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An El Paso, Texas, woman who is recovering in the hospital from a stabbing attack delivered a healthy baby girl, her stepfather said.
Rachel Poole, 31, gave birth to her daughter, Isabella, at University Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, following a successful cesarean section, her stepfather, Gary Jones, told ABCNews.com.
Poole's mother, Rebecca Jones, declined to comment to ABCNews.com on her daughter's condition, but said the baby girl "is in good health."
Poole was taken to the hospital on Wednesday evening after she was "brutally attacked" by a 19-year-old who broke into her home and stabbed her repeatedly with a knife, according to an El Paso Police Department news release.
Corey Bernard Moss, of Fort Bliss, Texas, was charged with criminal attempted capital murder after he attacked Poole, who was nine months pregnant, in her kitchen while she was on FaceTime with her husband, El Paso Police Department spokesman Det. Mike Baranyay told ABCNews.com.
Moss, who had gone to confront Poole about money he owed her, reportedly entered the woman's home through a rear door and waited for her to return, according to an arrest affidavit.
When the woman arrived home, she was using FaceTime to speak with her husband, Justin Poole, who is deployed overseas, the affidavit said. Poole was video-chatting with her husband when Moss allegedly attacked her from behind and repeatedly stabbed her with a stainless steel folding knife.
The woman, who recognized Moss, screamed out his name during the attack. Justin Poole, who was still on the phone with his wife during the alleged assault, called Moss' coworkers to get help, the affidavit said.
Moss then fled the home and reportedly called someone to pick him up and drive him to the Fort Bliss military base, according to the affidavit.
Moss is a soldier in training on Fort Bliss military base, police said.
Once Moss returned, his coworkers, along with responding police officers, took him into custody at a command group center on the base, the affidavit said. The knife Moss used to stab Poole was found in the car he was driven home in, according to the affidavit.
It was not clear how Justin Poole knew Moss' coworkers, Baranyay said.
Moss was turned over to El Paso Police detectives and booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility, where he was being held on $150,000 bond, a jail spokesman told ABCNews.com.
It was not known if Moss had an attorney, a spokesman at the jail said.
ABC News' attempts to contact the El Paso District Attorney's Office were not immediately successful.
Meanwhile, Rachel Poole was able to call 911 and was rushed to the hospital, where she was treated for stab wounds and fractures to her face and body, according to the police news release. Upon admittance, she was in critical condition.
Poole had a C-section scheduled for next week but doctors couldn't "do anything with [her] injuries unless they got Isabella out," Gary Jones said.
Jones said Poole may need eye socket reconstruction, but doctors are waiting for swelling in the eye to go down. He added that one of Poole's vertebrae was out of place following the attack, and she suffered a collapsed lung.
Meanwhile, Justin Poole returned to El Paso and has posted pictures of himself and his newborn daughter on his Facebook page, writing, "Rachel Poole is fighting to beat this."
A GoFundMe.com page has been created in honor of the Poole family in hopes of raising $5,000.
The page, created by Brett Lively, who said he was a friend and former roommate of the new dad, said Poole remained in critical condition.
ABC News' calls to University Medical Center in El Paso were not immediately returned.

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Back in the mid '80's I got the notion to build a single speed mountain bike. People were riding single speeds in the dirt and a few races even had a single speed class but nobody was building a bike specifically for such racing, at least until this one was built in about May of 1987. It might have been the first time I used a wishbone style seatstay, a primitive handbuilt one. The bike also had a 24" rear wheel and a 26" front , a combo that I thought would make the bike accelerate easier while kepping the front end stable and familiar. At the time single speeding in the dirt was a hard sell but once I tired it I was pretty much hooked. It was fun to sprint away from folks on thier fully laden geared bikes weighing much more .The lack of chain slap made the bike almost silent on the trail, a real treat. I guess it caught on eventually...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Is this the first official single-speed MTB ?
Posted by swiggco world at 7:03 PM
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- wESd said...
sure would look good beside "ugly" in NC
- April 29, 2009 at 7:49 PM
- Sabrosa Cycles said...
Very cool.
- May 4, 2009 at 12:31 PM
- wycx said...
Did the 26/24 setup work as you had hoped?
- May 8, 2009 at 6:06 PM
- swiggco world said...
I think the 24-26 setup is really great, it's just that the selection of 24" tires isn't that great. I'm building a 26-29 setup for a guy. I'm interested to see how that performs.
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Justin Lofton and the No. 77 Lofton Cattle Toyota Tundra team knew that they had an extremely competitive truck entering the Kroger 250 event weekend at Martinsville Speedway. Unfortunately, the tight racing quarters on the half-mile short track won out, after contact from a lapped truck ended their charge less than 20 laps into the race.
"It is disappointing for me and all of the guys on this No. 77 Germain Racing team. They built a strong truck. We knew after testing we were going to be a contender this weekend, and we proved that every time we got on track. I can only control how I race people, and it's unfortunate that some lapped trucks don't show a little more respect with the guys that are racing for the top-10," Lofton said.
There were two practice sessions at Martinsville on Friday and at the conclusion of each run, crew chief Ryan "Rudy" Fugle and Lofton proved their pairing was a fast one, with the No. 77 showing in the fourth position both times. The trend continued with qualifying on Saturday after Lofton wheeled his Lofton Cattle Toyota Tundra into the eighth starting spot.
Once under the green flag for the 250-lap race, Lofton maintained the fast pace, racing near the front of the field. On lap 18 however, contact from a lapped truck sent Lofton hard into the turn 3 wall, causing heavy damage to his race truck. The team was forced to make prolonged repairs to the rear end of the No. 77 in the garage area, before sending Lofton back on track on lap 103, over 80 laps down.
Seven laps later, the yellow flag waved with Lofton reporting that the speed was still in the truck, and it was handling okay, despite the damage. At that time, Fugle informed the team that when it was time, they would have to take the truck to the garage area in order to change tires and add fuel, because of the damage to the fuel cell area on the truck.
On lap 137, the yellow, followed by a red flag, waved after a multi-truck wreck. Once the red was lifted, Lofton pulled into the garage for the inevitable fresh tires and fuel.
The second half of the race was uneventful for Lofton. Through the final stretch of the race, his only complaint was that a slight vibration had developed in the front end due to the rubber build-up from the tires. The checkered flag waved on lap 250 with the 25-year-old crossing the stripe in the 32nd position.
"The last half of that race was tough because we still had an extremely fast and competitive truck. I wanted to race with the leaders but the most important thing was to show them respect and finish out the race," Lofton added.
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text: I was fortunate to work on this video about a team at Emory's Center for Digital Scholarship that is building a virtualization of 1930 Atlanta. It's like a Google Maps interface for the city as it existed 84 years ago, with the added feature that all the buildings will eventually be clickable, revealing all sorts of metadata and media about locations. As geographer Michael Page notes in the video, this project is helping to re-define how we approach urban history.


