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Football team ready to tackle special season
The West Fargo football team missed out on winning the conference outright last season by two minutes. The Packers were tasked with beating Grand Forks Red River and Fargo Davies in the last two games of the season, but lost to the Roughriders and the Eagles in the final minute of play in both games.
"You look at it and you're totally disappointed with that, but we were two minutes away from being the conference champions," said Packers head coach Jay Gibson, a 25-year vet. "It was just a matter of not knowing how to finish the game and I think a lot of that had to do with the fact that there were many underclassmen that were playing."
A small senior class plagued the Packers last season but now all those underclassmen have a year of experience to help them out and also an increase in numbers to play with.
The Packers return seven starters on defense and seven starters on offensive and according to Gibson whenever you have experienced players back, practice goes better.
Same Olsen, a senior, is an all-conference and all-State running back and linebacker and is one of the key players on the Packers roster this season along with senior Zach Larson, who also plays linebacker and earned all-conference honors last season.
Zach Mohs and Seth Fretheim, both seniors, will do the dirty work up front on the offensive and defensive lines. Mohs brings quickness and good work ethic up front and Fretheim is an all-conference center.
"Those four guys are shoe-ins because they performed at a high level last year and I expect them to perform at a high level again this year," Gibson said. "Our two linebackers are back and that's a nice thing. It's like having a quarterback returning. It's important."
Starting under center will be Creighton Pfau, who has a lot to offer to a football team, but has a long way to go.
Gibson added: "We're extremely excited about it."
There is something else that has the Packers excited, but it's not something you can see. It's a feeling of togetherness. This is the last year that football in West Fargo will be solidified under the Packers' name and it's something special for both Gibson and his players.
"There is something special going on and I'm enjoying it," Gibson said. "This is the last class where every kid is a West Fargo kid. After this year there will be two graduating classes so it's special for these guys. I feel it an sense it and I think they feel it a sense it too. They think it's a neat thing."
The Packers' season begins this Friday as they host Minot starting at 8 p.m. West Fargo Sheyenne's season also starts on Friday, but on the road against Bismarck Legacy. The Mustangs and Packers are schedule to play Sept. 12.


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News Briefs 12-01-2012Posted by Greg at 03:39, 12 Jan 2012
Here we go!
- King Arthur's grave may lie beneath Scotland's Yarrow Stone.
- Geologists think they've found Stonehenge quarry site.
- Claims of a Mayan city in Georgia are greatly exaggerated.
- Forget Bosnia, apparently an Indonesian mountain is a 10,000-year-old pyramid.
- Cambodia's 'second Angkor Wat' is revealing its secrets.
- Bigfoot lived.
- Put your feet up & enjoy the sunset on planet HD209458b.
- There are more planets than stars in the Milky Way.
- 'Tattoine' planet with two suns could host a habitable moon.
- NASA hypnotised astronauts to prevent them from swearing on the moon. If that doesn't tingle your conspiracy senses...
- Did the U.S. shoot down Russia's Mars probe?
- And did an Iranian flying saucer down a U.S. drone?
- X-Prize for Star Trek-like tricorder invention.
- The Doomsday Clock has been moved forward one minute.
- India reports a completely drug-resistant tuberculosis.
- A trip to the Amazon doesn't always produce ayahuasca visions.
- Dreamcatchers & Japan's eater of bad dreams.
- Rupert Sheldrake says it's time science stopped ignoring animal telepathy.
- Tim Binnall and Greg Bishop review the year that was, in their wrap-up of paranormal news in 2011.
- Dealing with the 'Dawks'. Much catchier name than 'Brights'.
- Crows teach each other about dangerous humans.
- Myanmar's mysterious snub-nosed monkeys photographed for the first time.
- Image(s) of the Day: firefly magic.
Thanks Rick.
Quote of the Day:
The materialist fundamentalists are funnier than the Christian fundamentalists, because they think they're rational! ...They're never skeptical about anything except the things they have a prejudice against. None of them ever says anything skeptical about the AMA, or about anything in establishment science or any entrenched dogma. They're only skeptical about new ideas that frighten them.
Robert Anton Wilson
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does anyone remember this book based on the legend?
it actually gave me nightmares :P
...I forgot how I got here but everyone seems to be heading off in that direction. I hope someone brought food. I have a feeling this is going to be a long journey................
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Viktor Stalberg kept hoping he would get an opportunity on the Blackhawks power play last season. But despite scoring 22 goals, the most in his young career, Stalberg wasnt really given the chance.
Now it looks like hell get it.
Stalberg, who tallied all of his goals at even strength last season, should be getting some power-play time with the Blackhawks this season. His first chance will come in the Blackhawks lone scrimmage, a simulated game with the Hawks and Rockford players, tomorrow night. That probably wont be the best gauge for seeing how Stalberg could do, but that will come soon enough when the Blackhawks play the Cup champion Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.
For Stalberg, its an opportunity hes long wanted.
Its good if thats the case. Im looking forward to that opportunity, Stalberg said. I looked for it last year but it didnt happen. It was frustrating at times. But if I get the chance, its up to me to make a difference there.
Stalberg got some power-play work while playing in Europe this fallearly winter, first with Frolunda and then in the KHL. In Sweden, especially, he was the net presence. And thats what coach Joel Quenneville sees him doing on the Blackhawks power play.
Viktors working on it, and well get to see that tomorrow, Quenneville said. Hes produced very well for us 5 on 5, and everyone wants a chance on the power play. Hes got a big body, big stick.
This could be a big year for Stalberg. Its already a contract year, and hes coming off a 43-point season during which he moved up and down the lines and was in the Columbus Blue Jackets nightmares he had eight goals and two assists against them last season. For Stalberg, its not about setting a numbers goal. Its about improving all around.
I just want to keep getting better, keep playing more, Stalberg said. I want to be involved in more key situations with the team, whether its (playing) the last few minutes of the game or being on the power play. If you get to do those things, youre numbers are going to improve as well. I just want to keep improving.
That includes on the power play. When he gets on it.
One thing is to get in front of the net and disturb, create traffic and havoc. And deflect pucks better, Stalberg said. Just the little things that keep getting better with experience. Last year was only my second full year, so those things are still improving.
Quenneville said its important for Stalberg to be as strong without the puck as he is with it.
Hes dangerous when he has it. Hes a threat to score off the rush but he opens up space for linemates as well, Quenneville said. Its that awareness, more so without the puck, that needs steady improvement.
Stalberg is currently playing on the Blackhawks third line with Andrew Shaw and Bryan Bickell. Its a bit of a different role he played there some last season, but not much. Regardless, Stalberg is embracing the opportunity. Be it that one, or that power play.
Whatever role, Ill try to do my best at it. I want to play with the top guys as well, Stalberg said. Lines dont stay the same very long for this team, so you cant be frustrated or anything. Im looking forward to playing with who I am (playing with) right now.


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Snow Is In The Air!
In this issue
GPRC Places High In The Rankings
RESEARCH Infosource published Canada's Innovation Leaders 2013 on November 8, and GPRC is well ranked in Canada's Top 50 Research Colleges of 2013. Grande Prairie Regional College is ranked #1 for growth, #3 for research intensity, and #15 for research funding. This is a remarkable change from our 46th place ranking last year, and is credited in part to the establishment of the National Bee Diagnostic Centre one year ago.
Battle of the Blenders!
