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Mountain flying hazards
Clear air turbulence, severe wind conditions, rime and clear ice can accompany spectacular views.
Mountain fogs can form by nocturnal cooling, air being forced to rise up a slope, or mixing of downslope flow. The results can be dangerous, as slopes and peaks may become obscured from view.
At the very least, a good rule of thumb is that pilots should expect wave activity to altitudes of at least 2 times the height of the range, and that the waves will continue downwind at least 2 times the distance in nautical miles as the flow speed in knots.
For example, wind flowing over a 10,000-ft range at 30 kts may, at minimum, affect a region about 90 nm downwind and to an altitude of about 20,000 ft MSL. Isolated higher peaks should be given a wider berth for the same reason.
Around a 14,000-ft peak, for example, the winds will be at least 20–40% stronger than those at 10,000 ft, and the higher elevation will result in a greater displacement and larger waves. Furthermore, with isolated peaks, the air can also flow around the sides with greater ease than around a cluster of peaks.
When winds aloft are strong, from any direction, isolated peaks should be given adequate clearance.
Mountain winds
Not all winds in the mountains form standing waves. In fact, a great many weather-related mountain aircraft accidents are due to smaller-scale wind effects, such as canyon flow, or turbulent shear around a sharp ridge or outcropping.
Most mountain airports are located in valleys. Valleys have both relatively flat terrain compared with the surrounding area, and also tend to have wind flow that moves up the valley during the day, and down the valley at night.
For the most part, a pilot can expect a nice headwind when landing on a mountain valley runway. Unfortunately, approaches and departures to these airports often take an aviator over a ridge or escarpment that presents a sharp transition to the valley flow patterns.
During the day, solar heating of the rocks results in heated air rising up the sides of cliffs or ridges. A pilot may unexpectedly find him/herself ballooning above the glidepath or encountering sudden moderate turbulence while the aircraft is in a less maneuverable configuration.
Conversely, at night, cold dense air will flow like a waterfall over the edge of a cliff, rapidly gaining speed and generating chaotic eddies near the cliff base. Pilots passing over the edge of a cliff should be ready to counter a possible downdraft, while pilots flying low near the base of a cliff should expect possible moderate to strong turbulence. Unfortunately, upper air weather patterns can often set up a cross-valley flow.
Such flows can generate strong 90° crosswinds and moderate to strong turbulence as the air flows over the surrounding valley walls and wraps into the valley from the side. A runway up against one valley wall can complicate matters further because, as a crosswind hits the valley wall, it may spread out toward either end of the runway, meaning that either end of the runway will have a headwind, but a takeoff or landing roll headwind will ultimately turn into a tailwind.
During transition hours (dawn or dusk) or when the overlying weather patterns are set up in certain ways, a mountain airport may actually experience winds out of 2 directions. For example, at dawn, cold air may still be descending from higher elevations and blowing down the runway from upslope.
At the same time, the sunlit lower slope may be heating the air and generating an upslope wind that hits the downslope end of the runway. Arriving or departing aircraft might begin with a tailwind and transition to a headwind about the runway midpoint.
Mountain fog
Mountains are a great place to find fog. In fact, mountain fogs are very common—quite often they close mountain airports and obscure valley obstacles or the sides of mountains. There are 3 basic types of mountain fog an aviator should understand.
The first is radiation fog. This is the fog that forms in the valleys under clear nights with light winds. While radiation fog tends to dissipate by a few hours after sunrise, in the mountains the sheltered valleys may not see sufficient sunshine until closer to midday, meaning the fog will not only linger, but will likely thicken as the morning progresses, since the valley air is still cooling.
The second type of fog is advection fog, which forms as cold, dense air descends the slopes toward evening. As the cold air displaces warmer, perhaps more humid air below, the warm air is cooled and may condense its moisture in the form of a thin fog that can blanket the lower slopes of a mountain, creeping downward toward the valley bottom.
In general, this type of fog is thin enough that the terrain remains visible beneath it. The third fog is upslope fog. If warm, humid air flows toward rising terrain, it will cool as it is forced to ascend the slope.
Depending on the amount of cooling and how much moisture is present, the resulting condensation can generate a thick fog that may completely obscure the underlying terrain, appearing as little more than a low stratus cloud.
Upslope fogs are frequently the cause for the mountain obscuration that results in CFIT accidents. Not all mountain obscuration is due to fog. The presence of mountains often means that the terrain pokes well into the altitudes that are normally the domain of clouds.
Air forced up the mountain slopes can quickly cool and saturate, generating stratus decks that occur at altitudes beneath the higher mountain ridges and peaks. As a result, there are few visual cues to give pilots an idea of whether a particular cloud might be hiding a chunk of rock. The forced ascension of air holds another 2 worries for aviators.
If the air being forced to rise enters a colder environment aloft, it has the potential to rise convectively and generate an airmass thunderstorm. While most such storms are not severe, the continual influx of warm, humid air from beneath can sustain a mountain storm for several hours over a particular slope.
Rising, cooling humid air can also result in widespread areas of potential icing on the windward slopes of a mountain range. Unlike the convective lifting inside a thunderstorm, the mechanical lifting of air in these mountain environments is not temperature-dependent—meaning that cool, humid air can be forced to rise, quickly reaching saturation in subfreezing temperatures.
The result is regions of potential icing that may extend several miles upwind of the mountains and from a relatively low altitude to near the ridge crests. Weatherwise, flying in the mountains is not necessarily more dangerous than flying elsewhere.
However, mountain flying requires a realization that the terrain—which changes dramatically over small distances—will have a profound effect on that weather. Pilots who navigate the mountains successfully year after year are generally ones who make sure they are comfortable with the weather conditions on which they've been briefed.
They stick to established routes and stay above MEAs, MDAs and MSAs, giving the mountains a wide berth whenever weather conditions mandate it. They know that even in beautiful VFR conditions, the mountains are capable of throwing a curve ball at them if they drop their guard.
Karsten Shein is a climatologist with the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville NC. He formerly served as an assistant professor at Shippensburg University and was a scientist with NASA's Global Change Master Directory. Shein holds a commercial license with instrument rating.
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Sandor Earl's immediate future in rugby league could be determined this week, with the forgotten winger to learn whether a comeback is on the cards.
Earl is contesting his inclusion on ASADA's register of findings at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, a four-day hearing which will begin on Tuesday, according to a report in Fairfax Media.
Being named on the register of findings is part of the anti-doping body's statutory process, which is followed by athletes being handed an infraction notice and banned by their sport.
The 24-year-old has been exiled from rugby league since August last year, when he was with the Canberra Raiders.
It is understood Earl is hopeful the results of this week's appeal could pave the way for him to return to the NRL - rather than face a possible four-year ban, for charges which include the use and trafficking of prohibited substances.
Fairfax Media reports that central to Earl's case is a belief from his lawyer, Tim Unsworth, that the NRL breached two sections of the National Anti-Doping scheme when it announced last August that Earl had admitted using and trafficking the peptide CJC-1295 prior to Earl being placed on the register of findings.
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Advertisers can try to sell us on baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet.
But as we experience another opening day, true baseball fans know nothing goes better with baseball than radio.
Few understand that better than Pat Hughes, who lives in the present but has a foot, or a voice, in the past.
Hughes works the radio side for the Chicago Cubs, but he's also the producer, writer and narrator of Baseball Voices, The Hall of Fame Series.
