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Rossellini was pushing 60 when she made Late Bloomers, and though a bit heavier, a lot more wrinkled but mercifully showing no signs of plastic surgery, she's aging with incredible grace and, in once sense, is no less beautiful at 60 than she was at 25. In the movie Hurt and Rossellini play a couple coming to grips with growing older. It's a struggle, just as it's a struggle for not-much-younger moviegoers like myself who've followed these actors for decades come to terms with the fact that now they're nearly old enough to collect Social Security.
The movie is slight but observant, alternately funny and wistful. It's also emblematic of the kind of crazy financing smaller-scale dramas like these must now resort to. Though almost entirely in English, Late Bloomers is primarily a French production with some Belgian and British financing. Hurt, an American, plays an Englishman (with a barely-perceptible accent) while most of the supporting cast is British.
Olive Films acquired the picture from Gaumont, the French distributor, and its high-def transfer is up to contemporary standards. No real extras, but the disc does include a trailer for this and other art house-type Olive titles.
Adam (Hurt) is an architect receiving a prestigious lifetime achievement award, mainly for an innovative Copenhagen airport he designed 30 years before. His firm, however, isn't doing well, and reluctantly they accept a commission to design a streamlined, cost-conscious retirement community.
His wife, Mary (Rossellini), a retired schoolteacher, tries to stay active but when she volunteers her time she finds that her charity organization employers are condescending and interested only in exploiting their volunteers' free labor and experience. A swimming-aerobics class she tries has no interest in accommodating anyone older and less fit than its young and energetic clientele. Depressed, she begins fitting her home with senior-friendly handgrips for the bathtub and large-type telephones.
Adam resists growing older by spearheading a bid on a high-profile adjunct museum to the Louvre. Working late into the night with his young staff he discovers energy drinks and takes to wearing a younger man's fashions. All this strains his relationship with Mary, who's initially determined to pull him in the other direction, of accepting his aging, though both are tempted into affairs with significantly younger partners.
The movie is slight but essentially honest and smart unlike, say, the unpardonably phony and condescending but popular The Bucket List. I can certainly testify to its authenticity, having suffered almost exactly the same humiliation Mary does at that swim-aerobics class, and under similar circumstances. (Mine was an aerobics class where everyone but me seemed to be a 20-year-old professional dancer personally tutored by Bob Fosse.)
The film has a good supporting cast, with Joanna Lumley as Mary's friend, Simon Callow as the retirement home builder, and the great character comedian Leslie Philips, who turns up briefly as a confidant of Mary's Italian mother (Doreen Mantle). And there's a lively, unexpectedly cheery score by Sodi Marcizewer. At 95 minutes, Late Bloomers doesn't belabor its points and ends on a satisfyingly realistic note.
Video & Audio
Filmed in three-perf Super 35 and presented in 1.85:1 widescreen, Late Bloomers is up to contemporary high-def standards, which fine color, contrast, and sharp detail throughout. The DTS-HD 2.0 Master Audio, available both in English and French-dubbed (with no subtitle options), is also very good. The Region A disc has no Extra Features unless you count the trailer for this and a batch of other Olive releases.
Parting Thoughts
Modest but very enjoyable, Late Bloomers is Recommended.


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Panthers coach Ron Rivera says he's "not concerned" about his job security following Carolina's latest fourth quarter collapse.
The Panthers blew a 12-point lead in the fourth quarter against the Chicago Bears Sunday before losing 23-22 on a last-second field goal by Robbie Gould.
It marked the fourth consecutive game Carolina (1-6) has lost after leading in the fourth quarter.
Rivera says "if you start to worry (about your job) and you play for the wrong reasons you're not going to give yourself a chance" and "when the moment comes to be concerned, or not be concerned, I'll go from there."
BRONCOS: Peyton Manning wasn't seriously injured on a hard hit by New Orleans Saints defensive end Martez Wilson.
The Broncos are expected to have the NFL look at the play from Sunday night's game in which Manning banged his right thumb on Wilson's helmet just before the crown of that helmet hit the quarterback in the chin.
Although no flag was thrown, it was similar to the illegal hit that cost Broncos linebacker Joe Mays a $50,000 fine and a one-game suspension last month for blasting Houston Texans quarterback Matt Schaub.
Manning acknowledged he was "probably a little bit lucky."
TRADE DEADLINE: The NFL moved its trade deadline back two days to Thursday because of potential complications from Hurricane Sandy.
All 32 teams were notified Monday that the league's offices would be closed through today because of the storm.
The deadline now is 4 p.m. ET on Thursday, when waivers for vested veterans also begin.
COLTS: Coach Chuck Pagano made it back to the team complex for a short staff meeting Monday.
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He jumps, doesn't get far enough away from the board and wallops the back of his head on the way down before landing in the water, spouting blood. I was 15 when that happened and I still can't watch diving without it putting me right off my food.
On Tuesday morning it was toast and marmite that grew cold on the sofa as the 10-metre synchronised diving started in New Delhi. In this crazy event, two beautiful specimens of humanity risk their lives by plummeting towards the water in unison while performing tricks.
The Malaysian duo were jumping off hand towels placed at the end of the board. Now a cartoon character could have told you this was a bad idea. Remarkably they didn't slip, but did finish last.
The winners, 16-year-old prodigy Tom Daley and his partner Max Brick, 18, only came together after the break up of the partnership between Daley and pantomime villain Blake Aldridge.
Aldridge, you might remember, phoned his mum during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, blamed Daley for their defeat and was later beaten up in a Southampton nightclub. You can understand how Aldridge, who stacked shelves in B&Q in his spare time, might have found Daley difficult to cope with.
He is like no 16-year-old boy I ever met while skulking around Kingston bus garage during my GCSEs. He is verging on mahogany. He is spot-free. He is comfortable in a pair of speedos. He trains four-to-six hours a day and yet gets eight A*s and an
A in his exams. Despite being relentlessly bullied at his old school, he is polite, confident, funny, good natured and loves his family. And unless he is an extremely good actor, he is unembarrassable, even by his wacky and slightly needy father Rob.
Tuesday night's BBC documentary Tom Daley: The Diver and His Dad followed the pair through practice, injury, illness, competitive tie-tying and Daley's 16th birthday.
Rob Daley, who has been unable to work since 2005 because of a brain tumour, has taken Tom to every training session, ferries him to and from school and involves himself in his brilliant son's life to a minute degree.