Iron Chef makes its way to GPRC! GPRC PEAK Students are organizing a friendly competition in hopes of educating students and staff about the benefits and ease of making healthy food choices. This is a culinary challenge that will encourage GPRC students and instructors to consume more produce by conveniently incorporating them into smoothies and salads.
The event will be taking place on Wednesday, November 27th from 11:30am to 1pm in Pillars Cafeteria. Judges will be critiquing the contestant's meals based on convenience, presentation, taste, originality and nutrition.
This is open to all students and staff of GPRC, so if you'd like to participate as a contestant, take a look through the registration package and submit the forms to firstname.lastname@example.com by Nov. 20th.
Enjoy, and good luck to all participants!
~ submitted by Joel Thibault
Bursary Application Now Available!
Please be advised that our bursaries are now open for application. There is only one application form to apply for over 160 bursaries! Bursaries are mostly based on financial need and we encourage all students to apply for bursaries! (what student doesn't have financial need after all?)
·Students must be registered full-time in both semesters, unless otherwise stated in criteria
·Bursary application deadline is December 6, 2013
·Please only apply for those bursaries for which you meet ALL criteria
The paper application and booklet can be found on the Financial Aid portion of the GPRC website and links are included here for your convenience.
~ submitted by Carla Basarab
GPRC Travels To The Great White North
What a way to end the year! I travelled to Yellowknife, NT from November 4th to the 7th for a few days of recruitment in the great white north. Yellowknife was covered in ice and a frosty -13°C but that didn't stop me from spreading the message about our fine college. Not even my GPS could stop me! It took me to a post office instead of a school – turns out they've got a P.O. Box there and not miniature letterbox size classrooms. I attended 3 different schools while there. I spoke with students and parents at St. Patrick Catholic High School's Grad Night, set up 2 lunch time tables at St. Pat's as well as at Sir John Franklin High School, and did 4 CALM class presentations at K'alemi Dene School and Sir John. Several students expressed an interest in many of our programs at GPRC, some had already applied, and some were already accepted! Overall, Yellowknife was an awesome opportunity for recruitment at GPRC and I look forward to returning.
~ submitted by Madison Warnock, Education Ambassador
Halloween at GPRC
Halloween was not lost on the souls of GPRC! There were lots of little superheros and princesses in the GP Campus hallways, as the Building Blocks Daycare brought the children over for some trick or treating. Many departments also got into the spirit by dressing up for the day, and the staff of the Douglas J Cardinal Performing Arts Centre held a costume parade in the theatre. There were many prizes given out, and a such a time was had by all, that they are already thinking about next year!
Room O' Plenty Drive
As most of you know, Student Services maintains the Room O' Plenty Student Food Bank. We have had a very busy two months: since September 1 we have assisted 24 adults and 32 children! Students are very appreciative of this service and at this time we are running out of stock. All donations are greatly appreciated of course, but at this time, we are in need of the following specific items:
Any questions related to the food bank can be directed to Financial Aid. We would like to thank the college community in advance for your support! Without your generosity we wouldn't have such a successful service for students! ~ submitted by Carla Basarab
SPCA Visitors
On November 6, Shine and Goldie stopped by to pay a visit to students and staff at the Grande Prairie Campus. Shine and Goldie along with SPCA volunteers, made the rounds bringing smiles and laughter to many who took a little time to relax and pet the dogs.
They will be coming around again today, so come out, say hi, and take a little stress out of your day!
XC Wolves Shine at CCAA Cross Country Nationals
Second year runner Jamie Wigmore took on the top female college runners in Canada on Saturday, and fell just short of the top prize.
Competing in the 2013 CCAA Cross Country Running Championships in Toronto, Wigmore ran at or near the front of the womens 5 km race until the final 500m when she fell off the pace. She finished in 5th spot, 15 seconds behind the lead trio.
Based on her top 7 finish, Wigmore was named a First Team Tournament All Star. Teammates Amanda Patteson and Kayla Hardy also had strong runs, placing 33rd and 42nd respectively. Christie Shepherd (52nd), Kirsten Manz (69th), and ToriFurstenwerth (81st) were the other Wolves finishers in the womens 5 km. Collectively, the Wolves women placed 6th in the team standings, two spots higher than in the 2012 CCAA meet.
On the men's side of things, as he's done all year, Hayden Hollowell led the Wolves mens team with an 18th place individual finish, 15 spots better than his placing at last year's Nationals. The Wolves men were the 14th best team on the day. Other Wolves competing included Riley Wallace (32nd), Ian Keefe (100th), Vaughn Marillier (102nd), andDylan Zambonelli (106th).
~ submitted by Bill Corcoran
Wendy Saban and Superintendant Ray Noble present Don Gnatiuk and Carmen Haakstad with a cheque from the annual Archie Harvey Memorial Golf Tournament. Proceeds support annual bursaries at GPRC for students who are family members of the RCMP.
Excellence In People
At each monthly Board of Governors meeting, staff and faculty recognitions are presented to the Board by Don Gnatiuk on behalf of the Executive Team.
• Congratulations Robert Hunt! As a result of personal contributions to the geoscience profession, Dr. Hunt has earned the prestigious designation of "Fellow" by Geoscientists Canada.
• Congratulations to Wolves XC Runner Jamie Wigmore on her 5th place finish at the CCAA XCountry Nationals in Toronto, and being named a First Team Tournament All Star! Way to go Jamie!
Upcoming Athletic Events
November 22 - Wolves host St. Mary's University College in Basketball
November 23 - Wolves host Lethbridge in Basketball
November 29 - Wolves host Keyano College in Volleyball
November 30 - Wolves host Keyano College in Volleyball
Upcoming Events
November 14 - FREE Flu Shot Clinic Fairview Campus
November 16 - Community Round Dance
November 28 - Board of Governors Meeting
December 1 - GPRC Oriana Girls Choir
December 4 - Fine Arts Music Students Recital
Upcoming Theatre Events
November 16 - Peace Country Idol Semi Finals
November 17 - Oh What A Night!
November 21 - Troyer Family Comedy Night
November 23 - Peace Country Idol Grande Finale
November 29 - GPRC Wind Ensemble
December 2 - GPRC Jazz Ensemble
December 7 - GPRC Concert Choir


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Update - July 18, 2001
Elliot Diringer, a veteran environmental journalist and a deputy press secretary in the Clinton White House, is now director of international strategies at the Center. This column is being written in cooperation with Grist Magazine.
Wednesday, 18 Jul 2001
BONN, Germany I can say from experience that anyone representing the U.S. at international climate negotiations has to be prepared to be cast as the villain -- sometimes unfairly, but not always without cause.
Being the world's largest climate polluter makes the U.S. an easy target. Over a decade of negotiations, it has also put the U.S. at the center of action, whether blocking binding emission targets when the first climate treaty was forged in 1992 in Rio, or contributing some of the best features of the Kyoto Protocol when it was negotiated five years later.
But as countries meet here in Bonn to try again at making Kyoto real, the dynamic is very different. The U.S. continues to cast a long shadow, and draw blame. But it's not nearly the presence it once was.
|Activists in Bonn poke fun at the Bush administration.
Photo: Greenpeace.
The big difference, of course, is the Bush administration's renunciation of the Kyoto Protocol. As the self-declared pooper at this latest Kyoto party, the United States is wisely keeping a lower profile. It is fielding a much smaller delegation than in the past and has dispensed with daily press briefings. Still, as negotiators haggle behind closed doors, American diplomats are not simply sitting on the sidelines.
