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The cause of a Taylorsville teenager's untimely death was ruled accidental by the Jefferson County Coroner's Office last week.
Deputy Coroner Jim Wesley said last Wednesday that 17-year-old Paige Nicole Wimsatt died June 3 at a Jefferson County residence of multiple substance intoxication.
"This has been ruled by my office as accidental," Wesley said.
Spencer County was hit with widespread flash flooding on Tuesday afternoon.
Main Street was temporarily shut down around 5:30 p.m. due to high water. The waters receded in that area and the roads were open by 6:30.
Motorists are reminded to travel with caution, not driving through standing water.
A fire at 4437 Taylorsville Road stopped traffic and demanded the attention of several Taylorsville-Spencer County firefighters around 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Sgt. Cameron Canan said the incident involved a carport located next to a mobile home.
"There was a carport that had a deck on top of it — it had caught fire and with the heat, it melted the vinyl siding on the mobile home and garage next to it," Canan said.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation and the names of the homeowners were not available as of Tuesday afternoon.
Former Spencer County Sheriff Steve Coulter was indicted June 30 on one count of tampering with public records, a class D felony, and one count of second-degree official misconduct, a class B misdemeanor.
The indictment follows a six-month investigation into criminal activity by Coulter, according to a news release from the Kentucky State Police Drug Enforcement Special Investigations West Branch.
These crimes were allegedly committed before Coulter left office in December, and the investigation continues, the news release said.
A home on the edge of the Spencer-Nelson County border was ruled a total loss after a fire destroyed it last Thursday afternoon.
Taylorsville-Spencer County firefighters responded to 5430 Highgrove Road at 2:32 p.m. where the two-story home was fully engulfed in flames, Fire Chief Nathan Nation said.
The home was occupied by tenant, Bobbie Shelburne, and owned by Field Houghlin, Nation said.
No one was home at the time of the fire. The incident was called in to emergency personnel by a road crew member paving Ky. 48.
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Members of the Mount Moriah Baptist Church wave to the parade spectators from their float. Mount Eden hosted its annual Independence Day parade on Monday. Despite a few sprinkles, the crowd on hand was larger than in years past. For more photos from this year's parade, see our photo gallery below!
A Saturday afternoon motorcycle ride through Spencer County turned tragic for a Mount Washington man who was killed after hitting a passenger car head on.
James D. Anderson, 40, of Mount Washington, was traveling northbound on Ky. 31 E around 1:20 p.m. with his wife, Constance "Connie" Anderson, when he came around a curve and struck a white box trailer being pulled by Louis Medley Jr., of Bardstown, Spencer County Sheriff's Deputy Damon Jewell said.
Despite his attorneys' efforts to have a murder indictment dismissed, Raymond Revard Jr. is still on track to have his fate determined by a jury.
According to an order entered Friday by Circuit Court Judge Charles Hickman, Revard's attorneys, Stephen Miller and Jeff Stovall, attempted to have the charges against Revard dismissed "based on irregularities in the grand jury process."
The Spencer County Board of Education and the district's local planning committee are continuing to pursue plans to construct a new elementary school in Spencer County, but it is still unclear where or when construction will begin.
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This weekend is one of Chicago's best free events, Open House Chicago. 150 buildings that are normally closed to the public will be open and free for anyone who wants to get a behind-the-scenes look. Chicago is the country's premier architecture city and this is a great chance to see many of its notable and historic buildings up close. There are no reservations or tickets you just have to show up at the buildings between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm on October 19 or 20. Popular sites like the Tribune Tower will have a long line with waits up to an hour.
With 150 sites spread out over Chicago it takes some planning to really take advantage of this event. Luckily the Chicago Architecture Society has put together a comprehensive website that divides the city by neighborhoods and also provides a map of participating buildings.
While everything on the list in worth seeing there are several standouts:
The Chicago Board of Trade Building for its great Art Deco décor.
Chicago Temple, the world's tallest church structure, for their views and unique sky chapel.
The Fine Arts Building is like stepping back in time with elevator operators and ornate finishes.
The Tribune Tower is worth seeing as much for its history as for the building itself.
The Charnley-Persky House designed by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Frederick C. Robie House is a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.
The Brewster Apartments is a truly fun building with tough doorman that normally do not let anyone past.

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Beware of Louisville Gas & Electric's policies because they may leave you in the dark. After speaking with the Customer Service Department at LG&E it appears that if you are only four days late with your payment, you will receive a disconnect notice and your electric will be turned off.
That's right. Four days. If you have paid every single bill in full for the last twelve months and say, your bill was due on the 28th of December for a reading done on the 15th of December, you would be subject to disconnection on the 4th of January.
Seems a bit harsh. Given the economic times, and the unemployment rate which is soaring, one would think LG&E would be a bit more flexible before turning out the lights. Yet, it seems they have moved in the opposite direction.
Both Fox News, Wave 3 and WHAS have done stories on this very issue because people are having their electric turned off across Louisville at an alarming rate.
Apparently, the problem started when LG&E changed their billing cycle in the spring. One of the first articles that appeared about this problem was in May of 2009. It involved a man who needed his electricity for medical devices and who was receiving federal aid as a disabled veteran . Despite paying his bill on the same date every month, his electric was turned off because of the billing cycle change. Read about the story here:
In more recent months, it seems there were issues involving payments that had been erroneously credited to people's accounts. When LG&E went to correct the error, months later, they demanded the excess be paid immediately. When it wasn't paid, LG&E shut off their electic, demanded a reconnect fee and an even heftier deposit. Read about those stories here:
If these policies, which have left a great many Louisvillians in the dark aren't bad enough, LG&E is also proposing an unprecedented rate hike on January 28th, 2010, to help pay the cost of building a 1.2 billion electricity-generating plant in Trimble County that is scheduled for completion in May of 2010. This would translate to an additional $8.92 a month for customers using 992 kilowatt hours, which is an average amount for Louisville customers. This amounts to nearly a 12 percent increase in electric rates and nearly a 9 percent increase in residential gas rates.
The Rev. James Tennyson, Executive Director of the Justice Resource Center, said he was "just appalled" by the LG&E request, especially since the economy is so weak and the unemployment rate is skyrocketing. He vowed that he and other advocates will fight the request by testifying in front of the Public Service Commission. "People are still out of work, home foreclosures haven't stablized yet and jobs are the last things to come around ... and to hit the poor working class that are on fixed incomes at this point in time is unreal." Tennyson said.
And while Kentucky sales tax is higher than its ever been at 6.0 percent, it seems LG&E receives a tax break for utlities. That's right. They don't have to pay taxes because Kentucky doesn't tax purchases made by utlity companies. This exemption was supposed to encourage utility companies to purchase pollution control equipment. Yeah, right ...
In the meantime, the rest of us pay more. In the meantime, many Louisvillians are in the dark. So, beware of those LG&E bills. After five days have passed, you may not be able to read this article.


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Martin Guitar Tries to Recreate Vintage Sound Digitally
In the museum at C.F. Martin & Co., the famed acoustic guitar maker in Nazareth, Pa., a D-45 holds pride of place. It was a custom model made of Brazilian rosewood, and in the years preceding World War II only 91 of them were produced. Martin bought its 1942 museum specimen from a collector for nearly $300,000.
Now, the manufacturer is using digital technology to try to recreate the rich sound of that instrument and other vintage guitars from the '30s and '40s, whose butter-smooth tones developed naturally over decades of picking and aging.
Compared to antique guitars, new instruments are generally much easier to play. Their necks are svelter. Their strings are lower to the fretboard. But it can sometimes take years of breaking in before their bright, fresh-from-the-factory sound mellows. The goal behind Martin's Retro Series of instruments, which are being unveiled today at a trade show in Nashville: make brand new guitars that sound old.
Recreating the look of the historic steel-string models Martin chose in addition to the D-45—a 1941 D-28, a 1937 D-18, and a 1934 000-28–was "the easy part," says Tim Teel, the 179-year-old company's director of instrument design.
To borrow the "sound DNA" of the older models, the company relied on techniques developed by Fishman, the company that builds the gear used to amplify Martin guitars designed for the stage. In the instant that acoustic sound gets transmitted through a guitar's electronics, it can be digitally seasoned.
Technicians captured the properties of each vintage Martin not by strumming them, but by using a calibrated hammer to "excite" its surfaces. Sensors attached to the guitar measured its vibrations and patterns of projecting sound. That data was then plugged into an algorithm, which gets used by the electronics in the new guitar to "infuse" its tones with that of the vintage instrument, Teel says.
The next step in this aging process occurs when the guitar's tones are out-put to an amplifier. Working with producer Bill VornDick, Martin and Fishman used an array of vintage and specialty microphones to replicate sounds that would have been captured in a mid-century recording studio. The data produced from VornDick's equipment was used to create nine different microphone settings that were built into the new guitar models.
