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Santana to Critics: Drop Dead
Be nice to Ervin Santana, and he'll be nice to you.
— New York Daily News, October 30, 1975
Ever since it was announced a few days ago that the Angels would recall Ervin Santana to pitch one of the two games in yesterday's Boston doubleheader, critics have been sharpening their knives in gleeful anticipation of destroying whatever was left of Ervin's reputation.
In particular, people who claim to be Angels fans filled blogs and fan boards with proclamations of impending doom, almost as if they looked forward to it so they could write more nastiness. The press dutifully reported Santana's woes this year that led to his demotion, but the undercurrent in many articles was that disaster was imminent, given Ervin's problems pitching on the road in 2007.
As Ervin's failures mounted this year, his attitude towards the press soured, especially after they kept repeating the same inane questions. Ervin became increasingly defensive, if not downright sullen.
Those of us who knew him in the minors saw a different Ervin Santana. He was sweet, gentle, playful. Happy-go-lucky.
And he was a **** good pitcher.
I've always had a special place in my heart for the Dominican kids. They live life with a certain joy, if not naiveté, about the real world. They grow up in such poverty, with such low expectations in life, that they find fulfillment simply by playing ball.
The first-year Dominican players at Tempe see me running around with the camera and run up to ask, "Picture?!" I think they know maybe ten words of English. "Picture?!" is one of them. Your heart can't help but go out to them, which is why I always send back photos to the clubhouse after the summer league trip (and why I'm working on them now).
So to read in the papers that Ervin's attitude had soured was disturbing, because I knew that's not Ervin.
FutureAngels.com was pretty much the only outlet this week that predicted a more positive outcome for Ervin yesterday. In my August 13 entry, I wrote that his Triple-A demotion was no more than an emotional "time out" to let Ervin compose himself away from the pennant race and the media glare. I noted that if you looked at his starts in the "normal" Triple-A ballparks, he was dominant. Pitching in the PCL's high-altitude parks distorts statistics for both pitcher and hitter. So looking at those "normal" starts — on the road, no less — there was every reason to think he'd return with his head straight.
The Angels dropped him into a pressure cooker — Fenway Park, second game of a doubleheader, the Angels had lost the first game, they're playing the team with the best winning percentage in the majors, and the Seattle Mariners are on the Angels' heels for first place in the AL West.
Ervin responded with a big DROP DEAD to his critics.
Ervin took a perfect game into the 5th inning last night, and finished by allowing one run on four hits in 6 1/3 innings with five strikeouts and no walks.
The beat writers reported that, after the game, Ervin refused to grant interviews to them. Coach Alfredo Griffin came up and cajoled Ervin into answering questions — but he'd only do it in Spanish. (Ervin speaks acceptable English.) Griffin translated the answers, which makes you wonder whether what Alfredo said in English was what Ervin said in Spanish.
Santana's disdain for his critics can be summed up by comparison to an infamous New York Daily News headline published on October 30, 1975. The City of New York was on the brink of municipal bankruptcy, and was seeking a bailout from the federal government. President Gerald Ford promised to veto any bill bailing out the city. The Daily News responded with the infamous tabloid headline, "FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD". Ford never said it, but that didn't stop the paper from running the inflammatory headline.
Of course, this was only one start, but it earned him the right to remain in the big leagues. The papers quote Angels manager Mike Scioscia as saying Ervin will get another start next week — at home, against either New York (pressure cooker time) or Toronto.
The media have their job to do, but as the cliché goes, you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
As for the instant-gratification know-nothings who soil Angels fan boards with their presence, they'll just move on to attacking someone else. These were the people who at various times have called Garret Anderson "lazy," called John Lackey "Lacknuts," wanted Chone Figgins released, wrote that Casey Kotchman was "a slow-running singles hitter who will never amount to anything," etc., ad nauseam.
Well, to quote the Daily News … DROP DEAD.
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Santana definitely needed some time down in the minors. I too feel that it was a positive move and not something that should have been looked at as most news outlets and fans took it! I really enjoy your site and your blog and hope that you guys keep it up!
I appreciate your website and blog because it covers the lowest of Angels minor leaguers and teams.
However, you constantly come off as arrogant and childish.
When I used to visit the Angels MLB board, you were constantly getting into inane arguments with some of the most incompetent posters I have ever seen. I never go on that message board anymore because of them, yet, judging by your constant complaining, you still visit that board quite frequently.
I suggest you channel this energy and visit a blog with real, knowledgable fans. May I suggest Halos Heaven?
And while I'm at it, you always find the need to post your "I told you so" rants about all of your favorites, like Kotchman, McPherson, Santana, etc. Santana deserved to be sent down, he deserved to be slammed in the media, he deserved all of these things. He pitches one good game upon his return and now all of a sudden it's, "yep, I'm the smartest guy around. I knew Santana just needed some PCL action?" Santana is Ramon Ortiz in a different body and a model of inconsistency. Let's see him rattle off a string of quality starts before you make yourself out to be God's gift to Angels baseball.
Good day.
You're entitled to your opinion, but let me point out that you engage in name-calling and then call me "childish," so I'll just pass on responding further.
With the exception of Halos Heaven … I have looked at that site. For openers, the main difference between Halos Heaven and the MLB board is that Halos Heaven doesn't have a profanity filter, otherwise the level of baseball knowledge is about the same. People routinely drop the "f-bomb." I'm fully capable of using profanity too, but I think on a public board where children might read the posts that it sets a bad example.
Beyond that, I did a search a few months ago of posts on that site and found that its proprietor had posted a number of false statements and smears about me.
For example … Back in October 2005, I put FutureAngels.com in hibernation. It was very public as to why. My father had suffered a massive heart attack, was in a coma for six weeks, and was unlikely to make it. At the same time, I'd been told that my day job was scheduled for elimination in the 2006 budget, so I was no longer willing to absorb $2,000/year losses running the site when I might be on the unemployment line at any time.
All this was posted on the site and publicly available for many months.
The Halos Heaven proprietor chose to post a lie, claiming the Angels had shut me down because I was using their copyrighted logo.
For openers, I am well aware of copyright law, because I've been ripped off many times by sleazy people who lack integrity and want to make a buck off someone else's hard work. So you never see any professional team's logo on the site unless I have permission.
(The photos don't account because copyright law considers them "art" and it's not a legal issue unless I mass-produce them for sale, which I don't. If they're used for a news function, such as the photos in this column, then it's perfectly legal.)
Beyond that, though, the fact of the matter is that the Halo Heaven proprietor chose to exploit my personal tragedy to smear my reputation. I will never have anything to do with a person like that.
Thanks for responding to 10% of my post.
As for the "proprietor" of HH, I'm sure he didn't know about your family issues, he just had some misinformation.
And the fact that you compared HH to the MLB board with profanity is mind-boggling. You can't accept any criticism of players that you saw when they were 18-year-olds playing away from their parents for the first time.
You sure can dish out the criticism of those with differing views from yourself, though.
Sample size of one, Stephen. "Drop dead" is so wholly inappropriate as to be laughable. He's posted a terrible line throughout the entire season, and predictably, on the road. Santana can be very good. Will he? Who knows. His big problem in the minors was inconsistency. Surprise! He's been inconsistent in the majors, too. Will you issue a mea culpa the next time he blows up away from home?