Despite rejecting Kyoto, the U.S. remains a party to the Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiated (and signed by George Bush the Elder) in Rio -- the foundation for all the bargaining that has taken place since. And the negotiating agenda here actually is a mix of "Convention" issues and others relating specifically to Kyoto. U.S. negotiators are engaging directly on the former, while approaching the latter a bit more gingerly.
The Convention issues relate largely to developing countries and how the developed countries will deliver the technology and financial assistance promised them in Rio. Negotiators have just started on the thorniest of those issues -- a proposal for industrialized countries to provide developing countries with $1 billion a year in new aid. The U.S. would pay roughly 40 percent (its contribution to greenhouse gas emissions in 1990), a sum it's not about to fork over.
On the Kyoto issues, the U.S. has promised it's not here to obstruct. But U.S. negotiators are speaking up, sometimes forcefully, when they feel it's necessary to "protect U.S. interests." They define these interests largely as guarding against legal precedents that could affect future treaties on other matters. For instance, the U.S. opposed a proposal that would give developing countries a majority of seats on the board overseeing Kyoto enforcement, fearing it could serve as a model for future bodies.
This highly selective approach to negotiating has left traditional U.S. allies frustrated. The U.S. customarily negotiates as a bloc with other "Umbrella Group" countries -- Japan, Canada, Australia and other industrialized nations outside the European Union. Without the full engagement of its biggest partner, the group is now less coordinated and, consequently, wields less clout.
"One of our biggest problems right now," complained a Canadian delegate, "is that the most important member of the Umbrella Group is only there part-time."
Many in industry also miss a stronger U.S. voice. Companies that may be affected by Kyoto whether or not the U.S. is a party -- for instance, those operating or competing abroad -- have in the past counted on the U.S. to ensure that the treaty's rules would be reasonable. Some industry representatives meeting with the U.S. delegation last night urged it to get more engaged on issues like emissions trading and carbon sequestration. "I don't understand why we're just sitting there quietly," one representative said testily.
"The president has made clear that the United States does not support the Kyoto Protocol," responded a lead U.S. negotiator, "and we are not going to be dragged back into it." Besides, he added, when it comes to shaping a treaty, an avowed non-party is not likely to have much credibility with other countries.
Environmentalists, meanwhile, worry that the U.S. may be all too engaged. Watching for bad precedents, they fear, will prove to be legalistic cover for a stealth attack on Kyoto. "It gives them carte-blanche to try to block anything they see fit," said Kailee Kreider of the National Environmental Trust, a Washington-based advocacy group.
Asked by the press today about the U.S. role, conference Chair Jan Pronk voiced no complaints. "The United States is not -- I repeat not -- obstructing," he said. "They are constructively participating in the negotiations." Still, the divisions among other countries remain deep and numerous. So little headway was made in the first two days that Pronk canceled an open plenary session Tuesday night in which negotiators were to report on their closed-door talks.
Ultimately, how the U.S. behaves here on nitty-gritty issues may have little bearing on whether the international community can mount an effective response to climate change. Kyoto's fate will likely remain an open question at least until the next round, this October in Marrakech. Hopefully by then, the U.S. will have told the rest of the world how it would like to proceed, and other nations can decide whether to join it, stick with Kyoto, or find another way forward.
U.S. negotiators may never be able to shake the role of villain. But maybe by the time of Marrakech, they'll at least be ready to play.


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Santathon Pub Crawl For Charity Returns To Boulevard Bars
November 30, By Jackie Strawbridge
The fourth annual Santathon will bring good cheer and charity to Sunnyside's neighborhood bars this weekend.
Santathon is a pub crawl for charity presented by Sunnyside's Boulevard Bars, a group of nine bars and restaurants on and around Queens Boulevard. Participants – typically costumed as Santa or other North Pole characters – are required to purchase a $10 wristband, which will entitle them to $4 and $5 drink specials at the Boulevard Bars; all proceeds from the wristbands will go towards buying toys for local kids in need this holiday season.
This year's event will take place Dec. 5 starting at 3 p.m.
The participating establishments are Jack's Fire Dept., Bar 43, the Courtyard Ale House, Maggie Mae's, the Gaslight, Arriba Arriba, Sidetracks, Molly Blooms and McGuinness's Saloon. These locations will also be collecting new and unwrapped toy donations from now until Dec. 21.
"The gifts are always abundant from all the people who participate," Brian McGowan, owner of Jack's Fire Dept., said. "Everybody's in a very good mood around this time of year."
Over the past three years, Santathon has raised more than $20,000 in monetary and toy donations, according to a release from Sunnyside's Boulevard Bars.
"It's pretty fun to see everybody in the spirit, dressing up," McGowan added. "It's just a fun day to get around to the other bars you might not have a chance throughout the year to [visit]."
More information is available on the Sunnyside's Boulevard Bars Facebook page.


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X20 Continuous Focus/Shooting
Am I right in my assumption that the X20 has no way to have both continuous focus and continuous shooting?
I want to hold the shutter down and have the camera continuously take pictures while the focus is continuously updating. Currently in continuous shooting mode it only focuses the first shot (as per instructions), but this seems odd to me to have a continuous focus mode that doesn't focus after you press the shutter button. Isn't that the point of continuous focus?
I am not trying to troll, have an X20 review sample and want to make sure I am not missing something stupid. If this is how it is, what would I use continuous focus for? (serious question).
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by Eric Stearley
Last fall, Gary Henderson and his friends discovered a way to do something they love – smoking meat on a barbeque – while supporting a local non-profit – the LIFE Center. After hauling their smokers to the parking lot of the Wabash County Historical Museum and cooking through the night, they managed to serve nearly 800 people and present the LIFE Center with $6,300.
With this success, Henderson and his fellow smokers decided to make it an annual event. This year, there will be a few changes. For one, the event has been moved to Paradise Spring Historical Park, which is a bit more scenic and spacious than the parking lot. The timing has also been tweaked a bit.
When we reach adulthood, our priorities and responsibilities should change. We are at a stage of our lives where we need to be self-reliant, not depending on our parents, grandparents or others to take care of us. Being an adult brings the responsibilities of taking care of the children we have helped bring into this world. Their needs should take priority over our wants. As responsible adults, we need to provide for our families, unless we have a physical or mental disability or age prevents us from doing so.
Every person who lives in Wabash has the opportunity to receive free food from the following locations after they have exhausted their food stamps and WIC. For those who just don't have quite enough funds to purchase food for the month the following is a list of service organizations, times and dates, that will help with food and cooking classes. Also, there are various churches throughout the county, which give food vouchers or gift cards to purchase food.
*Helping Hands of Wabash County, Inc., 20 E. Canal St., Wabash
Food pantry: First Monday of the month, except on holidays, then the following Monday, 9:30-10:30 a.m. You must live in Wabash County and provide proof of residence.
Hot meals program: Everyone is welcome during the last two full weeks of the month, except Thanksgiving and Christmas, then serving dates are one week earlier. Serving time is 5-6 p.m. Delivery is available for those who can't get out due to disabilities. The contact number is 260-563-8775.
Grissom's runway re-opened at 7:30 a.m. July 16, and it didn't take long for the unit's jets to start making their way home.
The first KC-135R Stratotankers began arriving at 10:30 a.m. following relocation to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio on June 1 for a $3.2 million project that added expansion joints in the runway.