The Retro Series instruments will hit stores in the fall with price tags ranging from about $3,400 (for the D-18E model) to $12,000 (for the D-45E). Speakeasy hasn't played the new guitars or had them tested, so it's not possible to say whether the technology amounts to a marketing gimmick or a breakthrough in guitar design. Martin is betting on the latter.
Teel says, "What we're trying to create is a time machine of sorts."
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There are plenty of films coming in 2015, but while moviegoers will have superhero movies and head to a galaxy far far away, audiences will be treated to other classic franchises. In this particular case, making its way back to the silver screen is the gritty and action hardy Mad Max. Since 1979, Mad Max has gripped moviegoers to the edge of their seats as the gruff hero (played by Mel Gibson) hit the road in a post apocalyptic world; and did two more times in later sequels. Since 1985, it seemed that Mad Max drove off in the sun set never to grace the silver screen again, but those worried have been to rest thanks to the next installment: Fury Road which arrives in theaters next May. There have been many changes from Fury Road since Thunderdome (such as Tom Hardy taking up the role), but one thing has remained and that is the involvement of director George Miller who will be helm this new film.
Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, fans to the action series were given their first look at the fourth installment. As anyone can plainly see, the magazine feature the 2015 on the cover; which showcases EW's apocalyptic edition. This gives fans a good look at Hardy's Max; as well as Charlize Theron who plays Imperator Furiosa: a badass commander with a robotic arm. While seeing the characters on the cover is great, what may be more beneficial for fans is Miller's comments on the film as EW was able to get some details on the upcoming film.
"I wanted to tell a linear story–a chase that starts as the movie begins and continues for 110 minutes," says the Australian writer-director. Fury Road features few digital effects and even less dialogue, he explains. "In this crucible of very intense action, the characters are revealed."
So not only do fans get to see the lead characters in the film, but George Miller is guaranteeing non-stop action in this upcoming blockbuster. That should be enough to make any Mad Max fan excited for next year. Then again, if you are not satisfied then you will just have to see more on Fury Road is revealed, or just wait to see the film next year.
What do you think of this update? Are you excited for this fourth installment ? Express your feelings in comments below. Mad Max: Fury Road rides on the screens on May 15, 2015.
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The American Red Cross of Southern Nevada in partnership with Harrah's Entertainment and support from Channel 8, NV Energy, and McDonald's will host the fourth annual Everyday Heroes Awards breakfast on Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 7:30am at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
The Everyday Heroes Award is presented to members of the local community who provide outstanding service to others in times of crisis, disaster, or life threatening situations. Anyone can nominate deserving individuals for one of the following awards: Adult Good Samaritan, Youth Good Samaritan, Military, Fire Fighter, Law Enforcement, Emergency Dispatch, Animal Rescue, Aquatics, Medical Professional, Community Impact, and Community Service.
Nomination forms can be found on the American Red Cross of Southern Nevada website. To qualify, nominations must be submitted or postmarked by August 13, 2010.
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According to Batman News on Jan. 29, Michael Wilkinson, who is the costume designer for both "American Hustle" and "Batman vs. Superman", gave some information in regards to the "Man of Steel" sequel. Though he wasn't at liberty to discuss much about the costume designs, he did seem to imply that the DC Cinematic Universe that was created through Zack Snyder for this era, would be something that would coincide or be on par with the super heroes of today's standards.
"I'm not really at liberty to talk about the details of everything, but suffice to say we really respect the histories of all of these characters. We're all very reverent about the iconic graphic nature of these characters and their costumes. We see ourselves as part of the natural lineage of how these characters are being portrayed through out the ages and our goal is to create something relevant and exciting for today's audiences and something that works for this thrilling cinematic universe that our director Zack Snyder is creating".
Wilkson did coin his research into costume design as some kind of "multilayered design challenge" and by reading into Snyder's script, it seems he really had to get into the essence of the character, especially when it comes to how they had been portrayed through the ages.
"You really dive into the source material. We're looking at all of the different ways these characters have been portrayed over the ages. We're looking hard into Zack's script and working out what makes sense as far as telling the story — who these people really are and what they represent, how to make sense of them in today's world. It's an interesting, multilayered design challenge".
Considering that "Batman vs. Superman" has been pushed back a considerable amount of time, Wilkson had expressed that there had been some interesting camera tests as well as photo shoots up to this point, but feels that "Warner Bros. has it all worked out".
Zack Snyder's "Batman vs. Superman" will be released on May 6, 2016.
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"It had to look like a pineapple," ruled mother when we were choosing durians. That was back in the stagecoach days, before cellophane and styrofoam sanitised the king of fruits to be sold in the supermarket aisles.
That was also when the king of stink with spiky shell was still a seasonal attraction, in August and December.
Twice a year, we would look forward to the odious odour from the neighbourhood durian seller, with his pyramid of green "porcupines", huge baskets for the husks, and large rough brown paperbags for bulk buys.
"We did this in faith; faith that could move not only a mountain of durians in our house, but it also guaranteed none of us woke up with a sore throat from the 'heaty' fruit."
The tools of his bi-annual trade were thick gloves, a spatulate knife, and string to tie single purchases.
The familiar barter cries would be heard in the evenings by the street corner:
"Ho boh?" (Hokkien for "Good or not?") the buyer would ask.
"Pow chia!" ("Guaranteed to be good!") the seller would claim.
You took your chances with the cheap ones; out of 10 that were unopened, there were maybe six hits. You could either eat the fruit on the spot or go home with the treat.
For a couple of dollars more, the hawker would prise it open. You were then invited to stick a finger in, leave your print on soft yielding flesh. If it was a poor choice, he would toss it, and move on to the next durian until the customer was satisfied. That was how we closed a durian deal then.
Seasoned buyers, too, had their methods: Mother's first rule about its shape always started our picking process.
The next rule was to pick those with thorns far apart, spread wide. This might work for choosing pale, light-coloured, bitter-tasting durians – I have noticed these to be the choice of older-generation durian eaters. It's possibly because they ate it at their mother's knees, and we all know mothers are never in favour of the sweet. The bitterer, the better, for me.
From D24 to Mao Shan Wang, we've tried them all. We've also found our best (and worst) durian stalls: The ultimate durian taste test
When buying, we would always watch the seller, for some might hold the durian in a manner that hides the brown spots (rotten) and show only the good segments. I always tell the seller "I live just there" (point) and will take back if it's spoilt.
Once home, we would lay down old newspapers and eat the durians off them.
Whether we ate one seed or all in the durian, mother always made us take a shell to the sink, fill with water and drink water from it. If we were kiasu (Hokkien for "fearful of losing out"), we would add a pinch of salt to the water. In lieu of salt, make a cross sign in the husk, then drink.
We did this in faith; faith that could move not only a mountain of durians in our house, but it also guaranteed none of us woke up with a sore throat from the "heaty" fruit – tied to a Chinese notion on the hot and cold forces flowing through our bodies and how the things we eat and drink affect the balance of this qi.
If we had leftovers, the flesh is fermented a little and stirred into santan (Malay for "coconut milk"), mixed with sambal, and eaten with rice. As for the seeds, don't boil them to turn the insides edible – that's a preparation method meant for jackfruit seeds, and that should be a seperate eating session.
Durian season comes around only so often – we would pass up on the jackfruit and take another walk around the durian plantation for more of the pungent king. Watch out though, if a durian falls and land on any part of your body, it means you've been declared to be a wicked person. You wouldn't want your intentions known, would you?
Sylvia Toh Paik Choo wanted to become an opera-singing sportswoman, but someone else was using the microphone and the hurdle, so she writes for a living – which explains why she eats so badly.


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Boos for UPI
How can an innocuous editor's re-write of an article change a story's spin -- and create a very different news report? Here's an example.
When Vice President Dan Quayle delivered the West Point commencement address on May 24, UPI reporter Michael O'Malley filed a story. His report included this sentence: "A slight wave of boos and hisses from the Corps of Cadets greeted Quayle when he was introduced at the 191st Commencement Ceremonies."
UPI's national desk changed the story to read that Quayle, "dogged during last year's campaign by suggestions that he was a draft dodger, was booed by West Point cadets...The boos and hisses arose from the corps of cadets, West Point's under-graduates, when the Vice President was introduced with a mention of his Vietnam-era service in the Indiana National Guard." The UPI angle gained credibility when CNN and CBS afternoon news briefs picked up the report of Quayle's humiliation and NBC Nightly News ran the story.
