Obituary: PATTEN, STERLING
Thursday, December 31st, 20090 Comments | Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Dec 3, 2009
Sterling Floyd
Patten
1915 ~ 2009
Sterling Floyd Patten, 94, quietly passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at his home in Orem, Utah.
Sterling was born March 19, 1915, to Floyd Talmage and Fanny Terry Patten, on the Provo Bench (Orem), Utah. Sterling was the oldest of nine children. He attended Spencer Elementary School, Lincoln Jr. High, and Lincoln High School. He grew up in the fields and orchards of Orem and was a walking encyclopedia of early Orem history. As a youth, he loved to play baseball and played on every team available from backyard to high school.
When he wasn’t in school or doing chores, he told of swimming in the Murdock Canal to cool off and lying in the road on 800 North to warm up and dry off.
He was drafted into the Army in March 1941 and while on leave, he married his sweetheart, Edna Downard, of Spring City, Utah, on November 25, 1942, in Evanston, Wyoming. They were sealed on May 5, 1943, in the Manti Temple. Edna passed away in 2001.
Sterling served honorably in World War II in the 324th Combat Engineers, 99th Division. He returned home in 1946 as a First Lieutenant. In his later years, he told us about those times and places on the front, at the Battle of the Bulge, Remagen Bridge, Ruhr Pocket, and the reconstruction projects after the war ended.
Sterling was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as the Sunday School Superintendent, in the High Priest group leadership, and as a Provo Temple worker. He was a faithful home teacher. He enjoyed the opportunity to help build the Orem 17th Ward Building.
He worked for Utah Power and Light for 31 years retiring from the construction department. He enjoyed working with the college students during the summer projects and providing them with summer work.
Sterling loved his family very much. He was thoughtful and kind, a hard worker, very supportive, a good friend, and had a great sense of humor. He enjoyed camping, hunting, fishing, woodworking, beekeeping, gunsmithing, and fruit farming. He always cared for a large garden and fruit trees and enjoyed sharing his produce with others. He was an avid BYU fan. Each child, grandchild, and many friends cherish their outings with Grandpa and appreciate the stools and tables he made for them. He placed great value on education providing tuition for his children and grandchildren.
He is survived by his children Terry Ann (Steve) Vickers of Larkspur, CO; Michael (Pam) Patten of Fremont, CA; Dennis (Donna) Patten of Pleasant Grove, UT; and Kevin (Lynn) Patten of Orem, UT; as well as 11 grandchildren and 20 great-grand-children. Siblings: Cree (Judy) Patten, AZ; and Jane (Nels) Nelson, Pleasant Grove, UT. In-laws: Marian Patten, Eugene Hilton, Richard (Mehl Ree) Downard, and Robert (Mary) Downard. He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, and great grandson, David Patten. Six brothers and sisters also preceded him in death: Clyde (Lillian) Patten, Lyla (Harold) Clark, Ken Patten, Vincent Patten, Herb (Geri) Patten, and Ruth Hilton.
We thank all those that have served Sterling so well the last several years: Beehive Home (Cathy, Bobbi, Janae, and others), Utah Hospice Specialties (Paulette, Kay, TC, Lexie), Aspen Home Health Care (Janessa and others), and caregivers (Lynn, Donna, Erin, Autumn, Jana).
Funeral services will be Saturday, December 5, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. at the LDS Chapel, 955 North 300 East, Orem, Utah. Family and friends may call Friday from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 E
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BBC Trust decision on fair trading appeal by IP Vision.
Wednesday, December 30th, 20090 Comments | M2 Presswire, December, 2009
M2 PRESSWIRE-22 December 2009-BBC: BBC Trust decision on fair trading appeal by IP Vision(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS
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The BBC Trust today announced that it has rejected the main substantive points of a fair trading appeal against the BBC Executive from IP Vision, a manufacturer of hybrid Freeview and video-on-demand set-top boxes. However, the Trust partially upheld the appeal on a process point only.
IP Vision wanted to build and add to its platform a bespoke version of the iPlayer, offering syndicated BBC on-demand content, but the BBC Executive did not allow it to do this. IP Vision’s complaint alleged that in taking this decision the BBC had breached the BBC’s fair trading policy and guidelines, competition law and the…
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Chicken Copycat Recipes From Famous Restaurant
Sunday, December 27th, 2009We all have our favorite restaurant pasta dishes. Has it every occurred to you that you can make the same meals at home. In his forties Colonel Sander began cooking for travelers in his gas station. The gas station was located in Corbin, Kentucky. Instead of coming to his gas station for gas they started coming for Colonel Sanders cooked meals. Harland Sanders expanded his business across the street opening a restaurant that seated one-hundred and forty-two people. The colonel pressure cooked his chicken. When fresh chicken is pressed cooked it cooks faster. Sanders invented his secret eleven herbs and spices recipe to coat his chickens. His eleven herbs and spices are still used today in Kentucky Fried Chicken’s recipes. Home cooks and chefs have spent hours time testing recipes from restaurant secret recipes. Copycat recipes that have the distinctive taste and flavors of your favorite restaurant dishes
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How To Get Ripped ABS Fast
Sunday, December 27th, 2009Let me ask you two questions. First, how many sit ups have you done to date, but still not seen any visible signs of a six pack? Secondly, how many pieces of home gym equipment have you stored under the bed or in the garage that you didn’t touch after New Year’s Day?
