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Organizers are searching for a venue large enough to hold around 500 people for an upcoming Pinellas County Sheriff's candidate forum.
That's double the number of attendants at the first -sponsored forum in April.
The upcoming forum, scheduled for July 17, will feature all candidates meeting the June 8 qualifying deadline.
The first NASLEMM-sponsored forum drew an audience that included ex-sheriff Jim Coats, who resigned from his seat in November to care for his ailing wife, and many city and county officials.
The six approved candidates — Interim Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, Randy Heine, Tim Ingold, Greg Pound, former sheriff Everett Rice and Scott Swope — fielded questions on handling budget and integrity issues, some of which were fueled by recent and controversial allegations that the Sheriff's Office has mishandled investigations and poorly allocated resources during times of tightening budgets. By the end of that emotionally-charged, non-partisan forum, Tim Ingold announced plans to drop out of the race. (.)
Sheriff's candidates in a forum in Palm Harbor last week answered an array of questions, including what one major policy change they would make to the Sheriff's Office. (See full story here.)
Upcoming candidate forums:
June 18: State, county and sheriff candidates appear at a Council of North County Neighborhoods (CNCN)-sponsored candidate forum at 7 p.m.
July 17: All qualifying sheriff's candidates appear at a -sponsored forum. Time and venue to be announced. Senior anchor Al Ruechel of Bay News 9 will moderate. For more information, or to suggest a venue, contact organizer Harvey Smith at firstname.lastname@example.com.
All approved candidates for Pinellas County Sheriff are listed below in alphabetical order. Other candidates could still join the race. The deadline for candidates to qualify for the race is June 8 at noon.
- Bob Gualtieri (R)
- Randy Heine (D)
- Tim Ingold (R) (announced plans in an to leave the race. He is still listed on the Pinellas Supervisors of Elections website)
- Greg Pound (I)
- Everett Rice (R)
- Scott P. Swope (D)


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The number of suspected suicides among active-duty soldiers increased in June, the latest setback in the Armys ongoing battle against a threat that officials believe has already claimed 158 soldiers so far this year.
As many as 14 active-duty soldiers killed themselves in June, the Army announced Tuesday. Four of the deaths have been confirmed as suicides and 10 remain under investigation.
The total in June is two more than the 12 suspected suicides reported in May.
Typically, more than 90 percent of suspected suicides are confirmed.
Among reserve component soldiers who were not on active duty, the Army reported eight suspected suicides in June. Four soldiers were from the Army National Guard and four from the Army Reserve.
All eight deaths are still under investigation.
In May, among that same population, the Army reported 14 suspected suicides. Two of the deaths have been confirmed as suicides.
So far this year, 77 active-duty soldiers and 81 reserve component soldiers who were not on active duty are believed to have committed suicide.
Of the 77 active-duty deaths, 42 have been confirmed as suicides.
Of the 81 non-active-duty deaths, 40 have been confirmed as suicides.

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Sheriff's deputies made several tactical blunders when they encountered Marine Sgt. Manny Loggins in a shadowy school parking lot on Feb. 7, but shooting him may still have been justified, according to police procedure experts interviewed by Patch.
The analysis might displease both sides of the controversial case, which is still under investigation and has fueled between Camp Pendleton brass and the deputies union.
On the one hand, police experts defended as he tried to drive away. But they also said it never should have gotten to that point.
Could bloodshed have been avoided?
"Definitely," said Michael Levine, a retired DEA agent who now works as a trial consultant, expert witness and police instructor.
In particular, Levine and two other police veterans faulted the actions taken by deputies after Loggins stepped out of his GMC Yukon and reportedly walked off into the darkness, leaving his two young daughters in the SUV's back seat.
The deputies should have immediately removed the children from the vehicle, blocked the Yukon with police cruisers, and stopped Loggins from getting back behind the wheel, which is when Sandberg opened fire, the analysts said.
Levine and the other experts cautioned that their opinions were tentative and based solely on public accounts of what happened. Nevertheless, their analysis offers a counterpoint to the deputies union, which , saying he "created a situation that put his children in danger and ultimately cost him his life."
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According to , the trouble began when Loggins zoomed into the San Clemente High School parking lot around 4:40 a.m., crashing through a low metal gate that separated the lot from campus athletic fields. After Sandberg pulled up behind the Yukon, Loggins got out and walked away, allegedly ignoring the deputy's commands and making "irrational" statements.
started to follow, then heard screams from the Yukon. Inside, he found two of the Marine's daughters, ages 9 and 14. They said their father had been acting oddly, Sandberg later told investigators.
Backup units arrived in a flash. Then, as deputies talked to the girls, Loggins suddenly returned from the football field. Guns drawn, the deputies ordered him to stay away from the Yukon.
Instead, the 31-year-old Marine allegedly ignored them and climbed back into the driver's seat. After he turned the ignition and put the Yukon in gear, Sandberg fired through the side window, killing him. Sandberg said he acted to protect the girls from possible harm.
Deputy mistake No. 1, the experts said, was leaving the girls in the Yukon.
"Get those kids out of the car, protect the innocent, that's the most basic of police and law enforcement training," Levine said.
William T. Gaut, a former homicide detective and criminal justice instructor in Alabama who also now works as an expert witness and consultant, agreed.
"Under ideal circumstances, the children should have been removed to a secondary position of safety outside the wrecked vehicle," Gaut said.
Mistake No. 2, he added, was letting Loggins return to the Yukon. "The officers should not have allowed the suspect to reach his vehicle," Gaut said.
Dave Cohen, who retired after 20 years as spokesman for the San Diego Police Department, leveled a similar criticism.
"If additional deputies were there, and he [Loggins] was off in the darkness ranting and raving, how did they allow him to get back to the car?" Cohen said in a TV news interview with NBC San Diego. "Did they not have less lethal weapons -- a beanbag shotgun, Taser, K-9s?"
Another possible error: failing to make it impossible for Loggins to drive away, either by removing the keys from his vehicle after he walked off (although it's unclear if Loggins took the keys with him), or by using patrol cars to hem in the Yukon.