But the boos never actually occurred. In fact, O'Malley was the only reporter on the scene to report such a reaction. An outraged Lt. Gen. Dave Palmer, Superintendent of the Academy, wrote UPI President Paul Steinle. "From my vantage point overlooking not only the entire corps of cadets and the other 15,000 or so who attended the ceremony I heard no boos and no hisses," he charged, "to say that Vice President Quayle was 'booed and hissed' by the corps of cadets appears to be, purely and simply, an outright fabrication."
In response, Steinle apologized for the report, admitting that "clearly, UPI overstated the reaction." But Steinle ignored one of Palmer's suggestions: "A member of the United States Corps of Cadets who is found to have lied is subject to dismissal. No less stringent a standard should obtain among those who inform the American people than among those who are sworn to defend them." MediaWatch thanks retired Lt. Gen. Daniel Graham of High Frontier for alerting us to this item.


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Fall color is set to arrive on schedule this year- or maybe even a little early - despite the pounding our forests took this summer. After a summer of watching leaves turning brown and falling from a number of trees that were stressed beyond tolerance, leaf-peepers were rightfully concerned that this year's season would be a complete bust. Not so! Our hardy hardwoods have toughed it out, with some help from late summer rains and the recent chilly nights followed by sunny days - nature's prescription for a glorious autumn. Actually, a little stress brings out the colors, we've heard, because temperature extremes and lack of water affects chlorophyll production. This could explain why some of the maples around town have already started to put on a show, and peak is expected within a couple weeks.
While any tree-lined side street or thoroughfare can be scenic this time of year, we like to head to the Cook County Forest Preserves, where the North Branch of the Chicago River and its cousin to the west, the Des Plaines River wend their way through endless acres of mature hardwoods that have enjoyed the protection of the natural water supply that provided a barrier against fire, drought and other nasty occurrences that routinely claim the lives of other trees that didn't have the good sense to set up housekeeping in these parts. With more than 68,000 protected acres, our Forest Preserve District is the largest in the U.S.; an incredible natural resource that was a gift from the visionaries that formed the district close to a century ago.
We never met a forest we didn't like but are particularly partial to the following destinations for fall foliage:
- The North Branch Trail System
- Deer Grove
- Harms Woods
- River Trail Nature Center
- Dam No.1 Woods - East
Mind you there's no North Side bias going on here, it's just a matter of proximity. If you hail from the land below the Eisenhower, you're fortunate indeed to have these wonderful refuges in your backyard:
These are just a few that we know and love. Whether you're planning to see the sights on foot, on a bike, on horseback, via hayride, canoe or even the family four-door, you're in for a soul-enriching seasonal treat.


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Matryoshka dolls, or nesting dolls, are, in the context of Russian history, a relatively new phenomenon. They first appeared in 1899 in the city of Sergiev Posad, about 50 kilometers north of Moscow. Unlike many objects of folk art, nesting dolls were not a product of hundreds of years of evolution of a particular art form. Some purists maintain that matryoshki are not real folk art at all. The generally accepted story is that they were introduced into Russia from Japan and brought in by merchants. But nesting dolls were introduced into a fertile artistic soil and, once the seeds were planted, village artists quickly adopted them.
The first matryoshki consisted of three, six, and eight pieces. For some reason, the early nesting dolls depicted what appears to be a family without a father. They include males, but those males are clearly children. After producing the first nesting doll, the Children's Education workshop continued producing nesting dolls in Moscow until 1904. That year, all of the assets of Children's Education were transferred to a workshop in Sergiev Posad, which became, and still is, the center of nesting doll production in Russia.
In 1904, the workshops of Sergiev Posad received a large matryoshka order from Paris, and many of the masters of Sergiev Posad directed their talents to this new product. The order from Paris provided the stimulus for many of Sergiev Posad's artists and lathe operators to turn their attention to the making of nesting dolls. The nesting doll thus became simpler, more folk-oriented, and less expensive-the price fell by as much as twenty times. At the same time, the main theme became the female figure, and especially the peasant figure in peasant costume. "Matryoshka" is the diminutive of "Matryona", a common peasant name at the time.
Matryoshka dolls were made in a variety of shapes and with a variety of themes. There were cone-shaped nesting dolls, bottle-shaped nesting dolls, and nesting dolls with pointed heads. Some dolls took on the shape of the subjects they depicted. Themes that were depicted ranged from characters in famous novels to more common fairy tale scenes. Interestingly, many of the themes that are popular on modern matryoshki-political figures, fairy tales, and peasant families-which are considered new, were in fact subjects of some of the earliest matryoshki.
As the revolution approached in Russia, there were hundreds of artists making nesting dolls in Sergiev Posad. By 1911, there were forty-one nesting doll workshops in Sergiev Posad. Most, but not all, had lathe operators who turned blanks for matryoshki as well as artists who painted them.
Like much artistic activity, Russian matryoshka making continued strong for several years after the revolution of 1917. Toys were no longer imported, so domestic toys became more popular, and master craftsmen continued with their work. In 1918, a toy museum opened in Sergiev Posad. In 1922, a Regional Handcrafters' Union was created. The union's Russian name is an early example of a tongue-twisting Soviet acronym-Raikustpromsoyuz. This union coordinated the artels of the city. In 1926, it worked with six artels, combining the talents of 260 craftsmen.During this period, Russian nesting doll painting in Sergiev Posad became more uniform. What we now call the "traditional" Sergiev Posad nesting doll came into existence in the mid-1920s. It was roughly based on the first nesting doll painted by Sergei Malyutin, featuring a girl in a national costume, sometimes holding a small object in her hands-a chicken, a basket, a bundle, a scarf. The matte, dark feeling of the original was brightened up, and the wood-burned outlines were replaced with painted contours.
The activities at Sergiev Posad spawned other nesting doll-producing centers. Historically, much of Russia's commercial activity has occurred along the Volga River. The main stimulus for the expansion of nesting doll production to other cities and villages seems to have been the centuries-old market in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, the major city on the Volga, about 300 miles east of Moscow. (Like Sergiev Posad, Nizhny Novgorod was renamed for much of the Soviet period. It was called Gorky from 1932 until the early 1990s.) Craftsmen from Merinovo, near Semyonov, about 50 miles north of Nizhny, and Maidan, about 100 miles south of Nizhny, brought examples of nesting dolls from the market to their villages. These villages then began to produce matryoshki with their own distinctive features.
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A roadside memorial already marks the spot where 13-year-old Melissa Tindell lost her life in mid-October while waiting for the school bus. Now there's another memorial in her honor.
Bay County crews put up the first of a series of school bus stop warning signs Monday afternoon, warning drivers to slow down and avoid so a similar tragedy.
"The family is doing good. We're staying strong. We know where she's at. Our faith is getting us through all of this. We also know at the same time that we're making a difference in somebody else's life. Somebody else's children and another parent won't have to go through this," said Mike Tindell, Melissa's uncle.
The county is funding 120 of these signs for a cost of $7300.00. Workers will be placing the signs near bus stops on all unincorporated county roads with speed limits of 45 or higher. Then it's up to drivers to slow down.
"When you see one of these signs, that means there are school bus stops for the next quarter/half mile. Be aware of it. Slow down. You're not in that big of a rush. These kids are probably our greatest natural resource so we want to protect them however we can," said Jerry Girvin, Bay County Commission Chairman.
Commissioners say they will work with the Florida Department of Transportation and the local cities to expand this project all over the county.
In the meantime, the Tindell family will continue educating drivers and more importantly, healing.
"We're actually just taking it one day at a time. That's all we can do," said Brittni Tindell, Melissa's cousin.


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In a city of four million, a small group of individuals has maintained a stand alone farm tucked in the small neighborhood of Little Haiti. The farm was started by a man named Ray 33 years ago and has existed ever since. Although the farm is not fully sustainable, the residents believe in being conscious of everything you consume. Ray and his friends have created an environment in which anyone can obtain everything they need to survive without ever having to leave the farm. Currency is used, but is not commonly brought up in conversation. Instead trading is practiced here. People on the farm are friendly and vibrant. It seems as if they know something the rest of us don't know: Take, but always give back. One person, seed, and bike at a time they are trying to reverse the effects of consumerism and create a more sustainable environment in a city where no one else seems to be doing it.
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Well, the implosion of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) certainly was dramatic — a headline decline of $200 a share and a 25%-plus slip in prices across about seven weeks. But now, Apple has tacked on 10% since Nov. 26 and is flirting with $600 again.
Those folks who panicked and ran for the exit might be kicking themselves, because it appears that momentum might continue.
In full disclosure, I am long Apple — in case you couldn't tell from my recent writing on Apple here, here and here where I urged investors to hang on, just like I was doing.