Tom's medals hang in long lines in the Daley house, and Rob has hammered in each nail and measured the distance between each medal to ensure they don't clink.
You feel they measure his success as much as they do his son's. There was also an excruciating scene from the World Championships in Rome last year when Rob crashed Tom's victory press conference and requested a cuddle.
It was a film about adolescence and love, and the strain that is involved as the child, even one as well adjusted as Tom Daley, pushes to become more independent.
As Rob put together the furniture for Tom's bedroom and carefully filed down a drawer that wasn't closing properly, you felt his sense of loss that "we now have a young man in the house", as well as his sense of pride.
Daley has grown up in the limelight, and is almost eerily at ease in front of the camera. But the film revealed parts of him that are refreshingly normal. His two brothers refuse to be too impressed by his success. He keeps a stash of sweets in the Union-Flag cushioned seat in his bedroom.
He is touchingly delighted by the lovingly-made cake in the shape of a diving board with a swimming pool of blue jelly and the goldfish that he gets for his 16th birthday.
He turns his nose up at the Commonwealth Games kit – "it's a bit red." He still packs a lucky monkey when he goes to competition (but blames it on his dad.) He revises by lying on a trampoline in the Plymouth sunshine wearing nothing but his trunks and shades. Maybe not so normal.
But most refreshing of all for someone who takes part in such a terrifying sport was his lack of machismo.
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School HVAC Solutions hotly debatedI just completed reading "The Perils of Progress" (June 2001, p. 18) and found it quite interesting. It sounds as if the author is suggesting that designers should willfully ignore the regulations and laws that we are to design upon. If he can ignore ASHRAE's 15 cfm guideline in favor of Wisconsin's 7.
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I just completed reading "The Perils of Progress" (June 2001, p. 18) and found it quite interesting.
It sounds as if the author is suggesting that designers should willfully ignore the regulations and laws that we are to design upon. If he can ignore ASHRAE's 15 cfm guideline in favor of Wisconsin's 7.5 cfm, why not ignore Wisconsin's 7.5 cfm in favor of zero cfm?
This is comparable to saying that a ban on left turn on red at a particular intersection does not apply at intersection "X" because there is nobody else present at the intersection.
I wonder if structural loading calculations are ignored as willfully as ventilation rates?
Maybe we also need to look at the building structure for extravagant spending, such as the light fixture/ ceiling/window curtainwall pictured in the "Graduating to Better IAQ" (June 2001, p. 25) story that followed.
While I don't dislike "retro" looks, how are the return to radiators going to help IAQ problems? While I am not a big proponent of new technology solutions, I don't think we can necessarily rule out these solutions.
The author mentions the relatively inexpensive cost of CV systems, yet does not delve deeply into the added costs of building space for these rooms, nor does he appear to factor in the building space costs associated with these systems.
I'm not advocating a "new technology" approach, simply a balanced approach.
Ron Rhoades, Harold L Fox & Associates
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I had the occasion to read "The Perils of Progress." Fred Schulz made some accurate observations when he stated many technological advances come with severe cost penalties. Severe reductions in outdoor air create a lengthy list of problems. For example, CO 2 sensors, and for that matter, the entire concept of demand-controlled ventilation, is not about improving IAQ, it's about marginalizing it. But I flat out disagree with many of Mr. Schultz' other conclusions:
"The subject of IAQ is receiving top billing despite the fact that there is no positive solution." Don't bet your license on it Fred! The reality is that the HVAC industry has given lip service to both energy conservation and IAQ. As engineers, we have been so busy mass producing pre-engineered solutions that we have forgotten how to analyze and do not even try to address the challenges anywhere near the extent possible with available technologies.
Typical engineering solutions are predicated on the use of a relatively few, energy-intensive processes that place the objectives of energy efficiency and air quality in conflict. From a fundamental engineering perspective, our solutions are the problem. IAQ problems are the unavoidable end product. Furthermore, as we seek to make our buildings more efficient, IAQ problems will continue to get progressively worse until we learn to correctly identify the deficiencies and begin to develop and apply system strategies that actually address the challenges.
The shame of the situation is that there are no legitimate technological reasons why it has to be this way. There is simply enormous institutional inertia. Fundamental change means significant disruptions affecting design procedures, product development, availability and construction practices.
For example, Mr. Schulz's constant-volume rooftop solution was fundamentally flawed because it failed to correctly identify the nature of the underlying challenges, and because it was technologically regressive.
"There generally has been no problem with IAQ, nor with maintaining satisfactory temperatures in the vast majority of facilities." Wrong! Numerous studies prepared by ASHRAE, state governments and the U.S. General Accounting Office would hold this statement in dispute. More than 70% of all schools have reported IAQ problems. Most school districts are actually afraid to test air quality because of what they think they will find. And since maintenance is usually one of the first budget items to be slashed, temperature control problems are rampant.
"Sick building syndrome occurred almost simultaneously with the introduction of VAV air distribution." VAV technologies date back to the 1950s and preceded IAQ problems by about 30 years. The widespread misapplication of VAV does contribute to IAQ problems, but are not the primary causes. When used in systems employing recirculation, VAV technologies typically reduce total air delivery rates at the space with reduced cooling loads. At the same time, the air-handling unit introduces outside air into the system—also on the basis of thermal control—which is not on the basis of need for ventilation in the space. Ventilation and thermal control are two distinctly different and unrelated needs. Most engineers do not effectively account for this. While this problem can be readily and easily dealt with, the necessary techniques are not widely understood and effectively addressed.
"One can fully expect that mechanical systems will ultimately require 100% outside air to satisfy ASHRAE, the codes and environmentalists." I agree with the content of the statement, but not the context. The usual justification for recirculation is that it saves energy. From a mass-energy balance standpoint, recirculation is the exact thermodynamic equivalent of infiltration. So, why is recirculation "good," but infiltration "bad?" Recirculation is efficient only when outdoor air is used to eliminate the need for mechanical cooling. The concept thermodynamically falls apart for systems serving multiple spaces when steam is used for humidification.
