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Sample of reported job titles:
Adult Probation Officer, Correctional Counselor, Deputy Juvenile Officer, Deputy Probation Officer (DPO), Juvenile Probation Officer, Parole Agent, Parole Officer, Probation and Parole Officer, Probation Counselor, Probation Officer
- Interview probationers and parolees regularly to evaluate their progress in accomplishing goals and maintaining the terms specified in their probation contracts and rehabilitation plans.
- Recommend remedial action or initiate court action in response to noncompliance with terms of probation or parole.
- Administer drug and alcohol tests, including random drug screens of offenders, to verify compliance with substance abuse treatment programs.
- Prepare and maintain case folder for each assigned inmate or offender.
- Discuss with offenders how such issues as drug and alcohol abuse and anger management problems might have played roles in their criminal behavior.
- Conduct prehearing and presentencing investigations and testify in court regarding offenders' backgrounds and recommended sentences and sentencing conditions.
- Inform offenders or inmates of requirements of conditional release, such as office visits, restitution payments, or educational and employment stipulations.
- Write reports describing offenders' progress.
- Arrange for medical, mental health, or substance abuse treatment services according to individual needs or court orders.
- Supervise people on community-based sentences, such as electronically monitored home detention, and provide field supervision of probationers by conducting curfew checks or visits to home, work, or school.
- Develop liaisons and networks with other parole officers, community agencies, correctional institutions, psychiatric facilities, and aftercare agencies to plan for helping offenders with life adjustments.
- Arrange for postrelease services, such as employment, housing, counseling, education, and social activities.
- Gather information about offenders' backgrounds by talking to offenders, their families and friends, and other people who have relevant information.
- Develop rehabilitation programs for assigned offenders or inmates, establishing rules of conduct, goals, and objectives.
- Develop and prepare packets containing information about social service agencies, assistance organizations, and programs that might be useful for inmates or offenders.
- Provide offenders or inmates with assistance in matters concerning detainers, sentences in other jurisdictions, writs, and applications for social assistance.
- Investigate alleged parole violations, using interviews, surveillance, and search and seizure.
- Recommend appropriate penitentiary for initial placement of an offender.
- Assess the suitability of penitentiary inmates for release under parole and statutory release programs and submit recommendations to parole boards.
- Participate in decisions about whether cases should go before courts and which court should hear them.
- Identify and approve work placements for offenders with community service sentences.
Technology Skills
- Law and Government — Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
- Psychology — Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
- Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Therapy and Counseling — Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
- Sociology and Anthropology — Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Clerical — Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Negotiation — Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Work Activities
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
- Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Performing Administrative Activities — Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
- Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
- Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
Detailed Work Activities
- Interview clients to gather information about their backgrounds, needs, or progress.
- Recommend legal actions.
- Administer drug screening tests.
- Investigate legal issues.
- Counsel clients or patients with substance abuse issues.
- Write reports or evaluations.
- Explain regulations, policies, or procedures.
- Arrange physical or mental health services for clients.
- Develop working relationships with others to facilitate program activities.
- Collect information about clients.
- Evaluate characteristics of individuals to determine needs or eligibility.
- Plan programs to address community mental wellness needs.
- Refer individuals to educational or work programs.
- Provide educational materials to community members.
- Help clients get needed services or resources.
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Work Context
- Contact With Others — 89% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Telephone — 89% responded "Every day."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 84% responded "Every day."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 90% responded "Every day."
- Electronic Mail — 81% responded "Every day."
- Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People — 59% responded "Every day."
- Frequency of Conflict Situations — 43% responded "Every day."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 54% responded "Every day."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 48% responded "Very important results."
- Letters and Memos — 44% responded "Every day."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 42% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 37% responded "Extremely important."
- Deal With External Customers — 37% responded "Extremely important."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 40% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Time Pressure — 39% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Spend Time Sitting — 36% responded "About half the time."
- Deal With Physically Aggressive People — 34% responded "Every day."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 42% responded "Very important."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 50% responded "Very important."
- Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — 33% responded "Important."
- Physical Proximity — 45% responded "Moderately close (at arm's length)."
- Exposed to Disease or Infections — 30% responded "Once a year or more but not every month."
- Responsible for Others' Health and Safety — 26% responded "High responsibility."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
|Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
|Related Experience
|A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
|Job Zone Examples
|Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators.
|SVP Range
|(7.0 to < 8.0)
Interest code: SEC
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- Social — Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.
- Enterprising — Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
- Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
Work Styles
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
Work Values
- Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
- Relationships — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
- Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2018)
|$25.49 hourly, $53,020 annual
|State wages
|Employment (2018)
|92,000 employees
|Projected growth (2018-2028)
Slower than average (2% to 3%)
|Projected job openings (2018-2028)
|State trends
|Top industries (2018)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2018 wage data
and 2018-2028 employment projections
"Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2018-2028). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
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Ultimate 50 Talalay Latex Topper
5cm natural Talalay latex topper responds instantly to your movement relieves pressure points and relaxes your muscles. Always bounces back to its initial shape, adds extra comfort to the existing mattress.
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Product Description
If your existing mattress is proving to be too firm and probably causing painful shoulders and hips, our natural latex topper could be the answer. 5cm of pure natural Talalay latex covered in super soft Tencel fabric. Actipro™ technology is used in our mattress fabric to eliminate unwanted allergens, reduce bacteria and unpleasant odours, helping to maintain a welcoming and refreshing sleep environment. The natural properties of latex provide environment free from microorganisms, dust mite and bacteria that generally cause number of allergies and inflammations.. Our Latex Topper can be fitted and left in place without the need of moving or adjustment during use.
The latex used in this topper is certified to the OEKO TEX 100 standards. The textiles used in the cover are also OEKO TEX 100 certified.
- 5 cm deep, compliments perfectly an existing mattress
- Generous layer of natural Talalay latex
- Easy care zip off washable Tencel cover with Actipro™ technology
- Pressure relieving, no more joint and back pain
- Provides maximum comfort
- Conforms to your body's shape
- Placed directly on the existing mattress
- Hypo-allergenic, anti bacterial, anti dust mite
- Manufactured and tested in the UK
- 10 years warranty
- Medium -soft comfort rating
- Complies with BS 7177, BS5852
- OEKO TEX 100 certified
- Latex technology: Natural Latex made by the Talalay process.
- Composition: Natural latex - halogen, metal and chemical free.
- Fire retardant: Complies with BS7177 and BS5852
- Cover: easy care zip-off removable and washable Tencel cover with Actipro™ technology
- Latex density: 60kg per cubic meter, 4.8 kPa
- Comfort zones: 1 comfort zone
- Firmness rating: medium-soft
- Latex layer thickness: 5cm
- Topper thickness: Approximately 5cm
- Sizes: Available in all standard and custom sizes
Delivery and Returns
Deliveries to UK addresses are free of charge. Overseas deliveries will incur a fee depending on the item size and weight, please contact us for more details.
All mattress toppers are dispatched with free next working day delivery subject to stock. The cut off time for next day delivery is 12pm.
You can also choose your own delivery date, simply select the day you want at the checkout. Next day delivery is fulfilled by one man courier and is to the front door only. It is at the drivers discretion if he or she would like to help you taking the product to your bedroom. We can also arrange two man delivery to a room of choice. This service is free but takes between 5-10 working days.
We normally carry constant stock of all sizes but if the size you want to order is currently out of stock we will arrange delivery as soon as practically possible.
Once your mattress topper is dispatched we will send you an email with the tracking details. On the delivery day the courier will send you a text and email notification with one hour delivery time slot.
Deliveries take place between 8am- 6pm.
We hope you are delighted with your product from Latex Sense. Occasionally, we know you will want to return or replace items.
For this we have a hassle-free returns policy and also offer double satisfaction guarantee.
You have 30 days to try our mattress toppers out. You can remove the packaging and sleep on the product for the full trial period.
