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Cathedral City's acting police chief, Anthony Yoakum, resigns; will take job in Beaumont
Christopher Damien
Cathedral City's acting police chief, Anthony Yoakum — who has run the department since mid-2019 after Chief Travis Walker was placed on paid leave amid an investigation — is leaving the department and will not become the city's top cop.
Yoakum informed City Manager Charles McClendon of his plans in a letter Monday.
McClendon met with the police department late Monday and informed them of Yoakum's decision, and that former chief George Crum — who retired in 2017 — would be serving as acting chief until the city decides on a permanent replacement. Crum served as police chief from 2014 until 2017 and will not be a candidate for the permanent position, McClendon said.
"Crum was an effective chief while he was here," McClendon said. "He'll be a strong and steady hand in guiding the department for what should be three months or so. Meanwhile, I'm confident the employees of the department will continue to succeed at doing the day to day business of protecting and serving the community."
With Yoakum leaving on Feb. 16 and Crum scheduled to start Feb. 24, McClendon said Commanders Julio Luna, Paul Herrera and Dane Dixon will serve as acting chiefs during their respective shifts in the interim.
Walker was placed on paid leave pending what the city described as a personnel investigation in May 2019. He was later named in a sexual harassment suit by a police dispatcher. In November, the city said Walker was no longer employed as chief, and said it was dropping the investigation.
Yoakum said he has accepted a position as a deputy chief at the Beaumont Police Department and said he would leave as Cathedral City's temporary top cop in about two weeks. In an interview with The Desert Sun, he characterized the move as allowing him to work closer to home and increase his quality of life.
The acting chief described his two years at the department as a positive experience and said he was happy working for what he described as a "great city."
McClendon said that Yoakum told him approximately three weeks ago that he was a finalist for another job, but hadn't yet decided if he was going to accept the new position. With Monday's letter, he has decided against applying for the open police chief position.
"I've invited him to apply for the police chief job, but also told him that if he chooses to apply, he'll have to compete with everyone else," McClendon told The Desert Sun on Friday.
Cathedral City recruiting process open until mid-February
The deadline to apply for the chief position at Cathedral City is Feb. 17, McClendon said.
Yoakum said he was seriously considering applying to be police chief in Cathedral City, but said he decided against it as the position in Beaumont was a better fit.
The search for a new chief could push back his final day at work, but for the time being, Yoakum said, he plans on leaving Cathedral City Police Department on Feb. 16.
Walker succeeded Crum in November 2017. Yoakum was named acting chief when Walker was put on administrative leave on May 2, 2019, for what was described at the time as a "personnel issue."
A police dispatcher, Loran Candelas, sued Walker and the city on July 29. In the sexual harassment suit, she alleged Walker made sexual advances and forced her to have sex with him at a hotel during a conference.
At the time the suit was filed, Saku Ethir, Walker's attorney, provided a written statement that said Walker "vehemently denies the allegations which have been reported on."
The Desert Sun reported that Walker started a security training and consulting business in July. Walker registered the business, Aspis Safety Inc., on July 24.
Aspis Safety's website says the business provides training to counter workplace violence and active shooters. It does not list rates for its services, or make reference to any clients.
Meanwhile, Cathedral City announced that its employment liability insurer would undertake a personnel investigation of Walker on the city's behalf. But that investigation was closed when Walker and the city "separated" in November. McClendon said at the time that there was no reason to continue to investigate Walker since he was no longer employed by the city.
City will not say how much it paid Walker during leave
According to documents disclosed via a public records request, Walker received a monthly salary of $16,762.37 with an additional 10% education stipend, amounting to $1,676.24 while on leave through November. Including the chief's $135 monthly uniform allowance, Walker was likely getting paid approximately $18,573.61 a month — or almost $223,000 a year.
However, city officials have repeatedly denied requests from The Desert Sun to release records of payments made to Walker after he was put on leave, saying that the public release of these records would be an unwarranted invasion of the former chief's privacy.
Before coming to Cathedral City in late 2017, Yoakum served for 29 years at the City of Upland California Police Department, in San Bernardino County where he is a resident.