"Demand-controlled ventilation" is nothing more than a band-aid for otherwise bad practices. It reduces energy use by maintaining a marginally acceptable indoor air quality condition. It is interesting that Mr. Schulz refers to the ultimate solution as "outside air overkill," because a correct thermodynamic analysis will show that our unquestioning reliance on recirculation is one of the two major causes of high energy use and is the primary cause of poor air quality. When air quality issues are considered, and there is a valid set of mathematics associated with computing air quality, it can be readily demonstrated that recirculation increases thermally required air delivery rates (and therefore cooling, preheating, and reheat energy use) and air quality is compromised. More importantly, this can be verified both in the laboratory, and in the field. As an engineer, I can easily justify 100% outside air on the basis of energy savings, and do it on a cost-competitive basis with recirculating systems. Furthermore, I can often save enough energy to upgrade a typical school's air quality, returning the entire cost in under eight years.
"How many school districts in this country are financially able to: 1) install heat recovery equipment at $3 per cfm above normal system costs; or 2) install a double mechanical system—one for 100-percent outdoor air and the other for maintaining comfort levels?" All of them! It is not energy-recovery technologies that has the major cost impact on the project, but the manner in which we typically misuse them.
We are not aggressive enough in that we fail to employ the devices in a manner that permits them to contribute over the full range of operational conditions, therefore limiting their thermal and economic contributions. The additional cost of energy recovery/avoidance technologies in the modern school can be more than offset by reductions in other system costs when properly integrated from the beginning. The biggest problem with energy recovery is that engineers, as a rule, do not know how to apply them to best advantage. As for dual-path technologies, the single-duct air delivery system has been obsolete for the past 10 years. Dual-path technologies can eliminate the need for terminal reheat, and the use of new energy resources for terminal reheat should be prohibited. There are literally no applications where this process cannot be displaced with a more efficient approach. Engineers have simply not figured out the advantages they offer and do not make proper use of them.
Mr. Schulz was correct when he said, "there is no positive solution," but only when taken in context with the solutions which have typically been provided for schools in the past. This would include VAV shut-off, fan-powered, and reheat, multi-zone, constant-volume reheat and unit ventilators strategies. Very simply, virtually no HVAC strategies were ever conceived or configured to provide either efficient operation or effective ventilation. Because of this, they can not be controlled to provide these benefits and will continue to produce unsatisfactory results. To provide a positive solution, the system designer must attack the fundamental underlying challenges. In schools, that challenge is completely driven by the need for adequate ventilation. The trick is to efficiently manage ventilation energy while maintaining thermal comfort. Solutions do not have to be complex, but they do have to be different.
Mark S. Lentz, P.E., President, Lentz Engineering Assocs.
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I appreciate your lengthy, and somewhat surprising, analysis of the engineering profession today, and you are right when you say that your unambiguous positions "are not likely to win many friends."
For more than 50 years I have worked with virtually every school district in Southeast Wisconsin, primarily with the buildings and grounds directors and the business managers. I have provided total energy audits for upwards of 600 educational buildings including all of the buildings in the University of Wisconsin system at all campus locations.
I have produced hundreds of energy-conserving recommendations for industrial and institutional facilities with paybacks of six months to six years, and in almost all cases, these recommendations were implemented only if financial incentives were available from the utilities and governmental agencies. But I conclude these recommendations will be implemented only when the bean counters of this world are replaced by engineers.
As to my statement on ventilation "overkill," there is no question in my mind that 7 1/2 cfm per occupant (not 15 or 20) at design winter conditions—15 cfm per occupant at the average winter temperature of 32°F, and near 40 cfm per occupant at 550 outdoor temperature—is more than adequate to satisfy any environmental requirement. This, of course, is based on a properly operating and fully maintained economizer control cycle.
When it comes to system concepts for elementary schools, I would suggest that you spend some time in the real world of the schools discussed. What you will find is:
—A school district in severe financial straits.
—A business manager whose chief concern is to maintain expenditures within the established budget and lessen the impact of any expenditure on the district tax base. He/she has a lot of projects with a higher priority than conservation.
—A taxpayer who could care less about energy-conserving concepts and favorable paybacks, but cares a lot about increasing the level of educational services and equipment.
—A maintenance man who is constantly reminded to reduce utility bills, regardless of the effect on environmental quality.
—A "breakdown" maintenance and repair program fostered by the excessive charges of outside service companies.
—Faculty members who desired total control of their classroom environment.
As to IAQ, my experience with hundreds of elementary schools with simple constant-volume and economizer controlled systems—not unit ventilators—indicates that less than 5% who were dissatisfied with the air quality. Invariably, the problem was traced to system maladjustment, unqualified tampering or lack of maintenance.
It appears to me that ASHRAE is spending most of its time treating the IAQ "complaint" and not the "cause." I ask you what is being done to eliminate toxic odors of school furniture, carpeting, printed materials, etc.? What is being done to improve the hygienic level of students who no longer believe in showers and who will wear the same clothing Monday through Friday? What pressure is being put on parents? What is being done to "enforce" the ventilation codes in public buildings—codes that we are forced to design to, and for which the owner expends considerable money? When will building inspectors be taught how to quickly inspect and check the quantity of outside air entering a system, not the quality of the end result?
I stand firm on my comments concerning computers. There is no question this equipment has furthered the educational and informational aspects of our lives to a mind-boggling degree. Rather than computing as originally intended, this instrument has become a gigantic reference library which will ultimately destroy our right to privacy, promote a multitude of illegal scams, and be a major contributor to the degeneration of moral and ethical standards. However, unless we immediately take preventive action, the worst impact will be on our children who will avidly seek the monetary rewards of electronics as opposed to becoming proficient in the hands on trades of our construction industry.
When will ASHRAE seriously promote all phases of our industry to counter the glamour industry of electronics?
This may be our most serious challenge for the continued implementation of HVAC systems and equipment.
Fred Schultz, P.E., Enervation, Inc.
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TREMONTON — A 14-year-old boy was killed Monday after accidentally shooting himself in the head with an 18th-century miniature replica cannon in his living room, police said.
The incident happened just after 7:30 a.m. near 500 S. Tremonton St. when Robbie Ostberg was holding the replica cannon. The cannon has a 6-inch barrel and can contain black powder and fire a .50 caliber round, Tremonton Police Chief David Nance said. But it is typically intended for display and is small enough to fit on a mantle or a tabletop.
Police said the teenager pointed the canon at his face to look at it. "At some point in handling that, the cannon fired and struck him in the face," Nance said. He died instantly.
Cameron Kunsman, 14, called Robbie his best friend. He said Robbie would often fill the cannon with black powder and tin foil balls and then fire it.
