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How do cars pollute? In two main ways, through inefficient mileage (guzzling a gallon of gas every eight or 10 or 14 miles) and through tailpipe emissions.
There's the pollution associated with manufacturing, also, but to keep it simple let's stick with emissions and mileage. Obviously, both affect the air. Think of mileage as a measure of your car's pollution volume over time – if a gallon of gas doesn't take you very far, you have to burn a lot more gas — and emissions as the chemistry of that pollution; if the mix is particularly noxious, your car will be a bigger offender than one with better tailpipe controls.
So if you want to buy the cleanest car you can — in the price range you need — you'll look at both factors. Fortunately, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has already done this work, assigning a "greenhouse gas" score to most models. Find it at the EPA's Green Vehicles website.
The EPA's "greenhouse gas" score considers how much a vehicle contributes to global warming via its full lifecycle emissions of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (NO2), and hydroflurocarbons (HFCs). The rating is mainly a function of a car's gas mileage, but the analysis also looks at the fuel a car uses (gasoline, natural gas, diesel, ethanol) to factor in emissions.
Cars are given a score between 1 and 10, with 10 being the highest (the Prius solos at this rating) and 5 being not so hot (the Lincoln Town Car) and 3 (the GMC Sierra 15 gasoline model) being about as low as it goes. (The Sierra 15 jumps to a 6 on ethanol though.)
At the same site, the EPA chart also breaks out a column that considers just regulated tailpipe emissions — which doesn't capture all the greenhouse gases and considers some outputs that aren't greenhouse gases — giving each model an "air pollution score" as well. A diesel, say, might not score as well on this scale as it would on the greenhouse gas scale.
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Think your house kitty takes up a lot of bed space? Try sleeping with a real big cat. According to Daily Mail U.K., a South African woman shares her home with an eight-month-old white lion.
"Relationships can be a challenge though, as there are often some jealousy issues about who is going to snuggle up with who on the couch," Snyman told Daily Mail. "It normally ends up with me on one couch with Timba snuggled up on my lap and the other person on the other couch or outside, looking rather concerned."
Snyman didn't just adopt Timba as a thrill, she is trying to protect the rare animal. Several years ago, Snyman turned her expansive land into an animal sanctuary. Originally only open to farm animals, Snyman applied to the Department of Nature Conservation to welcome in wild animals, too.
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Now, Snyman is surrounded by more paws than people, but she is happy with it that way.
'While most people are amazed, this has become my life and part of who I am. There are times when it is difficult to do day-to-day things but I do manage to live a normal life -- well, normal for me, anyway," Snyman told Daily Mail.
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Expensive pets - White Lions - http://richieast.com/exclusive-pet-rich-people-white-lion-cubs/January 01 2015 at 3:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
i think it's a wonderful idea.. lions are my most favorite animal in the world, and I owe it all to her for her love of lions/catsMay 21 2013 at 12:23 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
wow, so many have so many bad things to say about this. But what would have happened if she hadn't 'rescued' these animals, probably wouldn't have had a chance in (well you know where) . I'm sure she just doesn't go out and find one and decide she's going to keep it. I commend her, and her love for wildlife! I'm sure she knows what's she's doing, she's been doing it long enough!February 12 2013 at 7:46 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Gorgeous animal, but WILD...no matter how much love she gives him, there's a good chance she might not wake up one of these days (and yJanuary 15 2013 at 8:30 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply
If lions could be really tame don't you think they would be selling them like any other pet. They are wild and need to be out in the wild. Dogs etc. were not tamed that quickly. It took a lot of years before man had finally had them as pets. Do we have to be so greedy? Can't e just let them be who they are and leave them aloneDecember 19 2012 at 3:49 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
i hope that lion is declawed and has teeth removed!December 18 2012 at 2:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
These animals are wild- that should say all... I'm so tired of hearing the phrase, "it's how you raise them" what is that suppose to mean? They are wild by nature- that's all that needs to be said.December 12 2012 at 7:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
You only hear about the bad cases of people having these big cats, lots of people have them, its how you raise them. There tons of these animals in captivity, and you only hear about that sad case every couple of years. What about dogs, they attack people WAY more often than these cats.December 12 2012 at 3:53 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply
If you look at her hands they are scratched and bitten. As he gets older he will get stronger and he knows not when to stop playing. She is headed for big trouble. Like the woman who let her friends face get ripped off by that ape.December 12 2012 at 3:33 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply
Animals belong in the wild . They shouldn't be in our disco dreamy homes !!!!!!do not EVER get me ANGRY p.s I LOVE chicken wings!!!!!!! Tiger go home I won't tell her!!!!!December 12 2012 at 2:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply


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Pfeiffer Men's Soccer Earns NSCAA Academic Award!
The NSCAA, during the 2000 convention, awarded Pfeiffer University mens soccer the prestigious All-Academic Team Award. To earn this award, the team had to carry a minimum of a 3.0 g.p.a for the 1998-1999 academic year. The Falcons 34 man roster earned a 3.06 for the 1998-1999 year. This ranks them 26 out of over 790 NCAA Division 1,2, and 3 mens soccer teams! The Falcons were led by Senior Chris Wright with a perfect 4.0 g.p.a.!
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The fuel pump may fail causing the engine to stall and not restart. Our technicians recommend replacing the fuel filter every 30,000 miles to help prevent undue strain on the fuel pump.
A coolant leak may develop from the water pump. This can result in an engine overheating condition. A leaking water pump will require replacement.
The distributor may develop internal faults. This can cause a rough running engine or stalling condition, the Check Engine Light may or may not illuminate. Our technicians tell us that the distributor should be overhauled or replaced to correct this concern.
An engine vacuum leak may develop from the throttle body gasket causing a higher than normal idle speed. Failed gaskets should be replaced.
The alternator may fail causing the battery to go dead. The charge light on the dash may or may not illuminate. The alternator may also develop an abnormal noise. A failed alternator will require replacement.
On the 4L80-E Transmission (Diesel and 7.4L gas engine), Transmission fluid may leak through the electrical connector on the side of the transmission, damaging the wire harness and causing the transmission to shift erratically. Our technicians tell us there are updated shift solenoids, an internal transmission harness, and a connector pigtail available to correct this fault.
The engine may develop a misfire due to worn valve seats. This fault will cause the Check Engine Light to illuminate. Our technicians tell us the misfire may or may not be felt while driving. They further recommend that both cylinder heads be removed and thoroughly inspected and repaired as necessary.
One or more fuel injectors may become stuck closed causing an engine misfire and the Check Engine Light to illuminate. Our technicians tell us that this problem can be caused by some fuel additives. There are special procedures which may be able to restore the affected injector. If this fails the affected injector must be replaced.
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First Known Use: before 12th century
verb wor·ry \ˈwər-ē, ˈwə-rē\
: to think about problems or fears : to feel or show fear and concern because you think that something bad has happened or could happen
: to make (someone) anxious or upset : to cause (someone) to worry
Full Definition of WORRY
transitive verb
a : to harass by tearing, biting, or snapping especially at the throatb : to shake or pull at with the teeth <a terrier worrying a rat>c : to touch or disturb something repeatedlyd : to change the position of or adjust by repeated pushing or hauling
a : to assail with rough or aggressive attack or treatment : tormentb : to subject to persistent or nagging attention or effort
: to afflict with mental distress or agitation : make anxious
intransitive verb
: to move, proceed, or progress by unceasing or difficult effort : struggle
: to feel or experience concern or anxiety : fret <worrying about his health>
— wor·ried·ly \-(r)ēd-lē, -(r)əd-\ adverb
— wor·ri·er \-(r)ē-ər\ noun
— wor·ry·ing·ly adverb
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Examples of WORRY
- We didn't want you to worry.
- Don't worry. You'll be fine.
- Don't make your parents worry.
- When they didn't call after two hours, we began to worry.
- They were fine. We needn't have worried.
- His poor health worries me.
- It doesn't seem to worry him that rain is in the forecast.
- We didn't tell you about the accident because we didn't want to worry you.
