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Marshall, Ian, Higinbotham, John, Bruce, Stephen Derek and Freise, Andreas (1997) Use of Voigt line shape for quantification of in Vivo 'H spectra. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 37 (5). pp. 651-657. ISSN 0740 3194Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)
Quantification of NMR visible metabolites by spectral modeling
usually assumes a Lorentzian or Gaussian lineshape, despite
the fact that experimental lineshapes are neither. To
minimize systematic fitting errors, a mixed Lorentzian-Gaussian
(Voigt) lineshape model was developed. When tested with
synthetic FIDs, the Voigt lineshape model gave more accurate
results (maximum error 2%) than either Lorentzian (maximum
error 20%) or Gaussian models (maximum error 12%). The
three lineshape models gave substantially different peak areas
in an in vitro experiment, with the Voigt model having a
much lower 3 (2.1 compared with 5.2 for the Lorentzian
model and 6.2 for the Gaussian model). In a group of 10
healthy volunteers, fitting of 'H spectra from cerebral white
matter gave significantly different peak areas between the
methods. Even when area ratios were taken, the Lorentzian
model gave higher values (+5% for "Vcholine and +2% for
Nucreatine) than the Voigt lineshape model, whereas the
Gaussian model gave lower values (-2% and -1v0, respectively.
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|NMR spectroscopy; quantification; modeling; fitting
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|Department of Learning and Teaching Enhancement > Learning Information Services
|Dewey Decimal Subjects:
|500 Science > 540 Chemistry > 543 Analytical chemistry
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|Q Science > QD Chemistry
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|Mrs Lyn Gibson
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I'd like to preface what I've written here by saying that this is not a scathing attack on Microsoft, the Xbox One, or any of the policies that are (presently, at least) going to be part of the console when it launches. While it may sound like that in the beginning, this is more an indictment on the console industry as a whole. It would be easiest to describe Microsoft as the metaphorical straw that broke the camel's back: the reveal of their console, and the news that followed, finally pushed me over the edge, and I felt I needed to get it out of my system before going into E3.
I've been in a bit of a stupor for the last couple of weeks. Following Microsoft's Xbox One reveal, I found myself becoming extremely disinterested in the future of gaming as a whole. As someone who has spent their entire life beholden to the medium, I found such a drastic change in perspective – which occurred more or less over the course of a single week following the reveal – to be extremely alarming. More than that, it was actually frightening.
It would be easy to say that it was all down to Microsoft. The fact that they felt the most important thing to showcase during the reveal of a gaming console – what they led off with and spent the most time focusing on – was how it would be able to play live TV, was disappointing. It wasn't surprising: anyone who's watched one of Microsoft's E3 press conferences over the last couple of years could have easily predicted which way the company was headed, but the fact that they treated games as so ancillary was disheartening nonetheless.
Further than that, the constant backpedaling and flip-flopping over important issues made the company seem so myopic. Rumours have been awash within the gaming community for months about the console's online requirement, and yet until the middle of last week, we had no definitive answer. First someone said it needed to be online all the time, then someone said it didn't, then someone said it would need to check in once a day, then someone else said that members of the gaming press were posting facts that were entirely untrue, when, first of all, Microsoft wasn't giving us the truth, and second of all, the stories about the once-a-day check-in were pretty much the truth of the matter. Scant weeks before the Xbox One reveal, Microsoft had to do damage control over the whole Adam Orth/'deal with it' issue, yet they had no definitive statement ready to answer this question when they finally revealed the console, instead making us wait an arbitrary number of weeks before giving us a proper response.
Additionally, they've reportedly cancelled their post-E3 press conference meetings with the press members, pretty much ensuring that they have a complete stranglehold on the information coming out of E3. We're only going to learn what they decide to tell us; there aren't going to be any questions asked that they aren't ready for. It's almost like they were angry children who decided to take their ball and go home: they're frustrated that the games media have been asking game-related questions about the console, and are trying to put a stop to it anyway they can.
Similar to this was the used game issue. Sony fielded tons of questions about that following the PS4 reveal, never really (in my mind) giving a satisfactory answer, so Microsoft should have expected that question. Again, though, they seemed completely surprised by it, or at least unsure of the answer: first it would play used games, then it wouldn't, then it would, but only if you had an activation code that you bought directly from Microsoft, and, again, the truth only comes out a couple of weeks later, and still leaves some questions as to how the process is going to work.
Questions about the 'always-on' nature of the new console's Kinect, the understandable worries about privacy policy, the inclusion of backwards-compatibility with the device (okay, so it doesn't play 360 games, fine. Don't call me 'backward' for wanting it, though), all of these were fielded with scorn and something sounding very much like condescension from employees of the company. Excuse me for not being thrilled enough with live TV to overlook the other obvious issues with your console, Microsoft, but just about anyone with a keyboard would tell you that you do not treat your consumers like they're an annoyance.


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An Ann Arbor home that burned in a fire over a year ago and has since has sat vacant will soon be demolished.
Ralph Welton, the city's chief development official, said the property, at 3045 Springbrook St., has been on the city's radar but a dispute between the property owner's family and the insurance company has delayed the demolition process.
Welton said the city is running out of patience and will soon issue a demolition order.
"That house is going to be demoed soon. It's just a matter of who does it and when," he said. "For me, the sooner the better."
The city can move forward with demolitions of dangerous buildings without allowing property owners to plead their case against it. The property has been condemned.
The home burned in an early morning fire in April 2013. Vandals had struck the house, so an elderly woman living there went to stay with her daughter, Welton said. During that time, someone set fire to the home.
Welton said the home is sealed and secure and the bank has a maintenance company that watches the property.
City records show the house had an assessed value of $58,000 or a market value of $116,000.


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Motorists who use Interstate 83 in York County should expect delays Thursday as Metropolitan Edison installs new power lines across the highway, state police said.
Weather permitting, troopers from the state police York barracks will conduct rolling road blocks between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesday in the area of the Yocumtown exit (Exit 33) to facilitate the installation of those new lines. Police said traffic will be stopped in both directions approximately seven times during those hours.
The rolling roadblocks will slow traffic prior to bringing it to a complete halt. Each stop is expected to last around 10 minutes, police said, with traffic to be released between the stoppages.
Originally the work was scheduled for today, but it was postponed due to weather, police said.
Police urge motorists to allow extra time for travel, and to consider alternate routes.


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More than 130 children benefiting from local Christmas program
SPRINGHILL – A special team of Santa's helpers were tasked with setting up a satellite workshop here in Springhill in anticipation of Christmas.
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oy production and distribution was in full swing at the Salvation Army in Springhill last week when the church was converted into one of Santa's workshops. The Springhill Lions doubled as Santa's helpers through the Toys For Tots program and prepared Christmas for over 130 local children.
It might seem like the wrong latitude to be setting up such a workshop, but this was a special location specifically for serving some of the children in the community, Springhill Lion Karen Morris-Priester said. The Springhill Lions, in partnership with the Salvation Army, were preparing this year's Toys For Tots applications and it was evident Santa and the elves were benefitting greatly from the extra help.
"We had 65 applications, that works out to 134 kids," Morris-Priester said.
Applications for children aged 0 to 16 were received after the Lions kicked off the Toys For Tots campaign in mid-November and the Fri, Dec. 20th was the pick-up day. To be prepared, the Lions converted the Salvation Amy into a makeshift Santa's workshop, where the aisles quickly filled with designated toy production. On one line a row of toy cars began to appear; another with dolls. Everything had its place and soon the Lions, with wish lists in hand, were filling out orders.
This year, Morris-Priester said, donation to the program were comparable to last year, with more donation sites being located in the community. The Lions also received more financial donations, including funding through Christmas Daddies – $2,000 – which went towards purchasing wish list items they didn't receive through donations.
If there was one group that was more difficult than the other to shop for, Morris-Priester said, it would be the teenagers. The older they get, the more compact their wishes get.
"Because at the age of 16, the big things they want are clothes or a DS videogame. It's a bit of a struggle because we really don't want to put just one game in a box. We want to load them up."
And one way or another, the program is doing just that. Thanks to their partnership with the Salvation Army, the Lions are able to be a compliment to the spirit of the season. Also on Friday, the Salvation Army was distributing its food-box program, which also numbered close to 90 applicants. In addition, through the leadership of Grrr-Rubby Dog Grooming owner Shirley Sachs, pet food donations through the Groomers 4 Grub initiative were also being distributed at the church on the same day.


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Despite the existence of the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council, electric competition has finally arrived. Although NOPEC was originally created to promote competition, it has turned into nothing more than a broker for FirstEnergy Solutions. NOPEC does business only with and derives all of its income from FirstEnergy Solutions. NOPEC then entices entire communities to join its organization with offers of grant money in exchange for scooping up all of their residents' electric customers.
About 70 percent of Northeast Ohio's electric customers were automatically placed under contract with NOPEC by taking no action with regard to the infamous "opt-out" mailer, a rare instance under Ohio law where a person can be legally bound by a contract by doing absolutely nothing. This anti-competitive practice was approved by our state legislators in 1999.
Until this opt-out practice is overturned, residential customers must break the hold that NOPEC and FirstEnergy Solutions have on this region by paying the $25 cancellation fee and signing with a competitive supplier. For instance, NOPEC offers a 6 percent discount, but residents can double that discount to 12 percent with Duke Retail. The $25 cancellation fee will be quickly recouped by the extra savings. Just say "no" to NOPEC!
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Steigerwald is founder of Citizens for Keeping the All-Electric Promise.