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Police said they do not suspect any ill intent and were calling the incident an accident.
Cameron said he was struggling to deal with the death of his best friend and has fond memories of him. "He was a good guy, and he liked to run," he said. "He was very energetic and he played games all the time."
Neighbor Trevor Steinlicht said the teen enjoyed working with his dad on his father's truck and helping around the house.
"He was a nice kid, and never seemed like he was getting into trouble," Steinlicht said.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, right, head of the International Monetary Fund, with his attorney Benjamin Brafman, is arraigned Monday, May 16, 2011, in Manhattan Criminal Court for the alleged attack Saturday on a maid who went into his penthouse suite at a hotel near Times Square to clean it, in New York. Strauss-Kahn must remain jailed at least until his next court hearing for attempted rape and other charges, a judge said Monday.
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Senior night is always special, but it was particular special Tuesday night for Jacksonville senior wrestler Brandon Seward.
Senior night is always special, but it was particular special Tuesday night for Jacksonville senior wrestler Brandon Seward.
Seward hasn�t lost at home going on three years � a streak he wanted to cap with a victory against rival White Oak.
And he did.
Seward, moving up a weight class to 138, pinned freshman Antonie Flippen 25 seconds into the second period to not only edge closer to his 100th career victory but also help the Cardinals whip the Vikings 52-13 in a Coastal 3-A Conference match.
�I�ve never lost since my 10th grade at home so I wanted to keep on going,� said Seward, who is 22-4 this season while wrestling at both 132 and 138. �Also, I wanted to do my part because I know everyone else wanted to beat White Oak because they�re crosstown rivals.�
After weigh-ins, JHS coach Derek Abbey realized White Oak didn�t have a 132-pounder. So he moved Seward up � he replaced freshman Carson Mangindin � to make sure the senior got to wrestle and not just win by forfeit in his final home match, which started at 152.
�I was pretty confident by the time we got to 32 that we�d have it locked up so I told Carson you might have to take a seat since it�s senior night,� Abbey said with a smile. �He was willing to step aside.�
Jacksonville�s only other senior, Xavier Ross, also won, claiming a 10-1 major decision over junior Kenyon Simmons at 126 pounds.
�It was nice they both got a match and I was hoping they would both do really well, and they both ended up winning by bonus points,� Abbey said, referring to Ross picking up four points and Seward six. �So they did what they wanted.�
Seward agreed it was �cool� to not have lost at The Bird Cage since he was a sophomore.
�I would never have thought that (possible),� he said. �I�ve come a long way.�
And while he pinned Flippen, Seward said the match was tough.
�He was really strong,� Seward said. �When you wrestle up you have to make sure you�re ready for the strength because it�s different from 32. He came after me, and I was like, �Whoa!� But the second period I actually came after him.�
Jacksonville is now 4-9 and 3-3 in the conference while White Oak fell to 7-10 and 1-4.
The Vikings were without three banged up starters, including state qualifier Jamarcus Allen at 113 as well as 195-pounder Layne Lybrand and heavyweight Jacob Kohler � all three of whom were second in the Onslow County Cup this past weekend.
As a result, the Vikings had to forfeit five matches � two of which JHS also forfeited.
�It hurts,� WOHS coach David Appleton said. �The fact that we had to give up five (forfeits), sure, that�s not the fun part of coaching. But neither is fun for the kids on the team. So we go out there with the attitude of we�re going to win what we can.
�We�ll improve our selves. We�ll improve our personal record and if in the process if we happen to improve the team record, good for us. But with five forfeits the writing was on the wall.�
White Oak did win three of the nine contested matches, with junior Juan Ramos remaining undefeated at 182 with a second-period pin while Jonah Williams outscored James Hunko 14-11 at 145 in the final match of the night and heavyweight Dakota Carter winning on a major decision 14-0 over freshman Zach Glenn.
Carter, a sophomore, won the junior varsity heavyweight title at the Onslow County Cup.
�Dakota�s got a lot of heart,� Appleton said. �He doesn�t care who he�s going out against. He�s going out to beat them. Right now, he�s not intimidated by anybody.�
Appleton also said Carter has a �good� attitude, which was displayed even after he won.
�As soon as he walked off the mat he came over and said, �Coach, what did I do wrong?� He was looking for that. That�s good,� Appleton said.
While pleased his seniors won, Abbey also liked what he saw from a number of other wrestlers, including junior Dakota Aaron and sophomore Shawn DeLeon. Aaron won by a pin with 30 seconds left in the first period at 160 while DeLeon won with a pin with 55 seconds to go in the first period at 195.
�Dakota Aaron has been getting better, and so has Shawn DeLeon,� Abbey said. �Dakota wasn�t in the lineup at the beginning of the year. He ended up pushing into the lineup and he was debating whether he was going to go 52 or 60 and when Dylan (Morris) got hurt and he ended up filling in at the 60 slot.
�So it�s nice to see him come in and after trying to figure out his spot in the lineup at the beginning of the season go and get some impressive wins.�
Jacksonville 52, White Oak 13
106 pounds: Mainz (J) won by forfeit; 113: Double forfeit; 120: Edwards (J) p. Simpson 1:22; 126: Ross (J) won by major decision over Simmons 10-1; 132: Double forfeit; 138: Seward (J) p. Flippen 2:25; 145: J. Williams (WO) d. Hunko 14-11; 152: Loyd (J) p. Dillahunt 1:30; 160: Aaron (J) p. Rodriguez 3:14; 170: Wooley (J) won by forfeit; 182: Ramos p. Frank 2:58; 195: DeLeon (J) p. Dombrowski 1:05; 220: Davis (J) won by forfeit; HWT: Carter (WO) won by major decision over Glenn 14-0.


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The incident, which prompted a letter from Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, to the Justice Department, occurred on Monday in Pine Bluff, when Democrats say people trying to vote were pressed for identification by Republican poll watchers.
''These people deliberately tried to discourage voters,'' said Mr. McAuliffe, who asked Attorney General John Ashcroft to investigate the incident for possible violations of the Voting Rights Act.
Republicans dismissed the complaints as exaggerated and said they were acting only to ensure that all the votes being cast were valid in what were potentially very close elections.
''We have every right to be there,'' said Marty Ryall, the chairman of the state Republican Party.
