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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A Louisville mother came rushing to the rescue,
saving her husband and two sons after the SUV her husband was driving crashed
along Interstate 64 near Frankfort, Kentucky.
The crash happened just after midnight Sunday as the family was driving home
to Louisville from Mount Sterling after the statewide middle school wrestling
championship. Police say Jeff Branch, the assistant wrestling coach at Fern Creek High School, lost control of his SUV and hit a semi
"After hitting that tractor trailer, it cut across the median, and
caused a second collision with another tractor trailer that hit virtually
head-on," said Pat Melton with the Franklin County Sheriff's Department.
"His life is geared toward wrestling. He loves the sport," said
lifelong friend and Fern Creek High School Head Wrestling Coach Mark Hitchings.
It's that sport that brought Hitchings and Branch together when they wrestled
in high school.
Now they coach the Fern Creek team and Saturday marked a bright spot in
their coaching career when it comes to Jeff's son Jared.
"Jared's hard work paid off. He was the middle school state
champion," Hitchings said.
The Branch family had traveled to Mount Sterling for the statewide middle
school championship.
Saturday night they were on their way back to Louisville, but at the Frankfort
exit, police said Jeff lost control of his SUV. A fire then broke out after the
SUV struck two semi trucks.
Jeff's wife was in another car right behind her husband and saw it all unfold.
She came rushing to help while her husband and two sons were trapped inside.
"She couldn't get the doors open. Jeff, Derrick, and Jared were
unresponsive and the car was on fire. She said she threw some snow, but there
wasn't enough snow to put it out and she grabbed Gatorade bottles out of their
cooler and poured Gatorade on the fire and put the fire out," Hitchings
The jaws of life had to be used to open the vehicle. Jeff had to be air
lifted to a Lexington hospital.
"None of us knew if Jeff was going to live through this. We knew he had
been put on the helicopter. There had been no indications that he was
responsive or frankly alive and it was one of the most heart-wrenching moments
of my life," Hitchings said.
Jeff turned the corner and gained consciousness, but suffered a broken nose,
ribs, bones, and other internal injuries.
His two sons were treated and released.
"Thank God we're not here talking about a man who's dead," Hitchings
The crash remains under investigation.
While Coach Branch recovers, the Fern Creek High School wrestling team gears
up for its regional meet on Saturday.
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Q&A: My doctor says I need to stop running during this pregnancy. Do I have to listen?
I'm almost at the end of my first trimester and my doctor has told me I need to stop running. Her concern is that I haven't been gaining enough weight and that if I keep running I'll burn too many calories. I'm 5' 4 1/2" and weigh 113 pounds. At my first doctor's appointment five weeks ago I weighed 108.
I've been trying to follow my doctor's advice and lay off running, but it's driving me nuts! Running is my stress relief. I'm just wondering if I'm right to question my doctor's advice. From what I have read, my understanding is that if my body is used to running, I should be able to run while pregnant. What are your thoughts?
There is plenty of peer-reviewed research and anecdotal evidence that women can run throughout their pregnancies and go on to deliver healthy babies. But I want to point out the research often generalizes. You need to decide—along with your doctor—what's right for you. You asked for my thoughts on the subject so let me share a few insights for you to consider.
My partner, obstetrician Dr. Scott Striplin, is also a credentialed aerobics and kick-boxing instructor. He has taught exercise classes for almost 10 years and currently runs a pregnancy exercise class weekly. His disposition is that if a pregnant patient is accustomed to running, then she may continue running according to her usual stamina. Certainly you wouldn't want to start an exercise regime during pregnancy, but an avid runner should be able to keep running. In fact, studies have shown that women who exercise regularly usually have a better delivery outcome (lower C-section rates, etc.).
I recall a patient who ran five miles a day until the day I delivered her twins! So in my practice, running hasn't contributed to problems in women's pregnancies.
Let me add, however, that I've seen what happens to an unborn baby during an ultrasound when a woman coughs or sneezes. Even a mild jolt causes the baby to get bounced all over the place. And I can tell you the idea of the baby bouncing along for miles a day makes me a little hesitant. But this is not a scientific appraisal—the literature is on your side.
Some concerns with exercise during pregnancy is that your core body temperature could rise. Some studies have shown a high body temperature can lead to the abnormal development of the baby. Also, thanks to the pregnancy hormones pumping through your body, all of your joints may loosen a little (especially the pubic bones, to make a bigger exit for the baby); this may make it easier to injure yourself orthopedically, so you need to be careful exercising when you're expecting.
Running seems to do no harm in a NORMAL, UNCOMPLICATED pregnancy. But if you encounter any problems during your pregnancy, the rules change.

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- Saints end a run of two successive defeats with a point
- Pochettino's side had better of play, but couldn't score
- Result keeps Saints eighth in the Premier League table
- Artur Boruc returned in goal following a back injury
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Not a memorable one, but Saints end a two-match losing streak with a point. The draw will keep Mauricio Pochettino's side eighth in the table this evening. Thanks for joining us on the blog today. We will have a full report and reaction for you on the website as soon as it becomes available. Make sure to pick up a copy of tonight's Sports Pink for even more as well.
Saints: Adam Lallana off, Harrison Reed on (90 mins) [0-0]
Aston Villa: Andreas Weimann off, Callum Robinson on (85 mins) [0-0]
Luke Shaw (left) and Aston Villa's Marc Albrighton.
Saints: Victor Wanyama off, Jack Cork on (83 mins) [0-0]
Aston Villa: Karim El Ahmadi off, Grant Holt on (80 mins) [0-0]
PENALTY APPEAL (80 mins) Nathaniel Clyne gets to the dead-ball line and sends in a cross that appears to hit the hands of Ryan Bertrand in the area. Referee Lee Mason does not award a penalty, however. [0-0]
Morgan Schneiderlin applies some pace.
Saints: James Ward-Prowse off, Sam Gallagher on (67 mins) [0-0]
Luke Shaw booked for pulling back Marc Albrighton (67 mins) [0-0]
Rickie Lambert during today's match.
CHANCE (63 mins): Marc Albrighton drives forward and fires in a well-struck shot from 25 yards. Artur Boruc palms it upwards and then grabs it at the second attempt. [0-0]
Dejan Lovren booked for a trip on Gabby Agbonlahor (61 mins) [0-0]
Adam Lallana in action.
CHANCE (55 mins): A great chance goes begging for Saints. Steven Davis threads a pass through for Luke Shaw, who bursts clear down the left. He centres the ball for Adam Lallana, who gets his feet in a bit of a muddle and can't convert. Shaw's pass was slightly behind the Saints skipper, but it was still an excellent opportunity. [0-0]
CHANCE (49 mins): Karim El Ahmadi works some space on the edge of the area, but hits a weak shot that is comfortably saved by Artur Boruc. [0-0]
The second half is underway.
Aston Villa's Marc Albrighton (left) and Saints' Morgan Schneiderlin challenge each other for the ball.
Victor Wanyama battles for the ball during the first half.