Hughes, whose website is www.baseballvoices.com, has packaged CDs of the great calls of legendary baseball broadcasters.
CDs are $16 but he has an Opening Day special for the entire month for multiple orders.
Currently available: Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Red Barber, Bob Uecker, Harry Kalas and Marty Brennaman. (Photo of Uecker by Morry Gash, AP)
"The various tributes that I had heard in the past were produced and written by people who were not really broadcasters," Hughes says. "I thought from a broadcaster's angle, it might add some insight that others could not."
Hughes narrates biographies of the broadcasters while weaving in their actual calls.
"Baseball highlights is really the engine for all of this," Hughes says. "There will not be any recreation highlights here. All are legitimate highlights."
He believes the marriage of radio and baseball has remained fresh because of the memories it generates.
"I think that baseball on the radio always has done that," Hughes says. "It allows you to relive a younger and simpler time in your life.
"I think that is why there is a! special connection between the radio baseball announcer and the public. !It is an intimate thing; it is every! single day there is imagination involved."
Reid Cherner has been with USA TODAY since 1982 and written Game On! since March 2008.
He has covered everything from high schools to horse racing to the college and the pros. The only thing he likes more than his own voice is the sound of readers telling him when he's right and wrong.
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"There's probably greater political and emotional challenges to overcome in this regulatory process," Mr Albanese told an Australian Institute of business lunch in Brisbane.
"We can't just say that it's too hard; we have to focus on what the technical arguments have to be.
"We feel we have strong arguments around combining production but keeping marketing independent."
Uncertainties line the horizon for the mining sector as a result of the economic crisis, the mining tax and climate change, says a mining giant boss.
But Rio Tinto chief executive Tom Albanese, who was speaking in Brisbane at a luncheon for the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), says the potential for long-term growth remains strong, despite the negatives.
``Uncertainties do cloud the sector's short-term horizon, such as the implications of continuing global economic instability, resource rents and climate change,'' he said in his speech.
``The potential for long-term growth remains strong if the right decisions for the future are made now.''
Mr Albanese said Australia's economy has held up well but concerns over China's growth and a nervousness about a possible double-dip recession in OECD countries continued to affect the market.
Mr Albanese said the company remained cautious about the short-term outlook, although 2010 was shaping up well for Rio.
Despite a positive outlook, the proposed mining tax had put a question mark over Australia's international competitiveness.
"Mining taxation is an important issue that has clear implications for our industry's future, both in Australia and on the international front," he said.
"Any discussion of taxation policy must take into account international competitiveness."
He said the July negotiations with the government, resulting in the mining resources rent tax (MRRT) had "created an outcome Rio Tinto could work with," but wasn't perfect.
"We're happy with what was agreed upon," he said.
Mr Albanese also said the industry must confront issues and take a joint leadership position with governments and external stakeholders on key, complex matters relating to the environment and the challenges of sustainable development.
Part of that challenge had been climate change, for which Mr Albanese believes in a market-based mechanism to address the problem.
But he said Australia should not be "leading too far ahead" or industries could go elsewhere to the nation's detriment.
"Such a scheme can only support a reduction in emissions if the technology is available at a cost society can bear," he said.
A carbon tax was not the only way to tackle global warming and the challenge was developing breakthrough technologies and introducing innovation, Mr Albanese said.
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The top US military officer warned on Monday that any strike against Iran would not be "decisive" in countering Tehran's nuclear program.
Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he supported using diplomatic and economic pressure against Iran and repeated his view that military action could carry "unintended consequences."
"No strike, however effective, will be in and of itself decisive," Mullen told a press conference after recently returning from a visit to the Middle East.
But he said the US military stood ready with plans for possible action if necessary.
"Let me be clear: We owe the (defense) secretary and the president a range of options for this threat. We owe the American people our readiness."
Mullen's comments came as the United States pushed for fresh sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program and before Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak visits Washington this week.
The admiral said he believed Iran was "on a path to achieve nuclear weaponization" and that the effort "further destabilizes the region."
He said there was widespread concern in the Middle East about Iran's role and its nuclear ambitions.
He said that "it isn't just a nuclear capable Iranian military our friends worry about, it's an Iran with hegemonic ambitions and a desire to dominate its neighbors."
Mullen and other top US officials have said previously military action against Iran cannot be ruled out.
"But, as I have said many times, I worry a lot about the unintended consequences of any sort of military action.
"For now, the diplomatic and the economic levers of international power are and ought to be, the levers first pulled," Mullen said.
Iran meanwhile said on Monday it is considering plans to build two new uranium enrichment plants concealed inside mountains to avert possible air strikes.
Last November, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced Iran would build 10 new uranium enrichment plants, after Tehran was strongly rebuked by world powers for building a second enrichment plant near the Shiite holy city of Qom.
Iran's atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi said the enrichment capacities of the new sites would be similar to the existing facility in the central city of Natanz, where a defiant Tehran is refining uranium despite three sets of UN sanctions.
According to the latest UN nuclear watchdog report, Iran has installed in Natanz 8,610 centrifuges, the device which rotates at supersonic speed to enrich uranium.
Of these, 3,772 centrifuges are actively enriching uranium under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Salehi said the new plants will be equipped with new generation centrifuges and the facilities would be hidden in mountains so as to protect them from "any attacks."
World powers suspect Iran is enriching uranium to make nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran denies.
Enriched uranium can be used as fuel to power nuclear reactors or in highly refined form to produce the fissile core of an atom bomb.
Iran is at loggerheads with world powers for not accepting an IAEA-drafted deal which would supply it with nuclear fuel for a Tehran research reactor in return for the transfer of the bulk of its low-enriched uranium.
Mullen returned last week from a trip to Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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Another WPIAL product will chase his dream of playing big-time college football at Penn State.
Pine-Richland running back Brock Baranowski plans to attend Penn State as an invited walk-on or "run-on," the term coined by coach Bill O'Brien.
A nagging heel problem sidelined Baranowski for much of his senior season. He rushed for 188 yards and three touchdowns on 29 carries and collected 13 tackles while playing both linebacker and defensive back. He made the all-conference team as a special teams player.
Clair Altemus, who coached Baranowski before retiring at the end of the 2012 season, said Baranowski has fully recovered from the heel injury and is playing basketball for the Rams.
"His best years are in front of him," Altemus said.
Baranowski will be reunited with former Pine-Richland teammate Austin Whipple at Penn State. Whipple enrolled last month at Penn State. The other three WPIAL players who will go to Penn State as invited walk-ons are North Allegheny wide receiver Gregg Garrity, Franklin Regional linebacker Carter Henderson and Blackhawk running back/defensive back Cole Chiappialle.
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So a moving M. Ward gathers no moss, it seems. The singer-songwriter has announced that his new album A Wasteland Companion, a "musical travelogue" inspired by his touring lifestyle over the last three years, will be released on April 10. Naturally, the album is due out while Ward is on the road: The 38-year-old also announced he'll embark on a full U.S. tour where he'll be joined by Firehose, Jonathan Richman, Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo.
Dates for M. Ward's U.S. tour are below.