The confrontation in Pine Bluff and in other early voting disputes in Arkansas came as voting and registration irregularities were being reported in Texas and South Dakota, among other places. Almost two-dozen states allow early voting, partly in an effort to improve turnout. Officials of both parties and representatives of other groups say they have organized new, sophisticated monitoring of the voting process after the problems in Florida threw the 2000 presidential election into the courts.Continue reading the main story
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''They were literally going up to them and saying, 'Before you vote, I want to see your identification,' '' said Guy Cecil, who is coordinating the national Democratic effort with state campaigns in Arkansas.
Mr. Cecil said that under state law the poll watchers could only monitor voting and challenge the vote for later review if there were questions and that poll watchers might not confront voters.
Mr. Ryall said that the poll watchers asked for identification because the Jefferson County officials refused to do so and that one voter produced a Michigan driver's license. He said the only photographs taken were of that license and of a voter wearing campaign paraphernalia not allowed in a polling place. He said poll watchers did not put an emphasis on members of minorities.
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He also said Republicans were stepping up their monitoring because the party had determined that some people paid by the state Democratic Party in another Arkansas county had tried to register the names of dead people. Mr. Ryall also said a court decision this week had led to the purging of 800 students from a conservative Baptist college in Arkansas from voter rolls after a challenge by local Democrats.
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Nevertheless, Assad, if this was a deliberate act it is criminal damage. I'm sure tests could be carried out on the trees and/or the soil. If no-one else has access to this part of your garden and the tests were positive it would appear that it was indeed your neighbour's action. This would then look like one of those cases where the neighbour thinks theirs is the only valid opinion, and if they win this one they'll expect to impose themselves on you in the future.
Alan, the question of what happens in the garden if Assad moves house is not his problem. No-one wants neighbour disputes but the quickest way to have one is to not be assertive.
I think I would plant new trees and have a chat with the neighbour about how the trees had mysteriously died and you were replacing them so you could have a 6-ft hedge. You might get some interesting body language.
Make sure you plant the new trees well back from the boundary so that you can get round to the other side to maintain it.
KEF, you've got thinner skin than an onion!
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The answer to Victoria Sponge's problem is, to be a bit blunt, that if you're complaining about broken tools you are blaming them for your own shortcomings, which might come under several headings:
You aren't assessing the job properly - you can't do hard work with inadequate implements. That's why they don't attach car wheels with a 1mm Allen key. Digging out 25-kilo lumps of clay needs a big tool.
You're impatient, so you don't swap the tool you've got in your hand for one that will actually be more suitable.
You're buying cheap and expecting quality - nothing more to say.
Your technique is all wrong.
You aren't up to the job and you need to hire someone that is.
You're trying to do something that is completely impracticable.
Rowans can look a bit tatty very early in the autumn. If trees have been a bit stressed from lack of water (it's been a dry summer) they'll shut down unnecessary functions.
Or you could start again with a new plant.
Commercial seed mixes are not always appropriate to the type of site and soil that you've got. I had a bit to do with a wildflower meadow which was sown by contractors and in two seasons almost none of the seeded plants were left, because the mix was intended for light soil and this ground was clay. I replanted the area using plugs and things are now looking up.
So have a think about appropriate plants and be prepared for a surprise/shock. Generally wildflower meadows are cut right down and raked off in late summer to reduce the fertility.
Finished in someone's garden yesterday with cat sh..poo on my boots and all over my ladder. Same again the day before. So I'm giving up on those two gardens because I can't stand the smell and the cleaning up. Neither of the owners has a cat, so it's tough on them, but I'm putting myself first.
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Mexico has been drawn into Group A, alongside host Brazil, Croatia and Cameroon, and acknowledged the challenges, especially from the heavily-favored home side.
"Brazil is a complete team," Herrera told Goal. "Mexico has had good matches against them, but that team has showed that playing at home, as they did in the Confederations Cup, they are going to be very strong. Of course, their emblematic figure is Neymar and we will try to keep the ball most of the time to avoid allowing them to play well.
"All three games are complicated, there's no one easy. The three teams are strong, they have important players. Cameroon and Croatia both have players in Europe involved in matches and leagues that are very important. And obviously Brazil, which has won more titles and also plays at home.
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Talking about Croatia, Herrera highlighted Luka Modric and Mario Mandzukic as the key players for the Vatreni, but insisted there were plenty of talented players in the European side. He also outlined the need for a more physical approach to the game.
"Obviously Croatia will be difficult, it won't be an easy game," he admitted. "Croatia has important players playing internationally, and in important leagues in Europe. Their key players are a Real Madrid player, Luca Modric, and Mandzukic, a striker for Bayern, but there are more - six or seven playing in the Premier League - and are very strong players.
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U.S. energy behemoth Chevron Corporation (CVX - Free Report) released its fourth-quarter 2013 interim update covering the first two months of the quarter. Chevron expects its fourth-quarter earnings to be similar to the previous quarter's profit.
In the upstream activities, the update is bearish as Chevron projects lower sequential earnings from the segment. Decreased domestic and international oil equivalent production during the first two months of the December quarter as compared to third-quarter 2013, has justified the company's expectation. Both domestic and international liquid price realization during Oct-Nov 2013 has decreased from the previous quarter.
However, in the downstream sector, the outlook is positive with refining margin projected to increase in the U.S. West Coast.
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Upstream: The company's oil and natural gas production averaged 2.564 million oil-equivalent barrels per day, down 3.9% from the fourth-quarter 2012 level. The decrease was due to the fall in both domestic and international production. Production also witnessed a nominal sequential decrease of 0.8%.
In the first two months of the December quarter, Chevron's total domestic production was 650,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (BOE/D) as compared to 655,000 BOE/D in the previous quarter. The decrease was owing to planned shutdown activities in the Gulf of Mexico.
Net international oil equivalent production – at 1,914,000 BOE/D – was 16,000 barrels per day less than the third quarter of 2013. Australia's maintenance work and shutdown activities at Angola's liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility affected the result.
The U.S. crude price realizations during Oct-Nov 2013 averaged $90.17 per barrel, down from $97.18 in third-quarter 2013, while international realizations decreased by $4.74 to $99.55 per barrel. Chevron's domestic realized natural gas prices for this period averaged $3.28 per thousand cubic feet (Mcf) compared with $3.23 in the third quarter of 2013. However, average international natural gas realizations were down 20 cents per Mcf to $5.68.
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I find no difference
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No one but You,
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And it is by Your
Causeless mercy,
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In this darkness.
