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Well, I think I'm going to upset more people, but having thought about this for a good part of the day, if you don't like my earlier arguments, consider this case. Suppose that the boy had entered the home illegally (a fact which, I point out again, is only alleged and not established, and would like to remind you of the presumption of innocence). Now suppose that a really big dog is attacking him. Now suppose that the police respond, and find the boy's life threatened, and they determine that they cannot subdue the dog in any way other than killing it. In such a case, it would be appropriate for the police to kill the animal, because the boy's life is simply more important that the dog's. If you think that it is not, then we have identified the basis of our difference of opinion, but you must at least admit that I am not irrational, not a "moron" for thinking that a human's life is more important than an animal's.
Now, change the facts a bit, and instead of the boy's life being threatened, imagine that it is simply a threat of mutilation - one of the articles I found on line involving this breed resulted in genital mutilation, so this is not just hypothetical. Would it be improper for the police to intervene and kill the dog to prevent this? I think so, for the same reason. If you disagree, then we have again identified the difference of opinion, but I don't think it at all irrational to value a 15-year-old boy's physical well being over the dog's life, if the physical threat is serious enough.
Change the facts just a tiny bit more, and instead of the police arriving, the boy finds his life threatened. If the basic principle is that a human's life or physical well-being is worth more than an animal's, then it still would be appropriate for him to defend himself. Everyone here would do the same, and would do the same for their son, if they found him in the same circumstances.
Now, imagine not a big dog, but a small dog. It is certainly possible for such a dog to do serious harm, and in any case the question is, did the boy reasonably believe that his life or well-being was threatened? If we apply consistently the principle that people are morally more important than animals, then if he reasonably believes that his only "out" is to try to kill the dog, then that's what he should do. The problem is, several of you here seem to know more about this breed that I do. What I read on line is that they can pose a threat, and can and have killed and mutilated people, so I'd want to see the full facts of the case, to determine if the boy reasonably felt threatened. I'm not going to leap to judgment. That is, some here who disagreed with this analysis argued that no one could reasonably feel threatened by a dachshund. That's false, of course, but whether the present case was one in which the boy's perceptions were reasonable or not is not something we can determine here. Like I said, we simply do not have enough facts.
Those who disagreed for other reasons seem to think either that dogs are at least sometimes more important than people, or perhaps always are, and in any case most seemed to have already decided that the boy had done something wrong, without knowing all of the facts, and deserved to be harmed. Hence the "nascent serial killer" sort of comment. As I said before, some of the concepts show a vengeful anger that is not exactly attractive.
None of this is inconsistent with the "castle doctrine" - none of it justifies a B&E, nor does it say that a person cannot defend his or her home from invaders. But that doctrine does not permit the use of excessive force; it puts limits on the kind of response one can make. Further, it is a doctrine that applies only between people; a dog is not capable of making a judgment that the intruder has stopped and is leaving, e.g. So the rules that apply to a human-human confrontation do not apply here.
This looks to me like one of those tough cases, the sort that people don't really like, where someone who is alleged to have committed a crime that put him in a situation dangerous to himself still has the right to extricate himself from that situation. Criminals and alleged criminals have rights, too. shopratuaw, you are incorrect when you say that the boy lost all self-defense options, even against a person - go look at the castle doctrine. It states a broad rebuttable presumption, not absolute permission to use deadly force. I think I understand the mother's comment pretty well. This in no way condones the boy's actions, if indeed he did what he is accused of doing, but in the end, in a choice between a 15-year-old boy and a dog, seems to me that human almost always trumps. This does not mean that if he did what he is accused of doing that he should not be punished. Nor is it to belittle the emotional loss of the dog owner. I have owned dogs and understand the emotions. But, hving thought about this for most of the day, I think this analysis is correct.
