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OAKLAND -- Armed with a .45 caliber handgun and carrying four loaded magazines, a disgruntled One L. Goh returned to his former school with a mission to kill, prosecutors say.
Goh, who police say admitted killing seven people during the massacre at Oikos University in East Oakland, was charged Wednesday with seven counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder and a host of other felonies that will make him eligible for the death penalty.
Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley filed the charges just minutes before Goh, 43, appeared in court for an arraignment and two days after the worst mass shooting in the Bay Area in two decades.
"The scope of this murderous rampage is really unprecedented here in Alameda County," O'Malley said at a news conference after Goh's arraignment. "It was of such enormity and brutality that our county, our country and citizens around the world are left reeling."
Court records filed Wednesday and statements given by authorities during the news conference revealed new details about the shooting Monday that resulted in the deaths of six students and one receptionist.
O'Malley said Goh was armed with a .45 caliber handgun and carried four additional magazines, each fully loaded. In addition, it was revealed that Goh was apprehended by a security guard at the Safeway store in Alameda's South Shore Shopping Center who called police at 11:21 a.m. Monday to report a man who admitted he shot several people in Oakland. Several witnesses later identified Goh as the gunman.
Oakland police Chief Howard Jordan said Goh walked into the Safeway store and asked a clerk if he could use a telephone. The clerk stood by as Goh called a relative, Jordan said, and overheard the suspect talking about the shooting. The clerk notified store security, who detained Goh and called Alameda police, Jordan said.
In interviews with Oakland police, Goh admitted that he went to the college with a .45 caliber handgun and four loaded magazines, that he kidnapped a woman in an office and took her to a classroom, that he shot several people and that he took the car keys of one of his victims and left in the victim's vehicle, according to the affidavit.
Jordan said police have recovered the magazines but continue to search along Doolittle Drive for the gun. O'Malley said having the gun as evidence would be beneficial but it is not crucial for the prosecution.
"It's one more piece of evidence to present to a jury," O'Malley said. "But we know he used the weapon and we know he is the killer."
During his brief court appearance Wednesday, Goh, looking much as he did in his booking photo, said, "Yeah," to confirm his name, and listened as Alameda County Superior Court Judge Sandra Bean read the charges filed against him.
Alameda County Public Defender David Klaus represented him. The court set an April 30 hearing date, during which Goh may enter a plea.
Klaus said he had just met Goh during the lunch hour. "He is extremely remorseful and overcome with sadness. My heart goes out to the family of the victims and the entire community."
Police have said the former student walked into Oikos University's single-building campus and began shooting students because he said they teased him about his age and poor English.
Charging documents identified those killed as Katleen Ping, 24, of Oakland; Judith O. Seymour, 53, of San Jose; Lydia H. Sim, 21, of Hayward; Sonam Choedon, 33, of El Cerrito; Grace Kim, 23, of Union City; Doris Chibuko, 40, of San Leandro; and Tshering Rinzing Bhutia, 38, of San Francisco.
Those injured were identified as Dawinder Kaur, 19, of Santa Clara, who was shot in the arm, Ahmad Javid Sayeed and Grace Kirika; Sayeed's and Kirika's ages and hometowns were not immediately available, nor was the extent of their injuries. All three have since been released from the hospital.
Also on Wednesday, Goh's 72-year-old father told a reporter from the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper, "My son saw other students cheating on a test and told the professor but was ignored." After that, Goh's father said, he was ostracized by his classmates and had a hard time keeping up in school.
The father issued his deepest apologies to the victims' families, the newspaper said.
Neither O'Malley nor Jordan would discuss details of the case Wednesday, however, they did confirm that Goh left the school in November on his own and was not expelled. O'Malley also said Goh might have been upset because he was not allowed to get a refund for tuition after he chose to drop out.
James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University who has studied mass killings since 1980, said the details in the Goh case are typical for a mass killing at a university.
Fox said his research has shown that most mass killings at educational institutions are conducted by middle-aged men who feel slighted by others. They usually have one target in mind, Fox said, but end up taking the life of anyone when the target cannot be found.
"It's called murder by proxy ... when they don't get their target, their anger gets focused on the whole school so they just kill as many people as they can," Fox said. "It's often very common that these are well planned executions. They are not random."
Fox said the shooters usually are in graduate school and any slight they perceive results in the belief that they have failed in life. But the killer doesn't blame himself, Fox said, and instead believes he is the victim.
"They are usually at a point in their lives where they believe they have no options," Fox said. "When that door is slammed shut for them, there are not many other doors."
There are 10 special circumstances in total. They include seven for killing multiple people and one each for killing in the course of a kidnapping, robbery and carjacking.
Although the charges filed against Goh make him eligible for the death penalty, O'Malley said her office will not make that decision until after a preliminary hearing in the case, which will not occur for months. If O'Malley chooses to seek the death penalty, it will be only the second time since she was appointed in 2009 and later elected in 2010 that she has sought death against a special-circumstances suspect.
Only one death penalty case, charged by the previous district attorney and expected to go to trial in May, currently is in the Alameda County court system.
The only death penalty case charged by O'Malley was amended to a life without the possibility of parole case.
Staff writer Karl Fischer and Kristin J. Bender contributed to this report.


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HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Corbett on Tuesday proposed raising gasoline tax revenues to generate more than $5 billion over five years to build and repair roads, fix thousands of broken bridges and get mass transit systems onto sounder financial footing.
In the coming year alone, Corbett wants to spend the new money on an array of projects that include building additional lanes on existing highways, performing safety improvements and shoring up dangerous bridges. Highway maintenance funds would be spread through all 67 counties through a "needs-based formula."
In his budget address, Corbett called transportation "the bloodstream of our economy. If it fails, our economy fails."
After the speech, Senate Transportation Chairman John Rafferty, R-Montgomery, said the plan did not go far enough, and he expected to push for increased total spending, to a figure closer to $3 billion a year.
Most of the new money Corbett proposes would come from an increase in revenues from the oil company franchise tax, a wholesale levy at the gas station level. The governor wants to phase in the increase in three parts. The Pennsylvania Highway Information Association, a trade group, has said that the move would translate to about 28.5 cents per gallon at current prices.
The tax is linked to the wholesale price of gas and is assessed only up to $1.25 per gallon. Corbett proposes eventually applying it to the full value.
How the move would affect gas prices depends on how much of the increase gets passed along to consumers.
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I saw the article about the new beer- and wine-making store in Gypsum, we wish them well.
Just for future reference and to set the record straight, Vail Valley Ace Hardware has been selling a full line of beer and wine making supplies and equipment for two years, and we have an experienced home brewer on staff. If you would like to drop by sometime, we'd be glad to give you a quick tour.
Vail Valley Ace Hardware is located at 2111 N. Frontage Road, West Vail. The store can be reached by phone at (970) 476-8282 or on line at www.vailace.com.
Scott Wirth
Owner, Vail Valley Ace Hardware


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Nestled between the White Mountains and Squam lakes, in the picturesque village of Center Sandwich, NH, the Corner House Inn has been serving up a slice of New England Hospitality for over 150 years!
Enjoy a crackling fire and casual fare in our charmingly rustic pub, or dine intimately by candlelight and enjoy locally grown produce and game in one of our four country elegant dining rooms.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi women's soccer team will head to Austin for an exhibition contest on Friday, Aug. 16. The game, which is slated to start at 7 p.m., will be televised live on the Longhorn Network.
Admission to the game, at Mike A. Myers Stadium and Soccer Field, is free for all.
This will be the final tune-up for the Islanders before they play host to the inaugural regular-season match in program history on Friday, Aug. 23. The match against Houston will also feature the Grand Opening of the Dugan Family Soccer & Track Stadium, the multi-million dollar home of the Islanders Soccer Program. The ceremony starts at 4:55 p.m. with the game to follow immediately afterward at 5.
The Islanders are entering their first season as a varsity program, a year and a half after head coach Shanna Caldwell was hired to start the program in January 2012. A&M-Corpus Christi features 25 players on its roster – 17 freshmen to go along with eight transfers. Among those are three sophomores, four juniors and one senior, with four players having played at the Division I level in their careers.
A&M-Corpus Christi is coming off an impressive performance in a preseason scrimmage at Houston-Victoria in which it defeated the Jaguars 4-0 and outshot UHV 24-1. Alyssa Miller scored a pair of goals in the victory, while Rachel Keeley and Hannah Joseph each put a ball in the back of the net as well.
To find out if you have access to the Longhorn Network, click here. Live stats and video will also be available on TexasSports.com, and updates throughout the game will be provided on Islanders Soccer's official Twitter feed, @IslandersSoccer.


