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Source: AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSept.self storage 05--QATAR REPORTS SECOND MERS FATALITY: Qatar has said a 56-year-old Qatari woman has died as a result of several health complications after being infected with the MERS virus, the Peninsula has reported. The woman is the second Qatari victim of the virus, the first being a man whose death was reported a few months ago from London. Two other persons are currently being treated for the infection at Hamad General Hospital, both Qataris, aged 59 and 29 years.ERC PARTNERS WITH BURJEEL HOSPITAL TO HELP NEEDY PATIENTS IN UAE: Emirates Red Crescent has signed a memorandum of understanding with Abu Dhabi's largest private tertiary hospital, Burjeel Hospital, to provide medical services to needy patients in and outside the UAE, Gulf News has reported. As part of the agreement, Burjeel Hospital will provide medical services to needy patients nominated by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), as well as support the authority's programmes on disease awareness, screening and training of volunteers. The ERC will identify individuals and collaborate with charitable organisations across the region to nominate patients who are in need of medical treatment.OMANI HEALTH MINISTRY WARNS AGAINST FAKE RECRUITMENT ADS: The Omani health ministry has said an advertisement uploaded on Facebook and in some south Indian newspapers inviting nurses to submit job applications for recruitment in the sultanate, Times of Oman has reported. "We have not authorised anybody to recruit nurses for the MoH," a ministry official said. "This is a fake advertisement and will be brought to the notice of senior officials. These kinds of advertisements are not only duping the candidates but also besmirching the name of the ministry," the official said.JORDAN OPENS $87M HOSPITAL IN AQABA: Jordan's Royal Medical Services has announced the inauguration of the Prince Hashim Hospital in Aqaba, Jordan Times has reported. The JD62m ($87.44m), 212-bed hospital aims to provide healthcare to residents of Aqaba and nearby regions, those covered under civil and military health insurance and visitors to the port city. The six-storey facility was built on a 150-dunum area of land, and is capable of handling some 800 cases per day.EXPANSION OF UAE-FUNDED EYE HOSPITAL IN NABLUS UNDER WAY: The Emirates Red Crescent has said the Sheikha Salama bint Butti Eye Hospital in Nablus, in the West Bank, is scheduled for opening in 2016, Wam has reported. The facility will form the basis for An-Najah National University (ANU) Teaching Hospital. The 100-bed hospital, built at a total cost of Dhs8m, is equipped with the latest facilities to cater for both patients and medical students of ANU. The 65,000 sq m teaching hospital, including the premises of Sheikha Salama Bint Butti Eye Hospital, is under a 99-year lease for ANU. When completed in 2016, the 450-bed hospital will have four integrated buildings, including medical, logistical and administrative facilities.KUWAITI HEALTH MINISTRY APPROVES CLINICS SEGREGATION PLAN: The Kuwaiti health ministry has approved a recommendation to allocate morning check-up hours at out-patient clinics in public hospitals for citizens only, Kuwait Times has reported. This follows a similar experiment applied earlier this year at the Jahra Hospital, which senior ministry officials said was "successful." Announced last March, the plan gives Kuwaitis priority in medical check-ups during morning shifts, while makes it mandatory for foreigners to stop by at afternoon shifts for medical tests at all outpatient clinics in public hospitals.UAE LIFTS BAN ON JAPANESE FOOD IMPORTS: The UAE has announced its decision to allow the import of all kinds of food and feed from 14 Japanese provinces, Wam has reported. The ministry of environment and water said to allow the import of food from the provinces, the name of the province and the origin of food must be provided and attached with a certificate showing the date of production or manufacturing. The import ban on food and agricultural materials from Japan came after potential exposure to radiation from the leak at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami witnessed by the country in March of 2011.CONSTRUCTION OF JALILA CHILDREN'S SPECIALTY HOSPITAL IS 60 percent COMPLETE: Dubai Health Authority (DHA) has said that 60 percent of the construction work of Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital, which is being designed as a smart hospital, has been completed, Khaleej Times has reported. The 200-bed hospital will integrate a plethora of interesting IT and design features to create a positive and entertaining environment for young patients and their families, said the DHA. "Upon completion, the hospital will be the first-of-its-kind facility in the region offering super-specialty and multi-spectrum paediatric care. It will provide paediatric services from newborns to 16-year olds and will offer all necessary paediatric services under one roof for the children of the UAE and the region," said the director general of the DHA, Essa Al Maidoor.UAE REPORTS FIRST MERS FATALITY: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced a UAE national with a previously confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has died, Gulf News has reported. The 82-year-old Emirati, who had been undergoing chemotherapy for the last two years, was the first death from MERS coronavirus confirmed in the country.UAE HOSPITALS HIRING UNLICENSED STAFF WILL FACE STIFFER PENALTIES SOON: The UAE health ministry has said under the new federal law on Medical Licensing, healthcare providers will face harsher punishments an迷你倉 pay hefty monetary fines for hiring unlicensed medical staff, Khaleej Times has reported. The penalties may include court case referrals, according to a senior official from the ministry. "The punishments will now be different and harsher," said Dr Amin Al Amiri, assistant undersecretary for Medical Practice and Licensing at the ministry.SAUDI REPORTS 42ND MERS-RELATED FATALITY: Saudi health authorities have said a Saudi man has died of the coronavirus MERS, bringing the kingdom's death toll from the Sars-like virus to 42, AFP has reported. The 38-year-old man who died in the eastern city of Hafr Al Baten had been "suffering from a severe lung infection", the health ministry said.NEW MERS INFECTION ANNOUNCED IN QATAR : Qatar has announced the second confirmed case in a week of the MERS coronavirus, with a 29-year-old man infected and in intensive care, AFP has reported. The Qatari patient, who suffers from asthma and has been in contact with another patient infected with MERS, is "in a critical condition and is under intensive care," the Supreme Health Council (SCH) said.MAKKAH TO HAVE SR560M NEW HOSPITAL: The Saudi health ministry has allocated SR560m for the construction of a 300-bed public hospital in Makkah's Sharayeh neighbourhood, Saudi Gazette has reported. An area of 250,000 sq m has been allocated for the Al-Sharayeh General Hospital, with an additional area set for future projects, the ministry said.ABU DHABI'S AHS TO LAUNCH 7TH ABSHER DOCTORS PROGRAMME IN REMOTE AREAS: The Ambulatory Healthcare Services (AHS), a part of the Abu Dhabi Health Services Co (Seha), is set to launch next month a programme providing people living in remote areas with access to essential speciality services, Gulf News has reported. The seventh Absher Doctors programme will provide patients with access to specialists at the Al Qua'a, Al Hayer, Sweihan and Mezyad healthcare centres from September 8 to 11. Absher Doctors offer 368 appointments for consultations with cardiology, dermatology, obstetrics and gynaecology, orthodontics, dental implants, as well as ear, nose, throat (ENT) specialists.SAUDI ARABIA REQUIRES SOMALI, KENYAN PILGRIMS TO TAKE POLIO SHOTS: Saudi Arabia has said all Haj pilgrims coming from Somalia and Kenya are required to produce polio vaccination certificates upon arrival in the kingdom, following the outbreak of an epidemic in the two countries, Arab News has reported. "These pilgrims should produce their polio vaccination certificate at the port of arrival in the kingdom," a health ministry official said. "Upon arrival, these