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OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. — An armed man who was shot by an Olive Branch detective earlier this week has been identified by police as 42-year-old Donald R. Parker.
The Commercial Appeal reports (http://bit.ly/19wPVlr ) Parker is recovering at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis from the shooting.
Police say the shooting occurred about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, but stemmed from an earlier incident involving the suspect at a nearby home.
Police said that at about 1:30 p.m., the suspect later identified as Parker allegedly forced his way into a home and assaulted a man inside.
Detectives responding to the incident ordered the suspect to put down a gun, but he drew the weapon and was shot.
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The Bride Wore Black (1968) is the sixth film directed by François Truffaut. By this point, he had already gone from being Paris' most influential film critic to being one of international cinema's most exciting young directors, thanks to The 400 Blows (1959) and Jules and Jim (1962). It'd be safe to guess he learned quite a bit during that time, but likely the one thing that most influenced...
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CEO and co-founder, has over 25 years of management experience in the technology field. Before Netlist, he served as President of Infinilink, a DSL equipment manufacturer, and as executive vice president of Viking Components, Inc., a memory module manufacturer. Prior to this, he spent 15 years with LG Electronics and LG Semicon where he held various senior management positions in the U.S and in Korea. Mr. Hong holds an MS in Technology Management from Pepperdine University and a BS in Economics from Virginia Commonwealth University.
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VP Worldwide Sales and co-founder, has 28 years of sales management, applications and design experience with Toshiba America, Philips Semiconductor, LSI Logic and Xicor, and began his career as a systems design engineer at Lockheed Missiles & Space. Mr. Lopes has a BS in Electrical Engineering from California State University, Sacramento, and holds an MBA from Santa Clara University.
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VP, CTO, has over 33 years of experience in transistor to system level design. Prior to joining Netlist 4 years ago, Dr. Lee was on the design teams of Lucent Technologies, AT&T Bell labs and Conexant Systems. He received his Ph.D in Information Theory from Lehigh University, and in addition holds an MSEE and BSEE from the University of Michigan. Dr. Lee is the holder of over 17 patents.
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VP Suzhou Engineering, has 26 years of experience in engineering and quality management in the semiconductor industry. Before joining Netlist in 2007, he served as VP Engineering and R&D for Quadrant Components for 8 years. In this role, He also oversaw Quadrant's China manufacturing and Korea sales operations. Previously, he spent over 10 years with LG Semicon Co., Ltd. (currently Hynix Semiconductor Inc.) where he was Director of Quality. Mr. Jin received his BS in Physics from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea.
Paik Ki Hong
VP Worldwide Operations, has over 10 years of experience in purchasing and supply base management. He is responsible for all component procurement and supplier relationships at Netlist. Prior to joining the company in 2001, he was the owner and President of L'argent Corp., based in Washington D.C. Mr. Hong received his BS in Finance from the American University.
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VP Marketing, has owned and operated multiple companies in the high-technology arena for over 15 years. Prior to joining Netlist in 2004, he was President of XRAM, Inc., a server manufacturer and leading supplier to the U.S. government. Mr. Park holds a BS in Finance from Virginia Tech.
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As part of a continuing investigation into the brutal roadside attack of a French Valley woman, authorities held a checkpoint Friday.
The checkpoint was held at 7:30 a.m. at Brookridge Lane and Washington Street in Winchester, where 68-year-old Wanda McGlover was found traumatically injured Sept. 21. She died shortly thereafter at a local hospital.
Taking part in Friday's checkpoint were investigators from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department Central Homicide Unit and Southwest Station, officers from California Highway Patrol Temecula area and volunteers.
"The purpose of the checkpoint was to contact motorists and pedestrians to identify possible witnesses and hand out fliers asking for the public's help in locating the person(s) responsible for the death of Wanda McGlover," said sheriff's Sgt. Lisa McConnell, in a news release.
It is believed that McGlover walked her usual route near the intersection the morning of the attack. One of McGlover's daughters told authorities she was on the cellphone with her when the alleged attacker or attackers approached.
"The checkpoint enabled investigators to reach out to commuters who may travel through the area routinely," McConnell said.
In addition to this checkpoint, McConnell said investigators have conducted several extensive neighborhood canvasses and interviews of nearby homeowners.
McGlover's death was initially thought to be a hit-and-run, but the case is now being handled as a homicide investigation.
About 100 people turned out Sunday for a candlelight prayer vigil at a park near the scene of the attack.
McGlover's daughter, who does not wish to be indentified by the media, asked that people visit a website here to give any tips about the case and also to donate money, because the time might come when the family may have to launch its own investigation.
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DEWEY BEACH, Del.- Fifteen pedestrians have been killed so far this year on Delaware roads and there have been several accidents on Route 1 in Sussex County this summer.
To get drivers to slow down and watch out, three speed signs have been installed along the road in Dewey Beach. But drivers have mixed opinions if they will work.
"They just don't want to seem to slow down, it's like an inconvenience you know what I mean," Craig Eutsler said.
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Speeding is a danger to everyone on the roads, including Ellen Orrell. "I'm a biker so it's scary for even bikers because it seems like that people are out of control, they don't pay attention to what's going on around them," she said.
Even drivers say they get worried on Route 1 and hope the signs have an impact.
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The play call for Marist with 4.2 seconds left in overtime and the game tied against Hyde Park in a Class 4A Mount Carmel Regional semifinal is called "Deep Wizard" according to coach Gene Nolan.
It was designed to give LJ McIntosh a back door pass and a direct line to the hoop. Waiting for McIntosh was Thunderbirds 6-6 Tory Mason, who already registered six blocked shots.
McIntosh took the pass and dribbled fearlessly into Mason, using his body to create space before pumping in a layup at the buzzer for a thrilling 62-60 Marist win.
The RedHawks will meet Simeon on Friday for the regional championship.
"It was a play for me and I just tried to cut as hard as I could," said McIntosh, a senior who finished with a game-high 23 points. "I knew if I didn't cut hard our season could be over."