If for any reason you are unhappy with your purchase, we can offer expert advice and replace it with something more suitable. Still not happy? You can return it to us provided it is returned undamaged, in the original wrapping/packaging. We do not ask you re-vacuum pack the product, all you need to do is to put it back in its protective polythene bag and cardboard box if possible.
On satisfactory return of the goods, we will issue a full refund.
You must notify us about your intention to return or replace a product in writing (by email) and within 30 days of delivery.
Returns and exchanges are free of charge for customers within mainland UK. Return and exchanges to Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Channel Islands and Scottish Isles can be arranged for a fee, please contact us for more details. For customers outside the UK it is your responsibility to arrange the return at your own cost and using your courier.
The return address is:
Latex Sense, Unit 19-20 Hayleys Manor, Upland Road, Epping, CM16 6PQ
If you have any questions about returning an order, please drop us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com or call us on 0208 450 7662.
Care instructions
The Ultimate 50 Latex Topper is delivered vacuum packed and rolled. This ensures mattress hygiene, quality in transit and improved delivery times.
Your topper has been carefully vacuum packed the day it was shipped to you, this is one of the latest technologies in the bedding industry and does not affect the quality of the product in any way and does not damage it.
We do not recommend storing your item in a rolled and vacuumed state for more than 4 weeks.
Take the topper out of the box and put it on the bed. Carefully cut the tape that holds the roll together and unroll the mattress while in its polythene bag. Please take extreme care so as not to damage your item. It will be still compressed and you need to cut the bag closer to the heat seal, take extra care as the tool you use can damage the cover.
The topper recovers to its full shape and size after unpacking, please allow up to 12 hours for the optimal balance to be reached. You can use the topper straightaway.
This is a double sided topper, there is a big product sticker attached to the cover, this is the top side, the side you sleep on.You can turn it over and use the other side as well.
Take extreme care whilst moving the topper as the foam fillings can tear if grabbed or pulled on corners or edges.
You can rotate the topper from top to bottom and turn it over once every month, this will ensure even wear and tear and will prolong its lifespan. You can air the product every time you change your bed linen to keep it fresh and dry.
Never use detergents or chemical cleaners on your topper. This can adversely affect not only the fabrics but also the fillings inside.
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If you spill something on your topper and it gets wet, wipe the liquid with a cloth, remove the cover and air the latex core till it dries. You can then use it again.
The Tencel-Purotex cover is zip-off removable and washable at 30 degrees. Do not tumble dry and do not dry clean it.
The topper can be used on any quality mattress in good condition. If your mattress is too old and lumpy, the topper will improve its performance but sagging or dipping on the mattress will be still visible. Do not use the topper on the floor, the lack of ventilation may lead to mould and mildew build up and invalidates your guarantee.
Do not let children to jump on the topper, it may damage it and will invalidate your guarantee. The topper is designed for sleeping on and sitting on the edge can cause damage and place undue stress on this area.
Please keep packaging away from children. Please recycle or dispose packaging.
If you require further advice, please contact us on 0208 450 7662.
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We're suffering from literary jetlag this month. We begin in 18th century Beijing, take a whimsical ride through 1920s Kashgar, stop over in Mexico and detour to Auckland circa 1993, en route to 21st century London. Whew. Time for a lie-down. But not before we share five richly imagined new-release novels with you.
The Yips, by Nicola Barker
Freshly longlisted for the Booker Prize, The Yips is a lively (and lengthy) comic novel about a repugnant professional golfer on a downward slide in the uninspiring English town of Luton, who takes a bunch of misfits with him. (The "yips" is a sporting term for a sudden loss of form at crucial moments. It's odd that we don't use it more in New Zealand.) The story weaves and wanders, but it's highly entertaining. If you think that Booker Prize novels are usually highbrow and impenetrable, this might change your mind.
The Red Chamber, by Pauline Chen
This is one for lovers of vivid historical sagas; Wild Swans is the obvious comparison. The Red Chamber follows the lives of several women in 18th century Beijing. Beautiful young Lin Daiyu has been sent to the city to live an opulent but oppressive life with aristocratic relatives. She falls in love with her charming cousin Baoyu, but he's promised to another cousin, the reserved and repressed Baochai. Both women's lives are ruled by their scheming cousin-in-law Xifeng, who risks losing her status because she's unable to produce a male heir. It's a retelling of a masterpiece of Chinese literature, Dream of the Red Chamber.
A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar, by Suzanne Joinson
In the 1920s, young Eve English becomes a missionary in the ancient Silk Route city of Kashgar. Her motivation is threefold: she's keen to escape a dull life in small-town England; she's writing a guide to cycling in the region; and she's tasked with looking out for her emotionally fragile sister Lizzie, a fellow missionary who is under the spell of their uncompromising leader, Millicent. Things take an unexpected turn when an orphaned baby literally lands in their hands. Eve's adventures are interwoven with the story of Frieda, a quirky modern-day Londoner who embarks on a journey of her own with an unlikely new friend, a homeless Yemeni refugee called Tayeb.
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The Woman who Dived into the Heart of the World, by Sabina Berman
This is a heartfelt tale about a high-functioning autistic girl who is released from a virtual prison in the basement of a dilapidated mansion in Mexico by her aunt, Isabelle. Isabelle has inherited the house - and the family tuna business - after the death of her estranged sister. The wild child in the basement is a surprise addition to her inheritance, and Isabelle names her Karen. The novel follows Isabelle's efforts to introduce Karen to the world, through Karen's unique perspective.
The Girl Below, by Bianca Zander
This is the debut novel of British-born New Zealand writer Bianca Zander, a graduate of the MA in creative writing from Victoria University. Her heroine is Suki Piper, an immature 28-year-old Brit who returns to London after 10 aimless years in New Zealand to find she no longer fits in. "I had thought that the old life would be waiting for me, that if you were born in a place and had grown up there, you were one of its citizens and it would always take you back." The novel is a slow, detailed and meandering exploration of Suki's troubled past and her efforts to rediscover her place in the world.


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For a memorable half-day outing, jump in the car and head out to Cedar Creek Falls. Only 30 minutes from Airlie Beach, you will travel past picturesque cane fields and scenic landscape to the secluded natural fresh waterhole in the Whitsunday Coast hinterland. You will love this truly unique Australian experience with local residents including butterflies, birds, lizards, fish and turtles. Visit after a tropical downpour and enjoy exploring the waterfall and swimming in the rock pool with refreshing, crystal clear water from the heavens.
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Depart Airlie Beach in a westward direction along Shute Harbour Road towards Proserpine and the Bruce Highway. After approximately 18 kilometres you will turn left onto Conway Road at a large rural intersection, which is signposted as the way to Conway Beach and Wilson Beach.
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Level 1: Suitable for the disabled with assistance
Turn off Shute Harbour Road onto Conway Road and proceed a further 8.5 kilometres until you see a turnoff to the left onto Saltwater Creek Road, signposted as the way to Cedar Creek. Continue another 4 kilometres until you reach the carpark adjacent to Cedar Creek.
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|Level of Difficulty
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THE Labor Party often points to the super guarantee system to establish its credentials when it comes to maximising Australians' retirement benefits. In fact, the lack of action by all Labor governments since the introduction of the system to fix a big problem with its design proves the opposite.
The superannuation guarantee has its origins in a deal done by the ACTU with the Hawke government to forgo a 3 per cent wage increase for a 3 per cent compulsory employer superannuation contribution.
In 1992, after a Senate select committee inquiry into superannuation, the guarantee system was introduced by the Keating government. There have been minor changes over the years.
Due to a lack of clarity in the definition of salary used by the system, less than scrupulous employers are able to reduce their required contribution. This occurs when employees try to improve their retirement investments by making voluntary salary-sacrifice super contributions.
The Tax Office, in information provided to employers to help them meet their super guarantee commitments, states that the salary to use for an employee is evidenced by:
■ Ordinary weekly earnings; or
■ The salary specified in an industrial agreement or employment contract; or
■ The amount calculated by the payroll system.
