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AUGUSTA, Ga.(WRDW) -- Forty-two; that's the number of traffic deaths in Richmond County last year. It's a record for the county and the second highest number of fatalities in the state per capita. Now, the Traffic Safety Division of the Sheriff's Office is making changes to bring that number down.
The number of traffic fatalities has gone up annually in recent years, so they are restructuring the Traffic Safety Division to keep more officers on the streets and in the most dangerous areas.
Rex Michael has lived off Mike Padgett Highway for more than 20 years.
"Everyone in Augusta and south Augusta knows that this road is dangerous, but what other choice do we have?" he said.
He's seen too many accidents, even a few fatalities.
"That's more than what you need on a road," Michael said. "That right there should have been a telltale sign that something needed to be done years ago, but you know, you can't go back, so let's just go ahead and move forward and do something now."
To help lower the number of fatal accidents, the division is making changes, including making themselves more visible, especially in areas like I-520, I-20 and Mike Padgett Highway.
"You're gonna see them in areas where you never really saw them before," said Lt. Amelio Lamkin. "You're gonna see them stopping more cars, you're gonna see them having more interaction with the citizens."
He took over the division Jan. 1 and brings with him 10 years of experience with the Georgia State Patrol.
"The State Patrol is tried and true what they've been doing has been working, so a lot of stuff that I will be using from the state patrol carrying them on here to lower the fatalities, lower the crashes and the injuries," Lamkin said.
Through a partnership with Governor's Office of Highway Safety and GSP, they'll be analyzing accident data of the most dangerous roads and intersections and that's where they'll focus their efforts.
"It has been the first time the traffic division has done anything like this," he said. "Before they just rode beats and they rode areas the north and the south side. They didn't really have a focused effort like we do now."
Michael says he's already starting to notice a difference.
"I've seen it actually. I've seen it on Bobby Jones in the past few weeks, so it's helped," he said.
It's also a part of the sheriff's new community policing effort. By having 42 deputies focused solely on traffic and accidents, it allows road patrol deputies to spend more time in the communities getting to know the people.
Last year, Richmond County also had 13 pedestrian deaths. They are going to have an enforcement effort on that as well as traffic safety because they say a lot of this is about educating the public.


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With a yell of "timber!" from 3-year-old Brady Barth, down came the Fraser Fir tree that he and his family had hand selected from the Caywood Christmas Tree Farm in Marietta.
The boy had just finished helping his dad, Brian, cut down the tree.
"He enjoys going over the hill and cutting our own tree," said Brady's mom, Lisa Barth, of Marietta.
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Spencer Duckworth places a pine tree into a machine that shakes away loose needles at Caywood Christmas Tree Farm in Marietta.
For the Barths - as it is for many other families - traipsing around a tree farm in search of that perfect Christmas tree is a once-a-year tradition in place for generations.
For Lisa Barth, the tradition dates back to her childhood. Now, it's an experience she shares with Brady and Brian and someday, their two-month-old son Alex will also participate.
Lisa Barth's mother, Dolly Smith, also goes to the tree farm every year with the Barths so she can select a tree for her own home.
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Caring for a fresh Christmas tree:
Once home, place the tree in water as soon as possible. Most species can go six to eight hours after cutting the trunk and still take up water. Don't bruise the cut surface or get it dirty.
To display the trees indoors, use a stand with an adequate water holding capacity for the tree. As a general rule, stands should provide one quart of water per inch of stem diameter. Devices are available that help maintain a constant water level in the stand.
Use a stand that fits your tree. Avoid whittling the sides of the trunk down to fit a stand. The outer layers of wood are the most efficient in taking up water and should not be removed.
Check the stand daily to make sure that the level of water does not go below the base of the tree. With many stands, there can still be water in the stand even though the base of the tree is no longer submerged in water.
Source: National Christmas Tree Association, www.Christmastree.org.
Choosing a tree at a farm:
Measure the ceiling height in the room where the tree will be displayed. The trees in the field look small when the sky is the ceiling. Don't overbuy.
Measure the width of the area of the room where the tree will be displayed. Most trees on tree farms are trimmed to an 80 percent taper, so a tree that's 10 feet tall will be 8 feet wide at the bottom. A tree that will fit in the room vertically may be entirely too big horizontally.
Head out to the field and select the tree that fits your predetermined needs. Check the trunk to be sure that it is sufficiently straight. Keep in mind that pines will usually have some crook in their trunks. Also check that the tree has a sufficiently long handle to accommodate your stand.
Source: National Christmas Tree Association, www.Christmastree.org.
"It's not so much having a live tree in the house as it is going up and getting a tree," Lisa Barth said. "It's a family experience."
For as long as Barth can remember, she has gone to Caywood Christmas Tree Farm in Marietta to get a tree.
The farm, located on Caywood Road in Marietta, was opened in 1991 by Bob and Helen Morrison.
"In some families, we're into second generations coming out and even third generations," said Bob Morrison. "Last weekend was a big weekend (and) people have been coming out since really the weekend after Thanksgiving."
Morrison said there are several different species of trees available at the farm, including Fraser Fir, scotch pine, white pine, Colorado blue spruce and white spruce.
"Typically the scotch pine is most popular of all," he said. "They have nice sturdy branches for the most part and the needle retention is very good on the scotch pine."
Still, Morrison said, the Fraser Fir is an "up and coming" species that an increasing number of people are becoming interested for it's nice fragrance and "old traditional style tree" that might be seen in Norman Rockwell paintings.
Lisa Barth said she likes the Fraser Fir because it has the look of the famous tree from "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
"I like the little short needles," she said. "My mom gets that kind, too."Morrison said at the farm, folks can either head up the hill like the Barths and cut their own tree, or they can choose from an assortment of pre-cut trees. He said the majority of customers prefer to cut their own.
"A lot of it is family tradition or family experience...they want to bring the kids out," he said. "Especially on a nice day, there are people that stay in the fields for an hour walking around."
He noted that saws are supplied to customers, as is a tarp so the tree doesn't get muddy or lose lots of needles while being dragged down the hillside.
The Halliday family, of Marietta, also gets their Christmas tree from Caywood Christmas Tree Farm, but they choose from those that are pre-cut rather than cutting their own.
Picking a tree from the farm is usually a family affair, according to John Halliday, who goes with his wife, Courtenay, and their children Jack, 14; Cooper, 12 and Piper, 8.
John Halliday said despite the fact that it requires water regularly and it loses needles, it's still important to him and his family that they have a live tree.
"It's what I grew up with," he said. "We've either had a scotch pine or blue spruce - they have thicker branches to hold heavier ornaments."
This year, he said, there is a 9-foot-tall blue spruce in his home. He said he had to get some help from friends getting the giant tree in there and he had to use two ladders to get the lights around the top.
"We spent most of the day Sunday decorating it," Halliday said.
He said when he takes the tree down, he puts it on his farm for rabbit habitat or in his pond for fish habitat.