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HOUSTON — It's becoming a habit. For the second time in four games, Jeremy Lin spent the decisive minutes on the bench.
Talk about your Linsanity.
First he watched Toney Douglas try to stem the tide against Damian Lillard during overtime of a loss at Portland. Then at home on Wednesday night, Lin simply watched all but two minutes of the fourth quarter as Douglas lifted the Rockets to a 93-89 win over the Bulls.
"I'm happy because we lost three in a row and needed a win. That's for sure," Lin said.
Team camaraderie aside, the Rockets need their point guard of the present and future to be able to stay on the floor to run the offense down the stretch. But to do that he's going to have to make significant defensive strides.
When the Blazers were making their comeback in the fourth quarter last week, Lillard drove around and shot over Lin as if he wasn't there. At the start of the final period against the Bulls, it was Nate Robinson who got on a roll and devoured Lin. Acting Rockets coach Kelvin Sampson watched Robinson stick a 3-pointer in Lin's face and then drove for a dazzling 360-degree layup when he had enough and turned to Douglas.
On one hand, it was Nate being Nate, taking off on one of those sprees that has occasionally made him a marvel in the league. On the other, it was Lin being Lin, bedeviled and bewildered defensively.
"You have to go with your instincts," Sampson said. "You're not always right with that stuff. But I felt like Toney gave us our best chance to win. Yeah, a much better matchup with Nate."
Lin's troubles putting the ball into the basket this season have been well known. He shot just 2-for-9 from the field against the Bulls and is now 42-for-126 (33.3 percent) on the season.
It's one thing to try to straighten out a wayward shot. That's an individual thing. But if he has to constantly be replaced for a capable stopper on defense, then he's not going to be on the floor to play quarterback on offense and isn't helping at either end of the floor at crunch time. The Rockets need a guy they invested $25 million in to be more than a part-time player and a late-game spectator.
"Yeah, I think that's for reasons of defense," Lin said. "I'm not really sure. Ask Coach. But I think it's a defensive thing. I didn't do a very good job of making Nate Robinson uncomfortable. I've got to do a better job."


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For me, one of the great rewards of the "urban homesteading" lifestyle is that it enables me to live pretty frugally. Or perhaps "frugal" is not exactly the right word. More accurately, I have greater control and choice over where my hard-earned dollars go. It shifts some of the variables in the cost-of-living equation.
For example, instead of spending lots on utility bills and things like Tide laundry detergent, I use a clothesline and make my own laundry soap. There is some meat in my diet, but it isn't a daily thing. I get a lot of protein from other sources (eggs, beans + grains, and my dearly beloved cheese)—which is much less expensive, so when I do buy meat, I can splurge on something local, sustainable, grass-fed, and fabulous. If I grow a lot of my own food and buy from local farmers, I'm putting my money into a local organic chicken feed co-op and Saturday farmer's market instead of the fossil fuel industry.
One of the conundrums, though, of the "locavore" movement is that it has upscaled quality basic ingredients. Restaurants that feature locally and sustainably grown foods tend to be very pricey. Unless you are at a certain income level, a McDonald's hamburger meal is still going to be the more practical option than, say, a Farm Burger meal—which is an incredibly good value but still more expensive than McDonald's. I love that Decatur's local farmer's market accepts Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT — the electronic version of food stamps from the state) cards and that it is strategically located within easy walking distance of the city's public housing development. But then again, if you're stretching your EBT allocation as far as it can go, and you can get a much bigger bunch of carrots at Kroger, where would your common sense take you?
These complicated questions about food, sustainability, class, culture, accessibility, and economy are beginning to filter into the media. NPR recently ran this story about Hardwick, Vermont, a town many think of as a kind of epicenter for local food production in the Northeast. But as one Hardwick high school student observed, "There's the side of the town that's for the local food movement, but I think there's an even greater side of the town, with more people, that can't afford the local food. I work at our local supermarket grocery store, and I see most of the people in town there." One farmer in the area is responding to this concern by introducing a more "industrial" edge to his processing: more frozen, pre-washed fruits and vegetables that will be packaged specifically for the local supermarkets.
And yesterday, a piece in the New York Times about locavore queen Barbara Kingsolver's husband, Steven Hopp, who has struggled in the last several years to start a restaurant in Meadowview, Virginia, where they live, in the heart of the Appalachians. The concept for Harvest Table is noble: locally sourced produce, meats, and cheeses; other stuff that they ship in is organic and/or fair trade. His vision is egalitarian, "built by and caters to the community," the article explains. But Harvest Table has yet to make a profit in its four years. It's too expensive for the locals. The average annual income in the area is $15,750. From the article: "'If you go over there and eat, you have to pay $20,' said Kay Thomas, 69, who has been farming in Meadowview with her husband for a half-century. 'You can go to Pizza Hut and eat for $6. With the economy the way it is, you have to watch what you do.'"
What kind of upside-down economic system renders the most basic, most simple, most easily produced food the least accessible? What can you do to turn it aright? For me, it goes back to that question of redirecting my resources — and it goes to thinking about my lifestyle in simple economic terms. If I make some kind of purchase for my garden — for instance, a Growcamp that I spent $600 on earlier this year — I think of it in the long-term, and as an investment for future food production. Last year I hired someone to help me improve my rainwater catchment system — a significant up-front expense, but I haven't watered my garden from a spigot on the house at all this year.
Maybe "frugal" is the right word, after all. I want my food to be cheap. So I consider the flow of goods and funds in a different way. If I sell a few dozen eggs, my fancy organic chicken feed is paid for. As regular readers know, I'm always on the hunt for a good barter and the alt-economy it helps create. The value of goods and services seem more real somehow, and so maybe in some scheme it helps bring the greater system back down to earth.
And while I love and appreciate the upscale restaurants that have embraced the local food trend, especially the ones right around here in Decatur, I also love preparing great meals at home with food I have grown myself. They are very cost-efficient if I think about what ingredients I have on hand and build a menu from that: Flour, water, salt, and yeast. Mushrooms, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant from my garden.
Suddenly, my pizza is cheaper than Pizza Hut's, and much more delicious.


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The debate fell silent Saturday when Ron Paul trotted out of the closet the GOP skeleton of denial: racism.
Initially confronted with "racist" diatribes penned by another writer in a newsletter under his name, Rep. Paul dismissed them as a 20-year-old nonissue. Then, suddenly, as if the 76-year-old libertarian realized that he had nothing to lose, Paul pivoted dramatically away from alleged petit racism of words to gross de jure racism of deeds.
"True racism in this country is in the judicial system," he said in his counterattack to the ABC News panelist at the New Hampshire debate. "And it has to do with enforcing the drug laws.
"Look at the percentages. The percentages of people who use drugs are about the same with blacks and whites. And yet the blacks are arrested way disproportionately. They're prosecuted and imprisoned way disproportionately. They get the death penalty way disproportionately.
"How many times have you seen a white rich person get the electric chair or get, you know, execution?"
This flipping of the script flummoxed the other GOP candidates, who looked betrayed as the audience gazed up in a deafening silence.
Such open admission of deep, structural racism in America is considered heresy among Republicans, white or black — notwithstanding the statistical facts of the matter. The death-penalty bias is also sacrosanct. A few debates ago, a GOP crowd rattled the rafters with applause when Texas Gov. Rick Perry boasted about losing no sleep over executing inmates at a rate of two a month during his entire 10-year reign!
This draconian pace of state killings makes Perry a GOP star while rendering him exhibit A as a practitioner of the judicial excesses his fellow Texan cited in the debate Saturday.
More death row inmates have been freed through DNA testing in Texas than in any other state in the nation, according to the Innocence Project. The 42 prisoners were released from institutions where the majority of death row inmates are either African American or Latino. The black population of Texas is 12 percent.
In one such case, the DNA evidence was so overwhelming that even execution-happy Perry was persuaded to grant the state's first-ever posthumous pardon. The inmate, who died in prison, had spent 13 years on death row for a wrongful rape conviction, followed by a campaign by his family to clear his name.
Nationally, the Nobel Prize-worthy humanitarian research of the Innocence Project has freed 281 wrongfully convicted death row inmates. Undergirding Rep. Paul's observations about the racial disparity of the U.S. criminal-justice system, only 28 percent of those exonerated were white.
This racial skeleton trotted out of the closet not only offended Paul's rivals before the shocked GOP audience; the revelation also seemed to disorient the ABC panel.
Institutionalized racism, apart from the petit charges and countercharges about who said what slur when, has a knack of throwing a wrench into polite, mainstream media discourse. As the other panelists gasped, it fell to ABC's Diane Sawyer to change the subject, never to be continued that night or likely any other. "We want to take a break right now," she said, ticking off a few different topics to be discussed upon their return.
Even Herman Cain — remember him? — contorted himself to be used as a requisite lead pipe against this particular Democratic president. This was no easy trick for the Godfather Pizza dealer.
Dark as a pocket, Cain conspired in the GOP whitewash by, among other shows of loyalty, accusing African Americans of being "brainwashed" for voting for the Democratic Party. And he declared himself to be "an ABC, an American Black Conservative," occasionally breaking out to sing hokey church hymns that would raise nary a brow at a Pat Robertson revival. "He Looked Beyond My Faults," indeed; here, folks, is a lily-white black if ever there was one.
To date, save for an occasional flourish by, say, NBC's Brian Williams, the media seem to be going along with the GOP whitewash. Structurally, they appear unprepared to recognize and pinpoint a discussion about gross institutional racism of the type that a piqued Rep. Paul disclosed in that quick burst fired off in retaliation.
Not a single entity hosting the 14 GOP debates so far has seated a single African American as primary questioner on the panels: not ABC, CNN, Facebook, WMUR, NBC News, the Manchester Union Leader, Fox TV — not even the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.
It is most curious in this complex, multiracial republic that such a desperate consortium of GOP candidates, debate hosts, audiences and cross-examiners are working to select a, yes, white family to replace the Obamas and first dog Bo in the White House. Hmmm.
Les Payne is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and frequent contributor to The Root.