pilgrims will be given another dose of polio vaccine irrespective of their age," the official added.QATAR'S HMC SUSPENDS NON-EMERGENCY SURGERIES: A shortage of anaesthesia respiratory tubes has forced Qatar's Hamad Medical Corp (HMC) to indefinitely suspend all non-emergency surgeries that require general anaesthesia, the Peninsula has reported. Only surgeries of an emergency nature and those for cancer patients are being performed. The shortage was attributed to a fire that broke out in an HMC warehouse in the Industrial Area last month.BAHRAIN LIFTS BAN ON JAPANESE FOOD IMPORTS: Bahrain has decided to lift restrictions on food imports from Japan imposed following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, Gulf Daily News has reported. Following a major earthquake in Japan, a 15-metre tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three Fukushima Daiichi reactors, causing a nuclear accident on March 11. The Bahraini ban excluded imports given the all-clear by Japanese authorities, and items produced and prepared for shipment before the reactor was damaged. "Bahrain is the first country in the GCC to lift the ban on food imports and we welcome the decision," said the press secretary of Japanese Foreign Affairs Ministry Kuni Sato, at a press conference in Manama.SAUDI ARABIA TO HIRE FOREIGN FIRM TO OPERATE, DEVELOP DIALYSIS CENTRES: The Saudi health ministry has allocated SR1.9bn for a five-year project to provide healthcare services for kidney patients, which will be assigned soon to a foreign operating company, Saudi Gazette has reported. "The company will run the ministry's existing high level dialysis centres and build new ones to accommodate kidney failure and dialysis patients," Dr Aqeel Jamaan Al-Ghamdi, deputy minister of health for therapeutic medicine and hospitals and supervisor of the National Programme for Dialysis, told the daily. "The company will oversee the total operations of the ministry's dialysis centres and the new one that will built, provide them with the needed equipment and maintenance and staff them with experienced professionals to ensure quality services."SAUDI ARABIA STOPPED ISSUING LICENCES FOR NEW POLYCLINICS: The Saudi government has stopped accepting applications for polyclinics since the issuance of new regulations for private health institutions, Saudi Gazette has reported. The health ministry will issue licences for general and specialist modern medical complexes instead, said assistant undersecretary for Private Sector Affairs at the ministry, Ali Hussein Al-Zawawi.NEW MERS-RELATED DEATH REPORTED IN SAUDI ARABIA: The Saudi health ministry has said one more man has died from the new MERS respiratory virus, bringing to 40 the number of deadly cases in the kingdom at the centre of the growing outbreak, the Associated Press has reported. The 51-year-old man who died in Riyadh was also suffering from cancer and other chronic diseases, the ministry noted.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 AME Info (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) Visit AME Info (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) at .ameinfo.com Distributed by MCT Information Services文件倉

Source: Odessa American, TexasSept.儲存 05--Some have said Thomas Crowe is a healer. To those who know him, he has the ability to come into a school district, assess the issues, enact a plan and move forward.As the new interim superintendent at Ector County Independent School District -- just since Aug. 20 -- Crowe, 62, has made Odessa his new, though temporary, home for the next several months until the school board hires a permanent superintendent. That process has started, with interviews planned for late October.The appointment of Crowe was preceded by six-year superintendent Hector Mendez announcing his retirement in March, then former chief of staff H.T. Sanchez became the interim superintendent until he took the superintendent job in Tucson, Ariz. (June 29), and finally Human Resources Director Brian Moersch was named the "acting superintendent" on July 1 until Crowe was hired in August.For now, Crowe is at the helm of the 30,000-student school district, and with 38 years of experience around Texas in various capacities and in places from Katy to McKinney to Willis, Crowe has seen and learned a lot over the years."The opportunity to have Mr. Crowe has been very impressive. With his experience, he's already proven to be very important to the district in helping the leadership team and amid working with opening this school year," board president Ray Beaty said on Wednesday.To people Beaty has visited with, Crowe is "very knowledgeable and brings a lot of information to the district that's been beneficial."On Wednesday, Crowe sat down with the Odessa American in his office at the ECISD administration building to talk about the first few weeks of school and his assessment of ECISD. Crowe said he's missing his wife of 28 years, Mary Jane, a retired educator as well, and his two longhorns, two horses and dogs in the small town of Bandera, south of Kerrville in central Texas, where the couple retired. He joked about getting back into the routine of driving in traffic compared with slow-moving Bandera and said he's thriving just fine in the dry West Texas heat."I've lived in several places in Texas and each of them has their own flavor. You adjust to it and move on," Crowe said.Odessa American: How have the first two weeks gone?Interim Superintendent Thomas Crowe: They have gone very well. I went to several campuses the first day and it seemed to be going very smoothly. The principals were very well prepared for the first day of school. The kids are happy. Well, they're happy and they're sad. They're happy to see their friends, but sad that summer is gone. But they're very engaged on the campuses as I walked around. That was good.You start out right away establishing those relationships with those kids and engaged in what's going on. And, of course, we're growing every day. We check the numbers and there's challenges with that.Getting enough staff members and room for the kids ... unfortunately we had to shut some campuses down as far as enrollment. In a fast-growth district ... this is pretty common of course. We have the challenges of still having some teaching positions open, but we're working hard to fill those as well. Other than that, it's gone real well the first two weeksOA: What are some of the remedies to solving those problems?CROWE: We're beginning to look at alternate certification for some with bachelor's degrees with interest in teaching or someone who might be an aide right now, looking into alternate certification. That's the main thing you do at this point. Most of your really qualified candidates are already committed somewhere, so you look at alternative ways of filling those positions.Sometimes you have to overload classes, put more students in a class than you really want to, but it's necessary and teachers understand that. We hope that they have the attitude of 'Hey it's another child coming in. Bring him on. We'll teach him.'As far as rooms, you look at portables. (He mentioned ECISD's bond issue for new schools). People tend to get upset about portable classrooms. There's nothing wrong with portable classrooms. I've been involved with them. In fact, in Katy, we had 180-some portable classrooms, but it was part of the growth plan and when you say it's part of the growth plan you don't want to build a school too soon. So you let it get overcrowded or two of them near each get overcrowded before you build that new school. Then you move those portables to another fast growth area.Education takes place in those classrooms, and the main thing you have to make sure of is safety. Easy access to main building location is the key.OA: What's your assessment of ECISD? Its strengths or differences from other districts?CROWE: One of the big strengths of the district is leadership, the superintendent's leadership team. I've told the board, I've been in several districts that's had really great leadership teams -- this one is as good or better than anyone I've ever been around. They are focused on the success of the children and every consideration we have is about what is going to help the kids be successful.I have a saying and they live it. The saying is, 'We