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The Loew's Jersey Theatre was the 4th of five Loew's 'Wonder Theatres' to open in the New York City area, opening just two weeks after the Loew's Paradise Theatre, Bronx and the Loew's Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, which had both opened on September 7, 1929. The Loew's Jersey Theatre opened September 28, 1929 with Ruth Chatterton and Lewis Stone in "Madame X". On stage were Ben Black and his Rhythm Kings and in the orchestra pit were the Loew's Symphony Orchestra and the mighty Robert Morton 'Wonder' organ which had 4 manuals and 23 ranks. Resident organist for many years was Ted Meyn. The building had cost $2 million to build and the wonderful Baroque style façade still boasts the mechanical clock of George & the Dragon, a companion piece to the one (now lost) on the top of the façade of Loew's Paradise Theatre, Bronx.
The opulent Italian Renaissance style auditorium with its 50 foot wide proscenium is reached by passing through a dramatic three-storey lobby rotunda, supported by jade-green columns. In the music gallery above the entrance on the first floor, a grand piano was played to entertain waiting patrons. As was the case in all big movie palaces, the 35 foot deep x 82 foot wide stage was put to good use in the early years with artistes such as Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, The Ritz Brothers, Jackie Coogan, Russ Columbo and His Band and many others appearing. The orchestra pit (which is on an elevator) was boarded over in 1949.
Later in January 1975, two additional screens, each seating 524, were placed in the orchestra seating area beneath the balcony, leaving the main screen in the balcony, with a seating capacity of 1,078. The Robert Morton 'Wonder' organ was removed at this time and now resides in the Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara, California. The Loew's Jersey Theatre closed on Thursday August 21, 1986 with "Friday the 13th Part VI:Jason Lives".
In April 1987 it was sold to a private company for demolition, but preservationists saved the theatre from becoming an office building and the theatre was purchased by the city in 1993. The Friends of the Loew's had been formed and they embarked on an ongoing renovation/restoration project beginning in 1995. The wall dividing the orchestra seating into two screens was removed, and the theatre was re-opened to the public in 2001 (albeit in the beginning using only a fraction of the seating area in the orchestra level). Regular monthly screenings of classic and revival films began during fall, winter and spring, and as work by the dedicated team of volunteers has progressed over the years, the program expanded to also presenting occasional live performances and concerts.
The Garden State Chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society acquired a 'sister' identical Robert Morton 'Wonder' organ that had been originally installed in the Loew's Paradise Theatre, Bronx. After several years extensive work on the instrument, it was ready for its debut in its new home at the Loew's Jersey Theatre in late-2007.
The Loew's Jersey Theatre has become the centerpiece of the Journal Square renaissance, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Auditorium #12 in the Sony/Loews Theatres Lincoln Square complex on New York's Upper West Side is named in honor of this former Loew's Motion Picture Palace.
Theatrefan: the Loew's Jersey did not originally have a 70mm projector, but I hope it will have one someday soon.
Bill, I hope so as well, can't wait to see what it will look like once they get it up and running. It was always a treat to see movie projected in 70mm back in the past.
A friend and I were at the Jersey on 2/28 to see Some Like It Hot. It's the first time I saw it on the big screen. The movie and the organ concert (played by a 12 year old virtuoso) transcended amazing.
March 2015 Movies At The Loews Jersey
Friday March 27 – To Have And Have Not – 8:00pm
Saturday March 28 – Swing Time – 6:00pm
Saturday March 28 – North By North West – 8:15pm
It is my understanding that all 3 films will be 35mm film presentations.
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I know this is late notice, but tonight, April 7th, at 8:30, WNYE-TV channel 25 will be airing an episode of their Blueprint NYC series devoted to the Loew's Wonder Theaters. If you miss it, you may be able to watch the episode at their website after it has aired.
It looks like it's on twice more — Friday at 2:30pm and Monday at 4:00am.
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I was in this beautiful movie palace last fall and when the organ appeared before the film it was magic! When he played the huanted song that was in the film on the pipes as the crowds were leaving was something you do not get these days. You cannot imagine unless you were there. The organ souded in prime form. I live in the mid-west and can't wait to get back. A 70mm film ! Wow. Only LA has showings regularly in that format. Think I'll join "Friends of the Loew's". Imagine seeing "Ben-Hur" at the Jersey?? at
This is just speculation on my part, but the last time I visited the Loews there was some discussion of a "Sci-Fi Weekend" for the end of this month. Any word on this yet?
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Travis Outlaw will always proudly call Starkville home.
On Saturday, Outlaw spent some of the last moments of free time he had before reporting back to the National Basketball Association and the Sacramento Kings to let the community know just how grateful he is for its support over the years.
The honor and recognition was very much deserved.
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There is only one word Mississippi State defensive coordinator Geoff Collins can say when asked about facing an Oklahoma State offense.
That word is challenge.
The Bulldogs square off against the No. 13 (Associated Press) Cowboys this coming Saturday in Houston, Tex.
MACON – Jamie Mitchell has done several big things as the head coach of the Starkville High School Yellowjackets.
He has taken SHS to the Class 5A State championship two years in a row and won the title last season.
Yet there was one big thing he wanted to do this season, and that was to beat Noxubee County.
MERIDIAN – Johnathan Burton hit a 44-yard field goal for the Starkville Academy Volunteers in the first half, but it was not nearly enough as the homestanding Lamar School Raiders earned a 35-3 victory on Friday night.
FRENCH CAMP – Judging by the way they played Friday night, one would never guess that the Choctaw County Chargers have only been together for a few months.
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The Wolverines opened their 2013 campaign at home, defeating the Vardaman Rams 53-6.
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Nico Rosberg won a turbulent British Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday after Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton became one of four tyre failure victims and world champion Sebastian Vettel suffered a gearbox failure.
The left rear tyre of then leader Hamilton, Ferrari's Felipe Massa and Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne exploded between the eighth and 15th lap (and that of Sergio Perez late in the race), causing grave concern among teams and sending out the safety car for several laps.
