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Flu on North Olympic Peninsula sends increasing numbers to hospital; peak of season yet to come
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A Clallam County man who had the flu died, but Dr. Tom Locke, public health officer for Clallam and Jefferson counties, said flu did not appear to be the cause.
Locke had told the Clallam County Board of Health this week that "we're probably two to three weeks away from the peak" of flu season in Western Washington.
"It's likely that influenza will stay circulating in the community until sometime in March," he added.
Infection control specialists at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles told him Wednesday there have been a growing number of flu-related admissions to the emergency room and intensive care unit.
"It's looking to them like we could be at the peak now," Locke said, adding that he has no figures about hospitalizations.
As of last Friday, 381 laboratory-confirmed influenza cases were reported statewide, with 42 in Clallam and Jefferson counties alone.
According to the state Department of Health, there were 19 confirmed influenza-associated deaths at last count.
It wasn't clear whether that number included the Clallam County man in his 60s who died recently with the flu and another life-threatening condition.
"Influenza appeared to be incidental," Locke said.
"There can be deaths that are clearly linked to influenza, but sometimes it's not as clear. You can die of influenza and you can die with influenza."
Nearly all of the cases reported were H1N1 swine flu, which became a pandemic in 2009.
"We weren't predicting that," Locke told the Clallam County health board.
"The conventional wisdom had been that we would have a mix of several different types of influenza."
H1N1 tends to affects young people at a higher rate than those who were exposed to a similar flu strain in the 1960s.
"That's still holding true, but all ages are being affected by this," Locke said.
"The only good thing about the H1N1 strain is the mortality rate tends to be lower."
As of Friday, Clallam County had 30 confirmed flu cases, 28 of which were H1N1, this winter. Those cases affected patients ranging between 8 and 83 years.
Jefferson County had 12 confirmed cases at last count.
OMC is using a more sophisticated testing system for influenza than other hospitals and doctor's offices in the area, Locke said.
Flu activity is considered to be widespread and moderately intense in Western Washington.
In surrounding Oregon and Idaho, the flu is both widespread and highly intense.
"And that's likely what we will see here," Locke told the health board.
"So it's going to get worse before it gets better, and usually what that means is hospitals are at census and we see a definite increase in hospitalization. And, unfortunately, with mortality."
Locke cautioned that flu statistics reveal the "tip of the iceberg" because most cases go unreported.
"Just based on mathematical modeling, we would expect that in an average flu year, mortality for influenza would be about nine cases per 100,000 population," Locke said.
"That would be six people in Clallam County, and that would be 680 people in Washington state. That's the true mortality. It's just most of those don't get recognized as flu associated deaths."
As public health officer, part of Locke's job is to declare the start of flu season in Clallam and Jefferson counties, which he did on Jan. 3.
After the declaration, health care workers who haven't had a flu shot are required to wear a mask around their patients.
"One of the problems with influenza is if you get it, you can shed the virus for several days before you know you're sick," Locke said.
"With each passing year, flu vaccinations for health care workers is becoming more and more of a mandate. Currently we're getting very high rates in the hospitals, in excess of 95 percent."
John Beitzel, Clallam County Board of Health member and Olympic Medical Center commissioner, said the vaccination rate at OMC "rose dramatically in the last few years."
"I think a lot of that has to do with recognizing the severity of the problem," Beitzel said.
Flu shots, which are readily available at pharmacies throughout the North Olympic Peninsula, are the "single best way to protect against influenza," according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC.
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Cricketers grace Australia Day celebrations
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Apart from being member nations of the Commonwealth and having a humongous, insatiable appetite for cricket, India and Australia share a day which commemorates developments that have shaped their destinies, January 26.
While the same may be heralded in our nation as Republic Day, the day in which our Constitution came into force, to Australians it is Australia Day, a day that commemorates the arrival of the British First Fleet in the island nation, in 1788. Perhaps it was fitting that all these factors united at the Australia Day celebrations held at a city hotel on Thursday, whichwas attended by the national cricket team from the Island nation.
Acknowledging the synergy, Consul-General for South India of the Australian Consulate General, David Holly, who spoke on the occasion, said that the event was about celebrating what India and Australia shared in common, including the recent rapid growth in the strategic partnership.
"It is our shared desires for economic prosperity and regional security that is driving the rapid growth." He added that over the last five years, bilateral trade had doubled to nearly 20 billion dollars. Cricket apart, an exhibition of photographs of Indians succeeding in the island nation was displayed on the occasion, Indian Aussies by Michael Lawrence, was displayed on the occasion.
The photographs were a reiteration of the ever-expanding Indian diaspora in Australia, which David added had increased to almost half a billion.
South India has a major trading presence in Australia, as nearly half of the 11 billion dollar Indian investment has come from here.
The address was followed by a thanksgiving address by the Australian cricket team captain, Michael Clarke. The Australian players present then, in a sign of reciprocity to their host, all signed on a jersey and presented it to Holly, their host for the day.
Speaking to Express, David Holly explained that the celebrations were being organised as they were unable to do so on January 26. "Also Republic Day is a big thing here. We are fortunate that the cricket team was visiting here, coinciding with the celebrations."
As for the cricketers — who are on a four test match tour — India should not be an entirely new land for them, what with their IPL affiliations and other associations with cricket. Australian batsman Usman Khawaja, who is on his second tour of India, says that the excitement surrounding cricket here is certainly of astronomic proportions.
Quiz him on the existence of a similar prevailing sentiment back home, and he says, "There are many other sports we are engrossed in, for instance, rugby, swimming, motorsport and tennis." Australia play India at the M A Chidambaram Stadium in their first test match of tour, beginning on March 22.


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The refer is actually at the home next door - it is mine but I loaned it to them and I am getting it back to put into my garage as I have replaced it. The lights go on when the door is open and it is cold - no problems there. I just wondered about why that light (little round and green) is on. It isn't being used now - it's empty but plugged in. I can't go get the model number right now, but it's 9 years old, black, orange peel finish, side by side.
