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The men and women who guard America's southern border have released a statement saying the election of Democrat Hillary Clinton to the White House would "turn the present border emergency into a cataclysm."
'ICE OFFICERS WARN HILLARY IMMIGRATION PLAN WILL UNLEASH GANGS, CARTELS & DRUG VIOLENCE NATIONWIDE'https://t.co/1AdKs0mQIm pic.twitter.com/4viaN8jJG8
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 4, 2016
As reported by Western Journalism, illegal immigration across the southern border has currently outstripped space in detention centers, meaning that many illegal immigrants who file for asylum upon arrival walk the streets of America's cities.
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"The safety of the American public is at risk," said one Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, who spoke to Breitbart News on the condition his identity not be revealed.
"The surge is worse than it was in 2014. Our southern border is not secure. It's so porous," said the officer, who added that Obama administration policies have created a "crisis situation."
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With that as the reality of their daily lives, the National Immigration And Customs Enforcement Council, the official union representing ICE officers, issued its position on the election in a statement from president Chris Crane.
"ICE officers on the front lines are witnessing a deluge of illegal immigration unlike anything we have seen before. The corporate-funded media won't cover it. Our officers are being ordered to release recent border-crossers with no idea what their intentions are or what they are planning," he said.
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"Gang members, drug cartels and violent smugglers are taking advantage of the situation and threatening American communities. The influx is overwhelming public resources, especially in poor communities — including Hispanic communities and immigrant communities bearing the economic brunt of the illegal immigration surge," he added.
"Hillary's pledge for 'open borders' will mean disaster for our country, and turn the present border emergency into a cataclysm," Crane said.
"Hillary's plan would unleash violent cartels and brutal transnational gangs into US communities and cause countless preventable deaths," he added.
ICE officials are supporting Republican Donald Trump for president.
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This week, Trump said Clinton's policies would leave Americans defenseless at home.
"You could have 650 million people pour in and we'd do nothing about it. Think of it. That's what could happen. You triple the size of our country in one week. Once you lose control of your borders you just have no country folks, you have no country," Trump said in New Mexico.
Trump said continued illegal immigration would result "in the loss of American lives."
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Discussion in 'Trucks and Trailers' started by GTLC, Oct 6, 2003.
What brands of trucks do you use?
If you want a truck to use, and have it do the heavy work you require, get a Dodge. If you want a truck that has a nice ride, and are only driving your kids to school, get a Chevy. If you want a truck that will do both, but is squirrly on the road, get a Ford.
I drive a Dodge.
Ford and Chevy. by the way Flex Deck the Chevy has 238,000 miles on it and has No motor or AutoTrans. work(not saying that Dodge has weak automatic trans. problems)lol
Nothing but Ford trucks.
Zip63 - LOL before I start - Had a chevy - trany went out every 39,000 miles pulling a big trailer - Up to three 455 JD mowers. Went to a used Dodge (Had 32000 when I bought it and I had to replace 2nd gear at 126,000 miles. No other problems) You would have to give me a Chevy LOL.
Mazda b-2600i Planninbg to get something bigger. Maybe a f-450, Chevy/Dodge 3500 diesel?????????
2 Ford f350 4x4 Powerstrokes
1 Ford f250 4x4 Powerstroke
1 Chevy 2500 4x4 gasser
1 Chevy 3500 4x4 gasser
I had 4 Dodges with Cummings in them but with 9' blades 2 of them devolped front frame horn bends and are very well known for this problem! But I love the Cummings and would buy another in a heartbeat for a tower, gobs of torque!!!!!!! speacially the new 5.9 HO cummings beats the Fords and Duramax in HP and Torque!
I have to agree the Cummins is my favorite engine.
Also Flex Deck I have owned all the major three and a few of the Imports.
Cant really complain about any of them. Guess I have been extremely lucky!
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Staycation chronicles: Lofty!
My favorite thing about doing staycation chronicles is discovering a lot of different accommodation options to suit a variety of needs and budgets right here in Metro Manila. The latest property I visited would fall under the category of "unique and affordable." Nope, that's not a euphemism for ugly and cheap. In fact, I really like this one, with its stripped down minimalism and ultra-casual vibe.
I'm talking about AurumOne Makati, a modest structure at the corner of Evangelista and Del Pilar in the neighborhood of Bangkal. The area is not known for elegance and luxury, that's a given, but it's a decent one, which is supported by the fact that there's a FamilyMart on the ground floor of the building. (Tangent: The kind of convenience store a place has is kind of my litmus test to determine its level of decency.)
AurumOne has a total of 64 guest rooms – 43 deluxe, 10 suites and 11 lofts. Their signature guest room, and the one I stayed at, is the loft. At 33 square meters, it feels bigger than it actually is due to its configuration, and because its lower level is furnished with nothing more than a convertible couch with pullout, a small table and two chairs. There's a kitchenette with microwave on top of the usual mini-fridge and coffee/tea facilities. Drapes conceal a floor-to-ceiling window. Remember, this is a loft so the ceiling, from the lower level perspective, is super high.
Don't expect five-star luxuries from the bathroom. It's appointed with basic necessities and does away with any flair. Extravagance is not the point here. But it's definitely clean and the lighting is fantastic just in case you want to take selfies.
The loft is a flexible option because it also functions as a serviced apartment that guests can book for extended stays, like a one-month lease, at reasonable packaged prices. Targeting business travelers, it is convertible into an office and it's spacious enough for inviting more than a few friends over for drinks (which you can get at the FamilyMart downstairs).
Now, this sounds all good, you may be thinking, but the location is curious. I agree. But there's actually a strategy behind that. AurumOne is a joint venture between a private equity group and the Kapatiran Sa Kasaganaan Cooperative, an investment-focused cooperative of OFWs. The hotel is a social enterprise that provides investment, job-generating and reintegration opportunities to OFWs. It is also a product of the concept of developing a hotel in a strategic location – Bangkal – which is part of the ongoing urban renewal in Makati.
The AurumOne loft is offered at the published rate of P7,800. Since it's an off-peak season, it's available for about half that price through their website, www.aurumonehotel.com. But if you want to get the best rates, check out Agoda, where the loft is listed (as of this writing) for only P3,017.94. To book, go to www.agoda.com/aurumone-makati/hotel/manila-ph.html.
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GUYTON - Katina Hunter knows more than most that the key to optimal health is prevention over treatment.
Hunter, a women's health nurse practitioner at Memorial University Medical Center and certified fitness instructor, has created her own line of exercise DVDs that focus on keeping the body strong and fortified against disease.
She recently released a new series of three step-aerobic DVDs, which bring the total number of fitness videos with her name to seven, are part of her Step Party series and all work toward making exercise fun, approachable and beneficial.
Hunter says the purpose - and the best part - of creating the series is to help people create and obtain their health goals. And, being in the health profession, Hunter sees many people who are in need of a lifestyle change.
"I love that I have something to offer my patients," said Hunter, who believes exercise can prevent and help cure everything from heart disease, to hypertension, to asthma and even many kinds of cancer.
But, despite the many health benefits, she said convincing people to participate in regular exercise is hard.
"It has to be fun," Hunter said. "If it's not fun, no one's going to do it."
Hunter, who draws inspiration from other video fitness instructors such as Billy Blanks and Keli Roberts, mixes fun with exercise by personally choreographing each upbeat, dance-like, step-aerobic routine and setting them to energizing music.
"It's all about the party," Hunter said.
Once Hunter creates a routine, she tries it out on her aerobics class. If her students like it and have fun doing it, then she knows it will make a good video.
Although she's made up dance routines since she was a little girl, Hunter became interested in step aerobics while staying in shape during her college years at Georgia Southern where she received a master's degree in nursing.
After moving back to Guyton in 1994, where she is originally from, she discovered there was a serious lack of exercising options.
In an effort to help her hometown get healthy, Hunter became certified as an aerobics instructor and began teaching classes five days a week at local gyms. After starting her family, Hunter now only teaches one class once a week, but spends her spare time creating new routines and videos.
Hunter said creating the exercise DVDs was a lot of hard work on many different levels, and she could not have done it without the support of her family.
Her new DVDs, titled Step Party 2, Interval Party 2 and Circuit Party are available through a variety of outlets including www.stepparty.com and NetFlix.


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Takahashi lands Minor League deal
Jays give Japanese left-hander Spring Training invitation
By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com
Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi confirmed Monday that Toronto has agreed to terms on a Minor League contract with Takahashi, who will also be provided with an invitation to attend Spring Training with the big league club. The Japanese left-hander has experience as a starter and as a reliever in his career.
"Basically, we've agreed to a deal, but we don't have anything written," Ricciardi said Monday. "So we have the player on a verbal agreement and we should finalize it within the next few days. He's a guy that we think can come in and maybe compete for a starting job or a bullpen job."