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Yoakum would not describe in more detail his reasonings for moving laterally to Beaumont Police Department, which serves a town of approximately 50,000 residents—about 5,000 fewer than Cathedral City. Rather, he said his commute would be shorter to Beaumont, as the Riverside County town is just a few miles from the border of San Bernardino County. Beaumont officials declined to comment on Yoakum's hiring.
McClendon characterized his conversation with Yoakum about seeking employment at another department as surprising, but said he respects his decision to leave.
"I was happy to have him as part of our police department," McClendon said. "But I would never stand in the way if an employee goes elsewhere if they believe it is best for them."
Chris Damien covers crime, public safety and law enforcement in Riverside County. Reach him at christopher.damien@desertsun.com.


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    FillBitBuffer();
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    FillBitBuffer();
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    }
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  size_t Position() const { return (BitsRead() + 7) / 8; }

  bool Healthy() const { return Position() <= (len32_ << 2) + len_mod4_; }

 private:
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  const uint32_t* const PIK_RESTRICT data32_;
  const size_t len32_;
  const size_t len_mod4_;
  uint64_t buf_;
  size_t pos32_;
  // Next bit == (buf_ >> bit_pos_) & 1. 64 => empty, 32 = upper 32 bits valid.
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};

}  // namespace pik

#endif  // PIK_BIT_READER_H_

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File #: Int 1707-2017 Version: * A Name: Amending open data standards.
Committee: Committee on Technology
On agenda: 9/7/2017
Enactment date: 12/17/2017 Law number: 2017/251
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to amending open data standards
Sponsors: James Vacca, Helen K. Rosenthal, Ben Kallos, Carlos Menchaca, Andrew Cohen, (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)
Summary: This bill would extend the time agencies have to complete their open data compliance plan and publish data on the open data portal; it would codify agency's existing practice of designating an employee to be the agency's open data coordinator; it requires the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications to collect, analyze, and publish site analytics of the open data portal; and it requires the creation of a master list to track all public data sets scheduled for publication.
Indexes: Council Operations , Oversight
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1707-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1707, 3. Int. No. 1707, 4. September 7, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 5. Committee Report 9/20/17, 6. Hearing Testimony 9/20/17, 7. Hearing Transcript 9/20/17, 8. Proposed Int. No. 1707-A - 11/13/17, 9. Committee Report 11/15/17, 10. Hearing Transcript 11/15/17, 11. November 16, 2017 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 12. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 11-16-17, 13. Fiscal Impact Statement, 14. Int. No. 1707-A (FINAL), 15. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 16. Local Law 251, 17. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - November 16, 2017
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By Council Members Vacca, Rosenthal, Kallos, Menchaca and Cohen (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to amending open data standards
Section 1. Subdivision d of section 23-502 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 11 for the year 2012, is amended to read as follows:
d. Such public data sets shall be made available without any [registration requirement, license requirement or] restrictions on their use provided that the department may require a third party providing to the public any public data set, or application utilizing such data set, to explicitly identify the source and version of the public data set, and a description of any modifications made to such public data set. [Registration requirements, license requirements, or restrictions] Restrictions as used in this section shall not include measures required to ensure access to public data sets, to protect the single web site housing public data sets from unlawful abuse or attempts to damage or impair use of the web site, or to analyze the types of data being used to improve service delivery.
§ 2. Section 23-505 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 108 for the year 2015, is amended to add a new subdivision e to read as follows:
e. Every two years, the department shall review the technical standards manual and electronically submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council a report of this review, including any updates pursuant to the compliance plan required under 23-506. The department shall establish a method through which the public may comment on the technical standards manual.