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Pansy - Week 5 of 10
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Today marks the last day of our month long guest sketches from the fabulous Brenda Smith I for one am sad to see her go, but I have loved each and every sketch she has created for us. This week she used We R Memory Keepers Jet Set Collection for her last Mid Week Mojo of July.
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Good morning everyone. Today marks the last week of my guest sketching and I want to thank each of you for having me and for playing along. I have truly enjoyed myself and have loved seeing what you've all created. I must admit that today's collection, WRMK's Jet Set, is definitely a favorite of mine. You don't often see purple in scrapbook supplies and I think the purple, blue, green, and orange combination is unexpectedly gorgeous. It's perfect for masculine or feminine projects, travel and non-travel themed pages both. And because today is my last week, I've decided to provide two different sketches and layouts, Pansy 5A and Pansy 5B. Choose one or the other or do both for double the entries into this week's prize drawing :)
First, Pansy 5A:
And my layout:
My lovely friend Melissa took this (auto-timed) picture of us while we were visiting a garden in downtown SLC during last year's Scrapbook Steals crop. I've been waiting for the perfect time to scrap it and when I saw these papers and embellishments, I knew it was time. I love all the globe-themed embellishments.
I love how the stickers have a slight dimension and texture to them.
My second sketch, Pansy 5B:
And my layout:
A ton of layering is not usually my style but there are so many fun patterned papers in this collection that I couldn't let any go to waste. I enjoyed putting a bunch of patterns together to get a graphic punch without feeling like the page was overwhelmed.
I cut out some tags from a patterned paper for embellishments and I think it turned out perfectly. And aren't those chipboard alphas fabulous?!
As always, I'm looking forward to seeing your creations. Thanks again for having me this month!
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I've been noticing some odd things when i use read\write nodes on labview class objects.
It seems like at some point the link between the read node and what it's supposed to be doing gets broken - so that it reads out the 'default' value of the data than the actually written value. I have worked out how to fix it when it happens - by deselecting the correct node, and then reseleecting it - seems to refresh whatever is happening underneath - although it is a pretty annoying bug.
It seems to have started happening in the last few months when i updated to LV2011 SP1 in code that had been unchanged for at least a year. (so LV2010).
I can't quite pin down the exact circumstances because it seems a bit transitory. It seems to mostly happen after labview crashes - which seems to happen quite often in LV2011. I have a feeling it might be especially when you do class inheritance.
Anybody else noticed this behaviour? Have been wondering if I should avoid using these node read\writes, and go for the actual VIs.
Hi JP,
Many thanks for your post. I have been using LabVIEW 2011 for a recent OOP project and not experience this behaviour so believe it could be an issue introduced in SP.1.
I have checked and this is not a known issue with LabVIEW 2011 SP.1. I have had a go at recreating the issue in SP.1 but have been unable. In order for me to report this as a known issue and ensure it gets rectified I need to be able to recreate the behaviour. If you are able to explain some steps to recreate the issue then this would be great. Alternatively, could you send me in a VI/project which has the issue?
If it seems to occur after a crash then I suspect the two are related and the key will be identifying what is causing LabVIEW to crash.
Best Regards.
Thanks for the reply.
I can dig out the code that seems to show it. However as i tried to say it seems to be an intermittent fault - in the sense that I generally see it after something else has gone wrong - ie after a recovery from a hard Labview crash. I guess it may be a problem with the labview 'recovery' bit rather than other stuff.
If you could upload the code after the issue has happend and before you have fixed it then it will be interesting to see the effects.
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And again the feeling when i can't understand how the colours works.
Do you plan your work, or it's just random things based on your current view?
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Honestly the process on this picture was a complete mess. I didn't plan anything and that made it harder to do. The basic colors are pink blue and yellow which generally work well together. They were different before though.
In the future I'm gonna plan things out a head of time before starting on it like composition, etc.
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Businesses have right to ban unsupervised kids
The Town Talk reported this week that Alexandria Mall officials are enforcing a new rule that any youth under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult from 5 p.m. until close on Friday and Saturday nights. Mall General Manager John Benton was quoted as saying the number of unaccompanied youth had become such a problem, customers and merchants expressed concerns. In fact, the majority of store owners in the mall backed the rule. Mall security will be checking IDs such as driver's licenses, military IDs and passports as part of enforcement.
We've all seen signs at certain businesses that read "Parents will be responsible for damages caused by children" or "No children beyond this point." Did you know that even certain Jeff Davis Parish establishments have had to introduce rules regarding unsupervised children?
Just last year, in her monthly Librarian's Lines column in the Jennings Daily News, Jeff Davis Library Director Dr. Linda Lebert-Corbello addressed the issue of parents dropping off children and young teens at the library for hours at a time with no supervision.
Also, in a recent interview for the Jennings Daily News', a local business owner noted, "We are not licensed to be a daycare center. All children must be supervised by a parent or guardian (to enter the business) – not a sibling."
It's understandable why businesses and even public libraries have to say out loud what most of us already know: You have to take care of your own kids.
Any parent that drops a child below a certain age at a public place and drives off without ensuring the child is looked after should be ashamed of their carelessness and laziness. It is not a business owner, mall employee or librarian who is responsible for your child's welfare; if a parent needs a babysitter, they should pay one.
Not only is it completely disrespectful to the business community to dump a child at their door, but do these parents realize what could happen to their children? How hard would it be for a sex offender to notice an 11 year-old has been sitting in the library alone for two hours? Would most parents truly trust letting a 13 year-old roam through a mall in a large city without any adult supervision at 9 p.m. at night?
Furthermore, how many youths act completely different around strangers than their parents? Is a teenager going to behave like a respectful shopper or cause problems for the store if no one is around?
