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GP visits to care homes reduce hospital admissions by nearly 40%
Funding gap for care home charges filled by service users, says report
Pharmacists funded to work in care homes in England
Dementia UK lauds frontline nurses with emotional animation
Counting the cost of adult social care as councils set spending budgets
Call for government to ditch 'discriminatory' PIP rules for NHS care home stays
Dementia research must study care as well as cure
Social care allowances are confusing – the government must offer clarity
Fears over pressure on care system as National Audit Office warns staff and funding are not sustainable
Social care at 'tipping point' as back pay crisis grows, warn councils
Dementia sufferers 'wiped out' financially in 'unfair' care system, says Jeremy Hunt
6 reasons why we need dementia-friendly financial services
Dementia study adds to calls for more funding of music therapy
Music can help reduce symptoms but only 5% of care homes are using it effectively, finds report
Warning over 'trust' schemes supposed to help families avoid paying for care
Ombudsman calls for councils to be clear on care home costs
We need a new care deal to tackle the challenges of an ageing population
Social care in 2018: time to think about the future workforce
Voucher plan to help pay for elderly care
Government warned against using council tax to 'plug gap' in social care funding
Social care postcode gap widens for older people
David Cameron admits 'we didn't solve' problem of funding social care for Britain's ageing population
Care homes: Public 'pay unfair fees to plug £1bn shortfall'
Care workers 'exhausted' by staff shortage
We can't fix social care if we think it's just for older people
How to design websites for older people
Social care funding can't take any more setbacks. It needs reform now
Overnight carer back pay scheme 'unaffordable'
Why care costs are spiralling at up to twice inflation
A job in care – what's it worth?
Dear Debbie Corti-Young,
The Government has responded to the petition you signed – "Theresa May: Seek an urgent cross-party solution to the health and care crisis".
Government responded:
The Government recognises the pressures on the health and social care system. It is supporting the NHS's own plan for the future and going further than ever before to integrate health and social care.
The Government knows that the NHS is facing many challenges and there are increasing pressures on all parts of the health and care system. It is important to remember that the pressures faced by the NHS are common to most developed health systems and are due to, amongst other things, an ageing population, changing public expectations and the cost of new drugs. However we have more doctors, more nurses, more paramedics all delivering more treatments than ever, funded by a budget at record levels.
The NHS and wider health system has already examined what needs to be done to ensure the sustainability of the health and care system. This is why in the Spending Review in November 2015, the Government committed to increase funding for the NHS in England, with funding to be £10 billion higher in real terms by 2020-21, compared to 2014-15. This is the money that the NHS in England asked for and will support the NHS's own plan for its future – the Five Year Forward View – which set out what needs to change and how this can be achieved of this new funding. £6 billion will be provided by the end of this year, kick starting the process of change, and enabling the Government to deliver Government objectives including seven day services and improved access to cancer treatments and mental health services. The Five Year Forward View is available on NHS England's website – https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/5yfv-web.pdf.
We are making progress towards strategic system changes and new models of care. There is emerging evidence that the vanguards have had a significant impact, reducing pressure on busy services at local level since their launch. In the Fylde Coast Local Health Economy vanguard for example, early figures show that bringing different health professionals under one roof to support older patients with multiple conditions reduced A&E attendance by 13%. We will continue to support this work to design a world class health system, fit for the future.
Alongside this, we are giving local authorities access of up to £3.5 billion of new support for social care by 2019-20, through the social care precept and the Better Care Fund. And aware of the more imminent pressures on social care, the Government took the necessary steps in the recent Local Government Settlement to help in the shorter-term, making available almost £900 million of additional social care funding over the next two years.
The Government believes that the answer to the challenges faced by the health and social care system lies in delivering more integrated services and keeping people well and independent for longer, and in working with the NHS in implementing its own plan for the future of the NHS – the Five Year Forward View.
Department of Health
Click this link to view the response online:
The Petitions Committee will take a look at this petition and its response. They can press the government for action and gather evidence. If this petition reaches 100,000 signatures, the Committee will consider it for a debate.
The Committee is made up of 11 MPs, from political parties in government and in opposition. It is entirely independent of the Government. Find out more about the Committee: https://petition.parliament.uk/help#petitions-committee
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Right.. after a bit of encouragement from reading this thread and some minimal goading from my mate - this arvo I slapped down a deposit on an XTC1. Should have it next weekend - dunno if that factored in this long weekend however.
My LBS talked me around from the XTC2. Got a new road morph pump, some eggbeater Cs, a hydration bladder, spare brake pads and new U-lock all thrown in for a smidge over $2K.
I'm excited!
Cool! Sounds like we'll be seeing you on the next dirt ride then.
Are you free during the week at all? I know you won't have the bike this week, but a mate and I are taking another newbie out on Wed or Thurs (he's buying an XtC2). We may end up doing quite a few mid-week rides in the future. You're welcome to join us (as is anyone else who is free).

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Bob Saget, Candace Cameron Bure and Jodie Sweetin had a mini-"Full House" Tanner family reunion at a research benefit Tuesday.
The "TGIF" fixtures attended the Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine event to benefit scleroderma research at the Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire. Saget, who hosted the event, is a Scleroderma Research Foundation member. The actor-comedian lost his sister to the autoimmune disease, which literally means "hard skin" and affects internal organs.
Cameron Bure, 37, and Sweetin, 31, played two of Saget's three sitcom daughters, DJ and Stephanie Tanner, respectively, in their early years. The well-polished stars arrived at the event fashionably late and were among the last stars to walk the red carpet. (In the words of their younger TV sister Michelle Tanner: You're in big trouble, mister!)
PHOTOS: Family TV: Kid-tested, parent-approved
The twosome happily took to their Twitter accounts to mark the occasion.
"Me, @candacecbure and @bobsaget at the Annual SRF gala. A fun night for a great cause! #fullhousefamily," Sweetin wrote Tuesday, posting a snapshop of the trio.
"Pics from last night's Schleroderma Research Benefit with my TV family: @bobsaget @JodieTweetin & hubby @valbure," Cameron Bure added. "Love this pic of us" she wrote, posting a photo similar to the one you see above.
The show, which aired from 1987 to 1995, also starred John Stamos, Dave Coulier, Lori Loughlin and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Alas, none of them were at the charity event.
But the attendees included late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Craig Ferguson, actor-comedians Jack Black, Dane Cook and Bill Bellamy, "Entourage's" Jerry Ferrara and "How I Met Your Mother's" Josh Radnor and Cobie Smulders. The chefs included L.A.'s Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken from Bravo's "Top Chef Masters." Singer Michael Bolton performed.
Aside from scleroderma, Saget opened up about something else that played a major role in his life: His "Full House" family, to which he played wholesome patriarch Danny Tanner -- a character totally different from Saget's raunchy comedy persona. Unfortunately, he said the chances of the sitcom's reunion were pretty slim.
PHOTOS: Families that changed TV
"We hang out sometimes. I get to see them when we can," he told Us Weekly. "We all love each other. I just don't think that that's … it's kind of low on the possibilities."
Awwww, nuts! Well, here's hoping for a "Boy Meets World"-esque spin-off.
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Khloe Kardashian talks weight, fertility struggles
Jennifer Aniston has 'cheat days,' says she was 'a lot rounder'
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Long time Trona resident Martha Shoaf died on Sunday, June 3, 2012, at the age fo 92.
Martha was born on Los Angeles on June 28, 1919.
Martha graduated from UCLA, where she earned teaching credentials.
Her first teaching job was at Manzanar, where she taught fourth grade and then later moved to Trona to teach for a few years.
At the age of 29, Martha decided to see the world, and applied for overseas teaching positions.
She taught in Austria, Japan, Germany and France before returning to the states and taking a long-term teaching job back in Trona, where she retired after many years.
Martha was a dedicated member of the Trona Community and was a member of the Trona Community Church, the Searles Lake Gem and Mineral Society, the Trona Lions Club and a life-time member of the Searles Valley Senior Citizens.
She was also a member of the Maturango Museum in Ridgecrest.
Besides traveling, especially to Africa, Martha enjoyed her cats and visiting with friends.
Because of the number of years she taught fifth and sith grade in Trona, she leaves behind many students who had the privilege of being taught by such an incredible teacher.
Martha leaves behind her niece Patricia and Mike O'Hagan of Cupertino, her nephew Ronald Penton of Belmont, great-niece Courtney O'Hagan and Ashley O'Hagan of Cupertino, great-nephew Michael and Jamie O'Hagen of South Carolina, God son from Manzanar Wyn Nielson, traveling buddy Tom Daniels and "adopted son" Steve Peterson.
She was preceded in death by her parents Fred and Irenie Shoaf and sister Susan Penton.
She will be missed by many.
A memorial service will be held 109 a.m. June 18 at the Holland and Lyons Mortuary and 10:30 a.m. June 30 at the Trona Community Church with a reception next door to follow.