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- Comic-Con 2013: Jamie Foxx stands with Trayvon Martin's mom 'forever'
- Oakland: Trayvon Martin verdict spurs students, families to action
- Across US, people rally for 'Justice for Trayvon'
- Poole: Trayvon Martin case demands commentary from sports figures
- Criminal charges filed against 3 Oakland protesters in Monday's demonstration
- Public Forum: The slaying of Trayvon Martin, its aftermath and how media images impact perception
- Oakland's Youth Radio station suffers vandalism, continues focus on Zimmerman verdict
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- Stevie Wonder won't sing in Florida after Zimmerman verdict
- Oakland mops up after third day of protests
- Woman arrested for attacking 73-year-old musician on Hayward stage after song dedicated to Trayvon Martin
- Oakland: At least two people injured during hours-long protest; freeway briefly shut down
- Oakland merchants, mayor decry damage from weekend's protests
- Tammerlin Drummond: Zimmerman verdict shows insanity of Florida gun laws
- Chat transcript:: Zimmerman verdict sparks anger, property destruction in Oakland
- Acquittal in Trayvon Martin case prompts protests, debate
- Zimmerman acquittal hits Oakland hard
- Contra Costa Times editorial: Perhaps the George Zimmerman verdict can prompt a vital discussion on our criminal justice system
- George Zimmerman verdict: More protests planned for Sunday
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- George Zimmerman trial timeline: How the case unfolded
- George Zimmerman found not guilty in death of Trayvon Martin
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- No arrests after Saturday night vandalism in downtown Oakland
OAKLAND -- As downtown property owners cleaned up storefronts damaged in a chaotic overnight protest, organizers are planning afternoon demonstrations in Oakland and San Francisco to condemn the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
Protests are planned at 3 p.m. in East Oakland at 73rd Avenue and International Boulevard and 4 p.m. at 14th Street and Broadway in Oakland and Powell and Market streets in San Francisco. They are part of protests nationwide, with rallies also planned Sunday in Florida, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Fresno and Cleveland.
"We are all Trayvon," said Reiko Redmonde, who is organizing the Bay Area protests. "This is not just a question for black youth but for all peoples' humanity, a questions of what kind of society and what of world we want to live in."
The demonstrations come after a march that began Saturday, hours after a jury acquitted Zimmerman in a Florida courtroom. At 12:30 a.m. Sunday, protesters knocked trash cans into the street and sometimes set the contents alight, creating small fires amid cheers from onlookers. One man was being beaten by a multiple attackers in a Broadway doorway near Frank Ogawa Plaza until other protesters surrounded the skirmish and yelled at the combatants to stop. The man was helped to his feet and did not appear to be seriously injured.
Around 12:45 a.m., demonstrators remained in the area around 19th and Telegraph but numbers had significantly diminished. Some shouted that police were trying to "kettle" them, or corral them into a limited area.
No one was arrested.
On Sunday morning, property owners were boarding up storefronts and cleaning graffiti, but broken glass remained on sidewalks along Telegraph Avenue and Broadway, the two thoroughfares that bore the brunt of the vandalism. Among the businesses damaged were Sears, the Oakland Tribune, and Flora, a restaurant on the 1900 block of Telegraph Avenue that was nevertheless busy during the lunch hour Sunday.
In a statement, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan said, "a small group of people gathered in downtown Oakland last night. Sadly, some of them dishonored the memory of Trayvon by engaging in violent activities that hurt our growing economy and endangered people. This is unacceptable as well. We will not tolerate violence in our city. We must come together to heal and move forward. In the days and weeks ahead our community will continue working to learn from this tragedy and to prevent this from ever happening again."
David DeBolt covers breaking news. Contact him at email@example.com. Follow him at Twitter.com/daviddebolt.


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Two people face charged after an electric cart was stolen from a Walmart in Boone late last month.
Henry Frederick Nagle, 21, and Branden Jamaal Stevens, 21, both of Boone, were each charged with misdemeanor larceny.
Two men entered the store Feb. 16 riding on carts, Boone police said. When they left, one of the men parked his cart, while the other man drove his cart out of the store, police said.
Both men put the cart into a station wagon and fled the scene, police said. Nagle and Stevens were arrested after Crime Stoppers received a tip, police said.
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Using Fair-Value Accounting, Fairly
As the U.S. savings and loan crisis that rocked the financial and real estate markets some 15 years ago came to an end, accountants strove to understand just what had gone wrong. A key problem, many experts suggested, lay with the methods used to value assets and liabilities on balance sheets.
At the time, the dominant valuation approach was historical-cost accounting. This method reports the original amount paid or received for assets and liabilities on a company's balance sheet, as well as earnings generated by the assets and liabilities on the income statement. Banks and savings and loan institutions used historical-cost accounting to report the value of loans and core deposits on their balance sheets, and equity analysts valued these firms from their earnings.
But historical costs are not current values; if interest rates change, the value of deposits and loans also change, and this change forecasts the firm's ability to generate earnings. Just as declines in the market value of mortgages in today's subprime mortgage market indicate potential investment losses, so too the change in the value of loans relative to deposits of savings and loans 15 years ago would have indicated losses. While those losses eventually would have been reported in earnings, market values sound the distress signal a little earlier.
In light of the savings and loan failures, many experts argued for a switch to fair-value accounting — marking assets and liabilities on the balance sheet to their market value. Regulators, including the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board, are moving steadily in this direction. Fair value is defined by these bodies as the price at which a firm could sell an asset (or the price it would have to pay to be relieved of a liability).
However, many companies — including retail banks — may be more difficult to value if pushed to comply with the fair-value approach, say Professors Doron Nissim and Stephen Penman in a new white paper.
"We need to be careful about the application of fair value," Penman cautions, noting that the accounting shift is arguably the most important and controversial issue facing regulators and accounting standard-setters today. "Fair value is appropriate for a bank's trading book — the assets and liabilities like shares and bonds whose values depend directly on the change in their market price — but is not appropriate for valuing the banking book, the part of a bank that deals with customer transactions such as collecting deposits and making loans," Penman says.
How effective a bank is at delivering its products to depositors and borrowers determines the value of the assets and liabilities in the banking book. Accordingly, the value of those assets and liabilities to the bank may be quite different from what they can be sold for on the market. Further, because active markets do not exist for most bank loans and deposits, accountants have to estimate their value. Estimates can introduce errors and, worse, invite abuse, Penman notes.
"The problems that arise in applying fair-value accounting to financial institutions are magnified when it comes to industrial and technology firms," Penman says. "The value of a pile of coal to a steel producer, for example, comes from its use in making steel, not from what the firm can sell the coal for. Just as bank deposits derive their value as part of a business that makes money from customers, so too with the assets of industrial firms, but these firms have many more assets that do not lend themselves to fair-value accounting. Fair value is often informative, but it does not serve as a panacea for accounting."
Nissim and Penman argue that value comes, not from the stand-alone market prices of individual assets, but from combining assets under a business model, like using coal, raw iron and smelters together to produce steel. Value is in the entrepreneurial idea, not the market value of the individual assets employed to execute the idea. Indeed, rather than seeing value in market prices, businesses arbitrage market prices to add value — selling products at prices higher than input prices — such as selling steel at a price that is higher than prices paid for coal and other inputs, and thus make a profit.
Accordingly, fair-value accounting that marks assets to market has its limitations for any business that gets value from trading with customers. For these companies, the notion of top-line revenues takes the fore; value is best determined by examining earnings that measure the value added from trading with those customers.