I truly appreciate how you defend the Angels minor league system and the Angels careful approach to home grown talent as the foundation for their success. I also hate some of the negativity of some of the bloggers who predict ire doom for every move that the Angels make. For instance, acquiring Gary Matthews Jr. doesn't seem like such a bad move now does it?
Moving Santana down to AAA was the right move at the time, and although I can't say I was confident he'd do well when he came back, I was most certainly pulling for him. He is a great kid with tremendous talent, and he's first and foremost an Angel, who in his young career has already done some "magical" things in an Angels uniform.
I hate bandwagon fans, know it all bloggers who repeatedly advocate pushing the panic button. It certainly seems some of these so called expert opinions almost want some of these young kids to fail so that they can be "right" in saying Stoneman is terrible and that they needed to trade the farm for a superstar.
Quite often the same hypocritical people who trashed Bobby Jenks as a fat, alcoholic clubhouse cancer, now ridicule Stoneman for letting him go.
I understand that as fans, you want a winning team. But as fans, we should also support and be loyal to our players. Garret Anderson may be frustrating to watch sometimes when he grounds out to second base…again, but he's a lifelong Angel, and helped bring a World Series championship to LA. There is inherent value in him being a lifelong Angel, a homegrown talent, rather than some mercenary like ARod. You look at any championship team, and you see a core of guys who grew up together in the minors and pull for each other. You look at the Yankees, and that core is essentially gone. You see guys like A-Rod and Jeter not get along which effects the chemistry of the club. For the angels, that core of Erstad-Salmon-Percival-Glaus-Washburn-Anderson-Kennedy is gone. It had to happen so that a new generation of talented youngsters can start a new Angels tradition. I really hope that we keep our starting core of Lackey-Escobar-Weaver-Santana-Saunders together. And hitters like Kotchman, Kendrick, Wood, Morales, can step up and form a new nucleus. What made 2002 so gratifying was that we had an Angel team core finally persevere. As an Angel fan, maybe naively, that's what I'm rooting for, for guys like Santana to succeed, because that kind of tradition, and that brand of baseball is most worth being a fan of.
Garret Anderson with similar sentiments toward his own critics last night. It was expecially appropriate that this game happened two days after Jonah Keri of ESPN.com posted an article on the Boston-LA series, including as one of his major subjects the fact that "Garret Anderson is English for Really Bad Baseball Player."
As far as Santana, I went on record before the game as believing he had a decent shot to do well despite his problems. I thought it was fairly clever of Scioscia to set up the Match-ups as Bucholz-Lackey, Santana-Beckett rather than a straight up match of ace vs ace, young guy vs young guy. While the first one didn't work out as well as I had hoped, the second one was everything we could have asked for.
I'm still glad Ervin was sent down though, as he needed to regain some focus and confidence in his pitches.
My one reservation about Ervin returning is that if Bartolo manages to get healthy, who will be the odd man out? It has always been my opinion that Joe Saunders is actually the best of our three young pitchers in terms of how good he is "right now." He is a rock of unshakeable confidence on the mound, and his ERA only climbed as high as it did in 2006 because of forearm fatigue problems which led to collapses in four starts.
My opinion then, is that it can't be Joe. I don't think Weaver will be moved. That only leaves Ervin or Colon. Given Colon's veteran status, Mike will likely use him over Santana, which I suppose leaves the bullpen.
Five runs, all earned, six innings.
Critics to Stephen Smith: measure your words lest you be forced to eat them.


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Find Your Passion: Not Pretending Any More
By Katie Sanders
Sophomore Rich Robinson's love of sports makes him one in tens of thousands of students at The University of Alabama. What sets him apart is his ability to mix his passion for sports with his career aspiration as a broadcaster.
Robinson landed a student sports broadcasting position during his freshman year at UA. He had timing on his side when the previous play-by-play broadcaster for the Alabama Gymnastics team graduated the previous year.
"The sports director at the time, Chad Haynie, and alumnus Mick Gillispie sat down with each of us and asked us to do a mock broadcast," Robinson said. "I guess they thought I was the best, and here we are today."
Robinson took on a huge role, broadcasting for a national championship-winning team as a freshman. He credits the University for his college success so far.
"The best reason to come to The University of Alabama is for the opportunities," Robinson said. "We are a fast-growing community with a great amount of talent and potential. But … we also have the resources and support to turn that potential into real results."
Robinson has turned these opportunities into successes. He radio broadcasts every home and away meet with his on-air partner, Leesa Davis, including pre- and post-meet shows and interviews with team members and head coach Sarah Patterson.
"It is also a real honor to be around Coach Sarah Patterson on a regular basis," Robinson said. "She is a living legend. It's crazy to think that she was hired by Coach 'Bear' Bryant in her early twenties to run a fledgling program that no one really believed in, or understood, and then turned it into a powerhouse."
In addition to the championships, Robinson says he's also been impressed with how the team gives back to the community, most notably through its Power of Pink meets and campaigns for breast-cancer awareness.
Robinson's position has taken him around the country, from Seattle to Baton Rouge, but his interest in news and broadcasting was sparked at an early age, growing up in South Florida.
"I was that kid who would call his uncle up and give him the play-by-play of a baseball game that we were both watching on TV," Robinson said. "And to my Uncle Rick's credit, he would sit there and listen to it for hours."
From pretend baseball broadcasts, Robinson later gained experience in high school, announcing for sports teams and school announcements. At UA, he pursued his broadcasting passion.
Robinson also works as the news director for WVUA FM, he hosts a weekly news show, "Crimson Conversations," fills in for WVUA TV sports broadcasts and writes for the Crimson White student newspaper.
Only a sophomore, he has already made a mark at the University – one that he hopes to grow his last two years.
"Well I'm not even half way through school, so I don't want to write my memoirs quite yet," Robinson said. "I would like to be remembered at UA the same way that I want to be remembered in life, and that is that I did something worthwhile and impactful."
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Anyway, hubby's leg was hurting too much (3 yr old leg injury) & they had to leave at the start of the 7th inning. The Dragon's were winning big time anyway, so they probably ended up winning tonight.
They get to the car (don't know how far away they parked, the small field is in the middle of Down Town Dayton. Anyway, they get to my car & all my papers & stuff from my console & glove box was tossed all over the place.
Hubby calls me up on the cell phone to tell me this. Then he says he's puzzled, the person who done this didn't take anything other than our loose change.
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I had our casino players cards in the car (though it really won't do them any good without a pass word), the pennies were left behind, my music CD's were still in the car, as well as our navigational device.
It had to been someone in a hurry needing money for drugs or other stuff & didn't want to fool with trying to sell stolen items. That was to our favor becasue it seems just the loose change is gone. I don't keep much in the car anyway. I did have the little DVD players that fit over the back of the front seat in the house. Usually they stay in the car, but I had taken them out because I didn't like them staying in the car in the heat.
Don't know about the spare tire or that X lug nut loosener/ tightener tool. He didn't check that.
I'm just glad it didn't happen when they were there at the car!
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Mercer Consulting has been dropped as the fiduciary manager to the Loomis UK Pension Plan in a move that some industry analysts believe will become increasingly common.
In what is thought to be one of the first occasions that trustees have ousted a fiduciary manager to a UK pension scheme, Russell Investments will now take over the duties for the £120 million scheme.