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Colorado Mesa University graduates more than 1,300 students in first class
More than 1,300 students will graduate as the first class of Colorado Mesa University (CMU). The students will be awarded approximately 1,420 degrees and certificates on Saturday, May 12, at 8:30 a.m. at Stocker Stadium in Lincoln Park.
This is the first spring commencement ceremony under the institution's new name. All students completing a degree between summer 2011 and summer 2012 are invited to participate in the May ceremony. Degrees awarded to Colorado Mesa University and Western Colorado Community College students will include 29 master's degrees, in addition to bachelor's and associate degrees and technical certificates.
This year's student speaker will be Justin Kawcak, an MBA candidate, who served his last year as CMU Associated Student Government President.
The CMU commencement ceremony will be broadcast live online through a Ustream channel.
For more information, visit the Colorado Mesa University website.


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President Barack Obama appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to promote low interest rates for student loans in one of the show's popular segments - 'slow jamming the news.'
Obama performed with Fallon and The Roots at UNC-Chapel Hill on yesterday afternoon for the broadcast of the show that evening. Check out the video of the president 'slow jamming the news' below.


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GWS Giants get first win away from home
Goals: Greater Western Sydney: J Cameron 4 J Patton 3 A Tomlinson 2 A Treloar 2 D Shiel 2 J Hunt L Whitfield N Wilson R Palmer T Scully W Hoskin-Elliott. Brisbane Lions: D Zorko 3 L Taylor 3 J Brown 2 M Close 2 D Gardiner J Green. Best: Greater Western Sydney: Mumford, Whitfield, Tomlinson, Ward, Scully, Cameron. Brisbane Lions: Taylor, Paparone, Redden, Hanley, Brown.
Injuries: Greater Western Sydney: Corr (shoulder) replaced in selected side by Bugg; Kennedy (shoulder) replaced in selected side by Wilson. Brisbane Lions: Merrett (illness) replaced in selected side by Close; Brown (concussion).
Umpires: Mathew Nicholls, David Harris, Andrew Stephens.
Official Crowd: 12,700 at Gabba.
If you want to get a feel for what football might look like in five or six years' time, it helps to watch the occasional game of boys against boys. Sure, the Lions and Greater Western Sydney might be propped up by a sprinkling of veterans. But this battle of the cellar dwellars was dominated by youth. And the kids went alright.
The game was marked, sadly, by another nasty concussion to the most senior player on the ground. Falling backwards from a marking contest, Jonathan Brown's head was met, solidly and certainly accidentally, by Tomas Bugg's hip. Brown staggered from the field; it was the sort of hit of which the champion has taken too many.
It didn't take 20 minutes of testing for Brown to be substituted from the game, and his loss immediately knocked Brisbane, and a fiercely contested game, off balance. Brown had kicked two goals in the first half, and brought the ball to ground for others; his absence robbed the Lions of any semblance of forward structure.
The result was a six-goal third-quarter blitz to set up the Giants' first win away from home in 28 starts, and the consigning of Brisbane back to the basement – separated only by percentage from the Saints on the bottom of the ladder. Lions' coach Justin Leppitsch was left rueing more red-time lapses that helped cost his side the game.
Both sides, however, could take positives from an entertaining and spirited contest. Lewis Taylor has already been nicknamed Squizzy, but The Fly might be more appropriate: he buzzes from contest to contest, giving the Lions much-needed zip around the packs, and this time, he hit the scoreboard.
Marco Paparone again ran tirelessly, and Pearce Hanley has regained the speed that indicates renewed faith in his troublesome hamstrings. Defender Justin Clarke did well on Jeremy Cameron for a half, but his more gifted opponent had the better of him as the Giants climbed over the top of their flagging opponents.
Cameron finished with four goals (and four behinds); Jonathan Patton three, and while they weren't the difference by themselves, the Giants' greater depth of elite young talent became more apparent as the game wore on. Lachie Whitfield, Adam Treloar and the maligned Tom Scully all played up to their high draft billing.
The Giants started like a house on fire; Patton marking on the goal line then curling in the shot inside the second minute of the game. Whitfield launched his spindly frame over two opponents from an awkward angle to mark and set up his team's second, and Shiel was the beneficiary of a brilliant assist by Shane Mumford.
Mumford was the most influential player on the ground, his huge frame mowing his way through every stoppage. Sometimes he put the ball on a silver platter for his on-ball fleet; when he couldn't do that, he did his best to scatter the opposition's. The clearances told the story: 52 to 30 in favour of the Giants.
Still, the Lions hit back as they began to find their range inside the forward 50. Darcy Gardiner was practically mugged by teammates after kicking his first goal at AFL level, and Michael Close, a project tall prospect for the Lions, found the mark with his first two kicks.
The Lions had established a 17-point lead by half-way through the second quarter, but by then the danger signs were apparent: the Giants were winning more of the ball, distributing it better, and had many more players involved in the contest. A few young Lions, James Aish notably, were playing like the season was already too long.
The Giants' six third-quarter goals were followed by a further four in the final stanza, giving them their biggest score and biggest winning margin, as well as their first win interstate.


