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ELKHART — Lt. Laura Koch, named assistant police chief Tuesday, admits she has some big shoes to fill in the Elkhart Police Department.
But the officer she's replacing has plenty of praise for her.
Koch's promotion was announced at a morning press conference by Mayor Dick Moore, who said she embodies all of the characteristics needed for the job — somebody with a strong work ethic, solid organizational skills and who has already made an impact in the community.
Koch will replace Tim Balyeat, who recently announced his retirement after 26 years with the department.
Balyeat was quick to support the appointment.
"Excellent choice," Balyeat said. "She will do well."
Balyeat said Koch's ability to listen and make good decisions has benefited her career with the department.
"She has exceptional people skills, which will come in handy with this job," he said.
In making the announcement, Moore said he was reminded of the time he served as fire chief and had to make a series of appointments. His top choices were those with lengthy experience and his second round involved people who possessed "great possibilities" and could learn quickly.
"I feel the same way today about this appointment. It is a wonderful opportunity for anyone to work with Chief (Dale) Pflibsen," Moore said.
For Koch, the promotion has been a goal that she says most any police officer looks toward.
"I'm always up for a challenge and I think this is definitely going to be a challenge. I'm going to face a lot of obstacles and I look forward to working with all the guys and making the police department even better than what it is right now."
Koch, a mother of two, steps into the position knowing she's not breaking any barriers as a woman in Elkhart Police Department history.
Under the previous administration, Mayor Dave Miller promoted Pam Westlake to assistant and later, chief. She was replaced by Moore when he was elected and appointed Pflibsen as chief and Balyeat as assistant.
Koch said she doesn't consider gender to be a factor.
"I don't look at it as me being a female. I look at it as me being a police officer and working with the guys," she said.
Koch has risen relatively quickly in the police ranks.
She is a graduate of Jimtown High School, attended Indiana University South Bend, and then worked in retail for 15 years with Big R, eventually becoming store manager.
All along, Koch said she always intended to enter law enforcement.
She graduated from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in 2002 and joined the police department that year. She began in the patrol division and moved to the Community Relations Bureau in 2006 and was promoted to lieutenant in 2010 at the same time she became the department's public information officer.
In the short term, Koch said she will continue to serve as the spokesperson for the department, but that role is something she said she will discuss with Pflibsen.
The role of assistant police chief is largely managerial.
Balyeat said the department has hired about 50 officers in the past five years and that Koch will have a chance to shape the future of what has become a young department.
Moore began his news conference Tuesday by complimenting Balyeat on his career with the police department, calling him the "epitome" of a police officer.
Balyeat, 55, said he plans to move to Florida.
"It has been his life, his love and I give him about three months before I hear from him about how much he misses this life he is leaving," Moore said.


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- "Hey boy, don't move, don't move! Me say don't move boy. Who are you? Where ya come from? Who are you?"
- ―Badman meeting Niko Bellic for the first time.
Teafore Maxwell-Davies, better known as Real Badman or simply Badman, is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series, who appears as a supporting and a random character in Grand Theft Auto IV.
Real Badman is a paranoid Jamaican criminal and drug dealer, the leader of the Jamaican street gang Hillside Posse, and the boss of Little Jacob, as well as his closest friend.
He is first encountered during "Shadow", in which he sends protagonist Niko Bellic to eliminate a rival drug dealer in Bohan. He is also encountered as a random character after said mission, asking Niko to eliminate once again his rivals, this time drug-dealing members of the Russian Mafia.
Badman was voiced by Seeborn.
Teafore Maxwell-Davies was born in Jamaica, circa 1981. At some point in his life, he met Jacob Hughes, and the and the two became very close friends, and eventually will form the Jamaican gang "Hillside Posse", going under the names "Real Badman" and "Little Jacob", respectively.
At some point prior to 2001, Badman, Jacob and many of their friends moved to Liberty City. In 2001, both Badman and Jacob were arrested for an armed robbery. In 2002, Badman was arrested for sale controlled substance of Cocaine, and in 2006, he was arrested for assault.
Over his time in Liberty City, Badman became an extremely paranoid person. Jacob mainly blamed the drugs Badman has used as the cause to his paranoia, and became very concern that Badman will betray him in future. According to Jacob, he and Badman have once had a friend called "Grandad", who was the only one who was able to calm down Badman, but he has since then returned to Jamaica.
Badman is also familiar with the well known drug baron Elizabeta Torres, and it is said by Jacob that he is actually afraid of her. Badman is also an associate of the Spanish Lords, and a bitter enemy of two small-time gangs of Jamaican and African-American drug dealers.
Events of Grand Theft Auto IV
Rivalries with other dealers
As his trouble with the Jamaican drug dealers grows, Badman and Jacob decide to make a truce with the dealers, with a meeting between Jacob and one of the drug dealers is set at Dillon Street in Schottler. Jacob goes to the deal, finding out it is a trap to "teach Badman a lesson". Jacob is saved thanks to Niko Bellic, the man who took Jacob to the meeting (and the cousin of Jacob's friend Roman).
Badman later sends Jacob to a drug deal with the same dealers. Jacob once again is supported by Niko, and the two arrive to the dealers' apartment. The dealers attempt to escape, but are killed by Niko. Jacob then decides to take down the dealers, and along with Niko, he drives to the dealers' second apartment, ending the small faction.
- "Hey, my youth. Some boy dem, dey pon de corner an' ting, an... de boy dem sell some tings and ting, an... I gwa'an, an' I say... oh, dem nah wan' gimme my money an ting. An'... every corner my corner an... I want my money an' ting, ya know? Ah no see dat!"
- ―Badman, explaining his latest rivaly to Niko.
Niko finally meets Badman during his third mission with Jacob. As he enters Jacob's apartment, Niko is pinned down by Badman, who thinks him to be a thief or an assassin. After being told by Jacob that Niko is a friend, Badman releases Niko, and the two have a proper introduction. Niko is taken to Jacob, and both Jacob and Badman explain their situation; an African-American dealer and his associates have been selling drugs on Badman's turf, and they have not gave a share of their revenues to his gang. Niko drives to Bohan, where he finds the dealer, who just finished another successful deal. Niko tails him to a building, where he kills him and his associates inside the dealer's apartment.
Drug deliveries
After successfully completing the task, Niko is phoned by Jacob if he wants to help him and Badman with their drug deliveries, to which Niko agrees. In a series of ten drug deliveries, Niko takes a vehicle loaded with drugs and brings it to the buyer. In some cases, Niko is ambushed by either the police or rival gangs, but manages to complete Badman's tasks.
