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LINCOLN, Del. A steel-haired woman, 89 years old and an inch short of five feet, sat on a pillow in the driver's seat of her Buick LeSabre, just thinking. Parked outside a convenience store on one of the last days of winter, she was considering a pre-Easter treat for herself: an ice cream cone. Butter pecan.
Two girls, 15 and 14, appeared at the window, calling her "Miss" and offering to pay for a ride to the other side of town. Her inclination was to say no, but her strong belief in offering kindness to strangers won out. She said yes, of course, and no need to pay her.
Uncertainty soon joined the ride, as her passengers directed her to one house, then to another, and another. Then, according to the police, they snatched her keys, causing a tussle between two girls and a small woman three times their combined ages.
Youth won out. They locked her in the trunk.
The Buick roared away with its frail owner curled up in the hold's casketlike darkness. She was tossed about like forgotten luggage with every bump and turn. She could feel the vibrations pounding from the car radio that drowned out her calls for help. As a woman went missing, so did time, with day turning to night, night to day, day to night ...
It remains unknown what these girls were thinking, if they were thinking, when they imprisoned another human being in a car trunk without food, water or medication. What is known is just who they had dismissed, apparently, as just another defenseless little old lady: Margaret E. Smith, the backbone of a dot in the center of Delaware, in the town of Lincoln, called Slaughter Neck.
Her father, Dalton Carroll, worked as an ice man, farmer and factory worker; her mother, Grace, was a domestic until the many children came, though some did not survive infancy. She inscribed their 12 names in a thumbed-through Bible held together now with gray duct tape.
There was Leon, then Dalton, then Clarence, then Thomas and then, on March 15, 1924: Margaret.
They grew up in Slaughter Neck, an African-American community so small and tight that all the world was right there on Slaughter Neck Road: their house, their farmland, their elementary school — even their white clapboard Methodist church, where the Carroll children cut boredom by singing in the choir, founded by their father. Margaret sang soprano.
After a couple of years of high school, she enrolled in the Apex College of Beauty Culture and Hairdressing, in Philadelphia. For her graduation in 1946, she wore white earrings to match the white gown and mortarboard. Then she returned to Delaware to open a beauty shop in a cottage, no larger than a tool shed, on Slaughter Neck Road.
The first marriage, to a rake named Gus, "didn't stick," as she'd politely say. The second was to Edward, who died young. The third was to George Smith, an Air Force veteran, an electrician and a good, good man. This marriage stuck — for 42 years, until his death in 2010.
"The black Liz Taylor," Ms. Smith often called herself, "only with no money." Family members preferred descriptions like kind, and witty, and, most of all, feisty. If you gave her lip, she liked to say, "I will answer you back."
After a while she moved her beauty shop to a back room in the house she shared with George — on Slaughter Neck Road, of course — attracting clients from as far as Seaford, 30 miles away. Since her retirement more than a decade ago, she kept busy by taking her famous chicken-and-dumpling dinners to the homebound, volunteering at her church down the road and belonging to a local chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
It remains unknown what these girls were thinking, if they were thinking, when they imprisoned another human being in a car trunk without food, water or medication.
What is known is just who they had dismissed, apparently, as just another defenseless little old lady: Margaret E. Smith, the backbone of a dot in central Delaware called Slaughter Neck.Credit...Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times
Mostly, though, Ms. Smith stayed home, a one-story house bracketed by crop fields. Portraits of Jesus, Martin Luther King, and her many nieces and nephews kept her company, as did the flat-screen television propped on an old Zenith console the size of a washing machine, and that cat abandoned by a neighbor's death. She called it Cat, and kept it overfed.
This is the Margaret Smith who, on March 18, a Monday, decided to go shopping. Siblings were coming in for Easter, and she wanted to have presents. But first, she thought, maybe an ice cream cone at that convenience store in downtown Milford. Then those two young strangers asked for a favor.
"So I said yes," she recalled. "And we started on."
Minutes later, Ms. Smith was in the trunk, without her heart and blood-pressure medication, without her cellphone. "The doors slammed and then it took off — eeeeeekkk!" she said, imitating a car's getaway screech. "Oh Lord."
Trapped in space normally occupied by those large cans of green beans she often donates to her church, Ms. Smith tried to stay strong. Whenever thoughts turned to her family or her long life, she said, "I had to push it back. I had to think about getting out of there."
She nodded off now and then, but whenever conscious, she prayed. "Lord, am I going to make it?" she asked. "Lord, take care of me."
At one point the girls opened the trunk somewhere around West Rehoboth, Ms. Smith later guessed. They forced her to hand over the $500 in her pocket, the police say, then locked her in the trunk once more.
Through the afternoon and into the night, Ms. Smith's relatives were calling her cellphone and home phone, but no answer. Then they called the hospitals and the police, but no luck.
One of Ms. Smith's many nieces, Sabrina Carroll, a special education teacher in Chester, Pa., said that family members joined the hunt Tuesday afternoon. But after hours of searching the Milford area for a golden 2001 Buick LeSabre and its 4-foot-11 driver, she saw no choice but to file a missing-person report with the police.
Ms. Carroll and her three sisters spent the night at their Aunt Margaret's all-too-quiet house, while, according to the police, the two teenage girls collected a couple of friends and checked into a Days Inn. Ms. Smith remained locked in the trunk, with only a light jacket to ward against temperatures in the low 40s.
On that Wednesday morning, the police say, the youths dumped a shoeless Ms. Smith in a remote cemetery somewhere outside of Seaford, where a dirt path provides the only access from the main road. It is a cemetery for the poor, all sand and weeds, with many graves marked by pressed metal instead of stone.
"I started crawling," Ms. Smith recalled. "I'd stop for a few minutes, then start crawling again."
She had no idea where she was. The rough ground tore at her hands and bloodied her knees. Still, she said, "I was just glad to have breath."
Someone saw the woman crawling through the cemetery. Soon she was telling her story to a state trooper. Soon she was at a local hospital, eating chicken, mashed potatoes and green beans. Soon came word that the two girls and their companions had been arrested and charged with carjacking and kidnapping.
Ms. Smith went home to her family Bible, her many photographs, that overfed cat. And the other day, with hands still bruised and knees still raw, she made her way to Easter services at her church on Slaughter Neck Road, where the congregation rose in sustained applause.


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Looking for a writers' group? All writers and would-be writers are welcome to come for critique & camaraderie.Library: Calvert Library Prince Frederick
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Feel free to ask Dr. Linder questions about plastic surgery today.
There are multiple reasons why patients will undergo breast revision surgery. For the greatest detail, please refer to www.breastrevisionsurgeon.com.
Patients often present to our office having had augmentation mammoplasty procedure and are unhappy with the symmetry of their breasts. As a result, it may be pertinent to undergo revision breast implant surgery in Las Vegas by changing the volume of the bags, replacing them with new implants, either saline or silicone, and modifying the volume in order to regain symmetry.
Scar tissue contracture includes the Baker classification. Baker I is a soft breast. Baker II is a palpable contracture. Baker III is palpable and visible and Baker IV is palpable, visible and hard, distorted and sometimes painful cold breast. Scar tissue contracture is associated with hardening around the implant which is associated with increased scar tissue, possibly associated with micro contamination of possible increased thickening of the collagen, myofibroblast and increased blood vessels around the prosthetic device. Painful Baker IV capsular contracture with severe distortion and pain requires open capsulectomies with release of scar tissue as well as circumferential open capsulotomies in order to regain increased volume space and reduce painful hardening.
