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58 S Elm St, Lynchburg, TN 37352-8323
Non-Emergency: 931-759-7323
Fax: 931-759-6382
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- Call the Metro Moore County Sheriffs Department for specific information about the Police Academy in or near Lynchburg, TN. Different stations have different requirements, and transfers can be difficult.
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- A 4 year degree is highly recommended, and often required.
- Police Academy Training can take anywhere from 3-8 months.
- Some possible disqualifications for acceptance to cadet training include excessive traffic citations, age requirements, and past offences.
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Mid-Michigan's largest school district released its mobility numbers, or sum of students transferring into and out of Lansing schools. Three schools showed the most mobility and teachers say it hurts the district when it comes to the MEAP.
Maple Grove, Walnut and Grand River elementary schools had at least 20-percent of its classrooms showing mobility.
In the case of Walnut about a quarter of its classrooms were in transition from September 2002 to February of 2003.
Teachers say the mobility threatens their ability to have continuous MEAP training and claim the transition is a major factor in the districts lower than average MEAP performance.
School officials say education-pacing guides designed to coordinate teaching across the district will combat this trend.
Boku Hendrickson, Principal of Walnut St. Elementary says the student movement is due in part to parents often moving to avoid increases in rent.
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Emalynn Faith DeLong is the 2013 New Year's baby at Marietta Memorial Hospital-born at 9:06 a.m. Tuesday, but she came a little earlier than expected, according to parents Charity and Matt DeLong of Williamstown.
"She wasn't really due until Jan. 15," Charity said, adding that the baby weighed in at more than 6 pounds, and was 17.5 inches long.
"We're hoping she'll turn out to be a lot like her sister," she said.
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SAM SHAWVER The Marietta Times
Marietta Memorial Hospital New Year's baby Emalynn Faith DeLong is surrounded by mother and father Charity and Matt DeLong and big sister Hope Pickens, 8, of Williamstown. The baby was born at 9:06 a.m. Tuesday.
Eight-year-old sister Hope Pickens held a blanket-wrapped Emalynn in her mother's hospital room Tuesday afternoon.
"She's cute-when I first came into the room and saw her I started crying," Hope said.
Maternal grandparents J.L. and Debbie Dean, also from Williamstown, were also happy to see Emalynn.
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By the numbers
On New Year's Day the total projected U.S. population was 315,091,138.
That's an increase of 2,272,462 from New Year's Day 2012.
A century ago, the U.S. population was just over 97 million. Fifty years ago, it was just over 186 million.
To show how fast the nation is growing, there were 10,800 new babies on hand to welcome the new year Tuesday.
This month one birth is expected to occur every eight seconds in the U.S., and one death every 12 seconds.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
"And now we have another grandchild to spoil," Debbie said.
She noted that J.L. suggested making Faith the newborn's first name, instead of Emalynn.
"Then we would have had Faith, Hope and Charity," Debbie said.
The baby's paternal grandparents are Sherry and Jeff DeLong of Vienna, W.Va.
Marietta family grows at Camden-Clark
Meanwhile at the Memorial Campus of Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg at 4:40 a.m. Tuesday, Casen Amos joined his family - mother Brianna, father, Justin, sister, Kinley, 2, and brother, Brayden, 10, of Marietta.
"We were very surprised he came on New Year's Day," said Brianna Amos. "His due date was Jan. 12, so we didn't expect him now."
Justin Amos said he was a little worried because his wife's labor started early on Monday afternoon, but she insisted on having dinner before seeking medical attention.
"She wanted to go to dinner first and then I had to talk her into going to the hospital," he said. "I'm glad we did."
"He was panicking a little," laughed Brianna Amos. "I just wanted to eat and go home."
The Amos family said with the youngest's due date so close to the holidays, the thought of him coming early did cross their minds.
"A couple of days ago I did think that he could be born on New Year's Eve or Day, but then I thought with our luck it wouldn't happen," Brianna Amos said.
"Really, I didn't think the odds were for us," Justin Amos added. "But I think it is pretty cool that he will always have his birthday off school."
The last baby of 2012
The last infant born at Marietta Memorial in 2012 also weighed just over 6 pounds and was 17.5 inches long. He came into the world at 1 p.m. Monday.
"We know his first name is Thatcher for sure, but we haven't decided on a middle name yet. I guess you could say we're taking a 'year' to give him a middle name, since it's now 2013," mother Roxanne Wilson of Parkersburg joked on Tuesday.
But she and husband Wes Wilson have narrowed the field down to three possible middle names-Pryce, Rhett, or Grey.
Thatcher is the Wilsons' second child. Their first, Annistyn, is now 3 years old.
Roxanne said she had been experiencing labor pains for two weeks before Thatcher was born.
"The doctor told us if I was still having contractions Monday they would bring me in and induce labor," she said. "We didn't know if he would be born in December or January."
Wes said either month would have been OK, as long as the baby was healthy.
The maternal grandparents are Connie and Max Price of Ravenswood, W.Va.
"A local jewelry store has been holding a necklace that will be engraved with the baby's birth date until we knew if he was coming in December or January," Connie said.
Brad and Nancy Wilson of Barnesville are Thatcher's paternal grandparents.
Roxanne said the Wilsons and several other family members were in to see the new baby Monday, including an uncle from Chicago who happened to be in town.
Asked if they had any future plans for Thatcher, Wes said his new son would likely become a baseball player, carrying on a family tradition.
"He probably won't have much of a choice," Wes said. "My dad coached high school baseball, and I played ball at Muskingum College."
The Wilsons marked their new baby's arrival with birthday cake while watching the New Year's festivities in Times Square, New York, Monday night.
"One good thing-everyone will be celebrating on his birthday every year," Roxanne said.


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Most cyclists know they should have bike lights to keep safe on the road, but not everyone knows the rules, and not many people know that there are lots of different types of bike lights to choose from. So, what do you need to know? And which type of light is best for you?
What are the rules on bike lights?
The law says you need to use bike lights as soon as daylight starts to fade. You must have a front white light and a rear red light, alongside reflectors.
It's all about making sure that pedestrians and other vehicles can see you, so we also recommend having:
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The bulb in a cycle light plays a huge part in how it performs. We sell 3 types of bulb at Halfords - LED, Krypton and Halogen. Here are some tips to help choose which bulb to go for:
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- if you want flashing mode, choose an LED bulb.
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1(Of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements: a bleak and barren moor
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- Our UN vehicle travelled along a barren and bleak landscape to reach the town from Sofia.
- The trees are bare, the land is bleak, closed, unproductive and numb, its furrows seemingly incapable of the new life we hope for in the spring.
- The yard and the vast prairie lands were bleak and desolate.
treeless, forestless, without vegetation, defoliated;
rare unwooded
1.1(Of a building or room) charmless and inhospitable; dreary: he looked round the bleak little room in despair
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- You get a sense of the scale of the city as you speed down rivers that curve forever, flanked by electrical towers, bleak apartment buildings and factories.
- And it isn't just that so many of its key scenes are set in dark, dreary places: a hellish prison, a bleak factory, the sewers of Paris.
- Amongst these, a flutter of origami birds was the bright spot, alongside a glossy triptych of photos slotting bleak landscape between bleak tower blocks.
1.2(Of the weather) cold and miserable: a bleak midwinter's day
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- Our weather was bleak, and in the US the climate was no better, the gloom reflecting the mood of the nation.
- There are still months of bleak weather stretching out ahead without a glimmer of anything to look forward to, and festive cheer has up and left.
- Why go back to that bleak weather and humdrum British nine to five?
1.3(Of a situation) not hopeful or encouraging; unlikely to have a favourable outcome: he paints a bleak picture of a company that has lost its way the future looks bleak
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- Newspaper reports about the topic also opened her eyes to the bleak situation of the elderly.
- Homeowners in flood-prone areas faced a bleak start to the new year.
- A bleak exposé of the risk came in a remarkably frank report by Jiang protge Zeng Qinghong, head of the party's powerful organization department.
unpromising, unfavourable, unpropitious, inauspicious, adverse, disadvantageous, uninviting, discouraging, disheartening, depressing, cheerless, joyless, gloomy, sombre, dreary, dismal, wretched, miserable, black, dark, grim, drab, portentous, foreboding, hopeless, ominous
1.4(Of a person's expression) cold and forbidding: his mouth was set and his eyes were bleak
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- Although his expression was bleak, he smiled at that.