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Since KOMO started reporting on construction problems with the new 520 Bridge, WSDOT has started a media campaign to put to rest public fears about leaky pontoons. State Secretary of Transportation Paula Hammond is confident that these first six pontoons will be repaired and has said, "We won't accept the pontoons from our contractors until we are satisfied they meet contract specifications." And yet, Governor Christine Gregoire is taking no chances: she has called for an independent panel of experts to review the project.
For background, a summary of KOMO's reports:
- October 26: All six of the first pontoons have "extensive cracking" and delays could cost the State $90,000 per day.
- November 1: The 360-foot longitudinal pontoons are missing steel reinforcing (aka "hook bars") at the end joints that link them together.
- November 9: Internal documents from WSDOT engineers raise more red flags; videos and documents posted online.
WSDOT responded by publishing a website dedicated to 520 construction issues, kicking off a Wikileaks style arms race for transparency, including:
- KOMO's full 25-minute interview with Paula Hammond + email correspondence.
- 45 hours of pontoon inspection videos.
- Highlights from a November 14th media tour of the pontoons + press release on repairs and structural omissions.
Sensational cover up? Or the fog of bridge building? Even local media seem to have conflicting reports on this one. On November 13th (the day before WSDOT's media tour), The Seattle Times reported WSDOT's progress in repairing cracks in the pontoons' outer walls was all good news:
The big end-piece W, where columns are being built, was still seeping after it reached Lake Washington, according to an Aug. 27 [contractor] Kiewit letter to DOT.
Since then, all known cracks in the outer walls have been treated, said DOT project manager Julie Meredith. "The fact (water) it's not coming through those cracks now is a very good sign," she said Friday, while walking on a lengthwise pontoon.
The next day, KOMO reporter Tracy Vedder tweeted:
WSDOT confirms 4 biggest pontoons still leaking
It's unclear if Vedder was referring to outer wall leaks or internal wall leaks. During construction, the pontoons' interior cells hold water for ballast which will eventually be replaced with gravel — so interior wall cracks are less critical than exterior cracks.
And now there's more…
Tonight KOMO will air an interview with a former
WSDOT quality control inspector who says the 520 Bridge project is a "disaster waiting to happen." They also have uncovered a state audit that further confirms problems with the pontoons' integrity. WSDOT has preemptively posted an email response to KOMO regarding their (as of now) anonymous source:
We just don't know enough about this person's previous role on the pontoon project to respond in a meaningful way to the assertions he (based on your verbal description) has made.
It is important for you and KOMO to understand and convey to your audience that there is a rigorous quality program in place at the pontoon project as required by the WSDOT contract with Kiewit-General.
Preemptive media control — and hype — aside, the interview airs tonight at 11pm.
UPDATE: November 20
KOMO's full report and interview from last night are posted here.
And today, KOMO's crack reporting continued. They have confirmed that the second batch of pontoons under construction in Aberdeen have also shown extensive cracking, before they've even left the casting basin. These "cycle 2" cracks are in precast interior wall panels which are less critical than the exterior walls, yet still,
WSDOT Kiewit has rejected several of them as unfit for pontoon duty.
UPDATE: November 21
Today WSDOT released the following explanation for "cycle 2" pontoon cracks:
Crews working in Aberdeen on cycle 2 of the pontoons for the new State Route 520 floating bridge have completed construction of 345 pre-cast concrete wall panels. Contractor Kiewit-General has rejected nine of these walls as part of their quality assurance and quality control processes required by the Washington State Department of Transportation in its pontoon contract.
These nine panels had not yet been installed inside the pontoons. They were discarded and new concrete panels were poured. Of the nine panels discarded, three exceeded the contractual limits for cracking and six were rejected due to a duct alignment issue. Approximately 90 percent of the panels have been placed to date.
Again, it should be noted that these wall panels are for interior cells and are not part of the (more critical) exterior pontoon walls. A primer on interior wall leaks is available here.


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Wii Transfer
Wii Transfer can share your movies, music, and pictures directly to your Nintendo Wii using the Internet Channel. Copy Miis from your Wii back to your Mac and save them as images. Browse iTunes playlists and iPhoto albums on your television. Convert your movies to a format the Wii understands, streaming directly from your Mac. Wii Transfer can even manage saved game backups copied to an SD card.
Required OS: not specified
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Yep imarburger, adobe screwed over wii users. The internet channel can't view most video on the web b/c the flash version for opera is so old.
Just saw a beta testing is underway.... Really nice to know this!
I wish Adobe would release a more recent version of the Flash SDK so the Wii could get Flash 9 support (assuming it can handle it). That would make this app so much better.
Wish it was free...


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CORPUS CHRISTI - The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Men's and Women's Cross Country teams will welcome several teams from the surrounding area for the 14th annual Islander Splash on Friday. The meet will take place at West Guth Park with the women's 5 km set to start at 6:20 p.m., while the men's 8 km will follow at 6:45 p.m. The Islanders will also host high school and middle school races, which will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday.
"Both the men and women have done pretty well this week in practice, but the weather will be a factor tomorrow since it's going to be pretty warm," head coach Shawn Flanagan said. "But if we are hydrated well and we keep our ears up, then we are going to get off to a good start and should do well."
The men's team will look to keep its streak of winning its home meet alive, as the Islanders have won the Splash four years in a row, while the women look to win for a second year in a row. However, there will be some tough competition, especially on the women's side, as Rice and Sam Houston, two teams who finished ahead of the Islanders in the Rice Invitational, are competing.
The other schools rounding out the competition are Texas State, Houston, Prairie View A&M, Texas Southern, UT – Pan American, Texas A&M – Kingsville, Texas A&M International, Rogers State and UT Brownsville (Start Boxes).
"We know the course better than anyone else," Flanagan added, "which is always good, and then you add in the fact that they can sleep in their own beds tonight and then they can have their friends and family cheering for them, that's going to help."
Both teams enter this weekend's race ranked in the top 15 regionally, as the men check in at No. 8 and the women find themselves 12th in the South Central Region.
On Saturday, the high school and middle school action will get underway with the 4/5A Varsity Boys 3-mile race at 8 a.m. and will conclude with the 8th Grade Boys 1.4 mile race at 11:25 a.m., with nine other races scheduled between them. The full schedule for Saturday's events can be found below, while the list of teams competing can be found HERE.
Awards will be awarded to the top three teams in Varsity and JV Divisions, while the top 10 individuals in all divisions will receive awards as well. T-shirts from the meet will also be available for purchase for $10.
Results for both the college races and the middle school/high school races can be found at http://flashresultstexas.com/2013/IslanderSplash13/ and will also be posted on www.goislanders.com after the races. West Guth Park is located just off the west side of I-37 at Exit 9, up River Road/Rand Morgan Road (View On Map).
For the latest information, follow Islanders Cross Country on Twitter and Instagram (@IslandersTFXC) and Facebook (Texas A&M Corpus Christi Track & Field/Cross Country).
The meet schedule is as follows:
6:20 p.m.: Women's 5km
6:45 p.m.: Men's 8km
High School and Middle School Divisions
8:00 a.m. 4/5A Varsity Boys-3 miles
8:25 a.m. 1-2-3A Varsity Boys-3 miles
8:50 a.m. JV Boys- 3 miles
9:15 a.m. 4&5A Varsity Girls-3 miles
9:45 a.m. 1-2-3A Varsity Girls-2 miles
10:05 a.m. JV Girls-2 miles
10:25 a.m. 9th Grade Girls and Boys 2 miles
10:40 a.m. 7th Grade Girls-1.4 miles
10:55 a.m. 7th Grade Boys-1.4 miles
11:10 a.m. 8th Grade Girls-1.4 miles
11:25 a.m. 8th Grade Boys-1.4 miles