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In tonight's episode, we learn a few new facts of life as we deal with two central confrontations: The age old "Will I ever be good enough for my in-laws?" problem and the struggle of keeping children together while the parents are fighting.
Normally, I think Lisa's issues with her in-laws are quite contrived, but tonight I'll put aside my skepticism and go with it.
Lenny's parents are visiting Miami for seven days from good ol' Virginia. They're originally from Russia and were starting their 40th anniversary celebration of arriving in the United States with $300 in their pockets. While this is quite the accomplishment, the ladies with the Hochstein name seem to want to overshadow it with some old-fashioned banter. We learn that Lenny used to date a "gorgeous Russian Playboy model" from his mother, Marina, as Lisa assures us that she is the one who wound up with the rock on her finger. The things these two women say to each other go above and beyond the normal mother/daughter-in-law repartee; sometimes it gets just plain rough!
At dinner, Marina calls Lisa out, seemingly out of nowhere, about the fact that she never answers the phone when Marina calls. To this, Lisa plainly states that is because she feels Marina has ill-feelings towards her. Marina swears that she's never been rude, but then the viewer sees something that we never see: Lenny go off.
Lenny is usually the calm guy in the bunch; level-headed, professional. He never seems to get lost in his own mind... until today. He tells his mother that though she thinks herself to be a very kind person, she's very rude to most of the staff she has and that he is done taking her side in the matters of wife vs. mom. He married Lisa and that is on whose team he will forever reside.
Now that mom has been put in her place, Lenny feels the need to attempt to solve things with Romain and Frederic, which he does. It turns out that when the men of Miami get together, conflict resolution is on their minds. I guess they wouldn't make the best show, huh? I also see why Lisa likes to try and "fix" things all the time. She gets it honestly, at least.
Alexia lets us into one of her son, Frankie's, therapy sessions. While he seems to be making great strides in his physical capabilities, the mental capacities are what worries Alexia. He seems to be suffering from something called aphasia, which, in an overly simplified definition, means speechlessness after a severe trauma to the head. Alexia says she fears her son will not fit in socially, and worries that he has to go through so many things that a 16-year-old shouldn't have to deal with. The whole thing is very heartwarming and I personally hope to see Frankie continue to make great strides in his recovery.
This episode also happens to include Lea's son, R.J.'s, birthday party -- to which he invited his best friend (and Adriana's son), Alex. Lea extended an open invitation to the entire family, as she doesn't want RJ's best friend to miss the party simply because the moms are having issues. Alex shows up with both Frederic and Adriana and then, in true Miami fashion, it starts raining, and the entire party has to be moved into Lea's house. This is, of course, an issue, since Lea's house is being completely renovated; you know, plastic on the couches, cranes in the ballroom. That's not a joke. There was actually a CRANE in Lea's BALLROOM. Has that sunk in yet?
Let's also just talk about the party a little bit, shall we? Lea finds out that R.J. has ordered top hats, neck ties, a six piece orchestra and...war games? Literally, the kid has ordered an arsenal of toy machine guns, plus the iron gloves that you would find on a knight with gauntlets. Very interesting mix, I say. It's so painfully obvious that Adriana's son has grown so much since we saw him last season, whereas R.J. is, unfortunately, just as awkward as Ana had alluded to in the reunion last year.
Joanna again barely makes an impact in this episode, but sets up the chance for a girls trip (she, Lea and Lisa) to L.A. for some bridal shopping. We also see a bit more into her true feelings about not living near her sister, Marta, any longer. She feels Marta should be throwing down her entire life to want to be in Miami helping Joanna plan the wedding. Sadly, Marta's too busy living her own life with NASCAR beau Marco Andretti in Pittsburgh. I wonder if Joanna feels this way because she no longer has control over her younger sister? Discuss.
Finally, Adriana shines some insight into her wedding by asking Lisa to be a bridesmaid but firmly stating that she wouldn't LOVE it if Lisa was Joanna's bridesmaid also. She doesn't want to deal with a "double agent." She also wants to let the ladies know that she found a People magazine article from 1995 stating that Lea Black had apparently married her husband and kept it secret for four whole months! Hey Adriana, in terms of keeping your nuptials secret from friends: 4 years>4 months. Get it? OK, good.
Adriana also wins best quote of the night (with that fantastic Brazilian accent of hers) when she says the word PLE-thora. I can't be the only one who thinks that... It's in the name of the episode.
Next week we jet to the West Coast! Fasten your seat belts, ladies and gentlemen. I have a feeling the ride is about to get very bumpy.


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zh-CN:Thunar Template:Article summary start Template:Article summary text Template:Article summary heading Template:Article summary wiki: Thunar is installed with a nominal installation of xfce4. Template:Article summary text. Template:Article summary end
From the project home page:
- Thunar is a new modern file manager for the Xfce Desktop Environment. Thunar has been designed from the ground up to be fast and easy-to-use. Its user interface is clean and intuitive, and does not include any confusing or useless options by default. Thunar is fast and responsive with a good start up time and folder load time.
- 1 Installation
- 2 Thunar Volume Manager
- 3 Tips and tricks
- 4 Custom actions
- 5 See also
Install the thunar package which is available in the official repositories. It is part of the xfce4 group, so if you are running Xfce4, you probably already have Thunar installed.
Thunar uses GVFS for automounting, see GVFS for details on getting it working.
Plugins and addons
- ffmpegthumbnailer — External program to generate thumbnails. In order to have this working, you must install tumbler too.
- Thunar Archive Plugin — Plugin which allows you to create and extract archive files using contextual menu items. It does not create or extract archives directly, but instead acts as a frontend for other programs such as File Roller, Ark, or Xarchiver. Part of xfce4-goodies.
- Thunar Media Tags Plugin — Plugin which allows you to view detailed information about media files. It also has a bulk renamed and allows editing of media tags. It supports ID3 (the MP3 file format's system) and Ogg/Vorbis tags. Part of xfce4-goodies.
- http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/thunar-plugins/thunar-media-tags-plugin || thunar-media-tags-plugin
- Thunar Shares Plugin — Plugin which allows you to quickly share a folder using Samba from Thunar without requiring root access. See also how to configure directions.
- Tumbler — External program to generate thumbnails.
- Thunar Volume Manager — Automatic management of removeable devices in Thunar.
Thunar Volume Manager
While Thunar can support automatic mounting and unmounting of removable media, the Thunar Volume Manager allows extended functionality, such as automatically running commands or automatically opening a Thunar window for mounted media.
Thunar Volume Manager can be installed from the package thunar-volman in the official repositories.
It can also be configured to execute certain actions when cameras and audio players are connected. After installing the plugin:
- Launch Thunar and go to Edit > Preferences
- Under the 'Advanced' tab, check 'Enable Volume Management'
- Click configure and check the following items:
- Mount removable drives when hot-plugged.
- Mount removable media when inserted.
- Also make desired changes (see the example below)
Here's an example setting for making Amarok play an audio CD.
Multimedia - Audio CDs:
amarok --cdplay %d
Tips and tricks
Using Thunar to browse remote locations
Since Xfce 4.8 (Thunar 1.2) it is possible to browse remote locations (such as FTP servers or Samba shares) directly in Thunar, similar to the functionality found in GNOME and KDE. The gvfs, gvfs-smb and sshfs packages are required to enable this functionality. These packages are available in the official repositories.
After a restart of Xfce an additional "Network" entry is added to Thunar's side bar and remote locations can be opened by using the following URI schemes in the location dialog (opened with
Ctrl+l): smb://, ftp://, ssh://, sftp://
GVFS needs D-Bus and polkit
If you use a standalone window manager, make sure D-Bus is launched on login, and you are running a polkit authentication agent. Otherwise GVFS will not be active. See General Troubleshooting#Session permissions for details.
Starting in daemon mode
Thunar may be run in daemon mode. This has several advantages, including a faster startup for Thunar, as well as Thunar running in the background and only opening a window when necessary (for instance, when a flash drive is inserted).
One option is to autostart it using
.xinitrc or an autostart script (such as Openbox's
autostart). It is up to you to decide the best way to start it, and this option can be run from a script or run directly as a command in the terminal.
To run Thunar in daemon mode, simply add to your autostart script or run from the terminal:
$ thunar --daemon &
Setting the icon theme
When using Thunar outside of Gnome or Xfce, certain packages and configurations that control which icons are used may be missing. Window Managers like Awesome and Xmonad do not come with XSettings managers, which is where Thunar looks first for it's icon setting. It is possible to install and run xfce-mcs-manager from a startup script if many Xfce4 and Gnome applications are going to be used. The gtk-icon-theme-name setting for gtk2 can be set for a user by adding something like the following to
gtk-icon-theme-name = "Tango"
Of course, just installing the gnome-icon-theme package will give Thunar an icon theme to use other than the default paper icon for all items.