Red Bull's world triple champion Vettel gained first place from Hamilton's puncture but then came to a halt over the gearbox failure with 10 of the 52 laps left and brought another safety car phase.
Vettel's misfortune put Rosberg on top as the German got his second victory of the season and third overall ahead Red Bull's Mark Webber and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
Vettel retained the championship lead with 132 points, but Alonso made up ground with now 111 points. Kimi Raikkonen has 98 from a fifth-place finish which gave him a record 25th straight race in the points, surpassing the 24 from Michael Schumacher.
Hamilton won the start from pole, and Vettel slipped past Rosberg into second, while Felipe Massa roared from 11th to fifth and Mark Webber went the opposite way for Red Bull, down from fourth to 14th after a slow start and his front wing being damaged by the Lotus of Romain Grosjean.
But all racing became secondary for a while soon afterwards.
Hamilton's left rear was the first to fly off heading into the Wellington straight out of turn five in the eighth lap. Massa suffered the same fate two laps later at the same spot and when Vergne's left rear also exploded shortly before the pit entrance in the 15th race officials had enough and brought out the safety car.
The teams asessed the situation as marshalls cleared the track, with Webber told by Red Bull via team radio that "we found cuts in the left rear (of Vettel) after a first pit stop" and drivers being instructed to avoid the curbs.
With no immediate reaction from Pirelli, teams appeared to fear that a combination of hot tyres and curbs, especially at the exit of turns, were contributing to the dangerous situation.
"We're advising our drivers to avoid kerb crawling #GodSaveOurTyres," Lotus tweeted.
The safety car phase ended in lap 22, and Vettel continued to lead from Rosberg through a second round of pit stops later on, with Raikkonen moving into third, Webber recovering to fourth and Alonso fifth.
However, just as there seemed to be no more tyre problems and Vettel cruising up front, the German's car stalled for the first time in 15 races and came to a standstill at the start-and-finish line.
"It was a gearbox problem. I don't know why," Vettel said.
The safety car returned to the track until the Red Bull was recovered, and Rosberg and all top drivers except Raikkonen went for fresh rubbers to set up a furious final seven laps once the safety car left.
While Rosberg won in 1 hour 32 minutes 59.456 seconds,, the 2010 and 2012 race winner Webber made up four places on soft tyres to get his fifth straight Silverstone podium in second place. Alonso and Hamilton, who had been down to last after his early tyre failure, also got past Raikkonen.
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REGION: Riverside County mulls two-tier retirement system
Rolling back pension benefits to pre-2001 levels would save $120 million over 10 years
Against that backdrop, momentum is building for change.
And while Corser stopped short of recommending a specific course of action, he said returning to the level of benefits Riverside County offered before it increased them in 2001 and '02 and applying those to new hires would save $120 million over a decade.
Before those increases, general employees received up to 60 percent of their salaries when they retired, something they could do at age 55; public safety employees could receive that same benefit at 50.
Keeping the eligible retirement age at 60 for general employees, while rolling back the 50 percent increase, would generate additional savings to taxpayers, bringing the 10-year total to $160 million, the report states.
However, if a Riverside Sheriff's Association-sponsored measure on the Nov. 2 ballot passes, the board won't be able to roll back benefits for newly hired public safety employees without appealing to the voters of Riverside County in a special election.
Corser's report and recommendations will be accompanied by a detailed 56-page report compiled by a pension reform advisory committee composed of 17 county officials, union representatives and Riverside County residents.
Meeting from May through September, the panel could not agree on whether rising pension costs are a problem, much less on a course of action for curbing costs. But the group did reach a consensus that the county never should repeat the "pension contribution holidays" of 1999 and 2000, when it didn't make pension payments in back-to-back years.
The group also agreed the county should remain in CalPERS, rather than form its own retirement system, as some counties have.
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Modern well-equipped kitchen with granite worktops and a dishwasher
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Scotland is generally known as the home of golf and Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders offer some challenging courses.
Whatever type of challenge you seek the golf courses of southern Scotland will test your golfing skills to the full. From championship level parkland and links golf courses to smaller 9 hole family golf centres with all weather range facilities, every skill level is catered for.
Southern Scotland is a magnificent place to fish. With many spectacular lochs and other fishing areas providing many types of fishing. The River Nith is close by & there is a beat with log cabin available for hire. To view: http://www.ryehill-farm.co.uk/fishing.html
The ancient Town of Sanquhar, though granted its Royal charter as late as 1598, has its origins rooted in the 8th century when Sanquhar was first called ' Sean Caer ' meaning in the Celtic tongue ' Old Fort ' or ' Old Castle '.
A good selection of local shops includes a baker, butcher, florist, chemist, newsagent & 3 small supermarkets including a Co Op. Eateries within walking distance include an a local arts centre cafe, The Nithsdale & famous Blackaddie restaurant for fine dining.
Sanquhar is the site of the World's oldest Post Office and scene of 17th century Covenantors' declaration renouncing alliegience first to Charles I, then to James VII.
Sanquhar's Tolbooth erected in 1735 at the instigation of Charles Duke of Queensberry and designed by William Adam stands intact to this day and its graceful Palladian facade enhances the town's High Street.
The Southern Upland Way runs through Sanquhar which is an accommodation location for the route.
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21 Nov 2014
"If only Railway Stations were all like this...!"
First impressions are important, and at this place that is of Quality. The renovation of the Station was clearly a work of some love (I sense a train-spotter owns this place!) and as a result each ro… More
10 Nov 2014
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The Station Masters House was the best holiday cottage we've ever stayed in. The rooms are all large and well furnished, The whole place is lovely and warm. The station is busy enough to be inter… More
30 Aug 2014
We have just got home after staying in this house. It was the best self catering property I've stayed in. The rooms were decorated to a high standard and the bathroom was to die for. Although it … More
10 Aug 2014
"I was Station Master Sanquhar for the week :-)"
Half Term in October spent in rainy Scotland. But the weather did not put us off and managed to get out and about by car and train. The house has been done up to an excellent standard with the bathroo… More
26 Jul 2014
"Fabulous property to stay in"
This review is being written two years after we stayed here for a week, simply because it wasn't on TripAdvisor back then and I couldn't work out how to get it added.We were looking for some… More
7 Mar 2014
"Perfect Place!"
