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Scottsbluff splits with Chadron
A big second half by the Scottsbluff boys allowed the Bearcats to earn a split with Chadron on the opening night of the Western Conference Basketball Invitational Thursday at Scottsbluff High School.
After second ranked Chadron whipped the Scottsbluff girls in the opening game of the nite, 85-25, it looked like the Cardinals might make it a clean sweep against the Bearcats.
Chadron took a 30-21 lead into the halftime lockerroom against the defending Class B state champions, but the second half was all Bearcats. They outscored Chadron 18-2 in the third quarter and 36-9 in the second half to win going away 57-39.
"I told the guys at halftime we needed to play better defense," Scottsbluff coach Tony Siske said. "The guys responded and that led to a much better offensive performance in the second half as well."
Senior Michael Hadden scored 17 of his game high 25 points in the second half to pace the Bearcats. He was the only double figure scorer for Scottsbluff, and he earned the KNEB Taco John's Player of the Game.
Senior Tyler Mickey came off the bench to score nine points, seven in the second half, for the Bearcats.
"Tyler played well," Siske said. "Our entire bench did some nice things for us."
Chadron was paced by Ed Westlake with 11 points, all in the first half, and Spencer Eliason with 10. He scored Chadron's only third quarter points on a field goal with just 1:28 to go. He missed much of the third quarter on the bench, picking up his third foul early in the frame.
Scottsbluff's Eric Moreno missed the end of the third quarter and all of the fourth with a turned ankle. The leading scorer returning from last years Class B state championship team scored five points for the Bearcats Thursday.
"We'll see how it goes for Eric tomorrow," Siske said. "He is walking on it right now, but there is always a chance it could swell up tomorrow."
The preseason No. 1 team by the metro papers is already playing without returning starter Matt Klein. He broke a hand the first day of practice and probably won't return until after the new year.
Scottsbluff will tangle with Gering Friday night at 8:00 p.m. at Cougar Palace. Gering, who was also a state tournament team last season, won at Torrington Thursday. The Blazers are Wyoming's defending 3A state champ.
It will also be a Scottsbluff-Gering match-up in girls play Friday. The two teams will meet at 5:00 p.m. at Scottsbluff High School. The Bulldogs are coming off a tough one point loss at Torrington Thursday.
Junior Kiley Guerue scored eight points for the Bearcats Thursday night and was the KNEB Taco John's Player of the Game for Scottsbluff.
Both games can be heard on KNEB-AM and kneb.com Friday.
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Former Washington State and NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf was transferred from a drug treatment center in Montana to a state prison because of bad behavior.
Leaf was sentenced to a drug rehab center in Lewistown back in June. He was supposed to spend nine months there before being sent to a prerelease center for six months. After that, it was believed he would be given supervised community placement for the remainder of his five year sentence for drug and burglary charges.
According to the Great Falls Tribune, however, Leaf threatened a staff member at the treatment center, prompting his transfer to the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge.
Leaf also faces 10 years of probation for a 2010 drug and burglary conviction in Texas.

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Dunk History: LeBron James makes mincemeat out of James Posey and Kevin Harlan's vocal cordsJoey Gulino at Ball Don't Lie1 day ago
As the summer wears on, with training camps and preseason play still off in (what feels like) the distant future, we turn our attention to the past. Join us as we while away a few late-summer moments recalling some of the most scintillating slams of yesteryear, the most thunderous throwdowns ever to sear themselves into our memories. This is Dunk History .
Today, Joey Gulino on the time LeBron James seemed to make Cleveland every other sports city's equal … or even higher.
To say the Cavaliers won the summer of 2014 is to say Theodore J. Stepien lacked the acuity to own a basketball team. Cleveland added the best player on the planet, a ludicrously versatile power forward and a spate of veteran role players to a roster that already included one of the best young players in the game and several up-and-comers. If championships were, in fact, won in the offseason, this would be the equivalent of the Cavs going 16-0 in the playoffs while winning every game by 20 points.
Team USA eventually finds its rhythm, comes back to down Turkey in its second FIBA World Cup outingKelly Dwyer at Ball Don't Lie1 day ago
Do not let what appears like yet another blowout score fool you. Team USA may have downed Turkey in the FIBA World Cup on Sunday by a 98-77 mark, but this squad was put through the paces on Sunday.
The outfit knew it would have a challenge on its hand as it set to take on Turkey in the second official game of its World Cup run. The team knew that the international stalwart boasted far more international-level talent than the Finnish squad that Team USA easily dispatched on Saturday, coach Mike Krzyzewski's crew understood that it would have to properly execute offensively in the face of an expected Turkish zone, and the still-developing team knew it would have to build upon what limited chemistry it had developed during a pell-mell practice and exhibition season, and Saturday's blowout win.
Team USA holds Finland to 2-point quarter, dominates FIBA World Cup openerEric Freeman at Ball Don't Lie2 days ago
No one gave Finland much chance to challenge the United States in Saturday's opener of the FIBA World Cup of Basketball in Bilbao, Spain. Yet it's doubtful that anyone expected the domination to reach such an extreme so early in an extremely comfortable 114-55 win.
After an already impressive 31-16 first quarter in which Finland looked out of the game after eight minutes, Team USA turned the second quarter into one of the most dominant periods in history. The 29-2 advantage tells a story in itself, but the specifics are even worse. For instance, Finland failed to convert a field goal over the entire 10 minutes, getting just two free throws from Teemu Rannikko at the 6:25 mark. Take a look at this shot chart:
Here is Finland's shot chart for the entire second quarter. It's all Xs. http://t.co/dkmSRULtVY pic.twitter.com/WXb38qGEaZ
Andray Blatche's adjustment to playing for the Philippines is an ongoing processEric Freeman at Ball Don't Lie3 days ago
When the FIBA World Cup of Basketball tips off tomorrow, the Philippines will feature one of the most unexpected participants in the whole tournament — Andray Blatche, current NBA free agent and erstwhile host of Lapdance Tuesdays. Although Blatche is fairly reformed from his worst days with the Washington Wizards, he is still not considered to be the picture of dependability and commitment. Yet the oddity goes much deeper, because the Philippines is a country with a basketball obsession that belies its relatively minor impact on the international game. How, exactly, would a player like Blatche fit in with this culture?