§ 3. Subdivision c of section 23-506 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 11 for the year 2012, is amended to read as follows:
c. No later than [July] September fifteen, [2014] 2018, and every [July] September fifteen thereafter, the department shall submit and post on the web portal an update of the compliance plan to the mayor and the council until all public data sets have been made available through a single web portal in compliance with this chapter. Such update shall include the specific measures undertaken to make public data sets available on the single web portal since the immediately preceding update, specific measures that will be undertaken prior to the next update, an update to the list of public data sets, if necessary, any changes to the prioritization of public data sets and an update to the timeline for the inclusion of data sets on the single web portal, if necessary. If a public data set cannot be made available on the single web portal on or before December 31, 2018, the update shall state the reasons why it cannot and, to the extent practicable, the date by which the agency believes that such public data set will be available on the single web portal.
§ 4. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 23-507 to read as follows:
§ 23-507 Agency open data coordinator. The head of each agency shall designate an employee of such agency to serve as the open data coordinator for such agency. Such coordinator shall be responsible for ensuring that such agency complies with the requirements of this chapter and for receiving and responding to feedback from the public regarding such agency's public data sets.
§ 23-508 Web portal site analytics. The department shall collect, analyze and publish data on how users interact with the portal established pursuant to section 23-502. Such data shall include, but need not be limited to, number of page views, number of unique users and the location from which a user accesses such portal. Location shall not refer to any user's internet protocol address and it shall not include the user's personally identifying information.
§ 23-509 Status of all public data sets. No later than September fifteen, 2018, the department shall provide, and update in real-time, the following information on each data set classified as a public data set on or after March 7, 2012:
(1) Each scheduled publication date;
(2) If such data set has been published, the date of such publication, the date of the most recent update to such data set, and the current location of the data set;
(3) Status of compliance with subdivision c of section 23-502 of this chapter;
(4) Status of compliance with subdivision c and subdivision d of section 23-505 of this chapter;
(5) Whether the data set is automated; and
(6) Whether the data set feasibly can be automated.
§ 7. This local law takes effect immediately.
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Industry vs. Academia: Which is the Better Place to Work as a Life Scientist
By Mark Terry, BioSpace.com Breaking News Staff
As a life science graduate student or postdoc, one of the key questions undoubtedly on your mind is, Should I go into academia or industry?
Maybe for some of you it's a decision already made based on specific factors, such as: you hate teaching, you hate writing grants, you're more interested in basic research than applied research, or you have concerns, moral, ethical, or cultural, with bottom line and commercial science. All of those are perfectly reasonable, depending on your own values, needs, wants and feelings regarding your career.
It's also important to point out that "industry" is a very broad term that describes two-and-three-person biotech startups and international conglomerates with thousands of employees. So generalities about "industry" should be understood to be just that, generalities. The same goes for academia—there's going to be some differences between any university setting based on the institutions themselves, but also from small-to-medium-sized universities to large universities.
There are two broader considerations. According to a report published by Nature in 2011, the number of academic research scientists in the U.S. alone rose by 150 percent between 2000 and 2012. However, the number of tenured and other full-time faculty positions plateaued, and even declined in some places. And on top of that, in 2013, of more than 40,0000 postdocs in the U.S., almost 4,000 of them had been postdocs for more than six years.
However, the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that biotechnology and biopharmaceutical scientists employed by industry is expected to grow by 13 percent from 2012 to 2022.
In other words, on a jobs-available basis, industry has a definite edge over academia.
Marie Lee, currently a technical product manager for WaferGen in Fremont, California, who worked in several industry positions as well as having been an adjunct professor at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), told BioSpace, "First, you might have to wait for one of your colleagues to pass away before you can get a professorship. Which is really unfortunate. And number two, you have to have almost a magic combination of exactly what the department needs for you to get that position. Those two things coming together are always difficult."
With those factors in mind, let's take a look at various things to take into consideration.
Might as well get it right up front. Generally speaking, industrial scientists generally make more money than academic researchers. A 2014 Life Sciences Salary Survey conducted by The Scientist, found that American, Canadian, and European scientists that worked in industry made about 30 percent more than those in academia.
On average, academics, including postdocs, made $88,693 annually, while commercial scientists made $129,507.
The same survey, however, suggests that the overall trend for scientists is that, as they gain experience, average salaries increase. Or, as Maria Zagorulya, writing for the Journal of Young Investigators said, "Persistence and hard work in a science career seem to pay off regardless of the particular branch one chooses to pursue."
