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Source: The Charleston Gazette, W.迷你倉出租Va.Sept. 05--CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- I'll be honest. I didn't really have much of a column for this week. I was going to write about how it's almost time for the fall season to start and cover the few big network happenings this week.Then, while I was compiling the weekly listings, I watched last week's episode of "The Glades."It was the season finale, and it was a HUGE cliffhanger (which I won't spoil for even bigger slowpokes than me). It involved the fate of a major character in the time leading up to Jim and Callie's wedding.The episode originally aired Monday, Aug. 26. Six days later, on Sept. 1, A&E canceled the show.I howled with rage when, after seeing the episode, I read the news. It's not that I'm devastated the show is over; I am just furious that it ended -- or rather, didn't -- like it did.The action was leading up to a wedding; is there a more perfect ending than that? Had it ended that way, I would have shrugged and thought, "Well, it had a good run," but since it didn't, I'm left thinking, "Really?! Four seasons of loyal viewing, and this is how you repay the fans, A&E?"I understand TV is a business and it's all about the money, so if something's not making enough of it, it's got to go. However, when a show's been on for several seasons, it would be nice for the network to have even the teensiest bit of respect for the viewers.Sure, the writers are partially to blame since they chose to go the cliffhanger route. But clearly, they must have felt at least fairly secure in their renewal odds, or I doubt they'd have chosen the path they did, especially in this case, where there was such a perfect option for an ending readily available.Maybe before filming concluded, the network suits could have said to the show, "Hey, your ratings aren't so hot this season. Maybe you shouldn't plan too far ahead." Or, even better, just come right out with it and make a decision with enough time for the show to craft a proper ending -- or at least re-tool what it's already got to make it as satisfying as possible.I've been extremely lucky in recent years that two of my favorite shows -- "Chuck" and "Breaking Bad" -- have ended knowing that they were done and thus able to go out on their terms. As sad as I am at their end, I am extremely grateful that they weren't just abruptly cut off.It seems like within the past two years, more and more long-running shows have headed into their last seasons with the knowledge that it is the final season, and I think that's how it should be. Even if it ends up only being a half season, give them a chance to plot a proper exit.That way, when the final credits roll, fans still may not like the ending, but at least they can hate it knowing it was the one chosen for them by the show and not foisted on them by the network.-- -- --Scripted series premiere: "Last Tango in Halifax," 8 p.m. Sunday, PBS (BBC dram迷你倉 about former sweethearts reunited after 60 years).Other series premieres: "The Customer is Always Right?" 10 p.m. Thursday, OWN (customers get a week to try revamping struggling national brands); "Hello Ross," 10 p.m. Friday, E! (pop culture talk show with Leno's former "Ross the Intern"); "Miami Monkey," 10 p.m. Sunday, VH1 ("Mob Wives" spin-off); "The Million Second Quiz," 8 p.m. Monday, NBC (trivia game show taking place inside around the clock for 11.57 days); "The Arsenio Hall Show," 11:30 p.m. Monday, Fox (late-night talk show); "Snake Salvation," 9 p.m. Tuesday, National Geographic (non-W.Va. snake-handling preachers); "Too Young To Marry?" 10 p.m. Wednesday, Oxygen (four-part series on teens planning to wed).Season premieres: "Tamar & Vince," 9 p.m. Thursday, WE; "Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team," 9 p.m. Friday, CMT; "David Tutera: Unveiled," 9 p.m. Saturday, WE (preceded by "My Fair Wedding" special at 8 p.m.); "Sons of Anarchy," 10 p.m. Tuesday, FX (90 minutes); "The X Factor," 8 p.m. Wednesday, Fox (new judges Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio join Simon Cowell and Demi Lovato).Returning: "Six Little McGhees," 10 p.m. Saturday, OWN.Series finale: "Do No Harm," 10 p.m. Saturday, NBC (turns out there was one more episode after last week's original billed finale).Season finales: "Wilfred," 10 p.m. Thursday, FX; "Mistresses," 9 p.m. Monday, ABC; "Breaking Pointe," 9 p.m. Monday, CW; "So You Think You Can Dance?" 8 p.m. Tuesday, Fox; "Rizzoli & Isles," 9 p.m. Tuesday, TNT (midseason finale); "Dance Moms," 8 p.m. Tuesday, Lifetime; "Who Do You Think You Are?" 9 p.m. Tuesday, TLC ("Big Bang Theory's" Jim Parsons); "Master Chef," 9 p.m. Wednesday, Fox; "Royal Pains," 9 p.m. Wednesday, USA; "Camp," 10 p.m. Wednesday, NBC (likely series finale).Specials: "Teach," 8 p.m. Friday, CBS (year-in-the-life documentary and star-studded teacher celebration); "American Masters: Billie Jean King," 8 p.m. Tuesday, PBS; "Hero Dogs of 9 /11," 8 p.m. Tuesday, Animal Planet; "9 /11 Firehouse," 8 p.m. Wednesday, Discovery (NYC firefighters recall the attacks); "Nova: Ground Zero Supertower," 9 p.m. Wednesday, PBS (building One World Trade Center and the National September 11 Memorial Museum); "The President's Gatekeepers," 9 p.m. Wednesday, Discovery (two-night, four-hour documentary with all 20 living chiefs of staff).Film of note: "Metropolis," 8 p.m. Friday, TCM.Of note: "Parks and Recreation" starts in syndication at 8 p.m. Monday on WGN. It will air in primetime 8-11 p.m. Monday, 9-11 p.m. Tuesday and 9:30-11 p.m. Wednesday before settling into its regular 9-10 p.m. Monday slot. It also airs 12:30-1:30 a.m. every Monday through Saturday.Reach Amy Robinson at flipside@wvgazette.com.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, W.Va.) Visit The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, W.Va.) at .wvgazette.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存倉