The season appeared to be close to being over for the RedHawks (18-10) with a little over 2 minutes left when Mason (20 points) gave the Thunderbirds (19-8) the lead 50-47 on an inside basket.
But a basket by Lexus Williams (19 points), who was helped off the court just minutes earlier in what appeared to be an ankle injury, and a three by McIntosh gave them a 52-50 lead with 59 seconds left.
A rebound and a basket with 22.3 second left by the Thunderbirds' Joshua Kirkendoll tied the game and eventually sent it into overtime. The Thunderbirds played the second half without Moshawn Thomas, who had nine points but had to be helped off the court with a leg injury.
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HINDMAN, Ky. (WYMT) - Students at Hindman Elementary entered the world of Dr. Suess Thursday night for the shcool's Math and Literacy night.
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Dozens of kids were able to make crafts, play games, and venture through a 60ft. inflatable whale.
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"It integrates fun and learning. We want to integrate fun and reading and learning. We want to encourage our students to read more and enjoy it, and have fun while learning more, said Student Teacher Toni Mullins.
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Earlier this month, I was at the local zoo visiting a special exhibit called Xtreme BUGS. It was the last place I expected to find connected tech, but perhaps I shouldn't have been so surprised. The exhibit features giant, motorized models of bugs—bees, ants, etc.—doing bug things and making bug noises, but the point of the exhibit is to teach guests about these creatures' habitats, food sources, and survival mechanisms.
To do this, the exhibit creators placed placards near the models, similar to the exhibits we expect to see at a zoo. However, Xtreme BUGS takes it a step further, inviting guests to use their connected devices to make the exhibit more interactive. Nearly every display had a sign with a QR code, inviting guests to scan the code and watch a video that showed the bug in action in the wild.
I was thrilled. As soon as I noticed the codes, I whipped out my smartphone, opened my QR-code-reading app and began scanning each code, playing the videos for my family as they gathered around my device. It was a whole new zoo experience—one my future children will likely see as the norm.
What really got me thinking was how the same underlying technology that taught my family about African Ants during our zoo outing is the same technology the Connected World team recently saw on display during a tour of Motorola Solutions' Innovation Center. The difference is, this time, the tech was being used as part of a connected warehouse solution to improve operational efficiencies and worker productivity.
When applied to an enterprise scenario, connected 1D/2D scanning devices that harness Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi connectivity allow workers to scan barcodes (sometimes from a distance, such as in the warehouse scenario), and send the data embedded in that code to the company's backend system.
At Connected World, this is what we're all about. We cover the underlying M2M (machine-to-machine) technology that enables a connected solution. Whether that solution is used to make a zoo outing more fun, or to improve a business' bottomline, it's connected, and that's what makes it great.


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Clinical Guide > Neuropsychiatric Disorders > Dementia
January 2011
HIV is a neurotropic virus that directly invades the brain shortly after infection. HIV replicates in brain macrophages and microglia, causing inflammatory and neurotoxic host responses. HIV may cause cognitive, behavioral, and motor difficulties. These difficulties may range in severity from very mild to severe and disabling; if moderate or severe, they constitute minor cognitive motor disorder (MCMD) or HIV-associated dementia (HAD), respectively. These conditions are distinguished from the milder cognitive changes seen in some people with HIV infection by the greater impact and duration of the functional deficits. MCMD is thought to involve neuronal cell dysfunction, whereas HAD often involves actual cell death.
A note on nomenclature: There have been multiple shifts in the nomenclature used to describe HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. The most recent proposed system, published in the journal Neurology in 2007, suggests three categories: asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment (ANI), mild neurocognitive disorder (MND), and HAD. However, the diagnoses of ANI and MND require neuropsychological testing that is more likely to be available in research settings as opposed to clinical settings. This chapter will therefore address the clinical diagnoses of MCMD and HAD.
Both MCMD and HAD are AIDS-defining conditions (listed as "Encephalopathy, HIV related" in the classification system used by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), and are risk factors for death. Neurocognitive disorders associated with HIV are among the most common and clinically important complications of HIV infection. However, they are diagnoses of exclusion, and other medical causes must be ruled out.
Risk factors for developing an HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder include the following:
The use of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) that maintains the plasma HIV RNA at undetectable or low values is the best way to prevent and treat HIV-related neurocognitive disorders. Thus, it is essential to choose an ART regimen that takes into consideration resistance testing and adherence issues.
MCMD is characterized by mild impairment in functioning and may escape diagnosis by the clinician. The course and onset of MCMD can vary dramatically. The more demanding the activities of a particular individual, the more likely that person would be to notice the difficulties. MCMD does not necessarily progress to dementia.
HAD is characterized by symptoms of cognitive, motor, and behavioral disturbances. There is often a progressive slowing of cognitive functions, including concentration and attention, memory, new learning, sequencing and problem solving, and executive control. HAD also can present with behavioral changes, which mainly take the form of apathy, loss of motivation, poor energy, fatigue, and social withdrawal. Motor changes, including slowing, clumsiness, unsteadiness, increased tendon reflexes, and deterioration of handwriting may occur.
If a neurocognitive disorder is suspected, obtain a history of the patient's symptoms (see below). Whenever possible, obtain a parallel history of the patients past history and recent mental status changes from significant others or caretakers.
Patient self-reports of cognitive problems and bedside cognitive status tests may be insensitive, particularly to subtler forms of impairment.
To help clarify factors that may be causing the changes in mental status, inquire about the following:
Ask about the following symptoms:
|Minor Cognitive Motor Disorder (MCMD)
|HIV-Associated Dementia (HAD)
|* American Academy of Neurology, AIDS Task Force (see "References," below)
Patients may complain of:
Diagnostic Criteria*
The patient displays at least two of the following symptoms for >1 month:
Patients may present with:
Diagnostic Criteria*
The patient displays at least two of the following cognitive symptoms for >1 month:
At least one of the following:
|Maximum Score
|Memory/Registration: State four words for the patient to recall (dog, hat, green, peach), pausing 1 second between each each. Then ask the patient to restate all four.
Psychomotor Speed: Ask the patient to write the alphabet in upper case letters horizontally across the page; record time: ________ seconds.