Businesses should not have to act as daycare centers (unless, of course, the business is a daycare center). Furthermore, businesses should not be worried that if something happens to an unsupervised child, they could be blamed for the situation.
There are many factors to consider but no matter the reasoning, parents need to handle their own children, not force businesses to baby sit. Businesses who encounter this situation are justified in putting a foot down.
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The situation in Sudan's western province of Darfur, currently the world's worst humanitarian disaster, continues to deteriorate. Sudan's radical Arab dictatorship, which has been battling a popular rebellion in Darfur since early 2003, has unleashed Arab militias to murder, terrorize, and forcibly exile the predominantly non-Arab ethnic groups of that region. Khartoum's campaign in Darfur bears many similarities to its ethnic cleansing campaign against black Africans in southern Sudan. To alleviate the current crisis in Darfur, the United States should encourage an international response that reflects the lessons learned in curbing the regime's previous repression of the south. Unless massive international pressure is mobilized to threaten what the regime values most--its ability to maintain itself in power and its vested economic interests, particularly its fledgling oil industry--then the Sudanese regime will continue to hinder humanitarian aid efforts, cover up the atrocities of its militia surrogates, and crush resistance through the deliberate starvation and expulsion of non-Arab groups.
Darfur's "Devils on Horses." The Darfur crisis, like the previous man-made famine in southern Sudan, was engineered by Sudan's dictatorship to suppress popular resistance to its radical Islamic agenda. Ever since seizing power in a 1989 coup, General Omar al-Bashir's regime has exacerbated tensions with non-Muslims in the south and with Sufi Muslims, predominant in western Sudan, who resent the forced imposition of a harsh brand of Islamic law. When Darfur tribes rebelled in early 2003, the Bashir regime attacked defenseless villages suspected of supporting the predominantly non-Arab rebels. Much of the regime's terror campaign has been conducted by brutal Janjaweed (a colloquialism roughly translated as "devils on horses") militias that Khartoum implausibly claims are criminal elements beyond its control. The Janjaweed, who reportedly share camps with the Sudanese Army, have burned hundreds of villages and robbed, raped, tortured, and murdered their non-Arab inhabitants. Although most of their victims are Muslims, the Janjaweed consider them apostates who deserve death or slavery if they resist the jihad invoked by the extremist regime. Victims report that the Janjaweed often shout "abeed" (slaves) before they rape or kill.
The United Nations estimates that 1.2 million people have been driven from their homes and that roughly 2 million people are in dire need of food aid. Approximately 50,000 people have already died in Darfur, and the U.S. government estimates that another 1,000 die every day from attacks, starvation, and disease. Khartoum's systematic efforts to terrorize and expel non-Arab groups led the U.S. Congress in July to pass resolutions declaring genocide in Darfur, and Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed this conclusion on September 9.
Foot-Dragging at the U.N. The U.N. Security Council has been hamstrung by the pro-Khartoum policies of China, Russia, Pakistan, and Algeria. China, which has a huge financial stake in Sudan's oil industry and is a leading importer of Sudan's oil, has used the threat of a veto to dilute the resolutions on Darfur. UNSCR 1564, passed on September 18, timidly warned Khartoum that, unless it complies with demands to stop the killing, the Security Council will "consider taking additional measures...such as actions to affect Sudan's petroleum sector and the Government of Sudan."
The Bashir regime is unlikely to comply with UNSCR 1564 any more than it complied with UNSCR 1556, passed on July 30, 2004, which called on it to disband the Janjaweed militias, bring their leaders to justice, and provide unfettered access to humanitarian aid workers. The regime subsequently loosened some restrictions on aid workers, but cynically sought to give the Janjaweed new uniforms and fold them into police forces dispatched to "protect" the refugees. In May, the U.N. stoked Khartoum's arrogant cynicism by re-electing Sudan to the U.N. Human Rights Commission, despite mounting evidence of human rights violations and complicity in genocide.
The weak U.N. response to the Darfur crisis has been premised on the hope that the Sudanese government would rein in its surrogates in Darfur. However, this is unlikely, absent vigorous sanctions and other international pressures on Khartoum. Washington should continue pressuring the Security Council to defend the U.N.'s founding ideals and punish Khartoum for its ongoing crimes. The U.S. should also oppose any economic aid to Sudan through international financial institutions, including the proposed expansion of the International Monetary Fund's "special drawing rights" that would give Sudan, among other countries, increased access to IMF financing. The United States has already imposed unilateral sanctions on Sudan because of its support for terrorism and should encourage other nations to follow suit. Americans should join a populist divestment campaign to persuade large institutional investors to ban investments in publicly traded companies that do business in Sudan. The Center for Security Policy's DivestTerror.org maintains a list of companies that profit from commerce with Sudan and other sponsors of terrorism. A similar divestment campaign in the 1980s successfully pressured South Africa to abandon its apartheid policy.
Sanctions take time to work, but hundreds of thousands of people in Darfur do not have much time left. The highest immediate priority should therefore be to mount an international effort to feed, shelter, and protect Darfur's victims. The African Union has already dispatched 125 observers and 305 troops to Darfur to monitor the tenuous cease-fire that the United States helped broker in April. This force should be greatly expanded to protect civilians and aid workers. The African Union has appropriately taken the lead in this intervention, and Washington should support the effort with diplomatic, logistical, and financial support. Yet the Bush Administration must rule out the deployment of U.S. ground troops, which are already stretched thin. A new deployment in Sudan would become a lightning rod for terrorist attacks and would give Islamic extremists a propaganda issue to exploit.
Conclusion. While extending aid and protection to Darfur's victims is the highest priority, the Darfur crisis will end only after the Bashir regime is convinced that its repression of its own people will not be tolerated. It is past time for individual countries to impose sanctions on the Bashir regime and for the Security Council to follow suit.
James Phillips is Research Fellow in Middle Eastern Studies in the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies at The Heritage Foundation.


