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tabula zombie: locke's political society and the post-apocalyptic scene
Philosophical zombie scholarship has understandably focused its intellectual energies on the role of natural rights, societies, and social contracts in the post-apocalyptic context. To a certain extent, this concern for the zombie-tinged social contract makes sense: almost all zombie invasions/contagions/humanitarian emergencies comprise the emergence, persistence, and incomplete resolution of civil conflict, a case study in Hobbesian contract breakdown. For political philosophers, the zombie apocalypse represents a near-perfect incubator for the state of nature, through which social roles, political societies, and internal economies are constantly in flux, due to the emotional and psychological pressures of constant flight, fratricide, and institutional collapse. As Jason Walker suggests in his treatment of The Walking Dead's varied embrace of Hobbesian and Lockean social contract theory, post-apocalyptic communities often resemble Hobbes' basic expectations of human nature, as well as Locke's concern for the corrosive impact of vigilante justice.
The state of nature's gradual growth is, for all intents and purposes, an assumed characteristic of the post-apocalyptic scene. Rights regimes increasingly break-down over the course of The Walking Dead's two seasons: property rights do not retain their salience–theft and looting remain rampant among human communities in Georgia's urban centers, almost entirely as a survival mechanism; in Walking Dead's second season, Rick et al.'s arrival at Hershel's farm quickly encourages a process of normative break-down, whereby Hershel's "enlightened" understanding of zombie/human symbiosis no longer applies to their social circumstances. This process reaches its symbolic apex during Shane's murderous assault on Hershel's zombie-filled barn, which culminates in the death of zombie-fied Sophie, a child and (prior to her death) member of Rick's cohort.
Lest the post-apocalyptic scene appear as too much of an overlap between Hobbesian and Lockean state-of-nature concerns, Locke's description bears further investigation. Locke describes the state of nature as one of "perfect freedom" and "equality," two precepts that emerge from his epistemological understanding of human behavior: that is, knowledge within a civil society, such as it is, emerges from the state of nature's tabula rasa ("blank state") of human perception. It's worth noting that this reading is an integrated understanding of Locke's epistemology and social contract theory, which assumes conceptual consistency throughout the philosopher's core values. While the tabula rasa is not an inherent characteristic of Locke's social contract, one can assume that, insofar as the state of nature represents a natural point of origin for human societies, and the tabula rasa for human knowledge, perception, and experience, the two are intertwined. Like his own epistemological thought, as well as Hobbes' political theory, Locke describes a sociopolitical teleology, through which the state of nature prompts the intentional, path-dependent consolidation of political societies and, eventually, states. Locke acknowledges a "natural law," which, in regulating the state of nature, necessitates the gradual emergence of judicial institutions: finding vigilante justice insufficient and destructive, societies will establish magistrates of justice, in order to regulate nascent power hierarchies. Individuals and community units tacitly consent to political, judicial, and social institutions, looking to protect personal life, property, and happiness.
Reason–according to Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding, a factor of life emerging from perceived human experience–undergirds the peaceable operation of natural law in the state of nature. Social breakdown and political violence, which Locke defines as variations on the "state of war," rely on the corrosion of reason within human society. It's easy to see how, within the context of our present international sphere, establishing "reason" as warfare's causal determinant requires, at best, generous assumptions about prevailing cultural and societal norms in conflict-affected communities. Certain, disaggregated components of society may experience a normative breakdown, in line with Locke's dismantling of reason's common ties, but "political societies," as Locke describes them, might well coexist alongside a "state of war."
The Walking Dead's post-apocalyptic scene may provide a more instructive indication of Locke's challenging dichotomy. Zombie communities, following the United States' debilitating cerebral epidemic, could hardly be described as "reasoned" creatures, by Locke's standards: in contrast to human communities, they have little understanding of private property, a natural right to human life, or the experiential perception that Locke associates with the exercise of reason. The zombie state is one of unending conflict, in which life-forms violently compete for perpetual nourishment. Insofar as social hierarchies exist, they are determined by access to flesh and brains, rather than an exercise of social power, regulation, and leadership. In order to avoid zombie transformation, Walking Dead's humans place themselves into a political society, determined by rudimentary, confined forms of common resource distribution and security. Towards the end of Walking Dead's second season, Rick's tyranny gradually matures, but it is a "tyrannical rule" that is far removed from the all-encompassing, rights-revoking rule that Locke's treatise envisions. And, despite the consolidation of authority, the general protection of life, property, and (to the extent that this is possible in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse) happiness, violence persists, in the form of internecine conflict: between Shane and Rick, most prominently, between Shane and Hershel's son, and between human stragglers and the main society. That is, the existence of the political society, per se, does not prevent the emergence of violence–or, in Locke's case, war–merely mitigates it.
Locke's dichotomous characterization of political conflict may have applied well to his experiences in England's civil war, which encompassed English society, infecting the full realm of social institutions, communities, and networks. But for localized violence, like the type that occurs in post-apocalyptic, human circumstances, the divide between the state of war and the political society strikes the casual zombie-observer as much less salient.