Feb 2—Los Angeles, CA—Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Apr 11—San Francisco, CA—The Fillmore (with Jonathan Richman)
Apr 12—Santa Cruz, CA—The Cocoanut Grove Ballroom (with Firehose)
Apr 13—Indio, CA—Coachella (SOLD OUT)
Apr 14—Santa Barbara, CA—SoHO
Apr 16—San Diego, CA—Belly Up (with Firehose)
Apr 17—Phoenix, AZ—Crescent Ballroom (with Firehose)
Apr 18—Flagstaff, AZ—The Orpheum (with Firehose)
Apr 20—Indio, CA—Coachella (SOLD OUT)
May 5—Portland, ME—State Theatre (with Lee Ranaldo)
May 6—Burlington, VT—Higher Ground (with Lee Ranaldo)
May 7—New Haven, CT—Toads Place (with Lee Ranaldo)
May 8—Boston, MA—House of Blues (with Lee Ranaldo)
May 11—New York, NY—Webster Hall (with Lee Ranaldo)
May 12— Philadelphia, PA—Union Transfer (with Lee Ranaldo)
May 13—Washington, DC—9:30 Club (with Lee Ranaldo)
May 15—Durham, NC—Duke Performances at Page Auditorium (with Lee Ranaldo)
May 16—Athens, GA—Georgia Theatre (with Lee Ranaldo)
May 17—Atlanta, GA—Buckhead Theatre (with Lee Ranaldo)
May 22—Chicago, IL—Vic Theatre (with Lee Ranaldo)
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no static from front panel audio
Cons: everything else in the box was total garbage (manual, screws, standoffs, etc)
Other Thoughts: First off, this case looks just as sharp (if not sharper) than the pictures make it out to be. The plastic + steel look is really sleek and pulled off very well. I bought this basically for its aesthetics, and in that area it doesn't disappoint.
I found the manual is total garbage. Had to consult Google twice while installing drives to clarify what the manual leaves out. There are extra pieces of metal that need to be snapped out before installing the 5.25" drives (manual makes no mention at all of these, so I thought at first they might somehow be part of the case, since they don't just pop right out). Also, to remove the 5.25" to 2.5" converter, you need to pop the plastic piece off from the front, then slide the entire bracket out through the back (the manual has some vague B.S. like "slide the bracket out."). It's not that big a deal, but it was frustrating to deal with.
The screws and mainboard standoffs included didn't seem to fit each other very well. The standoffs wouldn't fit into the holes in the case (too wide maybe? They wouldn't thumb tighten, I had to use pliers to fasten all the way), then the other end of the standoff was too narrow for the screws. I couldn't get them all the way in, and when I tried unscrewing them, they pulled the standoffs out with them! I ended up using leftover standoffs I had lying around because the ones included were so oddly sized.
Inside the case, everything was great, lots of routes for cables (including a great corner cut out for the 8pin CPU cable that my old case was sorely lacking.) The back panel has plenty of clearance to shut even with a shamefully large nest of cables bundled beneath it. The tool-less and screw-less drive securing mechanisms seem to work really well and are easy to deal with. Longer GPUs might be a tight fit, but you can make it work (especially with the help of 90 degree SATA cables.)
The front panel works great too, no static through the headphone port and it's great to see those blue USB3.0 ports.
Overall, it's a pretty nice case. For the price you pay, I really don't think it should suffer from the problems it does. For a eighty dollars (EDIT: Wow, the price even went up since I wrote this), you really should get some decently machined screws and a properly thought out manual. But even with these issues, I can't say that I don't love it. It really is a beautiful case.
This review is from: Seagate STBD4000400 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Retail Kit
Pros: Hasn't died yet
relatively quick
Cons: general fear/skepticism of Seagate products
Other Thoughts: Bought this just about two years ago as an upgrade from a 1TB drive and it's still going strong. Popped it into the case, connected everything, Clonezilla-ed the files from the old over to it, and it was up and spinning no sweat. It's being used it as a storage drive in an always-on Linux box for files served over the network (mostly audio/video files). No complaints with speed, noises, etc. So far, it's done exactly what I want a HDD to do. Knock on wood for more years of survival.
On a side note, I have mixed feelings about the fact that the price is still exactly the same today as it was when I bought it.
This review is from: Acer G6 Series G246HL Black 24" TN 5ms (GTG) 60 Hz Widescreen LED/LCD Monitor 1920 x 1080 FHD,Slim Profile Design, Acer eColor Technology, and Eco-Friendly
Pros: very competitively priced
all necessary accessories included
Cons: Possible QC issues (dead pixel)
Colors not very nice (washed out, limited options to correct)
Other Thoughts: I bought this because it was the cheapest 24" 1080p monitor I could find that had lots of 5 star reviews. I have two other monitors I can compare this monitor with: ASUS VS248H-P, and a 24" AOC monitor (I don't know the model number, but it's about a year old).
Came with a power cable (small 'brick' type), DVI cable, VGA cable, Drivers CD and stand.
This monitor has the nicest stand of the three (I would rank them: AOC, Asus, Acer). You have a small degree of adjustability and the stand holds the monitor pretty steady, even amidst light jostling of the desk it's sitting on. However, it's still a cheap-feeling plastic stand and the adjustment was pretty hard to do at first (a lot friction in the mechanism--I had to double check the specs listed here to make sure it was adjustable and that I wasn't going to break it.)
The stand comes in two pieces and is very easy to assemble and disassemble (two screws--one philips, one flat head).
The monitor itself is a matte panel with a decent (not good or great) picture. The colors are pretty washed out (image quality is on par with the AOC monitor, and a little worse than the Asus.) The adjustments in the menu don't seem to do much for it. I also found a dead pixel in the upper right quarter of the monitor. So, overall, not a terribly impressive panel--but if you just need a productivity monitor (and don't care about perfect colors or the odd missing pixel) this fits the bill pretty well.
Don't expect to be blown away by this monitor. It's cheap, it's practical but that's about it. It's by no means a 'hidden gem' or a 'steal of a value' for the price (as all the five star reviews might lead you to think.) As long as your expectations are realistic, you won't be disappointed.


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It's been one of the most surprising fantasy seasons in many years for hockey fans. Most rankings for the season have been turned on their ears so far, as surprise players have made the biggest headlines.
Jeff Carter leading the league in goals? Four Boston players in the top five for plus/minus? Steve Mason, Craig Anderson, Scott Clemmensen and both Bruins netminders leading the league in goals-against average? It really has been quite the season.
With the New Year ringing in this week, let's have a quick peak at what fantasy owners might want each team to adopt as their New Year's resolution.
Anaheim Ducks: "Give Bobby Ryan some playing time on a scoring line to see what he can do." The second-overall pick from the Sidney Crosby draft is yet to catch on in the NHL, as he has yet to play big minutes with Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry.
Atlanta Thrashers: "Find someone -- anyone -- to play with Ilya Kovalchuk." While Bryan Little, Slava Kozlov and Todd White have clicked as a unit, Kovy is stuck with linemates Chris Thorburn and Marty Reasoner. Kovalchuk hasn't scored since December 12.
Boston Bruins: "Don't. Change. A. Thing." The B's are the class of the league and all cylinders are firing. If fantasy owners can ask for anything, it's for the team to pick a goalie and ride him to give either Manny Fernandez or Tim Thomas that extra hit of value.
Buffalo Sabres: "Let Drew Stafford truly be the answer for right wing on the first line." Since taking that role from Jason Pominville last month, Stafford has pieced together a stretch of 11 points in 13 December games.
Carolina Hurricanes: "Make sure Eric Staal stays as hot as he has been in December." After notching just 15 points in the season's first 25 games, Staal has nine goals and 13 points in 12 December contests.