So when does it make sense to use fair-value accounting? In the white paper, Nissim and Penman lay out some principles about circumstances under which fair-value accounting makes sense.
Foremost is a one-to-one principle: fair value is appropriate when shareholder value varies directly with the market price. That is the case with shares and bonds held in a bank's trading book: if the price of a share held by the bank goes up by a dollar, so does the value of the bank. That is also the case with a hedge fund that holds investments whose value changes with their market price.
Appropriate fair-value accounting also honors a matching principle: assets can be marked to market only if associated liabilities are also marked to market. If this principle is honored, the resulting gains and losses are matched with the offsetting gains and losses on the liabilities. So, the debt of a firm can be marked to market when its credit quality (and thus price) declines only if the associated assets (whose decline in value resulted in the deterioration of the debt) are also marked to market. In this way the gain from the change in the market price of the debt is offset by the loss from the drop in the value of the assets.
An estimate of market value would be required if market prices for those assets and liabilities were not available, as is often the case. Estimates are made using valuation models — thus the term marking to model rather than marking to market. So a no-arbitrage estimation principle says that the valuation models employed must be so-called no-arbitrage models. This means that the price estimated by the model must not imply that the firm makes an immediate profit against another observed price.
The Black-Scholes option pricing model, which assumes no arbitrage between the option price and the price of the underlying shares, has this feature. So, if the firm estimates the price of a stock option using the Black-Scholes model, there is no implication that the firm can sell the option at the estimated price and buy the stock to make a profit: the option price is a fair one given the price of the underlying stock. The same is not true for a discounted-cash-flow model, which involves arbitrage of current and future input and output prices — the firm is in the business of buying inputs at one price and selling products later at a higher price, thus arbitraging input and output prices to make a profit.
The no-arbitrage estimation principle disciplines the marking-to-model practice, which has been of particular concern to many who question fair-value accounting.
"Historical-cost accounting is far from perfect," Penman concedes. "But we must be careful in moving to fair-value accounting as a remedy. Focus on better historical-cost accounting may be an alternative way for accounting standard-setters to go."
Doron Nissim is professor of accounting and chair of the Accounting Division and Stephen Penman is the George O. May Professor of Accounting and codirector of the Center for Excellence in Accounting and Security Analysis (CEASA) at Columbia Business School.
Doron Nissim
Professor Nissim earned his PhD in Accounting at the University of California, Berkeley, and joined Columbia Business School in 1997. In 2014, he was reappointed as the Chair of the Accounting Division, after previously serving as the chair from 2006 to 2009.
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Stephen Penman
Stephen Penman is the George O. May Professor in the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University. He is also co-director of the Center for Excellence in Accounting and Security Analysis at Columbia Business School.
Prior to his appointment at Columbia in 1999 he was the L.H. Penney Professor in...
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A soldier from Florida who also has family in Tennessee was among six Americans killed in Afghanistan over the weekend in the deadliest day for the U.S. in eight months in the country, a family member said.
Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations says the body of Staff Sgt. Christopher M. Ward, whose hometown is listed as Oak Ridge, Tenn., is due to arrive at Dover Air Force Base on Monday.
A foreign service officer, a Department of Defense civilian and three soldiers were killed in one attack Saturday, but the Pentagon hasn't released names of the soldiers or the civilian. Anne Smedinghoff was the first American diplomat to die on the job since last year's attack in Benghazi, Libya. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the suicide car bombing that occurred while the Americans were delivering textbooks to school children.
A separate attack in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday killed another U.S. civilian.
Ward, who was 24, was one of the soldiers providing a security escort for the diplomat to deliver the books to the school, said his grandmother, Nancy Ward.
"It's bad enough to be killed in action, but when you are trying to do something good, it seems like a double slap in the face," Nancy Ward said Monday.
Ward grew up in Arcadia, Fla., and stayed with his grandparents to finish high school at Desoto County High School when his mother moved to Oak Ridge, Nancy Ward said.
She said Ward could not wait to be a soldier and was heavily involved in the ROTC program at his high school.
"He had his mind made up that the Army was going to be his future," she said.
She said his mother, Joyce Ward, was at the Dover Air Force Base on Monday to accept his casket. Nancy Ward said she was notified about his death by one of his brothers, Matthew Ward, who lives in Oak Ridge.
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Longwood's Dr. Glenn Dardick quoted in HR Magazine article about "Cybersleuthing"
January 22, 2012
Dr. Glenn Dardick, associate professor of management and information systems and director of the Longwood Center for Cyber Security, is quoted in the article "Cybersleuthing" that appears in the January 2012 issue of HR Magazine, the journal of the Society for Human Resource Management.
In October, Dr. Dardick was an invited panelist at the Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association meeting to address "A Primer on Navigating Electronic Evidence: Gathering, Admitting, Authenticating, and Exploiting Electronic Evidence."


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The research efforts of the Cellular Immunology Section are focused in the area of immune regulation in the pathogenesis and treatment of organ-specific autoimmune disease.
It is widely accepted that the development of autoimmune disease involves a breakdown in the mechanisms that control self versus non-self discrimination. The primary mechanism that leads to tolerance to self-antigens is thymic deletion of autoreactive T cells. However, some autoreactive T cells may escape thymic deletion or recognize antigens expressed only extrathymically. T-cell anergy and T-cell indifference/ignorance have been proposed as the primary mechanisms used to control these potentially harmful populations; however, these passive mechanisms for self-tolerance may not be sufficient to completely control potentially pathogenic cells. Evidence has accumulated over the past 15 years for an active mechanism of immune suppression in which a distinct subset of cells suppresses the activation of autoreactive T cells that have escaped passive mechanisms of tolerance induction.
Our major goal is to further the understanding of the mechanism of action of these regulatory cells in preventing autoimmunity. We have identified a unique population of regulatory CD4+ T cells that co-express CD25, which are capable of suppressing not only the induction of autoimmune disease in vivo, but also the disease induced by passive transfer of cloned autoantigen-specific effector cells (see figure below). These CD4+CD25+ T cells appear to be members of a unique lineage of cells that acquire CD25 expression during differentiation in the thymus and express the transcription factor Foxp3.
The major focus of the Cellular Immunology Section over the past decade has been furthering our understanding of the function of this unique, minor (approximately 10 percent), subpopulation of CD4+ T cells that express the transcription factor Foxp3. This population of cells has been termed regulatory T cells (Treg), although their primary function is suppression of immune responses. Our group was one of the first in the world to realize the importance of Treg, and we performed many of the initial studies that described their phenotype and function. The study of Tregs is now one of the most active areas of research in basic and clinical immunology. It was originally assumed that Tregs were a dedicated lineage of cells that developed only from thymic precursors, but more recent studies have clearly documented that Foxp3+ T cells also develop from conventional T cells (Tconv) in extra-thymic peripheral sites. The relative importance of thymic-derived (tTreg) and peripherally induced (iTreg) Tregs is unknown. Over the past six years, we have broadened the scope of our studies to include studies on human Tregs from both healthy donors and patients with autoimmune disease.