- She was certain that he was angry - a single glance at his bleak expression could have informed an idiot thus.
- But he was stuck, following her eyes as the smile left her face and she looked into the distance with a bleak expression.
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- At every machine an earnest young (or not-so-young but trying to look it) person pumps bleakly away, intimidatingly burning those extra pounds, trimming those recalcitrant inches.
- In the United States, residents of the New Jersey fishing town of Little Egg Harbor are bleakly counting down the hours before the scheduled execution of one of their neighbours, Paul Johnson.
- As long as I'm on the subject: Friday I found a new installment of the Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware, which continues to be the most bleakly amusing account of emotional cruelty you'll find.
Old English blāc 'shining, white', or in later use from synonymous Old Norse bleikr; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to bleach.
In Old English this meant 'shining, white' and came from the same Germanic root as bleach (Old English). The modern sense 'bare of vegetation' and 'chilly' did not develop until the 16th century.
Words that rhyme with bleakantique, batik, beak, bespeak, bezique, boutique, cacique, caïque, cheek, chic, clique, creak, creek, critique, Dominique, eke, freak, geek, Greek, hide-and-seek, keek, Lalique, leak, leek, Martinique, meek, midweek, Mozambique, Mustique, mystique, oblique, opéra comique, ortanique, peak, Peake, peek, physique, pique, pratique, reek, seek, shriek, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, Speke, squeak, streak, teak, technique, tongue-in-cheek, tweak, unique, veronique, weak, week, wreak
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A small silvery shoaling fish of the carp family, found in Eurasian rivers.
- Genera Alburnus and Chalcalburnus, family Cyprinidae: several species, in particular A. alburnus.
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- The browned perch fillets may be added with rice, the lake whitefishes and the small but delicious bleaks.
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The fruit of the walnut tree, which grows in temperate zones throughout the world. The two most popular varieties of walnut are the ENGLISH WALNUT (also called Persian walnut) and the BLACK WALNUT. A close relative is the BUTTERNUT, also referred to as white walnut. English walNUTS are the most widely available and come in many varieties-some with moderately thick shells, others with shells so thin a tiny bird can crack them open. The nuts of all the species are edible, but the walnuts commonly available in shops are from the common walnut, the only species which has a large nut and thin shell. A horticultural form selected for thin nut shells and hardiness in temperate zones is sometimes known as the 'Carpathian' walnut. The nuts are rich in oil, and are widely eaten both fresh and in cookery. Walnut oil is expensive and consequently is used sparingly; most often in salad dressing. Walnuts are also an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids, and have been shown as helpful in lowering cholesterol. They need to be kept dry and refrigerated to store well; in warm conditions they become rancid in a few weeks, particularly after shelling. Oil paint often employs walnut oil as an effective binding medium, known for its clear, glossy consistency and non-toxicity.


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Good morning and welcome to Summit Up, the world's only daily column that breathed a sigh of relief when we saw that chains weren't required on the truck as we made the drive over Hoosier Pass this morning.
Which got us thinking, aren't chains a little outdated as automotive technology goes? Seriously, these days you can get cars with back-up cameras, or stereo speakers that pop up from the dashboard, or leather-lined wooden drawers for your iPod, or a built-in rear-seat cooler for your champagne.
And we're still fooling with tire chains?
Here's the deal. It's time for a tunnel from Summit County to Park County. That's right, no more chains, no more slippy winter driving up and over Hoosier; just smooth sailing through a sleek modern tunnel.
Look how well things have worked for Loveland Pass and the Eisenhower Tunnel, which turned 40 years old earlier this month. " Within five months of the tunnel opening, more than 1 million vehicles had passed through," according to CDOT. Now, we admit there might not be that many people using a Summit-Park tunnel, at least not until word got out. But there are more people than you might think who live in Alma and drive to work in Summit every day. They'd love it, we can assure you.
To save money, we could follow one of the transmountain water diversion tunnels. (We don't think Colorado Springs water users would mind.) Drivers would enter the tunnel somewhere around Northstar Village on the Summit side and pop out at Montgomery Reservoir on the Park side. It'd be like riding a superflume.
Consider the goodwill factor. "The Eisenhower Tunnel ushered in a new era of accessibility between the two sides of Colorado and changed the way we perceive Colorado, uniting the east and west slopes with a new spirit of common purpose," CDOT said.
Let's bring that kind of togetherness to Summit and Park. This could rewrite county relations, forever changing the way "the two sides" perceive each other. But if nothing else, it could drastically cut the time it takes Summit drivers to get to Al-Mart for tasty snacks.


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With new leaders controlling the House of Representatives, and Democrats holding a narrower majority in the Senate, Republicans will be looking to deliver on promises to cut government spending and to repeal or revise Obamacare. That will not be an easy task, as many provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are highly popular, such as tax credits for small businesses, closing the Medicare drug benefit doughnut hole, and requiring insurers to cover patients with pre-existing conditions. There's strong support for approving biosimilars that will be more affordable for patients, a provision championed by consumers and biotech manufacturers alike.
To satisfy candidates who successfully ran against Obamacare, the new House leaders are gearing up for a vote to repeal health reform early next year. But this will largely be a symbolic gesture because it's unlikely to pass the Senate or override Obama's veto. Insurers and biopharmaceutical companies want to extend coverage to the 30 million uninsured, and the individual mandate is key to preventing consumers from waiting until they are sick to purchase health insurance. The worst-case scenario for biopharmaceutical manufacturers is that the promised expansion in healthcare coverage evaporates, leaving companies with added fees and rebates, and considerable uncertainty about reimbursement for new therapies that are costly to develop.CUTS AND REVISIONS
Instead of wholesale repeal, the new Congress will be looking to challenge specific provisions in the ACA. Medical product makers and insurers would like to roll back the billions in added taxes designed to cover expanded coverage, but that will be costly to the government. One piece of low-hanging fruit is a cumbersome tax-reporting provision that requires businesses to file 1099 forms with the IRS for payments worth more than $600 during the year. Small business is livid over the policy, and even Obama says it should be modified.
A prime target for biopharmaceutical companies is to eliminate or modify the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), which has broad powers to set payment policy for Medicare and recommend changes in private-sector payment systems. Doctors and other providers are leery of IPAB's authority to implement rate cuts, and manufacturers fear the Board will propose lower acquisition costs of drugs—particularly high-cost therapies—without weighing how these treatments can help lower healthcare costs overall. Congress is supposed to start funding IPAB in 2012 so it can be up and running in 2014, but that may not happen.
A main Republican strategy is to starve the implementation of IPAB and other new programs they don't like. House Republicans plan to block appropriations needed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Internal Revenue Service, and other agencies to establish new ACA initiatives. This strategy is part of the plan of Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) presumptive House speaker, to make hefty reductions in federal non-defense discretionary spending.
Cutting the federal budget will not be any easier for Republicans than for Democrats, particularly because Congress first has to deal with some high-cost issues. Medicare fees for physicians will drop by 30% on January 1, 2011, unless legislators extend that deadline for another year, a move calculated to cost about $275 billion. And Bush-era tax breaks, which Republicans champion, also expire Dec. 31 unless renewed or extended before then.
Big curbs on government spending could create problems for biotech companies. Reducing federal outlays to 2008 spending levels, as Boehner proposes, would be devastating to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and various health and social programs. NIH would lose about $3 billion, almost 10% of its current budget, and new FDA initiatives would fall by the wayside.
At the same time, Republicans may be more responsive to industry concerns about what they deem excessive regulation and supportive of negotiations to renew prescription drug user fees, a top priority for the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) in the coming year. Republicans are less likely to worry about user fees making FDA too dependent on industry, but to cut the budget, they may want to tap manufacturer fees to cover more FDA activities than has been the rule.


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Based upon preliminary harvest figures, the total number of adult bucks taken during all of the 2012 deer seasons (firearms, archery, and muzzleloader) for Permit Areas 238, 250, 252, 253, 295, and 296 is up from the 2011 harvest by approximately 35 percent, and very close to the long term average (LTA) of the previous 17 years.