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Highways officials say that digging around for the correct change to feed parking machines may be a thing of the past thanks to the introduction of cashless parking.
East Sussex County Council will add the alternative payment method to on street parking in Eastbourne from July 21. Machines in Lewes and Hastings will also be converted.
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Customers will be able to park their car, contact RingGo by smartphone app, phone, SMS or online, and pay the parking charge. They will even be able to extend their stay without returning to their car.
Carl Maynard, the county council's lead member for transport and environment, said, "This new system will offer a simple alternative for motorists to pay by card from their mobile phone.
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The mood was surly in a dressing room inhabited by the Deftones, the ninth of ten bands scheduled to play at the 1996 U-Fest, an annual rock festival that erupted into a riot, causing a reported $150,000 in damage to Desert Sky Pavilion on October 5.
The Deftones, a rap-flavored heavy-metal band from Sacramento, California, had been touring for 16 months, and were scheduled to stay on the road through December. The band members complained bitterly to their manager about the backbreaking schedule.
Singer Chino Moreno--the man TV news reports would later blame for inciting the riot--was feuding with drummer Abe Cunningham. "Everyone's nerves were obviously frazzled," a source close to the Deftones says. "Every time Chino came in the room, you could feel the tension."
The musicians were also drinking heavily. Several sources said that the four Deftones and two roadies went through a fifth of Malibu rum, a liter of Captain Morgan's rum and "a cooler full of at least 30 Budweisers" in the hours leading up to the band's disastrous, three-song performance.
"They were in no condition to walk onstage," says Joel Grimes, a critic for an online music magazine who went backstage just before the Deftones began to play. "Chino was pretty polluted."
From all reports, their playing was well below par. "They sucked," says Patrick McCleary, 36, an "old-school punk rocker" who was near the stage. "The lead singer was so wasted he was stumbling, and they were sloppy. But I wasn't that interested in their music . . . I was more concerned with the crowd at that point."
Paid attendance at the U-Fest, which is sponsored by radio station KUPD, topped out at 11,228, and the crowd got rowdy early. About three hours before the Deftones went on, teenagers in the grassy "cheap seats" set several fires during a set by the Hunger. (The U-Fest is infamous for crowd behavior. Last year, several dozen people stripped naked, and several bonfires were set during a headliner performance by the band Korn.)
During the Hunger's set, a member of the band called for the kids in the cheap seats to hop the metal barricade separating them from the reserved seating and VIP areas beneath the pavilion's canopy.
"Hundreds surged over the gates and made it to the front stage area before security could get the crowd under control," says local music writer Emma Tenney. "People in the VIP section were waving and encouraging the gate crashers to join them."
About 30 minutes later, a gang of teenagers launched a raid on a concessions tent and ran off with a keg of beer. The drained keg was soon seen being "crowd surfed" in a mosh pit close to the stage.
McCleary says many among the mostly under-21 crowd were obviously intoxicated. "I've never seen so many shit-faced teenagers . . . except for maybe at a Rolling Stones concert 15 years ago."
The Deftones went on at 9:45 p.m. and muddled through two songs before Cunningham stood up from his drum set, kicked over a cymbal and stormed offstage.
Moreno took the drumsticks and played a meandering percussion solo for several minutes before Cunningham returned and the band launched into its final song. During that number, a fan climbed over a wooden barricade and tried to get onstage. A security guard--one of more than 160 that Desert Sky officials say were on hand--tried to drag him back, but Moreno ran to the foot of the stage, grabbed the mosher's outstretched hand, then helped pry the security guard's grip loose.
A sound man cut the Deftones' power, and all hell broke loose. According to a written statement by Desert Sky Pavilion, the stage monitors were turned off because ". . . the Deftones had performed their entire prearranged 30-minute set. It is customary at the conclusion of a band's set to turn off the stage monitors in anticipation of the set change."
Moreno didn't see it that way. "He yelled, 'Fuck that shit, we're going to keep playing,'" says Grimes. "Their manager was trying to get them to just get off the stage, but [Moreno] wouldn't leave."
What happened next is the subject of debate. Evidently, the stage monitors were cut off--so the band couldn't hear anything onstage--but the main speakers were still on. Grimes, who was on the stage, and Tenney, who was in the crowd, both say they heard Moreno yell something akin to, "Come on and help us trash this place."
But McCleary, photographer Craig MacNaughton, and Joey Nugent, a former Deftones roadie, all say they heard Moreno yell something like, "Okay, these guys are being assholes. Come help us show them what assholes we can be."
In any case, the kids stormed the stage--a few dozen at first--and began kicking over monitors and gesturing wildly for more to join them. More did.
"That second wave stretched from one side of the stage to the next," says Grimes. "It looked like a horde of Mongols coming over the wall."
The Deftones manager grabbed the mike and tried to calm the crowd. "He said, 'Listen up. Please, everybody, get off the stage,'" says Nugent. "And then he told the sound man, 'If you don't turn the sound back on, there's gonna be a riot.' But the sound stayed off."
By this time, the stage teemed with teens. The Deftones started to play again, without monitors, and some of the kids got off the stage. But the band quickly gave up, grabbed its gear and ran.
Someone lowered the stage curtain. "That did no good," says MacNaughton. "They just ripped it down, and it was pretty much anarchy from then until the cops showed up."
Once the kids took over the stage, Nugent says, "It was pretty obvious they were going to destroy everything they could. They started picking up monitors and throwing them, and jumping up and down on speakers."
McCleary says there were 20 or 30 security guards near the stage when the rioting began.
"They were way outnumbered and really scared," he says. "You could see it on their faces. They were thinking, 'This is not worth five bucks an hour.'"
Witnesses say they saw several security guards crouched in a section reserved for handicapped patrons, watching the action around them and making no attempt to intervene.
McCleary and MacNaughton both say they saw one red-haired security guard beaten with folding chairs. Amateur video taken from the stage shows kids ripping up seats, setting fires, throwing water coolers, scaling ladders to catwalks and mooning a Phoenix police helicopter that hovered overhead.
Witnesses say 20 or 30 minutes of mayhem elapsed before a 20-member Phoenix police "quick response team" in riot gear arrived and dispersed the crowd with tear gas and pepper spray.
Detective Mike McCulloch, a Phoenix police spokesman, says seven people were arrested and cited for disorderly conduct. McCulloch says no serious injuries were reported. The case is still under investigation, he says, and will be referred to the Maricopa County attorney, who may charge Chino Moreno with inciting a riot.
Rock-concert veteran McCleary doesn't believe Moreno is guilty of that charge.
"I was watching those kids all day," he says. "And they were primed for this sort of thing. That guy [Moreno] didn't say any more than I've heard a lot of other assholes say onstage.
"The problem was the people running the festival let the momentum for violence build up too high. They should have stopped it earlier. Instead of all these condescending announcements to settle down, they should have just sprayed the crowd with water and tossed out seven or eight giant beach balls. That usually works."
After the crowd was dispersed, MacNaughton says he was taking photographs when he was approached by three security guards and a man who identified himself as general manager of Desert Sky. MacNaughton says the man demanded the film from his camera and, when MacNaughton refused, ordered the security guards to strip his camera of film. The guards grabbed MacNaughton, put him in an arm lock, and did just that.
Asked about the incident, Desert Sky director of marketing Mike Styles replied in a written statement, "Our standard venue policy requires that film from unauthorized photographers be forfeited." MacNaughton, however, had a press pass for the event that he says he showed the security guards. (As the photos accompanying this story attest, MacNaughton managed to escape with two rolls he had shot during the melee.)
Even after things calmed down at Desert Sky, the Deftones could find no safe haven.
Chino Moreno, Joey Nugent and other members of the Deftones' entourage had adjourned to the Purgatory, a Phoenix bar at 24th Street and Van Buren, when members of the goth band Type O Negative, which had been scheduled to follow the Deftones onstage at the U-Fest, came into the bar with their road crew.
"It was crazy," Nugent says. "All these guys with long black hair walk into the place, and one of them points out Chino, so Chino gets up and comes in front of the table, and he's like, 'What?' And Type O Negative's drummer [John Kelley] goes, 'You're a rock star, you act like a rock star, and you're a fucking pussy.' And, wham! He just hit Chino in the throat and everyone started fighting."
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Nugent says Moreno ran out of the bar with Kelley in pursuit. He says band members fought for about five minutes. "There were bottles flying. Punches flying. It was insane," he says.
Through a publicist, the Deftones have refused to comment on any events before, during or after the U-Fest. The band has also canceled all scheduled interviews.
KUPD is not commenting, either.
Asked whether Desert Sky planned to sue anyone, Styles replied in his statement that "KUPD and Desert Sky are still investigating the incident and we have not yet ruled out litigation."
No word yet on the lineup for U-Fest 1997.