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Canning techniques for specialty foods like fruit curds are currently highly requested by home-canners. In recommending a home-canning process to consumers, the issue of primary concern to the Extension educator is to ensure a microbiologically safe, high-quality shelf-stable product.
The objective was to experimentally calculate a boiling water thermal process and determine the effect of consumer procedural variation on heat penetration patterns of lemon curd.
A standardized lemon curd formulation (equilibrium pH 3.7) was hot-filled into half-pint home canning jars. The cold spot was determined with Ecklund Harrison copper-constantan thermocouples, inserted through lids, monitoring product temperatures at four potential cold spots in sixteen canner loads. Sealed jars were placed in the canner and temperatures recorded using EllabTM software, through come-up, cool down, and a processing time that heated all jars to a minimum of 2°C below canner temperature. Analyses of f(h) values (slope of the straight line portion of a heating curve) located the cold spot at the geometric center of the jar. Cold-spot temperatures were then monitored through confirmation canning processes that produced a minimum final temperature of 90.5°C, for both standard filling and low-initial temperature filling variations. f(h) values were used to calculate the effect of consumer-induced procedural changes on the thermal process.
A boiling water process recommendation of 15 min was calculated for this product. Up to a 15 minute post-cook delay prior to filling jars did not significantly change f(h) values when compared with the standard treatments.
Confidence in science-based thermal processing recommendations is essential for novel home-canned food products that are similar to commercially available high-demand items. A 15 minute boiling water heat process for this lemon curd ensures a safe, shelf-stable product. This study produced a research-based home-canning recommendation for a highly sought-after, distinct product category.
Expanding food markets catering to eclectic tastes have made available a plethora of specialty food products, encompassing new forms of local foods, as well as various ethnic and international items. Lemon curd, a mixture of eggs, butter, lemon juice and sugar that results in a tart, sauce-like product is much coveted by epicures worldwide. Numerous and persistent requests for a safe USDA-recommended home-canning process for this category of foods prompted this research (Andress, 2001).
The objective of this project was to develop a high-quality product, determine an adequate thermal process for home-canned lemon curd, and to study the effect of consumer procedural variation on the thermal process. Since this is an acid product, the primary concern was to ensure the development of a safe, standardized product, to prevent spoilage from acid-resistant microorganisms during storage, and to recommend a shelf-life for the developed lemon curd.
Lemon Curd:
Ingredients: 2½ cups superfine sugar*, ½ cup lemon zest (freshly zested), optional, 1 cup bottled lemon juice**,
¾ cup unsalted butter, chilled, cut into approximately ¾" pieces, 7 large egg yolks, 4 large whole eggs
Yield: About 3-4 half-pint jars.
* If superfine sugar is not available, run granulated sugar through a grinder or food processor for 1 minute, let settle, and use in place of superfine sugar. Do not use powdered sugar.
** Bottled lemon juice is used to standardize acidity. Fresh lemon juice can vary in acidity and is not recommended.
Shelf- life: For best quality, store in a cool, dark place, away from light. Use canned lemon curd within 3 -4 months. Browning and/or separation may occur with longer storage; discard any time these changes are observed.
Variation: For Lime Curd, use the same recipe but substitute 1 cup bottled lime juice and ¼ cup fresh lime zest for the lemon juice and zest.
Determination of the cold spot for this product and jar combination was made using data collected for heat penetration curves at 4 potential cold spot locations in the jars in 16 canner loads (see Table 1).
Procedural variation based on a pre-fill lag time was used in testing for process calculations. Temperature profiles were compared for fill temperatures (direct-fill, and after a 15 minute wait), which had means of 55.80° and 46.66°C, respectively. Process calculation was accomplished by using thermocouples in each of six jars in different canner loads of each of the two fill methods (standard, and low initial temperature). These jars were processed to 90.5°C plus an additional 5 minutes.
Processing was done in a boiling water canner using the stovetop burners of a household gas range (Frigidaire Gallery Model ES III). Data was recorded using an Ellab E-ValTM Monitoring System and Software, and Ecklund needle Type T copper-constantan thermocouples. Analysis of variance was used to determine if significant (p<.001) differences existed between the treatments using the General Linear Model procedure in SAS 9.1 (2002-2003).
Table 2: Thermal Characteristics of Jars Processed by Two Methods
Effect of Fill Weight and Initial Jar Temperature
Table 4: Effect of Fill Temperature on Heat Penetration of Lemon Curd in Half-pint Jars
This project was partially funded through a grant from the National Integrated food Safety Initiative (Grant No. 00-51110-9762) of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service,
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How quaint is all of this chatter about a resurgent Morgan Stanley (MS) because it looks like it won the Facebook bake-off? How relatively charming is it that the choice of one firm over another is actually capturing the fancy of the media and generating positive headlines about James Gorman and his lieutenants at Morgan and how it took this huge piece of business from Goldman Sachs (GS), in part because of its "better" investment banking and retail network.
As an old journalist knock-about, I get this. No one ever wants the facts to get in the way of a good story. But the simple truth is that after what we have been through with these investment banks, making any judgment at all about their earnings and their prospects off the Facebook deal is about as stupid as betting the farm on Newt Gingrich at this very moment.
First of all, Facebook, as they taught us at law school, is sui generis, meaning that it is unlike no other and will be unlike no other. It isn't like as Facebook goes, so goes the nation. There really isn't much substance behind Facebook, at least that's memorable and noteworthy. It's about as one-off as they come.
Second, the profits, while rumored to be as high as $500 million on the deal, will be split among many and will simply go to mildly pump up what looks to be some pretty horrendous numbers for all investment banks. Last I looked there haven't been a lot of quality IPOs out there. This is not 1998 and from here on in Morgan Stanley will be getting more than 50% of the 350 deals in the pipe because of its Facebook win.