Antlerless deer harvest for the firearms and muzzleloader seasons continues at a lower level due to the reduced number of available either-sex permits. Permits have been at low levels for the past five years, to maintain and/or increase the overall deer population, in part, impacted by the severe winters of 2010 and 2011
For the individual seasons, the adult buck harvest during the firearms deer season was up by approximately 30 percent from 2011, and very similar to the LTA. For muzzleloaders, the increase in buck harvest from 2011 ranged from 3 percent in Permit Area 253 to over 200 percent in Permit Area 250. When the muzzleloader permit areas are combined, the increase from the average of the last nine years was approximately 20 percent. For archery, the combined permit area harvest was up approximately 60 percent from 2011 and 30 percent from the LTA.
Historical annual deer harvest, combined for all season types, by individual permit area is shown in the attached charts. The general trend is recently reduced antlerless harvest and relatively stable long term buck harvest.
Total deer harvest results from all of permit areas in the State, through 2011 can be found on the DNR's web site.
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Spend two nights in luxurious accommodations at the Inn at Chateau Elan this Summer with a $50 Resort credit to be used towards any Resort Activity during your stay. For that extra special touch you can choose from two of the following resort amenities to enhance your Romantic Getaway:
- Bottle of Chateau Elan Wine or Chateau Elan Brut (Bubbly)
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Team ELITE Fastpitch is Looking For a few more players.
Above is proof of championship teams.
We Have 12u and 14u.
Call Coach Ken for info on how to become one of us.
Where do you play out of?
We practice in Bartow county,(Taylorsville) and (Euharlee). We have our tournaments schedules. If you would like I can E-mail you one. What age group would you be participating in 12u 14A or 14B?
Thank you for your reply.
We live out of North Georgia close to Chattanooga Tn. So i think that would be to far. But if I could it would be 14B.
Well, Believe it or not about a third of my players are from the Rossville, LFO, Chatanooga area. It really just depends on how dedicated you are.
do you still need player for 12U? have a pitcher/3rd base
Yes, we need 2 more players. You can give me a call for directions to practice or tryout.
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SAN JOSE -- Lyndsey Dworkin woke up Saturday morning, climbed out of bed and asked her mom a question.
"Did that all really happen last night?" she wondered. "Otherwise, I just had the craziest dream."
It was real, her mom assured her. Every magical moment.
Brandon Belt really did tell the 12-year-old cancer survivor that he would hit a home run for her at the San Jose Giants game. And Belt really did deliver in the first inning, blasting a towering shot over the right-field fence at Municipal Stadium.
The autographed home run ball sitting in the Dworkin home in Mountain View now serves as proof. It says: "To Lyndsey, My Good luck charm. -- Brandon Belt."
Belt made his promise just before game time, after watching Lyndsey throw out the ceremonial first pitch. The girl had chosen to wear a Belt T-shirt for the occasion, so as she trotted off the mound, Belt raced out of the dugout to say hello.
Belt, on a rehab assignment from a broken thumb, felt an instant kinship with the girl on the mend. Lyndsey has undergone 31 bouts of radiation and nine rounds of chemotherapy. At the end of the conversation, Belt told her: "I'm going to hit a home run for you."
Kristine Dworkin, the girl's mom, was among those who was listening.
"I thought, 'What a sweet thing to say. He seems like a nice guy,' " Kristine said.
"I thought, 'C'mon, Brandon. A home run? Maybe promise a single,' " said Juliana Paoli, the San Jose Giants chief marketing officer.
And Lyndsey's reaction?
"I kind of forgot about it," she said with a laugh Saturday. She was thrilled to have met Belt, but it wasn't until Paoli came bearing the souvenir ball retrieved from the parking lot that the kid remembered the home run promise. "That's when I said, 'Oh, yeah. He did say that.' "
Belt blasted his home run with two outs and nobody on against Braden Shipley, kick-starting an 8-3 victory over Visalia. It was his first long ball of the comeback attempt from the injury he sustained May 9 when he was hit by a pitch at Dodger Stadium.
Belt now has extended an invitation to the Dworkin family to come to AT&T Park whenever he gets activated from the disabled list. The first baseman, who was sent to Triple-A Fresno on Saturday to continue his rehab, is already making arrangements to make sure they can be on the field during batting practice at AT&T.
The whole crazy dream began a year ago when Lyndsey attended a San Jose Giants game with her mom on Breast Cancer Awareness Night. Lyndsey -- usually more jock than princess -- surprised her family by fixating on the pink jerseys up for a charity auction that night.
After hearing the girl's story, Paoli promptly removed one from the auction for the team to later present to Lyndsey. A student at Blach Intermediate School in Los Altos, Lyndsey had been diagnosed with medullablastoma, a brain tumor. Originally, doctors thought the cause of her pain was minor and suggested Advil and lots of water.
But Kristine Dworkin kept watching the way her star soccer player was suddenly struggling with basic coordination, just to keep her balance, and demanded that doctors do a more thorough exam. That's when they found the tumor. "She has a mother who doesn't take no for an answer," the mother said.
With help from the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Lyndsey appears headed for a full recovery. She recently walked a 5K in honor of a fellow patient, Taylon Davis, who died at 12 of a rare form of bone cancer.
Lyndsey's next step was taking the trip to the mound. Before she did, the San Jose Giants gave her the run of the team store. (Asked about the best part of her Friday night, Lyndsey picked the shopping spree.)
Lyndsey, at 11/2 years since the original diagnosis, put on her brand new Belt shirt and delivered her best fastball.
"A little bit to the right," she said. "But it was better than I thought it would be."
Everything else went just like a dream.
Brandon Belt's signed home run
ball for Lyndsey Dworkin reads "To Lyndsey, My Good luck charm ... "


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Detailed facility information is given below. If you need additional information please contact the Core Director.
The Emory University School of Medicine Core Facility for Flow Cytometry occupies several locations scattered around the Emory campus. Sorters are located in the Dental School Building. Analyzers are located in the Dental School Building and Emory Clinic Building B. In addition, support in the form of training, technical assistance, troubleshooting and consultation are given to various laboratories that independently own cytometers on campus. Facility hardware: Analyzers:
The LSRII is a three-laser, eleven-color digital benchtop analyzer manufactured by Becton Dickinson.
The FACSAria II is manufactured by Becton Dickinson, with hardware for 11-color, high-speed multi-laser sorting. It has a 488nm primary laser, 635nm secondary red laser and 405nm violet third laser, with capabilities of sorting up to 4 populations at one time. The FACSAria II is located in the Dental School Building, Room 441
All sorters within the facility are capable of single-cell deposition sorting, and all sorts are treated with great care in regards to aseptic techniques, accuracy in post-sort recovery and high-purity (>98%).
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03 June 2006
The Theory of Us
Clive James says this is the difference between theorists and nontheorists. Theorists see stuff us don't see. But they're also blind. They like bad movies, because they don't know how to watch movies. Us know how to watch movies.
Movies are about first impressions, says us. "Or, to put it less drastically, in the movies there are no later impressions without a first impression, because you will have stopped watching." ("You" is one of us. Because you wouldn't read Clive James if you were not. You would have stopped reading.) Theorists, the non-us, watch movies they don't like. They're weirdos. Not normal. Not like us.
Us know that story is everything. "No story, no movie." This is a truth created by God, a fact: "A movie has to glue you to your seat even when it's pretending not to." Because otherwise us might do something like read Proust.
No, Proust wrote books, and books can do all sorts of things. There are good books that do not glue us to our seats, good books that do not seem good on a first impression. Us know this, just as us know that movies are not books. Movies must do one thing: adhere us with story glue. If a non-us you says a movie does anything else, that you is a theorist, because theorists like simple schemas. And they write badly, because a theorist is a critic with a "hulking voice [that] gets in the way of the projector beam", and us all know that good writing does not let sound interfere with light.
Hooray for us!
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As :"we" continue to take control, film critics will become an endangered bunch .. scratch that, they are already! great stuffReplyDelete
I start to itch whenever anyone proclaims that a book, poem, movie should do X and only X, and all those folks who like it to do Y or Z are simply misguided. It seems to me that you have argued repeatedly on your site against the shortsightness of those who limit their fiction (in novels and short stories) to simplistic plot-driven models--how ironic that you should then take the opposite side of the argument where the medium of film is concerned! Is there really something inherent about movies that makes them unable to support anything other than "story?" Really? Or is it also a question of preference or focus, like so many of the arguments about art and craft that purport to be about "merit."ReplyDelete
It goes without saying, of course, that many movie critics are sadly misguided, but I don't see how that justifies crippling the form and arbitrarily limiting the range of what it can do and be.
how ironic that you should then take the opposite side of the argument where the medium of film is concerned!ReplyDelete
I'm glad you got the irony. ;-)
Not get your irony? I thought that's why there's 'iron' in the word!ReplyDelete
Bah, why do I feel like I've been punked? Grr...ReplyDelete


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Macintosh, Apache, MySQL and PHP.