≤21 sec = 6
21.1 - 24 sec = 5
24.1 - 27 sec = 4
27.1 - 30 sec = 3
30.1 - 33 sec = 2
33.1 - 36 sec = 1
> 36 sec = 0
Memory Recall: Ask the patient to restate the four words from Memory/Registration above. Give one point for each correct response. For words not recalled, prompt with a "semantic" clue, as follows: animal (dog); piece of clothing (hat), color (green), fruit (peach). Give 1/2 point for each correct after prompting.
|Construction: Copy the cube below; record time: _____ seconds. (<25 sec = 2; 25 - 35 sec = 1; >35 sec = 0)
A differential diagnosis includes the following medical conditions, which may present with cognitive changes or delirium:
A change in the mental status of an HIV-infected person should prompt a thorough search for underlying biological causes. As noted above, HIV-related neurocognitive disorders are diagnoses of exclusion, and other causes of the patient's symptoms should be ruled out.
Perform the following tests:
|HIV Dementia Scale
|Modified HIV Dementia Scale
|Mental Alternation Test
|Memorial Sloan-Kettering (MSK) Scale
|Trail Making Test, Parts A and B (from the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery)
|Grooved Pegboard (dominant and nondominant hand)
There are no specific treatments for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders, but ART may reverse the disease process, and a number of therapies may be helpful. The treatment of MCMD and HAD ideally utilizes a multidisciplinary approach that may involve HIV specialists, neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, nurse practitioners, social workers, and substance-use counselors.
Neurocognitive impairment in patients with HIV infection often is multifactorial. In addition to treating HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders themselves, it is important to correct, as much as possible, all medical conditions that may adversely affect the brain (e.g., psychiatric comorbidities, endocrinologic abnormalities, adverse medication effects). For patients using alcohol or illicit or nonprescribed drugs, implement strategies to reduce their use; these agents can further impair cognition.
The strategies noted above should be utilized, but additional measures are needed.
Management of patients with severe or late-stage HAD requires an evaluation of their safety and a determination of the environment and level of supervision that are needed. The clinician should attend to the following:
Additional helpful strategies for managing patients who are confused, agitated, or challenged by their experience include the following:


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Anaxyrus cognatus
Great Plains Toad
Notes on this species:
The genus Anaxyrus was split from Bufo by Frost et al in 2006. This split is particularly controversial among herpetologists, and many references still use the long-established Bufo.
near Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona
Like the Couch's Spadefoot, this is another relatively common toad in southern Arizona, but one which I had not yet seen. This one was a particularly regal slob of a toad, wouldn't you say?
Cochise County, Arizona
Here's another regal slob, with much greener blotches. These toads look so very proud.


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Ready for more fantabulous fun? The weekend is here and there's lots of action! Not lookin' to spend the vacation fund? No worries….most of these activities don't cost much and some are even FREE!
Childrens Sail on the AJ Meerwald
Set sail with your kiddos this weekend down the Hudson. You'll learn all about the history of New Jersey and it's official tall ship, the AJ Meerwald. You must pre-register for any of the three Children's Sail's taking place this weekend.
Where: Alpine Boat Basin at the Palisade Interstate Park, Alpine
When: Friday, July 13 | 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Cost: $25.00 per child, $50.00 per adult
Crafts to Go
Stop in the Franklin Lakes Library today and participate in a craft. No set time just stop in with your tots and enjoy alittle craft time.
Where: Franklin Lakes Library
When: Friday, July 13 | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Lions Club Carnival
The best part of summer is all the local carnivals! You won't want to miss this one, there will be plenty of rides, games of chance and let's not forget that Yummy food. Take advantage of the advance tickets to save a few bucks (buy tickets at Cartridge World on Franklin Ave or Columbia Bank in Midland Park). Tip: You are not allowed to park in the Market Basket parking lot only at McBride Field.
Where: McBride Field, Franklin Lakes
When: Friday, July 13 | 6:00PM - 11:00PM
Cost: Depends on how many rides your kids can handle!
Intrepid Summer Movie Series
Give your kiddos a special treat this summer and head over to the Intrepid for a free family friendly movie on the upper deck! Movies run Friday nights throughout the summer. This week's film is Spider-Man. Sounds Amazing to me! Don't forget snacks & blankets!
Where: Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York
When: Friday, July 13 | 7:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Parents Night Out
Ready for a kid free, guilt free, night out? Drop the kids off at The Little Gym in Waldwick and enjoy a night minus the kids. No worries your kids will be in great hands having fun, playing games, doing gymnastics and enjoying a yummy dinner. Call to reserve a spot today for your kids ages 3-9! The best part is you don't have to be a Little Gym member to take advantage of this great night.
Where: The Little Gym, Waldwick
When: Friday, July 13 | 6:00PM - 9:00PM
Cost: Call for pricing and to reserve your spot
Dragons at the Zoo
The Medieval Times visits the Turtle Back Zoo this Saturday. In celebration of their new komodo dragon and the year of the dragon, the Medieval Times performers will be in search of dragons. Don't miss the scheduled performances at 11:00 AM, 12:30 PM and 2:00 PM.
Where: Turtle Back Zoo, West Orange
When: Saturday, July 14 | 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Cost: Price of Admission ($10.00 adults, $5.00 kids, under 2 free)
Lowes Build And Grow Clinic
Kung Fu Panda Spinning Attack: Your child's favorite movie characters are back! Saturday clinics begin at 10:00 A.M. Sunday clinics begin at 2:00 P.M. Join in and give your kid the chance to say " I built it" as they build a wooden Kung Fu Panda spinner. Limited space so register before you go!