Not surprisingly, the answer is that it's taking some time. In a new feature for Grantland, Rafe Bartholomew details Blatche's adjustment to his new team. Yet it's his teammates' own adjustment to playing with Blatche that could be the most interesting issue at play:
Five things to know for the FIBA World Cup of BasketballEric Freeman at Ball Don't Lie3 days ago
This week, the best basketball nations in the world are heading to Spain for the FIBA World Cup of Basketball. The tournament — known until recently as the world championships — lacks the overwhelming attention of the Olympics in the United States, but for many other countries it is considered to be nearly as prestigious. As usual, Team USA enters the competition as the favorite, although that position is as precarious as it has been for some time, with Spain serving as the strongest competition. Even if the general hierarchy of teams hasn't changed, there is no question that they appear less dominant than we're accustomed to.
The tournament tips off on Saturday, with Team USA set to take on Finland at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. Here are five pressing stories to help you get acquainted with the World Cup before play begins.
1. Team USA looks vulnerable.
Among Mitch McGary's lessons learned from pot suspension: 'Don't get caught'Ben Rohrbach at Ball Don't Lie3 days ago
The NBA probably won't be using Thunder rookie Mitch McGary's recent VICE Sports interview as a public service announcement for its marijuana policy.
Still recovering from midseason back surgery in March, McGary hadn't played basketball in months when he suited up on the end of the Michigan bench solely as a Wolverines mascot during their Sweet 16 victory. But the NCAA tests for drugs at random during championship season, and on that night it was his turn.
McGary failed and faced a one-year suspension for what he later told Yahoo's Dan Wetzel was a one-time pot-smoking experience, making a once tough decision between returning for his junior season and declaring for the NBA a whole lot easier. Projected as a lottery pick after leading Michigan to the 2013 national title game as a freshman — and believed to be one again in 2015 had he proven healthy again in college this year — McGary fell to Oklahoma City at No. 21.
Dunk History: Spud Webb knocks off 'Nique at the 1986 Slam-Dunk ContestJay Busbee at Ball Don't Lie4 days ago
As the summer wears on, with training camps and preseason play still off in (what feels like) the distant future, we turn our attention to the past. Join us as we while away a few late-summer moments recalling some of the most scintillating slams of yesteryear, the most thunderous throwdowns ever to sear themselves into our memories. This is Dunk History.
Today, Jay Busbee takes us back to a day when a short man broke through basketball's height-prejudiced ceiling ... and kept on rising.
Here's a story that ought to be a fairy tale, or maybe a children's book: The Little Dunker That Could. Or, from another perspective, The Sure Thing That Wasn't.
Growing up in Atlanta in the mid-1980s, you didn't exactly have a banquet of exquisite sports options. There were the Braves, still years away from the start of their everything-but-rings dynasty. The Falcons featured the planet's most eligible bachelor in quarterback Steve Bartkowski ... and little else. The Hawks, though -- the Hawks had some promise. Though, as always seems to be the case with Atlanta, the Hawks' finest moments came when someone else was just a little bit better.
Dunk History: Gerald Green's buzzer-beating off-the-backboard alley-oopBen Rohrbach at Ball Don't Lie4 days ago
As the summer wears on, with training camps and preseason play still off in (what feels like) the distant future, we turn our attention to the past. Join us as we while away a few late-summer moments recalling some of the most scintillating slams of yesteryear, the most thunderous throwdowns ever to sear themselves into our memories. This is Dunk History.
Today, Ben Rohrbach revisits Gerald Green's buzzer-beating off-the-backboard alley-oop.
You might think someone who had a portion of his right ring finger severed while dunking in a doorway as a sixth-grader might develop an aversion to the basketball art form. Not Gerald Green.
For background, here's a New York Daily News description of Green's gruesome injury circa 1999.
The ring caught on a nail and his finger was ripped to the bone.
Amputation was the only option.
"All you saw was nothing but white bone, like a skeleton," Green said. "They said my tendons, all my ligaments were ripped out."
Jerry Colangelo says James Harden is the leader of Team USAEric Freeman at Ball Don't Lie5 days ago
There is little doubt that Houston Rockets All-Star guard James Harden is an extremely talented basketball player — guys don't make the All-NBA First Team by accident, no matter how controversial there selections prove to be. But Harden gets the sort of criticism that most elite stars don't receive. Harden's lackadaisical and often just horrible defense has been extensively documented, and it doesn't help that he also occasionally makes ill-considered comments about his teammates and mocked at least one very respected member of the media. There's a not uncommon belief that Harden doesn't really get what it takes to be the top dog on a title contender, which makes it a bigger deal than usual when he, like many athletes before him, overestimates his standing in the sport.
J.R. Smith declares himself one of the greatest shooters in basketball historyBen Rohrbach at Ball Don't Lie5 days ago
I have a hard time interpreting J.R. Smith's Instagram account, but I'm pretty sure the Knicks guard just declared himself one of the greatest shooters in basketball history, which is ... interesting?
"They said I wouldn't make it! I did! They said I wouldn't stay! This is my 11th yr! They said you can't shoot like that in the league! I'm on pace to be one of the best shooters the game had ever seen! Bottom line what yall say don't me sh@$ What I do says everything! #Gone"
After everyone enjoyed another good laugh at the expense of a man Adrian Wojnarowski once dubbed "the clown prince of basketball," Smith offered up his own defense in a follow-up Instagram post with a caption that read, "Men lie women lie but ..."


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Wesley Bell, 30, of the 1700 block of Isabella Street, was arrested at 12:02 a.m. Tuesday on a charge of domestic battery.
n A male subject requested to speak to an officer at 2:02 p.m. Monday in reference to vandalism and burglaries occurring at College Oaks properties.
n A woman told police at 9:36 p.m. Monday her 16-year-old son had allegedly been battered. Police logs state the victim was on a bicycle when he was jumped by a male subject.
n Emergency room personnel reported at 4:17 a.m. Tuesday they were treating a male subject who had allegedly been battered earlier at the city park.
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UPDATED: Over a thousand Hampshire homes left without power after cables are damaged
Updated 4:53pm Tuesday 28th January 2014 in News By Lauren Howard, Reporter
MORE than a thousand homes across Hampshire were left without power earlier today.
Following reports made earlier today (January 28), it has emerged that hundreds of properties suffered with power outages across Beauworth, Bramdean, Brockwood, Cheriton and West Meon after a cable was allegedly struck in Alresford.
Duncan MacDonald, a spokesman for Southern Electric, said the problems began at around 9.30am when road-workers hit a cable on Appledown Lane.
"We'd like to apologise to our customers who have been affected by the power cuts," he said. "We aim to get our customers back up and running as quickly as possible. We have engineers carrying out repairs on site at present."
Mr MacDonald confirmed six properties in the Appledown Lane area are still without power. It is not yet known which firm had been carrying out the road works when the cable was damaged.