After Niko has successfully done nine drug deliveries, Badman decides to reward him. At the beginning of the tenth delivery, instead of a bitter old car, Niko is given a Jamaican Huntley Sport as a gratefulness from the Yardies. Following the completion of the tenth delivery, Badman and Jacob stop giving missions to Niko, due to heavy police investigation.
Random encounter: Problems with the Russians
- "Yo rudeboy, lemme tell ya somethin'... y'see, fish could keep dem mouth closed... dem wouldn't get caught, rudeboy."
- ―Badman, regarding his situation with the Russian Mafia.
After his troubles with his rival drugs dealer are done, a new problem starts in Badman's life; Russian mobsters have begin to invade Badman's turf, stealing his gang's money, and making him to pay debts. Seeing these acts as disrespectful, Badman wants to take them out.
Sitting on a bench, Badman is encountered by Niko, who, at first, fails to recognize him. Badman tells Niko his newest situation. Niko, whose life is also filled with Russian mobsters, decides to help Badman with his troubles.
The duo heads to the mobsters' location, in an ally in which they were making a deal, leading to a small shootout begins between the two factions, and resulting in the deaths of the Russian mobsters. Badman thanks Niko for helping him, saying that he proved himself, and rewards him with $500 for his troubles.
Bellic wedding
Near the end of the game, Roman, Niko's cousin and Jacob's friend, marries to his love interest Mallorie Bardas, in a small ceremony in Algonquin, with Badman being one of the guests (along with other supporting characters such as Brucie Kibbutz and Bernie Crane). In both endings, Badman is seen most of the time with Jacob, cheering Roman and Mallorie.
In both endings, Badman does not play a large part in the wedding, only quietly watching how the events of the wedding turned bad where Niko's enemies destroy the party, sadly looking at the corpses of either Roman or Kate McReary.
- "The herb make Badman's head work in all type of ways it shouldn't be working. He think his friends are after him. He ain't turned on me yet, but one day. You know, one day."
- ―Jacob telling Niko about Badman's growing paranoia.
A long line of rivalries with other drug dealers and his excessive smoking of marijuana made Badman a very paranoid person; he began to suspect his friends, lock himself in his and Jacob's apartment, and according to Jacob, carry weapons when he comes out their apartment. Badman gradually began to believe that someone is after him and wants to destroy his business. This thought also led him to believe that his friends or associates may also come after him. Jacob himself became worried upon Badman's paranoia, thinking that because of Badman's belief that Jacob or another friend will kill, Badman will turn on them.
According to Jacob, the only known person who could calm down Badman was an old Jamaican man referred to as "Grandad", who maintained a strong friendship with Badman and often relieved Badman's paranoia. However, Grandad moved back to Jamaica, leaving Badman and Jacob alone to deal with Badman's paranoia.
His paranoia also affected Badman's regular traits, leading Badman to become careful during different situations and subduing people he thinks to be robbers or murderers (as seen in "Shadow"). Jacob also states that Badman does not leave his apartment unless he is "packing more heat than the sun", as seen during Badman's random encounter, in which he is sitting on a bench with a Pump Action Shotgun.
Similar to other "Yardies", Badman is Rastafarian who speaks in Iyaric. Like Jacob, Badman speaks with many terms from his culture such as "Rasta", "rudeboy" and "Star".
Badman is a man of average size, around the same height of Niko Bellic and Jacob. Due to his birthplace, Badman has dark skin, short black hair and brown eyes. His main outfit consists a colorful checkered vest on a white long-sleeved shirt, as well as olive pants and black/green shoes. He is also known for wearing a black hat, which appears to be either a Gatsby cap, or a flat cap.
- Ithaca 37 - a pump-action shotgun that functions as Badman's primary weapon. Due to his paranoia, Badman only leaves his apartment if he is armed with the shotgun. He is seen using the pump-action shotgun during his random encounter.
- Box cutter - a small folding or retractable-blade knife suited for use in the modern workplace or in the construction industry. Badman threatens Niko Bellic with his box cutter during "Shadow", before learning that Niko is Jacob's associate.
- Vigero and Emperor - two muscle cars used by the Hillside Posse. Badman and Jacob own "bitter" versions of the cars, and mainly use them for their drug deals.
- Huntley Sport - a large SUV. Mainly used by the Hillside Posse as a gang vehicle. Badman and Jacob owned one, before giving it as a reward to Niko Bellic.
LCPD Database information
Surname: Maxwell-Davies
First Name: Teafore "Real Badman"
Age: 27
Place of Birth: Jamaica
Affiliations: Linked to West Indian criminal gangs in East Liberty City.
Criminal Record:
- 2001 - Armed Robbery
- 2002 - Sale Controlled Substance: Cocaine
- 2006 - Assault
- AKA Real Badman
- Jamaican-born gangster.
- Believed to be head of Marijuana and Cocaine distribution network based in East Liberty City.
- Close ties to Jacob Hughes, street name - Little Jacob.
- Suspect in several high profile armed robberies and hijackings.
Missions appearances
- Jamaican Heat (Mentioned)
- Concrete Jungle (Mentioned)
- Shadow (Semi-boss)
- Drug Delivery (Mentioned)
- Not On My Turf (Random encounter; Boss)
- Mr and Mrs Bellic
Real Badman's Random Encounter
- Real Badman's artwork depicts him wearing a necklace with the African continent, due to the Rastafari belief in Zion. However this is absent in-game.
- In the Deal version of "Mr and Mrs Bellic", Badman lacks his hat. In the Revenge version, however, he does appear with his hat on his head.
- Badman is the only guest in Roman's wedding that is not seen talking to Roman before the ceremony.
- In Grand Theft Auto IV, Badman is one of the five storyline characters that reappear as random characters. The others are Ilyena Faustin, Hossan Ramzy, Mel and Gracie Ancelotti (Cherise Glover too, if spared).
- Little Jacob will mention to Niko during a conversation in a friend activity that Badman has a grandfather who was able to calm him down during his outbursts. Apparently, he moved back to Jamaica as he was unable to handle the hectic life of Liberty City.
- Unlike Little Jacob, Badman speaks Jamaican Patois, as opposed to Jacob's Iyaric dialect. Niko, who already has trouble understanding Jacob, requires him as a translator to understand Badman.
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WISE Mission Sees First Trojan Asteroid
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NASA's WISE Mission Finds First
Trojan Asteroid Sharing Earth's Orbit
The main image above is an artist's concept illustrating the first known Earth Trojan asteroid, discovered by WISE. The asteroid is gray and its extreme orbit is shown in green.