Where: Lowes, Paramus
When: Saturday, July 14 | 10:00AM - 11:00AM
Cost: FREE
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First place changes; 500 SB for Bonds
1) Yesterday's scores--
Redsox 3, Tigers 1
Devil Rays 4, Yankees 2
BlueJays 13, Orioles 4
A's 3, Rangers 1
Expos 3, Pirates 0
Diamondbacks 7, Astros 6
Rockies 5, Padres 1
Giants 3, Dodgers 2 (11)
2) Standings--
3) Today's schedule--
4) Yesterday's HRs--
Alfonso Soriano--#20
Ryan Klesko--#15
Kevin Millar--#12
Tony Batista--#12
Josh Phelps--#10
Larry Walker--#7
Andres Galarraga--#6
Alex Cintron--#6
Luis Matos--#4
Shannon Stewart--#4
Damian Rolls--#1 & #2
Edwards Guzman--#1
5) HR leaders--
1) Carlos Delgado--22
T2) Bret Boone--20
T2) Alfonso Soriano--20*
T4) Jason Giambi--19
T4) Vernon Wells--19
T6) Alex Rodriguez--18
T6) Juan Gonzalez--18
T6) Garret Anderson--18
9) Carl Everett--17
T10) Frank Thomas--16
T10) Manny Ramirez--16
1) Mike Lowell--23
2) Adam Dunn--22
T3) Gary Sheffield--21
T3) Albert Pujols--21
T3) Richie Sexson--21
T3) Javier Lopez--21
7) Barry Bonds--20
8) Jim Edmonds--19
9) Andruw Jones--18
T10) Jim Thome--17
T10) Preston Wilson--17
*--hit 1 yesterday
6) The Giants passed the Dodgers to reclaim 1st place in the NL West.
7) The Cubs moved up into a tie with the Astros for 1st place in the NL Central.
8) Andres Galarraga tied Frank Thomas for 39th place on the all time HR list, with 392.
9) Larry Walker tied Ron Santo for 69th place on the all time HR list, with 342.
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1) Barry Bonds reached 500 career SB.
After 169 RCAA/1.379 OPS and 161 RCAA/1.381 OPS seasons, Bonds is off to a .644 SLG, .486 OBA, 1.130 OPS, 41 RCAA start in his first 64 games. He has a 1.026 career OPS, compared to his league average of .748, and 1270 RCAA in 2503 games.
2) Aaron's Baseball Blog has a very good discussion of the goofyness that is Joe Morgan, at
3) Astros 2B Jeff Kent had a cortisone shot in his left wrist on Sunday, and while he's feeling better, he might not be able to return to the starting lineup until Friday. Kent has been out for the past 5 games.
4) The Whitesox activated C Sandy Alomar Jr. from the DL and designated C Josh Paul for assignment.
After 3 consecutive years with a double digit negative RCAA, Alomar is off to a .342 SLG, .276 OBA, .619 OPS, -5 RCAA start in his first 25 games. He has a .725 career OPS, compared to his league average of .761, and -96 RCAA in 1177 games.
Paul, who's never played more than 57 games or had more than 154 PA, is off to a .803 OPS/1 RCAA start in 13 games (20 PA) in 2003. He has a .687 career OPS, compared to his league average of .769, and -12 RCAA in 145 games.
5) The Indians activated OF Karim Garcia from the DL and designated P Jose Santiago for assignment.
After a 3 RCAA/.889 OPS in 53 games in 2002, which was his first time with more than 200 PA since 1999, Garcia's off to a .366 SLG, .238 OBA, .603 OPS, -7 RCAA start in his first 24 games. He has a .701 career OPS, compared to his league average of .770, and -43 RCAA in 351 games.
6) Twins P J.C. Romero has a sore groin and a decision is expected today on whether he'll have to go on the DL.
7) Padres 1B Ryan Klesko hit his 100th career HR with the team. It was his 239th overall career HR.
After 42 RCAA/.923 OPS and 49 RCAA/.925 OPS seasons, Klesko's off to a .537 SLG, .388 OBA, .883 OPS start in his first 66 games. He has a .899 career OPS, compared to his league average of .773, and 245 RCAA in 1295 games.
Klesko became the 6th player to hit 100+ HR with the Padres and ranks 7th in team history for HR above the league average--
8) The Rockies activated 2B Ron Belliard from the DL and designated INF Brent Butler for assignment.
After 1 RCAA/.788 OPS and -25 RCAA/.544 OPS seasons with the Brewers, Belliard is off to a .406 SLG, .393 OBA, .799 OPS, 1 RCAA start in his first 52 games. He has a .743 career OPS, compared to his league average of .785, and -31 RCAA in 541 games.
After starting his career with -11 RCAA/.631 OPS (53 G) and -25 RCAA/.699 OPS (113 G) seasons, Butler hit .300 SLG, .276 OBA, .576 OPS, -9 RCAA in 37 games.
9) Rockies GM Dan O'Dowd is denying a rumor that LF Jay Payton is on the trading block.
10) The Pirates called up P Duaner Sanchez.
Sanchez had a 9.00 ERA/-3 RSAA in 9 games with the 2002 Diamondbacks and Pirates.
11) The Pirates released minor league P Ariel Prieto.
Prieto has a 4.85 ERA/-2 RSAA in 70 career games.
12) The Dodgers placed 1B Fred McGriff on the 15 day DL, retroactive to June 12, and called up 1B Larry Barnes.
McGriff has an injured right groin. It's the first time in his 18 year career that he's gone on the DL. After 34 RCAA/.930 OPS and 18 RCAA/.858 OPS seasons, McGriff is off to a .427 SLG, .315 OBA, .742 OPS, -5 RCAA start in his first 63 games. He has a .889 career OPS, compared to his league average of .751, and 482 RCAA in 2410 games.
13) The BlueJays activated LF Shannon Stewart from the DL, sent OF Jayson Werth to the minors and removed minor league OF DeWayne Wise from the 40 man roster, after he cleared waivers.
After 20 RCAA/.834 OPS and 19 RCAA/.813 OPS seasons, Stewart is off to a .456 SLG, .358 OBA, .814 OPS, 2 RCAA start in his first 52 games. He has a .816 career OPS, compared to his league average of .774, and 82 RCAA in 836 games.
Werth has -4 RCAA/.694 OPS in 34 career games, including a .459 SLG, .237 OBA, .696 OPS, -2 RCAA in 19 games in 2003.