I don't mind if criticisms don't include words like "moron," however. :D
Well, there are few things more refreshing than the surprise of discovering that people have different ideas about things, sellteamford. :)
What exactly do you think I was claiming? This strikes me as a very difficult case. First of all, Dachshunds have attacked and killed people before, although the cases I found are of infants; so we can't conclude that it would be unreasonable to fear for one's life, or at least one's well-being, if attacked by one. Size is not the only issue here. The people who commented that Dachshunds can pose no threat, or (more accurately) could not reasonably be perceived as posing a threat are just wrong about that. Sorry. :)
Now, suppose that the mother's story is true. The boy might have reasonably feared for his life in that case, so that killing the dog would have acceptable as self-defense.
Now, suppose that the boy had indeed entered illegally. Then we face the difficult question: in such as case, would he have the right to defend himself? I honestly have mixed feelings about this. It seems to me that the boy might have problems - he is just 15 years old - and that it is wrong to judge him to be a serial killer in the making, an animal torturer, or even a "Piece of Crap Punk." The post I was responding to was deleted (at least, I can't find it any longer), and I was responding to it b/c the author seemed to me to leap to the same sort of conclusion that you have. The boy might in fact be properly an object of compassion. This would not give him the right to kill the dog, but it would certainly change how we should respond to the incident.
Finally, there is the case in which he entered illegally, and killed the dog in the course of the act, and there are no mitigating factors such as age-related competence. In that case he should be punished fully for the wrong.
But the comment I was responding to seemed to be expressing the idea that it would have been better if the boy had been killed. It did not allow in any way for the possibility that the boy is either not at fault, or that there are other factors involved. This sort of bloodthirsty rush to judgment really seems wrong to me.
Mr. Heller, if indeed the comment was deleted, you can delete mine as well, so that it doesn't confuse people.
No, you've made a mistake in your reasoning. I was not defending the B & E. I was asking a question. Not an unreasonable one, either.
Sorry about misspelling your name there, the second time, Kristin. :)
So, you'd rather he let the dog kill him? Let us grant that he entered the house illegally, and that he should be punished for that. Seems to me that the mother was essentially claiming that people have a higher moral status than dogs, and that if it's one or the other, the person is more important. Would you agree with that, or do you think that in some cases the dog's life is more important than a 15-year-old's life? Let's also suppose that like most 15-year-old boys, he's not exactly fully mature, even if he is being charged as an adult.
I'm curious - how many people here know the full facts of the case?
Hmm. Nice stereotyping there, folks. In any case, the real issue raised here is the process of review by which loans have been and are being granted, and the oversight of the businesses afterward. The article says that the programs are now getting advice from bankers and lawyers. The implication is that this was not done before. Do you know, Kristin? If that were the case, the public officials involved ought to be given the boot. It would also have been useful to know if they were or are getting people with actual business experience involved - people who know how to assess a business plan, esp. for risky start-ups. Did they? Are they? That one of the businesses went into bankruptcy days after getting the final chunk of their loan, that another was able to rip off 1.2 million without doing what they promised suggests that the oversight was really bad. If this money were coming from an actual 'angel investor' there is no way that sort of stuff would happen. Kristen, there is a whole lot more to report on this one, involving potential incompetence on the part of public officials. Do you plan to do more than this article? It seems to me that you have only skimmed the top. This is not a criticism of what you have written; just a suggestion that there is more here worth looking at. Talk to someone who knows about these sorts of investments, the risks, what is reasonable, what counts as due diligence, and see if it was done, or if the loans were given out without having done the necessary work. It smells like rank incompetence, and it is just possible that you might uncover something worse - unethical or even illegal behavior, perhaps.
danmoilanen, seems to me that you've stated the basic principles absolutely correctly. Part of the problem here is that most of us are in no position to evaluate reasonably the costs and benefits of the various options - there are just too many details we don't know about, and I don't have time to become as expert as my council member, or the mayor, about this sort of thing. So, we have to be reasonably informed, and then trust our elected officials at some point. It does seem to me that Walling is far more deserving of my trust that was Williamson. Even if the reduction in trash pickup days ended up not saving much or even any money, it was at least worth a try. And, as you point out, he has not appointed as many people as he is legally allowed. Walling is clearly trying to approach our many problems creatively, and with a real commitment to solving them. Trying creative solutions, going with the ones that work, and dropping the ones that don't, is very American. I understand why the City Council wants to eliminate some of those positions, but it seems a mistake to me - especially cutting funding for economic development. What, other than economic development, will get us out of this situation? The city needs money, and that's how you get money.