I am not here
To bewildered,
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Darkness or to vanish
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No offense, but you are going to need some major picking chops to play that song... that is some fast___ "stuff"
Didn't seem that way upon first few listens but yeah. I'll work on it!
can anyone please help? That would be most appreciated
You can watch part of what he does here.
Get the guitar parts from them and go off of that. The Bass is pretty much all root riding.
Thanks for the link, though I have a lot of difficulty picking out what he plays. Also I don't think they have the guitar parts either, at least not on hand right now.
Doesn't seem complicated but my ear is still far from good enough for retranscription. Any input is very appreciated!


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It's that time of year that rabbits are molting. It's just part of their nature to molt a few times a year. So during the few weeks when it gets really heavy, the best thing you can do is help by combing/brushing your bunny's fur more often. Some bunnies molt in one big explosion molt, where all the fur starts really coming out very fast and tuffs of fur are sticking out everywhere. Other bunnies will do more of a slow molt and it's just as irritating as it just seems to be never-ending.
Here is a photo of my bunny Vivian after a brushing session. The left over fur was taking on a life of its own, so I made a joke about it by adding some eyes with photoshop. . I had a few of these brushing sessions.
Usually after the molt is done, a bunny will stop shedding as much and it becomes more manageable. Some bunnies are constantly shedding a bit, and I don't know if that has to do with the temperature and/or diet. But usually it's still not as drastic as the molting time and just brushing once a week can usually help.


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As Cody Ross rounded third base after his walk-off home run on Thursday night, the Red Sox were there to greet with him hugs and cheers. But Nick Punto took on his alter ego during the celebration and was intent on making the moment one to remember.
Punto, who has been nicknamed "The Shredder" for his role in past walk-off wins, has made quite an impact on his teammate, enough so to get a special reference in Ross' postgame address.
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Employee ownership is not a generally well-known concept until now. Nick Clegg, the deputy Prime Minister announced earlier this year his intention to encourage this, 'John Lewis' business model as a go-to business model in our economy. Kathleen O'Reilly, Jordans' Head of Internal Legal Services attended the unveiling of the Nuttall report on this at the 4 July summit.*
The report sets out recommendations for the government and interested parties to consider to overcome legal and other barriers to the creation and uptake of employee ownership arrangements.
Employee ownership has many benefits including greater employee engagement. As such businesses are often structured so that they cannot be sold off easily, this can encourage:
Not least of the resulting benefits would be the advantages for the UK of an even more diverse and complex economy, one less reliant on the PLC business model.
Three key recommendations were highlighted from the summit:
'Toolkits and models will make it easier to adopt this business model although it is accepted that one size couldn't fit all. Steps like this would encourage advisers to ensure that employee ownership is another option on the table for clients. We'll be talking about employee buy-outs as well as management buy-outs, "stake-overs" and not just takeovers,' says Kathleen.
BIS will be consulting on the employee right to request and other matters in the very near future. For more information on employee ownership please see: http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/business-law/docs/s/12-933-sharing-success-nuttall-review-employee-ownership.pdf
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Q: My girl ferret is 7 years old and was diagnosed with insulinoma about four months ago. She was on 0.4 pred every other day until recently and doing well. I also give her sucralfate before meals and pred when possible. She has been air biting, which the vet and I recognize as distress. Her breathing is a wheezing sound and an X-ray showed her lungs are clear. Pred was increased to daily, and I have to give 0.8 now, which helps her under 12 hours. Is there anything else I can give her for pain? She still eats on her own. It is heartwrenching for me to see her in pain when the pred wears off.
A: Typically, insulinoma does not cause pain. If you truly believe your ferret is in pain, then you need to speak with your veterinarian and determine what is causing this pain in your ferret.
Based on your description, one thought I had is that your ferret is 7 years old, which means your ferret is geriatric; like any older animal, she is prone to older animal diseases. One common older animal disease is arthritis. It may be that she has arthritis and that once the effect of the prednisone wears off, she feels pain again from her arthritis. Prednisone, although not the drug of choice for arthritis, will help alleviate the pain of arthritis, because prednisone acts as an anti-inflammatory medication. To determine if your ferret has arthritis, your veterinarian may need to take radiographs of the limbs and back.
If you believe that arthritis is not present in your ferret and your ferret is suffering pain, then the next step is to find what else could be causing this pain. Is it dental pain? Again, because prednisone acts as an anti-inflammatory medication, any conditions in which there are inflammatory cells will respond to prednisone.
It may be that you are interpreting your ferret's actions as signs of pain, but perhaps something else is causing the signs. If your ferret has not had a thorough physical examination and blood tests in the last six to twelve months, consider a visit to the veterinarian for these tests. What you described is not normal for a ferret with insulinoma disease.


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Rider University's Small Business Institute (SBI) student consulting teams are again in the national finals in case competition.
The undergraduate SBI team of Cathy Viola of Bayville and Yevgenia Gorfinkel of Belle Mead, both May 2000 management graduates, has won the regional title in the SBI Directors Association case competition and is among ten finalists for the SBI National Consulting Case-of-the-Year Award. It marks the fourth straight year a Rider undergraduate team has won regional competition to advance to the finals. The 1998 team won the national title.
Likewise, a graduate team of Larry Wheeler of Mullica Hill and Michael O'Neill of Allentown, both May 2000 MBA graduates, entered the competition for the first time, also won regional competition and is one of ten teams to advance to the finals. The championship teams will be announced on February 8 at the SBIDA national convention.
"I am very honored to have an undergraduate team make it to the national finals for the fourth year in a row," said Dr. Ronald Cook, associate professor of management and SBI director. "In addition, Rider MBA students also showed they can compete with the best in the country in their first competition."
Cook and the graduate team of Wheeler and O'Neill were part of a cover feature article about Rider's SBI program in the September 2000 issue of Mercer Business magazine. Their project focused on an evaluation of Lawrenceville Main Street's Web site. Viola's and Gorfinkel's project, which involved an examination of volunteer recruiting and efficiency for Mercer mart, was also mentioned in that article.