Implants can rupture at any time. Saline and silicone implants can rupture associated with simply wear and tear over the years as well as due to blunt trauma. Implants that rupture can include tearing along the shell of the bag circumferentially or an implant valve leakage in a saline implant. Silicone gel implants can also rupture at any time and therefore MRIs should be performed every two to three years in order to determine the integrity of the shell of the implants. Silicone gel implants rupture is often referred to as a "silent rupture" in that you may not even notice the rupture for many years because the gel may remain within the implant and not migrate. Therefore, MRIs are very important. Ruptured implants should be replaced as soon as possible in order to reduce scar tissue, impingement and contracture around the implant which may lead to further deformity and distortion.
Below please see an example of Acute Rupture and examples of Chronic Rupture. Notice the Chronic Rupture photos which have a yellow color occurring due to an increase protein level.
This is associated with superior retroposition of the implant with skin over-draping the bag. The nipple is often found in an inferior low position and this is often seen in patients who have undergone transaxillary augmentation as well as transumbilical. These patients require both functionally open scar tissue release or capsulectomies, lower of the implants, often replacement of the bags and a breast lift of some sort in order to tighten up the skin and reposition the nipple areolar complex superiorly.
Cleavage is a significant concern to all of my patients who undergo augmentation mammoplasty procedure in Las Vegas. The cleavage can be determined preoperatively in some respects with respect to the anatomy of the female's chest. The attachments of the pectoralis muscle within the sternal and costochondral junction areas will have a significant effect on cleavage with each patient. Women who have laterally displaced and attached muscles will have more difficult medial cleavage to be obtained because complete release of the muscle may lead to visibility and palpability of the implant edge. So, anatomical distribution of the muscle attachments into the chest wall certainly is a significant factor on a woman's cleavage. Number two is the technical ability of the breast implant surgeon to appropriately release the muscle towards the midline as well as not to extend too much lateral dissection which could cause lateral displacement of the implant and allow for poor cleavage as well.
On primary augmentation mammoplasty procedure, each week Dr. Linder is extraordinarily careful in releasing the parasternal and the inframammary attachments of the pectoralis major muscle. The muscle is released from the chest wall, but not completely. Along the parasternal region, approximately 60% of the muscle is released in order to bring the implants towards the midline. In the majority of our subpectoral dual plane technique patients, the parasternal attachments are released of the muscle in order to allow the implant to be settled to an appropriate inferior position.
Cleavage can be obtained and enhanced. The muscle was released along the parasternal ridge, infraclavicular and the parasternal attachment of the pectoralis major muscle was completely taken off the chest wall. The implants were exchanged with moderate plus silicone gel implants. Notice, they were not larger. The pocket was not closed along the lateral breast. There was no capsulorraphy performed and the patient then had six weeks of compression garments in order to allow the pocket to settle and the implants to be placed towards the midline. As you can see, her postoperative view shows excellent cleavage of which the patient was very happy with the final result.
Malposition of the implant can either be due to technical error originally which may occur through transaxillary approach or any approach in which the muscles are not completely correctly released and the implants end up in a pocket that is not anatomically correct or it can be associated with over time simply scar tissue contracture causing the implant to be pushed up, down or in any specific direction.
Pregnancy and breast feeding may increase malpositioning of the implant with scar tissue contracture.
Bottoming out occurs when the implant is inferiorly displaced and the nipple ends up superiorly toward the top of the breast mound. This can be very difficult to fix. Capsulorrhaphies internally may not always work in that the capsule is often thin and suturing it together may not allow for a full tightening support of a significant size volumed implant. Breast mastopexy through an inframammary approach, removing skin along the fold, is often useful and I have performed this on many occasions allowing a nice tightening and repositioning of the implant superiorly.
The implants may require changing the volume in that many women as they get older actually desire to go smaller and downsize their implant sizes. On the other hand, younger patients may desire to go with a larger implant over a couple of years and implant volume changes with sizes as well as saline to silicone may be useful.
We do not use anatomical implants at this time because of the significant chance of rotational deformity which leads to bizarre and unattractive appearances to the breast. I do not use textured implants at this time nor do I like shaped or anatomical implants due to the unpredictability with rotational deformity.
Symmastia occurs when the implant pockets are made too aggressively along the medial sternal area and it crosses over to the midline. Implants should not cross over and when dual plane technique surgery is performed, the complete muscle attachment should not be performed. In other words, I release 60 to 70 percent at most of the muscle attachments down to the sternum, thereby preventing the implant from becoming medially displaced across the sternum.
Symmastia repair is extraordinarily difficult and requires Board Certified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. Repairs can include capsulorrhaphies where the capsule is sutures down along the parasternal area to itself in order to bring the implant lateral. It may also require lateral open capsulotomies in order to allow lateral displacement and room for the implant to move to the side, as well as reduction in the size of the implant volume.
The cases below show severe symmastia patients presenting internationally. In fact, the implants have completely crossed over the midline and the repairs were made by 1) open capsulectomies along the superolateral breast pocket only, replacement with small high profile silicone implants and spacers placed for two months with large supportive brassieres. This has reduced the symmastia appearance of the breast. Capsulorrhaphies were not performed on these specific patients.
Some Las Vegas breast surgery patients may desire to simply remove their implants for their own personal reasons or they may have undergone multiple capsulectomies with continued scar tissue contracture and they are really not good candidates for an augmentation mammoplasty procedure and thereby the implants are removed. Implants can be removed with a JP drain placed for one week and a tightening procedure of the skin may be useful if there is enough breast volume in order to maintain blood supply to the nipple areolar complex.
Scarring on the breast mound. Patients who undergo breast lifts and breast reduction procedures may end up with widespread scarring, keloids or hypertrophic scarring. They may do well with scar revision as well as laser therapy, vitamin E, Kelo-Cote or other adjunct ointments.


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Q: I see some algae in my pond. Is it too cold to treat my pond at this point? – Jack of Ohio
A: Algae has a tendency to grow in colder temperatures even when there is ice covering your pond. To treat or not to treat really all just comes down to the temperature of the water. Algaecides, like Algae Defense® (or Clipper™ if your have koi or goldfish in your pond), are most effective when water temperatures are above 50-60 degrees Fahrenheit. If you are living in the southern climates, the water temperatures may be already high enough for an algae treatment. As for the northern climates, it may be best to hold off until the water temperatures rise above the 50-60 degree Fahrenheit threshold.
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A Massachusetts man was sentenced to 17 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release for plotting to fly remote-controlled model planes packed with explosives into the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol and attempting to provide terrorists with detonation devices.
Rezwan Ferdaus, a 27-year-old Muslim-American from Ashland, was arrested in September 2011 after federal employees posing as al-Qaida members delivered what he believed was 24 pounds of explosives.
The FBI first learned of Ferdaus's plot while undercover agents posing as al Qaeda recruiters were accepting cell phones he modified to serve as electrical switches for improvised explosive devices to be used overseas, according to court documents.
Ferdaus planned to launch C-4-filled remote-controlled planes from East Potomac Park, authorities said. His plot also included two teams of three people armed with automatic weapons that would fire on the targets following the explosions in order to "take out" everyone amid the chaos.
During the investigation, undercover agents told Ferdaus more than 25 times that it was OK to back out and not carry out the plot, but he repeatedly reaffirmed his commitment to the plot.
Federal officials said the public was never in danger from the explosives.
The defense had suggested that the FBI ignored signs of mental illness in Ferdaus while investigating him. During a bail hearing last year, an FBI agent acknowledged that Ferdaus told undercover agents that he was anxious and depressed and having "intrusive thoughts" in the months before his arrest.
After he was sentenced, his lawyer, Miriam Conrad, said Ferdaus was being treated by a psychiatrist for depression and anxiety in August 2011, a month before his arrest.
