was a big year for Jessica Chastain, but judging by the January covers that are starting to trickle in, 2013 might be even better.
The flame-haired actress and face of Yves Saint Laurent's Manifesto graces a lion's share of glossies this month. While all are striking, the very best of them are the four from W created by four separate artists. Each is fantastic in its own right, and each lets Chastain's chameleon appeal shine.
But even if Chastain steals the show with W, that doesn't mean there aren't a few supermodels vying to give the actress a run for her money. Kate Upton on Vogue UK looks as lush as can be, while Carolyn Murphy on Vogue Australia is a sunny blast of fresh air that feels particularly welcome in this hemisphere.


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Large Area CPD
Community Parking District Program (CPD) Large Area Application
The Board of Supervisors approved an amendment to the Fairfax County Code 82-5B to allow for a process that can be used to create a large area CPD. This process augments the petition based process. In all cases, restrictions only apply to public streets in residential areas within any CPD.
For this process, a district supervisor submits a request that would include all or most of their magisterial district. Any area that is not included should be contiguous in nature and must meet one of the following minimum size requirements:
- 3,500 addresses
- 35 miles of secondary roadway
- At least 5 square miles in area
Large area CPDs that currently exist are available on the CPD maps page.