It is this multiple choice of the salary figure to be used by employers that creates problems for employees wanting to sacrifice salary into extra superannuation contributions. This is because some employers follow the letter of the law and base their super guarantee contribution on ordinary weekly earnings after the employee sacrifices some of their wage or salary.
Take for example an employee on a salary of $50,000 a year. If they did nothing, the employer super guarantee contribution should be $4500. But if the employee chooses to salary sacrifice $5000, they are now being paid a weekly salary based on $45,000.
This means their employer is able to base that 9 per cent contribution rate on the lesser salary and only contribute $4050.
In some cases less scrupulous employers are able to avoid making any contribution at all. This is because, some legal experts believe, there is the possibility for an employer to count the $5000 salary sacrificed as meeting their requirement to make the $4050 contribution, and therefore not make any contribution.
Both main political parties are aware of this flaw in the design of the system. The best response that the Gillard government has provided is: "We are considering the issues raised in relation to salary sacrifice." Given that this problem has existed since the system was introduced, offering to consider the issues raised is far from comforting.
If employees were hoping for a more concerned attitude from the opposition, they will be sorely disappointed. Mathias Cormann, shadow minister for financial services and superannuation, said: "We have no current plans to revisit the way compulsory super and salary sacrificing interact. Obviously employees choosing to salary sacrifice will make judgments on whether or not salary sacrificing makes sense for them given their individual circumstances."
The problem can be solved by tightening the definition of salary for SG purposes to that of salary plus amounts sacrificed as superannuation contributions.
Hoping that politicians will do the right thing has not worked for more than 20 years. Perhaps the only way to achieve fairness is for employees to write to their federal member.
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Australia Peripheral Vascular Devices Market Outlook to 2020
new report, "Australia Peripheral Vascular Devices Market Outlook to 2020", provides key market data on the Australia Peripheral Vascular Devices market. The report provides value, in millions of US dollars, and volume (in units) and average price data (in US dollars), within market categories Inferior Vena Cava Filters (IVCF), Peripheral Embolic Protection Devices, Peripheral Guidewires, Peripheral Vascular Stents, PTA Balloons, PTA Peripheral Drug Eluting Balloons (DEB), Renal Denervation Disposable Catheters, Aortic Stent Grafts, Vascular Grafts and Peripheral Venous Thrombectomy Devices.
The report also provides company shares and distribution shares data for the market category, and global corporate-level profiles of the key market participants, pipeline products, and news and deals related to the Peripheral Vascular Devices market wherever available.
The data in the report is derived from dynamic market forecast models. The publisher uses epidemiology and capital equipmentbased models to estimate and forecast the market size. The objective is to provide information that represents the most up-to-date data of the industry possible.
The epidemiology-based forecasting model makes use of epidemiology data gathered from research publications and primary interviews with physicians to establish the target patient population and treatment flow patterns for individual diseases and therapies. Using prevalence and incidence data and diagnosed and treated population, the epidemiology-based forecasting model arrives at the final numbers.
Capital equipmentbased forecasting models are done based on the installed base, replacements and new sales of a specific device/equipment in healthcare facilities such as hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centers. Data for average number of units per facility is used to arrive at the installed base of the capital equipment. Sales for a particular year are arrived at by calculating the replacement units and new units (additional and first-time purchases).
Extensive interviews are conducted with key opinion leaders (KOLs), physicians and industry experts to validate the market size, company share and distribution share data and analysis.
- Market size for Peripheral Vascular Devices categories Inferior Vena Cava Filters (IVCF), Peripheral Embolic Protection Devices, Peripheral Guidewires, Peripheral Vascular Stents, PTA Balloons, PTA Peripheral Drug Eluting Balloons (DEB), Aortic Stent Grafts, Vascular Grafts and Peripheral Venous Thrombectomy Devices.
- Annualized market revenue (USD million), volume (units) and average selling price ($) data for the market categories. Data is provided from 2005 to 2012 and forecast to 2020.
- 2012 company shares and distribution shares data for the market category.
- Global corporate-level profiles of key companies operating within the Australia Peripheral Vascular Devices market.
- Key players covered include C.R. Bard, Inc., Abbott Laboratories, Boston Scientific Corporation, Cordis Corporation, Medtronic, Inc. and Covidien plc.
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Medtronic, Inc.
Cordis Corporation
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Cook Medical Incorporated
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Terumo Corporation
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
B. Braun Melsungen AG
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Goodman Co., Ltd.
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Warming up to the 'Big Heat' all over again
In honor of Gloria Grahame's birthday, November 28, 1923, we are watching "The Big Heat." Again.
The Big Heat/1953/Columbia Pictures/89 min.
"When a barfly gets killed, it could be for any one of a dozen crummy reasons," says Police Lt. Ted Wilks (Willis Bouchey) in "The Big Heat." Fritz Lang's grim but gratifying crime drama from 1953 is laced with violence that's still a bit shocking even by today's standards.
Barflys don't get much sympathy in the fictional city of Kenport, an upstanding community full of white-picket fences and happy homemakers that also harbors a flourishing criminal empire and rampant police corruption.
Wilks is talking to an upright cop, Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion (easy on the eyes Glenn Ford), about the torture and murder of Lucy Chapman (Dorothy Green). Lucy was the girlfriend of police sergeant Tom Duncan, also dead; his suicide is the film's opening scene.
Tom's widow Bertha (Jeanette Nolan) is not what you'd call crushed at her husband's demise and she's martini-dry as she answers questions from Bannion. Bertha claims her husband was ill, hence the suicide. Bannion got a rather different story from Lucy Chapman.
Unlike Tom Duncan, Bannion seems to have a perfect wife, the golden-haired Katie (Jocelyn Brando, Marlon's sister), and a cute little daughter, named Joyce. As Mr. and Mrs. Bannion share smokes, sips of drinks and steaks, they banter easily and make each other laugh.
In addition to questioning barflies and ungrieving widows, Bannion noses into the business of an oily mobster named Mike Lagana (Alexander Scourby), a vicious operator whose right-hand man is the lithe and snarling Vince Stone (Lee Marvin).
The incomparable Gloria Grahame plays Debby Marsh, Stone's inamorata. Debby spends most of her time shopping, drinking and looking at herself in the mirror. What's not to like? As she tells Bannion: "I've had it rich and I've had it poor. Believe me, rich is better."
(In, 1954, Ford and Grahame starred in another Lang noir, "Human Desire," a film version of Émile Zola's novel "La Bête Humaine"/"The Human Beast.")
Shortly after the exchange in Lagana's living room, a car bomb meant for Bannion kills the lovely Katie. Bannion doesn't take much time to mourn; instead, with eyes glazed, he's hellbent on proving the link between the police and Lagana's mob. Suspended from the force, he seeks vengeance on his own, setting the pace for '70s vigilante cops such as Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry. As Bannion obsesses over hate and revenge, in a chilling transformation of character, he becomes the moral equivalent of the gangsters he despises.
Known for stark, intense visuals, here director Lang contrasts gloomy, barlike shadows that bind the characters to their destiny with shocks of scouring white light suggesting revelation. Lang was also known for being difficult with cast and crew, but Ford for one never saw Lang's tyrannical side.
In "Glenn Ford: A Life" by Peter Ford, the famed actor describes his experience: "Fritz Lang came out of the old German studio system, where the director was like a dictator, barking commands and making people jump. He had a pretty nasty reputation in some quarters. There were people in Hollywood who had worked with him who hated his guts, especially some of the crew guys down the line. I mean, there were stories of people throwing lights at him and threatening to kill him for the way he treated them.
"So I head into this picture wondering how bad it's going to be. And then Fritz and I met and had a couple of cocktails, and he couldn't have been sweeter. He treated me with great respect. A wonderful friend, and I learned so much from him. We're talking about one of the real geniuses of the movie business."