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Image (right): Asteroid 2010 TK7 is circled in green, in this single frame taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA › Full image and caption
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Astronomers studying observations taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission have discovered the first known "Trojan" asteroid orbiting the sun along with Earth.
Trojans are asteroids that share an orbit with a planet near stable points in front of or behind the planet. Because they constantly lead or follow in the same orbit as the planet, they never can collide with it. In our solar system, Trojans also share orbits with Neptune, Mars and Jupiter. Two of Saturn's moons share orbits with Trojans.
Scientists had predicted Earth should have Trojans, but they have been difficult to find because they are relatively small and appear near the sun from Earth's point of view.
"These asteroids dwell mostly in the daylight, making them very hard to see," said Martin Connors of Athabasca University in Canada, lead author of a new paper on the discovery in the July 28 issue of the journal Nature. "But we finally found one, because the object has an unusual orbit that takes it farther away from the sun than what is typical for Trojans. WISE was a game-changer, giving us a point of view difficult to have at Earth's surface."
The WISE telescope scanned the entire sky in infrared light from January 2010 to February 2011. Connors and his team began their search for an Earth Trojan using data from NEOWISE, an addition to the WISE mission that focused in part on near-Earth objects, or NEOs, such as asteroids and comets. NEOs are bodies that pass within 28 million miles (45 million kilometers) of Earth's path around the sun. The NEOWISE project observed more than 155,000 asteroids in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter, and more than 500 NEOs, discovering 132 that were previously unknown.
The team's hunt resulted in two Trojan candidates. One called 2010 TK7 was confirmed as an Earth Trojan after follow-up observations with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii.
The asteroid is roughly 1,000 feet (300 meters) in diameter. It has an unusual orbit that traces a complex motion near a stable point in the plane of Earth's orbit, although the asteroid also moves above and below the plane. The object is about 50 million miles (80 million kilometers) from Earth. The asteroid's orbit is well-defined and for at least the next 100 years, it will not come closer to Earth than 15 million miles (24 million kilometers). An animation showing the orbit is available at: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=103550791 .
"It's as though Earth is playing follow the leader," said Amy Mainzer, the principal investigator of NEOWISE at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "Earth always is chasing this asteroid around."
A handful of other asteroids also have orbits similar to Earth. Such objects could make excellent candidates for future robotic or human exploration. Asteroid 2010 TK7 is not a good target because it travels too far above and below the plane of Earth's orbit, which would require large amounts of fuel to reach it.
"This observation illustrates why NASA's NEO Observation program funded the mission enhancement to process data collected by WISE," said Lindley Johnson, NEOWISE program executive at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "We believed there was great potential to find objects in near-Earth space that had not been seen before."
NEOWISE data on orbits from the hundreds of thousands of asteroids and comets it observed are available through the NASA-funded International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass.
For more WISE information visit: http://www.nasa.gov/wise .
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Madonna has gone "Gangnam Style."
Korean pop star PSY joined the pop icon Tuesday night during her second show this week at Madison Square Garden. They danced to his pop culture anthem "Gangnam Style" and to her jam "Music" in front of nearly 20,000.
Madonna said PSY flew "all the way from Frankfurt, Germany this morning." She also said she was a big fan of the rapper and loved his suit, which was bright red.
He added that he's had a lot of experiences in the last few months, and that performing at MSG with Madonna topped his list.
Madonna also collected money for those affected by Superstorm Sandy. Fans threw money onstage while she sang "Like a Virgin." She said she collected $3,000 at Monday's show.
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Judy Walker of Brandon runs a 24-hour home group daycare in the city's downtown area, taking care of 32 kids. She now runs the only licensed five-day 'round-the-clock shop in the city.
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Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade each scored 23 points as the Miami Heat picked up their sixth consecutive win, 101-95 over the Lakers in Los Angeles on Christmas.
Bosh also had 11 rebounds in the Heat's fifth consecutive victory against the Lakers on Christmas Day. LeBron James added 19 points and Ray Allen had 12.
Miami improved to 7-0 against the Western Conference this season with its 19th straight overall win against West opponents.
Nick Young scored 20 points for the Lakers, who were tied four times in the fourth quarter. Los Angeles was hurt by a poor shooting night in its third straight loss.
In other NBA news:
James Harden dropped in 28 points and Dwight Howard had a double-double of 15 points and 20 rebounds in Houston's 111-98 win at San Antonio.
In the final game of the night, the Golden State Warriors beat the L.A. Clippers 105-103 behind David Lee's 23 points.
The New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets were blown out at home yesterday. Kevin Durant poured in 29 points and Serge Ibaka added 24 as the Oklahoma City Thunder picked up their 11th victory in 12 games, crushing the Knicks 123-94.
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Flea Bottom
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- "An open heart is what you'll get in Flea Bottom if you're not careful, my dear."
- ―Cersei Lannister to Margaery Tyrell
Flea Bottom is the poorest slum district in King's Landing, located on the western side of Rhaenys' Hill. It is a maze-like warren of narrow streets, ramshackle buildings, and dark alleys.
Many of its inhabitants subsist primarily on a meager, slow-cooked stew containing meat of questionable origins known as a "Bowls of brown."[1]
Notable residents
Ser Davos Seaworth was born in Flea Bottom, the son of a poor crabber, but escaped that harsh life as soon as he could by becoming a smuggler. Gendry was born to a tavern wench in Flea Bottom and spent much of his childhood there, which was made even harder after his mother died when he was very young. When royal agents discovered that he was secretly a bastard son of King Robert Baratheon, however, it was decided to look after the boy's well-being by secretly arranging for him to work as a blacksmith's apprentice for Tobho Mott. Gendry was happy to leave Flea Bottom, moving to the better district of the city near Tobho Mott's armory on the Street of Steel.[2]
Season 1
Arya Stark takes refuge in Flea Bottom after fleeing the Red Keep. She kills a pigeon in the Street of Flour where the bakers ply their trade, as birds are attracted to the crumbs. When she tries to barter it to a baker for bread, he refuses. Arya is in Flea Bottom when she hears the crowd say her father is being taken to the Sept of Baelor.[3]
Season 2
While talking to Daisy, a new prostitute in Petyr Baelish's brothel, Ros identifies Armeca as being from Flea Bottom, but notes that she likes to pretend she is from more exotic climes and doesn't speak the Common Tongue of Westeros.[4]
As the royal family is returning from the docks where they saw off Princess Myrcella Baratheon for her voyage to Dorne, the starving smallfolk of the city hurl insults at Joffrey, and ultimately someone hurls cow excrement in his face. Joffrey brashly shouts for his guards to "kill them all!", sparking off a city-wide riot. Flea Bottom is badly affected by the food riots.[5]
Season 3
Lady Margaery Tyrell stops in Flea Bottom unexpectedly to visit an orphanage and interact with the children. Her servants pass out bread and toys, earning her the love of Flea Bottom's Smallfolk. That evening, Joffrey and Cersei visit Margaery and her brother Loras Tyrell, for a small dinner party. Cersei admonishes Margaery's boldness and reminds her that her impromptu charity work took place on the same streets where the royal party was assaulted weeks earlier.[6]
Behind the scenes
The Flea Bottom scenes in Seasons 2 and 3 were filmed at the Walls of Dubrovnik, Croatia. The riot scenes were filmed at the Gate of Pila.
