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Twice jilted in its choice of a new county manager, the Alachua County Commission on Tuesday ditched its third-ranked candidate and selected someone they know well - Deputy County Manager Betty Baker.
After a nationwide county manager search resulting in negotiations with three consecutive finalists, the Alachua County Commission decided Tuesday to end talks with its No. 3 candidate and offer the job to someone within its own ranks.
The commission voted 4-1, with Commissioner Susan Baird in dissent, to offer Deputy County Manager Betty Baker the position and begin negotiations with her.
Baker is in the Deferred Retirement Option Program and is set to conclude her county government career at the end of November 2014.
Acting County Manager Rick Drummond, who took over the role after former leader Randall Reid left in January 2012 for a job with Sarasota County, is also in DROP and is set to retire by the end of July.
"Ms. Baker has not asked for this position, but I think it's in our best interests to hire her to be our county manager," Commissioner Robert "Hutch" Hutchinson said Tuesday. "She is clearly the best option available to us right now."
"I'm humbled by their choice of me," said Baker, who joined the county in January 2002.
Charles Oliver, who goes by Randy, was the commission's third-ranked candidate behind James Bourey of Greenville, S.C., and Stockton Whitten, the deputy county manager in Brevard County. Both Bourey and Whitten withdrew from negotiations earlier this month — the former to pursue a different position and the latter to remain at his current post.
During talks with Bourey, the commission approved an updated offer in response to his counteroffer that raised the base salary from an initial offer of $160,000 to $165,000, along with other changes.
In an email to commissioners this week, Oliver indicated he would accept the county's counteroffer to Bourey, which the commission had previously approved in a narrow 3-2 vote with Commissioners Charles "Chuck" Chestnut IV and Lee Pinkoson in dissent.
Baird, whose top choice was Oliver, moved to accept Oliver's counteroffer, but her motion died because it didn't receive a second.
Pinkoson wanted the board to discuss Oliver's counteroffer thoroughly, saying Oliver told him in a prior conversation that he was willing to make some changes to his proposed contract that would save the county money.
He said the commission's discussion of immediately moving on to Baker was "somewhat disappointing" because it had offered Oliver a contract but was now poised to pull it from the table. Baker is a wonderful asset to the county, Pinkoson said, but he wanted the board to fully consider Oliver's counteroffer first.
Chestnut said he would reject Oliver's counteroffer as he had the one from Bourey.
Oliver may have indicated to Pinkoson that he was willing to make some changes, Chestnut said, but he didn't communicate that to the board at large. Oliver could easily have contacted the commissioners after his discussion with Pinkoson, Chestnut said.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Oliver, but I mean you could've prevented this by a simple email yesterday afternoon," Chestnut said.
Byerly supported the selection of Baker, explaining that he felt the county needs some continuity and stability as it goes through the budget process for the upcoming fiscal year over the next few months. Once the budget has been put to bed, the commission can evaluate how to handle the search for Baker's successor, Byerly said.
Baker said Tuesday the commission could expect to receive a counteroffer from her during negotiations. She is being offered the initial contract provided to James Bourey but will review Drummond's contract as well.
Drummond's contract, which was negotiated for an interim role rather than the permanent one Baker is under consideration for, includes a $160,000 salary and deferred compensation of 5 percent, County Attorney Dave Wagner said.
Hutchinson suggested the county initially offer a $165,000 salary, which he said was worth it when considering Baker's significant experience and the fact that she won't require moving expenses the way an outside candidate would.
Chestnut suggested the commission set its initial offer at $160,000 in the interest of consistency since it offered the same to the first three candidates.
The commission decided on a $160,000 salary offer as a starting point for negotiations with the understanding that Baker is expected to make a counteroffer.
Wagner said the goal is to have a contract ready for consideration by the commission's July 9 meeting, which gives Baker time to discuss the transition with Drummond.
Baker said after the meeting that she looks forward to serving the county in this new role. Establishing a budget and filling several vacancies within the workforce will be two key priorities.
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In 2006 Forbes reported that Nantucket had the highest median property value of any Massachusetts zip code. Prices are softer now on this island with the nation's highest concentration of pre-Civil War structures, which is often loaded with Texans escaping the heat.
A second home buyer wants the sight, sound and scent of the ocean and gets it here, big time. (You get the soul, too, on Nantucket.) Built in 1988, "Point of View" offers 2. 3 acres of clapboard-facade waterfront property, 170 feet of frontage, – with sailing, fishing, bird watching, kayacking and beaching right at your door. Go ahead, invite guests, lots of them: with 5 bedrooms, 3 baths and two half-baths, you can handle a crowd. Proximity to hundreds of acres of conservation land enhances the escape-to-nature feel of this extraordinary location. Me, I just want to go sit on that beach… maybe read a book in that living room come nightfall. Why does this house have to cost $9,500,000? Maybe that's a mis-print?


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Today was day 2 of the Spring Training trip and my dad and I were back at Osceola County Stadium to see the Astros and Yankees.
The day started off well when I went and watched some of the Astros minor leaguers at one of the practice fields,
and found this just beyond the center field batter's eye.
It was the only ball I would get for about the first half hour or so. When the Astros second string started hitting at the practice field directly adjacent to Osceola County Stadium, I was ready.
Rodriguez would go on to knock in a run with a base hit here. I captured it all on video:
Robinson Cano:
My dad and I left the game after all the regulars came out of the game and headed for Bradenton FL. We would see the Pirates and Rays the next day…
Today's baseballs:
The sweet spots:
Spring Training Statistics:
Game: 8 balls
Trip: 22 balls
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This Oracle VirtualBox appliance contains a fully configured, ready-to-use WebCenter Spaces installation. It has been tested on Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit, Linux, and Mac OS.
All you need to do to try out WebCenter Spaces is to install Oracle VirtualBox on your desktop/laptop and import the WebCenter appliance — no installation and configuration required! It is also REQUIRED to install the VirtualBox Extension Pack to get this VM working.
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Center for American Progress report seeks to curb debt using code progressivity.
A roster of luminaries from the federal government of the 1990s on Tuesday released a long-term spending-cut and tax reform plan designed to tackle the nation's debt crisis while reducing after-tax income inequality.
The liberal-leaning Center for American Progress, following a year of work by a team of big-name authors, released "Reforming Our Tax System, Reducing Our Deficit," outlining "progressive, revenue-enhancing, efficient, simplifying, and pragmatic tax reform" coupled with "pragmatic spending cuts that do not undermine the middle class, the poor, or seniors."
The spending side of the plan includes counting the $1.5 trillion in reductions enacted in the past year, some new defense cuts, adjustments in Medicare to "bend the cost curve" without hitting beneficiaries, and other proposals the center offered previously. Among those are cuts to federal retirement benefits, which, as noted by John Podesta, the center's founder and chair who was President Clinton's chief of staff, are part of the current talks between the White House and Congress on avoiding the fiscal cliff.
The report did not go into much detail on these reductions.
The $4.1 trillion plan would bring the nation's debt-to-gross domestic product ratio below 72 percent by 2022, according to center president Neera Tanden. It would do so in part by restoring the top marginal tax rate to its Clinton administration rate of 39.6 percent, raising the capital gains rate to 28 percent, making deductions more uniform in their benefits to different income groups, and simplifying tax filing so that most taxpayers would fall in the 15 percent bracket and would not need to itemize.
"We should recognize our revenue problem," the report said. "Repeated tax cuts played an outsized role in creating the budget deficits of the last decade and they have hurt our country." Taxes "pay for the foundational public investments that are critical to a modern prosperous society, such as infrastructure, education, and basic scientific research. They pay for services that only the government can effectively perform, such as national defense and ensuring clean food, safe consumer products, and clean water. Taxes make it possible for us to meet our societal obligation to care for our veterans, our aged, and our impoverished. And taxation allows us to overcome national challenges and achieve extraordinary feats. Apollo 11, the Hoover Dam, and the Internet were all financed with tax revenues."