14) Famed baseball writer Leonard Koppet died yesterday, at the age of 79.
15) Yankees DH-LF Ruben Sierra had to leave yesterday's game, due to a strained right hamstring. He'll have a MRI today, which will determine whether he has to go on the DL.
16) The BlueJays traded minor league OF Jason Perry to the A's as the player to be named later in the January trade that sent OF prospect John-Ford Griffin to the BlueJays.
17) Redsox P Tim Wakefield left yesterday's game, due to a lower back strain, and is day to day.
After 3.90 ERA/12 RSAA and 2.81 ERA/29 RSAA seasons, Wakefield has a 4.50 ERA/-2 RSAA in his first 17 games (15 starts). He has a 4.27 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.59, and 76 RSAA in 374 games.
18) The Diamondbacks called up P Ricky Bottalico, placed P Mike Koplove on the 15 day DL and moved P Randy Johnson from the 15 to the 60 day DL.
After 3.90 ERA/3 RSAA and 4.61 ERA/-3 RSAA seasons, Bottalico made his 2003 debut yesterday. He has a 4.02 career ERA, compared to his league average of 4.38, and 25 RSAA in 461 games.
Koplove has recurring pain in his shoulder. After starting his career with 3.60 ERA/1 RSAA (9 G) and 3.36 ERA/8 RSAA (55 G) season, he has a 2.15 ERA/12 RSAA in his first 31 games.
Johnson's move to the 60 day DL was just a paperwork one, to get an opening to place Bottalico on the 40 man roster. It doesn't affect his return date.
19) The Giants signed OF Rob Ryan to a minor league contract.
Ryan has 0 RCAA/.691 OPS in 55 career games.
20) The Royals signed P Jamey Wright to a minor league contract.
Wright has 5.17 ERA/-31 RSAA in 174 career games.
21) The BlueJays released minor league INF Mike Moriarty.
Moriarty had .438 OPS/-3 RCAA in 8 games with the 2002 Orioles.
22) The Marlins activated OF Abraham Nunez from the DL and sent him to the minors, sent P Steve Kent to the minors and moved P Toby Borland from the 15 to the 60 day DL.
Nunez has been on the DL for the whole season.
Kent had already been removed from the 25 and 40 man rosters when he was designated for assignment last week.
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Bob Bowman Guest Columnist
Jacksonville Daily Progress
When it came to naming their towns, East Texans were not shy about their selections. Consider these examples.
Jumbo, in Panola County, got its name from an elephant in P.T. Barnum's circus. One of the largest African elephants in captivity, Jumbo was killed by a train while the circus was unloading in a Ontario, Canada, freight yard.
Rake Pocket, also in Panola County, was named for the way merchants treated their customers. The community was later known as Pine Hill.
Shakerag in Rusk County got its name from the sight of a young baseball player running the bases with a rag shaking in his back pocket.
Pee Dee in Madison County go its name from the Pee Dee Indians of South Carolina. A family also named Pee Dee settled in Madison County and all eight members of the family died when someone poisoned a spring used by the family
Buena Vista, in Shelby County, was originally known as Buck Snort when Granny Elizabeth Richards tried to chase a large buck from her garden. The buck pawed the ground and snorted at Granny.
Chickenfeather, in Rusk County, got its name when several young men stole some chickens and cooked them. They then threw the chicken feathers into a well, forcing men in the community to clean out the well. The settlement today is known as New Hope.
Looneyville, in Nacogdoches, was named for a local family, not for the people living around Crazy Creek.
Goober Hill in Shelby County was named for peanuts, known locally as goobers, that were a major crop in the area.
Terrapin Neck, named for a turtle, lies in Harrison County. The town was later named Gill for a ferryman.
Deweyville, in Newton County, was called Possum Bluff because the woods were overun with the critters.
Jot' Em Down in Delta County was named for the Jot Em Down Store owned by mythical storekeepers Lum Edwards and Abner Peabody of the long-running radio series.of the 1930s and 1940s.
Pluck, Plank and Pert. Pluck was, in Polk County and wasnamed because it supposedly took a "plucky man" to live there. Plank was a sawmill town in Hardin County where townspeople called the lumber "planks." Pert, in Anderson County, was a sawmill town known earlier as Mount Vernon.
Slip Up And Hitch is near the Crossroads Cemetery on Farm Road 1 in Sabine County.
Yallo Busha in Camp County, often called Yellow Bush, was named by Jim Keel, who was building a school house and named it for a stream in his native Alabama. The name came from an Indian phrase.
More names in a future column.
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In an imaginative piece of international co-operation, the United Kingdom and Pakistan have worked out a way for the entire Yousufzai family to live in the relative safety of England for the next three years without immigrating. Ziauddin Yousufzai has been named Pakistan's education attache in Birmingham, where Pakistan maintains a diplomatic mission. This appointment, which is for a period of three years, will allow Malalai, her parents and two brothers to live in England rather than return to the Swat Valley in Pakistan where the Taliban have put a bounty on Malalai's life.
On October 9, 2012, while returning from school, Malalai was shot in the head by a Taliban fighter who sought to silence this 15-year-old advocate for female education. After receiving emergency treatment at two hospitals in Pakistan, Malalai was transferred to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, which is known for its work with traumatic brain injuries incurred by British soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. Her recovery has been remarkable. The brains of teenagers are still growing, and the path the bullet took was not directly through her brain, but along the space between her brain and skull, lodging near her spine at the base of her skull. Dr. David Rosser, the medical director for University Hospitals Birmingham, explained, "Malalai is a strong young woman and has worked hard with the people caring for her to make excellent progress in her recovery. Following discussions with Malalai and her medical team, we decided that she would benefit from being home with her parents and two brothers." She was released from the hospital on Friday, January 4, 2013, waving to the press and her assembled admirers. The photographs released by the hospital show a slight imbalance in Malalai's face, less muscle response on her left side than on the right, but she is walking on her own without any assistance and videos of her released during the past three months have shown her talking fluidly with her father.