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Flea Bottom was the home of the famous knight Ser Duncan the Tall, who ended up as Lord Commander of the Kingsguard. Davos Seaworth also grew up in Flea Bottom, the son of a poor crabber. He left as soon as he could by becoming a smuggler operating in Blackwater Bay and the Narrow Sea. The books do state that Gendry was born to a tavern girl in King's Landing, though they haven't specified that he lived in Flea Bottom before he came to work for Tobho Mott.
It is a dismal and disreputable place. The alleys are narrow and buildings lean toward each other. King's Landing was rapidly constructed within the first century of rule by the Targaryen dynasty, to serve as a capital city for their new unified realm. This rapid expansion didn't keep pace with organized "city-planning", resulting in numerous slums, of which Flea Bottom is the worst. Many of these slum districts are poorly organized, ugly, and filthy because their placement wasn't thought out during the rush to slap down new buildings. In contrast, the second largest city in Westeros, Oldtown in the Reach, is thousands of years old, but grew only in incremental steps which were well planned out beforehand, resulting in it being a much better organized and beautiful city without the squalid slums of King's Landing, while being only slightly smaller than the capital itself.
Survival on the streets of Flea Bottom is tough and hardening. The district is full of tanneries (which make the air stink), cheap brothels, low-class inns, winesinks, and pot-shops serving meager bowls of brown. Arya finds an establishment in Flea Bottom where she can take a pigeon and get half of it back cooked, in exchange for the other half. Before that she had to eat it raw. When Arya left the Red Keep she took a bundle of clothes and things to sell, but they were stolen the first night she slept in Flea Bottom (she was sleeping on top of Needle or would have lost it too).
A large part of Flea Bottom burns down the night following Joffrey's riot.


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The Power of Independent Thinking
Can the U.S. Withdraw from Afghanistan and Iraq?
Recorded: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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Civil strife in Iraq continues and instability may only increase after the January elections. U.S. withdrawal has become an acceptable strategy in Washington, but will it be tenable if violence escalates and Iraq unravels again?
Experts: Ivan Eland, Peter Galbraith, Charles V. PeñaType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Defense and Foreign Policy, Democracy, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Freedom, History (International), Politics, Terrorism and National Crises
The Frankenfood Myth?
Recorded: Tuesday, December 13, 2005
For millennia, farmers all over the world have bred crops for their resistance to disease, productivity, and nutritional value. Today, few topics have the power to inspire as much international furor and misinformation as the development and distribution of genetically altered foods.
Experts: Bruce N. Ames, Henry I. MillerType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Agriculture, Business, Environment, Public Health/ Consumer Protection, Science


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Physiographic Region/Geology/Soil Type
The Niangua Watershed lies in the Salem Plateau subdivision of the Ozark Plateau physiographic region. The watershed is underlain with several hundred feet of Ordovician and Cambrian rock, largely dolomite (Harvey et al., 1983). The edges of the watershed lie in Jefferson City-Cotter dolomite, while streams cut into progressively older Roubidoux, Gasconade, and Eminence formations (MDNR, 1984). There is considerable subsurface movement of water in the watershed through solution dissolved channels in the fractured and jointed dolomite. As a result, karst features such as caves, sinkholes, losing streams, and springs are abundant. Streams which incise into the middle or lower Gasconade have well sustained base flows even during dry periods, due to ample groundwater supplies (MDNR, 1984). Streams which incise into the Roubidoux formation are frequently losing streams and sinkholes are common (Harvey et al., 1983). Soils in the watershed are classified as residual, alluvial, colluvial, and loess (Harvey et al., 1983). Residual soils consist primarily of material weathered from cherty dolomite, dolomite, and sandstone, and occur on the surface of steep slopes. When they develop in uplands from Roubidoux formations, and Jefferson City - Cotter dolomites, an impervious fragipan usually occurs 18 to 24 inches below the surface. Colluvial soils, which are soils deposited on lower valley slopes by erosion from more elevated sites, are limited in abundance. Alluvial soils are those transported by streams and deposited on level or gently sloping areas in flood plains. They range in size from silt to gravel. Loess soils are silty, windblown material which commonly occur on ridgetops.
Watershed Area
The watershed area of the entire watershed is 1,040 square miles. The LNR watershed is 320 square miles, which is approximately one-third of the drainage of the entire watershed. Watershed areas for all fourth order and larger streams and some third order streams are shown in Table Ge01. The watersheds of fourth order streams are delineated in Figure Ge01. Approximately 500 acres of the Niangua Watershed is within Benton County, 164,000 within Camden County, 279,000 within Dallas County, 49,000 within Hickory County, 96,000 within Laclede County, and 69,000 within Webster County.
Stream Order
Stream order was determined from 7.5 minute topographic maps for all streams in the watershed. The NR has two fifth order and 14 fourth order tributaries. The LNR has one fifth order and six fourth order tributaries. Table 2 lists all third order and larger streams in the Niangua Watershed. Table Ge02 lists the total mileage of third order and larger streams, and the portions inundated by LOZ and Lake Niangua.
Channel Gradient
Stream gradients were determined for all third order and greater streams from the 7.5 minute topographic maps shown in Figure Ge02.


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Out-toughed by the Sooners
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - If it wasn't obvious before West Virginia began Big 12 Conference play, it became painfully so for the Mountaineers on Saturday.
Everything they do this season is going to be a struggle, and if they aren't prepared to play tougher than their opponents, they aren't going to win many games.
Saturday West Virginia was beaten by Oklahoma. Technically it was by a 67-57 score and came in front of a crowd of 12,112 at the Coliseum.
In reality, though, the Mountaineers were beaten in so many other ways.
"They just wanted to win more than we did,'' WVU coach Bob Huggins said afterward.