IN any case, your reporting on this has been great, and really interesting, Mr. Savage!!!
Scheduling two teams is just a practical problem. I can't see how having two teams competing for a fan base that is only enough for one to be truly successful could possibly work. If I were the NAHL owners I'd be rather unhappy at this point, and would be looking to another place, like PH. But that's not the sort of thing they could say publicly at this point.
Mr. Davenport, since you are a member of the Flint Board of Education and a person who has gained stature in our community, you might think about using proper grammar and punctuation, as a model for the kids. I count 9 errors in the one sentence quoted above. :)
Did you find the bass as well?
Good people doing what they can to help.
See, Brendan, these nice folks here have some good ideas! Silly thing is, the answer is pretty much obvious. A good team (and even in the recent "worst of times" years we've had that, lots of the time) and some money invested in the bells and whistles.
What do you think? Are we wrong? It isn't rocket science... :)
Way to go, Matthew!!!
Ha - I think you are poking fun at me, Brendan. :) It's the show, you know that. Same as any business. Win, fight, and advertise it. Make it exciting. You saw the end of the season. You also saw the "grudge match" game with Muskegon. People came out for that, expecting to see a show, and got at bit of one. People love drama, entertainment. Me, I like pure hockey, but I recognize that at this level it needs to be part circus. Nothing new about any of this. You have to admit, the advertising/marketing has been hopeless for a number of years.
I know there is more to it than this - I've been a small business owner for a substantial part of my life - but assuming the basics are not way of of whack (payroll and such), then it is all a matter of the product.
Blaming the victim?
Go get 'em, Matthew!!!! :)
Chacha, that line was taken directly from the police report, I suspect. That's how those sorts of reports are written. There is a good reason for it, too.
If it happens, and the new ownership can't figure out how to make money with the Generals, they can just ask us fans.
Flint needs pro hockey. :) Let me also say that it appears that hiring Dennis Hextall as Pres and Commissioner of the IHL was a really good move. I wonder what role he will have after the merger is complete.
The problem is with the LEASE? Unbelievable. Not going to create a lot of goodwill toward the arena owners...


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- DRCs in Fremont and Pottawattamie Counties will be CLOSED on Friday, November 11th for Veterans Day
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Set Design - Howard Jones
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Conductor - Michael Lloyd
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Reviewed by: Virginia Kennard; Jennifer Shennan (The Dominion Post); Toby Behan; Kasey Dewar; Hannah Molloy; Rosemary Martin;
A new staging of this quintessential ballet is co-produced by Ethan Stiefel and Johan Kobborg, internationally acclaimed principal dancer of the Royal Ballet. Gillian Murphy, RNZB Principal Guest Artist and star of American Ballet Theatre, dances Giselle, one of the most dramatic roles in the classical ballet repertoire.
Disguise and revelation, love and jealousy combine in this tragic tale. A love story unfolds against the ghostly backdrop of a Rhineland forest haunted by the fearful presence of the "Wilis" - vengeful spirits of abandoned brides. The beautiful peasant girl, Giselle, falls for Albrecht who conceals his identity to win her. The discovery of her lover's deception shatters Giselle's innocence and causes her to die of a broken heart. Albrecht is thrown into the hands of the merciless Wilis, but Giselle cannot bear to watch him die and returns as a ghost to save him.