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- Oct 3:
- Jahi McMath: Family breaks silence on brain-dead girl's condition
- Oct 2:
- Jahi McMath: Attorney shows video he says proves Oakland girl moves feet, hands at mother's commands
- Oct 1:
- Jahi McMath: Family seeks to have brain-death ruling overturned, girl declared alive
- Aug 17:
- Reports that Jahi McMath is coming home are false
- Jun 20:
- Jahi McMath: Experts say New Jersey 'best destination' for brain-dead patients
- Jun 18:
- Jahi McMath being kept at New Jersey hospital
- Jun 13:
- Jahi McMath: Brain-dead Oakland girl receives certificate from school
- Jun 12:
- Jahi McMath getting diploma for eighth grade, family says
- Jun 11:
- Jahi McMath: Family pushing school to grant brain-dead teen's diploma
- Mar 13:
- Jahi McMath: Family calls state report 'B.S.'; new medical record details emerge
- Jahi McMath: State releases report on Children's Hospital Oakland's handling of patients
- Feb 27:
- Jahi McMath's family to get award from Terri Schiavo foundation
- Feb 19:
- Jahi McMath: Complete text of letter from brain-dead girl's mother
- Jahi McMath 'much better,' her mother says
- Feb 1:
- Jahi McMath: Is it safe to have tonsil surgery at Children's Hospital Oakland?
- Jan 27:
- Jahi McMath video claims to show her feet and toes move
- Jan 25:
- Jahi McMath: five similar brain death legal cases
- Jahi McMath: Could her case change how California determines death?
- Jan 17:
- John Horgan: Don't be too quick to judge Jahi McMath's family
- John Horgan: Readers react to Jahi McMath commentary
- Jan 9:
- Jahi McMath: Medical experts say organ failure inevitable
- Jan 8:
- Jahi McMath: Girl given breathing, feeding tubes, attorney says
- Jan 7:
- Jahi McMath: Streetfighting lawyer takes heat, death threats for brain-dead Oakland girl's family
- Jan 6:
- Jahi McMath: Family says brain-dead teen's body may be too deteriorated to save
- Document: Medical analysis of Jahi McMath's deteriorating condition
- Jahi McMath: Brain-dead girl moved to undisclosed care facility
- Jan 5:
- Jahi McMath: Brain-dead teen's family moves her from Children's Hospital Oakland
- Jahi McMath: Timeline of events in case of brain-dead Oakland teen
- Jahi McMath: 13-year-old brain-dead Oakland girl moved by family from hospital
- Jan 3:
- Daniel Borenstein: Mischaracterizations of Jahi's condition ignites insane legal fight
- Jahi McMath: Mom can remove brain-dead daughter from hospital, judge rules
- Jan 2:
- Jahi McMath: Case heads to federal court Friday
- Jan 1:
- Jahi McMath family spends first day of 2014 searching for doctor to help get teen to New York facility
- Dec 31:
- Document: Hospital decries Jahi McMath family's wishes to keep her on ventilator
- Jahi McMath may be transferred to treatment center in New York
- Jahi McMath: Terri Schiavo group secretly leading transfer efforts
- Jahi McMath: Hospital fights in court to remove brain-dead girl from ventilator
- Dec 30:
- Jahi McMath: Judge's order keeping girl on ventilator reinvigorates family
- Jahi McMath: Judge extends order keeping girl on ventilator
- Dec 29:
- Jahi McMath: Statement of Children's Hospital Oakland
- Jahi McMath: Mom and lawyer say only remaining option for brain-dead girl is a New York care facility
- Dec 28:
- Jahi McMath: Family, attorney release letter addressing critics
- Jahi McMath: Family trying to raise money to get 13-year-old airlifted out of state
- Dec 27:
- Jahi McMath: Hospital open to transferring brain-dead teen but won't perform surgery required by admitting facilities
- Jahi McMath: Children's Hospital Oakland agrees to release brain-dead girl to long-term care
- Contra Costa Times editorial: No one recovers from being brain dead
- Dec 26:
- Jahi McMath: Family ready to move brain-dead girl to new facility; hospital may refuse surgery request
- Jahi McMath: 2 years ago, a girl wound up severely brain damaged following similar surgery
- Jahi McMath: Family says they'll move brain-dead girl to another Bay Area facility
- Dec 25:
- Jahi McMath: Family tries to have normal holiday celebration in hospital waiting room
- Dec 24:
- Lost in the divisive battle over Jahi McMath is a mother's undeniable love
- Jahi McMath: Judge denies petition to keep girl on ventilator past Dec. 30
- Dec 23:
- Jahi McMath: Judge extends order to keep brain-dead girl on ventilator
- Dec 22:
- Faith leaders call on prosecutors to investigate Jahi McMath case
- Oakland: Need for tonsillectomies in question
- Dec 21:
- Jahi, her mom and 13 days at Children's Hospital Oakland
- Jahi McMath: Medicine's ability to keep a heart beating complicates how death is perceived
- Oakland: Emotional letter from Jahi McMath's mom to keep daughter 'warm'
- Dec 20:
- Family of Oakland girl on ventilator furious after meeting with hospital officials
- Dec 19:
- Family of girl left brain dead at Children's Hospital Oakland demands medical records
- Dec 18:
- Jahi McMath prayer vigil: "God knows we want a miracle"
- Family of Oakland girl on life support after tonsil surgery calls for international prayer vigil
- Dec 16:
- Family furious, hospital investigating after tonsil surgery leaves girl brain-dead
- Oakland: Girl declared brain dead after tonsil surgery may be taken off life support Tuesday
- Dec 15:
- Oakland girl, 13, declared brain-dead after tonsil surgery
OAKLAND -- Adding a dramatic chapter to the struggle of a family praying for a medical miracle, a judge ruled Friday afternoon that officials at Children's Hospital Oakland must keep a 13-year-old girl -- who has been ruled brain-dead -- on a ventilator until a court-approved doctor can assess whether the teen has any chance of recovering.
The decision came at the end of a hearing in which the hospital asked to remove Jahi McMath from the ventilator, publicly stating its position in the case for the first time. The facility "has no duty ... to continue medical intervention," the hospital's lawyer wrote, because "tragically, Ms. McMath is dead and cannot be brought back to life."
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo, however, sided with the family of the girl, who suffered cardiac arrest after her Dec. 9 tonsil surgery and was declared brain-dead Dec. 12. Grillo granted a temporary restraining order directing the hospital to keep the girl on the ventilator and continue giving her intravenous fluids through Monday, when a court-approved doctor will examine the girl for any signs of brain activity.
"(The ventilator and IV fluids) are to continue until the court makes its decision on the independent physician," Grillo said. "That is not to be removed."
The doctor will be selected from a list of neurologists on staff at UC San Francisco who have been preapproved by both Jahi's family and attorneys for Children's Hospital. The doctor will present findings in court on Tuesday, and Grillo will decide what steps to take next.
The case has drawn national attention and brought focus to two difficult issues: the use of tonsillectomies as a treatment for sleep apnea, as in Jahi's case, and the debate over the meaning of the term "brain-dead."
The family left the courthouse Friday afternoon without comment, and the family's lawyer, Christopher Dolan, was not immediately available for comment Friday evening.
Though the ruling provided a clear path forward in the case, it likely did little to ease the anger the family has expressed toward hospital administrators. In a Thursday evening news conference, minutes after a meeting with the hospital's chief of pediatrics, the family lashed out, saying that administrators told them Jahi had to be removed from the ventilator "quickly" because she was "dead, dead, dead, dead."
Jahi's mother, Nailah Winkfield, said she asked hospital officials: "Can't we have her for Christmas? ... I told them, 'You better not take my child off that machine. You do not have my permission.'"
Hospital officials have repeatedly said that federal and state medical privacy laws prevent them from discussing details of Jahi's treatment without the family's permission. Friday's court filing was the hospital's first major release of information about the case.
Jahi had complex tonsil surgery to help her with sleep apnea, weight gain and other health problems. She began bleeding from her nose and mouth and experienced cardiac arrest later that night, hospital officials and family have said.
In a legal filing, the hospital's attorney says that "two separate Children's physicians determined that Ms. McMath was brain-dead. In addition, at the request of the family, three additional independent physicians -- unaffiliated with Children's and either selected by or approved by Ms. McMath's family/next of kin -- examined Ms. McMath.
"Each confirmed the diagnosis of brain death. ... Accordingly, Children's has declared Ms. McMath to be dead."
The hospital listed numerous steps officials took to support the family once the diagnosis of brain death was made, including repeated meetings with medical staff, support from social workers and the hospital's chaplain, special accommodations for visits, a room for the family to meet away from Jahi, and space in the facility's Family House.
The strongly religious family has said from the start of the struggle that they are hoping for divine intervention and a medical miracle. Hundreds attended a prayer vigil at an East Oakland church Wednesday night.
Family members have also been pressuring hospital officials to release the girl's full medical record. Hospital spokeswoman Melinda Krigel said Friday that Winkfield would have a portion of the medical records Friday and all of them by Monday.
The case has drawn national attention and brought the medical procedure into the spotlight.
Dr. Peter Koltai, a pediatric ear, nose and throat surgeon at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, said he did six tonsillectomies on Monday, "and every parent was asking about that story," he said.
Koltai said the hospital has done 5,000 to 7,000 of the procedures in his 35-year career, and while there has been postoperative bleeding, never has there been "catastrophic results like this," he said.
"Bleeding is not unheard of," Koltai said, adding the carotid artery feeds the tonsils. "There's always a risk of bleeding after a tonsillectomy."
He called a death from tonsillectomy "very unusual."
Hospital officials have refused to directly address most aspects of Jahi's care and treatment, citing state and federal medical privacy laws. The hospital released a statement late Thursday asking the family to allow them to openly discuss Jahi's case.
"We implore the family to allow the hospital to openly discuss what has occurred and to give us the necessary legal permission -- which it has been withholding -- that would bring clarity, and we believe, some measure of closure and deeper understanding of this medical case," said David Durant, chief of pediatrics, in the statement.
On Friday, Dolan said that since he has been retained, the hospital has not asked his clients for permission to speak to the media about Jahi's case.
He said if the family did ban the hospital from publicly addressing Jahi's case, it's because his clients want hospital officials to "tell them what happened before they tell the media."
"We are willing to have an open and public dialogue and will give them (hospital officials) permission to talk about why they're doing what they are doing as long as we -- the family, the hospital and anybody from the press -- are all in the same room," Dolan said.
Staff writers Katie Nelson and Mattias Gafni contributed to this report. Contact Kristin J. Bender at email@example.com. Follow her at Twitter.com/kjbender. Contact Natalie Neysa Alund at 510-293-2469. Follow her at Twitter.com/nataliealund.