This was our 2nd visit to The Station Master's House and we love it! Being dog owners, we travel a lot in the UK, mainly renting cottages and this is the first one where we have felt completely … More
31 Jul 2013
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20 Jun 2013
"5* Luxury & Character"
Have just spent a lovely 4 days with family at the Station Masters' House and could not recommend more highly. 5* Comfort (including the beds) and all mod cons such as wifi, Freesat - and bonus, … More
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Beloit College, Wisconsin Power and Light Company exploring possible reuse of power plant in downtown BeloitOctober 24, 2012
Beloit College is partnering with Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL) to explore the possible reuse of the company's Blackhawk Generating Station as an activity and recreation center for the college. The Blackhawk facility, which has been retired since 2010, sits on the Rock River in downtown Beloit.
The college has been developing its plans for more than a year while in informal talks with WPL. Now, with the board's approval, the college will continue to fully explore the project's feasibility and to assess the site's remediation needs with WPL. At the same time, the college will begin to fundraise for the project, which would require an estimated $30 million to complete. Learn more about the project here (including artist renderings) and read more in the Beloit Daily News and Janesville Gazette.
Homecoming Weekend brings fun, limousines...October 1, 2012
What a great weekend to be a Beloiter!
The students were especially creative with their parade floats - including a special appearance from a limousine and a turtle - Beloit took home the Shoehorn Trophy in the Olde English Classic; we cheered the Bucs in games all weekend; the field was full of tailgaters, alumni regrouped and played baseball, softball, and volleyball; alumni and families met with faculty, we honored the newest members of the Athletic Hall of Honor; and so much more. And what a beautiful fall weekend at Beloit! Can't wait to see all of you - including those that couldn't attend - at Reunion 2013. Mark those calendars for June 14-16, 2013.
Homecoming is September 28-30September 24, 2012
Have you planned your carpool yet? The pom poms are in, the students are planning the parade route, food has been ordered, the athletic teams are pumped, faculty and staff are ready to greet, President Bierman has laced up his yellow Beloiter running shoes – all we need is you. So, grab your friends and make it a great weekend to be a Beloiter. A full schedule of events is available here, and don't forget to register!
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Best value and strong commitment to teaching were just a few of the areas in which Beloit College earned recognition in the annual U.S. News & World Report's rankings of "Best Colleges" released last week. You deserve some of the credit for this ranking as well. The alumni giving participation rate is one of the factors used in calculating academic quality. Check out the full listing of rankings.
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Hip hop is as American as apple pie, as African as fufu. Never mind whether the verb "hip" comes from the Wolof xippi ("to open one's eyes"), as John Leland suggests in his 2004 book Hip: The History (HarperCollins). Descendants of West African slaves in America were hipping themselves to their own Africanness all through the years that hip-hop culture was taking shape.
Yet the Bronx DJ who coined the phrase "hip hop" came to the words unconsciously. "Motherfucker was drunk over some Olde English '800' and high on marijuana," says Love Bug Starski, speaking on his cell phone from a New Jersey area code. "If I knew what it would turn out to be, don't you think I'd copyright it?"
Starski says he began rapping "hip, hop, hippy to the hippy hop-bop" as a nursery rhyme for party people. He wound up employing the nonsensical alliteration "hip hop" in the West African tradition of call and response—again, unconsciously. "Me and Kid Cowboy from the Furious Styles used to say it together," he says. "I'd say the 'hip,' he'd say the 'hop.' And then he stopped doing it, and I kept doing it."
Taking up Starski's phrase, Afrika Bambaata began applying the term to the street culture flowering around him in the Bronx, and it caught on. By 1982 "hip hop" referred to DJ techniques, b-boy dancing, graffiti, fashion, and rapping—an activity with its own roots in Senegambian tradition.
"Tassou still exists in Senegal," says West African hip-hopper Faada Freddy, speaking on his own cell in Dakar. "That's an ancient form of rap music."
Freddy, whose Senegalese rap trio Daara J performs for free in Loring Park on Monday, is a foremost advocate for the theory that, by finding embrace in Africa, hip hop has "come home." Collaborating freely (the crew recently recorded with Malian legend Salif Keita) and inflecting their tassou with dancehall toasts and R&B melodies, Daara J's sales pitch nevertheless relies on their association with the oldest of old schools.
"The storytellers used songs to say, 'This is how we should act,'" says Freddy. "It was a way for them to remind us that socially, politically, we have to be involved. Back then there were no TVs, no Internet neither. The only way for people to communicate was through the griots. Pop music was a way to know what was going on in the countryside."
These days, rap music has become a way for African immigrants, including thousands of Minnesotans, to connect with their home countries. No longer just black America's CNN, hip hop is a griot for a black planet.
Which is why I'm surprised to learn that Freddy, who grew up speaking Wolof, has never heard of the theory that "hip" originated from xippi. At the mention of this, the expert rhetorician nearly leaps through the phone.
"And xeupp [pronounced 'hop'] means 'to pour something,'" he says. "When you're just full of something, you pour it. Like when you're full of emotion, you give it to the people."
Most African rappers hesitate to claim hip hop for Africa. "It's a good story," says Ghanaian-born M.anifest, smiling in a way that suggests he thinks Faada Freddy is full of something, all right (though he admires Daara J's live show). "Plus they named their CD Boomerang. Very smart marketing."
The wide-eyed 24-year-old born Kwame Tsikata is among the dozens of African-born MCs recording in the Twin Cities. He wears a yellow soccer jersey from back home, and plays random African rap favorites on his computer, sitting in his neat south Minneapolis home studio. To M.anifest, hip hop's more recent associations with Africa overwhelm the deeper historical ones. "Listen to this," he says, playing Canada-based Somali sensation K'Naan, who sounds like a soulful Eminem; Senegal's Positive Black Soul, who cover Savannah mambo kings Orchestra Baobab; South Africa's house-influenced TKZ; and fellow Ghanaian Reggie Rocksone, who raps over samples of rare '70s highlife records, in a fusion known as hip-life.