The abbreviation "MAMP" stands for: Macintosh, Apache, Mysql and PHP. With just a few mouse-clicks, you can install Apache, PHP and MySQL for Mac OS X!
MAMP installs a local server environment in a matter of seconds on your Mac OS X computer, be it PowerBook or iMac. Like similar packages from the Windows- and Linux-world, MAMP comes free of charge.
MAMP is installed in the typical Mac fashion: very easily. MAMP will not compromise any existing Apache installation already running with your OS X. You can install Apache, PHP and MySQL without starting a script or having to change any configuration files!
Furthermore, if MAMP is no longer needed, it is sufficient to delete the MAMP folder and everything returns to its original status (i.e. MAMP does not modify any of the "normal" OS X).
Required OS: 10.6
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I need MAMP to develope and test dynamic Web contents.
Well, I do not wanna talk badly about MAMP, but regarding the notion, that this should come preinstalled with MacOS X: it almost is. MacOS contains the Apache server with the php extension (you just have to activate it). The only thing you need to install is MySQL, which can be downloaded for free and comes with an installer.
Therefore I think there is a place for MAMP, but it is not the perfect tool for serious web development. Especially, as I think every web developer should know his tools.
Nevertheless I like tools such as MAMP, as they help newcomers to get started without understanding the all the dependencies.
A wonderful stack to download. Easy one button install and an even easier one button press to start the Web server. Configuration is easy as well.
Makes developing with PHP easy and previewing work gives as close to a client level view as possible.
I use MAMP to redesign themes for customers WordPress installations. Fix the looks of the theme on your own computer before deploying them are really worth a lot.
Thanks to the people in Karlsruhe http://www.living-e.de/
This is a real gift. Prior to finding MAMP I had considered setting up all of the various parts to run a test localhost, this is just drag and drop simplicity.
There are a couple of caveats, the databases are stored in the central MAMP folder so you have to copy or move these before upgrading - or lose everything, as daft-me did. And the file permissions have to be just so, somehow I managed to mess them up on the last upgrade, that and something else I managed to do, meant I had to re-download.
MAMP really should come as standard with Mac OS X, many thanks to living-e.
seems the download link has changed to http://mamp.info/en/download.html
I use it for development on my local machine. Very quick to setup and get running.
Do you use MAMP in a production environment or just for private tests or local developments?


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James Robinson & Leonard Kirk's "Fantastic Four" #645 "provides a wonderfully organic, most satisfying conclusion for the adventures of Marvel's First Family."
Silk fights the Black Cat, the "Princess Leia" saga continues, "Moon Knight" gets dark and more previews of Marvel's releases for next week.
It's the end of the line for the FF as James Robinson & Leonard Kirk pit the team against the Quiet Man and "Fantastic Four" comes to an end.
The unreleased 1994 "Fantastic Four" film has a special place in comic book movie history, and the documentary chronicling it now has a poster.
In an oversized final issue, James Robinson and Leonard Kirk prepare a sendoff for Marvel's first family with help from with Louise Simonson, David Marquez and more.
David Ayer preps a "Suicide Squad" shootout, Danny Elfman tweaks the "Avengers: Age of Ultron" score, and more.
"James Robinson and Leonard Kirk continue to weave one of the most well-planned and masterfully executed Fantastic Four stories in recent memory with 'Fantastic Four' #643."
Now that Brian Bendis is closing up shop at the Jean Grey School, here are the five corners of the Marvel Universe we'd like to see him visit.
The first teaser for Josh Trank's "Fantastic Four" reboot provided the first look at the upcoming new film, but also raised plenty of questions.
The director discusses the teaser for his reboot, explaining what Stan Lee 'loved' about his FF take and the need to ground the concept in reality.
After months of anticipation -- and controversy -- the first trailer for director Josh Trank's "Fantastic Four" has arrived - what did you think?
For James Robinson, Leonard Kirk and Karl Kesel's "Fantastic Four" #642, "more is definitely better as the team makes its grand return."
The "Savage Hulk" Funko figure may be a nod to "Ultron's" plot; a clip from the upcoming PlayStation series emerges and more.
CSBG has an archive of notable comic book retcons, like the explanation for why Reed supported the Superhero Registration Act during "Civil War."
ROBOT 6 columnists Tom Bondurant and Carla Hoffman kick off their annual look back at the year in Marvel and DC, with an eye toward 2015's Big Events.
Highlights from Marvel's March 2015 solicitations include "Fantastic Four" drawing closer towards its finale, and a new character in "Darth Vader."
Amy Adams reveals Lois and Wonder Woman will not fight for Superman's affection; Stephen Amell hints at possible cameo from cousin Robbie and more.
The opening chapter of James Robinson and Leonard Kirk's final FF tale arrives in January.
With Axel Alonso out of the office, Tom Brevoort Talks to the Hat about the unique premise of "All-New Cap" and the end of "Fantastic Four."
Have the hints been there all along? CBR looks through the last few years of Marvel comics and finds clues of a "Secret Wars" long game.
James Robinson discusses his "All New Invaders" book, his love for the golden age, the end of "Fantastic Four," and a new perspective in sobriety
"Fantastic Four" may be ending in 2015, but it's not gone yet, and here's a first look inside James Robinson & Leonard Kirk's issue #13.
James Robinson and Leonard Kirk's "Fantastic Four" #11 "pays dividends on seeds planted early on" from the very beginning of the series.
With Marvel confirming the impending conclusion of "Fantastic Four," series writer James Robinson assures CBR, 'I'm not going to leave this book on a bad note.'
In the midst of NYCC, Axel Alonso fields a giant-sized fan Q&A session and talks "Squirrel Girl," "AXIS" "Fantastic Four's" fate and more.
With two cryptic teasers, Marvel Comics looks forward to the end of "Fantastic Four" and a project featuring Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch.
Marc Guggenheim discusses the upcoming "awesome" "Arrow" event; Simon Kinberg welcomes "Deadpool" to Fox's extended X-Men family and more.
A "Fantastic Four" collection titled "The End is Fourever" has been listed for release in June 2015 by bookstore distributor Hachette.
In the second such reported leak from Fox's "Fantastic Four" set, images allegedly depicting the film's Doctor Doom have surfaced online.
CBR presents some stories "Fantastic Four" star Kate Mara could read to get to better know her superhero alter ego.
Andy Serkis expounds on advising Mark Ruffalo's "Age of Ultron" Hulk performance; a new "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" viral video hits & more.
"X-Files: Year Zero" writer Karl Kesel tells CBR about the origin series, why he loves the '40s and weighs in on those "Fantastic Four" rumors.
The director of the two previous "Fantastic Four" feature films comments on the upcoming reboot, and the "edgier" director of superhero movies.
In their latest spotlight on forgotten plot points, CSBG examines how Johnny Storm's ex-wife was an exact double for his own sister.
Marvel EIC Axel Alonso comments on reports that "Fantastic Four" may be headed for hiatus, and what's in store for the Sorcerer Supreme.
Marvel gives readers a glimpse at the future in this preview of Jen Van Meter and Joanna Estep's "100th Anniversary Special - Fantastic Four" #1.
Augie has some random thoughts on the Fantastic Four rumors swirling about, and is disappointed by the reprint quality in the Spider-Man Omnibus.
What was Johnny Storm's "Original Sin?" James Robinson, Leonard Kirk and Dead Haspiel reveal the Human Torch's dark secret!
Marvel may be without a "Fantastic Four" series in the near future, stemming from Fox's long-held movie rights.
James Robinson, Leonard Kirk and more deliver "Fantastic Four" #5 as an issue that "hits readers in the gut" for a memorable story.
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By Jasmine Rogers
The Marietta Times
Despite his pleas for another chance at community control, a Summit County man will be headed to prison for allegedly trafficking drugs from a Marietta residence.
"I didn't come here to cause no problems. I got three kids. They need me right now," said Torrey Swain, 32, of Akron just before being sentenced Thursday.
Washington County Common Pleas Court Judge Ed Lane questioned why Swain was in Marietta with the five grams of cocaine officers found at the 121 Spring St. residence where Swain was staying with his 5-year-old daughter and her mother.