The plan, a consensus of former White House and Treasury and Commerce department executives, would rely on such Democratic perennials as raising current taxes on cigarettes, alcohol and gambling; raising tax rates on so-called carried interest; and phasing in a cap on the mortgage interest deduction, among other proposals.
"Let's avoid the fiscal cliff," Podesta said in a Tuesday conference call. The negotiators "are likely to resolve it with some increase in revenues now, with instructions to Congress to complete a more comprehensive tax plan in 2013." The CAP proposal, he said, "frames the parameters as a starting point for discussion" in the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees.
Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, now co-chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, said the report "is a good example of how people with a common objective but somewhat different perspectives can work together. By putting in place a plan now that addresses our fiscal outlook, I think we could contribute to the economic recovery by increasing confidence and creating room for up-front stimulus." (The other Clinton Treasury secretary, Larry Summers, also helped with the report.)
The report reflects "difficult choices made in a sensible manner," said Leslie Samuels, former assistant Treasury secretary for tax policy, now a senior partner with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. "It looks at the entire tax system in pragmatic way, dealing with the alternative minimum tax, the estate and gift taxes, excise tax and the corporate tax."
Former Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman, now executive chairman of Evercore Partners, said the plan "achieves a big chunk of deficit reduction, which the U.S. as a nation can't afford not to do now." He noted that left unchecked, the nation's debt would reach 90 percent of GDP, or near the "dangerous levels" seen in European countries.
Former Commerce Secretary William Daley, who served as President Obama's chief of staff, called it a "real and complete plan that is based on experience. It's all about getting our long-term house in order with the purpose of getting the economy going."
Antonio Weiss, the global head of investment banking for Lazard, a financial and asset management firm, said the business community would welcome plan's "clarity and reduction in uncertainty, and restoration in confidence."


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The European Qualifications Framework (EQF) is a translation tool that helps communication and comparison between qualifications systems in Europe. Its eight common European reference levels are described in terms of learning outcomes: knowledge, skills and competences. This allows any national qualifications systems, national qualifications frameworks (NQFs) and qualifications in Europe to relate to the EQF levels. Learners, graduates, providers and employers can use these levels to understand and compare qualifications awarded in different countries and by different education and training systems.
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From: "Dan Nelson" <dprimary@h...>
Date: Sat Jan 29, 2000 1:54 pm
Subject: Placement of absorption materials
oops I guess I never put the article up on the site
Placement of absorption materials
Reducing First Order Reflections
In the mix position you will want to setup what is known as a
Reflection Free Zone (RFZ). In the RFZ you will want to eliminate any
early reflections of sound. By reducing the early reflections you
increase what is known as the initial time delay (ITD) gap. This gap is
the time between the arrival of the direct sound and the first
reflections in the room. A 20 ms ITD gap is a good minimum target. The
purpose of increasing the the ITD is to allow you to hear the time
domain localization cues from the recording room. The controls room's
ITD gap needs to be longer then the recording room's ITD. This allow
allows you to hear the reflections in the recording room better.
Any surface within 11 feet of the mix position could cause a first order
reflection, but treating every surface within 11 feet of the mix
position is not possible or necessarily desirable. The International
Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the European Broadcasting Union
(EBU) recommends levels of reflections earlier than 15 ms relative to
the direct sound
should be treated to reduce them to at least 10 dB below the direct
sound for all frequencies in the range 1kHz to 8kHz. In the area of the
room between the monitors and the mix position any surface that has a
21.5 foot complete path between the monitor and the mix position can
also cause a reflection.
One way to find the areas that need to be treated, will require two
people and a mirror (a plastic one is preferred since you may have to
tape it to a pole to reach some areas)
To help find the placement location have one person move a mirror along
the side walls of the control room with the other person siting at the
mix position. Any point the monitor can be seen from the mix position in
the mirror mark those points on the wall. Repeat this process for the
ceiling and back wall. Any of these points that are less then 11 ft from
the mix position will cause early reflections and is where you will
want to locate absorption materials. In the front half of the room
measure from the monitors to the marked reflection point to the mix
position if it is less than 21.5 feet be sure to treat those areas as
well. You may want to treat an area larger than what you have marked,
since you wonít always be in the exact mix position.
The reason for the two measurements is, if you measured 22 feet from the
speaker to the back wall and back to the mix position your reflection
time is still under 19 ms because the monitor is a few in front of you
the sound has traveled 3-4 ms before it reached your ears so the
reflection will reach you in 15-16 ms. In the area in front of the mix
position you could have a reflection from something more than 11 feet
away reach you in less than the 19ms since the spot is is less than 11
feet from the monitors.
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Reaching Out
"Hello Mrs. Jones," I say as I walk into the exam room. "How many times do I have to tell you that it's ok to call me Dot," this very pleasant 64-year old female says to me. As I look at her chart, I'm always trying to figure out how Dot was shortened from the name of something like Dorothy, Dolores, or Desiree.
"I haven't seen you in a while," I continue. "Well, doc, I got laid off a few months ago and that's why I haven't been in the office for a while." "I need my refills today, but I have no insurance right now. I hope in the next 7 months that nothing really bad happens, because that's when my Medicare kicks in, and in this economy, I don't anticipate getting another job any time soon."
"How have you been doing," I asked. "Well," she said, "it's been rough, since I have a little medical training, I've been helping take care of my sick relatives, and that's been a stress on me. In addition to always thinking about my financial situation."
She was talking like her usual self -- Then -- She paused -- Silence -- And it felt like an hour of no words between us. I saw a small tear forming, and this is when the flood gates opened. She broke down right there in my office. "I'm sorry doc," another couple minutes passed by. "I have felt like I've had to stay strong for my family for so long. But, I gotta be honest with you, I'm really scared right now..."
We had a great conversation following this about her family, her life, and finally, about her health. When I left the room, I looked up at the clock and saw that I was now very behind in my schedule. But, sometimes, there is a key moment in someone's life that needs to be recognized. This is why I went into medicine. I actually felt like I made a difference that day. This is why I love being a family physician!
2 comments:
- Margaret Polaneczky, MD (aka TBTAM) said...
Way to go, Dr A. It's those moments that make it all worthwhile.
- Wednesday, February 03, 2010 11:42:00 AM
- CrAzY Working Mom said...
...and THAT is why she's your patient! :) Nice job, doc. Hope you didn't have to listen to too much belly aching from other patients about you being behind schedule.
- Thursday, February 04, 2010 11:27:00 PM
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Welsh Lovespoon - 4
Price £46
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Welsh Lovespoon - 4
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'Lovespoons', traditionally crafted from wood, were usually given from one loved-one to another to signify affection. The individual Lovespoon also held many personal symbols such as bells to signify a wedding, a chain for togetherness and security or even a dragon to symbolise Welsh patriotism. The earliest known Welsh Lovespoon, that resides at St Fagans: National History Museum, is dated 1667. Today, Lovespoons are still widely collected and very much represent what they did 300 years ago.
Hand carved. Dark wood.
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Have you started your holiday shopping yet? When deciding what to buy, also consider where to buy. Some return policies are more generous than others.
Kohl's has a very generous return policy. It's called "Hassle Free Returns" and is quite hassle free. The policy states, "You can return any item, anytime, for a full refund with a receipt. No receipt? No problem. You'll get a Merchandise Credit good toward anything in the store or online. At Kohl's, hassle-free is more than a policy. It's a promise."
That's an amazing policy in this day and age where stores are cracking down on returns. Part of it is hte cost to the retailer and risk of fraud. I also think they're trying to eliminate people like me. People who change their mind. I've changed some of hte stores I shop because of their poor return policies that clearly burn a busy consumer.
I'll admit I buy a lot and return a lot. I don't like to shop, so I'm on a mission when I hit the stores. Sometimes I buy something and later think twice about it once I get it home and have a clearer mind. I've experiecned first hand the need to get back to the store ASAP to return it or I'm out of luck.