Four major areas are under study:
Purified CD4+CD25+ T cells inhibit the induction of gastritis induced by autoantigen-specific T cells.
The severe gastritis and parietal cell destruction seen in panel A is markedly inhibited when normal spleen cells containing CD4+CD25+ cells (B) or purified CD4+CD25+ cells (C) are co-injected with the pathogenic Th1 clone.
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Dr. Shevach received his M.D. from Boston University in 1967. Following clinical training, he joined the Laboratory of Immunology as a senior staff fellow in 1972, was appointed a senior investigator in 1973, and became a section chief in 1987. Dr. Shevach served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Immunology from 1987 to 1992 and editor-in-chief of Cellular Immunology from 1996 to 2007. He received the 2004 William B. Coley Award for Distinguished Research in Basic and Tumor Immunology.
Distinguished Service Award (The American Association of Immunologists), Distinguished Alumnus Award (Boston University School of Medicine).
Kim YC, Bhairavabhotla R, Yoon J, Golding A, Thornton AM, Tran DQ, Shevach EM. Oligodeoxynucleotides stabilize Helios-expressing Foxp3+ human T regulatory cells during in vitro expansion. Blood. 2012 Mar 22;119(12):2810-8.
Shevach EM. Biological functions of regulatory T cells. Adv Immunol. 2011;112:137-76.
Davidson TS, Shevach EM. Polyclonal Treg cells modulate T effector cell trafficking. Eur J Immunol. 2011 Oct;41(10):2862-70.
Chen Q, Kim YC, Laurence A, Punkosdy GA, Shevach EM. IL-2 controls the stability of Foxp3 expression in TGF-beta-induced Foxp3+ T cells in vivo. J Immunol. 2011 Jun 1;186(11):6329-37.
Shevach EM. The resurrection of T cell-mediated suppression. J Immunol. 2011 Apr 1;186(7):3805-7.
Punkosdy GA, Blain M, Glass DD, Lozano MM, O'Mara L, Dudley JP, Ahmed R, Shevach EM. Regulatory T-cell expansion during chronic viral infection is dependent on endogenous retroviral superantigens. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Mar 1;108(9):3677-82.
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There were 77 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Friday. At that time, there were 1,441 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.
Robbery: A man who bought a bottle of lemonade at a store in the 7800 block of North West Lane about 7:30 p.m. Thursday returned moments later with a gun and held it to one clerk's head while demanding money from the other clerk, police reported. The clerks complied, and the man left on foot and ran behind Costco. He was described as a black man 19 to 22 years old standing 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing 160 pounds. He was unshaven with black clothing and a black Chicago White Sox cap. He was armed with a black handgun.
Robbery: Two men armed with handguns demanded money after entering a business in the 500 block of West Hammer Lane about 8:30 p.m. Thursday, police said. The robbers took cash from registers at the drive-up window and the front counter before fleeing toward San Carlos Street. One was described as a black man in his 20s with a medium build, black clothing and a black handgun. The second was described as a man with black clothing, a black handgun and a white bandanna covering his face.
Stabbing: A 59-year-old man suffered a non-life-threatening stab wound after being confronted by another man in the 400 block of South Stockton Street at 1:50 p.m. Friday, police reported. The assailant was described as a black man 38 to 45 years old standing 6 feet tall and weighing 175 pounds with braided hair, a green shirt and blue jeans.
The California Highway Patrol responded to 11 noninjury accidents and four injury accidents in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Friday. CHP officers also recovered one stolen vehicle.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 120 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Friday, including 13 vehicle accidents, 95 medical calls and five structure fires.
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The Lafourche Central Market will have a grand opening celebration Dec. 15.
The market, on La. 1 at U.S. 90 in Raceland, provides local farmers and fishermen an opportunity to sell their crops.
The celebration will begin at 10 a.m., though the market's regular hours that day are from 8 a.m. to noon.
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Here's some great news that I picked up from Amy Coffin about how we can "participate" in RootsTech from home. I have several of these on my attend-by-web agenda. If you don't subscribe to Amy's blog you are missing some great timely tips and reading about genealogy. Thanks again to Amy for keeping current on these things and sharing with everyone. Just click the link below.
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Val Killmore wrote:I already stated about using it as a shortcut to enable or disable the "Switch to tsMuxer" function so you don't have to go to your PC and do it.You could also try this with vids that don't want to work with my method:
1-Make sure the #Video Settings# folder is visible.
2-When you run into a PAL video that won't work, go into the #Video Settings# folder
3-disable (untick) Default H264 Remux with MEncoder
4-go down to Save Configuration
5-exit the #Video settings# folder and try to play the movie using "Play from the Beginning" option.
And there are other options in there as well .
Yes, I know. I was hoping for more information. I tried it on my bluray player and just got a bunch of errors. What is it? How do I use it? It seems like it is not working... I don't understand what I am to do with it. And you just repeat what I have already read... which amounts to "use it", I did and got nothing that seemed coherent or purposeful.
So I must be doing something stupid, and asked for more help.


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Behind me you may notice our Loveless mini-shrine. Last week was the 20th anniversary of My Bloody Valentine's Loveless, so perhaps this an appropriate moment to show it off. As Stereogum noted, Loveless is largely "responsible for the warped nature of a large chunk of your record collection". It's so rare that music comes along that sounds as monumentally transcendental today as it did when it first released; nothing sounds like Loveless though many bands have tried. It's brilliance is perhaps best felt in its widespread legacy, nowadays it is nearly impossible to listen to guitar rock without noting at least some influence from this seminal album.
(which he bought from some dude for next nothing, but apparently it's a Storage Wars "wow factor" situation!?), Loveless on vinyl, 33 1/3 Loveless mini-book, Julie West and Kidrobot Dunny (series 4) vinyl toys, Tremolo EP, Gloomy Bear vinyl toy, MBV ticket stub from the 2008 reunion tour.


