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Department of Mathematics
Professors: Larry P. Ammann,
Michael Baron, Sam Efromovich, M. Ali Hooshyar, Wieslaw Krawcewicz, Patrick L. Odell (Emeritus), Istvan Ozsvath, Viswanath
Ramakrishna, Ivor Robinson (Emeritus), Robert Serfling,
Janos Turi, John W. Van Ness (Emeritus)
Associate Professors: Zalman I. Balanov, Pankaj Choudhary, Mieczyslaw Dabkowski
Assistant Professors: Yan Cao, Tobias Hagge, Quiongxia (Joanne) Song
Adjunct Professors: Jose Carlos Gomez Larranage, Adolfo Sanchez Valenzuela
Affiliated Faculty: Herve Abdi (BBS), Raimund J. Ober (EE), Alain Bensoussan (SOM), Thomas Butts and Titu Andreescu (SME), John Wiorkowski (SOM)
The Mathematics Department at The University of Texas at Dallas offers graduate study in five areas:
Applied Mathematics, Engineering Mathematics, Mathematics, Statistics, and an interdisciplinary degree in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. The degree programs offer students the opportunity to prepare for careers in these disciplines themselves or in any of the many other fields for which these disciplines are such indispensable tools. As other sciences develop, problems which require the use of these tools are numerous and pressing.
In addition to a wide range of courses in mathematics and statistics, the Mathematics Department offers a unique selection of courses that consider mathematical and computational aspects of engineering, biology and other scientific problems.
The Master of Science degree programs are designed for persons seeking specializations in Applied Mathematics, Engineering Mathematics, Mathematics, Statistics, or Bioinformatics and Computational Biology.
The Master of Science degree is available also for those who plan to teach Mathematics or Statistics above the remedial level at a community college or at a college or university. The Master of Science degree is recommended as a minimum, since an earned doctorate is sometimes required.
For information concerning the Master of Arts in Teaching in Mathematics Education, designed for persons who are teaching in grades 6-12, see the Science and Mathematics Education section.
The Doctor of Philosophy degree programs cover two basic areas of concentration: Statistics, and
Applied Mathematics. They are designed for those who plan to pursue academic, government, financial, actuarial, or industrial careers.
The faculty, staff and students have access to a large network of workstations and servers on campus.
Admission Requirements
The University´s general admission requirements are discussed here.
Specific additional admission requirements for students in degree programs in the Department of Mathematics follow. Students lacking undergraduate prerequisites for graduate courses in their area must complete these prerequisites or receive approval from the graduate adviser and the course instructor before registering.
One of the components of a student´s academic history which is evaluated when the student is seeking admission to the graduate program is his/her performance on certain standardized tests. Since these tests are designed to indicate only the student´s potential for graduate study, they are used in conjunction with other measures of student proficiency (such as GPA, etc.) in determining the admission status of a potential graduate student. Accordingly, there is no rigid minimum cut–off score for admission to the program. Most applicants admitted to either the MS or PhD programs have GRE scores
of at least 400 verbal, 700 quantitative, and 1200 combined. However,
exceptions are made in some cases when other credentials are especially strong.
Higher standards prevail for applicants seeking Teaching Assistantships.
Degree Requirements
The University´s general degree requirements are discussed here.
Students seeking a Master of Science in Mathematics must complete a total of 12 three–credit hour courses. In some cases, credit for 3 hours is approved for good mathematics background. The student may choose a thesis plan or a non-thesis plan. In the thesis plan, the thesis replaces two elective courses with completion of an approved thesis (six thesis hours). The thesis is directed by a Supervising Professor and must be approved by the Head of the Mathematics Department.
Each student must earn a 3.0 minimum GPA in the courses listed for the student´s program.
Applied Mathematics Concentration
5301-5302 Elementary Analysis I and II (or equivalent)
MATH 6303 Theory of Complex Functions
MATH 6313 Numerical Analysis
MATH 6315 Ordinary Differential Equations
MATH 6318 Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations
MATH 6319-6320 Principles and Techniques in Applied Mathematics I and II
MATH 6308 Inverse Problems and their Applications
MATH 6321 Optimization
Plus two guided electives.
Engineering Mathematics Concentration
5301-5302 Elementary Analysis I and II (or equivalent)
MATH 6303 Theory of Complex Functions
MATH 6313 Numerical Analysis
MATH 6315 Ordinary Differential Equations
MATH 6318 Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations
MATH 6319-6320 Principles and Techniques in Applied Mathematics I and II
MATH 6331 Systems, Signals and Control
MATH 6305 Mathematics of Signal Processing
plus two guided electives.
Traditional Mathematics Major
5301-5302 Elementary Analysis I and II (or equivalent)
MATH 6303 Theory of Complex Functions
MATH 6313 Numerical Analysis
MATH 6315 Ordinary Differential Equations
MATH 6318 Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations
MATH 6301 Real Analysis
MATH 6302 Real and Functional Analysis
MATH 6306 Topology and Geometry
MATH 6311 Abstract Algebra I
plus two guided electives.
Statistics Concentration
STAT 6331 Statistical Inference I
STAT 6337-38 Statistical Methods I, II
STAT 6339 Linear Statistical Models
STAT 6341 Numerical Linear Algebra and Statistical Computing
One course from each of any two of the following sets of courses:
{STAT 6329, STAT 6343, STAT 7334} Stochastic Processes or Experimental Design or Nonparametric and Robust Statistical Methods
{STAT 6348, STAT 7331} Multivariate Analysis
{STAT 6347, STAT 7338} Time Series Analysis
Students must choose remaining courses as electives approved by the Graduate Advisor for Statistics. Up to two of the following prerequisite 5000-level courses may be counted as electives: MATH 5301, 5302, Elementary Analysis I, II and STAT 5351, 5352 Probability and Statistics I, II.
Other Requirements
Electives must be approved by the graduate adviser. Typically, electives are 6000- and 7000-level Mathematics or Statistics courses. Courses from other disciplines may also be used upon approval.
Substitutions for required courses may be made if approved by the graduate adviser. Instructors may substitute stated prerequisites for students with equivalent experience.
Master of Science in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Master of Science in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCBM) is offered jointly by the Departments of Mathematics and Molecular and Cell Biology. This program combines coursework from the disciplines of biology, computer science, and Mathematics. The BCBM program seeks to answer the demand for a new breed of scientist that has fundamental understanding in the fields of biology, mathematics, statistics, and computer science. With this interdisciplinary training, these scientists will be well prepared to meet the demand and challenges that have arisen and will continue to develop in the biotechnology arena.
Faculty from the Mathematics Department (MMS) and the Molecular and Cell Biology Department (MCB) participate in the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology program, with the Mathematics Department serving as the administrative unit. Both departments participate in advising students.
For the Master´s degree in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, beginning students are expected to have completed multivariate calculus, linear algebra, two semesters of general Chemistry, two semester of organic Chemistry, two semesters of general physics, programming in C/C++, and two semesters of biology.
Requirements for completing a degree in BCBM are:
Core courses:
5410 Biochemistry
BIO 5420 Molecular Biology
BIO 5381 Genomics
STAT 5351 Probability and Statistics I
STAT 5352 Probability and Statistics II
MATH 6341 Bioinformatics
Additional core courses for the Computational Biology track:
MATH 6313 Numerical Analysis
MATH 6343 Computational Biology
MATH 6345 Mathematical Methods in Medicine & Biology
Additional core courses for the Bioinformatics track:
5333 Discrete Structures
CS 5343 Algorithms Analysis and Data Structures
CS 6360 Database Design
Elective: A minimum of 7 semester credit hours of elective, approved by the student´s adviser. Typically, electives are 6000- and 7000- level courses in mathematics, statistics, biology or computer science.
