Holme Valley plans decisions

KIRKLEES Council has made the following decisions on Holme Valley planning applications: Conditional permission: * Mr Roberts, agricultural notification for the prior approval of details for a general non livestock agricultural storage building, Fleece arm, 15 Midway, South Crosland.

* G Robinson, installation of 22 photovoltaic solar panels, Newsome South Methodist Church, Birch Road, Berry Brow.* S Smith, change of use from working men's club to house, formation of bay window and demolition of rear and side extensions (listed building), 14 Close Hill Lane, Newsome. * Celia Haigh, new single storey extension to front and alterations, 9 Wall Nook Lane, Cumberwor th. * T Coldwell, listed building consent for installation of windows and patio doors, Whitehouse Barn, Paris Road, Scholes. * S Stead, new detached garage, garage site off Woodside Road, Beaumont Park.* L Robertshaw, new greenhouse/planthouse on existing raised patio area to rear of property, 38 Hall Close, Meltham. * J Atkinson, decking, 1 Thistle Heights, Fenay Bridge.

* Mr S Khan, single storey and dormer extensions, 25 Newsome Road, Newsome. * Mr S Khan, change of use of part of club to house and new ground floor and dormer extension, 27 Newsome Road, Newsome. Refused: * Mr and Mrs C Taylor, formation of access gate and hardstanding area in connection with store/stables, Town End Farm, 17 Flush House Lane, Holmbridge. * A Moorhouse, agricultural building, adj 9 Stoney Bank Lane, Thongsbridge. Withdrawn: * New Dunsley Poultry Farm, installation of one 50kw wind turbine with 24.6 mast, Hillhouse Edge Quarry, Cartworth Moor Road, Cartworth Moor.

Complete Awareness To The Garage Door Openers

Irrespective you have the garage door opener or have not and if have, what is the type, your knowledge about the garage door openers, push buttons, remote control, equipments, transportation, installation and repairing etc. should be updated. Your knowledge should include the following information:-

Quality of the different installation services.Doors to which these devices can be fitted, variety of these doors. Available material, designs, sizes, colors. Solidity and durability of the metal of which doors are available.Warranty of devices and equipments.Replacement conditions of devices and equipments including remote control.Ranking of the companies regarding business volume.If you are aware of the above knowledge and you want an installation of garage door opener or replace the old one by a new one, of course you would be able to get the No.1 device, remote control, equipments and installation services. And every thing would be procured by you at possible lower price. You would get the attractive warranty of the device, equipments, replacement and repairing.Prices of above noted devices and equipments.Actions to be taken at the time of different problems.Incidents occurred due to the failure of devices, losses due to these incidents and arrangements by the company after incidents.Transportation charges.Prices of installation of the devices. Professionally and perfection wise ranking of the installation services. Whose installation service is in time?If you already have a garage door opener fitted to your door, the contact No. of the company and agent of your area should be in your mobile phone book or pocket diary.Views of the users about the garage door openers under use.Which device is risky and which is not.It is not so difficult or impossible to collect all above noted information. It is not necessary to collect the same as a professional. You can gather all these information by knowing occasionally when you are at leisure. Some information can be obtained from the internet, some from friends and relatives, some from newspapers, advertising T.V. channels and some from companies and craftsmen.Complete variety of the electric devices usable to open and close the garage doors by a remote control.Your friends and relatives can also take the benefit of your this knowledge. If there is any problem rising in your device, equipments or remote control, you would do the needful well in time and thus you would be secured from any loss to your property and life in future.The instructions to be followed with regard to the devices, remote control etc.Complete variety of the electric devices usable to open and close the garage doors by pushing a button fitted on the garage wall.Repairing of devices and equipments including remote.Whether any new device is expected to be introduced by any manufacturer or improvements are made in an old one.

Your friends and relatives can also take the benefit of your this knowledge. If there is any problem rising in your device, equipments or remote control, you would do the needful well in time and thus you would be secured from any loss to your property and life in future.

Judge approves Mid-Continent Tower sale in Tulsa

Tulsa County Associate District Court Judge Dana L. Kuehn approved the $24.1 million brokered sale of downtown's iconic Mid- Continent Tower on Monday, opening the door for attorneys to finally put its 17-year foreclosure to rest.

"That is a great question," he said in an e-mail. "I have been precluded from discussing those issues until the court had approved of a buyer, which they have now done. I am proud of our accomplishments here over the past 18 years and hope to continue my involvement in some capacity, now that the building will be exiting foreclosure. I am excited about the future of Mid-Continent Tower under the ownership of Mr. Bumgarner."Once completed, Mid-Continent will give Bumgarner control of three of the four corners at Fourth Street and Boston Avenue. Besides the 331,240-square-foot Mid-Continent, he owns the block- long 320 S. Boston Building and the 165,202-square-foot Kennedy Building.Both Martin and Argue testified Monday about the many procedures used to inform potential buyers about the site. Both told the court the Bumgarner bid represented the best and highest offer.Bumgarner also owns two of Midtown Tulsa's Class-A office complexes, the 10-story Utica Place as well as Utica Plaza. He developed both properties.Unfortunately for Reading and Bates, the nation's energy sector changed dramatically during that construction process. The 1970s' abundance of expensive deep-drilling projects dried up after the collapse of Penn Square Bank and global oil markets. Burdened by a tightened market that lasted into the 1990s, the cost of that headquarters construction project played a major role in the oil- field contractor's reorganization and the building's 1994 foreclosure.With the case on the verge of completion, Argue's tenure as receiver, and perhaps as the building's manager, will soon come to an end. Although he has interests in other properties, Argue said he didn't know what he would do next.The deal departed from the sheriff sale format traditionally used with foreclosed properties, applying instead a commercial market listing and bid procedure overseen by CB Richard Ellis of Oklahoma's Tulsa office market broker Mary Martin.Through that two-month process - completed July 19, its results filed in the Tulsa County Courthouse Aug. 1 - the Tulsa firm 2011 Mid-Con Acquisition LLC, led by John Bumgarner, placed the high bid for the 36-story structure, its 400-slot parking garage across the street, its art collection and other associated assets.Although singular in its name, Mid-Continent Tower actually refers to two art-deco buildings. Pioneering Tulsa oil entrepreneur Joshua Cosden started the process in 1918 by building the city's first skyscraper, the 16-story Cosden Building.Six decades later Reading and Bates bought that property and the neighboring lot to raise an opulent landmark headquarters. After renovating Cosden's original tower, the drilling company hired Flintco to build a 36-story addition cantilevering over the original structure. Finished in 1984, the buildings present the look and feel of one structure capped by a distinctive copper hood.Having paid 5 percent down with his bid, Bumgarner now has 30 days to complete the transaction. Representatives for trustee Bank of America will then distribute the proceeds to close the foreclosure case.The acquisition strengthens the other two by adding a covered parking component through the Mid-Continent Auto Park. Pedestrian tunnels link all four sites.