Malalai is facing a least one more surgery, to reconstruct her shattered skull, and it can be assumed that she will be tutored at home while she recovers. But, after she has fully recovered, she could attend school in England as her brothers will. Ziauddin Yousufzai is a teacher and the founder of the school for girls that Malalai attended. The entire family is fluent in English, both as speakers, and readers and writers. Malalai gained international attention with her English language blog of life under the Taliban and her efforts to receive an education. In all probability, England's universities will be vying for her application in three years. (I'm rooting for Oxford.)
Malalai made the short list for Time Magazine's Person of the Year, and has been mentioned as a candidate for a Nobel Peace Prize. When she began her blog, at age 11, her ambition was to become a teacher like her father. Now, Malalai aspires to a political career, citing the deep need in Pakistan for stability and progress, and a government strong enough to terminate the Taliban presence.


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Radel has a better chance of getting well as a private citizen than as a member of Congress.
As much as some partisans hope it might be, Florida Republican Rep. Trey Radel's guilty plea in D.C. Superior Court to a misdemeanor cocaine possession charge is not enough to end the matter. Likewise, his admission he has a problem and will be seeking treatment for it is not enough to put it to rest. The discussion can and should end only after he resigns his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Thus far, the House GOP leadership has maintained relative silence since the news of his arrest and plea broke late Tuesday. No one wants to compound the tragedy as it is unfolding. Radel has some serious issues to deal with and a long struggle ahead of him, and it would be unseemly to be seen as piling on.
[See a collection of political cartoons on the Republican Party.]
There is, however, an reasonable expectation that public officials should obey the law just as the rest of us are expected to do. When a congressman or senator is involved in an ethical lapse involving drugs, alcohol or, increasingly, sex, the typical way of dealing with it is for the media and other officials to treat it as a personal failing outside the boundaries of fair public comment, at least when the elected official involved is a Democrat.
It's not quite the same when a Republican is involved, owing to the increasingly partisan, pro-Democrat bias in the national media, which exposes the foibles of the right while, knowingly or not, covering up the misdeeds of the left. This is a shame, because each one of us has the right to expect a minimum standard of behavior from every elected official regardless of party affiliation. Every time the double standard is allowed to rear its ugly head, the bar for that minimum standard is implicitly lowered.
None of us has the right to judge Radel for his actions, though many are doing so. The point of insisting he resign is as much for his own good and that of his family as it is for Congress or the Republican Party. A scandal of this sort is inevitable fodder for the Democrats and their allies on the left who will point to it as yet another example of Republican hypocrisy on values issues. In doing so, they apparently miss the point that such a message can be taken as conceding that cocaine use and alcohol abuse are okay if you are a Democrat because that party's candidates do not campaign on a so-called "values agenda."
[See a collection of political cartoons on Congress.]
Radel's primary obligation right now is to himself and his family. It will only place additional stress on his recovery if he were to try and balance that against the pressures of serving his South Florida constituents. To put it another way, there are plenty of people who could ably take his place in Congress; the same cannot be said of his responsibilities as a husband and father.
The GOP will survive the Radel scandal. It has survived much worse. The bigger question is whether or not Radel will. It seems self-evident that he has a better chance of doing that as a private citizen than he does as a member of Congress.


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I've been trying to find other ways, to lower my blood sugar. Yes diet and exercise is the main key. But there has to be other things that help. As well as what I already do. So I've been asking around and surfing online.
I have a few tips I use myself. When my blood sugar is high.
For instance, I will drink more water. Or go for a brisk walk, for about 20 to 30 minutes.
Or just a quiet little moment alone. Doing some deep breathing, relaxing. I also find that a good nights rest, makes a big difference.
I came across an ad, for Nature Made diabetic health packet. This is not one of the cheaper tips. lol A 30 day supply for $24.00. You can find coupons to help on price. If I could get it cheaper. I'd like to try it out...
Then I heard the supplement chromium. Helps to lower blood sugar. That combined with exercise, of course.
But this next tip is an odd one. My husband was talking to a co/woker, about my blood sugar. And how I was trying to find some help. She told him her husband uses cinnamon. He'll sprinkle some in his yogurt. Or you can buy a cinnamon pill. These are located in the vitamin department. Iam going to get a bottle this weekend. *cant hurt to try* lol
I did a little online search.
"Cinnamon has been shown to reduce blood sugars, although not effectively in post-menopausal women."
~~ Sprinkle a couple teaspoons of cinnamon powder on your yogurt, or take it in
capsule form. In any vitamin section, you'll find cinnamon pills.~~
Had anyone else heard of, or are using cinnamon?
As always, you need to be careful to monitor your sugar levels so as not to become hypoglycemic (that's when your blood sugar is too low). And of course, this is not medical advice but personal advice from my own experience. And from others who suffer from high blood sugar...
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Mahwah teachers will begin to be evaluated according to a new model this year, Interim Superintendent Dr. Karen Lake said Wednesday.
The "Danielson Model," developed by Princeton-based educational consultant Charlotte Danielson, is one of the options the state has offered as part of its teacher evaluation overhaul.
As per state requirements, the new system will begin to be implemented in this year, and will be fully implemented next school year, Lake said. The district has already had one meeting with administrators about the model, and plans to discuss it with the entire teaching staff at an upcoming meeting before the first day of school, she said.
Though Lake commented that the Danielson Model is "not so different from what we are currently doing," the change-over will not happen immediately. The first evaluations of the year will be carried out the old way, she said.
According to a January NY Times article, the Danielson model emphasizes four areas in terms of teacher evaluations: "the quality of questions and discussion techniques; a knowledge of students' special needs; the expectations set for learning and achievement; and the teacher's involvement in professional development activities. The section for assessing the strength of the classroom-learning environment has 15 criteria — down to the placement of furniture."
The method also contains training for administrators on how to carry out the evaluations, and is designed to provide meaningful feedback on how teachers can improve and correct any issues it identifies, the report says.
According to NJSpotlight.com, about 30 percent of New Jersey schools already use the model, and so far it has proven most popular amongst the state-offered options for new evaluation systems.