make decisions based upon what's good for kids not for the convenience of adults.' And they live that.Sometimes we have to work a little harder, do a little extra, but if it's for the good of the kids, we do it.The district, we have some work to do. I don't think anybody's hidden that. We look at campuses that have required improvement, but it's not impossible work. That's one thing I've focused on when I talk to principals is that together we can do this. But we have got to do it together. We've got to find where we are and where we want to get to and put a plan in place that's step by step gets us there.It's work, but at the same time, I don't want them putting so much pressure on the teachers and on themselves that people forget those aren't numbers those are kids. When you look at that percent you should see a kid's face.So I want them to keep focus on building those relationships because once you build those relationships then the instruction and the curriculum will kick in. I want them to be aware we've got work to do. I don't want to put so much pressure on them that they lose focus these are kids that we're trying to help be successful.It's not Odessa High being successful, it's not Permian being successful, it's kids being successful.OA: Is that coming from your philosophy on leadership? ... What did you say in your interview (with board members for this job)? How do you pitch yourself?CROWE: The way I pitch myself if that I'm a communicator and some people have said I'm a healer. I come in when there's been strife or division or trouble and heal those wounds and move forward. I think that's kind of my focus.I am very involved. I get on campuses. I think it's important they see the superintendent at least sees what's going on; on campus, I think it's important the teachers see the superintendent. To know, again, we're in this together. I'm not up here dictating things. I'm here to hear what the challenges are. I'm here to address those challenges.I'm not the most brilliant man in the world. I don't have all the answers, but if I get smart people togeth新蒲崗迷你倉r... When I was hiring, I always tried to hire people smarter than I was. I wanted to be the dumbest person in the room, because they have the great ideas. Then what we do is hash those ideas around. Then do what I call 'throw them up against a wall and see what sticks.' And then we can all go out and support that.I guess collaboration would be the key to my leadership. With that, you get people who are collaborative but can't make a tough call and I've made the tough call. I've had to release people, I've had to do different things, so you got to be able to do both. You have to be able to collaborate, but when there's a fire you don't need to get together to collaborate, someone needs to pull the fire alarm. (Laughter.)A saying I've used with principal groups already here in working with teachers to help the kids be successful what I don't want is there's a saying 'the beating will continue until morale improves (Laughter). I tell them, I don't want that. (Laughter.) I want them to support them. And help them feel good about what they're doing. Find the strengths.Yeah we've got challenges, but we got things. We're strong academically here, too, so find those strengths and celebrate them so the teachers don't always feel like you're criticizing the things that haven't happened. Let's talk about what has happened.OA: In the search for the next, permanent superintendent, what are some things, qualities that you think are important for ECISD or just in general?CROWE: I think someone who can communicate. In this day and age, the superintendent has to be able to communicate to many publics, to the staff, to the community, with media, with principals but to be able to communicate your vision and where you want to go in a way people will see it and they want to move toward that vision.So a good communicator. Someone who is willing to work with others and accept others' ideas. One thing I've noticed here in ECISD a lot of leadership has been promoted from within, which is a very good thing as long as that's not all you do because I think you need ideas from other places, too.I think that's maybe where I can be beneficial over these five or six months. I've got experiences from different parts of Texas, from where I started in Indiana -- you know, just different ideas. Nothing wrong with 'the ECISD way,' but what about this? Let's take a look at this? Let's study this? And so I think it's someone who can bring new and different ideas and throw them up against the wall and see them stick. They may not be a fit for ECISD but you have to talk about them. You can't just come in and assume well that ain't going to work because we've never done it that way. Of course, you know the definition of insanity is doing the same thing today as you did yesterday and expecting a different result so you got to have somebody who's got to come in that's got different ways of doing things. So you move forward.OA: You have a lot of experience. Are there things now that are so much different from when you started in public education?CROWE: Back when I started, we were in vacuum and when I walked in and closed my door in the classroom, that was my world and nobody needed to invade my world. I was going to do it my way. Well, we can't do it that way anymore.OA: Just because?CROWE: Because of state testing, because of district assessments you've got to have a common goal for everybody in that area and I think that's No. 1. I think No. 2 is mass communications. Texting. Everbody's taking a picture. You have to watch what you're doing and watch what you're saying. One thing that's changed back when I started the paddle was pretty prevalent in the classroom. But you don't do that anymore (laughter). That's a lawsuit waiting to happen today. Which there's a good side to the paddle and a bad side to the paddle you can handle something that quick (snaps).OA: Do you find discipline is different or children react differently now?CROWE: They're different. A lot of that happens from home. And some of it's good and some of it's bad. I think that parents ... my parents wanted me to have more than they had. I wanted my kids to have more than I had. I hope that my two sons want their kids to have more than they had but not at the expense of someone else. Not as 'the rules are good, but not for my child.' You see more of that today. 'Boy the rules are good, but my child's different, now you've got to make the exception here.'People look for exceptions more and I think it's because of an enabled society. We've become very enabled -- what I want, I want it now. And instead of waiting for it to happen over time. So that's changed. 'Course, I'm kind of old fashioned. I'm 62 years old, so that bothers me a little bit. You can use Johnny Manziel example. I mean, he's going to do what he's going to do and his parents have lost control. And, because, I don't mean to hammer on him because everyone hammers on him, he was allowed to get away with things when he was younger, and all of sudden you can't reign him in. And so I don't want to see that.I hate to see that with young people, because it hurts the young people. Sometimes 'no' is the best answer. ... I used to tell my students when I was in the classroom, it's real easy for Mom and Dad to say 'yes,' it's real tough to say 'no' because they want you to have more but 'no' is the right answer. 'You can't do that. You can't have that.' And so I hope we get back to more of that where parents are willing to say to Johnny and Susie, not because I said so, because I'm the parent, you're not. It's best for you.'OA: How do educators balance having the kids six hours a day? Sometimes the parents don't even have them as long, so how do you balance not parenting them but teaching them how to behave?CROWE: It has fallen more on the schools to do more of the parenting of children. I live on sayings, one of my others that I've used a lot is, 'Kids don't care what you know until they know that you care.'And so I think in the classroom, you have to show them that you care then you can discipline them, you can teach them, because they know that you care.And you can probably think back to your days in school there were teachers who you knew cared about you and you would jump through hoops for them. There were teachers who you knew who were teaching a subject, not kids. And you did the work, but you probably wouldn't jump through hoops for them, so it has fallen more to teachers and we've got to have teachers. ... I think it's more important to hire teachers who have a caring heart than know the curriculum inside-out we can teach them the curriculum, we can't teach them to care. ... If I've got to have one or the other, I'm going to take the caring heart.OA: Has anything surprised you?CROWE: Probably the biggest surprise was the number of schools that needed required improvement. And when I realized how many there were, I knew we had serious work to do so we've been working on that.--Contact Lindsay Weaver on twitter at @OAschools, on Facebook at OA Lindsay Weaver or call 432-333-7781.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) Visit the Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) at .oaoa.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesmini storage