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KoA: Reckoning - Demo 17th, Mass Effect 3 Cross-Promo
EA and 38 Studios sent us a press release announcing the demo will come to all platforms on January 17th. They've also teamed up with BioWare for cross-promotional in-game bonus unlocks for those that want to get a bit of scifi in their fantasy epic and vice versa. There's also a demo FAQ and Crossover Promo FAQ on the Reckoning forums.
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[quote] 38 STUDIOS SUMMONS A DEMO FOR KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RECKONING AND UNVEILS EXCLUSIVE MASS EFFECT 3 BONUSES FROM BIOWARE
Cross-Promotion Rewards Mass Effect 3 Fans with Exclusive Items Designed by Todd McFarlane and Reckoning Fans with Items Inspired by Mass Effect
<div style="padding-top: 20px;">REDWOOD SHORES, CA. JANUARY 11, 2012 The massive world of Amalur will finally break open when Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) and 38 Studios, LLC release a demo for Kingdoms of Amalur: ReckoningTM on January 17, 2012. Available for the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and PC, the demo will give players a taste of the rich, diverse, action-packed world of Amalur, and will also unlock special items in the final game.
In addition to the demo, 38 Studios has teamed up with BioWare to create a cross promotion to reward fans of both Reckoning and Mass Effect 3*. By playing the upcoming demos for both Reckoning and Mass Effect 3, gamers will receive special in-game items, including Mass Effect inspired, Omni-blade daggers in Reckoning and special Reckoning-themed armor and assault rifle in Mass Effect 3 designed by award-winning artist Todd McFarlane.
We are thrilled to have the opportunity to deliver this massive one-two punch with Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and Mass Effect 3. We wanted to provide fans of the Mass Effect franchise with a unique set of rewards for diving into the expansive universe of Reckoning, said Curt Schilling, Chairman and Founder of 38 Studios.
We are excited to be collaborating with 38 Studios to bring pieces inspired by the Mass Effect universe into the world of Reckoning and to have items designed by Todd McFarlane in Mass Effect 3, said Dr. Ray Muzyka, General Manager of EAs BioWare Label and Co-Founder of BioWare. This is an awesome way to reward our fans with unique content that not only looks cool, but also delivers some great in-game benefits.
By playing the Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning demo,gamers will receive two unlocks for Mass Effect 3 when the highly anticipated game releases on March 6, 2012, both designed by the renowned creator of Spawn, Todd McFarlane:
By playing the upcoming Mass Effect 3 demo, fans will unlock the following items for Reckoning when the game launches on February 7, inspired by Mass Effect: <ul> N7 Armor: Players can unlock special armor inspired by Commander Shepards iconic N7 battle armor including Helm, Cuirass, Gauntlets, Chausses and Greaves.
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Oh boy, the pitchfork wielding mob is gonna have a field day with this.
Not surprised, we've seen this sort of hideous cross product placement before. Sir Isaac of Clarke anyone?
Or (slightly less immersion breaking perhaps) Dakkons Zerth Blade and all the other PST stuff in BG2.
They're kidding, right?
Really who can be surprised they have been doing this since Dragon Age came out. Its the silly side of marketing and promoting. God how I hate people who work in pr and marketing.:brood:
Also, KoA: Reckoning need the visibility…
Word of mouth would be enough for KoA. This is just silly and dumb.
It is not like you have to participate. I'm not going to play Mass Effect 3 so I'll never see any of this. Even if you do play the demos you probably need to do something (like input a code) to get the items so just don't do it.
I don't see anything wrong here, at least not as bad as you people make it out. Once again, a mountain out of a molehill.
I don't understand the fascination with in-game bonus items developers seem to have these days. Do people really care about using some special pair of daggers or getting some armor? Why not just play the game the way the devs intended without bonuses? It just seems like one of those things that developers put too much effort into that people really don't care about. But maybe I'm wrong and fans of these games are just drooling over the chance to get some free in-game items?
I don't really care about the extra items but my kids love them. Maybe it's and age thing. I don't see the harm in it though I doubt it takes any effort really to make 4 items.
I hate releases with pre-order or special dlc. Always think I'm getting ripped off when Im not. It reminds me of that Pokemon crap slogan gotta catch them all.
It's very similar to what they did with Dead Space 2 unlocking that special armor for Dragon Age II. It's just typical EA marketing.
Yeah, i don't see what the big deal is.
All I care about is the DEMO. WOOOHOOOO!!!!!
All I care is KoA demo; too bad that they're still pursuing the "Sir Isaac of Clarke's Armor" politics… But I'm not so surprised: it's EA after all.
Things you find inside a modern Collector's Edition:
- A beautiful, colored cloth map? No.
- Colored hardback artwork? No.
- Nice manual full of pages with every detail of the game? No.
- Crap stupid items that make games sooo much easier? Hell yeah, absolutely!
I fear that they might be argueing "Handbooks ? Maps ? Who needs this crap, aftr all ? Games should be self-explanatory !"
Besides of all this - could it be that KOAR aims at the same kind of players Dragon Age 2 was aimed at ? Those players apart from the "hardcore RPG audience" ?
Also, KoA have nothing in common with Dragon Age 2 in term of gameplay. It's closer to the Elder Scrolls meet Divine Divinity 2 and that doesn't cover all of it.
I had thought of the rather action-oriented approach. Something they really tried with Dragon Age 2 (and failed more or less, according to what I read here), and KOAR is more action-oriented, too … Plus, ME3 could be more action-oriented, too, at least, my impressins from what I've read here is that they tried it with ME2 as well …
It have no level scaling!
It have hand placed loot!
It have item decay!
It have crafting!
It have housing!
It a faction based crime system!
It have joinable factions!
It have a persuasion skill!
It have 4 playable races!
Also, I'm pretty sure the player character is mute!
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Form for a premises to apply for approval to operate as a central point recording centre for sheep and goats electronic identification.
Sheep electronic identification (EID) central point recording centre: application form CPRC A1 (England and Wales)
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Douglas excels when it comes to playing defense and scoring. He's not much a pg right now because he suffers from poor court vision and a lack of good ball handling. I don't see him ever becoming a legitimate starting pg because his first instincts is to shoot and he's a subpar passer. Actually, that's fine if the system calls for a scoring pg but if not then he's a good bench player.
I know he's still learning and I definitely root for him but this team is expected to load up this summer and seriously compete next season, so I don't see him being ready to run the team. Sergio is much closer to that IMO.


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ALTON — Patrick McGinnis, a wildlife biologist and systems ecologist, will present a story next month at the Jacoby Arts Center about reclaiming what is now known as the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary.
McGinnis will unravel the little-known narrative and visionary process that went into creating the sanctuary, which qualifies as an "Important Bird Area." The event will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at the arts center, 627 East Broadway.
The "Riverlands Story" opens a joint "Nature + Art" exhibit titled "Running Water: Riverwork Project and Watershed Cairns," currently on display at National Great Rivers Museum, Audubon Center at Riverlands and Jacoby Arts Center. McGinnis will reveal what he sees as major challenges and opportunities going forward to ensure our future water security and opportunities he sees for the Riverbend region to optimize its position as a national water resource research and technology hub and recreational gateway to the Mississippi River.
In the mid 1980s, McGinnis began a strategic effort with the U.S. Corps of Engineers to establish a natural resource presence on the Mississippi River, in part to position the corps' St. Louis district to better serve its operational interests on 110,000 acres of land and water along 300 miles of the Mississippi River and the lower 80 miles of the Illinois River. This became an opportunity to smartly leverage federal resources to drive positive and lasting impacts at the community and system level.
Under McGinnis' leadership, The Riverlands Area Office, established in 1989, became widely recognized as a water resource stewardship leader and innovator.
Today, Riverlands is home to an emerging interdisciplinary water resource campus and living laboratory that includes the Rivers Project Office, the Riverland Migratory Bird Sanctuary, the Audubon Center at Riverlands, the Mel Price Locks and Dam, the National Great Rivers Museum, and the National Great Rivers Research and Education Center.
The "Riverlands Story" showcases McGinnis' experience making the case for the Riverlands Project, how he and his team built consensus and were effective in pursuing big ideas, and how the water-based attractions they developed are helping reshape attitudes about rivers in our region and the opportunity to reconnect communities to rivers and their natural capital in sustainable ways.
McGinnis retired from the Corps of Engineers in 2009 and now serves as senior advisor for Water Resources Policy and Practice to the DC-based Horinko Group.
The event is free to the public. Doors open at 5 p.m. to view the "Running Water: Riverwork Project and Watershed Cairns." To register, visit www.jacobyartscenter.org