"Before Reggie, I had no clue there was African rap at all," says M.anifest. (See "Africa's Ultimate Beats and Breaks" for a beginner's guide to African hip hop.)
Over in Ghana, the popularity of American groups Das EFX and Naughty by Nature coincided with the nation's move toward formal democracy in the early '90s. "Hip hop happened unwittingly there," says M.anifest. "The music isn't necessarily political. It's a movement because of where it comes from."
Expressing himself in a gentle Accra accent, M.anifest explains how he grew up speaking English, Ghana's national language. Having moved to the Twin Cities six years ago to study economics at Macalester, he sounds more American on his deeply funky, jazz-chopping rap tracks, which he's brought to local stages for about a year. (Listen to his music at Citypages.com, or visit his Myspace page, www.myspace.com/manifestations.)
In the spirit of Starski, however, M.anifest revives a bit of melodic childhood gibberish in another of his native tongues: Twi (pronounced almost like "tree"). The title chorus of "Che Che Kule" is meaningless, he says. As with Anansi stories—the folk tales of the spider god that permeate Caribbean culture and provide the main characters for Neil Gaiman's latest novel—the tune of "Che Che Kule" crossed the Atlantic, surviving the Middle Passage.
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POINT PLEASANT — The Mason County Commission will voice its support of Felman Production's proposal for a special power rate which the company hopes will allow its silicomanganese plant in New Haven to operate when commodity markets are weak.
Commission President Rick Handley will travel to Charleston on Monday to testify before the Public Service Commission (PSC) on behalf of the proposal.
Handley said he hopes to relay to the PSC the economic realities Mason County has been facing lately, including the loss in over $400,000 in revenue when one unit went offline at Appalachian Electric Power's Philip Sporn Plant. Handley said losing Felman would be another hit, obviously having a negative impact on not only county revenue but local families. Handley said the county definitely doesn't want to lose anymore people and if Felman ceases operations, at this point it would mean around 155 jobs lost.
Feldman idled the plant earlier this year because of poor market conditions. Critics of Felman's proposal have called it "unacceptable" and "fatally flawed."
As reported by the Associated Press earlier this week, Felman's proposal would tie the plant's power rates to the costs of raw materials used in production and commodity prices. The plan caps the amount of discounts the company could receive in a given year at $9.5 million, which represents the amount of Appalachian Power's fixed costs the company currently pays. When prices are low, Felman's power discounts would be paid for by shifting costs to other ratepayers. To make up for those costs, the company said it would pay higher rates when its material costs recovered. That benefit would then be passed on to other customers in the form of a rate decrease.
The company submitted its request for a 10-year special power rate under a 2010 law that was intended to help Century Aluminum restart its plant in Ravenswood. The law allows manufacturers that consume large amounts of energy to negotiate rates tied to commodity prices.
In other Commission business:
Commissioners approved new precinct changes following a precinct hearing which had no visitors or comments. County Clerk Diana Cromley presented commissioners with her proposal for boundary adjustments which were needed to ensure all committee districts touch.
Cromley said she could've adjusted the boundary two ways - one option affected 1,329 voters and the other option affected two voters. Cromley suggested the scenario which affected two voters which also translated into 92 cents in postage to notify those voters as opposed to $611 in postage to notify voters in the other option - commissioners unanimously went with the option that affected two voters. Those two voters will vote at the Southside Community Building and again, will be notified by mail. Cromley said legal notices about the special hearing on the boundary adjustments were advertised in the Point Pleasant Register, notices were physically placed in the area affected and inside the courthouse.
Commissioners approved requests from Assessor Ron Hickman to hire Dianna Glenn on Dec. 1 on a part time basis to work as an outside contractor with no benefits and paid on an hourly basis. Hickman also requested commissioners approve paying Elaine Ogle four days of unused leave she is entitled to but cannot take before the end of the year. Hickman said these two requests were based upon having newer employees in the office who were undergoing training to meet yearly deadlines. Money for these requests were already in Hickman's budget.
Commissioners received four sealed bids for the county's surplus truck with a snow plow that won't go in reverse. Out of four bids, Mike Balch had the highest at $1,535. Commissioners unanimously approved this bid.
Present at the meeting were Commissioners Miles Epling, Handley, Tracy Doolittle as well as Cromley and County Administrator John Gerlach.


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The Congress is definitely nervous. The minority cell of Mumbai Congress has sought intervention of the party's national leadership in stopping Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majilis Ittehadul Muslimeen from contesting in assembly polls.
In a letter to party vice president Rahul Gandhi early this week, Nizamuddin Rayeen, president of the minority cell, has said AIMIM contesting the assembly polls could alter the outcome in over 20 assembly seats, including seven in Mumbai, where there is concentration of members of the minority community.
The letter also states Congress would be hard hit if AIMIM enters the fray as Muslims in Maharashtra had been supporting Congress till now. The national leadership should hence convince Owaisi against fielding candidates, it says.
On Aug 27, dna had reported that AIMIM was planning to contest 30-40 seats across Maharashtra, including 10 in Mumbai. AIMIM is also trying to forge an alliance with Dalits and other minority groups to increase their vote base, and have already started preparations.
Nizamuddin Rayeen confirmed the development, but refused to comment further citing "sensitivity of the matter".
Reiterating party's commitment to contest 30-40 seats, Syed Momin, AIMIM state chief, said: "The move explains Congress' low confidence. They have always cheated Muslims. They have done nothing for the community and have considered Muslims only as a vote-bank."
Muslims account for 11% of the state population (15% in Mumbai city). The current assembly of 288 has 11 Muslim MLAs (5 Congress, 2 NCP, 2 SP. Of this, seven are from Mumbai. "Muslim population exceeds 3.35 lakh in 10 districts and can alone generate 16 seats proportionately," said a Congress functionary.