Toronto has two vacancies in its rotation behind ace Roy Halladay, Jesse Litsch and David Purcey. With Takahashi in the fold, the Jays now have at least eight pitchers in the discussion for starting roles. The leading candidates include Casey Janssen, Scott Richmond, Matt Clement, Mike Maroth and left-handed prospect Brett Cecil.
Takahashi, who will turn 40 in April, went 8-5 with a 3.50 ERA in 115 2/3 innings with the Hiroshima Carp this past season. After going 3-10 with a 5.53 ERA in 2004, Takahashi spent most of the next two seasons in the bullpen. But while primarily serving as a starter over the past two years, he has combined to go 13-9 with a 3.60 ERA.
Toronto has indicated that it plans on increasing its scouting overseas and heading that task will be Rob Ducey, a professional scout for the club who has also been named the coordinator of Pacific Rim scouting.
"We're going to try to get involved with Japan a little bit more this year," Ricciardi said recently. "We're making a conscious effort to put more resources into those areas and try to get our foot in the door."
Jordan Bastian 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 best part of technology is that everything gets improved every time, including fitness training equipment. And currently, there are numerous adjustable dumbbell types to choose from.
While traditional dumbbells dictated that one had to own an entire weight set to obtain satisfactory training, right now an individual can easily own just one and still enjoy the benefits of a full workout. This simple system is ideal for home workouts as it enjoys a number of features.
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1- It offered the most durability.
2- Weights could be changed quickly to give a trainee ample time to resume workout.
3- They take up minimal space.
4- They provide up to 5 various weight settings ranging from 5 to 25 pounds each in 5 lbs increments.
5- The handles weight 5 pounds.
6- The dumbbells have chrome-plated metal each with each having a storage tray.
7- All the parts come with a one year warranty.
a)- The heavy duty chrome plated weight is of high quality that is meant to last. This means it does not wear out fast even during rough treatments like when it falls.
b)- The storage tray offers the user an opportunity to set it aside in a corner when it is not in use.
c)- It is fluid resistant, featuring a sleek design.
d)- It is metal plated to last longer unlike plastic.
e)- It is rugged, providing a smooth grip for the hand with the simple handle grip bar.
f)- The weight range is from 10 to 50 pounds. The simple dial twist gives the opportunity to move from 10 to 20 to 50 pounds with a simple twist of a dial.
g)- There is no worry of the plate slipping once the pin is locked into place.
There are not many drawbacks as opposed to the earlier versions of the same.
a)- One has to contend with the noise as it makes clanking sounds when the plates knock against each other during exercise. All the same, the sound can be accommodated and perhaps one could block their ears if it is too much to bear.
b)- They are a little big and therefore rather uncomfortable to hold especially for people with small fingers.
c)- Certain exercises like chest and shoulder presses require lots of care because when they come too close to each other the ends may run into each other.
d)- Since the handles are a little rugged to support the grip, holding them for long may feel uncomfortable. Using gloves is therefore ideal.
Finally, all fitness products must come from reliable dealers, no shortcuts. When shopping for the Bayou Fitness Pair of Adjustable Dumbbells therefore, always go to a trustworthy store. Safety is paramount during training.


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A pair of talented soccer players born in another country and who wound up making a major impact in the United States by combining their talent and a strong determination to win and succeed received their just desserts Thursday night.
They were elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
The announcement of former international and MLS standouts Thomas Dooley and Preki received the highest individual honors a U.S. soccer player can earn came during the Fox Football Fone-In show at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America convention at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Not surprisingly, both former MLS players were humbled.
"It's an honor to be in a special group of people and players," Preki said. "It's a tremendous honor for me."
Preki, who worked the MLS SuperDraft as Toronto FC coach a couple of floors higher at the convention center and hours earlier, admitted he didn't know there was an election.
"U.S. Soccer called me and I was surprised because I really don't follow those things," he said with a laugh. "I don't pay attention. So it was just a nice surprise, a pleasant surprise."
Dooley, who was on his final year on the players ballot, discovered his good news out via a phone call from Hall president Jonathan Ullman.
"I really didn't get it in the beginning," he said. "I was eight or 10 times already on the list. ... It was huge, that was great."
Dooley was proud of his career and getting into the Hall.
"Those are memories that nobody can take away," he said. "That's why on top of everything, getting into the Hall of Fame, you don't die because it's a museum where they put your ugly face, picture in there and they're writing something about you. Kids can go, my kids can go and every time they want. There's a place where there's something about me."
Both players took different routes to the Hall, although they were forced to work their way up through more non-traditional routes.
Preki was born in the former Yugoslavia and began his professional career there before journeying to England. He came to the United States and made his mark indoors in the old Major Indoor Soccer League.
Now 45, Preki turned into an offensive juggernaut as a midfield or forward whether he was scoring or creating goals.
He was named the MISL MVP in 1989, the MVP of the Continental Indoor Soccer League in 1995 and then accomplished that feat not once, but twice, in MLS in 1997 and 2001 while scoring 79 goals and adding 112 assists in 242 matches for the Kansas City Wizards and Miami Fusion. He performed in the 1998 World Cup.
Dooley, who played for the Red, White and Blue at the 1994 and 1998 World Cups, performed for the Columbus Crew and MetroStars. He started his journey to soccer stardom in the German 11th division, playing on Saturday and Sunday nights before working his way up to the Bundesliga. He had secured a solid career with the likes of Hamburg SV, Kaiserslautern, Bayer Leverkusen and Schalke.
When both Hall of Famers were asked about their most memorable moments, it wasn't necessarily about individual accomplishments.
For Preki, it was being a member of the Wizards' 2000 MLS Cup championship team.
"It was a special group of players," he said. "It was one of the most wonderful moments of my career. Why did I choose that? It was winning with a group. It's a special moment."
For Dooley, it was winning several tiles and several special games in the United States.
"We won the German Bundesliga. This is huge," he said. "We won the German Cup. This is huge. We won the UEFA Cup or German Super Cup. You remember those things. I'll never forget my first game in D.C. I'll never forget my farewell game and I'll never forget my game against Germany where I scored two goals. Or maybe when I was the captain for the national team in the World Cup. Those are moments that you don't forget, you're proud of."
Playing at the highest level, the biggest stage, capped both players' careers, which happened later on. Preki made his debut at 35, Dooley at 34. That is rare because most players perform in the World Cup in their playing prime in their 20s.
"It was special," Preki said. "I was trying to become a U..S. citizen for the World Cup 1994. but that didn't happen. So I had to wait until '98. Once I got on the team, once I got in the World Cup. It was like a dream come true for every single player in the world."
Every time Dooley was on the verge of making the German national team he came up with an injury.
"I was three times close to the German national team," he said. "The media was talking about, 'Thomas, you should be part of those 24 players in the camp.' A week later the next game I tore my ligament and I needed surgery. That happened three times. That was incredible. The last time I broke four ribs, my lung collapsed. I was done.
"My wife said, 'Why are you so negative?' I said, 'The highest thing in soccer is playing for the national team. I am out. I'm now 30 years old. I can't play for the national team any more because this is like my last chance."
Maybe not.
A friend of his agent noted Dooley's name -- Dooley's father is from the U.S. -- and asked if he could not play for the USA? Three weeks later he was in Chicago getting his U.S. passport, although he could not speak English.
He does now -- quite fluently.
Preki eventually became an MLS fixture. When he won a scoring title at 40, he accomplished that rare feat at an age when players have become coaches.
"You have to understand, everything is possible," he said. "The only thing is how much you want it as an individual, how much you want to give up for something that you really enjoy doing. I was ready to give up a lot of things to play and to play long."
The secret of Preki's longevity? Taking care of himself and a zest for the game.
"I kept fit," Preki said. "I made sure I got plenty of rest. I did my yoga. I obviously loved competing every day and that was something I was looking forward every morning that I got up."
Dooley, 48, who is director of international development for Match Analysis, was quite proud of receiving a Fair Play award.
"I said in this speech in L.A. that if someone deserved this award, it's me," he said. "I played 18-19 years professionally and I never got a red card. I played defensive midfielder and played man marker. I always played hard, but never got a red card and never had to sit out because of four or five yellow cards. That meant something."
He was playing for the MetroStars at the time.
"You know that my next game was? Against Columbus," he said. "I wanted to show them that you have to play hard that you have to play with heart. You have to play hard, You have to tackle. I was tackling everybody who was walking around on that field. Everybody was flying. ... I got a red card. When the ref gave me the red card, I told him, 'I deserved this red card 15 minutes before.' ... If you want to win something, you have to play hard."
Playing hard. That defines the careers of Preki and Thomas Dooley perfectly.