CHANCE (45 mins): Villa nearly take a fortunate lead in the final minute of the half. Ryan Bertrand fizzes in a cross from the left, which Artur Boruc dives to try and intercept. He ends up palming the ball against Dejan Lovren, with it deflecting just wide of the post. [0-0]
CHANCE (32 mins): After a long spell without any incident, Saints go close to taking the lead. James Ward-Prowse whips in a ball from the left that hits Rickie Lambert and drops to Steven Davis. His snapshot is flying towards the bottom corner, but Brad Guzan dives to his right to make a stunning stop. [0-0]
CHANCE (12 mins): Jose Fonte makes an excellent sliding tackle to deny Gabby Agbonlahor. Marc Albrighton's through pass had sent the forward sprinting clear, but he took a heavy touch, allowing Fonte to get back and make a last-ditch intervention. [0-0]
CHANCE (6 mins): Rickie Lambert goes close again. Morgan Schneiderlin picks out Steven Davis' smart run down the inside-left channel with a ball over the top. Davis cuts it back to Lamber in a great position, but his left-footed effort deflects off the diving Nathan Baker and goes wide of the far post for a corner. [0-0]
Aston Villa coach Shay Given with some of the team before the match.
CHANCE (4 mins): Luke Shaw goes on a lung-bursting run down the left, sprinting clear of Karim El Ahmadi and delivering a clever cross to the near post. The delivery picks out Rickie Lambert in space, but he doesn't get enough power on his header to trouble Brad Guzan. [0-0]
Referee Lee Mason gets the match underway.
The teams are out here at Villa Park. Kick-off now just a few minutes away.
The teams are going through their final warm-ups before the start of this afternoon's match. Saints will be playing in their black away strip this afternoon. Kick-off is now just over 15 minutes away.
Fans outside the ground before today's match.
Saints striker Rickie Lambert has said he would like to see the club sign another player in his position this summer. Where would you most like to see the club strengthen, though...
It's been a great week for two of Saints' first-team stars this week, with Adam Lallana (below) among the nominees for the PFA Player of the Year award. His teammate, Luke Shaw, is up for the Young Player of the Year gong. You can read our story here.
Rickie Lambert leads the line for Saints this afternoon, as he begins a big four-game spell that he believes could have a major bearing on his World Cup hopes. The striker is in contention for a ticket to Brazil, with West Ham's Andy Carroll his main rival, and he thinks the events of the next few weeks might still impact Roy Hodgson's final decision. Click here to read the full story.
I think they [the final four games of the season] will matter. I think he's obviously watching everyone, so it's going to be hard decisions and that's good. Obviously, he wants hard decisions, and he's going to have a few. I understand I might be one of those situations, so I've just got to try and do well now, and score some goals in the remaining four games.Rickie Lambert
Fans get their picture taken by a Daily Echo photographer whilst they wait for the match to begin.
Four changes for Saints as Artur Boruc, Nathaniel Clyne, Victor Wanyama and James Ward-Prowse all return to the side.
Paulo Gazzaniga, Calum Chambers, Jack Cork and Gaston Ramirez are the men to miss out.
Ramirez is injured while the other three drop to the bench.
SAINTS: Boruc, Clyne, Fonte, Lovren, Shaw, Wanyama, Schneiderlin, S. Davis, Ward-Prowse, Lallana, Lambert.
Subs: Gazzaniga, Chambers, Hooiveld, Reed, Cork, Do Prado, Gallagher.
ASTON VILLA: Guzan, Bacuna, Vlaar, Baker, Bertrand, Albrighton, Westwood, Delph, El Ahmadi, Agbonlahor, Weimann.
Subs: Steer, Sylla, Tonev, Lowton, Clark, Holt, Robinson.
Ref: Lee Mason
Gaston Ramirez is sidelined with an ankle injury today, but Saints manager Mauricio Pochettino says there is no concern about the Uruguayan missing this summer's World Cup. The same is also true for Japanese defender Maya Yoshida, who is out with a knee problem. Click here to read the full story.
Saints squad news: Artur Boruc has beaten his back injury in time for the trip to Aston Villa. The Poland stopper has missed the club's last two matches with the problem, but is fit for selection today. Fellow keeper Kelvin Davis remains sidelined, while Gaston Ramirez is out with an ankle problem. Maya Yoshida and Jay Rodriguez are long-term absentees.
Aston Villa squad news: Leandro Bacuna is back in the Aston Villa squad for the clash with Saints. The Dutchman, who can play at full-back or in midfield, missed the defeat to Crystal Palace with a hamstring strain but is now back in contention. Otherwise, Paul Lambert is choosing from the same squad, with Christian Benteke, Libor Kozak, Charles N'Zogbia, Jores Okore, Nicklas Helenius and Gary Gardner all long-term absentees.
Inside Villa Park...
Hello and welcome to this Daily Echo blog covering this afternoon's match between Aston Villa and Saints, at Villa Park. After defeats to Manchester City and Cardiff, Mauricio Pochettino's side are hoping to get back on track today and strengthen their grip on eighth place in the table. Villa's need for as win is far greater, however, as they start the day just four points above the relegation zone, having lost their last four matches. We will have build-up, team news and match updates for you here throughout the afternoon.


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To the Editor: Depression affects 7%−12% of pregnant women (1), and left untreated, it is associated with adverse outcomes including preterm birth and lower birth weight (2). Many pregnant women do not pursue treatment because of practical barriers (e.g., lack of time or child care) or fear of adversely affecting fetal health with antidepressant use (3). Computer-assisted cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), with demonstrated efficacy in nonpregnant depressed samples (4), uses a web-based multimedia program integrated with abbreviated CBT to reduce the scheduling burden on the patient and to circumvent the risks of antidepressant use. We report here on a patient with a major depressive episode during pregnancy who underwent computer-assisted CBT.
"Ms. B," a 29-year-old woman, gravida 1, para 0, with two previous depressive episodes, presented at 18 weeks gestation with depressive symptoms including low mood, anhedonia, hypersomnia, low energy, and guilt. A diagnosis of recurrent major depressive disorder was confirmed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV. Ms. B had discontinued sertraline (100 mg) 8 months earlier for pregnancy planning. Computer-assisted CBT comprised eight therapy sessions over 6 weeks with a clinical psychologist (3.75 hours of direct contact), with between-session web-based modules ("Good Days Ahead"; Empower Interactive, San Francisco) (5). Therapy sessions included collaborative agenda setting, reviewing skill implementation, and previewing web-based content. Web-based modules included video vignettes, psychoeducational content, and exercises (e.g., automatic thought records). Ms. B had good adherence and experienced remission. She exhibited a 94% reduction in her Hamilton Depression Rating Scale scores from the pretreatment assessment (score, 17) to the posttreatment assessment (score, 1). Her Beck Depression Inventory scores (pretreatment score, 26; posttreatment score, 2) and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale scores (pretreatment score, 17; posttreatment score, 5) also decreased markedly. Her Global Assessment of Functioning score improved from 55 to 90. Subjective report indicated that Ms. B found computer-assisted CBT acceptable, and she expressed satisfaction in avoiding antidepressant use during pregnancy.
Computer-assisted CBT represents a short-term accessible treatment for antepartum depression. Adapting technologies to patient populations facing practical barriers is critical to improving mental health care accessibility. Few randomized controlled trials have assessed CBT for antepartum depression (6), and none have assessed computer-assisted CBT in this population. This case report suggests the need for larger-scale research on the effectiveness of computer-assisted CBT for antepartum depression.
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A killer, condemned to die for a South Georgia murder, is still alive Tuesday night.
A federal appeals court granted a stay of execution less than an hour before Warren Hill was scheduled to be executed.
The defense says Hill shouldn't be put to death because he's mentally disabled.
Death penalty opponents say this case highlights problems with Georgia's death penalty rules.
Several demonstrators hit the streets in Dawson, Tuesday, to show their disgust with the Death Penalty.