Third, just a few months ago moronic hedge funds with an agenda filled Websites with lies about tens of billions of dollars in perspective losses for Morgan Stanley because of exposure to a couple of European sovereign debt markets. The stories were false, but if you wanted to know what does move the needle at Morgan Stanley it would be an improvement in the trading environment, not the IPO environment, particularly fixed income trading.
Sure, it is possible that Morgan Stanley's retail business might get a shot in the arm from Facebook, especially as the firm is absorbing more of its joint venture with Citigroup (C) this year. Nonetheless, that presumes that retail will be getting a lot of Facebook allocations and last I looked the key to this deal might be keeping allocations as tight as possible, hardly a retail selling point,.
Nonetheless, just like with the Republican primary, the press loves a horserace. Facebook gave you one. It's just that the winner doesn't get more than small bragging rights when what's needed are consistent revenue streams in a business that's been pretty devoid of exactly those kinds of opportunities.
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Finally, after several years of friction between organizations competing to represent aircraft technicians, the key players seem to have put the past behind them. In a recent meeting, representatives of the AMTSociety, the NBAA Maintenance Committee and the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) agreed to work cooperatively in the future. Tom Hendershot, executive director of the AMTSociety, said, "We agree to collaborate on issues related to aviation maintenance, including regulatory concerns, National AMT Day and the education of technicians. This initiative puts together, for the first time, a prominent force dedicated to promoting the aircraft technician and professionalism within the ranks. As we move forward together with these initiatives, each organization will maintain its own autonomy and mission while partnering on issues of mutual interest." Dale Forton, the newly appointed PAMA president, agreed, saying, "As our economy continues to grow, the demand for well trained maintenance professionals will be in the forefront of each organization. Working together will ensure the proper recognition and economic growth of our individual members." All three groups plan to hold regular meetings together to build on the momentum and work through selected common causes that will unite the global aviation maintenance community.
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North Park Jack in the Box court case surprise
"I am not going to subject my clients to abusive depositions by Mr. Briggs."
Dorian Hargrove 1:15 p.m., Sept. 25
When I hear someone say, "Jesus H. Christ," I always wonder what the "H" stands for. Probably hippie.
Apparently it stands for Harold. Which would have been my guess. :)
Cuddle's wiki link gives:
"The symbol, derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus (Ιησούς), is transliterated IHS, IHC, JHS or JHC. Since the transliteration IHS gave rise to the backronym Iesus Hominum Salvator (Latin for "Jesus, savior of men"), it is plausible that JHC similarly led to Jesus Harold Christ[3], Harold coming from the mispronunciation of the word "Hallowed" of the Lords prayer: "Our Father who art in heaven Harold be thy name". The H has also been said to stand for "holy"."
I bet some kid with a bible somewhere started it:
"...Harold be thy name." :)
We should start calling you, S "Wikipedia" Daniels, or SWD; editorial appreciated.
Since He's Jewish, I so wanted it to be Hershel. Jesus "Hershel" Christ. Oy!
Are we 'sure' it's Harold? 'Cuz I'm pretty sure it's...
Jesus Homer Christ? I don't know, doesn't have a ring to it ...
You know who we need, that guy on ESPN that always comes up with these nicknames for athletes. Like Jesus "Homerun" Christ, there you go! :)
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The Mitchell Report: Bryce, Bosh and a really old runner
Posted February 24, 2013
This will serve as my weekly column for notes about things I find interesting outside the Triangle. Enjoy my insights. I will enjoy sharing them ..
Bryce Harper
If you are into baseball at all, it's hard not to be really interested in watching Bryce Harper play. The 20-year-old is getting ready for his first full season in the bigs and I can't wait. He showed up to Spring Training 20 pounds heavier after working out like crazy during the off-season. Harper was getting up before 5am every morning to workout. He takes this game very seriously and he's got more talent than anyone who has come into the game recently. I didn't think it was going to work out too well when I learned his family allowed him to leave High School early to speed up his rise to the Major Leagues. Clearly, I was incorrect. He has the rare work ethic and has the chance to be one of the greatest players of all time. It will be really fun to watch this unique career develop.
Bosh and the Canes
Apparently we can all give credit to Miami Heat star Chris Bosh for the Miami Hurricanes emergence this season. Bosh was playing pickup with the Canes during the summer of 2011. He accused the team of not working hard and not wanting success. That's when Jim Larranaga asked him to speak to the team. He gave, what Larranaga called, the best 5-minute talk he's ever heard.The Hurricanes clearly listened to the message.
No class for Johnny-F
Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel will not be going to class at all this semester. All of his classes will be online because his presence on campus caused too much of a distraction. I can't see this getting better for Manziel over the next few years, especially if he continues to play like superman. I'm a little surprised other students don't have the courtesy to let the guy be. I was in plenty of classes at the University of Florida with famous athletes. No one ever really bugged them. I know he's a bigger deal than most students, so it will be interesting to see how Texas A&M handles this for future semesters.
Come on man!
Actor James Franco had one job when Daytona picked him to be the Grand Marshall of this year's Daytona 500. He just had to say "Drivers, Start your engines". Instead, he decided to ad-lib a bit. As an anchor who does this often, ad-libbing can often get you into trouble. He said "Divers and Danica start your engines." Uh, does this mean Danica isn't actually a driver? I had some people express to me that they found this insulting. I don't think it was meant to be a shot at Danica. I think he meant to say "gentlemen and Danica start your engines". Either way, it didn't come off very good. Stick to the script. It always works better that way.
If he can run, so can you
Huge congrats to Fuaja Singh who completed his final road race this weekend at the age of 101. He was known as the world's oldest Marathoner. He chose a 10k as his final distance and finished only 8 minutes slower than my last 10k. That fact made me feel super terrific. Signh became the oldest man to ever finish a marathon when he ran one last year at the age of 100. He took up running at the age of 89. It's never too late to find a new passion!