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5 December 2012
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Auditing, Accounting & Tax Services in China
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--Junior Rachel Fields scored the Lobos' lone goal in a 1-0 win over the Air Force Falcons tonight at the UNM Soccer Complex. The Lobos reach the 10 win mark for the first time since 2002 and improve to 10-2-2 on the season and 2-1 in Mountain West Conference play. The Falcons fall to 2-11-0 on the season and 2-0 in MWC play.
"It was a hard fought game," said head coach Kit Vela. "I was real happy we found that goal. We played hard for 90 minutes. We have some things we need to clean up but I'm proud of the girls effort."
Fields found herself in the right place at the right time as she put away a her own rebound off Air Force keeper Ariana Green's hands to put the Lobos on top for good. The ball was first blasted by junior Alexis Ball but was saved by Green. The goal was fields second of the season and third of her career.
The Lobo defense was tough and tenacious the whole match allowing only seven shots with one on goal. The backline of senior Jess Quador, junior Elizabeth Lambert and sophomores Roxie McFarland and Gianna Cavuoto held the Falcons to only two shots in the first half.
Redshirt freshman Kelli Cornell posted her 10th win and ninth shutout of the season. The win puts Cornell in a tie for third place all-time for wins in a season. Cornell also moves in to a tie for second place all-time for shutouts in a season.
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KAT's changes to cut wait times get good feedback
After almost a month of gathering feedback on KATamorphosis 2.0, Knoxville Area Transit officials are left with a good feeling about their newly proposed bus route changes.
As part of the K2 project that was designed to minimize rider wait times, KAT offered the general public a series, and variety, of forums for commenting on the new proposal.
Belinda Woodiel-Brill, KAT's director of marketing and development, has been pleased with what she's heard thus far.
"When you're proposing increased services, it's much more fun," Woodiel-Brill said Thursday. "Generally, all the comments have been very positive."
Of the different ways KAT has been collecting feedback, Woodiel-Brill said the most popular has been the open houses held at the main station on Church Avenue. After finishing KAT's third and final one Thursday, she estimated more than 50 people had commented.
People are still able to contact KAT by email, telephone or standard mail.
"Obviously, email is a very good way for people to comment," Woodiel-Brill suggested.
"We've even gotten a comment on our Facebook page here or there."
The highlights of the KAT proposal are a new route servicing the Vestal neighborhood and the elimination of Route 18 servicing the West Shopping Connector, as well as Route 50, which includes all University of Tennessee buses.
KAT has been providing "The T" transit system around UT's campus for the past 10 years, but its contract expires May 31, and the university has decided to go with a private provider, according to Woodiel-Brill.
As for the other routes, commuters should see a significant drop in wait times with more buses being provided to the city's busiest routes. KAT's plan is for a bus to arrive every 15 minutes during peak weekday hours at stops along the Kingston Pike, Broadway and Magnolia Avenue routes.
"For us, this is a really fabulous and unique opportunity to enhance the transit services in Knoxville," Woodiel-Brill said. "People tend to really be excited about this 15-minute service, especially on Kingston Pike."
The board will vote on the proposal Feb. 28, with a public hearing at 3 p.m. in the City County Building.
If approved, the plan will take effect on June 3.
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No. 1 Duke (16-1, 3-1 in the ACC) hopes to forget the ghost of Hurricanes past when it takes on No. 25 Miami (13-3, 4-0) Wednesday night in Coral Gables, Fla.
When the teams met at Cameron Indoor Stadium last year, the Hurricanes won in an overtime thriller, even after Duke rallied to earn the bonus basketball. The Blue Devils, then ranked No. 7 in the nation, got swept off their feet by 6-foot-10, 284-pound big man Reggie Johnson, who scored a career-high 27 points for Miami.
The Hurricanes, however, will be without Johnson's powerful force this Wednesday due to a thumb injury. Despite the fifth-year senior's absence, Blue Devil head coach Mike Krzyzewski knows that his team must not overlook Miami—they also feature a lot of other talent, especially in sixth-year senior Julian Gamble, who has stepped up in the paint in Johnson's stead.