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It premiered at last year's Sundance Film Festival. Then it competed for Louisiana film of the year at October's New Orleans Film Festival. And now "Lord Byron," the microbudget experimental drama from award-winning Louisiana filmmaker Zack Godshall, is going worldwide -- as in the world wide web.
Godshall's film -- shot for less than $1,000 and utilizing all non-professional actors -- made its online debut this week on the video site Hulu.com, where it is available for free streaming. It is also available for download at iTunes, Amazon.com and YouTube.
The online deal was made possible through the Sundance Institute's digital distribution initiative, designed to help independent artist's distribute their films online.
The "Lord Byron" synopsis: "Filled with a cast of eccentric characters, each pursuing dreams and missions of their own making, Lord Byron paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of the strange and lonely world of its title character, a middle-aged, late-20th century romantic who's confused and torn about his own ambitions and desires."
Although it's the first of his films to receive wide distribution, "Lord Byron" is the third recent feature film from the Lafayette-born Godshall to earn notices on the festival circuit:
His New Orleans-shot "Low & Behold" -- shot on the still-ruined streets of post-Katrina New Orleans -- was named the best narrative feature at the 2007 New Orleans Film Festival. In addition, Godshall's documentary "God's Architects" earned him Louisiana Filmmaker of the Year honors at the 2009 New Orleans Film Festival.
For more information about "Lord Byron" and Godshall, visit the official "Lord Byron" website. You can also watch the trailer in the embedded video below.


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Even though training camp is still days away, the New Orleans Saints indoor practice facility's field was filled with dozens of youth football coaches learning the fundamentals of tackling on Saturday afternoon.
The coaches were part of a special tackling clinic held by Heads Up Football, an initiative led by USA Football, the official youth football development partner of the NFL.
"We want to alleviate some of the fears that parents have about football," USA Football Master Trainer and Cypress Creek High School football coach Greg McCaig said. "We're exposing coaches and players to a greater breadth of safety knowledge than they had before. The more we can have players coming to the high-school level knowing what is going on, then that just accelerates our process."
Goretti Saints youth football coach Marvin Keelen said his team of 4-to-6-year-olds in eastern New Orleans will benefit from learning proper tackling technique.
"You'd be amazed at how much they pick up," he said about his players. "It's important they know the fundamentals, and that's why I coach the age that I coach. I focus on teaching so this is great information.
"It's also important so that the parents understand why we're doing certain things as opposed to them standing on the sidelines and wondering what we're doing. We really have to break it down to the basics."
Saturday's training was broken into two parts: a classroom portion and a live training session where the coaches executed the drills they'll use with their players. Topics covered included a series of drills to reinforce proper tackling mechanics focusing on reducing helmet contact, education on concussion recognition and response, and instruction on proper helmet and shoulder pad fitting.
"This is reaching people where they live so they can make a difference," McCaig said. "It's just like anything else - if you don't get them at the beginning it's awful hard to change their patterns or behavior, so getting them now we ingrain these techniques so when they get to the high school level, it's the norm."
Saints Director of Youth Programs Jason Trosclair said the partnership was an easy one to support.
"We do a lot of work in finding the best ways to teach the game to young kids," he said. "This is about education for parents and coaches. The Saints value our high school coaches and our youth football coaches because these are the people that are impacting our kids from not only a football perspective but also giving them life skills lessons."
The coaches, who hail from New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Mississippi, will train their coaches and parents with the drills they learned to help increase football safety, McCaig said. The drills also offered coaches a chance to bond and share tips among themselves, but Keelen said their focus is on making their players safer.
"Just to see the smiles on kids faces because one good play by a kid that hasn't done anything all season, and that's his Super Bowl," he said. "I love it. I get into my practice, so the drills that we learned I know I'll be able to bring that back to the park and make sure our players are safe."
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This refurbished PHILIPS Home Theater in a Box (model: HTS3106/F7) drops from $99.99 to $69.99 using this $30 mail-in rebate. Plus, the shipping is free making this the best refurbished deal we could find for this theater setup by $96. This 1000 watt, 6 speaker surround sound set includes a Blu-ray player with built-in WiFi. There is no sales tax (except in CA, NJ, TN).No longer available


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Cornyn Hopes Tea Party Strategy Will Help GOP Diversify
As Central Texas leaders of the League of United Latin American Citizens make plans for a January education summit, they have an unlikely partner: Republican U.S. Sen. John Cornyn.
LULAC, the Hispanic civil rights group, has long clashed with Cornyn on issues, from health care to immigration. But they say they have found common ground on education.
"It's very unusual," LULAC Central Texas District Director Gavino Fernandez Jr. said of the partnership. Typically, Republicans "don't reach out," he said. "They stay away from our community."
That's changing as Republicans eyeing the state's shifting demographics increasingly invest in reaching Hispanics, African-Americans and Asian-Americans ...


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FRIDAY ... will be posting again during OSU's 4:30 practice at Beasley Coliseum.
- In the where have I been dept., finally noticed last night that coach Rob has his own security guard. I think it has something to do with his brother-in-law, but of course no one is allowed to comment.
- Apparently, when UW coach Lorenzo Romar got a courtesy copy of OSU's starting lineup last night, he scanned the five names and said, "who the (naughty word) is 00?''
That would be walk-on redshirt freshman Kevin (don't you dare shoot) McShane, who we will endeavor to speak with either before or after the workout.
- OSU players and coaches loved the Thunderdome atmosphere at Bank of America Arena last night. When the place lit up, after a Huskies' transition dunk or a Justin Dentmon trey, it was fun to be there. .. and the Huskies, oh my, do they have talent - especially when they push the pace. .. .I can see this UW team winning one or two games in the NCAAs, assuming the little G's play well.
- The raucous UW student section might have replaced the UO Pit Crew as the rowdiest group in the Pac-10, and it's understandable because the Pit Crew has nothing to cheer about. .. .observers say Ernie Kent's Ducks were emotionally DOA last night on Friel Court. ... we saw the Oregon traveling party when we came in this morning at Moscow-Pullman International Airport, and they were as sullen as my kids are when I confiscate the XBox.
Back to the UW student section .. those guys have carried on a comical relationship with OSU student manager Steve Sethney for the last couple seasons, to the point where Sethney found UW smack on his MySpace page. ... they love it when he calmly walks out, alone, and drains a three. ... is there a three-point contest for student managers at the Pac-10 tourney?
On road trips, Sethney often looks sleep-deprived, and I've discovered this is sometimes a result of OSU trainer Tom Fregoso's hellacious snoring.
- the revelation that new UW football coach Steve Sarkisian has a Twitter page and recently broke his own story on the thing got me to wondering ...what the hell is a Twitter page? ... so I did some research, and now I'm afraid Sarkisian's tweets (it's what you call Twitter page items) might touch off a Twitter page arms race in the Pac-10. ... I'll bet if I asked coach Riley what a twitter page is, he would draw a blank, or maybe think it was some kind of Valentine's Day card.. ... if I asked coach Cav, "do you twitter?' he's liable to take a swing at me.
As if things aren't bad enough in the print business, now as beat writers we've got to start monitoring the coaches' Twitter pages?
Don't like it.
If my wife is reading this back in bullet-riddled southeast, and the chances of that are roughly the same as the chances of Oregon staying with 20 points of the Dawgs on Saturday, then I want to say, I apologize for being stuck in a Moscow, Idaho hotel on Valentines Day. .. and I love you for putting up with me.


text: In 1789, the year George Washington became America's first President, Cornelius Holgate established a small woodworking shop on the outskirts of Philadelphia. From this humble background, Holgate Toys blossomed to become America's number one wood toy maker. In the 1920's and 30's, Jarvis Rockwell, brother of famous illustrator Norman Rockwell, was Holgate's chief toy designer. Rockwell's concern for safety, durability and educational play earned him recognition as the premier toy designer during this period. Generations have trusted Holgate for Safe, High Quality, Educational toys, made exclusively in the U.S.A.


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I can tell you that a 270bhp engine will cost you at least £10k.
Then you need to spend almost at the same amount on the transmission, brakes, suspension, chassis etc etc.
Believe me - I know.
200bhp is more than enough in a Westie/locost etc, however if you got the time, cash and inclination then feck it - go for the 270! lmao
My engine will be about 235bhp (maybe 250)-plus 125bhp nitrous, then I'll transplant it into a Westifield/similar and change cams, followers and head gasket and go too 'higher'. How much higher is another question.....
Oh and i may or maynot drop the gas when it goes in the Westie as it could well be just unusable! lmao


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New Orleans VooDoo vs. Orlando Predators
Where: The New Orleans Arena
Time: 7 p.m.
Tickets: Start at $18 through Ticketmaster. Packages available at www.aflvoodoo.com.
TV/Radio: Cox 4/99.5 FM
What to watch for: VooDoo wide receiver P.J. Berry had 233 all-purpose yards and four touchdowns last week and was the Nifty Playmaker of the Week selected by the AFL. ... Orlando's T.T. Toliver had 116 receptions for 1,423 yards and 29 touchdowns last season. Toliver was a teammate of the NBA's Vince Carter while at Daytona Beach (Fla.) Mainland High. ... The Predators have reached the AFL playoffs 18 consective seasons and have won the championship twice. ... VooDoo wide receiver Carlese Franklin came off the physically unable to perform list this week and is expected to play. ... Orlando quarterback Nick Hill is in his second season and past for 4,289 yards last season.