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BOISE, Idaho, February 24, 2003 ? Consumers will benefit from an Idaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC) action taken today that will result in an $8 million dollar investment in Idaho?s telecommunications infrastructure. The IPUC?s order, signed today, will designate $4 million currently held in a special fund for improvements and repairs to the telecommunications network in southern Idaho. Qwest will match the $4 million for a total investment of $8 million dollars.
?We commend the IPUC for thoughtfully evaluating our request for this improvement plan,? said Jim Schmit, Qwest president of Idaho. ?This program will benefit customers and the entire state through increased service quality, a higher level of service reliability, and retention of Idaho jobs.?
?The build-out of the telecommunications network made possible through this proposal will require the experience and skills of our Idaho CWA members,? said Brent Duvall, secretary & treasurer, Communication Workers of America, Idaho State Council. ?It will provide us more opportunity to continue to do what we do best ? serving customers and building a network that will satisfy Idaho?s future needs.?
The IPUC has traditionally required that the funds allocated today, called revenue sharing funds, be used in a way that benefits all Qwest customers. Under the order, improvements will occur over a three-year period and will focus on construction projects including the replacement of damaged telephone cable. Additionally, older telephone systems will be replaced, which will then allow for the deployment of advanced services such as voice mail and Caller ID.
The revenue sharing funds at the IPUC are revenues that Qwest earned in 1995 and 1996 from services that were deregulated in 1989. In 1989, Qwest and the IPUC agreed to share a portion of deregulated revenues with Qwest?s regulated local service customers. Later, the system of revenue sharing ended but the money held in that special fund was earmarked for network improvements.
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Church Discipline Revisited – Seek Reconciliation
In my last post, I examined the context of Matthew 18:15-20, namely that Jesus is teaching about forgiveness in spite of sin and the seriousness of sin. Once again, here is the passage under consideration:
If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them." (Matthew 18:15-20 ESV)
As we begin to study this passage, we notice first of all that something has precipitated this interchange: one brother sinning against another brother (I would assume this would apply to "sisters" as well). Thus, we're dealing with family – family in Christ, I would say. This is not about dealing with sin in general, nor is it about dealing with sin outside of the family. Specifically, one person has offended another person, and a broken relationship is involved. The desired outcome of this procedure is the restoration of the relationship. The undesired outcome – the outcome if reconciliation is not reached – is a broken relationship – treating the person as a "tax collector and Gentile" as opposed to treating the person as a brother or sister.
Furthermore, there is another motivation to this interchange: the offended individuals desires to reconcile the relationship ("you have gained your brother"). The offended person does not enter this dialog in order to prove the other person wrong, nor does the offended person enter into this because he disagrees with the other person. Instead, the offended party cares so much for the other person that she is willing to humble herself and go to the offensive party in order to seek reconciliation. These may seem like insignificant details, but they are very important that we recognize the motivation in order to understand the teaching.
Also, as we try to understand this passage, notice that the commands in this passage are given specifically to the individual who was sinned against: "go and tell him", "take two or three", "tell the church", and "let him be to you". All of the 2nd person commands are singular – to the individual sinned against. In the last command, the "you" is also singular. This does not tell the church how to the treat the individual. In fact, nothing is said of the church taking action at all. This is specifically for the individual who is sinned against. (Note: I am not saying that the community of believers should not take action. However, this community action is NOT in view in this passage.) (I have previously discussed the individual nature of the commands in this passage in a post called "Matthew 18 and Discipline".)
Finally, the phrase "tell him his fault" (ESV, NKJV, KJV) is also rendered "show him his fault" (NASB, NIV, NET) and "rebuke him" (HCSB). This verb (á¼Î»Îγχω – elenchÅ) has a wide range of meanings: 1) bring to light, expose, set forth; 2) convict, convince, point out; 3) reprove, correct; 4) discipline, punish. While the verb is translated with all of these definitions throughout the New Testament, this is the only use of the verb in Matthew. Thus, Jesus could be telling the offended person to "reprove him because of his sin" or to "expose the broken relationship to him". Either translation is possible from the term á¼Î»Îγχω (elenchÅ). Given the desired response (i.e. "you have gained your brother") and the final negative result (i.e. treating him like a tax collector or Gentile) leads me to think that Jesus was telling the offended person to expose the offense and the broken relationship to the offending party.
The importance of relationships and reconciliation is demonstrated by the last three verses of this passage. Heaven (that is, God) takes notice both of reconciled relationships and broken relationships. God's children – those who have been reconciled to God, forgiven by God, loved by God, etc. – by nature offer the same reconciliation, forgiveness, and love to others. Similarly, God's children seek restoration and forgiveness, even if they have to humble themselves (like a little child? like a shepherd who leaves the 99 to find the 1? seventy times seven times?). And, as Jeus points out in the next passage, God's children will humble themselves and forgive a brother or sister over, and over, and over, and over again. They are more concerned with their relationship with their brother or their sister than they are concerned with protecting themselves from the possibility of future offense.
There is certainly much more that can be said about this passage – especially the last three verses. However, I think it is important for us to begin with the basics. Before I conclude this short series tomorrow, I wonder if you have anything that you would like to add to this study…
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If this has already been mentioned by someone else, I apologize for the duplication. I heard John MacArthur asked an interesting question. The person wanted to know exactly how we were supposed to treat someone who chose not to repent after having been shown his/her faults. What does it mean to treat someone as a "Gentile and a tax collector"? MacArthur's answer was something I had not thought of before — maybe others have. That is, we treat them as anyone else we wish to have come to Christ. We don't push them away, but instead try to bring them (back) in to the church.
It changed my attitude toward those who sin against me and how I approach the issue of church discipline.
Thanks for the comment. While I probably would not phrase it as "try to bring them back in to the church", I understand what MacArthur is saying. I would think that treating someone like a Gentile and tax collecter indicates that we no longer have a brother/sister relationship with them. At least, that's the way tht I would phrase it.
