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Ajax councillors worry "overweight" sculptures send wrong message
Artist says he'll put sculptures on a diet before erecting them at the Audley Recreation Centre this spring.
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An Ajax artist is putting his sculptures on a diet after some councillors complained the figures commissioned for the town's new recreation centre look overweight and inactive.
Geordie Lishman's four sculptures planned for Ajax's Audley Recreation Centre consist of rotund, human-shaped metal caging filled with large stones. Councillors got a look at drawings at a meeting earlier this month.
"They looked somewhat overweight, but more concerning was that they were depicted in poses that were very passive, sitting, lying on the ground," said regional councillor Colleen Jordan.
"The Town of Ajax has spent a lot of resources and time to encourage our residents to adopt a healthy, active lifestyle and I felt the figures (that) were depicted, it didn't send that message."
The town is spending $41,200 on the outdoor sculptures, with another $12,325 for other artwork to display at the centre, which will include a pool, a gym and multi-purpose rooms.
The planned sculptures depict an adult and child walking, a child lying on the grass with a magnifying glass, an adult carrying a child on their shoulders and a person relaxing on a bench.
Some of the stones inside the metal structures will be inscribed with words chosen by kids from local schools.
Councillor Pat Brown, who said she doesn't have "an artistic bone" in her body, likened the figures to the Pillsbury Doughboy.
Lishman said he's happy with the project, which saw his work selected from among about 15 artists.
"The reality is, you can't please everybody," he said.
Lishman submitted about 11 ideas, including sculptures in more athletic poses, to a committee that chose the final four.
"The ones that got chosen were kind of the friendlier, more welcoming ones," said Lishman. "That's the idea, who's going to be intimidated by the Pillsbury Doughboy? They're kind of soft and warm and welcoming."
Lishman, whose previous work includes collaborating on the Max Tanenbaum Sculpture Garden at Princess Margaret Hospital, said the rounded figures are derived from the generic human shapes in everyday signs, such as crosswalks or bathrooms. Some of the legs are thicker to support the structure's weight.
Lishman said he understands councillors' concerns about weight and health, and plans to make a couple of the sculptures "a little leaner."
"We've put a few of them on a diet," said Lishman, with a laugh. "They're eating very small pebbles instead of the big rocks they usually eat."
Councillor Joanne Dies said that to her, the sculptures suggest the recreation centre is a place for everyone, regardless of their weight or level of athleticism.
"Municipalities really try hard to attract all kinds of different people to the recreation centres, whether it's because they're studying art or they're taking drama or they're actually going to the gym," said Dies.
"I don't want people to feel that they have to be an elite, thin, sport athlete to go to a recreation centre."
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Eight state parks and beaches on the Mendocino Coast are included in a plan to charge visitors $8 a day for parking, bringing the total number of North Coast locations where the new fees would apply to 22.
The list in Mendocino County includes the Mendocino Headlands, Point Cabrillo Light Station and Van Damme State Park, which is a popular entry point for abalone divers.
California State Parks is obtaining permits to install self-pay stations at the beaches and parks, possibly this summer. Officials say the fees are necessary to offset budget cuts and a deferred maintenance backlog of more than $1 billion.
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Assemblyman Wes Chesbro, D-Arcata, said Wednesday that he is against the fee proposal, which he said "will deny access to our parks."
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Posted on: November 3, 2011 10:13 am
Keep an Eye on: Week 9's finer points of analysis
Posted by Eye on Football Analyst Andy Benoit
Eagles vs. Bears
You could make a strong case that both of these offenses are built around their star running backs. The Eagles have football's No. 1 offense and lead the league with 179 yards rushing per game (20 more than Oakland's No. 2 ranked ground game). Running back LeSean McCoy is second in the NFL with 754 yards rushing. The Bears' 16th-ranked offense would likely rank somewhere in the mid-twenties if not for Matt Forte's 672 yards on the ground and 419 yards through the air.
These are the best two running backs in the NFC not named Adrian Peterson. (And both are significantly better receivers than Peterson.) Two years ago, neither was very good. McCoy was a callow, unpolished rookie who could not always read basic defenses. Forte was an inexplicably sluggish runner averaging just 3.9 yards per carry. So what's changed since then?
One noticeable improvement is in both players' lateral agility. Though not as emphasized as speed, quickness or power, lateral agility is the most important attribute for an NFL back. It's often the difference between college runners and pro runners. In short, lateral agility is a running back's quickness and explosiveness when going left and right. It plays a central role in how he sets up blocks and creates his own space.
Unless you're an incredibly gifted downhill runner playing behind a decent run-blocking front (ala Darren McFadden), lateral agility is vital in the NFL, where holes close quicker than a hiccup and defenses feature 11 world class athletes, most of whom can immediately diagnose about 90 percent of the run plays they see.
McCoy has the best pure lateral agility in the league. He had it as a rookie but just recently learned to implement it with timing and purpose. He can explode left and right behind the line or at the second level. Most laterally agile running backs, including Forte, have to be on the move in order to cut sharply. McCoy can do it from a standstill (which is why Philly is so fond of draws and delayed handoffs). Forte can occasionally do it from a standstill, though with his smooth, patient running style, he's much more effective off motion.
On Sunday, keep a count of how many of McCoy's and Forte's touches are impacted by their east-west prowess.
Patriots vs. Giants
The key to the Giants' upset of the undefeated Patriots in Super Bowl XLII was the pressure the Giants pass-rush put on Tom Brady. New York's then-defensive coordinator, Steve Spagnuolo, brilliantly had his linebackers crowd and attack the A-gaps. That did a few things.
For one, it put extra defenders directly in Tom Brady's line of vision, which would make any quarterback subtly feel a bit hurried. That hurriedness left New England without enough time to run Randy Moss on deep routes.
Another thing it did was force the Patriot running backs to stay in and pass protect. And because there were multiple defenders crowding the A-gaps, the Patriots focused their protection help inside, which left one-on-one mismatches outside for Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora.
Some things have changed in the four years since 18-1. Spagnuolo is now in St. Louis. Moss is retired. So is Strahan. The Patriots' high-powered passing game has become horizontal instead of vertical. But despite the changes, don't be surprised if the Giants once again crowd and/or attack New England's A gaps this Sunday.