Solving problem with slow cold start
Some people still have problems with Thunar taking a long time to start for the first time. This is due to gvfs checking the network, preventing Thunar from starting until gvfs finishes its operations. To change this behaviour, edit
/usr/share/gvfs/mounts/network.mount and change AutoMount=true to AutoMount=false.
Custom actions
This section covers useful custom actions which can be accessed through Edit -> Configure custom actions. More examples are listed in the thunar wiki.
Scan for viruses
To use this action you need to have clamav and clamtk installed.
|File patterns
|Appears if selection contains
|Scan for virus
|clamtk %F
|Select all
Link to Dropbox
|File patterns
|Appears if selection contains
|Link to Dropbox
|ln -s %f /path/to/DropboxFolder
|Directories, other files
Please note that when using many custom actions to symlink files and folder to a particular place, it might be useful to put them into the
Send To folder of the context menu to avoid that the menu itself gets bloated. This is fairly easy to achieve and requires a .desktop file in
~/.local/share/Thunar/sendto for each action to perform. Say we want to put the above dropbox symlink action into Send To, we create a
dropbox_folder.desktop with the following content. The new applied action will be active after restarting Thunar.
[Desktop Entry] Type=Application Version=1.0 Encoding=UTF-8 Exec=ln -s %f /path/to/DropboxFolder Icon=/usr/share/icons/dropbox.png Name=Dropbox
See also
- Thunar project page
- Thunar Volume Manager project page
- This list of plugins


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West Texas Intermediate crude (NYMEX:CLG14) slid from the highest closing price in two weeks amid slowing economic growth and weaker industrial output in China, the world's second-biggest oil consumer.
Futures lost as much as 1% in New York. Factory production rose by 9.7% in December, the slowest expansion in five months, according to China's National Bureau of Statistics. Iran's Atomic Energy Organization chief welcomed the start of the implementation of an interim nuclear deal with world powers that will see the Gulf state curb its atomic program in exchange for sanctions relief.
"The modest, tepid Chinese economic data surprised investors and is bringing more uncertainty about the prospects for the Chinese economy in the medium term," said Myrto Sokou, senior analyst at Sucden Financial Ltd. London. "Signs about the situation with Iran's nuclear program are also going to provide momentum in the coming days."
WTI for February delivery fell as much as 94 cents to $93.43 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange and was down 0.7% at $93.72 when trading ended at 1:15 p.m. New York time. The contract, which expires tomorrow, climbed 41 cents to $94.37 on Jan. 17, the highest close since Jan. 2. The more-active March future was down 56 cents at $94.03.
The volume of all contracts traded was 83% below the 100-day average. Floor trading was closed for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in the U.S. and transactions will be booked with tomorrow's trades.
Brent Slips
Brent for March settlement sank 13 cents to $106.35 a barrel after dropping as much as 67 cents on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange, on volume that was 55% below the average. The European benchmark crude was at a $12.32 premium to WTI for the same month.
Iran, fifth-biggest member in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, "will voluntarily suspend the enrichment of uranium at a 20% level" in its Natanz and Fordo facilities, Ali Akbar Salehi said in an interview on state television, according to the Iranian Students News Agency.
China's economy expanded by 7.7% in the October- December period from a year earlier, compared with 7.8% in the third quarter, according to the statistics bureau in Beijing. Annual expansion of 7.7% in 2013 was the same pace as the previous year, which was the weakest since 1999.
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Hot Air: Gerry Sandusky to call Ravens-Cowboys game (and he's aware of the other one)
Life has taken a strange twist for Gerry Sandusky over the past year.
He says it has become a given he will get pulled aside by airport security. When he checks into hotels or shows up for restaurant reservations, he gets hard looks and finds little patience.
Parents of the Little League baseball players he once coached are constantly asked how they played for such a monster.
Gerry Sandusky is the Baltimore Ravens radio broadcaster. He should not be mistaken for Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach and convicted pedophile. But he is. All the time. And when he is not – Gerry is 51, Jerry is 68 – just his name brings flinches.
"I believe my career path will never expand the way I had hoped," Gerry Sandusky said Friday morning from Baltimore where he is preparing to work Sunday's Cowboys-Ravens game. He can't see a network willing to hire someone who will open a broadcast, "Hello everyone, I am Gerry Sandusky…"
Soon after Penn State's Sandusky was indicted in November 2011, the Ravens' Sandusky ran into Dick Ebersol, the former sports boss at NBC, before a Sunday Night Football game. He introduced himself without hesitation.
"I saw him visibly flinch," said Gerry Sandusky, who also serves as sports director at Baltimore's WBAL-TV, a NBC affiliate.
Lesson learned. That night Gerry Sandusky, who was in his sixth season with the Ravens, told his radio audience there was no relation. When WBAL reported news of the Jerry Sandusky-Penn State scandal, it routinely mentioned that there was no relation to its sports director. Ebersol said nothing about the name. A front desk clerk at a New York hotel recently did, however. He suggested Gerry Sandusky change his name.
That's out of the question. He is the proud son of the Sandusky clan.
His father, John, was a NFL lineman who played for the Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers in the early 1950s. John Sandusky was a long-time assistant coach on Don Shula's staffs with the Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphins.
In the days soon after the Jerry Sandusky indictment, Gerry Sandusky tweeted, "A great, big thank you to my late mom for choosing to spell my first name with a "G.'"
Actually, the Penn State Sandusky is "Gerald Arthur."
This week, Jerry Sundusky was sentenced for his crimes. On Twitter, Gerry Sandusky said he has to put up with tweets suggesting he "go to hell."
He has chosen not to respond.
"There is a constant defamation of character," he said. "I just don't react. This is so much bigger than me. I know who I am. My family knows who I am. We know there is nothing more important than that."
Nadel among Frick picks
For the third year in a row, Rangers radio play-by-play voice Eric Nadel has been included among the list of 10 finalists for the Baseball Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award, given annually for broadcast excellence. In essence, it is a lifetime achievement award.
The winner will be announced in early December at the baseball winter meetings. He will be honored during July's Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Nadel needs no introduction here. He's been in the Rangers booth for 34 years, the last 18 as the team's lead radio play-by-play voice. He was inducted into the Rangers Hall of Fame this season. He's 61 and the Rangers say he can stick around as long as he likes.
Here then is a rundown of the other nine finalists with their primary affiliation. Including Nadel, the finalists have a combined 310 years of baseball broadcasting experience: Tom Cheek (Blue Jays), Ken Coleman (Red Sox), Jacques Doucet (Expos), John Gordon (Twins), Bill King (A's), Graham McNamee (MLB), Eduardo Ortega (Padres), Mike Shannon (Cardinals), Dewayne Staats (Rays).
Radio Daze
The sports talk ratings from the September book, which translates to Aug.16 – Sept. 12, have trickled in and like summer weather in Texas there was little overall movement from the previous months.
With the Cowboys and Rangers playing in a big sports month, ratings were up at all the stations.
In the most important demographic to sports talk radio – Men 25-54 – "The Ticket" KTCK-AM (1310) scored a 6.9 share, tops among all stations regardless of format. "ESPN" KESN-FM (103.3) earned a 3.6 (10th) and "The Fan" KRLD-FM (105.3) was at 3.0 (13th).
When the sports talk stations' leading actors worked weekdays 6 a.m.– 7 p.m., the Ticket's dominance was more pronounced. It was The Ticket (9.1), ESPN (3.4) and The Fan (2.8).
Talking Cowboys
Local viewership has plummeted from last season. Through the first four games of 2011, the Cowboys were averaging a 35.3 rating. They ended the first quarter of this season at 29.6. That's a drop of about 147,000 homes per game.
Put another way: They've lost the equivalent of the Rangers audience. The Rangers averaged about 151,700 homes per game in their record- breaking 2012 season on Fox Sports Southwest.
Looking ahead, Fox has the next three Cowboys games and will have three different broadcast crews in the booth. For the Ravens, it will be Sam Rosen and Brian Billick. At Carolina, it will be Kenny Albert, Daryl Johnston and Tony Siragusa. When the Giants visit Cowboys Stadium, Thom Brennaman and Troy Aikman will work the game.


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Conversations are one of the most powerful tools parents can use to connect with — and protect — their kids. But when tackling some of life's tougher topics, especially those about drugs and alcohol, just figuring out what to say can be a challenge.
A free "Parent Talk Kit: Tips for Talking and What to Say to Prevent Drug and Alcohol Abuse" is available online. The kits contains age-by-age scripts will help you get conversations going with your child, whether he or she is in preschool, grade school, middle school, high school or post-high-school/college, including:
the dangers of street drugs and alcohol AND abuse of prescription (Rx) drugs and over-the-counter (OTC) cough medicine,how to answer the question, "Did you do drugs?"five everyday examples of teachable moments,how to teach kids to turn down drugs,ways that other adults, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, older siblings, cousins, mentors, teachers and coaches can all help guide a child toward healthy choices at every stage of life.