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TRENTON –The Mercer County Prosecutor's office yesterday announced the arrest of city man in the Nov. 11 fatal shooting of Carl Batie, a corrections officer who was gunned down at a party celebrating the re-election of President Barack Obama.
Maurice Skillman, 26, was arrested yesterday morning and charged with murder, authorities said. His arrest was the result of a six-week investigation by Trenton police and the prosecutor's office, which melded anonymous tips with surveillance video by NFL Films, officials said.
The 27-year-old Batie was off-duty and standing on the balcony of the Baldassari Regency in the Chambersburg section of the city early on Nov. 11 when Skillman allegedly fired the fatal shot that hit Batie in the head, authorities said.
"The motive in this case appears to be gang-related," said Mercer County First Assistant Prosecutor Angelo Onofri. "However, it is clear from an exhaustive investigation that Officer Batie was not the target of the shooting. He was an innocent bystander."
Detectives from Trenton said they believed Skillman fired his more than 20 shots intending to hit someone else on the balcony, but they did not identify that intended target yesterday. Police Director Ralph Rivera Jr. said the investigation was "ongoing."
During the news conference yesterday, Rivera extended his condolences to Batie's mother and father, who attended but did not speak.
"You know you have our full support, and you know we will do our best to get anyone and everyone involved in this investigation," he said.
Police are looking into others who may have had a role in the events that led to the shooting.
"Right now, we definitely believe there was more than one individual involved," said Lt. Steve Varn.
Prosecutors confirmed that 19-year-old Shaquel Rock was arrested and charged with terroristic threats for threatening a city police officer who was working off-duty at the Regency that night. Rock, who is a Trenton resident, was arrested Nov. 11, Varn said. Any connections between Rock and Skillman remain under investigation.
While Regency owner Eddie Baldassari said a small group of men tried to enter the party earlier in the evening and was turned away, police would not say whether that event sparked the shooting.
Skillman was arrested at 5:50 a.m. yesterday during a raid on his Church Street home by city police, the prosecutor's office, and the New Jersey State Police's TEAMS unit. In the month since his death, Batie has been mourned not just by his family, but the men and women who work in county corrections.
"Carl Batie was a great officer," Warden Charles Ellis said. "He came to work on time, he stayed when he didn't need to."
"It's quite difficult, what happens at the facility," Ellis said. "They talk to one another, they do their job."
The grief extended to the correction center's inmates, who found in Batie someone they could talk to in times of trouble. Since July, the corrections force has been rocked by the sudden deaths of three officers, including Batie.
"They've been doing very well in responding to the tragedies we've had," Ellis said.
"I care very deeply about our county employees and their families," Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes said in a statement. "The Mercer County Family was profoundly saddened by the slaying of Officer Batie, and I appreciate the hard work that law enforcement has done to apprehend a suspect."
Lead detectives on the case were Scott Peterson from Trenton and Detective Bryan Cottrell from the prosecutor's office. The Middle Atlantic-Great Lakes Organized Crime Law Enforcement Network assisted along with NFL Films, authorities said.
Skillman faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted. Police did not immediately have information on his gang affiliation. He is being held on $1 million bail in an out-of-county correctional facility.
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Syracuse, NY -- A 17-year-old girl said she had a bomb and threatened to blow everyone up during a robbery Wednesday morning at the Alliance Bank on James Street, according to city court records.
Cheyenne Brandon, of 1362 Teall Ave., walked into the bank at 1001 James St. while holding what appeared to be a detonation device in her hand, attached to a cord, the records stated.
She told the teller to move back from the counter, then "announced that she had a bomb and was going to blow everyone up," the records stated.
She demanded the tellers give her all of their money, according to the felony complaint. Two tellers pushed money through their window ports. Brandon is accused of grabbing the money and running from the bank.
The court papers said Brandon stole $1,395. The suspect did not actually have a bomb.
Syracuse police Officer John Szakalski saw Brandon as she ran into Lincoln Park and arrested her, Sgt. Tom Connellan said Wednesday night. She was still holding the cash.
Brandon was charged with first-degree robbery, police said.
A security expert who has studied bank robberies for 42 years said Brandon is the youngest female bank robber he's ever heard of.
Robert McCrie, a professor of security management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, said young bank robbers are a novelty and female bank robbers are very rare. Put them to together and you have something possibly unprecedented, he said.
Young people do not often rob banks because banks are not part of their comfort zone, McCrie said. Young people don't spend a lot of time in banks, so they're not used to the environment and how they operate.
Bank robberies are "more of an adult-type crime," McCrie said. "Adults are more comfortable in banks than adolescents. They buy money orders, they cash checks. They have a comfort of what the security is in the bank, the means of entering and exiting."
Historically, women have participated in bank robberies but usually as an accomplice, such as driving a getaway car, McCrie said.
That has changed somewhat recently, because women have discovered that banks no longer confront robbers violently.
"They have figured out it's a fairly safe crime to commit," McCrie said. "They know that the bank employees are trained to give them a little money and get them out of there as fast as possible. Physical injury to them is not a high possibility."
Perhaps the only other female bank robber in recent Syracuse history was Eloise Bowman, 64, who is coincidentally perhaps the area's oldest bank robber. Bowman pleaded guilty to robbing four South Warren Street banks in 1999.
She claimed a 76-year-old man helped plot and carry out the robberies, but the man claimed he didn't know what Bowman was doing and just gave her rides to the bank to pay bills, according to The Post-Standard's archives.
» Read more about a spike in Syracuse bank robberies
Staff writer Jim O'Hara contributed to this story.