NEWBURYPORT, Mass.迷你倉, Sept. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Map publisher SpatialTEQ, the leader in affordable and easy-to-use business mapping software, today announced the release of Map Business Online 4.0, an expansive list of enhancements to the award winning, web-based mapping software used by thousands of North American sales, marketing, finance, and health care professionals. Map Business Online (MBO) users import business data for easy map display, color coding, sales territory mapping, demographic analysis, and web map sharing.(Photo: photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130905/PH74308-a ) (Photo: photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130905/PH74308-b )These extensive updates to SpatialTEQ's cloud-based mapping software are the result of ongoing efforts to improve MBO by adding features requested by users who apply MBO's powerful visualization tools to their business and resource planning activities.Expanded Territory Management Tools for Advanced Sales Planning-- Territory managers may now highlight territory assignment intersections to identify overlapping sales responsibilities or coverage area holes. -- Territory Count feature reveals overlapping and unassigned zip codes, counties, or states for easy and fast territory maintenance. -- Territory managers can now draw and label user defined territory regions with the enhanced Draw Tool.New Base Map Layer Options Offer a Variety of Compelling Map Views-- Map Business Online 4.0 now offers National Geographic World Map and World Topographic Map views. -- Satellite imagery views are now provided as an alternative map background option to the Streets map template. -- Zip code layer data options - users may now choose between Census ZCTA and USPS zip codes styles.Enhanced Draw Tool Added to MBOA popular request from the growing Map Business Online user-base is a draw tool that enables user defined map shapes and lines. This new tool allows users to create their own graphic objects on the map.-- Draw circles, polygons and choose from a selection of line sizes and colors -- Select from a文件倉variety of colors for fill shading. -- Identify created objects with text labels.Distance MeasurementsMap Business Online 4.0 includes a basic measuring tool for quick point-to-point distance measurements. Examples of how users would apply the Measure Tool include determining territory widths, measuring the minimum distance between two retail locations, or estimating how far a new home is located from work.Map Printing and Map Display EnhancementsProfessional business users often use Map Business Online to create presentation graphics or wall maps that inform constituents about business objectives or results.-- Large format printing through PDF file format now provides rectangle and circle print previews, defining the area of interest for printing. -- In addition to Map Legend control, MBO now provide s a flexible Map Title Bar that can be conveniently placed anywhere on the map to further define business maps.New Map Data & Filtering OptionsWith MBO 4.0 users may now include web and email links with their imported business data and customer mapping software. Embedded links will display and open from the map. MBO 4.0 offers a wide array of data filters within the Data Window. With this release users may assign unique symbolization to filtered datasets and marketing lists for easy map identification. Users now have the ability to filter imported datasets, displaying just those results on the map.About Map Business OnlineBrought to you by the creators of BusinessMAP, .MapBusinessOnline.com has been providing sales & marketing professionals with affordable and intuitive solutions to geographic challenges since 2010. Create, edit, and share maps that reflect your business. Create optimized multi-stop routes to drive down travel costs. No other map software solves so much for so little.Contact: Geoffrey Ives Email (800) 425-9035, (207) 939-6866Read more news from SpatialTEQ.Photo: photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130905/PH74308-aphotos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130905/PH74308-bPRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.comSpatialTEQWeb site: .mapbusinessonline.com/存倉

Source: Portland Press Herald, MaineSept.儲存倉 04--OLD ORCHARD BEACH -- The picture is a little grainy, the audio a little scratchy. Then again, it should be. This particular VHS tape is 27 years old.Jack Trull is mesmerized by it."I could watch this all day," he said, sitting in his Saco home.No doubt. The tape is the second half of the 1986 Class D state championship football game between Old Orchard Beach High -- coached at the time by Trull, now the school's athletic director -- and Madison. Old Orchard won 33-20, scoring 27 unanswered points in the second half.At the time no one knew it would be the last Class D state title game sanctioned by the Maine Principals' Association. The following fall, football was restructured into three classes. But after years of debate, the MPA re-established Class D beginning this fall, again putting the state's smallest schools into their own division.Old Orchard Beach, with 268 students, is the fourth-smallest school in the state playing football. And the Seagulls hope to provide a bookend to the Class D Gold Ball that sits in the school's trophy case."That," said the current coach, Dean Plante, a junior reserve on that 1986 team, "would be cool."THE LOSS THAT SET UP A TITLEThis isn't the first time the MPA has reinstituted Class D. The MPA crowned champions in the division from 1951 to 1975 (except for 1971 and 1972, when no champion was designated according to MPA records). Then they stopped for three years.In 1979, Class D resumed with a state championship game. At the time, Old Orchard was playing in the Southern York League, which featured larger schools such as Marshwood, York, Kennebunk, Wells, Noble and Massabesic.Curt Chretien, an Old Orchard assistant coach who was also a junior on that 1986 team, insists that the Gulls "could have won close to 10 Gold Balls if we hadn't been playing those schools."But after the 1984 season, Trull's first (a 2-6 record), the Seagulls considered a move to Class D."Joe Regina (the athletic director at the time) wasn't in favor of it," said Trull. "He was old-school. He wanted to play the schools in our backyard."And after the decision was made to move down, Regina reminded Trull, "You can't go any lower than Class D. We were more than a little intimidated."Moving down was just what the school needed.The Gulls went 10-1, losing only in the Class D state championship game, 7-0 to a powerful Dexter team headed by the fabulous Haines twins, Michael and Mark. They combined for more than 8,000 rushing yards in their high school career.Old Orchard held them to about 100 in the game, but Mark Haines scored the game's only touchdown on a 43-yard interception return.That loss, said Trull, "was a huge motivation for our guys. By 1986 our weight program was on track. The kids had a purpose."The Gulls repeated their undefeated regular season, getting tested only twice: 18-14 over Mexico and 20-14 over Messalonskee.Then they beat Messalonskee 33-13 in the semifinals, setting up the showdown with Madison.THAT NOT-TO-BE-FORGOTTEN GAMENov. 