Well, I'm here to urge you again to stick with Apple stock. Here's why:
- Bullish short-term momentum: Andrea Kramer of Schaeffer's Investment Research points out that Apple topped its 10-day and 20-day moving averages four days running — "a feat not accomplished since mid-September, when AAPL was flirting with all-time highs." Of course, it is worth noting that Apple is bumping up against its 200-day average after this recent pop.
- Supply Problems, Not Demand Problems: Yes, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Android-powered phones are a serious threat — as is the Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle. But consumers have hardly given up on Apple. The continued narrative that Apple's October earnings miss was a supply problem not a demand problem seems to be holding water based on recent reports. And if you believe this angle, then the all-important holiday sales season could be huge for Apple as it irons out the kinks in its supply issues.
- Citi Initiates Coverage with a Buy: Though perhaps not thrilling to those of you hoping for Apple to hit $1,000, Citigroup (NYSE:C) just initiated coverage with a buy rating and a $675 target this week. That makes the firm the 51st to put a buy reading on the tech giant. And $675 is admittedly "only" 13% upside, but that's still a decent return in a choppy market.
- Management Shakeup: Though some have worried that the departure of Steve Jobs protégé Scott Forstall could signal trouble — especially coupled with Apple firing its retail boss after a mere nine months on the job — I am of the mind that this kind of creative destruction is necessary and actually encouraging. Apple clearly is in need of a shakeup, even if just a cosmetic one to appease investors, and this kind of move means the company will not let entrenched leaders get a pass just because of time served. That's ultimately good for continued innovation and competitiveness.
- Dividend (and Yield on Cost): For a brief time, Apple was yielding about 2% when it was valued in the low $500s. And with a payout of $10.60 a year, those of us who have been hanging on to Apple for a while enjoy an even more attractive yield on our original cost basis. Consider that if you bought at $400 a share in January, your yield is 2.6%. If you bought at $250 a share in 2010, your yield is a whopping 4.2%. Why would those of us with a decent dividend — and hopes of a bigger dividend going forward as Apple sits on a mammoth war chest and has a payout ratio of just 22% — trade in a yield like this for something else? What 4%-yield stock out there looks better right now, I ask you?
There are some bearish points, of course:
- A $425 Floor? Some bears still lurk. In early November, bond guru Jeffrey Gundlach said that Apple stock could plummet to $425. That would be another 30% slide from here. Most technical analysts plotted roughly the same downside after the dreaded head-and-shoulders formation drawn in AAPL in late September-early October.
- Earnings Misses: The fundamentals obviously haven't changed significantly since Apple earnings missed expectations in its latest report. It used to be that analysts would call any miss "rare," but the company fell short of sales and profits earlier in 2012 and also late in 2011. The fact that these misses are coming more frequently is cause for concern.
- Magic Is Gone: To some investors, the fail-proof status of Apple has been ruined forever by this quick slide. Anyone familiar with behavioral finance knows that our losses hurt us more than our gains make us happy … and the switch has been forever flipped on AAPL after this slide, with investors now wondering if another lurch down is just around the corner.
I try to always look at the downside of Apple, as these points show. But on balance, I remain convinced there are no better places to move my money to just yet … especially considering my yield on cost from buying in earlier this year when prices were under $500.
Does that mean Apple is a buy for new money right now? Maybe not. But if it does crash to $425 as some of the bears expect it to, I will be adding to my position — and you should too.
Related Reading
- Of course, while I hope Apple will share its cash, there's a good chance its overseas money may never see the light of day … same for Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) and others. (The Slant)
- Rich Karlgaard took a great look at the sustainability of the iPhone profits and the shakeup in the C-suite. His verdict: Hold, not buy. (Wall Street Journal)
- How important is the iPhone to Apple, really? (Investopedia)
Jeff Reeves is the editor of InvestorPlace.com and the author of "The Frugal Investor's Guide to Finding Great Stocks." Write him at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter via @JeffReevesIP. As of this writing, he held a long position in Apple.


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Sony will make eight megapixel camera sensors for the iPhone 5, according to 9to5Mac. Apple is trying to make the newest camera for the upcoming iPhone the best camera on the market, and using Sony to accomplish this feat is both an ironic and interesting development.
Long Island's smartphone users are well aware of the iPhone 5's presence, and that it could come as early as this year. Having Sony's help on the camera might speed up the process and get the iPhone 5 released by the end of the year, which was previously thought unlikely.
9to5Mac reports that while at the JapanNYC festival, Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer subtly confirmed Apple and Sony had an arrangement for iPhone camera production. The factories that produced the cameras were affected by the tsunami, which recently devastated Japan. "Our best sensor technology is built in one of the (tsunami) affected factories, said Stringer. "Those go to Apple for their iPhones or iPads. Isn't that something? They buy our best sensors from us?"
The Wall Street Journal later confirmed that Sony and Apple had an agreement on cameras. What makes this ironic is that Sony has a smartphone of its own that is launching, and that Apple is fast becoming Sony's biggest competitor in both the mobile phone and gaming market. The Xperia is Sony's version of a smartphone, which not only features Sony games, but an Android OS, and is probably the biggest threat to Apple's dominance over the market.
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Movies (Pg Rated) - Kids & Family Appeal
Kung Fu Panda 2
Kung Fu Panda 2
Soul Surfer
Soul Surfer
Disney's latest animated feature film is also one of its best.
A novel twist on the Superman legend
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Narnia III offers a terrific, adventure-packed antidote to the tedium of Pottermania.
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
An ambitious, technically accomplished, clumsily told and emotionally sterile Aussie 3D adventure that looks good but feels numb.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Furry Vengeance
An undemanding four year old might be able to tolerate the cheapo effects of this terrible Brendan Fraser kiddie flick, which probably means they haven't seen enough Dr Doolittle sequels.
The Last Airbender
The Last Airbender
The Karate Kid
This film recycles just about all its predecessor's key plot points, with minor variations.
Shrek Forever After
In the fourth and final instalment, Shrek the jolly green ogre (voiced by Mike Myers) has a midlife crisis. His life with Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) has become a recurring nightmare.
Fantastic Mr Fox
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Where The Wild Things Are
Where The Wild Things Are
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General release
Aliens In The Attic
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DULLES, VA, MARCH 17, 2015 – The 2015 Channel Partners Conference & Expo yesterday held an award ceremony in which Concert Technologies, the leader in nationwide technology rollouts, was awarded the Channel Partners 360⁰ Business Value Award.
Channel Partners magazine, a resource for indirect sales channels offering IT and telecom systems and services, sponsors the Channel Partners 360⁰ Business Value Awards. Fifty winners were honored during an awards ceremony on March 16 at the Spring 2015 Channel Partners Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. These winners will be featured on a Channel Partners Immersion Center at www.channelpartnersonline.com/cp360.
"The response to the third year of the Channel Partners 360° awards was overwhelmingly positive," said Art Wittmann, content director of Channel Partners. "Unlike other programs that honor size and sales, this program recognizes the business value that partners are providing to their customers from holistic systems and services."
"This award celebrates Concert's proven methodologies to provide complete management, technical support and field services solutions for all aspects of technology deployments and maintenance globally," said Joshua Shaw, Vice President of Sales of Concert Technologies and accepting the award for the company. "The same set of processes that allows for consistently successful technology deployments has been applied to other programs the company offers such as virtual Project Management (vPM) services and Metro Ethernet Site Readiness services."


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The unfortunate matter of my various and sundry divorces are now legend in two of America's Fifty States. It would appear as though the potential exists to include a more national sense of notoriety to that record. Following the election of November 6, 2012, in which Americans voted to return the single most unqualified person in our nation to a second term in office, so that he might continue his mission to end all property rights, destroy our First Amendment rights, subvert the Ninth, Tenth, and Second Amendments while he was at it, and transform America from a nation founded on individual freedom to one in which parents were required to seek school district approval on all packed lunches, soda pop, light bulbs, and tobacco would receive higher governmental scrutiny than marijuana, citizens in Forty Seven states have filed petitions with the White House to ask formally for the permission to secede from the Union.
According to Obama Administration rules, or U.S. Law, and I am not really certain which, Barack Obama is compelled to address personally any petition which garners 25,000 signatures within a thirty day period. You will be able to find a list of the States from which petitions have been filed. If your state is on this list, and unless you reside in Maine, Vermont, or Washington, it is, then I urge you to go ahead and sign the appropriate petition.
Pulling my tongue away from my cheek, if only momentarily, this does spell a bit of trouble for President Zero. This really is an unprecedented development. Despite his victory speech's soaring rhetoric about how even though our nation's ideological divide has become even more pronounced during his Administration, largely due to his service as the single most divisive political figure in American History, basing his campaign entirely on a platform of class warfare and promoting hatred of entire swaths of American citizenry by other citizen groups, ratcheting identity politics to an art form, that we are more united as a people than ever, having people formally asking to leave the union for the first time since 1860 dispels that myth almost immediately.