"They've played great basketball with [Julian] Gamble…. He's really been a key for them," Krzyzewski said in his Monday ACC teleconference. "The thing they do so well with their big guys is they protect their basket so well, and that's why they've been a really good defensive team…. They're accustomed to playing together, and they've adjusted really well with a key guy out…. I'm sure they'd like to have [Johnson] back, but they're playing pretty well without him."
Even though the Hurricanes are without one of their best players, Duke will also be without one of its go-to-guys on Wednesday: Senior forward Ryan Kelly. Kelly, who has not suited up for the Blue Devils since the Jan. 8 Clemson game due to a foot injury, played an integral role for the Blue Devils.
"Ryan is a big loss for us—not just offensively but in so many aspects of the game," Duke assistant coach Jeff Capel said. "We always knew how important he is to us but you realize it even more when he's not out there…. He's older, knows the game plan on defense and simple things like helping us get the ball inbounds. When teams pressure, he is the guy who takes [the ball] out for us."
In the senior captain's absence, however, the Blue Devils have seen increased intensity from junior Josh Hairston and freshman Amile Jefferson. The two big men will need to bring that energy to Wednesday night's matchup at the Bank United Center.
"We need [Jefferson], Hairston and Marshall [Plumlee] to step up," Capel said. "When you lose a guy like Ryan you really need everyone to step up. Everyone on the team has to go to another level and we think that our guys are prepared to do that."
Krzyzewski knows that replacing Kelly is an impossible feat, but he was keen to praise Jefferson's energy and enthusiasm that he brings to the floor.
"Amile is a good player," Krzyzewski said. "He doesn't have the playing time or the experience that Ryan does, and he has a different skill set. The main thing that Ryan gives us besides his experience is he can score. He's one of the best scorers. Whoever we put in that spot is never going to be able to duplicate that. But Amile can be a good defender, screener [and] offensive rebounder, and he can give us a lot of energy."
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Sulaimon responded with his highest scoring output in nearly a month, recording 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 1997 It's not quite business as usual, but U-2 reconnaissance flights are continuing over Iraq and U.N. inspectors there are back to work after a nearly month-long standoff with Saddam Hussein's government.
Meanwhile, Defense Secretary William Cohen said built-up U.S. forces will remain in the Persian Gulf region as long as necessary to ensure Iraqi compliance with U.N. inspection teams. Speaking Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," Cohen said inspectors must have access to "all of the sites where they suspect there may be illegal activity taking place."
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'Eureka' Set The Pace For Syfy's Future
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Mondays are bittersweet right now for fans of the popular Syfy show "Eureka."
They're getting new episodes, with twists and turns typical of "Eureka." But at the same time, these fans know that with every new episode, they are one step closer to the end of the series.
"Eureka" was the show that helped redefine a lot of the scripted entertainment on Syfy, even before it was "Syfy," and set the tone for the future. Grounded series like "Warehouse 13," "Alphas" and "Sanctuary," took the place of expensive space operas, and was able to better connect with viewers, translating to higher ratings and more attention from mainstream veers, not just genre ones.
How much of an impact did "Eureka" have on science-fiction as a whole? "Eureka" star Colin Ferguson told Airlock Alpha that while he's never explored that aspect of the show on the rest of Hollywood, he is proud that it was a success.
"I don't know if I can speak to how it's affected the genre as a whole, because I don't have a ton of perspective on it," Ferguson told reporters during a recent conference call that included various news outlets, including Airlock Alpha. "We'd get marching orders ... like no space, no aliens, no comedy, and come to find a show that has some comedic beats and we send a ship into space in this, the final season. So how it's affected the genre? Gosh."
"Eureka" showrunner and co-creator Jaime Paglia said Syfy's president of original programming, Mark Stern, put the potential impact of the series into perspective during the initial pitching process.