And, of course, money isn't everything. It's a lot—let's not be crazy—but it shouldn't be the only factor taken into consideration.
Flexibility is usually touted as an advantage for academic research scientists. This seems to typically fall into two categories: flexibility over your schedule, and flexibility over the type of research you work on.
Scientists working at a startup biotech firm are likely to be working around the clock because they have limited funds, what in the industry is referred to as a "runway," in which to get their lead concept or product to a point where venture capital firms may want to pony up more money. That point is often at a proof-of-concept key landmark or into a Phase I clinical trial.
Big pharma is quite different. "If you're at a large pharma," Lee told BioSpace, "it's going to be nine to five. Amgen , Genentech , even Agilent or, say, Thermo Fisher , those are really nine to five, and not so much stress. You're comparing a large, settled company to a startup. Of course, in a startup, you're going to work your tail off."
Academia, on the other hand, has a different pace. Lee says, "A lot of people who are working in academia, and I see this in the older individuals, too, they're obsessed. The work is their baby, they're working 24 hours a day, seven days a week, back-burnering it when they're at home, so it's an all-encompassing thing."
However, academic researchers, outside of their university-related duties, can generally schedule their research time any way they please. That doesn't necessarily mean fewer hours, though. At least one study found professors work an average of 61 hours a week.
Philip Guo, an assistant professor of Cognitive Science at UC San Diego, wrote an article in December 2014, "Industry versus academia: A junior employee's perspective," and says, "It feels like your time belongs to yourself, not to your employer. That's why academia wins for time flexibility."
And at the same time, academic researchers generally are working on research that is of interest to them. In industry, the work has a specific commercial focus, researchers are part of a team, and everything is aimed toward accomplishing that commercial outcome.
Industry often works under SMART goals, which specifies that the objectives of the research, the goals, be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Result-Oriented and Time-Bound. Academic researchers have the flexibility, at least somewhat, to follow tangential leads and to pursue science that has no obvious commercial applications.
So, "freedom" is a word that is often used to describe an academic researcher's work, although it should be pointed out that with that so-called freedom comes all the responsibility, as well. Responsibility to acquire and manage the funding, hire any staff, develop the experiments, write the papers, get the work done, stay on schedule, and so forth.
As mentioned earlier, academic researchers typically work alone. But in industry, there are usually teams of individuals with specific work goals. Often, given the international scale of big pharma, those teams are scattered around the globe and the work essentially goes on 24/7, despite the nine to five work shifts.
Depending on your personality, this can be a good or a bad thing. Lee said, "As an academic scientist, especially as a postdoc, you're solely in charge of your own project. Everything that moves forward in your project is dependent on you and your own time. You're really just working within your own little bubble."
She notes that the teamwork aspect of industry, on the other hand, can take some of the pressure off. "You also realize that this is not your work. This is work that you're doing for someone else and the work will always be there. You're not the one sole person responsible for it, so there's not as much pressure. As you age, you realize you're working in a company, we are working as a team, which is quite different than academia. I can depend on my team to help me with things. That's kind of different. You can't just go to another professor in academia and say, 'Hey, can you do this seminar for me?'"
This has an impact on career progress. Klodjan Stafa, writing for the Cheeky Scientist, who is definitely pro-industry, notes that career advancement in academia is something of a nebulous thing, largely based on number of papers published, amount of research funding brought into the university, and less measurable factors based on your department head and academic administrators.
In industry, he wrote, "your performance on assigned work and shared goals is used to accurately measure your progress. Your performance is also used for determining promotions, salary increases, and bonuses."
When an academic researcher makes a big discovery, there's very little doubt about who takes credit. In industry, that's more complicated.
Guo writes, "As a junior employee in industry, you rarely get external credit for your work. For instance, when a company advertises their products to the press, they usually credit the senior executive who sponsored the product's development. The names of all of the workers such as yourself who brought that product to life aren't ever shown. Also, your project might never get released publicly, so you won't even get to discuss it on your own resume if it involves confidential company information. Everything you do belongs to your employer, not to yourself."