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So, we have an extra day today... what are you going to do with it?
I have a suggestion for you.
Take the leap to live longer and start exercising.
Wait! Wait!
Before you turn the page, hear me out.
A few years ago, when my son was about two years old, I had an epiphany. I didn't like the person I had become. I had completely stopped exercising. I was overweight. My self-esteem was in the pits. And I was no fun to be around.
You see, when I got pregnant I used it as an excuse not to exercise. And that was not the norm for me. I had always been an active person. I played basketball and ran track in high school and exercised regularly in college. But, for some reason, the minute I became pregnant I decided to become lazy. And that carried over once my son was born. I was a walking zombie because of a very sporadic sleeping pattern with a newborn and I continued to use that as an excuse not to exercise. My twin sister would even come over and exercise in my basement and I refused to join her. I just didn't care. I had tunnel vision. Everything I did was focused on my son and nothing else mattered. I didn't care about my appearance anymore. I looked like a slob at work. Looking back now, I'm embarrassed that I allowed myself to get in such a rut.
But, thankfully, my mother offered to buy me a gym membership and that was the beginning of a new me. I used my time at the gym as simply that, "me time." It was a time that I could be by myself and focus solely on me.
And, instead of looking at exercise as a chore I looked at it as a form of therapy.
After about a year of dedication and willpower, I lost 30 pounds and have managed to keep it off.
Since then, I have discovered the great outdoors and this thing they call "running."
I started running on a treadmill in the gym but eventually ventured out to pound the pavement. I was encouraged by a friend to run a 5K in Louisville, and after that it was all she wrote. I've been hooked ever since. I'm currently training for my third half marathon (13.1 miles) and plan to train for a full marathon (26.2 miles) within the next few years.
Within the past few weeks, I've had several women message me on Facebook after seeing me running around town who have asked me how they can start a running routine. I'm no running expert, but there are several running websites that have awesome tips and advice. If you're interested in running, check out: www.fromcouchto5k.com, www.coolrunning.com, and runnersworld.com.
One common comment I hear from many people regarding exercise is that they can't seem to find the time to do it. I used to say the same thing. But, I learned that you have to make it a priority, just like eating or sleeping. I know you're probably rolling your eyes right now, but it's the truth. And, I've discovered something during the past three years. Once you make it a priority and it becomes a part of your weekly routine you truly WANT to do it. If I go longer than two days without running I feel like I'm about to lose it. The endorphins that you experience from exercise are very real and can become addictive, which I believe is a good thing. It makes you want to come back for more. And, yes, I've had days where I had to literally give myself a pep talk to put on my workout clothes, but once I did and I got started, I felt like a new person.
If you need another motivator to start exercising, I have one for you.
In May, The Lebanon Enterprise will be having a special fundraiser to promote health and wellness and support the Marion County Girls on the Run® program. On Friday, May 18, we are going to transform a portion of Main Street with treadmills and put your endurance to the test during The Lebanon Enterprise Main Street Treadmill Challenge.
From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. that day, you can sign up for a 10-minute, 20-minute or 30-minute timeslot on the treadmill. Participants and their supporters must raise $1 for each minute they walk or run. To reserve your timeslot, please call me at (270) 692-6026.
All of the proceeds raised during the challenge will go to the Marion County Girls on the Run® program. Girls on the Run® is a program for girls age eight to 13 years old. The program combines training for a 3.1 mile running event with self-esteem enhancing, uplifting workouts. The objective of Girls on the Run® is to educate and empower girls at an early age. Last year, Glasscock Elementary School was the first school to have a Girls on the Run® group in Marion County. This year, every single elementary school in our county has expressed an interest in having a Girls on the Run® program, which is awesome! But, it also means more fundraising.
So, lace up your running or walking shoes and start training to compete in The Lebanon Enterprise Main Street Treadmill Challenge!
For more information, contact me at (270) 692-6026.
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SIRIUS Connect Vehicle Kit SCVDOC1
This is an under appreciated Sirius Accessory. It is hard to explain without use of a visual aid, but I will do my best to describe it and the way it works.
How It Works:
The SCVDOC1 is a docking connect kit that allows use of a Dock and Play Radio (like Stiletto 2 or Sportster 5) and will allow that Dock and Play Radio to be used as the In-Dash SIRIUS Tuner. Only when paired with a seperate translator ( like Honda and Acura SIRIUS Connect HON-SC1 or Kenwood SIRIUS Connect Interface KCA-SR50) can this unit operate properly and cannot be used without a translator.
The SCVDOC1 can be used with:
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* U.S. stocks fall, European stocks extend losses
* Weak earnings, Deutsche loss, German retail sales weigh
* Euro climbs for a third straight day
NEW YORK, Jan 31 (Reuters) - The euro gained on Thursday for
the third straight session against the dollar on the way to its
best monthly performance in more than a year, while U.S. stocks
fell as investors awaited a key U.S. jobs report slated for
U.S. data continued to paint a mixed picture of the world's
largest economy. A measure of business activity in the U.S.
Midwest rose in January to its strongest since April, but an
earlier report indicated a rise in U.S. jobless claims in the
latest week.
A drop in German retail sales initially pressured the euro,
but the currency's recent bullish trend resumed during U.S.
trading. The single currency was headed for its best month in 15
months against the dollar, as signs of recovery in the euro
zone's economy and its banks helped the euro.
The euro hit a peak of $1.3593 on Thursday before
paring gains. The Federal Reserve's promise of continued support
was widely expected to keep downward pressure on the dollar. The
euro zone common currency was last at $1.3570 and up 2.9 percent
this month against the dollar, its best month since October
The dollar, meanwhile, touched a fresh 2-1/2 year high
against the yen.
"The overall recent trends are intact," said Nick
Bennenbroek, head of currency strategy, at Wells Fargo Bank in
New York. "The euro probably wants to go higher and the yen
probably wants to go lower."
Recent gains in risky assets such as equities, commodities,
and high-yield debt have eased after sharp advances in the last
six months. Growth in emerging economies such as China has
picked up and fears of a collapse of the euro have been calmed
by the European Central Bank.
Data on Wednesday showed U.S. GDP slipped 0.1 percent where
a rise had been expected, although the Federal Reserve indicated
the pullback was likely to be brief and repeated its promise to
continue supporting the economy.
But the main focus is on U.S. payrolls data on Friday for a
take on the health of the world's biggest economy. Employers are
forecast to have added 160,000 jobs in January after a rise of
155,000 in December.
"Unfortunately it's still a mixed picture. It appears we are
just getting a lot of conflicting data right now," said Jack
Ablin, chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank in Chicago.
"With 1,500 (in the S&P; stock index) right here, my guess is
there is just not enough conviction to push us substantially
higher yet."
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 49.84
points, or 0.36 percent, at 13,860.58. The Standard & Poor's 500
Index was down 3.85 points, or 0.26 percent, at
1,498.11. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 0.18
points, or 0.01 percent, at 3,142.13.
The S&P; 500 is up 5.1 percent this month, its best month
since October 2011 and its best January since 1997, using
Reuters data.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 was down 0.6
percent, with the MSCI world index down 0.2
percent. Disappointing results from heavyweights AstraZeneca and
Royal Dutch Shell also took their toll on market sentiment.
Falling German retail sales, stagnant French consumer
spending and a big quarterly loss at Deutsche Bank dashed hopes
of a rebound for European shares, which had their biggest daily
fall of the year on Wednesday. Those stocks are still up 3.7
percent this month.
Spot gold drifted down to $1,660.40 an ounce after
hitting a one-week high on Wednesday.
German Bund futures pared gains on Thursday, continuing a
recent shift away from safe-haven debt. Bund futures
were last 40 ticks higher on the day at 141.83, having risen as
high as 142.17.
Prices for U.S. Treasuries were volatile a day after the Fed
said it would continue buying bonds as the economy temporarily
stalled, but uncertainty about growth in the world's biggest
economy kept yields within recent ranges.
The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note was up
2/32, with the yield at 1.9831 percent.


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Not that most people would OPT for more politics these days, but now Facebook has created an algorithm for such a thing.
If you visit Facebook.com/TownHall, you will be directed to a section of Facebook that is specifically for politics. Reason being, whether you believe it or not, Social Media has a generous impact on how we get our news.
This new feature sets you up with your correct representative (if you are comfortable enough with sharing your address with Facebook), and you get access to both follow and contact your rep. You can also see what your reps have been posting regarding their causes from this section.
Chris Mikulin on Twitter
Neat! Facebook's Has a New Feature to Help You Contact Elected Officials Called Town Hall (not seeing in ?? yet) https://t.co/5z3PFKXpyC
According to Mashable, Facebook will also be alerting you of Local Election Reminders based on your compliance with adding your address.