Teams like the Jets, Cowboys and Steelers have shown that the best way to pressure Brady is with bodies up the middle. The goal is not always to sack him – it can be to mentally preoccupy him with what's going on inside. When Brady's doing that, he seems to lose a little trust in stepping into throws and sensing his protection on the edges.
The Giants had great success with A-gap blitz concepts against the Dolphins last week. Mathias Kiwanuka is a potent defensive end who happens to play linebacker. He's natural standing up over the center in nickel defense. Lately, end Dave Tollefson, himself a good athlete, has also been used as an A-gap blitzing joker. In these instances, the Giants don't just rush the A-gaps, they also confuse offensive linemen and set up stunts and edge-rushes for Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora.
New England's answer to New York's A-gap attacks will be quick passes in the flats. Wes Welker is not a bad guy to turn to for that.
Chargers vs. Packers
Green Bay can take the lipstick off the pig that is San Diego's defense. The No. 1 ranked defense from 2010 has been decent but not necessarily impressive under new coordinator Greg Manusky in 2011. A soft schedule has made it difficult to pass full judgment. The Chargers rank sixth in yards allowed, but they've faced the Vikings, Dolphins, Broncos, Jets and Chiefs (twice) – all inexplosive offenses.
The Packers have the most lethal offensive attack in football. It's not just that Aaron Rodgers has been nearly flawless, or that his top five receiving targets would all be No. 1 or 2 targets on a typical team. It's that the Packers have perhaps the best formation variation in the league. This, with their array of weapons, strongly tests a defense's depth, intelligence and confidence.
Currently, the Chargers are vulnerable at cornerback. Antoine Cason appeared on the verge of stardom late last year, but the '08 first-round pick has reverted to the baffling inconsistencies that marred his first two seasons as a pro. Cason normally plays the right outside. The Packers love to create one-on-one matchups for Greg Jennings by lining him up as the X-iso receiver on the left side (across from the right cornerback) in 1x3 receiver sets. It's a matchup Rodgers goes to virtually every time.
With four receivers on the field, Cason will have to play. Marcus Gilchrest and Quentin Jammer are the outside starters; Dante Hughes is the slot nickel. The Chargers like to blitz Hughes and will likely align him across from the receiver furthest inside on the three-receiver side. Jammer plays outside on the defensive left. That leaves either Cason or Gilchrest, a second-round rookie, to face Jennings outside on the right.
This isn't a fantasy column, but here's a tip: if your opponent has Greg Jennings on his or her team, remove yourself from the trash-talking email thread this week.
So who will win? Check our NFL expert picks for all Week 9 games.
Follow @Andy_Benoit on Twitter or contact him at Andy.Benoit-at-NFLTouchdown.com.
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Tags: Aaron Rodgers, Adrian Peterson, Andy Benoit, Antoine Cason, Chicago Bears, Darren McFadden, Dave Tollefson, Green Bay Packers, Greg Jennings, Greg Manusky, Justin Tuck, Keep an Eye On, LeSean McCoy, Marcus Gilchrest, Mathias Kiwanuka, Matt Forte, Michael Strahan, New England Patriots, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, Quentin Jammer, Randy Moss, San Diego Chargers, Tom Brady, Wes Welker
Posted on: September 17, 2011 4:25 pm
For the gambler in you, Week 2
Posted by Josh Katzowitz
Each Saturday, we'll take the best -- and most clever -- odds collected by bodog.com for the upcoming week and give our take. This is important stuff, perhaps the most important post you'll read all week. Because if you can't lose money while watching a game in which you have absolutely no effect, what's the point of watching sports at all?
Will a quarterback throw for 500 or more yards from Week 2 on in the 2011 regular season?
Yes +400
No -700
Let's see, who is Tom Brady (517 yards last week) and the Patriots playing this week? The Chargers? Hmm, ok. Who are the Chargers cornerbacks? Quentin Jammer and Antoine Cason? Hmm. Um, no. Nobody is going to throw for more than 500 yards this week. Not Brady. Not anybody. What about for the rest of the season? Probably, but I'd still go with the longshot and say no.
Will Peyton Manning play in a game in the 2011 regular or postseason?
Yes +250
No -400
I just don't see it, because by the time Manning is ready to return (maybe in late December at best?), there's no chance that Indianapolis will be in the running for a playoff spot. So, there will be no point to play him. Therefore, Colts owner Jim Irsay will forbid Manning from playing. And it will be the right call.
How many times will Michael Vick be shown in a Falcons uniform during the live broadcast of the Eagles/Falcons game Week 2?
Over 1½ (-150)
Under 1½ (+110)
When you count all the video highlights they'll show and the still photos, it's got to be at least five times, right? Go with the over.
Who will be the next team to sign David Garrard?
Indianapolis Colts 3/2
Cincinnati Bengals 5/2
Seattle Seahawks 5/1
Miami Dolphins 5/1
San Francisco 49ers 6/1
Oakland Raiders 7/1
Pittsburgh Steelers 15/2
New York Jets 10/1
There were reports this week that Garrard was approached by several teams and that he's waiting to make a decision to whichever squad will be the best fit. Looking at the above teams, the only squad I see as a real possibility is the Seahawks. For one, they've got Tarvaris Jackson as the starter. For two, they've got Charlie Whitehurst as a backup. For three, coach Pete Carroll certainly isn't afraid of turning over his roster. All those factors make Garrard an obvious choice to go to Seattle.
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Posted on: December 13, 2010 4:34 pm
Hot Routes 12.13.10 box score tidbits Week 14
Thanks to a 64-yard reception, Bucs rookie wideout Arrelious Benn had his first 100-yard game as a pro (122, to be exact). In fact, Benn's previous high was 53 yards.
The Browns ran nine plays on their opening field goal drive against the Bills but just 37 plays the rest of the game.
The Packers were 2/12 on third down and 0/1 in the red zone at Detroit.
Though no player had more than 51 yards rushing for Detroit, the Lions still racked up 190 yards on the ground.
Hines Ward had his best outing since Week 7, catching eight passes for 115 yards against Cincinnati.
In addition to an interception returned for a touchdown, LaMarr Woodley had two sacks and two tackles for a loss.
Michael Turner rushed for over 100 yards for the third time in four weeks. The Falcons running back is getting stronger as the season wears on.
Kroy Biermann and John Abraham both had two sacks against the Panthers.