I think Dillard's has one of the tougher return polcieis for a department store. You need to have the tags attached, which I'm fine with, and the item must be returned within thirty days of purchase. I'm used to three months at other department stores and this return policy burned me pretty good this summer.
I bought a jacket, but ended up returning it because it was linen and I was worried it would be a wrinkled mess by the end of the day. I really liked the color yellow, and looked for another one that wasn't linen. I found one with the help of an associate. We had to order it to get the right size, and when it arrived I wasn't sold. It seemed big and wasn't cut the way I hoped. I got busy with a million other things planning our wedding and kept meaning to take it back, but kept forgetting.
It's my fault. I should have made it a bigger priority, but again I'm so used to a three month return policy at other department stores. I waited and finally found some time to get it returned after our wedding in August. That's when I learned about Dillard's 30 day return policy. I was shocked. Now, I'm stuck with an expensive jacket that I'll probably never wear. What a costly mistake.
Just pay attention this holiday especially if you are buying for a woman because woman's sizes are all over the map. There is no consistency.
J.Crew won't let you return some sale items even within 30 days and with a receipt. I'm not talking about super big discounts. All sales were final at a recent 30% off sale I shopped. There were signs near the clothing alerting shoppers to this caveat, which I appreciated.
Forever 21 won't return jewlery. All sales are final. The cashier told me at the register, and it certainly piqued my curiosity when the woman asked if I was familiar with the return policy? Again, at least it's brought to the shoppers attention.
Some stores even limit the number of returns you can make each year.
For the holidays, many stores have an extended return policy through mid or late January.
Returns are not that big of a deal for some items. It seems I'm returning clothing most as I change my mind later. Everything looks good in the store. If you're going out on a limb with a gift or buying clothing, consider the store's return policy.
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Cue Elvis singing, "I'll have a blue Christmas without you…" The aqua-hued 2011 Kardashian Kristmas Kard is a treasure trove of kreepy. Starting on the left, with Rob looking wistfully at his younger sisters; Kendall and Kylie looking like irate models fresh off the pages of Vogue; Bruce Jenner doing his best impersonation of an International Male model; Kris Jenner commanding attention as the center of the image and the only one wearing color; Khloe and Lamar looking as though they are downwind from an awful fart; Kim standing so terribly alone; a chair taking the place of Kris Humphries; Mason adorable in a mini-GQ pose; Kourtney also fully aware that Kim has farted; and Scott "American Psycho" Disick looking like he'd rather be listening to Phil Collins. Decide for yourself if there's hidden meaning in the fact that everyone has a bow tie except for Khloe. Merry Kristmas! Tuxedos for everyone!
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Prolific striker Gary Hooper, forward Georgios Samaras and midfielder Victor Wanyama are among the players who have been linked with moves away from Celtic in next month's transfer window, following strong showings as Neil Lennon's side advanced to the knockout stages of Europe's elite competition.
Speaking ahead of Thursday's draw in Nyon, Mjallby conceded that had Celtic not reached February's last 16 some players might have sought new challenges.
"This should be a great incentive for them to stay here at Celtic and take us forward," Mjallby said. "You never know where it's going to take us.
"If we hadn't gone through and done as well as we have I think maybe some of the players who have done exceptionally well for us would maybe be interested to have another challenge."
Hooper, in particular, has impressed, with Italy's Juventus the latest linked with the former Grays Athletic and Scunthorpe striker who has netted 13 times this season.
Mjallby appreciates why Hooper is attracting admirers, but hopes Celtic can fend off the suitors throughout January.
"I think Gary's got 18 months left on his contract and we're delighted and we want to keep him," Mjallby said.
"I think there are discussions now with Gary, his agent and the club. Fingers crossed from my point of view something's going to happen.
"He's shown that he can do it at the highest level, so I can understand where the interest is coming from.
"It's down to Gary and what his targets are and what he's looking for. He's just enjoying playing football just now. He's in a good place.
"That's something that's always going to be important for you as a footballer. The grass is not always greener on the other side."
Mjallby believes Hooper would deserve an England call-up in 2013. The assistant boss said: "I certainly hope he gets a chance and if he keeps playing well for us, why not?"
Celtic could play Juventus in the next round, with Paris St Germain, Schalke, Malaga, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Manchester United all possible opponents.
Malaga advanced from the play-offs, but Mjallby expects Celtic to be underdogs in the next round whatever the draw, despite claiming four points in two matches against tournament favourites Barcelona.
"We know whoever we come across in the last 16 we're not going to be favourites, so we need to keep the squad together, we need to keep all the good players here and obviously try to do well in the last 16," Mjallby said.
"The only team who are maybe not doing great in their domestic league right now is Schalke, but they're still a very, very good side, so it doesn't really matter.
"They sacked the manager but there's still a long way to go (until the matches) and they'll still have time to sort that out.
"I can see the argument that some supporters want the glamour tie and Man U, but you have to remember Man U are leading the Premiership and doing really, really well at the moment."
Mjallby revealed the Celtic squad and support staff will watch the draw together and are relishing the chance to test themselves against Europe's best once again.
The Swede, who on behalf of Celtic supporters presented a cheque for £17,809 to Yorkhill Children's Foundation, added: "We don't fear anyone because we've taken a lot of confidence from the performances in the Champions League so far.
"The players know now they can do something. The first target was to go through from the group stage and now we're in the last 16.
"It's great, especially when you don't have the Old Firm games this season in the league. It's great for us to be in the last 16 and really have something special to look forward to."


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The U.S Forest Service recently announced a new set of rules that will shape the way foresters oversee its lands, including planning for and implementing trails and other recreational facilities. The Department of Agriculture, which oversees the Forest Service, posted the new procedures online today.
"This is welcome news for IMBA and its affiliated chapters and clubs," said Mike Van Abel, the executive director for the world's largest association of mountain bike organizations. "IMBA's outstanding relationship with the Forest Service sets the stage for our local affiliates to partner with individual forest units as they make plans for shared-use trails."
IMBA sent dozens of representatives to the Forest Service's national series of listening sessions as it was preparing for the just-announced rule change. "Those efforts proved to be really worthwhile," says Jeremy Fancher, IMBA's lead attorney. "It's particularly encouraging to see a renewed emphasis on following best practices and considering scientific evidence. IMBA's partnership agreement with the Forest Service will help us provide the right information for effective recreation planning."
Fancher frequently advises IMBA-affiliated chapters and clubs on forest planning efforts. IMBA also offers scientific studies on the impacts of mountain biking and guidance on trail design on its website. Learn more about planning efforts in the forests near you by visiting the Forest Service's Schedule of Proposed Actions (SOPA) website.
To raise public awareness about how mountain bikers and Forest Service staff interact, IMBA helped sponsor Pedal-Driven, an award-winning documentary. The Forest Service has officially endorsed the hour-long film, and IMBA's local chapters and clubs are currently hosting dozens of screenings. "This production documents the great things we can accomplish when we work together to solve problems," said Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest Supervisor Becki Heath, whose forest is featured prominently in the documentary.


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When the lights dim for "Hunger Games" at midnight Thursday, Fatimah Nelson, who bought tickets weeks ago, will be there, a bit breathless, at the edge of a plush seat at Arundel Mills.
"I've been waiting months and months and months," says the Baltimore 21-year-old. "I'm really excited."
Nelson and millions of others in Maryland and around the country are braced for the opening of "Hunger Games," the latest young adult book series to become a runaway hit and then a movie and, it's looking like, a cultural phenomenon on the likes of "Harry Potter" and "Twilight."
The movie is on track to become the online site Fandango's top-seller ever. More than 90 percent of people buying tickets on the site are buying that movie and more than 2,000 showtimes have sold out nationwide. Although marketed as a book for young adults, Fandango reports those 25 and older are buying 46 percent of advance tickets.
"The movie seems to be tracking through the roof," says Adam Birnbaum, a film buyer for independently owned theaters on the East Coast. "It is has become the most talked about film of the season."
The movie officially opens Friday, with a number of theaters offering midnight Thursday shows. Tickets to a number of the shows in the Baltimore area are long gone.