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No. 92,074
RICHARD GILCHRIST, et al.,
1. When a petition for habeas corpus falls short of the requirements of K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-1502 in certain respects, the appellate courts of this state have been lenient and considered the petition or given the petitioner an opportunity to make the necessary corrections before the petition is summarily dismissed.
2. Whenever a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is filed which does not name the custodian of petitioner's person but it is, nevertheless, clear who the custodian is from a reading of the petition as a whole, it is error for the district court to summarily dismiss the petition for failure of petitioner to name as a respondent the custodian of his or her person.
Appeal from Leavenworth District Court; ROBERT J. BEDNAR, judge. Opinion filed October 29, 2004. Reversed and remanded.
Michael G. Highland, of Bonner Springs, for the appellant.
Brian R. Johnson, of the Law Offices of John M. Knox, Chartered, of Lawrence, for the appellees.
Before PIERRON, P.J., MARQUARDT, J., and BUKATY, S.J.
BUKATY, J.: Donald O'Neal Griffin appeals the summary dismissal of his K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-1501 petition. We reverse and remand.
On May 8, 2003, Griffin filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 60-1501. He claimed various violations of his rights under the United States Constitution. Specifically, he alleged he had been denied access to the courts in violation of the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses and he had been subject to deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. In the caption of his petition he named as respondents those individuals he believed to be responsible for violating these rights--Richard Gilchrist and other staff counselors. However, he did not name the specific custodian of his person.
The district court summarily dismissed the petition for failure to state grounds upon which relief may be granted. The court found that Griffin had not established that the respondents were the proper parties to this habeas corpus action because the respondents were not his custodians.
Griffin timely appealed. He argues his petition complied with all statutory requirements and that the district court erred in dismissing it.
"Interpretation of a statute is a question of law, and an appellate court's review is unlimited. An appellate court is not bound by the district court's interpretation of a statute. [Citation omitted.]" State v. Maass, 275 Kan. 328, 330, 64 P.3d 382 (2003); see Cooper v. Werholtz, 277 Kan. 250, 252, 83 P.3d 1212 (2004). The relevant statutes here are K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-1502 and K.S.A. 60-1503.
K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-1502 provides the requirements for the contents of a habeas corpus petition and states as follows:
"The petition shall be verified and state: (1) The place where the person is restrained and by whom; (2) the cause or pretense of the restraint to the best of plaintiff's knowledge and belief; and (3) why the restraint is wrongful. Individuals in the custody of the secretary of corrections must also include a list of all civil actions, including habeas corpus actions, the inmate has filed, or participated in, in any state court within the last five years."
Additionally, K.S.A. 60-1503 provides:
"(a) Issuance. The petition shall be presented promptly to a judge in the district court in accordance with the procedure of the court for the assignment of court business. The petition shall be examined promptly by the judge to whom it is assigned. If it plainly appears from the face of the petition and any exhibits attached thereto that the plaintiff is not entitled to relief in the district court, the petition shall be dissolved at the cost of the plaintiff. If the judge finds that the plaintiff may be entitled to relief, the judge shall issue the writ and order the person to whom the writ is directed to file an answer within the period of time fixed by the court or to take such other action as the judge deems appropriate.
"(b) Form. The writ shall be directed to the party having the person under restraint and shall command such person to have the restrained person before the judge at the time and place specified in the writ."
Griffin urges that the body of his petition clearly reveals that he is in the custody of the Kansas Secretary of Corrections (SOC) at the Lansing Correctional Facility. He contends the petition also states the cause of his restraint and why it is wrongful. As such, he contends his petition meets the requirements of K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-1502, despite the fact that he identified as respondents those individuals he believed to be responsible for the violation of his constitutional rights rather than the agency having custody of him.
Griffin's petition names only the various counselors he interacted with during his incarceration while participating in the Therapeutic Community Substance Abuse Program at Lansing. They are all employees of DCCCA Inc. Based on this, repondents argue that the only claims asserted in the petition are against these employees of DCCCA Inc., who have no ability to give Griffin the relief he seeks because they do not have custody of him. Accordingly, respondents contend that because K.S.A. 60-1503 requires that the writ of habeas corpus issue only against the person or agency having current custody of the petitioner, the district court properly dismissed Griffin's petition.
In In re Habeas Corpus Application of Horst, 270 Kan. 510, 14 P.3d 1162 (2000), the Kansas Supreme Court entertained a petition for writ of habeas corpus with the simple caption of "In the Matter of the Application of Kathy Horst, and Other Similarly Situated Individuals, for a Writ of Habeas Corpus." While the facts of Horst are certainly distinguishable from the present case, the fact remains that the court considered this petition despite the fact that no respondent who had custody of the petitioner was listed in the caption.
Further, in Taylor v. McKune, 25 Kan. App. 2d 283, 962 P.2d 566 (1998), the plaintiff timely filed a habeas corpus petition but failed to include verification, the proper fee, a poverty affidavit, or a list of prior civil actions. The district court did not file the plaintiff's petition but returned it requesting a correction of the problems or it would not file his petition. Taylor quickly remedied the deficiencies, and his petition was filed. However, the Taylor court went on to hold that none of the deficiencies prevented the petition from being accepted by the clerk of the district court upon receipt and none of the omissions deprived the district court of jurisdiction. 25 Kan. App. 2d at 288.
Additionally, in Stewart v. Secretary of Corrections, 29 Kan. App. 2d 411, 27 P.3d 932 (2001), Stewart did not verify the petition as required by 60-1502. This court relied on Taylor to hold that the clerk should have filed Stewart's unverified petition and then asked the district court to send an order to correct the deficiencies. The court could then have instructed Stewart that if he did not correct the deficiencies set forth in the order of noncompliance, the case would be dismissed. However, Stewart should have been given the opportunity to correct any deficiencies before the petition was dismissed. 29 Kan. App. 2d at 413.
While these cases are distinguishable factually from the present case, they demonstrate that when a petition for habeas corpus falls somewhat short in certain respects of the statutory requirements of K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-1502, the appellate courts of Kansas have either been lenient and considered the petition or have given petitioner the opportunity to make the necessary corrections before summarily dismissing the petition.
Had the situation here been such that it was unclear from the petition who had custody of Griffin and it was clear the persons or agencies named in the petition did not, summary dismissal may have been appropriate. The petition in this case when read as a whole, however, clearly establishes that Griffin is in the custody of the SOC and its agent, the warden of the Lansing Correctional Facility. As such, it was the district court's obligation under K.S.A. 60-1503 to determine whether Griffin may have been entitled to relief against the Secretary or his agents. If so, the writ should issue. If it plainly appears from the face of the petition that he was not entitled to relief, the court should dissolve the petition. Under these circumstances, however, it was error to summarily dismiss the petition on the basis of Griffin's failure to name his custodian.
Reversed and remanded.


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We get a possible rumor/spoiler/Easter Egg with it learned that She-Hulk might be appearing in Captain America 2.
Fans of the Marvel comics will recognize the name Jennifer Walters as the Captain America: The Winter Soldier IMDb listing has actress/singer Gretel Ashzinger rumored for the role.
Ashzinger is listed as: "City Hall Visitor / Jennifer Walters (rumored)."
Jennifer Walters, in the comics, happens to be the cousin of Bruce Banner. She undergoes a blood tranfusion when Banner saves her life which gives her a dose of radioactive blood. Walters, unlike her cousin, is capable of transforming into She-Hulk at will.
As Jennifer Walter happens to be a lawyer, perhaps she visits City Hall for legal purposes.
Of course as IMDb is a user-generated site, the listing could be in error.
It might be worth mentioning that Disney CEO Bob Iger said Captain America 2 is a direct lead into The Avengers 2. Recently, The Hulk was spotted in The Avengers 2 set pics with the scene speculated to be a part of the first ten minutes of the movie. Maybe Hulk gets mad after something happens to his cousin.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier has an April 4, 2014 release directed by the Russ Bros. starring Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo, Emily Van Camp, Hayley Atwell and Robert Redford.
Check out the Cosmic Book News Avengers Hub for more.
After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Marvel's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" finds Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.