"Georgia is blood thirsty and is trying to set a precedence of executing people at all cost," said Terrell County NAACP Chapter President Rev. Ezekiel Holley.
They were out on the behalf of Warren Lee Hill.
He's on death row for the brutal 1990 beating death of cellmate Joseph Handspike in Lee State Prison.
Hill was serving a life sentence at the time for killing his 18-year-old girlfriend, who was shot 11 times.
"The last word will be done by God, so vengeance belongs to God. By taking one's life, it makes us just as guilty as Mr. Hill taking someone's life," said Holley.
A federal appeals court stayed the execution because the state's own expert doctors now say Hill is mentally retarded, but proving a defendant is mentally disabled is harder in Georgia than other states.
"The Georgia Supreme Court in kind of a complete reversal of all other Jurisprudence that I've seen in the criminal justice area has ruled the defendant has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he is mentally retard in order to avoid execution," said Attorney James Finkelstein.
Finkelstein says when jurors hear from experts on both sides, they're more likely to rule for the state.
"If all 12 jurors say I'm 85% sure that this guy is mentally retarded as defined by the law, but I'm not 95% sure, which is what I need to be to be where I feel like the defendant has proved it beyond reasonable doubt," said Finkelstein.
As for the protestors, they want to see a change in the state's death penalty.
"It would be the right thing to do to abolish the death penalty because it's not just and it's not fair," said Holley.
They hope it can spare the lives of other that may find themselves in Hill's situation.
Reverend Holley wanted to make it clear that Hill should be punished for his actions. He believes Hill should spend the rest of his life in prison, but he says putting someone to death is not man's responsibility.
Georgia is the only state that requires defendants to prove mental retardation beyond a reasonable doubt.
The US Supreme Court says it is unconstitutional to execute a mentally retarded person.
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New NCI Initiative to Identify Genetic Risks for Breast and Prostate Cancer
NCI has launched an initiative to identify genetic alterations that make people susceptible to prostate and breast cancer, two of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the United States.
The Cancer Genetic Markers of Susceptibility (CGEMS) program is a 3-year initiative, funded for $14 million, that will conduct scans of the entire human genome (genotyping) to identify common, inherited gene mutations that increase the risks for breast and prostate cancer. The initiative will begin with the scanning of a total of 2,500 samples from men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and men who have not. San Diego-based Illumina, Inc., will conduct the rapid genotyping for the project.
"The CGEMS initiative represents the largest, comprehensive undertaking to identify the genetic risk factors for two cancers that take the lives of a combined total of more than 70,000 men and women every year," said NCI Deputy Director for Strategic Scientific Initiatives Dr. Anna Barker. "This project promises to provide a needed database to support the development of novel strategies for the early detection and prevention of these diseases."
The most common human genetic variations are called single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs. Previous studies have successfully identified single gene mutations that cause cancer or are linked to other inherited diseases. These studies have provided early insights into potential mechanisms of inherited cancer susceptibility, but these mutations are rare in the general population and directly related to only a small proportion of human cancer. In fact, most human cancer risk appears to be due, at least in part, to mutations that have low penetrance, meaning that they convey a low risk for cancer, but combinations of these mutations increase risk.
One of the main goals of CGEMS is to identify genetic alterations that contribute to cancer risk, particularly the common low-penetrance, low-risk mutations. These alterations are also often referred to as susceptibility or modifier genes, since it is thought that they affect risk by increasing or decreasing a person's susceptibility to the cancer-causing effects of environmental and lifestyle exposures.
What makes CGEMS and other association studies different from candidate gene studies is that these association studies investigate the entire genome, with no assumptions about which alterations cause prostate or breast cancer. In addition, CGEMS has incorporated important follow-up studies in its design. The promising SNPs uncovered in the scan will be analyzed and validated in a series of large population-based studies. Once validated, the SNPs will be further investigated to develop new strategies for prevention, earlier detection, and treatment of these cancers.
CGEMS will be coordinated through NCI's Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG), Core Genotyping Facility, and Office of Cancer Genomics. The project will draw upon the expertise of scientists both within and outside NCI, and will use the latest genetic technologies to scan the human genome by analyzing as many as 500,000 or more SNPs in each cancer case or control individual.
NCI will make CGEMS data available to the cancer research community via its cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid at http://cabig.nci.nih.gov/. For more information, go to http://cgems.cancer.gov.


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(a) Records
Each State shall keep records that are sufficient to permit the preparation of reports required by this chapter and to permit the tracing of funds to a level of expenditure adequate to insure that the funds have not been spent unlawfully.
(b) Investigations
(1) The Secretary may investigate such facts, conditions, practices, or other matters which the Secretary finds necessary to determine whether any State receiving funds under this chapter or any official of such State has violated any provision of this chapter.
(A) In order to evaluate compliance with the provisions of this chapter, the Secretary shall conduct investigations of the use of funds received by States under this chapter.
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Each State receiving funds under this chapter shall—
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1982—Pub. L. 97–300amended section generally, substituting provisions relating to State maintenance of records and investigations by the Secretary and Comptroller General for provisions which limited expenditures in States prior to adoption of State systems to the current fiscal year and two fiscal years thereafter.
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Amendment by Pub. L. 97–300effective Oct. 1, 1983, but with Secretary authorized to use funds appropriated for fiscal 1983 to plan for orderly implementation of amendment, see section 181(i) ofPub. L. 97–300, which was formerly classified to section 1591 (i) of this title.
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Update at 7 p.m. : The federal court hearing lasted just under three hours. The judge did not rule yet. He wants to consider all the arguments. I will write up the hearing later. But it was much of the same stuff said at the state hearing.
Despite last-ditch efforts to avoid a court battle, the DeKalb school board drama will move to a federal courtroom this afternoon.
School board member Eugene Walker says his reputation is at stake and he intends to wage battle in court.
It remains unclear whether the DeKalb school board's vote to hire former DeKalb DA Bob Wilson essentially amounts to a blank check for legal fees; I am trying to find out whether the taxpayer funding for this lawsuit has any limit or does it flow to the bitter end.
Concern over the use of taxpayer funds to finance this legal battle has led State Rep. Mike Jacobs, R-Brookhaven, to propose a law that would prevent suspended school board members from using taxpayer dollars to mount a protracted legal effort to keep their jobs.
His House Bill 468 states: "A local board of education shall not expend any public funds for attorney's fees or expenses of litigation relating to removal proceedings pursuant to this Code section except as necessary for its defense at the hearing before the state board as provided for in subsection."
Among those signing onto the bill was state Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver, D-Decatur, who said, "Spending taxpayer money to save your elected job to avoid SACS sanctions is just wrong."
In polling board members on whether they are willing to resign to avoid what could be costly and protracted court battle, AJC reporter Ty Tagami reports: School board member Pam Speaks said at a state hearing last week that she would resign rather than fight for her seat. Nancy Jester and Donna Edler have expressed uncertainty when contacted by the AJC. The other suspended board members — Sarah Copelin-Wood and Jesse "Jay" Cunningham — could not be reached for comment.
Walker, the former DeKalb school board chairman, told Tagami that he expected the five other deposed board members to fight on, too. "Why would they resign?" said Walker. "If they did, it would shock me."
In an analysis of the stakes in this fight, Tagami reports:
A drawn-out legal fight could have its own consequences. The board's three remaining members don't have a legal quorum to make decisions for the district's nearly 100,000 students. Deal could eventually appoint replacements, but the process to remove the suspended board members takes two to five months. Interim superintendent Michael Thurmond has said it would be destabilizing to simultaneously have appointed and suspended but unremoved board members.