It was hard to argue with him.
West Virginia used a barrage of 3-pointers to build as much as a 12-point lead over the Sooners, but went cold in the second half and couldn't hold on in the school's first Big 12 Conference basketball game. The Sooners used a 15-3 run midway through the second half to erase the deficit and then made big shots down the stretch.
That in itself was a disappointment, allowing a visiting team to control the action when it mattered most. But it was how the Sooners controlled things that bothered Huggins most. Time and again they got second and third shots, eventually taking advantage of scoring opportunities through sheer force of will.
Meanwhile, West Virginia (7-6, 0-1 Big 12) was stymied by the Sooners in almost every attempt to score, especially close to the basket. Save for 11 3-pointers - six of them by freshman Terry Henderson - the Mountaineers almost never scored. They made just seven 2-point baskets in 30 attempts.
"Yeah, but for all the missed shots we still never stopped them,'' Huggins said. "We never stopped them.''
Indeed, the Mountaineers certainly did not stop Oklahoma (10-3, 1-0) down the stretch. After losing that 12-point lead, WVU was ahead 55-54 with five minutes to play. In those final five minutes West Virginia got two free throws. Oklahoma got points on six of seven possessions, most after missing initial shots.
"We were playing good defense. They were taking first shots and missing them,'' said West Virginia point guard Juwan Staten, who finished with 10 points and seven assists. "But then we didn't box out and they not only got second shots, they got baskets and fouls.''
That hasn't been the case in recent years for Huggins' teams, and he's having trouble accepting it. Several times during his postgame press conference he referred to WVU teams in recent years that would miss shots by the bushels, but often seemed to find a way to win by playing defense, rebounding and simply being tougher than opponents.
"We rebounded and we guarded on the other end. We pretty much out-toughed teams,'' he said. "[Against Oklahoma] we got out-toughed.''
It's the second time this season the Sooners have done just that. In a non-conference game in November at the Old Spice Classic in Orlando, Fla., Oklahoma made similar plays down the stretch to win 77-70.
"In conference games, a lot of times it comes down to 50-50 balls, second-shot opportunities,'' said Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger. "It's about getting that rebound when it's in your hands and valuing each possession.''
The Sooners seemed to do that most of the game. The final statistics don't reflect that - OU held just a 40-39 rebounding edge and WVU had more offensive rebounds, 17-13 - but the Sooners came up big when it mattered most.
The one stretch they didn't was when there were really not many rebounds to be had, thanks to West Virginia's spurt of 3-point shooting. Trailing 17-11, the Mountaineers got hot, especially Henderson. In a span of just over the next six minutes he made 5 of 6 3-point attempts, Jabarie Hinds and Eron Harris each added another and WVU took a 35-29 halftime lead.
When Henderson made another 3 early in the second half, it was near the end of a run that saw West Virginia extend its lead to 43-31. But that was it. The Mountaineers made just four baskets in the final 18 minutes.
After scoring 18 in the first half and 21 in the first 22 minutes, Henderson didn't score again. Hinds finished with 11 points and Aaric Murray had eight, but only two after a pair of 3-pointers in the first four minutes.
The Mountaineers shot just 30 percent for the game, and shot better from 3-point range (11 for 30, 36.7 percent) than on 2-pointers (7 for 30, 23.3).
Romero Osby scored 21 points to lead Oklahoma.
The Mountaineers play their first Big 12 road game Wednesday, facing Texas in Austin in a 9 p.m. game that will be televised by ESPN2.
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Amath M'Baye 27 3-8 1-2 4 2 7
Romero Osby 36 7-11 6-6 9 0 21
Steven Pledger 28 5-12 0-0 4 0 12
Buddy Hield 30 4-12 0-0 7 5 8
Je'lon Hornbeak 25 1-2 0-0 4 2 2
Sam Grooms 14 1-2 0-0 4 2 2
Andrew Fitzgerald 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0
Isaiah Cousins 17 3-5 0-0 0 1 6
Tyler Neal 6 0-2 0-0 0 1 0
Cameron Clark 13 3-7 1-1 6 0 7
Team 3
Totals 200 27-61 9-11 40 12 67
Deniz Kilicli 19 1-4 1-2 6 0 3
Aaric Murray 24 2-7 2-2 4 1 8
Juwan Staten 36 4-9 2-2 5 7 10
Jabarie Hinds 27 3-7 3-3 3 2 11
Terry Henderson 30 7-14 1-2 2 1 21
Dominique Rutledge 12 0-2 0-0 4 0 0
Eron Harris 15 1-8 1-2 0 0 4
Gary Browne 11 0-8 0-0 5 0 0
Kevin Noreen 25 0-0 0-0 5 1 0
Keaton Miles 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0
Team 5
Totals 200 18-60 10-13 39 12 57
Halftime: 35-29 WVU. 3-point goals: Oklahoma 4-15 (Osby 1-1, Pledger 2-8, Hield 0-1, Hornbeak 1-1, Grooms 0-1, Cousins 0-1, Neal 0-2); WVU 11-30 (Murray 2-4, Hinds 2-4, Henderson 6-11, Harris 1-6, Browne 0-4, Miles 0-1). Fouled out: None. Technical fouls: None. Attendance: 12,112.


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Fantina's Drifblim was Fantina's main Pokemon in the anime.
Fantina's Drifloon hatched from an egg and inherited the ability to use Hypnosis from its father (the species of its father is unknown). Although it was young, Drifloon was very powerful. During Fantina's unnofficial battle with Ash, Drifloon defeated Ash's Buizel, Chimchar and Pikachu all by itself. During the battle it evolved into Drifblim.
After evolving Driblims already considerable battling skills improved even more. Inspired by Ash's use of Counter Shield, Fantina ordered Drifblim to create its own Counter Shield by using a combination of Will-O-Wisp and Psychic. Drifblim would also get in close to its opponents and then use Hypnosis before they could escape. It defeated Buizel and Pikachu a second time but was eventually defeated by Chimchar.
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The Helmholtz Young Investigators Group "Oxide Spintronics Laboratory" explores the interrelations between magnetism, electonic strutures and spin-related transport phenomena in magnetic oxide materials.
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Distance Learning Data
Retention and Success Rates
Retention and success rates are critical to distance learning classes. When assessing retention and success rates it is important to look at the data a variety of ways. In line with Research and Planning, Ed Tech focuses on retention and success as it relates to age, ethnicity, sex and overall persistence.
Data for summer 2001 to spring 2012 can be found to the right under Quick Links. Major findings, including retention rates are listed below.