Courses from other disciplines may also be used upon approval.
Doctor of Philosophy
The University´s general degree requirements are discussed here.
Each Doctor of Philosophy degree program is tailored to the student. The student must arrange a course program with the guidance and approval of the graduate adviser. Adjustments can be made as the student´s interests develop and a specific dissertation topic is chosen. A minimum of 90 semester hours beyond the bachelor´s degree is required.
Applied Mathematics Concentration
6301 Real Analysis
MATH 6302 Real and Functional Analysis
MATH 6303 Theory of Complex Functions I
MATH 6306 Topology and Geometry
MATH 6311 Abstract Algebra I
MATH 6313 Numerical Analysis
MATH 6315 Ordinary Differential Equations
MATH 6316 Differential Equations
MATH 6318 Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations
MATH 6319-6320 Principles and Techniques in Applied Mathematics I and II
MATH 7313 Partial Differential and Integral Equations I
MATH 7319 Functional Analysis
Statistics Concentration
6301 Real Analysis
STAT 6331- 6332 Statistical Inference I, II
STAT 6337- 6338 Statistical Methods I, II
STAT 6339 Linear Statistical Models
STAT 6344 Probability Theory I
STAT 7330 Decision Theory
STAT 7331 Multivariate Analysis
STAT 7334 Nonparametric Statistics
STAT 7338 Time Series Modeling and Filtering
STAT 7345 Stochastic Processes
Electives and Dissertation
An additional 18-24 credit hours for Applied Math and
18-24 credit hours for Statistics designed for the student´s area of
specialization are taken as electives in a degree plan designed by the student
and the Graduate Advisor. This plan is subject to approval by the Department
Head. After completion of the first 3 or 4 academic semesters of the course
program, the student must pass a Ph.D. Qualifying Examination in order to
continue on to the research and dissertation phase of the Ph.D. program.
Finally, a dissertation is required and must be approved by the graduate program. Areas of specialization include, for example:
•Applied Mathematics: applied analysis, biomathematics, differential equations, relativity, scattering theory, systems theory, signal processing.
•Statistics: statistical inference, applied statistics, biostatistics, statistical computing, probability, stochastic processes, time series analysis, multivariate analysis, nonparametric and robust statistics, asymptotic theory.
Other specializations are possible, including interdisciplinary topics. There must be available a dissertation research adviser or group of dissertation advisers willing to supervise and guide the student. A dissertation Supervising Committee should be formed in accordance with the UT Dallas policy memorandum (87-III.25-48). The dissertation may be in Applied Mathematics or inStatistics exclusively, or it may include considerable work in an area of application.
the Mathematics program opportunities exist for work and/or research in Applied
Mathematics, Engineering Mathematics, Mathematics, and Statistics. The
opportunity to take course work in several of the other university programs
also allows the student to prepare for interdisciplinary work.
Special topics within the Applied Mathematics research area include functional analysis, operator theory, differential and integral equations, optimization, numerical analysis, system theory and control with application in material and molecular sciences, inverse problems with applications in geosciences and medical sciences, relativistic cosmology, differential geometry, applications of topology to biology, and mathematical and computational biology with applications in cardiovascular physiology, neurobiology and cell biology.
Special topics within the Statistics research area include: probability theory, applied probability, stochastic processes, mathematical statistics, statistical inference, asymptotic theory, time series analysis, Bayesian analysis, robust multivariate statistical methods, robust linear models, robust and nonparametric methods, nonparametic curve estimation, sequential analysis, statistical computing, remote sensing, change-point problems, and spatial statistics
For a complete list of faculty and their areas of research, visit the website www.utdallas.edu/nsm/math/faculty .


text: HDR is an acronym for High Dynamic Range. It is a photographic technique usually involving multiple exposures of the same scene shot in rapid sequence at different exposure values in order to capture a scene of bright and dark areas that your eyes are usually capable of seeing, but your camera cannot capture in a single exposure. The photographs are then merged using a computer program. In the above photo a single shot from most any camera looking towards the setting sun would show a completely over-exposed (white) sky and/or a completely under-exposed (black) foreground. Because of the local contrast, clarity and color saturation this process can work well for motorcycles. If you shoot motorcycle HDRs, share them here! If you want to know more about HDR photography, there are stunning examples and a free tutorial here: Stuck In Customs This is what some people think of when they think HDR (and why many hate HDRs). Overcooked... But they do not always need to be so obvious. HDRs can make even cloudy days look interesting. BTW, If you HATE HDRs, you're in the WRONG THREAD!

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16-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Saturday, September 16, 1911: This Saturday was rather dull. I did some mending this afternoon I have four or five problems. I should have worked tonight, but will procrastinate if until tomorrow or some other convenient time only so I have them done by Monday noon.
Her middle-aged granddaughter's comments 100 years later:
It' sounds like a boring afternoon. . . I wonder if Grandma felt down because fall was fast approaching and straw hat season was over:


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Come visit Hotel Curious for Castanyada 2018
The "Castanyada" or Chestnut Fest is a popular festival in Catalonia which is celebrated on the vigil of All Souls Day feast: the night of October 31st. Just like the Anglo-Saxon tradition Halloween, the "castanyada" comes from an old Catalan funeral ritual feast. This is a meal that consists of eating chestnuts, "panellets", sweet potatoes, candied fruit, and drinking muscatel, a very sweet wine.
What are panellets? Panellets are small round and very sweet cakes whose main ingredient is sugar, and there are many variations of it. The most typical one is the almonds or pine nuts panellet, but you can find many other delicious panellets with coconut, lemon, chocolate…
It seems that the custom of eating these kind of foods comes from the fact that during the vigil of All Souls Day, the dead chimes played incessantly until dawn; friends and relatives helped the ringers to perform this hard work, and all together they ate these foods, highly energetic, not to falter.
Around this celebration, castanyeres sell on the street hot roasted chestnuts usually wrapped in newspaper ("paperina"). La Rambla of Barcelona is the ideal place to find castanyeres and participate with this Catalan tradition of buying a very hot paperina full of delicious cooked chestnuts.
Castanyada is currently hold in the family and collective scope (associations and schools), although you may also find in the streets nearby small manifestations of cult to this ancient tradition.
Panellets recipe:
For 12-14 units:
150 g of sweet potato
150 g pine nuts
170 g of ground almonds
1 egg yolk
Sugar 130 g
lemon zest
Boil sweet potatoes in a pan with water for 20 minutes over low heat. Remove and let it cool. Peel the sweet potatoes and mash in a bowl to make a puree. Add the sugar and grated lemon rind and mix (to make a dough by hand). To dry the pasta, add the egg yolk and stir. Stir in ground almonds and league all ingredients.
Make small balls of sweet potato (12-14), batter it with pine nuts and place them in a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Bake it at 180°C for 15 minutes. Remove and serve on a plate.


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RJ (registered jack) connector dust caps are used to protect the ends of your RJ connector – a type of electrical connector used for Ethernet networking – from dust and other contaminants when it's not in use.
How do
RJ connector dust caps work?