The Raiders and Jaguars combined for 387 yards rushing. Three players – Darren McFadden, Maurice Jones-Drew and Rashad Jennings – went over the century mark.
Jaguars tight end Marcedes Lewis had four catches for an important 57 yards. He also scored his career-high ninth touchdown.
The Rams were just 1/4 in the red zone against the Saints. (Unless you count Sam Bradford's pick-six to Malcom Jenkins as a score.)
Pretty simple what happened in San Francisco: Niners zero turnovers, Seahawks five.
Brian Westbrook had 87 yards on six receptions.
The Patriots recorded 27 first downs at Chicago.
Perhaps the only Bears defender who played well was Brian Urlacher. He had 11 tackles (three for a loss), a sack and three pass breakups.
Chad Henne's 5/18 performance was the lowest completion percentage that a winning Dolphins quarterback has had since 1980.
Dolphins punter Brandon Fields had 10 punts for 564 yards.
More special teams notes: Cardinals kicker Jay Feely was 5/6 on field goals.
Part of the reason the Cardinals-Broncos game took forever to end: Kyle Orton 19/41; John Skelton 15/37.
The Chargers had 25 first downs, which was 20 more than the Chiefs had.
Brodie Croyle probably isn't the answer: Kansas City finished the game with 19 total yards passing.
Antoine Cason took over as the punt returner for San Diego. He averaged 15.2 yards per return with a long of 42.
The Eagles held Miles Austin and Roy Williams to a combined four catches for 45 yards.
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Posted on: November 27, 2010 8:58 pm
Hot Routes 11.27.10: Raiders fool us all
Posted by Josh Katzowitz
- So, it's looking like Raiders QB Bruce Gradkowski will get the start this week in place of Jason Campbell. Which isn't what we expected yesterday.
- Rams RB Steven Jackson has been using an altitude tent this week in preparation for facing the Broncos in Denver. Meanwhile, St. Louis CB Ronald Bartell tried his twice, and he's not going to use it ever again. Read this St. Louis Post Dispatch story to find out why (ahem, he might have got himself stuck inside).
- It might not be rocket science, but Titans QB Rusty Smith likely will look to pass more to WR Randy Moss than his predecessors. Before they got injured, Vince Young and Kerry Collins targeted Moss a combined total of four times, and last week, Young looked his way just once. When Smith entered the game, by the way, he tried throwing to Moss three times.
- Watching the Chargers-Broncos game last week, I was struck by how often Denver QB Kyle Orton threw toward the receiver who was being covered by San Diego rookie CB Antoine Cason. And I was struck by how well Cason played. In actuality, Cason has been pretty good most of the season.
- What will happen to Tarvaris Jackson now? Maybe he should just get the hell out of Dodge.
- Once again, nobody has any idea if Antonio Gates' foot will allow him to play this weekend. Plantar fasciitis sounds less than fun.
- Jake Delhomme will start Sunday for the Browns when he takes on his old team, the Panthers. But he understands who Cleveland's quarterback of the future is. His name is Colt McCoy.
- Jimmy Clausen will start at QB this Sunday for the Panthers. Who backs him up is a little more complicated.
- The Redskins today waived WR Joey Galloway. In many fans' views, it's about freakin' time .
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We have it for most holidays and the kids even request it fairly often for birthday dinners. Probably because it tastes more like dessert than a vegetable.
1. Put all the sweet potatoes, unpeeled and whole, in a big stock pot of water. Boil until the biggest one can be pierced through with a fork.
2. Drain and slip the skins off the sweet potatoes. Put them in a large bowl.
3. Add remaining ingredients and mix well.
4. Pour into 9×13 casserole dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
1. Blend first 3 topping ingredients.
2. Add pecans.
3. Sprinkle on top of casserole just before baking.
4. Bake at 350 for 45 min – 1 hr. until middle is not jiggly.
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Photo courtesy of Lindsey Jang & Robert C. WinnIf the mainstream media are right, the seminal moment of the Vietnamese experience in America began in February 1999, when thousands of refugees protested for 53 days against a Little Saigon businessman who hung a photograph of Ho Chi Minh in his store. That businessman, video-shop owner Truong Van Tran, claimed it was his free-speech right to support the memory of the Communist revolutionary.
"Ho Chi Minh, I like him," Tran had said.
Outraged protesters—some dressed in military fatigues, others crying, chanting and waving handmade signs—said they would rally outside Tran's store until the Ho Chi Minh picture was removed.
There were enough fireworks to capture not only nightly TV news coverage but also national and international headlines that seemed to ask: Why such a fuss over a picture of a man who has been dead since 1969?
The answer is evident to anyone familiar with postwar Vietnam. Despite the promise of a healing brotherhood when Saigon fell in April 1975, Minh's disciples instead tortured or killed untold numbers of South Vietnamese and erected a barbaric, corrupt government and economic system that prompted more than a million people to flee their homeland in horror. Nobody knows for certain, but surely tens of thousands of Vietnamese who attempted to escape communist rule bravely died trying. Only in recent years have the communists—desperate for international economic assistance—loosened their control, but that's too little, too late for most refugees. Understandably, they'll never forget a bloody history symbolized by the smiling face of Ho Chi Minh.
The impassioned protests against Tran were an obvious lure for TV cameras. But they proved to be the last gasp of proud but defeated refugees. Refugees would never forget; the world had moved on. During the rallies, one older Vietnamese woman insisted to the Weekly that the youth of her community must join her fight. Holding a poster that read "Down With Communists," she said, "We have to win back our country."
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That woman is going to be disappointed. Saigon, USA—a new documentary by Lindsey Jang and Robert Winn in cooperation with Huntington Beach-based KOCE, the California Council for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting—gives this country its first cinematic evidence of the profound generational gap in America's Vietnamese community. At the outset of their project, Jang and Winn sought only to document the protests against Tran. But after several interviews, the two Los Angeles-based filmmakers knew they had found a bigger, untold story. The result is a simple but brilliant portrait of the sometimes gut-wrenching, sometimes comic rift between older refugees still obsessed with Ho Chi Minh and younger Vietnamese Americans dedicated to getting a decent education, finding a well-paying job and embracing the distinctly American concept of individuality. They are consumed more by Napster, Starbucks and South Coast Plaza than by napalm or the tunnels of Cu Chi.