Michael Lewis covers soccer for the New York Daily News and is editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Views and opinions expressed in this column are the author's, and not necessarily those of Major League Soccer or MLSnet.com.


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Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois recently leveled charges of blasphemy against a group of Catholic advocates for gay rights who were planning to pray in the cathedral before a 5:15 pm Mass. These members of the Rainbow Sash Movement intended to wear the colorful sashes and pray a rosary in protest against the Roman Catholic Church's opposition to gay marriage. The bishop, however, with the backing of law enforcement, prohibited anyone with sashes from entering the cathedral. In a statement given the morning before the planned protest, Bishop Paprocki said, "People wearing a rainbow sash or who otherwise identify themselves as affiliated with the Rainbow Sash Movement will not be admitted into the cathedral and anyone who gets up to pray for same-sex marriage in the cathedral will be asked to leave."
For those familiar with the gay rights movement in the Roman Catholic Church, Paprocki's response is far from unique. Time and time again, those publicly trying to raise questions about gay rights have been stopped from entering churches, often under the threat of violence, or denied Communion, an explicit condemnation of their advocacy. The bishops' message is unambiguous: the church is no place for political statements or doctrinal challenges. Public displays of dissent are not permitted.
Outsiders to the Catholic Church may wonder at the bishops' strong reactions to the Rainbow Sash Movement. What causes such heavy-handed responses to the questions raised by members of their own religious communities? What is so dangerous about dialogue? Paprocki, in his statement, explains the high stakes: "It is blasphemy to show disrespect or irreverence to God or to something holy," the bishop says. "Since Jesus clearly taught that marriage as created by God is a sacred institution between a man and a woman (see Matthew 19:4-6 and Mark 10:6-9), praying for same-sex marriage should be seen as blasphemous and as such will not be permitted in the cathedral." For Paprocki and other bishops, speaking against church teaching on gay marriage is akin to speaking against God.
Strong rhetoric has long been used by bishops to counter perceived threats to Christianity. Dissent within the church, after all, has a long and illustrious tradition. For as long as there has been a faith, believers have expressed their differences over doctrines and practices. Bishops, concerned as leaders for the church's unity and the preservation of Gospel tradition, often respond to these differences by claiming that opposition to their own authority is opposition to God's established law. Those who rebel against the church's interpretation of faith, they say, rebel against God.
Cyprian of Carthage, for example, a bishop writing on baptismal controversies in the mid-third century, claimed his opponent degraded the faith and shared in the spirit of the antichrist. Cyprian writes, "If we are in Christ, and have Christ in us, if we abide in the truth, and the truth abides in us, let us keep fast to those things that are true. But it happens, by a love of presumption and of obstinacy, that (my opponent) would rather maintain his own evil and false position, than agree in the right and true which belongs to another." Using rhetoric similar to Bishop Paprocki's words, Cyprian charged that his opponent, who had expressed a different belief, was separated from Christ by holding a theological position contrary to God's revealed truth. Ironically, in Cyprian's case, his opponent was Stephen, the Bishop of Rome and pope, whose position on the matter at hand would later become the normative belief of the church. Still, Cyprian's rhetoric easily characterized the pope as a heretic intentionally deviating from Christian faith.
A cursory knowledge of Christian history reveals how bishops and inquisitors have consistently used biting rhetoric against "rebels" or "dissenters" in the church. In 357, Pope Liberius condemned and excommunicated St. Athanasius, the church father who would later be considered a chief architect of the Nicene Creed and called the "father of orthodoxy." In 1277, Bishop Etienne Tempier condemned the works of St. Thomas Aquinas by claiming that the angelic doctor's appropriation of Aristotelian philosophy was inimical to Christian truth. In 1431, Bishop Pierre Cauchon led a trial against St. Joan of Arc, which ended in her execution based on charges of heresy and involvement with demonic powers. In 1871, Bishop Laurence Sheil excommunicated St. Mary MacKillop, an Australian nun, for insubordination to his episcopal authority. In the 1980s, Pope Benedict, when he was head of the Congregation for the Defense of the Faith, condemned theologies of liberation such as those put forward by Gustavo Gutierrez. More recently, Gutierrez's work is undergoing a renaissance of popularity and acceptance under Pope Francis. Clearly, the boundary separating sainthood from blasphemy or heresy from orthodox truth is never so clear as some episcopal rhetoric presumes. Even if it takes much time, perspectives that differ from accepted teachings and traditions often become the later rule of faith.
For Catholic supporters of gay marriage, history proves that their dissent, along with the corresponding criticisms and condemnations from bishops, is part of a long tradition of dialogue within the body of faith. Often the condemned minority becomes the accepted majority, and church teaching evolves. Christianity is not a static set of rules and doctrines, but a living practice of faith within a community that includes both laity and hierarchy guided by the Holy Spirit. In order for this community to function in accord with the Holy Spirit's moving, it is vital that all believers have the freedom to express themselves and be heard. At a moment in time when church participation and confessional belief seem to be in sharp decline, the concern that the Rainbow Sash Movement shows for the church's spiritual health and relevancy in society is a provocative force within the rich and diverse Catholic tradition.
For the bishops, allowing dialogue to take place within the church may allow room for the Holy Spirit to work. New beliefs and practices, which with time take on the force of more established traditions, often start through movements of dissent. Though the bishops are wise to exercise caution in what they perceive to be innovations, or even threats, to the faith, the discernment of these questions must take place within the entire community of belief. Christian religion rightly evolves slowly, allowing time for the testing of new ideas in dialogue with tradition, but it does, in fact, evolve. The way that faith is practiced today is far different than the way it was practiced at the time of the apostles. These accepted changes are not the negation of the Gospel, but rather the confirmation that God is still active in the church and guiding believers through their interactions with the world.
Jason Steidl is a second year PhD student in systematic theology at Fordham University.


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Twenty-four years ago, Russ Piper, with the help of his family members, started American Water Treatment, Inc. by calling customers to offer softener-cleaning services for a mere $19.95.
"Twenty-percent of the time, the softener was falling apart and definitely needed cleaning and repairing," said Piper. "We put a sticker on the softener, gave good service and then got call-backs for more cleaning and repairing."
Russ Piper and Clare Pierson outside American Water Treatment.
Located in Loves Park, Ill., for the past 15 years, American Water Treatment (AWT) now spans two offices and 3,000 sq ft. AWT offers mostly residential softeners and purification systems, including the popular Pentair Logix and GE Avantapure product lines, and dabbles a bit in the commercial and industrial markets as well. AWT brands and customizes its own products as well, such as the Ironmax, a single or double tank iron removal system that uses air to precipitate the iron.
Getting the Word Out
Piper said one of his company's biggest challenges is getting a chance to talk face-to-face with potential customers about the benefits of AWT products. He tackles this by having a booth at home shows and fairs, revamping the company's newsletter and using local community groups and his church for networking and word-of-mouth referrals.
AWT offers mostly residential softeners and purification systems and dabbles in the commercial and industrial markets as well.
AWT is also trying its hand at more Internet marketing, said Cynthia Pope, sales representative for AWT and Russ's daughter.
Another big challenge is explaining to customers why he and his company are more qualified and provide a better product than Internet sellers and big-box stores.
"We've paid dues to become certified, to know our product, to know the water, and people need that. It's not like buying a washing machine or refrigerator. [Big-box stores] definitely do not provide the service we do," Piper said. "Internet scams frustrate me, too. People call and say, 'I can get that for $500 on the Internet, why can't you give me that price?' but they don't understand we have installation costs, overhead and taxes—but we will give them service after the sale. But for some people it's only about the price, even though we're very competitive with pricing."
Certification & Credibility
Being certified by the Water Quality Association (WQA) certainly helps AWT, too.
"I love to emphasize that we are certified water specialists," Piper said. "I also like the WQA because I like going to the convention and seeing different products and having a company rep there to show me how it works— it's very hands-on."
Stephanie Harris and Piper in AWT's showroom.
Pope said her WQA certification lends her credibility as well.
"It shows I didn't just get a job here because I'm family—I've done my homework and I've been around the business for 20 years," Pope said.
Today's economy has provided AWT with some small obstacles; for instance, more customers are looking to rent instead of buy, and Piper has to start looking for a new financing company because his previous one went out of business.
Yet it looks like AWT has a bright future. In the past year, the company's sales have seen an increase—a rarity for any business in today's economy. By focusing on customized treatment systems, professionalism and good service, AWT is sure to continue its growth.


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Hollywood Dirt – Jennifer Lopez's Raunchy TV Performance Angers Brits + Adam Levine 'Hate(s) This Country' & More
JENNIFER LOPEZ – TOO HOT FOR UK TV: Some viewers of "Britain's Got Talent" were not pleased with JENNIFER LOPEZ'S performance the other night, deeming it overtly sexual and inappropriate.