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I eval equipment pretty frequently. Loaned equipment I generally keep on me at all times and if I have to leave at home it is locked in a safe. Check with your homeowners and auto insurance to determine personal coverage but if you get held up when using it it's generally your responsibility to cover the loss unless you have specific professional coverage. Always ship it insured back to Canon 1, 2 or 3 day delivery with signature. Costs a small fortune but it's still cheaper than renting.
It brings up an interesting point. I frequently have friends that ask to borrow lenses and gear from me and I always ask, if you drop it, get held up or it gets stolen, can you afford to replace it? That usually gets them thinking and they stop asking. So my point is if you don't have insurance to cover the loan and you don't have enough cash in the bank to replace it, then you probably shouldn't borrow equipment from Canon or anyone. A loss could be catastrophic to your finances, relationships, friendships, whatever.
Replacing a 1DX is perhaps 2 or 3 mortgage payments for most people and that could be serious if you don't have funds to get by.
Once you get through that, CPS eval is a great service. In the US, GOLD level doesn't let you pick the dates to eval. They ship when it's available so hard to schedule trips. PLATINUM level gets priority and you can pick your date, and Canon picks up shipping and insurance both ways! But it's 500.00 a year!
I'm on gold level... I usually tell them a specific date i need the equipment by and they will ship it 2 days before that date so it gets to be by that date. I also give them at least 3 weeks to a month notice (like when I get a wedding booking or the like and want to try out a cam/lens). But you do have to take shipping to and from in account when planning on a equip eval.


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Friends of a Cook County woman who was murdered along with her young daughter are speaking out about the crime tonight.
The mother left behind two other children. Friends say she was a great mother, and they're shocked by the murders.
33-year-old Lisa Hall and her 15-month-old daughter Jersi were murdered Friday in their Sparks home on Barneyville Road. Cook County Sheriff's deputies arrested and charged 31-year-old Bo Rutland with the murder. Those close to Lisa say she was a great friend.
"She was a good girl, she was a good girl," said her former co-workers at Western Sizzlin.
Last Friday investigators say Rutland stole Hall's car from her home. They found it abandoned off I-75 and Rutland was found and arrested a short time later. GBI agents will not say what Rutland's relationship was with Hall or how he killed the two victims.
"I know that they've been friends ever since I knew Lisa, which has been ten plus years," said Hall's friend Kristina Beck.
Over the weekend friends and family left their mark on Hall's home.
From angel wings spray painted on road sign to candles at the mailbox, friends and family have made a makeshift memorial here at the crime scene to remember the mother and daughter.
Hall's friends say after she left her job at Western Sizzlin restaurant she always came back to visit. "Of course everybody missed Miss Lisa, but she came back to see us. She did, she came to see us."
Hall leaves behind an 8-year-old daughter and a 13-year-old son. Rutland is charged with 2 counts of murder, 2 counts of aggravated assault, and 2 counts of battery and child molestation.
Rutland remains in the Cook County Jail without bond.
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Amazon Prime costs $79 a year and it allows you to get free two-day Fedex shipping on all of your products at no additional cost. In addition, members can get $3.99 next day shipping per item which is great for last minute shopping. But does it really make sense to pony up nearly $80 for free shipping? We answer the question "Is Amazon Prime Worth It?"
After having Amazon Prime for a couple years, I decided to cancel my membership. Its not that I didn't use it, I used it a ton. During the last year, I probably used it 25 to 30 times, which would make you think that it would be a no-brainer for renewal. But it wasn't.
1) Prime allows you to buy something at the last minute and still have it show up on time. I have to admit, I tend to buy presents right before holidays or birthdays. A few times, I even needed to use the next day option to make it there on time. At a cost of only $3.99 for next day delivery, these last minute orders would have cost me far more than the Prime membership fee.
2) Essentially, when you subscribe to Prime, it eliminates thinking about the cost of shipping from the analysis. Since there are no sales taxes, the price that is listed is the price that you pay. Far easier to do comparison shopping without having to calculate the shipping charges. So I found that I made purchasing decisions much faster.
You'd think that that would make it a slam dunk for someone like me, but obviously, I didn't renew, and here's why:
1) Almost every item that I would buy had a free shipping option. Sure it was the Super Saver shipping, but where I live in Southern California, it only takes a few days. The fact that Amazon offers free shipping to non-members devalued my Prime membership. Every time I would see this, I felt like Amazon had duped me into a paying for a service that is essentially free to customers who don't subscribe to Prime when they spend $25. Technically, they are not the same, but where I live, I get my Amazon stuff in 1 to 3 days.
2) Prime doesn't apply to non-Amazon purchases. Many times, the lowest price or the only available merchandise is from a third party vendor. On several occasions, I bought something where my Prime membership was worthless. I still needed to pay for the shipping from the vendor and that seemed awkward, because as far as I was concerned, I was buying it from Amazon.com. Yes, it is a third party merchant, but it is being brokered by Amazon and Amazon is making a good cut of the sale.
3) After my experience with the non-Prime purchases, I found myself looking only at the Prime eligible items. Invariably, many of the Prime items carried a higher price tag than partner vendors especially at low price points. Items that were $8 from most other vendors were $13 through Amazon.com. So I would get free 2-day shipping, but it was embedded in the price. Considering that I'd already paid for the shipping advantage by subscribing to Prime, it felt like I was taking money from one pocket and putting it in another.
4) Amazon Prime narrowed my comparison shopping. I used to look at several sites before buying, but once I had Prime, I felt like I needed to leverage my investment. That's exactly what Amazon was likely hoping for and it worked extremely well. But often, I noticed that other vendors had lower pricing and even after factoring in the savings on shipping, Prime was costing me more.
I determined that Prime no longer made sense for me. If you're like most consumers and buy significantly less than 20-25 purchases a year from Amazon, it's likely not worth it. Maybe if you are in a faraway place away from one of Amazon's warehouses, it might also make sense. But if you are in a major metro, just hit that magic $25 minimum, and wait the 3 to 5 days for your purchase to show up. Having said that, if convenience is your primary goal and you have to have something in 2 days, Prime still makes a ton of sense.
Amazon now gives you unlimited free streaming of about 5,000 movies and TV shows. While the selection is not as extensive as Netflix it does provide additional value for those that don't already have Netflix. Enough value for me to get Prime? Not yet, but if they had a more extensive library, it would become a no-brainer.
Note: After receiving comments about sharing Amazon Prime, I did some research and wrote:
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Update: Since dropping Prime, I have had the following experiences with shipped packages. Package #1: Book - Received 1 day after order. Packaged #2,#3: Various gifts - received 2 days after order. Package #4 gifts shipped to rural area - received 3 days after order. Package #5 gifts shipped to rural area - received 4 days after order. Package #6 - Book Received 3 days after order. Note: for all of these shipments Amazon quoted shipping dates that were after the date that I actually received the packages.