Origin of WORRY
Middle English worien, from Old English wyrgan; akin to Old High German wurgen to strangle, Lithuanian veržti to constrict
Related to WORRY
Synonym Discussion of WORRY
worry, annoy, harass, harry, plague, pester, tease mean to disturb or irritate by persistent acts. worry implies an incessant goading or attacking that drives one to desperation <pursued a policy of worrying the enemy>. annoy implies disturbing one's composure or peace of mind by intrusion, interference, or petty attacks <you're doing that just to annoy me>. harass implies petty persecutions or burdensome demands that exhaust one's nervous or mental power <harassed on all sides by creditors>. harry may imply heavy oppression or maltreatment <the strikers had been harried by thugs>. plague implies a painful and persistent affliction <plagued all her life by poverty>. pester stresses the repetition of petty attacks <constantly pestered with trivial complaints>. tease suggests an attempt to break down one's resistance or rouse to wrath <children teased the dog>.
Rhymes with WORRY
: a feeling of concern about something bad that might happen : the state or condition of worrying about something
: a problem or concern : something that causes you to be worried
plural worries
Full Definition of WORRY
a : mental distress or agitation resulting from concern usually for something impending or anticipated : anxietyb : an instance or occurrence of such distress or agitation
: a cause of worry : trouble, difficulty
Examples of WORRY
- She finally ended months of worry over her credit card debt when she finished paying off her bill.
- His high blood pressure is cause for worry.
- Our greatest worry is that she'll get lost.
- His only worry right now is getting to the airport on time.
- His mother's health is a constant worry.
First Known Use of WORRY
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- Synonyms
- agita, agitation, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, care, concern, concernment, disquiet, disquietude, fear, nervosity, nervousness, perturbation, solicitude, sweat, unease, uneasiness, anxiety
- Antonyms
- unconcern
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The April 20 explosion of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico has brought back feelings of despair to many affected by Hurricane Katrina. It's also brought together people to try to help with the cleanup and other parts of dealing with the oil spill, including a group of University of Mississippi students called Ole Miss Students for a Green Campus.
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|Tangerine Blues Fest to Benefit All Children's Hospital
The 49th Street South Business Association of St. Petersburg will host the 4th Annual Tangerine Blues Fest on Saturday, September 24th to benefit All Children's Hospital. This free event will take place from 4:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. and features a line-up of great blue bands, including the headliner Albert Castiglia.
The event will be held at the Tangerine Greenway - 49th St. South at Tangerine Avenue in Gulfport. For more information or to learn how to become a sponsor, please contact Rick Smith at 727-321-2122 ext. 0 or visit www.tangerinebluesfest.com.


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April 22-24, 2013
The 2013 WAC Women's Golf Championship is free of charge to the public.
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Beginning at 7:30 a.m. each day.
Live scoring will be provided through Golfstat.
Carts will not be provided for spectators unless a disability limits their ability to walk to watch the championship. Such cases will be handled by the head professional and Conference office personnel. In cases where carts are provided to spectators, the spectators must remain on the cart paths and approximately 15 yards from players at all times.
The Clubhouse at Longbow Golf Club is located at 5601 E. Longbow Parkway, Mesa, AZ 85215. Conveniently accessible from the Higley exit of the Loop 202, Red Mountain Freeway. After exiting the Loop 202 at Higley, head south for 1/4 mile and turn left (East) on the new Longbow Parkway. The clubhouse will be on your right hand side. To reach by phone, please call (480) 807-5400,


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Cox Scores 41 to Set New School-Record; Lady Falcons Re-Write Record Book in 111-48 Thumping of Converse
February 23, 2013
MISENHEIMER, N.C. Pfeiffer Universitys Brittany Cox (Winston-Salem, NC) broke a 35-year-old school-record for points in a single game dropping 41 as the Lady Falcons cruised to a 111-48 victory over Converse College in Conference Carolinas womens basketball action on Saturday afternoon. Pfeiffer, who scored 63 first half points to break another school-record, improves to 20-5 overall, 15-5 in league play while the Valkyries remain winless at 0-24, 0-20.
The win gives the Pfeiffer womens basketball program its fourth 20-win season in school-history while clinching no worse than a #3 seed and home-court advantage in the first round of the Conference Carolinas tournament. The Lady Falcons would tie school-record marks hitting 16 three-pointers and dishing out 26 assists.
Cox scored 28 first half points before getting her record-breaking basket on a layup with 34.5 seconds remaining in the contest. Cox tied the 39-point record set by Kem Dudney back on December 1, 1977 with a driving layup with 3:37 to go. Cox would shoot 16-of-25 from the field at a massive 64% clip while hitting eight threes, also tying a school-record, while pulling down seven rebounds.
Getting in on Saturdays action scoring a career-high 18 points was Bridget Rothert (Germantown, MD) would shot 6-of-12 in the win knocking down three triples and all three free throw attempts. Christina Harvey (Locust Grove, VA) would also score 18 on the day adding 12 rebounds for her 12th double-double of the season. Harvey moves herself up to 11th on the all-time scoring list after her 18 on Saturday. Kaela Bellefeuil (Kernersville, NC) chipped in with 14 points off the bench while Kellie Rhoney (Catawba, NC) dished out 10 more assists as Pfeiffer shot 55% as team.
Pfeiffer gets back to league action on Tuesday traveling to Mount Olive before hosting Queens on Senior Night Friday in the final regular season game of the 2012-2013 season. Both games will tip at 5:30 p.m. with live stats/video available through http://www.gofalconsports.com.


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I am in the process of looking for a qualified professional to perform my first colonscopy. I am at risk because my sister had colon cancer at age 14. She is now 36 and has a colostomy bag. I spoke with a doctor here in NYC and she informed me that she has had 3 experiences where perforations took place and one person actually died (the person is already ill for other things). I am apprehensive about having her perform my colonoscopy. Is my concern well founded? What credentials should I ask for as I look for a doctor to perform this?
Thank you.
Timothy C. Hoops, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Gastroenterology Division at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of Gastroenterology at Penn Medicine at Radnor, responds:
I would agree that you should have a colonoscopy as you are at much higher risk for colon cancer. I also understand your concern about the risks of the procedure. In all the hub-bub about screening colonoscopies that has been presented in the press, this issue is often overlooked.
In general, the risk is very small. The medical literature suggests a risk of between 1 in 500 and 1 in 10,000. Suffice it to say that your risk for cancer is significantly greater although still small. Your doctor was particularly open and straightforward with you; many are not so detailed. That does not imply lesser skills. One would have to know the number of procedures she has performed and the aspects of the individual cases as there are numerous things that may have predisposed to perforations. The risk in a healthy young person is very small.
As to credentials, I would make sure your physician has been formally trained to perform colonoscopies in an accredited program, has performed a large number of them (preferably at least several hundreds), and is board certified by their specialty. You should feel confident that your physician is fully capable of doing the procedure and in the unfortunate event of a complication, is able to recognize and deal with the situation.
To summarize, while you should be aware that there are complications with colonoscopy, as there are with any medical intervention. There are also risks of not having the procedure. These generally outweigh the risks of the procedure.
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MARK KEOHANE, in Business Day Sport Monthly, writes the Kings of today can be the Sharks of the future and recalls how the B-section Banana Boys morphed into Super Rugby's Sharks.
The South African Rugby Football Union has spent 100s of millions of rands on transformation and supposedly developing the code.
Cash spend does not translate to change and there has been admissions from within the SARU hierarchy that the game has failed transformation and that a new transformation charter was needed. More cash would be spent, more development centres would be built and there would be another cleansing of conscience.
But the heart stays the same within the administration of the South African game. Those who have been there for the last decade are still there. They didn't want change 10 years ago and they don't want change now.
Actions speak the loudest and the actions in relation to the Kings have been as loud as a bomb blast, which has blown apart the myth that those who govern have an interest in the game beyond their own agendas.
Please take the Lions out of the equation for the purposes of understanding that the Kings inclusion in Super Rugby was not of their doing and it was not out of spite towards the Lions.
This is not a Lions versus Kings discussion and it should never have been a Lions versus Kings discussion when it came to growing the game in South Africa.