Considering Facebook also went back to actual headlines being in their trending topics, this is another step for the social media platform to try and remain as unbiased, but also, very helpful.
Amy Cooper is the type of journalist that when asked "What do you bring to the table," she replies "I am the table.


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If you have any big ideas for how the resources page can be improved, feel free to be bold. We don't have to limit it to the kind of thing that's always been there. If there's a groundswell of interest among readers to dramatically expand the Resources section, we'll be happy to provide the framework to build it.
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Amarillo, TX – Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, today commented on the 8-1 vote of the Senate State Affairs Committee to defer consideration of a bill to prohibit most abortions.
"The task of restoring protection to the unborn child is in a different category than any other legislative consideration," said Fr. Pavone. "It directly pertains to the most fundamental demands of justice and human rights. Whatever path we take to get to that goal, reaching the goal of justice for all has to be the top priority of every legislator and citizen."
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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UPDATE: EW's current 2013 fall pilot list is here — complete with cast and which shows have received series greenlights.
Robot cops, international conspiracies, spinoffs, and illegal love are just a sample of what networks are cooking up for fall. Only the best (and most marketable) shows will get on the air. Can you pick the winners based on these titles, writers, and loglines? Here's the current list of broadcast drama pilots (
we'll post the comedies next week the comedies are here):
S.H.I.E.L.D. (Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen). Based on the fictional and secret law-enforcement agency in the Marvel Universe as seen in the film The Avengers. Marks Whedon's return to series TV, also expected to resurrect Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg).
The Returned (Aaron Zelman). What happens when the people you have mourned and buried suddenly appear on your doorstep as if not a day's gone by? The lives of the people of Aurora are forever changed when their deceased loved ones return. Based on a novel by Jason Mott.
Betrayal (David Zabel). A beautiful but unhappily married female photographer begins a torrid affair with a lawyer for a powerful family. When he turns out to be defending a murder suspect who is being prosecuted by her husband, the relationship and the case begin a spiraling series of betrayals with cataclysmic results for everyone involved.
Big Thunder (Jason Fuchs). When a brilliant, late 19th century New York doctor and his family are given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to relocate to a frontier mining town run by a powerful, but mysterious tycoon, they quickly realize that not everything in Big Thunder is as it seems. Based on the Disney theme park ride.
Venice (Byron Balasco). From producer-director McG, a soap about the haves and the have-not's of California's most seductive city, Venice. Venice will focus on two rival families and a forbidden and dangerous romance emerging between them as the two families battle for control of Venice.
Reckless (Chris Black). When his wife is unjustly imprisoned during a political uprising overseas, resourceful problem solver David, desperately pursues every legal option to secure her release. But when he's stymied by the US government in the name of diplomacy, David is forced to consider less-than-legal options – entering a world of political intrigue, dangerous alliances and high emotional stakes.
Divorce: A Love Story (Mike Sikowitz & Daniel Lappin). A multi-camera comedy revolving around Kenny and Robin, a recently divorced couple, who were bad together but discover they're even worse apart and can't seem to stay out of each others' lives. Based on the Israeli format, Life Isn't Everything.
Lucky 7 (David Zabel, Jason Richman). From a producing team that includes Steven Spielberg, a show about seven employees of a service station in Queens whose lives are changed in many unexpected ways when they win the lottery jackpot.
Murder in Manhattan (Maria Maggenti). Hour long dramedy set in NYC centering on a mother and daughter who team up as amateur sleuths.
Gothica (Matt Lopez). A sexy gothic soap set in present day that weaves together a mythology that incorporates the legends of Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein and Dorian Gray among others.
Killer Women (Hannah Shakespeare). It's hard to fit in when you're the only woman in the notoriously male Texas Rangers, but that doesn't stop Molly Parker – our ballsy, beautiful badass who knows how to get to the truth and isn't afraid to ruffle a few feathers on her way there. Based on the Argentine series Mujeres Asesinas.
Influence (Kyle Killen). Provocative workplace ensemble centered on the complicated relationship between two brothers who head a unique agency designed to attack their clients' problems using the real science of human motivation and manipulation.
Doubt (David Shore): A former cop who's now a cunning, but charming low-rent lawyer uses his street smarts to work the system for his clients while battling his own demons and wooing his ex-wife.


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Rishtey TV Live is a Hindi TV Channel which broadcasts the top shows from different channels. The channel mainly runs the reruns of the programs from Pakistani Channels, Cartoon Channels, NDTV imagine, MTV, Colors etc. The channel also broadcasts reruns of programs from Europe.
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Playing in their second of three consecutive road matches within the span of a week, Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 (5W-4L-3D) earned an important point on the road against defending PDL champions Kitsap Pumas (7W-2L-2D) in Bremerton, Washington, on Friday evening.
Both teams entered Friday's clash riding the crest of streaks, with the 'Caps being victorious in their prior three matches and the conference-leading Pumas side having gone unbeaten in their six previous games. A win was not on the cards, however, and both clubs would emerge unscathed in a 0-0 draw.
"I thought we played like we want to play, played our style, created a lot of chances, but unfortunately their keeper made a couple of fantastic saves and we were unable to score," explained assistant coach Martin Nash, who also found himself in the line-up on Friday night. "Myself and goalkeeper coach Raegyn Hall had to go on the roster for the game tonight, so that we had enough bodies. But fortunately, the guys came to battle and worked hard, so they didn't have to use us."
It was a drizzling rainy evening when the match finally got underway at Bremerton Memorial Stadium in front of the 228 people. With a portion of the 'Caps regular squad away with the U-18 Residency team for their United States Soccer Development Academy playoff preparations, Whitecaps FC had a sparse line-up with only two regular players on the bench. Looking to steal some points on the road in the hopes of squeezing into a playoff position, the 'Caps came out firing on all cylinders from the first whistle and dominated much of the first 45 minutes of play.
Whitecaps FC striker Coulton Jackson came close to opening up the scoring in the 12th minute, making the most of an interception and rattling a shot off the crossbar. The 'Caps continued to dominate play for much of the first half, winning the majority of the 50-50 balls and keeping the hosts on their toes by continuously switching out the ball and probing Kitsap's defence to find a crack in the seam.
Kitsap had a number of opportunities of their own, however, with their best coming at the 34-minute mark when Pumas striker Greg Miley played a perfectly weighted ball into the path of an overlapping Daniel Fabian, who squared it just inside the box for Ben Truax. The striker attempted to hit the ball first time, but fired it directly into the outstretched arms of 'Caps keeper Lucas Menz.
Vancouver's best chance of the first half would come just moments later when defender Bobby Jhutty threaded a ball behind the Pumas backline perfectly, catching Jackson making a run. Jackson found himself one-on-one with Pumas goalkeeper Zac Lubin, who quickly sprinted off his line to challenge. The striker showed perfect composure and cleverly chipped it just over the 'keeper for what looked to be a certain goal, but defender Stephen Mohn was able to get back just in time to clear the ball from the mouth of his goal.
Following the break, the second half turned much more physical, as the 'Caps turned up the pressure on a frustrated Kitsap in hopes of a much-needed win. At the root of the 'Caps attack was the speed of midfielder Gagandeep Dosanjh, who was problematic for Pumas up the middle throughout the game. In the 71st minute of play, 'Caps second-half substitute Sangyoon Hwang flew up left flank and crossed the ball to Dosanjh, who deftly cut in on his defender and even had time to tee up a shot, but fired it just a foot wide of the near post.
As the rain steadily fell on the soggy pitch, the Pumas finally found their second wind and had some good spells of possession. Despite much stronger play from Kitsap, they were still unable to break down Vancouver's defence. On a number of occasions, the Pumas were able to generate some strong build-up, but the final execution up top was lacking and the majority of their chances were from too far a range to get by Menz.
"I think it was a physical second half, especially because we were holding so much of the ball and it was frustrating them," Nash told whitecapsfc.com. "They thought that was their way back into the game, but we didn't rise to that level and kept playing our game and creating chances. To play the top of the league team on the road and still feel like you didn't get what you deserved, I think is a good thing and a good sign of where the team is at."
The game would finally end on a rather unfortunate note for the 'Caps in stoppage time when striker Michael Marousek was sent off, while debating a non-call after Hwang had been taken down in the box by a Pumas defender.
With the draw, the U-23 'Caps now sit in fifth place in the United Soccer Leagues (USL) Premier Development League (PDL) Western Conference, Northwest Division standings, while Kitsap edge out Washington Crossfire by a single point to claim top spot of the conference standings.
The 'Caps will have a few days rest before their next midweek road match this Wednesday night, June 27, when they visit the second-place Washington Crossfire at 7 p.m. PT in Redmond, Washington. Following that trip, the team returns home to play the first of their final three PDL regular season matches against North Sound SeaWolves FC on Friday, July 6, at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, BC.