Adding to the complications is a DeKalb policy that says the local school board, by majority vote, should fill any vacancy that occurs at least 90 days before a general election. If any members resigned and the lawsuit succeeded, then the remaining members would have a hand in picking successors. That may weigh on the minds of the historically fractious board.
School board member Pam Speaks said at a state hearing last week that she would resign rather than fight for her seat. Nancy Jester and Donna Edler have expressed uncertainty when contacted by the AJC. The other suspended board members — Sarah Copelin-Wood and Jesse "Jay" Cunningham — could not be reached for comment.
Some DeKalb lawmakers, frustrated by what they see as an overreach by the executive branch, are pushing to rein in Deal's powers. State Rep. Dar'shun Kendrick, D-Lithonia, said she was mulling legislation that would allow the governor to replace school board members only after collecting signatures from voters in their districts for a recall.
"I just want people to calm down and take a look at the other side," said Kendrick, who warned that voters could be "usurped" by state officials. "Think about what this kind of precedent will shape politics moving forward."
State Sen. Emanuel Jones, D-Decatur, said the powers lawmakers gave the governor were "intended to be a club that no one would ever use." Now that he's used them, Jones said, it's time to rethink that authority.
"I'm hearing concerns about the process. The governor didn't put the process in place – the Legislature did," said Jones, D-Decatur. "And we have the responsibility to rework the bill."
The governor's office wouldn't comment on whether the law needed tweaking, but it said Deal had little choice but to take the one "legal step at his disposal" and suspend DeKalb's board members. "While others fight on behalf of the people who brought the school system to the brink, Governor Deal will fight for our children and the home values of residents throughout DeKalb," said Deal spokesman Brian Robinson.
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
March 1st, 2013
6:22 am
Let's see. The accreditation board doesnt want you there. The parents dont want you there. The governor doesnt want you there. I am sure the students dont want you there. At some time, these idiots have to realize that no one wants them there.
March 1st, 2013
6:24 am
A protracted legal fight will inevitably result in lass of accreditation. Any board member who doesn't realize that and resign is stupid and selfish. I would add Walker is also corrupt.
In the end voters in DeKalb have themselves to blame for electing incompetent officials.
March 1st, 2013
6:34 am
Dekalb County, the NAACP, and all those Board members deserve whatever they get. The children will lose out, but, hey, who cares about them? Let all caring parents move out of Dekalb county (or should we just refer to it as Clayton County North?)
March 1st, 2013
6:38 am
It's hard to imagine that board members would fight the suspension when it could have some disastrous results for the children of DeKalb. Yet, Mr. Walker at least seems determined to do just that. I have a lot of respect for Dr. Speaks for being willing to step down.
At the same time, I have no trust in Governor Deal's ability to replace board members with worthy folks.
What a royal mess.
March 1st, 2013
6:47 am
"It's hard to imagine that board members would fight the suspension when it could have some disastrous results for the children of DeKalb. "
Why is that so hard to imagine? The entire reason they are on the verge of losing accreditation and the reason they are being suspended by Deal is because they put feathering their own nest WAY ahead of any concerns for the students.
March 1st, 2013
6:52 am
To Mountain Man, NO you refer to it as Dekalb County Period!!! Clayton County is not in this MESS, been there, done that!!
March 1st, 2013
6:58 am
If Walker had any integrity he would get a bag for his head to hide his shame. Instead he will get a lawyer and use taxpayer funds to drag this out, endanger accreditation and harm the kids.
March 1st, 2013
7:01 am
The members of the committee that Deal appointed are really high caliber. I suspect Deal will go with their recommendations. The scary thing is who will want these positions. As we have seen with Melvin Johnson's election, there are plenty of people out there whose main goal is to protect the status quo of friends and family.
Hopefully, the committee will see through those candidates.
March 1st, 2013
7:02 am
further proof the legislature is full of idiots. Jones says they gave the governor a club he was not intended to use?
March 1st, 2013
7:05 am
I urge the citizens of DeKalb to sue Gene Walker if he uses your money to try to keep his job.
March 1st, 2013
7:06 am
"Jones says they gave the governor a club he was not intended to use?"
Sort of like a sequester. Or bringing a gun to threaten someone with. What if they call your bluff? Then you had better be ready to "use your weapon". If you don't want it used, don't bring it.
March 1st, 2013
7:08 am
"To Mountain Man, NO you refer to it as Dekalb County Period!!! Clayton County is not in this MESS, been there, done that!! "
So are you saying that I am insulting Clayton County by comparing it to Dekalb? That IS sad!
March 1st, 2013
7:08 am
Prediction: The Fed Court schedules further hearings, which only results in more delays………….while the students and teachers of DCSS suffer…………..and the taxpayers' $$$$$$$ is wasted on, and by, a pathologically inept group of selfish individuals
March 1st, 2013
7:15 am
Walker damaged his own reputation years ago by his own misdeeds, he just doesn't like the fact that someone has finally called him on the carpet about it and it is very public.
The DeKalb NAACP is in a delicate position. It is not about voting rights being taken away, these districts (unless I am mistaken) will probably get a special election to vote for a replacement that has applied and is qualified to run. Instead, the NAACP is choosing to fight for some of these individuals who have repeatedly "raped" the system and therefore have potentially damaged the educational opportunities for the students they supposedly are working for.
@concernedmom – Yes, Melvin Johnson is more of the same. He was part of the Clew crew and will work to further that agenda if he can.
March 1st, 2013
7:16 am
more than ever I'm convinced the State should pull all its funding from DCSS. let DCSS stand or fall based on DeKalb tax revenues and whatever they can con from the Fed.
while I personally feel DCSS has reached such a dysfunctional state Deal had the right to lower the boom (note to Emmanuel Jones – never give someone a weapon you don't want used. moron), the situation is also so bad the good citizens of DeKalb deserve it.
its time Georgia overall makes the tough decision we can't save those who actively refuse to save themselves.
March 1st, 2013
7:18 am
God must have told Gene to completely destroy the system and himself in the process.
just further proof having a Ph.D. doesn't mean you know enough to come in out of the rain. what is Gene's Ph.D. in, anyways?
March 1st, 2013
7:27 am
@ mountain
once, a looooooooooooooooooooong time ago I was attending a party. there was one obnoxious fool who was running around grabbing the female guests by the privates, crashing conversations, and (worse of all) hogging the keg. and no one would do anything about it – he was sorta big and in the "in crowd"
so I confronted him, and got a Gene the Machine kinda response, punctuated by "so whatcha gonna do? make me? " with an invitation to hit him. so I did. hard. side note, I know how to box and wrestled in school. plus I was sober and he wasn't
the first thing he did when he could draw breath again? cry about the fact I honored his request and hit him.
the parallels are amazing to DCSS and Gene the machine,aren't they?
March 1st, 2013
8:05 am
Question for ANYONE, how does this new thing about taxes and homeowners being able to direct money to another (private) school work? If my son attends a private school, but not in Dekalb, can I direct my tax money there?
March 1st, 2013
8:12 am
"School board member Eugene Walker says his reputation is at stake and he intends to wage battle in court."
His reputation – lol.
March 1st, 2013
8:22 am
What amazes me is that if this dysfunction was in the corprate world, they would be FIRED! No due process, no lawsuits!! It is obvious that the DCCSS is in trouble and by keeping these clowns on is beyond me.