So my experience since then only supports my decision with the exception that if I wanted to ship to a rural area and get it there in two days, I would want Prime. Amazon's regular shipping is just incredible, being able to get a book in 1 day for free shows how good they are operationally. It also means that the value of their 2-day service at $79 is much less.
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TV This Week, March 2 - 8: 'The Trip to Bountiful' on Lifetime
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Arkansas Paper: Change Your Discriminatory Obit Policy
June 28, 2011
Last week, the Batesville Daily Guard indicated they intended to change their policy of listing only married couples in their free obituaries. The current policy blatantly discriminates against committed LGBT couples who don't have the option of legally marrying in Arkansas. The Guard's legal counsel, Oscar Jones, told HRC he "hopes and believes the policy will be changed." Jones' mother, Pat Jones, is the paper's owner and manager. We expect the paper to stand by its word and do the right thing.Continue Reading ►
People of Faith Rally to Defeat the Anti-LGBT Amendment in North Carolina
June 28, 2011 by Karin Quimby
HRC joined the Unitarian Universalist Association's "Standing on the Side of Love" Campaign, Faith in America, Time Out Youth, and Equality North Carolina in sponsoring a huge faith-based rally in Charlotte, North Carolina last week. It just happened to be on the same day that New York passed marriage equality. Thousands of people of many faiths marched from the Convention Center to Marshall Park in protest of the anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment pending in the North Carolina legislature that could ban marriage and other relationship recognition for same-sex couples.Continue Reading ►
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June 27, 2011
National HIV Testing Day is an appropriate time to reflect on our efforts to confront the HIV/AIDS epidemic. As recently as 5 years ago, the District had no way to track the spread of the epidemic. We had no way to scientifically measure the effectiveness of our response to the disease, no way to know what changes were needed to improve that response. The recent release of the District's report on HIV/AIDS is the fourth iteration of this annual epidemiological study. The report gives strong evidence that the District is, at long last, beginning to mount an effective response to the epidemic.Continue Reading ►
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Jean Paoli, the architect of Microsoft Office's XML capabilities, recently spent several hours showing me Microsoft's newest Office family member, InfoPath (formerly XDocs, originally NetDocs). Here are 10 things you should know about this revolutionary piece of software.
1. You use it to gather and view semi-structured information.
The most obvious example of such data-gathering is the business form. While acknowledging the marketing need to brand InfoPath as a forms application, Paoli insists -- rightly -- that there is more to the story. To the user, InfoPath is a general-purpose viewer and editor of business information. To the developer, it's a power tool for building applications that view, edit, and transform XML data.
2. Users create and maintain high-quality data.
Like Office 11 and Excel 11, InfoPath can bind an XML Schema to a document, can interactively validate the document against the schema, and can prevent the user from saving the document in an invalid state. In addition to schema constraints, you can attach extra validation rules. For this purpose, the InfoPath design mode includes an XPath-aware expression builder.
3. It is aggressively standards-based.
Word 11 can save formatted documents in an XML format called WordML, or it can save schematized data without formatting as generic XML. Although these two modes are both standard in their use of XML, they are nevertheless quite distinct from one another. In the latter case you use XSLT to apply the WordML styling to a core of pure structured data, but it's optional.
With InfoPath, XSLT isn't an option. The document's core of structured data is always expressed through one or more views, and those views are XSLT transformations. InfoPath's more unified model does not derive from Word, but rather from Paoli's former project, Internet Explorer. In an InfoPath document, formatted text is expressed as XHTML (the schema for which must be bound to the document), and all styling is accomplished by means of standard CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).
InfoPath also provides a DOM (Document Object Model) accessible to scripting languages such as VBScript and JavaScript.
4. It connects people to business processes.
As SOAP packets wend their way through business workflows, people need to open them up, look at them, think about them, interact with them, and inject them back into the workflows. InfoPath aims to support that interaction in a way that's completely natural for the user, but sacrifices none of the fidelity of the XML data on which Web services depend.
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ATHENS, TN (WRCB) -- Athens officials announced Friday that the planned July 4 fireworks display and related activities have been postponed due to the fire that occurred at the Regional Park and the continued high risk of fire that remains. "This is not something that we want to do but something that we have to do," said Parks Director Austin Fesmire. "On Thursday a mower preparing the fireworks area simply hit a rock that caused a spark that ignited the fire. The operator of the mower had a fire extinguisher and could not contain the blaze. Fortunately, the Fire Department was on site already working with us on another project and that engine was able to respond immediately while the other units were called.""It is because of that coincidence that the fire was stopped right as it entered the woods. Hot spots were still being monitored six hours after the fire started. After consultation with the fire officials we determined that is was just not safe to shoot the fireworks under these conditions. What is not burnt is literally a tinderbox surrounded by woods," said Fesmire. "This fire happened during the daytime while a relatively small number of people were in the park. On July 4 we are dealing with over 10,000 people in the area and we have to put their safety first. Had we been fighting this fire in the dark while trying to evacuate the area it would have been an entirely different outcome. I personally want to thank all of the emergency responders who saved the park and surrounding area," Fesmire added.The city is working with the appropriate permitting agencies to schedule another date for the fireworks and the duck race. Both events require a state permit.
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The National Zoo posted a selfie of their baby panda, Bao Bao, on Instagram and is giving you a chance to meet the cub.
The zoo is calling the video of Bao Bao a selfie, though the cub likely didn't hold the camera herself. It's just 15 seconds long, but gives a nice close look at the 5-month-old.
Those wanting to see more can register for a chance to see the panda cub in person. The zoo is calling the opportunity for a small group of fans to get special access to Bao Bao, zookeepers and biologists a "zoomeet" or an "Instameet."
Fans must fill out a form and post an Instagram video saying why you should be chosen. The videos must tag @smithsonianzoo and use the hashtag #zoomeet or can be sent to the zoo as an Instagram direct message.
Zoo officials will pick the winner on the January 27 for the meeting on February 1.
The zoo's Instagram account has picked up more than 4,500 followers in just one day.
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The Job Creation Committee (JCC) was established by the Indiana General Assembly in 2014 to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of all professional licenses regulated by the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (IPLA).