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OKTANA Big SKY Countj?v ^^^r^VSPÀ^^OMH^SALISHlpEN^ D'ORIEJ^S^D^K^^ Volume 7 Number 7 Full Moon of The Huckleberry August 1, 1977 BIA Approves Shoreline Ordinance The Tribe's Shoreline Ordinance 64A has received BIA approval after recommended charges. Violations would be subject to civil suit rather than criminal prosecution. Raymond V. Butler, Acting Deputy Commissioner of Indian Affairs, wrote Chairman Mitchell and said, "The Department has reviewed your recently enacted Shoreline Protection Ordinance - 64A - and commends the tribe for taking action to protect and preserve the wildlife and natural resources of the reservation. Timely implementation of this Ordinance will fill the vacuum left by the absence of state jurisdiction and enforcement of conservation measures, and will ensure that the ecological balance of Flathead Lake and its shoreline are not irreparably despoiled by unregulated development. The Bureau views this Ordinance as a necessary step by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes for the preservation of their natural resources and fully endorses the motivation behind the creation of the Ordinance." However, the Acting Deputy Commissioner recommended eight changes to the Ordinance. He said, "On and after the filing of a complaint said action shall be prosecuted, defended and treated as any civil action instituted in said (Tribal) Court." In the enforcement section he suggested it read "In case any landfill or dredging is undertaken, or existing landfill or dredging operation is in violation of this Ordinance, or any structure is erected, constructed or used within the outer confines of the Flathead Reservation in violation of any provision of this Ordinance, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, in addition to other remedies provided by law, may institute injunctive, abatement or any other appropriate actions or proceedings to prevent, enjoin, abate or remove such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, maintenance or use." He also suggested that any amendments to the Ordinance would have to be approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. The Council made the necessary changes to validate the approval and passed it unanimously. The Ordinance has received strong local opposition. Perhaps the most controversy, aside from jurisdiction has arisen over Section 8 which says it shall be unlawful for the owner to deny entry by any enrolled member desiring to fish below the high water mark. At press time the Council established a seven member board with non-Indian representation to carry out the ordinance. Of its seven members, four would be appointed by the Tribal Council, one by Lake County Commissioners, one by the Poison City Council, and one by the Flathead Lakers. The Council notified the Flathead Lakers who had been concerned about the ordinance. Power Line Negotiations The Tribal Council met briefly with Joe McElwain and other representatives of Montana Power last week. Topic of discussion was the proposed Power Transmission Line Project. The Council told the Montana Power Delegation that since their company owns only 30% of the Colstrip Project, that the Council would like to meet with the representatives of the other four power companies before making a final decision. The two parties agree to meet again August 11, in Missoula, at the Montana Power building. Representatives from three Washington State Power Companies and a fourth company from Oregon are also expected to attend. Comments on the Power Line Project should be given to your District Councilman before the August 11 meeting.
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Saturday, April 13, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- The weather could not be better for the third round of the Masters Tournament.
Saturday's round started off in a dramatic fashion with the announcement of Tiger Woods' 2-shot penalty after what went down at the 15th hole on Friday.
Here's a statement from the tournament:
Here's Bubba Watson on the 18th hole. He is now 2-over.
Ernie Els teeing off on the first hole.
Rickie Fowler before teeing off.
Scott Piercy teeing off.
Rory McIlroy and Charl Schwartzel teed off together at 1:25 p.m.
Tiger Woods and Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano teed off at 1:45 p.m.
Patrons lining up to see Tiger.
Caught some great shots of Amen Corner this afternoon.
Patrons love collecting cups from throughout the course, so seeing stacks of cups this high is not uncommon.
A patron taking in the shade near Amen Corner.
Here are the 15th and 16th holes.
Taking in the scenery at Augusta National.
The crowd waits for Fred Couples and Jason Day on the 18th at the end of the day.
Couples was doing well until bogeys on 14 and 15 and a double bogey on 17. Here is Couples on the 18th.
Jason Day was in the lead at the end of yesterday, but now he is at 5-under. Day bogeyed 17 and 18.
Angel Cabrera is sharing the lead with Brandt Snedeker at 7-under. Here's Cabrera after leaving the 18th green.
News 12's Kevin Faigle, Richard Rogers and Meredith Anderson anchoring a newscast at the end of the day.
The leaderboard after the third round. Click here to see the full leaderboard at Masters.com.


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For terrorists and other criminals, there must be few targets more inviting than high-net-worth individuals who fly privately. Which countries are safe? "None," according to Edward L. Lee II, author of Staying Safe Abroad: Traveling, Working and Living in a Post-9/11 World. Lee knows what he's talking about, having spent 30 years with the U.S.
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Gulfstream acquired the super-midsize G200 when it bought Galaxy Aerospace in 2001. The aircraft offered a unique value because its ovoid fuselage actually allows for more headroom than a full-size Gulfstream GIV (with a tube that is only two inches narrower), seating for eight to 10 passengers, true transcontinental range, a 45,000-foot ceiling and a top speed of Mach 0.85.
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Over the past decade, and especially since September 11, 2001, the growing threat of terrorism has become a primary national security priority. There has also been increased awareness that terrorists might employ unconventional tactics and weapons, including weapons of mass destruction. Indeed, the 1995 attack on the Tokyo subway system with Sarin involved a chemical weapon, and the 2001 attacks in New York, Washington, and Florida with a highly lethal preparation of anthrax spores delivered through the mail involved a biological weapon. The number of known terrorist organizations with a global reach and the increased rate of proliferation and transfer of technical information through the Internet raise the possibility that more attacks with chemical, biological, radiological, or even nuclear weapons may occur in the years to come.
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College crew: MC men's crew team faces adversity
February 22, 2013
With a history steeped in Dad Vail championships and being able claim the first sport at Marietta College, the men's rowing program is adding to its lore this year....
I just came back (well, a while ago, now) from the Hall of Fame induction weekend.
One of my crew mates was inducted; we had 3 from our class year represented there.
Our freshman time in DV finals was 5 seconds slower than the Varsity time. That was probably because we lowered our stroke to 20 and were singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" because we were too far out front and didn't want to seem not part of the race.
It got closer in succeeding years, but in every case we worked our butts off. Coaches make a difference, but I'm here to tell you (maybe it's different today?) that the team makes the steam.
I came to MC to row. That may not be the case today.
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It's ironic that progeny of Ralph would be a key figure in the rebellion in the current men's rowing team. If rowers were as critical of their coach's experience in 1960 as they are today, there never would have been 'a history steeped in Dad Vail championships'.
The athlete's on the men's rowing team put the college in an impossible situation. If the college were to act on the student's complaints or the coach changed his coaching philosophy to accomodate the atheletes, it would send a clear message that the inmates were being permitted to run the asylum. It's regrettable that the men's team permitted themselves to be so swayed by a number of extremely self-centered and immature individuals, but now they have to put that aside and move forward.
I believe that Larry Hiser has the best interests of Marietta College Athletics at heart, but it's painfully obvious that he is ignorant of what it means to be competitive in rowing at the Dad Vail level.
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Yet another cover up, no one wants to see what damage phil has done to other programs, he needs to crawl back into whatever hole he came from and take Kelly and larry with him.
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As a recent Alum: Kelly Harris looks like a good coach on paper, bringing a team that wasn't even recognized as a competitive program to 5th in the nation (for a d3 team). But regardless, the men and women compete at different level. MENS ROWING IS NOT NCAA SANCTIONED. WOMENS ROWING IS. Thats not offensive, it is just the truth. The men compete against every team in the nation. The women compete against every team in the nation, that falls under D3. Also Marietres, when was the last time a womens program went to IRA? oh wait only lightweight women can go to IRA because NCAA doesn't recognize lightweight women rowing. Last I checked the womens team had few and far women that fall under the lightweight standard. But back to the truth of the matter. Hiser need to be fired because he is a awful AD, not only for the crew programs but many other sports on campus have gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to hiring new coaches. And even more to the point, Schmell needs to be fired!
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I noticed my links didn't work, google key words "decorated Schmel resigns" or "UMW may suspend crew program this year". Pretty soon, after this program is destroyed Phillip will move on to his next victim.
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Marietres, why put it on everyone else? If its simply a "quick search" why don't you provide some examples of the boats he has led to the IRA grand finals. :)
Methinks you are trying to deflect the situation to the group of young men, instead of the underlying problem regarding the staff and administration? ;)
P.S.- Barkley, whoever you may be, are my hero for pulling out that quote at such a perfect instance.