Five of the six midnight shows at Hunt Valley Regal Cinemas had been snapped up as of Tuesday evening, according to Fandango's listings.
The AMC Theatre in White Marsh was advertising multiple screens at midnight — including an IMAX — and also a 3:15 a.m. showing. Several of those sold out.
By Tuesday morning, every online sales ticket had been snatched up for the Friday 6:45 and 9:50 shows at Baltimore's Landmark Harbor East.
"We expect the crowds to be very big," says Kathleen Cusack, who operates Baltimore's Senator Theater, which is showing the movie. "There's all this buzz and a Harry Potter-like fanaticism."
The books — "The Hunger Games," "Catching Fire" and "Mockingjay" — are huge. The first novel has been on the New York Times best-seller list for more than 180 consecutive weeks.
Even "Twilight" writer Stephenie Meyer blogged that the story kept her up for several nights in a row because she couldn't stop thinking about it.
The books are considered young adult fiction, aimed at readers ages 13 and up, but have been embraced by people of all ages. More than 26 million copies of the trilogy — in 40 countries — have been sold.
Suzanne Collins tells the story of Katniss Everdeen, one of 24 teens selected to compete in the televised Hunger Games in a future where the United States has been divided into 12 regions all under the tyrannical rule of The Capitol.
Cameras capture every life-and-death moment as the players battle until only one is left alive. The games were established as a way for the government to remind citizens who is in charge.
The story's message is unlike the "Twilight" series, where a young teen dates a vampire, or "Harry Potter," where magic wins the day. "The Hunger Games" is anchored to an existence that can already be seen today in the unending flood of reality TV shows. It's a cautionary story of what happens when people start to lose touch with their humanity.
Lauren Kay has all three books loaded onto her Kindle. She devoured the first one a few weeks ago and now can't wait for the movie.
"I was instantly hooked," says the Baltimore 22-year-old. "I absolutely adored it."
Kay, who was left cold by the melodrama of "Twilight," loves "Hunger Games" for the action and adventure. She can also see herself and her love for her little sisters in Katniss.
In class recently at Timonium's Dulaney High School, a teacher wondered aloud how many students were counting the days to "Hunger Games."
Hands shot into the air.
One belonged to Adrianna McCourt, a Cockeysville 15-year-old who eagerly consumed the first book of the cult-hit trilogy by Suzanne Collins and hopes she'll be able to say she was among the first to see the movie when it opens Friday.
"A lot of people are talking about it," she says. "I would say about a quarter of the kids at school are really into it."
With the movie looming, people are lined up at local libraries hoping to get their hands on the books.
At the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, they have 65 copies of the first book, all out. If you want to get onto the waiting list, you'll have to get behind the 53 people already waiting — and another 10 waiting for the large-print version. More than 6,000 people have checked out the audio book and another 400 people are waiting for that.
"We've ordered 36 more paperbacks that we're expecting to receive soon," said a library spokesman, Roswell Encina. "With the momentum building for the movie [the interest has] been growing."
At the Baltimore County Public Library, you'll have no better luck: They've got more than 800 copies of the three books in the series — all out, and with nearly 400 people on a list waiting to pounce on them when they're returned.
Baltimore Sun news services and The Towson Times contributed to this article.
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Ten years ago last month, Charlie Rogers stood in front of the media, wearing a Detroit Lions baseball cap and proudly holding his brand new Honolulu blue and silver jersey with No. 1 on the front, signifying his status as a first round draft choice.
There were smiles all around. President Matt Millen smiled. New coach Steve Mariucci smiled. Chairman Bill Ford Jr. smiled. Lions fans all over the country smiled.
It was a giddy time.
The Lions felt like they were on to something. The year prior, the team drafted their quote-unquote franchise quarterback, Joey Harrington, from Oregon.
Now they were adding Rogers, out of Michigan State, to be the franchise receiver.
Finally—a real quarterback and receiver tandem!
Harrington proved himself to be a bust, a nice young man but without the intangibles needed to be a winning professional quarterback. The Lions did him no favors, never able to surround Harrington with bona fide talent. Within three years, the Lions pulled the plug on the Harrington Era.
Rogers was a bust too, maybe one of the biggest in NFL history. But his problem wasn't lack of talent. It was lack of moral character and decency.
The Lions, as usual under Millen's leadership, failed to do their due diligence before drafting Rogers. Had they done some digging, they likely would have learned about Charlie's skeletons at MSU. The failed drug tests, for one—Rogers failed one each year at MSU, it came to light years later. And, some MSU folks said, Rogers wasn't exactly the hardest working player on the team.
But Rogers was loaded with talent. In his last season at MSU (2002), Rogers won the Paul Warfield Trophy as the best college wide receiver in the country. He was a unanimous first team All-American.
It never came close to happening for Rogers in the NFL.
Rogers was released by the Lions just before the 2006 season after two seasons cut short by injury and one cut short by multiple violations of the NFL's substance abuse policy, resulting in suspension. His NFL career consisted of 15 games played and 36 catches, for 440 yards and four TDs.
In 2008, Rogers was arrested for assault and battery of his girlfriend. In a separate incident, he violated probation, testing positive for the pain killer Vicodin. In 2009 he was arrested in Novi for drunk driving. Less than a year later, Rogers was arrested again, having passed out drunk—again in Novi.
It was easy for those of us not connected to Charlie Rogers personally to smirk and shake our head at his misadventures. No matter how many times he got arrested, Charlie Rogers was still known as "that NFL bust." He wasn't a person—and that was the problem.
Rogers didn't have an inner circle of friends who gave two you-know-whats about him, once his NFL days were done. He had tons of "friends" when football was his world—a world that he, at times, appeared to have in the palm of his big hand.
But when the football was in the rearview mirror, Rogers' posse evaporated. They moved on to other folks on whose coat tails they could ride.
Charlie Rogers was troubled, but worse than that, he was alone.
Lacking a support group of sorts, Rogers kept getting into trouble.
In 2010, Rogers was ordered to return to the Lions $6.1 million of the $9.1 singing bonus he received in 2003. A judge agreed with the Lions' contention that Rogers' drug use equated a breach of contract.
In December 2011, Rogers was pulled over in Saginaw. Police found an open container of alcohol in his vehicle. That incident is still without resolution. Possible charges are pending.
Throughout all of these misadventures, Charlie Rogers was never helped. No one took Rogers in. No one reached out to him. He wasn't a star football player anymore, so screw him—that seemed to be the attitude.
Today Rogers is approaching his 32nd birthday (it's May 23). He has no future to speak of. He never earned his degree from MSU. He is perhaps unemployable.
No one said it better about Rogers, than Rogers himself.
In an interview in August 2009 with ESPN's Jemele Hill, whose journalism roots include Detroit, Rogers said, "I got a little greedy. The girls played a part in it." Then, even more astutely, Charlie added, "I fucked up. Point blank, simple."
Ten years after Rogers' drafting into the NFL, there's another former Lions receiver battling demons.
Titus Young was a 2nd round draft choice of the Lions in 2011, out of that pass happy program, Boise State. Like Rogers, Young exhibited some troubling behavior in college. And, like in Rogers' case, the Lions chose to ignore it.
At Boise State, Young was suspended for most of his sophomore season for fighting with a teammate.
Young was the 44th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. His off-field behavior scared some teams off. It didn't scare off the Lions.
Young is in a downward spiral right now. He keeps getting arrested. Last summer, Young punched teammate Louis Delmas in practice and that started the spiral as a Lion.
Young ran wrong routes on purpose in a game against Green Bay last season, it was charged. He was causing trouble for his coaches in practice and during games. The Lions finally benched him.
Young took to Twitter in January and got into spats with fans on social media. The Lions released him the day after the Super Bowl. The St. Louis Rams, another franchise not known for smart decisions, claimed Young. But even the Rams had second thoughts and released Young nine days later.