The IPLA is an umbrella agency for 38 boards, commissions and committees, including licensing bodies such as the Medical Licensing Board and the Indiana Real Estate Commission. IPLA's boards regulate over 70 professional licenses that includes but is not limited to physicians, real estate brokers, pharmacists, nurses, accountants, dentists, cosmetologists, veterinarians and engineers. The boards are also responsible for temporary and intern permits related to the respective professions each board regulates. In addition to professional regulation, some boards are also responsible for regulating businesses, such as the Indiana Board of Pharmacy, which licenses wholesale drugs distributors, pharmacies and home medical equipment providers. From pharmacist interns to journeyman plumbers to limited temporary chiropractor licenses, IPLA and its boards are responsible for the regulation of over 200 unique permits that are required for a person to work in Indiana. Consequently, IPLA regulates approximately 450,000 actively licensed professionals, meaning almost one in seven working Hoosiers are licensed by the agency.
The JCC will be chaired by IPLA's executive director with other members of the committee being: the director of the Office of Management and Budget, the attorney general (nonvoting member), an individual appointed by the governor who represents an association that has small businesses, small business owners, or licensed professionals as a majority of its members (nonvoting member), two individuals appointed by the governor who are licensed in a regulated occupation and two individuals appointed by the governor who are not licensed in a regulated occupation.
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Finland is the jam. It came from an exploding egg, the egg of a water bird, the top half of which you can still see in the shape of the starry canopy that hangs over the earth.
Finland is the most sparsely-populated country in the EU with only 5 million people. It's also been ranked the second most stable country in the world, after Norway.
Historically, Finland has been a part of Sweden and later, Russia. It was an autonomous Grand Duchy during the Russian Empire's reign and lasted as such until their declaration of independence in 1917. Subsequently Finland survived a civil war and wars against both Russia and Nazi Germany to eventually settle down as an EU member circa 1955.
Finnish language is cool, it's totally unrelated to the whole Latin-root thing. Its closest relative is Hungarian. Linguistic historians estimate that it came from northern central Russia from 3000BC.
If you're in Helsinki, the museum at Suomenlinna has some interesting bunkers and military wreckage, including a submarine!
Caught on camera! Here's your long-awaited proof. Santa Claus comes from Finland.
Apart from Lappland, the other thing most people are familiar with out of Finland is aquavite. Literally it translates to "water of life" but it may make you feel more like you are dying when it hits your throat.
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Michelin is a male Lab mix puppy born August 17, 2012.
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Prayers for both you and the Ms. Hopefully the test will come back neg.
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Bill, we went through that a year ago so we know what you are going through. The biopsy came back negative. Our prayers will be with both of you.
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Gray Cub and I will thinking of you and your family Bill.
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Our prayers from PA. for you and your wife.
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You and Jo are in our prayers (+)
Em went through a similar experience last year and thankfully the biopsy was negative. Em and I will be praying that Jo has a similar outcome.
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Congratulations to Dr. Randal Rauser on the publication of his most recent book, "God or Godless". The book, co-written with John W. Loftus, began arriving in stores last month.
The two authors will be appearing at a series of public discussions in June, presented by the Wahl Centre. These debates, "God or Godless?", will take place in Calgary, Red Deer and Edmonton from June 3-5, 2013. There will be no charge to attend (details can be found here).
Dr. Rauser's co-author is well-known atheist (and former minister) John W. Loftus. The book is a lively and honest discussion about faith, but manages to avoid being just another bitter confrontation over such issues. This collaboration is a clear and insightful overview of the arguments for and against belief.
You can read more about the book at the Baker Publishing website, including some flattering reviews from experts in this field such as this one:
"The argument between skeptics and Christians has existed since the beginning of Christianity. Randal Rauser and John Loftus continue that argument with gusto, conciseness, and civility. This book should be the first stop for readers shopping for dueling voices from two of the most articulate advocates for Christianity and atheism."
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Trenton seems to fit the model. Two people died there about a block from each other. Ringgold does, too. Death toll there: 8.
In both cases, National Weather Service maps that tracked the April
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Jerome Dyson scored 26 points to lead the Tulsa 66ers to a second straight victory over the Idaho Stampede, 97-85 Saturday night in Boise, Idaho.
The 66ers (2-0) trailed 25-15 before a massive 27-to-2 run that spanned the first and second quarters, giving Tulsa a 42-27 lead on Xavier Alexander's three-pointer with 5:25 left in the half.
The lead would grow to as many as 21 points before Idaho ended the half with a 9-4 run, cutting the lead to 58-42.
Tulsa's lead would hold, but just barely. The Stampede went on an 18-4 run in the third quarter to pull within a single point, 66-65 on Kevin Galloway's lay-up.
But, the 66ers pulled away late in the fourth quarter to capture the win.
Tulsa had a huge advantage on the boards, out-rebounding the Stampede 50-31, including 16 offensive rebounds.
Joining Dyson in double figure scoring for Tulsa was Marcus Lewis with 20 points and 16 rebounds, Ryan Reid with 14 points and 12 rebounds and Dwight Buycks with 11 points.
Tony Bobbitt led Idaho (0-2) with 17 points.
Tulsa will return to play Wednesday night at the Texas Legends. The Legends opened the season Saturday with a 101-96 loss to Austin.
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(WMC-TV) - Tuesday was a great day for flying. Wednesday -- not so much. Thursday... flying is not an option, so far.
Upon arrival at the airport Wednesday, I went through the normal routine of conducting the preflight inspection, checking maintenance records, and getting a weather briefing.
We knew that hazardous weather was expected. So, I knew that I would need to monitor the updates closely throughout the shift. We managed to fly to DeSoto Central High School for a student with a gun call before the weather started coming in.
After orbiting the high school for over an hour, providing live shots for the 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. broadcast, the plan was to stop at Olive Branch Airport for some fuel before going on our next assignment.
The next assignment was to find roadway maintenance vehicles spreading salt on Interstate 40.
As we departed Olive Branch on course for the Arlington area, it was clear that we wouldn't be able to bring that dimension to the developing weather story. From our location just north of Olive Branch Airport, we could see heavy rain and reduced visibility moving in from the west of Memphis International. Since Memphis International is our home base, it's kind of important that we're safely on the ground before hazardous weather moves in. Otherwise, we risk being stranded at an outlying airport.
My chopper partner, Jessica, advised the desk that we would be aborting our mission to Arlington due to weather and that we'd be returning to the hangar. I pointed Chopper 5 toward Memphis International and applied what is called "Maximum Continuous Power" or "MCP". Our MCP power setting allowed us to travel at just over 100 MPH and got us safely on the ground with some time to spare before the main body of the storm arrived.
I've learned that unlike Phoenix, Memphis weather can change quickly and needs to be monitored on a continuous basis. I'm interested to see what conditions are for the rest of the week.
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A young man charged with assaulting a veteran Toledo police officer back in May made a disruptive courtroom appearance Friday morning.
Deleno Stine, 19, was charged with felonious assault on a police officer after a fight broke out between Stine and another woman and TPD officer Deb Hahn got involved.