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"To grow up with him was to know a man who seemed capable of any feat, who lived to work and loved to play and who wore his grin like a ten-gallon hat, a beaming Hollywood smile that radiated genuine warmth spiced with a hint of mischief ... a prize specimen of a man if there ever was one," said a grandson.
Another grandson said, "My friends always told me I had John Wayne as a grandfather. But I don't think he ever tried hard to be manly. He just was. He believed people should act a certain way — tough, responsible, honest, and big-hearted. That's how he always was."
To his grandchildren, he was "Daddy Buck," a bulwark of safety and unconditional love, and a huge influence in their lives.
Vance was born in Hector, Dec. 31, 1926 to Lattie and Audra Hill Churchill, and lived in Dover from the age of five. His parents ran a general store, but from early childhood Vance loved animals and farming and spent many hours learning animal husbandry and farming from his friend and mentor, O.L. Lynch. He entered Arkansas Tech at 16 and played on the Tech basketball team under coach John Tucker.
Vance was drafted when he reached 18 and completed basic training just before WWII ended. He returned home, married Joyce Ross on March 20, 1950, and began farming as well as a career with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. He loved raising quarter horses and cattle and knew every animal in his herd.
"In a world full of cowboys, Buck Churchill was a cowman," wrote his son-in-law, Ben Mays. Mays went on to describe his father-in-law's unique method of catching a sick calf for treatment. "While holding the steering wheel with his elbows, he filled a syringe with antibiotic as he drove alongside the calf. Accelerating past the now sprinting calf, he threw open the door, sprang from his seat with the syringe in his mouth, and bull-dogged the 400 pound calf to the ground. He injected the medicine into the calf's neck and turned the patient loose — all in one fluid motion. I had never seen anything like it. Still haven't."
Never one to let appearance trump utility, Vance kept a farm truck that was legendary for the items he kept on the dashboard. Stacks of old mail, medicine bottles, bolts, wrenches, hats, ear tags, old gloves, a set of obstetrical chains, and syringes of several sizes lent his truck a characteristic smell of hay, grease, and cow medicine. His work attire was also legendary: an old straw hat that looked like the survivor of a cattle stampede topped a tattered western shirt and khaki pants smeared with barnyard colors. A favorite family story concerns a passer-by who hurried into the bank where Vance's wife, Joyce, was working to tell her that rustlers were loading up Churchill Farms cattle into a shabby old trailer. When Joyce assured her that it was just Vance and his farmhand, the helpful woman replied, "Oh, no, Mrs. Churchill. These were some rough looking men!"
Vance served for many years on the Dover School Board and was instrumental in founding the Dover Rural Fire Department. After retiring as director of the Pope County FSA, he farmed full-time until he suffered a debilitating stroke in 1997. He died Jan. 8, 2012 at Arkansas Hospice River Valley Home and will be greatly missed by all who loved and looked up to him and the principles he lived by: "Never take advantage of anyone," and " Always do what you think is right."
These were the values he left with his children and grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Joyce; daughter, Linda Mays (Ben) of Clinton; son, Gary (Jennifer) of Dover: a sister, Elaine Berry, of Dover; son-in-law, Kim Virden, of Dover: and 11 grandchildren: Adrielle Churchill of Washington, D.C., Colton Churchill of Dover, Tamar Cunningham of Fayetteville, Leah Krebs of Ames, Iowa, Ross Mays of Houma, La., Ryan Mays of Montpelier, Vt., Rob and Rhett Mays of Asheville, N.C., Laura Pruitt and Jonathan Virden of Conway, and Joshua Virden of Dover. Great-grandchildren are Elias, Amelia, and Reed Krebs; Ben, James, Henry, Lucas, Audrey and Rhett Mays; Kyal, Hayes, and Vance Pruitt: and Will Virden. Vance was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Janea "Polly" Massey, and his beloved daughter, Janet Virden.
Graveside services will be at 3 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 10, at the Churchill Family Cemetery under the direction of Humphrey Funeral Service. Ronnie Martin will officiate. The family will receive friends the next day, Wednesday, January 11, Humphrey Chapel from 6-8 p.m. Memorials may be made to Arkansas Hospice River Valley Home, 2405 E. Parkway, Suite 3, Russellville, AR 72802. Internet obituary and on-line guest book are available at www.humphreyfuneral.com.
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Bird Beats Broadband! Pigeon Flies 4GBs Faster than South African DSL
South Africa's broadband has got to be feeling pretty ill-equipped today considering a real, wing-flapping pigeon beat its transfer speeds. No really, a company found out that sending a bird with a 4GB USB drive was faster than uploading.


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The Connecticut Supreme Court has overturned the ruling of a judge who ordered Bridgeport Superintendent of Schools Paul Vallas to be removed from his job because he wasn't qualified.
Vallas, however, already has decided to leave the post to be Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's running mate for the 2014 election. Vallas previously led school districts in Chicago, Philadelphia and New Orleans.
Critics of Vallas sued him over his credentials in April. Bridgeport Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis ruled in July that Vallas improperly received a waiver to state certification requirements for school superintendents, saying an educational leadership course he took to receive the waiver wasn't adequate.
The Supreme Court overturned the ruling, saying Bellis lacked jurisdiction because the plaintiffs didn't bring their challenge of Vallas' credentials to state education officials first.


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BARTLETT, N.H. — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is addressing a political vulnerability in the lead-up to a likely campaign.Comment on this story
Romney on Saturday described President Barack Obama's health care law — modeled after one the ex-governor signed in Massachusetts — as a misguided effort to seize more power for Washington.
Romney vowed to repeal it if he were ever in a position to do so. Then, raising the Massachusetts law, Romney argued that the solution for the unique problems of one state isn't the right prescription for the nation as a whole.
And with that, he used his appearance before New Hampshire Republicans in the town of Bartlett to start addressing head-on the issue that's certain to be a hurdle in his all-but-certain presidential campaign.


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Established in January 2005 as a learning resource for the graduate and undergraduate programmes of the Burren College of Art and as a high quality public gallery, The Gallery was designed by architect John O'Reilly as part of a new complex that includes the MFA studios. This bright, airy and spacious gallery of 25ft x 50ft with a 14ft x 20ft project room is capable of showing large scale wall and floor mounted work, performance, installations and video. The adjacent MFA studios are fitted with moveable walls which can be rolled back to provide additional gallery space, resulting in a total gallery capacity of 6500 square feet. Configured in this way the gallery is one of the largest art galleries in Ireland outside Dublin.
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Aucutt's Paint Store is located in Clovis and also serves customers throughout the Portales area. We offer automotive paint, custom spray cans, window coverings and much more.
Aucutt's Paint Store is a family operated business. As many as 17 different family members have worked here during the course of their lives and Aucutt's existence from 1939 to present. We are currently staffed by Bob Aucutt (4th generation) and Tisha Brothers (5th generation); our newest member is Kevin Wilkerson who we consider family.
Aucutt's Paint Store was founded by G.C. Williams in October 1939. Originally the store was named GC Williams Paint Store. G.C. took on the DuPont automotive paint line in 1940. The store has been a single line DuPont jobber for 65 years and is currently owned by Tisha Brothers who is a great-great-granddaughter to G.C. Williams. G.C. ran the store from 1939 to 1945, then turned it over to his son, Allen Williams, who went to work there in 1940. Allen retired in 1968 and sold the store to his son-in-law, Bill Aucutt, who changed the name to Aucutt's Paint Store. Bill's son, Bob Aucutt went to work for his grandfather Allen Williams in 1961. Bob acquired ownership after Bill decided to retire. Bob recently passed the ownership on to his daughter, Tisha and is actively managing the store for her.
Aucutt's Paint Store is one of the most diversified stores in the country. We have evolved from selling floor covering, picture frames, automotive and house paint in the 40's, 50's, and 60's to currently selling automotive, industrial and house paints along with window and wall coverings.
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PORTLAND, Ore. – It was halftime of a crucial Western Conference battle Friday night at Providence Park, and the Portland Timbers trailed the Colorado Rapids 1-0.
The Timbers needed a spark to ignite some fire in mounting a comeback.
It turned out to be second-half substitute Maximiliano Urruti and star midfielder Diego Valeri who injected life into a game, and perhaps a season, bagging two second-half goals to give the Timbers a 2-1 comeback victory.
"We felt we needed a major change and a major boost," Timbers head coach Caleb Porter said of his adjustments coming out of the break.
It turned out to be a move to bring on both Urruti and fellow Argentine attacker Gastón Fernández in the 61st minute that ultimately changed the tide.
Fernández came on for Steve Zakuani then moved centrally while Urruti replaced striker Fanendo Adi, pushing Valeri out to the left and Darlington Nagbe to the right. It was a move that completely changed the dynamics of Portland's attack.
"Big time," Timbers captain and midfielder Will Johnson said of the substitutes. "… No matter who comes off the bench, we need them to make an impact, but those two guys especially, Maxi finding a way to get a goal, and Gastón, he's so good at finding those holes between the back four and the midfield. Those [front] four guys, they were flying. They could have scored a couple more."
The Timbers long-awaited equalizer came in the 72nd minute when Johnson played ahead to Jack Jewsbury on the right wing, as Urruti made a run to the near post. Jewsbury found him with a perfect cross, and Urruti did the rest, beating Rapids goalkeeper Clint Irwin to the top shelf.
Porter said bringing Urruti and Fernandez on together was intended to get them a feel for the game together.
"Sometimes you make subs and you chop it up too much and you never get into a rhythm," Porter said. "So my thought was bring them both on and let them get into a rhythm together, versus layering it in, so that was the thinking."
Then in the 77th minute, Diego Chara found Valeri cutting inside from the left wing for a fading blast from distance that Irwin had no chance at saving.
"What was interesting, for some reason, and I think it's his ability to feel a game and smell where the spaces are, he floated a lot to that left," Porter said of Valeri. "And so we felt that was the right move to shift him over there. And in the end, he was able to come inside on that right foot and smack a ball and score the winner."
Perhaps a move and game-changing performance that could change the dynamic of the Timbers season with a crucial road trip to play the Montreal Impact looming next weekend.
"This team, because of what we've been through, we're better, we're stronger, we're hungrier, and that's how we were able to pull that out in the second half because of what we've gone through," Porter said. "And I think it's what is going to continue to propel us in these future games."
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adidas Originals C-10 stretches the boundaries of traditional shoe categories and combines the latest and greatest in style. The C-10 looks back to adidas Originals heritage with the ZX 000 heel counter, while evolving the three stripes branding with a single strap. In an interview with adidas Originals North American Design Director Brian Foresta and C-10 designer Erik Hernandez, they share the inspirations for the new design that draws from basketball, running, fashion and even architecture. The adidas Originals C-10 launches in August.
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I'm no expert on the venerable art of songs about grandmothers, but in my music listening experiences since the '60s, I've encountered at least two stone classics of this ilk: Bo Diddley's "Look at Grandma" and Moby Grape's "Hey Grandma" (co-written by Tacoma's own Jerry Miller). The former's an instantly infectious soul-funk mood-elevator with fabulous female backing vocals. It's from Bo's mid-career 1972 classic, Where It All Began, which mystifyingly doesn't get nearly the respect that The Black Gladiator does. Moby Grape's "Hey Grandma" is an instantly infectious country-rock barn-burner. I have been known to put it on repeat for an hour and then run personal-best times in the 10 kilometers with the song stuck in my head.
I'm having a hard time deciding which tune about grandmothers is best. Maybe we can definitively answer this question with a poll, which, in keeping with Stranger tradition, is totally scientific and legally binding.
(By the way, you should check out Swedish '60s psych-rock band Baby Grandmothers.)