MIM's entry has also sent shock waves in Samajwadi Party which mainly relies on Muslim votes. SP is now seeking alliance with Congress-NCP to combat the situation. State SP chief Abu Asim Azmi says: "Muslims and north-Indians are our main supporters and AIMIM entry might affect the prospects of SP and Congress to some extent. To avoid division in secular votes, I have proposed an alliance with Congress-NCP. This would be ideal too considering the Bihar by-poll results," Azmi said.
Political commentator Surendra Jondhale said Owaisi's entry could spell more trouble for SP than Congress. "Many Muslims, who have been traditionally voting for SP, may now gravitate towards AIMIM, as they may consider Owaisi's fundamental stand as a bulwark against the rising hardcore Hindutva politics."


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15th May 2009
Special report: Gay campaigners prepare for Slavic Pride 5
2:56 PM — Andy Thayer of the Gay Liberation Network reports from Moscow in the run-up to Slavic Pride.
Baltic Pride to go ahead after court lifts council ban 2
1:26 PM — Baltic Pride has been saved after Riga's Administrative Court lifted a ban imposed by the city council on tomorrow's Pride march.
New Hampshire governor to sign gay marriage bill 8
11:24 AM — New Hampshire governor John Lynch has signalled he will sign a bill legalising gay marriage in the state, despite his personal objections.
14th May 2009
Moscow activists seek meeting with mayor over Slavic Pride 10
4:08 PM — Gay rights campaigners have asked Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov to meet them to discuss Saturday's planned Slavic Pride event.
Ireland's health service to recognise gay and lesbian relationships 1
3:11 PM — The Irish Health Service Executive is to draw up new guidelines for hospitals on gay and lesbian relationships. The plan is one of a number of recommendations made by a new report on LGBT health, which was launched yesterday.
Comedian Wanda Sykes' partner gives birth to twins 1
2:05 PM — US comedian Wanda Sykes and her wife are now the parents of twins. Sykes' partner, known only as Alex, gave birth to a boy and a girl on April 27th. They have been named Olivia Lou and Lucas Claude.
Riga bans Baltic Pride 13
12:21 PM — The planned Baltic Pride march due to take place on Saturday in Riga, Latvia, has been banned by city officials.
Peru bans gays from joining the police 2
11:51 AM — Peru is planning to ban gays from joining the police, in an attempt to improve the reputation of the institution. Interior Minister Mercedes Cabanillas has proposed a raft of new measures to raise public confidence in the police.
13th May 2009
Tennessee trans woman has marriage declared invalid 7
7:28 PM — A trans woman in Tennessee has had her marriage declared invalid after the state refused to recognise her female status.
Gay visitors to Moscow told to expect violence 13
5:23 PM — Gay activists and Eurovision fans have been warned they may be met with violence this weekend in Moscow. The city is preparing to host the Eurovision Song Contest final but gay rights activists have said they will be holding a Slavic Pride march, despite city officials banning such events.
Megan Fox talks about being bisexual 25
12:01 PM — Transformers actress Megan Fox is the latest Hollywood star to discuss her bisexuality However, the actress said she would only date lesbians, rather than bisexual women.
New York moves closer to gay marriage 34
9:29 AM — The New York Assembly passed a bill last night to legalise gay marriage. After four hours of debate, the bill passed 89-52 and will now go to the Senate for a vote.
12th May 2009
Miss California allowed to keep crown 22
4:57 PM — Miss California Carrie Prejean, who criticised gay marriage, has been allowed to keep her title despite appearing in a string of topless photographs.
Neighbours follows Home and Away with another lesbian kiss 5
3:32 PM — Australian soap Neighbours is to screen its second lesbian kiss following a similar story in rival programme Home and Away.
Russian lesbian couple refused marriage licence 1
3:18 PM — A lesbian couple who applied for a marriage licence in Russia have had their application rejected. Gay rights activists Irina Fedotova and Irina Shipitko received a hand-written rejection letter from an official at the central Moscow registry office yesterday.
Obama 'can end military gay ban with a single order' 4
1:41 PM — Military law experts have said that President Barack Obama can end the dismissal of openly gay soldiers with just a single order.
Anti-gay Miss California may be stripped of her title later today 50
1:24 PM — Miss Calfornia, Carrie Prejean could be stripped of her title later today. The decision follows the allegedly homophobic comments made by Miss Prejean about gay marriage.
Foreign Office revises guidance for gay travellers in Moscow 42
12:24 PM — The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has released new guidance for gay travellers in Russia, advising that visitors to Moscow should be aware of possible violence at a planned gay pride march this weekend.
Man convicted of murder of trans woman jailed for another 60 years 6
10:12 AM — A Colorado man who beat a woman to death when he discovered her trans status has had another 60 years added to his sentence.
11th May 2009
Comment: Peter Tatchell on why he'll still march at Moscow Pride 39
5:07 PM — Despite threats to bash and arrest the marchers, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell explains why he will still be attending this Saturday's Moscow Gay Pride parade. Authorities have said the parade is banned and threatened "tough measures" to those who try to march. In 2007, Mr Tatchell was arrested and assaulted during the parade.


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Many chronic diseases that are related to work have long latency periods between the first exposure to the hazards and the onset of the disease, and they may also have causes other than hazards in the workplace. As a result, chronic occupational diseases frequently go unrecognized as work-related—for adults as well as youngsters. They certainly are not seen in young workers, either because they do not occur or because they will not be manifest until well into adulthood. Therefore, to address occupational health problems that may affect young people, it is essential to document the nature and extent of their exposures to health hazards in the workplace.