The truth is that you gave up on these things a long time ago because they flat out do not work, am I right?
It’s the same reason overweight people jump from fad diet to fad diet every 3 months…and it’s the same reason that these fad diets generate billions in revenue from desperate people looking to lose weight. It’s also the same reason why every day, you see a new machine, patch, plan or “system” that promises you the best body ever without you doing anything.
It’s selling a dream that people simply buy into every time, without even thinking about it.
But just think about it for a second, if those fads actually worked, then why are so many new ones being released each day, week, month or year? If they truly worked, then there would be no need for new equipment or special diets would there?
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Research and Markets: Reward & Recognition Program Profiles and Best Practices 2009
Friday, December 18th, 2009Business Wire, Dec 01, 2009
DUBLIN — Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/819e26/reward_recogniti)
has announced the addition of the “Reward & Recognition Program Profiles
and Best Practices 2009″ report to their offering.
Research conducted during the third and fourth quarter of 2009 is
revealing how different companies and industries are using reward and
recognition programs to motivate employees and supervisors, improve
service delivery, and customer satisfaction. The publisher asks
companies to share reward and recognition program strategies and
experiences to identify the program attributes that lead to higher
motivation, improved service quality, and increased employee retention.
They also ask companies to provide plans moving forward as well as
lessons learned along the way.
Reward & Recognition Program Profiles & Best Practices 2009 will profile
research participants in a case study format, sharing current reward and
recognition programs, best and worst programs, lessons learned,
challenges overcome, and plans for the future. In addition, the report
provides detailed results and analysis from the survey itself and detail
“best practices” demonstrated by the report’s participants.
Key Analysis: Reward and Recognition Program cost and impact, employee
versus supervisory programs, program design techniques, attributes of
best and worst programs, and new technologies.
Executive Summary:
An extract from Reward & Recognition Program Profiles & Best Practices
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Online Bookmaker Victor Chandler to Open in South Africa
Friday, December 18th, 2009Market Wire, December, 2009
Online betting company Victor Chandler, has recently announced that its application for a license in South Africa has been approved.
The new base for Victor Chandler will be in Cape Town, where the forthcoming World Cup draw will take place.
CEO Michael Carlton explained: “We are naturally excited about this opportunity. The Victor Chandler brand fits perfectly with the South African market. Alongside offering a South African specific website to customers we will also be creating numerous employment opportunities. We are really proud to be involved in a country where sport is so entrenched in its culture. I will be investing locally over the next few months in order to launch our full range sports betting service in time for the World Cup.”
Victor Chandler are also working on a new World Cup football betting site that will offer all the latest team news, tournament news, updated tables, fixtures and more to get football betting fans into the spirit of the beautiful game.
The launch of the new mini site will coincide with the World Cup draw on December 4th, 5pm GMT
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KALI’S pounds 2,200 CLAIM; New furniture for London home, 18 months Looking before standing down, was necessary to ensure MP Mountford ‘could return to Westminster’
Friday, December 18th, 2009Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England), Dec 11, 2009
Byline: SAM CASEY
Kout ALI Mountford billed the taxpayer for more than pounds 2,200-worth of furniture – the month after she revealed she would be standing down as Colne Valley MP. Ms Mountford claimed pounds 2,239 for two sofas and a coffee table from Barker and Stonehouse under the parliamentary additional costs allowance, which is what MPs may claim for use of a second home.
She bought the items in December and in January revealed to the Examiner that she would not contest her seat at the next General Election because of ill health.
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Ms Mountford then submitted the claim in February.
The next General Election has to be held no later than June 2010.
Ian Leedham, Ms Mountford’s husband and office manager, said she would pay for the items herself when she leaves parliament – at their new, reduced value at that time.
He added the MP could have claimed for renting the London flat instead of for the furniture. As a result of claiming for the furniture, the couple had to foot the bill for rent themselves, because of the cap on what an MP can claim.
“We could have claimed for either the furniture or rent,” he said.
“On reflection, given the fuss around expenses, we should probably have paid for the furniture ourselves and claimed for rent.
“The taxpayer would have paid the same either way. It just happened one claim went in before another.” The published claims also show the Fees Office sent Ms Mountford a letter after receiving her claim for the sofas and table, because the receipt showed the items had been bought in Birstall and delivered to her Huddersfield home, not her London flat.
She said: “Many MPs buy furniture locally. It is very difficult to explain to the chief whip why you are missing a vote because you are waiting for delivery.
1 “Also, I never go shopping in London, I don’t have the time to spot bargains and everything was bought in sales in Yorkshire.”
In November, Ms Mountford also claimed for a pounds 562 Comet LCD TV and stand.
She said: “From 1997 until that date I had a portable TV and it gave up the ghost. I did not have a spare TV at home that was working. If I had one I would have moved it, as I had in the past.”