"Thanks to the hard work of the entire construction team the runway project was completed on time," said Col. Doug Schwartz, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander. "We are extremely excited to welcome our KC-135s back to Grissom as we resume normal operations."
While the unit's tankers were heading home, another aircraft arrived earlier for a temporary visit.
The first aircraft to use the newly renovated runway was a Boeing 757 arriving for painting at a local business.
The growing season is finally in full bloom. Local and regional farmers market vendors are busting at the seams with fresh produce and in need of an extra outlet to sell their harvest. Enter the Wabash Marketplace Wednesday Night Farmers Market.
The Wednesday Night Farmers Market will start this coming up Wednesday, July 23 and go for eight consecutive Wednesdays through Sept. 24. The Market will be from 5-8 p.m. each Wednesday and will be located in the East Parking Lot of the Wabash County Historical Museum.
In addition, the Wabash Marketplace Saturday Farmers Market will continue to operate every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon until Saturday, Oct. 18.
Producers who suffered eligible 2012 and 2013 livestock, honeybee or farm-raised fish losses have until Aug. 1 to submit a notice of loss and application for payment under the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP).
ELAP provides emergency assistance to eligible producers of livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish that have losses due to disease, adverse weather, or other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires. ELAP assistance is provided for losses not covered by the Livestock Forage Program (LFP) and Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP). Producers who suffered eligible livestock, honeybee or farm-raised fish losses during 2012 and 2013 program years must submit a notice of loss and application for payment to their local FSA office by Aug. 1. For 2014 program year losses, the notice of loss and an application for payment must be submitted by Nov. 1.
For more information, producers can review the ELAP Fact Sheet on the Farm Bill webpage. Wabash County producers can call 260-563-3145 or stop by the office at 599 Bryan Ave. in Wabash.
by Brian Hamilton
Editor's Note: Brian Hamilton is a 1990 graduate of Northfield High School and current editor of The Union newspaper in Grass Valley, Calif, a daily newspaper with a circulation of 13,000. Brian's first experience in the newspaper industry was working as a correspondent for the Wabash Plain Dealer at the age of 17. After graduating from Ball State University, he found his first full-time reporting job at the Ellwood Call-Leader. He's been with The Union for 13 years.
Brian took note of the changes being made in Wabash during a recent trip back to his hometown. Upon returning to Grass Valley, he wrote this opinion column, which was published in The Union in early July. With Brian's permission, we are taking this opportunity to share his thoughts with the Wabash community.
At first blush, my hometown and the community we've now called home for more than a decade didn't seem to have all that much in common.
Grass Valley, for example, is nestled in the natural beauty of the Sierra foothills, Wabash, Ind., on the other hand, is surrounded by miles and miles – and miles – of corn and soybean fields that spread as far as the eye can see, all across the state of Indiana.
When it snows, Grass Valley has the Sierra ski slopes on which to play, while Wabash County residents find sport in simply keeping their cars from sliding off the road and into drift-filled ditches.
Then, of course, Indiana has long been known politically as a "red" state, while California has clearly been one of a more blue hue.
The Wabash County Historical Museum will be hosting the History Hunters' noon speaker series this Thursday, July 24 from 12-1 p.m. in their Orientation Theater. This month's speaker is Lana Long who will speak about the DeLong sisters.
The DeLong Sisters (Augusta, Malvina, and Emily) were an acrobatic team that traveled the world with the Ringling Brothers Circus, performing across the country and around the globe from time they were early teens. They even performed in Germany to great acclaim, with a pre-World War II Hitler in attendance. When they retired from the circus, each of the sisters married and settled in the Wabash County area. They all lived within 20 miles of each other and remained close for the remainder of their lives. Malvina (known as Mena) and her husband owned Ernie's Drive-In, a popular destination in Wabash for many years. Malvina's daughter, Lana Long, has the loaned the museum several artifacts from her mother's time in the circus, including an acrobatic costume and the leather bit Mena used for an aerialist act, as well as photographs and other memorabilia.
INGUARD, an insurance and risk management firm headquartered in Wabash is the presenting sponsor of the Wabash County Promise. INGUARD is proud to renew its $40,000 annual commitment to support the local initiative, led by the Wabash County YMCA, which is designed to support local youth in their college and career identity development.
The pilot program for the Wabash County Promise launched in 2013, with more than 1,060 students opening a 529-college savings account during school registration.
According to Gallup Chairman Jim Clifton's book, The Coming Jobs War, "Having no vision or excitement for the future is the cause of dropping out of school. Students need to be rescued at or before the moment they lose hope in the future."
With this in mind, the Wabash County Promise was designed to promote a positive academic outlook among youth in not only Wabash County, but in recently expanded counties of LaGrange, Noble and Whitley as well.
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A councillor has been hounded out of office by a stalker waging an anonymous hate mail campaign against her.
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"This is not a decision I have come to lightly. It is one of the hardest things I have ever had to do, given my commitment to this community which I love and which all my life has always been so important to me.
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Thanks, well you could build another one.
I think this is exactly what I'm planning on, but am considering conduit. I'm also exploring options for running water, sewer and maybe even NG out there. My shed sits down a slope from the house, so I'm exploring macerators. If I start burying other things, then I need to figure out the codes for where they can sit in relation to each other.
Running 12-2 tonight. Loads of fun. Just picked up my christmas present of 2x4s from sis. These will be shelves in a couple of days for the workshop portion of the barn.
Hey Danno
That is what I am doing also!! Just ran 12-2 to 3 outside ac outlets on the shed!! One by the shed door to do some messy wood cutting outside. Two other outlets under the soffits (Front and back) for the exterior rope lighting when I get it! The dome cover will keep the water out when they are plugged in!! 20 amp sockets for More Power of course!!
See Pics below.
BTW. Do you use the Green Grounding wires with screws and u shaped lug sold at Lowes?? I used 14 of them. Real Handy!
See 1st pic
Also what are you wiring tonight. I am interested since I am doing this stuff too!
I'm not using that. Should I be? Not really sure what it is exactly! For grounding I thought I'd just be pig tailing the wires to the one post on the outlet.
Just wire to boxes right now. About 6 outlets and a light switch and ceiling light. My goal is to get the wire ran so that I can put the insulation in the walls. I am not running the electricity out to the shed until spring/summer because the ground is starting to freeze.
Well if you use metal boxes then those green wires make it easy to ground the outlet to the box. I have mostly plastic but the outside ones are metal and I have one metal inside box plus 6 metal junction boxes!
So if you wire the boxes then you can plug them into your extension cord for now?
The ground is really hard. I was lucky to get my feed in just before it froze up!
Good luck
Why do you have so many junction boxes?!?!
Well I just thought it would be easier to wire with the metal junction boxes at the top with ac and switched ac going thru them.
Then I run a wire from the box down to the outlet. If just the top outlet is on the switch, I run 12-3 to the outlet. This way the constant AC is on the white and black, then the red carries the AC to the top outlet when the switch is on.
I have two switches. One is for interior and the other is for exterior. Mostly the switch is for the LED rope lights I will be installing inside and out. The LED rope light last 20 years and is fairly cheap at Target department stores.
See Target Link
And no staples? Or has the NEC changed?
Yeah! Gotta have those staples. I've almost run out already!
Yes, but I did not finish putting them in since I am not done wiring. Thanks
Good show. Habitat for Humanity will make a perfectionist out of anyone. I speak from experience.
with all this work is there any zoning issues and what about your home owners insurance does not look like you will be bringing your lawn mower in there?
looks good though wish I had that much time on my hands.