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Guess what I just found...
Posted 17 July 2013 - 01:49 AM
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Posted 17 July 2013 - 04:17 AM
I'd jump on that Clone like no tomorrow.
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Oh and u just came across another ego lol it's an acid wash annoyed ego 9 with some "limited edition white eclipse grips" or whatever for like 550...little steep for an 09 idk I'd want to see it in person though
Posted 17 July 2013 - 12:17 PM
Go for that Clone, no question.
Posted 17 July 2013 - 02:49 PM
There she is guys
Posted 17 July 2013 - 03:21 PM
There she is guys
That is a true VX and that's a good price. I would highly suggest going and checking it out. Air it up and shoot if possible and if everything is in order I would take that over any of the other markers you've been looking at in a heartbeat.
If you're buying from CL I would suggest you have an older friend/family member come with you as well, especially if you're going somewhere that you'll be able to shoot a marker (other than a field obviously, which is actually a good place to meet up).
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Written by Linc Bedrosian
September 23, 2014
The 60-day public comment period on the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to protect Bristol Bay's salmon population from the proposed Pebble Mine closed Friday, Sept. 19, but not before plenty of fishermen signaled their support for agency protection.
Bristol Bay fishermen and processors, Alaska's fishing industry as a whole, plus commercial fishing groups and businesses nationwide sent in comments supporting EPA protections for Bristol Bay. According to the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association, preliminary counts for the 60-day comment period show that more than 625,000 public comments were submitted in support of EPA protection, with Alaskans alone accounting for 20,000 comments.
Similar support has been seen during the multi-year effort to protect the region from large-scale mining, the association says. Upwards of 1.5 million comments in support of protecting Bristol Bay have been received during that time.
"A massive open-pit mine planned for the heart of the salmon-rearing headwaters of our nation's largest and most valuable salmon runs is not worth the risk," says Sue Aspelund, the association's executive director. "And based on these numbers, the American people clearly agree."
Well, then it must be time to declare victory, no? It's game over, right?
Not just yet. Now that the public comment period is over, the EPA will tally up the comments and then review them before issuing its Final Determination before Feb. 4, 2015. But according to the association, there's still work to do to ensure that the Bristol Bay resource will be protected.
Aspelund says the association is asking the agency and the White House to move as quickly as possible "to implement strong protections for the thousands of people who depend on Bristol Bay salmon for their income and way of life." According to the association, Bristol Bay's sockeye runs support over 2,800 family fishing operations and 14,000 jobs nationwide.
"We want to ensure our fishermen can continue their businesses without this threat hanging over them," Aspelund says.
And, there's still a lot fishermen and others can do to keep the pressure on this process, says Katherine Carscallen, the association's sustainability director.
"Communications to elected officials stressing the importance that EPA is allowed to carry this process through to finality is very important," Carscallen said on Sept. 22. "Because EPA has mentioned that late comments will be marked late, but still counted, we decided to keep our take-actions up through the weekend, but by the end of the day, it will be adapted to direct communication to the White House."
So everyone who wants to ensure that the Bristol Bay resource continues to receive the protection it deserves shouldn't light up a victory cigar just yet. If proponents keep up the good work that's been done so far, that satisfying stogie will be lit soon enough.
Written by Linc Bedrosian
September 16, 2014
Maine harvesters have been catching plenty of lobsters for a number of years now. But recently some rare ones have found their way into lobstermen's traps.
In late August, student lobsterman Meghan LaPlante and her father, Jay, caught a blue lobster near Portland. The lobster, which Meghan dubbed Skylar, was donated to the Maine State Aquarium in West Boothbay Harbor. According to The Lobster Institute at the University of Maine at Orono, the odds of catching a blue lobster are one in 2 million.
Further up the coast, lobsterman Joe Bates caught what appeared to be the rarest of all lobsters, an albino, about a week later off Rocland. The odds of catching one are one in 100 million. Incredibly, lobsterman Bert Philbrick appeared to catch another one a few days afterwards off Owls Head.
Alas, a lobster expert eventually determined that the lobsters were actually a very light blue — still rare finds, but not the elusive white lobster.
Then in September, wildlife artist Sarah Lane, co-owner of Bethel Bait, Tackle and More in Bethel, discovered a calico lobster in a crate of bugs brought from the Pemaquid Lobster Co-op in Pemaquid. The odds of finding calico-colored lobsters, whose shells are a mottled orange and black, are one in in 30 million.
The rare find, which Lane named "Freckles," was likewise donated to the state aquarium, which now has three blue lobsters and orange one in addition to the calico.
There are still other colored lobsters that can be added to their collection, though it won't be easy. The odds of coming across a naturally colored red lobster are one in 10 million, and like the calico lobster, the chances of catching a yellow lobster are one in 30 million. And the odds of finding a split-colored lobster are one in 50 million.
Robert C. Bayer, the lobster institute's executive director, says the blue and calico lobsters are the most common of the bunch. "There's a fair amount of the blue ones," he says. If a male lobster breeds with a blue female, all her offspring will be blue, too.
Bayer says he's often tried to figure out people's fascination with the colored lobsters. "They're beautiful, but maybe that's it," he says. "They certainly draw a lot of attention every year."
Written by Jerry Fraser
September 11, 2014
Consider this a shout-out to the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council members and others who traveled to the White House to make the case, if in vain, that the proposed expansion of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument to 700,000 square miles is misguided policy.
In what was described as a "frank discussion," the nine-member delegation told the White House Council on Environmental Quality that the monument would penalize the U.S. Pacific islands and American fishermen while accomplishing little environmentally.
This is accurate. For one thing, the area is pristine, which forecloses on the notion of environmental improvement. For another, the fish the monument would "protect" are highly migratory. U.S. fishermen could pursue them outside the monument at hideous expense, or, more likely, they'll be harvested by the Chinese.
By the way, for those of you who do not regularly consume political news, "frank discussion" implies that the delegates expressed the truth bluntly and that the representatives of the administration, which included John Podesta, counselor to the president, didn't want to hear it.
No surprise there. Had the administration been inclined to consider the issue on its merits it would have in the first place consulted with the fishery council and stakeholders.
As Ray Hilborn of University of Washington's School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, observed last month, "The key question with respect to the expanded protections proposed by President Obama is, 'What will they do to aid solutions to the problems facing oceans?"
"I am afraid the answer to this is they will do nothing. Closing additional areas to fishing will have no impact on ocean acidification or ocean pollution, and the impact of these closures on overfishing will almost certainly be negligible."
Hilborn is correct, for what good it amounts to. The administration has pursued the "do it if it feels good" policy which colors so much of our environmental regulation today. And however well meaning, if uninformed, this policy is, the opposite result is certain to obtain in the western Pacific once China starts vacuuming things up.
Clair Poumele, a member of the Western Pacific council and director of the American Samoa Port Authority, said the monument would have a disastrous impact on the territory's tuna canning operations, which employ one-third of the population.
As Sean Martin, of the Hawai'i Longline Association observed, "This attempt at crafting an environmental legacy for our nation will ultimately prove to accomplish the opposite by disenfranchising our own fishermen and outsourcing domestic seafood demand to nations whose standards for environmental protections pale in comparison to our own."
Written by Linc Bedrosian
September 9, 2014
With the clock winding down on the period for submitting comments to the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the proposed Pebble Mine, Bristol Bay salmon fishermen are proposing a novel way to encourage friends and family to add their two cents worth. They've encouraging participation in the Bristol Bay Dinner Party Challenge this weekend.
Here's the deal. You invite friends over for a simple dinner party this weekend and challenge three other friends to do likewise. All you have to do is throw a salmon-themed dinner that's coupled with a movie and a little education about the famous Bristol Bay salmon resource and why the proposed Pebble Mine threatens it, and you ask your guests to submit comments to the EPA by the Friday, Sept. 19 deadline.
The good news is you don't have to be Martha Stewart to host this shindig. The dinner parties can be big or small and as simple or complex as you please. Fire up some wild Bristol Bay sockeye on the grill, or maybe offer up some smoked sockeye, cheese and crackers. Make it a potluck dinner and invite your guests to bring their favorite wild salmon dish. It's all good.
Then after dinner, fire up the popcorn popper so that you and guests have the proper movie-viewing snack while watching "In the Same Boat," Elijah Lawson's documentary about the Bristol Bay fishing lifestyle and the salmon runs that the large scale mine threatens. There are other short videos like the one below that can also be shown, too.
And then to wrap things up, you invite your guests to fill out an EPA comment post card or submit them online. They can fill out the postcards as a group or even pen their own custom letter to submit. Comments must be submitted to the EPA by the Friday, Sept. 19 deadline.
Even better, the group Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay makes hosting the dinner even easier. If you go to their website to sign up for the dinner party challenge, they'll provide you with a packet of resources that includes recipe cards and public comment cards.
You can download the documentary and other videos there as well as other educational resources and you'll find the link for your guests to submit their comments online. It seems like the least your guests could do after enjoying good food and getting a little food for thought, to boot.
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Written by Linc Bedrosian
September 4, 2014
Two top-notch icons of the U.S. fishing industry, New Bedford, Mass., and Seattle's Fishermen's Terminal take center stage in the October issue of National Fisherman.
New Bedford and Fishermen's Terminal are both cover-worthy subjects. So rather than select one over the other, we did something we've never done before — we developed two covers for the October issue, one featuring New Bedford, the other Fishermen's Terminal.
New Bedford embraces its fishing heritage, which dates back to the 1700s when the whaling industry held sway for some 150 years. The New Bedford Whaling Museum and work being done to preserve iconic buildings such as the Seamen's Bethel, built in 1832, and the Mariner's Home, built in 1787, are examples of the city's appreciation of its fishing past.
But the city also celebrates the industry's present day success. Led by its thriving scallop industry, New Bedford has been the nation's top fishing port by landings value for 13 straight years.
The annual Working Waterfront Festival, which this year takes place Sept. 27 and 28, helps the community celebrate New Bedford's past and present. The festival not only offers plenty of family friendly activities, but also educates visitors about commercial fishing and documents the stories of the people who make up the New Bedford industry.
New Bedford also works with forward-thinking resources like the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology to promote future success. For example, it's hoped that the same kind of video survey innovations that have helped the scallop fishery thrive can likewise lead to better days for the port's struggling groundfish fleet.
In Seattle, Fishermen's Terminal has plenty to celebrate, too — including a pretty big milestone. Home to the North Pacific commercial fishing fleet, Fishermen's Terminal is 100 years old this year.
Commercial fishing vessels didn't have a centralized location to call home before Seattle decided to build Fishermen's Terminal. Since it opened June 10, 1914, Fishermen's Terminal — originally known as Salmon Bay Terminal or Fishermen's Headquarters — had space for 100 boats, a two-story warehouse and a marine railway.
Today, Fishermen's Terminal moors nearly 500 boats, and offers a wide variety of services to commercial fishermen such as repair facilities for large and small boats and net mending areas. It's also home to the city's Fishermen's Memorial, a special place where friends and family of fishermen lost at sea can gather to remember their loved ones.
Like New Bedford, Seattle honors its fishing industry each fall. The 26th annual Fishermen's Fall Festival, slated for Saturday, Oct. 4, celebrates the return of the North Pacific fleet to the terminal and strives to increase knowledge about the importance of Fishermen's Terminal and the fishing industry to Seattle, while raising money for the Seattle Fishermen's Memorial Foundation. This year the festival will also feature a centennial celebration for Fishermen's Terminal. New Bedford and Seattle are two great examples of fishing communities that are proud of their past, embrace their present and looking ahead to try and ensure their future
Written by Linc Bedrosian
September 2, 2014
Of Sea and Clouds
By Jon Keller
Tyrus Books, 2014
Hardcover, 336 pp., $24.99
Maine's lobster fishery is apparently fertile ground for novelists. Not so long ago, I reviewed "Vacationland" by Nat Goodale, which was an enjoyable read. "Of Sea and Cloud" by Jon Keller, also set in the Pine Tree State's most profitable fishery, is a darker ride, but no less of a page-turner.
Things get ugly in a hurry. Nicholas Graves has raised his sons, Bill and Joshua (known as Jonah), to be lobstermen. But when Nicholas is lost at sea, the mystery of his death sparks a chain of events resulting in a war between the Graves boys and Osmond Randolph, a lobsterman and former Calvinist minister, as well as their father's business partner for more than 20 years.
With Nicholas out of the picture, the powerful and unsettling Osmond, aided by his grandson and heir, Julius (a deeply unsettling guy in his own right), moves to push the Graves family out of the lobster pound Nicholas and Osmond ran at any cost. A trap war develops as Osmond sets lobster traps on the Graves family grounds mere days after Nicholas is lost at sea.
Jonah cuts about $5,000-worth of Osmond's traps. In retaliation, Julius sets his gear directly on top of the Graves' traps. And as the Graves try to figure out what happened to their father the war escalates from there.
But the story isn't solely about an ugly trap war. Keller worked aboard a Down-East Maine lobster boat for several years after graduate school, and during that time, he said in a Tyrus Books interview, he "began to see within the land and people something nearing on the epic."
"When I started writing 'Of Sea and Cloud,' I fell immediately into a voice that felt to me to echo this epic starkness — and more importantly than echoing, I hoped that the voice would resonate in and through the novel in the way the coastal landscape resonates in and through the Down-East world," he explained.
Keller said he he's lived in enough small towns to be aware of when a place is undergoing a serious shift.
"I'd call it a cultural unraveling, perhaps, and it results in loneliness and desperation that I hoped to capture in the book," he said. "It's the confusion that results when a sub-culture doesn't evolve as quickly as the culture that surrounds it. The technology has changed, the standards of living have changed, the world has changed... yet the way of life has not, and the result is a cultural tailspin, a potential breakdown."
Furthermore, Keller said the region's isolation doesn't protect it from a changing world as much as it exposes it. In the book, Osmond sees that global markets are going to affect the lobster industry and the aging lobsterman is desperate to protect his family and ensure that they will survive those changes.
Keller says "Of Sea and Cloud" is "a book that asks something of the reader, just as the coast of Maine asks something of those who inhabit it." It's a story that should be food for thought for 21st century fishermen, be they veteran harvesters or young bucks trying to make their mark on this historic industry.
Written by Linc Bedrosian
August 28, 2014
According to my Merriam Webster dictionary, the word "truncated" is an adjective meaning cut short or curtailed. It was used fairly frequently during this morning's overview of the 2014 update of the Gulf of Maine cod stock assessment.
The presentation by Michael Palmer of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, Mass., kicked-off a two-day meeting being held in Portsmouth, N.H. The meeting's purpose it to determine whether the science center's updated stock assessment, which reflects stock condition through 2013, meets the set of specific tasks it was directed to address.
The science center completed the stock assessment update earlier this year as part of its effort to address council and industry requests for more timely information on stock condition and for advance notice when early indications of stock condition changes are seen. The science center has been working on ways to streamline the assessment update process.
The goal is to develop a process that can alert managers to changes observed in survey, catch or other data collected between full assessments. Gulf of Maine cod was chosen was chosen as a test case for this approach because a benchmark assessment was completed in 2013.
According to update data, Gulf of Maine cod numbers are still declining. Commercial catches have declined since 2011, as have discards. Truncation in the size/age structure is seen in commercial and recreational fleets. Occurrence of large fish is declining in the commercial fishery and is now absent from the recreational fishery.
And despite catch reductions, survey indices for science center, Massachusetts and New Hampshire surveys have declined to the lowest levels in the survey time series. The spawning stock biomass is estimated to be below 2,500 metric tons under two model scenarios.
Truncation in cod size and age structures is evident in all surveys, the update says. Moreover, there's no signal of incoming recruitment. You can see all of the updated assessment data for yourself by clicking here.
Fishermen were able to ask questions and offer their input on the morning presentation. They wonder why cod mortality is going up even though harvesters aren't coming close to catching their annual catch limit. How much of cod mortality, they ask, is because of factors like predation and climate change?
And like the cod population, they say, the groundfish fishery has been truncated, too.
"The directed cod fishermen are out of business," said Vito Giacalone of the Northeast Seafood Coalition. "They're no longer in the game." Where once day boats accounted for 70 percent of the landings, they now account for 5 percent, he said.
The peer review meeting continues tomorrow at the Sheraton Harborside Hotel, 250 Market St., Portsmouth, N.H. If you're unable to attend the meeting, you can call (872) 240-3201 (the access code is 535-601-814) to listen to the proceedings and you can see graphics accompanying meeting discussions via a fee live webinar being broadcast.
Written by Linc Bedrosian
August 21, 2014
August may be racing past way too quickly and fall may be approaching far too fast for us folks in Maine. But I'm not quite ready to turn my thoughts ahead to a new school year (sorry, kids!), a new football season (YES!) or raking up autumn leaves (ugh) just yet. Instead, I'm focusing on the present. August, after all, is Maine Lobster Month.
According to the Maine Department of Marine Resources, the state's 2013 lobster landings hit 125.95 million pounds — the second highest total notched since the state and NMFS began keeping records — worth $364 million. That's a $22 million increase over the 2012 value and up $30 million from 2011.
The average ex-vessel price per pound paid to Maine lobstermen rose 20 cents from $2.69 to $2.89 last year. Even so, it was the second lowest price seen since 1995.
The department's report on Maine's 2013 landings notes that the low dock price underscores the importance of the work the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative is doing to promote lobster sales and consumption. The collaborative, which was established last year, replaces the Maine Lobster Promotion Council. Maine lobstermen, dealers and processors fund its marketing and promotion efforts, which aim to increase global demand for Homarus americanus.
It's hoped that adding in-state lobster processing capacity will bolster prices for soft-shell lobster. Developing value-added product forms that will broaden its appeal to restaurant chefs and younger seafood lovers could further increase lobster demand — and with any luck, ex-vessel prices, too.
There's no lack of creativity happening when it comes to preparing lobster dishes. I suspect that when most people think lobster, what comes to mind is boiling up bugs at home, cracking them open, extracting their sweet-flavored meat and dipping it in butter before popping it into their mouths.
Others may prefer a lobster roll. Several years ago, when my parents were visiting from Florida, my mom was determined to get a lobster roll at Red's Eats in Wiscasset. We waited in line for over an hour for the privilege, and were rewarded with toasted lobster rolls loaded with meat. It was well worth the wait.
But restaurant chefs are getting mighty creative with lobster dishes. An article in the Bangor (Maine) Daily News highlights eight of the most unique lobster dishes being served in Maine restaurants. Lobster dumplings, fried lobster tails and lobster tacos are just a few of the mouthwatering offerings the article presents.
And that's just the tip of the lobster-cooking iceberg. The marketing collaborative's website boasts a plethora of recipes lobster lovers can whip up at home. They'll find recipes there for whatever they crave — appetizers, breakfast dishes, dinner entrees, salads, soups and more. And cooking buffs can explore professional recipes that restaurant chefs have submitted.
So whether they opt for a simple boiled lobster or Braised Maine Lobster with Black Truffle Risotto Cake and Verjus Crème Fraiche, lobster afficianados should be able to find a dish that can help them celebrate Maine Lobster Month in fine style.
Written by Linc Bedrosian
August 14, 2014
It looks like Maine officials have taken steps to make it easier for the state's fishermen to turn invasive green crabs into greenbacks.
Last week, Maine's Department of Marine Resources adopted rules that will make it easier for harvesters to catch and sell green crabs, which are proliferating and taking a toll on the state's shellfish populations, most notably soft-shell clams, the state's third-largest fishery.
Green crabs aren't new to Maine. According to DMR, Carcinus maenas, aka, the common shore crab, arrived in the 1850s, hitching a ride from Europe across the Atlantic in ballast water in ships. They were seen in Maine's Casco Bay in 1900 and had made it north to Jonesport by 1951.
They've become a growing problem in recent years, the department says. The population boom has coincided with rising ocean temperatures. Today, their numbers have increased dramatically in some areas of the state.
They populate the soft-bottom intertidal zone, feasting on blue mussels and soft-shell clams. The clam fishery notched landings of nearly 10.7 million pounds worth $16.91 million in 2013, according to department data. Landings volume declined from the 2012 total of 11.1 million pounds, which officials attribute to the green crabs.
Now the department has adopted new rules that streamline regulations and better enable harvesters to collect the crabs and boot them from Maine's coastal waters.
The new rules allow Maine lobstermen to land green crabs that come up in their traps as bycatch. Lobster and crab license holders no longer need to obtain a green crab-only license in order to sell the critters. The department has eliminated harvester reporting requirements for green crab. And it's now legal to harvest the invasive species in the Sheepscot, Damariscotta and Medowmak rivers from Dec. 1 to April 30.
Moreover, Maine's Green Crab Task Force has announced it's conducting a targeted mail survey to individual harvesters and growers to get feedback on the effects of green crabs on Maine marine resources and habitat. The task force hopes the survey will help it learn how many survey respondents are encountering green crabs, if they've observed changes in local populations in recent years and whether there are ongoing effects on marine resources.
Moreover, Maine's Green Crab Task Force has announced it's conducting a targeted mail survey to individual harvesters and growers to get feedback on the effects of green crabs on Maine marine resources and habitat. The task force hopes the survey will help it learn how many survey respondents are encountering green crabs, if they've observed changes in local populations in recent years and whether there are ongoing effects on marine resources.
The task force will use those survey responses to develop solutions to the problem and in making recommendations to Gov. Paul LePage in the months ahead. Maine harvesters interested in taking part of the survey can contact Jenn McHenry by emailing her at firstname.lastname@example.com or via snail mail at the Department of Marine Resources, P.O. Box 8, West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575.
Written by Linc Bedrosian
August 7, 2014
Do you remember what it was like to be a greenhorn deckhand? Did you find it a daunting experience learning the fishing ropes? You stuck with it though, even when the work was tough, and you became good at your job. Question is, how well versed are you on the legal ropes of being a deckhand?
In our September cover story, "Operation: Get Paid," which begins on p. 22, commercial fisherman and freelance writer Nick Rahaim explores deckhand rights and what deckhands need to know to ensure that they're paid their fair share.
"There is no more important way for captains and deckhands to protect themselves than a written contract signed by both parties," Rahaim writes. "After both parties read, agree to and sign a contract, there should be no question about pay, duration of employment, expenses and a deckhand's responsibilities."
But contract wording can be tricky and terms may not always be clear. Rahaim's article helps deckhands navigate their way through some of the wording and issues to watch out for and how they can best protect themselves.
What if you're injured at sea? Rahaim also delves into what injured seamen are entitled to receive. For example, Rahaim writes that while deckhands aren't entitled to workers compensation, there are ancient common law rights that are actually more generous.
Rahaim's article goes into much greater detail on all of this, of course. His story makes for truly interesting reading for deckhands and skippers alike. And the information contained within it can help deckhands make more informed decisions.
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The Center for Coastal Studies recently announced that Owen Nichols, Director of the Center for Coastal Studies' Marine Fisheries Research Program, has been selected as this year's recipient of the John Annala Fishery Leadership Award by the Gulf of Maine Research Institute.Read more ...
Cummins announced the opening of a new Alaska service location on Kodiak Island last week that will serve as a service and support location for commercial marine applications.Read more ...