"That is a great question," he said in an e-mail. "I have been precluded from discussing those issues until the court had approved of a buyer, which they have now done. I am proud of our accomplishments here over the past 18 years and hope to continue my involvement in some capacity, now that the building will be exiting foreclosure. I am excited about the future of Mid-Continent Tower under the ownership of Mr. Bumgarner."

Types of garage doors

There are a number of styles and designs available in the market for the garage doors. The basic purpose of these doors is to protect as well as to add beauty to the garage. When ever we park our car in the garage we desire that it remains protected from the thieves or any other damage so these doors fulfill our basic purpose. These doors are mainly of four major types, rest our subtypes named differently due to the different types of material used, variety in the sizes, structures and the properties. In past the most commonly used material for these doors was wood but its disadvantage was that it neither rools nor provides good insulation. Now a day we use the doors made from steel which provides better insulation to the garage area and by rolling occupies less space. The major four types are up- and over doors, side-hung, roller and the sectional. Now let us discuss each one briefly.

Roller garage doors are the doors that are made up of narrow strips of aluminum. When ever the car is parked in the garage and we need a door to protect it the doors fulfills the purpose but when the door is not in use it rools up into the upper panel. These thin strips help it in rolling. Such type of doors is of great advantage to the people who live in houses with short driveways or have space problems. These doors just move in two directions that are downward and upward. Therefore they do not occupy space on either side of the door. In certain places where there are security purposes and less frequently at homes the automatic roller garage doors are used. The owner has the remote, when he needs to park a car the tumb prints appear on the remote and the signals from the remote force the door to automatically get open and close later when car is parked.

The other type is the up and over garage doors. They are very stylish in their structure as they swing outwards then up and parallel to the garage ceiling. These types of doors can only be used in big stores or companies where there is large parking area as these doors require a lot of space both at ground level as well as on the ceiling area. These doors are made up by combining small sections as it would be quite difficult to make this much large one continuous door. The next type is the sectional garage doors which open by pulling them upwards. There this feature makes them different and beautiful. Swing garage doors are the doors that are traditionally used as garage doors in homes and are hinged to the door opening of the garage. They require space to open and cannot be used at the places where there are short driveways. All these doors have their own uniqueness, structure, features and beauty. The most important factor is that the owner must take care of its door and keep it protected and safe.

Arizona-based garage door maker to open Salt Lake distribution center

1st United Door Technologies LLC, a Tempe, Ariz.-based garage door manufacturer, will enter the Utah market this week with the opening of an approximately 10,500 square foot distribution center at 1160 S. Pioneer Road, Salt Lake City.

* ATTEMPTED BURGLARY -Hollowgate Fisheries, Hollowgate, Holmfirth, June 20. Attempt made to prise open front door of chip shop. Meltham June 21. Object thrown at back window in attempt to get inside house.CONTACT: Dave Whitteron, Neighbourhood Watch Liaison, Kirkburton Police Station, Telephone: 01484-436840 or email: dw368@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk or call Crimestoppers on 0800-555-111"Whether you're at home or not, don't leave valuable property unattended outside in your garden or driveway. This can also make for easy pickings for the opportunist thief. Instead lock it away securely in a shed or garage.* BURGLARY - Hepworth, June 17. Sneak thief got in through unlocked side door and took car keys from kitchen and stole car from driveway - blue VW Fuguan YE05OJL. White Hart Hotel, Towngate, Holmfirth, June 19. Suspects disabled opening mechanism to rear fire door while pub is open. They then returned when pub shut and got in through unlocked fire door and stole vodka and cash. Upperthong, June 22. Sneak thief got in through unlocked back door, made tidy search of house and stole TV, cash and cigarettes.Meltham, June 17. Intruder sneaked in through unlocked back door, made tidy search of living room, stealing antiques, figurines and lamp. Meltham, June 17. Intruder forced entry into wooden garden shed by prising open door to steal pedal cycle. Meltham, June 18. Front wood door kicked open and extensive search made of both floors stealing jewellery and small electrical items.

The company leased its Salt Lake City location with the assistance of Andy Wheeler and Jeff Heaton of NAI Utah.

Author: Rattle, Barbara

Theft warning from police

FAMILIES are being urged to protect their homes from burglars.

Semi-derelict caravan set alight causing severe fire damage."We've really taken a look at Utah for some time and our dealers there have done extremely well," Rivard said. "It [the distribution center] just fits into our scheme of things. We've seen the potential, are keeping very close attention to what's happening there with not only the housing market but also the commercial market. You also have to take a look at the age of homes as well because we do quite well in the replacement market. Where you had building going on 10, 15 years ago, it's usually about time that garage doors are needing to be replaced."1st United manufactures garage doors made of both steel and wood. It bills its raised panel steel doors as having the highest definition embossment in the industry. 1st United says it was the first garage door manufacturer to pioneer the steel carriage door five years ago and has several patents on it, with more pending.

"We want to help residents stay safe and keep their property secure, so please take care and take note of our simple crime prevention advice." Other tips include removing all keys from locks and leaving them out of sight of any intruders, and making sure that car keys are not visible.''