In academia, although the university typically claims some ownership, that typically only comes into play if you plan to start a company based on your research.
This may or may not matter to you, depending on what your own personal definition of success is. Some people take great pride in being publicly recognized for their work, while others only care if their name is on the paycheck.
Little things—maybe not so little—can make a difference. For example, Guo notes that one of the things he loves about academia is a private office. Junior scientists in industry tend to work in an open area or a "cubicle farm." Although the camaraderie of the open space is great, he grew tired of it and relished having a private office.
He also points out that in academia, most of what you do does not directly advance your career. There are seven primary tasks a tenure-track professor does: teaching, student advising, research, fundraising (grants), department service, university service, and academic community service. The two that matter most for promotions are research and fundraising.
Although he was probably not the first person to say it, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is credited with saying, "Academic politics are so vicious because the stakes are so small."
In discussing the differences between academic and industry science jobs, a number of people noted that academic politics can be far worse than in industry.
Lee told BioSpace, "You're going to get politics everywhere, but I just didn't think it was worth it in the academic environment, for the amount of pay I had and the amount of control other people had over my progression through my career."
Guo echoes that, writing, "Organizational politics will always exist, but that's more of a game for mid-level and senior employees to play. As a junior employee, if you do your assigned job well, then you'll get promoted at least a few levels until reaching the point where politics begin to dominate."
Opportunity and Reinvention
Generally speaking, an academic research scientist career moves in a single direction—toward tenure and a full professorship. It's possible that you may want to chair a department, move into administration, or actually leave academia to run a company based on your discoveries … which is another way of saying, Move to industry.
One puzzle for almost everybody, not just research scientists, is that thirteen to 20+ years of your life are spent in academic environments starting with kindergarten. Making a transition to business can often be a surprising, and not everyone is comfortable with that environment. Some prefer staying in academia. Some can't wait to get out.
And some people, despite years of higher education in science, find at some point they would rather be doing something else, whether it's administration, sales, management or something else entirely. Industry is likely to offer more and broader opportunities to move out of science.
Lee said, "Industry really gives you the opportunity to see what other people are doing in the organization, and that allows you to move around so you can figure out what you want to do, especially if you think science isn't the perfect thing for you.
Tips for Making the Transition
Tradition would suggest that making a transition from academia to industry, or industry back to academia is difficult, but some insiders suggest it's not that difficult. In answer to a question on the website Quora regarding the differences between academia and industry, Daniel Lemire, who has had roles in both, answered that, "It is a lot easier to move back and forth between these occupations than people make it out to be. So while you can't go back in time per se, professors move to industry all the time, and vice versa. To a point, you can even do both. It is not difficult to get some kind of honorary position with a research institute when you work in industry. The key to mobility is to tell people about what you do, to leave a trace, and to be relevant."
So what should you, as a doctoral or postdoc student do to best prepare for whichever role you're interested in?
An article on the PennState Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences website notes that being a good scientist means publishing papers and producing good work. Another factor is finding a match with your skill set. If your expertise is in diabetes and pancreatic islet isolation, an industry job in oncology may be a tough match, unless there's some aspect of your technical skills that overlaps.
Natalie Griffith, Regeneron 's Senior Manager of University Relations, told BioSpace, "We're interested in the type of degree and focus area that translates into the specific skills or would allow for a quick learning curve required for a job position at Regeneron. … If we're hiring a protein expression scientist, we look for a PhD with a focus area in molecular biology. In addition to degree, we want to see that graduates have relevant experience in the lab, internships or have completed thesis projects."
Lee notes that, "Postdocs are woefully unprepared for the job market, interviewing skills, how to write a good CV, how to network, things like that. I think those are skills that should be taught."
