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The vice chairman of the City Council's public safety committee called Sunday for a hearing on Baltimore's vast and lucrative speed camera program after an investigation by The Baltimore Sun found that the $40 citations issued to motorists can be inaccurate and the process unfair.
"I'm angry because we have to do better in the way we operate city government, especially when we're talking about things that are going to impact taxpayers," said Councilman Brandon Scott, adding that he thinks the cameras make roads safer for schoolchildren when properly managed.
Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke, another speed camera supporter, voiced worries about the city's network of 83 cameras, which state law restricts to school zones. "I'm very concerned about the accuracy of the ticketing," she said.
Among The Sun's findings: The city continued to operate one camera months after learning it had issued an incorrect speed reading; city judges routinely toss out tickets for deficiencies; the city has long ignored the state's narrow definition of a "school zone"; nearly 6,000 tickets have been deemed invalid by the city; and citations don't inform motorists there may be video evidence that could exonerate them in court.
On Sunday, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's office declined to comment specifically on any of The Sun's findings. Instead, spokesman Ian Brennan issued a one-sentence statement saying a task force appointed by the mayor is "already convening to review virtually every issue raised in the article."
Brennan added that "we are confident that the Mayor's task force of transportation and safety experts will consider [any new findings] in its ongoing review to ensure the system is successful in reducing speeding [in] school zones."
One member of the task force, AAA Mid-Atlantic spokeswoman Ragina Averella, said she was unaware until recently that many of the speed cameras record video. The Sun reported that the snippets are played in court and sometimes cited by judges as grounds for dismissal. Many motorists find out only if they appeal a ticket, and Averella said the wording on the citations should be changed.
"As a matter of fairness and transparency, the motorists should know it exists, whether it benefits them or not," she said Sunday.
Averella criticized city transportation officials for failing to turn off a camera on West Cold Spring Lane after the city became aware that the device had incorrectly recorded a truck's speed. Officials learned of the problem in February, records show, yet the camera churned out thousands of tickets over the next several months and produced an inaccurate citation as recently as September, The Sun found.
"What's wrong with shutting it down and erring on the side of caution until you're able to figure out what the true problem is, rather than letting the camera continue to flash and cite motorists erroneously?" Averella said. "It simply doesn't make sense."
Scott said he would call for an investigative hearing during which council members could ask Department of Transportation officials about malfunctioning cameras and other issues with the city's speed camera program.
Early Sunday morning, the mayor's office announced that more than half of those caught by speed cameras in Baltimore during a recent 12-month period live outside the city.
Baltimore issued more than 680,000 citations in fiscal 2012, the mayor announced, and about 43 percent went to city motorists. About 6 percent were issued to out-of-state drivers. The tickets cite drivers who are recorded going at least 12 mph over the speed limit.
"This new data seems to indicate that motorists who do not live in the City of Baltimore are not getting the message to slow down on city streets located in schools zones," Rawlings-Blake said in a statement. "Pedestrian and traffic safety is a serious issue that we must confront, especially to protect students going to and from school."
Averella, whose organization represents motorists around the region, questioned the relevance of the figure, saying the city's goal should be to get drivers to slow down, regardless of where they live.
She said she thinks the reason so many suburban residents have received tickets in Baltimore is that the city has done a poor job marking the cameras with signs and puts many in areas not near schools. While state guidelines say cameras should be placed within 500 feet of a school, the city relies on a vague definition in state law that says a school zone is anywhere within a half-mile radius of a school.
In August, the city turned off five cameras that have produced about 110,000 tickets. City officials said they did so after AAA challenged the city for flouting another aspect of state guidelines restricting school zones to those serving kindergarten through 12th grade. The five now-dark cameras were put near colleges, across from hospitals with nursing students and close to church preschools, The Sun found.
Since 2009, automated cameras aimed at catching and fining speeders have mushroomed in Maryland, pumping out more than 2.5 million tickets in and around Baltimore and yielding more than $70 million in fines paid by motorists.