Calgary Flames: "Start scoring while Dion Phaneuf is on the ice at even strength." Phaneuf's minus-10 is doing a real number on his fantasy dominance. Even his defensive partner of late, Adam Pardy, is a plus-2.
Chicago Blackhawks: "Make sure everyone stays happy and healthy." The output from the team's star players has been phenomenal and fantasy owners just want their players to finish out the year on a similar note.
Columbus Blue Jackets: "We already have Steve Mason, we aren't pushing our luck." Mason leads the league in goals-against average and is looking like a lock for the Calder Trophy. Fantasy owners would love to see him finish the season in such fashion.
Colorado Avalanche: "Give T.J. Hensick a shot at being the No. 1 center." After losing Joe Sakic and now possibly Paul Stastny, the Avs only have Tyler Arnason to fall back on. Hensick is a blue chip prospect and should get a shot with the first line.
Dallas Stars: "Keep playing like we have in December." Most fantasy owners would be content with the Stars continuing to play like they have in December, when they have seven wins. They had eight in October and November combined.
Detroit Red Wings: "Give Jiri Hudler more ice time." With ESPN standard leagues using average time on ice as a category, Hudler is not as popular as he could be. Despite averaging slightly more than 13 minutes a game, Hudler has 29 points. Not only would more ice time make him more attractive to fantasy owners, but who knows what he could produce with 20 minutes a night?
Edmonton Oilers: "Find someone to step up and score some goals." Sheldon Souray, with 11 goals, is the only Oiler with more than 10 tallies. Whether it's lighting a fire under the young guns' line or calling up one of their prospects, fantasy owners need more pucks going into the net to make Edmonton players useful.
Florida Panthers: "Find something that can wake up Nathan Horton." The supposed leader of this young team has but seven goals and eight assists on the season. A fired-up Horton would have a domino effect and help make several other Panthers fantasy relevant.
Los Angeles Kings: "Make the hot streak for one of our goaltenders last more than a half-dozen games." After seeing various positive streaks from Jason LaBarbera and Erik Ersberg, Jonathan Quick is the latest to make noise. The Kings allow the fewest shots in the league and some consistency in net would translate into a very useable fantasy goaltender.
Minnesota Wild: "Keep Marian Gaborik healthy." Gaborik has four points in four games since lacing them up after a groin ailment. The Wild have points in three of four games with Gabby back after a five game skid before his return.
Montreal Canadiens: "Work day and night until the potency returns to the power play." Les Habitants are 25th in the league in power-play conversion after leading the way last season. Much of that has to do with the droughts of Alexei Kovalev, Tomas Plekanec and Andrei Kostitsyn. Fantasy owners would love to see them wake up and start producing with the man advantage again.
Nashville Predators: "Piece together a second line." After the trio of Jason Arnott, J.P. Dumont and Martin Erat, only David Legwand has more than 10 points among the Preds' forwards.
New Jersey Devils: "Have Scott Clemmensen continues to channel Martin Brodeur's energy." There is nothing the Devils or fantasy owners would like to see more than Clemmensen continue to carry them until Brodeur's March return.
New York Islanders: "Get committed to the youth movement." Despite heading for the league's basement, the Islanders have been pretty consistent with playing veterans Doug Weight and Bill Guerin as the featured pair. With future stars like Kyle Okposo and Josh Bailey on the team and toiling with few minutes, it's time to let fantasy owners see what these kids can do.
New York Rangers: "Find the right combination of forwards to pace the scoring." With names like Chris Drury, Scott Gomez, Nikolai Zherdev and even the fading Markus Naslund, you might expect the Rangers to be able to piece together one strong line. It may mean shifting players from their most comfortable positions, but the team needs to find a combination that can start scoring.
Ottawa Senators: "Make coach Craig Hartsburg realize he has a square peg." In this analogy the round hole is a defense-first system for a hockey team. Hartsburg has been hammering this group of offensive juggernauts into a defensive style of play that has the Senators with fewer goals than all 29 other NHL teams so far this season. Let them run-and-gun for the sake of fantasy owners everywhere.
Philadelphia Flyers: "Continue shifting the focus in net from Martin Biron to Antero Niittymaki." Niitty carried the load in December and has better numbers this season than Biron. Here is a just-for-fun stat: Take away Niittymaki's poor outings against the powerhouse San Jose Sharks this season, and he has a 2.36 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage in 14 games.
Phoenix Coyotes: "Find some smelling salts for the rookies and sophomores." Peter Mueller is on a pace to finish short of last year's decent numbers. Kyle Turris is struggling at even strength with only five points away from the power play. Martin Hanzal is on pace to beat last year's numbers but likely can't sustain a 17.6 percent shooting percentage.
Pittsburgh Penguins: "Keep Marc-Andre Fleury healthy for his second-half tear." Now that he's back from a lower-body ailment, Fleury needs to stay on the ice for the Penguins and repeat his numbers from the second half of last year. After the All-Star break, he went 10-2-1 with a 1.53 goals-against average and .947 save percentage.
San Jose Sharks: "The Sharks' New Year's resolution is to work for peace on earth." They can afford to resolve something irrelevant to hockey as there isn't much the team can do to make fantasy owners any happier.
St. Louis Blues: "Increase Patrik Berglund's role on offense." Berglund has 22 points in 23 games after a mostly uneventful October. If his role increases even more, who knows what his rookie ceiling could be. His plus-11 on a team whose leading scorer is minus-21 makes him extra palatable for fantasy owners
Tampa Bay Lightning: "Find the right winger for Martin St. Louis and Vincent Lecavalier." Clearly Vaclav Prospal is no longer the solution. Ryan Malone is the most recent candidate for the role, and given his early success, might be the answer.
Toronto Maple Leafs: "Get some goaltending." Vesa Toskala's 3.32 goals-against average isn't awe inspiring and Curtis Joseph's 4.12 is downright awful. Although he wasn't tested much, Justin Pogge looked solid in his NHL debut and is the future between the pipes. The Leafs need to dispatch Joseph and work in Pogge as Toskala's backup.
Vancouver Canucks: "Make this Mats Sundin drama worth the hype." Though, given the hype, that might not be possible. Still, the Canucks need Sundin to be a success on the team and should consider all line combinations to make that possible. Even if it means busting up the Twins or making Henrik Sedin learn right wing.
Washington Capitals: "Have Alexander Semin and Alexander Ovechkin scoring points at the same time." Through November 12, Ovechkin had 13 points in 13 games while Semin had 27 points in 15 games. Since then, Ovechkin has 36 points in 22 games and Semin has five points in six games.
A couple of quick notes before we get into the players of rising and falling value: Two goalies who are quietly making a case to be their teams' No. 1 are Andrew Raycroft and Antero Niittymaki. I'd grab either in deeper leagues. Rick DiPietro is available in 72 percent of ESPN leagues. He won't be a No. 1 fantasy goaltender, but he'll do better than Joey MacDonald and may be a No. 2.
Sunny Days Ahead
James Neal, LW, Stars: Mike Modano and Jere Lehtinen are great linemates to work with and Neal has been catching up with them lately. His hat trick on December 23 in Toronto was a real eye opener to his goal-scoring abilities, and he could even improve his pace if the Stars work him onto the power play.