On May 4, Hahn was approached by an 18-year-old woman claiming she had just been assaulted in a domestic violence dispute. As they were speaking, Stine ran up and assaulted the victim again. Hahn stepped in to try to break things up, but then Stine began to assault her, as well. Police say Stine pulled out a knife and cut Hahn. She had to be taken to the hospital for cuts on her chest and face, which required stitches.
One night earlier, police say Stine fired into a south Toledo home on Geneva Avenue, grazing a woman inside.
Stine changed his plea of guilty to no contest for the felonious assault, but pleaded guilty to improperly discharging a firearm into the Toledo home.
His sentencing was added to the court docket last minute Friday. The judge sentenced Stine to 18 years in prison for both charges.
After learning his fate, Stine started to make a scene. Several sheriff's deputies surrounded him and were able to restrain and escort him out of the courtroom.
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Your #lovecapetown weekend: What's on from Friday 22 to Sunday 24 August, 2014
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An Anderson man died a day after a chase and crash in Anderson County on Tuesday night, according to the coroner.
The Highway Patrol said the motorcyclist was driving along Michelin Boulevard about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday when a trooper tried to pull him over.
The motorcyclist fled and the trooper lost sight of him and called off the chase, according to Lance Cpl. Bill Rhyne with the Highway Patrol.
A short time later the trooper came upon a crash that involved the motorcycle, Rhyne said.
Coroner Greg Shore identified the motorcyclist as William Jones, 33, died Wednesday night at the hospital.
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4:38pm Thursday 20th February 2014 in Sport By Jonathan Waldron
Joe Dunne says he is looking to find reinforcements for one specific area of his Colchester United squad.
The U's boss is reluctant to reveal the exact position he feels is in need of strengthening.
But he says he has a specific player in mind to bolster his squad in the emergency loan window, ahead of the U's hectic programme of matches in League One.
Dunne said: "It's a financial thing at the moment.
"If I can get one I'll get one but I'm looking for one in particular.
"There's one position I want to fill where I don't think we've got another back-up and it's not left-back.
"Once we get into the Saturday-Tuesday business, I'm going to need that kind of player.
"There's a particular player that I have in mind - but so have a few other clubs!
"But I'm pleased with the group and I think it can take us through a lot of exciting football between now and the end of the season.
"I don't really think we can do too much different with this team, in terms of tactics."
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By Marjorie Nesin
Staff Writer
---- — Police Sunday morning arrested a man who had been wanted on five outstanding warrants that date back 10 years and who had been living under a false name at Patriots Circle.
According to police, Brian S. Mazola, 43, had been wanted on outstanding warrants for driving under the influence, leaving the scene of accident, threatenting to commit assault, stalking, assault and battery and several motor vehicle violations.
In the wake of Sunday's arrest. police said they will also charge him with providing a false name to a police officer, operating with a suspended license and a felony charge of having an altered license, police said.
According to police, officers acting on information found Mazola at the residence where he had been living with a family member under the name Richard Bellerose.
Mazola told police who came to the residence Sunday that his name was Richard Bellerose, and provided police with a Tennessee driver's license under that name, but police recognized him as Mazola. Mazola then told police that the Tennessee license was fake and that the 10-year-old warrants were for him, and police seized the fake license, before arresting Mazola and transporting him to the police station.
An officer at the station recognized Mazola as a man he had verbally warned for a traffic violation last Wednesday, drawing the driving with a suspended license charge against Mazola, police said.
Police said that a Richard Bellerose, the alias name Mazola used, is wanted on two warrants as well — one out of Lawrence and the other out of Salem. Police were unable to determine whether those warrants are for Mazola or a real Bellerose.
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Levees and Dams
News about Levees and Dams, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Aug. 24, 2014
Op-Ed article by author Jacques Leslie describes reversal in assessment of Thayer Scudder, world's leading authority on impact of dams on poor people; notes Scudder now contends that large dams are not worth social and environmental cost; highlights study published in Energy Policy finding that actual construction costs of dams are too high to yield positive return. MORE
Aug. 20, 2014
Iraqi and Kurdish forces retaking the Mosul Dam in Iraq encounter wreckage, craters and other evidence of the deadly effect American airstrikes have had on the militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria; two days of concerted air assaults paved the way for reclamation of strategically important dam, which remains in fine condition. MORE
Aug. 19, 2014
Olmsted Locks and Dam project, designed to replace two deteriorating locks on busiest section of Ohio River, is the largest and most expensive inland water navigation installation ever built in the United States; it was first authorized by Congress in 1988 at a cost of $775 million, and supposed to take a decade to complete but is now slated to conclude by 2020 at cost approaching $3 billion. MORE
Aug. 5, 2014
Army Corps of Engineers settles lawsuit that will force it to disclose for first time amount of pollutants its dams send into waterways. MORE
Jun. 30, 2014
Noordwijk Journal; Netherlands experts say dikes of country's famed water management system work so well that they worry citizens will begin to take staying dry for granted; as global climate change threatens to raise sea levels, Dutch authorities are working to make schoolchildren aware of forecasts that may seem far-off by engaging them in activities such as sand-castle competitions. MORE
Jun. 17, 2014
Dr David M Post study in journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows that 18th-century settlers in New England set off evolutionary changes in alewife herring species by damming lakes, and that those changes rippled across food web. MORE
Jun. 11, 2014
Chilean government commission rejects $8 billion proposal to dam Patagonian rivers to meet growing energy demands, handing a victory to environmentalists who praise the ruling. MORE
May. 8, 2014
Op-Ed article by environmentalist Yvon Chouinard calls for removal of thousands of crumbling dams throughout United States that are no longer useful and pose safety hazards; lists environmental drawbacks of such dams, noting many services they once provided can be met through other means. MORE
Apr. 21, 2014
Op-Ed article by author Richard Conniff describes how dam constructed on Mill Brook in Connecticut in 1672 led to river herring becoming landlocked in Rogers Lake, which has set them apart from the rest of their species for generations; notes that due to newly constructed fish ladders the seafaring river herring will finally come face to face with their landlocked cousins after being separated for 342 years. MORE
Apr. 14, 2014
Environmentalists argue that Army Corps of Engineers proposal to build dam inside New Jersey's South Mountain Reservation would kill dense stands of trees and other vegetation that now form the most scenic swath of the park; proposal is one of seven flood-mitigation alternatives for the Rahway River Basin; during Tropical Storm Irene and other major storms, the Rahway River has caused severe flooding in downstream communities. MORE
Jul. 26, 2013
Dismantling of Veazie Dam on Penobscot River in Eddington, Me, along with two other major new river restoration projects, will give 11 species of fish, including river herring and Atlantic salmon, better access to 1,000 miles of spawning habitat for first time in two centuries; decade-long project will cost $60 million. MORE
Jul. 24, 2013
Letter from former Sen Gary Hart of Colorado comments on July 22 editorial about removal of damn on the lower Penobscot River in Maine. MORE
Jul. 22, 2013
Editorial hails news that Veazie Dam on Penobscot River in Maine will be removed, allowing lower river to freely flow again and revive complex migratory ecosystem once teeming with fish working their way up from the sea; says initiative is welcome step in effort to restore native ecosystems but urges environmentalists to also protect oceanic habitats of these fishes. MORE