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Pete and Judie blog about current events, politics, education, the economy, and other issues relevant to life in Butler County. We explore issues from diverse viewpoints, synthesizing essential information and resources to assist readers in forming their own opinions. Readers are encouraged to contribute to the discussions initiated in our blog by posting comments.
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VINCENT - Fourteen years ago, Blane Maddox journeyed up the river from his hometown of Logan to become the varsity basketball coach of the Warren Warriors, a Southeastern Ohio Athletic League rival of the Chieftains.
But Wednesday evening, Maddox might as well have been wearing purple, because the Chiefs and their fans loved him almost as much as the Warriors.
Maddox received his 200th career coaching victory - all with the Warriors - when Warren defeated the visiting Chieftains 80-45 at Warren High School in Vincent Wednesday evening.
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Warren boys' basketball coach Blane Maddox displays game ball that was signed by all the Warrior players after an 80-45 win over Logan in Vincent Wednesday night.
Photo courtesy of Kevin Pierson
Warren's Michael Hall (23) blows past the defense of Logan's Josh Mutzner (1) for a basket during the first quarter of a basketball game in Vincent Wednesday evening. Warren won 80-45. The win marked coach Blane Maddox's 200th with the Warriors.
And as the Warriors celebrated, fans wearing Chieftain purple came down to embrace the man that left their city and went on to build a basketball dynasty in Warrior country. Maddox is the first boys' basketball coach to ever win 200 games at Warren High School, and just the second basketball coach joining former girls' coach Dennis Biddinger.
"You don't think about 200, or even 100," Maddox said. "What I'm proud of is doing it at one school. That's difficult to do today."
In his 14 year coaching career with the Warriors, Maddox's teams have averaged over 14 wins a season.
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Warren 80, Logan 45
Logan 8 14 11 12 - 45
Warren 26 19 14 11 - 80
Josh Mutzner 2-3 5-8 9; Gaven Jourdan 3-11 2-5 8; Patrick Klinger 1-4 3-4 6; Tristan Myers 2-6 2-2 6; Josh Vermillion 0-3 0-0 0; Anthony McNeal 2-3 0-2 6; Joey Cottrill 0-1 2-4 2; Gabe Smith 3-4 0-0 6; Chance Cox 0-2 1-4 1; Bernardo Herberle 0-1 0-0 0; Nick Kost 0-1 0-0 0; Evan DeLong 0-1 1-2 1. Team 13-40 16-31 45. 3pt goals 3 (McNeal 2, Klinger 1).
Evan Yabs 1-2 1-1 3; Danny Pannell 2-4 0-0 5; Michael Hall 7-11 0-0 15; Evan French 8-14 5-6 23; Reece Patton 7-11 1-2 15; Dylan Leffingwell 2-4 8-10 12; Adam Lang 0-0 0-0 0; Corey Newlon 0-0 0-0 0; Marshall Church 1-2 1-4 3; Andrew Henthorn 0-0 0-0 0; Matt Drayer 0-2 0-0 0; Blake Kidder 0-2 0-0 0; Aaron Mazurkiewicz 1-1 0-0 2; Andrew Drayer 1-2 0-0 2. Team 30-55 16-23 80. 3pt goals 4 (French 2, Hall 1, Pannell 1).
Team stats
Logan: Shooting 13-40 (32 percent); 3pt shooting 3-11 (27 percent); Rebounds 15 (Myers 3); Assists 3; Steals 5 (Vermillion 3); Turnovers 20; Blocks 1 (Klinger 1); Total fouls 19.
Warren: Shooting 30-55 (55 percent); 3pt shooting 4-11 (36 percent); Rebounds 40 (Patton 6, Leffingwell 6, Church 6); Assists 16 (Hall 5, French 3); Steals 11 (Patton 5, Hall 2); Turnovers 14; Blocks 1 (Church 1); Total fouls 24.
JV score: Warren 52, Logan 51 OT
Logan: Chance Cox 9; Even Delong 3; Lane Little 11; Tyler Bell 7; Cole Baron 7; Gabe Smith 2; Nick Kost 13
Warren: Aaron Mazurkiewicz 6; Seth Hall 1; Blake Kidder 27; Andrew Henthorn 6; Collin Welch 2; Marshall Church 2; Andrew Drayer 10
"He does everything for us. He has to leave his family for us to come to practices," said Warren senior Dylan Leffingwell. "Coach is real passionate about the game. He's always on us to keep that passion, that fire for the game."
No where was that passion, that fire more evident for the Warriors than Wednesday night against the Chiefs, when Warren opened the game by hitting seven of its first nine field goals to virtually assure their coach of win No. 200.
By the time the first quarter was done, the Warriors were an impressive 11-of-16 from the floor and a perfect 4-of-4 from the stripe to lead 26-8, and there was no looking back.
"We came out with a good start to the game. That really followed through the rest of the way," said Warren senior Danny Pannell.
Fresh off their first defeat of the season, a 69-47 loss at the hands of Upper Arlington, the Warriors bounced back to secure their sixth win of the campaign and remain perfect in SEOAL play.
"They got off the mat and they came back," Maddox praised. "They attacked the rim and they moved the ball."
That ball movement gave the Warriors plenty of easy offensive opportunities, as Warren hit on 69 percent of its shots in the first quarter and 58 percent of the field goals in the first half. For the game, the Warriors converted 55 percent of their field goals, going 30-for-55 from the floor.
Conversely, Logan was a woeful 6-of-17 in the first half and 13-for-40 for the game. Even worse for the Chiefs, they were 16-of-31 from the free throw line.
"We played a little mad, a little tough," said Leffingwell, who was one of four Warriors in double figures with 12 points.
"We just need to play hard like we did (Wednesday) night."
The Warriors wasted no time in getting the game rolling, as junior Reece Patton converted an easy jumper off an assist from Michael Hall just 17 seconds into the contest.
Warren would never look back, as Evan French tallied four of his game high 23 points over the course of the next 1:26 and the Warriors would lead 16-1 on French's layup with 4:12 to play in the first quarter, prompting a timeout from Logan coach John Helber.
At that time, the Warriors were 7-of-9 from the floor, and they didn't slow down as they built the lead to 26-8 after one quarter of play when Patton converted another layup off Leffingwell's assist.
All five starters for Warren scored, and overall nine different players put the ball in the basket. Of the 14 players that stepped on the court, 13 of them had rebounds and eight recorded an assist.
"Everybody seemed to be clicking and moving the ball," Pannell said. "We were getting each other open."
The Warrior momentum was dampened somewhat in the second quarter, as fouls defensively slowed the pace somewhat.
Despite their over-aggressiveness defensively, the Warriors maintained their swagger on offense, as the lead continued to blossom as Warren led 45-22 at the break and 69-33 after three quarters of play.
Warren enjoyed its biggest lead of 39 points with 4:47 to play in the fourth quarter when Leffingwell converted a pair of free throws.
By that point, there was no doubt in the outcome of the game, and when the clock struck zero the Warriors and Chiefs joined together to celebrate Maddox's accomplishment.
"I just want to thank Coach for sticking with us, and never giving up on us," Leffingwell said.
"He (Maddox) just brings a lot of energy to us," Pannell said. "Shout out to Coach Maddox for his 200th win."


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The iPad is a great thing.
It is not, however, a computer. It's a shift away from the familiar hard drive directories. The new iPad owner has to surrender to a new way : you can't really root around the hard drive looking for a file, all user experience is controlled by an app, and getting the right app is key. As most of us have found out, finding that right app is a bizarre mixture of dumb luck, suggestions from co-workers and friends and the endless lists of best 10 apps proliferating on the web.
The logistics of reading a 32mb pdf on an iPad:
how to get it, open it, and store it.
Sounds easy, right? Not necessarily so.
My sister, who works for an intellectual property rights lawyer, put together a series of documents into a pdf with thumbnails and bookmarks meant for an informal presentation. Her boss was adamant about wanting to use his ipad - it was an opportunity to show off his latest techno conquest.
I had already turned her on to Dropbox and its corresponding app but, because I haven't been faced with the same issue, I didn't know if the file was on the ipad after downloading or just cached and updated through the wifi as needed. I discovered the hard way that Maps app does not localize any search results. I say "the hard way" because I was trying to find a feed store near downtown Nacogdoches (far away from from my Houston home wifi where I did the original search) only to find out too late that the map I was depending on wasn't stored on my ipad. It didn't occur to me that the Maps app wouldn't grab and store those maps. (If anyone has any suggestions how to do this, please, I beg you, help me not get lost again…)
Back to my sis. Through Dropbox, she downloaded the pdf but was confused as to where the file actually resided and disappointed to find that the pdf lost all bookmarks and thumbnails when opened. She had 10 minutes to set up her boss' ipad before he had to leave for his meeting. Crossing platforms (mac to pc) is not so intimidating anymore but the process of pc-to-ipad was about to make her head explode . She called me for an answer since I am the alleged technobrat.
Since I don't use my ipad for anything like this, I didn't have an easy answer other than " I don't know" and " I'll call you right back ".
I googled "best pdf reader for ipad" which led me to 10 best pdf reader for ipad . I don't know if the the author actually used any of the apps on the list but Jae Vin's description suggested that FileApp would transfer the file through wifi. Since it was the only one on the page that specifically stated that it would manage the transfer of the pdf, its the one I chose to blindly recommend.
I called my sister back . A few minutes later she called back, relieved and grateful. FileApp was everything it promised and more. Not only did the app itself works as promised, it was easy enough for a harried paralegal to figure out in minutes. The added plus? FileApp made all the tough decisions.
Her relief peaked my interest enough to recreate her footsteps. I emailed her to ask about the process:
can you quickly describe the interaction of downloading the file & installing it into ibooks?
did fileapp do the heavy lifting or did dropbox?
She responded:
both -- I loaded file app, first you get an explanation how to use, then I used it to pull a file form drop box, it took me to drop box, pulled the file, and then couldn't open it because it was too big. It then told me to download ibooks if I didn't have it, even told me it was free, so I downloaded ibooks, then went back to file app which transferred the file to ibooks when I hit yes I think it was.
Aha! The real problem was ? Her boss didn't have anything that actually read and archived pdfs like Goodreader or iBooks
If there had been a pdf reader app installed, my sister could have used the dropbox transfer option in the upper-right hand corner. Since there wasn't my sister was left feeling like she was screwing up the process on an iPad that didn't belong to her and had not set up.
Why FileApp rocked.
The final file size of the pdf she was trying to load was was 35mb and after trying to launch it, FileApp gave up and suggested she load it it iBooks. That's the key, it suggested she load iBooks. Suddenly, the problem didn't seem insurmountable.
If this is all FileApp does, nudge you towards an solution, then this app is priceless. The free version does all this stuff:
- View files and office documents on iphone
- View images and play audio and video files
- Transfer documents to iphone via usb (cable) using disk aid or itunes file sharing
- Transfer documents to iphone via wi-fi via ftp
- Browse files by folder, date, name or type
- Open zip files in folders
- Send single email attachments
- Delete files or folders
- Stores any file sent from any third party app (mail, safari…)
- Makes opening files by using the familiar "open in…" and lists compatible apps (pages, numbers, ibook…)
- Formats supported:
- Microsoft office documents (word, excel, powerpoint), all formats supported
- Scroll to page feature for all long documents (pdf)
- Rtf and plain text (utf-8 encoding)
- Iwork documents (pages, numbers and keynotes, iwork 09)
- Opendocument (openoffice) (text, spreadsheet, presentation)
- Html files
- Safari web archives
- Comic book archive files (.Cbz)
- Uncompress zip archives
- Fast scroll bar for text, webarchives, office, iwork and open office documents
- Compatible with large images
- Slideshow (with slideshow timer settings)
- Button next & previous to browse images
- Rotation portrait/landscape
- Send images via email attachments
- Support for comic book archive files (.Cbz)
- Music & videos:
- Audio (mp3 vbr, aac, audible, apple lossless, aiff, wav, caf)
- Video (standard iphone formats : h.264, mpeg-4)
- Email :
- Sending of files via email for ms office documents, pdfs, images, open office documents, iwork documents, rtf, html and text.
- Open attachments from 'mail' app (on ipad & ios 4)
And it is friendly:
- Microsoft Windows XP, Vista & 7
- Mac OS x (10.4 tiger, 10.5 leopard & 10.6 snow leopard)
- Linux (gnome & kde) (wifi only)