I probably did not phrase it the way MacArthur did. It has been a while since I heard his comment. I think the gist of it was not to have nothing to do with them; rather, the relationship has changed (like you said). But the desire is not to keep the relationship broken, but to be restored. (Again, this is my interpretation of something I heard MacArthur said some time ago.)
Yes, I think I understand better now. Again, I don't think I would say "have nothing to do with them". Instead, I would stick with "our relationship has changed". You've helped me think through this more, and I appreciate it very much!
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That makes a lot of sense … I can't believe that I have not seen that before. After all, this was Jesus teaching here. I can't imagine that He would have treated the sinning brother badly or rudely. You're right – His desire would have been, and so should ours be, to have the relationship restored.
~Heather 🙂
The more I study Scripture and especially the life of Jesus, it becomes more and more clear that we should hold our relationships with one another as much more important than we normally do – or at least, more important than I normally do.


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"This is a team that gets up and down the floor quite well," Notre Dame men's basketball assistant coach Anthony Solomon said. "We're going to have to do a great job of defending them."
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As the aforementioned statistics indicate, there are several reasons as to why IPFW has been in every game that they have played so far this year. But there is also a reason as to why it is 5-6 instead of having a winning record.
"When you look at our team and our results as a whole," IPFW coach Tony Jasick said. "We tend to have spurts where, on the offensive end, whether it be turnovers or whether it be poor decision making with some of our shot selection, that kills us for a period of time."
Through 11 games, the Mastodons have turned the ball over 15 more times than their opponents, and most noticeably from the most critical position on the floor.
IPFW utilizes the point guard combination of sophomore Isaiah McCray and junior Pierre Bland, who have both been prone to miscues. The duo has combined for 44 assists, but also thrown the ball away 41 times.
"You have to continue to stress the value of the basketball," Jasick said. "We have to continue to hold our guys accountable for taking care of the basketball. We have so many new guys that we have to continue to educate them on the value of the basketball, (and) on the value of a good shot."
The IPFW guards will face perhaps the most disciplined defensive team yet in today's game.
The Fighting Irish easily took care of Purdue on Saturday and they did so with a stifling defense, which IPFW coach Tony Jasick is very cognizant of.
"Notre Dame doesn't get the respect that it deserves on the defensive end," Jasick said. "When you look at field goal percentage defense, three-point field goal percentage defense, (Notre Dame) is one of the better defensive teams, to this point, in the country."
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After his team limited the Boilermakers to a single basket for the initial 9:38 of the second half, Cooley was quick to praise his team.
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IPFW hasn't had its full complement of players very often this season due to a number of reasons, but is expected to have its full arsenal, including All-Summit League performer Frank Gaines, against the Irish.
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As the U.S. economy continues to improve, dealers work to provide exceptional customer service.
You can see the construction signs and dirt mounds from Southwest College Road, but Frank DeLuca thinks the best way to show what's going on at his Toyota dealership is to view it from on high.
So DeLuca, in suit and tie, spry as he celebrates the 35th anniversary of DeLuca Toyota in Ocala, climbs a good 25 feet up a fire escape-type ladder between the service bays to the roof in the midday sun to show off what he calls "probably the mac daddy of all expansion plans in our community."
It's been a long time since DeLuca was a pioneering car dealer on State Road 200. The view from his rooftop takes in the landmark pyramid of Jenkins Hyundai and related dealerships, along with Honda of Ocala, Palm Chevrolet/Kia and Pearson Nissan along the highway.
Likewise, his isn't the only dealership planning to expand or to have done so already. Not all are on this stretch of Southwest College Road. Some are west of Interstate 75. Others are in south Marion County and targeting growth there — especially in The Villages. One dealer has put a satellite location in the Belleview area and is eyeing a move from its longtime home on North U.S. 441.
A number of them talked to the Star-Banner about their plans.
Atop the roof, DeLuca decides he wants blueprints brought up to him, which creates a bit of a stir once the news gets back to employees at ground level.
"Mr. DeLuca is on the roof?" one said. "How did he get up there?"
The blueprints arrive, DeLuca gets a boost from an air-conditioning unit and then hoists himself to the highest roof level.
Similar to a tree's rings, geometric sections of the roof are varying shades of brownish gray and indicate the evolution of the dealership. DeLuca points to one dark rectangle, which he says housed the original shag-carpeted, two-car showroom in 1978. The dealership has since grown to 22,000 square feet.
Then DeLuca walks over to the edge of the building and shows what lies ahead: A construction crew moves dirt and works on the foundation of what DeLuca says will be a new 79,000-square-foot facility at the center of a 24.7-acre complex, to be built at a cost he puts at $15 million.
"We've really outgrown this facility," DeLuca said. "This is a store we used to sell 100 cars (per month) out of. We now sell 350 cars out of in the same facility.
"We'll be able to service the cars much faster and provide a lot more amenities to our customers," DeLuca said.
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The fact that Marion County car dealers are planning to expand doesn't come as a surprise to Sean Snaith, economic forecaster and director of the Institute of Economic Competitiveness at the University of Central Florida. He calls the performance of the auto industry as a whole "one of the brighter spots of the economic recovery."
Snaith said sales of light vehicles — cars, SUVs and pickups — have seen steady growth in recent years with "gaudy" year-over-year increases in sales nationwide of 1 million units or more in 2011 and 2012.
"A lot of it was driven, early on, by pent-up demand," Snaith said. "I think when we were going through the financial and housing crises of the Great Recession a lot of people, for a variety of reasons, deferred on new car purchases. You nurse along your old one until things get better or you find another job or find things stabilize at work and there's no more talk of layoffs."
Steve Hollosi, general manager of Ford of Ocala, said the dealership had plans for a new satellite dealership in south Marion County and bought property some 10 years ago, but tabled the move in 2007 as the economic crash began. This year, Ford of Ocala management felt satisfied enough that things were turning around to commence work on Village Ford on South U.S. 441 in Belleview. The $4.5 million facility opened in July, Hollosi said.