"Why were you here then? I mean it's a free country but it makes it sound like you are coming into town to deal drugs," said Lane.
Swain indicated he was in town to be with his daughter, who was living in Marietta at the time of his arrest in February 2012.
Swain's attorney, public defender Ray Smith, recommended sentencing Swain to community control sanctions, a county jail stay and a five-month stay in the SEPTA Correctional Facility.
But Swain has previously violated community control sanctions and would not be a good candidate for them again, said Washington County Prosecutor Jim Schneider.
"He was on community control when this happened," he argued.
He recommended a 17-month prison sentence which Lane ultimately handed down.
Lane cited a prior criminal history which includes multiple felony convictions, prison stays and community control violations. Swain was charged in 1998 and again in 1999 with aggravated robbery. He also has a 1999 conviction for felonious assault, said Lane.
"You've been given numerous opportunities by the state to turn your life around and you have violated community control multiple times," he said.
The 17 months was one month short of the maximum Swain could have received on the fourth-degree felony drug trafficking charge to which he pleaded in January.
The plea, which was almost thrown out because Swain initially said the cocaine was for personal use, included the agreement that two other drug trafficking charges, for Suboxone and Xanax pills, would be dismissed.
Swain was caught with the cocaine and pills during the execution of a search warrant on Feb. 28, 2012. Summit County, which had a warrant for Swain's arrest for a parole violation, suggested to the Major Crimes Task Force that Swain might be residing in Marietta.
The manner of the arrest caused some disagreement over how much credit Swain should get for time served.
Swain was arrested on Feb. 28 for the parole violation, not the drug charges, said Schneider. Therefore he should not get credit for any time he spent behind bars up to this point, he said.
"If they were here, I give them credit for the time they served in our jail. If he was on other charges in another institution, he doesn't get credit for that," said Lane.
Smith, Schneider, Lane, and Swain will reconvene today at 10:15 a.m. to make a final decision on jail credit.


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A fifteen-year-old Augusta boy is recovering after being shot in the stomach.
Antwon Mahone was shot in the abdomen at the corner of 12th and Laney Walker Boulevard.
It happened just before eight o'clock Saturday night.
Mahone is being treated at University Hospital.
Antwon's mother says the bullet left two holes in his stomach and pierced other organs. It still remains lodged in his muscle wall.
She says doctors will not remove it for fear it will further harm him.
She also spoke to News 12 about just how terrifying this experience has been for Antwon and his family.
Letonya Mahone has raised her son Antwon in a downtown Augusta home. And now the streets where he grew up are where he nearly lost his life.
"He said he seen some guys in the car starting to roll the window down so they just kept walking-- he probably wasn't thinking they are fixing to shoot at us or something's about to go wrong," Letonya says. "They just started shooting...they shot about 4 shots."
Letonya says her son was walking home from E and J Curry Grocery located near Laney Walker Boulevard and 12th Street when the shots rang out.
"In my opinion I don't think he was the target," Letonya says. "I think they was just randomly shooting. It's not worth it. It's not worth it. Imagine if they would have taken his life. How you going to live with yourself knowing you taken someone life? For what? For what?"
Richmond County sheriff's investigators say there are no leads.
"Right now we are trying to conduct an extensive interview with the victim in this case and based on the details he provides us," says Sgt. Richard Roundtree.
Investigators are looking into whether this shooting is connected to other recent violent crimes in the area. For now Sgt. Roundtree says the incident is not related.
"As far as the violence, I hope that people realize if the city is trying to change and trying to make it better for everybody then we all need to come together for the young people coming up," Letonya says.
Investigators said today that no witnesses to the crime have come forward.
Antwon is recovering. His mother says he is up walking and talking, but that hospital staff told her they will keep him for at least four more days.


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A free open source audio player for OS X (10.4 and above). Currently it supports the following formats: Musepack, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, Monkey's Audio, Shorten, Wavpack, WAV, and AIFF.
Features: gapless playback, smart shuffle, tagging (APE 1.0/2.0, Vorbis comments/FLAC tags, ID3 1.0/1.1/2.3+), seeking.
Required OS: not specified
Tags: mp3 , ogg , flac , mpc , player , audio , music
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the development of cog has not been abandoned. in-fact, it is almost at version 0.06. also, the cog web-page is now located at; http://cogx.org/
It's been more than one year since the last version (0.0.5) has been released.
Anybody knows if the development of Cog has been abandoned?
Very nice audioplayer. The only player I can really use, because I have a lot of Ogg Vorbis and Musepack files. The ogg plugin for iTunes doesn't really work, otherwise I would use iTunes.
The version 0.06 rev 203 looks promising too, with the file drawer and search.
once it adds support for last.fm/audioscrobbler, an equalizer and growl support, well this might be my default audio player.
im not sure what else I would use to play flacs
too bad it lacks audioscrobbler/last.fm support. interface is also a bit too bulky considering the few features. i've gone Amarok for the most time.
The only good Musepack player for OS X.
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Tim Lincecum's 2010 postseason outings:
Game 1 NLDS vs. Atlanta at AT&T Park: Lincecum threw a complete-game shutout, striking out 14 and walking only one, in a 1-0 Giants victory.
Game 1 NLCS vs. Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park: Lincecum escaped a strange first inning and went 7 innings, giving up 3 runs, striking out 8 and walking three. He got the victory in the Giants' 4-3 victory.
Game 5 NLCS vs. Philadelphia at AT&T Park: Lincecum gave up 3 runs (2 earned) in 7 innings, and took the loss in a duel vs. Roy Halladay, 4-2.
Game 6 NLCS vs. Philadelphia at Citizens Bank Park: Lincecum came in from the bullpen to start the eighth inning with the Giants ahead 3-2. He faced three batters, getting one out and giving up two singles and was relieved by Brian Wilson, who recorded the final five outs.
Game 1 World Series vs. Texas at AT&T Park: Lincecum threw 5 2/3 innings and gave up 4 runs. He got the victory in the Giants' 11-7 victory.
Game 5 World Series vs. Texas at Rangers Ballpark: Lincecum threw 8 innings, giving up 1 run, striking out 10 and walking only 1. He go the victory in the Giants' championship-clincher.
Lincecum's 2010 postseason summary: 4-1, 5 starts, 6 appearances, 37 innings, 10 earned runs, 43 strikeouts, 2.43 ERA.


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SNOWMASS VILLAGE - The Ice Age Discovery Center is returning to its former location on the Snowmass Village Mall.
Related Colorado donates the space to the center, for which the town pays some associated fees. The center was in the process of moving to a space below the Mall because Related had another potential tenant for that location, but that business withdrew its pursuit.
"It's great news," said Susan Hamley, director of Snowmass Tourism.
The visibility of that location makes it a prime spot, Hamley said. People passing by who don't know about the center are more likely to see it and stop in, and those who are aware can easily find it.
The Discovery Center houses informational boards and casts of pieces found in the 2010-11 dig at Ziegler Reservoir, which produced more than 4,800 ice age fossils. Since opening, the center has received 72,000 visits, Hamley said.
The center's inventory was moved back last week. Everything will be reinstalled and the center will be reopen by Dec. 5 at the latest, Hamley said.
"Snowy," the wooden model of the young Columbian mammoth found in the dig, made it back in one piece. Hamley said the team behind the Discovery Center is looking into getting another bone or adding another activity.
The fees associated with the space are a bit higher, so the center's spending about the same amount they would have for building out the new location. "But we're getting a primo space," Hamley said.


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RSVP Group Travel of Steuben County has announced a 7-day trip to Asheville and Pigeon Forge May 12-18.
The trip includes a tour and lunch at the Biltmore Estate and three days in Pigeon Forge featuring two dinner theater shows, a comedy show, Smoky Mountain Opry, and two variety shows.
The cost is $849 per person and proceeds will benefit volunteer programs throughout Steuben County. For more information, call 607-664-2298.
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So Ohio State now has upcoming home and homes scheduled with Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, TCU, Virginia Tech, and North Carolina, and we've got a ND series that's going away for an indefinite amount of time, a home and home with Utah, and home games with Oregon State and Colorado. Let's start beefing these schedules up before all interesting teams are gone.