A number of hazardous substances or conditions at work could contribute to subsequent illnesses for young workers. Audiometric testing of vocational agricultural students in Wisconsin found that 57 percent of the students who lived and worked on farms had noise-induced hearing loss, a condition found in only 33 percent of the students who had little or no farm experience (Broste et al., 1989). To protect young people's health and safety, the Fair Labor Standards Act prohibits their working with hazardous agricultural chemicals. Yet in a survey of North Carolina teens, 38 percent of those who worked on farms reported using pesticides or other farm chemicals (Schulman et al., 1997). Similarly, a 1989 survey of migrant farmworkers under the age of 18 found that 10 percent had prepared or applied pesticides. Aside from gloves, no protective equipment was used, and the gloves were made of cloth and therefore inadequate as protection. More than 40 percent had worked in fields still wet with pesticides, in violation of regulations governing the time that must elapse between spraying and reentry by workers, and 40 percent had been sprayed while working in the fields, either directly by crop-dusting planes or indirectly by chemicals drifting from planes or tractors (Pollack et al., 1990). A recent Massachusetts survey, in which an industrial hygienist observed youth working in paid jobs and vocational shops, found young workers exposed to a wide range of potential hazards, including lead and asthma-causing agents in construction, ergonomic stressors in health-care settings, and reproductive hazards in a print shop.2
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Melrose Place returns from its long hiatus on March 9 and the CW has released a sneak peek from the upcoming new episode. I also threw in a promo below. MELROSE PLACEAMANDA'S BOYFRIEND (GUEST STAR BILLY CAMPBELL, '4 More »
On March 16 - a week after Melrose Place returns from a three-month hiatus and bids farewell to Colin Egglesfield and Ashlee Simpson - Nick Zano debuts on the primetime soap opera as Dr. Drew Pragin. In a new interv More »
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The South Carolina Athletic Programs 10-and-under, Division 2, State Basketball Tournament came to the Cheraw Community Center last Saturday and the host Cheraw team captured the boys state championship, while Marion took home the state title in the girls division.
The Cheraw boys squad was not your typical host team, as this group went toe-to-toe with Hartsville, the Division 1 state runner-up, in a pre-tournament scrimmage in Hartsville and blew out Marlboro County in another practice tilt. The first game of the day pitted Cheraw against Dillon, the Eastern District champions, and this one was played before a packed and boisterous crowd. The host team came out firing on all cylinders and built a 21-9 after the first quarter of action, but Dillon refused to quit. The visitors cut the lead to 28-21 at the halftime break and they went into intermission with a lot of momentum.
Dillon then scored the first seven points of the third period to tie things up at 28-28, but the Cheraw squad took over the contest from that point. They scored the next eleven points to rebuild their lead to 39-28 before Dillon scored a basket at the end of the quarter to close the gap to 39-30 after three periods of play. Cheraw then cruised the rest of the way, breaking the Dillon full-court press and getting easy layups, to post a 53-38 victory and earn a spot in the state championship game.
Cheraw used a balanced scoring attack in the win, as Jonathan Gordon led the way with 15 points, while Marshall Myers poured in 14 points and Zion Baylor added 10 markers. Tyson Hall was next with six points, Aaron Jackson had four points, while Devin Gillespie and Jamarrie Wright each added two markers.
Seneca, the defending state runner-up, defeated Jasper County, 45-33, in the second semifinal tilt to earn its berth in the state championship game against Cheraw.
The state championship game did not start out too well for the home team, as Seneca jumped out to a quick 5-0 advantage, only a minute into the contest. Cheraw came right back though and took an 8-7 lead with 2:00 left in the first period, thanks to some strong inside play from Jonathan Gordon and Aaron Jackson, along with two steals and layups by Marshall Myers. Cheraw only had a 12-10 lead after the first quarter, but the home team really took over the contest in the second period. Seneca was only able to score six points in the second quarter, as the Cheraw 2-3 zone defense had the Upstate squad confused. Myers and Gordon led the way again on offense and the host team took a 27-16 lead into intermission.
Cheraw continued the onslaught in the third period, stretching out their lead to 39-20, before settling for a 40-25 lead after three periods of play. The host team then milked the clock for most of the final period and they made six of their ten free throws to post a 49-34 victory. Marshall Myers led the Cheraw scoring attack with 20 points, while Jonathan Gordon was next with 12 points. The inside duo of Aaron Jackson and Zion Baylor accounted for 15 more points, with Jackson scoring eight and Baylor adding seven markers. Jamarrire Wright closed out the scoring by making both of his free throw attempts in the game's final minute.
The state championship was Cheraw's first in basketball since 1989, when Maurice Miller, Dennis Love, and Paul Streater led the 14-and-under squad that captured the state title in Liberty.
Members of the Cheraw team are Jamarrie Wright, Tony Pegues, Devin Gillespie, David Johnson, Dwayne Wilson, Marshall Myers, Zion Baylor, Aaron Jackson, Tyson Hall, Jonathan Gordon, Saa'Jada McManus, and Tymere Stacks. Wiley White, Jay Bennett, and Vernon Skipper were the coaches for this all-star squad.
The team members and coaches would like to thank the parents and fans for their suppprt on Saturday. The loud home crowd really meant a lot to the team and their encouragement helped push this team to the title.
In the girls bracket, Mullins defeated Barnwell, 17-11, in the first semifinal game, while Marion disposed of Walhalla, 23-14, in the other semifnal tilt. Marion had won their earlier meeting with Mullins in the Eastern District title game and this time was no different, as the Lady Swamp Foxes cruised to a 30-16 win in the State Championship tilt. Marion held a slim 10-9 advantage at the halftime break, but they outscored Mullins, 20-7, in the second half to account for the final margin.


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SNELLVILLE — Volunteers and an organization are raising money for a Snellville boy in need of a life-saving transplant.
The Children's Organ Transplant Association is organizing and promoting donations toward the transplant-related expenses for Alan Sims, 12, who has been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoid Leukemia and needs a life-saving liver transplant, according to doctors at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. COTA said the cost of a transplant often exceeds $500,000.
While a group of Snellville volunteers are committed to raising $50,000, individuals and groups are requested to help the cause.
The organization's priority is to assure that no child or young adult is denied a transplant or excluded from a transplant waiting list due to lack of funds. One hundred percent of all funds raised are used for patients' transplant-related expenses.
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Welding Classes in Los Angeles, CA with Degree and School Info
The Los Angeles area has roughly five schools that offer welding programs. Learn about the programs and coursework requirements at three of these colleges, which are all located within around 15 miles of the city center.