Angry viewers took to Twitter to vent about her performance on the family show, others took their complaints Britain's equivalent of our FCC. British TV regulator Ofcom released a statement confirming that "it has received complaints about the 'Britain's Got Talent' broadcast…which we are assessing, but not currently investigating."
Here are a couple of screen grabs of her performance. Yeah, she probably did show too much back and front.
AMANDA BYNES LATEST TWITTER FEUD IS WITH 'SPORTS ILLUSTRATED' MODEL: AMANDA BYNES must be trying to set a record for Twitter feuds. After blasting RIHANNA and COURTNEY LOVE in the past week, Bynes got into another online fight — this time with model CHRISSY TEIGEN.
In all fairness, Chrissy started things by tweeting, "The fact that Amanda Bynes has any 'support' to retweet is really unsettling. Support people with mental illness, yes. But don't condone/enable scary and poor behavior."
Amanda didn't take kindly to that. She fired back, "Chrissy Teigen, you're not a pretty model compared to me. I signed to Ford models at age 13. I don't look up to you beauty wise. I'm far prettier than you!" Then she continued, "I'm offended that you're saying I have a mental illness when I show no sign of it. But thankfully not one man that wants me wants you and you are an old ugly model compared to me!" She added, "You're no beauty queen! I'm a beauty queen."
Chrissy decided to take the high road and not fight back, telling her followers to leave Amanda alone. "I don't need defending and please stop writing her. It's not funny. It's sad."
BIEBER BABY?!: Yet another woman is claiming JUSTIN BIEBER is the father of her baby. Star magazine says Bieber impregnated a 25-year-old European woman in Florida back in 2010 — when he was just 15 years old. As proof, the mag published a grainy photo of two people kissing and screen captures of text messages said to be from Bieber to the woman.
A source tells the tab, "Justin didn't know anything about it. She just wanted to protect her baby. She wanted to keep her and her family away from any spotlight, [but] she's 100 percent sure that Justin is the father." Supposedly, she's not going to ask for money, and she'll let Justin decide if he wants to be a part of his daughter's life. Justin's peeps are denying her claims.
ADAM LEVINE DOES *NOT* HATE AMERICA: ADAM LEVINE is being criticized for an off-hand, off-camera remark he made during "The Voice" on Tuesday and he wants you to know he didn't mean the way it came off. What happened was as two of his contestants were being voted off, he muttered under his breath, quote, "I hate this country." After the Internet freaked — some even calling for him to get fired — he felt obligated to release a response. But it didn't help that his first response was to Tweet dictionary definitions of the words: "Joke," "humorless," "lighthearted," and "misunderstand."
hu·mor·less(hymr-ls)adj.1. Lacking a sense of humor.2. Said or done without humor
— Adam Levine (@adamlevine) May 29, 2013
That, of course, only fanned the flames more. So Adam released an actual statement: "I obviously love my country very much and my comments last night were made purely out of frustration. I'm passionately invested in my team and want to see my artists succeed. [Their] elimination…was confusing and downright emotional for me and my comments were made based on my personal dissatisfaction with the results." Okay, not an apology — more like a clarification.
ROMANCE REPORT – MILEY AND LIAM DONE … OR ARE THEY?!: MILEY CYRUS and LIAM HEMSWORTH have ended their rocky romance — if you believe Us Weekly. A source tells the tabloid, "They are definitely over." Of course we've heard that before, as well as the opposite. Just days ago, Us quoted a source as saying, "They [are] definitely back on."
Miley has since shared this picture of herself wearing what looks like a wedding dress. It was not accompanied by a caption, but word on the street is it was taken the same day she shot her new music video so it could either be a photo from the vid or her way of denying the Us story.
SPLITSVILLE – POPULATION COURTENEY COX, DAVID ARQUETTE: COURTENEY COX and DAVID ARQUETTE have officially ended their 12-year marriage. A judge finalized the couple's divorce on Tuesday. The two first separated in October 2010, but didn't file divorce papers until June 2012.
CAPTAIN JEAN-LUC PICARD SHOWS US HIS TWEETS: For the first time in his life PATRICK STEWART boldly went where many of us have gone: a pizzeria. The 72-year-old tried his very first slice of pizza and posted a pic of the experience on Twitter.
My first ever pizza "slice". Please note: the authentic NY fold. twitter.com/SirPatStew/sta…
— Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) May 29, 2013
CELEBRITY KOURT – ROB KARDASHIAN SETTLES WITH PAPARAZZO: KIM KARDASHIAN'S little brother has settled with the photographer who accused him of stealing her camera equipment. TMZ says ROB KARDASHIAN has agreed to pay the photog the value of the equipment he swiped. In return, she will not pursue criminal charges.
The paparazzo was waiting for Rob in the parking garage at a West Hollywood gym in March, and when he started to undress, she started snapping pics. Rob then allegedly stole her camera's memory card.
CELEBRITIES WITHOUT MAKEUP: KATHERINE HEIGL was snapped out and about in New Orleans without her face on. (PHOTO)
BLAKE SHELTON LETS HIS WIFE CHECK HIS PHONE: BLAKE SHELTON says there's so much trust in his marriage he lets MIRANDA LAMBERT check his phone so she can see for herself he isn't hiding anything from her.
He tells "People", quote, "[I tell Miranda], 'I have nothing to hide from you…Here's my phone. Go through it.' That's really the kind of trust we have. [I'll say,] 'Go dig through my drawers or my computer if you feel like you need to'…because I don't want her to ever have any doubts." That's cool, but it sounds more like she's pretty paranoid and doesn't trust him much, dontchathink?


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Her voice was soft and gentle, like her touch on his shoulders. It took a moment for J.D. to realize he wasn't having one of his dreams.
"Misty," he cried, standing and pulling her into an embrace.
"James," she repeated her voice barely a whisper.
J.D. crushed his lips to hers. When she returned his kiss with just as much fervor it felt as if she was stealing his breath away. With his lips still pressed against hers, he swung her into his arms and carried her to bed. Neither of them spoke as they tore away their clothes, anxious to come together once again.
He watched with a look of hunger in his eyes as he ran his hands over her naked body, making her shiver and making her nipples harden with his effort. The perfection of her body was breathtaking, and it made him dizzy. She was the most sexual woman he'd ever met, and he was drawn to touch her. As he allowed his hands to explore her body, Misty studied with him with such a look of intensity it burned a hole into his soul, a hole only her kisses and her touches could fill.
There were still no words between them as he moved above her. As Misty guided him inside of her, she slid her fingernails gently down his back and kissed him more deeply than she ever had before. Their movements were wordless and effortless. The passion between them filled the room as did the moans and cries of their excitement. The nearer they drew to their release, the faster they moved. It was a different kind of lovemaking for them, and he knew it was fueled by the realization they were coming together again after almost losing it forever.
The sound of her voice calling his name broke the erotic silence that had settled between them. Hearing the ardency of her excitement drove him to the edge of his own, and J.D. held tighter to her as they indulged in their mutual release. Even after the moment passed and he'd collapsed in an exhausted heap beside her, still neither of them spoke. Instead, they moved naturally in to one another's arms and held each other close. J.D. could feel the rhythm of her heart beating in time with his, just as he could hear the synchronization of their breathing. When he felt her run a gentle finger down the length of the scar on his chest, he pulled her tighter against him, wishing he could make their bodies and hearts and souls one forever.
"You know what you're telling me doesn't make any sense," Misty said, being the first to break the silence.
She was speaking as though no time had passed since she'd read the letter and he'd confessed his lifetime of dreams to her. Fear constricted his heart as he realized making love with him may have been her way of saying goodbye as opposed to letting him know she'd forgiven him.
"I know it doesn't. It doesn't make any more sense to me than it does to you. I've just had fifteen years to accept it."
"I keep trying to tell myself there's some other explanation for all of this, but the things you know are impossible for anyone but me and Jason to know."
"I know. I'm sorry I didn't tell you the truth sooner."
"If you had I probably wouldn't have believed you."
"But you believe me now?"
"It's hard not to."
J.D. knew the window of opportunity had just been opened for him, but he was afraid to crawl through it, afraid of not being able to fit if he tried.
"I'm not Jason."
"I don't want you to be."
"What do you want?"
Misty looked into his face, allowing her eyes to rest on his as she spoke. "I want you, James," she replied softly. "You were given a second chance at life, and we both know it was because you were meant to be with me. I know Jason's heart is in your chest. I know his memories are in your head, but I also know the thoughts and feelings in both belong to you. I loved Jason Drew Norris and he loved me, and I know that's why he found a way to make sure he kept his promise. Do you know what promise I mean?"