For example, Vietnamese American painter Vi Ly, who escaped her homeland on an overcrowded boat in 1979, recounts in Saigon, USA her first reaction to seeing the Tran protests on television: "Oh, how embarrassing!" says Ly, "I think that it's silly that people make such a ruckus over a photograph." But former South Vietnamese colonel Ly "Leslie" Khac Le insists to the filmmakers that the rallies were necessary. "We had to show the people of the United States and of the world that we do not accept communism," he says. His refugee status has created an excruciating identity crisis for Le. After his commanding general fled in a helicopter, the colonel found himself the ranking officer at Pleiku, Vietnam, in April 1975 as communist troops overran the strategic city on their march to Saigon. In America, Le had to scrub a drugstore toilet for work, something he did to help his son become a doctor. He's succeeded here, but his heart is elsewhere. "Somehow, someday, we will go back, and we will continue the fight, and we will win the country back," he says with genuine seriousness.
Then there is Kathy Hoang, the Little Saigon beauty queen who sounds like a Valley girl. To her father's frustration, Hoang cannot speak Vietnamese fluently and prefers to sing "The Star Spangled Banner" at community events. She says the generation gap with her dad is immense. "Even though we come from the same blood and I'm Vietnamese, I could totally just see, like, how it has actually separated us and made me become someone else," Hoang says. "I am trying my best to actually break that barrier down, but I think it's impossible."
Chuyen Nguyen—a battle-toughened Vietnam War combat pilot turned Little Saigon refreshment shop owner and aide to state Senator Joe Dunn—helped lead the Tran protests. He weeps for the first time in front of his family as he tells the filmmakers that he wants his ashes scattered in Vietnam after he dies. That man's son, former Weekly contributor and now Seattle Times correspondent Vu Nguyen, appears sporting multicolored spiked hair and leather collars. "I grew up in such a different world from [my dad]," he says as he's shown strumming a guitar in a live, five-member band act at the Liquid Den in Huntington Beach. "Niko [the band's singer] and me are chock-full of soul!"
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The Coakley campaign held a conference call this evening to allege "voting irregularities" reported several supporters, who claimed they got ballots pre-marked for Brown.
The Sec. of State William Galvin, talked to the Boston Herald about two such instances:
In the Brighton case, Secretary of State William Galvin said a ballot that was filled out, but never put in the voting machine, was left on a table and given to another voter. Poll workers verified the optical scanner was short one ballot and issued the voter a clean ballot, Galvin said. The other ballot was voided, he said.
In Cambridge, a voter took a ballot that was believed to be clean and then went into the voting booth. The voter then told election officials the ballot had been filled out.
Galvin said the ballot was voided and the voter was given a clean ballot.
"In both there was no official involvement and no official misconduct at any time," he said.
Salon says, "meh," and warns Coakley supporters that they're not talking like this because they're winning.
The Coakley campaign's press release about the alleged irregularities was dated yesterday. The date has since been corrected, but I grabbed a screen shot. It was either a typo, once again demonstrating the incompetence of the Coakley campaign, or in the more cynical reading, evidence that Coakley's camp planned to bring forth such allegations before voting even started. I'd bet on the former, but the Brown campaign goes after them for trying to pull a pre-emptive strike.
Brown supporters were noting a YouTube video today in which a woman appears to be giving out blank absentee ballots on Election Day, but the Sec. of State expresses doubt about whether it was shot today:
The Brown campaign said there is a YouTube video of a woman displaying an absentee ballot in Lawrence, according to Galvin. He said there's no evidence the video was taken today.
"We don't think of it as something that's going to affect the count," Galvin said.
Lawrence City Clerk William Maloney said he spoke with the woman in the video, who he identified as Isabel Melendez. Melendez is a well-known figure in Lawrence and program director at the Greater Lawrence Community Action Council, Inc. and hosts a local radio program.
Maloney said Melendez told him the video was shot yesterday and the ballots she is seen holding are actually samples.
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What you are calling manipulation is actually contextualization. If we don't contextualize our message to a twenty-first audience, we'll be on the outside looking in, if we're not already. It's a compassionate bridge to a particular culture. And the theology is incarnational. Jesus took on the nature of those to whom He came — He related with them and to them. So contextualization is what Jesus did in the incarnation; hence, contexutalization is incarnational.
Let's try that out:
"We affirm that CONTEXTUALIZATION of the visceral appetites is dangerous to rightly ordered worship and Christian piety (Phil 3:19)."
My guess is that Kent did not mean a one word for one word substitution but rather "contextualization" = "manipulation of the visceral appetites". So his term would audition as follows:
We affirm that contextualization is dangerous to rightly ordered worship and Christian piety.
I was tongue in cheek, offering the "theological' argument for the other side.
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A gas line rupture ended up shutting down a part of Interstate 10, creating a major traffic mess that started just before the afternoon commute and lasted for hours Monday evening.
The closed portion of I-10 East backed up traffic from near Yarbrough Drive west to Bassett Place with bumper-to-bumper traffic for much of the evening.
El Paso Fire Department spokesman George De La Torre said the incident began about 3:30 p.m. when a construction crew busted a 5-inch gas line on Gateway East while digging in front of medical buildings just east of Giles Road.
About 75 firefighters responded to the incident as a precaution. A ladder truck was used to rain down water on the site of the leak to prevent any possibly dangerous sparks.
Dozens of police officers blocked streets and helped with heavy traffic congestion in the area.
Texas Gas Service crews shut the line at about 6:45 p.m., and the east lanes of the freeway were re-opened at about 7 p.m. after being closed for about three hours. Gas crews and firefighters stayed at the line-break site to monitor the situation and checked nearby buildings for any residual gas.
De La Torre said four people received medical treatment after inhaling gas fumes and 350 people were told to evacuate medical buildings along Gateway East near the gas leak.
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At about the same time as the gas-line break, a car fire was also reported a short distance away on I-10 East and Giles Road but the fire was not related to the gas line incident, Fire Inspector John Concha said.
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Unpacking ideas before taking flight
Homecoming was celebrated this past weekend with the Cardinals football win over Wellsville, and the homecoming parade that found a few of us seniors riding the "Vote Yes for the November bond issue" float concerning our schools. That was fun. Norbert and Margaret Grosdidier, Helen and Jay Grosdidier, Mary Ann Stewart and I were representatives of the senior population who support the bond.