This month, Young has been arrested three times, for alleged violations ranging from drunk driving to theft to resisting arrest. Last week, Young's father said that his son has a severe mental disorder and needs help.
It's not about football anymore for Titus Young. It's about life, and his ability to survive it. It should be pointed out that Young is the father of a nine-month old baby boy, Titus Jr.
Again we smirk and shake our heads at Young's personal life, as we did at Charlie Rogers'.
Rogers never got any help. Young's father's comment gives hope that Titus can get some help and support. Maybe there will be a personal posse that will gather and help Young battle his demons.
Charlie Rogers is 32, broke, and has no future. The world that was once his oyster is now his living hell.
That's nothing to smirk about.


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This is part 3 of our ongoing story on the massive 8.9 earthquake / tsunami which struck Japan on March 11 2011.
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UPDATE 01:58 UTC : Japanese foreign ministry listed the 49 countries extending offers of relief, in no particular order: Australia, Taiwan, the United States, South Korea, China, Mexico, Thailand, New Zealand, Israel, Singapore, Indonesia, Azerbaijan, India, Russia, Turkey, Germany, France, Belgium, Ukraine, Slovakia, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, Jordan, the United Kingdom, Chile, Spain, Greece, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Denmark, Serbia, Uruguay, Mongolia, Ecuador, Iran, Kyrgyz Republic, Malaysia, Argentine, Philippines, Canada, Italy, Sweden, Kosovo, Iceland, Norway, Romania, and Slovenia.
UPDATE 01:53 UTC : Tsunami surges wreaked havoc at three Hawaii small-boat harbors yesterday, damaging about 200 boats and causing an estimated $500,000 in damage at one harbor alone.
UPDATE 01:35 UTC : Mexico reported waves up to 70 centimetres above normal but no damage or victims.
UPDATE 01:30 UTC : Based on scattered reports from different not earlier mentioned villages and small towns, the death toll will probably climb to several thousand.
UPDATE 01:20 UTC : According to TEPCO, 31 million households were still without electricity in the Kanto region .
UPDATE 01:14 UTC : The famous Japanese high speed bullet train is operating almost as usual, only slowing down a little in some parts of the country. Tokyo metropolitan transport is also regaining normal operations.
UPDATE 01:03 UTC : In Ecuador, president Rafael Correa reported "minimum damage" from the tsunami and no casualties. On the Galapagos Islands, the coastal city of San Cristobal was flooded by the surging water from the Pacific.
UPDATE 01:01 UTC : In the town of Pueblo Nuevo de Colan, Piura, Peru, the ocean withdrew 200 meters from the beach before returning with force and destroying several seaside homes.
In the port of Pisco the ocean surged into the town square and damaged about 300 houses.
UPDATE 00:53 UTC : Chalets on Chile™s coast were damaged and some small boats were swept away when the tsunamis intensified. Damage was however limited.
UPDATE 00:52 UTC : The tsunami generated swells but no major waves on Chile™s remote Easter Island in the South Pacific .
UPDATE 00:46 UTC : The main reason why tsunami wave heights are difficult to predict is that they are amplified by an irregular shoreline. 2 coastal locations close to each other may have totally different tsunamis.
UPDATE 00:34 UTC : The Japanese government did rate the accident at the Fukushima power plant at level 4 on an international scale of 0 to 7.
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said that fuel in the reactor partially melted. It's the first such accident in Japan. A level 4 on the International Nuclear and Radiologocal Event Scale includes damage to fuel and release of significant quantities of radioactive material within an installation.
It's the same level as a criticality accident at a nuclear fuel processing plant in Tokai Village in Ibaraki Prefecture, south of Fukushima, in 1999. The agency called the accident very regrettable even though it was triggered by an earthquake.
UPDATE 00:30 UTC : A South Korean SAR (Search and Rescue team) has arrived in Hameda earlier today.
UPDATE 13/03 - 00:20 UTC : We have still 2 people in Japan who did send us a HELP ME message on our QuakeSOS iPhone application.
Mr. Mazool Deen
and Mr. Cesar Oshiro
All other HELP ME signals have been proved to be safe.
UPDATE 23:15 UTC : May we ask our QuakeSOS iPhone application users to NOT PLAY with the HELP ME button anymore. In order to test the system, we have created the Test buttons.
UPDATE 23:08 UTC : Today alone (March 12 UTC), 6 aftershocks greater tha M. 6.0 have been recorded.
M 6.3 Â 2011/03/12 22:12Â Â Â Â Depth 14.3Â Â NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
March 13, 2011 at 07:12:46 AM at epicenter
Very shallow but very strong seaquake / aftershock at 115 km (71 miles) NE (54°) from Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
Satellite map of the epicenter area
UPDATE 22:40 UTC : Tsunami waves did strike the beaches of the western United States, Middle and South America, leaving at least 1 missing.
NOAA, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says a tsunami measuring over 2.4 meters high was recorded on northern California nearly 11 hours after the quake.
The tsunami off the US west coast swept away 7 people.
Six were rescued, but one man is missing. Boats, fisherman ships and ports in California were severely damaged.
Jerry Brown has declared the state of emergency in parts of the state.
A tsunami wave of more than 1 meter reached the Pacific side of Mexico.
In Chile, an 85-centimeter tsunami was registered at the northern port city of Caldera, almost a day after Friday's massive jolt.
The Japanese PM has stated that 3000 people have been rescued so far.
TBS has the following count: with 990 people dead so far, and the total has climbed to more than 1,700 missing persons. This does not include Minami Sanriku.
The FDMA has confirmed 389 deaths, 627 missing and 1928 injured. However, this does not include the following:-
Around 9,500 people are unaccounted for in the Japanese port town of Minamisanriku in quake-hit Miyagi prefecture, public broadcaster NHK said.
NHK says the 9,500 missing people make up more than half of the population of roughly 17,000 in the town on the Pacific coast.
Authorities have so far confirmed that around 7,500 people in the town were evacuated to 25 shelters after Friday's quake, but they have been unable to contact the other 10,000.
Currently, the FDMA has confirmed the following damage.
property damage (2,229 houses destroyed, 1,016 partially destroyed houses, 15,125 houses partially damaged)
In addition, the following: Fukushima â' : Iwaki City, many buildings collapsed elsewhere in the building collapse in Fukushima
In Gunma â'¡: Maebashi, damage and destruction of the city of Kiryu City, Midori is being reviewed
Chiba â'¢: collapsed buildings in the city of Narita
210000 people have been evacuated.
Here is the evacuation status for the region from FDMA Situation Report :
Hokkaido: 21 municipalities targeted 16,995 families displaced 34,874 people directions 15 municipalities targeted 19,515 families evacuate 47,569 people.
The number of people evacuated = 6,810
Aomori: open shelters in 27 municipalities (as of 13:00 in the 13,850 evacuated 12 people) Iwate: 506 names in the evacuation
Ichinoseki High Town Ootsuti Ootsuti (500)
Ootsuti Elementary School (150)
kindergarten and Midori (3 0 person) for evacuation
Miyagi: Nakano Elementary School District 250,
Sendai Miyagino during the evacuation of 300 elementary school district
Arahama Wakabayashi : The Sanriku Minami Kesennuma Beisaidoarina = 1,000, 500 in Shidugawa high school, 2,000 = elementary school Shidugawa, 50 high schools in the evacuation Kesennuma Hiroshi Mukai : Minato Junior High School 40 in the evacuation Ishinomaki Ishinomaki Fukushima: About 2,250 people evacuated due to a car FutabachÅ poor road conditions are difficult : About 4,000 people are open to evacuate the town
Ookuma sequentially induced by 27 police cars and large buses
Fukushima: The current situation at the 16th Evacuation 12 → 131,665 people (7,243 people in FutabachŠtown and in Ookuma 11,363 other people)
Ibaraki Prefecture: about 77,300 people in 40 municipalities (594 shelter locations)
06 8 municipalities evacuation instructions, evacuation eight municipalities Tochigi Prefecture, Japan: Utsunomiya 157
Chiba Area: 36,367
Goi, Ichihara 16:45 85,024 households to evacuate people - 593 municipalities in 48 shelter sites in the prefecture and therefore 47,270 people evacuated
Niigata: Niigata City, 16 people who self-evacuated, 24 people Mitsuke City
Shizuoka: Fuji City evacuation instruction All cities and towns of coastal evacuation (other than Yoshida.) 12 → ~ 50 minutes at the 13th evacuation evacuation directive clear all being released all the municipalities Mie Prefecture: evacuation instruction in five cities and towns, cities and towns in the evacuation order issued five ( evacuees at the peak of 2,247 people)
UPDATE 19:01 UTC : The town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi prefecture has piles of debris. It's estimated that half of the town's population is missing, some 9,500 people !