Source: San Antonio Express-NewsSept.mini storage 05--Woodlake Golf Club could be headed for foreclosure after its bankruptcy case was dismissed Wednesday.The golf course, host of five consecutive Texas Open championships in its heyday, had filed for bankruptcy protection in February -- the second time in 13 months -- to stop the San Antonio River Authority from foreclosing on the 186-acre property.In dismissing Woodlake Golf Course LLC's case, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Craig A. Gargotta barred it from filing bankruptcy again for 180 days. That means Woodlake can't seek court protection to stop a foreclosure over the next six months.Two Woodlake creditors now are weighing whether to foreclose.One of them is SARA, which Woodlake owes $945,655 for water used to irrigate the course. SARA stopped providing water to Woodlake in November."The answer is maybe," John Chisholm, SARA's director of operations, said when asked if the agency would move to foreclose. It has until Tuesday to decide if it wants to post the course for the next foreclosure auction, Oct. 1, on the Bexar County Courthouse steps.SARA holds a second lien on the golf course, so how it proceeds will depend in part on what the first lien holder decides to do, Chisholm said.The first lien holder is locally based Nova Group, which is owed $261,000 for a loan it made to Woodlake. A call to Nova Group wasn't immediately returned.Chisholm said he spoke with Nova Group representatives Wednesday."They didn't commit either, but they made me believe that they may be seriously considering foreclosing as well," he said. "If they foreclose, it sort of takes us out of the driver's seat."He added: "We don't want to own it. We don't want to operate a golf course. We want somebody else to operate it and use our water."SARA has been contacted by a couple of groups or individuals who want Woodlake to continue as a golf course, Chisholm said.One of those groups is the San Antonio Junior Golf Foundation, which teself storageches minority and economically disadvantaged youths and children with disabilities how golf can help them succeed in life.Larry Whitfield, who heads the foundation, said he's interested in acquiring the course and figures that he needs to raise $1 million from supporters by early next month."We need a facility where we can create our own program," Whitfield said. Woodlake would remain a public course, he added.Dennis Killian, one of Woodlake's owners, endorsed the foundation's interest in acquiring the course."This is our preference (because) it remains a golf course and it will support junior golf," Killian said. "It makes a lot of sense to have a community golf course that supports young people in the community."Woodlake first filed for bankruptcy in late 2011, blaming bad weather, fewer golfers and a weak economy for its struggles. The case was dismissed in October after the owners failed to file a reorganization plan.Less than four months later, Woodlake was back in bankruptcy with another filing.Once again, though, Woodlake never filed a reorganization plan, prompting Assistant U.S. Trustee Nancy Ratchford to ask in early August that the case be dismissed.Initially, Woodlake opposed the case's dismissal."Debtor is doing everything possible to continue the tradition of Woodlake Golf Course," it said in a court filing last week. "The debtor has and is making every effort to reorganize its indebtedness and keep the course alive."But at Wednesday's court hearing, Woodlake offered no opposition to Ratchford's request.Woodlake opened in 1972, and the next year, World Golf Hall of Famer Ben Crenshaw captured the Texas Open there for his first professional win.Woodlake listed about $2 million in assets and $2.3 million in liabilities in a February court filing.pdanner@express-news.netCopyright: ___ (c)2013 the San Antonio Express-News Visit the San Antonio Express-News at .mysanantonio.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

Source: Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore.mini storageSept. 05--Twin brothers who work as security guards have been officially cleared of criminal charges that they overstepped their duties in two separate cases. And they say their business is booming.Jason Lee Libby and Donald Eugene Libby, both 30, are the chief financial officer and chief operations officer, respectively, for Jackson County Security. Both faced felony charges, including criminal impersonation of an officer, harassment and assault before the state dropped the charges against one brother because of an uncooperative victim, and the other brother was found not guilty for the other.A Jackson County Circuit Court jury on Wednesday found Donald Libby not guilty of two counts of impersonating an officer following a three-day trial before Judge Benjamin Bloom."A jury of my peers found me not guilty," Libby said. "With all the evidence that the state brought to the table, there was nothing that said I had committed any crimes."Medford police spotted Libby while he was on patrol for Jackson County Security near Camina Drive and Veneto Circle at 11:13 p.m. on Jan. 8, said Lt. Mike Budreau at the time.Libby, driving an unmarked black Ford Crown Victoria, was reportedly standing in front of another vehicle, shining a flashlight at the 18-year-old male driver and demanding he stop, Budreau said.Libby allegedly ordered the driver and an 18-year-old passenger in the car to get out while he quizzed them about intoxicants. Because Libby's uniform looked like a police uniform, the teens complied with limited field sobriety tests, but Libby told the driver he could be arrested for DUII and trespassing, Budreau said.Private citizens cannot administer DUII tests, Budreau said, but they can detain someone for being under the influence before turning them over to police.Libby was later arrested and charged with the two class C felonies.Libby's attorney, Nathan Wente, said the jury acquitted his client because they understood he did not impersonate a police officer that night. Nor did he overstep his duties as a security guard."There is no evidence of that at all," Wente said.Prosecutor Lacie Nelson said the law requires the state to prove Libby knowingly and intentionally used false law enforcement identification or wore a law enforcement uniform to give the impression that he was a peace officer, and that he did so with the intent to obtain a benefit or to defraud. The state maintains Libby did not have lawful authority to perform sobriety tests, she said."But the jury struggled with the language. They were hard-pressed to figure out what was unlawful," Nelson said.Libby's twin, Jason Libby, said the teen was told at the time of the alleged incident that Donald Lself storagebby was a security officer. And his brother did nothing unlawful in the performance of his duties as a security officer, Jason Libby said.Harassment and fourth-degree assault charges against Jason Libby related to a separate incident that allegedly occurred a day earlier were dropped on June 27. Two counts of criminal impersonation were dismissed in February, said Chief Deputy District Attorney Jeremy Markiewicz."We had a less-than-cooperative victim in that case," Markiewicz said.Libby was facing the charges because of an alleged altercation