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Those are decals cut to fit. BMW has already sent a love note "requesting" the stickers be removed. It's back to BMW blue!
Don't mess w/ logos. Using is one thing "bastardizing" quite another.
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They should respond to defects so quickly.
What defects? They're engineered in.
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Megastar Chiranjeevi's 150th, Khaidi No. 150 is getting canned swiftly aiming at Sankranthi release. The film is an official remake of AR Murugadoss's blockbuster Kaththi. VV Vinayak is directing this anticipated film and Ram Charan is producing it on Konidela Production Company. Kajal Agarwal will be seen romancing the Megastar for the first time.
A change in this project, Catherine Tresa, who was about to dance for an item number in the film, has walked out of the deal with unknown reasons. Laxmi Raai, who also danced along with Pawan Kalyan in Sardaar Gabbar Singh for an item song, will now shake her legs in the special number of Khaidi No.150. This is an official news claimed by Laxmi Raai.
Reportedly, the shoot of this song has already been started today. Interestingly, Raghava Lawrence is composing moves for this number.


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since they no longer have that handy capacity to store it away in a spare-tire around the mid-section or the hips.
So many things could go wrong with any new drug aimed at a new target, it's hard to count. Hughes, who was one of the leaders at Novartis on a new class of diabetes drugs known as DPP4 inhibitors, has heard it all before. Skeptics thought that drug would trigger cancer-cell formation, kill important immune-system cells, and even make men sterile. None of those worries ended up derailing the product, he says.
"I remember standing in front of a lot of audiences that were incredibly skeptical and very harsh, because what we were doing hadn't been demonstrated to work," Hughes says. "It's not a frightening place to be. It's a luxury to be in a space where the skepticism exists, because it means you're not in a saturated field, you're in a place where there's opportunity to lead, to drive the field, to innovate."
So he's confident, but he wanted to make sure I didn't get the impression he's delusional. "We have to be sober about what we're doing. The fact is any new therapeutic approach is loaded with risks of all kinds," Hughes says.
With Zafgen's treatment, one big risk centers on exactly where that fat ends up going. If it ends up getting deposited too heavily somewhere it shouldn't be, like the liver, or the pancreas, you could end up triggering diabetes, which most certainly isn't an acceptable side effect for an obesity treatment. But so far, Zafgen hasn't seen the fat-deposition problem in any of the animal tests, Hughes says.
Zafgen also wants to be careful to really understand the biology of what its drugs do to fat before it goes too far and too fast into clinical trials, he says.
One idea is based on the emerging notion that fat tissue isn't just an innocent bystander that sits around ready to store excess calories, or to release energy when you're running low. The fat tissue may actually be controlling its own destiny, providing a rich source stem cells that are eager to give rise to new fat tissue and perpetuate themselves. Zafgen's drugs might break this cycle by cutting off essential nourishment to these stem cells.
The company will have a better idea of whether its approach works in people in 12 to 16 months. It will eventually seek out a partner when the time comes to run pivotal clinical trials, which will likely have to be so large that only the gigantic pharma companies of the world—like Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline or Novartis—would have the resources to run the trials. Such large trials are needed to show that a treatment has the squeakiest of squeaky-clean safety profiles—something that regulators and consumers will almost certainly demand of a drug that could be taken by millions of people with a chronic condition that isn't life-threatening.
Ever the scientist, even in a field populated by some highly promotional CEOs, Hughes is careful not to get too ahead of himself in saying what his company's drugs can do.
"Let's just say, we have a very convincing preclinical data set that supports it," Hughes says. "We have a clinical data set using a number of different compounds that hit the same target, and lead to a very profound weight loss in animals. We have good reason to believe the mechanism we're studying in animals is well-conserved across species. It should be operative in humans."
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Kasaragod: Rishan (36), resident of Patel Road in Talangere near here, died in a road mishap between Dubai and Sharjah in the UAE late last week,according reports reaching here.
He ran a canteen in Bur Dubai and lived with his family in Sharjah. He used to commute daily between the two emirates.
Further details of the the mishap were not immediately available with the family. However, there is information that arrangements are being made to repatriate his mortal remains here for the final rites.


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Yankee Stadium in New York will be the site of two outdoor games next season, the NHL announced Wednesday.
Both games, part of the league's Stadium Series, will involve the New York Rangers.
The Rangers will take on the New Jersey Devils Jan. 26 and the New York Islanders Jan. 29. It will be the first time hockey has been played at the new Yankee Stadium, which opened in 2009.
"The teams playing in these two games -- the Rangers, Islanders and Devils -- have tremendously loyal fans and the rivalries are intense because of their proximity and playoff history," NHLPA special assistant Mathieu Schneider said. "Yankee Stadium is a landmark venue in New York City, and to see hockey played in such a celebrated setting will be extremely memorable to the players and everyone involved."
The NHL has previously announced two other outdoor games. The Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings will play Jan. 25 at Dodger Stadium while the Pittsburgh Penguins will play the Chicago Blackhawks at Soldier Field March 1.
New York Islanders captain Mark Streit, a potential unrestricted free agent this summer, isn't too interested in testing the open market.
Streit told Newsday that he wants to return to the Islanders and his agent, Pat Brisson, confirmed that contract talks would resume again. The two sides stopped negotiating at the trade deadline after Islanders general manager Garth Snow balked at a three-year, $16 million deal, according to Newsday.
"I've said it all along, I want to be back," Streit told Newsday. "I love it here, I love Long Island and the organization has been great to me."
Streit, who is in the final year of a five-year, $20.5 million deal, will have plenty of suitors if he goes to free agency. The 35-year-old defenceman had six goals and 21 assists in 48 games this season.
Montreal Canadiens defenceman Alex Emelin won't be ready to start next season, according to the Montreal Gazette. Emelin, who tore ligaments in his knee in early April, hasn't had surgery yet ... Calgary Flames forward Roman Cervenka has reportedly signed a three-year contract with SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL. He had nine goals and eight assists in 39 games with the Flames this season.