Summer 2014 distance learning data can be found at the California Community College State Chancellor's Office Management Information Systems Data Mart.
Major Findings
Major Findings for Online Courses from the Report on Distance Learning
As of Spring 2013, online courses have grown to 120 courses with almost 160 course sections taught by over 100 instructors, representing 31 departments in over 40 disciplines as well as all six schools and Library and Learning Resources. In Fall 2000, when online courses began at City College, there were 8 online courses.
Distance Learning FTES growth from fall 2000 to spring 2013 is located in the FTES Growth Chart under Quick Links to the right. In looking at the chart, it is clear that FTES generated from online classes continues to rise while FTES generated for Telecourses continues to decrease. In spring 2013, City College produced the highest FTES generated for distance learning at FTES 734. It is important to note that while the College has been experiencing a gradual decline in credit FTES, distance learning has experienced a continued growth.
For the academic year 2011-12, distance learning accounts for 4.8% of the total credit apportionment generating approximately $6.02 million dollars in apportionment.
On average 9% of all credit classes are offered via online delivery. The California State average is 9% as reported by the California State Chancellor's Office in the April 2011 Distance Education Report.
For the academic year 2011-12, White non-Hispanic students represented approximately 25% of the on-campus students, but 35% of the online-only students. The percentage of online-only students in the Hispanic/Latino category has increased slightly. The percentage of online-only students in the African American, Asian, and Other categories is either about the same as for face-to-face students, or slightly lower. In looking at the California State Chancellor's Office April 2011 Distance Education Report, CCSF has significantly more students in the Asian category enrolled in online course sections.
The highest percentage of online-only students are in the 25-29 age group, followed closely by the 20-24 age group. This percentage distribution is consistent over the last six semesters. The April 2011 Distance Education Report by the California State Chancellor's Office reports that the highest statewide percentage is in the 20-24 age group.
The percentage of men and women taking only online course sections and online/face-to-face sections mirrors the percentage of men and women taking face-to-face sections. This pattern has not changed significantly over the last few semesters. The percentage of men and women enrolled online sections is more evenly dispersed at CCSF at about 50% where the State percentage is 61% female and 38% male for the academic year 2009-10.
High School graduates represent the largest percentage of students enrolled in online sections. The second highest are in the BA or Higher category.
For the educational objectives category, the percentages for online-only students mirror those for face-to-face students. In the last several semesters there has been an increase in the percentage of students in the online and face-to-face category indicating obtaining a 4-year degree as their educational objective.
The retention rate for students enrolled in online classes and those enrolled in face-to-face classes varied by about 6-8% over the last six semesters. The retention rate for students enrolled in summer sessions is higher for both of these categories varying by about 5%. The overall retention rate for students enrolled in online classes over the past two academic years is 77.5% for online and 85% for face-to-face. These averages mirror State-wide and national averages for online retention.
Students enrolled in both a face-to-face section and at least one online section have a higher persistence percentage (varying between 6 to 12%) than those students enrolled in only a face-to-face section.
In spring 2012 the percentage of units passed for online and face-to-face students was only 1% lower than students in the face-to-face category. This is a significant finding with a preliminary conclusion that students are becoming more experience taking online courses or they are coming to CCSF with more knowledge about how to navigate an online course.
The GPA for students enrolled in both an online course section and a face-to-face section is lower than for those students enrolled in an online-only section or a face-to-face only section. Students enrolled in both an online course section and a face-to-face section attempt more units than students enrolled in an online-only section or a face-to-face section. A preliminary conclusion could be that students in this category have a lower GPA because they are attempting more units.


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All Music Guide to Electronica: The Definitive Guide to Electronic Music
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Miller Freeman's All Music Guide series has become both the industry standard and a popular success. The series has been redesigned and printed in a larger trim size for easier reading and handling.
This comprehensive guide profiles the careers of hundreds of major artists such as Aphex Twin and the Prodigy, and reviews thousands of the best electronica recordings. Incisive essays explore electronica's widely varied subgenres.
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(1) Administrator.— The term "Administrator" means the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy appointed pursuant to section 1102 of this title.
(2) Agency board or agency board of contract appeals.— The term "agency board" or "agency board of contract appeals" means—
(3) Agency head.— The term "agency head" means the head and any assistant head of an executive agency. The term may include the chief official of a principal division of an executive agency if the head of the executive agency so designates that chief official.
(4) Armed services board.— The term "Armed Services Board" means the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals established under section 7105 (a)(1) of this title.
(5) Civilian board.— The term "Civilian Board" means the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals established under section 7105 (b)(1) of this title.
(6) Contracting officer.— The term "contracting officer"—
(A) means an individual who, by appointment in accordance with applicable regulations, has the authority to make and administer contracts and to make determinations and findings with respect to contracts; and
(7) Contractor.— The term "contractor" means a party to a Federal Government contract other than the Federal Government.
(8) Executive agency.— The term "executive agency" means—
(C) an independent establishment as defined in section 104 of title 5, except that the term does not include the Government Accountability Office; and
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Supporters of action on climate change can look to the defeat of Proposition 23 in California as another example that voters support a strong response to global warming. A divided Congress was apparent from the contentious midterm elections, but that didn't faze voters who defeated what would have suspended California's climate change law, the Global Warming Solutions Act. The law established a timetable to bring California's greenhouse gas emissions down to 1990 levels by 2020 and has been supported by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as well as Jerry Brown, who won the seat on Tuesday. Brown also wants to bring about investment in the state to create about 500,000 green jobs and 20,000 megawatts of clean power. Over 60 percent of Californians voted to defeat Prop 23. This underscores national polls by The Washington Post and Stanford University from the summer which show that over two-thirds of Americans support action on climate change by the country.
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A kusarigama is a traditional Japanese weapon. It contains a sickle attached to a chain. It may be used to attack opponents, or to incapacitate them with the chain. Some skilled kusarigama users can even steal their opponents' weapons. Tenten used it as a projectile in her Twin Rising Dragons technique, while Jiga magnetises it with his Magnet Ninja Art to steal opponents' weapons. Hanzō is noted to be a very skilled user of the kusarigama, which he has drenched in poison to further increase its lethality. Unusually, he tended to deliver strikes by swinging the sickle with the chain, rather than simply employing the weighted end, which is generally considered to be the most effective manner.
Types of Kusarigama
- There are apparently different sizes of kusarigama as the one employed by Hanzō appeared to be about a metre long while the one used by Tenten (as well as the one used by one of the shinobi attacking Black Zetsu during the Fourth Shinobi World War [1]) appeared to be about one-fourth that length.