"We stick together," J.D. said so softly he almost didn't hear himself speak.
"We sick together. No matter what, we stick together."
"No matter what."
"No matter what, James."
"No matter what, Misty. I love you."
"I love you, James."
As she settled her eyes on his, J.D. knew she was thinking the same thing he was. He knew she was reflecting on the memories of the life she'd shared with Jason and the life that had been given to share with him. There was no rational explanation for what brought them together, but both were satisfied with the truth of the one they'd been given. Neither of them could predict with any certainty what their future would truly hold. Whatever it was, they were prepared to face it. They would stick together, no matter what.
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Bourbon Whiskey
Barbecue Sauce
1 onion, minced
8 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 cup bourbon whiskey
4 cups ketchup
1/2 cup tomato paste
1 tbsp. salt
2/3 cup cider vinegar
1/4 cup liquid smoke (optional)
1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 cup packed lite brown sugar
3/4 tsp hot pepper sauce
In a large sauce pot, over medium heat, combine onion, garlic and whiskey. Simmer for 10 minutes or until the onion is translucent. Mix in the rest of the ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce to medium-low heat, and simmer for 30 minutes. Run sauce though a strainer or cheesecloth for a smooth consistency.
To allow flavors to meld further, refrigerate sauce overnight and it will taste even better.
This sauce works well with chicken, ribs, steak, or any preferred barbecue application. Be sure to refrigerate any left-over sauce for future use throughout the summer.
Grilled Corn on the Cob
Corn on the cob is delicious grilled in the husks, then served with crumbled bacon, chives, and more butter.
8 ears corn
butter, softened
crumbled cooked bacon
chopped chives
Pull back corn husks and remove silk. Place corn in cold water for 20 minutes; drain. Spread softened butter over corn; replace husks. Roast on grill for 20 to 25 minutes, or until tender. Serve with chopped chives and crumbled bacon, along with additional butter.
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MADISON, WI, APRIL 23, 2007 -- North Carolina State researchers recently discovered a test that quickly predicts nitrogen levels in the humid soil conditions of the southeastern United States. These scientists report that the Illinois Soil Nitrogen Test (ISNT) can assess the nitrogen levels in soil with more accuracy than current soil-based tests. This test will allow growers to cut back on the amount of nitrogen-based fertilizer added to soil, leading to economic and environmental benefits.
The proper management of nitrogen is critical to the success of many crop systems. Based on an assessment of the natural amount of nitrogen in soil, growers calculate their optimum nitrogen rates, the concentration of nitrogen that must be present in fertilizer in order to achieve expected crop yields. Under- and over-applying nitrogen fertilizer to corn crops often leads to adverse economic consequences for corn producers. Excess levels of nitrogen in nature also pose serious threats to environment. Agricultural application of nitrogen has been linked to rising nitrate levels and subsequent death of fish in the Gulf of Mexico and North Carolina's Neuse River.
"Although offsite nitrogen contamination of ground and surface waters could be reduced if nitrogen rates were adjusted based on actual field conditions, there is currently no effective soil nitrogen test for the humid southeastern U.S.," said Jared Williams, lead author of the North Carolina State study that was published in the March-April 2007 issue of the Soil Science Society of America Journal. This research was supported in part by USDA Initiative for Future Agricultural and Food Systems (IFAFS) grant.
From 2001 to 2004, scientists collected and tested the soil from 35 different sites in North Carolina. According to the North Carolina scientists, the collected soil samples were representative of millions of hectares in agricultural production in the southeastern USA. Corn was planted at each site with a range of nitrogen fertilizer rates, and the optimum nitrogen rates and the soil assay results were compared among the sites.
From the collected samples, researchers discovered that the Illinois Soil Nitrogen Test (ISNT) could be used to accurately measure the economic optimum nitrogen rates (EONR) of southeastern soils, despite moderate weather variation over the collection period. While the test can be used to predict the optimum nitrogen rates, the relationship between ISNT and EONR varied by soil drainage class. Researchers believe that these differences represent differences in organic matter that lead to less mineralization and/or more denitrification on poorly drained soils. The results indicate that the Illinois Soil Nitrogen Test can serve as a model for predicting economic optimum nitrogen rates on well- and poorly drained soils and show promise as a tool for nitrogen management.
"Additional research is needed to calibrate and validate the EONR versus ISNT relationships under a wider variety of conditions," says Williams. "Because the Illinois Soil Nitrogen Test predicted EONR robustly to different cost/price ratios, ISNT has the potential to modify or replace current nitrogen recommendation methods for corn."
To learn more, view the Soil Science Society of America Journal article abstract at:
Soil Science Society of America Journal (SSSAJ), http://soil.
The American Society of Agronomy (ASA) www.agronomy.org, the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) www.crops.org and the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) www.soils.org are educational organizations helping their 10,000+ members advance the disciplines and practices of agronomy, crop and soil sciences by supporting professional growth and science policy initiatives, and by providing quality, research-based publications and a variety of member services.


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If you can afford this I guess the greens fees don't seem so high
The purchase of 3418 17-Mile Drive presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build a one-of-a-kind, custom home in one of the world's most elite locations. Previously listed at US$12,000,000, the property is being offered at or above US$7,950,000.Out of 34 sites along the drive and overlooking the Pebble Beach Golf Links, 3418 17-Mile Drive is the only vacant, buildable parcel of land available for sale. With a breathtaking backdrop of Carmel Bay and the Pacific Ocean, this ready-to-build property overlooks the 11th green as well as 12th fairway and green on the world renowned Pebble Beach Golf Links and is a short walk to the white sands of Carmel Beach and the pristine shoreline of the Pacific Ocean.Pebble Beach, a well-known community on the Monterey Peninsula, is located a short drive from Silicon Valley. Known to locals as "Pebble," this private community offers residents a grand resort lifestyle. Home to eight public and private golf courses, the town is world-famous having hosted five U.S. Opens along with the annual AT&T Celebrity Pro-Am. To the south of Pebble lies Carmel-by-the-Sea, often called Carmel. This quaint, seaside town is known for its spectacular white sand beaches, natural beauty, and rich artistic history. With a blend of art galleries, boutiques, hotels, shops, restaurants, whimsical homes and breathtaking panoramas, Carmel is considered one of the nation's most popular travel destinations
Wow. That is beautiful. I wouldn't mind practicing my wedge shots off that beach.
Hey! I think I saw my house(s)!!
We could get the group together and turn it into an FJA compound! : )
On a clear day, it gorgeous! On the other days, it's makes you glad they invented scotch whiskey.
at almost half-price, it's a steal! i'm pretty sure i would sell a body part if i could get enough to be able to buy, build, and retire there. and i'm not sure i would be picky as to which one, as long as i could still golf! lol.
We could get the group together and turn it into an FJA compound! : )
i've got 7 dollars in pocket, lets make it happen!
I used to live in San Jose and i have been there.."breath taking". Still cannot afford to live in the Pebble Area.
-ICONs for ALL
On a clear day, it gorgeous! On the other days, it's makes you glad they invented scotch whiskey.
and is one of those suppose to be a negative?!?! i think i could live with that. wake up, look outside and decide if it's a golf day or a scotch day! haha.
Is there a day you didn't wish they invented Scotch Whiskey?....maybe a day after or two
Beautiful scenery.
Fred those are not mutually exclusive. You can be happy about Scotch even on the best days and it has the ability to make them even better although sometimes you do not remember.
Bruce, when's your dinner party at the new place? I'll be sure to bring my bathing suit too. haha
Amazing view! Worth having a few bad day's!
Wow...that's about all I can say. What a view.
Amazing view! Worth having a few bad day's!
if any view is worth 6 million, that's probably it!


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Editor's note: This is not an all-inclusive list of every local or Mormon to compete in the Super Bowl. It is, however, photos of as many players and coaches we had access to.
From Steve Young and Jim McMahon to Marv Fleming and Lionel Aldridge, there have been plenty of college football stars who suited up in Utah and went on to play in the Super Bowl later in their careers.
Likewise, there have been numerous Mormons who've followed the same path. These men have experienced the thrill, and sometimes agony, that comes with playing in the NFL's annual championship game.
Here's a visual look at some of those players, and a few coaches, competing that day on the sport's biggest stage.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from opponents of same-sex marriage who were seeking to overturn the District of Columbia's gay marriage law.
The court did not comment in turning away a challenge from a Maryland pastor and others who sought to get a measure on the ballot that would have let Washingtonians vote on whether the city should define marriage as between a man and a woman.
Bishop Harry Jackson led the lawsuit against the district's Board of Elections and Ethics after it refused to put that initiative on the ballot. The board ruled that allowing the ballot question would in effect authorize discrimination.