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The Detroit Tigers may have benched outfielder Magglio Ordonez, but it doesn't appear the team is considering taking the next step and releasing the struggling slugger. FoxSports.com's Ken Rosenthal writes, however, that the team should look at cutting Ordonez loose before he locks in a guaranteed $18 million for next season.
June 19, FoxSports.com: Unbelievable. The Tigers released the wrong slugger.
Sheffield's OPS is .876. Ordonez's is .690. Sheffield has eight home runs and 25 RBIs. Tigers DHs have five homers and an American League-low 18 RBIs -- in 78 more plate appearances than Sheff, mind you.
The Tigers, with little difficulty, can cite performance reasons for benching Ordonez, starting with his .343 slugging percentage, which is lower than Ramon Santiago's, lower than Adam Everett's, lower than most of the free world's.
Frankly, the Tigers should just release Ordonez, to whom they owe approximately $11 million in '09 salary, plus a $3 million buyout in '10.
Problem is, they've already released Sheffield. They might want to release Willis, to whom they owe approximately $18 million through next season. And don't forget lefty Nate Robertson, who is a $7 million reliever this season and looms as a $10 million mop-up man in '10.
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As the Fukushima radiation hits the West Coast, we would do well to recall that Cascadia, The Pacific Northwest, is no stranger to the intercontinental pollution. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration states:
Several recent studies have shown that powerful spring winds can carry Asian pollution into the atmosphere above North America. …some of the imported pollution can descend to the surface, where it affects ground-level ozone, a regulated pollutant. At high concentrations, ground-level ozone can cause severe respiratory effects in some people, and it damages crops, trees, and other vegetation.
Air pollution problems in North America result from the pollution emitted by Asian coal plants and industrial facilities, findings not entirely new.
Mercury is especially likely to travel across the Pacific Ocean. Oregon researchers estimate that as much as 18 percent of the mercury in Oregon's Willamette River comes from overseas, increasingly China. Another study found that human-created pollution from Asia contributed to 14 percent of the mercury dropped on Mount Bachelor here in Central Oregon.
With ample documentation, we already know how the radiation will get here, and probably when. The only question is to what lengths the Corporate Media will go to to misinform and/or deny how much radiation will get here.