Los Angeles Welding Schools
In the Los Angeles area, students can find welding courses and programs at community colleges within a 25-minute drive of downtown. This article gets an overview of three schools' training programs and also includes a table of stats about each institution. A couple of additional college options are mentioned as well.
- Los Angeles Trade Technical College is around two miles from central L.A. and has certificate and associate's degree programs in welding.
- About 16 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles is El Camino College, which also offers a certificate and an associate degree program in the field.
- Numerous specializations are available in the welding certificate program at Cerritos College, which is located a little over 17 miles south of L.A.'s downtown area.
Los Angeles Trade Technical College
Los Angeles Trade Technical College (LATTC) is part of the Los Angeles Community College District, which is the country's largest community college district. LATTC is a Certified Welding Test Center; students in the welding program can complete certification exams right at the school.
Certificate of Achievement in Welding Gas and Electric: Construction Technologies
A minimum of 24 units have to be completed to earn the construction technologies certificate. Students are required to take several gas and electric welding courses, in addition to tungsten inert-gas welding classes. The rest of the program is made up of several technical classes on welding, as well as courses in blueprint reading and applied mathematics.
Associate of Science in Welding Gas and Electric
Students who aren't interested in taking general education classes can pursue a Certificate of Achievement instead of an associate's degree in this program. Requirements for the welding gas and electric major include applied mathematics, blueprint reading, electric welding, acetylene cutting, brazing and welding. There is also a class on inert-gas welding.
El Camino College
El Camino College offers courses and certificate and associate's degree programs in welding. A graduation-with-honors option is available to students who maintain a 3.5 GPA or higher. Courses can be taken during the day or in the evening.
Certificate of Achievement in Welding
Students pursuing a certificate in welding at El Camino College may choose to complete a 32-unit program or a 44-unit program. Students in the 44-unit program take additional classes in technical mathematics, mechanical drafting and general metals. Welding classes available to students include welding processes, basic welding technology, structural fabrication and blueprint reading.
Associate of Science in Welding
In this 60-unit program, students complete coursework similar to the welding certificate program, in addition to general education classes. Welding courses include arc welding certification, gas metal arc welding and gas tungsten arc welding.
Cerritos College
Cerritos College offers courses and a certificate program in welding. Faculty and staff are experienced welders, and some are certified welding inspectors. Students may take courses to become certified and licensed by the city of Los Angeles and the state of California.
Certificate of Achievement in Welding
The basic core classes in welding at this school consist of the following: welding blueprint reading, beginning arc welding and welding shop math. There are also courses on safety and the welding environment, as well as welding fundamentals. Students can specialize in arc welding, pipe welding, welding fabrication and layout or gas tungsten arc welding. The rest of a student's coursework varies based on which specialization is chosen.
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Along with finding the right program, you may be concerned with tuition costs, the campus environment and other factors that could impact the college experience. Review this table to learn more about each of the profiled schools.
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|2-year; public
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|Total Enrollment (2011)
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|% of First-Year Students Receiving Some Form of Financial Aid (2011)
|Acceptance Rate (2011)
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|75% for full-time students*
|72% for full-time students*
|Graduation Rate (2011)
Source: *NCES College Navigator.
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Pasadena City College is about 12 miles from downtown Los Angeles and has several welding certificate programs. Another school option is located about 22.9 miles from downtown Los Angeles at Long Beach City College, which offers a welding technology program.
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WJCL) – Professional photographer Jamie Clauss often takes pictures of newborns and their parents in her Huntsville, Alabama studio.
In a moment of boredom, Clauss and the couple decided to do a newborn-style photo shoot with their dog "Snuggles." Clauss told the website, Buzz-Feed, the pictures were all in good fun, but that doesn't mean there aren't people who seriously want similar pictures of their own pets.
The featured couple hopes to have a real bundle of joy one day soon.
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Found this "animated-style" pic of the "The Dark Knight Rises" Catwoman:
"No man escapes the Manhunters!"
Too bad, I haven't had that reaction to ANYTHING about the actual film.. except how excited I got when I heard it was the last one.
But of the animated ones, I'll have to go with Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Just love the retro look, with the purple dress and green cape.
2nd place goes to the grey/black Batman: The Animated Series design. Mostly because it honestly reminds me of Michelle Pfeiffer.
3rd place goes to The Batman.
My favorite look for her on THAT show, though, was when she stole Batman's belt, and wore it with no mask in front of the mirror. Totally reminded me of the '66 Adam West Batman, Catwoman costumes.
So overall I'm going to go with the all black version of BTAS cat woman's design. How can anyone not fall in love with it??
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My fav catwoman design is the btas and the batman one as a close second. But the selina is waaay sexy in the batman. I don't like any other selinas at all.
I like the TNBA version the best. It's sleek and sophisticated, and makes her look literally like a cat burglar.
while i liked catwoman on The Batman, the design always reminded me more of a chinchilla...
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Arkham City, hands down (with BTAS a distant but solid second).
No one ever said it couldn't be from game animation... ^_^
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Ben Fleming,'05, and Kassi Tallent,'06, Research Cambodian Garment Industry
AUSTIN, Texas – In March, two UT Law students traveled to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to research how the recent elimination of quotas in the global garment industry has impacted labor conditions in Cambodia. Ben Fleming, '05, and Kassi Tallent, '06, interviewed dozens of people involved in the Cambodian garment industry during their investigative mission, which was undertaken as part of the Law School's new Transnational Worker Rights Clinic.
"This trip provided a rare opportunity for us as students to observe the impact of international trade regimes on developing nations, and to participate in formulating responses to the difficulties those nations are encountering as they attempt to close the global development gap," Tallent said.
Garments account for 90 percent of Cambodia's exports, and the industry directly or indirectly financially supports 20 percent of all Cambodians, said UT Law Professor Sarah Cleveland, an instructor for the clinic, which is funded by the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Foundation. "The question for both Cambodia, and the global community, is how to preserve those jobs while simultaneously improving working conditions," explained Cleveland, who traveled with the clinic students during spring break.