"Well if you use metal boxes then those green wires make it easy to ground the outlet to the box"
The outlets I buy have a grounding strap on the back of the outlet connected to the grounding screw so when you hook up to the ground screw the outlet is grounded, yours must not be that way correct?
That's the way mine have been, too!
Theory being that by grounding the outlet that the box is also grounded through the mounting screws, right? The other way I've seen is for the incoming ground wire to be looped around a screw in the metal box before landing on the outlet's green screw. I've never seen a seperate ground wire added between the outlet and the box.
I just dug a 90 foot long, 2 foot deep trench, and set a 1.5" and a 1" conduit inside between the house and my new shed. The 1.5" conduit will hold the power line for the 60 amp subpanel and the 1" conduit will hold phone and cable. I've never buried empty conduit before so this will be a new one for me to fish wires through. I sure hope it works.
Good show Highbeam
How about some pics? We would sure like to see!! Nice to share our hard work!!
I just finished putting in 9 electrical boxes. Three on the outside and 5 on the inside of the new shed in 2 balanced 20 amp circuits.
Then I tried the 3 way switch in the house to see if it turned on the shed. BRPP @#@$$@%@# No!! I had a little miswire! LOL! Got the ohm meter out and checked the switch. The terminal I thought was the armature was not!! Why don't they just mark it?? Oh well nothing I could not fix!! So all set now just have to add the shed lighting! That will be the easy and most fun part
Correct OldSpark
Just used blank metal junction boxes. See pics above. They did have a threaded hole for the ground wire. So the green ground wire had a screw on one end and a U shaped lug on the other end. In the metal junction boxes I just stripped off the u shaped lug and twisted all the ground together. However on the metal weather tight outside boxes, the wires really came in handy! I screwed the end into the box and the u shape lug slipped right under the ground wire I bent to go around the green ground screw on the duplex outlet. This way the box is grounded to the outlet on the outside boxes. The inside boxes are plastic so the only place I used the green wire is on the three way switch to connect the switch to the two ground wires. I hate trying to wrap 2 12 gauge ground wires on the small green ground screw they put on the 20 amp outlets!
Hello Fish On
No zoning issues here. I pulled a permit for the shed. The max size is 100 sqft if near the property line. My shed is just a little more than 1 foot away so 10'x10' max is what we built. I discussed with the town shed inspector very carefully about the wall hight using a prehung door with proper header and double top plate. He said that would be fine and meet the height restriction. So when the time came the permit was signed off real quick!! The electrical with the help of our really expert electricians on the forum left no stone unturned an inspected my pics posted!! That was really cool so the electric install meets all codes and man do I have POWER With 240 vac running out to the shed and a sub panel of 2 - 20 amp circuits I can run almost anything!!
Thanks again everyone!!
As far as the lawnmower goes I don't think there is a problem.
You should have made a pigtail. Take those two ground wires and wirenut them together with a third 6" long piece of wire that attaches to the green screw on the outlet. I pigtail the leads for all outlets now except for the last one on the run of course. That way only three wires need to actually attach to the outlet. I also upgraded to the fancier outlets that have the design where you shove the wire into the hole and then tighten the screw which clamps the wire internally. It is much easier and more positive than bending hooks in the wire. Most GFCI outlets use this system as well.
I'll get some pics up in a new thread. I ordered 400 feet of 6 gauge copper wire last night. Ug. I'll be feeding a great big 125 amp subpanel with a 60 amp feeder. Should give me lots of room for breakers and flexibility for future upsizing of the service.
Never had a problem bending a hook and getting #12 wire on the ground screw on the outlet.
Don was trying to do two #12 hooks on one screw which can get tricky. I was always successful in making loops too but after using the better outlets that don't require it, it would be hard to go back to hooking.
Yes one # 12 on a ground screw but 2 is a pain. So that is why I used the green wires. I just twist the bare grounds on the green wire and then slip the u-shaped lug under the ground screw on the outlet or switch. Much easier!
Yea I missed the multiple ground wre comment, more than one and they want to squirm around when you try and tighten them.
Well, I just finished my shed stove install
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BRIDPORT kick-off a busy month at Slimbridge on Saturday (3pm) as they bid to put more daylight between them and the teams near the bottom of the table.
The trip to Toolstation Western League Premier Division newcomers Slim-bridge is the first of five matches scheduled for the Bees in February.
That is followed by home games against Brislington and Winter-bourne United, an away clash with Radstock Town and then it is back to St Mary's Field to face Melksham Town.
Bees' boss Trevor Senior's primary focus is on this weekend's tussle with Slimbridge, who joined the Western League from the Hellenic League last summer.
A late Matt Condliffe goal salvaged a point for the Bees when the sides met in Bridport in October.
"We probably should have won that game," said Senior. "They scored against the run of play and we didn't play very well that day.
"Since then they have picked up and had some good results.
"They are a side near us in the table so it's a bit of a six-pointer.
"It's a big month for us. We are playing a lot of teams around us in the league and we know we need to do well against them."
Chris Senior and Ashley Staines are unavailable for the match due to work commitments but Sam Filkins is back in goal and Gary Bulman should return from injury.
The midfielder featured in the 3-0 home defeat by Bristol Manor Farm last Saturday, Bridport's first fixture of 2014 following several postponements.
After going into half-time at 0-0, Bridport conceded three times in the space of 10 second half minutes to throw away any hopes they may have had of taking something from the game.
"We played well in the first half and it was fairly even in a blustery wind and on a bobbly pitch," said Senior. "We created four or five chances and made their keeper work.
"I would say coming in 0-0 at half-time was fair, but then we conceded three goals in about 15 minutes and they were disappointing goals from our point of view.
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The intermediate group learned two rhythms. The first one was Sewa (which I believe Mamady created himself—I missed the start of the session, so I have no background info on it). The rhythm has a distinct Ivory Coast feel to it. The dunduns are played upright without bells, and the accompaniments are similar to Bete and Begbe (both from Ivory Coast). The second rhythm was Kotedjuga. (It's called Kotedjuga in Guinea and Koredjuga in Mali.)
Mamady improvised to Kotedjuga at the end of the session. Here is a recording.
The advanced group worked on Mamady's solo technique for Soliwulen. Most people were struggling severely with the last two techniques, which require precise micro-timing to sound right.
Mamady improvised to Soliwulen, which was a treat. You can listen to it here.
The pyramid class rehearsed what we learned so far, and Mamady added a few breaks and a set solo to Tiriba. The first two phrases for the solo are played by everyone; for the remainder, Mamady selected eleven players to play the more challenging phrases.
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Last day of the camp (other than the final performance day).
The intermediate group learned Lekule and Kassa Soro. Lekule is one of my favourites. Similar in style to Sinte, but with even more groove. Kassa Soro is a nice Kassa variation that I hadn't come across before.
The advanced group continued to work on Soliwulen because Mamady wasn't happy with the results of the previous day. There was a definite improvement overall but, for some people there, the last two techniques in particular were simply beyond their current skill level.
The pyramid class did a few more run-throughs. The main thing today was that Mamady spent quite a bit of time working with the eleven players who did the set solos during Tiriba and Soliwulen. He worked out a choreography for the various phrases where we did things like look up, crouch down, turn left and right, etc. As if we didn't have enough to remember already…
|Dugafola [ Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:17 pm ]
where did you learn bete and begbe?
|michi [ Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:46 pm ]
I learned Begbe from Simon Fraser. (He teaches in Melbourne.) I learned Bete from my co-teacher Linda. I'm not sure where she originally learned it.