The spot where Loggins parked was a campus roadway about 20 to 30 feet wide, bordered by a chain-link fence on one side and the school gymnasium on the other. Straight ahead or turning left, the roadway led deeper into the campus, offering no easy vehicle exit. (To see an aerial view of the campus, click here).
Police "are trained to use their vehicles to block in a suspect," Levine said. "Did anyone get their cruiser up against his bumper?"
In comments posted on various online news stories about the case, some readers have asked why deputies didn't shoot out the Yukon's tires.
That technique is mostly a Hollywood invention, experts said. In reality, it's potentially dangerous. For starters, the steel belts embedded in car tires can cause bullets to bounce off, Gaut noted. And even if a bullet does penetrate, the tire does not immediately go flat. Or the damaged tire might render the vehicle uncontrollable, he said.
Hollywood myths aside, Levine and Gaut said published accounts present too many unknowns to make a definitive conclusion on whether deputies did or didn't follow proper procedure. As an expert witness, Levine added, he typically has access to autopsy reports and photos, complete sworn statements from all the officers and often video. But that's not the case here, as the shooting remains under investigation by the Orange County District Attorney's office, with assistance from NCIS.
Despite apparent mistakes leading up to the shooting, Gaut and Levine predicted Deputy Sandberg may not face criminal charges.
"Yes, there were some tactical errors by the officers," Gaut said by email. "[But] in the 'heat of the moment' it is difficult to make ALL the correct decisions on a timely basis. ... Remember, as the courts have ruled, we should not judge an officer's actions on the basis of 20/20 hindsight. The standard of judgment is ... what would another reasonable officer have done under the same or similar circumstances."
Gaut said police are allowed to shoot a fleeing suspect if the person has committed a violent felony and also poses an immediate danger to an officer or the public.
Sandberg's defenders could argue that litmus test was met, Gaut said, based on the version of events released by the Orange County Sheriff's Department and the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs, the deputies' union. According to that narrative, Loggins rammed through a gate with his two young daughters in tow and not wearing seatbelts (although investigators haven't explained how they know the belts were unbuckled during the drive vs. after the vehicle parked).
"One could argue that this suspect committed a violent felony [hit-and-run and endangering children] and that he posed an immediate danger," Gaut said. "The evidence seems to indicate that the suspect had already driven erratically and dangerously, [and] intentionally wrecked his vehicle with unrestrained children in the back seat. A reasonable officer would likely conclude that the suspect, if allowed to flee, would continue the same behavior, thereby endangering himself, the children, other officers and the innocent public."
Levine concurred.
"At the point he gets back in his car, he becomes a danger," Levine said. "This is a crazy world, people kill their kids all the time. That's what the officer is presented with."
Retired San Diego police spokesman Cohen also tentatively sided with the deputy.
"It's a sad situation, but at this stage, until we know more, I do not fault the deputies for taking the action once he [Loggins] was in the car and driving away," he told NBC San Diego.
But friends and colleagues of Loggins, who was universally described as , remain outraged and baffled by official accounts of what happened.
Yana Pollard, a former co-worker who is planning a candlelight vigil to memorialize Loggins, said the unhinged, uncooperative suspect described by deputies "is not the Manny I know."


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On this day in 1775: The selectmen of Newburyport voted to grant Ebenezer Morrison the right to set up a potter's kiln at or near the northwest side of Old Hill Burying Ground behind the Mall. Nearby this site was a large deposit of red clay from which he made utilitarian ware including jugs, crocks, plates, cups, etc.
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The House Appropriations Committee was packed - some witnesses having to sit in the aisles of the auditorium - as Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, laid out his plan to accept Medicaid expansion with a few adjustments to satisfy Republicans.
San Antonio runner Richard Teitz, who is a longtime TPR member, was among the participants in Monday's Boston Marathon. He's been running for more than forty years and this would have been his 14th Boston marathon.
Teitz is returning home Tuesday and said he's going to allow himself extra time at the airport as security has been heightened. Teitz said he was about one-third of a mile from the finish line before the explosions, but couldn't see it just yet and didn't hear anything.
The 2013 land grab is underway between the cities of San Antonio and Helotes. Helotes city leaders are taking on San Antonio with legislation for a few square miles that San Antonio doesn't want to let go of.
Helotes and residents of the San Antonio Ranch subdivision want the town to scoop up a swath of land that's in San Antonio's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ).
The City of Helotes is asking for San Antonio to release a 6.7 square mile parcel of land that is outside of San Antonio's city limits.
Maria Bachmann's latest CD, "French Fantasy," featuring pianist Adam Nieman, pays tribute to those lyrical and dramatic French composers Claude Debussy, Camille Saint-Saens, and Cesar Franck, whose sonata she considers the "heart" of her latest album.
Deirdre Saravia spoke with her recently about her career and this latest solo release.
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Art Downey, chairman of the Ethics Review Board, and Brian Chasnoff, a columnist for the San Antonio Express-News, join us to talk about the continuing role of ethics in decisions made at City Hall.
After the latest incident, this one involving District 9 Councilwoman Elisa Chan, San Antonio residents want to know what the city plans to do about the culture at City Hall.
The governor's office release details of a tax relief plan that provides benefits for small and large businesses alike. Before getting into specifics, Gov. Rick Perry took a moment to pause for those affected by the bombings that occurred during the Boston Marathon.
"I think all of us have friends and/or relatives up in Boston with the race going on so keep them in your prayers as we get the details," Perry said.
Perry listed a four-part plan to to provide over $1 billion in tax money to current businesses and out-of-state companies looking to re-locate.
A group of Texas lawmakers announced a snapshot of where the state is headed on issues like healthcare, environmental quality and education.
It's called Texas on the Brink, which is a collection of statistics on the State of Texas. Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston, is the chairman of the group.
San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro will be giving the keynote speech Tuesday at the National Development Council's three-day training seminar in Washington, D.C.
It is the first speech he'll be getting paid to deliver.
The National Development Council works with cities on economic and community development, helping to revitalize areas that desperately need attention.
Last summer, seven area high school students took part in the inaugural Camp KPAC, learning radio and recording skills with TPR's James Baker, Nathan Cone, and Paul Flahive. Here's what Clark High School student Kelly Holguin said about her experience:
Since the start of the legislative session, Rep. Eddie Lucio, D-Harlingen, has made it clear that Mexico needs to release the over 400,000 acre feet of water owed to Texas.