Let's also put South African rugby into perspective. A local PSL match on Pay Per View channel SuperSport got a viewership of close to two million. On the same day the Springboks played Ireland in a Rugby Union Test. The viewership on SuperSport was around 650 000.
Rugby is not the number one spectator sport in South Africa. It never has been. It is primarily a sport played by whites and watched by whites, yet the future of South African rugby will never be restricted to whites. The numbers don't allow for it, but those elected to govern the sport have never made the shift in their conservative thinking.
Transformation is a way of life in South Africa. It is not a short-term project or one that will run its course in a decade. It is about creating opportunities and about strengthening the fabric of this nation. It is about making South Africa a stronger nation. To transform is not to terrorise. To transform is not to turn traitor. To transform is not to traumatize. To transform is to inspire and be inspired.
The Kings are an overdue transformation story in South African rugby. The Kings, by virtue of what they will represent to the strength of the future of South African rugby, are the greatest story in the code's unification. The Kings should have been celebrated from within the corridors of the national administration. They never were and until a new generation of South African governs the interests of the sport they never will be celebrated.
For the purposes of clarity, a new generation of South African is not stereotyped to skin pigmentation but to a way of thinking. It is about mindset and about finding the minds who can transform the game and the ethos of the game because of the way they think about South Africa as a society and rugby's role within that society.
The argument that the Kings should never have been included in Super Rugby because they didn't earn the right to participation is flawed. The Sharks, when still Natal, never earned the right, through performance, to the Currie Cup A section. The tournament was expanded to accommodate a province many within the administration believed had the potential to add to the landscape of a more potent South African rugby product.
Natal, the darlings of the B section, were losing all their best young players to A section provinces. For the sport to have a presence in the province and South African rugby, and an influential future in the game a change was engineered more than it was ever earned through player performance.
It was the right administrative decision and the Sharks are now among the world's premier provincial and regional brands. Local Academy structures are strong and local young talent within the province and region want to first and foremost play for the Sharks.
The Kings of today are a repeat of yesterday's Natal and the Kings of tomorrow (be that in three years or 10 years) will be a similar success story of what happened in Kwazulu-Natal.
They won't get there because of any SARU influence, any SARU assistance, any SARU inspiration, any SARU goodwill and anything SARU's elected officials and paid officials have done. They'll get there in spite of a national governing body and not because of the qualities of the leadership of this body of people.
The actions within SARU in relation to the Kings have been despicable but they have also been another reminder to why transformation has stuttered to a standstill, by way of mindset and manner.
SARU president Regan Hoskins has always been comfortable in never doing the uncomfortable. It makes him popular among the traditional conservative provincial presidents that determine South African rugby policy and year after year reaffirm that change is to be cursed and treated as a cancer to the wealth and health of the haves in the game.
Hoskins, when asked to lead, has only been prepared to hide.
Not once was there a message of goodwill in the build-up to the Kings opening Super Rugby match. Not once was there anything from the national structure to applaud and celebrate the most monumental of moments in unified South African rugby. Hoskins never made it to Port Elizabeth for the historic occasion. No SARU official was there outside of regional host and Eastern Province president Cheeky Watson.
Rugby supporters, the majority ignorant to what the Kings as a franchise would represent to the future of South African rugby, berated the decision, mocked the quality of the Kings squad and predicted embarrassment to South African rugby.
The Kings participation was not a rugby decision but no one within the national framework made a concerted effort to kill of the debate of this being a Kings versus Lions issue.
SARU's hierarchy was satisfied to sit idle as the Kings were torn to pieces in the media and among supporters for even being in the competition.
The Zimbabwean-born Wallabies captain David Pocock tweeted a good luck message to the Kings on the morning of their tournament debut. Others in New Zealand and Australia followed but there was nothing of the kind in South Africa.
There was no press release from SARU, nothing from the Bok coaches or Bok captain. There was no celebration and there was shock when the Kings became the first new team by way of tournament expansion to win on debut and the first new team to keep a Super Rugby finalist tryless.
The ground attendance at the matches against the Western Force and Sharks was 32 000 and 42 000 respectively. The haters refused to even concede this, tweeting that a region that had never enjoyed Super Rugby was expected to turn out. If they didn't it showed there was no interest.
The same ones using this base and ignorant argument never mentioned crowd attendance in Bloemfontein and Johannesburg. There was also no mention of the crowd attendance during the lean Super Rugby years at Loftus and Kings Park.
The haters after week one, said it wouldn't last. The haters, after week two, said the referee kept the Kings in the game. These are views from allegedly South African rugby supporters.
Those who govern the game can influence the views of those who support the game. In the month of March there was stubborn silence from within SARU.
The haters of the Kings still dominate the social media but there has been a grudging acknowledgement of the fighting qualities of a team that has only a handful of players who would make the starting line-ups of the other South African franchises.
SARU only confirmed the Kings tournament participation in August 2012 and then only guaranteed the newcomers one season. The region could not sign players from within South Africa or Europe on one-year contracts when others were offering three-year contracts.
The country's best black players, most of them from the Eastern Cape, would not be lured back on the promise of potential and such uncertainty. Instead they would play against the Kings in 2013.
When Australia's two new teams played in their first season everything was done to strengthen the squads by way of allowing for the squad selection of as many as 10 foreign-based players. The newcomers also could not initially lure established Australian players already on contract.
The Force and Rebels were about growing the strength of Australian rugby and the appeal to those who traditionally favoured other codes. The Kings are a similar story in South Africa. They are far more than a rugby story, even though their rugby story has been one of romance and players earning respect through performance.
Their overall story though is the more disturbing because it shows that no rugby transformation charter can ever be taken seriously when those who govern the sport can't take the Kings seriously enough to even attend their tournament debut.
Rugby administrators, rugby sponsors and supporters of rugby the way it was in isolated South Africa will justify an argument based on their distorted reality that the Kings are only about rugby.
The Kings will find favour with those who invest and believe in a better country and healthier South African sporting landscape. Not so where ignorance and intolerance is presented as inspiration.


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The Havelock Rams have a richly steeped history when it comes to being great in the sport of wrestling.
This year, they are young, but head coach Pat Whitford said that two junior leaders will get his younger kids to grow up faster and make for a dominant team.
"Havelock has a great wrestling tradition and our goals are to win the conference championships and then win the duals," Whitford said.
"We want to be able to go out there and dominate our competition. Last year we won the conference championship, but lost the duals to Jacksonville, so we want to get them both this year," Whitford said.
Jacksonville and West Carteret are expected to be the Rams' most threatening competitors.
Ryan Davis and John Ellis are the two juniors that Whitford said are the team's leaders and captains.
Davis placed sixth in the state as a freshman but didn't place last year as a sophomore and Ellis has improved over both of his first two seasons.
"They are the kind of kids that any program would love to have and I am very glad to have them. They lead by example with their hard work," Whitford said.
The Rams have had two early season tournaments in the Brawl at the Beach at West Carteret and the Bulldog Duals at Dixon High School. Ellis is undefeated through both tournaments at 152 pounds.
"My goal is to make the state finals this season and place at states," Ellis said. "I have been working very hard lifting weights and running during the summer and I went to some wrestling camps at Lehigh University and at a camp in Raleigh."
Davis has some weight fluctuations but Whitford expects him to compete in the 132-pound division.
"I think all we need to be the team that we can be and should be is for our younger guys to come along and continue to listen to the older guys and coaches and just for them to grow up," Ellis said. "They are doing much better with it. Earlier in the year they were immature, but at the Dixon duals they seemed much better and improved. I just try to show them how to work hard and how to do moves the right way. I don't want to rule over them, just want them to do the right things."
Havelock opens its conference season Dec. 19 against Jacksonville.


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Annette Funicello, the most popular Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club," who matured to a successful career in records and '60s beach party movies but struggled with illness in middle age and after, died Monday, the Walt Disney Co. said. She was 70.
She died peacefully at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield of complications from multiple sclerosis, the company said.
Funicello stunned fans and friends in 1992 with the announcement about her ailment. Yet she was cheerful and upbeat, grappling with the disease with a courage that contrasted with her lightweight teen image of old.