If you don't know the details of the issue, be sure to attend one of the upcoming meetings in your neighborhood or nearest school. We owe it to our kids to at least listen to the proposals, and if you are against it, you might find that you have changed your mind. Many of us can't change what is happening in the world today, but we can try to ensure that our children have the opportunity and the education to have their chance to do so.
In my last column, I told you that I am feeling very poor lately. Perhaps some of this has to do with the fact that I am off on another trip the end of this month. I signed onto this about a year ago and now I am having buyer's remorse. With no backing out now, and thinking about the upcoming flight which involves long hours over the ocean (I can't swim), God said, "OK, time to buy a silver cross and a lottery ticket."
My travel companion told me to wait until we arrive in Assisi to purchase the cross as she knows just the shop to find one and for only $10, but the voice was persistent so I found just one (on sale too) and then onto the purchase of the lottery ticket. Hardly lottery savvy, I stopped into a convenience store in Lawrence close to where my daughter works on the pretext of picking up an ice tea for her. Wandering over to the ticket window I tried to appear to know what I was doing. Reading and trying to decipher the rules written on the back of the lottery tickets seemed a little like trying to figure out Sudoku. Close by was a young man scratching off those instant winner cards so I decided to lower my sights and opted for the cards with the cute little ducks. Now, I have my very own little tool to scratch off the cards, and two new friends at the convenience store who are rooting for me. DaLando (one of my new friends) and I have decided to share our winnings that are sure to come very soon. To be continued.
In the meantime while I am gone, take in the Oct. 5 150th birthday party of Eudora, as well as EudoraFest the following day. Combining the two will bring lots of fun activities including the unveiling of the Paschal Fish and Princess Eudora statue and appearances of Miss Kansas, a silent auction of the culinary students' 150th birthday cakes, $2 buffalo burgers, free cake and ice cream, games and contests for the children as well as several bands and lots of entertainment. The committees for both the sesquicentennial and EudoraFest have worked hard to make this event a very festive and fun occasion.
You still can attend the last of the lecture series, which will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at City Hall to learn about "The German Founders of Eudora" and at 3 p.m. Sept. 30 to hear about "Eudora's favorite teacher -- Miss Nottingham" at Nottingham Elementary school.
And there are great commemorative items for sale. A must have is the sesquicentennial anniversary book written by Cindy Higgins, which is full of past and present history-making people and events. It can be purchased for $5. Or buy one of the lovely throws that depict Eudora landmarks as a Christmas gift for a relative. Paschal Fish & Princess Eudora T-shirts also are available as well as commerative pins. All of this and more on Oct. 5and 6 in the Park on Main Street. Come be part of the fun.
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Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon is preparing fans for the possibility the Michigan-Ohio State will move from its traditional late November slot. (John T. Greilick / The Detroit News)
I'm trying, I'm really trying, but it's hard.
Michigan-Ohio State on a brisk October Saturday afternoon?
Michigan-Ohio State the first weekend in November?
Michigan-Ohio State notthe final game of their regular seasons?
Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon on Friday, a day after published quotes from Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith appeared in which he suggested the Michigan-Ohio State game could possibly move from its traditional date as the last game of their seasons, essentially said this: Expect Michigan and Ohio State to be in separate divisions in the newly expanded Big Ten, and their annual meeting probably won't be played on its traditional late November weekend.
Why? Because this way if Michigan and Ohio State were to win their respective divisions and then play in the Big Ten championship game in early December, by playing earlier in the regular season, they would avoid playing on back-to-back weekends.
Now, let's be clear. This information has not been formally announced by the Big Ten, but there is no way Brandon would be this vocal on the subject (he appeared Friday morning on WTKA 1050) if he didn't have a strong indication. Brandon has been meeting with the 11 other Big Ten athletic directors to help determine the divisions.
Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said recently the divisions could be announced within the month. But listening to Brandon say that Michigan-Ohio State likely will no longer meet in the final regular-season game of their seasons was hard to embrace.
Time of change
No doubt, the rivalry hasn't been much of a rivalry in recent years with Ohio State's dominance, but it is arguably the greatest rivalry in college sports.
And it has been played in late November, sometimes with a Big Ten title on the line, sometimes only the opportunity of ruining the other's season on the line, but mostly, it has been about the tradition, the finality of another year, the Maize and Blue, the Scarlet and Grey. The tradition.
That tradition, it seems, is about to change.
"I think everybody should be prepared for change," Brandon said during the radio interview. "Some people love change and embrace change and look at this as a whole new opportunity to do things a different way.
"And there will be people out there who want it to be the same way it always was because that's the way they like life. I'm just warning everybody change is good, and change is going to happen."
Move makes sense
The logic for putting Michigan and Ohio State in separate divisions and moving the timing of the regular-season game is acceptable and understandable. Yes, Big Ten expansion has made all of this discussion a reality.
But that's logically speaking.
The sentimental me, the traditional me does, in fact, have a hard time embracing this concept. Not that I don't like change, not that I don't understand that some change is good, I'm just not ready to rally around this potential change.


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Comment from: CJ59, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: May 09
I had a Cortisone injection today to my right shoulder. I was told about 15 years ago that I had Tendonitis in my Rotator Cuff. At that time it took only two injections and I have not had pain until this last month. I noticed within minutes I started feeling really warm all over. And my forehead is sweating. I am usually cold so this is really throwing me for a loop. I sure hope I get a good nights sleep. I will see what tomorrow brings.
Comment from: 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: March 08
I had my second cortisone injection yesterday. Last year I had one due to tennis elbow. Yesterday bursitis in the hip. I feel better already!!! My face is flushed and my leg is itchy and red but not unbearable. The injection hurt as they had to go all the way in my hip to the bone! The pain only lasted a few minutes. I hope I remain pain free! I also look forward to the flushed face and itching to go away. Overall, it is worth being pain free!
Comment from: Blaise, 65-74 Female (Patient) Published: February 24
I had a hip injection the day before Thanksgiving. The next day I had so much pain I keep ice on it most of the day. It did not work. At the end of Jan I had a spinal with sedation. I did not feel it. It also did not work. I am scheduled for another in 3 weeks. The MD feels it probably will not help. I have not had any side effects: just pain after the hip shot. I cannot walk far before the pain starts. I was diagnosed with bursitis; and do not have spinal stenosis. I found out I have a slipped disc and above it I have a pinched nerve. I cannot take anti-inflammatory.