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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi softball team split a conference doubleheader with Central Arkansas Saturday at Chapman Field. The Islanders and Bears battled back and forth for 11 innings in game one with Central Arkansas putting together a three-run top of the 11th to win 7-4. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi answered back in game two to win 6-4. The Islanders' bats came out swinging to outhit the visiting team, 9-4.
The Islanders (10-39, 5-21 SLC) and Bears (36-17, 15-9 SLC) will square off in a rubber game tomorrow at 11 a.m. when the two teams wrap the series at Chapman Field on Meagan McKinney's Senior Day.
For the latest on Islanders Softball, like the team on Facebook (Islanders Softball), follow them on Twitter (@IslandersSball) and visit www.GoIslanders.com.
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi scored a run in the first and held the lead until the top of the sixth when Central Arkansas knotted the score at 1-1. Neither team was able to score in the seventh and eighth frames and were forced to extra innings. The Islanders and Bears both scored a pair of runs in the ninth and one each in the 10th. It wasn't until the 11th that Central Arkansas pushed ahead with three runs to win 7-4.
Mickayla Cochran went 3-for-5 to propel the Islanders' bats while Hayley Galloway, Valerie Perez, Meagan McKinney and Cassie Carroll both tallied a hit apiece.
Cochran started things off with a single to center field in the bottom of the first before scoring on a Perez RBI triple to right field.
Islanders' hurler Constance Brandenburg held the Bears off the board until the top of the sixth. Lissa Avitia started the inning with a single to shortstop and scored on a Amy Gunnells single up the middle.
The Islanders and Bears battled back and forth for the next five innings. Central Arkansas pushed ahead 3-1 in the top of the ninth with two runs on one hit and a pair of Islanders' fielding mishaps. However, the Islanders answered with two runs and two hits in the bottom of the ninth. Galloway hit a leadoff single to right field and advanced to second after Lyles reached on a fielding error. Perez then stepped to the plate and advanced Lyles to second and Galloway to third on a sacrifice bunt. After a McKinney pop up, Carroll ripped a 2 RBI single to third base to score Lyles and Galloway and tie the game at 3-3.
With the international tiebreaker rule in play, the Bears scored a run on a sacrifice fly out by Jessie Taylor in the top of the 10th before the Islanders evened the score at 4-4 in the bottom of the 10th. Cochran hit a RBI single to left field to score Natalie Zarzabal, who came in to pinch run for J.J. Jackson.
Central Arkansas then pushed ahead in the top of the 11th with three runs on two hits. Sam Forrest hit a RBI single to right center and Sarah Bigej hit a 2 RBI single to left field to cap the game.
Brandenburg (6-18) took the loss for the Islanders. The junior allowed nine hits, seven runs, four of them earned, while walking six in 11 innings.
Kelsie Armstrong (28-11) picked up the victory for the Bears. She allowed seven hits, four runs, one of them earned while striking out 11 and walking none in 11 innings.
The Islanders outhit the Bears 9-6 en route to a 6-4 victory in game two. Bethany Slick picked up her first conference win and her second victory of the season in the circle allowing just two earned runs in seven innings.
Cochran and Galloway both went 2-for-4 to power the Islanders' bats while Lyles, Perez, McKinney, Michelle Sorenson and Dani Tefft each chipped in one hit apiece.
The Islanders put up three runs on four hits in the bottom of the third to take a 3-0 lead. With one out, Tefft singled to the pitcher and advanced to second on a Cochran single through the left side. Galloway followed with the Islanders' third consecutive hit with a single to right center to plate Tefft. Lyles moved Galloway to second and Cochran to third with a ground out before Perez ripped a 2 RBI single to center field to score Galloway and Cochran. McKinney then reached on a Bears' fielding error to load the bases. However, UCA pulled out of the inning with a Jackson ground out.
The Bears answered with a run in the top of the fourth on one hit. After back-to-back walks, Ashley Boswell hit a RBI single to third base to score Melanie Bryant to pull the Bears within two.
The Islanders' bats rolled on through the fourth with three runs on four hits to extend their lead to 6-1 with two outs. After Sorenson lined out and Tefft grounded out, Cochran jumpstarted the Islanders' bats with a single to left field. Galloway followed suit with a single to the pitcher before Lyles drilled a RBI single to left center to score Cochran. Perez then loaded the bases with awalk before McKinney hit a two-run blast to center field to pad the lead.
Central Arkansas rallied back in the top of the seventh with three runs on three hits. Sarah Bigej hit a 2 RBI single to left field and scored on a wild pitch, however the Islanders escaped to win their 10th victory of the season.
Slick (2-6) picked up the victory for the Islanders. She allowed four hits, four runs, two of them earned while walking seven in seven innings.
Ciara Clampitt (3-3) took the loss for Central Arkansas. She allowed eight hits, six runs, five of them earned, while walking three in 3.2 innings.


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WASHINGTON (AP) " Nearly two months after a U.S. warplane mistakenly attacked a hospital in northern Afghanistan, officials said Friday it remains unclear how many civilians were killed.
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) " A Chilean mother says a hospital is restricting her right to see her newborn daughter because she acknowledged smoking marijuana days before she gave birth.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) " Three officers were injured Friday in a shooting near a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs and the gunman has been contained, police said.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) " The latest on the shooting near Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado. (All times local)
HOUSTON (AP) " Philadelphia 76ers center Jahlil Okafor says he's embarrassed about a Boston nightclub scuffle captured on video and is dealing with the team and league on possible discipline.
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BRUSSELS (AP) " Five years ago, Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi warned that millions of Africans wanted to come to the European Union and offered to make the continent's immigration problem disappear in exchange for billions of euros.
JERUSALEM (AP) " Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinians after they rammed their cars into soldiers in separate attacks in the West Bank on Friday as the country's defense minister urged Israelis to brace themselves for more violence, saying...
CHICAGO (AP) " A Chicago man was charged with first-degree murder on Friday in connection to the slaying of a 9-year-old boy who police say was lured off a basketball court and shot in the head in an alley because of his father's gang ties.
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SNOWMASS VILLAGE - Gov. John Hickenlooper praised the efforts of the Thompson Divide Coalition on Wednesday, saying what it's doing "makes perfect sense."
The governor was speaking at a fundraiser for Roaring Fork Leadership in Snowmass Village, one of several stops through the Western Slope on Wednesday, including a tour of Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
Hickenlooper responded to several questions from the audience after giving a talk about leadership. Some queries pertained to leadership, while others were more political, including a question about what the state government could do to make the community's views heard about Thompson Divide.
"I have driven out around and looked out over the Thompson Creek divide and that whole area, and I get it," Hickenlooper said. "That's a beautiful landscape that shouldn't be developed.
"That being said, that horse is out of the barn, right? We have a system of rule by law in this country that once someone has invested - it could be an individual, it could be a company - but once they own that asset we can't just nationalize it because we've changed our minds."
The coalition last year proposed a $2.5 million settlement to the gas companies that hold leases in Thompson Divide, 221,500 acres of public land that stretches from Sunlight Mountain Resort to McClure Pass west of Highway 133. That is a good solution, Hickenlooper said, and one that he thinks is feasible.
He said something the state government could choose to do to take that even further would be to match the money raised with severance dollars from oil and gas production.
"If the local community is willing to raise $21⁄2 million , maybe the state government should match it," the governor said. "So therefore you have a real offer on the table, and now (with) that pressure maybe you get a transaction. And I think that's a legitimate way to be partners with all the work that you guys are doing."
After the question-and-answer session, Hickenlooper said the problem is analogous to what's happening in other Colorado municipalities, some of which, including Fort Collins on Wednesday, have enacted legislation banning hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and drilling. Hickenlooper told the Fort Collins Coloradoan on Wednesday that he's not sure what option the state has other than to sue the city for banning fracking, according to The Associated Press.
Hickenlooper said that in the situation of Thompson Divide, he's looking for ways to help the community "not nationalize somebody else's property but to find a way that we can help them resolve the issue in a way that respects our laws."
The efforts taken by local municipalities are examples of appropriate courses of action, the governor said. More than 300 people showed up at a meeting last week in Carbondale that the Pitkin County commissioners organized to speak about the issue.
"That's impressive," Hickenlooper said. "That's unusual in the modern world. Good for them; they're doing exactly the right thing."


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Kansas City T-Bones Gorilla Gathering
Come one, come all!! Head to the park...the ballpark that is!
Join PSU alumni and friends for a fun-filled night of food, music, and home runs as MIAA schools gather for the annual MIAA outing at the T-Bones.
Enjoy a delicious picnic dinner with all the trimmings, music provided by a live DJ, a unique opportunity to interact with other MIAA alumni and friends, institution specific drawings, and get a reserved game ticket!
The challenge has been set...help PSU be the University to reach the goal of having the largest number of alumni and friends in attendance and we will receive special recognition and prizes!
Time: Tailgating 5:00 PM Opening Pitch 7:05 PM (Tailgating and meal will be located outside of the stadium on the lawn.)
Cost: $15 Per Person Includes: Game Ticket & Meal Combo
*Water will be provided, any other beverages you may bring on your own.
Don't forget to bring your lawn chairs!
Registration required!
Registration Deadline: Monday, June 23rd, 2014


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Baked Halibut Topped with Zucchini, Tomato, Dill, and Feta
Todays simple, tasty recipe comes to us courtesy of Pam, author of the award-winning recipe blog, For the Love of Cooking.
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Baked Halibut Topped with Zucchini, Tomato, Dill, and Feta
Adapted from Allrecipes.com by For the Love of Cooking. Photos by For the Love of Cooking.
Serves 2 to 4
Two to four (6 oz each) Alaskan halibut portions
1 large zucchini, diced
1/4 small sweet yellow onion, diced
1 clove of garlic, minced (or 1 tsp organic garlic granules)
3-4 roma tomatoes, diced
1-2 Tbsp fresh dill, chopped (or ¾ Tbsp organic dried dill)
4 Tbsp feta cheese
Preheat the oven to 450 F. Coat a glass baking dish with cooking spray.
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- Sep 18:
- NaVorro Bowman says Andrew Luck presents new challenges to San Francisco 49ers
- Frank Gore says 49ers' opponents focusing on stopping the run
- Jim Harbaugh has high praise for Andrew Luck
- 49ers' Colin Kaepernick stars in new TV commercial with Joe Flacco
- 49ers tight end Vernon Davis expects to play Sunday against Colts
SANTA CLARA — Quarterback Andrew Luck said "it'll be sort of fun, I guess" when he faces Jim Harbaugh and other former Stanford coaches on Sunday when Luck's Colts visit the 49ers.
"I feel very fortunate to have played under them in college, and they taught me so much about football and growing up," Luck said Wednesday on a media conference call. "At the end of the day, it'll be just another game."
Both the Colts and 49ers sport 1-1 records after losing Sunday.
After Harbaugh left for the 49ers in 2011, Luck stayed for a final season at Stanford before becoming the No. 1 overall pick in last year's draft by the Colts. Luck went on to earn Pro Bowl honors and set NFL rookie passing records for yards (4,374), attempts (627) and 300-yard games (six).
"I definitely feel he helped me get to where I am," Luck said of Harbaugh. "He obviously helped turn Stanford around, his efforts more than anybody. Some of my success was being able to play at a well-coached, well-run program."
That included walking in as a self-described "brat, snot-nosed quarterback" into Fangio's office to ask why the Cardinal defense "whipped our butts every now and then in practice."
Luck will see another familiar face Sunday at Candlestick: counterpart Colin Kaepernick. They first met at the Manning Passing Academy three years ago, and Kaepernick made such a positive impression that Luck relayed that to Harbaugh before the 2011 draft.
"Obviously he was a big, strong, incredible-looking athlete," Luck said. "But also, what a great guy, easy to get along with. ... No attitude, no ego about out anything. Then you see him throw: 'Oh my god, this guy's incredible, what a live arm.' "
Luck said he'll be too busy with Colts commitments to visit The Farm for Stanford's game Saturday against Arizona State.
Although Luck said his time at Stanford "heightened" his appreciation for technology, he still does not have a smart phone. Said Luck: "I like my phone. It makes calls. It can text. I can receive calls. What more do you need?"
What more can Luck do for an encore after a terrific rookie season?
"It was fabulous what he did Year 1. But he's so much more comfortable and has a greater command of the offense and huddle," Colts coach Chuck Pagano said. "He's as tough as nails, as you know. When things break down, he's such a tough competitor he can extend plays. He wills his team."
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.