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I'm not trying to attack anyone or be loud, I'm just very disgusted with the facts, and the poor decision that caused the upset of a prestigious program that is a staple of Marietta College and Marietta as a town. Also Phil's claim to fame is 9 medals, in my rowing days, I routinely received more than 9 medals in any given season. I even beg the question 9 medals in what? Congratulations for sending a pair to the IRA, he has the ability to send already talented crews to championship regattas to be spanked. I don't know how any one with working knowledge of the sport can even consider this guy competent enough to capture a victory on the high school level.
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A quick search showed that the coach has taken crews to IRAs and grand finals in the past? The louder comments get, the less they are heard overall. If this is how it has been there, maybe that has been the underlying problem.
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What has happened here is completely disappointing. Phil Schmehl, Kelly Harris and Larry Hiser have disgraced the Marietta name, and its crest, to a point of no return. I do not see alumni taking this program seriously for quite a long time. In fact, for those of you who were looking for a new boathouse in the near future, you can kiss that dream goodbye. The administration has disappointed the donors so much that they are withdrawing there pledges amounting to over 1 million dollars. The actions of 3 insignificant, replaceable cronies has cost the college millions in potential funding. Not to mention the confirmation of the misuse of the Men's Rowing Endowment.
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The issue at hand is not who was targeted in the article. If I remember correctly, not once were any of the administration called incompetent or incapable. The facts were presented in a thoughtful manner and those who believe the article is one sided are simply ignorant. Additionally, not one statement in the article undermines the Women's program or the coach for that matter. Lets all look at the article to determine that not only is Phil Schmehl unqualified for his position (he should be coaching a women's 4+,also known as the misfit 4). If you are confused at this point, that is what I call a shot at the women's program. A truthful assessment of the competition that the women compete at compared to the men is justified and completely accurate. DIII Women's rowing is not comparable to Varsity Men's rowing (IRA). When was the last time you beat a DI team? When was the last time you beat DII team? In fact, when was the last time you didn't get spanked in the finals of NCAA? Muff Said
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One side has resorted to a lot of disparaging comments on a lot of different groups, even against their teammates and women's sports. Not a good sign. Team may be in a good position just moving forward with the high road. Good luck to all teams this Spring!
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Article should be titled "Crew team faces idiocy with 6 sheep remaining." It is obvious there is an ulterior motive here to sabotage and/or disband the rowing program at Marietta. When the baseball team was in need of a qualified coach they hired a solid candidate. The rowing program deserves no less. Time for restructuring/eliminating some of the administration. Hiser's own ignorant quote regarding hiring Schmehl reflects desire to have a PR person as opposed to a coach of ability. Additionally, when I read the comments of Mary Poppins, Rowingfan and cplmsy, I recall the following movie quote: What you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
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Well MaryPoppins, nice analogy comparing diseased mental patients to a group of young, intellectual men with high goals for the future.
Haha it must the be the "patients" fault when the "doctor" breaks the backs of several rowers, teaches flat-out wrong technique, and has no ability to coach or lead on any level in sports or in life.
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I don't think "patients" should seek care from a Dr. with no degree, who continually puts his pride before the safety and integrity of his patients.
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Who is running the program?
Should the patients run the asylum.
It's a shame, but if the men do not want to perform for what ever reason, row with what's left.
Case closed.
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As a member of this winning crew in 2012 I realize that I under performed this past fall. But one of the reasons we won last year was the work done outside of practice. We were no longer granted 24 hour access to the our erg room and forbidden to use the weights in the boat house outside of practice. Medals aren't won just during practice but by the extra effort given by the team. We were thought of as liabilities, yet we had done nothing wrong to deserve it.
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As a Dad Vail champion, I know what it takes to win. You're right "rowing fan" a Vail champion boat should be more competitive even coached by a twinkie. With three debilitating injuries (bulging/herniated discs)to guys from that boat within the first 2 weeks, due to his lack of knowledge and safety in lifting. The men left because they weren't given the opportunity to succeed. The coach offered no component to success, whether on the water or off. Any day of the week stop by Phil's office to see 5 "how to guides" scattered over his desk. But lets not pretend to understand the whole situation, we only have available what Larry and Phil declined to comment on and what these young men had to say.
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I am afraid it is rather obvious that it is time for a new AD at Marietta.
Talking about giving kids the runaround...sending them to see the VP of finance who takes their complaint to the VP of Student Life. Jeez talking about a bunch of staff chumps covering their butts.
I wonder if 26 student athletes transferring out of the college to Purdue would get the Prez's attention.
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The problem here seems to be that there's a lot of mentioning of being part of a storied tradition--from the rowers, on the team website, in the coach's bio page. With the exception of 2006, Marietta hasn't won the Dad Vail since the 1960s, nearly half a century ago. This isn't a criticism of the program, but a commentary on you don't get to be good because people before you were good. You have to do the work every year. A Dad Vail freshman gold medal crew should be able to have more speed on the Varsity level, even if they weren't coached at all. Sounds like there's some sense of entitlement that some young men would be well served by losing.
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There are gross inaccuracies in the article, which is understandable considering it is a student newspaper. The guys are still hurting because they are lost. The tough thing is that they will not realize what they are giving up until it is too late. Best of luck to Marietta Rowing... Men's and Women's.
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Do not expect the AD to care about this program.
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Published: Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 10:47 a.m.
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Knights of Columbus Council 1317 will have a chicken barbecue fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at the Knights of Columbus home, 501 Goode St., Houma.
The meal will consist of chicken, sausage, baked beans and coleslaw. Tickets cost $8 and can be purchased from any member. Or call Ernest Robichaux at 872-0637.
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A nagging eye infection has landed NBC's Bob Costas on the disabled list and forced Matt Lauer into Winter Olympics replacement duty.
NBC announced on Tuesday that Lauer will host the network's Olympic primetime and late-night shows tonight as Costas takes a break to get relief for an eye infection that has plagued him since the Games began. Costas has been wearing glasses during the NBC telecasts because of the infection that reddened his left eye. On Monday's program, it was apparent the infection had spread to his other eye.
"As a practical matter, I simply couldn't do my job because my eyes had become so blurry, watery and sensitive to light," said Costas in an NBC news release. "I'm hopeful the symptoms will improve in the next couple of days and I can return to the broadcast.
"Also, the last thing I want is to go through the rest of my life owing Matt Lauer a bunch of favors."
Tonight marks the first time since CBS presented the Nagano Olympic Winter Games in 1998 that someone other than Costas will host an Olympic primetime show. It's also the first time since 1988 that someone other than Costas will host the Olympic primetime show on NBC, a remarkable 157 straight nights.
"Bob has been a real trouper, but needs a night off," said NBC Olympics executive producer Jim Bell. "We're fortunate to have such incredible talent to draw upon within the NBCU family ... Now I know how Chuck Daly felt with the 1992 Dream Team, substituting one Hall of Famer for another."
Said Lauer, "I saw Bob in the hotel this morning, and if ever there was a guy who looked like he needed a night off, it was him. I'm happy to keep his chair warm. Although I might Purell it before I sit in it!"
Costas is listed as 'day to day' on the NBC injury report.