Lake said she thinks uniformity will be the one major takeaway from the change over to the state's new system. "The most important thing will be uniformity across the state in terms of the teacher evaluation process," she said. "I think that will be the major difference."
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Rev. Henry "Dock" Sizemore Sr., 85, of Corbin, passed away Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012, at Baptist Regional Medical Center. Born March 17, 1927, in Bell County, he was the son of the late Noah and Sarah Sizemore.
He married Sophia Sizemore on Nov. 5, 1945. She passed away on Jan. 5, 1999.
In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by two brothers; seven sisters; grandson, Buck White; son, E.G. Sizemore; son, Coy Sizemore; great-granddaughter, Chelsia Asher; and granddaughter, Sophia Ann Sizemore.
Survivors include his son, Clayton Sizemore and wife Sue; his son, Henry Sizemore Jr. and wife Debbie; his daughter, Patsy Owens and husband Ed; his daughter, Ruth Phillips; 24 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great grandchildren; and daughter-in-law, Patsy Sizemore; as well as other relatives and many friends to mourn his passing.
The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, in the Hart Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Thurston Hensley officiating. Burial will follow in the Sizemore Family Cemetery. Pallbearers will be James Foister, David Sizemore, David Sizemore Jr., Charles Sizemore, Mike Sizemore, Claude Chumley and Jeff Chumley.
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A new American Orthodoxy, one more vitalized by the Gospel, is taking shape now. There will be fewer parishes, more and younger bishops, a clergy that is better educated and morally rigorous. And, finally, the ethnic "coffee club" model of Orthodox Christianity will fade away. This is the vision of Fr. John A. Peck in "The Orthodox Church of Tomorrow," just published on the AOI site. "As frightening and disconcerting as it may seem to our leaders, they will learn that emerging from a cocoon, even a Byzantine cocoon, is not a bad thing," Fr. John writes. "Orthodoxy is about to take flight on new beautiful wings. Here he is on the future of the hierarchy in America: If our current slate of bishops has been mostly a disappointment, reducing their number will only tighten this closed circle, making the hierarchy less and less accessible, and more and more immune to things like, oh, the needs and concerns of their flock. The process of selection for the episcopacy will contain a … [Read more...]
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ABC has given a pilot order to a comedy from "Hangover" writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, according to The Hollywood Reporter's Live Feed.
The project, "Mixology," is a high-concept comedy that tracks singles as they look for love in the course of one night, the story says. It marks ABC's fourth comedy pilot order, including Adam F. Goldberg's "How the Hell Am I Normal."


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All the deliciousness of the sodas you love (or most of it, anyway) but with no calories to pack on the pounds – what's not to like about diet soft drinks? At least, that's the general train of thought – but a new report from Euromonitor International tells a different story. According to the London-based market research firm, a growing body of research is showing that a positive correlation between calorie-free diet soda and weight loss is inconclusive, and that any benefits are likely being negated by overcompensation and what the firm refers to as "rosy self-deception."
Today Food Navigator reported on a Euromonitor International blog which states that: " A growing body of research is now starting to emerge, suggesting that low-calorie, artificially-sweetened carbonates may not be conducive to combating obesity after all."
Hypotheses reportedly abound in regards to why "better for you" diet soft drinks aren't working, with a major theory being "the assumption that artificial sweeteners prime the body into accepting calories, and that the failure of these being delivered triggers intense cravings for food and sweet drinks, causing people to overeat."
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In addition to this, Euromonitor also has another idea: that diet soft drinks aren't a weight loss obstacle in and of themselves, so much as they are a symptom of people guiltily compensating for otherwise excessive consumption. "any apparent correlation between BFY reduced sugar soft drinks consumption and being overweight could well be explained by the very human behaviour of people trying to compensate for their excessive food intake by consuming such drinks," the blog explains, articulating that the art of cheap gags may imitate life more often than anyone cares to think. "Jokes are often made about overweight individuals, who are observed ordering a high-calorie, 'super-sized' fast food meal accompanied by a diet drink. This scenario, where diet drinks serve as a damage limitation measure, rather than forming part of a conscious effort to lose weight, is likely to be a common one, possibly warranting further investigation, followed by strategies affecting behavioural change."
Is that hypothesis valid? Not everyone agrees: Food Navigator spoke to Tam Fry of the National Obesity Forum, who expressed that adults should have the common sense to know that they shouldn't eat if they're on a weight loss program. "If people are going to eat burgers they're lost in the first place," said Fry. "The case for sweetened beverage centres on use by people who know what they're doing to keep themselves in shape."
But one can't deny that there are an awful lot of people who do overeat, even when ostensibly on a weight loss program – whether through loss of willpower, denial, or ignorance of proper technique. It's for them that an honest study on the real life benefits and costs of diet soft drinks is so vital.


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A Point About Polygons
The test program (Listing 2) draws a random 40-sided polygon and then picks random points to throw at the inpoly() routine. Points the routine says are inside the polygon it draws red, points outside are blue.
Our first rendition of inpoly() had a subtle flaw which the test program made evident. The full story contains an embarrassing lesson. "It'll work," we sneered, "We don't need to waste time on a full graphical test. Besides, it'd be too much fun." After we found out our image maps had leaks, we wrote the test program. Figure 3 shows a close-up of the flaw.
Along a vertical line, all the colors are wrong. The flaw turned out to be that when our mindless mollusk crosses the bottom corner, the little hummer was counting the crossing of both edges! After that, he was always exactly wrong—he thought he was in when he was out, and he thought he was out when he was in. The solution must ensure that when our esteemed escargot crosses into the polygon corner, he counts exactly one crossing. Two is no good, and in fact, zero is just as bad—one is what we need. The reason the flaw in the close-up extends up from the corner is that the positive Y axis extends downward in screen coordinates.
I suspect this is a problem unique to the fixed-point world. I'm sure my fellow point-in-polygon smiths have either lucked out or dealt with it somehow. At least, I'd like to think so. (A lie-detector would peg me on that one. This article would be insufferably smug if I had found leaky corners in any of the other algorithms.) In my case, I realized I could not blindly count all crossings of the end point of each of the edges as a crossing. My first thought was to associate each end point with one—and only one—edge. This sounds fair and equitable, but like many things fitting that description, it just plain won't work. A problem turns up when Agent Snail just lightly nicks the corner of a polygon he's not inside at all. That's counted as one crossing, hence the snail report is bunk.