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25 years ago
- Starting Feb. 1, Coffee Day pins will be available at participating restaurants. The pins can be redeemed for a free coffee on Coffee Day, Feb. 12.
- Franklin Brooks was rescued from his camper trailer when it caught fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
100 years ago
- Francis St. Claire was arrested Friday night for forgery in Wheeling. He will be transported back to Wheeling for sentencing.
- An election will soon take place in Marietta regarding the form of municipal government in the city.
Compiled by Amanda Nicholson, Marietta College Special Collections.


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Entertainer Mario Mancini will perform as the King of Rock 'n Roll at the Royal Theatre in downtown Versailles this Friday. On May 10, the performer will present "A Tribute to Elvis."
Mancini has been presenting this show professionally for more than 14 years. In full costume as Elvis, he sings many of the rock and roll icon's hits from the 1950s through the 1970s.
The concert starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and children ages 3-18.
Get tickets by calling 573-378-6226. Tickets may also be purchased at the door on the night of the performance based upon availability.
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Headlines for Thursday:
- The Constant Connector (61 words)
- Meeting minutes from KMD2004 (318 words)
- Emacs: Quick way to collect references (52 words)
- Emacs and a British voice (142 words)
- Stretch (324 words)
|@0915 15min Sort out flight details
|@1000 30min Deposit cash and check into TD account, pay off credit card. Maybe pass by Whole Foods?
|@1400 Meet Dave Kemp and MJ Suhonos at Dave's studio
|@1530 Do paperwork for Delta Kappa Gamma
|@1600 MIE1402 Assignment 2
|@1630 Grab an early dinner
|@1700 MIE1402 Assignment 2 - preliminary interpretation
|@1800 MIE1402 Assignment 2 - Read sample paper
|@1900 1h MIE1402 Assignment 2 Test assumptions
|@2000 30min Polish assignment and submit it
|Check Fido bill from 2006.10.12
|Home facial
|Organize get-together for tomorrow
|Call New Wave to cancel
|Install Flash MX onto lab computer
|30min MIE1402 Assignment 2: Reread chapter 5
|5min MIE1402 Assignment 2: Generate data
|Set up wiki
|@1100 Assignment 2 for MIE1402 {{Due: 2006.10.18}} : E-Mail from Mark Chignell (school)
|@1145 Lab lunch : E-Mail from Anna Malandrino
1. The Constant Connector: 01:03
I spent some time reviewing all of my blog posts that contained the keyword "networking". I think you'll find the results useful. =) Check out the Constant Connector page for a preview of what just might become a topic-focused blog!
On Technorati: networking
Random Emacs symbol: tramp-find-ls-command - Function: Finds an `ls' command which groks the `-n' option, returning nil if failed.
2. Meeting minutes from KMD2004: 15:02
Started 2:20 PM
Ended 3:00 PM
Attendance: Dave Kemp, Sacha Chua
- Talked about tentative plans for lit review. Sacha will probably choose one of the articles from AN map reference, Dave Kemp will do The Wealth of Networks (book) or maybe change his mind. E-mail each other about concepts.
- Intervention: Press kit about the Experimental Exhibition Laboratory (EEL). Open Source, Open Access grant will fund development of the online version of the gallery under Creative Commons license (Electric EEL). If showing work, then should be released under CC. Exposing people to the ideas that they might not aware of. Gaining attention for? Project launch November or so. We can write the press kit that can be used when the gallery is formally opened in March or so. Press kit for: Eye and Now magazine.
- Integrative summary: We will provide point form summaries, and maybe one person can take the lead in preparing the summary. Wiki: post an outline or bullet points, try to merge as much as possible. Post a summary. Then post full drafts. Individual structure: 1-2 page summary. Set up wiki. Final paper due week 9, outline up by week 7 (Oct 24). Oct 26 meeting, we'll try running through five-minute presentations of key ideas, come up with introduction and conclusion. Week 8, seriously start working on the integrative summary.
SACHA: Set up wiki, e-mail everyone by tonight, post minutes
|Week 7 (Oct 24)
|point form up on the wiki, maybe even a summary if you're feeling really nice
|Oct 26* 2:00 meeting
|run through 5-minute presentations, think about introduction and *depending on symposium
|Nov 7
|Seriously work on integrative summary, people should be mostly done with their backgrounder articles
|Nov 14
|submit backgrounder article and integrative summary
|write intervention piece
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4. Emacs and a British voice: 22:53
There's something about deep, deep cultural programming. Anything spoken with a British accent just sounds infinitely cool. Everyone uses the default voice for Asterisk and all of that - an American male.
You want to install festvox-rablpc16k or festvox-rablpc8k in addition to all the usual things you need for emacspeak. You'll also need espeakf from CVS.
cvs -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/espeakf login cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/espeakf co -P espeakf cd espeakf sudo make install
One of these lines is responsible for setting up espeakf. I just can't be bothered with figuring out which. ;) Probably the dtk-program line.
(setq dtk-program "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/emacspeak/servers/espeakf.pl") (setenv "DTK_TCL" dtk-program) (setenv "DTK_PROGRAM" dtk-program)
Then add this to your /etc/festival.scm:
(set! voice_default 'voice_rab_diphone)
Yummy British accent goodness.
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5. Stretch: 23:42
I love looking back at the day and knowing that I finished everything I set out to do. I can get rid of so much stress simply by keeping my horizon in mind, choosing the one or two things that could make the most difference in my life right now, and doing those things.
Today, I got my MIE assignment out of the way. It won't be due for another 6 days, but it's one of the things with high importance and a hard deadline. The sooner I finished it, the sooner I could concentrate on other requirements that might have softer deadlines.
If my task list looks scarily detailed, just wait until you see my time log. ;) I find it handy to account for as much of my time as possible while still blocking in treats to reward myself with and time to relax. Today, I rewarded myself by organizing a small get-together for tomorrow night. I'll need something to look forward to! First snow today, and lots of work to be done at IBM tomorrow...
... but today was good, and it's nice having the feeling that things are more or less under control.
I'm still probably going to do more than one headless-chicken impressions over the next few weeks. I've taken on quite a set of challenges. I have no idea if I can really pull all of it off, or how gracefully I can drop things if nevessary. But just as I force myself to speak before I'm 100% ready, I'm going to step up and do things even though I'm not sure how it will all work out. I'm going to jump, and grow my wings on the way down!
One day at a time becomes one week at a time becomes one year at a time becomes one life at a time. =) Things are going well.
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Do-It-Yourself Design: The Sole Solution Software
In the Beginning
Because of their logical, mathematical makeup, socks lend themselves perfectly to computer-aided design.
Early programs offered clunky interfaces and limited options, spitting out a series of numbers you had to put together yourself. Today, however, the software is much improved.
The Sole Solution
What You Get
What You Can Do
You can determine whether you want to knit a sock from the toe up or the top down. You're given several heel styles, widths, and stitches. Ditto for the toe styles and widths.
And, perhaps most interesting of all, the program produces patterns for socks knit on four DPNs, five DPNs, and even two circular needles!
If you want to use a specific stitch pattern, you can add this too. The program won't chart it out for you, but it will let you know when it's time to begin your pattern and when to stop. If you like form-fitting socks, you can even program specific leg shapings too.
The Patterns
More important than an attractive layout, however, is the pattern itself. You'll find thorough, well-written instructions that make it hard to believe you're reading a computer-generated pattern. If you get confused at any point, simply press F1 and a Help window pops up.
Even if you don't need help, I strongly urge you to explore the Help section anyway. It includes a vast appendix with well-illustrated explanations of everything from Kitchener stitch to knitting socks on two circular needles.
You can save your patterns in Word ".doc" format, plain text format (".txt"), and rich-text format (".rtf") for later reference.
Not Your Mother's Software
If you consider the number of options this software offers, combined with the in-depth help files, $29.95 seems quite reasonable. Unlike that exercycle that long ago became a clothes rack in your bedroom, the Sole Solution stands a good chance of being useful for a long, long time.
Software Name
The Sole Solution
System Requirements
Runs on PCs using Windows 95 or later and on Macs running Virtual PC.
Retail Price
$29.95 plus $4.50 Priority Mail shipping in the U.S. (Contact vendor for shipping outside the U.S.) Alabama buyers add 8% sales tax.
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Bowl glance
Published: Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 10:26 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 10:26 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 15
New Mexico Bowl
At Albuquerque
Arizona 49, Nevada 48
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
At Boise, Idaho
Utah State 41, Toledo 15
Thursday, Dec. 20
Poinsettia Bowl
At San Diego
BYU 23, San Diego State 6
Friday, Dec. 21
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
At St. Petersburg, Fla.
UCF 38, Ball State 17
Saturday, Dec. 22
New Orleans Bowl
Louisiana-Lafayette 43, East Carolina 34
Las Vegas Bowl
Boise State 28, Washington 26
Monday, Dec. 24
Hawaii Bowl
At Honolulu
SMU 43, Fresno State 10
Wednesday, Dec. 26
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
At Detroit
Central Michigan 24, Western Kentucky 21
Thursday, Dec. 27
Military Bowl
At Washington
San Jose State 29, Bowling Green 20
Belk Bowl
At Charlotte, N.C.
Cincinnati 48, Duke 34
Holiday Bowl
At San Diego
Baylor 49, UCLA 26
Friday, Dec. 28
Independence Bowl
At Shreveport
Ohio 45, Louisiana-Monroe 14
Russell Athletic Bowl
At Orlando, Fla.
Virginia Tech 13, Rutgers 10
Meineke Car Care Bowl
At Houston
Texas Tech 34, Minnesota 31
Saturday, Dec. 29
Armed Forces Bowl
At Fort Worth, Texas
Rice 33, Air Force 14
Fight Hunger Bowl
At San Francisco
Arizona State 62, Navy 28
Pinstripe Bowl
At New York
Syracuse 38, West Virginia 14
Alamo Bowl
At San Antonio
Texas 31, Oregon State 27
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl
At Tempe, Ariz.
Michigan State vs. TCU
Music City Bowl
At Nashville, Tenn.
Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. N.C. State (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN)
Sun Bowl
At El Paso, Texas
Georgia Tech (6-7) vs. Southern Cal (7-5), 1 p.m. (CBS)
Liberty Bowl
At Memphis, Tenn.
Iowa State (6-6) vs. Tulsa (10-3), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Chick-fil-A Bowl
At Atlanta
LSU (10-2) vs. Clemson (10-2), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Heart of Dallas Bowl
At Dallas
Purdue (6-6) vs. Oklahoma State (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPNU)
Gator Bowl
At Jacksonville, Fla.
Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Northwestern (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN2)
Capital One Bowl
At Orlando, Fla.
Georgia (11-2) vs. Nebraska (10-3), Noon (ABC)
Outback Bowl
At Tampa, Fla.
South Carolina (10-2) vs. Michigan (8-4), Noon (ESPN)
Rose Bowl
At Pasadena, Calif.
Stanford (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (8-5), 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Orange Bowl
At Miami
Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Florida State (11-2), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Sugar Bowl
At New Orleans
Florida (11-1) vs. Louisville (10-2), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Fiesta Bowl
At Glendale, Ariz.
Kansas State (11-1) vs. Oregon (11-1), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Cotton Bowl
At Arlington, Texas
Texas A&M (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 7 p.m. (FOX)
Saturday, Jan. 5
BBVA Compass Bowl
At Birmingham, Ala.
Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Mississippi (6-6), Noon (ESPN)
Sunday, Jan. 6
GoDaddy.com Bowl
At Mobile, Ala.
Kent State (11-2) vs. Arkansas State (9-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday, Jan. 7
BCS National Championship
At Miami
Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Alabama (12-1), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
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I planned this to be a tough-guy, military-guy or at least honorable-CIA-spy-guy column. But Daria Gibron -- the lead character in Dana Haynes' "Ice Cold Kill" -- kept popping up from out of nowhere, treating my arm like it was her own, personal pipe cleaner. You know -- bend it this way, bend it that way, bend it, bend it, bend it. Rest. Now break it in half, and twist everything into an ugly circle. That kind of pipe cleaner.
She had to be in the column. There was no point in my having two arms if I was going to write something that dealt with only half of the real world. But I could keep my write arm (pun intended) if "Ice Cold Kill" was my lead item.
So here's a sample of Haynes' brand of storytelling: "Before he was aware of it, she slid behind him, pulled up his arm, and twisted painfully. His shoulder popped out of its socket and lights flashed before his eyes."
You get the idea. Tight, basic prose that doesn't get in the way of the action.
Gibron is a woman with an uncertain future. Former Shin-Bet and exiled to the United States under FBI protection, she's a thrill junkie who still freelances. She's trigger-happy, focused, extremely dangerous and never, ever boring.
"Ice Cold Kill" (Minotaur Books, $25.99, 343 pages).
Now, those tough guys ...
"SEAL Team Six: Hunt the Scorpion" and "Hunt the Wolf" by Don Mann with Ralph Pezzullo (Mulholland Books; $25.99, 336 pages; and $25, 320 pages, respectively). I cracked open these Thomas Crocker thrillers with lots of trepidation -- fearsof 500-word, Tom Clancy-style weapon-orgasmagraphs, so drawn out they would make me long to reread Tolstoy's "War and Peace." In the original Russian.
But I was as wrong as a donut at Weight Watchers.
Crocker's a tough guy's tough guy. He and his team protect the USA from, well, pretty darn much everybody. In "Wolf" the team moves from Pakistan to the streets of Jordan, taking on Islamic militants and al-Qaida. Then -- BANG! -- in "Scorpion" the team leaps on pirates off the east coast of Africa.
Mann has been associated with the Navy SEALs for 30 years -- as a platoon member, assault team member, boat crew leader and more. So I'd guess he knows what he's writing about.
To me, both books read like a Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child -- fast and clean. But there's more military structure, more politics and lots of action. HOOAH!
"Eye for an Eye: A Dewey Andreas Novel" by Ben Coes (St. Martin's Press, $25.99, 400 pages). Starting July 9, you can pick up the next Dewey Andreas novel, "Eye for an Eye." But why wait for it? The USA Today best-seller "The Last Refuge," and "Coup D'etat," a novel New York Times best-selling author Brad Thor describes as "brilliantly executed ... fantastic," and the first of the Dewey Andreas books, "Power Down," are all available right now.
I picked this quote from "The Last Refuge" by pulling the top paragraph off a random page: "The heat inside the room was cranked up. Both men were sweating, but Bhutta, with his wrists shackled behind his back -- and the muzzle of Dewey's Colt M1911 aimed at his head -- was sweating a little more."
And from the next page: "Yes, even Bhutta could see the toughness now, as he stared at the American. It was the same meanness and detachment that Bhutta knew had probably coursed in the blood of the men who so long ago had kicked the crap out of the British, a determination that, to the Iranian's mind at least, was as defeating as anything he'd ever experienced."
Coes' website sums up his style in just five words: "High concept meets high octane."
But wait, there's more.
"Targets of Revenge" by Jeffrey S. Stephens (Gallery Books, $26, 441 pages). In this new thriller, CIA tough guy Jordan Sandor is backed by a skilled team of agents who carry out secret operations around the globe. Absolutely excellent!
And still more.
"Robert Ludlum's The Utopia Experiment" by Kyle Mills (Grand Central Publishing, $26.99, 422 pages). The president has his own private superhero team, Covert-One -- the last resort for global-scale threats. Col. Jon Smith and the team are reviewing a tremendous intelligence breakthrough -- a personal-enhancement system that's like an iPhone combined with Google glasses that delivers Dr. Phil-like insights on a person's character and allows you to target bad guys you normally couldn't even see.
Too scary. Too likely to be real someday. Imagine what could happen when things go bad.
Myles Knapp's Grit-Lit column is published here monthly. Contact him via www.grit-lit.com.