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A former employee of Jefferson Bank in Jefferson City admitted to embezzling more than $487,000 from the bank and her boss and another $54,000 from another employer. On Monday, Kelley Lee Steiner, 52, of Jefferson City, pleaded guilty.
Steiner served as vice president and secretary to the board of directors from June 1999 to November 2008. She also was the personal executive assistant to former president Harold Westhues.
Steiner admitted to taking $487,199 from both the bank and Westhuesâ?? personal checking account. About $378,000 of that came from her bossâ??s checking account. An audit of Westhuesâ?? account found Steiner diverted the money for her own personal use by writing checks to herself. She used the money to pay her personal credit card bills and her childrenâ??s college expenses.
She also pleaded guilty to embezzling $54,000 while employed at Modern Business Systems.
Steiner could face a sentence of up to 33 years in federal prison without parole, plus a fine up to $1,250,000 and an order to pay back what she stole.
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Marlon Humphrey, cornerback from Hoover High School in Ala., is one of the premier class of 2014 prospects in the country. He had a great performance in Hoover's jamboree game Thursday night against Florence. He had a 99-yard interception return for a touchdown and several tackles in less than two quarters.
"It felt pretty good to score," said Humphrey. "I came up to make the tackle. The guy tipped it, and I took it from there. The ball kind of hit me. I was shocked a little.
"It felt good to get back out here and hit someone. I had a couple of hits and tackles. It was good. The first hit felt great. It got my anxiety up. It was a great feeling.
"This team is going to be really good this year. We are going to be good especially on defense and in the secondary. Our linebackers are great. We have depth there. Our defensive line is going. Our offense always comes through."
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Andy Murray is close to a grand slam win, says former coach
Andy Murray's former coach Mark Petchey claims the world No.3 is closer than ever to his first grand slam win, and is in shape to end the year on a high in London this month.
Petchey believes the Scot has made significant improvements during a season in which he became only the seventh player in history to reach the semi-finals of all four slams in a calendar year.
Murray missed last weekâs Swiss Indoors with injury but returned last night as he and doubles partner Ross Hutchins won their opener at the Paris Masters, where he is also due to play in the singles.
But the real aim for Murray, who won three straight tournaments in Thailand, Japan and Shanghai in October, is to emerge the victor from the worldâs top-eight players at the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at the O2.
Petchey said: âAndy has a much more balanced game now. His victory over Rafael Nadal at the Japan Open was one of the best matches he has ever played and he will be a real contender to win at the O2.
âApart from a blip in March he has been playing consistently well. Novak Djokovicâs outstanding year [winning three slams] has overshadowed some of what Andy has achieved, but in the new year Iâm sure he will be challenging again to win that first grand slam.â
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Police, SWAT respond to threat incident in Alexandria
Local law enforcement agencies responded to a threatening situation in Alexandria Tuesday afternoon.
At about 3 p.m., officers from the Alexandria Police Department, Douglas County Sheriff's Office, Minnesota State Patrol, and Douglas County SWAT responded to 204 Kenwood Drive in reference a distraught male suspect sending "threatening" text messages to various individuals.
As a precaution, tenants of the apartment building were evacuated and taken to a nearby warm shelter. They were allowed to return to the building about an hour later after a suspect, James Allen Dean, 30, of Alexandria was taken into custody. Dean was arrested and is awaiting charges of terroristic threats and obstructing the legal process.
He remains in the Douglas County Jail at this time.
There was one weapon seized and no one was injured during the incident, according to the Alexandria Police Department.
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When it comes to death, we are a nation in denial. We get the willies just saying the word. • "We tend to use euphemisms," points out Howard Winokuer, president of the Association for Death Education and Counseling. "Think about it: They passed on; he's 6 feet under; he's gone to be with the Lord; he's pushing up daisies; he croaked; he bought the farm. There are so many words that people use because they can't say death and dying."
This reluctance to address mortality helps explain why so many people don't think about their death.
"We plan for most events," Winokuer says. "We plan for marriage; we plan for our education; in many cases, we plan for birth and having children, but somehow we don't plan for dealing with our dying."
There is a lot of planning people can do, everything from where they'll be buried to how they want their hair styled. Shaun Myers, a spokesman for the National Funeral Directors Association, says that most people who plan start by taking care of the obvious: setting up a way to pay (there are several options).
"It's also very important they have their basic preferences listed in some sort of memorial guide or funeral instructions that can be given to the family," says Myers, who also is a funeral home owner in Ogden, Utah, with 27 years in the business. "That helps the family to know the course of action to follow and helps the funeral director know some of the basic vital information (that) is needed for things such as a death certificate, obituary or making arrangements for a cremation or burial outside the state."
Here are some of the steps the experts suggest people take:
Where to start
Winokuer says the first thing a person should do is take care of two advance directives: a living will and a health care power of attorney. The former basically says that if there is no chance of a person living a meaningful, functional life, he or she should not be kept on life support. The health care power of attorney designates somebody to make decisions about a person's health care if that person is incapacitated and can no longer make those decisions. And it can't hurt to have your will in order.
It's your call
Figure out what you want your service to include. Burial or cremation? Who will officiate? Do you want visitation at the funeral chapel? A church or graveside service? Open casket? Who do you want to speak? Who will be the pallbearers? What about your outfit? Is there a song you would like performed?
Do your homework
Visit a funeral home and discuss what you have decided with a funeral director. Or go online and find a funeral instruction sheet or memorial guide (many funeral home and attorneys' Web sites have them). The forms ask for personal information as well as a person's memorial and funeral preferences. Give copies of the completed form to your funeral director, family members and attorney. You'll be amazed how much easier you're making things for everybody by filling in a few blanks.
"In some circumstances," Myers explains, "you have a grandchild making funeral arrangements for their grandparents, and they don't have a clue what their great-grandmother's maiden name might have been. So it's great to have that information because it eliminates having to go on a hunt in that time of need."
You might even want to put together a short biography; once you're gone, the grandkids won't be able to ask you what life was like in the 20th century.
Also, know what you're entitled to from the funeral director. Look at the National Funeral Director Association's Consumer Preneed Bill of Rights at nfda.org (enter "preneed bill of rights" in the search field).
Hold the bagpipes?
Yes, people overplan with frequent tinkering. Micromanaging (the color of the pallbearers' ties?) can be a problem too. As for bringing in bagpipes . . .
"Interestingly, the bagpipe issue is very important to Scottish people," Myers says. "They believe the spirit can't go home until bagpipes are played."
Okay, bagpipes if you must.
"Some people overplan, do things over and over again, but that's by far the minority. Most people like to have it done, they keep the documentation, then can tell their family it's taken care of."
Stop dithering
The time to plan is not when you're sick but when you're healthy and clear-thinking and can discuss things with others. And there's no need to be afraid to talk to a funeral director. "They're really caring and sensitive and pretty wonderful people," Winokuer says. "Just the fact that they're doing that work shows they have a real sense of caring and service."


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"Let's get one thing straight about 2011's OTackles right off the top," says Wonder. "There are no Russell Okungs and Trent Williamses in this Draft. And at Guard, for that matter, there are no Mike Iupatis either. So please take everything said in that context.
"The best value pick in the draft at Tackle is Castonzo. He's not the highest, but he is the best value."