Burglary and theft alert after raids

* THEFT - Sita Waste Disposal, Bent Ley Road, Meltham, June 20. Raider got into secure compound by attacking fence and stole batteries. Wooldale, June 16. Coping stones stolen from boundary wall. Honley June 16. Paving slabs stolen from bottom of open coal house. Meltham, June 17. Thief stole pedal cycle left chained in garden. Honley Socialist Club & Institute, Jaggar Lane, Honley, June 18. Suspect/s inside busy club opened fire door and made off with plasma screen TV. Meltham, June 19. Milk and eggs stolen from doorstep. Greens End Garage, Green End Road, Meltham, June 19. Suspects got into workshop of commercial garage by prising open side wooden door and stole cash box and contents. Meltham, June 19. Raider forced open door of detached garage and stole two push bikes.

Honley, June 18, Front and rear number plates stolen from vehicle.DI Neil Brotherton, of North Tyneside area command, said: "An unlocked door and a window left ajar can be an open invitation to thieves so please keep your house safe and secure.The firm's other distribution centers are in Tempe and California; the Utah center will serve Utah and portions of Idaho and Wyoming, according to Earl Rivard, vice president of marketing for the 11-year-old firm.* ARSON - Netherthong, June 18. Vandal set fire to shed at side of house. Fire spread to fence, two bins and coal bunker. Heat from fire melted offside of victim's car. Upperthong, June 22."We want to help residents stay safe and keep their property secure, so please take care and take note of our simple crime prevention advice." Other tips include removing all keys from locks and leaving them out of sight of any intruders, and making sure that car keys are not visible.''Four people have been hired locally to launch the center, which is slated to open its doors June 21. Rivard said 1st United's business currently involves about 80 percent residential garage doors and 20 percent commercial. Most dealers will pick up product at the Pioneer Road facility, although deliveries will be made to outlying areas.

CONTACT: Dave Whitteron, Neighbourhood Watch Liaison, Kirkburton Police Station, Telephone: 01484-436840 or email: dw368@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk or call Crimestoppers on 0800-555-111

During a severe thunderstorm with heavy rainfall

During a severe thunderstorm with heavy rainfall, Patrolmen Robert Turner and Adam Cerminaro and Sergeant Daniel Calicari of the Shrewsbury, New Jersey, Police Department responded to a structure fire with two people trapped inside. Patrolman Turner responded first and found a male victim calling for help from a second-story window. The man advised that there was a ladder in the garage, which the three officers used to bring him to safety. He also stated that his son remained inside somewhere on the second floor, possibly at the rear of the house, which was fully engulfed in flames. Patrolman Cerminaro tried to enter the back of the residence, but could not because of the heat and smoke. He then went to the front and kicked in the door. Patrolman Cerminaro and Sergeant Calicari searched feverishly around the first floor, but the fire forced them out. Subsequently, fire personnel arrived and found and rescued the son

While off duty, Officer Jeff Daniels of the Ector County, Texas, Independent School District Police Department went to a local restaurant for dinner with his family. Upon entering, he noticed that one of the patrons was choking and that the other diners were unable to help. Immediately, Officer Daniels performed the Heimlich maneuver and dislodged the food stuck in the victim's throat. However, the patron had lost consciousness and had no pulse or respiration. Officer Daniels, with the assistance of an emergency medical technician also dining at the restaurant, performed CPR. The victim began breathing independently prior to the arrival of the ambulance.The fire started in the garage of the home at 5270 W. Crockett Drive (5115 South) about 11:45 p.m., and quickly spread throughout the entire home.

Law enforcement officers are challenged daily in the performance of their duties; they face each challenge freely and unselfishly while answering the call to duty. In certain instances, their actions warrant special attention from their respective departments. The Bulletin also wants to recognize those situations that transcend the normal rigors of the law enforcement profession.

Fire completely destroys Kearns home; one person injured Sunday

KEARNS -- Officials say that three sleeping adults are lucky that neighbors awakened them when flames started to destroy their Kearns home Sunday night.

Contacts: Ideal Windows and Conservatories 6 Dryden Place Bilston Glen Industrial Estate Edinburgh, EH20 9HP 44 (0)870 224 2260 press@moovinonup.com www.idealwindowsandconservatories.co.ukFire crews from UFA, West Jordan and West Valley City Fire responded and called in a two-alarm response but the house is a complete loss, Smith said.The man inside the home was treated for minor smoke inhalation but was not transported to a hospital.Law enforcement officers are challenged daily in the performance of their duties; they face each challenge freely and unselfishly while answering the call to duty. In certain instances, their actions warrant special attention from their respective departments. The Bulletin also wants to recognize those situations that transcend the normal rigors of the law enforcement profession.Simon White - Dunbar

Ideal Windows and Conservatories website is online now and brings you a slick and easy way to access all the information you need when looking to improve your home. As a family-run business, Ideal are extremely proud of the impeccable customer services they present and through their website can present this to their ever expanding customer base. Why not have a look, and dream about what could be in your future.Officials are estimating the fire caused more than $150,000 worth of damage, not including the two destroyed cars that were in the garage where the fire started.Nominations for the Bulletin Notes should be based on either the rescue of one or more citizens or arrest(s) made at unusual risk to an officer's safety. Submissions should include a short write-up (maximum of 250 words), a separate photograph of each nominee, and a letter from the department's ranking officer endorsing the nomination. Submissions should be mailed to the Editor, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, FBI Academy, Outreach and Communications Unit, Quantico, VA 22135, or e-mailed to leb@fbiacademy.edu.

-- Lana Groves

Author: Lana Groves Deseret News

Ideal Windows and Conservatories Get an Online Makeover

Today's online market places are as important as their real world counterparts. And for Ideal Windows and Conservatories this is certainly the case. While Ideal already has an extremely well stocked and impeccably presented showroom in Loanhead, south of Edinburgh, with 5 full sized conservatories and their window gallery for you to view, they now have a brand new shiny website with a wealth of information on all of their fantastic services.

-- Lana GrovesAlso from the homepage, customers can access information on Ideal's surprisingly wide catchment area and request a free instant quote for any of their home improvement services. Have you ever thought about garage conversions ? Perhaps turn it into a games room, or maybe a spare bedroom, or how about a yoga studio? Get an instant quote for whatever change you wish to make to your home and take the first step towards having the satisfaction and joy experienced by Ideal's many happy customers.It is unknown how the fire started but fireworks do not seem to be a contributing factor. The flames also damaged an adjacent camper and small shed that were on the west-side of the home.