Since I abhor special cases, I sought something that would work in all cases.
The scheme for getting our faithful friend to count corner crossings correctly is to always count a crossing of the right end of each edge, but never the left end (right meaning positive X). In the figure, the black circles represent points our snail will count if he crosses; the white circles he won't count. When you put the polygon together, everything ends up the way we want. Nicking the corner means he counts either 0 crossings or two crossings. We don't care which; both are even and our snail knows he's outside. The circles with ones in them represent points counted once if the snail crosses them. This is fine, just like crossing the nearby sides.
It's time to analyze the guts of the inpoly() routine in Listing 3. This represents a slight modification of the snail's instructions. He plays a bit of a "she loves me, she loves me not" kind of game rather than counting up the crossings and then reporting whether the total is even or odd. He starts out assuming he's outside, and complements that assumption with each crossing. So much for the inside=!inside statement.
Listing 3. The "Guts" of the inpoly() Routine
This if test happens inside a for loop that considers all of the edges of the polygon, one at a time. Each edge is a line segment that stretches between the corners (xold,yold) and (xnew,ynew). We've arranged it so (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) also represent the same edge, but the points are swapped, if necessary, to make it so x1 <= x2.
Now two things must be true for our ever-meticulous snail to count the crossing of this edge. First, the segment must straddle the Y axis (where the right end is counted but the left one is not). Second, straddling has to happen to the north of the snail's starting point. These are exactly the questions determined by the if statement's two pieces, on either side of the &&.
Now that first expression is a sneaky one, and I confess I might have preferred the less opaque code (x1 < xt && xt <= x2). You can see it does the same thing if you look carefully (very carefully—I was fooled for a while there). But I hate to fix something unless I've already broken it, if you know what I mean.
That north computation is the one I'm proud of because none of my esteemed fellow polygon smiths made one that doesn't need a divide. It does depend on the knowledge that (x2-x1) is positive. Other than that, it's just a transmogrification of that famous y=mx+b equation from high school algebra.
By the way, I've left out the case where an edge line segment stands straight up and down above the snail touchdown point. Such an edge would never be counted by Mr. Snail at all! That's because the == test would always be false, since xnew, xt and xold are all the same value. What's really wild is that's just what we want. In a sense, he's crossing three edges when we only want to count one. It turns out the adjacent line segment crossings are all we're interested in, and the rules already discussed work perfectly for them.
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W is for Whitfield: Each Friday, pick up a copy of The Daily Citizen and read sports writer Chris Whitfield's prep pigskin prognostications for each game involving a local team in only a way that he can deliver. Whether you love him, hate him, laugh at him or send him Kool-Aid, his Friday picks column is a must-read for any prep football fan. This 'W' also applies to other words, including: wisdom, winner and ... wait, are we talking about the same guy, now?
X is for Xylophone: Our local schools' marching bands may not have this instrument, but here's a shoutout to the musical entertainment. It wouldn't be high school football without the team's band helping celebrate each touchdown and playing the fight song after the game.
Y is for Youth: North Murray lost the most starters from a year ago to graduation, and only returns five starters total from a season ago. For coach David Gann, this will be as good a season as any to test some of the sophomores and juniors in the program. That includes junior Hinton McConkey. The quarterback is shouldered with the responsibility of replacing Brady Swilling, who rushed and passed for 1,500 yards last year.
Z is for Zek: The freshman at Dalton has arguably the best name in the area. First name "Zek," last name "Cobb," he's a quarterback with athleticism and could see time on the field this season for the Catamounts. Even if he doesn't make a huge impact, the name "Zek" is still a good one, and we're hoping he'll stay in the area for the duration of his high school season. Then again, most names starting with the last letter of the alphabet are good ones.


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Springfield-Branson National Airport will close from 11 am, Friday, Aug. 12 through 11 am, Monday, Aug. 15, due to runway resurfacing. All commercial airlines serving Springfield have "zeroed out" their flight schedules, so it's impossible to book a flight to or from Springfield during this 72-hour period. Private airlines and general aviation customers have also been notified of the closure.
Only one of the airport's two runways is being resurfaced. That work began in June. Air traffic will continue without disruption until the resurfacing work reaches the intersection of the two runways. That's when the airport will close for 72-hours.
"It's not unusual for the airport to close a runway. It's done routinely for maintenance and construction with minimal impact on air travel. What is unusual is to have both runways closed at the same time. This last occurred in 1972 for similar work; however that closure was for nearly a month," said Shawn Schroeder, acting director of aviation. "We've explored every possible scenario for completing this resurfacing project without a closure; however this is simply the only viable option. We're working hard to minimize the number of travelers impacted and ask for patience and understanding as we take this necessary step in sustaining the safest, most up-to-date airport possible."
Crews will work around the clock to ensure that the airport is operational again by midday Monday as scheduled.
The airport has given the contractor major incentive for getting the intersection work done on time. For every hour that the airport remains closed, past the 72-hour period, the company will be assessed liquidated damages of $4,000 an hour. "In the unlikely event that the work extends past 11 am on Monday, August 15, the contractor will restore the intersection to safe condition for landing aircraft," says Schroeder. "After that, all intersection work will be done at night after the last airline arrival. In short, there are contingency plans in place to ensure that the airport will not experience further closures."
In early November, when work is complete, the runway will not need resurfacing for 25-30 years. The airport's second runway was resurfaced with concrete in 2003 and is unlikely to need resurfacing again for another 20 years.
During the closure the airport will perform general maintenance and employee training. Airport vendors will decide individually whether to remain open over the weekend.
For more information, contact: Kent Boyd, Public Information and Marketing, Springfield-Branson National Airport, 2300 North Airport Blvd. Suite 100, Springfield, Missouri 65802, 417.868.0500


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