| Sizing up our tournament teams
Although not a polished offensive threat, White creates offensive opportunities with her defense and wreaks havoc on opposing teams' guards. White must avoid the foul trouble that sometimes plagues her due to the high energy level she plays with. Tournament question mark: The bench. Teams in Div. 2 North will have a hard time matching Masco's starting five, and even though Bob Romeo has regularly played three or four players off the bench, only once has the bench been put in a position where it had an opportunity to win a game. In Masco's only loss — an overtime setback to Cardinal Spellman — both Stewart and White fouled out. The Chieftains aren't a dominant team with Stewart, White, or Burns spending significant minutes on the bench. DANVERS>p> Record: 12-8 Starting five: Kellie Macdonald, Fr.
Delaware gets grant for patrol cameras
DELHI _ The Delaware County Sheriff's Department will use $44,600 in state grants to equip patrol cars with digital video cameras, Sheriff Thomas Mills said Wednesday. "I am pleased to announce our acceptance of a grant for $19,600, from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, under the guidelines of the state Homeland Security program as well as a $25,000 grant sanctioned by Senator John Bonacic in the state budget," Mills said. Mills said he hopes to have the cameras installed and operational in about a month. He said there are eight or nine cars to be equipped. "We are waiting so the computers and the cameras can be installed at the same time to save money," Mills said. The computers will be used to run data, write accident reports and issue traffic tickets, Mills said.
Church notes
Think Tank meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday. First Christian Church, 1221 Park Ave., will hear the Rev. Tom Smith's sermon, "If You Really Want to Be Like Jesus ... Live Joy," based on Galatians 5:22-25, during the 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. services Sunday. First Church of the Nazarene, 1015 S. Roosevelt Ave., will host Marcus and Donna Whitworth, former ministers of worship at the church, as they bring a revival, "Renewal of Praise," at 6 p.m. today; 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday; and 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, all at the church. First Congregational Church, 313 N. Fourth St., will dedicate its refurbished stained-glass windows at the 10:15 a.m. service Sunday. The congregation also will recognized a gift the Rinker family gave in honor of their mother, Margaret Rinker, who died two years ago.
All-New 2009 Dodge Journey Mid-Size Crossover Provides Room to Grow
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Dodge designers and engineers have answered the needs of the global passenger car market, as well as the needs of individual drivers, and delivered the all-new Dodge Journey: a global vehicle that meets life's changing demands by offering a unique combination of versatility and flexibility in a sporty, sexy package. With a starting U.S. Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $19,985 (including $625 destination), this all-new vehicle takes the capability of a sport-utility vehicle (SUV) and the overall efficiency of a passenger car and blends all the best attributes of each into an all-new "right-sized" crossover for the Dodge brand. "The all-new Dodge Journey gives our customers the complete package," said Steven Landry, Executive Vice President - Sales, Chrysler LLC.
Popular Mechanics: Tech Clinic Expert Q & A - April 2006
And thanks to sophisticated error correction in most digital audio and video devices, minor interference can be fixed. As long as you stick with reputable brands and retailers, you shouldn't have any problem with cables of standard length. A far more common problem is simply trying to use a cable that is too long. Every cable standard has a recommended maximum length. Cables that exceed these lengths require the use of a signal repeater. DVI cables, for example, can make it roughly 30 ft. unassisted, while, in our experience, HDMI can work at up to 50 ft. (There is no technical maximum length for HDMI.) It's easy to know if a digital cable is too long: You won't get an image. The picture may cut in and out, but the sound or video quality won't degrade. It's either transmitting signal or it's not.
Christmas Shopping Picks Up After Slump
Following a slow start to December, there had been concerns among retailers that hard-up shoppers were planning a frugal Christmas. But on the last weekend before the big day, it was clear people were finally taking the spending plunge and responding to early sales events and heavy discounts. Retailers described it as a critical trading weekend that could make or break their Christmas profits. The decision of many leading chains to offer big discounts to tempt customers appeared to be paying off. A spokesman for the British Retail Consortium said: "We are expecting by close on Christmas Eve to see a modest growth, similar to last year, of about 2.5%. "I think retailers will feel in the current climate that they have done well if they match year on year growth." In London, a spokesman for the New West End company which represents retailers on Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street, said Saturday's sales had exceeded retailers' expectations.
Spoiler alert: 'Cloverfield' lives up to the hype
After months of cryptic trailers and postmodern stealth hype, "Cloverfield" turns out to be almost comforting in its simplicity. It's a short, efficient, terrifying monster movie, no more and no less. It's also to New York City and the American psyche what "Godzilla" was to Tokyo: a cinematic fantasy response to unimaginable events. You get scared, you go home, you laugh it off. The real world should play so nice. The math is preposterously easy, actually: "Cloverfield" equals "Godzilla" divided by "The Blair Witch Project." (And if you want to know nothing more before buying a ticket, stop reading right now.) Told solely from the point of view of one digital video camera wielded by one young guy named Hud (T.J. Miller), the film records scenes from a seven-hour attack on Manhattan by a Giant Thing.
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