Contacts: Ideal Windows and Conservatories 6 Dryden Place Bilston Glen Industrial Estate Edinburgh, EH20 9HP 44 (0)870 224 2260 press@moovinonup.com www.idealwindowsandconservatories.co.uk

Safe, Low-Mileage Drivers Can Save More, Faster with Snapshot Discount from Progressive

MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio -- More than 100,000 MyRate customers countrywide get personalized car insurance rates by sharing how, how much, and when they drive with Progressive. Now, with Snapshot Discount SM – the new version of MyRate® – Ohio drivers can save up to 30 percent more on their insurance after just 30 days of driving. In addition, customers only need to share six months of driving data.

The Si4010 contains an embedded 8051-compatible MCU core with 4 kB of RAM, 8 kB of one-time programmable (OTP) non-volatile memory, a 128-bit EEPROM and 12 kB of ROM for library functions. These ROM-based functions enable developers to easily implement complex features such as security encryption into their remote controls by using proven code to reduce risk and development time. The MCU’s on-chip digital peripherals include wake-on-touch general-purpose I/Os (GPIOs), a patented 20-bit EEPROM counter providing one million cycles of read/write endurance, an LED driver, sleep timers, a debugger and a high-speed 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) accelerator for secure one-way links.“Our new Snapshot Discount is easier to understand and more attractive to drivers. We know from our research that this version will be more appealing because drivers can save money after just 30 days instead of six months. Plus, customers only have to give us a snapshot of their driving for one policy period, then they don’t have to worry about the device anymore.”For additional EZRadio product information and to purchase samples and development tools, please visit www.silabs.com/pr/wireless.Note to editors: Silicon Laboratories, Silicon Labs, the “S” symbol, the Silicon Laboratories logo, and the Silicon Labs logo are trademarks of Silicon Laboratories Inc. All other product names noted herein may be trademarks of their respective holders.Cautionary LanguageAbout ProgressiveProgressive companies offer consumers choices in how to shop for, buy, and manage their auto insurance policies. Progressive offers its products, including personal and commercial auto, motorcycle, boat, and recreational vehicle insurance, through more than 30,000 independent insurance agencies throughout the U.S. and online and by phone directly from the Company. Personal auto products and prices are different when purchased directly from Progressive or through independent agencies. To find an agent or to get a quote, go to http://www.progressive.com. Progressive also has a branch that sells car insurance policies online in Australia at http://www.progressivedirect.com.au.The Si4010 RF transmitter is the industry’s first single-chip remote control IC requiring only one external bypass capacitor, a printed circuit board, battery and external case with pushbuttons to create a complete wireless remote control. Based on a patented crystal-less architecture, the Si4010 achieves ±150 ppm carrier frequency accuracy over the commercial temperature range and ±250 ppm over the industrial temperature range – twice the accuracy of traditional surface acoustical wave (SAW)-based transmitters – without using an external crystal.

Progressive companies offer consumers choices in how to shop for, buy, and manage their auto insurance policies. Progressive offers its products, including personal and commercial auto, motorcycle, boat, and recreational vehicle insurance, through more than 30,000 independent insurance agencies throughout the U.S. and online and by phone directly from the Company. Personal auto products and prices are different when purchased directly from Progressive or through independent agencies. To find an agent or to get a quote, go to http://www.progressive.com. Progressive also has a branch that sells car insurance policies online in Australia at http://www.progressivedirect.com.au.

Silicon Labs Launches Wireless Remote Control on a Chip

New Sub-GHz EZRadio® RF Transmitter IC Simplifies RKE, Garage Door Opener, Remote Control, Home Automation and Security System Designs

“The Si4010 is an optimal sub-GHz transmitter SoC for cost-sensitive wireless one-way link applications,” said Rafi Fried, general manager of Silicon Labs’ wireless products. “The Si4010’s high level of integration significantly reduces the transmitter node’s bill of materials, design time and complexity versus competing discrete-intensive solutions that typically contain more than 20 separate components.”To accelerate the development of one-way link products, Silicon Labs offers a rich set of hardware and software tools including the following:Pricing and Availability

Samples of the Si4010 transmitter and the Si431x receivers are available now. Pricing for the Si4010 transmitter starts at $1.40 in 10,000-unit quantities, and pricing for the Si431x receivers begins at $1.45 in 10,000-unit quantities. The Si4012, featuring the same RF and analog circuitry of the Si4010 but without an integrated MCU, is priced at $1.17 in 10,000-unit quantities. The 4010-DASKF_434 and 4010-DAAKF_434 evaluation kits are available now for $24.99 and $49.99, respectively. The 4010-DKKF_434 development kit is priced at $150. (All pricing is in USD.)AUSTIN, Texas -- Silicon Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today introduced an EZRadio® wireless IC solution designed to reduce the cost and complexity of one-way wireless links used in a wide range of consumer, industrial and automotive systems. The new Si4010 system-on-chip (SoC) RF transmitter enables developers to optimize remote keyless entry (RKE), garage door opener, remote control, building automation and security device designs for the lowest system cost and highest performance while ensuring one-way link integrity.Follow Silicon Labs on Twitter at http://twitter.com/silabs.Progressive is committed to becoming consumers’ #1 choice for auto insurance by providing competitive rates and innovative products and services that meet drivers’ needs throughout their lifetimes, including superior online and in-person customer service, and best-in-class, 24-hour claims service, such as its concierge level of claims service available at service centers located in major metropolitan areas throughout the United States.Metal church gate pulled off hinges and church sign damaged.LinksMilnsbridge, July 18. Raiders got into industrial unit by piling wooden pallets against wall and stole armoured electrical cables. Old Police Station, Manchester Road, Slaithwaite, July 19. Stone flags stolen from yard of building. Police were called and suspect made off from scene in vehicle, but was arrested nearby. * ATTEMPTED BURGLARY -Milnsbridge, July 19. Paving slab used to smash side kitchen window in bid to get inside. Pizza Plus, Colne Valley Business Park, Linthwaite, July 15. Suspect climbed onto bin and cut plastic mesh grill and got into back of unit. No entry made. Raider also tried to force steel gate to front of unit using scaffolding pole. * THEFT -Co-op, Lewisham Road, Slaithwaite, July 20. Suspect went into shop and stole items concealing them in a rucksack, then left without paying. He went back later that morning and again selected display items. As he left suspect challenged by staff, but managed to escape. Suspect : white male, approx 50yrs, 5ft 8ins, stocky build, short greying hair at the sides but balding on top and at the back, unshaven, wearing blue jeans, black jumper and black shoes and carrying a black rucksack. * ATTEMPTED THEFT - Slaithwaite, July 20. Suspect climbed up side of premises and tried to remove lead flashing from roof projection under bedroom window.Silicon Laboratories is an industry leader in the innovation of high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs. Developed by a world-class engineering team with unsurpassed expertise in mixed-signal design, Silicon Labs’ diverse portfolio of highly-integrated, easy-to-use products offers customers significant advantages in performance, size and power consumption. These patented solutions serve a broad set of markets and applications including consumer, communications, computing, industrial and automotive.Unparalleled Development Support* CRIMINAL DAMAGE - Milnsbridge, July 17. Large planter outside house smashed. United Churches Healing Ministry, New Street, Milnsbridge, July 19.CONTACT: Dave Whitteron, Neighbourhood Watch Liaison, Kirkburton Police Station, Telephone: 01484-436840 or email: dw368@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk or call Crimestoppers on 0800-555-111Other Facts