U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns said he had received a series of letters from Ferdaus' family and friends that painted a portrait of a "much loved" man who had lived "90 percent" of his life in a positive way.
"Everyone noticed that there was a point when Mr. Ferdaus' life turned darker," Stearns said.
In a letter to Stearns, Ferdaus' parents, Showket and Anamaria Ferdaus, said he slipped into a depression during his senior year at Northeastern, which led to mental illness that was "obviously visible" to his family since late 2009. They said they tried to get him to see a doctor but he would not.
"We took a very cautious approach. After all, he was over 18 and we could not force him to see a doctor. That is the American way. We felt helpless," they wrote in their letter.
After the hearing, Ferdaus' mother was mobbed by television cameras. "My son is innocent," she cried. "Go investigate your government."
Ferdaus will receive credit for the 13 months he spent in prison while awaiting trial. The U.S. Bureau of Prisons will decide where Ferdaus serves his sentence.
As he left the courtroom in handcuffs, his family stood and shouted, "We love you, Rezwan!" ''Stay strong, Rez!" and "See you on the other side!"


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HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Oct. 31(HealthDay News) -- Heart patients with pacemakers or implanted defibrillators will find comfort from a German study that suggests that the handheld metal detectors used at airports won't cause the medical devices to malfunction.
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Anecdotal reports had suggested that the electromagnetic field generated by the security scanners interfered with the devices, but this study found that "probably" is not the case.
"While these new findings are reassuring for patients with implanted devices that the risk of device interference is low, further studies are needed," said Dr. Gregg Fonarow, professor of cardiology, University of California, Los Angeles, who is familiar with the study findings.
"Worldwide, there are millions of individuals who have implanted pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators," Fonarow said.
The report was published in the Nov. 1 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
For the study, a team led by Dr. Clemens Jilek, on the medical faculty at Technische University Munich, exposed almost 400 patients with pacemakers or implantable defibrillators to two of the most commonly used handheld metal detectors for 30 seconds, longer than the usual screening time.
The researchers tested the volunteers and found no disturbances in the way the medical devices functioned. No changes were seen in the devices' ability to detect abnormal heart rhythms or to maintain heart rhythm, and there was no need to reprogram any of the devices.
"In summary, handheld metal detectors did not affect the function of pacemakers and ICDs in our patient cohort. Our results suggest that using handheld metal detectors for security screening in patients with pacemakers and ICDs is probably safe, but these findings require confirmation," the researchers concluded.
Because of past concerns, the U.S. TransportationSecurity Administration advises travelers with cardiac rhythmdevices to request a pat-down inspection at the airport rather than standard detector screening. However, the authors said dated airport technology and older devices contributed to those concerns.
"There have been infrequent reports to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration where routine device function has been impacted by metal detectors," Fonarow said.
The authors conceded that their study had limitations. They only looked at two types of cardiac rhythm devices in a small group of participants, and the screening was conducted in hospitals, not in actual airports, they pointed out.
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Virginia Coalition of Police
and Deputy Sheriffs
As Shocks Replace Police Bullets,
Deaths Drop but Questions Arise.
Less than Lethal Weapons
rethinks its use of Tasers
Tasers give juice to Newark law enforcement
Zogby Poll, Public supports police use of Tasers
"Shooting someone is not a badge of honor," Officer
Burns said. "It's something no one wants to do. No police officer in the
world is paid to die, no police officer in the world is paid to get hurt."
March 7, 2004
By SARAH KERSHAW, NY Times
SEATTLE, March 6 - The police here have had their share of
high-profile violent or deadly run-ins with protesters,
mentally ill suspects and other lawbreakers. But in 2003,
for the first time in 15 years, no one here was shot and
killed by the police.
Miami, a city with a long history of police shootings and
ensuing civil unrest, had no police shootings last year,
fatal or otherwise, for the first time in 14 years. In
Phoenix, where such shootings reached a level over the last
several years that far outpaced the rate of much larger
cities, deadly police shootings fell sharply in 2003, to
their lowest rate in 14 years.
In these cities and in a fast-growing number of the
nation's police departments, officers are carrying a slick
new weapon, the Taser gun, which looks a lot like a pistol
but does not shoot to kill.
Though officials say the Taser gun, which fires a stunning
jolt of electricity, is not solely responsible for a
decline in police killings, many departments say it has
made a huge difference. Its supporters say the Taser is
saving lives, protecting officers and suspects in standoffs
that might otherwise have left someone dead or seriously
"This is 100 percent more humane," said Officer Tom Burns,
who has carried a Taser gun for the past two and a half
years on bicycle patrol in Seattle.
But as the Taser spreads rapidly, it is raising questions
about whether the weapon, which can also be applied
directly to the skin as a stun gun, could be abused by the
police. The Taser zaps suspects with 50,000 volts of
electricity, disabling them for five seconds at a time.
Critics say the weapon is ripe for abuse because the shock
leaves no obvious mark, other than what looks like a small
bee sting. Human rights groups in the United States and
abroad have called Tasers potential instruments of torture.
They are now being used by more than 4,000 police
departments. Roughly 170 new departments are buying the
high-tech electro-shock guns every month, and the Army has
begun using them in Iraq, according to Taser International,
the Arizona company that makes them. More than one-third of
Seattle's 600 patrol officers carry Tasers. In Miami,
Phoenix and a growing number of cities, every officer has
Tasers have often been introduced in the wake of public
outcry over deadly police shootings. That was the case in
Seattle, Denver, Austin, Tex., and Portland, Ore., as part
of an effort to reduce killings through the use of training
programs and "less lethal" weapons.
"You have to think about the alternatives," said Officer
Burns, who also carries pepper spray and a .40-caliber
Glock pistol. He said he had used the Taser five times on
suspects who seemed eager to attack or were difficult to
control. "And without this technology you might have to
break it down to very brutal methods."
Officer Burns was on the scene in 2000 when the police here
shot and killed a mentally ill man, a widely publicized
incident that led to soul-searching in the department and a
plan that among other things involved the purchase of
The newest Tasers are an advanced version of technology
that was developed in the 1970's but was not considered by
the police to be effective until recently, The electrical
pulses travel from the gun through two 21-foot-long wires
that look like a stretched-out Slinky tipped with barbed
probes. If the probes pierce skin or a layer of clothing
two inches thick or less, the jolt contracts the muscles
and throws the suspect off balance. It makes the suspect
unable to move, and gives the police a full five seconds
with every "tasing" to handcuff the suspect. The police say
that 50,000 volts is a safe amount of electricity to absorb
and that suspects shot with a Taser recover immediately.
But critics and watchdog groups say the Taser could be used
to torture suspects and prison inmates to extract
confessions or taunt them, and Amnesty International has
called for a ban on their use pending studies on their
long-term effects. Human rights and civil liberties groups
are also questioning whether the electro-shocks that Tasers
deliver are potentially deadly.
"Surely it's better than being killed," said Dan Handelman,
a founder of Portland Copwatch, a group that has been
critical of that city's growing use of Tasers over the last
year. "But it's not necessarily an acceptable replacement
because it's not being used - at least in Portland - in
place of lethal force, it's being used for compliance."
Across the country in recent months, several suspects who
were shot with Tasers, sometimes repeatedly, have died. But
officials said other health problems, like heart conditions
and drug overdoses, were the cause.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado urged the
Denver Police Department two weeks ago to limit its use of
Tasers. The group cited a rising number of deaths
nationally, saying 16 suspects in custody had died after
being subdued with Tasers or stun guns in 2003, up from 10
in 2002 and 3 in 2001. But none of the deaths were
officially attributed to the effect of the weapons.