Comment from: Bill G, 65-74 Male (Patient) Published: February 22
My orthopedic surgeon says I can get up to three steroid hip injections a year. I have had three cortisone injections in my right hip joint in the past three years (the latest one today). The first two injections lasted about 18 months before the pain returned to a level that warranted getting another injection. I credit the longevity of the injections to the fact that I get an hour long massage (concentrating on my right hip and associated areas) every other week from a licensed medical massage therapist. My massage therapist states that effective massage therapy tends to extend the long-term effectiveness of the cortisone injections. My orthopedic surgeon is impressed that my injections are effective for this amount of time.
Comment from: Saphire, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: February 08
I had pain and soreness in my left hip for over 2 months and my doctor would not even discuss it. She said an injection was too expensive. I went to another doctor who said I had trochanteric bursitis of the hip. She gave me a cortisone injection in my hip. It had lidocaine in it. I did not even feel the shot but immediately had a flushing in my face and a little bit of heart palpitations. About 6 hours later, my heart was beating fast and I could feel in all over my body, in my head especially. I was very nervous but I have so much less pain in my hip a day later that I would take another shot today if the soreness and pain came back in my hip.
Comment from: miss_keely_anne, 19-24 Female (Patient) Published: February 01
I am not from USA but the UK I had a cortsone injection to my knee for RA I am only 23 and it was causing me sooo much pain, the doctor said it was best course of action for me. So I went along with it. I had it at 2 in the afternoon on a Thursday knee was very sore and stiff for a few days then nothing felt perfectly fine on sat and Sunday until I went to bed on the Sunday night at 1 am. my neck went stiff I had really bad pressure in my head felt like it was going to explode and when I moved I got shooting pains down my spine. Got rushed to hospital in an ambulance I couldn't move. Vomiting for 48 hours could keep water or food down. shooting pains in my spine for last 9 days. Had pressure in my head for 5 days. I now get convulsions when i get the shooting pains in my legs and it's still going on 2 weeks later. Hospital sent me for CT scans and the best they came up with was side effect from the cortisone so sent me home after 48 hours?! Never ever again!!!!
Comment from: jan, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: January 27
I just had my first shoulder injection done. My doctor told me you are going to feel some numbness. Never did he mention pain and after 30 minutes approx. it just left me immobile the pain never in my life had a felt such pain leaving me almost fainted I couldn't drive I had to park call for help I was sweating crying . I had to take pain killer and still nothing it lasted 10 hours, finally it stop hurting .I will see effects during these next days to see the difference.
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Gingrich: "What I'm opposed to is relatively well-off people gaming the system because they intend to cheat it."
So how does he feel about the financial overhaul bill? Because if any well-off people gamed the system with intent to cheat, it was the Wall St derivatives packagers. Where does Newt stand on holding them accountable for the damage they did? No one else appears to want to.
You can now cross Newt off the list of viable contenders that people like me (Conservative, Libertarian Republicans) will consider voting for in 2012.
Good bye and good riddance.
Newt Gingrich wants there to be no mistake about his loathing for "ObamaCare" and the idea of an individual mandate for health insurance. Okay, but why did Newt strongly support health care reform via an individual mandate only a few years ago? Mandated insurance was a cornerstone of Newt's health care policy. Flip-flop...
So, Newt's solution is to increase the pot of money allowing the health care industry to further engorge itself while at the same time temporarily lowering the cost of insurance policies. NO WAY. What I want is a selection of policies from which I can choose. If I choose none than so be it. If I need health care beyond my ability to pay for it, give me a pill and let me die. Like Obama said, "Sometimes you need to take a pill. Anything is better than government run healthcare.
In "explaining" his remarks on Sunday, Newt digs a deeper hole for himself by elaborating on the very points he made earlier. To his credit, what he is saying is that the health care system is terribly broken, bloated and consumes far too much of our economy. But though that is the case, he will nevertheless be skewered by his own. States already regulate health care, and it has devolved into little monopolies everywhere, fed by health industry lobbyists, and consumers get reamed. As anyone acknowledges the problem, they walk straight into the "socialism" thing ... states might just create clinics to provide health care, he says ... which is the very definition of socialism to the Glen Beck's of the world.
He lost my vote with his endorsement of ethanol subsidies. Some people stay in Washington too long.
I like his novel "bond" concept. I am a healthy person, and able to afford to pay for my health care. I have only a high deductible ($5,000) insurance plan to cover me for catastrophic events. I pay my day to day normal bills out of my HSA which is tax free cash. This way what I don't spend each year accumulates instead of being given to an insurer (who would also take his profit) If such a plan could be construed as a "bond" guaranteeing my being able to pay, I'm for it. I also want to opt out of Medicare next year when I'll be 65 since accepting it makes me ineligible for my HSA.
Are the Washington Wire editors and contributors aware that this site has become the Newt Gingrich news service over the past few months? You don't have to report everything this guy says. Yes, he's colorful, but come on.
The only real solution is to allow hospitals to refuse service to those who can't pay up front or produce insurance.
D*mmit! I know what I said, and what I meant to say, and whether I meant what I said or said what I didn't mean! Why all the fuss? I know what I'm doing!
He lost my vote too, Dennis.. back in the 90's when he shut the government down.
how about you try to refuse patients emergency medical attention in life or death situations...
Yeap. In fact, did you know that Currently, many insurance companies do not allow adult children to remain on their parents' plan once they reach 19. Companies cannot do that any more. Search onilne for "Penny Health Insurance" and you can insure your kids if you are in the same boat.
I've got to give NEWT credit, he is a smart guy, and knows history much better than I.
However, he belongs to the club of arrogant, incumbent, corrupt politicians who sell their votes for favors.
And a man's private life should be impeccable... I think Newt has a problem in this area.
People who consider Newt as a viable candidate for president, are the same people who voted for Obama, Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Carter... etc. etc.
We don't need another WELL CONNECTED political crony, we need an AMERICAN PATRIOT.
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We noted the other day that China now has 564 million internet users and 420 million mobile web users. Now the We Are Social team has put the whole Chinese internet landscape into context – and infographics – in this giant report released today.