• Snapshot SM is available to Ohio drivers who buy policies directly from Progressive.


• Customers can log in to their policy on progressive.com during the six-month period the device is plugged in to see how their driving habits affect their rate, and, if they choose, make changes that could lead to greater savings. Customers will also see whether they are on track for a discount after 30 days.


• Snapshot is voluntary and customers can opt out at any time. It won’t make customers’ rates go up.


• The Snapshot device measures how, how much and when customers drive their vehicle. It doesn’t have GPS, so it doesn’t track a vehicle’s location.

Quotes

Richard Hutchinson, Progressive’s general manager of usage-based insuranceSilicon Laboratories Inc.Headquartered in Austin, TX, Silicon Labs is a global enterprise with operations, sales and design activities worldwide. The company is committed to contributing to our customers’ success by recruiting the highest quality talent to create industry-changing innovations. For more information about Silicon Labs, please visit www.silabs.com.The Si4010 is the first SoC transmitter with automatic antenna tuning, featuring a patented tuning circuit that automatically fine tunes the antenna for optimum transmit efficiency and constant output power. Variations in transmit frequency due to PCB loop antenna manufacturing tolerances and environmental variations can lead to significant antenna inefficiencies and wasted power. The Si4010’s antenna tuning circuit continuously maximizes antenna efficiency by adjusting an on-chip variable capacitor to resonate with the antenna’s inductance. The Si4010 supports programmable edge rate control for on-off keying (OOK) mode to reduce harmonic emissions and comply with governmental RF regulations. It also outperforms competing discrete solutions, offering 10 dBm output power, exceptional range and robust links.

Follow Silicon Labs on Twitter at http://twitter.com/silabs.

Police swoop on gang of mill raiders

* BURGLARY - Spectrum Yarns Ltd, Britannia Road, Slaithwaite, July 15.

http://www.progressive.com/snapshot/This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on Silicon Laboratories’ current expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. For a discussion of factors that could impact Silicon Laboratories' financial results and cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, please refer to Silicon Laboratories’ filings with the SEC. Silicon Laboratories disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.The Si4010’s low power consumption greatly extends battery life for remote controls. Offering a 1.8 to 3.6 V supply range, ultra-low current consumption (<10 nA standby current and <20 mA peak current) and low-power wake-on-touch operation, the Si4010 is ideal for coin-cell battery-powered applications. Most remote controls are activated only a few times per day, which means the remote remains in standby mode most of the time until the end user presses a button. The device’s wake-on-touch GPIOs ensure no current is wasted checking for button presses while in standby mode.Raiders jemmied open fire door at back of mill, switched off power supply then cut cable from the electric panel. Police arrived and suspects found short distance away and arrested. Golcar, July 14. Three suspects spotted in vehicle parked on driveway of property. Two got out and forced open garage door, but were disturbed by witness and make off towards Manchester. Driver of vehicle: white male, stocky build, short black hair, clean shaven, 40s, wearing a light coloured T-shirt. First youth: white male, late teens, short dark hair. Second youth: white male, taller and stockier than other. short black hair wearing a blue and yellow T-shirt with a pattern of hoops. Vehicle -white long wheel base Ford Transit van registration W811 CWT. Linthwaite, July 19. Gas and water pipes stolen from outside house wall. Marsden, July 18. Two large Yorkshire top stones stolen. Two more pulled off wall but left propped up at scene. Marsden, July 20. Handbag inadvertently left unattended at a bus stop stolen. Methodist Church, Carr Lane, Slaithwaite, July 18. Lead flashing stolen from low roof at rear of church.

CONTACT: Dave Whitteron, Neighbourhood Watch Liaison, Kirkburton Police Station, Telephone: 01484-436840 or email: dw368@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk or call Crimestoppers on 0800-555-111

Evacuation after arson raid on shed

ARSON -Shelley, July 11. Occupants of a house were evacuated after an arsonist got into back garden and dropped a lighted item through a broken shed window. The shed caught fire causing extensive damage to nearby decking area and garden furniture. The heat also caused damage to external wood, guttering and windows. BURGLARY - Almondbury, July 13. Raider climbed on to conservatory roof and opened unlocked front bedroom window and climbed inside, activating alarm. Nothing stolen. Dalton, July 17. Sneak raider got into house through back wooden conservatory door and stole electrical goods. Moldgreen, July 14. Suspect got on to driveway by cutting metal chain secured around gates, jemmied open wooden garage doors and stole two bikes. Soccer City, Tandem Industrial Estate, Waterloo, July 18. Small window on Portakabin forced open and computer laptop and cash stolen. Clayton West, July 9. Yorkshire stone paving slabs taken from garden. Flockton, July 9. Raiders got into yard by scaling perimeter fence and stole aluminium engine parts from open-fronted sheds. Shepley, July 12. Radiators and gas fire stolen from skip in garden.