Tim Gibbs, finance director at Loomis UK, said Russell was chosen because it was able to show "a culture of accountability". Mercer declined to comment.
Martine Trouard-Riolle, chair of trustees for the scheme, confirmed Russell's appointment which she attributed to the group's "clear vision" of the pension fund's strategy.
Fiduciary management originated in the UK about 10 years ago, but has taken off over the past five years with many consultants transferring their clients over to fiduciary management services, which can be more lucrative to the consultants as they take on responsibility for the investment performance.
Patrick McCoy, head of investment advisory practice at KPMG, said:"When you manage assets, you have a clear benchmark against which you manage performance. You have a clear performance target. If you underperform, it is crystal clear, whereas if you are an adviser, there are all sorts of extenuating circumstances.
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The UK fiduciary management market now stands at about £58 billion, according to KPMG, with approximately 345 pension scheme mandates.


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September 2011 Geology Highlights: New research posted 5 August
Boulder, CO, USA - Highlights from the September issue of GEOLOGY, which is now online, include debris flow hazard assessment; dune migration in the "greatest desert on Earth": Antarctica; Luizi, the first confirmed meteorite impact structure in Central Africa; a determination of the likelihood that fungal disease had accelerated latest Permian woodland deterioration; the first comprehensive compilation of sedimentary and historical records of ash-fall events in northern Europe; and high-speed video of ash fall from the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption.
Keywords: Mariana arc, New Caledonia, autogenic processes, Zagros fold belt, subducting seamounts, Roanoke River, debris flows, Antarctica, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Bering plate, Yellow River, fluvial terraces, Upper Rhine Graben, serpentinite, Luizi impact structure, Democratic Republic of Congo; Canary archipelago, Henry Seamount, Coats Land, Laurentia, mafic magma, Jakobshavn Glacier, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Asian Monsoon system, Llanfawr Mudstones Lagerstaette, Rhizoctonia, Reduviasporonites, northern Europe, volcanic ash, Eyjafjallajökull
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High SO2 flux, sulfur accumulation, and gas fractionation at an erupting submarine volcano
David A. Butterfield et al., University of Washington, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO), Box 354925, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA; doi: 10.1130/G31901.1.
Volcanic eruptions in the deep ocean have been directly observed on very few occasions. NW Rota-1 submarine volcano in the Mariana arc has been erupting slowly and persistently since it was first observed with a remotely operated vehicle in 2004. The processes of magma degassing, acidic alteration of volcanic rock, and formation of elemental sulfur have been captured. High concentrations of sulfur dioxide have been measured in hydrothermal solutions for the first time by David A. Butterfield of the University of Washington and colleagues. The chemistry of submarine volcanic arc hydrothermal systems is influenced by the high volatile content and slightly oxidized nature of magmas produced on volcanic arcs as compared to mid-ocean ridge systems. Highly acidic fluids produced during submarine eruptions on volcanic arcs may have a significant impact on the chemical balance of the oceans, notably for sulfur and aluminum.
New Caledonian carbon sinks at the onset of Antarctic glaciation
Douglas N. Reusch et al., Dept. of Geology, University of Maine, 173 High Street, Farmington, Maine 04938, USA; doi: 10.1130/G31981.1.
The partial pressure of atmospheric carbon dioxide (pCO2), a factor in the energy balance of Earth's climate system, reflects the competitions between oxidative weathering of organic carbon and burial and between volcanic-metamorphic carbon dioxide sources and weathering reactions with silicate materials that yield carbonates at the expense of carbon dioxide. At the time of Antarctic glaciation 34 million years ago, proxy geochemical estimates of pCO2 indicate a decrease coincident with global cooling and ice-sheet growth. Also at this time, a large tract of basic and ultrabasic seafloor, composed of silicate materials with an uncommonly high capacity to sequester carbon, breached sea level in the New Caledonian region of the southwest Pacific Ocean. The timing and amplitude of silicate carbonation and organic carbon burial, based on estimates of paleo-area, paleo-erosion rate, and paleo-sedimentation rate, allow Douglas N. Reusch of the University of Maine at Farmington and colleagues to suggest that sufficient carbon dioxide may have been removed from the atmosphere in this region to lower pCO2 on the order of 100 parts per million by volume, thus triggering growth of the Antarctic ice sheet and a host of related environmental changes.
Scale-dependent compensational stacking: An estimate of autogenic time scales in channelized sedimentary deposits
Yinan Wang et al., Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA; doi: 10.1130/G32068.1.
Ancient sedimentary basins are archives of past climate, tectonic, and land-surface changes on Earth. These deposits also contain important energy and water reserves and will serve as hosts for carbon capture and storage. In order to understand sedimentary deposits and manage these resources, improved methods are needed for interpreting and predicting stratigraphic patterns. Internally generated (autogenic) dynamics in sedimentary systems can generate stratigraphy that mimics patterns produced by tectonic, climate, and sea-level changes. Yinan Wang of Tulane University and colleagues present statistical methods that can help stratigraphers filter autogenic signals from sedimentary deposits in order to fully understand and model stratigraphy. The team determines a time scale that predicts when autogenic sedimentation patterns average out in stratigraphy. Through a combination of experiments, numerical modeling, and fieldwork, they map and measure fluviodeltaic stratigraphic organization. This work will advance scientists' ability to recover meaningful data about autogenic processes from stratigraphic datasets, isolate preserved signals of changing environmental conditions in ancient deposits, and generate predictive stratigraphic models in alluvial basins. This study was supported in part by a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation.
Dynamic constraints on the crustal-scale rheology of the Zagros fold belt, Iran
Philippe Yamato et al., Geosciences Rennes, UMR CNRS (Unite Mixte de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) 6118, Universite de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France; doi: 10.1130/G32136.1.
In the Zagros fold belt (Iran), folds are spaced in a regular manner with a wavelength of ~15 km. These folds were commonly considered the result of the folding of a sedimentary sequence above a salt basal layer. Here, Philippe Yamato of UMR CNRS and colleagues show that by using realistic values of thicknesses for these two layers, this simplistic view is mechanically impossible. The models show that faults develop instead of folds, which is inconsistent with observations. However, a careful analysis of the lithologies constituting the sedimentary sequence reveals that at least three additional decollements exist. Once these additional weak layers were taken into account, their model finds folds rather than faults. Next, they developed a new method to determine the fold wavelength as a function of input parameters, and show that the fold wavelength is mainly sensitive to the friction angle (brittleness) of the crust and to the viscosity (weakness) of the weak layers. If applied to the Zagros, Yamato and colleagues' results show that the friction angle should be small (~5 degrees), which means that crust is significantly weaker than previously thought, possibly due to the effect of fluids.
Do subducting seamounts generate or stop large earthquakes?
Kelin Wang and Susan L. Bilek, Pacific Geoscience Centre, Geological Survey of Canada, 9860 West Saanich Road, Sidney, British Columbia, V8L 4B2, Canada; doi: 10.1130/G31856.1.