There was also a pounds 572 claim for a two-night stay in the Marriott Hotel in London in April. Ms Mountford said: “I had just given up my old flat which was too far away from the Commons for someone with my disability. It was the only one available that had wheelchair access and the right facilities at the time I needed it, including Premier Inn. I tried them all at very short notice.” Ms Mountford is angry that a claim for a specially adapted bed has been published
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POLICE & COURTS
Wednesday, December 16th, 20090 Comments | Buffalo News, Apr 15, 2009
>Driver in one-car crash faces DWI, pot charges
A 22-year-old man who was texting while driving failed to negotiate a curve in his vehicle, which crashed and landed on a creek bank early Tuesday, Cheektowaga police said.
He later was charged with driving while intoxicated.
Officers also charged James Delamater of Carney Road, Akron, with marijuana possession, following the crash that occurred off Union Road.
Police say Delamater was on a road in the Edgebrook Estates apartment complex when he lost control of his vehicle at about 2:35 a.m.
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>Mechanic arrested in insurance fraud
A Town of Tonawanda auto mechanic faces charges for allegedly turning over his pickup truck to another mechanic for dismantling so he could collect an insurance claim, the state Insurance Department reported.
Todd Coughlin, 27, of Glendale Drive, was charged with insurance fraud, grand larceny, conspiracy and falsely reporting an incident.
Coughlin allegedly asked Derrick Lucas, 32, of Dupont Avenue, Town of Tonawanda, to dispose of his 2004 Chevrolet Silverado so he could get out of making loan payments on the vehicle and file a $32,500 insurance claim.
Lucas, who is accused of dismantling the pickup truck and selling parts, was arrested in December. He was charged with criminal possession of stolen property and unlawful possession of a vehicle identification number.
Each man faces up to seven years in prison if convicted.
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>Dominican guilty of claiming to be Cuban
A Dominican national being held at the Federal Detention Center in Batavia was found guilty Tuesday of falsely claiming to be a Cuban citizen, acting U.S. Attorney Kathleen M. Mehltretter’s office announced.
On March 13, 2006, Jose Elias Mercedes, whose age was not available, told immigration authorities at the detention center that he was Cuban. Cuban nationals can potentially avoid deportation.
A Dominican-born immigration investigator was suspicious of Mercedes’ claim because his accent sounded Dominican. The investigator obtained birth records and baptismal certificates that showed Mercedes was indeed Dominican. When confronted on March 23, 2006, he gave a signed confession
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University of Rochester Medical Center First in New York to Utilize Artificial Intelligence System to Improve Patient Experience and Maximize Efficiencies
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Market Wire, December, 2009
The University of
Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and Allocade, Inc., today announced the
first installation and implementation of the On-Cue system in New York.
URMC is utilizing the On-Cue software solution from Allocade to automate
patient flow throughout the hospital and improve operational efficiencies
by creating dynamic patient itineraries. The On-Cue system utilizes
artificial intelligence, offering healthcare an efficient operating system
that helps caregivers to effectively manage patient flow and logistics.
“On-Cue enables scheduling dynamically, across departments, which has
resulted in improved resource utilization throughout the enterprise,” said
David Waldman, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman of URMC’s Department of Imaging
Sciences. “The software system not only addresses workflow issues, but also
assists with coordination and communication between different departments
and caregivers throughout the hospital. We now have a common view of each
patient’s daily itinerary — and in a hospital our size, the operational
improvements are significant.”
The On-Cue system was designed to minimize the impact of unpredictable
disruptions in scheduling across the hospital by streamlining coordination
and communications amongst all caregivers. Utilizing artificial
intelligence algorithms, On-Cue creates a dynamic patient itinerary of each
patient’s resource plan of care for inpatients, outpatients and emergency
department patients. The itinerary is continually adjusted in real-time as
conditions change and it communicates to all caregivers instantaneously.
“The benefits of On-Cue were visible to us immediately,” said Constance
White, Director of Clinical Operations for the Department of Imaging
Sciences at URMC. “Our facility almost always runs at full capacity, and
our department spans almost 45,000 square feet on one floor, with scanners
in three separate locations spread far apart across our department’s
footprint. With On-Cue, we are providing our patients with more prompt
care, thanks to the fact that we’re now able to effectively communicate and
load balance between our scanners, dispersing patients more evenly and
efficiently. As a result, turn around time — the time between exam order
and exam completion — has been reduced. Our operations are becoming more
efficient, and our patient satisfaction is increasing.”
The origin of the On-Cue technology comes from NASA, where Allocade’s
Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Don Rosenthal, led the Artificial
Intelligence Applications Group at the NASA Ames Research Center. The
underlying On-Cue engine is the result of Rosenthal’s work to optimally
utilize the limited resources on the Hubble Space Telescope. The On-Cue
software leverages the information already available in Hospital
Information Systems (HIS), Radiology Information Systems (RIS) and
Electronic Medical Records (EMR).
“We designed the On-Cue system to help departments within an enterprise to
maximize resource capacity, improve their patients’ experience and reduce
the organization’s overall operating costs,” said Rick Smith, President and
CEO, Allocade
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