The state government and Baltimore and Howard counties all operate speed cameras in the area, but Baltimore City's program has expanded to become one of North America's largest, yielding more than $19 million in annual revenue.
While evidence is mixed on the cameras' impact on accident rates, city officials assert that the cameras have made Baltimore's roads safer.


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DUI Collision on 460 in Morgan County
Date of News Release: 10/18/2011
(Morehead, Ky.) -- On October 18, 2011 at 6:15 pm Post 8 Morehead received a phone call from Morgan County Dispatch advising of a single vehicle injury accident on US 460 West. The 2003 Chevrolet Impala was traveling West on US 460 and operated by Lisa Ritter of Piqua, Ohio. Mrs. Ritter lost control of the vehicle, overcorrected, left the roadway and the vehicle overturned on its side before coming to a rest against a tree. Mrs. Ritter was transported to the Morgan County ARH where she was treated and released for non life threatening injuries. A juvenile was transported to University of Kentucky Medical Center and listed in critical condition. Mrs. Ritter has been arrested and charged with Driving Under the Influence 1st offense aggravated, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Controlled Substance 3rd degree, Prescription drug not in proper container, and Assault 1st degree. Accident remains under the investigation of Trooper McPherson, Unit 633. At this time blood and urine are pending.

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Sony Considering More 'HD Conversions'Sony is looking into creating more "HD conversions" of older titles in the same vein as 2009's God of War Collection and the upcoming Sly Collection, Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has told IGN.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- With their first preseason game less than a week away, the San Francisco 49ers have a similar look to where they ended last season.
The defence is performing at a high level. The offence is still lagging.
The 49ers used the off-season to upgrade a passing offence that ranked 29th last season.
But the 49ers haven't displayed much progress in that area after a week of training camp practices, even with the addition of veteran wide receivers Randy Moss and Mario Manningham.
With Michael Crabtree out with a leg injury, it has been up to Moss and Manningham to provide most of the highlights in a passing game that has struggled in recent days to find any kind of rhythm.
Coach Jim Harbaugh said the offence "took a step back" during Friday's session of team drills, saying the defence dominated the offence "about every which way it could be dominated."
The 49ers had their first night practice of summer camp on Saturday before a day off for players Sunday.
It was supposed to start looking better than this after the 49ers signed Moss and Manningham in free agency, then used their first-round draft pick in April to select Illinois speedster A.J. Jenkins.
"I'm not saying we're terrible right now," Manningham said Saturday. "But we're not where we want to be. We all have to get better in all phases."
Quarterback Alex Smith had the best year of his career last season, finishing ninth in the NFL with a 90.7 passer rating while throwing just five interceptions.
Smith's efficiency in running the offence played a significant role in San Francisco's turnaround season after an eight-year drought without a winning record.
But Smith's career-high 3,144 yards passing ranked just 19th in the NFL and 16 other quarterbacks threw more than Smith's 17 touchdown passes.
Those are two stats the 49ers would like to improve upon this season. In San Francisco's overtime loss to the New York Giants in the NFC championship game, Smith completed just one pass to a wide receiver. The 49ers would like to improve on that, too.
Smith was encouraged this spring by the team's progress during the first off-season of work in Harbaugh's system. He feels the recent snag in that progress is just something the offence needs to work through.
"Everybody on offence has really zoned in on that the last two days and made a lot of emphasis of it, and it hasn't been good enough," Smith said. "Prior to that, I feel like we got off to a good start. But obviously, there's room for improvement."
Crabtree became Smith's top target in the passing game last season, and the rapport between the two continued this spring. Crabtree led the 49ers last season with a career-high 72 receptions, but the 49ers didn't get more than 20 catches from any other wide receiver.
That's expected to change this season with the additions of Moss and Manningham, who should take some of the attention away from Crabtree.
But Crabtree hurt his leg during the first day of camp and the 49ers have missed having their top receiver in the mix.
That's a recurring problem for Crabtree, who has missed extensive time in training camp for the third consecutive year. Now entering his fourth season, Crabtree has yet to play in a preseason game. He missed all of training camp and the exhibition season as a rookie in 2009 due to a contract impasse.