Wonder adds some color about these players on the OL… coaching is crazy important. "Offensive Line, and to a lesser extent, Defensive Line, are the two areas where position coaching can really leverage ability. Position coaching in the secondary and running back, for example, are far less impactful than at Offensive Line."
Think Flaherty. Think Jim "Mouse" McNally, who transformed no-names like (undrafted) Rich Seubert, Chris Bober and Jason Whittle into starters.
Good OL coaching can take undrafted guys and make them into good players. And they can take good players who are drafted with some potential and mold them into mainstays. Wonder sees a guy like Joe Barksdale as "FOF" feast or famine, a sleeper in R4 or R5 who can blossom with good coaching. The Giants have had success in drafting OLinemen everywhere, be it early (Snee), late (Diehl) or never (Seubert), so late works with patience and coaching.
Summary: Loads of people are naturally alerting us to the possibility of Castonzo (with the BC connection) being a NY Giant. And this would not be a "bad" pick. But with that said, I'd rather get the #1 LBer like Houston and parlay a R5 pick like Barksdale into a possible starter. REMEMBER, last year, we said that if LBer was not available at 15 and we could not trade down, that Iupati or Pouncey was a great choice because we had the possibility of getting a 10 year "1" type of player (even if it was inside, not at Tackle). Castonzo is a "3," a solid starter. Is that what you want out of a 1st Round pick? I'd rather take a shot on a R1 LBer that could breathe life into the defense. The only life we are getting on offense is when Gilbride gets a lobotomy.


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Arthritis strikes nearly 18 percent of adults and is the leading cause of disability in the United States. In addition, arthritis accounts for a substantial number of hospitalizations each year, according to a study supported by AHRQ (HS07002 and HS11477). Rutgers University researchers, Dawne M. Harris, M.P.H., and Louise B. Russell, Ph.D., used a simulation model to estimate the impact of arthritis, smoking, and hypertension on the number of hospital admissions in all adults aged 45 to 74, and overweight adults aged 45 to 74. The simulation model was estimated from the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I) and its Epidemiologic Followup Study (NHEFS) and was then applied to data from NHANES III adults.
Arthritis accounted for 6.2 percent of annual hospital admissions (8.1 admissions per 1,000 NHANES III adults). Current smoking accounted for 7 percent (9.1 admissions per 1,000), and residual hypertension (systolic blood pressure over 140 Hg/mm despite treatment) accounted for 2.3 percent (3 admissions per 1,000).
However, because arthritis is more prevalent in overweight adults, eliminating arthritis in overweight adults reduced hospital admission rates at baseline by 7.4 percent (11 fewer admissions per 1,000 overweight adults), while eliminating current smoking among overweight adults was associated with a 5.8 percent reduction in annual hospital admission rates (8.6 fewer admissions per 1,000 overweight adults). Elimination of residual hypertension in this group resulted in a reduction of only 2.7 percent in hospital admissions (4 fewer hospital admissions per 1,000 overweight adults).
More details are in "Hospitalizations attributable to arthritis, smoking, and hypertension: A comparison based on NHEFS and NHANES III," by Ms. Harris and Dr. Russell, in the August 15, 2005, Arthritis & Rheumatism 53(4), pp. 543-548.
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Under the partnership, Melbourne-based Pronto will provide a complete solution that integrates Rutledge AV's business processes, from sales to project execution and service delivery.
According to Rutledge AV Process Improvement Manager, Richard Bakunowicz, the company selected Pronto Software as it was seeking an ERP solution that would improve project visibility across its national sites, as well as simplifying and improving operation efficiencies.
"We needed an end-to-end ERP solution that could grow and evolve with the business. We were very specific in our selection because the solution had to sit across Rutledge's CRM, Sales, Accounting and Services business divisions."
Rutledge AV specialises in the supply, installation and servicing of professional audio visual equipment and employs more than 250 employees around Australia, with operations in Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Darwin.
Bakunowicz said that information and data transparency across projects was also a key component in the selection process, as project teams previously struggled to view essential details relating to projects across the company's national operations.
"One of the issues we had with the previous system was difficulty in accessing relevant project information from multiple sites. Various staff across different levels had no consistent approach that allowed visibility. With Pronto, we know that this problem is solved.
"Using Pronto will allow us to streamline the way we operate. Instead of using separate software programs for CRM, estimating, accounting, support and reporting, we will have a single program that integrates seamlessly with all areas of the business."
Pronto Software Managing Director, David Jackman, said the new partnership with Rutledge AV represented another example of ERP solutions supporting business transformation and evolution.
"Service providers such as Rutledge AV often have sophisticated requirements and by listening to their needs, we were able to adapt Pronto Xi to complement their business. Pronto Xi provides linkage from CRM to Project Costing to Service Management, key to helping Rutledge AV keep an eye on profitability."


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A barrage of robo-calls placed to local flood victims, allegedly for political purposes, seems to have created a divide between Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel and one of his closest political allies, county Prosecutor Eric Smith.
A complaint was filed last week with the Macomb County Ethics Board charging that the thousands of animated calls, narrated by assistant prosecutor Suzanne Faunce, a candidate for judicial office this November in a portion of the area hit hardest by the floods, were designed to boost her campaign as much as alert flood victims about guidance available to them.
The complaint was filed by Hackel�s Republican challenger in the fall general election, David Novak of Chesterfield Township, though the Democratic county executive said he does not view Novak�s actions as a publicity stunt. The five-member county Ethics Board could take up the matter at their next meeting on Sept. 11.
When asked if the calls were sent to boost Faunce�s political fortunes, Smith said they were his idea, a non-political attempt at a public service announcement to largely alert south Macomb homeowners with flood damages about possible scam artists offering to provide home repairs.
Hackel has said a wave of calls to the county flood victims hotline resulting from the robo-calls on Thursday and again on Friday did �more harm than good� by tying up the phone lines at the county�s COMTEC emergency center.
According to Smith, the robo-calls cost just $647 and were financed through the Prosecutor�s Office �forfeiture funds,� which consist of cash and other assets seized by police from defendants accused of drug trafficking. Faunce narrated the 51-second calls because she leads the prosecutor�s senior crimes unit, which assists the demographic group most susceptible to fraud, Smith said.
�Honestly, I don�t know if it�s legal for them to use forfeiture funds for this kind of effort. Regardless of where the money comes from, it is public funds,� Novak retorted. �When was the last time Macomb County paid to have calls made to seniors for any type of situation?�
Faunce, chief of the seniors unit for seven years, is running to unseat incumbent Judge Dean Ausilio in the 37th District, which handles cases originating from Warren and Center Line.
The robo-calls urged those property owners approached by home repair contractors to call the Better Business Bureau or the Home Builders Association before choosing a repairman who might not be licensed or insured.
The county hotline is mentioned twice as a place to report flood damages. Faunce does not mention her judicial candidacy or offer her Prosecutor�s Office phone number.
The hotline was established shortly after the drenching rainstorm of Aug. 11 that caused flooding throughout the south end of the county. Damage estimates for Macomb County have hit $300 million and federal officials, prompted in party by the thousands of calls received by COMTEC, are now surveying the areas to determine how much assistance from Washington is worthy.
Hackel initially expressed a high degree of frustration with the sudden �inundation� of calls to COMTEC on Thursday and Friday before he realized that Smith initiated the automated messages.
On Wednesday, Hackel said he talked to the prosecutor and told him that the plan �probably should have been run through us� at the executive�s office before it was implemented.