8, 1986 dawned gray, chilly and drizzly. By the time the game started a fog hung around the Winslow High field. The field was wet and muddy.Madison, coached by Art Rudman, converted an Old Orchard fumble and interception into a 20-6 lead at the half."I think the thing that stands out most for me about that game," said Plante, "was the halftime speeches by Jack and Marc (Gagne, his top assistant). It was almost like the game was playing out perfectly."Trull said he had a simple message for his players: "We wanted them to come out and play like we had all season and show them what Old Orchard Beach football was about. We weren't going to quit and we were going to find a way to win."Josh Barstow, the senior quarterback/kicker/punter, started it.On their second possession of the second half, the Seagulls faced a fourth-and-long at their 16. As Barstow took the long snap, he hesitated and looked up -- "See him look," said Trull, watching the tape -- and noticed the Madison linemen had peeled back to set up a blocking wall for the punt returner.Barstow then took off, running up the right sideline to the Old Orchard 45. "People were yelling at me that it was a great call," said Trull. "I didn't call it. That was all 迷你倉價錢osh."And that's when everything started going right for the Seagulls -- and wrong for Madison."That really turned the game around," said Carl Rudman, a Madison assistant at the time.Aided by a later 15-yard penalty against Madison, OOB scored to pull within 20-12. On the second play after the kickoff, Tommy Mullen intercepted a pass, returning it to the 25. A Madison player was called for a late hit, moving the ball to the 12. A couple plays later, Barstow threw a touchdown pass to Tom LaChance and it was 20-18.Madison lost a fumble on the ensuing kickoff. At this point, said Trull, the OOB sideline was delirious. "We were still losing at the time," he said, "but we knew we were going to win."On the other sideline, said Carl Rudman, the Bulldogs had a sinking feeling. "Any time you're in a game like that, when you have the upper hand and lose it, it's really hard," he said.Facing a fourth-and-2 on the first play of the fourth quarter, Barstow drew Madison offside with a hard count. LaChance then scored on a 19-yard run and the Seagulls led 24-20. OOB had missed its previous two 2-point conversions so the Seagulls lined up as if to kick the PAT.But Trull had a message for his seventh-grade manager, Billy Blanchette, to deliver to Barstow. "I didn't want to use a timeout," said Trull, "so when Billy ran out to give Josh the kicking tee, I told him to tell Josh to (fake it)."The snap came directly to Barstow, who threw a pass to David Snow and it was 26-20.When the game finally ended, said Trull, "there was this big pig pile. Kids were crying with joy."After watching the VHS tape of the comeback again, Trull shook his head. "Special kids on a special team," he said.A BIG WELCOME HOMEWhen the team turned off the Maine Turnpike to return to the high school, they were greeted by every police car, fire truck and ambulance in Old Orchard Beach."Yeah, we had a parade," said Plante. "My dad (Jerry) was the town manager. We had no problem getting the fire trucks."What Trull remembers is the length of the parade."We didn't get to the high school for another hour," he said. "They took us all through town. I think we went on every road in Old Orchard. And what was great is that people were coming out, flicking their lights on for us. Somehow everyone knew."The celebration continued for a while. "We ate for free for weeks," said Plante. "I think there were team dinners for the next three weeks."Plante said the victory, "established football as the sport in town." Chretien said it "brought back the football tradition."OOB went on to win two more state championships, both in Class C, in 1990 and 1993."I think that win in 1986 meant more than we realized at the time," said Trull. "For all the teams that played prior to it, it verified something for them."THE TROPHY TELLS THE TALENeither Plante nor Chretien have mentioned the 1986 Class D title to their players this preseason. They don't need to."We all know about it," said Joey Gildard, a senior running back. "The trophy's in the case."Plante thinks about winning the championship, of course. It's every team's goal at the start of the season. But playing in Class D, against schools of similar size, gives the Seagulls a better chance."It gives us a chance to compete against every team we play," said Chretien.More than that, said Plante, it gives the smaller schools a chance to compete every year. They will no longer be going up against schools with enrollments double their size. Their rosters will be relatively the same size."To be honest, in the short term (playing in Class D) will have little impact because we are playing a lot of the same schools we played last year," he said. "But in the long term it allows the small schools to be protected."Trull looks at the new class designations differently than others."I don't really think we added a D," he said. "We added something in the middle; all we did was push the letters down."But these small schools have to play each other. It's a survival thing for them."Mike Lowe can be contacted at 791-6422 or at:mlowe@pressherald.comTwitter: MikeLowePPHCopyright: ___ (c)2013 the Portland Press Herald (Portland, Maine) Visit the Portland Press Herald (Portland, Maine) at .pressherald.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