Skelmanthorpe, July 10. Vauxhall Astra registration R?05 HBV stolen.ATTEMPTED BURGLARY -Almondbury, July 19. Attempt made to prise open back kitchen window with chisel. Suspect disturbed and made off on foot, but arrested short distance away. Almondbury, July 19. Ground floor rear window smashed but raider disturbed by occupants and made off empty handed.. * THEFT - Almondbury, July 17. Key pad used to open box next to front door and steal house key. Almondbury High School, Fernside Avenue, July 19. Bike left secured with combination lock in school grounds stolen.Firefighters were called to the first house at 3:20 a.m. to find flames coming from the garage, Lt. James Eddy said. Firefighters woke up the eight people sleeping inside the home and safely evacuated them.Front window smashed and music player stolen. BT Telephone Exchange, Busker Lane, Scissett, July 9. Windows of BT vehicles smashed and handbrakes released to move them forwards to get into back doors which were then forced open and power tools stolen. Denby Dale, July 9. Front quarterlight smashed, van door opened and petrol can and garden blower stolen. Fenay Bridge, July 15. Lock forced on front door and satnav and other items stolen. Fenay Bridge, July 15. Car window smashed to get inside vehicle and steal cash. Flockton, July 12. Chrome badges stolen from centre of two car wheels. Moldgreen, July 17. Back quarterlight window smashed and mobile phone stolen. Shepley, July 8. Nearside front window smashed and satnav stolen from the boot.

CONTACT: Dave Whitteron, Neighbourhood Watch Liaison, Kirkburton Police Station, Telephone: 01484-436840 or email: dw368@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk or call Crimestoppers on 0800-555-111

12 displaced from their homes because of blaze

Twelve people were displaced from two homes after a house fire broke out on Frost Drive in southeast Colorado Springs early today.

CONTACT: Dave Whitteron, Neighbourhood Watch Liaison, Kirkburton Police Station, Telephone: 01484-436840 or email: dw368@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk or call Crimestoppers on 0800-555-111Firefighters contained the fire within seven minutes of arrival, but the residents of both homes will be unable to move back immediately because of damage to the utilities, Eddy said. There was not an estimate of the damage from the fire. The cause is under investigation.

Firefighters contained the fire within seven minutes of arrival, but the residents of both homes will be unable to move back immediately because of damage to the utilities, Eddy said. There was not an estimate of the damage from the fire. The cause is under investigation.

Envision Edmonton Invites You to Join Us as We Unveil a Complete Visual Rendering of Our Vision of the City Centre Airport

Mayor Mandel asked to see an alternative vision for the City Centre Airport , this is our response to his invitation. Envision Edmonton invites you to, join us as we unveil a complete visual rendering of our vision for the development of the land and businesses at the City Centre Airport - as a sustainable industrial community with a niche professional and employment cluster.

If an international airport or U.S. border crossing is within yourprimary response area, you may come in contact with detainees in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Border Patrol, as well as deportees who remain in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement awaiting return transport to other countries. Be aware that these prisoners may subject you and others to infectious epidemic and pandemic diseases like malaria, SARS, parasites, or even mutated forms of the flu. You may also be called to provide medical care to visitors and law enforcement officers, not just prisoners.

Contacts: Johanna McIntosh, APR Public Relations (780) 937-8592 johanna@mcintoshpr.com

JUMPSUITS & PINSTRIPES

Providing care for the incarcerated patient can be challenging from both a logistical and medical perspective

"Bob" is just one example of the many types of patients in custody of law enforcement for whom you may be called Law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. This confinement, whether before or after a criminal conviction, is called incarceration.Directions:

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 -- Charles Allard - Envision Edmonton Chairman -- Don Grimble - urban planner and long time activist supporting the City Centre Airport -- Louis Grimble - Retired professional engineer with 50 years experience in transportation planning -- Dr. Kerry Pawluski -Envision Edmonton board member and Doctor with private orthopedics practice at the Royal Alexandra. Dr. Pawluski is founder of Angel Flight Alberta, a volunteer pilot organization that provides free air transportation to patients in Northern BC & Alberta. -- Dr. John O'Connor - a general practitioner in Fort MacMurray who looks after the health of remote Aboriginal communities and northern AB communities that critically rely on Medevac and the timely access it provides to Edmonton hospitals, notably the Royal Alexandra Hospital. -- David Bromley M.Eng., P.Eng. - Project Director of the Rampart Avenir Sustainable Community development which has been internationally recognized as North America's first clean technology living development. 

Speeches will begin at 5:30 p.m. sharp followed by open discussion and question and answer period to media and public.