What it boils down to is this. In order for the Federal Government to redistribute the fruits of labor from half of Americans to the other half of Americans, and to continue to do this irregardless of what our Constitution says about individual property rights and protecting all citizens from the tyranny of Democratic majorities, you need to forcibly remove said fruits from half of all Americans. What this massive spontaneous show of utter disdain for the current group of political thugs shows is that a good percentage of those who believe in a limited federal power have had enough of losing their liberties, how ever slowly the progressive movement has been successful in destroying those liberties.
For those keeping score at home, Texas so far is the only state who has hit the required number of signatures. The rest of us have until December 10, 2012. Texas is a slightly different story than other states in this country. Texas joined the Union not as a part of the United States, but as an independent nation in her own right. For as long as I can remember, political compromise has been entirely synonymous with conservatives giving up entirely on their positions for the sake of bipartisanship, and not getting anything in return. I would say that the line has been drawn on watching our country being destroyed and reduced to just another failing example of the devastation that Marxism brings when allowed to flourish.
Benjamin Franklin once quipped when asked what the founders had done during the Constitutional Convention of 1789 with this answer, "we've given you a republic madam, if you can keep it." Our Republic has lasted 223 years since then, and personally I would have liked it to last a lot longer. Half of our nation just voted to end our Republic and turn it into the nightmarish vision that festers inside the noggin of Barack Hussein Obama. These petitions are merely noting the inevitable, that those of us who wish to continue living under our Constitution as it was originally drafted are not at all willing to progress into that brave new world of full governmental authority upon every aspect of our lives.
My advice to our President is to tread carefully upon the message that these petitions represent and carefully consider his official response to them. They are not the penultimate list of those who are angry, but merely the tip of a very fractured iceberg that is the nation he leads.
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College Hockey:Northeastern now has a Mountain to climb
No team wants a goaltending controversy. And even though Northeastern seems to have found a diamond in the rough in Bryan Mountain, that may not be the best thing for this club. That leads my three things I learned this weekend:
1. Rawlings struggles, Mountain shines
Chris Rawlings is supposed to be the backbone to this year's Northeastern team. But he's been fighting the puck of late, particularly Friday night when the Huskies let a two-goal lead slip against New Hampshire. Head coach Jim Madigan pulled Rawlings in favor of Bryan Mountain, a senior who hadn't started a game since January of 2010. On Saturday, Mountain matched UNH's Casey DeSmith save for save posting a 44 stop scoreless overtime draw. Whether or not Mountain becomes the number one is yet to be seen but one thing is for sure: Northeastern must have consistency in net if they're to be successful this year.
2. Providence seems to be the real deal
Granted the Friars swept a struggling Maine team, but mark my words that late in the season we'll look back to this past weekend's sweep of the Black Bears and realize this was a big-time success for Providence. The Friars needed a solid bounce back after getting just a a tie in a tough two-game series at Miami last wekend. They got exactly that and did so with balanced scoring and solid goaltending from rookie Jon Gillies, who posted his first career shutout on Saturday.
3. Terriers solid; alums show support
Boston University looked solid in a two-game sweep of Massachusetts, a nice bounce-back after a lackluster loss to UNH last weekend. More impressive was the show of support for head coach Jack Parker from his alums, who showed in en force on Friday night – somewhere between 75 and 100 strong – to honor the coach's 40th season at BU. Unfortunate for Parker, he was unable to be on the bench after tweeking his back during the week, needing crutches to get to his perch in a private box at Agganis Arena, from where he coached the game. Great to see such support for Parker given the rough times his program went through late in the summer after a university investigation into the culture surrounding the hockey team.
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Really, were this award around a little longer, Christie would have won it for his bromance announcing photo op of a hug, gifted to the Bamster just days before the Presidential Election. New York was just as devastated by that Hurricane, and yet all of the New York Democrat Politicos running things there told Barack that he was not welcome in their state. So, with that one action, Governor Christie not only proved that he was perfectly comfortable kissing the canvas, he let us all know that those kisses would be of the wet french variety. What hurt about that particular dive most of all, and the list of things that peeved us is long indeed, was that at one time, most of the nation's conservatives still had youtube videos of Chris Christie standing up and leading the fight against the run amok union leadership with tough as nails sound bytes fresh on their minds.
Now we have something new. Now we get a Chris Christie setting up his national organization and fundraising effort, obviously on a trajectory in which he'll be running for President in 2016, tell the Conservative base of his supposed party to sit down and shut up. It's the old, "we can't win unless we totally capitulate on our small government values," meme that we love so much. This meme comes in the form of a shot leveled directly at Rand Paul and Ted Cruz.
What the heck, this strategy has proven itself so successful in the past, why not give it just one more chance? I mean, what have we got to lose, besides all of our basic freedoms? As I alluded to before, it's not just that Christie has chosen to dive all of a sudden that has us all upset, it's that he had gone to great lengths to prove to us that he could win, and then decided to plant his face into the muslin floor. For the better part of two years, we had, at long last, a Republican who was willing to stand up and make the case for what we believed in, as small government conservatives. In a world where such signs, however fleeting, of political courage were so scarce, Chris Christie became the overnight sensation of almost every righty blog. His youtube clips went viral, and such snippets became the stuff of legend, referred to as Chris Christie porn.
Sure, there was the odd warning from those who were familiar with the North Eastern brand of Republican Politics, telling us that the big government version of Chris Christie would one day shine through, but heck, unquenched thirst for those who've been wandering in the desert since 1994 is like that. It has been that long since anyone, (Newt Gingrich was the last,) has been willing to state the case for smaller government, and do so without apology. Having someone finally willing to stand up and make an argument, and to do so cogently, without reservation, and with passion, gave us the hope we needed to believe that returning us to a representative republic in which individual liberty would once again be immune to the tyranny of a majority willing to grant itself lordship over our lives was now possible. So, when Chris Christie gave us some rather overt signals that he in fact would be brandishing the Democrat Lite brand of Republican positions hence forth, that fall was even greater.
His win this month is for his war on Conservatism, or as he labels it, "the dangerous streak of Libertarianism found in both parties." He has singled out Rand Paul and Ted Cruz as the symbols of his bane, but really it is you and I, the voting base of the Republican Party. Once again, we are told that our votes are necessary, but America would be better off if our voices simply remained silent.
Something else needs to be mentioned here in regards to the sickening man crush Chris Christie seems to have on Barack Obama, and that is this. Don't try to convince me with specious arguments, they only serve to piss me off. Yes, many of the Obama programs are continuations of Bush programs, but that does not make them equal by any stretch of the imagination. While it is true that Fast and Furious was based upon an operation known as Wide Receiver, their applications were wholly different. Wide Receiver saw a hand full of weapons with LoJack Technology being sold to unsuspecting criminals, so that their eventual encampments could be raided with the aid of the Mexican authorities. Fast and Furious saw massive amounts of high powered weaponry gifted to those same drug cartels so that the ensuing violence could be blamed on our Second Amendment. Similarly, the Patriot Act under President Bush using the lowered standard for wire tapping warrants saw our security services picking individuals upon whom to spy, and acted appropriately. That same program under Obama saw the government collecting meta data on every breathing man, woman, and child, in our nation today. Just to put the cherry on top of how completely ineffective this practice is in terms of preventing terrorism, our nation failed to prevent the activities of two teen aged snots who were specifically pointed out to us by a foreign government who had seen fit to warn us not once, twice, nor even thrice, but four times.
(Scary thought: What that meta data will be useful for however is this. One day, we'll call it 15 years from now, when you need a bypass operation let's say, The death panel overlord, working with the full authority of an operational and weaponized Affordable Care Act, will use that meta data to ascertain your eating and living habits gleaned from your grocery store, drug store, debit card, purchases over the past 15 years to determine just how deserving you are of any treatment. When that happens, think of Chris Christie. How about this? When you campaign for a candidate not approved of by the state, or an issue that is against the desires of those in charge, that meta data can be combed for a whole bevy of transgressions which will be used to blackmail you into compliance. When that happens, think of Chris Christie.)
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Auto parts which prove to be unserviceable during the warranty period, will be replaced free of any additional charge for parts or labor, except as noted under "Exclusions", below.
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Procolobus rufomitratus
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|Procolobus rufomitratus
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Procolobus badius subspecies rufomitratus (Peters, 1879)
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|Red Colobus are sometimes included in the genus Piliocolobus (e.g., Kingdon 1997; Groves 2001, 2005). The current treatment follows Grubb et al. (2003) in regarding Piliocolobus as a subgenus of the genus Procolobus, pending the availability of further evidence. Procolobus rufomitratus as defined here is very diverse comprising nine subspecies, some of which have been considered distinct species in the past.