DENVER, Sept.迷你倉 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- HOSTING, a leading provider of enterprise-class managed cloud services, will host a free, live seminar on Three Cloud Trends with the Greatest Impact on the Software Industry. The educational, interactive session is designed to help top software and SaaS company executives understand the rapid evolution of software delivery in the cloud, and its profound impact on operations.Join HOSTING on September 12, from 8:00am to 11:00am at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco on Union Square, 345 Stockton Street, San Francisco, CA. A complimentary breakfast is included. Register at: hosting.com/sfcloudGuest speaker David Linthicum is an internationally recognized industry expert and author/co-author of 13 books on computing. Mr. Linthicum is also the host of Cloud Computing Podcast and a cloud computing blogger for InfoWorld and GigaOm Pro. Leading technology publications frequently name him among the top 10 enterprise technologists in the world.Mr. Linthicum and HOSTING's CTO Matt Ferrari will cover topics such as:-- How to leverage auto-provisioning and auto-scaling for better service and ROI -- How to improve security and compliance when migrating applications to the cloud -- How to get increase visibility and insight with use-based accounting, governance and resource monitoringConnect with othe儲存 like-minded software company pioneers and learn how to lead - rather than follow - the migration to the cloud. Early registration is advised as seating is limited. For more information, call 816-918-4678.About GigaOm ResearchGigaOm Research provides timely, in-depth analysis of emerging technologies for individual and corporate subscribers. Its network of 200+ independent analysts provides new content daily that bridges the gap between breaking news and longtail research. pro.gigaom.comAbout HOSTINGHOSTING builds and operates high performance clouds for business-critical applications. With a unique lifecycle approach and the industry's best team, HOSTING helps organizations design, build, migrate, manage, and protect their Cloud-based environments. Using enterprise-class networking and connectivity technologies, HOSTING provides the highest levels of availability, recovery, security, and performance. HOSTING owns and operates six geographically dispersed data centers under an ITIL-based control environment independently validated for compliance against the PCI DSS and SOC frameworks. The company's 4,000 clients around the world represent a variety of industries including software, healthcare, retail, media-entertainment, financial services, technology and government.HOSTINGCONTACT: Molly Antos, mantos@sspr.com, 847-415-9327Web site: .hosting.com/新蒲崗迷你倉

Source: The Buffalo News, N.迷你倉新蒲崗Y.Sept. 04--A tearful kindergarten pupil from a Buffalo charter school was found Tuesday afternoon wandering the streets of a Cheektowaga housing development, miles from his home in Blasdell, after a school bus driver dropped him off at the wrong location.An investigation later determined that the bus driver diverted from his assigned route and that two young passengers with the same first name led to the 5-year-old boy being dropped off far from home on his first ride from school."At the end of the day, a terrible mistake has been made. It's a dreadful mistake," said Mark Crawford, superintendent of the West Seneca School District, where the driver is employed. "But I am not trying to defend this or explain it away. We just feel terrible about it."The West Seneca School District is responsible for transporting students who attend private, religious and charter schools outside the district. Its territory includes the section of Blasdell where the boy lives.The kindergartner, who attends Community Charter School in Buffalo, was found in the area of the Garden Village Apartments in South Cheektowaga.The boy was supposed to be dropped off at Cambridge Square apartments, near the McKinley Mall, before a first-grader with the same first name was dropped off at Garden Village.But the other boy, who attends a different charter school, wasn't on the bus Tuesday."The driver chose to take a route that had not been laid out," Crawford said. Instead of heading to Cambridge Square first, the driver went to Garden Village.A good Samaritan who found the boy called Cheektowaga police."He was so upset; we didn't 迷你倉出租now who he was," Capt. James Speyer, a department spokesman, said of the boy.When the boy was unable to communicate, police looked in his backpack and found paperwork that led them to the charter school near the Buffalo-Cheektowaga border. When police called the school, there was no answer, Speyer said, so they contacted someone in the Buffalo Public Schools' Transportation Department.The boy spent about two hours with police before they eventually heard from his mother, who reportedly is a school bus driver herself."Somebody got through to the mom -- we never did," Speyer said."We put the child on the bus he was supposed to get on," said Denise Luka, head of school at Community Charter School.Though the boy started kindergarten Aug. 19, Tuesday was the first day he rode the bus, she said.The fact that a young student was dropped off without an adult to meet him -- in violation of West Seneca's policy -- troubled Crawford and Luka, both of whom have spoken with the boy's mother."This is such a regrettable thing. We are all sick about it," Crawford said. "When you think about what could have happened, we are grateful that (the boy) was found soon after."Luka had been thinking the same thing."There was a happy ending. It could've have ended very differently," she said."I'm thankful that the little fella is safe."As for the driver's status, Crawford said Wednesday: "We have an internal matter going on. I'm not at liberty to talk about it."email: jhabuda@buffnews.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 The Buffalo News (Buffalo, N.Y.) Visit The Buffalo News (Buffalo, N.Y.) at .buffalonews.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