Brendan Morrison, C, Ducks: Since the Teemu Selanne injury, Morrison has been the guy to step up in Anaheim with secondary scoring. Two straight two-goal games has him with five points in his past three. Bobby Ryan and Andrew Ebbett have displayed some chemistry with Morrison and his value should sustain as a No. 3 center as long as Selanne is out.
Jonathan Quick, G, Kings: It's always worth noting a new starting netminder for the NHL team that allows the fewest shots on net. Quick is yet another of the Kings' assets expected to keep the seat warm for Jonathan Bernier as early as next season. Still, the job is there for the taking this season and Quick is doing what he can to get it. He's started four straight, with two of the past three going down as shutouts. Add him if you are still using a revolving door of goalies.
Storms A Brewin'
Alex Auld, G, Senators: Four straight games of five goals allowed. Is that enough said? It's not like Martin Gerber is an option, though, as the Sens really are struggling on all fronts at the moment. This had to be expected at some point with Auld and if you managed to feed off his strong start, it's time to fly away and find a new host.
Alex Goligoski, D, Penguins: This is a no-brainer. The return of Ryan Whitney pushes Goligoski onto the second power-play unit. Not a bad place to be, but he had just been catching on as a fantasy asset with the first unit in recent weeks. Goligoski still has a long career as a fantasy-relevant blue liner ahead of him, but expect a dip for the rest of the season -- making him borderline roster-worthy in shallower leagues.
Sean Allen is a fantasy baseball and hockey analyst for ESPN.com. You can e-mail him here.


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Split PGC_S_DEFAULT into two values, for true boot_val vs computed default. Failure to distinguish these cases is the real cause behind the recent reports of Windows builds crashing on 'infinity'::timestamp, which was directly due to failure to establish a value of timezone_abbreviations in postmaster child processes. The postmaster had the desired value, but write_one_nondefault_variable() didn't transmit it to backends. To fix that, invent a new value PGC_S_DYNAMIC_DEFAULT, and be sure to use that or PGC_S_ENV_VAR (as appropriate) for "default" settings that are computed during initialization. (We need both because there's at least one variable that could receive a value from either source.) This commit also fixes ProcessConfigFile's failure to restore the correct default value for certain GUC variables if they are set in postgresql.conf and then removed/commented out of the file. We have to recompute and reinstall the value for any GUC variable that could have received a value from PGC_S_DYNAMIC_DEFAULT or PGC_S_ENV_VAR sources, and there were a number of oversights. (That whole thing is a crock that needs to be redesigned, but not today.) However, I intentionally didn't make it work "exactly right" for the cases of timezone and log_timezone. The exactly right behavior would involve running select_default_timezone, which we'd have to do independently in each postgres process, causing the whole database to become entirely unresponsive for as much as several seconds. That didn't seem like a good idea, especially since the variable's removal from postgresql.conf might be just an accidental edit. Instead the behavior is to adopt the previously active setting as if it were default. Note that this patch creates an ABI break for extensions that use any of the PGC_S_XXX constants; they'll need to be recompiled. Branch ------ master Details ------- http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/e05b866447899211a0c2df31bf0671faac4fc3e5 Modified Files -------------- src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c | 2 +- src/backend/utils/misc/guc-file.l | 41 +++++++++++++++++++----------------- src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++-------- src/include/utils/guc.h | 3 +- src/timezone/pgtz.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 5 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
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David James
White male
Age at time: 41
Weapon: unarmed
Trevor Dooley
Black male
Age at time: 69
Weapon: gun
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Location details: on the basketball court of a public park in Valrico, Hillsborough County, on Sept. 26, 2010
What happened: Trevor Dooley, 69, had his handgun tucked into his waistband when he walked to a basketball court across from his home to shoo away a skateboarder. David James, 41, was playing basketball nearby with his daughter. James began arguing with Dooley, telling him to leave the skateboarder alone. Dooley turned to walk away but James yelled after him, asking him about the gun sticking out of his pants. Dooley turned back and pulled out his gun. James then lunged at Dooley in an apparent effort to disarm him. They struggled, falling to the ground, and the gun fired, striking James in the chest. When the police arrived, Dooley was waiting in the park for them.
The outcome: A judge denied Dooley immunity at a "stand your ground" hearing. Dooley was convicted of manslaughter in November of 2012. The jury decided the case in just 90 minutes and said that Dooley had shot and killed a young neighbor for "nothing."
Investigating agency: Hillsborough County Sheriff
Case decision made by: Jury
Trayvon Martin's death became controversial because circumstances leading up to the shooting cast doubt on who was to blame. The Tampa Bay Times reviewed other "stand your ground" cases for similar circumstances. The Times relied on available information, some of which may not tell the whole story. When the situation was unclear, that was noted.
Did the victim initiate the confrontation?
Was the victim armed?
Was the victim committing a crime that led to the confrontation?
Did the defendant pursue the victim?
Could the defendant have retreated to avoid the conflict?
Was the defendant on his or her property?
Did someone witness the attack?
Was there physical evidence?
Source: Tampa Bay Times, Sept. 28, 2010
Source: Tampa Bay Times, Sept. 29, 2010
Source: Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court, Hillsborough County, April 1, 2012
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 1259759:MV8xMzU2MzIxXzIyMzgxNTI5Xzc3RjgyNjU4] [quote:Intentionally Blank] Comment, anyone? I know I'm not the only one... I know that I'm usually seen as a bit of a clown, but I'm quite serious about this. [/quote] Im with ya OP Just before xmas I had this vivid dream (ive had a few but..) this one stuck out it was movie length I drempt that northern QLD had a major devasation I didnt see what made it happened I just saw the after math. I saw fields and fields of sugar cane totally flattened and water logged I saw road and highways cut off by flood waters I saw people in towns completley cut off and stranded. In my dream the devasation happened in some places and as the dream wen on it coverd more and more towns and roads. In my dream everyone was freaking out. I was in the body of an 18 year old girl who was stranded in her home with her boyfriend her ex boyfriend is a neighbour and he came over to check on her. Her boyfriend and her ex decided that the only way they could survive until help arrived is to walk a days walk to the nearest city Cairns. In my dream as I said I was her and she was soo worried and scared she lived in a town house with circle windows and wooden stairs relly nice place. She kissed her boyf goobye and todl them to hurry back she waited and waited and days passed and he didn't come back then I jumped into my own body and found myself in a field of sugar cane that was flattened. The farmer was talkng to me and said that this is going to be a massive blow to the sugar industry and to Australia and he said this is the beginning things are going to get worse. I then foundmyself climbing a muddy hill and I looked over the land and it was like a war zone i didnt know if it was a cyclone or a flood or both but I remember i was told it would get worse. Just before I woke up I heard a voice saying WAKE UP WAKE UP TURN ON THE NEWS! I woke up and turned on the TV and alot of QLD had been flooded I was shocked! I thought hand on this has only happened to a few towns so I wonder if it'll get worse. So then we all know that 75% of QLD has now been affected by floods and massive devasation to the sugar cane fields occured as a result of the cyclone Yasi. The weirdest thing (ohh im getting goosebumps writing this) the weirdest thing is that when I saw the news I saw the EXACT same footage in my dream. EXACTLY. Was so weird.. still freaks me out.. Thing is what was the point in my dream? So what I saw the future a few hours and months ahead I didnt know it at the time that it would actualyl happen i wasnt told in the dream what caused it im in no position of power to tell others or the authorities so why was a normal everyday person like me shown that? I dont get it.. its weird.. [/quote]
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Like many of you, I've been pretty psychic all my life. That's why we're here on GLP, right?