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The PIRIT Water Line is for anyone who needs to use a hose in below-freezing temperatures. Depending on need, leave it plugged in 24-7 or simply plug it in only when in use. The thermostatically controlled Water Line is set to activate the heating element if the ambient temperature outside the hose is +/- 45 degrees F. and to turn off the heating element of the ambient temperature reaches +/- 57 degrees F. If left plugged in, it will never allow water to freeze inside. If left unplugged with water inside, the water will freeze. Just plug it in before use, give it a few minutes (depending on how cold it is outside) to thaw and you'll have running water again.
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All cattle and calves held on Kansas farms and ranches on Jan. 1, 2013 totaled 5.85 million head, down 4 percent from the Jan. 1, 2012 level. This is the lowest January 1, inventory since 1992 at 5.65 million head.
All cows and heifers that have calved, at 1.46 million head, were down 7 percent from a year earlier.Beef cow inventory was estimated at 1.33 million head, 8 percent below a year ago. This is the lowest beef cow inventory since 1991.
Milk cows, at 132,000 head, were up 7 percent from January 1, 2012. Bulls over 500 pounds totaled 85,000 head, down 5,000 head from last year. Beef replacement heifers, at 230,000 head, were down 8 percent from the previous year.
Milk replacement heifers, at 100,000 head, were up 15,000 head from last year. Other heifers over 500 pounds, at 1.37 million head, decreased 12 percent from
last year's 1.55 million head. Steers over 500 pounds, at 1.97 million head, were up 3 percent from the previous year's number.
As of January 1, 2013 all cattle and calves on feed for slaughter in all feedlots were 2.25 million head, 5 percent less than the previous January. Calves under 500 pounds totaled 635,000 head, 2 percent less than the January 1, 2012 figure of 645,000 head. This was the lowest Kansas calf inventory since
The 2012 calf crop, at 1.25 million head, was down 12 percent from 2011. This is the lowest calf crop since the current series began in 1977.
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Can Knitting Give You a Runner's High?
At first glance, crafting and exercise would seem to have little in common. One involves moving your body to improve health and fitness, the other moving your hands to create with paper, needles, paint or yarn.
Yet both activities have important, complementary effects on mood and cognitive function.


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Aurora Borealis, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Photograph by Wayne Lynch, All Canada Photos
Light from an aurora borealis swirls over Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories. Yellowknife is a top global destination for aurora tourism—thousands of people come each year to this frostbitten location.
Mount Assiniboine, British Columbia
Photograph by Tan Yilmaz, Getty Images
A hike up to a peak called the Niblet affords this view of Mount Assiniboine and surrounding lakes in British Columbia. Assiniboine is on the border of Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park and Banff National Park.
Big Muddy Valley, Saskatchewan
Photograph by Peter Blahut, Corbis
The remote badlands of Saskatchewan's Big Muddy Valley proved an ideal hideout for famed bandits such as Sam Kelly, Dutch Henry, and the Sundance Kid.
Island Iceberg, Nunavut
Photograph by Kevin Schafer, Corbis
A wall of ice juts from the waters off Baffin Island. Part of the province of Nunavut, Baffin Island is Canada's largest island, covering more than 304,000 square miles.
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Photograph by Chris Rainier
Driving a beautiful coast road is one way to explore Cape Breton in Nova Scotia. So are hiking, biking, and kayaking.
Bras d'Or Lake, Nova Scotia
Photograph by Wolfgang Kaehler, Corbis
Beinn Bhreagh, the estate of scientist Alexander Graham Bell (one of the founders of the National Geographic Society), is set along the cliffs of Bras d'Or Lake. One of the world's largest saltwater lakes, Bras d'Or covers about 425 square miles of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia.
Les Îles de la Madeleine, Quebec
Photograph by Melissa Farlow
There's a land-that-time-forgot vibe to Les Îles de la Madeleine, and archipelago in the middle of the massive Gulf of St. Lawrence. Sand dunes, creating lagoons, adjacent wetlands, and miles of windswept beaches, link most islands.
Grindstone Island, Quebec
Photograph by Ron Erwin, Corbis
Second largest of the Îles de la Madeleine, Île du Cap-aux-Meules (Grindstone Island) juts from the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Iceberg, Newfoundland
Photograph by John E. Marriott, All Canada Photos/Getty Images
Breaking apart from the Greenland ice shelf, icebergs arrive along Newfoundland and Labrador's eastern shoreline every spring and summer, smashing into bays and slowly melting into the frigid North Atlantic waters.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
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Water rushes over Horseshoe Falls, one of the three falls that make up world-famous Niagara Falls. The waterfalls straddle the border between Canada and the United States; Horseshoe is on the Canadian side, in the province of Ontario.
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TJ Maxx store coming to Ellenton in spring
Published: Friday, January 18, 2013 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 7:41 p.m.
ELLENTON - Ellenton is about to get its own TJ Maxx, the start of what may be a push by more national chain stores into Manatee County.
North River Village has a
Beall's Outlet already
The company that operates the discount retail chain, TJX Companies of Massachusetts, plans to open a new store directly across from the entrance to the Ellenton Premium Outlets this spring.
It will become the fifth TJ Maxx store in the Sarasota-Bradenton metro area.
The new store is being installed in 24,000 square feet of existing space at North River Village, a center adjacent to the outlet mall off Interstate 75 between Sarasota and Tampa. A TJX spokeswoman confirmed that the store would open this spring, but could not provide any additional details.
Casto Southeast Realty Services, an affiliate of Sarasota-based Casto Lifestyle Properties, has also landed an 18,000-square-foot Beall's Outlet at the same shopping center. That store opened in October.
"The Ellenton area has seen growth over the past few years, and Casto is pleased to welcome both Beall's Outlet and TJ Maxx to North River Village," said Paul Rutledge, a Casto executive vice president.
"Due to the high volume of regional draw, there are road expansion plans in place, as well as area beautification, including new development on adjacent, vacant land," Rutledge said.
TJX operates four stores in the Sarasota-Bradenton area, at 3700 South Tuttle Ave., in Sarasota; 450 N. Venice By-Pass, in Venice; 6100 14th Street W, in Bradenton; and in the Cocoplum Village Shops, in North Port.
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Summit County Marches tend to come in like the dead of winter and go out with excellent spring skiing conditions and continued snowfall.
But the 2011/2012 season has continued to be an anomaly, with March bringing sunshine and consistently warmer-than-normal temperatures to the High Country.
Summit smashed daily and monthly records Saturday with high temperatures breaking 60 degrees, wrapping up one of the warmer and dryer Marches on record.
Breckenridge broke records on March 1, 1894, with a high of 55 degrees, on March 15, 1908, with the mercury climbing to 49 degrees and on March 31, 1907, when early spring weather warmed to 50 degrees.
But March 2012 has hovered in the upper 40s fairly consistently and twice, March 23 and 24, climbed into the 50s. Saturday was the grand finale, with some locations topping 60 degrees.
It has also been an exceptionally dry month, hurrying out a particularly dry winter season. Breckenridge got just 6 inches of snow in March, compared to a 20-year average of 26 inches during the third month of the year.
Dry conditions statewide are now causing drought concerns and have brought on wildfire season weeks early.
"It's projected to be the driest March on record," National Weather Service meteorologist Kari Bowen said. "The jet that usually helps bring us these systems that ... bring a lot of moisture, it's moved north so we're getting a lot more dry air masses moving through."
Forecasters are now carefully watching patterns on their radars they hope will bring the moisture in April that Colorado missed out on in March.
For Summit County, an optimistic forecast calls for 2-4 inches of snow by Tuesday.
"There's a system we're tracking that we hope will bring a little bit of moisture for us Monday and Tuesday to help with some drought issues," Bowen said. "We're hoping that a disturbance that has formed recently will help bring some of these systems back toward us in the next month."
Summit County has a 70 percent chance of moisture, a possible rain-snow mix, in the forecast tonight, followed by a 60 percent chance of snow Monday, when temperatures are expected to dip back down into the 50s.
There's a slight chance of snow through Monday night and into Tuesday, but temperatures are expected to begin to climb again by mid-week. Forecasts call for sun and highs in the mid-50s Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.


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A shit-ton of bees have infested this foreclosed home in Florida, creating a hive the size of a small child on the exterior, and chasing and harassing the neighbor's daughter. See, that's them in this picture. According to the article, bees and raccoons are infesting foreclosures across Florida. Nobody can find the owners or banks that are supposed to own and take care care of them.