In the study of large earthquakes at subduction zones, such as the recent events in Japan and Chile, it is important to understand what controls the location and dimension of the rupture zone. Subducting seamounts have been widely viewed as candidates for fault asperities that cause large earthquakes. Kelin Wang and Susan L. Bilek of the Pacific Geoscience Centre point out that the role of seamounts is likely opposite of this popular view. That is, seamounts tend to act as barriers to stop large earthquakes. Wang and Bilek's reasoning is based not only on the remarkable lack of evidence for subducting seamounts causing large earthquakes, but also on the recognition that a subducting seamount, as a major geometrical irregularity, modifies the structure and stress field of the fault zone to give rise to an environment that favors small earthquakes and aseismic creep but not large ruptures. As the seamount forces its way through the subduction zone, it generates and continues to modify a fracture network around and within itself. The extreme heterogeneity of the stress field causes frequent failure in many parts of this evolving fracture system, and the complex structure makes it difficult for ruptures to propagate to become large earthquakes. This understanding has profound implications relating to the fundamental mechanics of subduction earthquakes.
Stream capture as driver of transient landscape evolution in a tectonically quiescent setting
Philip S. Prince et al., Dept. of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA; doi: 10.1130/G32008.1.
Philip S. Prince of Virginia Tech and colleagues show that stream capture, a process through which one stream erodes into the basin of another and gains new tributaries, drives localized rapid erosion along the margin of the Blue Ridge Plateau of the southern Appalachians (North America). Unique "stranded" river gravels preserved atop the New River-Roanoke River divide indicate that the Roanoke once followed a gently sloping course across the elevated plateau surface to the New River. Capture by a steep headwater stream of an adjacent river system suddenly diverted the Roanoke off of the plateau surface into an approximately 250-m-lower valley, steepening its course and forcing rapid downcutting as it adjusted to its new, lower outlet. The preservation of the stranded gravels on the plateau surface adjacent to the Roanoke River gorge indicates that a captured stream basin erodes much more rapidly than the surrounding landscape. Topographic analysis indicates rapid erosion has spread to the headwaters of some Roanoke tributaries, which are eroding further into the plateau and producing additional captures of small New River basin streams. Collectively, the results presented by Prince and colleagues indicate that repeated stream capture can drive spreading "waves" of rapid erosion through otherwise stable landscapes that are not experiencing surface uplift.
Dynamic controls on erosion and deposition on debris-flow fans
Peter Schuerch et al., Dept. of Geography and Institute of Hazard Risk and Resilience, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK; doi: 10.1130/G32103.1.
Recent fieldwork in Switzerland has provided new insight into the behavior of debris flows. Until now, there were only poor data available about erosion in debris flows, which was a major problem in debris-flow hazard assessment. Peter Schuerch of Durham University and colleagues used a terrestrial laser scanner to monitor debris flows and showed how debris-flow erosion relates to the maximum flow depth. Debris flows are avalanches of rock, soil, woody debris, and water that occur in steep mountain torrents around the world. They pose a serious threat to communities because of their ability to grow in volume by picking up more and more material as they move down valleys. After some distance, the debris flow may have grown so much that it breaks out from the normal stream channel, causing destruction to property and nearby infrastructure. Effective debris-flow hazard assessment relies on accurate information about the size of flows that are to be expected in a particular location. This research provides guidance on how estimates of debris-flow volumes can be improved.
Is climate change affecting rates of dune migration in Antarctica?
Charlie S. Bristow et al., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK; doi: 10.1130/G32212.1.
Thinking about deserts and sand dunes usually conjures up visions of desert nomads with their camels struggling over sun-baked sand dunes toward a distant oasis ringed by palm trees. But there is another type of desert--the cold desert--and the greatest desert on Earth is Antarctica. Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on Earth, as well as the highest, and the wind plays an important role in its surface processes. In those areas free of snow and ice, which are a very small portion of the continental land mass, the wind has built sand dunes. The most extensive field of dunes in Antarctica, as well as the largest dune on that continent, are found in the Victoria Valley, one of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. These dunes are being studied as examples of cold climate dunes to investigate the controls on sand transport in a cold climate, and to understand their age and development. Toward the end of the last Ice Age, cold-climate dunes were much more extensive, covering large areas of northwest Europe. In addition, Antarctic dunes are being studied as analogues for sand dunes on other planets such as Mars, which is also very cold, dry, and free of surface vegetation. Charlie S. Bristow of the University of London and colleagues used ground-penetrating radar to image layers of sand within the dunes, which shows how they have been built up over time. They then selected layers for optical dating, which determines when sand was last exposed to daylight and when it was buried. Based on optical ages and sample locations relative to the front of the dune, Bristow and colleagues worked out how far the dunes have moved and calculated end-point migration rates. These rates of dune migration are less than would be expected from similar-sized dunes in a hot desert because ice cements are holding the dune sands in place. In addition, their migration rates are less than the recent rates derived from historic aerial photographs and field measurements. Bristow and colleagues suggest that the apparent increase in the rates of dune migration might indicate a geomorphic response to a warming climate in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica.
Kinematics of a diffuse North America-Pacific-Bering plate boundary in Alaska and western Canada
E.S. Finzel et al., Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA; doi: 10.1130/G32271.1.
Profuse seismicity that extends ~1000 km inboard from the Pacific-North America plate margin characterizes much of Alaska and western Canada. However, inconsistencies between regional seismicity and block tectonic models, the recent recognition of the Bering plate, and the availability of global positioning system data motivate a large-scale kinematic analysis of Alaska and western Canada. E.S. Finzel of Purdue University and colleagues present the first attempt to develop a spatially continuous kinematic model for Alaska and western Canada. Their results provide new insight on questions like (1) how important is diffuse accommodation of relative plate motions in the neotectonics of the region?; (2) is southern Alaska being extruded westward?; (3) what is the role of the newly discovered Bering plate?; and (4) what are the locations and relationships of the various plate boundaries in the region? They conclude that a wide zone of diffuse deformation defines the boundaries between the North America, Pacific, and Bering plates, and that the relative motion between these plates may be the source for much of the modern deformation.
Cosmogenic burial ages reveal sediment reservoir dynamics along the Yellow River, China
Xiaofei Hu et al., Key Laboratory of Western China's Environmental Systems, Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P.R. China; doi: 10.1130/G32030.1.
Understanding the source, transport, and ultimate fate of sediment eroded from active mountain belts remains a first-order challenge to geoscientists. Recently, the development and application of cosmogenic isotopes, produced in rocks near Earth's surface, has begun to provide new tools with which to track the erosion and transport of sediment. Xiaofei Hu of Lanzhou University and colleagues show that discrepancies between the age of fluvial terraces along the Yellow River, near Lanzhou, China, and the expected concentrations of the cosmogenic isotopes 26Al and 10Be, provide a glimpse into the source regions over the past two million years of erosion. Ancient sediments trapped within basins along the margin of the Tibetan Plateau developed reduced 26Al/10Be ratios during burial due to radioactive decay. Rapid incision at approximately 1.7 million years ago by the ancestral Yellow River led to excavation of debris, some of which was sequestered on terrace surfaces. By measuring these ratios today, Hu and colleagues were able to infer where in the source region such sediment was generated. Their results suggest a new way to track sediment over long time scales in active mountain belts such as the Tibetan Plateau.
Reworked microfossils as a paleogeographic tool
Claudius Pirkenseer et al., Dept. of Geosciences, Section Geology-Paleontology, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musee 6, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland; doi: 10.1130/G32049.1.