His fellow lawmakers have now joined that fight as his resolution addressing the issue passed on the House floor with unanimous vote.


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Peter's New calendar is available to purchase now from his official website or alternatively by phoning the hotel directly.
For fourteen years Peter's calendar has been showcasing the best of Exmoor in all it's seasons, depicting how little has changed in this wonderful National Park, yet still managing to capture Exmoor in all it's moods. Peter's passion and love of photography has never wained, and if anything, his comprehension and ethos of photography has evolved to a new level. He can often be found out on the moor with clients, either teaching on a One To One basis or running one of his workshops, which he runs for Light and Land in the Summer and Autumn.
Exmoor, being Peter's home is very special to him, and this can be reflected in his work, not only in this calendar, but in the numerous images that adorn the walls of The Exmoor White Horse Inn at Exford, where Peter has his gallery. Not only does he produce this calendar, he has a collection of books and greeting cards that can be purchased from his Gallery or online by visiting www.wild-encounters.com
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NAME Mike Matthews
POSITION Evening Building Supervisor, YMCA of Floyd County. Worked at Jeffersonville YMCA for five years, then moved to this location last year.
What do you do?
"I just supervise the entire building with security and safety. I give tours to people interested in joining the YMCA and give them insight and information on all of the programs we offer. It's kind of a combination of ombudsman and service, I also field any complaints we might get or suggestions people have for us."
What do you like about your job?
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Mr. and Mrs. James Monday Sr. of North Kingsville celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Feb. 16 at a dinner with their sons and families.
Jim and Betty (Frishkorn) were married Feb. 16, 1963, in Conneaut.
The couple's two sons and their spouses are Jim Jr. and Tammy Monday of Saybrook and John and Renee Monday-Montagano of Conneaut. They have two grandchildren, Claire Monday and Timmie Montagano.


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Some people might say that Schelly Porter is "special," and to a certain extent, they would be right, but the definition of special refers to Porter in more ways than just the one.
Porter was born with Down Syndrome, but doesn't let that keep her from dreaming or pursuing those dreams.
She is currently a volunteer with the Commerce Fire Department, works as a people greeter at Wal-Mart in Commerce and every Thursday night she bowls on the ladies league at DB's Sports Grill and Bowling in Greenville. Her dream is to be a flight paramedic.
"That's my dream," said Porter. "My goal I'm gonna work on."
Porter's activities and dreams alone would keep most people busy, but not Porter.
Currently 35, Porter has been involved in the Special Olympics since she was 15 years old. She's been in athletics, aquatics, bowling, bocce, softball, basketball and volleyball, and will soon be adding golf to the list.
She is currently a certified coach in athletics, bocce and unified. In fact, she and her sister, Lindy Hammons, who is a certified Special Olympics coach, will soon be traveling to Reno, Nev., to bowl in a unified event there in March. A unified event is one in which a Special Olympics athlete is paired with an athlete without disabilities.
"People don't realize how many different opportunities there are in the Special Olympics," said Sue Porter, Schelly's mom and occasionally, her SO coach. "They offer cycling, equestrian, figure skating, floor hockey, gymnastics, kayaking, powerlifting, roller skating, sailing, soccer, speed skating, table tennis … the list just goes on and on."
Porter's favorite sport she's participated in so far is bowling, though she's really excited to start golf. In fact, Porter went to the 2010 National Games in Lincoln, Neb., where she and her doubles partner, Heather, won gold medals wielding their skills with a bowling ball.
Through the Special Olympics, Schelly has had the opportunity to travel and meet people from all over the world. In fact, in 2007 she was chosen to be a member of Team USA, competing at the World Games in Shanghai, China. Porter was one of four girls on the team, all from different states.
"We had a host family while we were in China," said Porter. "We would eat there for lunch and we learned to make dumplings."
Porter spent three weeks in China, one week spent in host town, where the athletes were immersed in the culture and custom of the people.
"Host town was one of my favorite parts about the trip," she said. "It was amazing getting to meet so many new and different people."
Sue credits the Special Olympics with granting Schelly the opportunities she's had.
"She has met so many wonderful people from all over the world," said Sue. "She's even met celebrities, though she often loses their autographs later. She's got pictures, though. Yes, it's because of her disability that she's received these opportunities, but it's all due to the Special Olympics that these opportunities are even out there. Texas has the best Special Olympics program in the United States."
According to Sue, participating in SO events can get costly. In fact, athletes were required to raise $2,500 to go to the World Games in China.
"It's like everything else, people are not donating as much so it's getting harder," said Sue. "If it weren't for Rick Kohn and all he does with the Comedy Talent Showcase and the car show, we would not be able to go to state. He provides yearly funds for us to take our bowling team and bocce teams to state. Before he started doing that, we didn't go because we couldn't raise the funds."
Even when the team couldn't afford to travel to state, Sue took money out of her pocket to ensure her daughter, at least, got the chance to compete, giving Porter quite the pile of silver, gold and bronze medals from the past 20-plus years.
"She's been to at least one state competition each year since she's been participating and some years she's been to two," said Sue. "It's all about instilling confidence in the athletes and them feeling good about their performance. The Special Olympics really fills a need for these athletes."
Porter and the other Hunt County Special Olympics athletes will be doing their parts to raise funds for the HCSO during the eighth annual Comedy Talent Showcase, set for Feb. 19 in the Greenville High School auditorium.
"I'm gonna be one of Robert McCutchen's 'shakers,'" said Porter with a laugh. "That's so much fun."
All money raised during the Comedy Talent Showcase goes toward funding athletes, like Porter, competing in local area and state games.
"Bring your billfold with lots of money in it, that's all I can say," said Sue. "Once you get them there the first time, they come back every year. There's nothing quite as funny as those grown men dressing like women and acting foolish for a good cause. They have fun, the athletes have a blast and the crowd really seems to love the show."


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Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, sent a shock wave across the internet and the blogosphere last weekend when she announced that Yahoo's policy of allowing people to work remotely would be ended, and that remote-working employees would need to begin reporting to the office by June 2013.