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Everybody on short leash in Game 5
Just as in Detroit in Game 4 of the American League Division Series when A.J Burnett loaded the bases with three walks, Yankees manager Joe Girardi did not hesitate in making a call to the bullpen when Ivan Nova was wavering early on in Game 5.
The Tigers struck for back-to-back home runs (by Don Kelly and Delmon Young) in the first inning for the first time in their postseason history. When Magglio Ordonez led off the second with a double, Phil Hughes began warming up for the Yankees. While Hughes answered the call to the pen, Nova answered the wakeup call by getting out of the inning without any damage with two groundouts and a strikeout.
That's the beauty of winner-take-all games in the postseason be they Game 5 in the ALDS or Game 7 in the Championship Series and World Series. Both teams have their backs to the wall and must pull out all stops. There can be no worrying about saving anyone for the next game. You've got to get to the next game first.
Sure enough, Girardi brought in Hughes at the start of the third inning. Considering how Nova had worked out of difficulty in the second, the move seemed premature. Obviously, the manager saw something lacking in Nova's stuff and made the switch to Hughes, who when used in relief can just air it out.
Hughes' fastball was clocked at 94 mph as he chalked up two quick strikeouts. Delmon Young, who has been a tough out in this series (3 home runs), got a long single on a drive off the right field wall, but Hughes got the Tigers' most dangerous hitter, Miguel Cabrera, to ground into an inning-ending fielder's choice.
Doug Fister, who was battered by the Yankees in Game 1, was proving a tougher customer this time out. The righthander mixed speeds well on his fastball and added a cutter with late life. His breaking stuff was less effective, but he was keeping the Yankees off balance.
You remember all that stuff about Burnett being on a short leash in Game 4? Well, every pitcher on the Yankees had the short rope in Game 5. After Hughes gave up a single with one out in the fourth, Girardi summoned Boone Logan, who gave up a hit before retiring Jhonny Peralta on a fly to right and striking out Ramon Santiago.
At that point, CC Sabathia began throwing in the bullpen – very interesting.
Yanks limp out of Detroit
It's official. The Yankees are in a funk. Until Thursday, they had been the only team in the major leagues that had not lost three games in a row. Now they are not. Their first three-game losing streak came at the hands of the Tigers, who had lost seven straight games after dropping the first game of the series Monday night.
The Yankees threw away Thursday's game, a 6-3 loss, literally. Two of the three errors they committed led directly to three runs, the deficit in the game. The Yankees' offense was pretty active with 10 hits, including 3-for-8 (.375) with runners in scoring position, but were overtaken by a Detroit club that had only four hits.
A.J. Burnett continued the run of Yankees starting pitchers going deep into games with a seven-inning outing, and only two of the five runs off him were earned. However, one of the errors was his errant pickoff throw in the first inning that put Don Kelly, who reached base because Burnett hit him with a pitch on a count of 0-2, at third base from where he scored on Brennan Boesch's sacrifice fly.
The Yankees took the lead in the fourth inning on RBI hits by Eric Chavez and Eduardo Nunez, who started as subs for resting Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter. Chavez had to leave the game, however, after suffering a bone fracture in the small toe of his left foot running out his first triple in four years. Chavez was headed back to New York to see club physician Chris Ahmad and may have to go on the disabled list.
That meant Rodriguez had to come into the game as a pinch runner, the first time he had such an assignment since his rookie season of 1995 with the Mariners when he spelled Tino Martinez. A-Rod, who had been on the bench not only resting his body but also a 7-for-50 (.140) slide, wound up with two hits and scored two runs, so maybe he is working himself back to form.
Detroit played some small ball in the sixth inning and tied the score after Ramon Santiago bunted Kelly to second base on a two-out single through the middle by Boesch, who topped off a big game in the eighth with a solo home run off lefthander Boone Logan.
The critical play came in the three-run seventh when the Tigers took control of the game. Burnett lost a 9-pitch duel with Victor Martinez, who singled to center leading off, then walked Magglio Ordonez and hit Ryan Raburn with a pitch to load the bases with none out. Brandon Inge broke the tie with a sacrifice fly, but Burnett should have been out of the inning after getting Santiago out on a bouncer to second baseman Robinson Cano playing in and Kelly on a grounder to short.
Nunez had all the time in the world to throw out Kelly but sailed his peg over first baseman Mark Teixeira. Two runs scored on the error, the second of the game for Nunez and his fifth in 22 innings in the field. For a backup infielder who is supposed to supply solid defense, this is unacceptable. Expect infield coach Mick Kelleher to work with Nunez to correct this part of his game.
Another coach with his work cut out for him is hitting coach Kevin Long. It is not a good sign when two of the three .300 hitters on the club are bench players – Nunez (.385) and Chavez (.303). Cano had two hits Thursday to get back over .300 (.303), but the Yankees had 6-for-32 (.188) with runners in scoring position and left 30 runners on base in the series.
One bad inning was all it took
It is easy to become spoiled by a player's performance. Freddy Garcia may have done that to the point that Yankees fans might be disappointed by what he did Wednesday night. Think of this, though. When the Yankees signed Garcia, wouldn't you have been pleased if you could count on his pitching into the eighth inning of a game?
I sure would, which is why Garcia deserves another passing grade even though he was on the losing side of a 4-0 score to the Tigers, a team he has handled over the years (18-8, 4.12 ERA). Garcia basically had one bad inning, but that was all it took for Detroit to take control behind the four-hit, nine-strikeout pitching for eight innings by Max Scherzer, who improved his impressive record to 5-0 with a 3.15 ERA.
Garcia seemed in big trouble in the second inning when Victor Martinez, Magglio Ordonez and Jhonny Peralta singled in succession to produce one run, but Freddy avoided further damage by getting the next three batters out.
The Tigers came right back in the third with three more runs on an RBI double by Miguel Cabrera and a two-run home run by Ordonez. It was the first time Ordonez went deep this year, in his 85th plate appearance, on a first-pitch fastball that Garcia later admitted he should not have thrown.
Ordonez has struggled this season coming off right ankle surgery, but he is a dangerous hitter, and Garcia had a base open. Coming inside with heat on the first pitch was a poor move, and he knew it. Garcia would have been better off pitching around Ordonez or trying to get him chase out of the zone, but it was too late.
The way Scherzer was pitching, the four-run lead might as well have been 10. The Yankees got only two runners in scoring position against the hard-throwing righthander, who walked two and struck out nine, and could not come to Garcia's rescue after he held the Tigers in check for four-plus innings after the third.
The Yankees have fallen into a collective slump. Unless Eduardo Nunez starts at shortstop in the series finale at Comerica Park Thursday, the Yankees will field a batting order without a .300 hitter in it. Robinson Cano fell below .300 after going 0-for-4 to join his scuffling teammates.
The idea that Nunez could be in Thursday's starting lineup surfaced when Derek Jeter was forced out of the game due to a sore right hip. As usual, he made light of the ailment and refused to consider it an injury, but manager Joe Girardi said Jeter was "day to day," which could mean that Nunez will be in there Thursday to give the captain time to recover.
That the offense failed to generate anything against Scherzer does not take anything away from the effort by Garcia, who continued the Yankees' recent stretch of solid starting pitching. In the past 16 games, starters have averaged 6 2/3 innings per game and have a combined 2.89 ERA. It is enough to make a fan spoiled.
A.J. gets an 'A' in 1st outing
Perhaps the best thing that happed for A.J. Burnett Saturday came while he was sitting on the bench after an impressive first inning in which he retired the Tigers in order with two strikeouts. The Yankees struck for three runs against Brad Penny, Burnett's former teammate with the Marlins, right off the bat and then hung another three spot the next inning on Mark Texeira's second three-run home run in two games.
A 6-0 cushion in the second inning was just what someone like Burnett, who is atttempting to come back from a horrendous 2010 season (10-15, 5.26 ERA), needed to help his relax in his first start of the year while still battling a nasty cold.
A.J. faced a threat in the second when Miguel Cabrera led off with a double to right-center. Last year, that might have set Burnett off, but he gathered himself and struck out Victor Martinez and Brennan Boesch on impressive fastballs that were all the more effective because of the twilight. A wild pitch allowed Cabrera to reach third base, but that was as far as he went as Jhonny Peralta flied out to center.
Austin Jackson got the Tigers on the board with a home run in the third, and they put a rally together in the fifth after Boesch, Peralta and Alex Avila all singled with none out for a quick run. Brandon Inge was credited with a sacrifice despite clearly bunting for a hit, and a walk to Jackson loaded the bases.
Burnett kept the damage to a minimum as Will Rhymes grounded to Teixeira at first base for a run to cut the Yanks' lead to 6-3. Burnett held it there by striking out Magglio Ordonez.
It was a sound effort for Burnett, whose chances for a victory improved even more when his new catcher, Russell Martin, homered with two on in the sixth to boost the Yanks' lead to 9-3.
Damage by Damon
Come on, Johnny, is that any way to treat a bunch of guys you still consider friends?
Johnny Damon, one of the key elements in the Yankees' World Series run last year and one of the finest people to grace the Yankee Stadium clubhouse during his four seasons in pinstripes, hurt his old mates with a home run in the Tigers' 5-4 victory Monday night at Comerica Park.
Now, this blow was not as stunning or decisive as his most famous home run against the Yankees. You remember that one. Javier Vazquez sure does. It was a grand slam that propelled the Red Sox to a Game 7 victory in the 2004 American League Championship Series to help Boston complete the only comeback from a 0-3 deficit in a post-season, best-of-seven series in baseball history.
Still, this one packed a bit of a blow. After all, it was a one-run game, and Damon's shot was worth one run. It was only Damon's second home run of the season, but the solo shot off Sergio Mitre with two down in the fifth inning looked very much like those one-handed clouts he sent sailing over the right field fence in the new Yankee Stadium a year ago.
If you can believe the Comerica Park scoreboard, Tigers reliever Joel Zumaya regularly reached 100 mph with his fastball. Despite that, the intimidating righthander was not untouchable. Yankees fans saw this type of act before when Kyle Farnsworth was in the Bombers' bullpen.
For all the oo-ing and ah-ing coming from the Detroit crowd as Zumaya's gun readings were flashed, the Yankees were getting back in the game against him in the eighth. Singles by Alex Rodriguez and Robinson Cano and a four-pitch walk to Jorge Posada in between all those 100-mph offerings loaded the bases for the Yankees with none out. An infield hit by Marcus Thames and a fielder's choice by Brett Gardner made it a one-run game.
Phil Coke, who went to Detroit in the three-team trade that brought Curtis Granderson to the Yankees, has pitched well for the Tigers and did so again Monday night by keeping the ball in the infield for two outs in relief of Zumaya. The real "hold" went to right fielder Magglio Ordonez for his sliding catch of a sinking liner by Derek Jeter robbing him of a game-tying hit.
Jeter is suddenly in a slump with two hits in his past 20 at-bats and an average down to .286
Perhaps determined to match Zumaya's readings, Joba Chamberlain was in the upper 90s in the bottom of the eighth and struck out the side. Unfortunately for the Yankees, Tigers closer Jose Valverde (9 saves, 0.61 ERA) had similar readings and also struck out the side in the ninth.
Mitre did a decent job in his emergency start, but lefthander Boone Logan walked one left-handed batter (Damon) and gave up an RBI triple to another (Brennan Boesch) in the seventh for an insurance run that the Tigers held up.