RJ connector dust caps are very easy to use. They simply fit on over the end of your RJ connector, either by slipping on or screwing on. Designs include simple caps for a snug fit, models with a knurled screw cap for finger tightening and some with a chain for attachment to the panel, providing extra security.
Types of RJ connector dust caps
RJ connector dust caps are usually made from a durable plastic, a rubber or polyamide, to prevent water and dust from getting inside the connector. There are two main types of RJ connector dust caps:
- Male – used for male connectors. Commonly has a solid pin for a centre conductor.
- Female – used for female connectors. Commonly has a jack and has a centre conductor with a hole to accept the male pin.


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SANDY, Utah — About 20 minutes into overtime in their Western Conference semifinal against the LA Galaxy, Real Salt Lake was standing pretty. They were up 2-0 on the night and 2-1 on aggregate, and all they had to do was keep the LA Galaxy from scoring for another 10 minutes.
Then, forward Alvaro Saborio pulled a muscle and had to come out of the game — and RSL head coach Jason Kreis had already used all three of his substitutions.
"The first thing I'm thinking, honestly, is — I probably am a stupid coach again," Kreis told reporters. "Maybe I shouldn't have made that [final] sub. I was trying to analyze in my mind as quickly as I could if I could have held a sub so we wouldn't have had to play down a man. But at the end of it all, I don't think you really think about somebody pulling a muscle."
And despite being down a man, RSL fended off the Galaxy's last-gasp attacks and eliminated the two-time defending MLS Cup champions with a 2-0 victory at Rio Tinto in the second leg of their Western Conference Semifinals series on Thursday night.
"Our guys have been through just about every scenario you can go through in a game this year," Kreis said, "and I think they should be well-prepared to, hopefully, move forward into the next round and beyond."
Until Chris Schuler scored the series-winning goal in the 102nd minute, Thursday night's match was looking like the long string of home-game failures RSL has suffered in recent years. That came complete with a header off the crossbar and a shot off the post, which was like "deja vu all over again" for Kreis.
"I started to think to myself, 'It's going to be one of those nights. They'll catch us on a counter or something and we'll walk away from here scratching our head that we couldn't put one of those away,'" said Kreis.
But from the time he arrived at the Rio Tinto Stadium on Thursday, Kreis said he felt "a little bit of a different feeling" than in those past failures.
And what was better about his team's play on Thursday than on the previous Sunday, when the Galaxy claimed the first leg 1-0?
"For me, honest to God, every time Real Salt Lake wants to win the game more than their opponent, we win it," said Kreis. "And tonight, we wanted it more than the LA Galaxy."
Beyond that, he was positively bursting that his team took down the defending champs.
"This wasn't a game we were supposed to win," Kreis said. "This wasn't an oppnent that we were much better than. This wasn't a game where we could come in and draw and advance. We had to win.
"Our backs were against the wall. We were the underdogs. And our guys went out there and showed what it means to be part of a team."


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Odour Eliminator is an excellent, enzyme-based deodorant for use in bathrooms, kitchens, garbage cans, disposal bins, lockers and changing rooms. It helps to remove unpleasant organic odors and leaves a fresh, clean scent. The bacterial spores in Odour Eliminator work to eat up the organic matter causing the odor. Odour Eliminator eliminates the source of unpleasant odors such as mildew, smoke and garbage, leaving a fresh, clean smell.
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Coincidentally, all mainstream news organizations missed a piece of information that basically changed journalism as we knew it.
Fark.com had to bring this one to our attention. On Friday, they linked to the blog page of CeaseSPIN.org, a website "dedicated to uniting voices in support of a return to more objective, truthful, fair, balanced, relevant and representative news reporting."
The CeaseSPIN headline gets right to the point: "Fox News gets okay to misinform public, court ruling."


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Golf great Seve Ballesteros dies at 54
MADRID (AP) – Golf great Seve Ballesteros has died. He was 54.
According to a statement on his website, Ballesteros died early Saturday surrounded by his family at his home in the northern Spanish town of Pedrena.
The Ballesteros family said it "is very grateful for all the support and gestures of love that have been received since Seve was diagnosed with a brain tumour on 5th October 2008."
On Friday, his family announced that the five-time major winner had suffered "severe deterioration" in his recovery from a cancerous brain tumor.
Ballesteros fainted at Madrid's international airport while waiting to board a flight to Germany on Oct. 6, 2008, and was subsequently diagnosed with the brain tumor. One of his operations was a 6 1/2-hour procedure to remove the tumor and reduce swelling around the brain. After leaving the hospital, he had chemotherapy.
He had undergone four operations in late 2008.
One of the biggest stars in Spain, even though golf was never a popular sport, news of his downturn transcended to other sports. Tennis star Rafael Nadal called Ballesteros "one of the greats of this country without a doubt, a reference point for all Spanish athletes."
Ballesteros looked thin and pale while making several public appearances in 2009 after being given what he referred to as the "mulligan of my life." He rarely had been seen in public since March 2010, when he fell off a golf cart and hit his head on the ground.
His few appearances or public statements were usually in connection through work with his Seve Ballesteros Foundation to fight cancer.
After lobbying to have the Ryder Cup expanded to include continental Europe in 1979, Ballesteros helped beat the United States in 1985 to begin two decades of dominance.
Ballesteros retired in 2007 because of a long history of back pain, turning his focus to golf course design.


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Kristi Schueler lives on Colorado's front range with her husband, Drew, and their two dogs, Emma and Brandon. Kristi's technical approach to knitting comes from a scientific background, including a BS in Meteorology. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines, books and e-zines. While knitting, cooking and photography are all passions for Kristi, she also enjoys reading, yoga and spending time with friends and family playing games and enjoying the outdoors. Follow all of Kristi's adventures, fiber and otherwise, at http://blog.designedlykristi.com.
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On the back wall of the main room of the old Victorian building at 1096 S. Van Ness is a sculpture of two creepy angels. One holds the other in its arms, their wings keeping them up. These angels are part of the original construction of the building, back when it functioned as a mortuary. Perhaps due to the haunting angels, perhaps due to the thought of a dead body storage center, the building has sat empty on the corner of South Van Ness and 22nd Streets for 15 years.
Today, the angels are still there and the building's new owner has no intention of taking them down. "We will preserve as much as we can from this old look," says Steve Fox, the man behind San Francisco's first indoor mini-golf course, Urban Putt, set to open in April. The "high-concept" course will feature a restaurant with "eclectic California comfort cuisine" upstairs and two bars with a "creative bar program," according to Urban Putt's most recent press release.
Urban Putt is not your traditional mini-golf course. The fantastical, technologically advanced, steampunk-y 14-hole course (four short of the customary 18 due to space constraints) will be composed of high-tech gadgets, countless buttons and nobs, and a few obligatory tongue-in-cheek twists (see: the "TransAmerica Windmill") contained within its homages to San Francisco landmarks.
A replica of the Painted Ladies shakes in a simulated earthquake at the first hole. At the "Musical" hole, the golf ball is catapulted toward the ceiling before bouncing delicately on drums and a cymbal. A two-hole underwater area pays homage to Jules Verne: an intricate submarine embellished with control panels and levers — although the 150 motion-sensor LED floorboards (imitating the lights of phytoplankton) are exceptionally post-Verne. Next to those wistful angels, the "Day of the Dead" hole honors the building's previous tenants.