The debate has raged over the wisdom of the move, with a heaping ton of criticism coming from culture-change advocates who point to research indicating that remote work programs are beneficial, while the other side of the coin points to lost engagement and productivity.
Mayer is attempting to benchmark against other organizations and believes that worked over there will also work at Yahoo. That's a bit short-sighted, however, it's also the exact same dynamic being offered by her critics – finding the best case example of a situation just like your preferred alternative, and then using that as evidence that the alternative is the right one. [Read more]


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STUDY: Violence Increasing in TV Dramas — Especially on NBC
Unlike sex and language, graphic violence on television isn't regulated by the FCC.
In a scene in a post-apocalyptic future, a bandit pins down a former Marine Corps sergeant. He's poised to kill him, until the sergeant grasps at a sword in the grass. In one motion, the sergeant slits the bandit's throat. Blood spatters, the man makes a grotesque dying gasp, and falls.
So went a scene that aired on a Wednesday at 8 p.m. in September on NBC's TV drama "Revolution," which debuted in 2012 in the 10 p.m. slot but has since been moved to 8. The show is rated TV-14, appropriate for children aged 14 and above.
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And new research suggests such televised throat-slitting may be becoming more common at the dinner hour. A study by the Parents Television Council, a media watchdog group, found scenes of graphic violence and gore are increasing in TV dramas –and particularly on NBC.
The data showed that eight of the nine dramas NBC has on air or is soon to debut – all of which are rated TV-14 – contain what the group considers graphic violence and gore, at what it says are unprecedented levels. NBC's three returning dramas, "Revolution," "Chicago Fire" and "Law & Order: SVU," together had far more scenes of violence this season than last season, with violent scenes in "Law & Order: SVU" more than doubling from 10 to 24 scenes of violence this year.
NBC declined to comment on the findings, but has previously defended its violent programming. After the shooting at Newtown, Conn., in December, NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt insisted there was no clear link between shows about violent behavior, such as NBC's "Hannibal," about a serial killer, and incidences of violence in the country. In April, however, NBC pulled an episode of "Hannibal" out of respect to the victims of the Boston bombings.
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Brad Bushman, a professor of communication and psychology at Ohio State University, and an expert on violence in the media, says the shift toward more violent programming in TV, movies and video games is driven in part by changes in technology. "As technology is increasing, it's easier to make things more graphic and more realistic. Technologies are being created to create a sense of immersion, of presence, so that you forget you are in a mediated world." The more realistic the violence, he says –citing research OSU has not yet released –the greater the effect of that violence on the viewer.
But the debate regarding violent programming is not new, and in part that's because there has never been real regulation of violence on TV. The Federal Communications Commission, which has rules to regulate language and sex on TV, has no such guidelines for violence, and parameters are left up to the networks. (In 2007 the FCC failed to get Congress to enact legislation that would allow it to regulate violence on television during the hours when children might be watching, between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.)
During the past several seasons, networks have taken advantage of their free rein to release a barrage of violent shows – many of them to astounding success. AMC's "The Walking Dead," about a violent, post-apocalyptic zombie wasteland, has set several ratings records, including this Sunday when it opened its fourth season with 16.1 million same-day viewers, a series best. "Breaking Bad," a crime drama centering on a chemistry teacher-turned-meth maker, drew 10.3 million viewers in its series finale, the show's biggest showing ever. Repeat murderers also seem to be in vogue: Showtime's "Dexter," about a serial killer, CBS' "Criminal Minds," which profiles criminals, including serial killers, and Fox's"The Following," about an FBI agent chasing a serial killer, have all been hits.
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Parents Television Council President Tim Winter, who worked at NBC for 15 years before joining the watchdog group, blames the rash of violent programming on a "lemming-like mentality" of networks "trying to outperform the others with the same negative programming, as opposed to positive programming."


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It's no contest. While I certainly agree with Roger Ebert that all 3D films are inherently gimmicky, I recently had the chance to see a restored 3D print of Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder (1954) at Film Forum in New York, shown in its original Natural Vision, 2-projector format, as created by Milton Gunzburg.
While contemporary Real 3D uses a digital camera and projection system and a beam splitter in the projection booth to produce two images that merge into one with the use of polarized glasses, Natural Vision uses two 35mm film projectors in frame-for-frame sync which doubles the brightness, and gives the image added punch and depth. Of course, the system is impractical for many reasons; it needs two perfect copies of each reel to be run in interlock simultaneously; one frame missing from either print, and the effect is lost.
At this point in time, there are only two theaters in the United States that can still project Natural Vision 3D; Film Forum, and the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles, which houses the American Cinematheque. But seeing Dial M for Murder, and Natural Vision 3D, for the first time in many years, I was struck by how much more effective it was than Real 3D as used in James Cameron's Avatar. Of course, you'll have to see it for yourself, but trust me; Natural Vision is warmer, more lifelike, and creates a truer illusion of depth than Real 3D ever can. And, of course, it's much, much brighter, and causes considerably less eyestrain.
Natural Vision was abandoned by 1955 in Hollywood, and while it's true that a lot of inferior films hastened the process's demise, the real factor was the inherent technical clumsiness and cost of the process. Although all 3D films, in the end, rely on spectacle, to see a restrained drawing room murder mystery brought to life by Natural Vision 3D in Hitchcock's film demonstrates that 3D can be used with style and taste, and that the results can be extraordinary.


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Which potential GOP presidential candidate's stock has risen the most in the past few months?
Democrats (97 votes)
Mitch Daniels: 22%
Mitt Romney: 21%
Tim Pawlenty: 18%
Newt Gingrich: 10%
Mike Huckabee: 7%
None: 7%
Also receiving votes: Chris Christie, 6%; Haley Barbour, 5%; Rick Santorum, 2%; Jon Huntsman and Donald Trump, 1% each.
"He comes across as a more reasonable, practical leader than many of the others in their field."
"Attrition in the field and a lack of a consensus social-conservative candidate have given Daniels an opening."
"Deficit truth-tellers are in vogue at the moment. But truth-tellers usually don't become president."
"The press is taking him seriously, and that means he is in the mix to stay."