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Lubanski Extends Hitting Streak To Four Games With RBI Double
FAIRFIELD, Conn - The Yale baseball team dropped a 3-2 decision to Fairfield in a non-league contest at Alumni Diamond on Wednesday afternoon. The biggest hit in the game came from Fairfield second baseman Rob LoPinto, who hit a high fastball over the left field fence for a two-run home run in the fourth inning. Yale falls to 6-19 overall while Fairfield improves to 10-17 overall.
LoPinto 's home run off of Yale relief pitcher Chris Lanham cost the freshman a loss in an otherwise effective outing. Lanham pitched 3.1 innings allowing only 3 hits.
Josh Scharff and Joe Lubanski both doubled for the Bulldogs.
Yale (6-19) jumped on the board right away in the top of the first inning and took a 1-0 lead. Freshman center fielder Nate Adams was hit by a pitch to start the rally off. Sophomore left fielder Eric Hsieh then singled to centerfield to set up first and second with one out. Senior designated hitter Scharff then doubled home Adams from second.
Fairfield answered with a run in the bottom of the first when starting pitcher Ben Joseph balked in runner Jack Giannini from third base. After walking LoPinto and recording two outs in the second inning (striking out five and walking six) Joseph was relieved by Lanham.
In the top of the fourth Yale took a 2-1 lead when Lubanski doubled to left center field scoring second baseman David Toups, who was hit by a pitch to start the inning.
Nate O'Leary, Rob Cerfolio and Robert Baldwin each pitched one inning of scoreless relief for Yale. Adams and first baseman Jacob Hunter added base hits for the Bulldogs.
Howell was credited with the victory for Fairfield. Howell allowed four hits and two earned runs in four innings of work. Kyle Capaldo picked up the save for the Stags retiring the Bulldogs in order in the ninth.
Yale travels to Cambridge this Saturday and Sunday for a pair of Ivy League double headers against Red Rolfe Division rival Harvard. Both the Bulldogs and Crimson have 3-5 Ivy League Records. Dartmouth is the Red Rolfe Division leader with a 4-4 mark.
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PRRC Director Robert Lee Receives Award, October 23, 2000
SOCORRO, N.M., October 23, 2000 -- Robert L. Lee, the director of New Mexico Tech's Petroleum Research and Recovery Center (PRRC), recently was named this year's recipient of the New Mexico Oil & Gas Association's (NMOGA) Pete Porter Award.
Each year, NMOGA presents its Pete Porter Award to individuals who have distinguished themselves as "outstanding citizens of New Mexico who have made significant contributions to the state."
"When they announced it at the association's awards luncheon, I was so surprised," Lee says. "After all, I think there are many other people who deserve this award more than me."
Lee stresses that he feels that this year's award is actually more reflective of the total contributions New Mexico Tech and the PRRC have made to the oil and gas industry, rather than just the ones he has made as an individual.
"I'm very proud of and happy for New Mexico Tech and the PRRC," he states. "I can only extend my thanks once again to all the members of my staff at the PRRC. It's always a pleasure working with such outstanding, competent people."
NMOGA is a non-profit organization which was founded in 1929 to provide a collective forum through which the state's oil and gas industry can maintain an active involvement with the New Mexico political system and with the citizens of New Mexico.
The PRRC, a research division of New Mexico Tech, conducts both basic and applied research designed to improve recovery of petroleum and natural gas.
The PRRC also serves as a source of information on improved recovery for the oil industry in New Mexico and for research specialists in private industry and government agencies.


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Animal-Rights Group Not Happy With Chris Brown's Dog Business
Chris Brown is selling pit bull puppies online. The Grammy-winning crooner is offering seven pups for $1,000 each through his website, CB Breeds. While this may look like Brown is doing the right thing by finding the puppies a new home, dog-shelter advocates are not happy with the singer's new business.
According to the HuffPost, the Los Angeles chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (spcaLA) calls Brown a "backyard breeder" and would rather see him use his celebrity to encourage adoptions through shelters.
"There is no reason to breed and produce more pit bull puppies when there are pit puppies waiting for homes in every shelter in America," said spcaLA President, Madeline Bernstein in a statement. "The $1000 price tag for a Chris Brown puppy could be better spent money saving the lives of shelter animals."
Brown's rep, Maureen O'Connor, insists that the puppy site is not a new side-business for the singer. Instead, he simply wants to make sure that his puppies go to good homes.
According to CB Breeds, the four female and three male pit bull terriers were born at the end of February and come with names like Music, Precious, Jett, Beauty, Pretty, Princess and Fortune. The site claims that the puppies are four-generation performance pedigrees and have been vaccinated and examined by a veterinarian.
The only glaring concern is the PayPal link at the bottom. You would think that Brown would have it set up so buyers would have to be screen first before they buy one of his puppies.
HuffPost reports that shelters from state-to-state are overpopulated with pit bulls because they are often mass-bred to fight and then abandoned when they are uncontrollable. So the spcaLA has a legitimate concern about the singer's website. On the flip side, Brown is a known dog lover so while his intentions are good, his website may not be the proper solution.
What do you think of Chris Brown's side hustle to sell pit bull puppies? Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Tell us in the comments below.


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We are committed to raising awareness about the importance of forensic DNA as a tool to help solve and prevent crime and bring justice to victims.
The National Center has released a new Sample Cold Case Victim Notification Policy that ensures that victims are afforded their rights and provided an opportunity to engage in the criminal justice process.
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As part of our OVW-funded project to ensure a victim-centered response to the problem of backlogged and untested sexual assault kits (SAKs), the National Center has been collecting written protocols or polices from jurisdictions across the country. We hope that sharing them helps communities who are now developing victim notification polices.
To locate these policies, National Center staff made contact with over 30 cold case units across the country and colleagues in jurisdictions that are facing large numbers of untested sexual assault kits (SAKs). We also sent out a "Call to the Field" for policies and protocols. We received a few documents we consider a formal "policy" or "protocol" (see Denver, Phoenix and Alameda County, CA for example).
We also received related materials such as letters that are sent to victims when the case can't be prosecuted (see Dallas), letters to probation and parole about a DNA cold hit involving an inmate (see Missouri), and a manual for investigating sexual assault crimes that had some helpful information about working with victims (see Baltimore and the University of Texas).
We are working with several communities that are creating victim notification policies right now. As those become available, they will be posted here. And we are continuing to contact cold case units in quest of models and samples to share.
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The World's First Hyperboloid Lattice Shell structure. The Russian engineer and architect Vladimir Shukhov was the first in the world to invent and use in construction hyperboloid towers. For the 1896 All-Russia industrial and art exhibition in Nizhniy Novgorod Shukhov built the steel lattice 37-meter tower, which became the first hyperboloid structure in the world. The astonishing hyperboloid lattice structure caused delight of the European specialists ("The Nijni-Novgorod exhibition: Water tower, room under construction, springing of 91 feet span", "The Engineer" magazine, 1897, № 19.3. - P.292-294). After the exhibition had closed, the openwork tower of rare beauty was bought by the well-known Maecenas of that time Yury Nechaev-Maltsov and placed in his estate Polibino, Lipetsk Oblast, where it has preserved until now under the state protection. In the subsequent years, V.G.Shukhov developed numerous structures of various lattice steel hyperboloids and used them in hundreds water towers, sea lighthouses, masts of warships and supports for power transmission lines. The hyperboloid structures appeared in Spain (Gaudi) and USA (battleship masts) only 10 years after the Shukhov's invention.
Just in case you mistakenly heard that it was all ice and snow in Russia, take a peek at the Big Bikini Exposition. This is right on the river Moskva in Moscow!Moscow has been the capital of Russia for almost its entire history. The exception is during the period of the Russian Empire, which lasted from 1721 until the Russian Revolution 1917. For these two centuries the capital was St. Petersburg. The Russian Empire was the second largest contiguous Empire in world memory; only the Mongol Empire had been greater.Check out what's happening north of Mongolia these days, in ChitaAlthough you may not have heard of Sochi, on the Black Sea, they're building up quickly and hope to host the 2014 Olympics.Other periods of Russian history include the Tsardom of Russia, from Ivan IV to Peter the Great, and the Grand Duchy (14th-16th centuries).The earliest period of Russian history was ruled by the Novgorod Republic and Kievan Rus, which was the first Russian state dating back to 800AD in Kiev.Modern Russia remains one of the world's superpowers. They launched the earth's second satellite, called Sputnik 1, and were the first country to put a human being into orbit around earth. (The first one is called the Moon.)After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia became a federal republic of 83 states.Text by Steve Smith.