With a name like Urban Putt and its kitschy concept, it's tempting to call out the spot as yet another example of gentrification in the Mission. Can't you just see the hordes of trendy techies lining up to play putt-putt before hitting up the Make-Out Room on a Saturday night? (Because you know they will…)
Fox, a longtime mini-golf fanatic, was prepared for the criticism. "The very first note we got was like 'the nerve of these people.' It was written up on the Chron that we were doing this," he says about the initial backlash. "We had signed the lease two days before."
So Fox put up his phone number outside the building to encourage any and all complaints about Urban Putt. He also set out to connect with the neighborhood, reaching out to the community when he started hiring. "I think they realized that I had every intention of not being some sort of carpet bagger," says Fox.
For Fox, Urban Putt is a longtime dream. A lousy golf player himself, the former editorial director of PCWorld and editor in chief of InfoWorld is an avid putt putt player. Since the 1990's Fox and his wife have been hosting mini golf parties at their house. So what happens when you grow old and have a lot of money? Make your dream come true.
"My theory in all of this, having spent years and years running organizations — albeit editorial organizations, not mini golf — is if you don't have expertise, go out and find the best people you can and have them do it," says Fox.
With experience that spans Burning Man, Maker Faire, the Exploratorium, and even MythBusters, the members of the design and construction team have an expansive background in creativity and innovation. "We have a group of people with real expertise in these areas. You can get that in San Francisco. There's a lot of places you couldn't find that. There's that kind of wonderful talent base," says Fox. At their disposal: the $17,000 3D printing ShopBot. Claiming it as one of their competitive advantages, Fox explains that the in-house printer will help his team can easily innovate, make changes, and repair the course over time.
Despite UrbanPutt's extravagance, Fox maintains that the wonderland will be accessible to both children and adults, as well as both techy transplants and long-established local residents. His mission to keep games affordable ($8 for kids, $12 for adults) and to retain the vibrant local culture demonstrates his dedication to the city. Much of the building's original construction will remain the same: the historical exterior, the metal front gate, the Victorian sconces, and the two angels at the back wall.
"People get that I am really of this neighborhood," says Fox. "I think they're responding well to that."


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A night out socializing quickly turned traumatic for a deaf woman who said she was arrested by Port Orange police officers who never provided her with an interpreter despite her pleas.
A night out socializing quickly turned traumatic for a deaf woman who said she was arrested by Port Orange police officers who never provided her with an interpreter despite her pleas.
For Yolanda Gevarzes, a 41-year-old grandmother from Daytona Beach, the hours during and after her arrest on a domestic violence charge in the parking lot of a Chili's restaurant were humiliating and bewildering.
She said she could not communicate with police and corrections officers to tell them her side of what happened when she bit her boyfriend in the shoulder after a heated argument with her companion's friend in the parking lot of the restaurant.
She said she repeatedly asked for a sign language interpreter from both police and staff at the Volusia County Branch Jail and no one listened. Gevarzes said Port Orange police also handcuffed her behind her back for a brief time, which prevented her from using sign language and writing.
Last year, the mother of four sued the city of Port Orange, the Police Department and the three officers who responded to the Dunlawton Avenue Chili's parking lot the night of her arrest. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Orlando, is in mediation.
The suit claims the law enforcement agency and the officers violated the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
The act gives civil rights protections to individuals with disabilities, and guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in employment, public accommodations, transportation, state and local government services, and telecommunications.
In a section aimed at law enforcement officers, the ADA states that police must provide whatever services or aids are needed in order to communicate with a deaf person. In addition, the law states that police should give "primary consideration" to providing the aid or service that is requested by the individual. The law further states that if the deaf person is used to speaking through an interpreter and the case is a complex one where an interview is needed, then the police must provide the interpreter.
The ADA also says police should not use a relative or a companion of the deaf person as an interpreter in a domestic violence case because that individual has ties to the deaf person and may be unable to interpret impartially.
Based on their own incident reports, Port Orange police officers relied on Gevarzes' boyfriend Lonnie Behrens — the victim of the attack — to interpret for Gevarzes. Police also spoke with Gevarzes via pen and paper.
The Police Department's own policy on dealing with a deaf suspect states that officers must provide an interpreter or any other "auxiliary aids and services" for a deaf person. The directive also states that police must honor the deaf individual's choice of aid or service. The agency's directive also says that the officer must comply with the deaf person's request, unless the officer can show that another effective means of communication is available.
In this case, Officer Phillip Slease used Behrens as the interpreter. Slease and Gevarzes also communicated with pen and paper, the report shows. Two other officers — Sgt. Kimberly Vingara and Brian Rizzo — also showed up at the scene, reports show. According to Vingara's report, Gevarzes "seemed to be communicating with us on scene and never requested for any other assistance."
Port Orange Police Chief Gerald Monahan declined comment for this story because the lawsuit is ongoing.
Gevarzes' lawyer Matthew Dietz contends that Gevarzes would not have been arrested if police had called for a sign language interpreter and his client could have explained what happened to her.
Gevarzes said she repeatedly asked for an interpreter.
This week at her Daytona Beach apartment, the mother of four spoke with The Daytona Beach News-Journal via sign language and through an interpreter.
Dressed in a black track suit and a white T-shirt, Gevarzes is a petite woman, but fills the room with the way she communicates with her interpreter. She moves her arms back and forth quickly and forcefully; her facial expressions change just as rapidly from angry to sad to incredulous. Her eyes open wide when she wants to make a point or is enraged. They become narrow slits when she is sarcastic.
She says the aftermath of the arrest has left her emotionally scarred. She has fallen into a deep depression. She is angry every day and has nightmares. Her once long hair has fallen out and she has lost the slender physique she was so proud of.
"I wrote down that I needed and interpreter," Gevarzes said earlier this week through interpreter Jessica Hoffman. "The police heard Lonnie's and Jason's stories, but they never got mine."
Gevarzes, Behrens and McConnell had just finished having drinks at the Chili's the night of July 23, 2011. It was after 10 p.m. when the trio decided to leave the restaurant.
Gevarzes said she admonished McConnell for not leaving the bartender enough for a tip. She and McConnell got into a heated exchange. When Gevarzes attempted to get in her car to leave the parking lot, she said McConnell refused to move from behind her vehicle so that she could back out. That's when she shoved him. But McConnell maintained his position behind her car and Gevarzes said she asked Behrens for help.
As she was getting ready to walk over to McConnell again, Gevarzes said someone grabbed her from behind in a bear hug. Because the parking lot was dark in the section where she had left her car, Gevarzes said she had no idea it was Behrens.
"I bit him in self-defense," Gevarzes said. "Then I realized it was Lonnie."
According to police reports, a Chili's employee called 9-1-1. When Slease, Vingara and Rizzo arrived, they saw a lipstick mark on Behren's shirt. When he lifted his shirt for police, the officers said the injury was consistent with a bite, the reports show.
"They told him that it was battery and that I would be arrested," Gevarzes said.
Dietz contends that police arrested his client because of her disability. It's the first time she has ever been arrested, court records show, and no formal charges were filed.
The attorney said police and corrections officers are so ill-prepared to communicate with a deaf person that they mistook Gevarzes' hand gestures and the loud sounds coming from her mouth — because she is deaf Gevarzes cannot hear the volume of her own voice — as defiance.
"She was denied effective communication," Dietz said. "If she had been able to explain what had happened, she would not have been arrested."
Based on his report, Slease said Gevarzes asked if an interpreter would be provided for her at the Volusia County Branch Jail, the report shows. Slease said "they probably would, but he was not sure," the report shows.