"He hasn't done much of late, but he is the front-runner, and no one has done anything real to try to unseat him."
"Most advanced organization, most leaning forward."
"Compared to his Republican competitors, Romney comes off as Abraham Lincoln."
"The only other organized candidate appears to be Romney. The rest of the potential candidates are disorganized or indecisive, or both."
"The exit of [Sen. John] Thune opens the door for a smart young Midwesterner with rational conservative credentials."
"Successfully positioning himself as a safe alternative for all parts of the party."
"He has managed in his inimitable way to grab a substantial share of media attention."
"A lot of people agree with what he said [about Natalie Portman], and more respect him for saying something."
Which potential GOP presidential candidate's stock has risen the most in the past few months?
Republicans (103 votes)
Mitch Daniels: 25%
Tim Pawlenty: 25%
Haley Barbour: 12%
Mitt Romney: 11%
Chris Christie: 9%
Also receiving votes: Mike Huckabee,5%; none, 4%; Jon Huntsman, 3%; Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, and Donald Trump, 2% each; Rick Santorum, 1%.
"Positive stories from all corners; he has been able to joke about height."
"His new 'Red Menace' [Conservative Political Action Conference speech] regarding the national debt struck a chord."
"The more it becomes about deficit reduction, the better he does."
"With Thune's departure from the field, he now becomes the GOP establishment's dark-horse candidate."
"More people understand that the race is a long grind, and candidates who wear well will be in the hunt all the way through."
"Not because of anything he's done but because of how the others misstep."
"He has the most room for growth, is taking the race seriously, and stands to gain the most when others drop out or implode."
"He has steadily laid the foundation and is making a compelling case that his run is doable."
"With Thune and Daniels—soon to be—out, Barbour looks like the most experienced and credible conservative."
"He continues to slowly plod along, putting together his finance and political infrastructure under the radar."
"He is still the front-runner despite weeks of others attempting to poke holes in his candidacy. The New Hampshire mini-launch last weekend was executed very professionally."
"[American Enterprise Institute] speech was a smash, formed policy group with Barbour, and avoided expectations by not setting up a PAC."
"Removing himself from contention has only made him more attractive."
Which potential GOP presidential candidate's stock has fallen the most in the past few months?
Democrats (97 votes)
Sarah Palin: 53%
Mike Huckabee: 16%
Newt Gingrich: 11%
Mitt Romney: 10%
Haley Barbour: 8%
Also receiving votes: Mitch Daniels, 2%; none, 1%.
"Sullied herself in the aftermath of the tragic assassination attempt against Congresswoman Giffords."
"Every day, fewer Republicans take her seriously and are unafraid to mock her."
"She looks like she's in it for the money, which she probably is."
"Her negatives are increasing, and her polling numbers have flatlined."
"First he goes off on Natalie Portman for being pregnant and unmarried just after she wins the Best Actress Oscar. Then he plays the race card by claiming that Barack Obama grew up in Kenya."
"Newt started to step out there, but it was one step forward, two steps back. It's hard to see yourself finishing the race that way. The chickens are coming home to roost."
"He seems the type-cast politician, and his references to being a businessman do not ring true the second time you run for president."
"Serious candidate with serious Southern credentials undermines credentials with recent comments on civil-rights era."
Which potential GOP presidential candidate's stock has fallen the most in the past few months?
Republicans (102 votes)
Sarah Palin: 42%
Mitt Romney: 16%
Newt Gingrich: 15%
Haley Barbour: 11%
Mike Huckabee: 10%
Also receiving votes: Mitch Daniels, 3%; Rudy Giuliani, 1%; Jon Huntsman, 1%; Tim Pawlenty, 1%, Rick Santorum, 1%.
"Looking attractive and being attacked by the news media are not sufficient qualifications for president."
"She's been in a free fall since the Arizona shootings."
"Her market niche is being filled by Michele Bachmann. When people say Bachmann is like Palin, only smarter, that's a problem."
"Persistent questions surround Romneycare. He is still the front-runner, but most Republicans are shopping around for another candidate."
"Muffed rollout reinforced old worries."
"For a guy who is supposed to be a brilliant political operative, he has allowed the word 'racist' to attach itself to his name, almost overnight."
"His lack of activity and his blunder with the Obama-Kenya remark proves his eye is not on the ball."
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This article appears in the March 12, 2011 edition of National Journal Magazine.
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Don Walker offers news, notes and perspective on the ever-changing sports business landscape in Wisconsin and around the country
And now, the Official Cheesehead Bed
It's an idea whose time has come. Or it signals something else.
But the Official Cheesehead Bed has arrived. Verlo Mattress Factory, the official mattress of the Green Bay Packers, and Foamation, the folks behind the Cheesehead hat, have combined forces to create a Cheesehead Bed.
The bed is made of a gel foam or memory foam mattress encased in a gold-colored cover that resembles, yes, a big block of cheese.
Scott Baitinger, Verlo's chief marketing officer, says the product is a "perfect example of two Wisconsin manufacturers demonstrating their entrepreneurial spirit and working together to create a unique Wisconsin product."
The bed also has a special pricing structure. When the Packers win, the mattress will be sold at a celebratory price for 24 hours after the win. For instance, a twin-sized Cheesehead Bed that normally retails for $799 will be offered for $599.
Verlo says that, while the Cheesehead Bed is a novelty product, it offers the same comfort and support as its other products.
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Dats one bed you definitely don't wanna cut dah cheese in!
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Stay classy, San Diego.
How about Vagasil as the Green Bay Jackers official cream.
Wow!! What a great idea! (Until you put a mattress pad and sheets on it, at which point it will look like every other memory foam mattress out there. But at least the Pack and the NFL will get their cut.)
Hmm, if I come up with sheets, comforters and duvet covers that look like cheese, and sell them for a fraction of the Verlo stuff, I believe I'll make a lot more money than they will.


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Although Cherokee County emerged relatively unscathed from Tuesday night's storms, a few area residents are still removing downed limbs and other debris from their yards.
Patsy Cordova lives at 1300 Ashley, just inside the Lake Region Electric Cooperative coverage area. Shortly after 11 p.m., a tree crashed through her electrical and satellite TV lines and landed on the windshield of her son's Blazer.