Giant Bee Swarm Overtakes Foreclosure
At least someone is living in them
It's better than the 30,000 Burmese pythons which have also invaded Florida.
Maybe they are making some honey to sweeten up the deal on a new home…
@MexiFinn: No. More than likely these are Carpenter Bees, which seem to be pretty prevalent in Florida. They burrow into wood and make hives. We had some in an old plank in a fence in my old house.
I like my house like I like my coffee – COVERED IN BEES!
@bonzombiekitty: came for the Eddie Izzard, left satisfied. =D
@AndyMan1: I like my women like I like my coffee…hot, and with a spoon in them
@bonzombiekitty: I like my coffee like I like my women. Hot and sweet. But the order always gets screwed up, and I get cold and bitter.
@bonzombiekitty: I like my coffee like I like my women. With big boobs.
@Shadowman615: @Matthew Gay: So long as you're a Bona Fide Purchaser (BFP), you should be ok. Title companies, as you suggested, may be up a creek, though. Boo hoo, I know.
Ah, Florida, you are always filled with crazy stories.
Some beekeeper is counting him/herself lucky and racing over to pick up that swarm right now, I bet.
@ElizabethD: With the bees dying off, I honestly hope so, but damn he's going to have to create a LOT of smoke… that's a pretty big hive!
The reason there are no owners or banks is because it's an elaborate bee hive the beekeeper next door built.
He should really learn to keep his daughter away from the hive, though.
here's an interesting revenue opportunity for towns facing budget crises. seize the house under blight laws & sell it. don't have blight laws? maybe it's time to look into enacting them.
EXACTLY! Every time I read one of these articles about abandoned foreclosed property, I think the same thing. Seize the house/property and auction it off to the first owner occupant buyer. Do not allow "investor purchases" (or do allow them and have a constant revolving income stream from selling the same house 10 times.) – It is all profit for the municipality (and if a person lives in it, better taken care of). Maybe the cost of housing will "correct" and working families will be able to afford one again.
Hey wait, are these the same bees that were infesting that RV from a few months back? I think these are bee's for hire!
@SpaceBat_GitEmSteveDave: I was wondering about that rv the other day.
Does anyone have an update on that scummy dealer & their killer bees?
@lakecountrydave: Well, I know the bees didn't need no stinkin badges.
Honey bees don't just attach hives randomly to the outside of structures where they would be exposed to the elements and wandering bears. More likely this is a swarm just resting before they continue on to find a permanent home.
@Canino: Years ago, we had a hive that set up residence in a false wall next to our carport. Every so often, they'd swarm around the small hole around the entrance just like in that picture.
They never "chased" us though. They were there for about three years, less than six feet from our car, and the only time either my wife or I got stung was when one got caught in my hair.
Getting rid of them was expensive.
@Canino: Who said they were honey bees? Florida also has carpenter bees, which WOULD make a hive in the walls of the house.
@Canino: When they swarm they will.
Whenever we have stories about foreclosures, there is always a line about the difficulty involved in finding the actual owners. Does this mean that there are going to be serious issues with titles in the next few years? Are we going to start hearing about people buying foreclosures suddenly having to give them back when it is discovered that they accidentally bought the property from someone who wasn't the owner? The title insurance people are going to have a fun time….
@Matthew Gay: I wonder if it's so hard figuring out who owns it, if no one will come and claim it. Sounds like it could open it up to squatting.
@Ragman: Have a friend going through this in Florida right now – they have been trying to purchase a property since January, and no one knows who the owner is because of floreclosure.
It does not surprise me…Florida needs to fall into the sea.
I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.
Beeware of buying a foreclosed home in Florida.
I thought that we had a problem with bees mysteriously dying off. Since they're so important to our ecosystem, the fact that they find a nice, safe place to live, it's a win-win for everyone. Right?
But seriously, if you are that worried, just go down to the local hardware store, buy some poison, wait until nightfall, and spray the crap out of the place. Probably cost you maybe $30, and your daughter will be safe.
@SpaceBat_GitEmSteveDave: After watching Bee Movie, I wouldn't have the heart to spray them with poison. Isn't there some way to, you know, gently shoo them away?
@rockasocky: Watch "The Savage Bees" or "The Swarm"
@rockasocky: I managed relatively non-violent wasp abatement. I squirted the nest with water (just from a plant sprayer–it was a small nest) from a safe position, and when the wasps cleared out, cursing, to wait for it to dry, I'd knock bits of it off (it wasn't easily reachable anyway). After a few times, they decided the neighborhood sucked and moved on.
@F-15SBD_GitEmSteveDave: People who are afraid of bees with no reason need to be poisoned too. The only reason the damn bee is interested in you in the first place because the minute it goes anywhere near them, they start flailing about and screaming. Oh and running. I'm sure the bee was "chasing" you… SURE.
@Oranges w/ Cheese: I admit since I lived on a farm, seeing things fly near me has lessened my over-reaction. I can spot/feel a tick on me w/o freaking out. As for fliers, we have those damn Carpenter Bees and Cicada Killer wasps, both of which are NASTY, so I tend to try to duck them instead of flail at them.
@F-15SBD_GitEmSteveDave: Heh. I just have never been afraid of Bees. I laugh at the stupid girls who scream and run whenever htey see some flying thing. You know what, its flying at you because you're screaming stupid girl!
Anyway, I've always not really minded bees. I rescued one out of a drinking fountain drain wiht my bare hands once. It was really cool. I let its wings dry out and then it flew away with no trouble at all.
Everyone around me was FREAKING THE FUCK OUT because I was holding a bee. If I had been freaking out, it probably woudlv'e stung me.
@Oranges w/ Cheese: Thankfully you're not allergic and swell up like the Michelin Man when stung. I enjoy pretty flowers as much as the next heterosexual man, but I'd be lying if I didn't occasionally fantasize about flame throwers and beehives becoming intimately acquainted.
@Kaellorian: This comment is great. :D
@Oranges w/ Cheese: Well, on 8/20/06 My dad and Brother went up to work on the roof. My brother hit the roof 1 time with a hammer and they were swarmed. My brother was KILLED by the bees. So you can be tough if you want to, but it does not take much to set them off so a fear of them can save your life.
You have no idea what it is like to find someone you love, dead and covered head to toes in bees.
@MarvinMar: i'm sorry for your family's loss.
@Oranges w/ Cheese: calm helps for sure.
particularly when quietly evac-ing myself/them from the bee's area.
*too many immediate family members allergic to bee venom to chance remaining.
About 10 years or so ago a coach on my son's soccer league was walking across the soccer field when a bee stung him. He was dead in less than an hour from the allergic reaction.
My brother-in-law almost died when he was stung by a bee.
My daugher had a severe allergic reaction and may have died if we hadn't gotten her help when she was stung by a bee.
I kill all bees, wasps, and hornets that I see on my property and I'll continue doing so.
@Oranges w/ Cheese: It's more than just being chased around. There's going to be dead bees EVERYWHERE, meaning that walking outside barefoot is just asking to be stung.
Also, according to the USDA Florida's getting the Africanized "Killer" Bees now, so it may not be a matter of "leave them alone and they'll leave you alone".
Wow, that house is TORE UP. No wonder it foreclosed.
Burn it down. Problem solved.
When I moved into my new home in Southern California it took us two months and three visits from Terminix to remove the bees. They found a crack in the outside wall and set up shop. Even after having the place tented we still had problems with the bees.
Looks like they're swarming. (Hanging out while scout bees look for a good spot to build a new hive.) European honey bees are very docile when they swarm. They're full of honey from the old hive & don't have a home to defend–only the queen.
(Of course, if they're Africanized, all bets are off.)
If I lived in St. Lucie I'd be bottling up some sugar water & racing on over there. Free bees!!!
Maybe an entomologist can move in there and make them a career project.
These are probably Africanized bees — they were in the last story about the house with bees in its walls in Florida.
@Jeangenie: I doubt it. In the story, the gentleman said they chased his daughter and her friend. If they were Africanized, they would have been in the hospital, as IIRC, they will chase for something like 100 yards.
@Jeangenie: They are probably carpenter bees. They, as their name suggests, burrow into wood. They'd be happy in a wall :D
For once, I'm going to ask a serious question. Don't these communities with foreclosures have enforceable laws that require the owners to keep them up. It seems these houses go into foreclosure and then they just decay for a year at which point they're garbage. If a community requires upkeep and the owner (individual, bank, speculator) ignores the upkeep, then the community should be able to fine the bejesus out of the owner or take possession. An ignored house that's 3 months old is still salvageable. After a year, it's pretty worthless.