Not only did Gevarzes not receive an interpreter at the jail the night of her arrest, Gevarzes said Slease never told corrections officers at the facility about her disability.
Gesturing angrily, Gevarzes said she finally told corrections officers that she was deaf by pointing to her ear and yelling out the word, "Deaf!"
"They had me up against the wall and I kept turning around to see if I could try to understand what they were saying by looking at their lips," Gevarzes said of the corrections officers. "But they kept telling me to face the wall."
Volusia County spokesman Dave Byron said the Branch Jail "has staff members who know sign language, but who are not certified signers. If an inmate requires a certified signer, the county has a firm that can respond."
By the time Gevarzes made it to the jail from Port Orange police headquarters, it was 1:17 a.m. July 24, Byron said. According to jail records, Gevarzes had requested an interpreter. But because she was scheduled for first appearance at 8:30 a.m., corrections officers forwarded Gevarzes' request to the court, Byron said. She was released later that morning though, at 11:30 a.m., records show.
Byron said that if Gevarzes had been sent back to the jail and if she would have continued to have issues communicating with corrections officers, it would have been the jail's responsibility to call a sign language interpreter. But in this case, staff forwarded the request to the court.
While she is grateful that she was not prosecuted, Gevarzes said she fights a daily battle with the demons left behind by her ordeal.
Regardless, she says she will not stop rallying for the rights of other deaf people.
"I want people to . . . feel what I feel," Gevarzes said. "I want changes made so that other deaf people will not have to go through what I went through."


text: Meet the BoardHard at Work In general, boards of trustees can seem mysterious, bringing to mind solemn people wearing dark suits and deliberating in stark conference rooms. As with all things Hamline, we do it a bit differently. Our Board of Trustees is down-to-earth, engaging, and friendly. "I've been impressed with how everyone has made me feel really welcome," says Tony Heredia, newly elected to the board in 2010. There are 33 elected board members, two ex-officio members (President Hanson and Methodist bishop Sally Dyck), and 11 life trustees. Together, they ensure that Hamline realizes its mission as a diverse, learning-centered university and that it remains financially viable. "The board wants Hamline to be the best it can be and have strong financial footing," says board member Mary Schrock. "We're all involved in fundraising at some level, and we constantly look to the future to see trends and make sure Hamline responds to changes in the outside world—the needs of employers and students." The board meets four times a year, including a February retreat, with nine individual committees (investment, trusteeship, facilities, etc.) meeting more regularly. Board Chair Kita McVay attends the majority of committee meetings throughout the year. "I need to be familiar with the issues and discussion from each committee when we head into quarterly board meetings," she says. "It's important for the board to have full information before making decisions and to air any questions and concerns. I make sure that all voices are heard." For Al DeBoer '64, past chair, this dedication to Hamline is a no-brainer. "As an alumnus, I have a deep affection for Hamline," he says. "I just love the place. Some board members have no prior connection to Hamline, yet they've given their time, talent, and treasure to support the university. We have a common passion for Hamline and a commitment to making the world a better place through higher education." Besides a love for Hamline, what else do board members have in common? Take a look at some of their similarities. Hamline Sports Stars: John Banovetz '89 was a four-time letter winner on Hamline's men's basketball team. (He also has smarts—he was a Hamline Presidential Scholar, a Rhodes Scholar regional finalist, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.) Al DeBoer '64, an admitted sports fanatic, is a member of Hamline's Athletic Hall of Fame. While a student at Hamline, DeBoer played football, basketball, and baseball. Winston Folkers '57 was an all-conference forward on Hamline's 1957 MIAC championship basketball team and was named honorable mention all-American. Hamline Heritage: Brenda Edmondson Heim '77 is an alumna, married to alumnus David Heim '77. They are parents to Carrie Heim '04 who is married to Jason Ross '03. Heim's mother-in-law, Joyce Heim earned Hamline's MALS degree in 1985. The Klas family, including life trustees Bob Klas '52 LHD (hon.) '08 and Sandy Klas LHD (hon.) '08 and their son, Robert Klas Jr. '75, who also serves on the board, have a long Hamline tradition. Bob Klas Sr.'s siblings, Mary Klas Peterson '50, Daniel Klas '50, and William Klas '55 all attended Hamline, as did his children Elizabeth Klas '78 and Thomas Klas MBA '08. His niece, Laura Krupke '10 also is an alumna. High Flyers: Julie Showers recently retired as senior vice president of in-flight services for Northwest Airlines where she directed the operation of 10 domestic and 11 international flight bases. Jeff Hamiel DPA '07, a former Air Force pilot is now executive director of the Metropolitan Airports Commission. He is the first alumnus from Hamline's doctor of public administration program to serve on the board. Ken Woodrow, a life trustee who served as vice president for Target Corporation until his retirement in 2000, is now a director for Delta Airlines. Business Minded: Jeanne Forneris, a lawyer by training, has provided wise general counsel to the medical and construction industries. She chairs the board's facilities committee and earned kudos for guiding development of the University Center design. Kent Larson, an executive with Xcel Energy, provides expertise on making Hamline's campus more energy-efficient. Xcel donated solar panels to the University Center to aid in energy savings. Richard Mack JD '93, an expert in mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures, serves as general counsel for The Mosaic Company, one of the world's largest crop nutrition corporations. Dave Petrocchi JD '94, a Rhode Island native, is a certified public accountant and partner at Ernst and Young. Ken Paulus, president and chief executive officer of Allina Health System, oversees 11 hospitals and more than 25,000 employees. John Turner, a life trustee who serves on the Allina board of trustees, recruited Paulus to Hamline's board. Turner, a former Hamline board chair, is chairman of Hillcrest Capital Partners, an investment firm he runs with his son, Jeff. World Travelers: Life trustee Rozanne Ridgway '57 LLD (hon.) '78 served 32 years as a career foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State, has lived throughout the world, has received nine honorary degrees (including a doctor of law degree from Hamline), and has been decorated by the governments of Finland and Germany. Ricardo (Rico) Paul Vallejos, native of Argentina, studied computer science in Buenos Aires, cultural anthropology in Europe, and marketing in the United States. Top Educators: Mary Murry Boyd, a retired area superintendent for Saint Paul Public Schools, received the Saint Paul Rotary "Educator of the Year" award in 2000 and served as interim dean of the Hamline School of Education in 2006. Kay Fredericks built on her experience as an elementary school teacher in the White Bear Lake School District to found TREND enterprises, teacher-created learning products for grades kindergarten through nine. She is the same Kay Fredericks for whom the third floor of Klas Center is named. Kita McVay, board chair, served as interim president of United Theological Seminary for several years. With her family, she established Hamline's McVay Youth Partnership and Fellows program, through which Pipers volunteer with middle school children, helping them with schoolwork, playing games, and offering support. Religious Calling: Kathi Austin Mahle, now in her fifth, four-year term as a trustee, has served in several key positions as a United Methodist pastor and administrator. With her husband, Steve Mahle, she established Hamline's Mahle Endowed Fund for Progressive Christian Thought and the Mahle Scholars Program. Charles Purdham '48, a Hamline life trustee, pastor, and former director of the Minnesota Annual Conference (the state organization for United Methodist churches), has also assisted the Golden Valley Police Relations Committee and is a past director and trustee of Ministers Life insurance company. Sally Dyck, Methodist bishop, works toward eradicating malaria throughout the world and volunteers with Habitat for Humanity. Her vocation is a family affair—her husband, Kenneth Ehrman, is a minister and United Methodist elder. Cindy Gregorson '81 has led more than 59 Methodist congregations in visioning, strategic planning, and resource management. Her experience perfectly