Envision Edmonton is a not-for-profit business society formed specifically to develop a suitable and economically viable plan to revitalize the City Centre Airport. It is primarily funded by individuals and businesses, many of which have no direct investment in or association with the City Centre Airport, but who are instead dedicated exclusively to helping to make Edmonton a great city.- Talk to your neighbors and make an agreement to look after each other.Have your identification and credentials ready, and be able to furnish them upon request during entrance into the facility and at guard posts and checkpoints while inside. Get to know what items are considered contraband within the prison prior to being sent there. While policies and procedures vary from facility to facility, prohibited items may include a large range of objects from knives, shears and other multifunction work tools, such as Swiss Army knives and Leathermans, to cell phones, keys, open packs of cigarettes and even sunglasses. Armed with this knowledge, leave these items inside your ambulance when possible. At the very least, anticipate and prepare to surrender them upon entrance into the facility.- Report all suspicious activity.You and your partner are directed to prisoner "Bob," age 62, who is wheelchair-bound and lives permanently in the medical unit He has a significant medical history induding hypertension, several MIs, several pulmonary emboli and two past CVAs. Upon assessment, you find Bob exhibiting a neurological status different from his baseline. Four officers surround you and your partner as you attempt to transfer the feeble man onto your stretcher. Bob is extremely nice, respectful and cooperative during treatment and transport, which lasts a little less than an hour. After transferring care at the hospital, you make sure Bob is comfortable before leaving his room and wishing him a quick recovery.- Cut tree limbs 7 feet above ground level and trim bushes so they are no higher than 36 inches near buildings and sidewalks.You can also gather information via the Internet that would otherwise be unavailable to you. Visitor guidelines are available online for many county and state correctional facilities, and the list of prohibited items provided for potential visitors can be used as a guide for responding EMS personnel as well. In some states, copies of all public and government records, induding standard operating procedures, policies and any proposed amendments to such, are mandated by law to be available to the public. This is accomplished by either providing access to view documents of public record directly online or by filing a written request for the records. Additionally, even if such a law or practice is not in place inyour state, agencies can still provide copies of their SOPs for your familiarization at their discretion. These and any other steps you can take toward becoming more educated and familiarwith all aspects involving facilities where you might be providing care for the incarcerated patient ensure that you fulfill your task of providing excellent patient care at all times.- Dogs are a great deterrent and may alert you when there is a problem.GOING INSIDEYou pull the ambulance into a large garage bay and, as the door doses, corrections officers approach and ask you and your partner for your names, unit number and employee IDs. You are led through a door into an entryway, where you are asked the same questions again by an officer seated behind a desk and double-paned bulletproof glass. For the next few minutes, you are led through countless doors and hallways, and then to a door that opens up to the outside. More officers join the group as you walk across a large field and toward a building labeled "Medical Unit," where you are asked foryour name and unit number a third time. Finally, you hear the loud, unmistakable sound of the lock on the heavy metal door in front of you being disengaged and as it slowly slides open, you are confronted with the familiar smell of disinfectantState- and county-level juvenile correctional facilities pose their own set of legal issues, as they relate to custodial and parental rights, guardianship and whether the officers have a right to consent to treatment and procedures for the patient. Incarceration can take place in an institution designated to deal with psychological problems or in one for sexual offenders.Larger cities have the potential to house branch offices of FBI, DEA and other federal law enforcement agencies, which each have cells to house their own prisoners. Though your contact with these agencies may be limited, if there is any chance that you may be required to respond there, become familiar with that facility or facilities and the unique challenges they pose.There are also minimum-security county correctional facilities to absorb overflow of nonviolent criminals and incarcerated individuals.The police department offered the following tips to keep your home safe:

If an international airport or U.S. border crossing is within yourprimary response area, you may come in contact with detainees in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Border Patrol, as well as deportees who remain in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement awaiting return transport to other countries. Be aware that these prisoners may subject you and others to infectious epidemic and pandemic diseases like malaria, SARS, parasites, or even mutated forms of the flu. You may also be called to provide medical care to visitors and law enforcement officers, not just prisoners.

Author: Nelson, Yael

Police advise securing garage door openers

The Capital-Journal

A CHALLENGING RESPONSEIt is 2 a.m. when your unit is dispatched to the medical unit of the state prison for a "possible stroke." As you approach the facility, the brightly lit prison and grounds are juxtaposed against the dark backdrop of the night sky. Beyond a sign that reads "No unauthorized vehicles or personnel beyond this point.. .State Department of Corrections... State Prison," a vehicle awaits to escort you to your point of entry into the facility.Most, if not all, corrections and other law enforcement agencies would look positively upon you oryour EMS agency's desire to learn more about their systems and procedures so you can provide appropriate and seamless care. You, or someone within your agency who is authorized and an appropriate representative to do so, should contact any agency or facility that might fall within your response area and communicate with them your desire to be familiarized with their agency and facility. They may send a designated interagency liaison to provide you with this information, or even invite you to visit the facility to gather priceless first-hand specifics, for which there is truly no substitute.- Locking your car and garage will delay criminals and cause them to use noisier methods that will draw attention, increasing the chance of apprehension.Contacts: Johanna McIntosh, APR Public Relations (780) 937-8592 johanna@mcintoshpr.com- Turn on lights at night so your property can be seen.Logistical concerns regarding the passage in and out of correctional facilities can be especially pronounced for county and state facilities due to their size, capacity and configuration. The specific configuration of a facility varies based on the prison model used. The congregate system of confinement of the early 19th century later evolved to become the basis for United States penitentiaries today, and prisons built based on this congregate system are constructed in several ways. In order to minimize confusion while navigating in and out of the facility, familiarize yourself with the layout and procedures of the correctional facilities within your primary response area. This will maximize your efficiency in time management and ultimately your patient care.Caring for an incarcerated patient poses several challenges for responders. Logistical and operational problems may arise, and treatment modalities may need to be adjusted. More important, your entire mind-set may need to be modified in order to appropriately care for such a patient There are many factors that can interfere with providing adequate patient care to the incarcerated population, including the potential for intangible moral, psychological and personal issues to surface. These ever-present interpersonal issues are more complex than the logistical and operations concerns you may encounter in caring for these patients, such as extended times to initial patient contact or providing care for a patient restrained in handcuffs and leg irons. Careful consideration of all these potential problems is essential in providing appropriate care to the incarcerated population, and they should be addressed together, each related to - and dependent upon - the next

- Report all suspicious activity.

A shed-full of rich pickings for thieves

THEY are packed full of valuable goods.

That's why it is vital people take a look at their garden shed security.Highburton, Aug 11. Damaged bonnet and nearside door of vehicle. Lepton, Aug 13. Smashed driver's side wing mirror. Almondbury, Aug 13. Forced door lock to gain entry and stole satnav and cd player. Almondbury, Aug 16. Smashed window and stole satnav from glove box. Bus Depot, Penistone Road, Waterloo, Aug 11. Gained entry to buses and broke glass to steal emergency glass hammers. Clayton West, Aug 5. Carefully removed mirror from housing on nearside wing of vehicle. Clayton West, Aug 5. Stole glass from wing mirror of vehicle. Emley, Aug 6. Stole glass from nearside wing mirror of vehicle. Moldgreen, Aug 11. Forced passenger door lock and stole car radio. Flockton, Aug 11. Grey Mazda 323 stolen ( K626 KWW).Doors fitted with self closures automatically spring shut and help contain a fire in certain areas of the house. They are most commonly found in between attached garages and the house or loft conversions.Since July 1, police in Huddersfield have had 28 shed thefts reported and in the rest of Kirklees there have been another 36, with property worth tens of thousands of pounds stolen.Top Tip: While drilling slowly, move the drill in and out to remove excess wood chippings.Back UPVC door jemmied open and jewellery stolen. Waterloo, Aug 10. Sneak thief got in through unlocked conservatory door and stole handbag/contents. Flockton, Aug 6. Padlock and chain on garage door attacked with bolt cutters but nothing stolen. Moldgreen, Aug 15. Suspect broke into cellar via unlocked back wooden door and made off with cellar door key. Naylor Myers Ltd, Wakefield Road, Denby Dale, Aug 5. Suspect jumped over fence into yard and opened unlocked storage container and stole silver and yellow step up boxes with name 'young man' engraved on steps. Escaped in waiting black Citroen Saxo reg FL03 FTT.Here are a few suggestions: . At a bare minimum, the shed door should be protected with a good quality/heavy duty hasp and staple, with a closed shackled padlock.* ARSON - Almondbury, Aug 16.CAPTION(S):* ATTEMPTED BURGLARY -Dalton, Aug 12. Failed attempt made snap europrofile lock on UPVC door. Moldgreen, Aug 12. Failed attempt to snap europrofile lock on UPVC door. * CRIMINAL DAMAGE - Greenside Infant & Nursery School, Fernside Avenue, Aug 10. Climbed on to roof of school and damaged several lightening conductors.All power tools kindly supplied by Ryobi Power Tools www.ryobitools.co.uk www.craigphillips.co.ukSheds can be overlooked when home security is considered, despite the fact that the value of the contents such as mowers, power tools, garden furniture and cycles can often add up to several hundred pounds.Many of us keep our freezers in there, or hundreds of pounds worth of garden tools and equipment.