UPDATE 18:50 UTC : The death toll from the earthquake / tsunami has reached 1000+
UPDATE 18:47 UTC : The Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 Nuclear power plant security measures have been enlarged. Evacuation has been ordered for a radius of 2O km. 3 people have been radiated.
M 6.4  2011/03/12 13:15    Depth 37.5 km  NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
10:15:41 PM at epicenter
Aftershock in the greater mainshock area but this time much closer to the coast.
This earthquake can, although at a less dangerous depth, make a lot of damage in nearby villages which were already hit by the massive 8.9 earthquake
35 km (21 miles) NE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan and 73 km (45 miles) ESE of Koriyama, Honshu, Japan
Satellite map of the epicenter area
¢ An explosion has occurred at the No. 1 reactor - unknown damage.
¢ With the latest earthquake data, the death toll has risen to 680 people confirmed killed, 734 missing, and 1047 injured - differing slightly from the Police statistics below.
¢ Around 50,000 rescuers have deployed to north-eastern Japan
¢ Many survivors have been trapped overnight on rooftops and in emergency shelters
¢ 69000 people located in Disneyland
¢ According to FDMA, at least 3000 buildings completely destroyed, with many more expected as counting continues. (However, from media reports over 6000 alone have already been counted from 4 cities).
¢ Tsunami warnings for most of Japan have been lowered, although there is still a risk of large waves along the north-eastern coast
¢ Fears for triggered earthquakes across the Japanese region continue from seismologists (including us) - with an earthquake of this magnitude it is very difficult to rule out the possible triggering of a major Tokyo earthquake etc, as the stress shifts along the various fault systems.
¢ With the nuclear situation, workers have successfully vented gas from the reactor, reducing pressure
¢ Japanese media report that prime minister Naoto Kan has not ruled out a possible radiation leak from the No. 2 reactor. (Japanese media said officials had detected caesium, one of the elements released when overheating causes core damage, around the reactor at Fukushima No 1
plant in Futuba) - people should stay calm, the Japanese are the best in the world for earthquake safety along with the NZers.
Footage on Japanese television showed smoke from the plant.
According to NHK, the plant's exterior walls are gone and only the skeleton structure remains. The broadcaster says several workers were injured by falling debris.
Local media also reports that radioactivity at the plant is now 20 times the normal level.
According to the office Hukuzima TEPCO has Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant explosion in, is that white smoke rising.
Toukyoudenryoku and Nuclear Safety Agency is now find out in more detail, the cause of the explosion, and whether anyone is injured is not yet known.
Going around the cities:-
Rikuzentakata city is buried in the mud from a torrent of tsunami and has destroyed 2000-3000 homes.
Also, Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture, in the south of the state - about 1800 destroyed homes and in Fukushima Prefecture has more than 500 people are still missing.
Along national highway 45, there are reports of 5 collapsed bridges.
Answering whether Chernobyl is possible from this nuclear plant problem - answer is really no.
"No Chernobyl is possible at a light water reactor. Loss of coolant means a temperature rise, but it also will stop the reaction," Naoto Sekimura, a professor at the University of Tokyo, said.
Good news! For all the friends and family of Bruce Cheng.
STATUS OF Bruce Cheng : SAFE
This message has been automatically generated by QuakeSOS, the iPhone Earthquake Alert System.
Status of the earthquake : CONFIRMED by USGS
Bruce Cheng wants to inform you that he/she is SAFE and that you do not have to worry about him/her.
By using the QuakeSOS iPod app, we will attempt to make sure that people know you are ok or not ok, given an earthquake, and given that cell phone range is still available.
We still have 1 QuakeSOS user missing. Mr. Cesar Oshiro (see link to his GPS coordinates below) did send a HELP ME signal, but has nor reacted yet on our multiple requests to give a sign of life.
If you know Mr. Cesar Oshiro and you know that he is safe and well, can you please send us this news immediately.
Thanks : Armand, James and all the QuakeSOS iPhone application users
Nuclear power plant Fukushima Daiichi Tokyo Electric in Fukushima prefecture, near the No. 1 site, which occurs with uranium cell fission (nuclear fission), "Cs" or "iodine" that was detected as the radioactive material. It is now thought that at between 2700 and 2800 degrees Celsius, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency of the Ministry of Industry are expecting the contents to melt out in the core part of the nuclear fuel rods in the No. 1 plant", it announced.
What exactly this means, we will have to wait and see....
Experts said if that is the case, it means the reactor is heating up. If that is not halted, such as by venting steam which releases small amounts of radiation, there is a chance it would result in a rupture of the reactor pressure vessel. This would then caused increased radiation.
There is an exclusion zone of 10km from which 45000 people have been evacuated. However, there is no need for concern say officials.
The risk of contamination can be minimised as long as the external container structure is intact. The worry then becomes whether the quake has weakened the structure sufficiently to make a rupture point.
Some updated power outage information.
6.401 million households without power - absolutely amazing numbers.
6.878 million households cannot use their fixed line telephones.
UPDATE 8:11 UTC : TBS has a much more macabre outlook on the earthquake. With the latest earthquake data, the death toll has risen to 680 people confirmed killed, 734 missing, and 1047 injured - differing slightly from the Police statistics below.
As is always the case with death tolls in earthquakes, it is very difficult to gauge the final value. Usually the value at the end of the first day and multiplying by 3 is a very crude final estimate which works in about 50% of cases.
The National Police Agency said 413 people had been confirmed dead and 784 missing, with 1,128 injured in the massive quake and tsunami disaster.
Thus we can assume that 1200-1300 may have been killed. Separate reports of 1000, 400, 500 have also been given.
Police in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, separately said yesterday that at least 200 and up to 300 bodies had been found on the shore.
To explain why the economic and social losses are so big from this earthquake:-
Just to put it in perspective - the Japanese population on Honshu is approximately 105 million people.
- After the earthquake - 8.4 million households were without power. Authorities have now warned citizens in northern Japan to be prepared for severe power cuts due to the shut down of nuclear plants, which provide about 30% of the country's electricity. This will affect 37-38 million people.
- More than 1.1 million households (4 million people) are without water.
- Phone voice services are also down across much of the north east, although data services seemed to be working sporadically.
- Japan has a GDP of $5.308 trillion dollars, and approximately 87% of this is located on Honshu and mostly electricity or water based. $4.5 trillion+. On a per day basis this is around $12.5 billion per interrupted day.
- Given an amount of 30% for 1 lost day - this already gives $3.75 billion lost per day that this power is down in a very very crude calculation, not accounting for increased working etc.
- Given that this disaster is gripping the nation, there will be a lack of work over the next week with major economic consequences.
The death toll from the disaster is expected to exceed 1,300, with most deaths due to drowning. 400 to 500 bodies have been found in Miyagi prefecture according to NHK.
¢ Around 50,000 rescuers have deployed to north-eastern Japan
¢ Many survivors have been trapped overnight on rooftops and in emergency shelters
¢ 69000 people located in Disneyland
¢ According to FDMA, at least 3000 buildings completely destroyed, with many more expected as counting continues.