aligns with her duties as a Hamline trustee, and as an alumna, she is well prepared to lead in a diverse world. Bruce Robbins serves as senior pastor of Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church and in multiple Methodist-related roles, yet he is active in interreligious and ecumenical work, including serving on the World Council of Churches. Helping Hands: William (Bill) Manning JD '78, created an endowed scholarship at Hamline in Nelson Mandela's name. A certified civil trial specialist and partner at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ceresi, Manning also is a recipient of the School of Law Distinguished Alumni Award. Ronald Mitsch '56 and his wife, Marilyn, fund a program to benefit Native American students at the School of Law. Mitsch, a life trustee, is a former Hamline board chair and also served as vice chairman of the board at 3M where he began his career in chemistry in 1960. Wendy Bakken Watson JD '97 funds a full scholarship to help a nontraditional aged student get through the first year of law school, just as she attended HUSL. First Up: Charles Johnson JD '75 was a member of the first graduating class of Hamline School of Law. Joe Graba, a highly regarded K–12 policy and practice specialist, was the first dean of the School of Education and served in that position from 1997 to 2000. Gloria Kauls MALS '92 was the first Hamline graduate school alumna to be elected to the board. Gwen Lerner JD '78 served as editor of the inaugural issue of the Hamline Law Review and was a member of the moot court team with William (Bill) Manning JD '78. An expert in general council practice, she also is active in children's law and has represented foster children pro bono for many years. Cause Committed: Mary Schrock has devoted her professional life to children with special needs as chief operating and development officer for PACER (Parent Advocacy Coalition for Education Rights) Center. Life trustee Sandy Klas LHD (hon.) '08 is an artist, philanthropist, and long-time advocate for persons with special developmental needs. Michael LaFontaine JD '03, senior vice president and chief compliance officer for US Bancorp, serves on the board of Ethics and Partnership Resources, a Minnesota nonprofit that supports persons with disabilities. Innovative Entrepreneurs: Robert Klas Jr. '75, is CEO of Tapemark Company, which develops adhesives for medical procedures. He also heads up the annual Tapemark Charity Pro-Am national golf tournament, founded by his father, which benefits children with disabilities. Dick Hoel '69 graduated summa cum laude from Harvard Law School and is the founding shareholder of Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. An expert in investing and entrepreneurial companies (he chairs the campaign for the new University Center), Hoel also is a skilled tennis player and competes in national tournaments. Joel Portice MAPA '93, is president and CEO of Intelimedix, a data warehousing system that will help digitalize medical records. Did You Know? Born in 1915, Orem Robbins, the founder of Security American Financial Enterprises, is the oldest life trustee on the board, followed by Gerald Needham, former assistant dean of the Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota, who was born in 1917. Ellis Bullock spent 16 years with Jostens Company before becoming executive director of the Grotto Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works to improve the educational, physical, social, and economic well-being of citizens, primarily those from culturally diverse groups. 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Senior Magisterial District Judge Nancy L. Longo was again certified for service as a member of Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System after successful completion recently of continuing legal education course work.
Conducted by the Minor Judiciary Education Board (MJEB) and the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC), the educational program for Magisterial District Judges is held in Harrisburg. The week-long instructional program is designed to ensure Magisterial District Judges remain current in a variety of legal topics and management techniques required to fairly adjudicate cases and effectively supervise a district court office.
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It's cold, it's dry, the air is thin. The nearest city is miles away across a barren landscape of boulder-strewn hills. At night, the only lights to guide you are the stars in the sky. Astronomers, welcome to paradise.
Known as the driest place on Earth, Chile's Atacama Desert has long been recognized as an ideal spot for ground-based telescopes. The skies are free of light pollution, and the high plains enjoy long stretches of steady atmospheric conditions, allowing astronomers to peer deeply into the cosmos without having to worry about turbulence distorting the data.
(Related blog: "The Dry Edge of Life—Studying 'Martians' in Chile.")
In the new time-lapse movie above, photographers Christoph Malin and Babak Tafreshi (founder of The World at Night, or TWAN, program) offer a rarely seen glimpse of Cerro Paranal, one of the high hills in the Atacama that houses instruments for the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
Made by invitation from the ESO, the video includes more than 7,500 still images taken between October and November 2011. It shows the beauty of the dark Atacama skies, sometimes framed by the four main domes of the Very Large Telescope, as well as a brief "behind the scenes" look at what telescope operators see from inside one of the domes.
In an email to National Geographic, Tafreshi says of the Atacama:
There are not many locations left on this planet where you can still experience a dark sky like this. I have been to similar dark skies in other continents, from the heart of Sahara in Algeria to Himalayas or islands in the Pacific. But what makes Atacama beat others is being dry and clear for so many nights per year.
It's not permitted for tourists and regular visiting groups to stay on Paranal at night time, as it might affect the expensive work time of the ultrahigh-precision telescopes. However, to enjoy the stunning night sky of Atacama it's not necessary to be on this mountain or exactly this region. … [You] just need to be far from the few main cities in the area and the dusty mine industry. Some of our footage in this video is also made from mountains and desert areas some kilometers away from Paranal.
Walking on the desert near Paranal between the scattered stones and boulders on the pale red dust feels like being on Mars, but under the Earth sky.
One of the most astonishing experiences under such a starry sky is the view of the Milky Way. In several scenes of the film, the setting arc of the Milky Way is captured over the cloud-covered Pacific coastline. The band of the Milky Way is bulged and becomes most brilliant toward the galactic center in the constellation Sagittarius, which is prominent in these scenes. Watching the arc of the Milky Way near the desert horizon is a true scene of science fiction.
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It is of course kind of sad that Paranal is not open to the public, but it is a remote place, operated in a very extreme desert environment. … Safety precaucions are omnipresent at Paranal—the place is extremely well organized. … Paranal is organized down to the minute for every day and hour, 365 days per year, to utilize the instrument research time the best possible.
That said, it is still sad, because this magic place shows … how the nights on our planet can truly look like if there is no light pollution. Those are silent, peaceful nights. In pauses when all equipment is running, and you have a moment off, you get immediately thrown back to yourself and to your role in the universe, in a direct, straightforward way just by watching that beautifully glowing night sky. In fact, if you stand there, you see a shadow of your feet just from the light of the Milky Way.
In Europe you have to climb some remote, distant peaks, hike into the most remote, hidden valleys, search for dark places in national parks, fly to the islands to experience such a raw, unspoiled beauty of the starry skies. In this respect, it is a good movement that the Chilean government/tourism board is actively marketing their beautiful night skies and trying to protect them at the same time. I hope that other countries will also start to work on those topics.
Astronomer's Paradise is just the first installment in Tafreshi and Malin's "Atacama Starry Nights" series. The next time-lapse movie, to be released in March, will focus on the northern Atacama, the Valley of the Moon, and another major observatory, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, or ALMA.
Video and photos are copyright Christoph Malin and/or Babak Tafreshi. Used with permission.


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I'm not even mad. I just want to hug them and reassure them that the Walker presidency won't be as bad as they think.