he had with a man and woman during an arrest attempt in front of Weldon's Cleaners at 11:39 p.m. on Jan. 7, according to police reports.Jackson County Security is contracted to patrol the business, police said. Jason Libby allegedly tried to arrest a 40-year-old man as he came out of the cleaners.Dressed in a uniform with a badge, gun and baton, Libby handcuffed the man for trespassing because he had used the business' restroom but wasn't a customer. Surveillance video appears to show Libby pushing the handcuffed man, who hadn't posed any previous problems at the laundry, police said.A 54-year-old woman then told the handcuffed man that Libby was not a police officer, as she'd had a previous run-in with Libby. Libby allegedly threatened to arrest the woman for trespassing, too. Police said he pushed her up against his vehicle and used a wrist lock to detain her. The man tried to leave the scene in handcuffs, and Libby chased him down to bring him back to the scene. Police arrived on the scene soon after to sort out the incident, and no trespassing charges were filed, Budreau said.Private security personnel have the same rights that any citizen would have when it comes to power of arrest. They can detain suspects, just as anyone who witnesses a crime can. But before you can arrest somebody for trespass, you must allow them the opportunity to leave, Budreau said.Jason and Donald Libby said they will continue to perform their duties as security guards, stating they never broke any laws."Everything we did was lawful," Jason Libby said. "I don't know how we even got into trouble."Donald Libby said he wishes his brother's case could have gone to trial so that he could have the satisfaction of hearing a "not guilty" verdict read in court, he said."We wanted to go to trial on his," he said.Jason Libby said their company lost only a couple of clients over the negative publicity related to their cases. In fact, he said, business has never been better."Our company has just blossomed," Jason Libby said.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Mail Tribune (Medford, Ore.) Visit the Mail Tribune (Medford, Ore.) at .mailtribune.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

A choir of boatmen from Hunan province sings rhythmic verses to accompany the towing of a boat.儲存 Their voices hit notes much higher than those of tenors in Western bel canto singing. Next on stage is a death metal band from Guizhou, whose female lead singer hits the guitarist while bellowing in agony, before diving into the crowd. It’s an unusual combination, but this was the scene at the Border Town Music Festival in Fenghuang, western Hunan province. One of the two stages was reserved for music from the local area, traditional and contemporary. Bordering Guizhou province and near Chongqing and Sichuan province, Fenghuang county and its surrounding area is dominated by ethnic groups, such as the Miao and Tujia peoples. Musicians from these ethnic groups were given opportunities to perform on the festival’s local stage, while the major stage featured bands that are well known across the country. This is the first time I have seen such a juxtaposition at a music festival. The two stages formed an interesting contrast, as musicians not from the area got to see local acts, while local musicians had the chance to watch and learn from professional bands. China’s pioneer rock musician Cui Jian named his first album and national tour “Rock ’n’ Roll on the New Long March”, as he sees his work as preaching rock music in the country. It seems that the flourishing music festivals across China have taken on this task in a more thorough way, bringing rock music to places like Fenghuang, a county that has never before seen a music festival. Aiming at “building China’s first roots music brand”, the festival selects mostly musicians with Chinese influences, such as Xie Tianxiao, who plays a guzheng zither alongside his electric guitar, and Su Yang, who adapts northwestern Chinese folk songs into contemporary form. “For Fenghuang, the hometown of people such as writer Shen Congwen and artist Huang Yongyu, what kind of music festival will suit it?” say新蒲崗迷你倉 Zhao Muyang, artistic director of the festival. “We decided to feature rock music with Chinese roots, and at the same time present the local music.” The Fenghuang Border Town Music Festival attracted the town’s fun-loving young people. They were a wildly enthusiastic crowd, welcoming anything that was played. If you gave them some rhythm, they went crazy. Even some bands that would have been likely to receive boos in Beijing received storming applause in Fenghuang. I can feel the audience’s excitement. County-level cultural life in China usually offers little more than singing karaoke and playing pool. The three-day festival was a carnival for the locals. For the first time, they could enjoy an outdoor music festival and see live performances, just like people in big cities. The audience screamed, sang, danced and splashed beer to celebrate the festival. It is counties like Fenghuang, rather than the metropolises of Beijing and Shanghai, that remind me of the big market for music festivals in China. China has nearly 2,000 counties. Even if only one out of every 10 counties hosts a music festival, there will be nearly 200. Properly developed, this market could contribute greatly to China’s economy as well as its musical life. For tourists from outside of Fenghuang, the festival was a good opportunity to understand local lives. Fenghuang is a popular tourist destination, thanks to its well-preserved old town with unique architecture and the Miao culture. But like all other Chinese old towns, nowadays you can see nothing original in the town. All locals have moved out of the old town and rented their houses to businessmen who do not live there. Everything you see is catered to tourists. If you are not satisfied with Shen Congwen’s description of Fenghuang in the early 20th century, and what the souvenir shops offer, you can see what Fenghuang people are really like at the music festival. Contact the writer at muqian@chinadaily.com.cn. mini storage

Source: Detroit Free PressSept.迷你倉 05--Daniel Cleary's plans to join the Detroit Red Wings' informal skates today were waylaid by a late flight; now he expects to be at Joe Louis Arena on Friday.The rest of the week ahead is much murkier.Cleary had been taking part in a hockey camp in Vail, Colo., but that ended Wednesday. A delayed departure out of Denver made for too late of a night to get up and skate the next morning.So he'll join eagerly anticipating former teammates a day later. But then what?Possibly a professional-tryout invitation to camp -- which is, ironically enough, how it all began between the Wings and Cleary.Cleary, 34, remains an unrestricted free agent. The Wings offered him a deal before free agency began in July, but Cleary ended up hitting the market and was pursued by the likes of the Pittsburgh Penguins, who even had their captain, Sidney Crosby, call as a pitchman, as well as Anaheim and Philadelphia.Cleary ultimately decided he wants to stay in Detroit, and the Wings do want him back. He was their second-leading scorer in the playoffs, with 10 points in 14 games, leading the team with five points in the second-round series against Chicago.The Wings already have 16 forward自存倉 under contract for next season and plan to carry 14. However, there are several unknowns, starting with the health of Darren Helm and Mikael Samuelsson. Both missed almost all of last season, and Helm said earlier this week he isn't yet pain-free and doesn't know whether he'll be able to take part in scrimmages when camp begins in one week. Samuelsson said he's healthy, but will he stay so?For now, Cleary will skate with the Wings at the Joe. General manager Ken Holland told the Free Press Cleary is welcome in Traverse City on a PTO. Players, meanwhile, are banking that Cleary soon will be a teammate again."I'm hoping he comes back," defenseman Niklas Kronwall said. "I think it will happen."Since joining the Wings on a tryout in 2005, Cleary has endeared himself in the locker room as something of a know-it-all."He's a one-of-a-kind," captain Henrik Zetterberg said. "Everyone knows that. He's been away for a week, went to some camp. It's going to be fun to have him back."Contact Helene St. James: hstjames@freepress.com. Follow her on Twitter @helenestjames.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Detroit Free Press Visit the Detroit Free Press at .freep.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉新蒲崗