Scoring summary:
Match Stats:
Shots: Vancouver 10 - Kitsap 4
Saves: Vancouver 2 - Kitsap 3
Fouls: Vancouver 11 - Kitsap 9
Offsides: Vancouver 5 - Kitsap 3
Corners: Vancouver 5 - Kitsap 4
90+' - VAN - Michael Marousek
Kitsap Pumas
1.Zac Lubin; 7.Stephen Mohn, 6.Justin Robbins, 2.Kristoffer Medina, 17.Zack Sampson; 8.Matt Friesen, 11.Kyle Johnson (5.Taylor Hyde 90+'), 15.Elliot Fauske, 18.Daniel James Fabian, 12.Ben Truax, 16.Greg Miley (23.Daniel James Hidalgo 63')
Substitutes not used: 24.Daniel MacLeod, 4.Sam Zipperstein, 13.Drew Jensen, 00.Dustyn Brim
Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23
20.Lucas Menz; 9.Alexander Morrello, 4.Shawn Parkes, 2.James Farenhorst, 5.Bobby Jhutty; 11.Reynold Stewart, 3.Kianz Froese, 16.Gagandeep Dosanjh, 18.Cam Hundal, 17.Coulton Jackson (19.Sangyoon Hwang 62'), 21.Michael Marousek
Substitutes not used: 1.Raegyn Hall, 25.Martin Nash, 20.Tyrin Hutchings


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Graduate Student Assembly - Film Night
Thursday, November 15, 2012, 7 pm to 10 pm
Rike Hall, Room 054
Current Students
Grab some popcorn and a soda, then head over to campus for GSA's first film night of the semester!
The film for this evening will be "THE BURMESE HARP" (1956), a post-WWII film that examines the meaning of war, nationality, and spirituality within one of the most provocative stories ever told on film.
Also, James will lead a discussion of the film afterwards.
So, come on...you deserve a break from studying! Come join us at this guaranteed fun event!
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Whether you live bold in stripes or favor your solids, Hex offers a little bit of everything this time around. Pick and choose between striped canvas designs with custom-print lined details for iPhone and iPad cases, totes, and bags, or get into our personal favorite Monaco blue and linen colorways constructed in corduroy.
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My monitors are profiled (no custom printer profiles, but I've downloaded appropriate profiles from PixelGenius for those times when I've needed them, and with my color management my prints have been fairly accurate.
We could start there. Maybe PixelGenius do printer/paper profiles, but the monitor profiling you have to do yourself. Without screenshots of your LR print setup it's impossible to say what is happening.
A couple of things. I don't print from Photoshop but those settings look okay except possibly the printer profile. Is that the correct one downloaded from the paper manufacturer for that printer?Next, are you sure you have turned off colour management in the Epson driver? On my printer it's easy, I select "no colour management". It's a while since I had an Epson printer, but from memory turning off colour management in the printer was a bit fraught.Finally, it looks like you have your monitor too bright. Most folks set it to 100 to 140 cd/m2 depending on viewing conditions. Mine is at 105 cd/m2 which gives a reasonable match to the print.
I'm curious, what makes you say my monitor might be set to brightly?Dave
Dave, I'm glad to hear you are making some progress. In the end, most of us aren't trying to get the exact shade of red on the label for Coca Cola, we just want the stuff to work well enough to explore our photography. Screen to print matches will never be near as long as the print is a reflective medium, despite what people claim. But I'm happy to get to the point where where I can look at the screen and reasonably predict what will happen when I print. And sometimes it is a stab in the dark, which opens the door of serendipity. I hope you get a solution to your problem. If you feel you aren't there in a month or so, then I would just go for what works and give the two fingered salute to what is supposed to be correct. Remember the whole idea of "controls" can be the enemy of art. The most important area of control we need to exert is when we decide which prints should be kept and which should be burnt.


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Self proclaimed " People's Champion" Paul Wall and his jewelry business partner Johnny Dang have teamed up to release a second season of their collection.
The watch line, which is available online and in Paul Wall and Johnny Dang's Houston based store TV Jewelry Inc., features various styles of watches ranging from $300.00 to $15,000.
"It's the second season that we have decided to release," Paul Wall told AllHipHop.com. "We had decided to move on from just selling grills and expand and we were having so much success selling other people's watches that we decided to create our own. With so much success with the first season, we decided to release a second run that is available online and through the retailers that sell our grills."
The watch styles vary from standard leather bands to custom made bands with diamonds on the inside of the watch face.
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NEW YORK (AP) — In a steaming, stuffy classroom downtown, it was time for some talented youngsters to face the music.
Half a dozen high school students from across the country were being critiqued on their singing and performance skills by a coach helping them prepare for the National High School Musical Theater Awards on Monday night.
One student from California was warned to perform "I Believe" from "The Book of Mormon" without an ounce of smirk. A teen from Utah was advised not to overthink a Stephen Sondheim lyric. And when a Colorado student wanted advice on whether she was better off singing a serious song from "Aida" or a funny one from "Cinderella," she was asked to sing both. The funny one came out on top.
"That's the one," said the coach, Tony Award-nominee Liz Callaway, whose Broadway credits include "Miss Saigon" and "Baby." The student, Nicole Seefried, seemed convinced — and relieved. "It is," she said, happily.
The teens were among 62 hoping to be crowned top actor and top actress at this year's contest. Now in its fifth year, the National High School Musical Theater Awards will be held Monday at the Minskoff Theatre, the long-term home of "The Lion King."
The 62 teens who made it to New York — 31 girls and 31 boys — get a five-day theatrical boot camp at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, complete with scrambling to learn an opening and closing group number, intense advice on their solo songs, plus a field trip to watch "Annie" on Broadway and dinner at famed theater-district hangout Sardi's. It's not all glamorous, though. Hours are spent in plain classrooms on plastic chairs, with battered pianos and bottles of water.
"It's an experience that's going to stay with them for the rest of their lives," said Van Kaplan, president of the awards organization and the show's director.
Both top winners will receive a scholarship award, capping a monthslong winnowing process that began with 50,000 students from 1,000 schools. This year's contestants come from 20 states: Georgia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, California, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Nevada, Utah, Wisconsin, Tennessee, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Florida and Kansas.
On Monday night, all 62 will perform snippets of the songs that they sung at regional competitions as part of several large medleys, and then six finalists — three boys and three girls — will be plucked to sing solos. The winners will be picked from the last six.
Kyle Selig, 20, of Long Beach, Calif., won the best actor award in 2010 and is now a student at Carnegie Mellon University. He returned to help out this year and managed to cram in a few auditions to Broadway shows, including "The Book of Mormon."
"It was a validation of what I should be doing," he said of his win.
In addition to Callaway, the tutors included theater pros Leslie Odom Jr., Michael McElroy and Telly Leung. The judges on Monday will include Tony-winning director Scott Ellis, Tony nominee Montego Glover and casting professional Bernie Telsey. The hosts will be Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana, who co-star in "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella."
Nicknamed the Jimmy Awards after theater owner James Nederlander, whose company is a co-sponsor of the ceremony, the awards spotlight a high level of talent and maturity for children ages 14 to 18. Performances can range from "Bye Bye Birdie" to "Legally Blonde" to "Sweeney Todd."
The number of programs sending students grows each year — it started with 16 and now stands at 31 — and Kaplan says interest has been fueled by TV shows like "Glee" and "Smash."
The competition has also apparently reversed the trend away from arts funding for many regions. "Where usually arts programs are the very first things that get cut, we're seeing school districts invest in the arts because of programs like this," Kaplan says.
The Jimmy Awards had a profound effect on Stephen Mark, 21, of Norwich, Conn. He was a junior intent on studying computer science in college when he became the competition's first male winner in 2009.
The victory convinced him and his family that he should follow his heart into the performing arts. He is now studying musical theater at New York University. "It actually completely changed my life," he says.
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Part One: Life Under The Blades
Encouraged by the Patrick Administration's goal to expand wind power, communities across the commonwealth are considering or constructing wind turbines. In the town of Falmouth, MA, some residents say a 400-foot tall turbine installed last year has changed their lives — and not for the better.
Extended Interview: 'You can't be forcing these on people'
Climatide Analysis: Wind energy: The onshore-offshore connection
Part Two: Sick From The Noise
Some residents of Falmouth say the sounds coming from a large, town-owned wind turbine are making them sick. While turbines are not silent, claims of health impacts, including sleep disruption, headaches, ringing in the ears, and depression, are often controversial. And there's limited scientific data to resolve the debate.
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Climatide Analysis: Debating the future of renewable energy
Part Three: Flickering Light
Residents in the town of Falmouth say that a nearly 400-foot wind turbine has severely impacted their quality of life. They talk about noise and health issues, but sound isn't the only thing generating discontent. There also are complaints about a phenomenon called 'shadow flicker'.
Climatide Analysis: Is annoyance a health impact?