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"I don't think you got this Joe," said Grete Eliassen, a professional skier.
Joe White's legs shake. Sweat beads on his brow. Slowly he pushes the 160-pound sled up the ramp.
"Don't you doubt me Grete," said the incomplete quadriplegic as he finishes his reps at the Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Project rehab center in north Denver.
White's workout is part of the SCI Recovery Project's program to promote health, fitness and potential recovery through intensive training. The rolling crew disabled athletes were joined on Monday by four professional athletes for a kickoff to the Wings for Life World Run. The unique run will start simultaneously on May 4 at 34 locations in 33 countries – including 4 am in Denver – with both elite racers and non-runners racing not toward a finish line but against a catcher-car that will begin chasing down runners 30 minutes after the start of the race.
The synchronized global run – created by energy drink maker Red Bull – could see champion ultramarathoners go more than 60 miles while average trotters could go 3 miles to 10 miles or more.


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Slowly my fingers slid along the surface.
"You know, that's made of Quincy granite," our tour guide said, as my hand went down the edge of John Adams's tomb.
Across the room, my travel partner — and future best man — Bryan Buckler did the same to John Quincy Adams's. We were standing in a crypt a few stories underneath a church in downtown Quincy, Mass. This was the last stop on a one-week journey that led us up and down the mid-Atlantic visiting any sites related to the U.S. presidents. Or, more precisely, where they died.
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49ers safety Craig Dahl made a bit of a stir on Wednesday, telling the San Fran media that the Rams held their own against the Niners last year in part because the 49ers were tipping plays based on their personnel and formations.
The incident, which is far more embarrassing for the 49ers than the Rams, triggered some strong Twitter comments from St. Louis cornerback Cortland Finnegan. On Thursday, Rams coach Jeff Fisher downplayed the whole thing.
"You know, I heard a little bit about it," Fisher said, via quotes distributed by the team. "First off, any time a player that's involved in the system changes addresses, there's always going to be some sort of debriefing. That always happens, so that's not unusual. I heard the guys were kind of joking back and forth, but that's how they are."
The back-and-forth refers presumably to the Finnegan tweets. Again, Fisher saw nothing significant about it.
"I really didn't pay attention," Fisher said. "They have respect for each other because they played well in a very productive defense together."
Fisher will be paying far more attention to what his players do now that their post-OTA break has begun. With six weeks before training camp, players left to their own devices can find trouble or harm or both.
"They know that they'll be tested when they return, so there's an incentive to stay in shape," Fisher said. "They're going to get their workout package. They're going to get the list of reminders. You know, all those things associated with summer. It's the four wheelers and the wave runners, all those things because strange things happen out there and, most of the time, they're accidental and then to make sure that you're taking of your body and making good decisions."
The good decisions include taking a Sharpie pen and writing on their forearms the 800 number to call if there's any doubt about the player's ability to drive home from wherever he has been drinking. We're not saying Fisher did that; we're saying the players should do it themselves.


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Bear in might as you narrow the search in this way, you'll be seeing significantly less monthly searches. Don't worry - just try and get the highest you can.
I hope that helps!
So, we are going to move away from this a bit now. Hopefully you have started thinking about including your keywords in all the valuable places in your shop. So Google search can now see your shop, your items, your description. But how can we move our results UP the search to those amazing first and second page slots?
The key to moving on upwards is backlinks from relevant sources. The more relevant the place featuring *your* shop link (and section links) the more theoretical 'points' you get. Google rates pages on their relevancy based on *their* metatags, content, frequency of updates and other complicated webpage stuff.
So, blogs are a great thing to get featured on in terms of SEO. I'm not going to preach for an hour about having a blog, but it is a great way of reaching customers, getting people interested in you and your shop, and you can link to your own shop as many times as you like. And it's all relevant! I try and link my shop in every post, in fact I've linked to it three times in this paragraph. Ha!
But just posting your link over and over again on your own blog isn't going to really make a huge difference unless you are getting linked from other relevant sources. So, I have a little challenge.
If you comment on this post, I will link your shop in my next post along with a picture of my favourite item from your shop. I'm relevant to your SEO because this is a craft/handmade/etsy finds blog.
Then, when the post is up, come back, have a look, and chose one of the shops to feature somewhere yourself. It could be on your blog, it could be on a forum, on Pintrest/weheartit/stumble/facebook or twitter.
This challenge is all about Karma. If you feature someone and tell them, they might link you back, or mention it somewhere. Backlinking is something that can only have a great effect if you return the favour whenever possible. Something I always do if I feature a shop, although I haven't done it in the last week (bad twinkly) is link to the shop directly from the username, the listing from the image, and the section from the description underneath. That way I'm giving my linkee three links for the price of one.
The great thing about being featured on blogs is that even as the post falls back into the archives as new posts go up, Google still counts the link. Websites might be updated and your link might fall by the wayside, but a blog link is for life!
I try to make a post featuring Etsy sellers at least once a week, and although it's taken a while, I believe I am reaping the rewards. Tomorrow I'll talk about how you can find out where you are being linked from (and don't forget to always thank someone who links you. Courtesy goes a long way to being remembered in the future and building friendships)
- Comment with your shop link, even if I have featured you before. I'll create the post tonight and post it over night before the next stage of this SEO course goes up
- Come back to view the post, chose someone to feature somewhere else. Even a tiny link on twitter is worth it, especially if you can get it retweeted
- Thank anyone who links you
Katie x