- An unnamed Konohagakure shinobi used an unusual one against Pain's Deva Path in the manga, as this one was fully compactable so that it could easily be carried about his person. Both the weapon's blade and handle were collapsible, with each comprising from two and three individual sections respectively.[2] However, in the anime, this weapon was instead replaced by a similarly compactable kama.[3]
- Hidan's Triple-Bladed Scythe has a long metal cable attached to it, and the way he uses it is similar to a kusarigama.
- Curiously, though traditionally ninja weapons, in the weapons arsenal of the samurai of the Land of Iron, kusarigama were seen hanging on a wall.[4]


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Lawmakers yesterday urged the government to improve the emoluments of police officers and ward councillors.
They were debating budget estimates of the Prime Minister's Office tabled in the National Assembly on Thursday.
Ludewa legislator Deo Filikunjombe (CCM) said the government should concentrate on solving the problems which police officers and ward councillors are facing. He said the two groups have been experiencing a lot of problems, adding that, with political will, it was possible to resolve them.
Mbozi West MP Godfrey Zambi (CCM) said the government should now think of paying salaries to ward councilors instead of the current monthly allowance of 120,000/-, adding that the government had the resources to pay them.
Zambi also said village chairpersons were providing free services to the people while it was possible for them to be paid a 60,000/- monthly allowance.
"We can pay village chairmen….giving them 60,000/- per month will cost the government only 8bn/- per year," he said.
In his contribution, Chakwa legislator Yahya Kassim Issa (CCM) said the union government had contributed to delaying Zanzibar's development. He said there were people who opposed Zanzibar being recognised as a country.
"There are some people who are not happy with Zanzibar being identified as a country," he said, adding that Zanzibar could have made great strides in developments, if the problems of the Union had been addressed.
Issa said that Zanzibaris were not happy with revenue collections from natural gas being channelled only to the Union Treasury.
He said Tanzania mainland should stop taking Isles' revenue because Zanzibar was a country with its own administration.
He also called for the reduction of the list of Union Matters, saying the 22 listed were too many for Zanzibar, stalling its development.
Meanwhile, Tanzania Labour Party (TLP) national chairman and Vunjo lawmaker Augustino Mrema has requested the government to pay him arrears and other retirement benefits for serving as deputy prime minister and Home Affairs minister in the second phase administration.
Mrema said this yesterday when contributing to the budget estimates of the Prime Minister's Office tabled in parliament on Thursday.
He said the government was yet to pay him the benefits despite having been a public servant.
He said the government has been paying other retired public servants and officers, but was yet to do so for him, though he served the government for so many years. He said if the government failed to give him the whole amount it should at least pay him at least 20 per cent of it.
"I have been waiting for so long for the golden handshake from the government to no avail. If it is possible, please give me at least 20 per cent of it and forget about the remaining 80 per cent," he said.
Mrema, who is also chairman of the parliamentary Local Authorities Accounts Committee, said his position was established by a presidential decree which established all the ministries, so it was there legally.
He said the position was not sanctioned by the constitution.
He called on politicians to maintain the current peace and stop staging demonstrations unnecessarily.
He said some of the countries whose people have been demonstrating frequently ended up in chaos.
Former prime minister Edward Lowassa advised the government to scale down the Prime Minister's Office to increase efficiency.
He said placing the ministry of Regional Administration and Local Governments, disaster and economic empowerment departments under the PMO made it inefficient and fuelled bureaucracy.
He cited an example where it took him three months to follow up on a water project for Monduli constituency.
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By Haley Viccaro
Albany Bureau
ALBANY, NY-- County clerks around New York said they are struggling with thousands of pistol permit opt-out forms flooding their offices and with no money from the state for the additional work.
A provision in New York's new gun-control law provides state residents with the option to fill out a form that would keep their pistol permit records exempt from Freedom of Information requests. State Police released the forms on Feb. 15, and permit holders have until May 15 to complete the forms or risk having their information available to the public.
Monroe County has received 11,000 forms. Westchester County has received 9,000, and Broome County has gotten in 4,000. Clerks report long lines of people submitting the forms.
"It started a little slow the first week with a couple of hundred a day, and now we get about 700 to 800 at the most per day," said Westchester County Clerk Tim Idoni. "People realize that the deadline is approaching soon to get these forms in."
Westchester County has received opt-out forms from more than half of the 16,800 people who have active pistol permits, Idoni said. The provision was included in a state gun-control law in January after the Journal News, a Gannett Co. Inc. publication, released an interactive map last December of pistol permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties.
The gun-control law expands an assault-weapons ban, requires registration of guns every five years and limits the number of bullets in a magazine to seven.
Gun-permit information that is held by counties will be kept private until May 15, when the opt-out forms take effect. Those who still want to complete a form can do so after that date, according to the law, but they wouldn't be assured that their information would be kept private in the meantime.
County clerks said the forms have their offices working overtime and pulling staff from different divisions to help organize the information. Some counties said they have started sending the forms to county judges for approval to stay ahead of the process.
"Right now we are absolutely overwhelmed, we have lines out the door, and our staff are stressed to the max," Monroe County Clerk Cheryl Dinolfo said. "We are treading water and doing what needs to be done to get through the day."
Dinolfo said about 1,000 of the county's forms came from new pistol-permit applicants because the law has also spurred a surge in people seeking guns. Monroe County has about 45,000 pistol-permit holders.
For most counties, the opt-out forms are approved or denied by county judges. Then they are sent back to the county clerk's offices where the pistol permit holders' status is updated and logged as private.
The opt-out form allows for a number of reasons why a gun owner can seek to have their information kept private. The options include if an applicant is a law enforcement official, victim of domestic violence, had served on a grand jury and fear for their safety or are concerned about harassment.
Clerks said the law is not clear as to who needs to give final approval of the forms.
"The law is very unclear and never told those who do the work how this process should be completed," Cortland County Clerk Elizabeth Larkin said. "County by county they are trying to figure out how to comply with the law with no resources and no written regulations."
Cortland has 7,000 pistol-permit holders and more than 1,000 submitted an opt-out form. Additionally, Larkin said her office has had three times the number of people applying for pistol permits this year with lines often out the door.
State officials have said the new gun law shouldn't add costs to local governments. State Police Superintendent Joseph D'Amico testified at a hearing in February that the process would be borne mostly by the state.
"We don't expect any counties to incur costs here," D'Amico said. "That, I think, was an intention of the governor when the bill was passed."
Municipalities disagree.
"We have not done any overtime but it has been extremely difficult and my staff has gone without lunches and without breaks," Larkin said. "We may have to pull funds from contingency for supplies once it gets closer to the deadline."