"There is a pattern in Scott Walker's career where he gets caught knowing about illegal activity and then tries to blame it on others. Walker needs to stop ignoring legitimate questions from the Wisconsin and national press and explain what he knew and when about the illegal activities happening in the County Executive Office literally only feet away from his desk," American Bridge President Brad Woodhouse said.
In 1988, Walker wanted to become president of the school's student government, known as the Associated Students at Marquette University. He was running against John Quigley, a liberal student, in a race that became incredibly contentious. Election rules said that presidential candidates could not begin campaigning until after they registered, which started on Feb. 3.
Walker, however, was caught campaigning on Jan. 24…
As punishment, the campus elections commission prohibited Walker from campaigning until Feb. 4, 7:00 p.m. — 24 hours after other candidates were officially allowed to begin. In response, Walker said, "I found no fault in their decision. … All it does is limit me for one day."
He started campaigning again on February 4 at 11 a.m., eight hours before he was allowed to. So I guess that makes scandal number two.
Incidentally, the election for college president was one of the last he'd ever lose. He lost again in 1990 when he ran for state assembly but then won an open seat three years later and hasn't lost since — assemblyman, Milwaukee county executive, governor, and then the recall. (He ran briefly for governor in 2006 but dropped out early.) No wonder liberals feel nostalgic for his Marquette days.
Seriously, what's the strategy behind pushing a story like this? I can spitball all sorts of theories but none of them are convincing. Could be that, having landed some bruising shots on Christie, they're feeling their oats and figured they'd take a run at the other top-flight blue-state GOP governor. They embarrassed themselves with this one — but it has the upside, I guess, of making the other nothingburger scandal from his 2010 run for governor look serious by comparison. Or maybe they think, not incorrectly, that the GOP's destined to spend campaign hours revisiting Hillary's past and therefore they might as well start shoveling oppo on Republican contenders' bios too. But that doesn't add up: Focusing on a sub-petty transgression like Walker's college presidential campaign only makes Hillary's flaws as an adult politico seem more momentous. And why would you want to play "battle of the bios" anyway when you know it's an invitation to re-air the Clintons' dirty laundry? If I were Hillary's advisor, I'd want her to take the high road and to stay focused entirely on the future while on the stump. No one seriously thinks a GOP campaign focused primarily on Billary's corruption will succeed; it's old news that's already mostly priced into their political stock — ironically, the same problem the left is having right now in trying to get traction on Walker and the "Emailgate" scandal. In the end, maybe there's no strategy here. It's just silly season at work — too soon for 2016 campaigning but too late for any major new initiatives in Congress this year with the midterms so close. Gotta fill the content tree somehow.
Exit quotation from Ace: "In related news, Rachel Maddow just emailed me: 'Looks like I've got my March programming all set.'"


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Holy Week April 17 – 19, 2014
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Day 1 Apr 16 Wed 8pm ETA Sampaloc Manila Manila
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Mt. Polis View Deck
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Bontoc Museum
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4 pm Ganduyan Museum, Sagada Calvary Hills,
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For years, many traditional funerals in Taiwan — especially in rural areas or among working classes — have included pop singers and bikinied dancers, supposedly to entertain the ghosts that will protect the deceased in the afterlife. According to a recent documentary by anthropologist Marc Moskowitz, some of the dancers until 20 years ago were strippers who did lap dances with funeral guests, until the government made such behavior illegal. Contemporary song-and-dance shows, like the traveling Electric Flower Car, supposedly appeal to "lower" gods who help cleanse the deceased of the more mundane vices such as gambling and prostitution (compared to the "higher" gods who focus on morality and righteousness).
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• California's state and local governments are rarely discussed these days without the pall of budget cuts looming, but apparently the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is safe because it is spending a reported $1.5 million to move a big rock in from Riverside, about 60 miles away. It's a 340-ton boulder that the museum intends to display above a sidewalk ("Levitated Mass"). The move will require a 200-foot-long trailer with 200 tires, with one semi-tractor pulling and one pushing, at night, maximum speed 8 mph.
• Tennessee State Rep. Julia Hurley apologized in July and said she would pay for the refinishing of her desk in the legislative chamber after it was revealed that she had carved her initials in it during a January session. "It was like one in the morning on the last day of the session," she told WSMV-TV. "I wasn't thinking straight." Rep. Hurley, 29, who has a daughter, 14, unseated a nine-term incumbent legislator in 2010 with a campaign that touted her time as a Hooters waitress. "If I could make it at Hooters," she wrote in the restaurant's magazine, "I could make it anywhere."
• In June, the California Court of Appeals threw out the three counts of possession of child pornography for which Joseph Gerber had been convicted, even though what Gerber had done was paste face shots of his own 13-year-old daughter onto ordinary pornographic photos. The U.S. Supreme Court decided in 2002 that a conviction for making "child pornography" requires actual sexual abuse. (Gerber had also been convicted of supplying the daughter with drugs and the court ordered Gerber re-sentenced.)
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• Georges Marciano, co-founder of the clothing company Guess? Inc. and ostensibly in no trouble with IRS, nonetheless demanded in 2009 that the agency audit him over the previous several years. IRS turned him down, and he sued the agency in federal court in Washington, D.C., but in July, a judge rejected the case, declaring that federal law and the U.S. Constitution do not give anyone a "right" to demand that IRS collect more taxes from them. (Marciano perhaps hoped for IRS to uncover cheating by his former employees and accountants, whom he thought were stealing from him. Paying higher taxes might have been worth it if the agency had made it easier for him to sue any cheaters.)
• A Singaporean army draftee caused a public stir in March when he was photographed by a visitor as he underwent physical training in army fatigues but with his maid following behind him carrying his backpack on her shoulders. (Army officials told reporters the draftee had since been "counsel(ed).")
• Helping Disaster Victims: (1) In May, following near-record floods in fields south of Montreal, Quebec, farmer Martin Reid made sure to apply for his fishing license because he had learned the hard way that when his land gets flooded, he cannot remove the fish washed onto it unless he is a licensed fisherman. After flooding in 1993, Reid and his father failed to secure a license and were fined $1,000. A second offense brings a fine of $100,000. (2) Two weeks after the catastrophic April tornadoes hit Alabama and neighboring states, Bailey Brothers Music Co. of Birmingham offered to help. To soothe those suffering depression and grief from devastating property losses, Bailey Brothers sponsored weekly drum circles.
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• Must Be Guilty: Arrested in Woodbridge, Va., in July for burglary after being discovered by police inside the MVC Late Night adult store: U.S. Army officer Justin Dale Little Jim, 28 (who was found physically engaged with a "blow-up doll"). Little Jim's chances for acquittal are slim under News of the Weird's insightful theory of criminal culpability known as the "Three First Names" hypothesis.
• In June in the Houston suburb of Alvin, Texas, a petite, 42-year-old Walmart customer came across three men running out of the store carrying shoplifted beer. She decided that it was up to her to take a stand because, as she said later, she was "sick of the lawlessness." The woman (whose name, coincidentally, is Monique Lawless) chased the men, climbed onto the hood of their getaway car, even jumping up and down on it, to delay their escape. The three were eventually arrested: Sylvester Andre Thompson and his brothers Sylvester Durlentren Thompson and Sylvester Primitivo Thompson.