AIR traffic controllers in Shanghai and north China gave priority to a Shanghai Airlines flight with a seriously ill baby on board, airlines officials revealed yesterday.儲存The air traffic regulators allowed the Shanghai Airlines’ flight FM9132 from Tianjin to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to take off before  schedule and also cleared the flight path on the way, an official with national air traffic management said yesterday.It was all because the condition of a 15-month-old baby boy deteriorated after all the passengers had got onboard and the cabin crew shut the door at around 11am on August 26.After the crew announced that the flight would be delayed by at least one hour, the boy’s mother panicked and started crying loudly, said Lu Yuan, the chief flight attendant.The boy was being taken to the Shanghai Children’s Medical Center for advanced treatment, but developed complications after boarding the flight. The mother said the boy suddenly developed rashes on the face, and 新蒲崗迷你倉ad also been running fever for 10 days, Lu said.The captain put in a request to the air controllers, who allowed the flight to jump the queue and take off at around 11:30am.Other air traffic controllers between Tianjin and Shanghai cleared the route, asking other aircraft to give way after being informed by their counterparts in Tianjin, the air traffic management official said.The aircraft landed at the Shanghai Hongqiao airport five minutes earlier than scheduled.An ambulance was waiting at the airport apron and rushed the sick baby to the hospital in Shanghai.A doctor with the Shanghai Children’s Medical Center said the baby underwent urgent surgery and was responding well to the treatment.The boy’s life would have been in danger if the flight was delayed for more than an hour, the doctor said. The boy suffered from hemophagocytic syndrome that causes bleeding under the skin. The continuous fever had also damaged the liver and kidney. He should be able to leave the hospital in 10 days. mini storage

Source: The Philadelphia InquirerSept.self storage 04--Shortly after beginning his eulogy for Joan Krajewski Wednesday morning, the Rev. Joseph Campellone asked how many people in the congregation had been called "an idiot" by the former councilwoman.Dozens of hands shot up, including a good portion belonging to her former Council colleagues, who filled the two front rows of Christ the King Parish."Even the mayor," Campellone laughed, pointing to Mayor Nutter, who had his hand in the air.Krajewski, who died last week of chronic lung disease at age 79, served in City Council for 32 years, representing a proudly blue collar swath of Northeast Philadelphia.Known for her immovable will and blunt assessments, delivered in a husky smoker's voice, Krajewski was immensely popular in her Sixth District, where she was most at home holding court in one of the neighborhood diners. She retired in 2011, after winning reelection seven times."I'm glad she was old school," said Campellone, the president of Father Judge High School and a longtime friend of Krajewski's. "We need people who are going to say, 'I don't need an office. My office is going to be a diner. My office is going to be K-Mart. My office is going to be Frankford Avenue.'"Above all, he said, Krajewski was ruled by her belief that "integrity makes you who you are."He recalled the time she shut down a racially-charged housing meeting in her district when someone in the audience referred to "those people."Campellone remembered her thundering back at 迷你倉he hostile crowd, "What do you mean 'those people.' This is over. We're all God's people."Krajewski may have been tough, "but when it came to her grandchildren, she was a real softy," said her daughter-in-law, Michele Krajewski.When the first of her five grandchildren was born, Krajewski wasn't sure she could stand being called a grandmother. Luckily, her granddaughter took to calling her "Memom.""That was a name Joan could live with and love," Michele Krajewski said.After the service, Mayor Nutter laughed, recalling his battles with Krajewski -- no matter how they ended, she always sent him away with a joke and wished him well, he said.Nutter especially remembered his six-year effort as a councilman to ban indoor smoking in Philadelphia."She would just say, 'You must be crazy. I can't vote for that,'" the mayor said.He also recalled the time he spoke to Dennis Farina, the recently-deceased actor who was one of Krajewski's favorites. Nutter convinced Farina to call the councilwoman -- but she didn't believe it was him and hung up. Farina called back and eventually convinced her the call was not a prank."She called me and she was ecstatic. 'I can't believe you did that,'" Nutter said. "There wasn't anybody like her and there won't be anytime soon."Contact Troy Graham at 215-854-2730 or tgraham@phillynews.com, or follow on Twitter @troyjgraham.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Philadelphia Inquirer Visit The Philadelphia Inquirer at .philly.com Distributed by MCT Information Services文件倉

Source: The Frederick News-Post, Md.文件倉Sept. 05--What is three times five squared?Perhaps that is up for interpretation.75.Who ARE you?75.Yeah, I just got a flier on my car ...30.75.The answer is 75.Noah McWilliams took a math problem and turned it into a social experiment. For the past six years, and more fervently in the past two, he created fliers with 3X52=? and a phone number on them, and put them on car windshields in downtown Frederick during the night.The Google Voice phone number then took callers to a simple message -- "Please leave your answer" -- and allowed McWilliams to collect the messages as mp3 files, which he used to create his show "3X52=?" at the Griffin Art Center this month, an audio installation that is extremely minimal in its visual presentation -- bare, white walls, aside from an enlarged version of his flier on one of them.Speakers throughout the room play one message after the next, overlapping and echoeing in a bizarre, dreamlike conversation, with the occasional "75" grounding it. For the show, he's collected some 500 voicemail recordings of about 20,000 total.He got hostile messages -- usually a reaction to an invasion of space, he said. He got sweet messages from old ladies. He got late-night, drunken messages. He got people's life stories that culminated