In Las Vegas, William Lomax, 26, died last month after
being arrested and, according to witnesses and the police,
shot with a Taser four or five times, which critics of the
Police Department said was an excessive use of force.
Investigators said that Mr. Lomax had been under the
influence of drugs, but that the cause of death was still
under investigation.
Marsha Bell, 22, said she saw Mr. Lomax, her cousin,
arrested on Feb. 21 at her apartment complex, where he
often visited his family. After he had a run-in with
security guards, the police were called.
"He was on the ground," Ms. Bell said in a telephone
interview. "He had two pairs of handcuffs on him, and I
didn't know the Taser was being used until I heard him
screaming. He kept screaming and screaming, saying, `Oh
God, Jesus, please no.' He was screaming in pain, he was
hurt and he didn't resist."
Lt. Tom Monahan of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
Department, which bought several hundred Tasers last year,
said that Mr. Lomax had struggled with officers, security
guards and paramedics, and that the Taser was used while
officers were trying to handcuff him.
Officer Thomas Miller, who conducts Taser training for the
Las Vegas department, said that there were clear guidelines
on when Tasers should be used.
"In the past, an officer would have to fight," Officer
Miller said. "Now we have an option to stop that before it
gets to that point, greatly reducing the risk to the
officer and the suspect."
The police do say that a Taser would never replace lethal
weapons if an officer felt his life was in imminent danger,
like when a suspect is wielding a knife or a gun at close
proximity, or when no other officer is available to provide
"lethal cover" for an officer using the Taser. Most
departments allow officers on the scene to make that
judgment call.
In the New York City Police Department, supervisors and
members of the large Emergency Service Unit, which helps
patrol officers in violent situations, carry Tasers, but
patrol officers do not, the police said.
The newest models cost $799 each, according to Taser
International, the leading producer of the weapons. But
company officials, who have seen their stock skyrocket over
the last year, say the savings to police departments that
might otherwise be sued over violent confrontations or
shootings is potentially huge.
The police and other supporters of the new technology also
say there are built-in safeguards to prevent abuse of the
guns. Each Taser, which is powered by batteries, has a data
port that records each shock and is used by police
departments when they prepare incident reports, allowing
supervisors to count how many times a Taser was fired.
Steve Tuttle, a spokesman for Taser International, which is
based in Scottsdale, Ariz., said the company continually
reviewed data and had found few instances among about
70,000 uses so far of abuse or inappropriate use.
"If there's a bad apple out there, the technology we made
will catch that bad apple," Mr. Tuttle said. "We've won the
lottery in terms of great success, stock market-wise, but
with that comes much more scrutiny."
Officer Burns of the Seattle department said the police
could not deny that a misguided officer could abuse any
weapon. But he said that there had been numerous instances
in Seattle where officers had used the Taser instead of
fists, nightsticks, guns or pepper spray, which can have
much longer effects than Taser shocks, and that suspects
had recovered immediately.
"Shooting someone is not a badge of honor," Officer Burns
said. "It's something no one wants to do. No police officer
in the world is paid to die, no police officer in the world
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Looking to defend their regional crown, the 12th-ranked MIT men's track and field team traveled to Springfield College for the NCAA New England Division III championship over the weekend. The Engineers had won the event two years in a row but came up a bit short this time around, finishing with 95 points, eight behind Bates College, which won its first ever New England team title.
Sophomore Tyler Singer-Clark (Falmouth, Mass.) racked up the most points for the Cardinal and Gray, earning all-region honors in three events and accounting for 12.5 points. The sophomore took fourth in both the 200 and 400 meters and was part of the winning 4x400 relay. Juniors Brian Gager (Rye, N.Y.) and Patrick Marx (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and freshman Nick Diamantoni (Belle Mead, N.J.) joined Singer-Clark on the 4x400 relay, which finished in 3:24.24.
Marx also finished second in the 600, with his time of 1:21.99, just missing out on the first place by less than four-tenths of a second.
Junior Josh Duncavage (Austin, Texas) collected all-region accolades in three events, with top eight finishes in the 60-meter dash, 60m hurdles and 200 meters. Duncavage was sixth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.50 seconds, seventh in the hurdles at 8.64 seconds and eighth in the 200, earning six points for the Engineers.
Senior Daniel Harper (Naperville, Ill.) and sophomore Justin Bullock (Detroit, Mich.) picked up second-place points in the 5k and mile, respectively. Harper posted a time of 15:01.62 in the 5000 meters while Bullock had a season-best of 4:14.39 in the mile.
In the field events, senior Chinedum Umachi (Detroit, Mich.) was the standout performer, taking first place in the weight throw with a personal best of 63-7.50 feet. That mark set a new meet record, ranks second all-time at MIT and places the senior fourth on the national performance list for 2012.
Senior Nathan Peterson (Kansas City, Mo.) was second in the pole vault as he cleared 15-5.50 feet.
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The Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant crisis taught the world one thing: The danger of nuclear waste is just as serious as having nuclear reactors in operation. Two years after the disaster in Japan, Taiwanese should not only insist that construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant be halted, but that the government should face up to the fact that it is incapable of handling nuclear waste and seriously think about how to solve this intractable problem. The nation needs to come up with concrete and feasible policies for nuclear waste as soon as possible.
Environmental impact assessments (EIA) on management policies for radioactive waste are a crucial part of this process. However, the government has been lazy and has overlooked the formulation and assessment of such management policies. In May 2011, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) and the Atomic Energy Council (AEC) did not tell concerned civic groups what they were planning to do and secretly held the first-ever task force meeting on the matter.
After learning in November about the clandestine meeting, these groups attended the next meeting, which erupted into a dispute. Surprisingly, no other meetings on the matter were held after that. Does the government think that dealing with nuclear waste is a policy that only involves government officials and that the public should be excluded?
The environmental impact assessment submitted to the EPA by the AEC is riddled with contradictions and misinformation. When this document came out, civic groups identified five major problems. First, it is impossible to process nuclear waste outside of Taiwan, but neither is it feasible to process it within Taiwan because of local geological conditions.
Second, spent fuel rod storage pools have reached their legal capacities, increasing the risks of radioactive accidents.
Third, dry storage facilities are not the answer to the problem of overstoring spent fuel rods in these pools.
Fourth, despite precedents overseas of radioactive matter leaking into groundwater, the EIA failed to address this risk.
And fifth, forcibly storing low-level radioactive waste in less developed remote areas runs counter to the principle of promoting equal development for all regions.
It has been almost a year-and-a-half since the groups raised these five questions, but the AEC has yet to provide an answer, and the EPA has not taken the council to task over this. EIAs for nuclear waste policies are very important, but instead of following up on the matter or offering an answer or response to these groups, the AEC and the EPA have chosen to bury their heads in the sand and pretend the problem with nuclear waste does not exist.
Apart from highlighting how inefficient the government is and how it shirks responsibility, these phenomena are also proof that nuclear waste is an issue that has no solution. Since there is no solution, the only option is to immediately abolish nuclear power and stop the production of more nuclear waste.
The state-run Taiwan Power Co and the AEC often say that nuclear waste is a fact and there is nothing that can be done about it. In doing so, they are treating nuclear waste that has yet to be produced as something that already exists.
Such discourse is tantamount to blackmailing the public and is aimed at making people think they have no choice but to accept only one way of dealing with nuclear waste.


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The rich strike back
NEW YORK — Just a few months ago, it looked like 2014 would be the year of the populist, with Democrats running on economic inequality, tea party Republicans bashing banks and newly minted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio pledging to soak the rich with higher taxes.
That was so January. The terrain is now shifting fast as the 1 percent fights back hard and the effectiveness of the populist approach comes into question.