@johnfrombrooklyn: So you want to fine the already failing banks, who will then get a bailout of your money. Seems the only winner would be local government then.
If the bees are swarming, they are relatively harmless. However, if the bees decide to setup a hive there, then that's where problems can arise.
On another note, maybe Nicholas Cage would be interested in purchasing this house:
Anyone figured out what is preventing some people from replying to posts? I use firefox or IE, and when I click a reply "loop arrow", it merely takes me to the top of the page…only on Consumerist. Any other website works fine.
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I used to live down there. If the city wasn't so concerned about chasing out the blacks, Hispanics, other unwantables, etc.. thinking they will lure in high tax-paying white folks maybe someone would be living there and taking care of it. Instead of helping the poor they ignore the fact that people just aren't moving to Florida now.
@bonzombiekitty: I like my coffee like I like my women. A latte.
I like my coffee like I like my women, ground up and stored in a bag in the freezer.
@jcostantino: I like my women like I like my wine, locked in the cellar.
@jackspants: suppose to be 12 years old and locked in the cellar!
That precisely happened to me a couple of weeks ago. Now the foreclosures are everywhere here in South Florida, We went to a foreclosured home, and when I noticed most of the windows of the second floors had TONS of dead bees at the windows, as I approach the balcony, I see outside under the roof a massive beehive and it seemed like it was inside the wall. I had a friend of mine that told me that is a bitch to remove those beehives if they go inside the walls.
In Phoenix, home foreclosures are leading to mosquito problems… because no one is taking care of the pools. And the mosquitoes are spreading West Nile.
I'm glad I live in Washington where our foreclosed homes just mold and return to the earth after a short time. The only problem is keeping the meth heads out of them until they can decay far enough.
Now, is that shit-ton metric or imperial?
Weren't bees' numbers declining in CA recently? Can we get some of these freeloaders out to the poor almond farmers?
@tc4b: Yeah, we've located the missing bees! They're all in that house!
/Foreclosure Crisis FTW.
The problem is probably that the bees are africanized. Florida has a BIG problem with africans. The bees, not the people, maybe the people too, who am I to speak, but definitly the bees, although i'm sure they'd rather a bunch of african people moved into the neighborhood. Me, I've got an irrational fear of bees and of africans, this is like my worst nightmare.
/stream of conciousness
@Wormfather is Wormfather: The only thing I really fear in Florida is Latarian Milton.
That's weird. My parents are fixing up a foreclosed house and my mom says there are hundreds of bees living in the trees there. It's so loud that you can hear a hum when you are inside with the windows open.
Abandoned houses whose owners can't be found should be posted in the local newspaper. If no one makes legal claim to the house within 30-60 days, the house should be bulldozed, and the land seized by the city.
That would reduce the inventory of unsold homes, and will help housing values in the area by removing blight.
I wonder if Florida has the same 'squatters rights' law as OK?
If the bees maintain the property & pay taxes for 7 years they own it by default.
@justsomereportingguy: How much honey to the dollar?
@F-15SBD_GitEmSteveDave: Judging by the size of that hive, they won't have a problem generating enough honey.
@Billy Gillispie Halftime Interview: Especially once they start demanding protection money from the neighbors.
I doubt the bees are "killer" bees. Killer bees will fuck you up for like a mile before leaving you alone. We learned all about it as kids in Arizona.
I was doing a project near the Arizona/California border and a swarm of killer bees attacked a guy on a wheelchair about half a mile from my location, killing him. Helicopters were everywhere and I didn't know what was going on. Suddenly, I was being attacked by several bees as well. A car drove up fast and screeched to a halt, then yelled at me to get out of the area because the dude died.
Mother nature SURE reclaims her real estate fast!
I love how people think that is a "shit ton" of bees. That's pretty typical for a swarm. When a hive gets too crowded, half the bees take the current queen and off they go in search of new digs. They land like that when they are looking for the new place to live. They cluster around the queen and keep her safe and warm. Scouts go out and bring back news of what they have found. At some point they make a consenus and off they go to their new home and move in. They can hang out in a cluster for minutes, hours or sometimes more than a day while they are searching. If they are regular European honey bees, they are at their most docile when they are swarming. You can walk right up and put your hand on them. But if they are indeed the Africanized ones, watch out. They are nasty, aggressive boogers spoiling for a fight. All you gotta do is be too close and they can send out a bunch to kick your ass. They don't give up for up to a mile. Nasty.
I hate to read about people that call the exterminators rather than a Beekeeper to remove bees that have moved in. Never kill them if you don't have to. Especially these days with them mysteriously dying off by the tens of millions. Yes, they are expensive to move, but worth it to our ecosystem in the long run.
And yes, I'm a Beekeeper, so I'm biased…..I have learned lots of respect for bees. They are cool little creatures.
I love how people think that is a "shit ton" of bees. That's pretty typical for a swarm.
@GiuseppeHummingbird: Well then a typical swarm contains a shit ton of bees.
@GiuseppeHummingbird: So how do you tell? So that you know to get an exterminator rather than a beekeeper?
I hope they change the drapes!
Yep- Blight 'em.
Put a notice on the door- 60-90 days later, if it hasn't been acted upon, declare them blighted and sell. Fun for everyone.
Isn't there some sort of a bee crisis these days where their numbers are dwindling? I say let the bees live.
Unless some dogs move in… and the dogs shoot the bees out of their mouths when they bark.
Thank the lord they weren't locusts! I've always thought that if all that Christianity stuff were true…that the locusts would start in Florida…
Now, has anyone tried to capture these bees and force them to make honey? Mmm, honey…
I'm disappointed that they appear to be regular sized bees. I was hoping to see actual giant bees.
We bought a foreclosure with a bee problem too. We had a bee guy come out and re-locate the colony (yay for humane options), which he estimated was around 20,000..but had been as high as 40,000.
The bees had found a hole in the exterior, and set up the colony between two studs in the wall.
I had three swarms in my house at one time. This one would be easy to kill with one 5 gal bucket of soapy water. Just wait till after dark.
If nobody can find the rightful owners of the house, what's stopping someone from simply claiming it as their own and renting it out?
@howie_in_az: The bees?
I heard stories that during the peak of the boom in Florida there were many a sale voided because property flipped so fast that the paper work didn't catch up . Sometimes in less than a month after a sale it would be sold one or two more time leaving the last buyer SOL .
I don't buy all this crap with the it's too complicated to follow the trail . I heard that's how alot of people are getting an extension during a rocket docket – asking to see the actual paper work or proof of ownership .
Well, I guess this solves the mystery of what's happening to all the bees; screw the hives, we can own this house!
Finally, an excuse to use a Molotov Cocktail in a residential setting.
It's the empty houses I don't understand. What we have are:
1) Lots of people who couldn't afford to pay for houses
2) Lots of houses with absolutely no one living in them
what ever happened to supply and demand?
Whoever said they were carpenter bees is mistaken. Carpenter bees live alone – you can get a bunch of them at once, but they don't live in hives like that.
We need a few dozen of those giant Japanese hornets to take care of this.
how the heck is it impossible to find out who owns what???
I say if nobody claims it, tear it down and plant some trees. (I bet if they did that to just a few properties the owners would make themselves known real quick)


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That would translate to 1.4 million such cars (out of over 30 million total) on California roads. Smog emissions would be down 75 percent by 2025, global warming gases by 34 percent. These goals are similar to what the federal EPA standards proposed last year.
ARB, established by Governor Ronald Reagan in 1967, sets the rules to protect air quality in the state. The agency is unique among the states, but others can follow its regulations and standards. Ten other states have plans to adopt the new California Advanced Clean Cars regs, which could double the number of "zero-emissions" vehicles (ZEVs) on U.S. roads.
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Last weekend we brought you Robot Food's "Afterbang" in its entirety. This weekend we have another full-length video; Team Thunder's "Beauville." The now infamous Team Thunder crew put out several videos, mostly filmed in the streets and mountains of Utah. These underground classics featured some of the first parts from now big-name riders like Jake Welch and WIll Tuddenham. Beauville was the last Team Thunder video, but who knows, maybe we'll get to see a Team Thunder reunion in the future.Read More