March 1st, 2013
8:28 am
These school board members using Dekalb money to save their jobs obviously do not belong their. Their whole argument is that the law is unconstitutional because it removes the right of the voter. Hey, I hate to tell them, but this has been done for over a century. Its called IMPEACHMENT!! Both elected and non-elected officials have been impeached and some have been removed. Bill Clinton was impeached. If the senate voted, they would have removed him as the sitting president. There are many other instances, both on the national and local level, in which elected officials are removed from office. But, you taxpayers in Dekalb will pay almost a $1m if not more in legal fees to get that from the judge. Sad sad.
March 1st, 2013
8:43 am
If anyone needs a bouncer for their party, bootney is available for a side gig. He'll even bring some LED solar garden lights and stuff.
Might it help if the "federal court" is expedient in addressing the case?
March 1st, 2013
8:49 am
"just further proof having a Ph.D. doesn't mean you know enough to come in out of the rain."
You are referring to a "piled higher degree"?
March 1st, 2013
8:51 am
"The DeKalb NAACP is in a delicate position."
They obviously do not care about Advancing the colored students of Dekalb county.
March 1st, 2013
9:08 am
This whole scene is so flipping embarrasing! These nuts were more concerned about holding a position then they were about actually doing the jobs they were elected to do. They had the chance and blew it, and now they want to run up tax payer money trying to hold on to positions where they fell short in their job duties. Now that dumb representative from the NAACP's sound bite about "we have bled to long to be thrown out" and how other black representatives should feel bad that black people are about to lose their positions!?! What the heck does any of that have to do with educating the children of DeKalb County????????? This is not a Civil Rights issue, this is about a defunct board who has failed our children.
I am a black female who graduated from a DeKalb County high school in 1989, Clarkston High School to be exact. The school system was waaaaaay better 24 years ago, including the quality of teachers and the education received. I have a daughter who is currently in 9th grade and I made the decision after 6th grade to place her in private school. That was not an easy decision as I am a single mother it takes a good portion of my income to keep her there. However, her education is worth it to me. If these suspended board members truly cared about the children of DeKalb County, they would just step aside and let someone else with fresher views take over.
March 1st, 2013
9:08 am
Mea Culpa! I admit to everyone on this blog that I have stereotypical views of urban school systems (as I was accused of). Stereotypes are used when there is insufficient data to make a decision on the data alone. I lock the doors to my car when I am in Atlanta and there is a group of "normally-dressed" (pants-on-the-ground) black teenagers approaching. In my defense, I also lock my doors when I am in Dawsonville and a group of "skinheads" are approaching. And I DON"T lock my doors when a group of well-dressed black "businessmen" approach. So, yes, I have stereotypical views.
I was WRONG when I initially assumed that the Grady girl lived in a household with no father – but why not? The statistics made this likely. I used my best guess until I had more information.
March 1st, 2013
9:13 am
"I am a black female who graduated from a DeKalb County high school in 1989, Clarkston High School to be exact. The school system was waaaaaay better 24 years ago, including the quality of teachers and the education received. I have a daughter who is currently in 9th grade and I made the decision after 6th grade to place her in private school. That was not an easy decision as I am a single mother it takes a good portion of my income to keep her there. However, her education is worth it to me. If these suspended board members truly cared about the children of DeKalb County, they would just step aside and let someone else with fresher views take over."
Thank you, Cammi317, for saying things that the rest of us cannot say because "we don't have skin in the game" or "you would not understand, being white". The STUDENTS are losing in this battle.
BTW, my wife also graduated from Clarkston.
March 1st, 2013
9:15 am
Boots, the PhD was in History, according to his website. Now I'd like to know the subject of his doctoral dissertation.
March 1st, 2013
9:21 am
Incompetents electing incompetance. Why do the voters bring folks in who absolutely cannot handle the job. This is a bad scene, and it probably will not get better.
March 1st, 2013
9:42 am
I agree 100% with that letter!
March 1st, 2013
9:47 am
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March 1st, 2013
9:54 am
After reviewing ALL the criminal corruptocrats to choose from, I BACK THE DEKALB SCHOOL BOARD. They have FAR MORE integrity.
March 1st, 2013
9:54 am
Why not hold a special election, allowing all the members to fight for their seats with the voters, then we can make our choice. If the people of DeKalb choose to vote these morons back into office, that that is what we get. Please do so before the new school year though, so I can move.
March 1st, 2013
9:56 am
Maureen – time to get current with the latest news on the Grady girl who shot herself in the leg. Apparently, she wasn't as good of a girl as her parents and friends were describing.
March 1st, 2013
10:08 am
@Truth – since you Home School and hate public education, why do you care? and why back the School Board? to further the "home school" agenda?
I would like to know when this bill was introduced in the first place, where all the indignation was from Jones and others. Have they done anything in the interim to try to modify this bill? or are they just trying to further their own political agenda?
March 1st, 2013
10:09 am
Pardon My Blog, I am intrigued by your comment related to the "Clew Crew". Please elaborate and explain. Is it associated with the Divine Nine Fraternity / Sorority system or is it simply a nepotism scheme?
"@concernedmom – Yes, Melvin Johnson is more of the same. He was part of the Clew crew and will work to further that agenda if he can."
March 1st, 2013
10:12 am
State Sen. Emanuel Jones, D-Decatur, is either dishonest or unaware of the facts. After the horrible failure of Clayton County schools, the legislature put in place a law to prevent that type of failure in the future. The legislature specifically intended to remove a board of education if accreditation is at risk.
Jones said the powers lawmakers gave the governor were "intended to be a club that no one would ever use." The legislature built the club to stop a Clayton-style disaster from occurring again. The legislature created the tool to solve a problem that we wish we could have solved during the Clayton melt-down. It is fatuous of Jones to say no one intended the power to be used. The power was created to solve exactly the type of problem we're seeing in DeKalb. So the question is, Why would Jones concoct such a patently imbecilic excuse for opposing the school board removal?
March 1st, 2013
10:12 am
The letter is focused, thoughtful, well-reasoned, logical, and appeals to a basic sense of decency. The letter is addressed to a group that has not shown the capacity to grasp any of those characteristics. The crux is that "using taxpayer dollars to fight for your jobs when so many taxpayers want a major change is close to criminal." Indeed. It evidences inability to focus, thoughtlessness, irrational and reactionalry defensiveness, a wholly illogical response to very serious problems, and an arrogance that puts their self-interests way above the critical needs of those they were elected to represent.
If they really cared about Constitutional concerns, they could file amicus briefs with the challenge that is already pending. Walker doesn't really care about fighting injustice — he cares about his job and his reputation (which will continue to take hits as long as he continues to step on the throats of Dekalb taxpayers). His doesn't understand that has the ability to help restore his valued reputation by doing the right thing — dropping his suit, halting the $150k wasted to have a law firm train people how to do the jobs that they should already know how to do, and urging his fellow suspended board members to follow his lead and resign. As we all know, the letter above will fall on deaf ears.
March 1st, 2013
10:17 am
You can't blame just Walker. You have to blame Deal as well. He DID have a choice. Removing the board members wasn't mandatory. If he had any sense he would know Walker would fight and that we would be in this position of limbo with no certainty as to what the courts would do. He has Sumter Co. as an example.
And this was not impeachment. Other than Walker being identified as chairman of the board, the report does not identify any board member. There is no review of the evidence. And there are no criminal acts. They are being removed for, as a group, incompetence, interfering with the day to day operations and generally being obnoxious. No official gets impeached so lightly. If that were the criteria, the vast majority of government officials would be impeached.