"The Big Heat" drew inspiration from real-life events a few years before the film was made. When the U.S. Senate set up the Kefauver Committee to probe organized crime, televised hearings brought the Mafia into the consciousness of the American public. Sydney Boehm wrote the script from a serial by William P. McGivern in the Saturday Evening Post.
And of course, any time crime's on the rise, you know loose women are involved, which brings me to the pièce de résistance: Grahame as Debby. Though she doesn't get a huge amount of screentime, she's funny and fresh, and brims over with sexpot charm – striking the perfect balance between waifish, wide-eyed vulnerability and pleasure-seeking sophistication.
Once Debby realizes the depth of Vince's depravity – burning a young woman's hand with his cigarette is small potatoes to this guy – she switches her loyalty to the righteous but rigid Bannion. And when Vince learns of her betrayal, she gets burned, literally, with a pot of boiling coffee. We hear, but don't see, Debby's wounded reaction in one of the most famous moments in the movies.
With her looks gone, Debby tells Bannion everything she knows and commits the murder that will bring down the syndicate. Oh, and throwing coffee? Two can play at that game. I'd like to see a Starbucks barrista do better.


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You might have thought that Royal siblings would have learned their lesson about the perils of attending fancy dress parties by now.
Pippa's weekend away in Paris probably seemed like a good idea at the time; a lavish party on foreign soil, away from the glare of the British paparazzi, thrown by her old friend Vicomte Arthur de Soultrait, to celebrate his 30th birthday and the seventh anniversary of his swanky fashion brand, Vicomte A.
If Pippa had any reservations about attending a party which was largely a promotional event for a business, they were brushed aside. And, as the palace keeps insisting that she is a 'private individual', and is declining to provide her with security despite the fact that she (or more precisely, her bottom) has done more to reinvigorate the British Royal brand than any number of out-of-touch HRHs, and she has become a focus for random stalkers who have succeeded in kissing her in public places, she doubtless thought she might as well act like a private individual, and go where she bloody well pleased.
And what she pleased was to be guest of honour at Arthur de Soultrait's Marie Antoinette and Louis XIV-themed party.
Let them eat cake, and all that.
Pippa might well have got away with nothing more than a nasty hangover and a few pictures of her entering and exiting the party, plus a few mean comments about her boring fancy dress outfit, had it not been for the fact that, while she was being driven back to the Gare du Nord to catch the Eurostar home, one of Pippa Middleton's pals who was driving the car, produced a toy gun and aimed it, in an ill-timed jest given the recent spate of terror shootings in France, at a photographer.
The snapper sold the pictures to the British tabloid the Sun which then hyped the story to the max by speculating that the gun may have been real (despite the fact that another of the photographers pursuing Pippa said that he saw the toy gun and chatted to the occupants of the vehicle after the car parked up).
The British public are pretty experienced when it comes to sniffing out a tabloid hype-fest, and when it was revealed by a staff member at Vicomte A exclusively to the Royalist that the gun was indeed not real and the whole episode was 'a stupid joke', it might have been the end of the matter.
Unfortunately for Pippa, that is not the case. The story has now entered a second, potentially far more damaging phase, as hundreds of photos posted by the brand on facebook to promote the event have now started appearing in the British press.
The photos give the lie to the story, relentlessly peddled thus far in the media, that the Middleton children are just ordinary middle class girls.
The stack of photos will not make for very happy viewing at the palace today. First off there is the general impression of privileged debauchery, with a powerful overall air of entitled arrogance, not helped by the fact that everyone is dressed up in cullottes, ball gowns and white wigs.
Then there are the dwarves. Having novelty dwarves at a wild party is an old custom among some shock-seeking impressarios, but it doesn't get any more tasteful as the years pass by. Let's put it this way: going to a party where small people have been hired to walk around as a freak show, for people to laugh at, is unlikely to feature as a top tip in Pippa's forthcoming party book.
The worst picture, however, from the Firm's point of view, is the one in which Pippa grins broadly as she stands among a group of women surrounding Arthur, who has a studded bondage dog collar around his neck, which another of the girls is pulling.
De Soultrait certainly milked Pippa's royal connection for all it was worth. A video of the event posted on French gossip website Gala culminates with a stripper clambering out of a cake to God Save the Queen. The party itself was entitled, 'The King is Dead, Long Live the Viscount.'
There has always been a suspicion among the British people that the Middleton children were actually members of the idle rich, and the spotlight that Gungate has shone on Pippa's party companions has now confirmed that hunch.
The plastic toy gun itself will rightly be forgotten before long, especially if, as ABC was reporting last night, the French police don't press charges.
But the images of Pippa, the sister of the future Queen, grinning away alongside her idiotic over-privileged friends as they cavort in bondage gear alongside miniature men hired to provide freak show entertainment, might prove a little harder to erase from the national consciousness.
As the one year anniversary of the moment Pippa sprung to fame as her sister's bridesmaid approaches, the question of just what she intends to do with her sudden and unasked-for celebrity is more urgently in need of an answer than ever before.


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This homemade costume for couples entered our 2012 Halloween Costume Contest.
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My Boyfriend Joe and I dressed as a Corpse Bride and Groom!
Inspired by 'The Corpse Bride' and my own imagination.
Found an old wedding dress and suit at various Charity Shops and basically ripped them apart and distressed them. Same with Accessories. The Make up took a few hours using liquid latex, tissue paper and face paint with lots of lovely fake blood!!
We dress up every year and decorate the front garden as a Haunted Graveyard, then we wait for the kids to come a trick or treating, jump out and give them a fright or two! hee hee! The neighbourhood loves it!
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Since 1987, thousands of children and adults have taken dance classes, preschool ballet classes, or summer camps at the Dancers Workshop, more than any other studio in the Wasilla area. We started as a small school, but have grown to be the prominent and most established dance school in the Wasilla area.
As a parent, we realize you have choices on which dance school to attend.
All schools are not the same. We constantly look to expand our programs and provide ongoing training to our staff to ensure we are always providing our students and parents with the best experience possible.
Today, as in 1987, there are several different studios to choose from. We invite you to compare all of the features and options to see why our studio has been chosen more than any other dance school in the Palmer/Wasilla area.
The Dancers' Workshop is committed to providing dance students with solid dance education in a caring and nurturing environment.
We offer a complete curriculum ranging in classes for the preschool student to the pre-professional dancer that provides inspiration, motivation and appreciation of dance to last a lifetime. Join the families at the Dancers Workshop and discover what dance can do for your child.


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Trade card for American Caramel Co. "Navy Caramels"
tobacco cardEPHEMERA
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overall: 1-1/2 x 2-3/4 in.
Trade card for American Caramel Co. "Navy Caramels"; color lithograph of battleship KANSAS (built 1905); printed lower right "PHOTO COPYRIGHTED BY W. H. RAU, PHILA." and upper right "U. S. BATTLESHIP KANSAS"; printed on back "NAVY CARAMELS./ THIS CARD IS ONE OF A SET OF/ TWENTY-ONE NAVAL PICTURES,/ CONSISTING OF THE PRINCIPAL/ BATTLESHIPS OF THE U.S. NAVY,/ ONE OF WHICH IS WRAPPED/ WITH EVERY NAVY CARAMEL.", followed by list of vessels, and at bottom "MANUFACTURED ONLY BY/ American Caramel Co./ PHILADELPHIA, PA." F. Calabretta notes: This is a trading card, issued after the true trade card era. Similar to 2003.82.18.