"I talked to them at 11:15 p.m. Tuesday, and they said they'd put me on list, because there were a lot of people with outages," Cordova said. "At 6:15 a.m. Wednesday, I called back and said, 'Do you understand the line is open and lying on the ground?'"
Cordova said that at 2 p.m. Wednesday, LREC called to ask if her power was back on. It wasn't, but two LREC crew members were dispatched, and repairs were completed by 3:49 p.m.
"They were so helpful and polite, but before that, it was real frustrating," she said.
Hamid Vahdatipour, LREC CEO, said Cordova's situation was unique in Cherokee County. The initial delays in affecting repairs were due to confusion over who was responsible for the meter.
"The utility provider's responsibility ends at the meter. Any damages to the equipment beyond the meter is the responsibility of the homeowner," he said.
Vahdatipour said when a customer tells LREC the line between the pole and the house is damaged, the customer is asked if the meter is on the pole or on the house. If it's on the pole, the customer is told to call an electrician to repair the damage, since the line is beyond the meter. If the meter is on the house, LREC crews respond to repair the damage. But if the meter is on the house and there is damage to equipment beyond the meter, the customer must have an electrician repair that side of the service before LREC reconnects it.
"In [this] situation, the outage call to us by the lady of the house stated that the meter was on the pole. Our dispatcher informed her that they had to have an electrician fix the problem," Vahdatipour said. "At a later time, we received a call by the husband, stating the meter was located on the house, at which time we placed them on the queue to have the power restored."
The LREC lineman reported that although the tree had fallen on the line and pulled it loose from the power source, the wire was not live, so there was no imminent danger.
While LREC had a few outages in Cherokee County, the most extensive damage in the coverage area was in Wagoner and Muskogee counties. Those two counties are among the 35 in the eastern part of Oklahoma for which Gov. Mary Fallin Thursday declared a state of emergency.
"Overall, we had a total 3,700 outages due to the storm. All services were restored by 3:20 Thursday morning," Vahdatipour said. "We had 12 broken poles and numerous other pieces of equipment that were damaged by high winds and lighting."
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Economic diversity has received growing attention in higher education, particularly at elite schools that haven't traditionally enrolled large numbers of low-income students or students from low-income families. This table shows the percentage of undergraduates receiving federal Pell Grants for low-income students.
The proportion of students on Pell Grants, which are most often given to undergrads with family incomes under $20,000, isn't a perfect measure of an institution's efforts to achieve economic diversity: A college might enroll a large number of students just above the Pell cutoff, for instance, and percentages at public universities may reflect the wide variation from state to state in the number of qualified low-income students.
Still, many experts say that Pell figures are the best available gauge of how many low-income undergrads there are on a given campus. Pell Grant percentages were calculated using 2011-2012 school year data on the number of Pell Grant recipients at each school collected by the U.S. Department of Education and given to U.S. News and fall 2011 total undergraduate enrollment collected from the colleges themselves by U.S. News.
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Kids birthdays used to be so simple. Back in the day, it was sufficient to head to a McDonald's with an indoor playland and let one of their cashiers lead the kids through a game of 'See Who Can Stack a Styrofoam Container the Highest.' If the adults were sick of that, it was off to Chuck E Cheese, where kids would deep sea dive to the bottom of the ball pit in search of lost game tokens while the adults gorged on Diet Coke and cheap pizza.
It's hard to argue with the classics, but luckily we have a few more options now. Deerfield has a number of great places and ways to celebrate a kids birthday, and we put together this handy list for Patch readers. And if you end up wanting to grab some friends and hit the ball pit anyway, go right on ahead - your secret is safe with us.
Sure, the name might not scream 'party central,' but this bowling alley gives Dave & Busters a run for it's money. A journey into the Brunswick Zone is a journey into 32 lanes of bowling, half a dozen pool tables, a cluster of stand up, coin operated arcade games and a lounge featuring both child and adult libations. Parties for kids are a big deal here, and there are several packages available. Two hours of bowling is just $6.99 per child, and food, like pizza or hot dogs and a soft drink, is $3 extra. With ten kids in tow, you can get the whole crew in, fed, entertained, and back out for just about $100. If it turns out your little birthday boy or girl really likes it, bring them back for parent and child cosmic bowling, and keep the birthday good times rolling.
Want to throw a party that the kids will never forget? Get it on tape. In this case, not video tape, but audio tape. Hear & Now is a local studio that bills itself as "the little studio with the big sound." The staff here is friendly and experienced, and used to working with kids. "We're used to little kids, and we love them," says the staff on Hear & Now's website. "We have their movies and toys." The team at H&NM invites parents to bring in choirs of kids to belt out whatever their little hearts desire. The rate for studio time? $60 per hour.
As every cool kid knows, sometimes, you have to let the party come to you. The team at Bizar entertainment do just that, and in grand fashion no less. The team here has been operating in Chicagoland for nearly 100 years, and provides entertainment at a number of events, from corporate team building retreats to bar and bat mitzvahs and more. While the team at Bizar mostly does positive message shows at schools with their two trademark characters Dr. Cool and Pride, their battalion of dancers, DJ's and other entertainers can be hired to perform at venues across Deerfield, putting on a big show worthy of your little one's big day.
Who says a birthday party can't be an opportunity for learning? Just because something is educational doesn't mean it can't be fun, and we all know that things are especially fun where there are small explosions involved. The team at Mad Science is on a mission to bring the wonder of science to kids in an interesting way. Their methods are by no means experimental: this franchised business has a track record across the U.S. of sending in-character Mad Scientists to your party with a focus on a fun, theatrical presentation that encourages scientific literacy. Of course, you don't want to explain it to the kids that way. Just tell them an escaped insane scientitst is coming over to make some slime explode. They'll get on board.
If you're looking to support a local entertainer, one great option is magician JB Brash. The locally famed magician, card trickster and slight of hand master has performed over 10,000 shows. He has weaved his magic for clients like General Motors, Nabisco, Kraft and Merril Lynch, but he isn't above making himself materialize in local living rooms as well. JB says his specialty is humor, and he uses a blend of magic and personalized comedy routines to cast an amazing performance for all ages. Those looking to cast a spell at a children's birthday party could use the talents of JB Brash, who has been described as "beyond magic."