"She will forever hold a place in our hearts as one of Walt Disney's brightest stars, delighting an entire generation of baby boomers with her jubilant personality and endless talent," said Bob Iger, Disney chairman and CEO.
Fans react to the news of Funicello's passing.
The pretty, dark-haired Funicello was just 13 when she gained fame on Walt Disney's television kiddie "club," an amalgam of stories, songs and dance routines that ran from 1955 to 1959.
Cast after Disney saw her at a dance recital, she soon began receiving 8,000 fan letters a month, 10 times more than any of the 23 other young performers.
Her devotion to Walt Disney remained throughout her life. "He was the dearest, kindest person, and truly was like a second father to me," she remarked. "He was a kid at heart."
When "The Mickey Mouse Club" ended, Annette (as she was often billed) was the only club member to remain under contract to the studio. She appeared in such Disney movies as "Johnny Tremain," "The Shaggy Dog," "The Horsemasters," "Babes in Toyland," "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones" and "The Monkey's Uncle."
She also became a recording star, singing on 15 albums and hit singles such as "Tall Paul" and "Pineapple Princess."
Outgrowing the kid roles by the early '60s, Annette teamed with Frankie Avalon in a series of movies for American-International, the first film company to exploit the burgeoning teen market.
The filmmakers weren't aiming for art, and they didn't achieve it. As Halliwell's Film Guide says of "Beach Party": "Quite tolerable in itself, it started an excruciating trend."
But the films had songs, cameos by older stars and a few laughs and, as a bonus to latter-day viewers, a look back at a more innocent time. The 1965 "Beach Blanket Bingo," for example, featured subplots involving a mermaid, a motorcycle gang and a skydiving school run by Don Rickles, and comic touches by silent film star Buster Keaton.
Among the other titles: "Muscle Beach Party," "Bikini Beach," "Beach Blanket Bingo," "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini" and "Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine."
The shift in teen tastes begun by the Beatles in 1964 and Funicello's first marriage the following year pretty much killed off the genre.


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Also depending on what the contracts Brooks and Humpries agree to, I like that more than the Lakers handcuff trade.
Howard's value's inflated because there are no true great centers in the nba today. Just think at shaq, ewing and the like, and when you realize the best today is dwight howard..booom
If Howard became an offensive force, I think physically he could overtake Lebron and most valuable, but still doesn't have the offensive game yet.
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Knicks offer Shump, Douglas, Gadzuric Harrellson and Jordan to get Nash for 4 years 42 million.
LOL toronto offered Landry Fields 3 years 20 million with a Bloated last year (Asik type) as a restricted free agent. Playing HARD BALL w New York for Nash.
5 Million year 1
5.2 Million Year 2
9.8 Million year 3
And my appologies, it said they "Could offer".
since we have a lot of cap space, would you have any interest in getting involved in the Orlando situation? Agreeing to take Hedo in exchange for also receiving something like an unprotected first, or multiple firsts, in like 2016, 2017? A little silly, sure, but unprotected firsts are always nice, and maybe injuries derail them and the pick doesn't stink. And we have to spend the money somewhere. I don't like Hedo, but I'm not sold on Aminu either. Actually, might make more sense to take Duhon, could use a short term guard. That's the great thing about cap space for a smaller market, we can get involved as a facilitator...
Wow, the Nets are really going all in... Howard, Williams, Johnson AND Wallace..
18 months ago their best player was Brook Lopez..
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Jeremy Lin will visit the Houston Rockets tomorrow, sources say.
I love that Toronto are reportedly trying to sabotage the Knicks' deal for Nash..
C'mon Raptors! Do it for the little guys!..
Wait, what are the Raptors doing to mess up the Knicks? I havent been following the story.
If you Jimmer it, they will come.
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Mobile - Cowboys owner Jerry Jones wouldn't answer many questions, but put a positive spin on his early off-season moves.
After watching the North team practice at Ladd Peebles stadium Monday afternoon, Jones was at his optimistic spin-doctor best, telling me he's very excited about his team and the work they're getting done.
"I think we're dong things that certainly immediately make a difference and we take the good things we want to build on and that we got and build on those," said Jones.
And he made a point to include head coach Jason Garrett in the conversation. "Jason and I, and our entire organization, are working together to do just that. I think the decisions we've made, have really improved our chances of improving that record."
The Cowboys are coming off consecutive 8-8 records and have made playoffs just once in the last five seasons.
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WASHINGTON — After a spate of discouraging economic reports, President Barack Obama insisted Tuesday he's not afraid of the country slipping into a double-dip recession. But at the same time he displayed some impatience that the pace of the recovery has "got to accelerate."
"Obviously, we're experiencing some headwinds," Obama said at a joint news conference with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel. He said it was unclear whether the latest unemployment report, which showed a slowdown in job growth, was a one-month disappointment or part of a longer trend.
But Obama said his administration was taking a range of steps to boost the economy, and that the nation is bound for long-term economic growth.
"We are on the path of a recovery but it's got to accelerate," he said.
Taking note that economic turmoil has roiled both sides of the Atlantic, Obama added: "Recovery from that kind of body blow takes time."
"Our task is to not panic, not overreact."
The economy is the overarching issue as Obama heads into a 2012 re-election campaign, and a Washington Post-ABC News poll released Tuesday found that disapproval with how Obama is handling the economy and the deficit has reached a new high.
Mindful of that sentiment, Obama tried to project both confidence and empathy for those still feeling economic pain: "I'm not concerned about a double dip recession. I am concerned about the fact that the recovery that we're on is not producing jobs as quickly as I want it to happen."
Obama also said he was concerned that a Greek default on its debt could have disastrous implications for the U.S. economy but he signaled that it was a problem for Europe to solve, adding that Germany and other European countries needed to act together to help Greece stabilize its economy.
"We think it would be disastrous for us to see an uncontrolled spiral and default in Europe because that could trigger a whole range of other events," he said.
Merkel's visit is her sixth trip to the United States since Obama took office. Later, Obama was to treat Merkel to a night of high pomp at the White House, awarding her the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a formal dinner. The gestures appear aimed at boosting a relationship that has seemed more cordial than close.
Obama sought to put to rest any suggestion his relationship with Merkel was in any way strained, praising Merkel's "pragmatic approach to complex issues" and saying that "it's just fun to work together."
Merkel, likewise, depicted a close relationship, although she acknowledged that "sometimes there may be differences of opinion."
Obama and Merkel, for example, have had differences on Libya, after Germany abstained in the U.N. vote that authorized a no-fly zone over Libya and kept its troops out of the NATO-led operation to enforce it.
Obama, without mentioning that, said Germany's deployment of resources in Afghanistan had allowed other NATO allies to increase support for the Libyans, and he stressed that both he and Merkel believe Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi has to be removed from power.
Obama said he expects the Germans to play a central role in Libya after Gadhafi is gone.
"There is going to be a lot of work to do when Gadhafi does step down, in terms of getting the Libyan people back on their feet, economic, political work that is going to have to be done," Obama said. "My expectation is going to be that there will be full and robust German support."
On Afghanistan, where Germany has 5,000 troops stationed mostly in the volatile north, Merkel said the two leaders were committed to stabilizing the country not just militarily, but also in terms of bolstering its civil society, adding that "We will not abandon them."
"We wish to go in together, out together," she said of U.S. and German troops. Both leaders face significant opposition to the war from their people at home.
The U.S. has roughly 100,000 troops in Afghanistan, and Obama renewed his pledge to begin a significant drawdown of U.S. troops this summer. Germany hopes to start a gradual troop withdrawal at the end of the year..
On another world trouble spot, Obama said that Iran's nuclear program remains a "very serious concern" for the U.S. and Germany. He threatened greater sanctions against Tehran pending the outcome of a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency this week.
Obama said that if the agency determines again that Iran is continuing to ignore its international obligations, "then we will have no choice but to consider additional steps, including potentially additional sanctions, to intensify the pressure on the Iranian regime."