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Self Conscious wrote: use it almost everyday, get the dvds by mail too. people always complain about everything, if they didn't bump the price up they couldn't stay afloat. id rather pay a higher price then not have netflix. the service with the price hike is well worth the value.
xGasPricesx wrote: Just came across this on reddit, and although no one is really complaining about Netflix here, I thought it was a nice reminder.
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Is this a photo of Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday, Jesse James? May 08 2013
This is purported to be a photo of (from l to r) Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday, Jesse James, and Charlie Bowdre.
The story goes that the photo was taken in 1879 in Las Vegas, New Mexico, at a time when each of the men may have been in town. It's entirely plausible that these men all met and posed for a photo, but as there doesn't appear to be any provenance for particular photo, we're left with trying to ID the long-dead from the very few authenticated photos that exist. So...maybe? But probably not? (via if charlie parker were a gunslinger...)
Update: Ah, here's an even better photo that's almost certainly mislabeled, purportedly featuring Wyatt Erp, Teddy Roosevelt, Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid:
Contrast both of these photos with this (very real and accurately labeled) group photo of participants at the 1927 Solvay International Conference on Electrons and Photons:
Among those pictured are Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Neils Bohr, Paul Dirac, Max Planck, Erwin Schrödinger, Wolfgang Pauli, Werner Heisenberg, Arthur Compton, and Hendrik Lorentz. (thx, mike)


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A likely terrified, apparently bleeding dolphin is stranded in the Gowanus Canal — the polluted Superfund site/former Mafia dumping ground running through central Brooklyn. Authorities and dolphin experts are on-scene, but no rescue operation can be attempted until for high tide — at 7 p.m.
NBC New York has stopped its live feed, but the AP has photos:
And Awl contributor Dave Bry is live at the scene, and it doesn't sound great:
And Gothamist has an eyewitness report:
Emilie Ruscoe is at the scene for Gothamist, and she tells us there are ambulances and some cops at the canal currently. "The dolphin is surfacing to breathe really irregularly and its breathing sounds shallow," she says, adding that the water is so murky "you can't see it when it's more than a foot below the surface."
The Gowanus is heavily polluted, but, as nearby residents are fond of pointing out, it's still full of marine life. In 2003, a harp seal survived a similar incident; on the other hand, in 2007, a minke whale disoriented by a storm became stranded and died. Dolphins breathe air, but having an open wound in water like that can't be good.
There are already, sadly, at least three "Gowanus Dolphin" parody accounts that I will not link to so as not to encourage such behavior. For those of you interested in the future of media technology, NBC has also, for whatever reason, already made a "Vine" out of it.


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Jennifer Connelly! It's been a while. She was in Madrid today at a photo call for Aloft. Thought about whether or not to put her name down for Sarah's Career Prospectus but Connelly's still on the call list, for sure. She just doesn't want to work as much as other people do, preferring to spend time with family. Full Story
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There are so many things I love about this photo set. It's Paul Bettany directing a film called Shelter from a screenplay that he wrote, starring his wife Jennifer Connelly. We don't see enough of Connelly. She's lovely. Bettany was supposed to star in Masters Of Sex, which is premiering this coming weekend and Duana and I can't wait. Full Story
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It's her first fragrance ad for the label. Like it? I am partial to Balenciaga. I love it. Have for years. My old sunglasses are Balenciaga, I wore Balenciaga, dress and shoes, to SMUT in Toronto last week, I'm wearing another to Duana's wedding, and I will hunt down a Balenciaga sale like Scientology and millionaires. Full Story
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Arriving at Letterman today likely to promote Creation about Charles Darwin. Connelly plays Darwin's wife and her real life husband Paul Bettany as the man himself. The film opens January 22nd. I always forget she won an Oscar. Because theirs is a low key life. They stay off the scene, they work hard, they don't famewhore unnecessarily, and they try to keep their sh-t private. Full Story
Opening Creation
Jennifer Connelly looks beautiful IN SPITE of that dress. Jacek loves it of course because of the see-through breasts. This is the problem. It's not just that it isn't photographing with the light, it's also that it's not a particularly great fit. The material clings awkwardly around her chest, looks cheap. Full Story
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Let's talk about tits. Most of the talk around tits in Hollywood is focused on the augmentations. Today's talk around tits will highlight those celebrities who've actually downsized. I am a generously sized person, 5 ft 3, who has never been happy with what I have. I would like to be littler. Full Story
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Jennifer Connelly pops up on a lot of straight man Freebie 5 lists. A LOT. This surprises me. Not because I don't think she's lovely but because I DO think she's lovely. So she always seemed like the kind of woman women appreciate more than men. Knowing however that she is a man favourite, well, it restores some faith in the penis, non? (What's up Tony?) That not all of them want an evening with that dirty Fox. Full Story
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Last night at the premiere of the Day the Earth Stood Still – Keanu Reeves walked the carpet, spoke with the press, quietly promoted his movie. And then Will Smith and family came along and owned the rest. Will's son Jaden stars alongside Keanu and Jennifer Connelly. Didn't see any photos of Jennifer's husband Paul Bettany. Full Story
Still Earth begins
Expected to be a major blockbuster over the holiday season – because what we need over the holiday season is to see a doomsday movie! – promotion is just kicking off now for The Day the Earth Stood Still with Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly who has been out of the spotlight for quite some time. Full Story
Jennifer Connelly in Vancouver running along the seawall – she does this often – on Sunday in town shooting The Day the Earth Stood Still with Keanu Reeves and Will Smith's son Jaden. This of course is why Will and Jada have been in town. Will is regularly seen in Jaden's trailer. Full Story


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Impressively spacious and unbeatably reliable, the Antec Three Hundred is an unbeatable enclosure. Despite its eminently portable frame, the Three Hundred has enough room for an NVIDIA 8800 series graphics card, as well as six hard drives and a standard ATX motherboard. A cable management compartment keeps your system organized and the airflow unobstructed. A 120mm rear fan and 140mm top fan ensure that the case runs cool even when playing the most demanding games, while the sleek black finish gives it an extra stylish edge.
Features of the Antec 300 Three Hundred
- Product Description
- Antec Three Hundred - EU - tower - ATX
- Product Type
- System cabinet
- Form Factor
- Tower
- Colour
- Sleek black
- Localisation
- Europe
- I/O Connectors
- 2 x USB 2.0 , 1 x headphones , 1 x microphone
- Installed Fans Qty
- 2
- Supported Motherboards
- System Cabinet Features
- Air filter, fan speed controller
- Power Device
- No power supply
- Dimensions (WxDxH)
- 20.5 cm x 46.5 cm x 45.8 cm
- Weight
- 7.2 kg
- Manufacturer Warranty
- 3 years warranty
- Form Factor
- Tower
- Max Mainboard Size
- Supported Motherboards
- Internal Bays Qty
- 6
- Front Accessible Bays Qty
- 3
- Colour
- Sleek black
- Fans
- Rear : 1 x 12 cm - ( 1 installed) , Top : 1 x 14 cm - ( 1 installed) , Front : 2 x 12 cm - ( 0 installed) , Side : 1 x 12 cm - ( 0 installed)
- System Cabinet Features
- Air filter, fan speed controller
- Localisation
- Europe
Expansion / Connectivity
- Expansion Bays
- 3 (total) / 3 (free) x front accessible - 5.25" x 1/2H , 6 (total) / 6 (free) x internal - 3.5" x 1/3H
- Expansion Slots
- 7 x Expansion Slot
- Interfaces
- 2 x USB 2.0 , 1 x headphones - mini-jack , 1 x microphone - mini-jack
- Compliant Standards
- RoHS
- Power Device
- No power supply
- Max Supported Qty
- 1
Dimensions & Weight
- Width
- 20.5 cm
- Depth
- 46.5 cm
- Height
- 45.8 cm
- Weight
- 7.2 kg
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support
- 3 years warranty
- Service & Support Details
- Limited warranty - 3 years
Customer reviews
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Great Case, check the PSU
Reviewed by Rich. Review Posted 22/09/2010
This a great looking, well made and easy to use case. I highly recommend it.