Chenango County received about 700 opt-out forms, and the County Clerk Mary Weidman said the county judges might decide to accept the forms without reviewing them.
"We have triple the number of people coming in now because the deadline is approaching and they are concerned that they will lose their right to have guns, which is certainly not the case," Weidman said.
Ulster County Clerk Nina Postupack said the biggest concern among residents is that once the forms are filed, they want confirmation that their information would be sealed starting May 15. More than 2,400 people submitted opt-out forms in Ulster and about 20,000 residents have pistol permits.
Putnam County Deputy Clerk Michael Bartolotti said he is sending the forms to the county judges daily, and all have been approved so far.
"There have been some folks that have been concerned if they were rejected," Bartolotti said. "We relayed to them to fill out the form honestly and put in any legitimate concerns they have. We are hoping there aren't any issues with the judge rejecting them."
Rockland County received a few opt-out forms from the county judge that were not approved. County Clerk Paul Piperato said the forms lacked information or failed to provide a legitimate concern for sealing their records. He plans to send the forms back to the individuals to update their information and resubmit.
"I think there are so many unanswered questions going forward," Piperato said. "Maybe there should have been a little bit of a grace period for systems to be put in place before the law was instituted."
Sen. Thomas O'Mara, R-Big Flats, Chemung County, said the law should be changed to simply keep all gun information private, avoiding the need for the work by counties. O'Mara is among gun-rights supporters who want a full repeal of the law.
"The opt-out should be done away with all together. There shouldn't be any disclosure of this information," O'Mara said.
Some good-government groups have disagreed and supported the Journal News' attempt in December to get the pistol-permit data from Putnam County, which refused to release the information. After the gun-law passed, the Journal News took down the permit map.
"We oppose efforts to undermine the integrity of the state's Freedom of Information Law and fear the slippery slope of carving out exceptions as an attempt to undermine the public interest," the groups said in a statement Jan. 8.
Some counties have their sheriff's departments handling the pistol permit forms. The Broome County Sheriff's Department said they don't have a computer system and log individuals' records using index cards.
Identification Officer Brian Curtis said his three-member staff plans to locate each pistol permit holder's index card and stamp it if their opt-out requests are approved. They received about 4,000 forms out of 23,000 residents in the county with pistol permits.
"There is no way we are going to beat the deadline with the amount of people putting in new permits and buying guns," Curtis said. "We average about a two-hour wait to get into our office."
County clerks said they are bracing for the registration of assault weapons, which is set to begin April 15 when the state police will make the forms available online.
"It is an unfunded mandate and it was dumped on us," Larkin said. "It should have never happened on the state level with no thought of the consequences to local county offices."


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|Apple Stock Price History
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AAPL stock had fallen in recent days when U.S. carriers AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) both reported significant declines in their quarterly iPhone sales. The reports raised concerns, unfounded as it turned out, that iPhone sales would miss.
That's one reason why the news was greeted enthusiastically in after-hours trading. AAPL was up $41, or 7.29%, within 30 minutes of the earnings announcement.
The iPhone was able to carry Apple's earning because it has substantially higher profit margins - over 70% -- than the Cupertino, CA, company's other products, and contributes more than half of its revenue.
The strong performance of the iPhone disguised weakness in Apple's other product lines.
Despite a strong debut for the third generation iPad late in the quarter, Apple's tablet sold 11.8 million units. While a 151% increase year over year, the number fell short of the expected 12 to 13 million units.
The 4 million Macs sold also fell short of expectations, as analysts were looking for 4.4 million. While 6.4% higher than the year ago number, Mac sales were growing at double-digit rates last year.
More troubling was the weak guidance Apple gave for the June quarter. It projects earnings of $8.68 a share on revenue of $34 billion. Analysts see $9.93 a share on revenue of $37.4 billion.
While the company is known for lowballing is guidance, the numbers seemed pessimistic even by Apple standards.
With the introduction of the iPhone 5 not expected until October, it's possible that Apple expects a lull in earnings next quarter.
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|Our featured Upper Peninsula attractions include the historic Lower Tahquamenon Falls and Upper Tahquamenon Falls, Oswald's Bear Ranch, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum and Lighthouse, Tahquamenon Falls Wilderness Excursion & Toonerville Trolley Wilderness Train Ride, Tahquamenon Logging Museum, and Crisp Point Lighthouse.
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Our new Interactive Map can help you locate, learn and plan your next UP Vacation itinerary. Browse our Eastern Upper Peninsula region from Seney to Mackinac Island. The map offers some useful tools that allow you to zoom, pan, and select your icons of choice. The map icons highlight: EUP Featured Attractions, Waterfalls, Lighthouses, and Newberry MI Lodging.
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Newberry, MI has the terrain, lakes, forests and four seasons to deliver Active Adventure like no one else. Newberry ranks #5 in the Nation for snowmobiling by America's Best Online and #3 by Lake Superior Magazine! We offer the superior setting for Upper Michigan snowmobiling, ATV / ORVing, hunting, boating, jet skiing, and dog sledding. Plan your active adventure with us and surround yourself with the beauty of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
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Newberry is surrounded by many great year-round activities. Soft adventure enthusiasts will enjoy our pristine forests that make up the "heart" of the U.P. Visitors enjoy fishing, Michigan morel mushroom picking, bird watching, hiking, biking, photography, snowshoeing, skiing, kayaking, canoeing, workshops, and golfing. We are located near Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, rivers, streams, and the Manistique Lakes – Upper Michigan's largest lake complex.
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The Tahquamenon Falls Logging Museum serves up a real lumberjack breakfasts on scheduled days, Oswald's Bear Ranch has spring and summer opportunities to have your picture taken with the cubs, and the Tahquamenon Falls Wilderness Excursion & Toonerville Trolley Wilderness Train Ride offers a very unique trip throughout the Tahquamenon area.
|The Tahquamenon Falls State Park has many year-round events to check out that all ages will enjoy: Hike Between Da Falls, bird watching, interpretive programs, and their seasonal boat rental, just to name a few. Nature lovers will enjoy the Seney Wildlife Refuge. They hold many special events that are both educational and exciting.
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Men's Soccer vs. SUNY-Old (game site moved!)
Sage's men's soccer game has been moved to the Plumeri Sports Complex in Albany, NY with a 1:15 p.m. start!
Date: Sunday, October 16th, 2011
Time: 1:15 pm
Duration: 3 hours
Location: Plumeri Sports Complex (Albany, NY)
Sponsored by: Athletics
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