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Nobody does snark better than Matt Taibbi, as we see HERE:
The holidays are a great time in politics. Every year it's the same: the minute the last bits of wrapping paper have been cleared away, and Grandpa has passed his last puff of holiday gas, you can always retreat to the inside pages of the news section and find some embarrassing/despicable PR fiasco that some politician somewhere has just tried to sneak past vacationing America.
This year was no different. In a fitting homage to past holiday-season embarrassments… the Republican Party last week quietly declared war on itself, ...
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Taylor County, Florida - July 12, 2012 -
Taylor County Mosquito Control has conducted mosquito surveillance following the high levels of rainfall and resultant flooding from Tropical Storm Debby. Their counts indicate that the mosquito population in Taylor County has greatly increased, causing a hindrance to recovery operations and day-to-day outdoor activities of the general public. The Taylor County Health Department outlined in a letter to the Florida Division of Emergency Management that greatly
increased mosquito populations and increased exposure to residents, increases the potential for disease transmission.
This week the Taylor County Board of Commissioners met in emergency meetings on three occasions this week to discuss the mosquito problem. At the time, state agencies could not provide a definitive timeline on if or when aid may be available. The Board authorized staff to contract with a vendor to provide quick, and much needed, relief from the exploding mosquito to Taylor County residents. The county has contracted with Vector Disease Control International (VDCI) based in Little Rock, Arkansas to conduct aerial spraying in multiple areas of the county. VDCI will run the operation from the Perry/Foley Airport beginning the night of Friday, July 13.
VDCI manager Malcom Williams indicates that, weather permitting; the operation should be completed in two nights. Any rain delays or other issues may push the operation into Sunday.
The public should be aware that beginning Friday, July 13, 2012, perhaps two or three dual engine airplanes will be flying over populated areas at a low level of 300 feet. The spraying will
only begin at a minimum of 1 hour before sunset and will continue throughout the night. The contractor advises that the adulticide spraying method used is primarily used for smaller insects
the size of mosquitoes and other insects such as butterflies and bees should not be affected by the night time spraying. The county has received authorization from the Federal Aviation
Administration, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and the Florida Division of Emergency Management to conduct this spraying.
Questions regarding the aerial spray operations can be directed to the Emergency Operations Center at (850) 838-3575.