Diabetes epidemic spreads on mainlandShocking survey shows 11.迷你倉出租6pc of people suffer from rampant diet-related disease, with around one third of the world’s diabetics living in ChinaAbout 11.6 per cent of adults on the mainland, or 114 million people, suffer from diabetes, a comprehensive nationwide survey on the disease shows.It means that almost one in three diabetes sufferers globally is on the mainland, a development one world expert on the disease called a catastrophe. It is now more common in China than in the US, where 11.3 per cent of adults are diabetic.The number of diabetics on the mainland shot up by 22 million, the equivalent of Australia’s population, between 2007 and 2010, according to the study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.Rapid changes in lifestyle are the key factor. American diabetics are usually overweight, but those on the mainland are not, the researchers found.“Diabetes may have reached an alert level in the Chinese general population, with the potential for a major epidemic of diabetes-related complications, including cardiovascular disease, stroke, and chronic kidney disease,” wrote the research team, led by Guang Ning from the laboratory for endocrine and metabolic diseases at the Ministry of Health.“Poor nutrition in utero and in early life combined with overnutrition in later life may contribute to the accelerated epidemic of diabetes in China.”The report is based on a survey of a nationally representative sample of 98,658 adults in 2010. A similar survey in 2007 pegged diabetes prevalence at 9.7 per cent, or 92.4 million adults.Almost two-thirds of patients treated for diabetes did not have adequate blood-sugar control, the authors found. For every mainlander diagnosed with diabetes, at least two more will be unaware they have it.“China is now among the countries with the highest diabetes prevalence in Asia and has the largest absolute disease burden of diabetes in the world,” the researchers wrote.Dr Chan Wing-bun, clinical director of the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Diabetes and Endocrine Centre, said: “The most alarming part of the finding is the extremel迷你倉 rapid increase.”Chan said that when a poor society becomes richer, changes in diet and lifestyle means that many people will develop diabetes. After a while, people become health-conscious and the rate falls.He took Hong Kong as an example. The rate increased in the 1980s and 1990s, reaching about 10 per cent. But the most recent survey, conducted in 2004, saw a drop to seven per cent.Asians have been shown to be more prone to diabetes than Westerners. Scientists have suggested that insulin cell function is weaker in Asians, said Chan.The average body mass index, or BMI, in diabetics in the study was 23.7, compared with 28.7 in the US.As in the rest of Asia, the young and middle-aged were most at risk, the study found. Pre-diabetes, or those on the verge of developing diabetes, was present in 40 per cent of adults aged 18 to 29, and 47 per cent among those 30 to 39.“The alarmingly high figures for pre-diabetes are very scary,” said Juliana Chan, a professor of medicine and therapeutics at Chinese University who wrote an editorial accompanying the study. “A lot of people think diabetes is a disease that mainly affects the elderly, but we have a very unhealthy young population that may lose their ability to work in the prime of their lives, and this would also have an impact on their families and on society,” she said.Paul Zimmet, honorary president of the International Diabetes Federation, said diabetes in China had become a “catastrophe.” He added that the increase in the prevalence of diabetes in the country was “unparalleled globally”.“The booming economy in China has brought with it a medical problem which could bankrupt the health system,” said Zimmet. “The big question is the capacity in China to deal with a problem of such magnitude.”China’s diabetes-related medical costs were estimated at 173.4 billion yuan (HK$214 billion) a year in 2010. The rising trend has strained health services and helped fuel a 20 per cent a year growth in drug sales.Costs are expected to skyrocket in the next 10 to 20 years as the millions of sufferers seek treatment and care for related ailments such as kidney failure, stroke and blindness.儲存倉

Source: The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.儲存倉Sept. 05--A Level 3 sex offender has a new address in Yuma, according to the Yuma County Sheriff's Office.Clyde L. Imhoff III is now living at 1500 S. Hettema St.He is described as 5 feet, 8 inches tall, 201 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes.On May 14, 2009, Imhoff pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor in Yuma County Superior Court. He was sentenced to five years in the Arizona Department of Corrections.The charges stemmed from Oct. 21, 2008, w迷你倉價錢en authorities found multiple images of child pornography on Imhoff's computer and images of child pornography printed off the Internet and saved on a flash drive. The images were of children between the ages of 4 and 14 depicted in sexual situations and having sexual intercourse.Offenders are categorized in three levels, with 1 as a low risk to reoffend, and 3 a high risk.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Sun (Yuma, Ariz.) Visit The Sun (Yuma, Ariz.) at .yumasun.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

Source: The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.self storageSept. 04--Since CBS profiled rising country-music star Kenny Chesney on its "Sunday Morning" show eight years ago, the Luttrell native has seen his career skyrocket. So the network is revisiting Chesney for a new look this Sunday.Subscribe to read the full storyCurrent Subscribers -- Activate NowAlready subscribe to the News Sentinel? Unlimited access to KnoxNews.com on the web, your smartphone, tablet, Knoxville.com and GoVolsXtra.com is included with your subscription. All you need to do is ACTIVATE now!Activate NowNew Subscribers -- Subscribe NowWant to keep reading?KnoxNews now offers Premium and Digital Subscriptions. Subscribe now and select how you want to keep up-to-date on local news, reader comments, photos, videos, blogs and more.Subscribe NowLoginUsername / Email *Password * Can't remember? Reset PasswordLoginSubscription Center-- A message from our publisher-- News for subscribers-- News for non-subscribers-- Frequently asked questions-- Help downloading your app?Ready to be a News Sentinel subscriber?We're sorry. We currently do not support purchasing of new products in Internet Explorer 7. Please update to another browser.Premium SubscriptionA Premium Subscription to the News Sentinel includes:-- Home delivery service-- Unlimited Access to the KnoxNews.com, Knoxville.com and GoVolsXtra.com.-- Unlimited Access to the Knoxville News Sentinel for the iPad-- Unlimited Access to KnoxNews for iPhone and AndroidAs low as 3 months for the price of 1 Subscribe NowDigital SubscriptionA Digital Subscription the News Sentinel includes:-- Unlimited Access to the KnoxNews.com, Knoxville.com and GoVolsXtra.com.