Obama didn't commit to making a presidential visit to Berlin anytime soon, but recalled having had "fun" giving a speech there when he ran for president in 2008, and drew adoring throngs. Merkel had refused his request to speak in front of the Brandenburg Gate, a Cold War symbol that previous American presidents have used as a backdrop. He spoke at a nearby monument instead.
Merkel hinted it might be different next time, quipping, "I can promise that the Brandenburg Gate will be standing for some more time."
Obama is using both pomp and quiet moments to strengthen his relationship with Merkel. The two leaders met for a quiet dinner in the city's historic Georgetown neighborhood at an elegant restaurant modeled on a country inn.
Merkel comes at a time when she is suffering a loss of popularity amid problems with her coalition partner and a backlash from Germans upset about their country's large contribution to the European financial bailout of Greece. Her decision this month to halt Germany's nuclear energy production by 2022, however, has given her a small boost in a country that long has had a strong anti-nuclear movement.
Merkel also is in the midst of managing the response to an E. coli outbreak linked to raw vegetables that has killed 17 in Germany and sickened more than 2,300.
Though Merkel's trip is not a "state visit," because she is the head of Germany's government, not its head of state, it has almost all the trappings. The only difference was that Merkel received a 19-gun salute during the White House arrival ceremony, while a head of state gets 21.
Obama awarded Merkel the Medal of Freedom last year but did not have an opportunity to present it to her. At the time, Obama spoke about her youth in communist East Germany and her dreams of freedom that were not realized until the Berlin Wall came down in 1989. Obama said her story was an inspiration to people around the world.
While the black-tie dinner has been in the works for months, the White House was keeping a tight lid on all aspects of the evening.
Among the few known details: Both the dinner and reception and entertainment will be held in the Rose Garden, a first for the Obamas. Workers were laying down carpet on the lawn Monday evening in preparation. Guests also are likely to dine on fresh lettuce and other produce from Mrs. Obama's garden.


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The Copiague man was drunk and piloting a powerboat at "excessive speed" as he navigated a twisting channel at night before plowing into marshland, killing three people and critically injuring four others, Nassau police said on Wednesday.
But an attorney for George Canni's insurance company on Thursday disputed that alcohol played a role in the accident that killed Canni, 65, his wife and a friend. The attorney, James Mercante, said that buoys that were supposed to mark the channel were either missing, damaged or off station — meaning they were not moored in the correct position.


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LYONS,Ore -- It is difficult to make out Kevin Parrish's size by looking at his booking photo. According to authorities, Parrish is 5-foot-11 and nearly 200 lbs. That alone makes what happened to a little Chihuahua even more shocking.
I've been in law enforcement for 15 years, said Deputy TomBarber.
And never has he seen something quite like this. It happened inside a home at the top of a steep driveway in rural Lyons. Barber says Parrish was watching his grandma's dog, Kudo, when the Chihuahua nipped at him.
The 20-year-old son physically abused the dog with closed fists to the head and actually strangled the dog, Barber said.
Detectives say Parrish then stuffed the dog in an oven, set to a blistering 350 degrees.
It's sad to hear, said Deputy Derrick Ramseyer. It's kind of disturbing to know someone would do that.
Parrish's brother arrived home and interrupted. Parrish's dad then rushed Kudo to a veterinarian. The 10-lb. Chihuahua suffered cuts and bruises to his head. His body hair was singed and three legs burned badly enough that he had difficulty standing. Kudo is expected to recover from the burns and the beating.
Authorities say such a tragic story can actually teach a valuable lesson.
Sometimes dogs or animals may frustrate you, but it's like anything else, said Ramseyer. You let the frustration roll off your shoulder and go about your business and don't take it out on any animal.
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EDMONTON - The question Carla Turner always had for her just-married girlfriends was this: How can you be sure he's the right one?
"It takes me 20 minutes to decide what kind of chocolate bar to buy," says Turner, laughing, "That's just the type of person I am. So I couldn't imagine being so certain about a life-changing decision like who you were going to spend the rest of your life with."
Steve Merko could. He knew after their first date together, and even said so to one of his colleagues at Citytv. He's a cameraman there, she's an on-air personality for BT Edmonton, where she works alongside Ryan Jespersen, Bridget Ryan, Stacey Brotzel and Michele McDougall.
"Steve said he told a co-worker the next day that he had been on a date the night before with the woman he was going to marry," says Turner.
He didn't pop the question right away, of course; he didn't want to scare her away. But it didn't take her long to start feeling the same way. There was something about the tenderness in his eyes when he looked at her, the way he made her feel safe and protected. They both loved the outdoors, looked forward to summers when they could get away on weekends to go camping. They were different, too, but in ways that made them laugh; as a fan of punk rock, he shook his head in mock disgust at her penchant for Katy Perry and Britney Spears.
She loved that he always saw the glass half-full. "He's a very positive person," says Turner. "He always sees the bright side of things. He keeps me grounded. This sounds so cliché, I know, but he really makes me want to be a better person."
The couple had been dating for three years when he surprised her in 2010 with a trip to Jasper that just happened to coincide with Valentine's Day. They were walking around the lake at the Jasper Park Lodge one afternoon when he halted in mid-stride, planted one knee solidly on the frozen ground and proposed. She didn't hesitate. She was certain that he was the right one, the man she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.
When they returned to their cabin, he told her it was OK if she wanted to call her parents, that they already knew. That's when she cried.
"I always hoped I would marry the type of man who would ask for my dad's permission to marry me," she says. "I know that's kind of old-fashioned, but that's what I wanted. It meant so much to me."
They planned their Feb. 19th wedding together, right down to the candy buffet at the reception, with its gummi bears, blue whales, jujubes, heart-shaped lollipops and mini chocolate bars. Other than the bridesmaids' dresses and choosing her gown, Turner didn't do anything without help from her husband-to-be.
He researched all the vendors with her, went to all the appointments, helped stamp the candy bags, he even put wax seals on all the envelopes. He showed her things she already knew, but it gave her a glimpse into their future, too.
"It spoke volumes to me about what kind of husband he would be, and what kind of father," says Turner, then laughs. "I definitely picked the right chocolate bar."
WEDDING & RECEPTION VENUE: Union Bank Inn
COLOURS: Ivory, silver, purple
PHOTO VENUE: Fort Edmonton Park
FIRST DANCE SONG: Chantal Kreviazuk's Feels Like Home, performed by the bride's best friend Lindsey Nagy
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There are many situations where you might find that it would be useful if a class not under your control had additional methods that you define. We call these Categories. There are a few categories that are included in the system for adding functionality to classes that make them more usable within the Groovy environment.
The first category allows you to treat DOM objects as arrays and maps so that you can use them in conjunction with the Groovy path expression language and treat them like JavaBeans. Here is an example from the tests of using the DOMCategory:
import groovy.xml.*; def html = DOMBuilder.newInstance().html { head { title (class:"mytitle", "Test") } body { p (class:"mystyle", "This is a test.") } } use (groovy.xml.dom.DOMCategory.class) { assert html.head.title.textContent == "Test"; assert html.body.p.textContent == "This is a test."; assert html.find { it.tagName == "body" }.tagName == "body"; assert html.getElementsByTagName("*").findAll { if (it["@class"] != "") { return it } }.size() == 2; } try { html.head; } catch(MissingPropertyException mpe) { println "Categories wear off"; }
As you can see here we are treating DOM objects just as if they were JavaBeans and are accessing them with GPath. The ServletCategory is similarly used when we want to treat the attributes of Servlet API objects as if they were properties since they don't follow the typical conventions for JavaBeans or Maps either. In the GroovyServlet that lets you use scripts as servlets we call GroovyCategorySupport from Java in order to make it possible to use property accessors against the request:
Closure closure = new Closure(gse) { public Object call() { try { return ((GroovyScriptEngine) getDelegate()).run(scriptUri, binding); } catch (ResourceException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } catch (ScriptException e) { throw new RuntimeException(e); } } }; GroovyCategorySupport.use(ServletCategory.class, closure);
This allows users to access things like Session attributes and request Attributes by name instead of through the API within their Groovy servlet scripts. For example, without this you would have to do:
if (session.getAttribute("count") == null) then session.setAttribute("count", 1);
With this you can say it more tersely as:
if (session.count == null) session.count = 1;
In order to create your own Categories and extend classes yourself you'll need to understand what the "use" keyword expects to be defined within the class you pass to it. To add a method to a class T, simply define a new class with a static method that whose first parameter is of type T. Here is a simple example from the tests:
class StringCategory { static String lower(String string) { return string.toLowerCase(); } } use (StringCategory.class) { println "TeSt".lower(); }
This code will print out the string "test". This facility is extremely powerful and essentially lets you change the way any class in the system works when it is called from Groovy code. Note though that you can't add methods to classes, pass them to Java code, and expect the Java code to be able to call them. Since most people use statically typed Java with little reflection I doubt this case would come up much anyway.