¢ Tsunami warnings for most of Japan have been lowered, although there is still a risk of large waves along the north-eastern coast
¢ Fears for triggered earthquakes across the Japanese region continue from seismologists (including us) - with an earthquake of this magnitude it is very difficult to rule out the possible triggering of a major Tokyo earthquake etc, as the stress shifts along the various fault systems.
¢ With the nuclear situation, workers have successfully vented gas from the reactor, reducing pressure
¢ Japanese media report that prime minister Naoto Kan has not ruled out a possible radiation leak from the No. 2 reactor. (Japanese media said officials had detected caesium, one of the elements released when overheating causes core damage, around the reactor at Fukushima No 1
plant in Futuba) - people should stay calm, the Japanese are the best in the world for earthquake safety along with the NZers.
UPDATE 7:26 UTC : Since midnight UTC 23 aftershocks above magnitude 5 did hit the area of the mainshock. 3 among them were above magnitude 6. Only the magnitude 6 shocks or greater can eventually generate additional damage. Tsunamis need at least a Magnitude 7 in this area of Japan. They only will have a destructive potential starting from around M 7.5 and if having the same hypocenter depth.
* Hundreds dead, missing; tens of thousands displaced
* Nuclear plants are struggling with radioactive material
M 6.8  2011/03/12 01:47    Depth 24.8 km  OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
11:47:16 AM at epicenter
Extremely strong aftershock at 170 km (105 miles) ENE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
This aftershock is nearly as strong as the strongest aftershock yesterday (7.1).
Due to the distance of the epicenter to Honshu, direct damage will not have occurred, but indirect damage on already instable buildings (making them to collapse further) is possible.
Satellite map of the epicenter area
We have to leave you now for a while as James and myself have to sleep a couple of hours.
If you live in Asia or the Americas and feel that you can contribute to this site by filling up our sleeping gaps or by joining us with some other tasks, feel free to let us a message. Contact form in the 'about' section.
We do not want to leave our readers without some good Japanese sources though. Here they are :
A good news site is :
UPDATE 01:20 UTC : Our reader Carole is telling us : I have a friend in Tsukuba , Ibaraki, he reports he and his wife are fine, and his apartment sustained broken glass, cosmetic damage etc. Didn™t speak to the surrounding area. He said power is back, but internet and telephone is spotty. This is as of 15:30 pacific time.
UPDATE 00:46 UTC : Hukushima Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
The Nuclear Disaster Special Measures Law are declared for this power plant which means that :
- residents within a 3 km radius have to be evacuated
- in the range of 3 to 10 km from the power plant people have to seek shelter indoors
UPDATE 00:40 UTC : Since the main M 8.9 aftershock / earthquake, 20 +6 aftershocks have been recorded ! The strongest ones were measured as 7.1, 6.8 and 6.6.
UPDATE 12/03 - 00:06 UTC : QuakeSOS our free iPhone application is silently melting away because of high traffic. SOS Earthquakes, the parent non-profit foundation (also of earthquake-report) is proud that a lot of (mainly expats as the app is not in Japanese) people living in Japan have used our application for what is was meant to. Informing friends and family asap that they are safe or in the need of Help.
We were able by means of PUSH messages to alarm people all over the world and to ask them to immediately evacuate to higher grounds.
We have a number of improvements in the pipeline for this application, but need financing to execute them. If someone wants to make the world a little better, please support us.
Unfortunately 2 people who did send a HELP ME message to their friends and family are still uncertain, but we hope that we can change the HELP ME into a I AM SAFE soon.
In this earthquake, Iwate Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture, suffered a devastating tsunami in the coastal area of ‹‹Fukushima Prefecture, has been missing a lot of people, the whole picture of the damage is unknown. More bodies found in the city of Sendai and in Wakabayashi-ku, NHK together today at 8:30 am, 234 people are confirmed dead so far in the nine prefectures of the Tohoku and Kanto Mashita. They climb the many missing persons, dead or missing from
this earthquake has exceeded 1,000 people together.
We have currently 3 HELP ME alarms coming from our QUAKESOS application from Japan. If anyone of our readers know these people, please try to help them by airing the maessage by all means. The GPS coordinates from these persons are shown on the screen.
We hope that these people have pushed the wrong button and hope to clear their situation asap.
Aileen Rebueno sending his alarm from Nagoya
Aileen seem to be OK as she send a test message a shortwile ago
Cesar Oshiro sending his alarm from Chikusei
Still no news
Bruce Cheng sending his alarm from Chiyoda
Still no news
UPDATE 22:23 UTC : Many of our sources which are also used by Japanse citizens are almost unreachable due to too heavy demand. Not only Earthquake-Report seem to have this problem.
UPDATE 22:08 UTC: We have reached at this moment 100,000 pageviews (today alone). These pages have been viewed by 42,000 people (we do write alot of information on 1 page). James and myself are making a CALL to insurance companies, authorities, universities and individual seismologists to JOIN Earthquake-Report to inform the world even better than today. We assume some people who can afford it can make a small donation to transfer to a quicker server :)) - Thanks in advance.
UPDATE 21:38 UTC: We would like to show our readers the seismographs of todays earthquake in Japan. We are using a worldwide seismograph network to show to our readers the graphics of a particular seismograph nearest to the epicenter.
Due to the many very strong aftershocks (often more than 6) all seismographs worldwide are coloring completely BLACK !
Click here to see this seismograph page
UPDATE 21:38 UTC: The TEPCO Unit 1 of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture has a big problem and is overviewing different measures to cope with it. We will bring you more news when we obtain it.
These nuclear power stations have been designed to resist to massive earthquakes, but today's earthquake is beyond all thinkable magnitudes.
The discussion about the safety of Nuclear Power stations in earthquake sensitive areas will be certainly reopened again.
UPDATE 21:36 UTC: WE DO APOLOGIZE TO OUR READERS FOR THE SLOW to VERY SLOW RESPONSE OF THE SERVER. We have 15 times more visitors today than during the Christchurch earthquake. The server can't cope with this and we have a lot of problems to edit pages on our own server. Based on this experience we will try to solve this problem for future events. Once again our apologies.
UPDATE 21:22 UTC: Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures did suffer the devastating tsunami at full force. A lot of people are missing.
The whole picture of the damage is still unknown.
According to police, there are more than 700 missing persons. Together with the confirmed fatalities, the cruel death toll of this earthquake will be over 1,000 (very conservative estimate).
UPDATE 21:13 UTC: A number of our Japanese news sources which are publishing out of the heavy damaged areas are off line since the mainshock.
UPDATE 18:15 UTC: Most news and fatality numbers are coming from the city of Sendai, but when the reports will be coming in from the small fisherman villages along the same coast the death toll will considerably climb. A similar 8.4 earthquake earlier this century killed in comparable conditions 3,034 people.


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Khuda Aur Mohabbat Episode 8 Geo Tv Drama | Khuda Aur Mohabbat
Khuda Aur Mohabbat Episode 8 Geo Tv Drama 14th April 2011 : The story revolves around the ages old conflict between religious ideology (Khuda) and human emotions (Mohabbat).Belonging to the society's elites, a young commerce graduate Hammad who does not even know the basics of the religion accidentally saw Iman, daughter of Maulvi Aleem,Who teaches Quran to the children of the vicinity. This spectacle brings a topsy- turvy change to Hammad's life.Hashim Nadeem got Pride of Performance for his novel KHUDA AUR MOHABBAT From the makers of Yeh Zindagi Hai, Javeria and Saud this time show their Versatility.
Khuda Aur Mohabbat
Cast: Sadia Khan, Imran Abbas, Fazila Qazi, Ahmed Jahanzaib, Firdous Jamal
Written by: Hashim Nadeem Syed
Directed by: Anjum Shehzad
Produced by: Javeria and Saud
Fresh Timings: 20:00Day: Thursday
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Before we get into the links, I did want to clear up something that was debated a bit yesterday.
I posted some numbers that compared Georgia's recruiting rankings during the past few years with its current status in the polls. I thought it was information worth sharing. But I want to be perfectly clear here: I am in no way whatsoever advocating that those numbers mean Mark Richt needs to be fired.