Washington began recognizing gay marriages performed elsewhere in 2009 and last year began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Two other courts had previously told Jackson that city officials had the authority to keep the measure off the ballot and acted appropriately in barring it.
Jackson said Tuesday he and supporters knew getting the Supreme Court to take the case would be difficult, but he said their efforts were not over.
"The issue of the definition of marriage will have its day in the Supreme Court eventually," Jackson said. "The essence of what we were after is still very much on the table."
D.C. council member David Catania, who introduced the bill to make same-sex marriage legal in the city and is one of two openly gay council members, said in a statement that he was "grateful to the court" for not taking the case.
"Today is a great day for human rights, and specifically marriage equality, in the District," Catania wrote.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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Salman Khan is all set to make a comeback as the host of television's most controversial show 'Bigg Boss', mid September, this year. Reports state that the participants of the show will not be revealed until 15 Sept, that's when the show goes on air.
However, speculations are doing the rounds that TV actors Gurdeep Kohli, Pratyusha Banerjee and Kushal Tandon are likely to enter the show. Apart from that, comedian Kapil Sharma would make a guest appearance.
Kapil Sharma told, "I will do a one-day shooting for the episode, but I won't stay in house for long. I can't live in my own house for long, so entering the 'Big Boss' house is definitely not happening."
The celebrity reality show has booked the primetime slot from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m, with two popular shows – "Sanskaar – Dharohar Apnon Ki" and "Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha – Season 2" going off air, thus making way for Bigg Boss 7.
"Both the shows have fared well and were popular amongst the audiences. However, we will be having a logical conclusion to both the shows paving way for fresh content," Prashant Bhatt, Colors, Weekday Programming Head, said in a statement.
The promos of Bigg Boss 7 is already up and is creating quite a buzz among the audience, with Salman Khan in a double role as an angel and devil, hence giving meaning to this season's theme 'Heaven and Hell'.
'Wow of Heaven and Aao of hell' is how Salman describes "Bigg Boss 7".
"Bigg Boss" is the Indian version of the internationally popular "Big Brother" franchise. It features some handpicked celebrities who live together inside a secluded house, with limited means, and under 24X7 camera surveillance.} else {


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As Radio 4 prepares to celebrate its 40th birthday, Simon Elmes – documentary producer and author of a new history of the network – brings us face to face with the 'disembodied friends' who have made it the BBC's most fiercely guarded station
It was day two of my training as a new BBC recruit and I was standing in the canteen lunch queue, just a tiny bit starstruck. BBC radio, and Radio 4 in particular, had been the companion to my growing up. Now it was summer 1974, and I was part of it all.
Suddenly, I recognised the voice of a good friend, talking loudly somewhere in front of me. I did a double take. It was undoubtedly my friend's voice but he was nowhere to be seen. I looked again. No, no one I knew.
Then the penny dropped. The voice belonged to a distinguished announcer who had, until recently, worked on Radio 4; it was as familiar as if it was an intimate friend's, but the tall, lean man from whom it came was a complete stranger.
This is the sort of confusion that radio listeners are prone to. Radio is the most intimate of broadcast media, the disembodied voice on the shoulder, the calming cadence of sanity that speaks to you – and just you – across the ether.
Charlotte Green, the supreme Radio 4 announcer whose warm yet slightly formal tones were once voted the nation's favourite, told me that when she used to bid her listeners good night from the continuity studio, they wrote to her in droves.
"I always made a point of wishing them a peaceful night and that struck a chord – 'a peaceful night'. It made me realise how many lonely people there are for whom Radio 4 is a lifeline."
Every week, nearly ten million of us tune in to the nation's favourite speech network – not just to John Humphrys and James Naughtie on Today, but to Start the Week, Midweek, The Now Show, Lynda Snell and the denizens of Borsetshire's most incident-filled village, and every quirky, controversial, fascinating bit in between.
Indeed, as the 40 candles are lit tomorrow, Radio 4 remains – and this is a statistic that never fails to amaze – the most popular radio service in London, bar none.
Four decades ago, it was one of Charlotte Green's illustrious predecessors, David Dunhill, who, just before midnight on September 29 1967, bid farewell with a crack in his voice to the Home Service, "two of the best words in the British language". He was closing down the network before its reinvention at 6.35am the next morning as "Radio 4".
The name change had come about because of the Marine Offences Act, with which the Postmaster General, Tony Benn, had driven pirate radio off air. The BBC was answering the demand for pop music with its own new service, Radio 1, opened with a flourish by Tony Blackburn that same morning.
In fact, the name Radio 4 had provoked much astringent discussion, with the controller Gerard Mansell complaining that it sounded like a demotion. He was put in his place, as BBC minutes reveal, but there were concerns: "Every effort must be made to destroy the idea that 'Radio One' was in some way superior to 'Radio Four'. The titles were a means of identification, not a merit rating."
To read the minutes of these meetings from a bygone era, meticulously stored at the BBC Written Archives Centre, isn't just a nostalgia trip. What rings down the ages is the humour and wit, as well as a certain formality, that have always been part of the BBC spirit and that characterise the best of Radio 4.
Not for nothing was a pompous piece of oratory at one high-powered gathering during the height of Torvill and Dean mania greeted by a show of cards from the waggish element at the back of the room, scoring it 5.9, 5.8, 6.0…all duly recorded in the minutes.
On air, Radio 4 rarely lets its formality slip, unless it's for I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Just a Minute or another of its comedy hits.
But Charlotte Green's nerve was once tested by a newsroom joker who had, she suspected, deliberately included at the end of a long bulletin a story about an American woman who had eloped with an older man. She had extreme difficulty stifling giggles when – sight unseen – she finally came to the sad story of Chastity Bumgardner.
Then there was the wonderful Eugene Fraser, a much-loved announcer of 20 or more years ago who, it is claimed, would set fire to the bottom of the Shipping Forecast script as it was being read.
Pranks like that are strictly off-limits today, as is alcohol. In the early days of Radio 4, post-programme drinking was a requirement. Some drama producers' lunches started shortly after 11am and stretched almost to home-time. Nowadays, programmes never break out the bubbly, as Robert Robinson's Stop the Week ("Stop the Rot" to the crew) and Midweek once did.
Perhaps the abstemiousness stems from the point in the 1980s when a memo went round teeling staff to make themselves available to an American documentary crew. The resulting film was far from a respectful portrait of a great British institution.
It was a hoot – shots of trolleys full of bottles being shunted down lonely corridors, fizz being uncorked to mark birthdays on air, even a hip-flask at the ready on a "radio nature trail" for The Living World.
"We were all suckered into letting them film," remembers Sue MacGregor, then the presenter of Woman's Hour. "And you can imagine what American producers made of a programme called Woman's Hour, for starters, and one that was quite cosy. And of course they edited it so that it sent up the whole of Radio 4."
Fair enough: it's easy to do. But radio can also take us so close to people that we feel we're living alongside them. I was privileged to work with The World at One's presenter Nick Clarke on his intimate account of his experience of cancer, which proved to be his last programme.
The recordings by Nick and his wife Barbara were among the most searing I have ever heard, and they chose to confide these most intimate moments to the Radio 4 audience. Listeners – including the BBC chairman – were caught speechless, tears running down cheeks.
The names that carry that charge of intense intimacy down the years are also part of what makes Radio 4 so beloved: William Hardcastle, the breathy Fleet Streeter-turned-radio-star who was The World at One's first presenter; John Ebdon, he of the "How-do-you-do?" welcome to the Sound Archives; Brian Redhead – not only of Today but of the great precursor of In Our Time, called A Word in Edgeways.
And Margaret Howard and Derek Jones and Gordon Clough and Franklin Engelmann and Robert Robinson… the names that resonate down four decades are legion. They are the voices we use to mark up our daily schedule: "If the Today sport's on, I'm late leaving the house!"
Why else was fury unleashed on the unfortunate controller who, in the early 1990s, altered so many routines by shifting Woman's Hour to the morning? Or The Archers by a quarter of an hour?
Among broadcasters, only Radio 4 could provoke a (very polite) march through London; it was in 1993, in protest at the removal of the network's long-wave frequency, and it changed the minds of BBC bosses. Truly, Radio 4 is deeply embedded in the British psyche.
Given a clean slate, you couldn't invent Radio 4, because it is so much greater than the sum of its parts – in its history, and its ability to infuriate and frustrate as well as delight.
Perhaps Libby Purves best captured the heart of what makes Radio 4 special: "You'll just switch on the radio and there will be somebody just telling you something in a humble, you-might-be-interested-in-this way.