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Yet, "Eureka" became an instant hit, and was Syfy's most-watched scripted series until "Warehouse 13" debuted and quickly built an audience. Syfy has had a couple of cross-over episodes between "Warehouse 13" and "Eureka," setting them both in the same universe, even if they are two separate productions.
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Last weekend my little brother Eric played in a baseball tournament in Greensboro. His first game was at 9 a.m. on Saturday and I grudgingly rolled out of bed at 6:30 a.m. and hopped in the truck with the rest of my family to attend.
Upon arrival at the baseball or softball complex, I put up my chair (well I actually made my other brother Andrew put up my chair), applied some sunscreen and settled in for a day of America's favorite pastime.
As I observed the game and listened to the coaches, one voice always had me engaged and kept my attention. That was my daddy's voice.
I have watched daddy coach baseball and basketball teams for as long as I can remember. He is always the loudest one in the gym or on the field and sometimes I think that he is talking just to hear his own voice. That's sweet of me, isn't it?
I know that I'm obviously going to say this, but my daddy is probably one of the best coaches I've ever known. I've had my fair share of coaches who all had their own coaching style. Whether they took the friend 'it's okay, Honey, you will get them next time' approach or 'the screaming at you until you cried because you missed that ball' approach, they all tried their best to get those wins.
For my daddy, neither one of those approaches applies. Although he is not quiet, I promise that when you walk into a game you will know that Mark Kidd is there, he is also not a yeller either. I don't think I've ever seen him scream at a child because of something they did. Even when he is disappointed in a player, he always finds a way to end on a positive note, something like "Honey, you know you should have caught that ball. But don't get down on yourself and make up for it." And yes, he calls his players Honey a lot.
From T-ball to teenagers, he has successfully coached them all. Every year when baseball season comes around, the phone calls start in our home. Parents always call and ask if their child can be on daddy's team. I always hear a lot of "We want our son to play for Mark."
This weekend I watched him coach Eric's 13-and-under team. Let me tell you, that is not a task I would want. When the boys weren't giggling like elementary school children, they were talking about video games or pouting because they did not perform in the game like they should. While many people, myself included, would resort to yelling and sitting these pouty, puberty-filled teenagers on the bench, my daddy can usually get their heads back in the game.
It's amazing to watch these teens, who are usually going through a phase of hating authority figures, interact with my daddy. They are always asking and hoping for his approval.
"Mark, did you see me catch that ball?"
"Mark did you see my ball move on that pitch?"
"Hey Mark, when are we going to play next?"
"Mark, can we practice soon?"
I heard all of these questions come out of 13-year-old boys' mouths. All they wanted was for my daddy to notice and acknowledge their accomplishments.
I've also watched him coach a big, goofy group of 15-year-old basketball players to win the championship of their division. I'm not quite sure how he took those boys and got them to actually run basketball plays instead of checking out girls in the stands, but he did it. And even though they are in their 20s now, they still come around to see Coach Mark.
As I sat there this weekend and watched him interact with his players, I realized that my daddy has not only been coaching sports for over 20 years, he has also been coaching me.
If you think about it, a parent's job is to coach their child through life and eventually lead them to a victory, whether it be their dream job or the perfect family.
Daddy not only coached me through learning to play softball but he also coached me and is still coaching me through life. He coached me through all the steps to working in tobacco, although that is not something I actually wanted to learn. He coached me through math homework, which was always a struggle. He taught me how to shoot a basketball and spent hours outside playing Horse with me. He coached me through driving when I had my permit and will never let me forget the time a grasshopper came through the window and landed on my hand. I could have killed us all that day.
He even coached me through my college homecoming when he escorted me out onto the football field. I was beyond nervous about being in front of all of those people, but Daddy, being the ham that he is, just smiled and had me laughing through the whole experience.
While watching him hug his players or crawl around on the gym floor in front of his bench, which he has done on quite a few occasions, I have also learned a lot from him and I hope if I ever coach a sports team, I can be just half of the coach he is.