I'd urge anyone who is unsure about that to read this post I wrote over the summer. I promise, I haven't changed my mind on the issue any.
OK, now to some other readings...
-- I wrote a story last season looking at Georgia's huge uptick in penalties following the '07 Celebration but I was curious how those numbers might look today. Luckily Dean Legge at Scout was one step ahead of me and crunched the numbers himself.
-- There was a good bit of consternation about Mark Richt's comments on the special teams yesterday, but Rex Robinson, who knows Blair Walsh well, is downright angry about it. (h/t Jeff H.)
-- Chris Low is among the ESPNers who think Tennessee comes out with a victory this week.
-- Catfish & Cornbread have some serious questions about what's going on with the Georgia football team. I'll see what I can do about tracking down a few answers.
-- You know, I try to do a little research that helps out the Bulldogs faithful and now look... it gets into the wrong hands! As if Syracuse didn't have enough problems, apparently my work is food for thought for Big East rival South Florida now.
-- A late-season slump by the White Sox could keep Gordon Beckham from winning the AL Rookie of the Year award.
-- The SEC will be a part of the Gator Bowl starting next season and Georgia Sports Blog looks at some of the other bowl changes.
-- Rocky Top Talk takes the time to list Georgia's record of atrocities committed against Tennessee. It's a good read.
-- Vols in the Fall takes a closer look at the Georgia-Tennessee rivalry over the years.
-- With all the talk of UGA and Georgia Tech opening at the Dome in 2011, Bubba N Earl smelled a rat -- or a dragon, as the case may be.
(Side note, the B&E theory reminded me of this...
"Ah, that should provide adequate sustenance for the Dr. Who marathon.")
-- OK, here's a lot of entertainment for your dollar -- First, an Alabama student posts a video ragging on Ole Miss about the upcoming game. Then an Ole Miss student responds with his own video. And finally, the news report about threats against the Alabama student's life. Ah, good times. (h/t Andrew C.)
-- Holy crud I am angry I wasn't there for this -- Chris Cornell and Jerry Cantrell joined Pearl Jam on stage in L.A. this week for an impromptu Temple of the Dog reunion and played "Hunger Strike." Ah, the '90s. It was a simpler time.
-- We're just three weeks away from new episodes of "Friday Night Lights" and Sporting News takes a look behind the scenes of the upcoming season.


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Safeco Field Should be the Rays Stadium Benchmark
By now most of you who have read any of my 1,111 posts know of my starry-eyed glazed look when it comes to Safeco Field in Seattle. It is one of my favorite all-time Major League Baseball fields. From the pure excitement of the breath-taking sight lines just beyond the top tier of the Leftfield bleachers that look out into this great city from the lifeline of the elevated Alaskan Way, to the pristine waves and vessels moving about on Puget Sound, outside of Tampa Bay, this is my paradise lost.
Anytime anyone, even the local media bloodhounds bring up the idea or issues concerning a possible new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays, visions of Safeco go dancing around my head.
With its massive roof mechanism and wheels that churn and burn to open and close their massive roof, to the amenities aimed at the fan's enjoyment of the ballpark, Safeco is the model I conjure up as a foundation for any future Rays stadium plans. Sorry but the sail idea has left for a port of call somewhere else…possible Japan.
Everywhere within this stadium is a swirling dervish of beauty. From the "Bat in Motion" sculpture above your head as you transcend into the ballpark, to the imprint of signed baseball from the Mariner's team permanently placed within the points of the marble compass in the floor, Safeco was built for visitor's and locals alike to gawk and remember forever.
Within the hallowed walls of the exclusive Diamond Club sits a classic photo of Yankee greats Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth poised at the back of a fishing boat just beyond the shores of Pass-a-Grille, Florida. It is one of the only photos of the two legendary stars off the field, even though they both lived in the penthouse apartments at the Ponce de Leon Hotel on Central and First Street just to the West of the old Waterfront Ballpark. Funny how a small sliver of Tampa Bay slipped into the magnificent Pacific Northwest achievement.
From a concourse that runs a full 360 degrees around the stadium, that always gives guests a clear visual sight lines to the playing field to witness a play unfold while standing in line for Rally Fries or a cold Red Hook.
I often daydream that this should have been the stadium style originally set upon the tract of land at 16th Street and First Avenue South in St. Petersburg, Florida, but the Tampa Bay community leaders called for a futuristic and modernistic ballpark.
Rays Manager Joe Maddon recently cited during his banter about the Rays needing a new abode/stadium that it should feature a roof system that could be opened on sunny Florida days and evenings, and provide possible shade or comfort from the Sun and elements for a baseball complex or park just beyond the ballpark walls. Seattle has that feature, but it is not a park that is covered when the roof is open, it is the staff and player's parking area. But I like Maddon's thought process here.
It shows again how someone within the Rays organization might have the same affection for this ballpark style that I do. Even in the crowded SoDo neighborhood where Safeco Field is located, sometimes parking is a premium. But the Mariners helped relieve this burden by building a 6-story parking facility just to the South of Safeco, which also has its own pedestrian bridge to stadium gates.
Did you know original drawings for Tropicana field also had 2-3 story parking garages to help eliminate parking hassles. Wonder when and where that idea got flushed out into the bay?
If the Rays truly want a 1-stop shop of stadium ideas and great features to incorporate into their future plans, Safeco has 60 % of their "wish list". From the ample suites that ring the upper core of the stadium, to the old time ballpark feel of the Press Box area complete with roll-up windows, This stadium has something for everyone.
Ironically, the Mariners played in a dome a bit similar to the Trop a long time ago, and I still at times go and check out the video of the Kingdome's final implosion.
I still think in the deep recesses of my soul if the Tampa Bay community did not act with premeditation and "build it and they will come" mentality, this stadium design might sit in front of us nightly for Rays games. Everything about Safeco could be retrofitted or designed to conform with the Florida's fickle weather.
Humor me here for a moment and day dream on how he National media would not be calling out the catwalks, giggling about lamps busted by foul balls, or Bullpens in the field of play. Safeco somehow magically has taken the Trop's visual faults and made them simply mute for the media fodder. Only thing the media can complain about is if they jaywalk on their way out of the building. Seattle doesn't take kindly to jaywalkers. Just ask Chicago White Sox GN Ken Williams.
Even with the Rays Fan Host doing a superior job compared to so many other MLB ballparks, Safeco's ushers do something I truly find remarkable, and warranted for fan enjoyment. When a hitter plants his toes in the batter's box, the ushers in unison hoist up a placard prohibiting the disturbance of the fans by walking in the aisles. At Safeco, you are not allowed to walk up or down the aisle to or from the concourse while a hitter is in the box.
Brings about a different take knowing Joe Schmoe is not going to walk in front of you with his nachos or beers and you miss a swing, a hit or possibly a historic moment. Instead you have to stand at the top of the aisle with the rest of the Safeco faithful hoping for a quick at bat, pop-up or 6-4-3 double play.
The modernistic stadium design and motif of the Trop never caught on after Major League Baseball went suddenly into a revival of traditional ballpark styles right after the completion of the Florida Suncoast Dome The wide-eyed vision of a modern design ballpark fell sudden to a untimely and painful death.
Safeco Field should be a constant reminder that local styles, influences and weather conditions can produce a stellar ballpark that even 25 years later people walk in a gawk at the visual eye-candy. I miss Safeco some times, especially since I truly feel that if it was built in 1991 or beyond, I would have been sitting in its majestic splendor for the last 14 seasons.
Hopefully the Rays front office will take hundreds of photos of this landmark ballpark, make inquires into its design cost and realistic structural possibilities within the scope of the harsh Florida Sun and weather. Possibly one day we could see a future Tampa Bay ballpark being built with the similar fan-friendly quality's and retracting roof of this exciting park nestled some 3,125 miles to our Northwest. Or maybe I am still daydreaming.
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SafeCo is a 21st-century cookie-cutter, devoid of personality or unique attributes.