But since 23rd October (full moon) - when I had a series of 'big' dreams vividly showing the Indonesian Tsunami which occurred about three days later (powerful enough for me to tell a few people)(and there's more to come on that, folks, sorry to say) - I've continued to have dreams of future catastrophes, out of the body experiences, and dreams where I am looking out from the eyes of other people in distressing scenarios which appear to be local, occurring while I am sleeping....So, for example, from the eyes of a hit-and-run driver (which I then read about in the local paper), from the eyes of someone whose home was burgled, from the eyes of someone slipping on ice.
Also having lots of 'mini-dreams' where I'm jumping forward in time, experiencing something which then actually occurs exactly as dreamt, hours or a couple of days later. This happended to me again this morning.
I'm also sensing a lot of anger and tension and a general mental instability out there.
I've seen a few threads recently where people are feeling similar things and unable to put there finger on it. Not sure if it's even doom, but some kind of mass shift in consciousness, maybe to prepare us for some big doom later on?
Any of you on the forum sensing the same sort of things?
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Ross County is located in the Appalachian region of the state of Ohio, United States. The county is named for Federalist Senator James Ross of Pennsylvania. Its county seat is Chillicothe, which also served as the first capital of the State of Ohio from 1803 until 1816, except for an interval from late 1809 to 1812 when the state legislature met in Zanesville. In 1817, the state capital moved 40 miles north of Chillicothe to Columbus, the state's present capital city, because it was more centrally located.
Ross County was established on August 20, 1798 by proclamation of Arthur St. Clair, Governor of the Northwest Territory. It included a large part of what is now the State of Ohio. The establishment of Franklin County and the later organization of other counties reduced Ross County's huge size in 1803. Today, in addition to Chillicothe, Ross County encompasses sixteen townships and six villages. The County includes 687 square miles, the second largest in the state.
The following counties are adjacent to Ross: Pickaway County (north); Hocking County (northeast); Vinton County (east); Jackson County (southeast); Pike County (south); Highland County (southwest); and Fayette County (northwest).
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In 1803 Ohio was admitted to the Union as the seventeenth state (and the first under the Northwest Ordinance). By 1806 our Eubanks ancestors had moved from Fleming County, Kentucky to Mifflin Township in Ross County, Ohio. This group would include our 6th great-grandparents John and Sarah (Vanderford) Eubanks along with several of their children and their families. Most notable among this group were our 5th great grandparents Richard and Alice (Peachee) Eubanks, as well as two of John and Sarah's other sons George Eubanks and William Eubanks, (our 5th great-grand uncles). Around 1807 both John and Sarah Eubanks would pass away at the original homestead along Ohio Route 41 in Perry Township (now in Pike County). This place is located near where the present day community of Cynthiana. This locale would become a part of Paxton Township by 1809 and upon the establishment of Pike County in 1815 this area fell into what is now Perry Township of Pike County. Richard Eubanks is found on the Ross County tax lists from 1807 to 1810. It is believed that Richard Eubanks passed away at this locale around 1810-13. George Eubanks is first found on the Ross County tax rolls in 1806. Records show that, in 1807, he completed a transaction for 200 acres of land for $700.00. This property was probably the aforementioned original homestead along Ohio Route 41 in Perry Township, Pike County. As one of the early settlers to this area George quickly became active in the local community and in 1807 was one of several supervisors of highways. On April 2, 1810, in a local election he is listed as one of several to do house appraisals. In April 1811 he is named as one of two listers of taxable property and appraisers in Paxton Township. In the election of April 1813 he is elected as a trustee.
Our extended Ross Family removed west from Virginia to Ohio prior to 1819. According to the 1820 census Joshua Ross settled in that area of Ross County which now encompasses the townships of Paint and Twin. Joshua and his wife Jane produced at least eight known off-spring between 1798 and 1820 one of whom is our 4th great-grandfather Joseph Ross. Joshua Ross continued to live in Paint Township until his death in 1842.
In 1821 Joseph Ross married Anna Eubanks, daughter of Richard and Alice (Peachee) Eubanks, in nearby Highland County. It is most probable that Joseph and his family lived in Paint Township between 1823 and 1842 eight known children were born to them including our 3rd great-grandmother Elizabeth Ross. Joseph Ross passed away in 1854, and is buried at the Bourneville Methodist Church Cemetery, in Twin Township. It is believed that Elizabeth Ross was born in Ross County around 1824. In 1843 she married James McVicker and lived in Washington Township, Hocking County, Ohio after their marriage.
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Gen-site profiles
Chillicothe; Bourneville Methodist Cemetery;
LOCATION: Country: United States; State: Ohio; County: Ross; Coordinates/Map: 39.33, -83.06
DESCRIPTION OF GEN-SITE: Chillicothe a city in and the county seat of Ross County, Ohio. Chillicothe was the first and third capital of Ohio and is located in southern Ohio along the Scioto River. The town's name comes from the Shawnee Chala·ka·tha, named after one of the five major divisions of the Shawnee people, as it was the chief settlement of that tribal division. It was after the American Revolution that most European settlement came to this area. Migrants from Virginia and Kentucky moved west along the Ohio River in search of land. The Ross County Courthouse is located at 2 North Paint Street, Suite H, Chillicothe, OH 45601-3109
Ross County Court House
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: see Family History Notes above.
INTERNET WEB LINK(S): Official Site of the City of Chillicothe Ohio
Bourneville Methodist Cemetery
LOCATION: Country: United States; State: Ohio; County: Ross; Coordinates/Map: 391707N 0830943W
DESCRIPTION OF GEN-SITE: The cemetery is located on Upper Twin Road about 100 yards off of U.S. Route 50 in Twin Township, Ross County, Ohio. It is also known as the Old Bourneville or Twin Township Cemetery. Bourneville Methodist Cemetery is no longer an active cemetery. Bourneville is an unincorporated community in central Twin Township. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45617.
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: Joshua Ross (c.1775-1842) is buried here. There are other members of this family buried here, see Internments at Bourneville Methodist Cemetery. See Family History Notes above.
INTERNET WEB LINK(S): Bourneville Methodist Cemetery
Edmiston Cemetery
LOCATION: Country: United States; State: Ohio; County: Ross; Coordinates/Map: 39.278328N, -83.289338W
DESCRIPTION OF GEN-SITE: Also known as Ziegler Cemetery, the cemetery is located in Paint Twp. southeast of Fruitdale. The cemetery is on the southwest side of Pricer Ridge Road (Co. Hwy 20), near the intersection with Fordyce Road, (Twp. Hwy 18). It is located in a thicket of cedar trees that are visible from the road. The cemetery is about 50 feet by 75 feet and is partially enclosed wirh barbed wire.
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: Joshua C. Ross (c.1834-1862) is buried here.
INTERNET WEB LINK(S): Find A Grave: Edmiston Cemetery; Edmiston Cemetery, Paint twp., Ross county; Edmiston Cemetery
Hixon Cemetery
DESCRIPTION OF GEN-SITE: Also known as the Hixton-Sutton Cemetery. Hixon Cemetery is located in Buckskin Township on Turkey Ridge Road, one half mile east of Mt. Olive Road. From SR28 at Lyndon, take Lyndon -Salem Rd s of South Salem. Go on Mt. Olive Rd. TR47 and turn left near top of hill on Turkey Ridge Rd. Cemetery about 1/4 mi on right. More than half of the stones in the cemetery are of common field stone, and about two dozen of them have no inscriptions.