-- Unlimited Access to the Knoxville News Sentinel for the iPad-- Unlimited Access to KnoxNews for iPhone and AndroidAs low as 2 months for the price of 1 Subscribe NowPremium Subscription -- How often would you like your newspaper delivered?Special offer. Get 3 months for the price of 1.Delivery AddressAddress (Line 1)*Address (Line 2)City*State*ZIP*Check delivery address Choose different productCreate your new loginThe information entered below will be used to access your subscription to KnoxNews on the web, smartphone and tablet.Choose a different subscriptionFirst Name*Last Name*Phone Number*Email*Password*Password (Verify)*Create account BackPreparing payment opt迷你倉onsWe're so close!Success! Your Digital Subscription has been activated.Success! Your Premium Subscription has been activated.Hold on for just a moment while we finish setting up your account..Your Digital Subscription to the Knoxville News Sentinel is now available. Enjoy unlimited access to KnoxNews on the web, on your smartphone and tablet, Knoxville.com and GoVolsXtra.com.Note: Your log-in information will be needed the first time you access your subscription on another device. Use this log-in to access KnoxNews.com, Knoxville.com, GoVolsXtra.com, and all News Sentinel apps.Your Premium Subscription to the Knoxville News Sentinel is now available. In addition to your home delivery service, enjoy unlimited access to your home delivery service, enjoy unlimited access to KnoxNews on the web, on your smartphone and tablet, Knoxville.com and GoVolsXtra.com.Note: Your log-in information will be needed the first time you access your subscription on another device. Use this log-in to access KnoxNews.com, Knoxville.com, GoVolsXtra.com, and all News Sentinel apps.Begin ReadingCurrent delivery subscriber?Please help us find your account by entering all of the requested information below. Questions? Please call customer service at1-877-304-7769.First NameLast Name*Email*Phone Number*House Number*Street NameAptFind your accountCreate your new loginAwesome! We found your Premium Subscription information. Almost there. Please verify the email address listed and then create a password. This login information is how you will access KnoxNews on the web, smartphone and tablet.Make note of your new login information for future use.This email will be used as your login.Choose a passwordPassword*Password (Verify)*Complete BackSuccess! Your subscription has been activated.Your Premium Subscription to is now active. In addition to your home delivery service, enjoy unlimited access and browsing on your computer, smartphone and tablet.Note: Your log-in information will be needed the first time you access your subscription on another device. Use this log-in to access KnoxNews.com, Knoxville.com, GoVolsXtra.com, and all News Sentinel apps.Begin ReadingCopyright: ___ (c)2013 the Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tenn.) Visit the Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tenn.) at .knoxnews.com Distributed by MCT Information Services文件倉

Source: The Frederick News-Post, Md.存倉Sept. 05--There are few moments that define a high school football season quite like the clock running out in the fourth quarter. That is when all teams are officially measured, for better or for worse.When the clock strikes triple zeroes on the scoreboard, the game, of course, has ended. A flood of contrasting emotions and body language washes over the field. The winning team has an obvious bounce in its step. Everyone is happy and positive. The losing team has an underlying current of sadness and anger. Sometimes it is visible on the surface.A lot of work went into what just happened, just about all of it unseen by the fans who filled up the stands. It seems like a logical time for reflection, a chance to take a deep breath or unclutter the brain. Except there is no time. Next week's opponent already beckons.The job demands of a football coach, even on the high school level, are seemingly unending. As soon as one games ends, the race to prepare for the next one begins. Taking deep breaths is code for falling behind. High school coaches aren't crashing on office couches like their fulltime brethren in the professional and college ranks. But their schedules are only one or two steps removed from that.During the season, high school coaches invest anywhere from 40-60 hours a week, working for pennies on the dollar, analyzing video, preparing gameplans, conducting practices and dealing with all of the various issues that crop up on rosters of 30 to 60 players. Sometimes there aren't enough hours in the day."It's a mad race to get things done and the clock is your enemy," said Middletown coach Kevin Lynott, who has led his team to a state championship in each of the last two seasons. "I feel like every second of the day counts."Lynott, like many of his colleagues, has a full-time job. And it's not coaching football. He does it because he loves the game and he loves working with kids, two very important prerequisites.The games, on the other hand, feel more like the refuge. They represent a chance to let loose and have fun after a long week of repetitive, tedious work."Friday is payday," Brunswick coach Patt Foster said. "What kind of work did you put in during the week to create the paycheck that you get?"The answer is typically what determines the outcome of games. There is a lot that happens before and after the ball is kicked off. But it's all highly orchestrated. Almost none of it happens by accident.A big commitmentLots of people want to be football coaches. Lots of them are qualified. But the brutal combination of heavy hours and little money weeds most of them out.It's not a job you take to get rich. Head coaches in Frederick County make anywhere from $2,500 to $4,200 per season and their assistants make even less. By comparison, minimum-wage workers see a far greater return on the hours they invest in their jobs and they usually have a fraction of the responsibility. Every other high school coach, regardless of the sport, can pretty much say the same.Good assistants are treasured commodities because, when one leaves, they are extremely difficult to replace."It's finding the mix of being qualified and having the time to do it," Lynott said. "That's where the teacher-coach has an easier road because of the teaching schedule ... If someone has a regular job that's 9 to 5 and they only get a week off in the summer, how do they come to weight lifting? How do they come to practices?"The summers are another story altogether. Coaches are basically donating their time as they monitor four-day-a-week strength and conditioning sessions and take their players to weekly seven-on-seven competitions."It's almost insane to be honest with you, an obsession," Linganore coach Rick Conner said. "It's almost past what it should be."So, given the time demands and paltry pay, why would anyone want the job?"It's a way to give something back to the community, a way to be involved," Walkersville coach Joe Polce said. "I don't do it for the money. I do it because I like being around my players and my assistants. I think football is a way to teach life lessons. There's a lot more to it than the football part of it, too. There's teamwork, brotherhood, camaraderie, discipline. That's all part of it."Revolutionizing the gameVery little of what football coaches do actually takes place within the confines of a game."I always say two percent of what we do is on the field," Lynott said.While most people think the end of a game is the end of a process, it is actually more like a beginning. There is an immediate rush to start breaking down film. It gives coaches a clearer picture of what they just witnessed and an early jump-start on next week, both in terms of what was working well and what needs to be corrected.By the time the kids show up for practice right after school Monday, several hours of the weekend were chewed up watching film and preparing scouting reports and game plans."I don't see an NFL game until Christmas time," Foster said.Everyone's approach is different. Lynott and his staff at Middletown will huddle inside the school after games to watch film, usually staying well past midnight. Other staffs, like the ones at Urbana and Walkersville, head over to a coach's house to do the same thing.Linganore coach Rick Conner is among those who fire up the game tape by himself late on Friday nights. His wife and son provide help, pointing out all the things that are easy to miss at first glance. But, by 1 a.m., they are sound asleep in the chairs next to him. In less than eight hours, the 51-year-old Conner will be back at school with his players and assistants to watch film, lift weights and run.Film study is the most time-consuming aspect of the job. But, recently, it has been made considerably faster and easier by an innovative, user-friendly website called Hudl."It's probably the most revolutionary thing I've seen since I started coaching and I have been doing this 21 years," Lynott said.Hudl was started by three self-described sports and tech nerds in Nebraska (John Wirtz, David Graff and Brian Kaiser) who felt they could make the lives of coaches, overrun by DVDs and paperwork, simpler."I don't have to