March 1st, 2013
10:26 am
@Mountain, re "Thank you, Cammi317, for saying things that the rest of us cannot say because "we don't have skin in the game"…"
But we do have skin in the game. Walker and Co. are suing the state and it is the state Attorney General who is having to devote time and resources to defend against this suit.
On top of that, I think there is a good probablility that the Dekalb board members will prevail.
If they don't, then Walker will probably buy some of those "traditional African clothes", and run for office claiming a political "lynching" by the evil white governor – sorta what mayor Marion Barry did in Washington DC. Given the demographics in Dekalb, he'd be a shoo-in to get elected back to office.
March 1st, 2013
10:33 am
"You can't blame just Walker. You have to blame Deal as well. He DID have a choice. Removing the board members wasn't mandatory. If he had any sense he would know Walker would fight and that we would be in this position of limbo with no certainty as to what the courts would do. "
Are you saying that Deal should have LEFT things the way they were, after the State BOE unanimously recommended he remove them? Just give up without a fight? They created this law to give a recourse in caseof another Clayton County – it needs to be tested in court, in other words, it needs to be used. The "club" failed to scare Walker into quitting on his own, so it is time to hit him over the head with it. The court just has to determine if the club is "constitutional".
March 1st, 2013
10:34 am
I'm beginning to come around on the Thurmond appointment. At first I thought firing Atkinson should not have been a priority and bringing in someone without an education background was a poor choice. But the board may well have forseen this situation. An unsupervised Atkinson would have been a disaster. Thurmond's political skills and managerial skills may be necessary in a period when we essentially have no board (or two boards).
March 1st, 2013
10:35 am
"What amazes me is that if this dysfunction was in the corprate world, they would be FIRED!"
It IS in the corporate world. AND THEY ARE RICHLY REWARDED FOR IT!
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And what is Jon up to now?
"Former MF Global chief Jon Corzine is mulling a hedge fund launch as reports indicate that he is no longer facing criminal charges in the collapse of the futures brokerage.
Investigators spent 10 months looking into the firm's failure and the disappearance of about $1 billion in customer money. But they haven't found anything criminal and are close to concluding that there was no fraud involved."
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Quick! DEKALB SCHOOL BOARD, CALL JON NOW AND TELL HIM YOU WOULD LIKE TO INVEST THE COUNTY TEACHERS' PENSION FUND WITH HIM.
You will be MADE IN THE SHADE!
March 1st, 2013
10:38 am
It would seem inferable from the article that the GHS student was identified by witnesses from her mugshot.
March 1st, 2013
10:39 am
Thank you, Maureen, for posting the update about the Grady girl. Four new felonies – stemming from a hit and run where she also hit a deputy in her escape.
As for your question about why now – perhaps they could not identify the vehicle until she was investigated for the gunshot, then they realized, holy cow, her vehicle is the one we were looking for in this hit-and-run.
Now if someone could clear up the question about the supposed "Bloods" gang hand sign on her facebook page. Us inquiring minds want to know!
March 1st, 2013
10:49 am
Tested at the expense of the students? If we have no board, we can't approve a budget and there's little doubt we lose accreditation.
I believe its more important to get results than to be "right." And Deal could have held it over their head until the May SACS review. That also would have given him time to get appointments ready instead of suspending and then starting to look. Having known potential appointments could increase pressure on the board members to step aside, especially if their interests were being represented. Instead, we have Deal saying, "Trust me."
Now I didn't think it was "right" to remove them in the first place. Dekalb was not electing the same old idiots every time. 3 of the members were brand new and 2 others were elected 2 years ago. So a majority of the board had little or nothing to do with the problems. And at least 3 of the 4 others were likely to get defeated in the next election (one barely won last time, one barely won and her seat is going away, two others will be in the same district).
March 1st, 2013
10:58 am
"Tested at the expense of the students? If we have no board, we can't approve a budget and there's little doubt we lose accreditation"
Deal didn't file the test case – Walker and company did. Why did they not just accept the reappointment of interim board members while fighting to get their jobs back – why file for an injunction to prevent Deal from appointing new board members? They just want maximum leverage.


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After covering the big signings in the first couple days of free agency, it's time to start looking at the second wave of NHL free agency.
To start, here are Numbers Game pieces on the Smyth trade and the Canucks' signing of Samuelsson.
NASHIt wasn't cheap, but the Columbus Blue Jackets got franchise cornerstone Rick Nash locked up to an eight-year, $62.4-million deal. While the Blue Jackets are building more depth around Nash, which would have helped them overcome his potential departure, getting Nash signed eliminates the possibility that the Blue Jackets would be dogged by Nash rumours the same way that the Florida Panthers faced Jay Bouwmeester rumours all last season.
The 25-year-old power forward is coming off the second 40-goal season of his career and had a career-high 79 points and plus-11 rating last season. If he has promising centre Derick Brassard as his setup man for the forseeable future, there's little reason to think that Nash won't be a point-per-game performer for many years to come.
More Numbers Game -- this time it's Kovalev to Ottawa and Beauchemin to the Leafs.
KOISTINENIt was such an underrated signing, I missed it when doing my first recap of Free Agent Frenzy and it's too bad because I think Ville Koistinen will be a terrific addition for the Panthers.
He couldn't get into the Predators' lineup consistently, but the 27-year-old Finn was effective when he did play and he could end up in a top-four role on the Panthers blueline before his two-year, $2.4-million deal is done.
CROMBEENPicked up off waivers from Dallas last season, B.J. Crombeen proved to be a useful fourth-line winger, finishing the year with 12 goals and 16 fights.
He's not a pure enforcer, but provides toughness on the third and fourth line and is signed for two years at a total cost of $1.745M, enough of a commitment from the Blues that he should have an opportunity to keep playing regularly.
LEINOEven though the 25-year-old only played in 13 games with the Red Wings last season, he showed enough potential, with five goals, nine points and a plus-5 rating, that he can be expected to take on a regular top-nine role next season.
Ville Leino had a respectable 15 goals, 46 points and a plus-2 rating in 57 games with the Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL, but his skill level seemed better suited to Detroit's elite puck-possession game. Leino is signed for two years and $1.6-million, which could make him a real bargain if, with a year of North American experience, he can handle the NHL grind.
O'BRIENA tough guy defenceman who played fewer than 15 minutes per game last season, Shane O'Brien did get called out for not scrapping enough at one point last year, yet he still finished second in the league with 196 penalty minutes, thanks to the worst 5-on-5 penalty differential in the league, drawing six penalties while taking 36.
If he can play with some discipline, yet still keep his edge when it comes time to scrap, O'Brien can be a solid contributor and his toughness is why O'Brien earned a one-year deal for $1.6-million, effectively a chance to prove that he can be better than he was last season, when he had ten points, all assists, and was a career-high plus-6.
RAYCROFTWhile he had his moments in Colorado last season, the end result was still subpar for 29-year-old Andrew Raycroft, as he finished with a 3.14 goals against average and .892 save percentage.
Signed for one year at $500,000, Raycroft is an inexpensive backup to Roberto Luongo, a job that only requires 8-12 starts as long as Luongo stays healthy and it means either another year of seasoning or time for top prospect Cory Schneider to be considered trade bait.
HIGGINSPicked up in a trade with the Canadiens last week, Christopher Higgins signed a one-year, $2.25-million contract with the Rangers. My opinion of him as a player hasn't changed since the trade.
BROUWERTroy Brouwer worked his way into a regular spot in the Blackhawks lineup as a 23-year-old and the right winger finished with 26 points and a plus-7 rating in 69 games.