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Fresh off a bruising loss in Florida, the Democratic playbook for the midterms appears in need of a major rewrite — and the pro-business wing of the party is ready to draw up new plans. President Barack Obama in his budget once again floated a plan to raise taxes on Wall Street, but no one took it seriously. And just days later, the president was raising money at the home of one of the wealthiest private equity executives in New York. Mayor de Blasio's hopes to increase taxes on the wealthiest got blown out by Wall Street's newest hero, New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo. And de Blasio is facing major heat from the rich over his opposition to charter schools.
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In two-dozen interviews, the denizens of Wall Street and wealthy precincts around the nation said they are still plenty worried about the shift in tone toward top earners and the popularity of class-based appeals. On the right, the rise of populists including Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz still makes wealthy donors eyeing 2016 uncomfortable. But wealthy Republicans — who were having a collective meltdown just two months ago — also say they see signs that the political zeitgeist may be shifting back their way and hope the trend continues.
"I hope it's not working," Ken Langone, the billionaire co-founder of Home Depot and major GOP donor, said of populist political appeals. "Because if you go back to 1933, with different words, this is what Hitler was saying in Germany. You don't survive as a society if you encourage and thrive on envy or jealousy."
Langone's comments — sure to draw ire from those who find such comparisons to Nazi Germany insensitive — echo previous remarks from venture capitalist Tom Perkins, who likened the actions of some in the Occupy Wall Street movement to the Kristallnacht attacks on Jews in 1938. Perkins gave several interviews after the ensuing uproar, but he never really backed away from the comparison. And Langone showed no hesitancy in invoking the Nazis when describing current populist rhetoric.
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The Democratic power elite now believe that appeals to raise the minimum wage and extend unemployment insurance are not enough to overcome Obama's deep unpopularity and frustration with the president's signature health care law. They fear that unless Democrats shift footing to a more hopeful, growth-based message, the party could lose the Senate and drop double-digit seats in the House.
"Reducing inequality is good, but it's 50 times better to do it by lifting those up who are low than by tearing those down who are high," said Larry Summers, the former treasury secretary whose bid to become Fed chair got derailed by the more liberal wing of the Democratic Party. "The politics of envy are the wrong politics in America. The better politics are the politics of inclusion where everyone shares in economic growth."
Democratic Rep. Jim Himes, whose Connecticut district includes many wealthy Wall Street executives, said the populism associated with de Blasio and Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren was never as dominant as the media suggested. "All too often people forget that this is just one politician from Massachusetts and one from New York City and what they say is not going to dominate politics in Arkansas, or Florida or Texas or anywhere else," Himes said. "Income distribution may be far from ideal, but people don't necessarily only want to hear about increased taxes on the wealthy."
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Wall Street Democrats believe Obama is fundamentally sympathetic to that argument. "The energy in the party may be with progressives, but Obama is still the same cool, pragmatic guy he's always been," said a Wall Streeter who attended the recent fundraiser with the president at Blackstone Group President Tony James's Manhattan home. "He's got liberal values, but he'd always like to cut a deal."
Obama's New York trip last week also included a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at the home of Alan and Susan Patricof, wealthy donors who strongly backed Hillary Clinton in 2008 and have mostly stayed away from events featuring the president. Some saw the DNC fundraiser as Obama acknowledging the need to embrace a broader swath of the business community after five years of strained relations.
On the Republican side, signals also indicate a shift back toward the establishment.
( Also on POLITICO: Priebus predicts 2014 GOP 'tsunami')
A former Washington lobbyist, of all people, just won the critical special House election in Florida. Republican leadership successfully destroyed tea party hopes for fresh showdowns this year on the budget or raising the debt limit. And Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) recently pledged to "crush" tea party challengers around the country.
Populists such as Paul and Cruz often do well in early GOP polls for the 2016 nomination and at youth-focused events like the recent CPAC conference. But the party's elite establishment believes the nomination for 2016 will ultimately go to a less polarizing figure such as former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush or 2012 vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, should either decide to run.
"Take the fact that the tea party is kind of on its heels in Congress and that a registered lobbyist won in Florida and that a lot of the party is revolting against this proposed bank tax, and you'd have to conclude that the establishment is not exactly dead," said one Wall Street Republican, who like many asked not to be identified by name in order to speak freely about his views on the direction of the party.


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Nickelback impressive on Here and Now Tour
Love'em or hate'em — Nickelback is the biggest band in North America. The boys from Canada had the Toyota Center sold out, and them some, for the "Here and Now Tour" on June 2 in Houston.
With seven successful albums from Roadrunner Records on their resume (latest coming in 2011 with Here and Now), their 15-song set list failed to disappoint and their stage show was second to none. From plenty of pyro, LED screens, and a freaking rotating stage on the opposite end of the Toyota Center that hovered above the crowd — it was nothing short of spectacular.
Lead singer Chad Kroeger had fun with the crowd all night long and even invited a handful of the Houston Texans Cheerleaders on stage to help toss beers into the crowd. I've seen Nickelback several times, but this by far was their best showing.
If Nickelback didn't wet your appetite, a little band called BUSH provided direct support. Frontman Gavin Rossdale played a show to remember and took to the crowd during "Come Together," which of course was made famous by The Beatles. Rossdale even went to the upper tier of the arena. He's still a rockstar in my book.
Seether was the second band to take the stage and Houston knows this this threesome very well. I think they may have adopted the city as their second home, which is fine by me. Despite having no gimmicks, Seether could have easily headlined a tour this size but instead joined up on the biggest rock show of the summer.
They may be lacking in massive stage show, but they make up for it with their music. Singer Shaun Morgan is a master vocalist and John Humphrey has been one of my favorite drummers since seeing him back in the day with The Nixons.
Opening was My Darkest Days, who are also from Canada and are signed to Kroeger's 604 Records. They only played four songs and didn't have much of the stage to work with, but they still managed to throw out tons of condoms. Yep. Condoms.
One hell of a rock show.
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Set List – Nickelback
This Means War
Something in Your Mouth
Never Again
Far Away
Bottoms Up
When We Stand Together
How You Remind Me
Burn It to the Ground
Gotta Be Somebody
Figured You Out
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The Sound of Winter
Everything Zen
Come Together
Set List – Seether
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Country Song
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Farmers' well-being a must to end poppy cultivation
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Counter-narcotics officials in southern Kandahar province have linked an end to poppy cultivation to the economic well-being of farmers.
They say as long as the financial situation of growers does not improve, it will be difficult to control poppy cultivation in Kandahar.
On the other hand, farmer argue they have to grow poppies as a last option because other crops need more water and there is no market for their produce.
In the past, the illicit crop was cultivated once a year but now it is grown two, three or even four times in parts of the province.
Complaints of farmers
Former says they know the negative effects of the illegal crop but have no option but to grow it.
Mohammad Jan, a grower from the Shah Mir Kala area of Maiwand district, said: "We know poppy growing is prohibited but we have no other option.
"Water for other crops isn't adequate and our produce have no gainful market," he complained. While other crops need freguent irrigation, poppy requires less water and fetches more money.
He added in the past there were 360 karez wells in Maiwand but all of them had gone dry. Farmers have to dig deep wells and extract water at a high cost.
Jan said an individual could easily get loans for the cultivation of the poppy crop. Farmers do not need to search buyers for the opium as customers themselves approach them.
He said the lack of water and market for other agriculture produce was the main reason behind the increasing cultivation of poppy.
Government officials
Counter-Narcotics Director Gul Mohammad Shakran said there was need for drastic changes in farmers' lives to control the cultivation of the illicit crop.
He told Pajhwok Afghan News one major problem of farmers was the non-availability of water resources.