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An Eastern North Carolina automotive group has plans for an expanded presence in the Swansboro area.
SWANSBORO � An Eastern North Carolina automotive group has plans for an expanded presence in the Swansboro area.
Approval of a rezoning request this week by the town�s Board of Commissioners helps to clear the way for a proposed new Stevenson car dealership.
The owners of the Stevenson Chevrolet currently located in the town have plans to build a new facility meeting low-impact development standards on the rezoned property in the town�s extraterritorial jurisdiction west of the city limits.
�They�re looking to be good neighbors and good stewards of the land,� said Town Manager Dave Harvell.
While project plans must still go through a review process, the board�s approval gives them the zoning needed to construct the project.
The two parcels totaling 14.7 acres have been rezoned from R/A (residential/agriculture) to B-1 (business highway). Under the R/A zoning a car dealership was not a permitted use.
Shelley Smith, real estate development consultant with Stevenson Automotive, made the rezoning request on behalf of John and Susan Stevenson.
Approval from the town commissioners followed the recommendation of the planning board. In conjunction with the rezoning, the board recommended a change to the land use plan to ensure the zoning remained consistent with the plan.
The Future Land Use Map in the plan shows the frontage of the parcels along N.C. 24 a commercial with the rear portion of one of the parcels as low-density residential.
While not zoning, there were concerns about the Future Land Use Map land use showing a division within the site between commercial and residential uses.
The rezoning make the entire site commercial and the proposed change to the land use plan, which will go to the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission for final approval, will ensure a consistency.
Comments during Tuesday night�s public hearing indicated there will be a buffer between the dealership and neighboring residential development and plans to keep the area as natural as possible.
A resident of Pirate�s Cove expressed concerns about possible clearing of wooded area between them and the property.
�Between the property line and residential property we are not proposing to clear that,� Smith said.
The resident noted that keeping the wooded area is important not only for a buffer but to protect the rare birds that can be found there.
Now that the rezoning is approved, a planned building group application must be submitted. The review of the site plan will then go to the planning board, which forwards a recommendation to the town board for final approval.
The current site of Stevenson Chevrolet on N.C. 24 within the town limits will continue to be used.
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Seems though that the perks are what some are more concerned about in staying with a job though. If the perks were taken away from those areas that have them, how many of those employees would stick around or would they move down the road to the next company offering a campus with just a few more free toys in the lunch/coffee room/lounge?
I have to agree with grudey, but there are many out there now that truly expect the perks and are quite unhappy when they don't get them or if the perks might disappear.
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Reed on active roster as Texans make final cuts
The Texans reduced their roster to 53 on Saturday when they placed three draft choices - offensive tackle Brennan Williams, outside linebacker Trevardo Williams and receiver Alan Bonner - on injured reserve.
The Texans waived running back Deji Karim, cornerback Roc Carmichael and cornerback Elbert Mack.
Nose tackle Daniel Muir reached an injury settlement.
Free safety Ed Reed was removed from the physically unable to perform list and moved to the active roster.
Brennan Williams, a third-round pick, has been suffering from a knee injury that required arthroscopic surgery in May.
Trevardo Williams, who had a team-high 3½ sacks in preseason, suffered an ankle injury in the last preseason game against Dallas.
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Quarterbacks (3): Matt Schaub, T.J. Yates, Case Keenum.
Running backs (3): Arian Foster, Ben Tate, r-Cierre Wood.
Fullback (1): Greg Jones.
Tight ends (3): Owen Daniels, Garrett Graham, r-Ryan Griffin.
Receivers (5): Andre Johnson, r-DeAndre Hopkins, Keshawn Martin, DeVier Posey, Lestar Jean.
Linemen (10): Duane Brown, Wade Smith, Chris Myers, Brandon Brooks, Derek Newton, Ben Jones, Ryan Harris, Cody White, Andrew Gardner, r-David Quessenberry.
Linemen (6): J.J. Watt, Earl Mitchell, Jared Crick, Terrell McClain, Tim Jamison, Antonio Smith*.
Linebackers (10): Brian Cushing, Brooks Reed, Joe Mays, Whitney Mercilus, Darryl Sharpton, Tim Dobbins, Bryan Braman, r-Willie Jefferson, r-Justin Tuggle, r-Sam Montgomery.
Cornerbacks (5): Johnathan Joseph, Kareem Jackson, Brice McCain, Brandon Harris, r-A.J. Bouye.
Safeties (5): Danieal Manning, Ed Reed, Shiloh Keo, r-D.J. Swearinger, Eddie Pleasant.
Kicker (1): Randy Bullock.
Punter (1): Shane Lechler.
Snapper (1): Jon Weeks.
* - won't count against the roster until he's reinstated from his suspension Sept. 10; r-rookie.
Texans' roster
Bonner, a sixth-round pick, missed preseason with a hamstring injury.
Other offensive players waived were running back Dennis Johnson, receiver Andy Cruse, fullback Tyler Clutts, guard Tyler Horn, center Alex Kupper, tight end Jake Byrne, receiver EZ Nwachukwu and tackle Nate Menkin.
Other defensive players released were nose tackle Chris Jones, inside linebacker Mike Mohamed, inside linebacker Cameron Collins, safety Jawanza Starling, safety Ohrian Johnson, end Keith Browner and end Delano Johnson.
Other moves can be made once players from around the NFL become unrestricted free agents.
The reduction means the Texans kept four rookies who were undrafted free agents - linebacker Justin Tuggle, cornerback A.J. Bouye, running back Cierre Wood and outside linebacker Willie Jefferson.
Also, once players clear waivers Sunday, the Texans can sign as many as eight players to their practice squad. Most or all will be players they released.
Defensive end Antonio Smith, suspended for the San Diego game Sept. 9, doesn't count against the roster until he's reinstated Sept. 10.


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By John Goralski
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On Simsbury's first possession, they took the lead. Midway through the second quarter, they did it again. On Saturday, Nov. 3, Southington limped into the break with the score knotted, 14-14. Once again, the second half was a different story.
Southington scored in the last minute of the first half, and that was just the spark they needed. It ignited the running game. It charged the passing game, and the defense did the rest. The Blue Knights rallied for 28 unanswered points to keep their undefeated hopes alive.
Goal one. Check. Southington captured their first conference title since 2010 with a 35-14 victory over the Trojans.
"That was the rally cry this week," Blue Knight coach Mike Drury said after players showered him with a cooler of ice water. "One of our goals was to be conference champs, and it comes against a very tough team. Simsbury is well-coached team, and they battled. We dug in and took care of it."
Once again, the defense led the way. For the third game in a row, Southington fell behind. For the third game in a row, they held their opponent scoreless after the break. In eight games this season, the Knights have allowed only three scores in the second half, and all of them came once the outcome was clear.
Nick Spitz and Zach Maxwell led the blitz with 11 tackles apiece. Zak Jamele and Travis Daly collected 10 tackles apiece. Simsbury running backs rallied for 234 yards on the ground, but Southington's defense held them to just two completions for 34 yards and three turnovers. David DiNeno (7 tackles), Anthony Oliva, and Nate Bonenfant intercepted passes, and Simsbury's longest passing play (28 yards) came on a second effort after the ball was tipped by a Southington defender.
"We've got to make sure that we come out right away, so we're going to address it. We're going to work on it, but they responded well," Drury said about his team's slow start. "They still got a lot of big plays. They run a lot of different sets and similar plays just to outflank you or get you out of your zone. But you know what? Our guys played tough against it."
For the second game in a row, Southington's offense overwhelmed their opponent. Stephen Barmore completed 20 of his 28 passes (71.4 percent) and completed touchdowns to Connor John, Anthony Bonenfant, Alex Jamele, and Corbin Garry. Six receivers combined for 326 yards in the air, while Bonenfant (125 yards) and Garry (102 yards) both finished with triple digit yardage.
"The offense was clicking. I definitely think we brought some of the energy from last game over into this game," said Barmore. "The defense, again, even though they gave up a couple touchdowns, still gave us great field position all game and we were able to operate."
In the second half Southington picked up the tempo, and that opened up the running game. Tyler Hyde scrambled for 101 yards rushing in a well-balanced attack. Zak Jamele capped the scoring with a one-run plunge in the fourth quarter, and Southington (8-0) moved into first place in the Class LL points standings as one of five undefeated programs in their division.
"I finally got my chance to step in, and thanks to the O-line I got all that I could get on my chances," said Hyde. "The holes were big. The wide receivers blocked great. The running game opened up the passing game for Stephen, and everything all around. The defense gave us great field position, and all around we did well."
Southington will try to carry that momentum into a non-conference battle in Manchester this Friday. The Indians (6-2) are coming off a 32-8 victory over New Britain, and Manchester needs the win to keep their playoff hopes alive.
"They have a ton of talent. They have a lot of very good, skilled guys. They're a well-coached team," said Drury. "It's going to be a battle up there at their place."
Kick-off is scheduled for 6 p.m.
"We're going to keep going, and the road continues on from here," said Hyde. "Next week's Manchester. It's a big game, and we're going to keep winning."
To comment on this story or to contact sports writer John Goralski, email him at jgoralski@ southingtonobserver.com.