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Are you ready to see more celebs shake a tail feather? The new cast for the 16th season of 'Dancing with the Stars' has been announced! This is quite a cast. All of them are interesting to me. I think the biggest surprise to me is Andy Dick. Hopefully he's sober; he was struggling for a while there. I'll be interested in seeing if Wynonna Judd and D.L. Hughley can dance, as well as Aly Raisman. Check out the new celebs and their pro partners.
- Boxer Victor Ortiz and new pro Lindsay Arnold
- Singer Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough
- Country star Wynonna Judd and Tony Dovolani
- Soap star Ingo Rademacher and Kym Johnson
- Disney Channel star Zendaya Coleman and Valentin Chmerkovskiy
- Comedian Andy Dick and Sharna Burgess
- Reality star Lisa Vanderpump and new pro Gleb Savchenko
- Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman and Mark Ballas
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Not only are there all-new stars, but there are a few new pros, too, Are you looking forward to a new season of 'DWTS'?
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Gaga Over Googie?
A Seattle Denny's stirs up a divisive debate.
By Krista Walton | From Preservation | May/June 2008
The old Manning's Cafeteria building in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, so striking when it first opened in 1964 that it was called "The Taj Mahal of Ballard," appeared fated for demolition this spring. Denny's, the tenant for the past 23 years after Manning's went out of business, had moved out in September. And Benaroya Companies, the Seattle developer that bought the property for $12.5 million in 2006, intended to sell it to another firm that wanted to raze the building and build condos.
But Benaroya made a strategic mistake. Confident the Manning's building wouldn't qualify, the developer nominated it for landmark status—a common practice among developers who want to preempt any future construction delays.
To the surprise of many, the Seattle Landmarks Preservation Board decided to consider the nomination, sparking a heated controversy over whether the building should be preserved as a landmark of Googie architecture.
"The Manning's is located at one of the most high-volume traffic intersections in Seattle, and it's one of our most recognizable buildings," says Eugenia Woo, board member of Docomomo WEWA, a preservation advocacy group for modern and recent past structures. "Designated or not, it has always been a landmark in this neighborhood."
Most longtime Ballard residents can't remember driving down 15th Avenue through the heart of the commercial district without passing the Manning building's Vikings-meet-the-Jetsons eaves and huge glass windows.
But many residents consider the building, boarded up since Denny's left, an eyesore. "We don't believe this building is an extraordinary example of Googie architecture," says Marc Nemirow, a senior executive at Benaroya, which argued that Denny's had substantially altered the structure. "The designation of this building as a landmark seems an extraordinary misuse of the term."
"The Denny's restaurant building in Ballard is not valuable enough to be saved," said an editorial in The Seattle Times entitled "Not Gaga over Googie." "It has swooping lines, but so does a much better-known Seattle creation: the Space Needle."
When the Manning's opened, patrons dined under a dramatic vaulted ceiling and George Nelson bubble lamps that hung above the booths and tables. Over the years, Ballard became a target for development, and many buildings were torn down to make way for condos and malls. The Manning's building, designed by Clarence Mayhew, a San Francisco architect, is now one of Seattle's last remaining examples of Googie architecture.
Googie developed in Southern California in the late 1940s, its name derived from the eponymous 1949 Sunset Boulevard coffee shop built in the archetypal style. Used mostly for roadside architecture, it was meant to be futuristic and conspicuous enough to catch the attention of passing drivers. By the '60s, travelers in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and other West Coast cities passed innumerable gas stations, diners, and motels festooned with Googie's signature starbursts, swooping roofs, and boomerang-shaped appendages.
Googie has struggled, however, to gain legitimacy among architects, preservationists, and the public. Since it was most often used in commercial buildings, the structures were constantly altered to appeal to the changing tastes of consumers. Googie's informal style has led some critics to deem it incoherent and muddled—ultimately, not a style at all.
"Googie has been seen as throwaway architecture, but roadside buildings are part of our history and important documents of how we lived," says Alan Michelson, the head of the Architecture and Urban Planning Library at the University of Washington, who wrote two historical reports about the Manning's and spoke at hearings to encourage landmarking the building. "We can't just preserve courthouses and theaters because laws were made there or people have romantic memories of them. History is more complex than that."
Since many Googie buildings were constructed in the past 50 years, they often aren't old enough to be landmarked, and many have been torn down. In 1994, the oldest McDonald's in America, located in Downey, Calif., and built in the Googie style, faced demolition and was included on the National Trust's 11 Most Endangered list. Though the McDonald's was saved, in January 2007 another Googie building in Downey, Johnie's Broiler, was partially torn down.
"Recent architecture and vernacular architecture are often neglected," says Michelson. "Preservation needs to broaden its focus and acknowledge that this is just as much a part of our historical past as high architecture."
As for the Manning's building, the preservation board voted 6-3 in February to grant it landmark status. Benaroya is now appealing the ruling, a process that could take a year or more. If the appeal fails, the developer plans to pursue a lawsuit filed in county superior court that challenges the designation. In the meantime, the building will likely remain boarded up.
"Without a willing new owner or tenant to keep the building economically viable, it will become a white elephant on a major corner of a rapidly changing neighborhood," says Christine Palmer, preservation advocate at Historic Seattle, a nonprofit group. "The current owner has repeatedly stated that he has no plan B, so he is likely to let the site deteriorate until he can unload it." And so the battle continues.
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Jim Fuller doesn't want to speculate on when he'll end his days as a Wheatfield Twp. supervisors.
"I always said I didn't want to work away from home past 62," Fuller, 57, said. "It depends on who would want to replace me.'
For the past seven years, Fuller has been a supervisor. Currently, he's vice chairman and roadmaster for the township.
The farmer became a supervisor due to concern over ordinances. He is also a father of seven children, four sons and three daughters.
Two of his sons are ordained ministers at the Otterbein United Methodist Church, Duncannon; one is a custom contractor; one performs service calls to tractor trailers. All three daughters are homemakers.
Fuller's goals from the beginning have involved things remaining relatively the same, although he's changed his views somewhat.
"I understand a little more about the need for regulations," he said. "I didn't want to get in here and try to change things that accelerate development, but to try to keep a good balance.'
Wheatfield Twp. secretary/treasurer Vicki Jenkins called Fuller a "good person, who brings balance and equality to the township.
"I don't think people are afraid to talk to him, good or bad," she said.
Previously, Fuller served as chair of the board of supervisors for approximately three years at the beginning of his township career. Current chairman Barry Schrope was Fuller's predecessor.
He said one of the hardest parts about being chairman was trying to conduct an orderly meeting when people wanted to speak out of turn.
"It seems everything is aimed at the chairperson," he said. "People shoot at them a little more frequently.'
Fuller is a lifelong resident of the township. He lives on a farm along Cook Road with his wife, Linda, whom he's been married to for 39 years. Linda is an LPN for Holy Spirit Hospital.
Fuller said his wife is supportive of his township involvement and "she sympathizes with me.'
The farms and rolling grounds of the township are its greatest assets, according to Fuller. He said when he campaigns, he finds residents don't want developments to evolve in the township.
Of course, that doesn't make everyone happy, but Fuller said there's no way to appease everybody.
"Every now and then, you have to say, 'No," and mean it," he explained. "It's sometimes difficult because all three supervisors are very easy-going people.'
Fuller said his biggest strength is his temperance. He isn't the type to rile easily.
Being roadmaster has helped give Fuller the biggest rewards of his township involvement. One is the friends he's gained and the other is the confidence of his fellow supervisors, Schrope and Bob Hines.
"Having two other men who have confidence in me and to make decisions on the spot is rewarding," he said. "I don't have to worry that they'll be mad at me.'
Fuller is also a grandfather to 18. He's not a spoiler type of grandparent though. "I look for qualities in kids like discipline and respect for others' property," he said. "I'm not a big teddy bear type of grandfather.
"If there's a kid kicking in the fridge door, I'm over there after him or I'll point at the parents.'