May. 5, 2013
China's renewed plan to build series of hydropower dams on Nu River, one of Asia's wildest waterways and one of world's most ecologically diverse and fragile places, has stunned environmentalists; project will force relocation of tens of thousands of ethnic minorities, destroy spawning grounds for endangered fish species and profoundly effect downstream farmers and fishermen in Myanmar. MORE
Apr. 16, 2013
Amendment to seven-decades-old treaty between Mexico and United States will increase water flow down Colorado river and support efforts to restore native habitat and wildlife to Mexico's Colorado delta; area has become wasteland since 1960s as American dams diverted most of river's water to support development of West. MORE
Mar. 7, 2013
Alaska is planning to build 735-foot, $5.2 billion hydroelectric dam, which would create new power supply for more than two-thirds of state's population; proposed dam presents economic and environmental challenges. MORE
Feb. 12, 2013
Syrian insurgents and opposition activists say that rebel forces have taken control of country's largest hydroelectric dam, assertion that, if confirmed, would give them significant control over vital reservoir and what remains of sporadic power supplies in country. MORE
Oct. 31, 2012
Scientists have warned for nearly a decade that New York City faces increasing peril from rising sea levels, more frequent flooding and extreme weather patterns; officials facing aftermath of Hurricane Sandy are considering major infrastructure changes to protect the city, including Andrew M Cuomo, who has proposed a levee system or storm surge barriers. MORE
Oct. 9, 2012
Op-Ed article by author Cheryl Colopy argues India must embrace sustainable methods, such as rain-harvesting, as it seeks to satisfy its rapidly growing demand for water; notes that the alternative, damming, has so far wreaked environmental havoc in the country. MORE
Sep. 7, 2012
Louisiana residents outside the ring of levees that protect New Orleans want the federal government to erect walls to protect their communities as well; major financing for such efforts is not likely, however, for reasons having to do with the federal budget, Army Corps of Engineers priorities and the rigid cost-benefit analyses that such projects must undergo. MORE
Aug. 30, 2012
Reporter's Notebook; Army Corps of Engineers nervously monitors water levels and the levees, gates and pumps intended to protect New Orleans from a repeat of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, as Hurricane Isaac takes its toll on the city. MORE
Aug. 29, 2012
Construction begins again on a mammoth hydroelectric dam in the heart of Brazil's Amazon rain forest hours after the country's Supreme Court orders a resumption of work on the project; dam has been opposed by Indian groups and environmentalists. MORE
Aug. 28, 2012
Army Corps of Engineers is considering alternatives to expensive repairs to a levee built in 1937 in Zoar, Ohio, including razing buildings in the village. MORE
Aug. 3, 2012
Port Angeles Journal; restoration of the Elwha River in Washington State, by removing two dams that all but killed it, is bringing back the fish but is also creating a mind-bogglingly large surge of sediment; scientists say no other dam removal project in the nation comes close to the earth-load in the Elwha, and most of it, after decades in the making, has yet to come down the river. MORE
Jul. 19, 2012
Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement, large-scale 2010 agreement between various interests to restore Oregon's Klamath River, has been indefinitely derailed by the local Tea Party; agreement would have removed four dams along the river, providing more water for farmers, restoring the salmon population and returning lost land to Indian tribes. MORE
Jul. 1, 2012
Op-Ed article by journalist and filmmaker Charles Lyon observes that hydroelectric dam projects are advancing at an aggressive pace all across Brazil, and have sparked a confrontation over the environment; notes that Brazil is trying to achieve a balance between managing its population's growing energy needs and protecting the Amazon, one of the planet's most vital resources. MORE
Jun. 15, 2012
New Orleans' vast defensive network of levees, flood walls, gates and pumps is finally in place, nearly seven years after Hurricane Katrina; some experts still question whether the $14.5 billion project will provide the city sufficient protection from the most severe class of storms. MORE
Jun. 12, 2012
Workers begin removing the Great Works Dam in Maine in the first step to restoring a more natural flow of the Penobscot River, which saw its once-abundant runs of fish wiped out after the dam impeded migrations to fish spawning grounds; long-delayed start of the project is expected to end years of rancor and uncertainty. MORE
Jun. 12, 2012
Editorial hails the demolition of the Great Works Dam in Bradley, Me, the first step in a multiyear effort to restore ancient fish runs on the Penobscot River; argues that regulators and lawmakers should now search for other opportunities to get rid of unnecessary hydroelectric dams. MORE
May. 24, 2012
Interior Department will allow periodic increases in the flow of Colorado River water through the Grand Canyon, alleviating the environmental disruption caused by the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona in the 1960s. MORE
May. 6, 2012
Brazil is leading a rush among South American nations to build dozens of important dams in the Amazon, but strikes and uprisings by workers demanding better pay at the biggest hydroelectric projects are producing delays and cost overruns. MORE
Apr. 27, 2012
Oregon Federal Judge James A Redden argues that hydroelectric dams in the Columbia River Basin should be taken down in order to protect endangered salmon that live in the river; Redden spent a decade presiding over a contentious court battle related to the dams before passing it on to another judge in 2011. MORE
Feb. 17, 2012
Editorial supports California Rep Dan Lungren's efforts to reevaluate whether San Francisco should continue to buy water from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park; argues issue is not only how city uses its water, but also whether there is any rationale for dam that destroyed a pristine valley in order to create the reservoir. MORE
Feb. 5, 2012
Officials and residents in the Mississippi River flood plain near St Louis, Ill, are accusing the Army Corps of Engineers of raising safety standards for levees to unreasonable levels, heaping millions of dollars of unnecessarily expensive repair and insurance costs on their communities; Corps, flush with stimulus money from the federal government, has indeed raised the frequency and standards of their levee inspections, but contend they have done so only to avoid potentially catastrophic damages from flooding. MORE
Jan. 12, 2012
Signs of recovery are mounting In southeastern Missouri, where the Army Corps of Engineers blasted a levee last spring in order to flood the Birds Point-New Madrid floodway and relieve the surrounding area; nearly three miles of gaps have been filled in following eight month effort; some citizens of Birds Point continue to assert that move was unnecessarily extreme. MORE
Dec. 30, 2011
Chinese State Council approves changes to shrink boundaries of a Yangtze River preserve that is home to many of the river's rare and endangered fish species; decision is likely to clear the way for construction of the Xiaonanhai Dam, a $3.8 billion project that environmentalists say will flood much of the preserve and wipe out many species. MORE
Dec. 21, 2011
Editorial urges the Supreme Court to rule that Montana should not be able to collect rent from a power company that owns hydroelectric dams on the state's rivers if it had not previously sought compensation from companies. MORE
Oct. 28, 2011
Hundreds of members of indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon occupy construction site of the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam to protest its construction; move signals a change in strategy by indigenous groups, which have relied on legal challenges that have done little to dissuade the government to halt work on the dam. MORE
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Highlights From the Archives
Grass-Roots Uprising Against River Dam Challenges Tokyo
Uprisings have cropped up in Japan ever since a small citizen group blocked the government from building a dam.March 3, 2009 worldNews
Large Dams Just Aren't Worth the Cost
Sure, they look powerful, but as development projects they have failed mightily.