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Last December, Vladimir Putin chose Dmitry Medvedev, a first deputy prime minister, to succeed him as Russia's President. The March 2 presidential elections will be anti-climactic, as Medvedev is the only candidate who stands any chance of winning. The elections have a democratic façade, but voters do not have a real choice: As in 2004, one voter--Putin himself--will cast the crucial ballot.
The West must keep a close eye on the Putin-Medvedev tandem. Although Medvedev has voiced support for some liberal positions, Putin will continue to wield the real power as Prime Minister. The status quo in Russia, with authoritarianism at home and an assertively anti-Western foreign policy, is likely to continue.
A Figurehead Successor?
Putin's trust in Medvedev, who, at 42, is 13 years younger than the Russian President, springs from a 17-year acquaintance and collegial relations between the two. Medvedev was the Russian President's legal counsel, his chief of staff, the Chairman of Gazprom (Russia's gas monopoly and largest company), and First Deputy Prime Minister. But he always was subordinate to his mentor and patron.
After getting the nod in December, Medvedev announced that he would invite Putin to become Prime Minister, the no. 2 position in the country. After one week, Putin accepted by saying that he "would be ready to continue our joint work as prime minister" if Medvedev was elected. Putin added that the "great support" enjoyed by Medvedev would help "an administration that will carry out the same policies that have brought us results for the past eight years."
Putin's desire to remain in power has led the Kremlin to make sure that the democratic opposition would not pose a serious challenge to Medvedev. Liberal politicians Boris Nemtsov and Garry Kasparov were maneuvered out of running, and the Russian Central Election Commission disallowed former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov from entering the race.
Three other candidates are running for the presidency. Two veteran post-Soviet politicians, Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov and Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky, are "niche" candidates and are unlikely to get more than 15 percent to 20 percent of the vote apiece. Andrei Bogdanov, a pro-Kremlin candidate representing the tiny Russian Democratic Party, is not a serious contender.
The state's control of the media will ensure that Medvedev receives lots of publicity. His 73 percent level of popular support, together with Putin's enduring popularity, shows that the majority of the Russian people are content with the status quo, in which the state is allowed to flex its muscle, often in violation of the letter and spirit of the law and the constitution.
At a press conference on February 14, Putin gave further indications that he wants to remain at Russia's helm. He made clear that the Cabinet, led by the Prime Minister, will be dominant in implementing policy. He stated that "the highest executive power in the country is in the hands of the Cabinet. There are enough powers to go around and...[Medvedev] and I will divide them between ourselves."
According to Putin, the "Cabinet" is in charge of running the economy, dealing with social problems, and "ensuring our country's defence and security." In terms of how long he will stay in power, Putin said, "I formulated the objectives for the development of Russia from 2010 to 2020," and "if I see that I can realize these goals in this position [of Prime Minister], then I will work as long as this is possible."
When asked whether he would hang President Medvedev's portrait or his own in his office, Putin revealingly answered that, as Prime Minister, "I do not have to bow to [Medvedev's] portraits." He commented that his "relationship" with Medvedev in government would be characterized by the fact that he--Putin--has been "president for eight years." In other words, Putin might be the Prime Minister in a President Medvedev administration, but he will be the senior figure in terms of political capital and the execution of government policy.
Dmitry Medvedev: A Powerless Liberal?
Regarding his plans for Russia, in a speech at the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum on February 15 that has been widely hailed as liberal, Medvedev declared that his government platform is founded on the belief that "freedom is better than no freedom." He stated that "ensuring that the judicial system is truly independent" is one of his policy objectives.
Medvedev outlined his reform priorities as the "four eyes": "Institutions, Infrastructure, Innovation, and Investment." Regarding institutions, Medvedev proposed to reduce the number of government employees, to transfer tasks from the state to the private sector, and to combat corruption. He also stressed the need to lower the tax burden on businesses as part of his Innovation and Investment goals.
Nonetheless, many experts and foreign diplomats are unsure as to how liberal Medvedev really is. Inviting Deep Purple to the Kremlin for a concert may not be enough. As Chairman of Gazprom's board, he used a hard-line approach when dealing with countries opposing Moscow's policies and energy interests. Claiming "free market price formation," Gazprom cut gas supplies to Ukraine in early 2006, interrupting the flow of gas to a number of European Union countries in the middle of winter. Gazprom also cut the supply of gas to Georgia and threatened to do so against Russian ally Belarus due to lack of timely payments and because of Minsk's refusal to yield control of its national gas company.
Gazprom's appetite for expansion in different sectors of the Russian economy led German Gref, then Russian Economic Development Minister, to complain that "if all Gazprom's assets, which are already worth over $300 billion...are used across all economic sectors, we will find ourselves with the 19th century-style monopolistic state capitalism." Medvedev seems to back Putin's support for the "national champions," giant state-controlled companies that have a decisive influence in the national economy.
The United States and its allies will need to watch the Putin-Medvedev alliance carefully. Putin believes that if Medvedev is viewed as a more liberal, independent force, the West will allow Russian companies to expand their investments in Europe and other Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) countries.
However, unless there are clear signs that President Medvedev takes charge of Russia's defense and foreign policies, it would be safe to assume that Putin and the siloviki (the top power brokers from Russia's security services and the military) will continue business as usual. The Putin loyalists from the siloviki group also control the majority of Russia's gigantic state-owned companies
Future Russian policies are likely to include a confrontational approach on Kosovo, opposition to missile defense deployment in Poland, abrogation of the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty, a heavy-handed approach to Ukraine and Georgia, and an anti-Western propaganda campaign at home. Both the Bush Administration and its successor will have their hands full dealing with a Russia that will remain under Vladimir Putin's control for years to come.
Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow in Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Security in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, a division of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, at The Heritage Foundation. Lajos Szaszdi, Ph.D., contributed to the production of this paper.


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HOBOKEN, GA. - The house is set deep in the dirt roads and pine rows of Brantley County.
It was buzzing with life on Wednesday: kids yelling, anxiously awaiting a 10-year-old's birthday cake to be cut and numerous friends and extended family members stopping by to visit.
But, beneath the happiness and the buzz of life, there was devastating sadness over the death of one of their own, Sara Elizabeth "Beth" Odum.
Odum, 29, died Monday night in Offerman after what the Sheriff's Department says was an argument with Kelly Comeau, 23, of Patterson, over a man — Odum's current boyfriend and Comeau's former boyfriend. Odum, the sheriff said, died after as a result of involvement with Comeau's car.
Comeau was arrested and taken to the Pierce County Jail, where she was being held without bail. She has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless conduct, Pierce County Sheriff-elect Ramsey Bennett said.
Bennett said because Odum's body hasn't yet returned from the crime lab, he can't speak to whether Odum was hit by the vehicle, fell from it or was thrown from it. All he can say is that the vehicle was "somehow involved" in the death.
And family members desperately want this to be cleared up so they can better understand.
They thought they'd have answers on Wednesday but never got them, either from the Sheriff's Department or the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, both of which are investigating. Bennett says he still isn't sure when the body will come back.
Odum's mother, Frances Hopton, has contacted her daughter's boyfriend hoping he might provide some answers but has not received a response.
'Just want to know'
Wednesday afternoon she sat on the screened-in porch of her home and talked about her daughter's life and death. She talked about her life through tears and love and her death through frustration.
"I don't think it was anything anybody meant to do," she says. "I just want to know what happened and the law says they can't tell me anything because they're still investigating."
She says she knew her daughter had problems involving the men in her life but never could get her to talk to her about them.
"Beth always said, 'Momma when I need you, I'll tell you,' " Hopton said.
Dwane Hopton, Odum's stepfather, said that "she got involved with people that didn't have her best interest in mind. She always thought they did but they didn't."
Children left behind
The discussion was interrupted every few minutes by the grandkids. Three of them belonged to Odum and now will live most of the time with the Hoptons, in addition to several other grandkids who've ended up there.
One child, Odum's 8-year-old daughter, came up and was sent away.
"Baby, this is big girl talk," her grandmother said.
Another, Odum's 5-year-old son, was still wearing his Spiderman costume for Halloween (even though the kids went trick-or-treating Tuesday night) because "my momma bought this for me and I'm gonna wear it."
Inside, Frances Hopton was more than happy to show off her daughter's life.
"Did you see the other poem Beth wrote me for Mother's Day?" she asked, momentarily proud.
Two of these poems, which Odum wrote to her mother every year, sat framed on a table along with pictures of Odum and a spiral-bound notebook where visitors have written their sympathies.
As a visitor was looking them over, the 5-year-old in the Spiderman suit ran and jumped on a relative's lap.
Frances Hopton laughed, seeming to have forgotten her questions for a moment. But the longing look soon returned. It's clear she's still waiting.
Joshua Sharpe for the Times-Union