in how they don't do algebra. He got people who thought he was trying to steal their identity, people who thought there was a religious connotation to the math equation, people who thought they were going to win a prize."Some people would answer it directly, or hipsters would call up and be dismissive or try to be funny, but they still didn't know what it was about," McWilliams said Sunday at the Griffin Center. "I mean, it was just a math problem with a phone number."Something as objective as a math problem, though, became completely subjective thr存倉ugh his process.Backtrack six years and McWilliams was delivering pizzas and sharing a parking lot with the Board of Education building. A different teacher seemed to come by every day and accuse the delivery workers of parking in their spaces, "which was totally ridiculous," McWilliams said. "We were paying for the spaces. ... So eventually I started putting napkins with math problems on their cars. ... I did it out of half boredom, half being obnoxious, but what was really funny is they would answer them and put them back on our cars."From there, he started flyering cars in a more organized fashion, leaving identical paper fliers of a math problem on random cars throughout downtown Frederick.During the past two years, he picked up the pace, flyering about 400 cars in downtown Frederick every weekend.It's been compared to Magnet Man, he said, the street artist who has posted hundreds of magnets around downtown Frederick with cryptic, philosophical messages on them -- "except Magnet Man wasn't taking a voyeuristic approach to people's reactions."During the past week, he started putting fliers for his exhibit on downtown cars, so there's a high likelihood that people who left voicemails will be at the opening reception on Saturday."These are gonna be the people," he said. "They're gonna hear their voices ... shouting at this inflammatory statement which is just a math problem."--What: "3X52=?" audio installation by Noah McWilliamsWhen: Opening receptions from 5 to 9 p.m. Sept 7 and 14, and by appointment through Sept. 28.Where: Griffin Art Center, 437 N. Market St., FrederickInfo: 888-666-0804; gallery@griffinartcenter.com; .griffinartcenter.com.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Frederick News-Post (Frederick, Md.) Visit The Frederick News-Post (Frederick, Md.) at .fredericknewspost.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

Source: Bangkok Post, ThailandSept.存倉 05--Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong looks to have his work cut out for him in leading the government's attempt to end the rubber protests.His ancestors were the people who first introduced rubber trees and plantations to southern Thailand in the early 1900s.The introduction of the commercial tree started off a new industry and brought prosperity to the entire southern region.Rubber has become the country's second most important export item, worth billions of baht each year. It also keeps more than 500,000 households employed.According to the Office of the Rubber Replanting Aid Fund, the deputy premier's ancestor Phraya Rasadnupradit Mahisarabhakdi, or Kosimby Na-Ranong, had the idea of bringing rubber trees into Thailand after he went on a work study trip to Malaya. He saw how well the commercial trees grew and produced great yields for farmers.Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong: Heavy-hearted about failure to solve the protests. (Bangkok Post file photo)Kosimby was governor of Trang at that time. He was later named Regent of Phuket and governed seven southern provinces including Krabi, Ranong and Satun.Kosimby did not succeed in bringing back rubber saplings during that trip, however, as the plantation owner refused to give him any.It was not until a few years lat迷你倉r, in 1901, that one of his nieces was able to get hold of some rubber saplings from the Dutch East Indies.According to the Rubber Office's website, four crates of rubber saplings -- carefully wrapped in water-soaked cotton and paper -- were brought to Siam on a steamboat. Kosimby's nephew -- Phra Satholsathanpithak or Koyukiat -- planted some of the rubber saplings in front of his residence.The last surviving tree from that very first batch brought 112 years ago still stands there, in front of what is now an agricultural co-op in Trang province.Koyukiat propagated the first batch of rubber saplings until they covered about 45 rai.He is credited as the first owner of a rubber plantation in Thailand.Despite his lineage, sources at Government House said Mr Kittiratt felt heavy-hearted about negotiating an end to the weeks-long rubber protest.He is particularly concerned that responsibility for the task has fallen to him.Several earlier attempts to reach an agreement between the government and protesting farmers have failed.The subsidy package approved by the cabinet fell short of the demand for a price guarantee made by rubber planters in the South.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) Visit the Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) at .bangkokpost.com Distributed by MCT Information Services自存倉

Source: Bangor Daily News, MaineSept.self storage 04--WATERVILLE, Maine -- The reconfiguration of Maine high school football to encompass four classes this fall for the first time since 1986 will in many cases create new rivalries among schools of suddenly similar enrollments.In a few cases, it will renew storied rivalries of the past.One of the more notable examples of the latter will take place in the new Eastern Maine Class C where the "Battle of the Bridge" between Waterville and Winslow could have postseason ramifications for the first time since 2010.Winslow won that matchup 27-7, marking the sixth time in their last eight countable meetings that the Black Raiders have defeated the Purple Panthers before dropping from Class B to Class C in 2011.Waterville leads the overall series 49-29-4, not counting the Purple Panthers' 64-14 exhibition-game victory during the 2012 preseason.And with Waterville among seven schools shifting from Class B to Eastern C this fall and Winslow moving from Western C to Eastern C under the new alignment, their meeting on the final Saturday of the regular