"Like how there are these sea-plants up near Birmingham in the middle of the motorway because they think they're on the coast because of the salt spray thrown up by the lorries. I heard about that on some slightly anorakish nature programme on Radio 4 and it kept me very happy all day…"
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Belfast - Sectarian clashes erupted on Belfast's streets as masked Protestant rioters attacked Catholic homes on Monday, Northern Ireland authorities said.More than 100 Protestant teens and young men bombarded Catholic homes with rocks, bricks and bottles. The street clashes occurred on a major sectarian fault line in east Belfast, pitting the Protestants of Newtownards Road against the Catholics of the Short Strand district.Sporadic violence has been a regular feature of Northern Ireland's wider conflict since the late 1960s.Catholic leaders said the violence was unprovoked, but Protestant leaders said the Protestants appeared to be retaliating for smaller-scale attacks by Catholics youths the previous night.Most of the attackers wore hoods or scarves over their faces to make it harder for police using video cameras to identify them.Peace linesRiot police kept the two sides apart and came under fire from both directions. One police armoured vehicle was set on fire by a Molotov cocktail, but it wasn't clear which side threw it.The Short Strand-Newtownards Road flashpoint is just one of more than 30 parts of Belfast where high barricades, known as peace lines, separate Irish Catholic and British Protestant turf. Such peace lines have grown in number and size despite the success of Northern Ireland's 1998 peace accord, which inspired a unified Catholic-Protestant government, the disarmament of the Irish Republican Army, and greater Catholic support for law and order.Sectarian tensions typically flare in the build-up to July 12, a divisive Northern Ireland holiday when tens of thousands of Protestants from the Orange Order brotherhood march across the British territory. One of the first contentious parades of the Orange marching season turned violent on Friday when police blocked Orangemen from parading through part of Ardoyne, a militant Catholic district that often seeks to lash out at passing Protestant parades. Four police officers reported minor injuries.
Man i thought this kind of thing was over.
Yeah, it had been quiet for ages - not impressed. This is not Christianity in action - we're supposed to love our neighbour, love our enemies, and these idiots clearly ignored that.
@Matt, it flares up every year round about this time, got to agree with you they are just a bunch of idiots
Why is Ireland so prone to this kind of thing?
Its not prone to this kind of thing. Its just a bunch of bored thugs who have got nothing better to do
@iareknersis - Are you Irish?
Marching season and it's been prone to this every year.
@Cornix, I am not Irish, I am a South African living in Ireland
Then you'll know the history and it's Religion. They can't stand each other.
And here we go again!
@Lee,Yes it is marching season which is starting again now in July, and I must say that it is only a small group of them who still cant stand each other. I live in the Republic of Ireland and yes every now and again there is probs with it down here but the main problems happen up north.
It will get worse then finish for another year. It's been about 15yrs since i stood with a pathetic plastic shield getting everything thrown at me. The youth just continue what the elders did, they just don't know why any more.
Didn't they ban the Orange March a couple of years ago? I'm sure they did? BTW as a "Protestant" I really hope it was banned, it's stupid, provocative and most definitely not a Christian act.
@Matt, only certain routes of the marches were banned. I can tell you from seeing it for myself that large areas surrounding Belfast are full of loyalist flags and banners this time of the year and not to mention the huge bonfire sites. The orange order are protestant and loyal to the queen and hold their marches and bonfires on or around the 12th July every year.
I prefer the headline & story on newsthump dot com - "Belfast witnesses outbreak of Christianity".
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Denzel Washington brought a very special date to the Golden Globes Sunday night, but she was definitely unexpected. Before beginning their interview on Sunday night's red carpet, Denzel advised E!'s Ryan Seacrest, "It's not my wife Pauletta, it's my daughter."
[ Photos: Red carpet arrivals at the 2013 Golden Globes ]
Washington's daughter, Olivia — who has rarely been seen and photographed at events — accompanied him to the ceremony. She filled in for his normal date — his wife of 29 years, Pauletta. 22-year-old Olivia is one of Denzel and Pauletta's four children, John David, Katia, and her twin brother, Malcolm.
Denzel's introduction saved Seacrest from an awkward mistake, as mystery dates have perplexed interviewers in the past. The worst mishap was probably the moment Joan Rivers confused Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins' then-wife, Jennifer Lynton, for his mother on an awards red carpet in the past.


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I was thinking about starting the voting on jan 1st. So how long do you want for a nominations process?
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A couple weeks should suffice. Maybe start nominations around December 15 or so?
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In 2011, when DIDD became a department, the Tennessee Code was updated to reflect that change and also to create statewide and regional planning and policy councils to allow for public collaboration on issues affecting the department and the people interested in our services.
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The Council shall advise the Commissioner as to plans and policies to be followed in the service systems and the operation of the department programs and facilities, recommend to the general assembly legislation and appropriations for the programs and facilities, advocate for and publicize the recommendations, and publicize generally the situation and needs of persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities and their families.
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Torre removes Broxton from save situations
LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers manager Joe Torre had been using Jonathan Broxton in save situations on nights when Hong-Chih Kuo was unavailable, and Torre said as recently as Saturday afternoon that Broxton would close when the matchups called for it. No longer. "I think we have to just put him in situations not in the ninth inning, I mean a save situation in the ninth inning," Torre said. "And just try to get some appearances under his belt. Wherever we go, whether we're going to get to the postseason or not, I think this is very important: that he finishes this season with a good taste in his mouth."
Broxton met with Torre, pitching coach Rick Honeycutt and bullpen coach Ken Howell on Sunday after Broxton let up a two-run homer to the Giants' Juan Uribe in the ninth inning on Saturday for his sixth blown save in 28 opportunities. The Dodgers dropped a crucial game, 5-4. Torre said he did not again ask Broxton if he was healthy, something he has done multiple times. "If he is less than 100 percent, I think I would have had some kind of hint from our trainers or something," Torre said. "Unless he's just not getting taken care of, which would be hard to believe, knowing him." Torre mentioned Broxton's velocity as an indication that he isn't hurt, but that might not be the best evidence. According to fangraphs.com, Broxton is averaging 95.3 mph on his fastball this season. That's down from 97.5 last season. With Kuo unavailable on Sunday, rookie Kenley Jansen would likely close.


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A new fullback may be on his way to Winnipeg.
According to a Hamilton report, McMasters Andre Sadeghian is expected to sign with the Blue Bombers after being released by the Tiger-Cats on the eve of training camp.
Although Bombers assistant GM Ross Hodgkinson refused to confirm the report, he did not deny it. CFL rules say were only allowed to talk about guys weve signed, Hodgkinson said Thursday.
Sadeghian, 25, is a 5-foot-10, 235-pounder drafted by the B.C. Lions in 2007. He played 15 games for Hamilton last season.
LOOKIN GOOD: Cory Watson, Winnipegs top draft pick this year, has not looked out of place during the first two days of rookie camp.
Watson is who we thought he was, said Bomber head coach Paul LaPolice. Hes showing up at this level and making some plays.
The 6-foot-2, 204-pound receiver admitted to being nervous before he hit the field for the first time here. I didnt know what to expect, said Watson, 26. But, once I got that out of the way, it was all right. Then (Thursday), I felt very comfortable.
Its been great. I see some improvement so Im very proud of that.
But even rookie camp is an adjustment for the Concordia product.
Everything goes a lot faster than CIS, said Watson, who has been clocked at 4.5 in the 100. Everythings at a rapid pace and you need to catch on very quickly. So, its more like what kind of head you have on your shoulders than anything else.
The quarterbacks are lot better here. The balls come a lot faster and are a lot more accurate.
SMITH SIGNED: Also adjusting from the college game is linebacker Chris Smith, another draftee who was officially signed Thursday.
The speed of the play is a lot faster than it was back in college, said the 6-foot-2, 220-pound Queens product. But, so far, so good. Im happy with the position Im playing (weak-side linebacker) and the defence is learning it pretty quickly so, Im happy with it so far.
I didnt know what to expect (the first day). I knew these guys were going to be big and fast but so am I Coming in (Thursday), I was a lot more confident.
Smith, 22, was named defensive player of the game when Queens won the Vanier Cup, recording 4.5 tackles, one quarterback sack, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
I feel good, he said. Ive been making plays and Im still going to try to make some plays so they notice me and I can stick around.
MORE WORK: Because WRs D.J. Hall and Travis Shelton went down with hamstring injuries, Winnipeg Rifles product Yembeh Moiba is getting more reps.
Im hoping he keeps learning the game and gets better, but hes making some plays, LaPolice said.
ARMSTRONG A LEO: Former Bomber WR Derick Armstrong is being given a chance to attempt a comeback with B.C. this season. But first, Lions head coach/GM Wally Buono checked out the situation that led to former Winnipeg head coach Mike Kelly releasing Armstrong.