While a CV is essentially an organized list of all your education, skills, publications, and accomplishments, a good resume is a different animal. A good cover letter gets the reader to look at the resume. A resume is more equivalent to a highlight reel, and is best designed to pass the so-called 30-second test, where a busy HR or technical manager will be able to get the gist of who you are in 30 seconds, which will be designed to call you in for an interview. Hiring a professional resume writer is often worth the investment, if for no other reason than that a pro will have seen hundreds, even thousands, of resumes, and will know what works and what does not.
Networking is about connections. It's not necessarily about asking people for a job, but about getting to know people. A good early start with networking, besides meeting people at conferences and being as friendly as your social skill set allows, is to ask for advice. It's recommended, for example, that on LinkedIn, you contact people for advice, rather than asking them for a job. Collaborate with colleagues. Internships in industry, even visits (by appointment) to get a sense of what a company is like, are a way of gaining entry to the industry culture.
If you're inexperienced in job interviews, ask some friends to set up mock interviews. Although skills and experience are a big part of what employers are looking for, so is personality and how you will fit into the company or institution's culture.
Don Tinker, a senior associate in Life Sciences for Hobson Associates, an executive search firm, notes that he ran a survey of hiring executives, and when two candidates are basically equal, "They're going to go with the person they'd want to have a pint of beer with."
Also, be aware that both industry and academia have a lot of what is also called the "gig economy." In academia, it's often as adjunct faculty paid per diem to teach classes. But industry is moving toward more of a contract or freelance focus. Jeff Shane, executive vice president of Allison & Taylor, a Reference Checking Service and Background Check Service, says, "By 2020, approximately 40 percent of Americans will be part of what has come to be called the 'gig' economy. … Job seekers anticipating 'gig economy' positions with higher turnover/shorter job stints will need to ensure that their references are solid at each new place of employment."
And finally, Lee says, "If there's anything I learned about job security is there's never job security wherever you go. Things turn on a dime, anything can happen. You can get acquired, the board makes a decision to liquidate the company, there are just things that happen that you can't control. What you can control is how marketable you are. I really think people who go with industry really need to understand this. Wherever you go, even in academia, is to ask, How am I marketing myself? Do I have the scientific skills I need to move forward in this world?"
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Celebrate Women's History Month with These Destinations
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The hotel travel site, Booking.com is celebrating Women's History Month by highlighting the places that have shaped and inspired some of the greatest women of our generation. From New York to California, here are a few must-visit destinations and the women who helped change them forever.
The Bay Area
The Bay Area (Photo: f11 Photo)
Kamala Harris is truly a woman of the Bay Area. She was born Oakland, raised in Berkeley, and after getting her education at Howard and Harvard, she returned to work in San Francisco as District Attorney. The megalopolis of cities blends together, combining a wide array of art, cultures, food, and architectural styles.
It's an exciting spot for live performances, world-class dining, and epic day trips to nearby areas like Sanoma County. It's also great for outdoor adventure. Because of the region's mild climate, it's almost always a good time to take a walk through one of the many parks in the area, like Golden Gate Park or Wildcat Canyon Regional Park. The region is also loaded with excellent neighborhoods filled with trendy hotels, like the Hotel Nikko, which is centrally located between Nob Hill and Downtown.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn (Photo: Ryan DeBerardinis)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is known for championing civil rights and gender equality during her tenure on the United States Supreme Court. Ginsburg was born to a working-class family in Brooklyn and later attended Columbia University in Manhattan, where she would later go on to teach.
The Bowrey Hotel
For those looking to explore the city that never sleeps, a stay at the Bowrey Hotel is a must. Its centralized location in downtown Manhattan puts you right in the middle of the action, as well as a stone's throw from the Williamsburg Bridge so you can explore all there is to see across the river.
Must-do experiences in New York City include a walk through Central Park, a visit to the Guggenheim, and browsing through the vintage shops of Brooklyn.
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The Williams sisters were born in Michigan, then moved to Compton, California, and when Serena was only nine, they moved again to West Palm Beach, Florida in order to get better training in tennis. Since then, Serena Williams has continued to call South Florida home and now resides just north of Miami. The Williams sisters are easily two of the greatest tennis players of all time. Serena has also been an outspoken activist, fighting for gender equality in sports.