August 24, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON DAMS AND DIKES AND: Levees and Dams , Scudder, Thayer , Energy Policy (Journal) , Infrastructure (Public Works) , Hydroelectric Power , Environment
In Retaking of Iraqi Dam, Evidence of American Impact
The scene around the strategically important Mosul Dam bore testament to the deadly effect American airstrikes were having on the militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.
August 20, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON DAMS AND DIKES AND: Iraq , Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) , Levees and Dams , Mosul (Iraq) , Water , Pesh Merga
On Books Since 1988, Ohio River Dam Project Keeps Rolling Along
The $3 billion Olmsted Locks and Dam project, expected to be finished in 2020, is seen as too big to fail.
August 19, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON DAMS AND DIKES AND: Levees and Dams , Ohio River , Infrastructure (Public Works) , Olmsted Locks and Dam (Olmsted, Ill) , Rivers , Law and Legislation , Army Corps of Engineers , Obama, Barack , House of Representatives , Senate
Louisiana: Army Corps Notifies Storm Victims of Claim Denials
The corps sent out about 565,000 letters formally notifying victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita that their damage claims have been denied.
August 7, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON DAMS AND DIKES AND: Disasters and Emergencies , Army Corps of Engineers , Duval, Stanwood R Jr , Hurricane Katrina (2005) , Louisiana , Levees and Dams
Oregon: Corps of Engineers to Reveal Pollution Figures
The Army Corps of Engineers has settled a lawsuit that will force it to disclose for the first time the amount of pollutants its dams send into waterways.
August 5, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON DAMS AND DIKES AND: Portland (Ore) , Water Pollution , Clean Water Act , Army Corps of Engineers , Suits and Litigation (Civil) , Levees and Dams
Sunni Extremists in Iraq Seize 3 Towns From Kurds and Threaten Major Dam
Militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, who swept into the towns and forced thousands of locals to flee the fighting, were within striking distance of the nation's largest dam.
August 4, 2014, Monday
MORE ON DAMS AND DIKES AND: Levees and Dams , Sunni Muslims , Monuments and Memorials (Structures) , Defense and Military Forces , Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) , Shiite Muslims , United Nations , Iraq , Kurds , Terrorism
'A Threat to Cambodia's Sacred Forests'
In a remote valley in southwest Cambodia, an indigenous group fights to protect its homes from the looming construction of a hydroelectric dam.
July 29, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON DAMS AND DIKES AND: Environment , Cambodia , Forests and Forestry , Monasteries and Monks , Levees and Dams , Hydroelectric Power , China
Awakening the 'Dutch Gene' of Water Survival
The dikes of the country's water management system work so well that experts say they worry that citizens will begin to take staying dry for granted.
June 30, 2014, Monday
MORE ON DAMS AND DIKES AND: Engineering and Engineers , Children and Childhood , Levees and Dams , Netherlands , Floods , Education (K-12) , Global Warming , Education , Noordwijk (Netherlands)
Sunni Militants Advance Toward Large Iraqi Dam
The military has told employees at the Haditha Dam to be prepared to open the floodgates if government forces are unable to hold back the ISIS militants.
June 26, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON DAMS AND DIKES AND: Euphrates River , Iraq , Iraqi Army , Levees and Dams , Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
A Chain Reaction of Change Behind Dams
Researchers found that evolutionary change in alewife herrings since the 18th century had a ripple effect on bluegill.
June 17, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON DAMS AND DIKES AND: Post, David M , Levees and Dams , Fish and Other Marine Life , Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Journal)
Iraqi Forces Recapture Mosul Dam
Lt. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, an Iraqi Army spokesman, said on Monday that security forces had retaken control of the Mosul dam from Islamic State in Iraq and Syria militants.
A Threat to Cambodia's Sacred Forests
In a remote valley in southwest Cambodia, an indigenous group fights to protect its homes from the looming construction of a hydroelectric dam.
A Dilemma at Lake Okeechobee
The lake, with its vulnerable dike and polluted waters, has become a giant environmental problem far beyond its banks.
Chinese River's Fate May Reshape a Region
Those who treasure the Nu River in Bingzhongluo, China, say the construction of proposed dams would alter what guidebooks call the Grand Canyon of the East.
Bringing Back the Delta
A new agreement between Mexico and the United States called Minute 319 will ensure more water flows into the Colorado River delta in Mexico, helping to restore parts of the once fertile region.
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A Middle Tennessee boy is sharing his story of living with diabetes and his passion for cycling to raise money and awareness about the disease.
Baden Brown, 10, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was just 5, but it's not stopping him from going after some big dreams.
Last weekend, he took part in the Ride to Cure, which benefits the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
"It really doesn't slow me down," he said. "It's not a disadvantage at all."
And Baden had a very special partner for the race: Adam Driscoll, who rides with Team Novo-Nordisk - a cycling group made up of athletes with Type 1 diabetes.
The team even presented Baden with his very own team jersey.
Driscoll, who was diagnosed with diabetes at age 11, refused to give up on sports and today is inspiring others.
"Being active helps you manage diabetes and grow up to be whatever you want to be, whatever your goals are," Driscoll said.
As for Baden, he wants to be a triathlete at the Olympics one day.
At such a young age, he's working toward those goals. He's already finished two adult triathalons alongside his dad.
The cyclists who took part in the ride say they really want to drive home the point that if you manage your diabetes the right way, you can still live a very active life.
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