The Chinese social media scene has, of course, seen huge growth alongside growing web penetration. 50.9 million new netizens were added in the country in 2012. There are now 597.6 million people (out of 1.34 billion in population) active on the nation's top social network, QZone, which is made by local web giant Tencent). With 41 percent of the populace being under the age of 40, that's good news for social networks – and social marketing – in China.
Before looking at the full report (embedded below), you might to see some of the standout slides. This is what they like to get up to online:
Focusing on social media in China, you'll see that the Twitter-style Sina Weibo might be the most talked about, but it's not the market leader as such:
As the full infographic report points out, Tencent's QQ instant messenger app (which is linked to QZone) has the most number of active accounts, with a staggering 784 million active users per month. But then QQ numbers (aka: accounts) are about as ubiquitous here as phone numbers.
In terms of social marketing, it's worth looking at the following few slides (starting at page 60 in the embed) to see the huge scope for engagement for brands in China, especially by having a presence on Sina Weibo:
You might also like to check out a different report about which overseas brands are doing the best social media marketing in China – and how they're doing it.
Here's the full presentation from We Are Social, which also ventures into mobile and e-commerce, in all its 200+ pages glory:
(Source: WeAreSocial SG)
For more fun graphics like this one, check out previous entries in our infographic series.


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Vargas' first hit came with his fourth album, Punto y Aparte!, which was issued by Karen in 1978. It produced a hit single, "El Barbarazoí," and helped touch off a worldwide merengue craze, providing exposure for scores of Dominican artists. Vargas had a series of hit albums in the '80s, beginning with his duet with Los Beduinos vocalist Sandy Reyes, Wilfrido Vargas y Sandy Reyes, which was issued in 1982. In 1987 he switched to the Sonotone label and produced five albums with them, including Animation, which received a 1989 Grammy nomination. From 1991 on he was with the Rodven label, and while he remained a major name in merengue, he would never again achieve the prominence that he had known in the '80s. Outside of the merengue genre, Vargas also made a major contribution to the Fania All-Stars, joining them for their historic performances in Cuba in 1979 and contributing to the recording of the All Stars' Habana Jam album, recorded March 3 of that year at a concert in Havana. ~ Stacia Proefrock


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Related Information
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Oregon State Hospital has until Aug. 18 to appeal regulatory fines totaling $10,200 for asbestos violations. Emery & Sons Construction has until Aug. 17 to appeal a $3,600 fine for conducting asbestos-abatement work without a license.
Oregon State Hospital has been slapped with civil fines totaling $10,200 for asbestos violations.
The penalties stem from a January incident at the Salem psychiatric facility that may have released hazardous amosite asbestos fibers into the air, a state pollution official said Monday.
The problem surfaced when a contractor hired to install a new water line dug into an old, asbestos-insulated pipeline, the state Department of Environmental Quality says.
State hospital employees should have known that the pipeline contained hazardous material because a 1990 survey documented where asbestos is hidden at the 144-acre hospital campus, said Jane Hickman, the DEQ administrator of compliance and enforcement.
The hospital failed to tell the contractor, Emery & Sons Construction, about the presence of asbestos before the firm began digging, Hickman said.
At the work site, DEQ staff members found asbestos insulation in a pile of dirt and debris next to the excavated pit. Insulation materials are considered "friable," which means they are likely to release fibers into the air when disturbed.
There is no safe level of exposure to asbestos, experts say. Inhaled fibers can lodge deep in lung tissue, increasing the risk of lung diseases, including cancer.
Amosite asbestos, one of two types of asbestos found in the pipe insulation, is considered particularly hazardous, Hickman said.
"With amosite, it is much harder to control the fiber release," she said.
State hospital officials have said that January's incident occurred about 200 feet from the nearest residential area. By all accounts, the asbestos materials were properly disposed of in the wake of the DEQ's inspection.
Left unknown is whether anyone inhaled asbestos fibers before then.
"That we don't know because they're invisible," Hickman said. "Usually, with asbestos cases, we just consider the potential for harm."
It can take 20 years or longer for asbestos diseases to show themselves, Hickman said.
Two penalties, each $5,100, were assessed against the state hospital.
The DEQ fined the hospital for allowing asbestos to accumulate in the open; the agency reported that the material should have been packaged in leak-tight, labeled containers. The hospital also was fined for allowing Emery & Sons to perform asbestos-related work without a license.
Emery & Sons was fined $3,600. The DEQ cited the firm for doing asbestos-abatement work without being licensed.
Bill Martinak, the vice president of Emery & Sons, said that the company will appeal its penalty.
"Our contract was to install a water line. There's no mention of asbestos in the contract that we had with the state," he said. "We weren't notified by them that there was asbestos in the area. We want to have a hearing so that we can present our side of the story."
Calls seeking comment from state hospital officials were not returned Monday.
Many state buildings constructed before the 1980s contain asbestos. The state has conducted surveys to identify which buildings have it. The state hospital has four thick binders specifying locations.
Hickman said, "The lesson the state hospital can learn from this is to make sure that they pass on the information that they already have and make sure that there isn't any breakdown in communication."
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Questions about the DIA plans arise in Grand Bargain deal.
THE LAWS PROVIDE MONEY FOR PROSECUTING RAPE CASES. PROSECUTOR KYM WORTHY LED THE FIGHT TO GET THE LAW PASSED. Devin: MENTIONS OF "GILLIGAN'S ISLAND" AND LET'S BRING IN ROD MELONI WHO IS THERE. "GILLIGAN'S ISLAND," ROD? Rod: YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP. BILL SCHUETTE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND GOVERNOR SNYDER DO NOT HAVE TO DO DEPOSITIONS ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM THE BOND INSURERS. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL GOT A RULING FROM THE JUDGE TODAY SAYING HE DIDN'T HAVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS GRAND BARGAIN RULING. BUT THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE, INCLUDING THAT GILL DANCE ISLAND STUFF -- THE "GILLIGAN'S ISLAND" STUFF. THE DIA CAN BE SEEN AS DOLLAR SIGNS COMPARED TO THE GRAND BARGAIN DEAL WHERE THE PENSIONERS GET MOST OF THE CASH. THEY WILL HAND OVER MOUNDS OF INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE DIA AND THEIR GIVING PATTERNS. . Rod: THE FOUNDATION AND THE CITY WANTED THE REQUEST SET ASIDE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY SAYING... Rod: JUDGE RHODES SAID THE CITY'S MOTION IS GRANTED AND THE INFORMATION SYNCORA IS NOT RELEVANT TO THE PLAN OF ADJUSTMENT. THE JUDGE AROWING FOR QUESTIONING ON WHETHER THE FOUNDATIONS CAN AFFORD THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GRAND BARGAIN. AND THEY WANT THE JUDGE TO TAKE A THREE-HOUR TOUR OF THE CITY. THERE WAS LAUGHTER AFTER SAYING WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A THREE-HOUR TOUR. AND SECURITY AND SAFETY IS PART OF THE PLANNING. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPENED, THE JUDGE SAID IF THE TOP 300 PAINTINGS IN THE DIA AND YOU NOT ONLY ANSWER THE QUESTION BUT SAY I DON'T KNOW. AND A SITUATION WHERE THE DIA ART CAME IN AND FOR RETIREES AS TO WHETHER THEY WOULD HAVE TO
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High-Ranking Officials Admit 9/11 Could've Been Prevented
"This was not something that had to happen."