There was a personality conflict between the coach and him, Buono told the Vancouver Sun. I guess it got to the point where the coach was getting a little bit out of line. I was told it even got a little bit personal ... and it got out of control. After doing the character check on him, hes not the kind of person with one foot out of jail every day.


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– What is Game Weavers?
Game Weavers (GW) is a fan-based gaming website. The site intends to explore the gaming medium and to assist anyone interested in games whether they are players, modders, developers, programmers, artists or authors of some form of work.
If you enjoy being creative then you'll like it here.
We can provide assistance by hosting content on the website such as games, mods, articles, tutorials, campaigns and more.
Our slogan is: 'Ravelling and unravelling the fabric of fun.'
Indeed, if we have a specific goal beyond hosting then it is to understand what makes something fun by picking it apart and analysing it.
This in turn comes down to two general questions as a result:
– What makes for an interesting story?
– What makes a game fun?
These are the questions that Magic seeks to answer in his work on the site.
Do you want to develop games? Are you an artist, programmer, designer or a writer? Do you want to create your own project? Do you want to find like-minded people? Do you need help? Or do you even want to provide it?
If so, then this is the place to get or give creative help.
– Who runs the site?
The administrator of awesomeness is Ben Brown, aka Magic. He's been part of fan sites for a long time now – while not directly creating the sites, but more writing and organising content. Coupled with four years in the games industry, he's looking at Gameweavers to be a hub of creativity for like-minded people – and simply a fun place to hang out.
– Are you looking for members? How can I join? Can I get hosting for my work?
If you think you have something to offer then simply get in touch and ask Magic.
Provided your project meets our level of quality, contributors can add whatever content they want (Articles, reviews, mods, games, etc.) and it will be hosted on the Gameweavers site and displayed on the frontpage. You can get full web hosting and a subdomain (http://example.game-weavers.com) as well as technical support. All hosting is free, we simply ask for help in attracting new visitors to the Gameweavers website via a banner or button graphic on your page.
We're not looking for any specific roles or a number of people, but if you want to help out then just ask. Be sure to mention what you want to do and include samples of your work.
Sample roles include:
– Mod Makers: Are you making a mod or campaign for a particular game?
– Game Developer: Are you making your own game, as a start-up group or a one man indie company?
– Article Writers: Do you enjoy writing articles, tutorials, interviews and reviews?
– News Reporters: Can you scan relevant sites across the net for useful news (Related to gaming, mods, community, industry, etc) that could be posted on the site's frontpage and forum?
– Moderators: Are you interested in keeping a balance of order and fun in our forum?
Or maybe there's something we've missed that you could do – if so then feel free to ask. Simply contact Magic if you're interested.
– How did the site originate?
GW is the the successor site to Samods (aka the Star Alliance), a gaming group and website founded in 1998 that hosted and developed campaigns and mods for games like StarCraft and Warcraft 3. The site evolved over the years, expanding to general games and other media, but in the last few years it undoubtedly came to a virtual halt in terms of activity as well as the departure of the 'old guard' who worked there.
Clearly, the time had clearly come for a reboot and that's why GW came into being. The focus of GW has shifted somewhat from Samods – rather than being a site primarily for hosting mods and campaigns, GW has a wide scope; it's for virtually anything to do with gaming and creative pursuits. We hope you decide to stay.
Hi there! Are you going to *close* samods.org, its forums and the Starcraft/Warcraft GFX repository aka saga.samods.org? If so, any chance these sites will be archived and preserved in some way? There's some useful content for modders, and, being one myself, I often used these resources in my creations.
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Hi. I'm thinking about creating an account to view posts at the forum page of this site and maybe one day even to write a few. I'm just wondering, if I ever later feel the need to delete my account, can I do so by myself or by asking the administrator? I tried my best to see an answer to this from the forum Q/A page but did not find anything.
I don't think I will ever have the need to delete it, since this site looks cool. I'm just one of those guys, who doesn't like to leave a trail of "dead" account lying around all over the internet if for any reason I'd stop using some site actively.
Good to know. I'm gonna keep a lookout for that new forums to see when it opens. Thanks.
And like I already said, I don't see much reason to leave a site this great once I'm in.
(Just, believe it or not, my worst account matter was with a certain large video site, that most likely everyone knows. I by accident lost my account password, for some reason didn't get it to change no matter what I tried, got no response from any of the named site's contact pages and ended up waiting 3 – 4 years before the account died by… don't know, old age I guess. Makes one paranoid)
Hey Magic are you still around? Do you remeber me? drop me a line via the email I left on here if you happen to see this. Some of the old Antioch crowd is converting ANtioch to SC2 and I thought of you, you always did great work. anyway if you're not interested I hope shit is going well with ya man, been forever.


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Tour the Nasketucket Bay watershed on this nine-mile guided bike tour hosted by the Coalition's land protection staff. The tour will begin at the Nasketucket Bay State Reservation parking lot on Brandt Beach Ave, heading along the Phoenix/Mattapoisett Bike Path to a nature overlook on Sconticut Neck Road. There, participants will take a snack break and learn about the Coalition's effort to protect 400 acres of land around Nasketucket Bay. Then the group will bike back to the parking area. The cost $10 for non-members free for members and children 12. Reservations are required, contact Alicia Pimental at (508) 999-6363 x226 or email@example.com.
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The folks who can get one are loving their HTC One, and everyone loves infographics - this had to happen
While you're waiting to have a look at the new HTC One, you're probably thinking of how you might use the phones features. We're covering them to give you the in-depth story on what they can do and how to use them, and HTC is now showing you why you may want to.
Blinkfeed and Zoes and the rest of the new Sense 5 can be a bit confusing. We get it. HTC gets it. This is the sort of material HTC needs to produce to cut some of that confusion away, and show folks that they can be productive and have fun with their smartphone. Be sure to click the source link for the mega-huge not safe for mobile version.
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Leinster coach Matt O'Connor has made three changes to the starting team which faces Glasgow Warriors in Saturday's PRO12 final
Prop Mike Ross replaces Martin Moore while Quinn Roux gives up his place at lock as Mike McCarthy returns from injury. In the backs, wing Zane Kirchner takes Dave Kearney's slot after he was ruled out with a serious knee ligament tear.
The Boys in Blue have knocked the Scots out of the competition at the last-four stage in each of the last two years. However, their league meetings this term ended in one-win a piece after Glasgow triumphed 12-6 back in September at Scotstoun, while Leinster edged the March return 28-25.
But while the Irish giants - the three-time Heineken Cup winners - have vastly more experience on the big stage, O'Connor is giving his opponents full respect.
He said: "When you come to finals, it is about trying to get the performance right on the day and we'll be looking to play our best game of the year, that's what we do at this time of year.
"We know we're up against a very, very good team in Glasgow - a very well-coached team as well. It's a team we have had a lot of close battles with as well.
"We know it's going to be a big, big task, I remember back to the launch Glasgow were the team I picked as the biggest threat, having played them in the semi-final last year I remember how good they were.
"We'll focus on performance and the processes we need to get right and we can celebrate then. All week everyone has been very focused, we had a weekend off between now and the semi-final, it's a long build-up so hopefully the guys are pretty well prepared."
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Jeremy Hobson: It's going to be a busy day on Capitol Hill. The Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will be testifying about the economy and the possibility of new monetary stimulus. And a congressional watchdog panel will be grilling executives from the British bank HSBC about -- get this -- money laundering, drugs and terrorist financing.
Marketplace's Stephen Beard is with us from London to explain. Good morning.
Stephen Beard: Hello Jeremy.
Hobson: What's this all about?
Beard: As you say, money laundering on an epic scale, according to the Senate. The most damaging charge is that HSBC allowed $7 billion to pass from Mexico into the U.S., and the Senate investigators said that that sum could only have come from the drugs trade. The investigators also say suspicious funds passed through HSBC from Syria, the Cayman Islands, Iran, and Saudi Arabia.
Hobson: And what's HSBC saying about this?
Beard: It says, "Sorry." It acknowledges what it calls "these mistakes" and will promise at today's hearing not to do it again. This is following the interest rate rigging scandal, yet another legacy of the whole "greed is good" culture which engulfed many big banks during the boom.
But as analyst James Bourbon told the BBC today, the regulators -- both here and in the U.S. -- were also partly to blame. They fell down on the job.
James Bourbon: Had they been there waving a finger, saying, "Guys, where's the paperwork? We want to know what's going on." Nothing would have been committed. The harsh reality is everybody said, "Oh, it's rather smart; we've got a very fast growing banking sector. It's paying all the bills; let's keep it going. That was a major error.
And the Senate report concludes that the U.S. bank regulator -- the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency -- failed to properly monitor HSBC.
Hobson: Marketplace's Stephen Beard in London, thanks.
Beard: OK Jeremy.