fight to use the copy machines at school anymore," Foster said.So, in May of 2006, Hudl was born on the Internet. It's basically a one-stop shop that allows coaches to upload and watch video and disseminate information, including playbooks, game plans and weekly schedules, quickly and easily.Coaches no longer have to waste hours and hours charting each play of the game manually. Hudl does it for them. So, if Foster wants to know how many times his team ran the ball right in last week's game, he can type the request into the program and, within a matter of seconds, a list of all those plays are on his screen and ready to watch. The video can be dissected in any number of ways and everything is available instantly.As soon as a coach sees something on tape, he can send the clip, via email or text message, to a player or group of players and attach a note about what to look for on the screen. If Urbana's upcoming opponent defends the pass a certain way on third downs, coach Ryan Hines can email video examples of the formation to his quarterback and receivers, who can then p迷你倉ll it up on their personal computers, iPads or smartphones."Saturdays used to be 15- to 16-hour days," Hines said. "You'd have to go through each game film twice to make sure everything was marked down. Now, I'd say they are six- to seven-hour days. You have more time to do other stuff."As an added benefit, coaches can track how much film each player is watching through the program. It gives them an early idea of who is putting the work in before stepping on the practice field."Hudl is extremely easy to use," Oakdale coach Kurt Stein said. "I learned how to use it without any training. Anytime a problem or issue comes up, I can call or email someone at the site and they get right back to me and say 'Try this' or 'Try that.' They also have tutorials on the site you can watch for help."When coaches exchanged game film in the past, they did it at randomly selected halfway points, often a fast-food restaurant. It was a shady-looking set-up to say the least."We used to joke that people thought we were doing drug deals or something," Lynott said. "Because what you'd see is two men pulling up in a parking lot. They'd get side by side. They'd talk, they'd exchange packages and then they'd get back in their cars."Since most high school teams now use Hudl, including all 10 public schools in Frederick County, these meetings are largely unnecessary. Coaches can quickly and easily exchange film online. It saves significant time, miles and gas on the weekends."Three years ago, when we started (Hudl), it seemed like 10 percent of the schools were doing it," Lynott said. "I want to say it's 95 percent now."Near the end of the 2011 season, Foster ran out of DVDs. He'd use them to burn game copies and make highlight reels for his players to send off to colleges.Now, in a sign of the times, hundreds of blank DVDs now sit in a box, collecting dust, in his basement. He has no use for them anymore. If colleges want to see film on a Brunswick player, Foster can send it to them through Hudl. In fact, players now make their own highlight clips that recruiters can access on the website."It has taken hours and hours (of work) out of my day," Foster said. "It seems unlimited what you can do."It costs money to join Hudl. The most-basic subscription is $800 per season and it goes up incrementally from there. The top-of-the-line Platinum Package, which includes 24/7 support and even more video-storage space, runs $3,000 per year. Most coaches wouldn't think twice about paying for at least the minimum package. The teams foot the bill using funds that they've raised."It's worth its weight in gold," said Hines, whose first full season using Hudl was last season. "If I only had $800 to spend on a season, I'd use it on Hudl."The Technology WaveAs technology continues to overtake football on all levels, the structure of coaching staffs is changing as well.Mike Farin did not become an assistant at Middletown for his in-depth knowledge of X's and O's. Farin lives two doors down from Lynott and the two became fast friends. Their kids go to school together and get along well. More importantly, Farin used to do quality assurance testing for America Online, giving him a background in computers and technology Lynott wanted to tap into. So he was brought on staff as an unpaid assistant in 2008."We call him our IT coach," Lynott said.The job was a good fit for both. Farin wanted to learn more about being a football coach and some of the nuances of the game. Lynott wanted someone that could bring him and his staff into the digital age.Farin quickly revamped Middletown football's official website, which he still runs today, updating stats, schedules and all the pertinent information about the team on a weekly basis. He also took charge of all the video the team uses to evaluate and prepare for games.Every week, Middletown sends people with cameras to as many as four or five games across the state. They are charged with getting game film of future opponents on the Knights' schedule."I want a minimum of three game films of every opponent we play," Lynott said. "We want to get a visceral feel for the type of team we are going against. We want to see how they react to certain situations."Farin is ultimately responsible for each one of those game films. He makes sure they are ready to go when a coach wants to watch them on Hudl. He also records every Middletown game and uploads it on the site as quickly as possible.When the Knights play on the road, Farin is uploading video on his laptop during the ride home. He sets everything up for the coaches so all they have to do is press play when they want to watch tape after the games."Mike is a guy you treat like gold because he works his (butt) off," Lynott said. "He makes our life so easy. All we have to do is focus on coaching. He is the guy during the week that is making everything less stressful."More often, teams are looking to add tech-savvy guys like Farin to their staffs. They seem to make everything flow more seamlessly. Coaches, instead of fighting to bring something up on the computer, can now rely on this expertise. In their never-ending quest to find an advantage, they have more time.S.T. Royer is the head coach of the ninth-grade team at Catoctin. He also runs his own IT consulting firm and is helpful in keeping varsity coach Doug Williams and his staff up to date with the latest technology, such as Hudl."I love working with the kids," Royer said. "I went to Catoctin. I played football for Catoctin. So, getting a chance to coach there makes it all the sweeter."In the past year, the National Federation of State High School Associations has expanded the use of communication devices during football games, which will allow coaches to incorporate iPads and smartphones into the game experience. With the right setup, a coach can take a picture with a device of their choosing and send it to be printed on the sideline. It's no longer difficult to imagine high school quarterbacks poring over real-time images on the sideline, much like Peyton Manning and Tom Brady do on Sundays."It's kind of scary to think about," Foster said. "I'm not 25 anymore. I didn't grow up in this technology age. I am part of the generation that is kind of getting pushed out by it. That said, I am excited to learn it and see where it is going."Always on the clockThere is no off switch for a football mind."When you aren't (coaching), you are doing it," Conner said. "This formation is causing me a problem. What can we do about it? It goes on all day."Foster has a son who play sports. Programs like Hudl have made it much easier for him to carve out a few hours to catch one of his games. But during breaks in the action, he envisions himself pulling out his iPad, firing up Hudl and watching film. It's impossible to be over prepared.More so than ever, the moments are fleeting. The wins and the losses pass by so quickly that it's almost impossible to truly appreciate them in real time.The clock runs out in the fourth quarter but time is not really up. There is always another game to prepare for. That's why these coaches love their jobs.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Frederick News-Post (Frederick, Md.) 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