season may have meaning far beyond the shared history between the programs.And it may not be the only time those two teams square off this fall.Waterville, Winslow, Belfast and reigning Class C state champion Foxcroft Academy of Dover-Foxcroft are considered the favorites in a newly formed division where parity is one of the common threads of preseason conversations."Top to bottom it should be a strong conference," said veteran Mount Desert Island head coach Mark Shields. "It will be interesting to see how it works out."Veteran Waterville poised for title runWaterville's (6-5, Eastern B finalist in 2012) late-season surge last fall has carried over to the current preseason, with the Purple Panthers' 62-player roster one of the program's largest in many years."We have a pretty good core coming back," said 24th-year Waterville head coach Frank Knight.Much of Waterville's strength resides up front, where seniors Luke Knight and Duncan Works and juniors Ben Cox, Alex Danner and Corey Huerfano will work both sides of the line of scrimmage, aided by senior end Troy Gurski and junior end Shahzaib Khan.Two seniors, Brian Bellows and Aidan FitzGerald, are expected to see playing time at quarterback, while junior Cam Thomas and sophomore Trever Gray will work at running back. Senior Jordhan Levine is a top receiving threat as well as a proven kicker."Optimistic is a good word," said coach Knight about the mood of his team as the regular season approaches. "We are optimistic."Winslow seeks to build on near-missWinslow (10-2, Class C state finalist) nearly won it all last fall, rallying from a 22-7 deficit before falling to Foxcroft 22-20 in the Class C championship game.Coach Mike Siviski's club figures to be right back in the mix again."They're going to be a tough team," said Old Town coach Nick Arthers. "They will be one of the good teams in Class C this year, but there's going to be real good competition around the league."Winslow is well stocked in the backfield, with bruising senior fullback Zach Guptil and junior tailback Dylan Hapworth a power-packed rushing duo behind junior quarterback Bobby Chenard."Guptil's a force," said Belfast coach Chris Bartlett, whose Lions open the regular season at Winslow on Saturday. "He's a big kid, and the tailback [Hapworth] is very quick."The Black Raiders also have a top-flight end in 6-foot-6 junior Justin Martin while senior Aaron Lint, a two-time state champion in wrestling, keys Winslow's line play.Hapworth also is one of the region's better placekickers, giving the Black Raiders an extra dimension on special teams."Winslow reminds me of Winslow of the old days where they had one or two very good athletes in each phase of the game, running, blocking and tackling, and because of that they can be very balanced," said Bartlett.Third-year starters to lead BelfastBelfast's (5-5, Class B semifinalist) 2012 season is best remembered for its stunning last-play, first-round upset of second-ranked Leavitt of Turner Center in the Pine Tree Conference playoffs.And while that win provides great memories, it's seen at this point as merely a starting point for things to come."We're working to build off that," said Bartlett. "But what the kids are saying is that it's not so much building off that as they want to create their own story this year."Belfast's 56-player roster includes numerous third-year starters, including three senior running backs, a senior fullback, three seniors at tight end and wide receiver and a third-year starter at quarterback.That group is led by QB-DB Zach Collier, HB-DBs Greg Clark and Mike McFadden, FB-LB Baxter Smith and SE-DE Korey Doolan.Another third-year starter, LT-DE Mike Reynolds, is the lone senior back on the line, but a talented sophomore class is expected to help fill the vacancies."The kids are very excited," said Bartlett. "They've been champing at the bit all summer to get after it. They really feel better about football, more excited."Foxcroft embraces new challengesFoxcroft (11-1, Class C state champion) went from being the top team in the smallest-school classification a year ago to the smallest school by enrollment in Eastern C this fall.But that likely won't deter one of Maine's trademark football programs from remaining a top contender regardless of the opposition."It's a different feeling now," said fifth-year Foxcroft head coach Danny White. "But we're excited to play our new schedule because it certainly brings a number of challenges. It's a whole new slate, a whole new beginning."Among Foxcroft's graduates were four players now competing in the collegiate ranks, including 2012 LTC player of the year Donnie Boyer, now at Carnegie Mellon University.But returners to the 40-player roster include senior quarterback Hunter Law, junior halfback Peter Boyer (moving from fullback), two-way senior end Kolby Kendall and senior fullback-linebacker Corey Bjornsen, while sophomore Hunter Smith is an emerging threat at wide receiver.The Ponies are less experienced up front, with center Craig Chambers the lone returning starter on the offensive line."Every year, everything has to start with the offensive line," said White. "You have to be able to create holes and protect your quarterback, and we graduated four of our five guys there so that's our biggest question mark."MDI aims to extend playoff streakMount Desert Island (4-5, Eastern B quarterfinalist) came within an eyelash of knocking off top-ranked迷你倉Mt. Blue of Farmington -- the eventual 2012 Class B state champion -- in the opening round of last year's playoffs with a performance symbolizing the Trojans' wing-T offense at its ball-controlling best.Coach Mark Shields' club will have its entire starting offensive backfield returning in an effort to pick up where it left off.Senior Jon Phelps is back at quarterback, joined by junior fullback Sandy Henggeler, senior left halfback Teagan Candage and sophomore right halfback Taner Bickford."All of them have different styles of running," said Shields.Where MDI will be rebuilding is along the line of scrimmage where graduation took a heavy toll."We lost some pretty big boys up front," said Shields. "It does help to have an experienced backfield, though, because you can teach line play a little quicker."The