Here is an example of using this as an end user in order to add methods to Apple's own NSDictionary and NSArray class in order to manipulate their Cocoa objects as if they were native Groovy objects:
#!/Users/sam/bin/groovy // Put /System/Library/Java in your CLASSPATH import groovy.xml.*; import groovy.xml.dom.*; import java.io.*; import com.apple.cocoa.foundation.*; class PropertyListCategory { static Object get(NSDictionary dictionary, String key) { return dictionary.objectForKey(key); } static Object getAt(NSArray array, int i) { return array.objectAtIndex(i); } static void each(NSArray array, Closure closure) { for (i in 0..array.count()-1) { closure.call(array[i]); } } } filename = "${System.getProperty("user.home")}/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist"; data = new NSData(new File(filename)); errorString = new String[1]; format = new int[1]; plist = NSPropertyListSerialization.propertyListFromData(data, NSPropertyListSerialization.PropertyListImmutable, format, errorString); if (errorString[0]) { println "Error: ${errorString[0]}"; System.exit(1); } def getURLs(NSArray array, list) { array.each { getURLs(it, list); } } def getURLs(NSDictionary dict, list) { if (dict.Children != null) getURLs(dict.Children, list); if (dict.URIDictionary != null) { list.add([title:dict.URIDictionary.title, url:dict.URLString]); } } def getURLs(NSDictionary dict) { use (PropertyListCategory.class) { def list = []; getURLs(dict, list); } return list; } println getURLs(plist);
Notice how we can even create Category classes in Groovy code. They essentially looks just like DefaultGroovyMethods. Define them by creating a static method that takes the type you want to extend, then the additional parameters that the new method will take.


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First Known Use: 15th century
verb in·vent \in-ˈvent\
: to create or produce (something useful) for the first time
: to create or make up (something, such as a story) in order to trick people
Full Definition of INVENT
transitive verb
: to devise by thinking : fabricate
: to produce (as something useful) for the first time through the use of the imagination or of ingenious thinking and experiment
— in·ven·tor \-ˈven-tər\ noun
— in·ven·tress \-ˈven-trəs\ noun
See invent defined for English-language learners
See invent defined for kids
Examples of INVENT
- Thomas Edison invented the phonograph.
- She is credited with inventing a procedure that has helped to save thousands of lives.
- She invented a clever excuse.
- We found out that he had invented the stories he told us about his military service.
Origin of INVENT
Middle English, from Latin inventus, past participle of invenire to come upon, find, from in- + venire to come — more at come
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Development Committee
Committee Members:
Jeanette Todd (Chair)
Siena Klein
Kerry Morgan
Marcy Stein
Scope of the Committee:
The Development Committee helps KMUD management with fundraising and outreach planning and execution.
Meeting Times:
1st Monday, 3 pm at KMUD
Policy Committee
Committee Members:
Jama Chaplin
Jeanette Todd
Jack Frybulous
Mark Marchese
Scope the Committee:
The purpose of the Policy Committee is to develop and maintain a complete and concise policy manual, collect policies as they are made by the Board, and assemble other rules and regulations which apply to the governance arena of Redwood Community Radio, for example CPB rules; Board meeting ground rules; FCC governance-related rules; etc. Additionally, the Policy Committee shall review policies, rules, and bylaws, and propose improvements to the Board and assist the Parliamentarian.
Meeting Times:
Old meeting time - 2nd Thursday, 11:30 am, KMUD; New meeting time - TBA
A gathering of Calif. state and federal agency officials presented information and answered questions at a Joint Press Conference hosted by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and United States Bureau of Reclamation. Mark Cowin, Director of DWR, (shown in the photo pointing to the map) opened the press conference by reviewing the present extent of the drought in California, saying, "We should all be clear by now that this is not a coming crisis. This is not an evolving crisis. This is a current crisis." Other speakers included David Murillo, Regional Director for the Mid-Pacific Region of the Bureau of Reclamation, Felicia Marcus Chair of the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), and Tom Howard Executive Director of SWCRB. After the presentations, questions were taken from media present at the press conference followed by a round of phone-in questions.
Immediately below is a report on the press conference submitted by KMUD Correspondent, Kelly Lincoln, which aired on the KMUD Local News on Jan. 1, 2014. Below that are players containing audio segments from the press conference. These segments were recorded and edited by Kelly Lincoln. Click here for more photos of the press conference and here for a video of the conference. Additional associated information can be viewed on the SWRCB website.
Press Conference Audio Below:
Mark Cowin, Director of California Department of Water Resources - introductions and opening remarks
David Murillo, Regional Director for the Mid-Pacific Region of the Bureau of Reclamation
Felicia Marcus Chair of the State Water Resources Control Board
Tom Howard Executive Director State Water Resources Control Board
Q&A from media present
Q&A from phone-in participants
Executive Committee (ExCom)
Committee Members: Redwood Community Radio Board President - Siena Klein; Vice President - Noel Soucy; Treasurer - Julia Minton; Secretary - Jack Frybulous; with Station Manager - Jeanette Todd serving as an ex-officio committee member
Scope of the Committee: The Executive Committee sets the agenda for Board meetings and also works on any other task(s) assigned to it by the Board.
Meeting Time: 2nd Monday at 11:30 am at KMUD
A full day of information, food, conversation, and fun took place last Sat., Feb 1, 2014 at the Beginnings Octagon and Briceland Vineyard in Briceland. Jointly sponsored by Salmonid Restoration Federation and Sanctuary Forest, the event began at 10 am, was well-attended, and was broadcast live on KMUD. Dana Stolzman, Executive Director of the Salmonid Restoration Federation, opened the workshop with introductions and an explanation of the day's schedule which included presentations, a panel discussion, a lunch, and in the afternoon, a Water Rights Clinic, tour of water conservation projects at Briceland Vineyards, and concluded with a free wine tasting at the vineyard. Topics covered in the presentations and panel discussion included: How to Navigate Water Rights, Conserving Water in a Time of Drought, Resources for Rural Landowners and Local & Regional Water Conservation Efforts.
The workshop audio was recorded by KMUD and can be heard using the players below. KMUD Technical Director, Simon Frech, edited the audio into the various segments, according to speaker. Photos are by Bob Froehlich. Tune to KMUD Local News weekdays at 6 pm (and rebroadcast at 8 am) to hear additional reports by Kelly Lincoln on this Water and Solutions Workshop.
Speakers are shown in the photo below: (from right to left) Sara Schremmer (standing), Scott Greacen, Tasha McKee, Matt Cocking, Mark Lancaster, and Brian Johnson.
Audio Segments - Note: To download a segment click on the "SOUNDCLOUD" link (top right corner of each segment). This takes you to thye KMUD NEWS SoundCloud page where you will see a download button.
1) Dana Stolzman, Executive Director, Salmonid Restoration Federation opens the Workshop.
2) Scott Greacen, Executive Director, Friends of the Eel River
3) Tasha McKee, Executive Director, Sanctuary Forest
4) Matt Cocking Forester for the National Resources Conservation Service
5) Comments: Dana Stolzman
6) Sara Schremmer - Project Coordinator, Salmonid Restoration Federation
8) Mark Lancaster- Program Director, Five Counties Salmonid Conservation Program
9) Brian Johnson, California Director, Trout Unlimited
10) Panel discussion and Q&A
The body recovered from the ocean in the area of milepost marker 3.89 South Highway 1, Gualala has been identified as that of Stephen Clark Pease, 57, from Roseville, Calif., according to press releases from the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office. The body was discovered by recreational divers and retrieved by law enforcement officers on Nov. 23, 2013 and later identified through the serial number on a hip implant. Classification of the death of Stephen Clark Pease is still undetermined, and the rented silver 2014 Chevrolet Captiva with Oregon license plate 500GKN, which Mr. Pease was known to be driving, has yet to be located. Read the original press release and two updates below.