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AES New York 2013
Live Sound Track Event N1
Thursday, October 17, 4:30 pm — 6:00 pm (Room 1E13)
Networked Audio: N1 - One Network to Rule Them AllChair:
Kevin Gross, AVA Networks - Boulder, CO, USA
Mattias Allevik, Video Corporation of America - New York, NY, USA
Dave Revel, Technical Multimedia Design, Inc. - Burbank, CA, USA
Networked audio distribution is now less frequently accomplished as a separate infrastructure. The promise of running audio on the same network as other facility services and applications is now coming to fruition. This workshop will discuss the motivation for combining services, the challenges in doing so, and requirements this approach puts on audio networking technologies.
|This session is presented in association with the AES Technical Committee on Network Audio Systems


text: Altamura is a city and comune of Apulia, southern Italy. It is located on one of a hill of the Murge plateau in the province of Bari, 45 kilometres South-West of Bari, close to the border with Basilicata. As of 2011 its population was of 70,288.The city is known for its particular quality of bread called Pane di Altamura, which is sold in numerous other Italian cities. According to the Latin poet Horace: "...for water is sold here, though the worst in the world; but their bread is exceeding fine, inasmuch that the weary traveler is used to carry it willingly on his shoulders."The 400,000 year old calcified Altamura Man was discovered in the nearby limestone cave, called grotta di Lamalunga.


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Always a treat to see this Haunt each year.
And the Angel of Death prop is beautiful.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Season Of Shadows 2010
Always a treat to see this Haunt each year.
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- Jon Glassett said...
Is it just me, or does it seem like haunts in general are reaching a new level this year? I'm not blowing smoke here: as I surf around and look at peoples' displays it seems like everyone across the board has just exploded in terms of quality, atmosphere, detail, photography...you name it. It's a good, good year for haunts.
- November 12, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- Rot said...
I'd totally agree with you.
Definitely a level of detail this year that's off the charts compared to other years.
Really exciting. Love finding these gems.
- November 12, 2010 at 12:37 PM
- Rot said...
I should clarify that I meant all haunts in general...I wasn't referring to Season of Shadows, since he always has a beautiful haunt loaded with detail..though this year's Angel of Death display is his finest work yet.
- November 12, 2010 at 12:39 PM
- Jay's Shadow said...
Yea, that Angel of Death is pretty cool!
Mr. Glassett, ever since I ran into Pumpkinrot's site I have just exploded into this home haunt deal. Last year was my first big set up I did outside and it was pretty easy.....then I started seeing eveybody elses haunts and I was like.... CRAP! I got to get better at this! And I was snapping pics like crazy this year too.
And of course I didn't even get to do what I wanted to do for this one.
I don't know how many times I changed things around this year....(ugh)
- November 12, 2010 at 12:45 PM
- Hopsy the beer drinking clown said...
I think Rot inspires all of us, he sets the bar high for creative excellence but then he encourages us to jump! My ground-breakers seemed to have gotten a lot more attention this year from visitors and people walking down the street, all thanks to Rot!
- November 12, 2010 at 4:56 PM
- T.D.R. said...
I have been doing my yard since 1984 and about 5 years ago I slowed
down, not alot of kids and I don't do alot on my PC. But last year Dr.Keepy on You Tube said go on pumkinrot.com,it was like someone pull a stake from my heart! Inspires yes and Season of Shadows top quality haunt.
- November 14, 2010 at 3:11 PM


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Sound Off for April 1, 2013
Asset? Many are saying McKenna is a liability to the district and totally clueless as evidenced by his widely quoted statement passing off the scandal at THS as no big deal, happens everywhere. Also, McKenna was A.D. during the football season when the arrested player was allowed to continue playing, was he not? (Check with other area high schools, arrested players are either off the team or benched. Even UCONN put Wolff off the team promptly when he was arrested and not yet convicted). Saying he didn't know the football coach allowed the player to continue on the team would point to poor supervision of the coach and the team. MVP? As far as McKenna "molding character, instilling values, MORALS" I believe many in Torrington would question this based on the arrest of 4 football players . As far as priorities go, it appears that a priority was to sweep the initial arrest under the rug, award the alleged felon the MVP award and let life go on until the alleged felons arrest for statutory rape and the R.C.'s expose' of the earlier arrest. McKenna needs to take his lumps on this. So, no we don't have to "understand."
You seem to forget that Obama was reelected for a second term. Even though Boehner thinks he was elected President it was Obama. The people spoke and the people of the country decided they wanted the economy to get better not worse. Bush was leading this country to complete disaster and you know it. Just look up the history and you'll see even though your personal thing is Obama shouldn't be President for whatever reason you think. We are in the mess we are in because tax dollars are currently being given to the wealthiest of millionaires. We have a war going on that Bush started and another one that Obama ended. Both those wars were unfunded and the Iraq war cost us over 2.2 trillion dollars. I guess because Bush started both those wars that it is OK to spend all that money we didn't allocate. You must think that sending all the manufacturing to China and other places is a fine thing also because that is a solid republican policy. Take the money and send it to the Swiss banks and other places like the Grand Cayman Islands. There people like Romney don't have to pay American taxes on the millions they earn.
Bush, Bush and more Bush. Almost five years of unfulfilled promises, and these two Idiots at the top of our Country keep spending like there is no tomorrow. I guess you think that is still ok. I would like to have the funds that Michele and her Kids spend in one month, or Biden in one night, I and my Kids would be set for life. A total waste is what they are.
Interesting that you can harass a victim through social media and it is considered freedom of speech. Do the same through social media against someone gay or lesbian and see if you still have freedom of speech? I am not advocating bullying through social media against anyone as acceptable. But I do believe we pick and choose when we want to pull out the bullying card or the hate card.......Interesting.
Why is it that no one is looking into the administration allowing the rapist continue to play football after he was charged with a felony for assault and robbery??? This should not be brushed off! There was another football player with him that night of the assault who was in the wrong place at the same time. He was kicked off the football team, not given another chance like the MVP.


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Locke strong but gets little help against Colon
Starter edged by slim but insurmountable margin vs. fellow All-Star
PITTSBURGH -- Fronted by two of baseball's top pitchers, two of the Major Leagues' best teams met Monday night and got it all right on the first take. The feature at PNC Park lived up to its billing, if not to the Pirates' expectations.
Jeff Locke, the National League All-Star left-hander, outpitched his older and weightier AL counterpart, Bartolo Colon. However, the NL Central-leading Pirates could not outscore the AL West-leading Athletics in a 2-1 loss.
The Athletics, remaining the only big league team unbeaten against another, improved their all-time record against Pittsburgh to 10-0.
On other fronts, it was an all-around streak-buster.
It brought to an end two eight-game winning streaks: Locke's, since dropping his first decision back on April 7, and the Pirates' in Interleague Play, since a 6-5 loss in Detroit on May 27.
Also, the Bucs had taken their last 10 one-run games at home, that particular string dating back to early May.
"Losing any time makes you appreciate winning," Locke said. "But winning or losing is the one thing [pitchers] can't control. We battled to the end like always; that's what I always expect of these guys."
This latest loss to the A's heightened the recent offensive frustrations of the Pirates, who have scored five total runs in three consecutive defeats and dropped a half-game behind the St. Louis Cardinals in the division race.
Grant Balfour got the official save of Colon's 12th win -- but the practical save belonged to center fielder Coco Crisp.
The Pirates had already aborted Colon's shutout -- on Jose Tabata's RBI infield single with two outs in the seventh -- and still had two men on base when Andrew McCutchen teed off on a fastball and ripped it to left-center. It had at least tie game written all over it.
But McCutchen insisted later: "The minute I hit it, I knew [Crisp] would catch it. That's Coco Crisp -- he's fast. I told myself, 'I'm catching that ball, too, if I'm out there playing.' Off my bat, I knew it had a chance to fall -- but there was more of a chance he was gonna catch it."
Crisp flew through the air for an inning-ending grab of the gap-seeking liner.
"When he hit it, I didn't think he had a chance to get to it," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. "I've been around Coco long enough to know he can get to some balls. But that one was terrific. That's the play of the year. I think that's where the game was decided."
No argument from the victim.