He explained most of the poppy crop was cultivated in insecure areas, far from Kandahr City where the irrigation system was nn-existent.
He added mafia groups exploited the farmers' economic vulnerability. It was hard for government to eliminate the cultivation of poppy and provide an alternative to growers, he admitted.
Assistance from international community was vital to the elimination of poppies, stressed the director, who stressed the need for joint efforts to halt poppy cultivation, production and smuggling.
Agriculture Director Syed Hafizullah Syedi suggested the same strategy to halt poppy cultivation.
He said the introduction and support of saffron, pistachio, olive and almond crops offered an alternative to poppies.
Syedi added the Agriculture Ministry had launched a three-year project of 250 pistachios, as many saffron and tens of raisins farms in nine districts of Kandahrar some weeks back.
The project is being implemented in Zherai, Panjwai, Maiwand, Daman, Dand, Takhta Pul, Spin Boldak, Maroof and Arghistan districts.
The project, financially supported by the United Nations and European Union, may help control poppy cultivation in the province.
Public Health Director Dr. Ahmadullah Faizi said 120,000 people in Kandahar were addicted to drugs -- a threat to society that needs to be addressed urgently.
He said the most dangerous news was that due to drug addiction 102 people had been diagnosed with AIDS in Kandahr. In addition, there is no proper facility for the rehabilitation of addicts.
Mohammad Nabi, who treats drug addicts, said more people had become addicted to drugs. Most of the addict hail from far-flung areas and are illiterate.
In some cases, the junkies have also made their wives addicts. Nabi added of 120,000 drug addicts, 10 percent were women.
Residents & civil society activists
Ahmad Shah Sayar, a civil society activist, said according to statistics from the Counter-Narcotices Department, 50 percent of Afghanistan's poppy was cultivated in Helmand, Uruzgan, Kandahar and Farah.
He called widespread poppy cultivation a threat to Afghanistan and the wider region. Sayar said if the number of three million addicts in the country was true, each one spent $1 on buying drugs. It is a big loss to the economy.
Residents said the cultivation of poppy and use of opium represented a knotty problem for the Afghan society, which was already facing a whole host of other issues.
Taj Mohammad, a resident of Kandahar City, said his brother had been addicted to drugs. Despite repeated rehabilitation, he could not quit narcotics.
Mohammad said his brother initially started using hashish with friends. In the next step, he started to consume other drugs. The number of rehabilitation centres in Kandahar City is insufficient.
Taj added there was need for slandered drug rehabilitation centres in Kandahar at the zonal level. He called for intoducing new techniques to prevent rehabilitated individuals from relapsing into addiction.
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Col. Muhsenullah, in charge of counter-narcotics police, in Kandahar said efforts had been stepped up to prevent smuggling of drugs and more security arrangements had been made in airports and dry ports of the country.
He said 53 big and small smugglers had been arrested and referred to the attorney office for investigation this year.
The poppy eradication drive this year could no completed while the illicit crop was grown on 40,000 hectares of land. The counter-narcotic department could flatten only 72.5 acres crop of poppy.
Ten percent increase noticed in the growing of poppy in the county this year.
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Google has officially unveiled the Nexus 10, a 10.1-inch tablet with a 2,560 x 1,600 resolution.
The tablet runs the new Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS, but it's its screen which will garner the most attention. With a pixel density of 300ppi, it's even sharper than the iPad 4's Retina Display (which has 264ppi). And what's more, the price is cheaper too: the Google Nexus 10 16GB will be £319 compared to the iPad 4's £399 price tag; the 32GB Nexus 10 will cost £399 as compared to £479 for the 32GB iPad 4.
The Google Nexus 10's specs include a dual-core ARM Cortex A15 CPU, 2GB of RAM, NFC, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi (no cellular data version will be available at first), 5MP rear camera, 1.9MP front camera and a 9000mAh battery that will last for nine hours when playing HD video. There are micro HDMI and micro USB ports, as well as a 3.5mm headphone socket.
The tablet is 603g in weight and measures 264 x 178 x 8.9mm.
It also comes with Android 4.2, a slightly updated version of Jelly Bean with a handful of new features such as Gesture Typing (similar to Swype, this lets you type by dragging your finger around the keyboard instead of tapping) and Photo Sphere (a stitching tool that lets you easily shot 360-degree photos).
The Google Nexus 10 is due to go on sale on 13th of November.
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Opinion:You Want Fries With That Fast Food Strike?
Executive Director of the Center for Union Facts Rick Berman on who's behind Thursday's fast food wage strikes in 35 cities. Photos: Associated Press
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... welcome back to me and relied well they're going to be strikes all across the country in large cities this weekend in front of fast food restaurants people spoke straight gain big Macs and whoppers ... how to come to this ... that set me about his Rick Berman of the Center for Union facts I don't read very good and ... so on how did the fast food restaurants get put in the crosshairs of the of labor movement ... where oh it's actually not the labor movement but it's the service employees International Union is really trying to do this in conjunction with the group to use the new is in court ... and ... they're just basically trying to get low wage employees who are in the starter jobs ... to consider unionization ... to the first are talking about fifteen dollars hour wages which are ridiculous in the fast food industry ... just because the math doesn't work what they're really trying to use it to interest people in unison ... well what kind of people typically work I mean we're going to the fast food restaurant has seen them back there the yawning but are they people as the union suggest ... trying to support families on these jobs or part timers students exactly what is the believer may tell ... you the demographic is obviously next they're all sorts of people working there but most people are passing through the industry and most of these people are you most of these people ... are ... in their twenties in their early twenties or their teens ... and for the most part because turnover so high in the industry you know that people are not taking these jobs ... as permanent career moves despite the fact that when people do take them if they want to become a manager that swirl at managing these restaurants confirms the Sara Lee employees who stay there long enough to get experience for me to get hired for that ... has the labor movement CSE all you'll shown any success at all in trying to organize that this level ... no the fact that if you look at these fast food protests ... most of the people were protesting don't work in the restaurants ... I the only way this is like to rent a mob ... type of thing where they go on the homeless people to get SEIU people from ... other businesses that can show up and make it look like ... there's a big strike going on there but most of the employees are not walking out ... and when they see that thousands of people are protesting ... there may be thousands of nationwide but very few of them are actually working for the company also run the risk of being fired if that works for us ... for not showing up for work ... they indeed do although I think most of the management know that these people are being manipulated by the use in there trying not to put a heavy hint on these guys if you walk out ... but for the most part managers know in the union ought to know ... that you can pay fifteen dollars an hour when if you do that you wiping out two to four times the profit of each of these restaurants are either thank so much for being with this great to be reviewed ...


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April 08, 2014
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Issues Recall on Organic Black Peppercorns Due to Possible Health Risk
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services received information regarding a recall of multiple lots of Natural Grocers brand Organic Black Peppercorns as the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
The recalled product is packaged in clear plastic bags with Natural Grocers label notating Julian pack on dates and pricing per pound. The lots identified by Julian packed on date include: 28-14, 13-14, 351-13, 336-13, 322-13, 305-13, 290-13, 281-13, 266-13, 252-13, 245-13. The product was distributed to Natural Grocers' 80 stores located in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.
The full recall including a list of products can be found at www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm392330.htm.


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Recalled striker Joe Mason became the first of four players to get his name on the scoresheet, netting after just three minutes after Craig Noone had hit the crossbar, and winger Noone grabbed the second himself from long range before the interval.
Matthew Connolly (pictured scoring) and Aron Gunnarsson both scored in the final eight minutes to wrap up an impressive three points for the in-form Bluebirds.