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Apologies for Absence and Chair's Announcements
To receive any apologies for absence and any announcements from the Chair.
1.1 No apologies for absence were received.
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The Committee is recommended to:
(a) Note the list of memberships of functional bodies and London Borough Councils and as disclosable pecuniary interests, as set out in the table at Item 2;
(b) Declare any disclosable pecuniary interests in specific items listed on the agenda; and
(c) Additionally declare any interests which they consider to be prejudicial(noting the advice from the GLA's Monitoring Officer set out in the report).
2.1 Resolved:
(a) the list of memberships of functional bodies and London Borough Councils be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests as set out in the table at Item 2 on the agenda; and
(b) any disclosable pecuniary interests in specific terms listed on the agenda be declared.
The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Police and Crime Committee held on 14 June 2012 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.
Additional documents:
3.1 Resolved:
That the minutes of the meeting of the Police and Crime Committee held on 14 June 2012 be agreed as a correct record.
Date of Next Meeting
The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for 19 July 2012 at 10.00am in the Chamber, City Hall.
4.1 The Chair varied the order of business in order that Item 4 – 'Update on the Territorial Policing Development Plan' – be considered after all other items of business to be conducted had been dealt with. The order was varied to allow time for the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime to arrive who would be answering questions from the Committee under Item 4.
4.2 It was noted that the next meeting of the Committee would be held on 19 July 2012 at 10.00am in the Chamber at City Hall.
Any Other Business the Chair Considers Urgent
5.1 The Committee confirmed that, in terms of who will formally exercise the powers attributed to the role of Chair if for any reason the Chair is absent, Jenny Jones AM would exercise those powers up until 25 November 2012 and that Caroline Pigeon AM would exercise those powers for the period from 26 November 2012 until the end of the current Assembly Year.
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Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat
Contact: Susannah Drury, [email protected], 020 7983 4484
The Committee is recommended to note the report as background and put questions to representatives of the Metropolitan Police Service and Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime on the Territorial Policing Development Programme.
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6.1 The Committee received the report from the Executive Director of Secretariat.
6.2 The following guests attended the meeting to answer the Committee's questions about the update on the Territorial Policing Development Plan:
· Stephen Greenhalgh, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime;
· Assistant Commissioner Simon Byrne, Metropolitan Police Service; and
· Deputy Assistant Commissioner Steve Kavanagh, Metropolitan Police Service.
6.3 A transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 1.
6.4 During discussion, the Committee requested the following information –
· that Assistant Commissioner Byrne provides further details on the 2000 officers being added to the Safer Neighbourhood teams; and details of redundancies that have taken place or are due to take place and how they were being managed by the MPS in conjunction with staff associations;
· that the Public Access Review, undertaken by the Metropolitan Police Service, be provided to Members of the Committee. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Kavanagh provided assurances that the Review would be circulated to members of the committee in due course.
· that the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime provide further information to Members of the Committee on the Territorial Policing Review and Estates Review, once available.
6.5 Resolved:
(a) That the report and discussion be noted; and ... view the full minutes text for item 6.
Close of Meeting
The meeting ended at 12.50pm.


text: PEN American Center has announed the winners of the 2012 PEN Awards. Winners include Susan Nussbaum for Good Kings Bad Kings (PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction), Vanessa Veselka for Zazen (PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for debut fiction), E.L. Doctorow (PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction), and Robert K. Massie for Catherine the Great (PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography). For the full list of winners, please go here.


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KAUNAS (2012 FIBA U17 World Championship) – The United States blasted past Australia 95-62 to defend their title at the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship with another undefeated run to the crown.
Conner Frankamp paced four players in double figures with 22 points with tournament MVP Jahlil Okafor adding 17 points and 8 rebounds.
Justise Winslow collected 13 points and 11 rebounds with Jabari Parker scoring 12 for Team USA, who won all eight games at the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship as well.
Dante Exum was the only Australian who could find some success against the Americans with 21 points while Nick Duncan scored 10 points.
Australia had no answer for Okafor in the first quarter as he scored 11 points in helping the Americans build a 22-14 lead.
Team USA's stifling defense did not allow the Australians to get the ball into the low post as they scored just two points in the paint in the second quarter and went into the half having missing 20 of 24 three-pointers.
The Americans used a 12-0 run for a 26-14 lead. Parker played through a sore ankle and scored eight points in the second quarter in helping push the gap to 14 at halftime 38-24.
The Australians tried to fight back into the game in the second half with Exum scoring six straight points for the Aussies to cut the deficit to 40-30.
However, the USA answered with 6-0 run of their own and the Oceania powers would only get to within 12 the rest of the third quarter.
The Americans were up 64-43 going into the final frame when they remained relentless on defense and did not let Australia even close – with the lead never dipping below 19 points.