In 1999, with the help of the U.S. government and the International Labor Organization (ILO), Cambodia established an extensive factory monitoring program to ensure that export apparel is produced under socially acceptable working conditions. The import quotas that supported the program were eliminated in January 2005, however. The primary purpose of the students' trip was to investigate whether Cambodia will be able to maintain its support for high labor standards in the face of new competition from garment giants such as China and India.
Over a period of 10 days, the students interviewed workers, government officials, and representatives of unions, employers, nonprofit organizations, and the ILO about the effectiveness of the monitoring program, changes in the industry and Cambodia's commitment to improved working conditions. Their findings will be compiled in a report this summer for the Worker Rights Consortium, a U.S. nonprofit that monitors labor standards in the production of collegiate apparel.
"Cambodia has a young, but vibrant, labor movement, a credible and legitimate monitoring process, and at least a superficial commitment to labor rights throughout the industry," Fleming concluded from his research. "However, Cambodia must address problems such as widespread governmental corruption, poor infrastructure, and rising tension in industrial relations in order to be relevant in a market now dominated by China. Nevertheless, there is reason, at least in the short term, to be optimistic," he said.
The Transnational Worker Rights Clinic, taught by UT Law faculty Bill Beardall and Sarah Cleveland, was created to help law students draw connections between the human rights conditions confronting both immigrant workers in the United States and workers abroad. Students represent immigrant workers in Austin in claims to recover unpaid wages while also completing a significant international labor rights project.
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Retail sales inched up 0.6 per cent in October from the preceding month, the Department of Statistics said today.
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A tokoyama (床山) is a hairdresser employed by the Japan Sumo Association to cut and prepare sumo wrestlers' hair, which is done in a chonmage style. The Sumo Association ranks them according to experience and ability and only the most senior tokoyama are entitled to prepare the more ornate oicho, or ginkgo leaf form of topknot, which sekitori ranked wrestlers wear in their bouts and on other formal occasions.
The term tokoyama can also be used in its original form, which was for specialists who worked in hairstyling in the Japanese form of theatre called kabuki. The sumo combs to be used to make the topknot are handmade by Shingo Mori. Each comb can take up to 8 years to create. The size (length) of the comb is by the age of the bush the wood is taken from. A short comb is a 50 year old bush and the long comb can be a 150 year old bush.
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AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi has apologised to Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli for his "rotten apple" comments.
Berlusconi insists he was misquoted.
"I was misquoted," President Berlusconi insisted when asked about the Italian international striker. "If I offended him then I apologise.
"The description was not directed at him, it was expressed in the general context of things. I was talking about the fact that you need positive individuals in the changing room.
"A bid for Balotelli? I've never been told about the opening of a negotiation for him. Vice-President Adriano Galliani and Allegri have also never told me that he is a target of ours."


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LOS ANGELES—Watching as a beloved dog is swept out to sea is heart-wrenching. Doing nothing seems unthinkable.
But experts say that is exactly what a dog owner should do: nothing.
"The human-animal bond is no joke. Most pet owners are very attached to their pets," said Dr. Lynn Miller, a veterinarian who runs the animal clinic at Travis Air Force Base, north of San Francisco. "But you're not going to save your dog by risking your own life. It does your dog no favors in the end if he comes back and you're dead. Then what is he going to do?"
Five people have died in attempted dog rescues in Northern California since November, said Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Pamela Boehland, based in Alameda, California. A couple of months ago, Boehland teamed up with the National Park Service and the East Bay SPCA on a campaign to keep people on dry land if their dogs get caught up in the surf.
The average dog is a better swimmer than the average human. Dogs such as Labrador retrievers, German shepherds and pit bull terriers are built like boats, the vet said. Their heads are above water, they have a low center of gravity, they have four legs for propulsion, their lungs have a higher capacity than a human's, their fur keeps them warm in cold water — and many have waterproof undercoats — and some dog breeds have webbed feet.
Using their namesake swim stroke, dogs can find their way back to shore using currents and their fight-or flight-instinct, Miller said.
Dogs are single-minded, focusing on finding safety, while humans panic or become distracted, Miller said. Owners who try to make a rescue also may go into shock from the cold water, try to fight the current and get tumbled around, or tire easily, she said.
People also don't think about what will happen if they do follow a dog and manage to reach it alive, Miller said.
"A Coast Guard dude in a boat's got a better chance of snatching him up than you do of swimming out and grabbing him and hauling him back. Fifty pounds of wet dog is absolutely no fun to drag anywhere, much less back to shore," Miller said. "You sure can't put him on your back."
Currents might cause a dog to come out of the water some distance from the spot where it went into the sea, so a microchip and collar with identification can speed up a reunion, said Allison Lindquist, president of the East Bay Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The recent California deaths occurred during sunnier weather, when seas were churned up by storms from Alaska. But such storms, with their sneaker or rogue waves, are possible any time of the year, especially when seasons change, Lindquist said.
In Southern California, where pleasant weather year-round draws visitors to the shore, many patrolled beaches do not allow dogs. That includes Los Angeles County, home to famous beaches in Malibu and Venice, said Dan Murphy, an ocean lifeguard specialist.
Some breeds, Miller said, shouldn't be on a beach without a life vest. Those include pugs, bulldogs and others that "can barely breathe when they are walking;" dachshunds and corgis with legs too short to swim; and Chihuahuas and other toy dogs, Boehland said.
It is rare that a dog will be swept away by a rip current, but lifeguards' message to pet owners is the same as Boehland's, Murphy said.
"They should let a lifeguard know and if we have personnel available, we will attempt a rescue. Upon reaching the dogs, they are usually more than happy to climb aboard our rescue board or Baywatch rescue boat," he said.
"If you're not a trained rescue person, you might be doing more harm than good," added Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell, based in Boston.
Boehland said that sometimes, even trained officers can make that mistake, citing the example of a Coast Guard officer who died four or five years ago while trying to rescue her dog.
"Everyone is susceptible. The Pacific Ocean is cold and can be cruel," she said.
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