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Chewie (4.5)It's the type of album where its problems upon first listen end up not being problems at...Killtacular (4)...sapient (5)It's funny how everything you swore would never change is different now...shindip (4)Trent Reznor creates a gorgeous, genre spanning album....
ryanfabermi (5)More layered, textured, fastidiously recorded and re-recorded than any of his work to date...industrialjunkie92 (4.5)A mixed bag really. The Left disc sports a fuller sound and a high standard while the Righ...Killerhit (4.5)And the sea will come to kiss me, for I am going home....breakingthefragile (1.5)"It didn't turn out the way you wanted it to, it didn't turn out the way you wanted ...
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Album Rating: 4.0I actually might like Right better than Left.
I'm all for experimentation, but this album just comes off as really, really boring. Especially with it being two discs. It has a few gems (The Great Below, Starfuckers, We're In This Together) but this really is NIN's worst album imo.
Album Rating: 4.5This is a great album and a unique experience to listen to. Right, I feel, is more abstract and all over the place compared to Left because of the journey the album's gone through already. La Mer has to be one of my favorite songs ever.
I redid this review. Comments would be nice.
Album Rating: 5.0I like the review, I don't know what's different or anything but I agree.This Message Edited On 08.09.07
Album Rating: 4.5If you say this is better then The Downward Spiral, then i better hear this for myself.
Album Rating: 4.5I love the review, actually agree almost wholeheartedly. While it's not my favorite album ever, as you claim, it's definitely the best NIN album, with TDS a really close second. Well written and descriptive, props.
Album Rating: 4.0You made me want to go listen to this more even though the only double disc album I've ever completely enjoyed all the way through was The Wall. That's pretty neat that you got to meet Trent. Oh and you spelled his name Tremt in the final paragraph.This Message Edited On 11.09.08
Album Rating: 5.0You're a great reviewer man, loved your SP reviews as well. It's hard for me to pick a favorite between this and TDS, although I may have to go with the latter just because this can be a bit bloated at times, but when I'm in the mood to sit through whole thing it always blows me away
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While most political eyes are trained on the Republican nomination contest, there is another fight going on at the same time: to define Mitt Romney. There are two very distinct storylines on Romney, one from his Republican rivals and one from the Obama campaign and its supporters. What's fascinating is that these narratives could cancel each other out, creating a real advantage for the former governor.
Here's how it could work. Romney's greatest vulnerability among Republicans is suspicion about the strength of his conservative convictions. His opponents rarely miss a chance to hit him for being a flip-flopper — on health care, taxes and abortion. Romney, they say, is really a sheep in a wolf's costume. Paradoxically, these attacks, while clearly effective with Republicans, actually help Romney with swing voters. They have no use for Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum or Newt Gingrich -- too conservative. Swing and independent voters are looking, as always, for a more centrist candidate: conservative on economic issues, but moderate on social issues. Every time Romney is attacked for being insufficiently right-wing, it sends a message of reassurance to independents.
Obama's strategists inside and outside the campaign recognize this danger. Their super PAC, Priorities USA, sent out a memo this week to "interested parties." In it, they made clear that the Obama negative track on Romney isn't about his flip-flops, but where he's landed: as a right-winger in good standing on issues like abortion, overturning Roe vs. Wade, and defunding Planned Parenthood. Obama's strategists wish the Republican critique would go away, so they can focus on Romney's destination, not his journey. Problem is, important voters are learning that maybe Romney isn't so conservative after all, and in an electorate longing for an alternative to Obama, even Romney's flip-flops could be reassuring.


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A package addressed to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio containing explosive materials was found at a Flagstaff post office on Thursday, according to local and federal authorities.
Investigators believe the package was picked up on Thursday at a rural post office box and arrived at a post office in Flagstaff by late Thursday afternoon, said sheriff's Chief Deputy Jerry Sheridan.
A postal worker believed the package, addressed to the sheriff's headquarters in downtown Phoenix, looked suspicious, and a test for explosive residue confirmed the package contained black powder, said Tom Mangan, a spokesman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Flagstaff police responded with federal agents, and an X-ray of the package led explosive teams to detonate the package with a water cannon, Mangan said.
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Saints are reportedly tracking Lazio midfielder Alvaro Gonzalez.
Gonzalez, who is also attracting interest from other clubs, played in all four of Uruguay's games at the World Cup.
Lazio, who are looking to strengthen in central defence, could cash in on the 29-year-old to free up funds for a defender.
Gonzalez has 47 international caps.
Meanwhile, Arsene Wenger is reportedly weighing up whether to play Calum Chambers in a midfield holding role for the new season.
The Arsenal boss has been impressed by the former Saints player's adaptability since joining the Gunners and Chambers could feature in a central role against Manchester City in the Community Shield on Sunday.


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This is according to Aruba Networks' recent survey, which notes overall employee attitudes are swinging towards a more security-agnostic healthcare workplace, full of risk-prone sharing behaviours that have the potential to be contagious.
The study involved over 1 000 healthcare workers worldwide and looked at how #GenMobile is paving the way for risk-prone behaviour in the medical industry.
According to Darryn O'Brien, country manager at Trend Micro, security breaches in the healthcare industry were prevalent in the third quarter of 2015.
Health and personally identifiable information was the second-most stolen data type out of all data breach categories, he adds.
Sharing is becoming the norm: over half (55%) share their work and personal devices with others regularly, says the report.
The study also shows over a third of the healthcare professionals regularly share their passwords, assuming IT departments will 'have it covered'.
Close to a fifth of employees don't have passwords on either work or personal devices, with 19% of those stating they don't have security measures in place so they can share more easily, it adds.
Pieter Engelbrecht, regional manager for Sub-Saharan Africa at Aruba Networks, says a mobile technology-driven hospital or clinic will become the de-facto model for the healthcare industry, to the benefit of patients, visitors and practitioners.
Drastic efficiency improvements can be made by embracing the connected mobile behaviours of the younger generation, he says.
This can help reduce misdiagnosis levels, while real time data can provide a greater level of patient health monitoring, he adds.
However, steps need to be made to ensure that advancement does not come at the cost of security – especially with depth of personal data at risk.
With healthcare organisations now entering the digital era, an extreme makeover of their information systems is mandatory, says IDC.
IT security remains the greatest concern for healthcare CIOs in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) market, it adds. According to the research firm this is due to the current surge of mobile technology deployments in the region.
Silvia Piai, Europe, Middle East and Africa research manager at IDC Health Insights, says with healthcare organisations now entering the digital era, an extreme makeover of their information systems is mandatory.
"The extended and collaborative work environment enabled by eHealth solutions is a potential threat for security; in turn, security is a condition determining success in the uptake of these solutions."