I had one problem that 12V cable from my PSU didn't reach the motherboard but an extension was only a few quid.
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Best Case Yet
Reviewed by Paul. Review Posted 17/09/2011
A very well built case. Able to keep even high end components cool. Comes with 2 quiet fans. I would recommend installing 2 fans at the front to ensure all the airflow comes through the dust filter on the front of the case. I blocked the side fan hole, another fan could be installed there if you require additional cooling. A nice simple design,easy to maintain.
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Plenty of space
Reviewed by Anonymous Review Posted 27/01/2012
on the box it said mini tower but opened it and there is plenty of space for everything, fits my GTX550Ti with lots of space to spare next to it, the power lead from my OCZ 700w modstreampro is plenty long enough to reach both the 24pin and the 6ping sockets on my asus p8z68-z/gen3 :) a brilliant choice for a med/high end gaming rig. the two included fans are good and quiet also.
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A good case
Reviewed by Steve. Review Posted 02/03/2010
Can't fault it, the cable "hide-away" compartment beside the drives is very usefull, you can hide all the unused connections if you have captive leads on your PSU.
Had no problem with the PSU being at the bottom, can't understand why some people are having issues with it.
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Fantastic case
Reviewed by Dave. Review Posted 16/01/2010
Brilliant build quality, lightweight and spacious. Nice cooling arrangement too. You can't go wrong with a case of this quality at this ultra bargain price. Very highly recommended.
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Top Case
Reviewed by Grant. Review Posted 04/07/2011
This is a very nice case.
I used an XFX power supply and all of the cables were plenty long enough to reach their sockets on motherboard etc.
The 2 fans are good and are controlled by a low/medium/high switch connected to the fan.
This is a quality case and you will find many little touches that just make building your own PC that bit more pleasureable.
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- Value for money
A good case
Reviewed by Liam. Review Posted 07/02/2012
Decent value, comes with plenty of space inside (though it was a little difficult, as should be expected, to keep cables tidy and away from every component and fan).
Plenty of storage bays, plenty of spaces to put fans and it looks good to boot. The only issue I have with it is that the headphone/mic jacks at the front, with my motherboard, do not hold cables properly, which is a shame, but it doesn't really matter, as I have more jacks at the back.
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- Ease of use
- Value for money
Good case for the money
Reviewed by Andy. Review Posted 16/01/2010
This is a nice well built and easy to use case. The thumb screw mounting of the hard drives and optical drives make it easy to move things about if your GPU is quite big. Plenty of room for cooling and space for 5 case fans (2 antec tri-cool included!)
- Overall
- Ease of use
- Value for money
Reviewed by Mark P.. Review Posted 15/08/2010
This is a great case - easy to get into and use, no sharp edges, plenty of space and a well thought-out layout. Supports an SSD mounted at the bottom of the case which is a nice touch.
The airflow is good - a bit on the noisy side, but not too offensive (plus I haven't had a fiddle around with the manual fan-speed toggles, so probably can make them a bit slower and quieter).
Thumbs up!
- Overall
- Ease of use
- Value for money
Excellent Basic Case
Reviewed by James. Review Posted 24/01/2011
I bought this case as an afterthought to accommodate my huge new graphics card.
I was looking for a full functional case without any bells and whistles. This case delivers!
There are no fancy pastic drive mounts etc. but really, how difficult is it to use a screw driver??
Very quiet fans with room for more.
Easy access to controls and front ports.
Great buy!
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The Stroller: 'Better team'
Published: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, November 26, 2012 at 6:50 p.m.
"Well," says Scott Cheek of Spartanburg after watching the University of South Carolina Gamecock football team defeat the Clemson Tigers last Saturday, "I'm swallowing my pride once again. Congratulations to the Gamecocks for their fourth consecutive win over my Clemson Tigers. It was an exceptional game by the backup quarterback, Dylan Thompson. A local boy from Boiling Springs did a great job. It pains me to say this, but you guys had the better team."
'IMPRESSED': The newspaper wasn't at John Albree's door at Tryon Estates in Columbus, N.C., at the usual time Sunday morning. It wasn't a good way to start the day. But all was well after a phone call and searching for answers online. "Normally our delivery man, Chris Price, drops our Herald-Journal paper at the door at 5:30 a.m., and when it wasn't there, I called the executive editor, Michael Smith, to ascertain when we might expect the paper. Then I went on the website, GoUpstate.com, and there was the answer," says Mr. Albree. "Less then 10 minutes later, Mr. Smith called me at my home, and we had a delightful conversation with a full explanation about a major printer breakdown. I am very impressed and grateful for his personal call. Thank you for such caring professionalism. And the newspaper arrived around 10 a.m., just as we were walking out the door to go to church."
RUDE PARROT: A guy received a parrot for his birthday. The parrot was fully grown with a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every other word the parrot spoke was an obscenity. Those that weren't expletives were, to say the least, rude and offensive. The guy tried hard to change the bird's attitude and was constantly saying polite words, playing soft music and doing anything he could think of to improve the situation. Nothing worked. He yelled at the bird, and the bird yelled back. He shocked the bird, and the bird just got more angry and more rude. Finally, in a moment of desperation, he put the bird in the freezer, just for a few moments. He heard the bird squawk and kick and scream, and then, suddenly, there was quiet. He was afraid he might have hurt the bird and quickly opened the freezer door. The parrot calmly stepped out and said, "I believe I offended you with my rude language and actions. I'll endeavor at once to correct my behavior. I really am truly sorry and beg your forgiveness." The guy was astonished at the bird's change in attitude and was about to ask what had brought about such a dramatic change when the parrot continued, "May I ask what the chicken did to you?"
ODDS AND ENDS: Yates Jackson of Landrum celebrated his 101st birthday Monday. Stroller readers surprised him with cards last year. Let's do it again. His address is Camp Care, 59 Blackstock Road, Inman, 29349.
"The Veterans Book" compiled in conjunction with the dedication of the Veterans Memorial Marker at Oak Grove Baptist Church has sold out, but requests for another order are being accepted. The book contains information about the 117 veterans buried at Oak Grove and also contains information about the Oak Grove veterans buried in other cemeteries and also the living Oak Grove veterans. The cost of the book is $15, and orders can be placed through Thursday by calling Helen Cartee at 574-3056.
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