Recent Confusing Headlines
(1) If Yogi Berra Wrote the Headline: "Woman Missing Since She Got Lost" (Chicago Sun-Times, 5-17-2011). (2) Please Explain: "Teen Dies of Shaken Baby Syndrome" (Chicago Tribune, 3-9-2011). "Man With Clown Nose in New Cumberland Poses No Serious Threat" (Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa., 7-3-2011). (3) Run for the Hills: "Return of the Giant Carnivorous Hermaphrodite Snails" (Yahoo News-LiveScience.com, 6-3-2011). (4) Not What You Think: "Showboat Casino Hotel to Become First Dog-Friendly Casino in Atlantic City" (Press of Atlantic City, 2-3-2011) (Guests' dogs can be admitted to the floor, but dogs are still forbidden to play poker.)
People With Issues
The usual furtive restroom photographer is male, but sheriff's deputies in Plantation, Fla., arrested Rhonda Hollander, 47, in July and charged her with several misdemeanors and a felony stemming from an episode in which she allegedly followed a man inside the men's room at the West Regional Courthouse and snapped photos of him at a urinal. Hollander insisted she had violated no law, and indeed the charges against her were only for conduct after she was confronted by deputies (when she continued to take pictures as they led her away). Hollander is actually Judge Hollander, who works in the building as a traffic magistrate.
Recurring Themes
Advances in DNA testing have improved society in several ways in the last two decades, especially in criminal justice, but in many states, one area remains a backwater, as News of the Weird has noted over the years: men's obligation to pay support for children they did not father. Ray Thomas of Houston is the most recent frustrated complainant, with a court refusing to relieve him of the $52,000 in back child support he owes for a "daughter" that DNA has subsequently shown is not his. Ironically, in March the Texas legislature became one of the few to allow men like Thomas to present DNA evidence in order to end court-ordered support, but the state attorney general noted that the new law covers only prospective judicial orders.
A News of the Weird Classic (March 2002)
Board-certified Kansas City, Mo., psychiatrist (and University of Kansas School of Medicine graduate) Dr. Donald Hinton told reporters in February (2002) that "Elvis Aron Presley, the entertainer (whom) everybody believes died in 1977," is alive and that Hinton has been treating him for migraine headaches, among other things, for five years. Hinton, 35, said he has several items from Presley containing his DNA and has continually denied that he's running a scam. An Elvis Presley Enterprises official was unfazed, insisting that Elvis is still "in the garden (at Graceland)." (Update: Dr. Hinton subsequently self-published a book, co-authored with Elvis, explaining their relationship, and was subsequently investigated by the Missouri Healing Arts Board, which ultimately closed the investigation without charges.)


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Wednesday, July 25, 2007
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I should explain about what I hope to accomplish this blog. It's called Gurney Journey because it will be a simple record of people and places that my wife Jeanette and I encounter on the road tour for the new Dinotopia book. The new book officially launches October 1.
I'm trying to do the same thing Arthur Denison did on his travels and record what he saw, heard, and thought during his journey. I want to use this blog to let you follow the ups and downs as we travel around to meet Dinotopia readers.
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It's extremely nice for your fans to be able to read what you've been up to, Mr. Gurney, and as always it is a fascinating glimpse. Thank you for sharing. :)
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Bulk of radioactive particles from Fukushima blasts will not reach west coast until Saturday to Monday
Paul Joseph Watson
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Exactly as we predicted would happen, authorities have cited "miniscule" levels of radiation reaching California as an excuse with which to downplay the threat to Americans of fallout crossing the Pacific from Japan, completely ignoring the fact that the bulk of the radiation from the two blasts at the Fukushima power plant will not reach the west coast until Monday.
"Radioactive fallout from Japan's crippled nuclear plant has reached Southern California but the first readings are far below levels that could pose a health hazard, a diplomat said Friday."
"Initial readings are "about a billion times beneath levels that would be health threatening," the diplomat told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because the CTBTO does not make its findings public."
The diplomat called the level of radioactivity "irrelevant," while another unnamed source told Reuters that the level was "very low."
If the two individuals quoted in the reports are so confident that there is no threat, why are they so keen on remaining anonymous?
As we have emphasized, the radiation now hitting the west coast is from the early leaks suffered by the Fukushima plant after the earthquake and tsunami last Friday, which actually occurred Thursday U.S. time. These leaks were minimal in comparison to the radiation emitted after explosions on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday tore apart the buildings housing the reactors.
In addition, the radiation currently being measured does not take into account radiation emitted by pools of deadly spent nuclear rods, which only began to emit serious amounts of radiation a few days ago.
We will not know the true level of the threat until the radiation particles emitted as a result of the three explosions that devastated Fukushima hits the west coast over the weekend and into Monday. The fact that authorities have completely failed to point this out suggests they are actively trying to whitewash the threat that the fallout poses to Americans.
For the sake of people in America and around the globe, we hope that levels of radiation have dissipated over the Pacific and that future generations are not made to suffer. But for officials to hastily dismiss the threat before the vast majority of the radiation has even reached the west coast, and while Fukushima is still smoking, in a stage of partial melt down, and emitting more radiation every second, is completely irresponsible and suggests a cover-up.
We heard a similar theme during Obama's speech yesterday when he all but insulted Americans for preparing themselves for fallout by purchasing potassium iodide pills.
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health experts do not recommend people in the U.S. take precautionary measures beyond staying informed," said Obama, which is precisely what those affected by both Chernobyl and the 3 Mile Island accident were told, trust your government, a mistake that led to nearly a million deaths in the case of Chernobyl and a dramatic rise in cancers in the case of 3 Mile Island.
It was also what ground zero workers heard in the days after 9/11, that the air was "safe to breathe," a contrived cover-up on behalf of the EPA and the White House that led to thousands of crippling illnesses and deaths of firefighters, police and first responders.
History tells us that government have habitually lied about radiation, air quality and the true scope of health threats to the American people. Only through the use of private monitoring stations will we be able to confidently gauge the true levels of radiation hitting the west coast, and we won't know the full extent of the danger Americans face until Monday at the earliest.
Suggesting that levels of radiation leaks from the stricken Fukushima plant are being grossly underreported by Japanese authorities, a Swedish government agency told Reuters yesterday that not only will the radiation reach North America, but it will subsequently cover the entire northern hemisphere.
De Geer said he was "convinced it would eventually be detected over the whole northern hemisphere," according to the report, adding that radioactive particles would "eventually also come here," referring to Europe.
The Swedes can be trusted to know a thing or two about detecting radiation. While the Soviets were furiously engaged in a cover-up of the Chernobyl disaster which occurred on April 26 1986, Swedish workers at the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant were the first ones to detect the fallout from the accident two days later on April 28.
It was only after the workers failed to find the source of any radioactive leak at their own plant that the true horror of what had happened 1,100 km (680 miles) away in the western Soviet Union began to unravel.
The whole planet is united in hoping that Japanese technicians find some way to restore power and water cooling system to the Fukushima plant before that terrible scenario has any chance of repeating.
The video below shows how far the radiation clouds from Chernobyl spread across Europe, smothering virtually the entire continent within 7 days. Although agencies like the WHO and the IAEA claimed that only 9,000 people died as a consequence, more contemporary studies have shown that nearly a million people have been killed from cancers caused by the disaster over the course of the last 25 years.
RELATED: Swedish Government: Radiation To Cover Entire Northern Hemisphere
RELATED: U.S. Government Cannot Be Trusted On Radiation Plume
RELATED: Radiation From Fukushima Would Take 7 Days To Reach U.S.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show.
This article was posted: Friday, March 18, 2011 at 9:45 am