"Michael's working through something, but I don't think this is going to be a major bump in the road," Harbaugh said. "He came in in such great shape and looked fantastic. We feel like we can get him back soon and pick right up. He's chomping at the bit to get back out there, and I don't anticipate any issues when he gets back."
San Francisco's struggles on offence have extended into the red zone, another area in which the team is looking for considerable improvement this season.
The 49ers ranked 30th in red zone offence last season, scoring touchdowns just 40.68 per cent of the time they got inside opponents' 20-yard line.
Those problems have been magnified in recent red-zone team drills during which the offence was consistently denied by a defence that ranked fourth in the league last season.
San Francisco also ranked first in rushing defence and fourth in red zone defence, and that unit returns all 11 starters from last season.
"When you work against a defence like ours, as an offence it provides a great challenge," offensive co-ordinator Greg Roman said. "It makes you better day in and day out, so watching our defence compete against our offence is always a good thing for the 49ers. As iron sharpens iron, one man sharpens another."
The 49ers are hoping to get much sharper by the time they host Minnesota in their preseason opener on Aug. 10. San Francisco's first-team offence was embarrassed in its preseason opener last year at New Orleans.
"We have to handle it, move forward, learn from it, and I think we will," Harbaugh said. "That's the way this offensive unit has been since we got together. So I anticipate that we can handle it and make a positive out of it."
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At first, plans for Gtk+ 3 were considered unnecessary – the developers themselves considered the 2.x version mature enough – now, some developers are toying with the idea of developing Gtk+ 3. Gnome founder Miguel de Icaza comments on and criticizes the developments in his blog.
Miguel de Icaza doubts that work on the new release will be successful unless people take time to rethink the strategy. Just a couple of days after Gtk+ developer Kristian Rietveld revealed plans for a 3.0 version of the GUI toolkit and the desktop environment at the Gnome developer conference, Guadec, de Icaza fears a disaster. He says that the plans sound like a disaster, and that application developers were underrepresented when they were drafted. Icaza pleads for a clear roadmap and detailed definitions of the new features saying that it is not enough to mention features without explaining what they are.
At the same time, the Gnome founder and inventor of Mono criticizes plans for redeveloping the API. He fears multiple changes to the interfaces as there are currently no plans for reference implementations, not to mention working code. However, without this there could be no guarantees that changes would be compatible with applications and later releases would use a different API.
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Revisiting the Stability and Growth Pact: Grand Design or Internal Adjustment?
AbstractThe Stability and Growth Pact is under fire. Problems have appeared in sticking to the rules. Proposals to reform the Pact or ditch it altogether abound. But is the Pact a flawed fiscal rule? Against established criteria for an ideal fiscal rule, its design and compliance mechanisms fare reasonably well. Where weaknesses are found, they tend to reflect trade-offs typical of supra-national arrangements. In the end, only a higher degree of fiscal integration would remove the inflexibility inherent in the recourse to predefined budgetary rules. This does not mean that the EU fiscal rules cannot be improved. Given the existing degree of political integration in EMU, however, internal adjustment rather than attempting to redesign the rules from scratch appears a more suitable way to bring about progress. Redefining the medium term budgetary target, improving transparency, tackling the pro-cyclical fiscal bias in good times, moving towards non-partisan application of the rules and improving transparency in the data can achieve both stronger discipline and higher flexibility.
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I usually don't like "ye olde" books, but is really an exception. Please, just try it. It doesn't talk about sex, or drugs, or any of those things. It's just a dry, ugly little girl finally realizing the world doesn't revolve around her, thanks to 2 boys.
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I'm not too much of a fan for the classics but in elementry school I picked this one up...wasn't really a fan, I did like another classic by the orignal author of this book by burnett, which was a little princess and that although sad is worth checking out book & movie alike.