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|Least Concern ver 3.1
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|Oates, J.F., Struhsaker, T., Butynski, T.M. & De Jong, Y.
|Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)
Listed as Least Concern as the species as a whole is widespread and not believed to be declining at any rate sufficient to warrant listing in a threatened category, although several subspecies are on the verge of extinction and in urgent need of conservation action. A number of the subspecies included here may actually represent distinct species in their own right.
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|North of the Congo River, this species ranges widely from about the River Sangha in the west to Lake Albert; south of the Congo River, it occurs as far south as the Kasai and Sankuru Rivers. Also occurs in isolated fragments (as P. r. tephrosceles) east of the Albertine Rift, and an isolated form, P. r. rufomitratus, persists on the lower Tana River in Kenya (Gautier-Hion et al. 1999; Struhsaker and Grubb in press). The species ranges from near sea-level to 2,500 m.
In this treatment, the species includes nine subspecies:
P. r. rufomitratus is found only on the levees of the lower Tana River in Kenya. The total known range is 60 km from Kipende in the north to Mitipani in the south, where the Lamu-Garsen road enters the Tana River floodplain. It is restricted to ca. 34 patches of fragmented gallery forest, notably Guru South, Sifa East, Baomo South, Mnazini East, Bubesa West 1, Hewani South 2 forests (Butynski and Mwangi 1994). P. r. rufomitratus is broadly sympatric with Cercocebus galeritus and Cercopithecus mitis albotorquatus, and narrowly sympatric on the forest edges with Papio cynocephalus ibeanus and Cercopithecus pygerythrus (T. Butynski and Y. de Jong pers. comm.).
P. r. tephrosceles is present on the eastern border of the Rift Valley in western Uganda and western Tanzania (Struhsaker and Grubb in press). Five distinct populations are known in western Uganda in Kibale, and in western Tanzania in Biharamulo on the south-western shores of Lake Victoria, Gombe and Mahale Mountains on the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, and Mbizi and Misheta on the Ufipa Plateau (Rodgers et al. 1984). However, recent surveys in Misheta found little if any forest left of any consequence in the area, and the red colobus population is probably now extinct there (Davenport et al. 2007). A subpopulation subsequently recorded in a forest patch near the village of Nsangu (post the surveys by Rodgers et al.) is probably also now extinct (Davenport et al. 2007). Davenport et al. (2007) reported a new and previously unrecorded population of P. r. tephrosceles in Mbuzi forest. They also surveyed the Chala forest, which was in poor condition; no primates were seen, although it is not known if red colobus ever existed there. This subspecies may be present in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, but its presence has not yet been confirmed.
P. r. foai from Democratic Republic of the Congo between the Rivers Lowa and Osa in the north and about 6°S in the south along the western side of Lake Tanganyika (Struhsaker and Grubb in press).
P. r. oustaleti, occurs in Congo, southern Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo and marginally in southern Sudan, from the River Sangha in the west across the Oubangui River east to Lake Albert; the southern border of its range is the Congo River, the eastern limit is the River Aruwimi-Ituri, and in the north its range extends into the savanna woodlands north of the River Uele (Gautier-Hion et al. 1999; Struhsaker and Grubb in press).
P. r. lulindicus is present in Democratic Republic of Congo in lowland forest east of the Lualaba River from the Lowa-Osa River in the north to the Elila River in the south (Struhsaker and Grubb in press).
P. r. langi occurs in pure form in the cul-de-sac between the Lualaba and Aruwimi-ituri Rivers in north-east Democratic Republic of Congo and extends as a variant within the population eastward to the vicinity of Lake Kivu (P. Grubb unpubl.).
P. r. ellioti ranges from Congo-Lualaba River east to the Semliki Valley, and the west shore of Lake Edward and Lake Kivu. The northern limit is the Aruwimi-Ituri River, and the southern limit the Maiko River (Struhsaker and Grubb in press).
P. r. parmentieri in the area between the Lomami and Lualaba Rivers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as far south as the Rivers Ruiki and Lutanga (Colyn and Verheyen 1987; Struhsaker and Grubb in press).
P. r. tholloni is a little-known taxon that occurs in a patchy distribution from south of the great bend of the Congo River, west of the River Lomami, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Southern limits bounded by the Kasai and Sankuru Rivers (Struhsaker and Grubb in press). Except for P. r. parmentieri, this is the only red colobus taxon to occur south of the Congo River.
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Native:Burundi; Central African Republic; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Kenya; South Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda
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P. r. tephrosceles numbers at least 20,000 animals, with the largest and most viable population in Kibale Forest in Uganda where the population is estimated at ≥17,000 (Struhsaker 2005). Approximately 60% of the Kibale park represents suitable habitat for red colobus and published density estimates for them in this habitat range from 93-313/km² (Struhsaker 2005). Although Kibale would appear to have a healthy and viable population, long-term studies in two areas of the park indicate statistically significant declines in red colobus numbers. In the Ngogo study area, census data spanning nearly 24 years indicate a 43% decline in groups (Mitani et al. 2000), mainly due to Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes predation. A similar long-term study spanning 28 years at the Kanyawara site of Kibale also indicated a 40% decline in red colobus numbers within old growth and protected forest, as well as in nearby selectively logged forest (Chapman et al. 2000). Red colobus density in forest fragments on the western boundary of Kibale averaged 2.1 animals per hectare and ranged from 0 to 8.33 animals / ha (Chapman et al. 2006).
The red colobus in Gombe National Park also seem to have declined in numbers due to predation by Chimpanzees. Red colobus group sizes have declined by nearly 50% over a 25-year period (Stanford 1998) and 16–40% of them are killed each year by chimpanzees (Wrangham and Bergmann-Riss 1990).
Recent survey work by Davenport et al. (2007) shows that a total of at least 1,354 red colobus survive on the Ufipa Plateau, with 1,217 in Mbizi and 137 in Mbuzi.
The total population of P. r. rufomitratus is estimated at 1,100-1,300, down from an estimated 1,200-1,800 in 1975 (Butynski and Mwangi 1994, 1995; Mbora 2003). This is not considered a significant decrease and suggests that the species may have developed strategies to cope with the shrinking habitat. Recent surveys indicate at least 86 groups occur in 34 forest patches (Butynski and Mwangi 1994; Mbora 2003); mean group size has declined by about 50% since the 1970s (Struhsaker and Grubb in press; and refs therein). Densities of P. r. ufomitratus along the Tana River, Kenya have ranged from 33-253 individuals/per km² (Marsh 1978; Decker 1994; Mbora 2003).
P. r. oustaleti is likely to be among the more numerous of the Red Colobus taxa, given the size of the range (Struhsaker and Grubb in press). This was the third most observed species in the flooded forests of Ngotto Forest in south-western CAR (Brugiere et al. 2005).
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|This species occurs in a wide variety of forest types, including riverine and gallery forest (e.g., the nominate subspecies P. r. rufomitratus in Kenya, where the forests are dominated by Pachystela and Barringtonia), forest-miombo savanna mosaic, old-growth lowland, mid-altitude, and montane moist rain forest, degraded secondary forests, and raphia palm swamps (Struhsaker and Grubb in press).
In Kibale, P. r. tephrosceles is most abundant in moist, old-growth, evergreen forest with emergent trees reaching 50 m in height (Struhsaker and Grubb in press, and refs therein). It can persist in lightly logged forest as long as important food trees remain (Lee et al. 1988). Groups of P. r. tephrosceles average about 45-50 individuals in Kibale, and 55-59 individuals in Gombe (Struhsaker and Grubb in press, and refs therein). The mean group size recorded in Mbizi was 41 and in Mbuzi, 34 (Davenport et al. 2007).
P. r.oustaleti, the most widespread subspecies, is found in mature primary lowland tropical moist forest, swamp forest and gallery forest, as well as in in savanna woodland. However, in Ngotto Forest in Central African Republic, this species only occurs in flooded forests on alluvial river banks (Gautier-Hion and Brugiere 2005). Galat-Luong and Galat (1979) reported that they spent 30% of their time <10 m above ground and regularly enter into water to collect bulbs of aquatic plants.
In the Congo Basin, P. r. tholloni is common in flooded forests where they eat a lot of seeds (Maisels et al. 1994).