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Family Feud Decades pits two families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to survey-type questions posed to 100 people. Players will be challenged to answer questions from various decades correctly.
The game has a fun, retro feel, featuring the classic set designs and scoreboards from each of the decades the TV show has aired. Additionally, players design a personal avatar to represent them in the game, with hilarious outfits from different eras including hippie, disco, grunge and more.
Also known as: Family Feud Decades: 1976-2011
Release Region: United States
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Publisher: Ubisoft
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Frack to the Future: Can the Shale Gas Revolution Sustain Itself?
|We must look beyond natural gas and incorporate a combination of energy solutions if we hope to sustain our society into the future.
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A video circulated recently in which a Fox Business Network analyst made the laughable assertion that Germany's success with solar power is due to its abundant solar resources (for those missing the humor here, Germany has about the equivalent solar resource of Alaska). While the gaff elicited plenty of chuckles from around the energy sector, the analyst also made another claim that received less attention, but may be similarly incorrect.
In trying to make the argument that the United States should pursue natural gas as opposed to solar power for electricity generation, the Fox analyst states: "Now people are saying, well, solar may be dead in the water. What's going to happen with nat. gas? You guys know this very well; we have a hundred years of energy.… Let's take our focus off of solar, let's move it to nat. gas, and let's get this economy going." (We can, for the sake of argument here, ignore the many other nuances in this debate, such as the fact that the U.S. Southwest has some of the best solar resources in the world, and that natural gas and solar are actually complementary technologies and are in no way mutually exclusive.)
Shale gas operations, such as the one above, are multiplying across the U.S. But will unconventional gas resources produce as much energy as is typically touted? (Source: Flickr user Nexen)
The claim that natural gas resources will provide the United States with 100 years of energy is often thrown around (and not just by a fossil fuel-happy news organization like Fox) thanks to recent technological advancements in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling techniques that sparked the so-called "shale revolution." Shale gas now accounts for almost 40 percent of U.S. natural gas production and has reversed the trend of declining gas production numbers.
However, the estimated amount of natural gas that is available is not a hard number, and the upswing in gas production may not be as long-term a trend as many people believe. In January 2012, the U.S. Energy Information Administration slashed its estimate of unproven technically recoverable shale gas resources by 42 percent. This new estimate, along with proven shale gas reserves, amounts to 579 trillion cubic feet of available natural gas.
At current production levels, this amounts to 24 years worth of shale gas reserves (when combined with conventional reserves, one supposedly gets the nearly 100 years of gas figure). But with consumption climbing, and current production numbers from shale gas plays not as high as predicted, it doesn't take an energy expert to realize that "one hundred years of energy" calculated from current production and consumption levels doesn't really hold up in reality.
The extent of shale "plays" in the U.S. is impressive, but the production data from individual wells shows high decline rates. (Source: EIA via Post Carbon Institute)
A recent report [PDF] by geologist David Hughes for the Post Carbon Institute further confronts this idea of a fossil fuel renaissance driven by unconventional resources. Hughes approaches the issue by examining not just the in situ size of resources, but also the probable rate of production, full-cycle costs (including financial and environmental), and the net energy yield of these resources. Hughes concludes, based on examination of production data of tens of thousands of wells, that shale gas and tight oil resources are, "expensive, require high levels of capital input to maintain production levels, and are unlikely to be able to maintain production over the long haul."
Hughes finds that unconventional gas is unlikely to meet the necessary rate of supply to accommodate business-as-usual, negating the idea that these resources can be counted on as a viable foundation of the energy sector in the long term. And if they were to continue to be pursued, the lower net energy returns inherent with unconventional resources would "mean increasing amounts of collateral environmental impacts."
The repudiation of the "hundred years of gas" claim isn't to say that natural gas has no role to play in the overall energy mix, but a reality check is needed before the natural gas frenzy spirals out of control (if it hasn't already). It is dangerous to assume that unconventional resources can be counted on heavily in the future, and creating a dependence on natural gas, as the Fox analyst proposes, will serve only to prolong the energy issues we currently face.
Yet betting everything on unconventional gas is not that far-fetched for the U.S. energy future, given current political and legislative trends. Beyond the ongoing drilling frenzy, a debate is presently under way that has enormous implications for future gas dependence: the low cost and abundance of domestic natural gas from unconventional sources, as well as high prices in Europe and Asia, are motivating calls to start exporting the fuel.
To export natural gas, it must first be converted to liquefied natural gas (LNG), requiring the construction of expensive LNG terminals. This construction could drive the drilling of tens of thousands of new wells as new markets become accessible, bringing all the attendant environmental impacts and energy security risks, and could lead to sustained high production and drilling in order to recoup the investment in the export terminals.
A U.S. natural gas future isn't set in stone yet, and alternative development pathways do exist. There will be no silver bullet to meet rising energy demand, but rather a combination of solutions that will result in a much more stable energy sector than the narrow shift to natural gas that the Fox analyst proposed. Hughes advocates, and rightly, that rethinking our consumption habits will be critical to maintaining enough energy resources to go around.
Kevin Doran and Adam Reed, in an article for Yale Environment 360, cite natural gas's important role in transitioning the U.S. power sector away from coal, but at the same time making sure that natural gas complements and supports a growing share of renewable energy on the grid. A combination of reducing consumption, increasing efficiency, accelerating renewable energy deployment, and thinking critically about the implications of unchecked natural gas development is absolutely critical to avoid future price and supply shocks.
Going all-in on any one energy source is not an advisable course of action, and the potential exists for natural gas and renewables to complement each other in a well-functioning energy sector. It does seem odd, though, that if one were to choose an energy resource based on the amount of time the resource could last, that critics should so readily dismiss the sun—which astronomers give another 5 billion years of existence–in favor of a resource projected to last less than a century.
Reese Rogers is a MAP Sustainable Energy Fellow at Worldwatch Institute.


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A study released last week by the Pension Coalition—a group of trade associations including the ERISA Industry Committee, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce—projects that the increases in Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) premiums slated for later this year will act as a significant damper on the U.S. economy. Researchers used the Long-term Inter-industry Forecasting Tool (LIFT) to predict the macroeconomic effects of the repeated increases in PBGC premiums that were included in the 2012 MAP-21 law, the 2013 Bipartisan Budget Act, and the Obama administration's 2014 budget proposal. The LIFT approach combines an input-output model across industries with extensive use of regression analysis.
The result of this analysis pegs the cumulative effects of the PBGC premium hikes as:
- a reduction in gross domestic product (GDP), peaking at a 0.04 percent GDP reduction in 2016 and 2017;
- a reduction in real personal income, due to increased inflation and decreased production, that peaks at 0.07 percent in 2016 through 2018;
- the loss of an average of 42,000 jobs per year (primarily in manufacturing, retail and wholesale trade, and healthcare); and
- total economic damage from 2013 to 2023 of $51.4 billion.
"It is imperative that Congress reject any further increases in PBGC premiums, as well as the proposal to allow the agency to set risk-based premiums," says Kathryn Ricard, senior vice president of retirement security for the ERISA Industry Committee. "Not only would additional premium increases be harmful for job creation and economic growth, [but] further increases would only provide another incentive for employers to flee the defined-benefit pension system, harming the very participants who benefit from the system and the PBGC itself."