"It was a game-saver for them," said McCutchen, who earlier had extended his hitting streak to 10 games. "It happens. I hit the ball hard, just didn't hit a hole. Otherwise, it's a totally different game. But that's the way it goes. There's nothing you can do about it, but keep playing."
Locke tendered his sixth "high-quality" start of at least seven innings allowing no more than two earned runs. In seven innings, he gave up three hits and two runs, with three walks and four strikeouts.
"Came as advertised," Melvin said of the lefty. "You look at him, he's not afraid to pitch inside. He throws his changeup whenever he wants. He's got a breaking ball that he can bounce and throw for a strike. He really commands and bullies both sides of the plate with the way he pitches inside to righties."
Colon, who had won eight straight until losing a tight one to the White Sox on Wednesday in his previous start, also went seven, on a yield of seven hits and one run while walking one and fanning five.
"He was built to pitch," said Pirates manager Clint Hurdle, returning Melvin's compliment. "That's what he's been doing for a long time. This guy's in a good place. He's cut it down to three pitches. His fastball's got life. Sink when he wants it, and he's got that four-seamer that can stay up in the zone. He was built to pitch."
The A's first hit turned into the game's first run, but only after Russell Martin nearly pulled off one of his more amazing plays. With one away in the fourth, Jed Lowrie doubled to right-center and took off for third base when Locke's 1-1 pitch to Josh Donaldson skipped through and about 10 feet behind Martin. The catcher quickly retrieved the ball and unleashed what appeared to be a hopeless throw. But not only was it placed perfectly, it was a little too good: Pedro Alvarez gloved it, but his swipe tag crossed in front of the bag before Lowrie's foot got there.
"Ninety-nine times out of 100, I'll tag him," Alvarez said. "It's just one of those plays, you react, and either you get him or not."
Safe on the wild pitch, Lowrie then came in on Donaldson's sacrifice fly.
Oakland did not put two men on base until the seventh, when the same pair was at the root of the trouble. Lowrie and Donaldson led off with consecutive singles, leading to a two-out, bases-loaded walk of Derek Norris that doubled the A's lead to 2-0.
"That's what will stick out for me -- walking Norris," Locke said, adding that of the deciding inside fastball, "10 times in a row, I'd throw the same pitch again. I was a little off on that spot, but it happens from time to time.
"Really, I wouldn't change anything about [the entire outing]. Everything I did, I'd take it out there for the next start."


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Sorry, but I appear to be a complete idiot when it comes to this stuff. Downloaded the file, but can't seem to figure out where the "download" folder is or how to get it set up. Tried putting it in programs and get nothing but errors. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Running on Vista
Okay, lets try this from the beginning since I'm not that smart when it comes to this stuff apparently. I download the file. Unzip, it contains four items: Setup, Setup.lst, Aurora.cab, and updated475.zip. I run the setup, it installs the program. While installing, I get several messages telling me a file on my computer is better than the one from the install and I should keep it. Then, the program is now in C:Progams(x86) or whatever. Next step is to then copy and paste the .cab and setup.lst into the new Aurora folder? Then run the update? Thanks for the help. I hope the game is less frustrating for me than my apparent ineptitude getting it installed.
2) Run Setup.exe. This should run a standard Microsoft install program, installing to the default C:\Program Files\Aurora directory
Quote from: "Steve Walmsley"2) Run Setup.exe. This should run a standard Microsoft install program, installing to the default C:\Program Files\Aurora directoryHi Steve, I was just wondering how much Aurora depends on Setup.exe being run. I take my work laptop on vacation with me, and have a policy on it of not running any installers on it for personal stuff for fear of corrupting something. OTOH, if I could just unzip things into a directory then I'd be able to play on the laptop. I remember that SA allowed one to change the location of the DB - I assume that that was going into the registry. Is there anything else going on that requires setup?
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February 4, 1977
Chris Greicius is diagnosed with leukemia, shortly after he and his mother, Linda Pauling, have driven from Illinois to Arizona.
June, 1977
Tommy Austin, a U.S. Customs agent, meets Chris and his mother Linda for the first time.
April 29, 1980
Chris' wish to be a police officer is granted by members of the Arizona Department of Public Safety; story airs on Phoenix Channel 12. Moved by the experience, an assembled group of future Make-A-Wish founders talk about granting another similar wish.
April 30, 1980
Officers take a special custom-made uniform to Chris' home and give him motorcycle proficiency test with traffic cones; story runs in the Phoenix Gazette.
May 2, 1980
DPS officers visit Chris at St. Joseph's hospital as his health declines, bringing him a motorcycle officer's wings.
May 3, 1980
Chris Greicius passes away.
May 8, 1980
Donations are raised so DPS motor officers Frank Shankwitz and Scott Stahl can fly to Illinois to participate in a full police burial for Chris. The manager at Smitty's Supermarket in Tempe, Ariz., makes the first individual donation.
May 9, 1980
Chris is given a full officer's funeral joined by law enforcement from agencies around Illinois. Waiting at O'Hare International Airport, strangers who have heard the story talk to the two officers. Flying home, Stahl and Shankwtiz discuss the impact the boy's wish seems to have on everyone who hears about it.
I said, 'Why can't we do that for other ill children, let them make a wish, and we'll make it happen.' We approached Chris' mom, Linda, and she said,'Let's do it.'
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Frank Shankwitz, Make-A-Wish® co-founder
July 1980
Some of the founders gather at the home of co-founder Allan Schmidt to elect a board of directors for the Chris Greicius Make-A-Wish Memorial, Inc. The first board consists of:
President: Frank Shankwitz
Vice President: Scott Stahl
Secretary-Treasurer: Kathy McMorris
Members: Allan Schmidt, Lynn Bergendahl
October 20, 1980
Articles of incorporation are filed.
January 7, 1981
The Arizona Corporation Commission certifies the filing.
April 1981
The first official Make-A-Wish kid, Frank "Bopsy" Salazar, has his wish granted when he wishes to be a fireman, ride in a hot air balloon and go to Disneyland.
Kitty Derby becomes the first Make-A-Wish volunteer outside of the founding board.
April 16, 1981
Mistee Riggle is granted her wish to go to Disneyland.
June 29, 1981
Chris Baxter realizes his wish to go to the beach in San Diego.
July 1981
$2,000 is raised at Prescott balloon ride for the organization's first fundraiser. Allan Schmidt is elected the first CEO of Make-A-Wish.
August 18, 1981
The first annual meeting of Make-A-Wish is held. New officers and members were elected:
President: Allan Schmidt
Vice President: Lynn Bergendahl
Secretary: Grace La Scala
Treasurer: Kathy McMorris
Members: Bill Drury, Ann Stine, Ron Cox. Phyllis Paulsell, Tommy Austin, Jean Rhodes
September 19, 1981
Wish kid Thomasina Schnepf goes to Disneyland.
October 20, 1981
Wish kid Bitsy Mayberry goes to Disneyland.
December 11, 1981
Lisa Shaver goes to Knotts Berry Farm.
December 26, 1981
Phoenix Channel 3 airs story of Lisa Shaver.
January 1982
Chrissy Hughes goes to Disneyland.
Ben Hayden goes to Disneyland; NBC covers his wish story.
January 22, 1982
NBC Magazine report by Douglas Kiker airs and sparks interest in the national wish-granting movement. Following the broadcast, hundreds of calls are received to start new chapters around the United States and in Canada.
The calls flooded the system ... The same thing happened the next hour, and the next, as the piece ran in different time zones. And things started to happen like crazy.
Allan Schmidt, Make-A-Wish co-founder, on response to the 1982 NBC Magazine piece that drove early growth
John Paul Serna, 12, makes the first Super Bowl wish and attends Super Bowl VXI in Pontiac, Mich. His wish receives national attention.
March 16, 1982
Board meeting held: Board member Bill Drury presides; Therese Dotson, Dolli Peralta, Linda Dozoretz, Vicky Foster added to board.