Another great local option with a different approach is Brian Wismer, known as the Funwizz. His children's birthday parties are led by either Wizz the Clown (in as little or as much makeup as your possibly easily scared young party guests can handle) or Wizz the Pirate. Activities like dance parties and treasure hunts are big with the Wizz, but parties can also include magic, juggling, interactive games, fabulous balloons, and more. Wismer has entertained at local schools and businesses, and, according to his client testimonials, "brought sunshine," into many local days.
Video games and bowling and entertainers are fine, but if you're raising an active type, you know that sometimes they just need to get out there and run. The local park district is great for that. In particular, Briarwood Nature Area is well-suited to stampeding hordes of little and not so little ones. In the summertime, there are ample open fields and athletic fields, and in the winter, there's ice skating. Areas with public picnic tables make for fantastic, affordable parties in the great outdoors.


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University facilities are not to be used as a location for the operation of any business or enterprise, including the ongoing sale of any services or products.
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by Jerome Armstrong, Mon Oct 04, 2010 at 05:40:17 PM EDT
This will not end well. Though who knows, it might actually serve up a progressive-conservative coalition in Chicago to defeat Rahm.
Via Ben Smith:
Emanuel's 'Glad to be home' video filmed in Washington.
UPDATE: Rahm Emanuel: Experts say not a legal resident of Chicago, cannot run for mayor
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Casting "Happy Kids," a workshop reading of a feature screenplay. Seeking three women and two men, preferably with comedy experience, to read through script for writer and producer.Wednesday
- Rehearses in Manhattan; shoots Aug. 16 in Astoria, Queens, with future shoot dates in 2015 TBD.
- Auditions: Aug 3 in Manhattan, NY
Casting "Epic Feud," a comedic film about the bitter rivalry between two kids, Joe and Tom. Synopsis: Joe and Tom's epic rivalry first starts small, then envelopes their whole school and finally all of New York City.Tuesday
- Shoots approx. Sept. 1 in NYC.
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Casting the teaser version of "Noor," a feature film. Synopsis: "Noor" is about a black woman who develops an unexpected physical connection to an Arab bodega worker after her brother is tragically murdered. Written and directed by Sundance Fellow Nijla Mu'min, the script was one of 10 selected for the ...Monday
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- Shooting late August 21-September 10, in Worcester, MA area.
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Casting union & non-union extras for the feature film "Sea Of Tress," from director Gus Van Sant, starring Matthew McConaughey, Ken Watanabe & Naomi Watts. Project description: "A suicidal American befriends a Japanese man lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji and the two search for a way out."Monday
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Casting "The Millinnialz" a webseries pilot episode. Production description: "A Russian national secretly embedded within the United States must do all they can to keep their true identity hidden over the course of their career's most dangerous assignment."Monday
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Casting for the Marvel Studios feature film "Ant-Man," starring Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas. Project description: "A scientist enlists a thief to safeguard his size-changing technology, and also to create a superhero who will defend the world."Monday
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Casting "Sinister 2," an independent feature film. Project description: "A follow-up to the 2012 film, 'Sinister' which starred Ethan Hawke."Monday
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UB junior point guard Jarod Oldham could be lost for the season after suffering a wrist injury that will require surgery during practice this week. Oldham is scheduled to undergo surgery next week and the 8-10 week recovery time takes him right up to the Mid-American Conference Tournament in early March.
Oldham's averaged 10.1 points in his role as the Bulls' floor leader. He was coming off an 18-point, 7-assist game against Niagara and signs pointed toward UB's offense beginning to flourish after its early-season struggles.
Without Oldham the point likely falls primarily to Jarryn Skeete, a 6-3 freshman out of Brampton, Ont. He's appeared in 10 of 11 games, averaging 12 minutes, although his playing time has increased of late.
Depth becomes a major concern. Senior Tony Watson is the only other guard with some experience at the point but using him there deprives the Bulls of their best shooter on the wing. And the numbers at guard were already down as freshman shooting guard Stan Weir recovers from an offseason procedure on his knees. It was looking certain that Weir would redshirt this season but the dwindling depth at the position could have the team reconsidering.
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Hundreds of iPhone 5 units stolen in Japan and UK
The iPhone 5 is just barely available to the public and already two high-volume burglaries have cleared out the inventory in some stores. In the UK, an O2 store assistant from Ilford is suspected of stealing some 252 iPhone 5 units and an unspecified amount of cash from the store's safe at around 1:30 AM this morning. Meanwhile in Japan, 191 iPhone 5 handsets were stolen in three separate incidents in KDDI au and Softbank stores between 2:30 AM and 4:24 AM local time. On the domestic front, thieves in Tennessee busted in to a Best Buy and stole over $100,000-worth of iPhone 5 and iPad units earlier this week.
While I'm not too worried about the store owners that have this kind of inventory insured, it does mean that there will be more than a few disappointed customers that will either have to wait for restocking or go hunting around somewhere else for their iPhone 5.
The iPhone has always been a popular target for robbers, so those of you who have just picked up a new one, don't to be too flashy with it. Have you guys every had any direct contact with iPhone robbers? Ever in a carrier or Apple store?
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you misspelled insured :).... but these guys will get caught once they try to sell or use them :)
How so? Will the serials be blacklisted by Apple? Will it not complete the standard setup process when booted? Just curious.
I'm guessing that's what will happen. I'm sure apple knows where every phone went and already knows which ones were stolen. Just is going to suck for the buyers
Unfortunately, they will probably sell them on the street. They'll get a fraction of what the phone is worth but they don't care cause they got em free and they will be long gone after the sale is done. The real suckers will be the people who buy them and try to get them activated.
This makes me mad.... why did those store get hundreds of iPhones!
Most my local stores only had stocks of 25 to 50 phones! Only managed to pick up 3 of the 4 we wanted.