Reworked microfossils are generally considered a hindrance when interpreting microfossil assemblages, falsifying biostratigraphic and paleoecologic analysis. Claudius Pirkenseer of the University of Fribourg and colleagues use the inherent biostratigraphic information of reworked microfossils as a tool for reconstructing sedimentary pathways and hinterland evolution. The abundant occurrence of reworked planktonic foraminifera within Oligocene marine deposits in the Upper Rhine Graben, the central part of the European Continental Rift System, represents a unique opportunity for studying the provenance of these allochthonous microfossils in a paleogeographically and lithostratigraphically well-constrained setting. The biostratigraphic ranges of the reworked planktic foraminifera taxa indicate Cretaceous and Eocene ages for the sediment sources. Consequently, the reworking originated from related west alpine source deposits via a northward-draining fluviatile and deltaic system.
Syndeformational antigorite dehydration produces stable fault slip
Linda J. Chernak and Greg Hirth, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Box 1846, 324 Brook Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA; doi: 10.1130/G31919.1.
For more than 30 years, scientists have hypothesized that dehydration reactions in subducting lithosphere promote intermediate-depth earthquakes (quakes that occur at depths from 70 to 300 km for which slip instability is difficult to explain with standard frictional sliding models). This interpretation was strongly influenced by the results of experiments conducted at temperatures above the thermal stability of serpentinite--a rock type found near the surface of oceanic lithosphere. Linda J. Chernak of Brown University and colleague Greg Hirth present new experimental results that challenge the direct link between dehydration reactions and earthquakes. They conducted experiments during which samples were first deformed within the serpentine stability field; temperature was then increased (at constant pressure) to cross the dehydration temperature while samples continued to deform. They found that sample strength decreased significantly at the onset of dehydration; however, the weakening was stable and did not promote unstable fault slip. Chernak and Hirth documented that the sample unloading slope depends on the ratio between the rate of temperature increase (which controls the rate of reaction) and the deformation rate--a parameter that they suggest can be scaled to geologic conditions. Importantly, they also document that the sample strength increases with increasing deformation rate, a scenario that inhibits unstable fault slip.
The newly confirmed Luizi impact structure, Democratic Republic of Congo--Insights into central uplift formation and post-impact erosion
Ludovic Ferriere et al., Natural History Museum, Burgring 7, A-1010 Vienna, Austria; doi: 10.1130/G31990.1.
Ludovic Ferriere of the Austria's Natural History Museum and colleagues report on the large, ~17-km-diameter Luizi structure, located in the remote and politically tumultuous Democratic Republic of Congo. Based on their expedition, the first to this site in almost a century, they were able to find shatter cones and shocked quartz grains, which are rock features only found in impact structures, thus, allowing them to confirm the meteorite impact origin of the crater. Luizi is the first confirmed meteorite impact structure in Central Africa, and also the largest, best-preserved impact crater to be discovered in the past several years. This finding brings the number of known impact craters on Earth to 182. Because of its preservation state and the shape of the structure, with an inner ring, the Luizi crater also provides insights into the formation of mid-sized impact craters on Earth. Ferriere and colleagues estimate that the crater was made by the collision of a kilometer-wide asteroid with a speed of about 72,000 km per hour. However, based on their investigations, they can only say that the crater is younger than about 575 million years, the age of the rocks that have been excavated.
Holocene fluid venting at an extinct Cretaceous seamount, Canary archipelago
Andreas Kluegel et al., Universitat Bremen, Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Postfach 330440, D-28334 Bremen, Germany; doi: 10.1130/G32006.1.
Andreas Kluegel of Universitat Bremen and colleagues describe samples retrieved from greater than 3000-m depth from Henry Seamount, a 126-million-year-old submarine volcano near the western Canary Islands. The samples include shells from clams known to live at fluid discharge sites, a deep-sea coral, volcanic rocks, and fragments of barite (barium sulfate). These samples and the rock compositions provide evidence for the discharge of hydrothermal fluids during the past 10,000 years, which is surprising, because Henry Seamount is long since extinct. This is the first documented finding of hydrothermal activity and related shells at the Canary archipelago. Recharge probably occurred through the submarine flank of a nearby volcanic island (25-30 km distant), where seawater can migrate into the old oceanic crust and become heated. The driving force for this hydrothermal circulation may be the increased heat flow from Canary archipelago magmatism. Kluegel and colleagues confirm earlier concepts of the importance of seamounts for cooling of the oceanic crust, chemical exchange between crust and ocean, and marine ecosystems. Their findings also contribute to the quest for hydrothermally active seamounts and represent a significant advance in the existing knowledge of the extent of such activity.
Coats Land crustal block, East Antarctica: A tectonic tracer for Laurentia?
S.L. Loewy et al., Dept. of Geology, California State University, Bakersfield, California 93311, USA; doi: 10.1130/G32029.1.
S. L. Loewy of California State University and colleagues use new lead (Pb) isotopic data from 1.1-billion-year-old rocks from Coats Land, East Antarctica, to constrain the positions of Laurentia (ancestral North America) and Kalahari (ancestral southern Africa) in the 1-billion-year-old supercontinent, Rodinia. These Coats Land rocks are identical in age to both the Keweenawan and Umkondo large igneous provinces of North America and southern Africa, respectively. Comparison of the isotopic compositions of the Coats Land rocks with those of the Keweenawan and Umkondo rocks link Coats Land with the Keweenawan province, and suggests that the Coats Land block was a piece of Laurentia near west Texas 1.1 billion years ago. Furthermore, the Coats Land block was transferred to Kalahari during a 1-billion-year-old collision between Laurentia and Kalahari. Paleomagnetic data permit the Coats Land block to lie close to this part of Laurentia 1.1 billion years ago, and allow juxtaposition of Kalahari and southern Laurentia 1.0 billion years ago. Based on this reconstruction, Laurentia collided with Kalahari along Antarctica's Maud mountain belt, which would represent a continuation of the 1-billion-year-old Grenville mountain belt of eastern and southern Laurentia.
Characterization of magma from inclusions in zircon: Apatite and biotite work well, feldspar less so
E.S. Jennings et al., Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK; doi: 10.1130/G32037.1.
Detrital zircon from sediments is frequently used in large-scale crustal evolution studies because it can be precisely dated and is highly resistant against weathering and abrasion. However, the original rocks in which the detrital zircon crystallized are no longer preserved. This significantly restricts scientists' ability to read the geologic archive, especially for early periods of Earth's history for which zircon grains are the only witnesses. Different host rock types cannot be identified by the chemical composition of zircon. E.S. Jennings of the University of Bristol and colleagues demonstrate that inclusions of other minerals in the zircon (i.e., apatite and biotite) are indeed diagnostic for the composition of the magmatic host rock. Apatite and biotite inclusions in zircon can tell whether the zircon originated from a mafic rock or from granite. Mafic magmas are typically derived from the mantle and form the most primitive crust (similar to the modern ocean floor), while the formation of granite requires several steps of melting and/or crystallization, as seen in the modern continents. These results therefore provide the tools to find evidence for or against the existence of granitic crust early in Earth's history, and hence for the birth of the continental crust.
A 100-yr record of ocean temperature control on the stability of Jakobshavn Isbrae, West Greenland
Jeremy Lloyd et al., Dept. of Geography, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK; doi: 10.1130/G32076.1.