SAFETY FIRST: Avoid being a victim of garden crime by reviewing your security

Opportunist thieves strike in district; Crimewatch TURNING the spotlight on crime in the Huddersfield district. The column is compiled with the co-operation of Neighbourhood Watch Liaison:

* BURGLARY - Lascelles Hall, Aug 12. Raider(s) stole car keys. Vehicle later found crashed in Morley. Almondbury, Aug 11. Raider sneaked in through unlocked side door and stole cash, Xbox and mobile phone. Waterloo, Aug 10.

2. Insert the barrel into the hole until it can't go any further.The latest theft happened at the weekend in Woodhouse Hill, Fartown. A thief prised open the door of a shed and stole property from the fridge that was inside.5. Slide your safety plate in position to hold the spring, then place the adjoining plate to the inner edge of your door frame and mark the holes. Drill four more pilot holes with a three millimetre drill bit and drive a two inch screw into each. 6. Remove the safety plate. The door now should spring shut.A burglar can also use garden tools to break into a house.Avoid being a victim of garden crime by reviewing your security and taking action where necessary to reduce the loss of your valued possessions.Entered front garden and set fire to dry grass.3. Hold the plate in position and mark the four screw holes. Drill four pilot holes using a three millimetre drill bit and screw the plate of the barrel to the edge of the door.

CONTACT: Dave Whitteron, Neighbourhood Watch Liaison, Kirkburton Police Station, Telephone: 01484-436840 or email: dw368@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk or call Crimestoppers on 0800-555-111

DR DIY

HOW TO.. Fit self closures to doors TOOLS AND MATERIALS 18v autoshift drill Self closure kit 3mm drill piece Eight screws Claw hammer 22mm spade piece Pencil KEEPING doors closed can save lives.

1. Hold one side of the self closure to the inner closing edge of the door, where it's needed and mark the centre point with a pencil. Using an 18v auto shift drill, create a hole using a 22mm spade piece.Suspect 1: white male, dark short hair, in his late teens, wearing a dark top, dark jeans and a dark jacket. Suspect 2: white male, in his 20s, short dark hair, chubby build. Co-op, Northgate, Almondbury, Aug 15. Property stolen from back yard.4. Using a claw hammer, pull the adjoining plate, stretching out the springloaded chain to its fullest degree.Garden sheds remain popular targets for thieves, due to their potential rich pickings, and often low-level resistance.SAFETY FIRST: Avoid being a victim of garden crime by reviewing your security* VEHICLE CRIME - Almondbury, Aug 17. Smashed rear passenger side window to gain entry to vehicle and searched glove box but nothing stolen. The White Hart, Wakefield Road, Denby Dale, Aug 7. Smashed front nearside window and searched glove box but no property taken. Shepley, Aug 9. Placed nails under each tyre damaging both offside tyres. Emley, Aug 5. Shot air rifle towards victim's vehicle whilst driving along road damaging nearside front door.Yet how many of us think to invest a few extra pounds on security for our garden sheds? The thieves of Huddersfield know that sheds and garages can offer rich pickings and target them with increasing regularity.

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Author: Craig Phillips

Let's celebrate your clean garage

Is your garage a hazardous haven for dents, damage, and danger? A survey of U.S. adults by The Lehigh Group, Aurora, Ill., makers of organization products, reveals that 39% have tripped over an item in their cluttered garage; 27% have hit an object when opening a vehicle door; and 22% accidentally have hit something when parking.

DESIGN Daly Genik Architects, Santa Monica (dalygenik.com or 370/656-3180)Ben made two trips to finish the job, and each journey took the salesman about an hour round trip.Go vertical. Use the vertical plane to keep the floor free of clutter. Garages provide ample wall and ceiling space that easily can be converted into storage. Install hanging shelves, pegboards, storing rails, and overhead systems to secure items. Even tall and long pieces that are awkward are hung with no trouble thanks to modular storage components.Huge folding doors made of perforated metal panels keep the bedroom areas private but cool; they let breezes through, but won't be ignited by wind-carried embers. Bonus: Similar panels serve as awnings--they tilt up, like garage doors--for the living room's glass walls."I talked to Cal Fire a lot as we made plans to rebuild our house to make it as fire-safe as we could. We now have a metal roof and stucco. Our old place was a log home. It was gone in half an hour."--SU SCHLECHT, 2001 POE FIRE, BUTTE COUNTY, CAThe home's signature glass walls are made of laminated glass, which is much stronger and more fire-resistant than even double-paned. It's also more expensive, though. If you can't afford to replace all the glass in your house, use it on the windward side, which is most likely to face oncoming flames.

"Two key risk areas in the garage are falls from trip hazards and poisoning from improper storage of toxins like fertilizer or paint thinners," points out Meri-K Appy, president of the Home Safety Council, Washington, D.C. "Taking time to declutter, organize, and securely store dangerous items is an investment we should all make for the safety of our families."