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ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: David Ross was buried here in 1869. See also Internments at Hixon Cemetery.
INTERNET WEB LINK(S): Hixon Cemetery;
Paint Township
LOCATION: Country: United States; State: Ohio; County: Ross; Coordinates/Map: 39.273333N -83.311111W
DESCRIPTION OF GEN-SITE: Topographically, this Paint Township enjoys the distinction of being the most irregular in outline in Ross county. The township was organized by the county commissioners on March 9, 1808, from territory then embraced within the townships of Buckskin and Paxton. Buckskin creek flows nearly through the township, maintaining a southerly course until it reaches the west central portion, when it makes an abrupt turn to the eastward and empties into Paint creek just over the line in Paxton township. This is the principal interior stream. Paint creek forms the entire western boundary, and about half of the southern, leaving the township line near the mouth of Buckskin creek. Other small streams are Lower Twin, which drains the eastern end of the township for a short distance, and Cliff run, Core run and Whetstone creek, which cut through the hills in the interior, and are bounded, generally, by rugged bluffs instead of the usual fertile valleys. The choice farming land of the township lies in the valleys of Paint creek, Buckskin creek and Lower Twin. The valleys of these streams are usually wide and fertile bottom lands, which, together, comprise about one-third of the township. But little level farming land is to he found along the small interior streams. The bluffs often rise abruptly from the very banks of the creeks and terminate in broken and hilly lands, of thin clay soil. Fruitdale is the main village in the township, 100 years ago it was a station on the Ohio Southern railroad which crossed the western end of the township from northwest to southeast, with stopping places at Humboldt and Spout Springs, but no stations. But, notwithstanding the meager facilities within the boundaries of Paint township, the people are well provided for in the existence of nearby towns in adjacent territory, Greenfield, Bainbridge, South Salem and Bourneville being conveniently accessible at the four cardinal points. The old Indian Ford across the Paint was a point to which the warrior's trails seemed to converge from all directions, and council fires burned in the adjacent camps on the margins of the stream. Long years before the white man entered the territory, this was a favorite rendezvous for the Indians in passing through the valley. The honors of first settlement are due to the Woodbridge family, descendants of Jelahiel Woodbridge who was one of the original members of the Ohio company, organized in Boston, March 1, 1786. Following settlers include Jacob Hare who emigrated from Virginia and settled in the northern part of Paint township during the year 1799. Jacob and Enos Smith, brothers, sought a home in the Scioto country in 1796. John Gray came from Pennsylvania in the fall of 1799. He settled, temporarily, on Pee Pee creek, in Highland county; but early in 1800 he removed to Paint township, and settled on Twin creek. Other early settlers in the Twin creek neighborhood, who located there prior to 1800, or in that year, were George Brown, George Walker, Thomas Mahan, Jacob Myers and Thomas McDonald. These families, with the Grays, constituted the settlers on Paint creek, within the bounds of the township in the year 1800. Source: Ross County, Ohio History
ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE: see Family History Notes above
INTERNET WEB LINK(S): Paint Township, Ross County, Ohio - Wikipedia; Ross County, Ohio History; Historic Map: Paint Township,1875
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City & Villages : Chillicothe; Adelphi; Bainbridge; Clarksburg; Frankfort; Greenfield; Kingston; South Salem
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ROSS COUNTY, OHIO: Map(s) and descriptions of Historical Boundary Changes
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20 Aug 1798 - ROSS created by the Northwest Territory from ADAMS, HAMILTON, and WASHINGTON.
09 Dec 1800 - ROSS lost to creation of FAIRFIELD.
01 Mar 1803 - ROSS became a county in the state of Ohio.
30 Apr 1803 - ROSS lost to creation of FRANKLIN.
01 May 1803 - ROSS lost to creation of GREENE.
01 May 1805 - ROSS lost to creation of HIGHLAND.
01 Mar 1810 - ROSS lost to creation of FAYETTE and PICKAWAY.
01 Feb 1815 - ROSS lost to creation of PIKE.
01 Mar 1816 - ROSS lost to creation of JACKSON.
01 Mar 1818 - ROSS lost to creation of HOCKING and lost to JACKSON.
01 Mar 1834 - ROSS gained from HOCKING.
11 Jan 1839 - ROSS gained small area from JACKSON.
07 Mar 1843 - ROSS gained small area from PICKAWAY in the town of Adelphi.
01 Apr 1850 - ROSS lost to creation of VINTON.
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At Maplewood Community Dental Care outside Minneapolis, dental therapist Megan Meyer regularly fills cavities, extracts primary teeth and puts in crowns and spacers.
In most U.S. dental practices, these are the sole responsibility of a dentist. But that's not the case at a handful of clinics in Minnesota, where a new type of practitioner handles these and other basic preventive and restorative services under the supervision of a dentist on-site.
With a growing number of people on medical assistance or without insurance requiring dental care, "the need for dental therapists is huge," says Meyer, who is among the first nine graduates of the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry's dental therapy program in 2011. Its second graduating class of nine students got their degrees last month.
Though Minnesota is the only state to license dental therapists, others, including California, Kansas, Maine and New Hampshire, are considering such midlevel providers as a way to get more care to people in need. Dental therapists get a 2½-year degree (vs. four years for dentists) and earn roughly half what a dentist does.
Meyer, 28, likens the role to a nurse practitioner or physician assistant: "Dentists can't see everyone who needs to be seen. I am able to free them up from some procedures, allowing them to concentrate on more higher-level, complex services."
The nation's unmet dental needs have been the focus of numerous reports recently, all of which note that untreated oral diseases can contribute to a risk for serious conditions, including diabetes and heart disease.
A Senate subcommittee report noted last year that 130 million Americans have no dental insurance; and 830,000 ER visits in 2009 were the result of preventable dental problems, up 16% from 2006. Though 5 million more children will have dental coverage in 2014 because of the Affordable Care Act, coverage alone does not guarantee access to care.
"Many Americans assume that if you have insurance from Medicaid, it means you can get dental care, but that's not true," says Shelly Gehshan, director of the Pew Center on the States Children's Dental Campaign. "Most dentists don't participate, and that means a lot of low-income children and adults struggle to find care."
Minnesota's move to license dental therapists in 2009 was based on the idea that "by educating a provider in a shorter time, at less cost to the health care system, you could have an individual who can provide a basic set of preventative and restorative services to underserved populations at a lower cost to the system," says Karl Self, director of the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry dental therapy program.
The state requires that practitioners graduate from an approved bachelor's or master's program that takes about 2½ years to complete. Their employment is restricted to dental practices where 50% or more of patients are low-income.
Meyer worked as a dental assistant at Community Dental Care after college and says she entered the dental therapy program because "I saw the work they do and knew there was so much need." She works under a "collaborative management agreement" with three dentists who agree to provide assistance when needed. A dentist must diagnose patients and formulate a treatment plan before delegating work she carries out.
Metropolitan State University in St. Paul also offers a master's program for students who are already licensed dental hygienists. After acquiring 2,000 hours of clinical experience as a dental therapist (DT), graduates can be certified as an advanced dental therapist (ADT), allowing them to perform more basic procedures, such as extractions of adult teeth, when authorized by a supervising dentist, who does not have to be on the premises, says Ann Leja, interim dean of nursing and health sciences at Metropolitan State.