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It's a big week on "American Idol" 2014 as Hollywood Week wraps up and we get ready for next week's live shows.
The Top 30 looms for Shelby Miller of Portland, who has survived round after round, and audition after audition to make it this far.
The Portland St.Patrick High School junior is only one of 77 contestants who remain on the Fox reality TV show. (She is also one of 11 contestants from Michigan who are still on the show.)
Only 212 contestants received "golden tickets" to the Hollywood Week after thousands tried out at seven audition sites around the country. Detroit auditions were held at Ford Field, but Miller auditioned in Atlanta.
She recently talked to WLNS-TV6 in Lansing.
"I think a big part of this journey has been my faith," Shelby said in her interview with WLNS reporter Shelby Miller. (Yes, they have the same name! Video below.)
"I started out and was kind of just wanting to go into it for the experience, but then as I went further and got the golden ticket I really started to think, this could be life changing for me."
On Feb. 12 (tonight, 8-10 p.m.) the remaining 77 contestants will perform in front of the judges as soloists.
On Feb. 13 (Thursday, 8-9 p.m.), the Top 15 Girls and the Top 15 Guys will be selected by judges Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick, Jr.
But "American Idol" producers promise a twist, and it's possible voters will get a chance to help make some of the decisions.
Next week "American Idol" goes live -- this is where viewers vote.
The Top 15 Females perform on Feb. 18, followed by the Top 15 Males on Feb. 19, and then first live results show of the season is Feb. 20.
Here is Shelby Miller's "Road to Hollywood" interview on "American Idol"; she said that Carrie Underwood is one of her biggest influences:
And here is the WLNS interview with Shelby Miller:
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A 12-year-old girl reported missing in Beaverton and discovered hours later in Gresham was found after she called her mother, the girl's family says.
Haley Novy-Wilson, who is autistic, got upset and fled about 8:15 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27 from the Extended Stay America Hotel, 875 S.W. 158th Avenue, where she was staying with her family, said Kent Wilson, 54, her mother's fiancé. The girl then got on a MAX train at Southwest 158th Avenue and Merlo Road and rode it to the end of the Blue Line near Northeast 8th Street and Cleveland Avenue in Gresham.
Novy-Wilson was able to borrow a phone about 3:30 a.m. and call her mother, who was driving to her Beaverton home from the hotel, Wilson said. The 12-year-old was picked up by a Beaverton police officer and reunited with her family.
"It's the only phone number she knows," said the fiancé, who wasn't sure how the girl get the phone. "Her mom told me that when she got that call from Haley, the level of elation was like winning the lottery."
Wilson said he isn't sure what led the girl to the MAX other than it was cold outside and she knew the inside of the train would be warm. Novy-Wilson functions as someone half her age, Wilson said, was dressed in a hoodie and slippers, had no money and had only ridden the MAX twice in her life -- both occasions were with her mother and the last time was about three years ago.
Novy-Wilson was adopted by her mother when she was 2, but has been living away from their Beaverton home for at least three months due to a legal matter, Wilson said. Wilson said he has been advised by the family's attorney not to elaborate on the ongoing litigation.
Wilson and Novy-Wilson were getting ready for the next day when she began behaving erratically because she was not home, he said. He held onto her during the episode, but she broke free and he called police.
The family feared the worst when they searched for hours and couldn't find the girl, Wilson said.
"Every scenario goes through your mind when your child goes missing and it takes a toll," he said. "We're relieved that she's safe now and that she was able to help us find her."
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