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Department of Community Ecology, UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig Halle, Theodor Lieser Str 4, 06120, Halle, Germany
Oecologia 144:1-11. 2005..Moreover, it is important to address evolutionary change in characteristics other than defence and growth that could play a role in plant invasions...
- Jack of all trades, master of some? On the role of phenotypic plasticity in plant invasionsChristina L Richards
Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, 650 Life Sciences, Stony Brook, NY 11794 5245, USA
Ecol Lett 9:981-93. 2006..This new framework can be applied when testing both ecological or evolutionary oriented hypotheses, and therefore promises to bridge the gap between the two perspectives...
- Land use causes genetic differentiation of life-history traits in Bromus hordeaceusEva Völler
Department of Community Ecology, UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Theodor Lieser Str 4, 06120, Halle, Germany
Glob Chang Biol 19:892-9. 2013..Our study suggests that land use can cause considerable genetic differentiation among plant populations, and that the timing of land use may select for phenological escape strategies, particularly in monocarpic plant species...
- Epigenetics for ecologistsOliver Bossdorf
Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Theodor Lieser Str 4, D 06120 Halle, Germany
Ecol Lett 11:106-15. 2008....
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UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig Halle Ltd, Department of Community Ecology, Theodor Lieser Str 4, D 06120 Halle, Germany
Mol Ecol 14:1697-706. 2005..The genetic diversity established by multiple introductions, and the lack of inbreeding depression in this highly selfing species, may have contributed to the invasion success of Alliaria petiolata...


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ESCORT Inc. Unveils Newly Remodeled Retail Showroom to Customers, VIPs and Friends at Open House and Ribbon Cutting Event
Overwhelming accolades offered by VIPs, media and guests at official Open House and Ribbon Cutting Event at ESCORT's world headquarters.
Apr 09, 2013, 08:40 ET
WEST CHESTER, Ohio, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ESCORT Inc. (ESCORTinc.com), designer of the best radar detector available, the PASSPORT 9500ix, received an overwhelming welcome and response to its first ever official Open House and Ribbon Cutting Event on March 28, 2013 at the West Chester detector niche leader's world headquarters. ESCORT is also the designer of the award winning ESCORT Live™ ticket protection app.
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The Factory Showroom Open House featured the firm's newly remodeled retail showroom and incorporates designs, graphics and forms to highlight the category leader's radar detector innovations. For example, the new floor shows off radar beams that clearly grab the attention of visitors directing them visually to the science and technology behind ESCORT's unique radar and laser detection and protection. In-store displays feature interactive controls and iPad and Android tablet platforms for Internet, video and app access. Monitors bring live action to customers showing off many of ESCORT's award winning products in action.
The celebration was marked by a formal ribbon cutting and featured local dignitaries, ESCORT business partners and numerous VIPs, guests and customers. Feature event video and photos can be seen on the ESCORT Facebook (EscortRadar) and YouTube (RadarLaserExpert) pages.
Key event speakers were ESCORT President and CEO John Larson and George Lang, West Chester Trustee. Mr. Lang congratulated Mr. Larson and ESCORT on the firm's 35-year-plus service to the nation's drivers who drive smarter using ESCORT's class-leading products. He also made mention of ESCORT's category domination as 'patent holder and designer of over 85% of the radar detector technology used today'.
Other VIPs included: John & Susan Stretch, North Ridge Realty Group; Hap Pendleton, Pendleton Sears Architects; Jeff Haglage, Haglage Construction; Brad Evans, West Chester Business Expansion and Retention; Joe Hinson, West Chester – Liberty Chamber Alliance President; Mark Scherer, Cincinnati Reds; and WLW's Seg Dennison radio personality.
All attendees were treated to food, drinks, prizes, live product demonstrations and gift kits.
ESCORT experts presented live product demonstrations of the world's best radar detectors and ticket protection products including the award-winning ESCORT Live™ ticket protection app that provides users unmatched radar and laser ticket protection while they drive. Also featured was ESCORT's new MobileTV™ unit which enables Apple iPhone/IOS users to watch their favorite news, sports and entertainment TV programs while on on-the-go.
Event attendees were also entered for chances to win ESCORT premium automotive products, including ESCORT MobileTV and the grand prize winner received a pair of Cincinnati Reds Baseball Opening Day Tickets.
For more information about the ESCORT Factory Showroom Open House, ESCORT Live™ and ESCORT's complete line of premium automotive accessories, visit ESCORTinc.com or call 800.433.3487. View this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBx3kI8zP3I&feature=player_profilepage. And find ESCORT on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/DriveSmarter) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/escortradar/).
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ESCORT Inc. is the leading manufacturer of high-performance radar and laser detectors, the patented ESCORT Live™ real-time ticket protection network, ESCORT MobileTV™, Guardian Alert reverse obstacle detection systems, Entourage GPS-enabled navigation and tracking products, ESCORT QuickStart™ and other Drive Smarter products. ESCORT manufactures products under the ESCORT, PASSPORT, REDLINE, SOLO, Pro and BELTRONICS brands. The company is headquartered in West Chester, Ohio, with its principal manufacturing facility located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
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Meier performs with Concordia Chapel Choir
Anders Meier, a senior at Concordia College, Minn., is touring with the Concordia Chapel Choir. The choir will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 16 at Memorial Auditorium, 250 Dayton Ave. SW. A free will offering will be accepted to benefit Long Term Recovery for Wadena and Otter Tail Counties affected by the EF4 tornado. Meier is the son of Phil and Christie Meier, Wadena, Minn.
A blend of more than 100 voices creates the sound of the Concordia Chapel Choir. Originally created to enrich the music of Concordia's morning chapel services, the ensemble now performs in concert and tours annually. The choir, which is comprised of men and women in their sophomore, junior or senior years, is an integral part of the much-loved annual Concordia Christmas Concerts.
The concert program will include familiar hymn tunes, classic a cappella choral works and lively spirituals.
Michael Smith, conductor of the choir, was choral director at Brainerd High School for 25 years where his choirs maintained a tradition of excellence performing numerous times for state and regional MENC and ACDA conventions, as well as touring extensively throughout the United States, Mexico and Europe. In addition to the Chapel Choir at Concordia, Smith, an assistant professor of music (choir/voice), conducts Cantabile, a choir made up of first-year women students, and Männerchor, a choir of first-year male students.
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