I couldn't tell you the amounts of wins or losses he has had, although he probably has them all written down somewhere, but I can tell you that he has touched many lives throughout his coaching career. I think that Daddy was born to be a coach.
Happy belated Father's Day, Daddy! I hope you continue to coach your teams and the best daughter in the world, me of course, to victories.


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New Albany resident Terry Medlin has announced that he will run for the New Albany Board of Aldermen's Ward 4 post. Medlin, 59, is a 1974 graduate of Mississippi State University, where he received a bachelor of science degree in business management. He has worked in the furniture industry for the past 36 years and […]
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Tim Broom, a resident of New Albany, announced this week his plans to run for the Ward 4 alderman seat in New Albany. Broom, 51, a lifelong resident of the city, has previously been employed with Capitol Loans of New Albany, Aerus Electrolux and Whitehead Appliance. He is the husband of Mellisa Broom and they […]
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New Albany resident Jane R. Ford has announced her candidacy for the Ward 4 seat on the New Albany Board of Alderman. Ford is a graduate of the University of Mississippi, with a bachelor of science degree in education and is a former teacher. She is also a member of the Main Street Design Committee, […]
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In the near future, Union County land records will be digitally archived and preserved. According to Union County Chancery Clerk Annette Hickey, the move will ensure the long-lasting quality of the documents and to prevent any more damage by tearing or smearing of the ink when people peruse through the paper books in the […]
New Albany sisters share Mississippi State homecoming queen honors
Mississippi State University fans may have heard a familiar last name during the halftime ceremony this past Saturday at the school's yearly homecoming football game. Anne Elise Parks, 21, of New Albany, was crowned the university's 2010 homecoming queen during the Bulldogs' defeat of University of Alabama-Birmingham Saturday – four years after her older […]
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You would think I would learn from my mistakes. If you thought that, you would be wrong. There I was preparing to play 18 holes of golf in the bright sunshine with our son, Joe, and I had no cap for my bald head. That's the same head that had just finished peeling after I […]
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Dear Editor: October is pastor appreciation month and the staff and residents at Graceland Care Center of New Albany want to take time to express their thanks to all the area churches, pastors and volunteers for their devotion to our residents. Thanks to First Baptist Church, Palestine, House of Freedom, Zion Chapel, Oakview Baptist, First […]
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Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare
The second of three "Yokai" movies produced by Daiei Studios in the 1960s, YOKAI MONSTERS: SPOOK WARFARE has a slightly off-the-rack feel, re-using several monsters - in some cases literally the same props - from YOKAI MONSTERS: 100 MONSTERS. What's changed most is the mood: whereas the previous film was a relatively adult fantasy with spooky overtones, the sequel is a weird combination of bloody horror and comic kiddie movie.
Set hundreds of years ago, the story follows an expedition to Babylon that (in a development that predates THE EXORCIST) unleashes an ancient Middle Eastern demon, which flies to Japan. There, the hideous-looking monster takes on the appearance of one of his victims and sets himself up in his home. While the human characters slowly realize they are grappling with a monster in their midst, the local Yokai (e.g., "spirits") object to the intrusion of this foreign monster and set out to drive him from their homeland. Individual attempts prove futile, but after the prodding of some kids, the Yokai agree to team up and defeat the intruder.
Like 100 MONSTERS before it, SPOOK WARFARE tells a story of human beings grappling with a problem they cannot solve, until the Yokai come along and solve it for them. Here, the monsters take a somewhat more central role, and they are given a bit more personality (for better or worse, depending on your taste, as their antics sometimes take on a very juvenile tone). Although their designs are always eye-catching and imaginative, they are realized with a combination of makeup and marionettes that sometimes suggests sub-Jim Henson shows like H.R. PUFF-N-STUFF. The effect is underscored by having some Yokai speak, even ones whose stiff masks feature no facial movement.