Part Four: The Green Debate
Efforts to install land-based wind turbines on the Cape have slowed, largely because of opposition to a turbine that was installed last spring in Falmouth. Prominent pro-wind spokesperson Liz Argo says the Falmouth experience is an isolated incident, but anti-wind advocate Eric Bibler says the same thing could happen anywhere.
Extended Interview: 'What can we learn from Falmouth?'
Extended Interview: "The towns are conflicted"
Part Five: Making Waves In The Wind Debate
Because of its strong winds, Cape Cod is a crucial part of Governor Deval Patrick's plan to erect enough wind turbines to power 800,000 home by the end of the decade – a quarter of them on land. But complaints about a wind turbine in Falmouth are raising the possibility that one bad experience could jeopardize Patrick's state-wide push for wind energy.
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Super Bowl XLV : Tale of the Tape
Super Bowl XLV is upon us and as usual everyone is trying to pick the winner, probably for completely wholesome purposes and in no way because they are gambling, because that would just be morally wrong. Ahem.
Everyone has his own system for picking a winner, but this year no one seems to agree on who will emerge victorious between the evenly-matched Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers, two of the most storied franchises in the history of American sports.
So… how do you pick the winner?
We here at Gunaxin wanted to break things down for you blow by blow, and at the end, there can be only one.
Both the Steelers and the Packers feature elite quarterbacks in Ben Roethlisberger and Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers might be the more polished player with a terrific arm and underrated athleticism, but Big Ben is nearly impossible to take down and has a knack for making big plays when it matters. Unfortunately, he also has a knack for sexually assaulting drunk girls (allegedly), which nearly negates his Super Bowl pedigree. We would typically give a guy with multiple Super Bowl rings the edge, but Rodgers is just too good and Ben makes us feel dirty. This one's really a toss up.
Edge: PUSH
Franchise History
As we previously stated, these are arguably the two most storied franchises in NFL history, alongside the Bears and the Cowboys. Under legendary coach Chuck Noll the Steelers won four Super Bowls and overall have more Super Bowl crowns than any other franchise with six. On the other side, you've got the Packers, who play at the most legendary field in pro football and were once helmed by the most legendary coach in arguably any sport, Vince Lombardi. How do we separate these two historic franchises? Frankly, you can't. It's just too close to call.
Edge: PUSH
Defensive Star with Crazy Hair
For some reason, we're fascinated by the long, flowing hair that comes tumbling down out of a football helmet, and this Super Bowl features two of the most magnificent manes in sports with defensive stalwarts Troy Polamalu and Clay Matthews. Each had outstanding seasons, as evidenced by the fact that they were the top two vote getters for Defensive MVP this season, separated by a mere two votes. However, there might not be a defensive player more crucial to the success of his team than Polamalu (who edged out Matthews 17-15 in that MVP vote), and that's why he gets the slight edge over Matthews.
Edge: STEELERS
Coach Lookalike
Okay, this one is a little skewed because Mike McCarthy doesn't really look like anyone other than a weird mix between Kevin James and Patrick Warburton. But good lord man, we're pretty sure that IS Omar Epps coaching the Steelers!
Edge: STEELERS
Fan Novelty
On the one side, you've got the Packers Cheeseheads. On the other is the Terrible Towel. Let's be honest, this one isn't even close. Yes, the Terrible Towel is nice and all, but it's far from unique (the Minnesota Twins, for instance, have the similar Homer Hanky) and it's a little dull and unimaginative. Additionally, the Terrible Towel is manufactured by a company located in…Wisconsin.
Edge: PACKERS
Jerry Jones Bitterness-Level
When Jerry Jones opened up his behemoth of a stadium and was awarded Super Bowl XLV (which, come to think of it, sounds like a really expensive car) he was just salivating over the possibility of bringing home a sixth championship for his storied franchise, which would tie the Cowboys with none other than the Steelers for the most Super Bowl victories in history. Like the Steelers, the Packers are also one of the most storied franchises in NFL history with three Super Bowls of their own along with one of the most rabid fanbases in all of sports. While it will no doubt irk Jerry no matter which team wins, we have to think that a Steelers victory, which would be there seventh and put even more distance between them and the Cowboys, would piss Jones off to no end.
Edge: STEELERS
The Packers are currently favored (-3) heading into Sunday's big game, and that's largely based on the fact Rodgers has been lights out fantastic for most of the postseason. He wasn't great in the NFC title game, but he did enough to win. On the other hand, the Steelers have the superior running game thanks to burgeoning star Rashard Mendenhall, who torched the Jets last week in the AFC Championship. However, the Steelers will be without star center Maurkice Pouncey barring a miracle recovery from an injury suffered in that same game.
The Packers have been in playoff mode since the tail end of the regular season, when they had to win down the stretch just to earn a spot in the playoffs. The Steelers, on the other hand, are in their third Super Bowl in six seasons and clearly know what it takes to win on the big stage. But perhaps the biggest X-Factor? This is finally a chance for Aaron Rodgers to step out of the shadow cast by Brett Favre and become the newest Packers legend. We wouldn't want to bet against Rodgers in that situation. Would you?
Edge: PACKERS
And the winner is…
By the narrowest of margins at 3-2-1, the Steelers edge out the Packers and earn their seventh Super Bowl victory. Although it could very well be the Packers who win. Well hell, this didn't solve much of anything, did it?
Tell you what, why don't you tell us who you think is going to win, if you think you're so smart?


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Scientists used fruit flies to show for the first time that a new class of genetically engineered proteins can be used to watch nerve cell electrical activity in live brains. The results, published in Cell, suggest these proteins may be a promising new tool for mapping brain cell activity in multiple animals and for studying how neurological disorders disrupt normal nerve cell signaling. Understanding brain cell activity is a high priority of the President's Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative.
Brain cells use electricity to control thoughts, movements and senses. Ever since the late nineteenth century, when Dr. Luigi Galvani induced frog legs to move with electric shocks, scientists have been trying to watch nerve cell electricity to understand how it is involved in these actions. Usually they directly monitor electricity with cumbersome electrodes or toxic voltage-sensitive dyes, or indirectly with calcium detectors. This study, led by Michael Nitabach, Ph.D., J.D., and Vincent Pieribone, Ph.D., at the Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, shows that a class of proteins, called genetically encoded fluorescent voltage indicators (GEVIs), may allow researchers to watch nerve cell electricity in a live animal.
Dr. Pieribone and his colleagues developed ArcLight, the protein used in this study. ArcLight fluoresces, or glows, as a nerve cell's voltage changes and enables researchers to watch, in real time, the cell's electrical activity. In this study, Dr. Nitabach and his colleagues engineered fruit flies to express ArcLight in brain cells that control the fly's sleeping cycle or sense of smell. Initial experiments in which the researchers simultaneously watched brain cell electricity with a microscope and recorded voltage with electrodes showed that ArcLight can accurately monitor electricity in a living brain. Further experiments showed that ArcLight illuminated electricity in parts of the brain that were previously inaccessible using other techniques. Finally, ArcLight allowed the researchers to watch brain cells spark and fire while the flies were awakening and smelling. These results suggest that in the future neuroscientists may be able to use ArcLight and similar GEVIs in a variety of ways to map brain cell circuit activity in normal and disease states.
Cao et al. "Genetically targeted optical electrophysiology in intact neural circuits," Cell, August 8, 2013, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.07.027
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Two local political organizations are scheduled to hold events featuring distinguished community leaders this weekend.
Two local political organizations are scheduled to hold events featuring distinguished community leaders this weekend.
Both the Democratic Club of the High Desert and the Ridgecrest Republican Women, Federated are hosting politicians during two separate events.
Saturday, the Democratic Club will hold its brunch at the Grape Leaf restaurant at 901 North Heritage Drive off Drummond Avenue at 10:30 a.m.
The club's guest speakers are newly sworn-in Indian Wells Valley Water District board member Chuck Cordell and Kern County First District Supervisor-elect Mick Gleason.
DCHD member Matthew Alexander said the event was open to all who are able to attend.
"It will be an informal event with no cost at the door," Alexander said.
In the past, the brunches have proven popular and that have drawn crowds.
The club drew one of its largest crowds at the Oct. 20 brunch where Congressional independent candidate Terry Phillips, who ran against incumbent Rep. Kevin McCarthy and state Assembly candidate Mari Goodman, who ran against incumbent Assemblywoman Shannon Grove.
Other local candidates spoke briefly at that Oct. 20 brunch, including Gleason and his opponent former state legislator and Kern County Supervisor Roy Ashburn.
Republican Women
Friday, the Ridgecrest Republican Women have scheduled California State Senator Jean Fuller to speak at a luncheon.
Fuller has represented the Indian Wells Valley in both houses of the state legislature, first in the Assembly from Dec. 2004 to Dec. 2010 before succeeding Roy Ashburn in the state senate's 18th district.
Fuller will also swear in Ridgecrest Republican Women's new officers for 2013 and 2014.