A big forward, who can be a punishing hitter and effective presence in front of the net, Brouwer's offensive upside could be realized more readily with improved speed, but if he doesn't climb the depth chart, he's still a solid winger and good value for the next two years at a total of $2-million.
EAGER25-year-old enforcer Ben Eager is coming off the best season of his career with career highs of 11 goals, 15 points and a plus-1 rating.
Eager isn't a true heavyweight, but has racked up 36 fights over the last three seasons, making him a presence that needs to be accounted for on the fourth line and his deal -- one-year, $965K -- is reasonable enough for that contribution.
A. JOHNSONThough 26-year-old Aaron Johnson was limited to just 38 games last season, he was an important player for the Blackhawks to re-sign because while playing just over 14 minutes per game, he was a stunning plus-19.
Johnson has the size and mobility to warrant a legitimate chance in the top six and it appears he'll get it next season and he's signed for the bargain rate of $540,000.
FRASERA character checker, Colin Fraser had 17 points in 81 games as a rookie for the Blackhawks last season.
Without some changes, Fraser may be in a battle just to get a regular spot in the Blackhawks lineup, but he's signed next year for $700,000.
BARKERIt took some time, but Cam Barker, the No. 3 pick in the 2004 Draft, broke through last season with 40 points -- 29 on the power play -- in 68 games.
Barker still has work to do in terms of positioning and play in his own end, as his minus-6 rating was worst on the Blackhawks, but the 23-year-old has started to achieve some of his potential and that was enough (along with some possible leverage from a qualifying offer mixup) to get a three-year, $9.25-million deal.
D.JONESHis 2008-2009 season was cut short by shoulder surgery, but 24-year-old David Jones has good size (6-foot-2, 220 pounds) and speed and has shown enough in 67 NHL games over the last couple years that the Avs can take a longer look at him over the next two years, at a cost of $1.675-million. While he would figure to be a third or fourth-line forward, Jones has an outside chance to do better than that given the Avalanche's current crop of forwards.
LUNDMARK A 28-year-old who has played with four different teams in his 259-game career, Jamie Lundmark re-signed with Calgary after showing well, scoring a career-high eight goals in 27 games last season.
Signed to a one-year deal, Lundmark offers depth; he can play on the fourth line or move up to fill in on a scoring unit in a pinch.
GUSTAVSSONAfter a sensational season with Farjestads in the Swedish Elite League, 24-year-old Jonas Gustavsson was in a bit of a recruiting war and ended up signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Gustavsson led the SEL with a 1.96 goals against average and .932 save percentage in 42 games this past season. In 20 games in 2007-2008, his first year in the Elite League, Gustavsson posted a 2.40 goals against average and .919 save percentage. In the World Championships this year, he had a 2.83 goals against average and .914 save percentage in five games.
None of those numbers guarantee that he'll be able to do it in the NHL, but are good enough to suggest 'The Monster' deserves a chance and he'll get a good opportunity in Toronto.
Signed to a one-year deal for $810,000 (plus a possible $90,000 in bonuses) Gustavsson will challenge Vesa Toskala for the starting job, but with Toskala going into the final year of his contract, the 2009-2010 season could be a year of getting used to the NHL game before possibly moving into the starting role a year later.
MARCHANT35-year-old Todd Marchant has been a role player over the last couple of seasons with the Ducks, tallying 34 points with a minus-5 rating in 147 games, but his hustle and veteran leadership was apparently enough for the Ducks to sign him to a two-year deal for $2.25-million.
VEILLEUXAlthough 27-year-old Stephane Veilleux set career marks with 13 goals and 23 points for the Wild in 2008-2009, it wasn't a particularly memorable season as his minus-17 rating was worst on the team; not an ideal situation for a checking winger.
He gets a fresh start in Tampa Bay, where his hustle should keep him in the lineup regularly.
WOYWITKAAdmittedly, he didn't play the toughest minutes for the St. Louis Blues, but 25-year-old Jeff Woywitka had an effective season in 2008-2009, posting 18 points and a plus-8 rating while logging more than 18 minutes per game. However, as a restricted free agent, he wasn't tendered a qualifying offer by the Blues, makin him an unrestricted free agent.
Signed to a two-year deal for a very reasonable $1.3-million, Woywitka could be an inexpensive third pairing defenceman.
Still more to come this summer....
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When Kathleen Bearden was 13 years old, she and several friends bought Prisoner-of-War bracelets to support American troops fighting in the Vietnam War.
There was no shortage of nominees for the Top 10 stories of 2008: a watershed election year, drought, wars and the usual controversies, state, local and national.
Hall County was the site of a world premiere movie in 1952.
People are still around who remember that first Christmas season after Gainesville's 1936 tornado.
One of the many experts that enjoyed critiquing newspapers used to say there wasn't enough humor in them.
Slab Town and Pleasant Retreat no longer are on modern maps of White County, but they once were significant communities that produced significant people in the county's history.
Because so many new voters are on the rolls, no doubt when votes are counted Nov. 4, howls will come from all corners about fraud or efforts to keep certain voters from casting legitimate ballots.
Northeast Georgia over the years produced some colorful journalists, some of whom attained national recognition for their writing.
A Gainesville native who has become an authority on Indian removal will come back home Tuesday night to talk about the topic at the regular monthly forum of the Northeast Georgia History Center.
During World War II, Gainesville theaters were allowed to show movies on Sundays in deference to military personnel stationed in the immediate area.
There was a big race out at Road Atlanta near Chestnut Mountain this weekend. Across the Winder Highway, stock cars have burned rubber all season long.
North Georgia and particularly Hall County have a long tradition of racing, dating back to when a track operated at the old fairgrounds off Shallowford Road and Looper's Speedway, located on the big bend in the Chattahoochee River where Laurel Park on Lake Lanier is today.
Gainesville's recent decision to abandon its attempt to annex unincorporated islands into the city illustrates again the reluctance of many outside-city interests to become part of a city.
Two reminders of Brenau University's Japanese connection remain on the Gainesville school's campus.
A weathered stone lantern that once graced Lake Takeda in the area of the present tennis courts now stands in the plaza area in the school's sorority circle off Prior Street. Two Japanese maples beside the Science Building on Washington Street guard another marker donated to the memory of Aya Takeda, who started it all in 1906, according to Brenau's archives.
Doug Meeks scraped together $500, pooled it with another $500 from a partner and established a Hall County restaurant that developed into an institution for more than half a century.
In these drought-driven days, we're pretty much together in North Georgia in the never-ending tug-of-war over water in the Chattahoochee River basin, which forms Lake Lanier.
Used to be we'd fuss with Atlanta about how much water it was using. But now so many consider us part of Atlanta, and therefore part of the problem, that we've ended up on the same side in Georgia's battles with Alabama and Florida over water that originates within our boundaries.
Even longtime North Georgia residents are struck at how Gainesville's Atlanta Highway transformed so quickly.
Many remember the movie "The Last Picture Show," which came out in 1971 and starred Jeff Bridges and Cybill Shepherd. It was about a dying Texas town whose businesses, including the movie show, were failing.
Connie Propes and other neighbors where Wal-Mart is building a grocery and installing gas pumps on Thompson Bridge Road in Gainesville are researching the history of the area, in particular Slaughterhouse Creek, which might be affected by rainfall runoff from the development. The creek eventually feeds into Lake Lanier.