"They simply failed."
Ś Thomas H. Kean, Chair of the independent commission investigating 9/11. Kean is a Republican appointed by Bush
"They don't have any excuse because the information was in their lap, and they didn't do anything to prevent it."
Ś Senator Richard Shelby, then ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee; member of the joint intelligence committee that investigated 9/11
"I don't believe any longer that it's a matter of connecting the dots. I think they had a veritable blueprint, and we want to know why they didn't act on it."
Ś Senator Arlen Specter, a Republican member of the joint intelligence committee that investigated 9/11
"There were lots of warnings."
Ś Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
"Should we have known? Yes, we should have. Could we have known? Yes, I believe we could have because of the hard targets [CIA operatives were tracking]."
Ś Representative Porter Goss, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Republican co-chairman of the joint intelligence committee that investigated 9/11
"I cannot say for sure that there wasn't a possibility we could have come across some lead that would have led us to the hijackers."
Ś FBI Director Robert Mueller
"As of September 10th, each of us knew everything we needed to know to tell us there was a possibility of what happened on September 11th."
Ś Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff (described by the Associated Press as "the Bush administration's top anti-terrorism prosecutor")
"Had one human being or a common group of human beings sat down with all that information, we could have gotten to the hijackers before they flew those four airplanes either into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon or the ground of Pennsylvania."
Ś Senator Bob Graham, then Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Democratic co-chairman of the joint intelligence panel that investigated 9/11
"If you put all those pieces together, I don't say you could have prevented September 11th, but there might have been some warning, had it been handled properly."


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Recorded phone call outs sex scandal in Indiana County Jail
When state police Trooper Allison Goswick listened to a recorded phone conversation between an Indiana County Jail inmate and her family member, the officer began to unravel an alleged web of sex and retaliation that led to the arrest last week of two female prison guards.
That call led Goswick to interview three inmates who claimed they had sexual liaisons at the jail in broom closets, bathrooms and cells with guard Molly Ann Gross, 43, of 103 Timberlane Drive, Ligonier.
They alleged that Gross' lover and fellow guard, Margaret Jane Dailey, 50, of 101 Crystal Drive, Indiana, grew jealous and threatened the inmates.
Gross and Dailey, who have been suspended without pay, were arrested Nov. 23. Gross was charged with 10 counts of institutional sexual assault and three counts each of terroristic threats and official oppression. Dailey faces three counts each of terroristic threats and official oppression.
Jail Warden Carol Hummel said she is conducting an internal investigation into the "very unsettling" allegations.
"It's our duty to protect, and these allegations of these crimes -- that's a violation of public trust, and that's not what we're about, and we will do what we need to do to make any corrective action if necessary in the hopes that this will never, ever happen again," she said. "There are many people that work here that are good, dedicated employees that are proud to come to work every day, and this has been hard on them."
Goswick was investigating an unrelated matter and obtained the phone records of several inmates, she said in a criminal complaint.
While listening to one call, she heard an inmate relate that Gross had dated a female inmate.
Goswick interviewed that inmate, who said she had seen Gross and the ex-inmate at a store during the summer of 2010. The informant added that during her incarceration, she heard that several female inmates had relationships with Gross and that Dailey knew about them.
Goswick interviewed three former inmates who allegedly had relationships with Gross.
One claimed she had trysts with Gross several times in the jail library, a closet or her cell. They flirted and passed notes, and the inmate gave Gross a cell phone number to contact the prisoner when she got out of jail. At one point, the victim found out that Gross and Dailey were involved and approached Gross about telling Dailey about their relationship. But Gross allegedly threatened the inmate, Goswick alleges.
A second inmate said she and Gross started passing notes and flirting. She met with Gross five to six times to have sex in the employee bathroom, the complaint said.
The inmate alleged that Dailey discovered her and Gross kissing in a closet, and Dailey began threatening her. Dailey forced the inmate to write a false statement claiming that another inmate threw excrement and made threats against Dailey and Gross, the complaint said.
The inmate said she was afraid if she didn't go along, Dailey would make her life worse in jail, including putting her in restricted housing. She said Dailey once tried to smash her hand.
After she was released from jail, the inmate continued to have contact with Gross. But the relationship ended because the inmate was afraid of Dailey, and Gross told her they could never be together because she would lose her job if anyone found out, according to the complaint.
Dailey allegedly called the inmate and threatened that if she didn't stay away from Gross, the inmate would pay.
A third inmate told police that she "made out" with Gross three times in a broom closet. She said Dailey found out about the relationship and began treating the prisoner poorly. The inmate said she was aware that Dailey had made false accusations against another inmate. She stopped having contact with Gross so Dailey wouldn't retaliate against her, the inmate told police.
Gross and Dailey face preliminary hearings on Feb. 7 before Clymer District Judge George Thachik. Both are free after posting $25,000 bond.
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This much is certain: On the night of February 2, 1959, nine experienced hikers died on the eastern slopes of Kholat Syakhl under highly questionable circumstances. The rest is conjecture, speculation, and mystery.
The 'Dyatlov Pass Incident' as it has come to be called is named after the leader of the hiking expedition, Igor Dyatlov.
Initially the group consisted of ten hikers, but Yuri Yefimovich Yudin, the lone survivor, took ill and had to turn back.


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