Injuries to attackers Craig Bellamy and Tommy Smith meant a full debut for South Korean Kim Bo-kyung and a recall for Mason. Both sides snatched last-gasp wins on Tuesday night and Burnley caretaker boss Terry Pashley, having overseen two victories since Eddie Howe's departure, replaced the suspended Ben Mee with Joseph Mills.
But that rejigged back four, who came into this game with the second-worst defensive record in the division, conceded after just three minutes when Noone's left-footed effort hit the post and Mason was there to slot the ball home from just inside the box.
The former Plymouth striker was inches away from doubling Cardiff's lead when put through by Peter Whittingham in the 21st minute, but his low drive from the edge of the box rattled the post with Lee Grant beaten.
Kim, Whittingham and Heidar Helguson all had opportunities for the Bluebirds as they enjoyed a lively opening half-hour, while Charlie Austin's first real sniff of goal after 34 minutes was blocked by defender Mark Hudson.
Just seven minutes later a flowing move from Cardiff saw them deservedly double their lead. Noone let rip from 25 yards and although Grant got a hand to the former Brighton man's effort, he could not keep it out and the winger celebrated his second of the campaign.
The Clarets started the second half the stronger and Austin was close to his 15th league goal of the season when he thumped a shot towards goal that Hudson did extremely well to turn over his own crossbar.
At the other end Noone's curling left-footed effort came back off the bar as Cardiff looked to extend their impressive home record against the visitors, having not tasted defeat against the Clarets in south Wales since 2000.
David Marshall had enjoyed a relatively quiet afternoon for the home side until the 76th minute when the Scotland international made a fine save to deny half-time substitute Sam Vokes after he met Danny Ings' low cross.
With eight minutes to go though, Cardiff grabbed a third when Connolly nodded home Whittingham's inswinging corner at the far post for this third of the season.
And just two minutes later substitute Gunnarsson grabbed his second goal of the week in emphatic style after Whittingham's ball was knocked down by fellow sub Rudy Gestede to wrap up a thoroughly impressive victory for Malky Mackay's table-topping team.
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North American Elk, or Cervus elaphus, are split by some biologists into six subspecies:
Bull: Male elk
Cow: Female elk
Calf: Baby elk
Spike: Yearling bull elk
Newborn calf: 35 pounds (16 kg)
Cow: 500 pounds (225 kg) (Tule elk: 300 lbs., Roosevelt's elk: 600 lbs.)
4 1/2 feet (1.3 m) at the shoulder
6 1/2 feet (2 m) from nose to tail
Bull: 700 pounds (315 kg) (Tule elk: 400 lbs., Roosevelt's elk: 900 lbs.)
5 feet (1.5 m) at the shoulder
8 feet (2.4 m) from nose to tail
• Summer: copper brown
• Fall, winter and spring: light tan
• Rump patch: light beige
• Legs and neck often darker than body
Summer: grasses and forbs
Spring and Fall: grasses
Winter: grasses, shrubs, tree bark and twigs
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Amid a flurry of pilot pickups, The CW has given a series order to "Arrow," the hour-long drama based on DC Comics' Green Arrow.
Created by "Green Lantern" screenwriters Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim and "Fringe: co-executive producer Andrew Kreisberg, the series centers on Oliver Queen, a wealthy young bad boy who, after spending five years shipwrecked on an island, returns to Starling City - changed from Star City - with a mastery of the bow and a determination to make a difference. Here's the official description:
After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. When he returns home to Starling City, his devoted mother Moira, much-beloved sister Thea, and best friend Tommy welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island. While Oliver hides the truth about the man he's become, he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as the boy he was. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his former girlfriend, Laurel Lance. As Oliver reconnects with those closest to him, he secretly creates the persona of Arrow - a vigilante - to right the wrongs of his family, fight the ills of society, and restore Starling City to its former glory. By day, Oliver plays the role of a wealthy, carefree and careless philanderer he used to be - flanked by his devoted chauffeur/bodyguard, John Diggle - while carefully concealing the secret identity he turns to under cover of darkness. However, Laurel's father, Detective Quentin Lance, is determined to arrest the vigilante operating in his city. Meanwhile, Oliver's own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on - and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.
The series stars Stephen Amell ("Hung," "The Vampire Diaries") as Oliver Queen, Colin Donnell as Tommy Merlyn, Katie Cassidy ("Supernatural," "Melrose Place') as Laurel Lance, David Ramsey ("Dexter, "Blue Bloods") as John Diggle, Willa Holland ("The O.C.") as Thea Queen, with Susanna Thompson ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "Kings") as Moira Queen and Paul Blackthorne ("The Dresden Files," "24") as Detective Quentin Lance.
The pilot was directed by David Nutter ("Game of Thrones," "The Pacific") from a teleplay by Kreisberg and Guggenheim and a story by Berlanti and Guggenheim.


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Obama to tap John Brennan to head CIA
WASHINGTON President Obama will nominate John Brennan as his next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the White House confirmed Monday.
Brennan, a 25-year CIA veteran, currently serves as Mr. Obama's top counterterrorism adviser. The president will announce Brennan's nomination at 1 p.m. ET. At the same event, the president will also formally announce that he is nominating Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary.
Along with secretary of state nominee Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., Hagel and Brennan would play key roles implementing and shaping Obama's national security priorities in a second term. All three men must be confirmed by the Senate.
Mr. Obama considered Brennan for the top CIA job in 2008. But Brennan withdrew his name amid questions about his connection to enhanced interrogation techniques while serving in the spy agency during the George W. Bush administration.
Brennan denied involvement in the controversial interrogation tactics, including waterboarding, and has spoken out against them.
In a letter to Mr. Obama at the time, Brennan said he was "a strong opponent of many of the policies of the Bush administration, such as the preemptive war in Iraq and coercive interrogation tactics, to include waterboarding." Many people consider waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods to be torture.
White House officials say they don't expect Brennan to face similar trouble this time around given his four years of service in the Obama administration.
"The issue has been removed from the debate because the president and John Brennan, as his top counterterrorism adviser, brought those techniques to an end," Ben Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security adviser, said.
However, Brennan's nomination will likely put a spotlight on the administration's controversial drone program. Brennan was the first Obama administration official to publicly acknowledge the highly secretive targeted killing operations.
Brennan has defended the legality of the overseas drone operations and has said they protect American lives and prevent potential terror attacks.
If confirmed, Brennan will succeed David Petraeus, who resigned in November after admitting to an affair with his biographer.
Deputy CIA director Michael Morell has been serving as the agency's acting director since Petraeus resigned and was considered by Obama for the top job. Rhodes said Morell will attend Monday's White House event and is expected to stay at the CIA.
Hagel would replace retiring Pentagon chief Leon Panetta at a time when the Defense Department is facing potentially deep budget cuts. Hagel would also be tasked with overseeing the military drawdown in Afghanistan, where the U.S.-led war is scheduled to end in two years.
Hagel is likely to support a more rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan than some military generals.
In nominating Hagel, Obama signaled he is willing to take on a tough confirmation fight. Once Hagel emerged as Obama's likely nominee, GOP lawmakers began sharply questioning his commitment to Israel and his willingness to take a hard line with Iran over its disputed nuclear program.
Hagel, a 66-year-old moderate Nebraska Republican, has criticized discussion of a military strike by either the U.S. or Israel against Iran. He also irritated some Israel backers with his reference to the "Jewish lobby" in the United States. And he has backed efforts to bring Iran to the table for future peace talks in Afghanistan.
White House officials say Hagel's positions on Israel and Iran have been misrepresented. They cite his Senate votes for billions in military assistance to Israel and his support for multilateral sanctions on Tehran.