During the recent razing of several sorority houses at Brenau University in Gainesville, students and alumni gathered in groups at times to snap photos and hopefully get a brick or other piece of memorabilia from the rubble.
The east side of Gainesville's downtown square in the 1950s was dominated by clothing stores, most of them what you would consider discount shops today.
At the height of the Lumpkin County gold rush, people from all over the country were coming to North Georgia to pursue their personal fortune. Locals sometimes were prone to take advantage of gullible outside prospectors.
Editor's note: For many years, Johnny Vardeman, retired editor of The Times, would write his annual "'mater sammich" column as homegrown tomatoes started coming in during the summer. "'Maters and Music" will be the theme for a tomato sandwich event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 23 at the Byron Herbert Reece Farm and Heritage Center one mile north of Vogel State Park, 9 miles south of Blairsville on U.S. 129.
A century will have passed Monday since the beginning of World War I, which started July 28, 1914, when Austria declared war on Serbia. The United States didn't enter until three years later, declaring war on Germany.
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- The chimaeras, cartilaginous fishes of the order Chimaeriformes, are also sometimes called "rabbitfishes".
|A foxface rabbitfish (S. vulpinus) meeting a longnose butterflyfish (above) in their coral reef habitat
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Rabbitfishes or spinefoots are perciform fishes in the family Siganidae. The 28 species are in a single genus, Siganus.[1] In some now obsolete classifications, the species having prominent face stripes—colloquially called foxfaces–are in the genus Lo. Other species, such as the masked spinefoot (S. puellus), show a reduced form of the stripe pattern. Rabbitfishes are native to shallow waters in the Indo-Pacific,[1] but S. luridus and S. rivulatus have become established in the eastern Mediterranean via Lessepsian migration.[2] It can be used in the preparation of bagoong.
Description and ecology[edit]
The largest rabbitfish grows to about 53 cm (21 in), but most species only reach between 25 and 35 cm (9.8 and 13.8 in).[1] All have large, dark eyes and small, somewhat rabbit-like mouths, which gives them their name. Most species have either bright colors or a complex pattern.
Another unusual feature among rabbitfishes is their pelvic fins, which are formed from two spines, with three soft rays between them. The dorsal fin bears 13 spines with 10 rays behind, while the anal fin has seven spines and nine rays behind; the fin spines are equipped with well-developed venom glands.[3] All rabbitfish are diurnal; some live in schools, while others live more solitary lives among the corals. They are herbivorous, feeding on benthic algae in the wild. They are pelagic spawners. Many are fished for food, and the more colorful species—especially the foxfish – are often kept in aquaria.
In aquaria, they eat a variety of fresh vegetables and algae. Care must be taken during aquarium maintenance and cleaning, as rabbitfishes are often easily frightened and will use their venomous spines in defense. Their venom is not life-threatening to adult humans, but causes severe pain.
In 2007 Kurriwa et al., outlined a way to split the genus—if the scientific community so desires:[4]
- An ancient group containing e.g. S. woodlandi
- Another fairly small group containing, e.g., the S. canaliculatus/S. fuscescens) complex
- The remainder of Siganus, including the foxfaces
Other lineages might exist and make obsolete the somewhat weak distinction between the second and third groups. Also, it is not known where the type species S. rivulatus would fall, hence names for these three subgenera or genera are not established at present.
Hybridizaton has played a role in the evolution of the Siganidae, as evidenced by comparison of mtDNA cytochrome b and nDNA internal transcribed spacer 1 sequence data. Evidence exists of interbreeding between S. guttatus and S. lineatus, as well as between S. doliatus and S. virgatus.[4]
Also, either females of the last common ancestor of S. puellus and the S. punctatus interbred with females ancestral to the main non-foxface lineage, or males of the former hybridized with females of the last common ancestor of S. punctatissimus and the foxfaces, while males of the latter mated with females of the original foxface species.[4]
An individual was found that looked like a slightly aberrant blue-spotted spinefoot (S. corallinus). On investigation, it turned out to be an offspring of a hybrid between a female of that species and a male masked spinefoot, which had successfully backcrossed with the blue-spotted spinefoot.[4]
As noted above, several presumed species are suspected to actively interbreed even today; these might warrant merging as a single species. This applies to the white-spotted spinefoot (S. canaliculatus) and the mottled spinefoot (S. fuscescens), and to the blotched foxface (S. unimaculatus) and the foxface rabbitfish (S. vulpinus). Alternatively they might be very recently evolved species that have not yet undergone complete lineage sorting, but their biogeography suggests that each group is just color morphs of a single species. On the other hand, the morphologyically diverse Blue-spotted Spinefoot (S. corallinus) might represent more than one species; orange individuals are found at the north of its range, while yellow ones occur to the south, and these two may be completely parapatric. Some species of spinefoot have a very painful sting on each of their barbs, but some are a good eating fish.[4]
- Streamlined spinefoot, S. argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
- White-spotted spinefoot, S. canaliculatus (Park, 1797) (might belong in S. fuscescens)
- Blue-spotted spinefoot, S. corallinus (Valenciennes, 1835) (probably several species)
- Barred spinefoot, S. doliatus – Guérin-Méneville, 1829
- Mottled spinefoot, S. fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782)
- Orange-spotted spinefoot, S. guttatus (Bloch, 1787)
- Streaked spinefoot, S. javus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Labyrinth spinefoot, S. labyrinthodes (Bleeker, 1853)
- Golden-lined spinefoot, S. lineatus (Valenciennes, 1835)
- Dusky spinefoot, S. luridus (Rüppell, 1829)
- Magnificent rabbitfish, S. magnificus (Burgess, 1977)
- Black foxface, S. niger Woodland, 1990
- Blackeye rabbitfish, S. puelloides – Woodland & Randall, 1979
- Masked spinefoot, S. puellus (Schlegel, 1852)
- Peppered spinefoot, S. punctatissimus Fowler & Bean, 1929
- Gold-spotted spinefoot, S. punctatus (Schneider & Forster, 1801)
- Variegated spinefoot, S. randalli Woodland, 1990
- Marbled spinefoot, S. rivulatus Forsskål, 1775
- Little spinefoot, S. spinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Brown-spotted spinefoot, S. stellatus (Forsskål, 1775)
- Shoemaker spinefoot, S. sutor (Valenciennes, 1835).
- Three-blotched rabbitfish, S. trispilos Woodland & Allen, 1977
- Blotched foxface S. unimaculatus (Evermann & Seale, 1907) (probably belongs in S. vulpinus)
- Bicolored foxface, S. uspi Gawel & Woodland, 1974
- Vermiculated spinefoot, S. virgatus (Valenciennes, 1835)
- Barhead spinefoot (Valenciennes, 1835)
- Foxface rabbitfish, S. vulpinus
- S. woodlandi Randall & Kulbicki, 2005
- FishBase (2004): Family Siganidae - Rabbitfishes. Version of 2004-NOV-22. Retrieved 2008-AUG-31.
- FishBase (2006): Siganus species. Version of 2006-MAR-14. Retrieved 2008-AUG-31.
- Kuriiwa, Kaoru; Hanzawa, Naoto; Yoshino, Tetsuo; Kimura, Seishi & Nishida, Mutsumi (2007): Phylogenetic relationships and natural hybridization in rabbitfishes (Teleostei: Siganidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA analyses. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 45(1): 69–80. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.04.018 (HTML abstract)
- Taylor, G. (2000): Toxic fish spine injury: Lessons from 11 years experience. J. South Pac. Underwater Med. Soc. 30(1). PDF fulltext


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