On 11.23.13, at approximately 1230 hours, recreational divers were swimming in the Pacific Ocean near the shore in the area of milepost marker 3.89 South Highway 1, Gualala, when they located the floating body of a deceased person.
The divers called the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office. The Sonoma County Sheriff Helicopter (Henry 1), members of the South Coast Volunteer Fire Department, a California Highway Patrol Officer, and a California Department of Fish and Wildlife Warden also responded to assist with the recovery of the decedent.
The warden donned a wetsuit and swam out to the decedent and pulled him to the shore. Due to the height and steepness of the cliff it was not possible to carry the decedent up to the roadway. A Sonoma County Deputy Sheriff and a South Coast Firefighter were suspended under the helicopter and lowered to the decedent. They were able to place the decedent's remains in a litter and they were moved to an open field near the roadway with the helicopter.
The male decedent appears to have been in the water for more than a few days and no identification was located. The Mendocino County Sheriff's Office is investigating the identity of the decedent at this time.
The Mendocino County Sheriff's Office wishes to gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, California Highway Patrol, and South Coast Fire Department.
On 11-26-13 a forensic autopsy was conducted on the decedent and during the examination the decedent was found to have hip replacement implants.
A check of the serial numbers on the implants confirmed the decedent as being Stephen Clark Pease who had been reported missing to the Roseville Police Department on 10-31-13.
The Roseville Police Department missing person's investigation determined Pease had checked out of a Fort Bragg area motel on 11-03-13, which was approximately 50-60 miles from where his body was recovered.
Pease was last known to be driving a rented silver 2014 Chevrolet Captiva with Oregon license plate 500GKN and at this time the vehicle's whereabouts are unknown.
The coroner's investigation is ongoing into the cause of Pease's death.
On 01-15-2014 the Mendocino County Chief Deputy Coroner classified the death of Stephen Clark Pease as being Undetermined due to undetermined causes.
The rented silver 2014 Chevrolet Captiva with Oregon license plate 500GKN has yet to be located even after a land and aerial search of the area where Pease was found.
As part of their military readiness and training programs the U.S. Navy utilizes sonar and explosives which impact marine life. To evaluate the impacts of this program, the Navy has prepared a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and is now inviting public comment on this draft EIS. Click here for the EIS Document and here for the on-line public comment form. More information appears in the Navy press releases below.
Hear more on this story in the report below, submitted and aired by KMUD News Director, Terri Klemetson, on the KMUD Local NEWS, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014.
Press releases from the Navy Public Affairs Ofice:
The U.S. Navy has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts associated with military readiness training and testing activities conducted primarily within existing range complexes, operating areas and testing ranges in the Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) Study Area.
The Navy invites the public to comment on the NWTT Draft EIS, whether it be online on the project website, in person at one of our public meetings, or by mail. The document as well as an online comment form can be found on the project's website at www.NWTTEIS.com. All comments must be postmarked or received online by March 25, 2014, for consideration in the Final EIS.
*Note: This EIS is different from the EA-18 G Growler Airfield Operations EIS for Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, the P-8 A MMA Supplemental EIS for Naval Air Station Whidbey Island and the Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility Boardman EIS in Boardman, Oregon.
Release #14-001;Jan. 24, 2014:
Northwest Training and Testing Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement Available for Public Review and Comment
SILVERDALE, Wash. - The U.S. Navy has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts associated with military readiness training and testing activities conducted primarily within existing range complexes, operating areas and testing ranges in the Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) Study Area. The Navy invites you to comment on the NWTT Draft EIS/OEIS.
Proposed Action
The Navy proposes to conduct training and testing activities, to include the use of active sonar and explosives, within the NWTT Study Area. The Proposed Action also includes pierside sonar maintenance and testing within the NWTT Study Area.
The purpose of the Proposed Action is to ensure that the Navy accomplishes its mission to maintain, train and equip combat-ready naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas. This mission is achieved in part by training and testing within the NWTT Study Area. The NWTT EIS/OEIS also supports the renewal of federal regulatory permits and authorizations for current training and testing activities and future activities requiring environmental analysis.
The NWTT Study Area is composed of Navy training and testing range complexes, operating areas, testing facilities, and select Navy pierside locations in the Pacific Northwest. Aircraft training and testing activities that take place on or within established Navy airfields at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash. or Naval Weapons Systems Training Facility Boardman, Ore. are not included in this NWTT EIS/OEIS.
Visit the project website at www.NWTTEIS.com to download the Draft EIS/OEIS, view a map of the NWTT Study Area, learn more about the project and submit comments online.
Availability of Draft EIS/OEIS and Public Comment Period:
The Navy is seeking public input on the Proposed Action and alternatives, and the accuracy and adequacy of the Draft EIS/OEIS analysis. The Draft EIS/OEIS is available for public review online at www.NWTTEIS.com and at the following locations:
Northern California:
. Fort Bragg Branch Library
. Humboldt County Public Library, Arcata Main Library
. Humboldt County Public Library, Eureka Main Library
The Navy is accepting comments throughout the 60-day public comment period, from Jan. 24, 2014, to March 25, 2014. All comments must be postmarked or received online by March 25, 2014, for consideration in the Final EIS/OEIS. Written comments may be submitted via the project website at www.NWTTEIS.com, in person at the public meetings or by mail to:
Naval Facilities Engineering Command Northwest
Attention: Ms. Kimberly Kler - NWTT EIS/OEIS Project Manager
1101 Tautog Circle, Suite 203
Silverdale, WA 98315-1101
Public Meetings:
Eight public meetings will be held to inform the public about the Navy's Proposed Action and findings in the Draft EIS/OEIS, and solicit public comments on the environmental analysis. The public meetings will include an open house information session starting at 5 p.m. During this time, Navy representatives will provide information and answer questions about the Proposed Action and Draft EIS/OEIS. A short presentation by the Navy will begin at 6:30 p.m. Comments will be accepted throughout the public meeting.
The North Coast Calif. Meetings are listed below: Open House Information Sessions: 5-8 p.m./Navy Presentation: 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Red Lion Hotel Redwood Ballroom
1929 4th St.
Eureka, CA
Friday, March 7, 2014
Redwood Coast Senior Center West Room
490 N. Harold St.
Fort Bragg, CA
Dakota Danial Hayward (shown in the photo) was arrested at a residence in Coffee Creek, north of Trinity Center, for the murder of William "Billy" Foster, according to a press release from the Trinity County Sheriff's Office. Foster was found deceased at his residence in Trinity Center by Sheriff's Deputies on Jan. 18 after the Sheriff's Office Dispatch Center received a call reporting a shooting at the residence. Subsequent investigations led to the identification and arrest of Dakota Hayward, age 21, as the murder suspect. The press release appears below.
Press release from the Trinity County Sheriff's Office, dated January 20, 2014:
On January 18, 2014 at approximately 10:00 pm the Trinity County Sheriff's Office Dispatch Center received a call for medical aid stating that a male adult had been shot at a residence on the corner of Maude and Airport Road in Trinity Center. When Investigators and Deputies arrived on scene they located the victim identified as William "Billy" Foster deceased at his residence in Trinity Center. The reporting party for the medical aid was located and interviewed. A suspect was identified as Dakota Danial Hayward of Trinity Center. Investigators received information that Hayward was at a residence in Coffee Creek north of Trinity Center. Deputies located Hayward at that residence in Coffee Creek and took him into custody without incident.
Investigators have interviewed Hayward and other witnesses to the crime. Motive or any other specific details will not be released at this time as to not compromise the investigation.
Dakota Hayward was booked into the Trinity County Jail on 187(a) PC – Murder. He is still currently in custody without bail.