Recent observations have identified a significant acceleration in the production of icebergs and the retreat of many glaciers from the Greenland Ice Sheet that currently reach the sea. This recent increase in ice discharge has led to an increase of greater than 0.25 mm/yr in the Greenland Ice Sheet contribution to sea-level rise. A strong link to climate change has been suggested with evidence for changes in ocean temperatures reaching the ice sheet margin in several of Greenland's fjords over the past few years. However, an important question is whether this recent behavior is indeed a response to recent global warming or part of natural climate variability. Jeremy Lloyd of Durham University and colleagues investigated Jakobshavn Glacier, one of Greenland's largest glaciers, that drains ~7% of the ice sheet. Based on marine organisms preserved in ocean sediments, Lloyd and colleagues show a close correlation between ocean temperature and the position of the ice margin of Jakobshavn Glacier over the past 100 years. They also show a close coupling between ocean temperatures in West Greenland and the broader ocean circulation of the North Atlantic, and their results suggest that this close coupling between the oceans and the ice sheets should be fully assessed in future projections of sea-level change.
Neoproterozoic aragonite-dolomite seas? Widespread marine dolomite precipitation in Cryogenian reef complexes
Ashleigh v.S. Hood et al., School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3051, Australia; doi: 10.1130/G32119.1.
The oceans in which the first animals evolved, around 650 million years ago, were very different from those of today. Those ancient oceans were almost certainly rich in elements like iron, but lacking in oxygen. However, there is much that is not known about the chemistry of past oceans. Recently, 650-million-year-old reefs have been discovered in the northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia. New research has uncovered minerals in cavities within these reefs that have grown directly from ancient seawater. Dolomite, a calcium magnesium carbonate mineral, appears to have precipitated from these oceans. This is very different from the situation scientists see in modern environments, where dolomite almost never forms in coral reefs. The reasons for the growth of dolomite in this ancient seawater are not well understood, but may be related to the peculiar climatic conditions that Earth experienced at this time. These ancient reefs grew in the period of geological history known as the Cryogenian when the Earth was largely covered in ice.
Plant-wax hydrogen isotopic evidence for postglacial variations in delivery of precipitation in the monsoon domain of China
Osamu Seki et al., Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, N19W8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan; doi: 10.1130/G32117.1.
The Asian Monsoon system, which constitutes one of the most active atmosphere-ocean-land interactions on Earth, dominates the climate and weather of eastern Asia and has shaped its prehistoric and historic cultures. Therefore, better understanding of the mechanisms that force variation in monsoon behavior is a prime interest both scientifically and socially. For this purpose, numerous studies have been conducted to reconstruct precipitation change in the Asian monsoon domain during the Holocene interval. However, different proxies have yielded different paleoclimate records of long-term monsoon rainfall variability. This apparent discrepancy among the monsoon proxies remains an open question. Osamu Seki of Hokkaido University and colleagues apply a novel approach, hydrogen isotope compositions of the plant wax in peat sequence in Eastern Tibet, to reconcile the previous paleoclimate records. Their new data suggest that different proxies record different aspects of monsoonal climate. They conclude that the variability of Holocene monsoon precipitation in south China in the Holocene is rather asynchronous among regions with variable wetness, suggesting that responses of summer precipitation to precessional change in summer insolation in the Northern Hemisphere are regionally variable.
Welsh gold: A new exceptionally preserved pyritized Ordovician biota
Joseph P. Botting et al., Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China; doi: 10.1130/G32143.1.
Few Konservat-Lagerstaetten are known from the Ordovician, and most preserve atypical marginal marine communities. Thus, scientists have little idea of how animals with a low preservation potential evolved during the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event. Joseph P. Botting of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and colleagues report the newly discovered Llanfawr Mudstones Lagerstaette from the basal Sandbian (Late Ordovician) of central Wales, UK. This biota, which has been studied through X-ray radiography and microtomography, is dominated by sponges. It also includes cnidarians (the oldest known solitary hydroid), arthropods, priapulids, various worm-like forms, entoproct-like organisms, and a variety of enigmatic fossils. The fauna includes taxa that are rarely preserved even in exceptional fossil biotas, and offers the potential for a new perspective on Ordovician ecosystems. The dominantly filter-feeding assemblage resembles modern abyssal sponge-dominated communities, although it was formed in much shallower water. The unusual Llanfawr Mudstones fauna shows that Ordovician ecological development was considerably more advanced in offshore environments than the mineralized fossil record implies.
Fungal virulence at the time of the end-Permian biosphere crisis?
Henk Visscher et al., Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, 3584CD Utrecht, Netherlands; doi: 10.1130/G32178.1.
One of the most remarkable phenomena related to worldwide ecological crisis and associated mass extinction at the Permian-Triassic transition, about 250 million years ago, is the prolific occurrence of filamentous microfossils in latest Permian sediments. Earlier, these chains of cells, known as Reduviasporonites, have been controversially identified as either fungi or algae. A new appraisal of the microfossils now clarifies the enigma. Henk Visscher of Utrecht University and colleagues have discovered that the fossil remains show near-identity to resting structures of modern soil-borne fungi, such as Rhizoctonia. These fungi produce hyphae of robust-walled cells, which may fuse together into aggregates called sclerotia. The end-Permian crisis is marked by a dramatic decline of woody vegetation. Previously, mass occurrences of Reduviasporonites had been ascribed to wood-rotting fungi utilizing the excessive abundances of dead wood. Visscher et al.'s findings of Rhizoctonia-like resting structures now suggest a much more aggressive role for fungi. Modern Rhizoctonia include ubiquitous plant pathogens, causing root, stem, and foliar diseases in many plants. Pathogenic fungi are particularly aggressive on plants already weakened by environmental stress. Therefore, in harmony with patterns of present-day forest mortality, it is likely that fungal disease had accelerated latest Permian woodland deterioration, initially triggered by the adverse environmental effects of massive volcanic activity in Siberia.
A 7000-yr perspective on volcanic ash clouds affecting northern Europe
Graeme T. Swindles et al., School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK; doi: 10.1130/G32146.1.
The ash cloud resulting from the A.D. 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull caused severe disruption to air travel across Europe, but as a geological event, it is not unprecedented. Graeme T. Swindles of the University of Leeds and colleagues present the first comprehensive compilation of sedimentary and historical records of ash-fall events in northern Europe, spanning the past 7000 years. In the past 1000 years, volcanic ash clouds reached Northern Europe with a mean return interval of 56 plus or minus 9 years (the range of return intervals is between 6 and 115 years). Probabilistic modeling using the ash records for the last millennium indicates that for any 10-year period there is a 16% probability of a tephra fallout event in Northern Europe. These values must be considered as conservative estimates due to the nature of tephra capture and preservation in the sedimentary record.
Aggregation-dominated ash settling from the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic cloud illuminated by field and laboratory high-speed imaging
J. Taddeucci et al., Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Dept. of Seismology and Tectonophysics, Via di Vigna Murata 605, 00143 Rome, Italy; doi: 10.1130/G32016.1.