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Review: 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL350
Sleigh bells.That's the image that's eluded me all these years: the precise chiming of an idling sports car, like the Lexus LF-A or Audi R8 V10. It sounds like sleigh bells. Happy sleigh bells.
There are no sleigh bells in the 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL350 BlueTec diesel. The timbre of this machine is a dark, deep, damped, an organic ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh. Bell-wise, this thing needs its own hunchback.
This, the company's ground-up redesign of its Alabama-built, large luxury SUV with a high-mileage diesel (19/26 miles per gallon) under the hood, is an absolute hoss: 16.7 feet long, 6 feet high and 7 feet wide at the side mirrors. The GL350 doesn't come around a corner so much as heave into view like a dangerous iceberg. It's flipping Homeric.
If you can get over the sheer presumption of it all, and hike your hams up to the diamond-quilt leather driver's seat, you will find yourself ahold of a very sturdy object, indeed. The new GL—seven-passenger, 7,500-pound towing, all-wheel drive—is roughly the same size as before (about the dimensions and weight of a Chevy Tahoe), but there's a lot more standard content in that footprint.
Mercedes is also pleased to offer you an impressive list of optional driver-assist and cabin amenities, all of which add weight. Our test vehicle, which clocked in at a brisk $99,840, represented the Russian Girlfriend package: illuminated running boards ($670); chocolate leather-and-walnut "Designo" appointments ($4,800); Bang & Olufsen sound system ($6,700); 20-inch wheels ($750); dual-panel panoramic sunroof ($1,090); rear-seat entertainment system ($1,970); heated rear seats ($620) and more.
Mercedes claims 5,467 pounds for the GL350, but my luxed-out example was certainly closer to three tons (for reference, the new alloy-chassis Range Rover has a real-world curb weight of about 5,000 pounds). Frankly, I think the GL's curb weight is unsustainable going forward and will ultimately shorten this design's shelf life.
Meantime, a unique characteristic of this GL, practically worth the price of admission all its own, is its serene, even ceremonial, quiet. The truck's lack of vibration, noise or resonances constitutes an alternate aural reality. Go ahead, slam that door shut. Whhompf! And then you press the start button on the dash and—in our 3.0-liter turbodiesel test truck—a moment's delay, and then the tick-purr of the engine. The faintest shudder, coming from many decks below, is your only sign that a 52-pound crankshaft has suddenly accelerated to 800 rpm. It's like firing up a Coast Guard cutter.
Part of this effect is due to the diesel's BlueTec system, which includes a fuel-saving stop/start function, shutting down the engine while the vehicle is not moving. Firing up/shutting down a rattling diesel engine—particularly a V6, which has higher vibrational tendencies anyway—wants to impart a lot of noise and rocking motions to the chassis. In order to quell these transient vibrations, the GL's engine and transmission mountings are effectively over-engineered. Once the engine is running, whatever torquing and vibrations sneak past the engine mounts dwindle to almost nothing in the vehicle's huge, attenuating structure.
Here the careful reader will note I'm wildly out of my depth. The point is, Gitmo doesn't have this kind of isolation.
Behind the handsome, purposeful grille is Mercedes's evolved OM642 diesel V6 (72-degree bank, 48-degree crankpin offset, with center counterbalance shaft), connected to the GL's standard seven-speed automatic transmission. Even under heavy throttle, the upshifts are creamy-smooth, and when the GL350 reaches highway speeds, the transmission slips into a nearly catatonic double overdrive. At 80 mph, the engine is turning about 1,800 rpm (redline is 4,500 rpm). With full tank of oil, the GL350 has a stated range of 600 miles.
For petrol fans, Mercedes deploys three newish, turbocharged direct-injection V8′s: two 4.6-liter units producing either 362 horsepower (GL450) or 429 hp (GL550); or the heavy-breathing 5.5-liter, 550-hp mill in the GL63 AMG, which is, obviously, balling.
Ordinarily I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the diesel version of the GL, which has range, mileage and impeccable refinement on its side. The diesel's 455 pound-feet of peak torque (1,600-2,400 rpm), is plenty capable of stirring the big truck to 60 mph in 8.3 seconds, give or take a Russian girlfriend. Fast enough. The OM642 is a tractable, effortless and flexible powerplant at urban speeds, with minimal inertia and almost nothing of what you'd call turbo lag.
However, the GL350 does start to run out of reserve acceleration at interstate speeds. On some of California's more demanding freeways, I imagine the GL might feel a little pokey. The AMG's 5.5-liter certainly has the cure for that.
Also, Mercedes's product planners have decreed that the off-road package—low-speed transfer case, multimode driving selector, 12-inch extended ride height, skid plates ($2,850)—will be available only with the gas-engine GLs. I'm sure this is a carefully considered decision, but I bet it will frustrate a lot of diesel shoppers.
The GL's 2013 updating brings along Mercedes's current spread-wing dash design, with standard Eucalyptus or optional burled-walnut wood veneer flowing into the doors' wainscoting. Our test truck's quilted-leather "Designo" auburn upholstery, on the seats, doors and dash, was a wonderfully rich and expressive touch, and for $4,800, it ought to be.
Other notable cabin improvements include the power middle-row seats, which slew forward to ease access to the third-row seats; and the optional Surround View Monitor ($1,290), bundled with the Parktronic active parking assist system. Surround View creates a bird's-eye view of the vehicle by compositing images from four cameras around the vehicle, helping drivers maneuver in tight situations. This system is a must-have simply because the GL's outward visibility is so seriously constrained and the sprawl of the vehicle makes it hard to tell where the corners are. Honestly, parts of this beast might as well be in Burma.
Like other high-end SUV manufacturers, only maybe more so, Mercedes continues to try to improve on these big vehicles' manageability. The GL offers standard crosswind stabilization and trailer-stability assist (both are overlays of the stability-control system). Optionally, there's the adaptive/driver-selectable four-mode air-suspension system; and the "Active Curve System," which uses active antiroll bars front and rear to limit body roll in sweeping turns.
Other technologies to help drivers keep it between the lines: standard Collision Prevention assist (warns of, and braces for, potential impacts with vehicles ahead); and the Driver Assist package ($2,100), including blind-spot monitoring, active lane-keeping and Distronic adaptive cruise control.
Still, even with these interventions, the GL feels large, lane-spanning and tall, a creature of barely constrained momentum whose road-holding is never entirely convincing. Yes, the ride is pretty great in a softly padded way. But there's entirely too much piloting, too much beating-upwind-in-a-dirigible, especially on a country road. The steering is lazy and resolutely vague. The GL sort of hates to be hustled at all, frankly.
If they asked me what's the one thing I'd want more of in the GL, the answer would be "reassurance."
And sleigh bells.
2013 Mercedes-Benz GL350 BlueTec
Base price: $63,305
Price as tested: $99,840
Powertrain: 3.0-liter, 24-valve turbodiesel V6 with variable valve timing; seven-speed automatic transmission with manual shift mode; permanent all-wheel drive
Horsepower/torque: 240 hp at 2,600 rpm/455 pound-feet at 1,600-2,400 rpm
Length/weight: 201.6 inches/5,467 pounds
Wheelbase: 121.1 inches
0-60 mph: 8.3 seconds
EPA fuel economy: 19/26 mpg, city/highway
Cargo capacity: 16 cubic feet (behind third-row seats); 93.8 cubic feet (middle and rear rows folded)


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PIKEVILLE, Ky. – Five University of Pikeville Bears reached double figures as the team again made more than half their shots in an 88-77 win over U.Va.-Wise on Tuesday.
With the win, the No. 9 Bears improved to 9-1 on the season and, most importantly, 2-1 in the Mid-South Conference. The Cavaliers fell to 3-4 overall and remained winless in three league games.
Pikeville exploded out of the gates and built a 43-24 lead at the half. The Cavs battled to trim the second-half margin, scoring 53 points after the break.
The Bears shot 50.8 percent for the game and 36.8 percent from the arc. Both numbers are impressive yet below the team's shooting for the season. They did, however, drastically improve from the line, hitting 17-of-19 for 89.5 percent.
Wise, however, was not as solid. It hit 35.3 percent overall and 29.6 percent from the arc in the loss.
Senior Trevor Setty and junior Darnell Tubbs led the Bears with 19 points each. For Setty, who missed only one of seven shots on the night and hit four three-pointers, it was enough to move him past Hall of Fame member Terry Epling into 13th place on the all-time scoring list. He is 12 points behind the next man on the list, another member of the Hall of Fame in Mike May.
Setty also had seven rebounds to tie for the team's lead.
Senior Deuce Briscoe followed with 17 points and led the team with four steals. Senior Chris Johnson sank all nine of his free throws to finish with 13 markers. The Newport News, Va., native also had eight assists and six rebounds.
Junior Brandon Greene had 10 points and seven rebounds.
Sophomore guard Javon Moore led all scorers with 23 for the Cavs. The Falls Church, Va., product also had eight rebounds and four assists. Freshman Charles George followed with 15 points and led the club with five assists.
Freshman Matt Day had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds, while senior Jermaine Wright flipped in 10.
Pikeville is now off for nine days, returning to action on Nov. 29 when it hosts Shawnee State University at 8 p.m. Wise plays this weekend in the Bill Joergens Memorial Classic at Southern Indiana.


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Thee Taylor County Conservation District is offering two $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors majoring in agriculture or natural resources.
Applicants must compose a 200- to 300-word essay describing, "Why Conservation is Important to Me."
Two letters of recommendation, a most recent transcript and the essay are required to be submitted along with an application.
Deadline for submission is Friday, March 22.
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Eight area police officers graduated from the Basic Peace Officer Academy Dec. 20.
The graduates include Samuel Erickson, John Gublo, Justin Rose and Adam Stevens, all of the Chemung County Sheriff's Office, and Justin Kibbe, Marcy Jensen, Thomas Nybeck and James M. Spencer, of the Schuyler County Sheriff's Office.
The Academy is a 12-week program covering New York State Minimum Standards, interpersonal communication skills, use of force, penal law, criminal procedure law, security supervision, sexual harassment in the workplace, sexual misconduct and ethics.
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| USDA PLANTS Symbol: SYNO
U.S. Nativity: Exotic
Habit: Forbs/Herbs
|Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn.
Jump to: Distribution Maps | Sources
Taxonomic Rank: Magnoliopsida: Asterales: Asteraceae
|EDDMapS Distribution:
This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts and records obtained from USDA Plants Database. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org
State(s) Where Reported invasive.
Based on state level agency and organization lists of invasive plants from WeedUS database.
|U.S. National Parks where reported invasive:
|Haleakala National Park (Hawaii)
|Invasive Listing Sources:
|Jil M. Swearingen, Survey of invasive plants occurring on National Park Service lands, 2000-2007


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