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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My husband and I are in our late 70s. He has developed breasts, and they are sore and hard. We have asked different doctors, but they don't think much of it. Is this normal? What can we do about it? -- N.V.
ANSWER: Your husband has gynecomastia (GUY-nuh-coe-MASS-tee-uh) -- enlargement of the male breasts. It's very common in older men. Someone has done a survey of elderly hospitalized men and found gynecomastia in 70 percent of them.
The breast tissue is firm and sometimes tender. It is beneath the nipple and is usually larger than 1.6 inches (4 cm) in diameter.
It happens because in older ages, the ratio of male hormone to female hormone changes. Men do make female hormones, and women make male hormones. The change, slight as it might be, is enough to stimulate the growth of breast tissue.
Sometimes medicines are involved. Ask your pharmacist if any of the drugs your husband takes is contributing to it.
In a very few instances, gynecomastia is a sign of a possibly serious problem -- for example, an overactive thyroid gland, adrenal-gland tumors or liver disease. These conditions have other, more striking signs, and your husband has seen doctors who are attuned to look for those possibilities. For most men, it's nothing more than an age-related change.
If it bothers him, a surgeon can remove the tissue. Some men take anti-estrogen medicines to shrink it. Tamoxifen is an example. Most men choose to ignore it.
Gynecomastia is also common during puberty, another period of life when there is a disruption of male-to-female hormone production.
It affects about two-thirds of adolescent boys, and it almost always diminishes when puberty is completed.
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: A few nights ago I checked on my 4-year-old son because he was having a hard time breathing. I woke him, and he started coughing uncontrollably. I called 911. At the hospital he was treated with oxygen and released with a diagnosis of croup. The only symptom he had that day was a slightly runny nose. At what age do children outgrow croup? -- J.
ANSWER: Croup, a viral infection of the voice box and airways, is usually preceded by a day of runny nose, mild sore throat and a bit of a cough. The cough gradually worsens and usually is at its peak at night. It sounds like a barking seal. The child makes a high-pitched, gasping noise upon inhaling. It is a frightful experience.
As disturbing as the situation appears, croup rarely threatens life, but you made the right move in taking the child for emergency treatment.
Cool mist sometimes soothes the airways. Taking the child out into cold, dry night air often ends the coughing.
Most cases of croup occur between the ages of 3 months and 3 years, with it peaking in the second year of life. It's rarely seen after 6.
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I would like information on transverse myelitis. What causes it? Are there lasting effects? -- L.D.
ANSWER: Here, "myelitis" stands for "spinal cord inflammation." "Transverse" indicates that the inflammation crosses the entire cord from one side to the other. The inflammation blocks nerve transmission, resulting in muscle weakness, loss of sensation and often loss of bladder control.
Viral infections, a block in the blood supply to a segment of the cord, illnesses like lupus and multiple sclerosis are some causes.
The prognosis is variable. One-third have a good recovery; one-third, a fair outcome; and one-third are left with some disability.
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Brewers outslug Cardinals in 12 innings
As it was, it was only half a travesty. Or perhaps three-fourths.
Winning supposedly cures all ills but that was the only thing the weary Brewers had going for them after outlasting the Cardinals, 9-8, on Gabe Kapler�s one-out, run-scoring single in the bottom of the 12th inning.
How can you have 14 pitchers on your roster and now be thin in pitching? That�s the absurd position the Brewers find themselves in after playing extra innings for the fourth time in five days.
After running through seven relievers to cover the final seven innings, manager Ned Yost admitted that he had no idea what might happen tonight if starter Dave Bush can�t contain the powerful Philadelphia Phillies.
Perhaps a 15th pitcher will be summoned?
�I don�t think we�ll see that,� Yost said. �But I turned to (coach) Dale (Sveum) in the 12th and told him I was glad I had 14.�
Much of the madness could have been averted had Brewers second baseman Rickie Weeks turned a routine double play in the ninth inning that would have ended the game. Weeks has made quantum leaps on defense since arriving in the big leagues in 2005 but making poor throws on double-play relays remains his Achilles� heel.
�That�s just something we�ve got to continue to work on,� Yost said. �We know what we are. It�s not only Rickie. It�s all of us. We know at times we have defensive shortcomings we are working hard to overcome.�
Pitching for the fifth time in six days�he got up in the pen Monday night but wasn�t summoned�closer Eric Gagne didn�t help himself by drilling the first batter, Cesar Izturis, a .186 hitter. Skip Schumaker followed with a single, putting runners on the corners.
After striking out Rick Ankiel on a changeup, Gagne induced the most dangerous hitter in the league, Albert Pujols, to bounce into what should have been a game-ending 5-4-3 double play. But Weeks flipped a low throw to first baseman Prince Fielder, who couldn�t dig it out, allowing Izturis to score the tying run.
�I just had a bad throw,� said Weeks, who wasn�t charged with his second error of the game because scorers can�t assume a double play. �You�ve got to work on all phases of your game. You�ve got to work on everything.�
Fair or not, Gagne was charged with his fourth blown save of the season in 10 chances.
�Gagne threw the ball good,� Yost said. �We didn�t turn a double play for him. That game should have been over.�
Instead, it just got nuttier. Izturis suffered a bruised arm when plunked and had to leave the game, forcing Pujols to move from first base to second for the first time during a regular-season game. (The Brewers never hit a ball to him.)
The only position player who didn�t see action was reserve catcher Mike Rivera, a member of the Brewers� massive three-man bench. A total of 13 relief pitchers was used, and three pitchers were called on to pinch-hit.
The game dragged on so long that the Brewers snapped out of a team offensive slump (eight runs in the first six innings) and lapsed into another (no runs from the seventh through 11th innings). The racing sausages even ran twice, never a good sign.
The Brewers were so excited to win the game that they traded the player who scored the decisive run, Gabe Gross. OK, that deal already had been worked out, but you get the picture.
An overhauled bullpen has started to show cracks from the recent heavy workload, which starter Manny Parra didn�t help by going only five innings. David Riske was tagged for three runs in two-thirds of an inning, Brian Shouse allowed three inherited runners to score and Salomon Torres walked in a run during the Cardinals� four-run seventh inning.
�Whether it�s the third (inning), ninth or 12th, you�ve still got to go in and get three guys out,� said Seth McClung, who received the victory by pitching the final inning. �With 14 guys out there, we�ve got a pretty good flag football team.�
In danger of losing a third consecutive late-inning heartbreaker, the Brewers pulled out the game when Gross drew a one-out walk off Cardinals closer Jason Isringhausen, stole second base and scored on a single up the middle by Kapler.
�That was an important win for us,� said Kapler, who smacked a hanging curveball for the winning RBI. �We don�t allow anything negative to carry over. We do a pretty good job of clearing our plates.�
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A rellabllity-orlented transmlsslon service in wireless sensor networks
Liu, Yunhuai
Ni, Lionel M.
Zhu, Yanmin
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|Reliable transmission service is in dire need for many applicationsin wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Most existing routing protocols however, seriously suffer from low end-to-end success rates in real deployments. Through extensive experiments on a test-bed of Mica2 nodes, we identify three key problems that hinder the reliable packet delivery. In order to address these problems and therefore to provide a reliability-oriented transmission service, we propose a novel in-middle recovery mechanism thatfills the gap between the traditional per-hop recovery and end-to-end recovery mechanisms. To realize such an idea, we design and implement proliferation routing that leverages randomized dispersity and reproduction. The distinctive feature of proliferation routing is its great flexibility. Not only can it be applied with any Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol and routing metric, but also a desired service quality can be effectively derived by controlling the system parameters. Such a feature is revealed by theoretical analysis and confirmed by implementation and simulation experiments. In a specific experiment setup, proliferation routing can increase the end-to-end transmission success rate up to 70% compared with the well-known hop-based routing and flooding.
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One of the most delightful things about spring, summer and fall hiking and biking on the back roads of Door County, are the constantly changing colors in the fields you pass by. It got us thinking that we needed to add a new category to our blog (drum roll). So here it is…the newest addition to the Door County High Points blog is our weekly wildflower report – in season of course. Today's wildflower sighting is Purple Phlox – spotted during a bike ride on beautiful Beach Road in Sister Bay.
Wildflowers are just one of the many reasons to visit the High Point Inn in Ephraim. Contact us and we will share more reasons with you!


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German Bundesliga: Werder Bremen were held to their second 1-1 draw of the season by Hoffenheim, who extended their unbeaten start
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Werder Bremen were held to their second 1-1 draw of the season by Hoffenheim, who extended their unbeaten start to the campaign.
Roberto Firmino put the visitors in front after 19 minutes, but after Alejandro Galvez brought Bremen level on the hour mark, the hosts took charge of the game.
They struck the woodwork twice but were unable to find a winner at the Weser Stadion.
Bremen started the better with Franco di Santo seeing his shot blocked on the counter-attack in the 15th minute.
Four minutes later, Hoffenheim took the lead when the Bremen defence was caught napping.
Sebastian Rudy launched a ball from deep which Firmino picked up around the back of the Bremen back line, nudging the ball first past Raphael Wolf before tucking it into the unguarded goal.
Hoffenheim posed a consistent threat on the break, but they wasted a good chance to double their advantage in the 37th minute when, with a five-against-three situation, Adam Szalai lifted his cross behind for a goal kick.
Bremen drew level on the hour mark when new signing Galvez took advantage of a slip by Tarik Elyounoussi to take Eljero Elia's cross down on his chest before sweeping the ball in with his left foot.
The goal appeared to remove Bremen's shackles and bring back bad memories for Hoffenheim, who had one of the leakiest defences in the league last season.
Santiago Garcia sent a header onto the outside of the post before Nils Petersen struck the crossbar.
Former Bayern Munich forward Petersen then had a claim for a penalty turned down as Bremen tried but failed to find a winner.