Trojans, 38 players strong, will need to use ball control to aid what Shields describes as an inexperienced defense.MDI will be seeking its eighth straight postseason appearance.Young Madison-Carrabec squad not lacking experienceMadison-Carrabec (2-6) enters its fifth season as a cooperative entry, and second-year head coach Scott Franzose is looking forward to the Bulldogs' positioning in Eastern C."What I like about it is there's a lot of parity, a lot of competitive balance," he said, "and there's the chance to play some familiar opponents and the chance to develop some new rivalries."Madison-Carrabec will rely on a mix of seniors and juniors to spark its pursuit of a postseason berth.Two of the team's eight seniors, TE-DE Levi Murray and Chris Hayden, a linebacker and H-back, will play leadership roles, as will junior Cody Soucier, the incumbent quarterback and starting free safety.Other catalysts will be junior HB Jordan Curtis and junior OG-NG Jared Lightbody."We're a team that continues to fly under the radar," said Franzose. "Our goal is the Big 10 championship. That's our goal every year."Old Town hopes familiarity breeds successOld Town (1-7) enters its second season under Arthers, and the Coyotes aspire to take a significant step forward.One reason for enthusiasm around the program is the work to refurbish the school's Victory Field athletic complex, which includes the football facility. Early stages of the project are being completed, with a later phase slated to include the installation of an artificial-turf field."We're starting to turn the page," said Arthers. "People are getting excited about Old Town football again, especially with the new stadium and new track at the school."Another reason for optimism, Arthers said, stems from the growing familiarity between the coaches and the 40 players on the roster."I think we're a much better team," he said. "We've got a year of my offense under our belt, and we've got a better grasp of what we're doing on the field."The Coyotes will be led by senior Zach Bartlett, a key along the offensive line and the defensive playcaller from his inside linebacker slot. Senior end Tyler Wengrzynck is another leader up front, while sophomore Jake Jarvis steps in at quarterback and junior Braden Upshaw looms as the featured running back.Shepardson leads Hermon attackHermon (5-3) becomes eligible for postseason play for the first time after playing down in the former Class C as a developmental program the last two years."The goal is to make the playoffs," said Hawks head coach Ken Frederick. "We'd like to win all of our games, but realistically if we can go .500 we can go to the playoffs."Hermon's varsity roster numbers 35, slightly down from 42 a year ago.But the Hawks feature the LTC's leading rusher in 2012, junior halfback David Shepardson, who gained 1,416 yards and scored 21 touchdowns while averaging 8.1 yards per carry."David is one of those kids who during the offseason works really hard," said Frederick. "He runs track, lifts weights and really takes care of himself."He's very, very confident, and he's all about football."Shepardson, senior quarterback Josh Wilson and junior wideout Kyle Barnes will be among those working behind a youthful line anchored by junior Bryce Hieftje.New coach, new spirit at NokomisFifty-three players have turned out for football at Nokomis of Newport, a healthy increase over previous years even though the Warriors opted to play down a class by enrollment for the next two seasons and won't be playoff-eligible during that span.That roster includes 10 seniors and a significant contingent of juniors who will have graduated by the time Nokomis will be able to pursue a postseason berth again in 2015."Those seniors obviously are not going to the playoffs, so for them to come out and give everything they have for eight games this season is special," said first-year head coach Matt O'Connell, a former assistant coach at John Bapst of Bangor who teaches in the Newport-area school system."It takes a special kid who loves football to want to be a part of that, and that goes for the juniors as well."Several of those seniors will play key on-field roles for the Warriors, including QB-DB Dominic Erickson, OT-DT Jeff Walker, TE-DE Jake Winslow and OL-DE Rusty Wilson. Juniors Noah Kershner (RB-LB), Jacob Nichols (OL-DL) and sophomore RB-LB Dylan Thibodeau also are expected to be impact players."There's just a good vibe around the program right now," said O'Connell. "The kids are excited about what they're doing, and I'm excited about being here with them."Camden Hills strives for competitivenessCamden Hills of Rockport is in a situation similar to Nokomis, using the next two seasons in Class C to reinvigorate its program before likely moving back to Class B, its designated class by enrollment.And while the Windjammers won't be playoff-eligible, they see an opportunity to make a statement each week during the regular season."We basically want to compete every week and grow the program," said second-year head coach Steve Wadsworth. "We look at every week as being a playoff game, and we want to beat the big boys."The Camden Hills roster, numbering in the low 30s, features a blend of upperclassmen and younger players.The upperclassmen are led by senior RB-LB Isaac Young, senior TE-DE Connor Graffam, senior lineman Alex Switzer and junior lineman Kaylo Littlejohn.Leading the underclassmen is sophomore quarterback Nick Rozsahegyi, who is back behind center after earning playing time as a freshman.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine) Visit the Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine) at .bangordailynews.com Distributed by MCT Information Services文件倉

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【本報訊】的士司機接載一名韓國遊客到機場，文件倉車資309.5元，遊客卻錯看咪錶，誤將車資增加10倍變成3,095元，付款下車後卻懷疑被騙報警。司機當時以為喜獲約2,790元貼士，翌日卻被警方拘捕懷疑濫收車資。裁判官昨天准許司機自簽1,000元，守行為一年了事，另繳付300元堂費。司機在庭外表示有多年駕駛的士經驗，以往曾收過千元貼士，所以對當日發生巨額貼士奇遇，感到毫不意外。韓客睇錯咪錶該名韓國男遊客於今年8月11日，在上環信德中心港澳碼頭登上由司機張順駕駛之的士，存倉求駛至機場。的士抵達目的地時，咪錶顯示車資是309.5元，男遊客卻錯誤看作為3,095元，並沒有與司機談話下給他3,100元結賬。司機收錢並列印收據交給遊客，遊客下車後懷疑被騙，報警求助。警方根據收據上的資料，翌日拘捕司機。司機自稱不諳英文，以為遊客多付的2,790.5元是給他的貼士，司機願意將「貼士」物歸原主，交還遊客。荃灣裁判法院裁判官李家齊批准司機以守行為方式結案後，提醒他今次不會留下刑事案底，但他須於未來一年保持行為良好。案件編號：TWMP1789/13迷你倉