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Across the range, localized declines are taking place due to ongoing habitat loss (mainly as a result of deforestation for timber and agricultural land), and from hunting for meat and skins (although, in most cases, levels of offtake due to hunting are not well quantified). The two forms most at risk are P. r. tephrosceles (which also suffers exceptionally high rates of predation from Chimpanzees) and P. r. rufomitratus, although P. r. tholloni is also certainly at risk
P. r. rufomitratus appears to have declined as a result of several causes: (a) drastic changes in vegetation due to dam construction, irrigation projects, and water diversion which changed the water table; (b) forest clearance for agriculture; (c) fires eroding levee forests; (d) degradation due to livestock and wood collection; (e) selective felling of Ficus trees for canoes; and (f) hunting. Because all remaining forest patches inhabited by colobus are small and seriously threatened, the population is highly vulnerable. The proposed Tana Integrated Sugar Project in Tana River and Lamu Districts threatens more than 200 km² of semi-natural habitat in the area.
The main threat to P. r. tephrosceles is habitat loss through selective logging of mature forest for timber, conversion to agricultural land, the production of charcoal, and forest fires. To some degree, hunting for meat and skins remains a threat (e.g., around Mbizi; Davenport et al. 2007). The taxon also appears to be heavily predated by chimpanzees. At Ngogo in Kibale National Park, the colobus live with the largest community of chimps recorded anywhere. They form huge hunting parties against the reds that result in the highest hunting success rate known for any large vertebrate predator (T. Struhsaker pers. comm.). The population in Gombe National Park appears to be seriously threatened with extinction because of predation by chimpanzees and because of the very small size (ca. 80 km²) and isolation of the Gombe park (Struhsaker 2005).
P. r. tholloni is vulnerable to hunting which has increased markedly since the Congo war (1996-2003), and habitat loss for timber and agricultural land likely effects some populations locally. It is known to be extensively hunted throughout its range (J. Thompson pers. comm.); A. Vesper (pers. comm.) reports that between the Tshuapa and the Lomami Rivers they are usually one of the first primates hunted out because they are so large and slow to flee.
The status of most of the remaining taxa included here is poorly known.
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This taxon is listed on Appendix I of CITES and on Class B of the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. It is present in several protected areas across its range, and at least two of these, Kibale National Park and the Tana River Primate Reserve, are the last true bastions for the survival of P. r. tephrosceles and P. r. rufomitratus, respectively (see below).
Approximately 40% of the population of P. r. rufomitratus occurs within 13 km² of forest within the 169 km² Tana River Primate National Reserve. Stringent habitat protection is required and there is a need to re-establish the Mchelo Research Station.
P. r. tephrosceles is present in the 766 km² Kibale Forest National Park in Uganda, which may contain the only viable population; hunting by humans is virtually non-existant in this park (Struhsaker 2005). It is also present in the Gombe and Mahale National Parks in Tanzania. Long-term monitoring of the Ngogo situation is required, as well as a comprehensive, long-term monitoring programme for the colobus throughout Kibale. Kibale has the largest and perhaps only viable population of P. r. tephrosceles (although the population in Mbizi exceeds 1,000), and is the last hope for conservation of this taxon.
The southernmost population in the Mbizi forest should be protected; this is the only remaining montane forest of any size in Ufipa, and the only source of water for Sumbawanga's growing population. There is also a need for immediate intervention if Mbuzi is not to be lost completely following the recent fate of both the Misheta and Nsangu forests. The forest patch is very small, isolated and has no protected status or management (Davenport et al. 2007).
P. r. tholloni is present in the Salongo National Park.
The range of P. r. oustaleti overlaps with the Okapi Faunal Reserve in DR Congo, and the proposed Mbaere-Bodingue national park in CAR.
P. r. ellioti may persist in the Semliki Forest Reserve, Uganda, and is possibly found in the Kahuzi-Beiga and Maiko National Parks, Democratic Republic of Congo.
The subspecies P. r. permentieri and P. r. langi are not known to occur in any protected areas.
The taxonomy of this species is extremely complex and much debated (see Struhsaker and Grubb in press; Groves in press; and references therein), and in need of urgent revision.
|Oates, J.F., Struhsaker, T., Butynski, T.M. & De Jong, Y. 2008. Procolobus rufomitratus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T39993A10289167. . Downloaded on 26 June 2016.
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College Hockey:Wisconsin Stuns Minnesota
Senior Netminder Connelly Saves Career-High 43 as Badgers Win in Mariucci for First Time in Three Seasons
MINNEAPOLIS — It's not often a five minute major is the momentum boost for the shorthanded team.
Then again, it's not often that good things happen for the Wisconsin Badgers in Mariucci Arena, a venue where Wisconsin is a horrid 5-22-2 since it opened in 1993 and hasnt won since their national championship season three years ago.
Oddly enough, thanks to a semi-heroic effort from senior goalie Shane Connelly, good things finally happened to the Badgers in their personal house of horrors.
No. 16 Wisconsin got goals from three Minnesota natives, two of which came during the five-minute major, and a career-high tying 43 saves from Connelly to give UW a rare but important 3-2 victory over ninth ranked Minnesota Friday night.
With the Badgers (15-11-3, 12-7-2 WCHA) simply trying to survive a first period assault by the Gophers, Wisconsin suffered a seemingly crippling blow when forward John Mitchell was given a five minute major and a game misconduct for checking UM's Cade Fairchild from behind.
Already being outshot 17-3, Wisconsin lost its leading goal scorer and gave its frazzled defense the chore of killing off a five minute power play against the conference's best power play team that was converting at 21.2 percent.
But with the Badgers possessing the nation's best penalty kill (90.4 percent) and UW irate at the call, Wisconsin found its spark.
"The five minute major, at that point we could have felt sorry for ourselves and just quit there, but we sucked it up from there," Connelly said.
Added defenseman Jamie McBain: "We knew that we weren't playing our best hockey and our penalty kill had to be huge for us to get us back in the game. We all mustered ourselves up to do anything we had to in order to kill it off."
Less than 90 seconds into that penalty, Wisconsin was rewarded with a face-off in Minnesota's zone, giving them the opening to capitalize.
Junior co-captain Blake Geoffrion won the draw, sliding the puck back to McBain who flicked a wrister over Gopher goalie Alex Kangas from beyond the right circle to give Wisconsin a crucial shorthanded goal.
It turned out to be a lead Wisconsin would never relinquish, thanks in big part to Connelly, who stopped 19 shots in the first period to keep Minnesota (12-8-5, 9-7-3 WCHA) at bay.
"It's about surviving at that point and getting to the end of the period," UW coach Mike Eaves said. "They came out and just blasted everything at us. As much as you think you are ready to play in this building, you were caught watching. But, we survived because of Shane."
As the five minute power play drew on, the momentum only increased for the Badgers. Minnesota forward Mike Hoeffel was whistled for interference in the waning seconds of the first period, eliminating more time for the Gophers to strike.
With 4-on-4 hockey at the beginning of the second, freshman center Derek Stepan banged in a rebound at 43 seconds to double the lead, giving UW an even bigger bounce in its step.
"That's how quickly the game can change," McBain said. "One goal or one bounce like that took momentum out of their sails and enabled us to go into the second feeling good, even after we've been out played. To have one at the end of the first and to add that one early in the second was huge momentum for us."
Minnesota's 19 first period shots were its highest opening period total of the season and show a sign of fire after being swept by Minnesota State the week prior.
But combine Wisconsin's two goals during the five minute major and UW's Andy Bohmbach punching in a loose rebound at 18:39 in the second to extend the lead to 3-0, Minnesota's frustrations began boiling over, especially when two of its elite playmakers were stymied by the glove work of Connelly minutes earlier.
At 13:12 of the second, center Jordan Schroeder led a 2-on-1, which came about when UW freshman defenseman Ryan Little fell in the left circle. Schroeder drove the net and gave right winger Jay Barriball a perfect backhanded feed at the right post, but watched in shock as Connelly somehow made a glove save.
"The way Connelly played throughout was the big turning point," Minnesota coach Don Lucia. "Early on, I thought, we had a chance to go up a couple goals and we didn't. Talk about a turning point."
After stopping a combined 38 shots last weekend, Connelly earned his first career victory at Mariucci, but certainly had to work for it. The Gophers got on the board at 3:57 of the third when a shot from the right point was deflected past Connelly by left winger Mike Hoeffel.
Minnesota made things interesting at 16:28 when center Mike Carman corralled a rebound to beat Connelly with a wrister. From there, Connelly shut the door, letting out an emphatic scream and fist pump when the horn finally sounded.
"I knew they weren't going to beat me three times to tie the game," Connelly said. "The defense did an incredible job. It was a big team effort."
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With the conclusion of the 2009 ISU World Figure Skating Championships, the countries who have qualified for the first ISU World Team Trophy have been determined. Team USA will be the top-ranked squad there.
The six teams that qualified are: the United States, Canada, Japan, Russia, France and China. Each team will consist of two men, two ladies, one pair and one ice dance couple.
Teams qualified according to the results of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating, the European Championships, Four Continents, the World Junior and World Figure Skating Championships.