�I didn�t know about this ahead of time. Obviously there were good intentions involved. The problem I have is that we were caught off guard,� Hackel said, adding that many hotline callers were confused or irritated and did not need another reminder to report their flood damage to authorities by phone or online.
�We felt there was no need to do anything more to get the word out .�
The flood hotline was shut down by the county at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
Smith said he believes the inexpensive robo-calls had a �positive effect� to prevent fraud crimes before they happened and to save hundreds of thousands of dollars in swindles mostly aimed at seniors.
�Just because (Faunce) is running for judge doesn�t mean she still doesn�t have a job to do,� the prosecutor said. �As all in law enforcement are aware, seniors are the most vulnerable to scams.�
Smith pointed out that the automated calls were placed in the entire flood-ravaged area � Eastpointe, St. Clair Shores, Warren and Center Line � not just in the two communities where Faunce is vying for office.
The prosecutor added that the hotline number was added to the phone message script as a �throw away line� once he realized that a few extra seconds of time was still available on the audio recording.
Beyond the ethics issues, Novak�s ethics complaint also asserted that the voter-approved county charter puts the executive�s office and Hackel�s emergency management team in charge of natural disasters, not the Prosecutor�s Office. The document filed with the Ethics Board offers this commentary by Novak:
�If I were county executive, I would establish a communications policy that would require robo-call-type messages from the county offices to be vetted for legal and ethical accuracy prior to being released to the public.�
The Ethics Board, which has remained largely idle since it was formed in 2011, meets next on Thursday, Sept. 11 at 9 a.m. on the eighth floor of the county Administration Building, located in downtown Mount Clemens at Cass Avenue and Main Street.
However, Hackel and Smith doubt the Novak complaint will amount to anything. Hackel said he has no plans to attend a session of the Ethics Board, whose members he appoints, if the subject of the robo-calls is on the agenda.
�This doesn�t pertain to me. This has nothing to do with me or my office,� he said.
Smith was more animated, calling the complaint �political gamesmanship.�
�There�s nothing in the ethics policy that says I can�t do my job,� he said. �This ethics complaint will be dismissed immediately. It will not go anywhere, plain and simple. It will not go anywhere except straight into the trash can.�


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The owners of Mine That Bird are undecided about the Preakness, which is not great news for event organizers who already are reporting disappointing ticket sales and sponsorship revenues. Maryland Jockey Club officials are hoping for some help from the excitement generated by Saturday's heart-stopping Kentucky Derby, and it sure would help if the Triple Crown is still in play in two weeks.
Personally, I hope the horse comes to Baltimore, but I understand the owners are looking out for the best interests of the surprise Derby winner and also have concerns about the potentially adverse speed-bias at Pimlico. Mine That Bird is bred more for the Belmont Stakes, but it can't build on the history it made Saturday without running in the Preakness.
I have selfish reasons for wanting Mine That Bird to run at Pimlico. I'll be hosting the early Preakness coverage from the jockey's terrace on WBAL (1090 AM) and jockey Calvin Borel was a live guest after his last Derby victory. He's a trip and I'm hoping to have him back on the program for as long as he wants to be on.
Some readers felt like I read too much into the testy behavior of Mine's trainer, Bennie "Chip" Woolley, moments after his great victory. They may be right that Woolley had just grown tired of talking about the long drive he made from New Mexico or the motorcycle accident that put him on crutches. Trouble is, his unlikely rise from rodeo cowboy to Kentucky Derby-winning trainer -- and the unusual route he took to get into contention for the Triple Crown -- will still be the story when he gets to Baltimore, if he ultimately decides to run Mine That Bird in the Preakness.


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Occasionally I come across these awesome one-of-a-kind brooches for an awesome deal and they are just too good to pass up. I love buying little things like this thinking I'm going to make something with them, but then they sit around for a while. This time I was motivated to make some lovely accessories to wear out and about! One of my favorite stores Anthropologie always carries lovely hair accessories that are vintage-looking. I am pretty much a sucker for anything antique or vintage. While these brooches are not actually either of those things, I felt that these could pass as appearing to be. And since they were not either of these, I felt more justified about cutting them up and taking them apart. This would be a great thing to try with other small collectibles you might have lying around (i.e. buttons, pearls, old earrings, sparkly things, etc). I can't wait to see what outfits I can pair these new fun clips with!
Steps 1-2: Gather your materials. You will need a couple of brooches or pins that you love, some bobbie pins and/or hair clips (I found my hair clips on etsy), a glue gun, and some jewelry wire cutters (any craft store will have these). Also for more reinforcement, you might add some fishing line and a sewing needle to your materials for this project.
Step 3: Grab your brooch, flip it over, and use your jewelry wire cutters to cut the safety pin part off. The difficulty of this might vary based on the quality of your brooch, so I would not recommend this DIY on any nicer brooches. I just wanted to create hair clips out of mine so I can make use of them.
Steps 4-5: Use your glue gun to dab some glue on the backside of your brooch in the areas where you would like your clip or bobbie pin. Place your bobbie pin or clip on the hot glue you just dabbed. (Not pictured: be sure to reinforce your bond by using some fishing line and a needle to wrap the hair clip to the brooch tightly. Knot this in place and you should be good to go!)
Step 6: Flip over your brooch, place in your hair, and make more for friends!
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Trotter agrees to terms
Free agent linebacker Jeremiah Trotter, released by the Eagles two weeks ago, has agreed to terms on a contract with the Bucs, according to his agent, Jimmy Sexton.
Trotter is believed to be preparing to sign a one-year deal. What role he will fill for the Bucs is unknown, but initially, he is likely to be the backup to Barrett Ruud at middle linebacker. The Bucs remain thin at the position after the retirement of Shelton Quarles in the offseason and the season-ending knee injury suffered by Antoine Cash in the preseason.
The 30-year-old Trotter, who first worked out for the Bucs on Aug. 23, has been to four Pro Bowls. But word is issues with his knees have made him less of a player these days. But for what the Bucs are looking for -- a stout run stopper in the middle -- Trotter probably still fits the bill.
But Trotter's weakness -- pass coverage -- probably means the Bucs will be limited in when they can use him. Look for Trotter to appear mostly in run situations.


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Montgomery College Names New President
Montgomery College, in Maryland, has chosen DeRionne P. Pollard, who now leads Las Positas College, in California, as its next president, the Maryland institution announced on Tuesday. She will replace Brian K. Johnson, who resigned in December, three months after the Board of Trustees decided not to renew his contract. Ms. Pollard has been at Las Positas for two years and previously was a vice president at the College of Lake County, in Illinois.Return to Top


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Gator baseball team begins five-game stretch tonight against UCF
The Gator baseball team will begin a stretch of five games in five days tonight when Florida host UCF, beginning at 6:35.
It's the beginning of a stretch in which Florida will face Siena on Thursday before kicking off a three-game homestand against LaSalle on Friday.
Tonight's game will feature a pair of freshman pitchers - UF's Hudson Randall and UCF's Brian Adkins - both of whom will be making their collegiate starting debut.
The Gators are looking for a 4-0 start for the third consecutive season. The Gators have a 13-2 (.867) record at home under head coach Kevin O'Sullivan during the month of February.
In the Gators' most recent game against UCF last April, Tampa's Preston Tucker tied the SEC single-game record and established a school mark with 11 RBI to lead the Gators to a 16-3 win. Tucker had grand slams in both the fifth and seventh innings, and also had a three-run homer in the sixth.