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Kordofan and Blue Nile: Sudan's Unpublicised Famine
By Baruch Solomon, 12th March 2012
There's a possible famine brewing in two regions of Sudan that few people have heard about. It isn't caused by drought, climate change or even a bad harvest, and nobody is planning to organise a rock concert to help the victims. If the international community doesn't act soon however, up to quarter of a million people could be at risk. (1)
The areas under threat are South Kordofan and Blue Nile, two states next to Sudan's border with newly independent South Sudan.(1) Their combined population is estimated to be around two million and the area they cover is a little larger than England and Wales combined. In both states, most people are dependent on cattle rearing and subsistence agriculture for their survival. (2) (3) The reason for the current crisis is the displacement of a civilian population by ongoing civil conflict. The humanitarian threat has been exacerbated by the intransigence of the Sudanese government with regard to allowing international aid agencies into the region. (4)
Last year South Sudan gained full independence from Sudan under the provisions of the 2005 United Nations Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Under the same provisions, the future of the disputed territories of Kordofan and Blue Nile were to be decided by "popular consultation" but details of the processes by which this would be realised were not clearly laid out. The status of these areas has proved highly controversial owing to the diverse allegiances, ethnicities, cultural identities and loyalties of their indigenous populations. They are also areas that both Sudan and South Sudan have an interest in controlling, since South Korddofan is an important oil producing area, whilst Blue Nile has valuable mineral resources. (5)
Civil conflict broke out in last June in South Kordofan and in September in Blue Nile between the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) and the Sudan People's Liberation Army North (SPLA-N) whom Sudan accuse of being backed by the Government of South Sudan. As a result of the conflicts, hundreds of thousands of civilians have either been forced to flee their homes or have fled across the border to refugee camps in South Sudan and Ethiopia.(5)
Being internally displaced means not being able to grow food. This means that many of those who have been forced from their homes are unable to provide adequately for themselves or their families. According to Susan Rice, US Ambassador to the United Nations, the food crisis will have reached Level Four(6), amounting to a humanitarian emergency characterised by 'Severe lack of food access with excess mortality, very high and increasing malnutrition, and irreversible livelihoods asset stripping'.(7)
At the time of writing, negotiations are ongoing with regard to gaining access to the region, but contingency plans are already being discussed for accessing the affected areas by crossing the border from South Sudan. There is reluctance to make such a move however, since it is liable to anger the Sudanese authorities, thus threatening already uncertain cooperation from Sudan over future issues.(4)
As is nearly always the case with civil conflicts in Sudan, the situation is not black and white. Both the Sudanese Army and rebel forces have a long history of crimes against civilians, including the manipulation of aid supplies to gain military advantage. Similarly, the governments of Sudan and South Sudan have both been guilty of war crimes and gross human rights violations.(1) There may be various reasons why Sudan chooses not to let international agencies into the affected area. The nation may be worried that some supplies will end up in rebel hands. Its leadership may be afraid of allowing international observers to report on events as they unfold in the conflict areas. Regardless, there is no justifiable reason for denying food and medical aid to hundreds of thousands of ordinary human beings caught up in the conflict.
Nine hundred years ago, there was no United Nations and no such thing as an internationally recognised system of humanitarian law. Nevertheless, Jewish philosopher and scholar Maimonides explicitly stated that when besieging a city, it should only be surrounded on three sides, so that non-combatants can choose to flee with their lives intact.(7) The nature of war may have changed since medieval times, yet starving one's enemy into submission whilst paying no heed for civilian life is still a tactic utilised by some regimes. Certainly, it is difficult to think about Sudan's blocking humanitarian access to civilian populations without being reminded of this age-old principle.