The United States topped the team standings with 7,659 points followed by Canada with 6,755 points and Japan with 6,660 points. Russia accumulated 6,370 points and came in fourth while France is ranked fifth at 4,938 points. China qualified with 4,150 points.
The U.S. team will feature Evan Lysacek, Jeremy Abbott, Rachael Flatt, Caroline Zhang, Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett, and Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto.
Canada will be represented by Patrick Chan, Vaughn Chipeur, Joannie Rochette, Cynthia Phaneuf,
Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison and Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.
The Japanese team will be comprised Takahiko Kozuka, Nobunari Oda, Miki Ando, Mao Asada, Narumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran, and Cathy Reed and Chris Reed.
The Russian team inlcudes Andrei Lutai, Sergei Voronov, Katarina Gerboldt, Alena Leonova, Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smironov, and Jana Khokhlova and Sergei Novitski.
France will be represented by Brian Joubert,Florent Amodio, Candice Didier, Gwendoline Didier, Vanessa James and Yannick Bonheur, and Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat.
China's team is made up of Jialiang Wu, Chao Yang, Yan Liu, Binshu Xu, Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang, and
Xintong Huang and Xun Zheng.
The ISU World Team Trophy is being held for the first time in 2009. The competition will take place in Tokyo from April 16-19 in the Yoyogi National Stadium.


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College Hockey:Air Force Stuns Miami Behind Polidor Shutout
Falcons Earn First Win Over 'Big Four' Opponent Since '99
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Senior Mike Polidor posted his first career shutout as Air Force defeated Miami, 2-0, in the consolation game of the 13th annual Nye Frontier Classic at Sullivan Arena.
The win was Air Force's first over a team from one of the Big Four conferences since defeating Yale, 2-0, in 1999. It was the first win over a team from the CCHA since a 4-3 overtime win over Alaska-Fairbanks in 1995.
Air Force placed third in the tournament and is 2-2 overall this season. Miami placed fourth in the four-team tournament and is 1-4-1.
Polidor was named the game's most outstanding player as he blanked a RedHawk team that scored eight goals against Michigan last week and ranked 17th in the nation in scoring.
"This is without a doubt the biggest win we have had since I've been here," head coach Frank Serratore, in his seventh season at Air Force, said. "We beat Niagara at home a couple years ago when they were ranked and we beat Yale a few years back, but this was really special. We were picked second to last in all of Division I hockey to open the season and we just knocked off a team that beat us 12-1 last year."
After Miami dominated the time of possession in the first period, it was the Falcons that came out on top. Miami took many shots that were deflected out front and didn't have a shot on goal for the first 10 minutes of the period. The RedHawks had five shots on goal before AFA got its first with 2:50 remaining.
But with 1:52 left in the period, Brian Sipotz was called for holding and the Falcons capitalized with a power-play goal. Ryan Wiggins gathered the puck behind the net and found Brooks Turnquist at the point. Turnquist slid the puck across to Mead, whose one-timer gave the Falcons a 1-0 lead.
Miami outshot Air Force, 7-5, in the second period but neither team scored as the Falcons kept the Red Hawks on the perimeter. Air Force clung to its one-goal lead until late in the game when Spanky Leonard gave the Falcons a 2-0 advantage.
Ryan Wiggins took the puck behind the net and passed it over to Mike Knaeble, whose centering pass found Leonard in the slot. He beat Steve Hartley through the five-hole.
The RedHawks pulled Hartley with 1:45 remaining and had the puck in the Falcons' zone the whole time. Just two shots got through to Polidor as the Falcons recorded their first shutout since the 2000-01 season.
Polidor made 19 saves for the Falcons including several from close range. The senior from Imperial, Penn., has played every minute for the Falcons this season.
"This feels like the biggest win I've ever had," Polidor said. "I was trying not to think about my first shutout, but it crept into my mind late in the game. This win feels so good. This was our chance to lace them up against the big boys and show them what we have. This was a great team win. The guys in front of me blocked a lot of shots tonight and that is something we work on all the time in practice."
Miami took 47 shot attempts as the Falcon defense blocked 10. The Red Hawks outshot the Falcons, 19-18, and Hartley made 16 saves for Miami. The Falcons were 1-for-3 on the power play while killing all four RedHawk power plays. AFA has now killed 14 straight opponent power plays.
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TUCSON--Kristie Fox hit a sacrifice fly ball to center field in the bottom of the eighth inning to give Arizona a 2-1 victory and doubleheader sweep over Hawai'i in Worth Wildcat tournament play Sunday afternoon.
The Rainbow Wahine cut one runner down at the plate before Fox' drive scored Caitlin Lowe. Adrienne Acton was placed on second to start the inning under the international tiebreaker rule, moved to third on Lowe's single, but was thrown out at home trying to score on an infield ground ball by Autumn Champion. Fox had her sac fly to end the game shortly thereafter.
UA's Alicia Hollowell struck out 17 batters in the extra-inning game, earning her fifth victory. She gave up four hits.
Arizona had a chance to end the game in the bottom of the seventh. Callista Balko led off the UA seventh with a single, and moved up on Shelly Schultz' single to right field. Candace Abrams laced a drive to left, but Hawaii fielder Kaulana Gould raced back to make the catch. Crystal Farley was called out for leaving the batter's box and pinch-hitter Jennifer Martinez grounded to first.
Hawaii's Tracie Uchima led off the top of the sixth with a home run to right center to tie the score at 1-1. It was only the second home run and third extra-base hit given up by Hollowell this season in eight appearances.
Arizona travels to Waco, Texas, next weekend to play in Baylor's Compass Bank Invitational tournament.
Game 1 of the Doubleheader:
UA freshman pitcher Taryne Mowatt scattered three hits and tied her career high with eight strikeouts, but needed some relief help to give Arizona its eighth victory with a 4-0 combined shutout over Hawai'i in the Cats' Worth tournament Sunday.
Caitlin Lowe led off the UA first with a sinking triple over UH leftfielder Jennifer Hackett's head, then scored on a wild pitch after an out to give the Cats their first run. The Rainbow Wahine had a runner in scoring position in the top of the second after a single by Tyleen Tausaga and a sacrifice bunt by Kate Robinson, but Mowatt struck out the next two batters to end the inning.
Freshman catcher Callista Balko pushed UA's lead to 4-0 with a three-run home run with two outs in the third. Jackie Coburn walked, Shelly Schultz singled up the middle, then Balko hit the first pitch from UH pitcher Shannon Tabion just inside the foul poul.
Mowatt, who had gone 16 consecutive innings without walking a batter, got herself lifted from the game after a pair of them in the top of the sixth gave Hawaii a bases-loaded situation with no outs. Tara Harbert drew a base on balls to open the inning, Tracie Uchima doubled and Noelle Izumi walked to load the bases. After Mowatt got Denise Dahlberg to pop up, UA coach Mike Candrea brought in junior ace Alicia Hollowell.
Hollowell struck out UH cleanup hitter Tausaga and got a fly ball from Robinson to end the threat. She struck out a pair in the top of the seventh and earned her second save of the season.
The two teams were to face each other immediately afterward
Sunny skies finally allowed action in the softball tournament Sunday after seven games were canceled since Friday afternoon by rainstorms in the Tucson
Northern Iowa beat Marshall, 5-4, in 10 a.m.action. UNI (4-3) was scheduled to play top-ranked Arizona (7-0) in the noon game, but had to catch a flight out of Tucson and opted for forego the second game after Hawai'i (5-4) coach Bob Coolen agreed with UA coach Mike Candrea to play a doubleheader.
Marshall is 6-6 after its two games in the tourney.
10 a.m. Northern Iowa 5, Marshall 4
1:15 p.m. Arizona 4, Hawai'i 0
3:15 p.m. Arizona 2, Hawai'i 1 (8 innings)


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"The Young & the Restless" star Steve Burton shared some big news with his fans Wednesday. The former "General Hospital" and current "Y&R" star is expecting a baby girl with his wife. He broke the news via Instagram on Feb. 19.
Burton posted a graphic that is pink and says "Baby Girl on Board," then shared the photo via his Twitter and Facebook pages as well. Fans were quick to pounce and congraulate him on the exciting news. Steve and his wife Sheree have been married since 1999 and already have two children, Makena Grace and Jack Marshall. Burton didn't detail how far along Sheree is in her pregnancy, but fans are embracing the simple news of a baby girl being on the way regardless.
Steve Burton also recently let fans know that he signed a new contract with "The Young & the Restless," so expect the character of Dylan to remain in the mix of things in Genoa City for some time to come. While there have been hints that "General Hospital" is aiming to bring back Burton's former character of Jason Morgan, if they do the character will obviously be recast.
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