People seriously suck! Think about all the people who were ready to buy those iPhones at those stores and now they are screwed! On a lighter note I got mine this morn at 8 am on the dot , there were only like 25 people waiting outside the big corporate AT&T store here in west palm beach , Florida. It surprised me at first because u would think the line would be unbearable but someone pointed out to me that Verizon got pretty popular all the sudden now that the iPhone is LTE capable. Loving the phone though its perfect. I already dropped it too like an idiot but not a single scratch on it :)
I work in a carrier shop in the UK and I've seen many display models stolen from several stores, but I've never known stock to go missing, and definitely no thefts by staff! I can't believe that one store had 252 units in stock!! We only had 25 and we're a fairly busy store!!
London store, large city thats why they had that volume.
im guessing they Lightning leads, chargers and headphones will make them a fair amount of money and then breaking the phone down for parts will also make alot more ......
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MEDFORD, Mass. -- November 13, 2008 - The Springfield College Pride was too much for the Maine Maritime Academy Mariners to handle, as the Pride swept the Mariners 3-0 (25-10, 25-16, 25-10) in a first-round match of the 2008 NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship on Thursday afternoon at the New England Regional hosted by Tufts University.
"We are certainly very excited to advance in this weekend's tournament," said head coach Joel Dearing. "Our goal is to continue to advance in this regional and today was a good first step."
The Mariners tallied the first point of the first set, but that would be the only lead that they would hold as the Pride came back with eight straight to take an 8-1 lead. From that point, Maine Maritime would not get any closer than six points. The Pride's lead continued to grow throughout the set, eventually ending in a 25-10 first set victory.
Maine Maritime kept the second set close, tying the score on three separate occasions at 11, 13 and 14 apiece. Springfield kicked it back into gear, closing the set by winning 11 of the final 13 points for the 25-16 second set win.
The third set started off with two straight points from Maine Maritime as they built their largest lead of the match at 2-0. Once again Springfield used a run to vault ahead to a 10-2 advantage. The Pride's lead grew to as many as 16 points and the set ended with a 15-point victory at 25-10 to earn the match sweep.
NEWMAC Player of the Year Heather Lively (Royalston, Mass.) was unstoppable as she hammered out 17 kills, while hitting .517 for the match. Fellow sophomore Kelsea Hellyar (Fairhaven, Mass.) recorded a match-high 26 assists, while senior Aylene Ilkson (Baldwin, N.Y.) was the digs leader for Springfield with 10, and she also added two service aces. Senior Jessica Baldwin (Fairport, N.Y.) served four aces.
Junior Amy Young (Cumberland, ME) paced the Mariners with five kills and one service ace. The match-leader in digs was freshman Lauren Sakahara (Bellevue, WA) with 13. Freshman Heather Moore (Macedon, NY) added seven assists, while junior Katherine McMillan (Belfast, ME) chipped in with one service ace and three digs.
For the match, the Pride held the Mariners to a -.047 hitting percentage. On the flip side, the Pride's offense was clicking as it finished with a .318 hitting percentage as a team.
Springfield will face Williams in the New England Regional semifinals of the 2008 NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship on Friday afternoon at 4:30 pm inside of Cousens Gymnasium on the campus of Tufts University. The Ephs were also 3-0 winners in their first-round match, against Keene State College.
"This tournament has the making to have two very competitive semifinal matches on Friday evening," said Dearing. "Williams looks really strong and seem to be finally healthy. Clearly after just winning the NESCAC last weekend, this will be a great test for our team."
Williams and Springfield met earlier this season at the MIT Invitational, a match which the Pride won in four games.


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NORMAN — A controversial high-density project at Asp Avenue and Buchanan Avenue in the Campus Corner area will likely be postponed again.
Applicant Mark Risser is requesting a change in the 2025 Land Use and Transportation Plan and zoning to allow for a high-density multi-family and office project. A great deal of protest has been issued from nearby business owners and single-family residential neighbors.
The city is currently in the process of developing zoning to allow for high-density projects of this nature but may not allow the size of structure this project calls for on the Corner.
Ward 4 Council member Greg Jungman supports up to four stories for high density, based on feedback from community dialogues. Jungman said Risser is asking for 75 feet, which exceeds that.
Attorney Sean Rieger, who represents Risser in the application, sent a letter requesting the item be postponed until April 9. If the Norman City Council grants the request, it will be the third postponement at the city council level.
Also this week in the city, Norman residents and businesses will get their first look at the proposed fertilizer ordinance. The ordinance is on the Norman City Council's consent agenda docket, and while it likely will not be discussed during the meeting, first reading postings allow time for study before the ordinance comes forward for a vote in two weeks.
To protect the city's drinking water supply, the proposed ordinance will regulate the use of fertilizers containing phosphorus. This will impact the sale, use and labeling of fertilizers in the city and requires businesses that apply chemical fertilizers to register.
Lake Thunderbird supplies two-thirds of Norman's drinking water. The lake has been "identified as having chlorophyll-a concentrations over three times the allowable limit set by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency," according to city staff notes.
Because chlorophyll-a is an indicator of algae counts, these high levels show that Thunderbird is "at risk of potentially dangerous algae levels that could render the water body unusable as a drinking water source," according to staff reports.
If the city can reduce the amount of phosphorus in Lake Thunderbird, algae will decrease. Phosphorus levels in Thunderbird were documented in the Storm Water Master Plan completed in November 2009 and adopted by the city council in June 2011.
While there is no single solution to the problem of contaminant nutrients in the lake, fertilizer control and education have been identified as key components.
The ordinance prohibits phosphorus or phosphate being applied to "general turf within the city," with some important exceptions. Phosphorus fertilizer will be allowed during the first six months that turf is established from seed or sod. It also is allowed if a soil test indicates a phosphorus deficiency.
In addition, naturally occurring phosphate — such as that found in unadulterated natural or organic fertilizers — is allowed. When applied, phosphorus fertilizers must be watered into the soil within 14 hours to avoid runoff.
The ordinance also outlines rules limiting application when rainfall is imminent, from running on driveways and other impervious services and using it near a wetland.
An educational pamphlet will be made available to commercial applicators and businesses that sell fertilizer annually. Businesses will be required to identify phosphorus fertilizers and notify buyers of the city's regulations.
The ordinance also requires phosphorus fertilizers to be stored safely to avoid runoff. Commercial businesses that apply fertilizers will be required to register annually.
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