- Alertnet (2012) Analysis: Looming Famine in Sudan? [online] Available from http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/analysis-looming-famine-in-sudan [accessed 19th February 2012]
- Wikipedia (2012) South Kordofan [online] Available from http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/South_Kordofan [Accessed 19th February 2012]
- Wikipedia (2012) Blue Nile State [online] Available from http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Blue_Nile_State [Accessed 19th February 2012
- Crisis Group (2012) African Union must pressure Sudan Sudan to allow food aid into Kordofan and Blue Nile [online] Available from http://www.crisisgroup org/en/regions/africa/horn-of-africa/sudan/african-union-must-pressure-sudan-to-allow-food-aid-into-kordofan-and-blue-nile.aspx [Accessed 19th February 2012]
- Small Arms Survey (2011) Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment [online] Available from http://www.smallarmssurveysudan.org/facts-figures-armed-groups-three-areas.php [Accessed 22nd February 2012]
- Unifeed (2012) UN/Sudan Famine [online] Available from http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/19298.html [Accessed 22nd February 2012]
- Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (2012) IPC in Brief [online] Available from http://www.ipcinfo.org/attachments/02_IPCBrief_EN.pdf [Accessed 22nd February 2012]
- Alertnet (2012) Analysis: Looming Famine in Sudan? [online] Available from http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/factbox-famine-and-humanitarian-aid-in-sudan [accessed 19th February 2012]
- My Jewish Learning (2012) http://www.myjewishlearning.com/beliefs/Issues/ War_and_Peace/Combat_and_Conflict/Ethics_of_Jewish_War.shtml [accessed 19th February 2012]


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Eloise Stephens Bledsoe, age 83, of Snellville, Georgia, entered into rest on April 4, 2011, after complications from pneumonia. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 59 years, Carl Eugene Bledsoe on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2010. She is survived by her devoted family; daughter & son-in-law, Yvonne and Ken Holcombe of Snellville, GA; three grandchildren, Angie Wheeler of Atlanta, GA, Kellie & Robert Crumpton of Seneca, SC, Julie Holcombe, Athens, GA; brother & sister-in-law, Tom & Mary Stephens of Austell, GA; sister-in-law, Gloria and Larry Clanton of Valdosta, GA; as well as a wide circle of family and friends. Eloise Stephens Bledsoe was born on April 9, 1927 in Atlanta, GA to Genie Haralson Stephens and Harvey Lewis Stephens. She and her husband, Carl Eugene Bledsoe, were married on June 15, 1950 in Atlanta, GA. Eloise was a loyal homemaker and devoted member of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Decatur, GA. Her greatest achievements were raising her family and serving God in her church and neighborhood. This wonderful lady will be missed by her family and circle of friends. The Service Celebrating the Life of Eloise Stephens Bledsoe will be held Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at 1:00 P.M. at Tom M. Wages Snellville Chapel with Rev. Jerry Grey officiating. Interment Fairview Memorial Gardens, Stockbridge, GA. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Flowers are accepted. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.wagesfuneralhome.com . Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, "A FAMILY COMPANY," Snellville Chapel 770-979-3200 is in charge of arrangements.
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Reblog with your most-hated sign/s.
I'ma start. I dislike
Pisces, Taurus and Capricorn. :l
Male Scorpio, Male Taurus, and All Pisces.
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CAPRICON, Gemini, Taurus
- fromgildedcage reblogged this from themidnightbamboozler and added:
Awe, Andy. D: You're the coolest Capricorn I've met, so you're excempt. :) It's mostly all my friend's mothers. And...
- themidnightbamboozler reblogged this from fromgildedcage and added:
y u hate me? :(
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Male scorpio, Male Pisces *xDD looks like people hate Pisces*
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Can't stand Cancer and occasionally Pisces, one's way too clingy and the other is constantly a whiner.
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Scorpio and Virgo.
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damn everybody be hatin on pisces we good ppl shit
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Taurus, (with some exceptions), Scorpio, Cancers, and Capricorns. Basically I don't do well with earth and most water...
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Pisces men, virgo women
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whoa, dude, you really need to calm down.
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I despise all male aquarius
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elitist Capricorn dipshits, sketchy Pisces sluts, Aries prostitute dirtfuckers, drug addicted Sagittarius fuckbags
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cancer women
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Capricorn… for now ^.^
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what is wrong with Taurus or Pisces ;a;
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female libras/virgos.
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- imagine-wonderland said: Gemini, Sagittarius, Leo
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I don't really like Sagittarius and Cancer sometimes. (´・ω・`)
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i dunno if i completely dislike them, but i have had problems with taurus and some times cancer.
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