That lets the ADT provide services in nursing homes, homeless shelters, schools and emergency rooms at a fraction of the cost of a dentist, says Sarah Wovcha, executive director of Children's Dental Services in Minneapolis. The non-profit sees nearly 30,000 low-income children and pregnant women a year. It employs two dental therapists and plans to hire others, Wovcha says.
"Do the math. You get twice as many restorative procedures for the cost of a dentist," she says.
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Human rights report: B.C. Mounties accused of rape, abuse of aboriginal women
Human rights report: B.C. Mounties accused of rape, abuse of aboriginal women
A new report by a respected international human rights watchdog has accused RCMP officers of abusing aboriginal women and girls in northern British Columbia.
By: Petti FongWestern Bureau, Published on Wed Feb 13 2013
VANCOUVERThe Prime Minister has a message for Lynnell Halikowski: go public with what she knows.
If Human Rights Watch, the Liberal Party, or anyone else is aware of serious allegations involving criminal activity, they should give that information to the appropriate police so that they can investigate it, Stephen Harper said in question period Wednesday, after explosive allegations were made that Mounties in B.C. were abusing aboriginal women. Just get on and do it.
That anyone else Harper referred to would be someone like Halikowski, a counsellor at the Prince George Sexual Assault Centre. For more than 15 years, Halikowski has tried to make public the fear many of her clients face in a community where police are not trusted.
The PM obviously doesnt know what its like to live here, Halikowski said. Its not about just going in to make a report and something will be done. Thats not the reality.
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Sat Feb 23, 2013, 04:03 PM
Judi Lynn (114,185 posts)
1. Video: Alleged fear of RCMP shocks abuse report researchers
Video: Alleged fear of RCMP shocks abuse report researchers
Vancouver Sun February 13, 2013
Researchers behind Human Rights Watch report that claims B.C. Mounties abused aboriginal girls and women say the level of fear among interviewees was shocking. The RCMP says it wants to get to the bottom of the allegations in the infamous 'highway murders'.
More: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Video+Alleged+fear+RCMP+shocks+abuse+report+researchers/7959927/story.html#ixzz2Lkq1UiaU
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Sat Feb 23, 2013, 04:07 PM
Judi Lynn (114,185 posts)
2. First Nations women abused by Canadian Mounties, HRW reports
Alex Pearlman February 15, 2013 12:38
First Nations women abused by Canadian Mounties, HRW reports
A damning new Human Rights Watch report accuses Canadian police of systemic abuse and discrimination of indigenous women and girls.
(This article references a report and the details therein that are at times gruesome and we should note here that its contents could trigger victims of rape or sexual assault.)
Human Rights Watch released a report on Wednesday detailing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's involvement in a number of cases of rape and abuse of indigenous women and girls, mostly in British Columbia.
The 89-page report, titled Those Who Take Us Away: Abusive Policing and Failures in Protection of Indigenous Women and Girls in Northern British Columbia, Canada, elaborates on systemic abuse faced by many indigenous women and girls. (PDF)
The RCMP have a history of abuse and discrimination against Canada's native population, according to the report. Through interviews with victims and witnesses, HRW compiled compelling evidence that officers repeatedly punched handcuffed 17-year-old girls, have abducted and raped young native women for decades, and use discriminatory practices in investigating missing women and imprisoning intoxicated youths.
HRW decided to investigate after hearing reports of numerous missing and murdered First Nations women along British Columbia's Highway 16, known locally as the "Highway of Tears." Police have given investigative priority to missing Caucasian women, despite the numbers showing that the majority of women who are attacked there are native. Native women report police often not investigating missing persons cases for months.
The First Nations are the assorted tribes of Aboriginal peoples of North America, of which there are hundreds. They have distinct ethnicities and cultures from each other, similar to the Native Americans of the United States, but they have mostly all been victims of a culture of prejudice, if not outright disdain, by Canadians and specifically the Harper government.
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Sat Feb 23, 2013, 05:28 PM
Mojorabbit (16,020 posts)
3. This makes me so very angry. nt
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Sun Feb 24, 2013, 04:18 AM
BlancheSplanchnik (16,601 posts)
4. goddammit, makes me want to cry
Harper's conservative, right?
Goddammit I'm sick of the constant reports of atrocities against women.
Goddammit, what the HELL is wrong with men?


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TWIN BROOKS — Karen Hooth-Quade, 71, Twin Brooks, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, in a hospital at Milbank.
Funeral services will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. in the Emanuel Lutheran Church at Milbank with the Rev. Caleb Schewe officiating.
Burial will be in the Milbank Cemetery.
Visitation will be Thursday from 5 to 7:30 p.m. in the Mundwiler Funeral Home at Milbank and will continue Friday one hour prior to the services in the church.


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Holocaust survivor inspires Plum middle-schoolers
Alana Jump enjoys dancing competitively.
Alana, 12, a seventh-grader at Oblock Junior High School, at times gets frustrated when she struggles to complete moves that appear easy for other dancers.
After hearing Severin Fayerman, 92, a Holocaust survivor who lives in Reading, speak Friday about his experiences and perseverance, Jump has a new perspective on challenges.
"I'm not going to give up," Jump said.
During the program, Oblock's eighth-graders watched a film narrated by Fayerman, in which he told his story of surviving two concentration camps — Auschwitz in Poland and Buchenwald in Germany — between 1939 and 1945, during World War II.
Fayerman then spoke with students in some of the seventh- and eighth-grade social studies classes.
Unlike many people who were targeted during the Holocaust, Fayerman is not Jewish. His family lived in Poland, and, he said, his family's factory was seized in 1939, after the Germans invaded the country.
His family members were arrested and separated. Fayerman was sent to Auschwitz, where he described how life for prisoners was difficult — with little food and hard work.
"We had to dig trenches for crematoriums," Fayerman said. "The work was very difficult. And the only way to survive was to find additional food."
Fayerman was able to get more food by helping a prisoner who was assigned to supervise the other prisoners by cleaning his barracks and volunteering to teach him English.
Fayerman also survived the concentration camps by having the skill to work as a tool-and-die maker in a factory in Germany.
"You wouldn't survive if you didn't get out of the Auschwitz camp," Fayerman said.
"The work was interesting, and I was treated well at the factory."
Fayerman said a highlight of working at the factory was getting to see his mother, who also worked there.
"My mother said, 'Oh, my baby,' " Fayerman said.
Fayerman was reunited with his family in Austria after the war ended.
"It was a beautiful spring day in April (when he was freed)," Fayerman said. "I was overjoyed. It was one of the most exhilarating periods of my life."
Fayerman and his family immigrated to New York after the war ended. Fayerman took a job as a tool-and-die maker and eventually bought that type of business in New Jersey.
"My story began in a concentration camp and ended happily in America," Fayerman said. "It could only happen in America — the greatest country in the world."
Fayerman wrote a book titled "A Survivor's Story," about his experiences.
He said he particularly enjoys speaking to middle school-aged children.
"These kids are like sponges," Fayerman said.
Harley Craig, 13, a seventh-grader, said she was amazed by Fayerman's story.
"It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience (to hear Fayerman's story)," Harley said. "I never thought I would meet someone like him."
Karen Zapf is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 412-856-7400 ext. 8753 or email@example.com.