Canopy West Palm Beach
When visiting the area, Booking.com recommends the Canopy Hotel in West Palm Beach. Hilton's new Canopy brand is a unique hotel experience, as each location is tailored to the destination it's in. In West Palm Beach, the hotel takes influence from Florida's mix of modernist and minimalist design in order to not distract guests from the blue skies and palm trees outside their window. While visiting, a trip down South Beach is an absolute must, as is grabbing some delicious Cuban food. Nature lovers will also love escaping to nearby Everglades National Park.
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Megan Rapinoe is best known for her legendary soccer career, and for leading the US Soccer Team to victory at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Not only is Rapinoe a role model for women everywhere, but she's also a huge advocate for LGBTQ rights.
Since 2012, Rapinoe has lived in the thriving metropolis of Seattle. Cobalt waters bump up against a glittering city that sits next to towering mountains. The Pacific Northwest is a region of immense beauty and wonderful culture. Capitol Hill is a must-visit, and will put you at the center of Seattle's trendiest neighborhood. Capitol Hill is known for its art scene, great restaurants, and as being the LGBTQ hub of the city. Other attractions include Pike Place Market (home to the original Starbucks) and a plethora of nearby natural wonders like Mount Rainier and Olympic National Park.
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Afghanistan Planning Second Round of Talks with Ex-Taliban
Afghanistan's foreign minister says a second round of talks is likely with former top officials of the fundamentalist Taliban. VOA correspondent Steve Herman reports from Kabul that U.S. and NATO officials are giving conditional support to such discussions between the Afghan government and insurgents.
Afghanistan is looking to hold a second round of discussions with former members of the Taliban.
During a news conference in Kabul, Rangin Dadfar Spanta, was asked to comment on reports that a continuation of Saudi mediated talks held last month will take place soon in Dubai.
The foreign minister says no place or time has been set for further discussions, but the unofficial delegation that held talks in Saudi Arabia will work out the logistics with the Saudis.
Spanta added that it is the government's responsibility to pursue such talks.
But Kabul and the Taliban have emphasized that such meetings should not be construed as peace talks.
In recent months, various top military officials and diplomats have stated that peace cannot be achieved in Afghanistan solely on the battlefield.
The Afghan government says it is willing to negotiate with the Taliban if they recognize the country's constitution, lay down their weapons and join the political process.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Patrick Moon, while visiting Kabul, expressed optimism the insurgents might accept those conditions.
"The Taliban does not pose a strategic threat to the government of Afghanistan," said Moon. "They do not offer a vision or a future for the people of Afghanistan. So it is reasonable to expect that you could have a Taliban which decides that their future lies with what the government is offering."
A movement toward possible peace talks comes at a time when violence in the country has surged to record levels since the Taliban were forcibly driven from power seven years ago.
There are about 70,000 foreign troops in Afghanistan, under the command of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or the United States.
The chairman of NATO's Military Committee, at the conclusion of a three-day tour of Afghanistan, said increasing violence is not a surprise.
Italian Navy Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola characterizes the mounting Taliban attacks as a result of the Afghanistan National Army and police working with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force to fill a power vacuum.
"Nothing was happening because the law was not there," he said. "Now that the law - in the form of the ANA [Afghan National Army], the ANP [Afghan National Police], with the support of ISAF - is going there you see the bad guys starting to make violence."
A NATO spokesman in Brussels says it is the alliance's view that it is up to the Kabul government to decide whether it is prudent to hold talks with the Taliban.
Police in the southern city of Kandahar are blaming Taliban insurgents for the death of one of their officers when a remote-controlled bomb loaded on a donkey exploded. Two other policemen and a civilian were wounded.
The U.S. military says three soldiers of the American-led coalition force were killed in the western part of the country when a bomb placed by insurgents struck their vehicle.