A 60 year old man died in a Humboldt County hospital last Mon. from complications related to flu confirmed to be H1N1 influenza, according to a press release from the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services. The event prompted Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Donald Baird to remark that,"...this resident's death serves as a reminder that H1N1 has the potential to cause serious illness, in all age groups, even in previously healthy individuals."
Flu season, in general, begins in Oct. and continues until May, and The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone age 6 and up should get flu vaccinations. Click here for CDC current flu season information. Some Public Health Clinics in Humboldt County offer flu vaccinations, including a walk-in flu shot clinic every Thursday in January from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Public Health office at 529 I St. in Eureka with no appointment necessary. Click here for a list of Public Health Offices locations and phone numbers. Vaccination services are also available at many local pharmacies and healthcare providers. The full press release appears below.
Press release from Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services:
A man in his 60s died Monday in a Humboldt County hospital from influenza related complications. Laboratory results confirmed H1N1 influenza. Officials report he had other underlying health conditions. "Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time," said Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Donald Baird, who added that to protect the man's privacy, no additional information would be released. Baird noted that while some cases of flu can be less severe than others, this resident's death serves as a reminder that H1N1 has the potential to cause serious illness, in all age groups, even in previously healthy individuals.
This death is the first in Humboldt County believed to be related to H1N1 for the 2013-14 flu season. Flu season generally runs from October to May. Statewide, seven laboratory-confirmed flu deaths of people under the age of 65 have been reported this flu season to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) as of Jan. 4. An additional 28 deaths are currently being investigated as possibly related to influenza.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone 6 months of age and older be vaccinated. It usually takes two weeks after receiving the flu vaccine for antibodies to build up in the body sufficiently to achieve the best protection."A flu vaccine is needed every year because flu viruses are constantly changing," said Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Public Health Director Susan Buckley. "Getting vaccinated is the best way to reduce the chances that you will get the flu and spread it to others." This year's flu vaccine protects against three different flu viruses: H1N1, H3N2 and one type of influenza B. Most of the cases tested locally are coming back positive for H1N1, the same strain associated with the 2009 pandemic.
DHHS is offering a walk-in flu shot clinic every Thursday in January from 1 to 4 p.m. at its Public Health office at 529 I St. in Eureka. Remaining clinic dates are Jan. 16, 23 and 30. No appointment is necessary. The cost of the flu shot is $17, though no one will be turned away for inability to pay. Medicare is accepted. In addition to the Thursday walk-in clinic, appointments for flu vaccines can be made Monday through Friday at the DHHS Public Health Clinic. To make an appointment, call 268-2108. Vaccines are also available at a number of other local pharmacies and healthcare providers.
"There is more you can do to prevent the spread of the flu in addition to getting a flu shot," Buckley said. "We recommend practicing the '3 Cs': Clean your hands, cover your nose and mouth when you sneeze or cough, and contain your germs by staying home if you get sick."
Update April 1, 2014 - The rainstorms in March helped to get us caught up in our Rain Season Totals, but we're not out of the woods yet. The Rain Season comparisons typically begin with a dry period and end in a dry period, which for us, in Northern California, is from July thru June. The table and chart below were provided by KMUD Weather Watcher Cheryl Albritton. The photo was taken on March 31, 2014 by Bob Froehlich and shows Sprowel Creek about a quarter mile before it flows into the South Fork Eel River.
Season Rainfall Comparisons (shown in inches) : July 1- March 31 for 4 years, 2013-2014 thru 2010-2011 (Note, the Eureka data for 2010-2011 was unavailable.)
Update March, 29, 2014 - With even more rain in the forecast for our local areas, the last storm served to swell our creeks, rivers and ponds and bring springs in the area back to life. Whitethorn was the big winner in this listing of rainfall from 17 locations in our area. The photo shows Little Sprowel Creek today (Sat. March 29). The table below was provided by KMUD Weather Watcher Cheryl Albritton.
The table below lists 24-hour rainfall totals from Fri. morning, March 28, through Sat. morning March 29, 2014. Locations are listed alphabetically.
Update: March 3, 2014 - Rain totals for the month of Feb., 2014 are looking good, but season to date (July 1, 2013 - Feb. 28, 2014) rainfall is still well below average - view the details in the tables and charts below (provided by Cheryl Albritton.)
Use the player below to hear KMUD Weather Watcher, Cheryl Albritton, report the latest details. This story was aired on the KMUD Local News on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014 by KMUD News Director Terri Klemetson.
Update: Feb. 10, 2014 - Latest storm brings some relieve to California drought crisis.
The creeks, rivers and ponds in the North Calif. Coastal area are looking somewhat better as the last three day rainfall brings some much needed precipitation to our area. KMUD News Weather Watcher, Cheryl Albritton, had this to say as she supplied the local rainfall numbers for the Feb.6 through Feb. 10 period. "Turns out we didn't need a Miracle March or Miracle May. Instead we got a Fabulous February!! Here are some rainfall totals for this recent storm - shown going from highest rainfall amount to lowest rainfall amount."
In the second table below Cheryl searched out and reported areas in California that had the highest daily rainfall during specific days of that Feb. 6-10 period. All numbers are reported in inches.
Update: Jan 30, 2014 - Our area has received some rain in this last storm (see below for the actual numbers from Cheryl Albritton) but not enough to affect current drought conditions. On last night's KMUD Local News, Anchor Amber Griffin aired an interview with Robert Ruehl, the Observing Program Leader with the National Weather Service in Eureka who indicates that, "The rainfall we experienced over the last 24 hours hasn't really been anything we can consider a drought buster." Use the player below, to hear more on the rainfall issue, including some speculations on what may lie head for our area.
According to KMUD Weather Watcher Cheryl Albritton, "While this storm system didn't do much as far as the drought is considered, it was a much needed drop in the bucket of water. Fire danger will be dampened down for a few days, and the flora and fauna, as well as a few vehicles, got a much needed bath."
The table below shows local rainfall totals for the two-day storm system, Jan.28-29, 2014 - data and table supplied by Cheryl Albritton.
Update Jan. 26, 2014: It's dry, dry....dry
Weather watching has become the hot topic of conversation and concern lately as California Governor Brown declared a state-wide drought emergency on Jan. 17, 2014. Locally, December rainfall totals were very low and continued lack of rain in January has many worried about what this may mean for our summer creeks, rivers and fish. Lake Oroville and lake Shasta are both at only 36% full and other reservoirs fair even worse, while the Sierra snow-pack, where the state gets about a third of its water, was 84% below average as of Jan. 10.
The lack of precipitation is attributed to a massive zone of high pressure nearly four miles high and 2,000 miles long that has been blocking storms for more than a year. Meteorologist Daniel Swain calls this "The Ridiculously Resilient Ridge." And according to Swain's blog, the Calif. Weather Blog (http://www.weatherwest.com) , blocking ridges and persistent high surface pressure centers are actually a fairly common feature of the climate over the North Pacific region in winter and have often been associated with periods of dry and stable weather along the West Coast of North America, including California. But this present condition, the Ridiculously Resilient Ridge (RRR), has behaved in a manner not typical of most North Pacific ridging events. The RRR keeps re-building, and it is this resilience that makes it extremely unusual.
There are even speculations that we could be headed into a cycle of longer lasting drought periods as evidence mounts that ancient droughts in California occurred about 1100 years ago and lasted as long as 220 years and that relatively wet periods like the 20th century have been the exception rather than the rule in California. This information appeared in a New York Times Science article by William K. Stevens on July 19, 1994 and cited work done by Dr. Scott Stine, a paleoclimatologist at California State University at Hayward, who used radiocarbon dating techniques to determine the age of the trees' outermost annual growth rings.
KMUD Weather Watcher, Cheryl Albritton, has suppied the charts and tables of rainfall seen below, and according to Cheryl, "California is set to have 2013 go down as the driest year since 1850. Here is a snapshot of the month of Dec in Humboldt County - 2010 thru 2013. The extreme swings in the pattern of precipitation are readily apparent."
Sat., Jan. 11, 2014 storm rainfall totals, in inches, Humboldt, Mendocino, Del Norte and Trinity Counties.
(Data supplied by Cheryl Albritton.)


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