August 12, 1982
Board meeting to elect officers held:
President: Tommy Austin
Secretary: Grace LaScala
Treasurer: Dolli Peralta
October 24, 1982
A letter of request to cease using the Make-A-Wish name is sent to all unaffiliated groups.
January 26, 1983
Board decides to form committees to structure workload more consistently.
March 24, 1983
Attorney Gil Rudolph speaks to board about formation of national Make-A-Wish organization, saying eight affiliates have been signed and six more are pending; he suggests a structure for national organization with national board.
May 13, 1983
Make-A-Wish Foundation® of America is incorporated to oversee the numerous Make-A-Wish chapters beginning to surface across the country.
May 25, 1983
Board meeting follows the formation of Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, and a national board is selected: Phil Bystrom, Bill Drury, Linda Dozoritz, Jose Montilla and Dolli Peralta; alternates are Linda Kaplan and Tommy Austin.
November 29, 1983
Board meeting to determine division of funds between local and national boards.
December 1983
President Ronald Reagan grants the first presidential wish and lets Amy, a wish kid from Arizona, light the National Christmas Tree at the White House ceremony.
January 25, 1984
Dolli Peralta becomes executive director of Arizona chapter board.
April 1984
News article about Make-A-Wish reports that 82 wishes have been granted since 1980.
June 21, 1984
Tommy Austin resigns from board and is made Honorary Life Member of the Arizona Make-A-Wish chapter.
December 1984
Twenty-two official Make-A-Wish chapters are established during the year, bringing the total number of chapters to 28.
Nine-West Shoe Company becomes the first national corporate sponsor for Make-A-Wish and holds fundraising events in eight cities, specifically four-mile runs for women, with all proceeds going to wish granting.
January 3, 1985
Board meeting with election of new officers:
President: Linda Kaplan
Executive vice-president: Geoffrey Bruce
Administrative vice-president: Kathy McMorris
Secretary: Carol Francis
Treasurer: William Keenan
February 7, 1985
Phoenix Mayor Terry Goddard proclaims March 1985 Make-A-Wish Month.
December 1985
A short video about a wish experience, "Stephanie in the Snow," wins numerous national awards and generates more interest in wish granting. By year's end, there are 34 Make-A-Wish chapters around the world.
Jan. 1, 1986
Make-A-Wish participates in the Tournament of Roses Parade for the first time.
United Airlines becomes the first airline to establish a national program to donate free tickets to wish kids. Make-A-Wish New Zealand in officially established. With 50 chapters around the world, a total of 1,201 wishes have been granted.
A total of 1,487 wishes are granted during the year by 57 official Make-A-Wish chapters.
A total of 2,239 wishes are granted during the year, and Reader's Digest published the story, "They Bring Joy to Sick Kids," which generates international impact and response.
Eight NFL teams grant wishes, and three Super Bowl wishes are granted.
A total of 2,796 wishes are granted by 62 Make-A-Wish chapters.
Make-A-Wish celebrates its 10th anniversary and grants its 10,000th wish. A total of 3,487 wishes are granted during the year, and the organization receives the President's Citation for Voluntary Action Award.
Make-A-Wish was about the community taking care of the families and the needs of others. And it did! That was the draw into it: people giving of themselves and asking for nothing in return. What we received from giving was the gift in return. This is still true today.
Kathy McMorris, Make-A-Wish co-founder
The Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Puerto Rico is established.
A total of 3,998 wishes are granted during the year.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Guam is established.
Discover® Financial Services, Inc. becomes the first million-dollar sponsor. The majority of the contribution comes from Discover® Card's Cash Back Bonus Program.
A total of 4,713 wishes are granted during the year.
Make-A-Wish International is formed.
Women's World magazine features wish kid Jessica's wish to meet Princess Diana.
A total of 5,078 wishes are granted during the year.
A total of 5,402 wishes are granted during the year.
Make-A-Wish celebrates its 15th anniversary and grants 5,807 wishes during the year. A wish is now being granted, on average, every 90 minutes.
The Make-A-Wish website, wish.org, goes live.
A total of 6,490 are granted during the year.
Make-A-Wish grants its 50,000th wish for Aaron, who wishes to be a cowboy.
A total of 7,041 wishes are granted during the year.
Five corporate sponsors donate more than $1 million each.
A total of 7,498 wishes are granted during the year.
Make-A-Wish international affiliates grow to 20 with the addition of Costa Rica and the Philippines.
A total of 8,188 wishes are granted during the year, including wish kid Gregory's wish to go to Antarctica.
Make-A-Wish now serves every community in the United States.
To celebrate 20 years of wish granting, chapters and affiliates around the world grant a wish in honor of the more than 80,000 wishes that have been granted.
More than 100,000 wishes have been granted worldwide.
Make-A-Wish celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Make-A-Wish launches Wishes Forever, its first national endowment campaign.
On April 29, the first World Wish Day® is celebrated in 37 countries to recognize 30 years of wish granting.
Make-A-Wish commissions Wish Impact Study to assess whether and how wishes change lives for wish kids, wish families and everyone involved in a wish experience.
Make-A-Wish grants a wish to 14,000 kids with life-threatening medical conditions this year alone – about half of the number of kids diagnosed with an eligible medical condition. Make-A-Wish commits to a vision of granting a wish to every eligible child.
Make-A-Wish has granted more than 220,000 wishes in the United States and its territories – on average, a wish is granted every 38 minutes.
Make-A-Wish and Disney grant the 100,000th wish involving Disney since the organization's founding in 1980.
Make-A-Wish surpasses 300,000 wishes in the United States - a wish is granted every 34 minutes, on average, to someone in the United States.
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Fresh Perspectives on Star
Formation from LEGUS, the Legacy ExtraGalactic Ultraviolet Survey
David Thilker, Johns Hopkins University
The Legacy ExtraGalactic Ultraviolet Survey (LEGUS) was a Cycle 21 Large Treasury HST program which obtained ~parsec resolution NUV- to I-band WFC3 imaging for 50 nearby, representative star-forming Local Volume galaxies, with a primary goal of linking the scales of star formation from the limit of individual stars, to clusters and associations, eventually up through the hierarchy to giant star forming complexes and galaxy-scale morphological features.
I will review the basics of the survey, public data products and science team results pertaining to clusters and the field star hierarchy. I will then describe work to optimize photometric selection methods for massive main sequence O star candidates and LBV candidates, in the former case establishing a means to statistically constrain the fraction of O stars in very isolated locales. I will introduce new ideas on how to quantify the complex spatio-temporal nature of hierarchical star formation using multi-scale clustering methods. The first steps of this work have yielded a landmark OB association database for 36 LEGUS target fields (in 28 of the nearest available galaxies), with tracer stellar populations selected and interpreted uniformly. I will finish with discussion of a pilot HST program to demonstrate remarkably increased survey efficiency of WFC3 UV imaging enabled by use of extra-wide (X) filter bandpasses. Such efficiency is required as we move beyond LEGUS and begin to rigorously explore low surface brightness star-forming environments where canonical results for the IMF and cluster formation efficiency are increasingly called into question.
The SPLASH Survey of the Andromeda Galaxy
Raja Guhathurkurta, University of California, Santa Cruz
Our nearest large spiral galaxy neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy (M31),
and its dwarf satellites, offer a panoramic yet detailed view of
galaxy formation and evolution in our astronomical backyard. This
system also serves as an excellent laboratory for the study of stellar
populations because the stars are all practically at the same distance
from us. I will present results from the SPLASH (Spectroscopic and
Photometric Landscape of Andromeda's Stellar Halo) survey, the
backbone of which was a large Keck DEIMOS spectroscopic survey of
evolved stars in M31. Most of the SPLASH spectroscopic targets in
M31's disk were selected from the PHAT (Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda
Treasury) survey, a wide-field 6-filter Hubble Space Telescope mosaic
image of a portion of the disk of M31. The talk will cover a range of
science topics including: Local Group dynamics, structure/substructure
and metallicity of M31's stellar halo, satellite tidal interactions,
disk/halo interface, dynamical heating of the disk, and rare stellar


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Not all JustFaith groups meet in parish meeting rooms. One allows inmates to deepen their faith and serve their community behind bars.