The 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption in Iceland strikingly underlined the vulnerability of our globalized society to ash-loaded clouds from volcanic eruptions. Hazards posed by such clouds are mitigated by forecasting their path in the atmosphere, but limited knowledge on how ash settles from the cloud often frustrates this task. J. Taddeucci of Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology and colleagues show how, for the first time, high-speed videos collected under the Eyjafjallajökull eruption cloud (at thousands of frames per second) can be used to study the settling of volcanic ash from eruption clouds. Analysis of the videos revealed ash particles settling as small clusters. Clusters fall from the plume earlier than single particles, increasing the amount of ash accumulating on the ground close to the volcano and reducing the ash load of the wind-blown cloud. Comparing the videos collected on the volcano with similar videos performed in the laboratory, Taddeucci and colleagues conclude that, at Eyjafjallajökull, clustering was the dominant process removing particles from the cloud, increasing ash settling close to the volcano by a factor of ten. Monitoring future eruptions by high-speed video will significantly improve scientists' capability to forecast and mitigate the risks posed by eruption clouds.
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Suffern, NY man arrested for possession of drugs and attempting to allude Sheriff's Deputies after being stopped for swerving while driving
Sheriff's Patrol stopped Vincent J. Leone, 30, of Suffern, NY Sunday May 29, 2011 on State Route 17B in the Town of Bethel because the rental vehicle he was driving swerved.
Leone was arrested for Driving While Ability Impaired by drugs and found to be in possession of a large quantity of narcotic pills and several hypodermic needles.
He was taken to the Sheriff's Patrol Office in Monticello to be finger printed. But at 6:15 PM, while waiting to be processed, Leone dove out of a first floor window and ran towards Bank Street, alluding deputies. He was found in the basement door to 11 Bank Street.
When in the building, Leone dressed himself in some clothes and when a lawyer, who has an office in the building confronted him, Leone claimed to be repairing the ventilation system. Leone was asked to leave because the lawyer did not believe him.
After leaving the building, Leone stole the attorney's 2007 Lexus, which was running in the driveway and went eastbound on State Route 17. Deputies chased him to exist 113 in Wurtsboro. When he exited 113 he went south of Route 209 and eventually ran off the road. A deputy caught Leone as he tried to flee.
In addition to the drug charges and D.W.A.I., Leone was charged with the felonies of escape, burglary and grand larceny, as well as various Vehicle and Traffic Offenses. He was arranged before County Court Judge Michael McGuire and sent to the Sullivan County Jail without bail.
It is being investigated as to how Leone was able to dive out the window of the Patrol Office by the Sheriff's Internal Affairs Unit.


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Basic computers: a class for seniors Tuesday in West Sacramento
A "computer basics for seniors" class is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept, 3, at the local library, 1212 Merkley Avenue. Pre-registration, library card and library PIN are required. Visit the library to sign up.
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More business news from West Sac
Festivities around the opening of the Japan-based Nippon Shokken food seasonings plant in Southport weren't the only thing in West Sacramento business news this month.
According to various media reports:
— Petco opened one of two new Sacramento-area stores on Aug. 19 near Ikea in West Sacramento. The pet-supply store operates from 11,500 square feet in the RiverPoint Marketplace, near Reed Avenue and I-80. And:
— A Norway-based French fry processing firm announced plans to build a 60,000-square foot facility on Embarcadero Drive in the Riverside Commerce Center of West Sacramento, also near I-80 and Reed Avenue.
TOMRA Sorting USA hopes to open in March, with a 12-year lease from Harsch Investment Properties. West Sacramento's Brown Construction Inc. is the builder in this build-to-suit deal. TOMRA expects to expand from about 45 to 70 employees upon this expansion.
— Yolo County's landfill recently announced a program designed to save local farmers money – an estimated $45,000 annually for every thousand acres farmed, reports county spokeswoman Beth Gabor.
Instead of disposing of plastic ag waste by paying fees to drop it in the landfill, farmers have a new option. The county has partnered with Encore Farming Solutions to create a recycling program. Items such as irrigation drip tape, almond film plastic, mulch film plastic, greenhouse plastic and strawberry fumigation tarp can now be recycled into plastic bags, at no cost to the farmer. The farms do have to roll or bale the material before it goes to Encore.
For more information, ag firms may call Yolo County Recycling Coordinator Pamela Hedrick at (530) 666-8856, or email her at email@example.com.
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Free 'Harry Potter' film fest starts Saturday at West Sacramento library
You can watch every "Harry Potter" movie for free – and fortunately, you don't have to do it all in one sitting. Viewings are planned at 2 p.m. on Saturdays, September 7, 14, 21 and 28, and Oct. 5, 12, 19 & 26, in the library at 1212 Merkley Avenue. Enter through Platform 9 ¾.
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Japanese factory starts up in Southport
A handful of West Sacramento officials joined dozens of Japanese employees of the Nippon Shokken company on Monday for the festive grand opening of the Japanese-blend food seasoning plant at 2970 Ramco Street, near Southport Parkway.
The plant is meant to help serve the company's American market. It will employ up to about 400 people, say city officials.
Attendees were invited to tour the new plant after the ceremonial ribbon-cutting. Media were invited to a press conference, but not to the tour of the production facilities.
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Update on West Sac street work: some old gas pipes are 'pre-1955'
Last week, the News-Ledger reported on streetwork in West Sacramento that just got underway as PG&E starts replacing old gas pipes in the city. The work is scheduled for the West Capitol Avenue area, as well as portions of Westacre Road, Jefferson Boulevard and 15th Street. It's scheduled to cause some traffic impacts until it's done around late November.
Since publishing that article, the News-Ledger has received some additional answers from PG&E spokeswoman Jana Morris.
"We will be replacing 3.19 miles of 16-inch steel transmission line," she said by email. "Letters have been sent to customers within 2,500 feet of the work location, notifying them of our plans."
Just how old are the "old" pipes?
"The pipe ranges in age – it dates to pre-1955 pipe," said Morris.
The utility company plans to vent and clear the pipe, tentatively, on Oct. 13.
Morris corrected the News-Ledger's earlier report that had said "few" disruptions in gas service were expected.
"Just to be clear, we do not anticipate disruptions to service."
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'Mother of all raffles' back in West Sac
The annual "All Charities Raffle" has returned to West Sacramento. The event is organized by the West Sacramento Foundation, which arranges for raffle prizes and prints tickets for local sports groups and nonprofits to sell as a fundraiser. Each of these groups keeps $9 of every ticket's $10 price.
A large number of local groups have tickets to sell. Interested West Sacramento organizations may call Charles Moore, (916) 417-5623, for more information. You can also visit www.WestSacFoundation.org for more information.
This year's prizes include the use of condos in Hawaii and Mexico, hotel and B&B stays in resort areas, a Whitey's Jolly Kone combo every day for a year, use of a 20-person luxury suite at Raley Field for one River Cats game, a $500 IKEA gift card, a gas grill, bikes and more.
The raffle will be held during a spaghetti dinner hosted by the Knights of Columbus, 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Oct. 12 at Holy Cross Church, 1321 Anna Street. $5 dinner price.
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New pro soccer team schedules tryouts
Sacramento Republic FC will hold player tryouts on Oct. 5-6 and Oct. 19-20 at the Davis Legacy Soccer Complex on the frontage road near Davis. Players 18 and up will receive "full evaluation" from Republic FC coaching staff. Lunch and a T-shirt provided. $200 registration fee for each tryout. Pre-register online; visit www.SacRepublicFC.com.
The new United Soccer Leagues (USL) professional team will play at Raley Field beginning next year.
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Crimes against children, human trafficking, drugs and theft are on the rise in George West.