Ted Lindsay is general manager of Pearson Nissan on State Road 200 in Ocala, which got a $16 million renovation and expansion, which was completed in February. He credits the remodeled, 50,000-square-foot facility, along with the economy, for a 24 percent increase in sales and 20 percent increase in service orders since the remodeling.
"Unemployment is lower," Lindsay said. "More people have jobs. More people are spending money. We're just part of the mix, us and all of the good dealers in this town. We do our best to try and provide a truly exceptional experience."
Meanwhile the economic downturn lessened the expenses of expanding, according to Steve Treadway, general sales manager of Phillips Chrysler/Jeep/Dodge. The remodeled dealership on South U.S. 441 in Belleview opened in June with about 45,000 square feet of space, about triple the size of the original dealership built in 1968, he said.
"Construction costs are as low as they have been in a while," Treadway said. "It was time for us to give our customers, as far as a facility goes, something in line with the cars we represent."
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First things first. The pyramid stays.
The building first occupied by a used-car dealer in the 1990s is too much of an Ocala landmark to tear down, says Cory Pool, vice president and partner in the Jenkins Auto Group, which includes Jenkins Hyundai of Ocala.
In the meantime, Jenkins Hyundai facilities including the pyramid are "just not big enough for us to service our customers properly," Pool said.
It does seem to be a bit of a tight squeeze at Jenkins Hyundai at the moment. Parking spaces are hard to come by on the wedge of land bordered by Martin Luther King Avenue and State Road 200. Pool shakes his head as he points at dents near the base of the Jenkins Hyundai sign marking the MLK entrance to the parking lot, apparently left by someone backing into it.
Inside the pyramid, showroom space leaves little room for staffers to have offices. Meanwhile, a service department in a neighboring building that appears to be doing brisk business has most of the seats in its waiting room occupied and a line some five people deep at the payment counter on a Monday afternoon.
Pool says Jenkins has slated the Hyundai dealership for a major overhaul targeted for completion in December 2014, including a 30,000 square-foot, climate-controlled service facility, with 35 to 40 service bays. To make room, Jenkins will pave over a retention pond and use it for car display. Meanwhile it plans to reconfigure the pyramid to maximize showroom space, while giving more employees offices and moving "non-customer-contact" parts of the dealership, like a conference room and employee break room, to a new second floor.
"It's going to be good for us, it's going to be good for our customers and we will be able to serve everybody for years to come as we sell more Hyundais," Pool said.
According to Pool, increased business, particularly on the service end, is a key reason for the expansion plan.
"The average used car right now is about 11 years old and that is driving people into service departments," Pool said. "When they get there, they're realizing that it might be better to go ahead and purchase a new vehicle and we're seeing a lot of that."
DeLuca says his dealership emphasizes service and it's a key part of his remodeling plan. Plans call for the new DeLuca facility to have 44 service bays, compared to the 18 in the current facility, with high-speed lifts and an "express" service.
"Without that service, the customer will not return," DeLuca said. "You can give them a car for cost and if you don't give them good service, that doesn't mean anything."
For Treadway at Phillips, remodeling has given the dealership the ability to handle more service customers, to have more parts on hand to get repairs done quicker and has also increased its showroom capacity, from some four vehicles before to between 16 and 18 now.
Question of location
Hollosi, at Ford of Ocala, has his eye on both expansion and relocation. The new Village Ford is open and up next is a proposed move of Ford of Ocala from its longtime home on North U.S. 441 to industrial property on Southwest 38th Avenue that had been home to Elster AMCO.
The dealership is requesting a zoning change from city of Ocala officials and a hearing is set for Tuesday, according to Hollosi. If that is successful, a new Ford of Ocala is scheduled to open sometime between spring and summer of 2015 at a cost he estimates at between $8 million and $10 million.
"We're fairly well established here but we are trying to get a bit more central location," he said. "A lot of our customers come over from the west side of (Interstate) 75, from the (State Road) 200 corridor around On Top of the World, as well as from this side of town. I think by us going there, we would be in a very easy access point from all locations."
The property in question is more than 90,000 square feet, according to Hollosi.
"If I were to build from scratch, I probably would only need about 55,000 to 60,000 square feet," Hollosi said. "But because it is already there and we can do the retrofit, we're going to pursue aggressively not only space for car and truck sales and service, but there are also opportunities there for RV service and heavier-duty product service, which is fairly lucrative."
Meanwhile, changes in Marion County traffic are giving dealerships a different sense of location, according to Kevin Eller, sales manager at Sullivan Buick/GMC/Cadillac. Case in point, Eller says, is the I-75 flyover, which lands at Southwest 43rd Street Road between Sullivan and BMW of Ocala.
"There's a lot of traffic coming down that road," he said. "When we originally built out here, that road wasn't there."
"Sales have improved and we need more room for more inventory," Eller said.
Sullivan is also scheduled to go before planning and zoning officials in hopes of expanding a lot behind the Buick dealership, according to Eller.
"There are some drainage issues we have to be conscientious of," he said. "The city of Ocala is helping us work through that process."
Treadway also sees the I-75 flyover and its extension connecting to Maricamp Road in east Ocala as a boon to Phillips' south Marion location.
"Make a right at the Sullivan store and you can be here in 10 minutes," he said.
The extras
DeLuca says his expansion plans are about more than just increasing sales and handling more service orders: He wants to create an experience for his customers, particularly those whose cars are being serviced.
As such, plans for the remodeled DeLuca Toyota include a cafe, a salon with hairstyling, barber and manicure services, a fenced area with trees for pet lovers, chair massages and a putting green.
The remodeled Pearson Nissan has three rooms in its customer lounge, according to Lindsay: a "quiet room," a more standard waiting area with TV and a play room for children.
Pool of Jenkins Auto Group says he believes in amenities as well — to a point.
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