With goofy Yokai, two children in the lead, and a heart-warming moral about closing ranks to for the benefit of mutual protection, SPOOK WARFARE might seem aimed at a younger audience than its predecessor, but the occasionally comic tone is balanced by some horror scenes that were reasonably graphic for their day. The film seems heavily influenced by English horror films produced by Hammer at that time, particularly the Dracula titles. There is an almost lurid look to the colorful scenes of the demon sucking blood from his victims. The jarring contrast between these two tones gives the film an interesting edge that helps distinguish it from its predecessor.
SPOOK WARFARE may not be powerful enough to exorcise audience preference for 100 GHOSTS, but it is a spirited blast of cult entertainment in its own right, and it is far superior to the awful 2005 namesake directed by Takashi Miike.
ADV's DVD release of YOKAI MONSTERS: SPOOK WARFARE features a beautiful widescreen print of the film, along with Japanese-language dialogue and English subtitles. Also included are trailers from the two "Yokai" sequels that followed, along with trailers from other ADV home video releases.
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Hicke, Jeffrey A.; Zeppel, Melanie J. B. 2013. Climate-driven tree mortality: insights from the pinon pine die-off in the United States. New Phytologist. 200: 301-303.
The global climate is changing, and a range of negative effects on plants has already been observed and will likely continue into the future. One of the most apparent consequences of climate change is widespread tree mortality (Fig. 1). Extensive tree die-offs resulting from recent climate change have been documented across a range of forest types on all forested continents (Allen et al., 2010). The exact physiological mechanisms causing this mortality are not yet well understood (e.g. McDowell, 2011), but they are likely caused by reductions in precipitation and increases in temperatures and vapor pressure deficit (VPD) that lead to enhanced soil moisture deficits and/or increased atmospheric demand of water from plants. When plant stomata close because of a lack of available soil water or high atmospheric demand, the plant cannot photosynthesize (leading to carbon (C) starvation) and/or cannot move water from roots to leaves (hydraulic limitation); either mechanism reduces growth, potentially leading directly to mortality and/or to reduced capacity to defend against insect or pathogen attack. Regardless of the mechanisms, few studies have documented relationships between climate and large-scale tree die-offs. In this issue of New Phytologist (pp. 413-421) Clifford et al. address this gap by reporting on a study of climate conditions during widespread pinon pine mortality that occurred in the early 2000s. This die-off occurred across 1.2 Mha of the southwestern United States (Breshears et al., 2005) and killed up to 350 million pinon pines (Meddens et al., 2012; Fig. 2). A combination of low precipitation, high temperatures and VPD, and bark beetles was reported to cause the mortality (Breshears et al., 2005).
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Session W44: Focus Session: Interparticle Interactions in Polymer Nanocomposites - Mechanical, Electrical, and Optical Properties
11:15 AM–2:15 PM, Thursday, March 1, 2012
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Chair: Alfredo Alexander-Katz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract ID: BAPS.2012.MAR.W44.6
Abstract: W44.00006 : Electrical Conductivity in Transparent Silver Nanowire Networks: Simulations and Experiments
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Michelle Sherrott
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Rose Mutiso
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Aaron Rathmell
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Benjamin Wiley
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Karen Winey
(University of Pennsylvania)
We model and experimentally measure the electrical conductivity of two-dimensional networks containing finite, conductive cylinders with aspect ratio ranging from 33 to 333. We have previously used our simulations to explore the effects of cylinder orientation and aspect ratio in three-dimensional composites, and now extend the simulation to consider two-dimensional silver nanowire networks. Preliminary results suggest that increasing the aspect ratio and area fraction of these rods significantly decreases the sheet resistance of the film. For all simulated aspect ratios, this sheet resistance approaches a constant value for high area fractions of rods. This implies that regardless of aspect ratio, there is a limiting minimum sheet resistance that is characteristic of the properties of the nanowires. Experimental data from silver nanowire networks will be incorporated into the simulations to define the contact resistance and corroborate experimentally measured sheet resistances of transparent thin films.
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