Rhodes said Hagel will be "completely in line with the president" on both issues.
"The president has a record of unprecedented security cooperation with Israel and that's going to continue no matter who the defense secretary is," Rhodes said.
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- Chuck Hagel comes under fire for views on Israel
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Sen. Mitch McConnell, the top Senate Republican, said Sunday he was reserving judgment on whether to support Hagel but predicted the former senator would face serious questions.
Any nominee must have "a full understanding of our close relationship with out Israeli allies, the Iranian threat and the importance of having a robust military," McConnell said on ABC's "This Week."
The second-ranking Senate Republican, John Cornyn of Texas, said in a statement that making Hagel defense secretary would be "the worst possible message we could send to our friend Israel and the rest of our allies in the Middle East."
Despite the criticism, no Republican lawmakers have threatened to try to block Hagel's nomination.
Hagel has also been criticized by some Democrats for saying in 1998 that a nominee for an ambassador post was "openly, aggressively gay." He has since apologized for those comments.
Hagel is the second straight Obama favorite for a top national security post to face criticism from Capitol Hill even before being nominated. United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice withdrew her name from consideration for secretary of state amid charges from GOP senators that she misled the public in her initial accounting of the attacks on Americans at a diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya.
Monday's nominations leave Obama without a woman in line for a top administration post, a fact that has irked some Democratic women. The president will soon name a new treasury secretary, but current White House chief of staff Jack Lew is the front-runner for the post.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women's lacrosse team used a 9-0 second half run to earn a 15-9 win over Columbia Saturday at Harvard Stadium. Jennifer VanderMeulen scored five goals and three other Crimson players recorded hat tricks as Harvard improves to 9-4- overall and 5-1 in Ivy League play.
The Crimson, who has already secured a spot in the Ivy League tournament, will play Dartmouth for a share of the Ivy League title next Friday in Hanover, N.H. Penn clinched a share of the Ancient Eight trophy with a win over Brown today.
Melanie Baskind, Jess Halpern and Danielle Tetreault each scored three goals and Tetreault had an assist in the come-from-behind win over the Lions. Nina Kucharczyk also put one away for her sixth on the season. Tyler Petropulos had an assist to go along with three ground balls, a draw control and two caused turnovers. Chelsey Newman led the team with three draw controls, while Tetreault and Kerry Clark also had a team-high three ground balls.
Harvard got off to a slow start and Columbia took advantage by pulling away 3-1 seven minutes into the game. The Lions held a 4-2 lead after 11 minutes of play. After 15 minutes with no scoring, the Columbia opened up a 5-2 lead. Halpern and Baskind scored with less than two minutes to play to pull within 5-4 at the half.
Columbia scored three of the first four goals in the second session to take a 8-5 lead with 23:09 to play. Over the next 15 minutes, the Crimson erased its deficit and took a 17-8 lead with five minutes to play. Harvard scored nine straight goals, including five off free position shots. With just over a minute to play, Columbia snuck a goal into the net for its first tally in more than 22 minutes.
Clark made five saves in the cage for the Crimson. Harvard edged the Lions in ground balls, 21-8, but was beaten on the draw, 14-11.
VanderMeulen's five goals on the day moved her into 10th on the Harvard goals list with 98 career tallies. Halpern, with 107 goals, is eighth on the list. Halpern is also 10th on the Harvard points list with 129.
Harvard travels to Hanover, N.H., Friday night for a chance to win a share of its first Ivy League title under head coach Lisa Miller.


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We worry about many different types of contaminants in our water supply: chlorine, arsenic, lead, and iron to name just a few, but, according to Fox News, researchers at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, Onatario have discovered a new possible addition to the list: estrogen.
Dr. David Margel, a study researcher, states that "several studies now have found an association between estrogen exposure and prostate cancer. We think this is environmental. [Estrogen] goes into the water [and] into our food chain." Margel notes that this is still a theory and that more research needs to be done. He also advises women not to stop taking birth control medication until results are conclusive.
According to Margel's study:
"Birth control pills often contain a type of estrogen called ethinyloestradiol, which women taking the pills excrete in their urine. The hormone ends up in the water supply, or is taken up by plants or animals that use the water, and then passed up the food chain. Although the amount [of estrogen] one woman would secrete is minimal, when millions of women take it for a long period of time, it may have an environmental effect."
Margel concedes that his findings are only the preliminary stages and that much more research must be conducted in order to discern the full impact of birth control medication on the water supply. In addition, research must also be conducted in different countries in order to truly gauge how ubiquitous these cases are.


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I am having pain on the left side of my throat upon swallowing liquids only. some ear pain on occasion. this has been a ongoing problem for about 6 months. have been to the doc 2 times. once i was put on antibiotocs for infection. the second time it was said that i have fluid buildup in my left ear. i am 24 year old female i have very bad sinus problems. i am beating myself ip over this thinking that i have some kind of throat cancer. i have an app next week. but i need a piece of mind and some other things that it might be. please pleas helpReply Follow This Thread Stop Following This Thread Flag this Discussion
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RICHMOND, Va. – Head Coach Shaka Smart did not have to look far to fill his open assistant coaching position.
Smart announced today that Mike Morrell, the Director of Basketball Operations at VCU the past two seasons, has been elevated to assistant coach. He will assume the position left vacant after Will Wade was named the head coach at UT-Chattanooga earlier this month.
"Mike has been a valuable member of our staff for the past two years," Smart said. "We're excited about him assuming this new role."
Over the past two years, Morrell handled the Rams' day-to-day operations, overseeing team travel, scheduling, practice schedules and more. During his two seasons with the Black & Gold, VCU has posted a 56-16 mark, including back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament Round of 32.
"I couldn't be more excited for the chance to stay a part of this program and continue to help develop our student-athletes here at VCU," Morrell said. "I appreciate the opportunity that Coach Smart has given me and look forward to helping this program reach even greater heights."
Prior to his arrival at VCU, Morrell spent the 2010-11 season as an assistant coach at Charleston Southern, where he served as the program's academic and scouting coordinator, and handled the recruiting duties in the southern part of the country.
Morrell and Smart have a history together, working side-by-side during the 2007-08 campaign at Clemson on Oliver Purnell's staff. The Elizabethton, Tenn. native served as the Tigers' Director of Basketball Operations from 2008-10. He was a part of three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances at Clemson. He also spent two years as an assistant at King College in Bristol, Tenn.
Morrell was a two-sport standout at Milligan College in northeast Tennessee. He still ranks among the top-10 in school history for total points, tallying over 1,400 during his four-year career. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in History from Milligan in 2005.


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Brent out on $500,000 bond; crash scene details emerge
IRVING, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Josh Brent was released from jail Sunday after posting his $500,000 bond.
ANOTHER TRAGEDY:Games return after latest death
Brent's attorney, George Milner, told the Associated Press earlier in the day that the bond was excessive and beyond what the Cowboys had authorized him to post.
Brent was arrested early Saturday on a charge of intoxication manslaughter after his teammate, Jerry Brown, died in car accident.
Irving police released the affidavit filed by one of the officers on the scene, Travis Huckaby. He wrote that when he arrived Brent was pulling Green from a burning vehicle.
"I could smell a moderate odor of alcohol emitting from (Brent's) breath and he admitted to consuming alcohol at a club that he would not tell me the name of," Huckaby wrote.
Brent said in a statement Saturday night: "I am devastated and filled with grief. Filled with grief for the loss of my close friend and teammate, Jerry Brown. I am also grief-stricken for his family, friends and all who were blessed enough to have known him.
"I will live with this horrific and tragic loss every day for the rest of my life. My prayers are with his family, our teammates and his friends at this time."