Eleven men sit in a circle on church pews that they have pulled close together in the cool and peacefully quiet chapel. They listen intently as soft-spoken members of the group discuss the plans for their day-long retreat.
This could have been any JustFaith group, coming together to understand how they could make a difference in the world today by studying the principles of Catholic social teaching. But this JustFaith group is different; it is the only group that has been formed in a state prison—Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the largest maximum-security state prison in the United States. Called "Angola" for short, the prison is located on 18,000 acres at the dead end of a two-lane state highway, surrounded on three sides by the Mississippi River.
These men, and four others who could not attend the retreat during the first month of their JustFaith journey, are of many faiths and no faith. They meet because they want to be better men in their own world—the jail.
Usually JustFaith participants at Angola come from the outside. Many JustFaith groups visit the prison for a "border crossing" experience, a central component to JustFaith in which participants experience the issues they have been reading and praying about. Those visiting Angola come to learn what it is like to live behind bars, knowing you will never again live outside the bars and barbed-wire fences.
During one "border crossing" experience, the idea of forming a JustFaith group at the prison surfaced. Prison ministers supported the idea, knowing from past experience teaching everything from sacramental preparation to college-level courses in theology that some of the inmates were eager to learn more about faith.
With a strong commitment to prison ministry among Baton Rouge Catholics, including Bishop Robert W. Muenh, prison officials and the JustFaith Ministries agreed to start the program at Angola, though not all participants are Catholic.
Participants were specially selected for the 32-week journey, mostly from an ecumenical Bible study group led by Rev. Reginald Watts, who became a Protestant minister while in jail. Rather than worrying about what religious services people attend, co-leader and fellow prisoner William Silva says he focuses on people's good hearts.
"JustFaith takes us out of our comfort zone," Silva says. Learning about sacred listening has "given us a love and appreciation for each other, our families, and our loved ones," he adds.
While reading and discussing the JustFaith material about people starving because they had no food, Silva comments that he felt guilty about the times he wasted food.
Many of the men say they thought JustFaith was going to be just another academic course, but they are happy that it is giving them a greater opportunity to "be comfortable with each other" and those they live with in the prison dorms.
Though the program is still in its first months, they say they are not as judgmental as they once were. "We know what we are supposed to be doing. If we are looking to grow we have to do what God says to do," says Watts.
Most of the men say JustFaith is helping them, giving them the strength they need on their journey with God. They have also found a way to serve the wider community.
For their first border crossing, they met with the St. Jean Vianney Church JustFaith community. The groups discussed the similarities and differences of their lives, realizing in the end that there are many things in life that can make you a prisoner, not just prison bars. There is much that people can learn from each other, even if some live in the outside world and others simply long to be there.
This article appeared in the June 2010 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 75, No. 6, page 25).


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Allan Tippit is a footnote in history.
His father, police Officer J.D. Tippit, was gunned down by the same assassin who killed President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963 — a day that forever changed the trajectory of Dallas, as it did the life of a 13-year-old boy who lost his daddy.
"He was the oldest of my three children, and he certainly took it the hardest," said Marie Tippit, the fallen officer's 84-year-old widow. "Allan was more withdrawn after that, and he started having trouble in school."
Now, after nearly 50 years, Tippit said, her eldest son is sick. Stage 4 lung cancer.
And just as people did a half-century ago — donating more than $600,000 to help support the young Tippit family — friends are helping out with a fundraiser Saturday at Poor David's Pub to help pay Allan Tippit's medical bills.
"This family just can't catch a break," said Michael Amonett, past president of the Old East Dallas Conservation League, who met Allan Tippit in November during the dedication of a memorial honoring his father's service.
"His eyes were just misting up, and he kept saying, 'Thank you so much.' It was very sweet."
A few weeks after that ceremony, Allan Tippit went to the doctor complaining of back pain. A biopsy confirmed his worst fears — a malignancy had spread to other parts of his body.
When news of the test results got to Amonett, he suggested the conservation league help promote a benefit concert.
"They were all so happy the day of the dedication," Amonett said. "And this happened so soon after, we were sure it was the right thing to do."
Allan Tippit is a painter who, like many independent contractors, lives job to job. He doesn't have health insurance and is being treated at Parkland Memorial Hospital, which is famous for being the spot where the president was pronounced dead that Friday afternoon so long ago.
Tippit, who has been undergoing daily chemotherapy treatments, was too weak Thursday to talk much about this weekend's fundraiser.
"He was a man who made you want to live right," he said of his father in a brief phone interview from the Oak Cliff home he shares with his mother.
"He loved his family and he loved his kids, and he's the example I hold up for my kids."
Marie Tippit said memories of her husband now orbit the good things — the years of laughter and football in the front yard with the kids — as well as the pain of how it all ended.
On the morning of Nov. 22, 1963, she had gotten a call that Allan was sick and needed to be picked up from school. He was there when his father came home for a quick lunch.
"Looking back, I realized how really blessed I was that he came by the house for lunch that day, because it was really unusual," she said. "I made him a sandwich and fried him some potatoes, and I could do that in a hurry those days.
"He had to leave and I was baby-sitting a small child that afternoon for extra money."
About an hour later, a relative called with the news — an Officer Tippit had been shot to death by the man suspected of assassinating the president.
Marie Tippit said those next few hours — as police closed in on Oswald and arrested him at the Texas Theatre, as the dizzying news ricocheted around the globe — she gathered her children one by one to tell them their daddy had been killed in the line of duty.
The first was Allan.
"He just didn't take that well at all," she said, "and neither did his mother."
Marie Tippit said it took years before her children — Charles Allan, 63; Brenda, 59; and Curtis, 54 — could talk about their father without crying.
The attention that followed the assassination, she said, was a mixed blessing.
Money poured in from around the world. She later married Dallas police Lt. Harry Thomas, who died in 1982. Her third marriage, to Carl Flinner, ended in divorce, and she reassumed her first husband's last name.
She said each of her children received about $80,000 from the fund when they reached adulthood.
But she said reporters and conspiracy nuts also hounded the family.
One of the most outlandish theories — that her husband was somehow complicit in a plot to kill the president — burns her still.
"He was a good man who was killed doing his job," Marie Tippit said. "That's what people need to remember about my husband."
She said she's convinced one of the unacknowledged victims from that day was her son Allan.
He never seemed to get back on track after his dad died. For many years he struggled with drug abuse, she said, and has the criminal record to prove it, but has muscled his way through recovery.
"When you're 13 and you lose your daddy, and you're a boy, that's hard," she said. "He did have some trouble with the law and drugs, but he's straightened all that out."
Danny Smith knew Allan from a distance at Kimball High School in Oak Cliff.
"Everyone knew who he was being that his dad was killed by Oswald," said Smith, who's organizing Saturday's fundraiser.
"He had a reputation for being a tough guy, but over the years mellowed out and became a pretty nice, easygoing fellow."
Smith said he and Allan Tippit reconnected years later, sharing stories about high school and the old neighborhood.
"I always felt bad for him because he lost his dad in junior high school and sort of lost his way, too, right when he needed a strong father figure," Smith said.
"We just want to help him out and in some way help make up for the bad hand he was dealt."
GO & DO: Allan Tippit benefit concert
Performing: Bobby Caldwell
When: 8 p.m. Saturday
Where: Poor David's Pub, 1313 S. Lamar St.
Admission: $15
Can't make the concert?
Donations can be sent to:
Charles Tippit
c/o Woodforest National Bank
3770 Belt Line Road
Addison, Texas 75001