The incoming officers for the are President Judy Weaver, First Vice President Heather Weaver, Second Vice President Lois Beres, Recording Secretary Martha Jauregui and Treasurer Sharon Anderson.
The luncheon will be held at Victoria's Restaurant at the Heritage Inn and Suites at 1050 North Norma St. on Friday from noon-1:30 p.m. The public is welcome to attend and the cost of the luncheon meal is $14 and people can make reservations with Barbara Hall at (760) 375-1966.
Fuller was responsible for authoring Senate Bill 769 that ultimately allowed the Maturango Museum to stuff a dead mountain lion for eventual display.


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A judge says rocker Sammy Hagar did not defame a Playboy bunny with whom he allegedly fathered a child when he accused her of extortion in his memoir.
U.S. District Judge Linda Reade last week dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Iowa woman, identified as Jane Doe in court documents.
The woman claims she and Hagar had an affair in the 1980s and that she became pregnant with his child in 1988. The child died shortly after birth in 1989.
In his 2011 memoir, "Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock," Hagar denied fathering the child and accused the woman of extorting him for money.
Reade says Hagar's statements were not libelous because they did not use Doe's name and she failed to prove she suffered any injury from them.
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Elzar is a famous chef, owner of the restaurants Elzar's Fine Cuisine, Elzar at the Wong, and Cavern on the Green. He also hosts The Essence of Elzar, a television cooking show. He is also the reigning champion of the show Cooking Coliseum; Bender once defeated him, but declined the title of Iron Cook (3ACV22). He got his start when he was brought in to replace Helmut Spargle's less extreme show, "Down-Home Country Cooking With Helmut Spargle". Elzar practices the dark side of cooking, utilizing things like cilantro, mango salsa, raspberry vinaigrette, along with liberal use of his spice weasel.
A Neptunian, Elzar lives in Little Neptune. He is cocky, arrogant, possessing a sharp tongue and a short temper. He is an excellent chef, though he doesn't run the cleanest restaurant in town and has a reputation for being rude to the customers. Bender briefly worked for Elzar, in order to pay for the meal Elzar served them to make up for accidentally blinding Leela (2ACV13).
Signature Dishes
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- Unnameable Horror from Beyond, with Mango Chutney
- Down-home Neptune-style Gumbo
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- Bread á la Cockroach
- Jamaican Jerk Platter
- King Crab
- Sterno-nicoise
- Steamed Carrots
- Crud Puffs
- Shlimp Cocktail
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Elzar killing a Neptunian Slug before cooking it (1ACV07).
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- Elzar's character and show are a parody of the real-life chef Emeril Lagasse and his show, The Essence of Emeril.
- He is a reference to Gormaanda from The Star Wars Holiday Special.
- Bender is a huge fan of Elzar's, often adopting a sycophantic attitude around him.
Elzar: I knocked it up a notch. Bam!
Elzar: If you promise to stop interrupting, alright. Against my will, I'm gonna knock it up another notch.
Elzar: Hey, look at this crowd. You guys gotta try the pasta. It's got a real nice profit margin. Bam!
Elzar: Hey, there! How are you folks doing tonight?
Bender: Great. What are the specials?
Elzar: We've got a wonderful grizzly bear that's been dipped in cornmeal and lightly tormented. Questions?
Amy: What was the bear's name?
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The Green Bay Packers (5-6-1) suffered their worst beating since 2006, a 40-10 Thanksgiving throttling by the Detroit Lions that dramatically reduced Green Bay's chances of making the playoffs for the fifth straight season and exposed the Packers as one of the NFL's worst teams without Aaron Rodgers under center.
It was over when…
…Matt Flynn took a safety with 53 seconds left in the third quarter, putting the dominant Lions up 16 points. The way the Packers offense was operating, a field goal deficit might have been too much. This was all Detroit, from start to finish.
Game Balls
- James Jones: The Packers finished with 126 total yards, 79 of which came via Jones. The veteran made an incredible catch around the back of Stephen Tulloch in the first quarter, and then battled for a deep ball on Green Bay's final drive. He didn't quit, which is more than you can say for a few others.
- Sam Shields: It speaks to Calvin Johnson's greatness that a six-catch, 101-yard day felt quiet. Shields was beat clean on a few slant routes from Johnson, but no corner can be expected to shut out the game's most dominant pass catcher. Shields later picked Stafford's attempt at Johnson in the end zone, and he wasn't in coverage on the Stafford-Johnson touchdown (a busted zone look). Shields battled.
Key Stats
The Lions out-gained the Packers by 435 yards, which marked the biggest yardage discrepancy in an NFL game since 2005. Detroit tallied 561 yards, while the Packers needed 65 yards on their final drive to get to 126...Green Bay's 126 total yards were the least since 2006, when the Packers had just 120 in a 35-0 loss to the New England Patriots. The 30-point deficit was the largest since that game, too...Detroit had 30 first downs, including 14 rushing. The Packers had seven. And for the first time in 23 years, Green Bay didn't have a rushing first down. The last time Green Bay didn't have a rushing first down in a game was 1990...The Lions averaged 7.1 yards per play. Green Bay finished at 3.0, but for most of the contest, that number hovered around 2.0...Detroit held the football for over 40 minutes, just four days after the Packers played almost 80 total defensive snaps against the Minnesota Vikings...Detroit was 9-for-12 on the third down, while the Packers were just 2-for-10...Green Bay forced four turnovers but still lost by 30 points...One week after Adrian Peterson and Toby Gerhart totaled 237 rushing yards, Reggie Bush and Joique Bell combined for 211. Bush had 182 total yards...Jeremy Ross, cut by the Packers in September, had a 24-yard reverse, a five-yard touchdown catch and 116 total return yards...The Packers forced just one punt.
Other Notes
– The Packers are dead in the water unless a fading run defense turns around. For the third time in four games, Green Bay gave up 200 or more on the ground. Overall, Detroit's 241 yards rushing were the most allowed by the Packers since 1997. Is there an easy fix? Green Bay is being bullied at the line of scrimmage, and the linebackers simply aren't good enough—especially inside—to consistently shed blocks and fill gaps. This is an execution and effort problem in the front seven.
– Five straight quarterbacks have finished with a passer rating over 90.0 against the Packers defense. Stafford even threw two picks and still finished at 98.5, which speaks to the amount of big plays he otherwise found against a secondary that looks more and more lost every week.
– I won't completely excuse Matt Flynn's performance, but he didn't have a chance to move the football today. The Lions plugged the run consistently—which they've done better than any defense in football over the last month and a half—and then got after Flynn with just the front four. It was an impressive showing from the "scumbag" Lions defensive line. Flynn got whacked on nearly every drop back and took seven sacks.
– Name a team the Rodgers-less Packers could beat. I'll wait. This club is in the Jaguars category without No. 12. Four convincing losses and a home tie to the two-win Minnesota Vikings have come down the pipe since Rodgers left during the Nov. 4 Monday nighter.
– The Packers playoff hopes are now on life support. To have a chance, Green Bay needs to return Rodgers by next Sunday, win the next four games and then hope the Lions and Bears both drop two of four over the final month. It's a stretch. Winning four straight games, even with Rodgers under center, appears unlikely for this shriveling club.
– The Packers now get 11 much-needed days between today's whacking and next Sunday, when the 2-win Atlanta Falcons head to Lambeau Field. Atlanta might be a mess, but this Packers defense might just make Matt Ryan look like Johnny Unitas. Salvaging what ever is left of this lost season must start next weekend.
Zach Kruse is a 25-year-old sports writer who contributes to Cheesehead TV, Bleacher Report and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He also covered prep sports for the Dunn Co. News. You can reach him on Twitter @zachkruse2 or by email at [email protected].
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LEROY P STOUFFER loves helping Carmichaels homeowners protect their home and belongings with personalized insurance coverage. Tell Roy Stouffer or one of our other knowledgeable agents about the particulars of your home and household. By listening to the priorities and concerns of homeowners in 15320, we've learned to identify the right policy solutions with speed and confidence.
No amount of attentiveness would satisfy our homeowners if LEROY P STOUFFER didn't also choose to partner with Nationwide. Their versatile products, affordable rates, and reliable services provide LEROY P STOUFFER with everything we need to serve Carmichaels homeowners.
Concerned about replacing the home's contents or covering high-value items that are kept in the home? Let an agent tell you about the details of the Brand New Belongings® or Valuables Plus® programs. Coverage may also be essential for other buildings on the property like a detached garage, storage shed or gazebo. And should the day ever come when you need to make a claim, know that every one of our policyholders has access to Nationwide's On Your Side® Claims Service.
Call LEROY P STOUFFER at (724) 966-7156 and stop worrying about insurance coverage for this all-important family investment. You can also schedule an appointment with our office at 107 W George St, Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, 15320.
The LEROY P STOUFFER also offers products in Ohio and West Virginia. Please call for information on products in those states.