"All this illegal activity goes back to one thing—money," George West Police Chief Rey Garcia said. "It ain't no recession; there is plenty of work here for people. Since most employment requires drug testing now, how many people can pass a drug test? It all leads back to Mexico and the cartels; anything to make a buck, and they will find a way. Whether it is selling drugs or hauling illegals."
Location is a factor for the increased activity in George West, which is intersected by Highways 281 and 59, major corridors for illegal smuggling from Mexico.
U.S. Border Patrol can make a stop for any reason within 100 miles of the U.S. border, and George West is 108 miles from Laredo. GWPD Detective Sergeant Sam Gray said illegal smugglers will relax a bit once they reach town.
Garcia said traffic has increased on both highways with mostly commercial vehicles, but the GWPD isn't seeing a lot of new faces, as it is mostly repeat offenders.
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There are 10 cases of indecency with children in George West so far this year, compared to two cases in 2010.
One of the 10 cases has gone on to federal court. The other cases are still awaiting court or indictment.
Gray credits the increase in cases with people not being afraid to come forward and talk about what's happening behind closed doors. She said the cases typically involve drugs, but some are due to mental illness.
"A lot of times they don't come out and say it for fear of embarrassment, the people who do that have control of the child," Gray said. "I know the county has seen a rise as well."
Family violence has gone up by at least 50 percent in George West, according to Gray. She said the GWPD gets several calls a month regarding family violence, usually involving drugs and alcohol.
George West families often try to handle these issues from within, according to Gray. But now that residents are coming forward, the GWPD is working with Child Protective Services to make George West a safer place to live.
"Don't be scared to call us, that is what we're here for," Gray said. "I can't tell you how many times I say that a day."
Unlike McMullen County where population increases are the main factor, Gray said George West's increase in criminal activity is more locally driven. She said oil field workers who use meth aren't bringing it to the area; it's being locally supplied.
"I don't think it's the oil field, and that's a common response you'll get," Gray said. "They are purchasing it from the locals, and they have more clientele from other local residents."
Garcia said drug related incidents are getting worse in George West, and meth is their primary issue. He said that so far this year there have been 30-40 meth arrests. Many of these arrests haven't gone to court yet because the DPS laboratory in Corpus Christi is backlogged for analyzing the drugs.
This means the accused offenders are still freely living within the community.
Garcia said GWPD has been following their leads from these cases, which often helps them to uncover further criminal activity.
"Of course, we noticed that our number of theft calls are on the increase, and when you look into it, it is all related back to a drug habit," Garcia said.
Yeti coolers have been a hot item for thefts, often stored in the beds of pickup trucks, relatively easy to take and re-sell.
Although it was almost unheard of just a few years ago in George West, incidents of employee theft are rising in town.
"There have been more calls; people realize now that law enforcement is going to take action," Garcia said. "They have confidence in us."
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Garcia said traffic violations are always increasing in George West, mostly due to the constant increase in police presence. GWPD never had an officer on patrol after midnight up until 1997, which meant all law enforcement in Live Oak County was left to whatever staffing DPS and the sheriff's department could provide.
Garcia said it took two years for GWPD to be on patrol 24 hours. They have since added eight additional officers and still have two more seats to fill.
"I did a little research into why a lot of the stuff happened, and it all boiled down to police presence and visibility," Garcia said. "The more visibility of the police cars and officers you have, the less problems you are going to have."
Traffic violations have more than doubled since 2006 from 2,401 tickets to well more than 7,000 so far this year, according to Garcia.
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Nielsen fled Utah and was located by officers of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force at a residence on Haleilio Road in Kapa'a. He was allegedly living under the alias Russell Pearson.
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- 5:44 pm Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 by M.M. Cloutier
Unless you're a kitchen-essentials busybody, you probably haven't noticed that more than a few Palm Beach restaurants are making use of finely crafted teak cutting boards made by a company just down the road.
Among them: Buccan, Imoto, Cucina dell'Arte and Nick & Johnnie's.
The handsome end- and edge-grain cutting boards—made from 100-percent farm-raised teak—are manufactured by Jupiter-based Madeira Housewares.
Maderia features its own line of teak cutting boards—teak is durable and kind to a knife edge—as well as a Mario Batali-sanctioned line. Take a peek: www.madeirahousewares.com.
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"Rochester Riots: 50 Years Later" – A Public Dialogue
Over the next couple of months, St. John Fisher College will host "The Rochester Riots: Fifty Years Later – A Public Dialogue," a series of events that remember the Rochester Riots of 1964. The events will include panel discussions, performances, an art exhibit, and an all-day conference focused on the riots.
Events will include:
"Conversations with Marisol Ramos-Lopez, Community Relations Officer, Rochester Police Department"
Tuesday, February 11, 11:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m., Basil Hall 135
Ramos-Lopez is the Administrator for one of the City's Service Centers, a community quality-of-life initiative that teams residents with city staff to devise and achieve effective solutions to neighborhood problems. In her role, she works closely with members of the Rochester Police Department in devising strategies to bring city government closer to residents and business owners so quality-of-life issues can be addressed more quickly and effectively.
"1964 and After" Panel
Thursday, March 27, 6:00 p.m., Golisano Gateway Midlevel
Panel discussion including panelists Rev. John Walker and Ruth Scott among others. Followed by Q&A.
"1964 Fifty Years After Conference"
Friday, March 28, Golisano Gateway Midlevel
Morning session speakers include:
-Dr. Carolyn Vacca, Associate Professor in History at Fisher, and the Monroe County Historian, will explore the causative narratives that emerged before, during, and after the riots and their impact on local organized black leadership.
-Laura Hill, Assistant Professor of History and Africana Studies at Bloomfield College in Bloomfield, NJ, will present her paper "Let Those Negroes Have Their Whiskey: White Responses in a Decade of Racial Unrest." It examines the collection of letters held in the Rochester City Archives that poured into Mayor Lamb and City Manager Porter's offices from around the city, state, and nation in the wake of the uprising.
-Ibram X. Kendi, Assistant Professor of African Studies at the State University New York at Albany, and a visiting scholar in African Studies at Brown University, will explore the connections between the riots and the growth of the black power movement. His presentation is titled "From Civil Rights to Black Power in 1964: Rochester and Beyond."
Afternoon session speakers will be announced soon!
FuturPointe Dance Performance
Thursday, April 3, 7:00 p.m. - Cleary Auditorium
Choreographed performance to reflect civil rights issue.
Adults $10.00, Students $8.00. Free for Fisher faculty, staff, and students with ID.
"Now and Then"
Tuesday, April 1-Monday, April 7 (gallery hours), Patricia O'Keefe Ross Gallery in the Skalny Welcome Center
An exhibit on the Rochester riots produced by students will be on display during regular gallery hours.
The series of events is being made possible thanks to funding from the New York State Council for the Humanities, Monroe County Historian, Office of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Programs, and the Visual and Performing Arts program.


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Chris Oliver, Assistant Curator of American Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will speak about our current exhibition Making American Taste: Narrative Art for a New Democracy.
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Christopher C. Oliver, Assistant Curator of American Art, is currently a PhD candidate in the history of art and architecture at the University of Virginia, where he received his MA in 2008. He also holds a BA in art history from the University of Richmond. Oliver's particular interests in American art encompass painting, sculpture, and prints of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.


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