US Plane Destroyed in Afghanistan Accident
A U.S. Navy plane was destroyed Tuesday when it overshot the runway at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. U.S. military authorities say one crew member was slightly injured when the Navy P-3 Orion overshot the runway while landing at the base - the largest U.S. military facility in Afghanistan. Authorities at the base say the plane sustained serious structural and fire damage as a result of the crash. They say an investigation has begun into what caused the…
Aid Workers in Kabul Alerted to Security Threats
Afghanistan's government is reviewing protection for foreign aid workers in the country. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman in Kabul reports the review follows the killing of a charity worker in the capital Monday. The hundreds of foreign aid workers in Afghanistan have been put on alert by the country's government that they need to take increased security precautions. The announcement follows the killing of 34-year-old Gayle Williams. The…
Australia to Investigate Deaths of Rejected Afghan Asylum Seekers
The Australian government is investigating reports that the Taliban killed up to 20 Afghans who were denied asylum in Australia and sent back to Afghanistan. They allegedly were among 400 asylum seekers denied entry into Australia by the former government. From Sydney, Phil Mercer reports.The Australian television network SBS plans to air a documentary next month alleging that the Taliban killed as many as 20 of the refugees when they returned to Afghanistan…
US Finds Significant Reduction in Afghan Poppy Crop
The United States says there has been a significant reduction in the poppy crop in Afghanistan and a steep decline in the potential production of opium that is being used by the Taliban to help fund the insurgency in the country. The latest statistics were released during a news conference in Washington and VOA correspondent Meredith Buel has details. After two straight years of record high opium production in Afghanistan, the U.S. Office of National Drug Control…


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Hervey Allen, Edgar Allan Poe and the Creepy Scribblings of Bernhart Hobbins
Michelle Glauser • March 9th, 2011
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(Please welcome a debut Litkicks piece by Michelle Glauser, who runs her own blog and describes herself as "a Mormon chocolate-lover who studied English at the University of Utah and American Studies at the University of Leipzig in Germany, where I focused on women's autobiographical writing and wrote a master's thesis on mommy blogging". -- Levi)
Have you ever found something in an old book that took you by surprise? It's not unusual to find a name or maybe even a phone number. Sometimes you'll find evidence that the book once belonged to a library. But extensive notes and criticism of an author as well-known as Edgar Allan Poe and his biographer? Maybe in a textbook. I certainly wasn't expecting what I recently found.
Until recently, I'd never heard of Hervey Allen, the author of the once-popular 1,224-page novel Anthony Adverse as well as Israfel, a biography of Edgar Allan Poe. I opened one of those old, old books that has been sitting around forever until you look at it one day and realize you should read it. Upon opening this 1938 edition of The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, I found first a completely creepy sketch followed by an illegible name -- perhaps "Bernhart Hobbins"? I have no recollection of its induction into my library; I must have picked the book up at a garage sale or something.
But it was the contents of the grandmotherly script on the title page that really had me wondering. First, the "Hervey Allen" in "With an Introduction by Hervey Allen" had penciled-in quotation marks. And I quote the following:
It is a shame that a bastard like Hervey Allen is allowed to deface a decent book; other authors' books should not be degraded as they are where his name appears anywhere in them. Besides, he is as stupid as a toad, and should confine his odiousness and not give it air in this parasitic manner herein displayed.
Heh? Then this before the introduction:
Let me here say that Hervey Allen should rather have spent his time in more profitable masturbation than this, obscenely debasing words! He is a pukey writer as is so aptly revealed.
Wow, such biting words in such lovely handwriting. I still don't know why this person so hated Hervey Allen. He or she did point out in the table of contents that a poem to Virginia is missing, which is more than I could do and which I guess could be helpful. Isn't it interesting what you find in books sometimes?
Short reactions of the mysterious Hobbins filled the poetry section. Poems were marked with:
"perfect" ("Lenore")
"mediocre" ("Hymn" and "To ____ ____")
"inspired" ("To My Mother")
" ... the words contradict the structure. Feeble!" ("The Haunted Place")
"I like this tho it is not treated grotesquely enough for any pulsing gore" ("The Conqueror Worm")
"Very unworthy of this name. O Poe!" ("The Coliseum")
"And this is unworthy of the labor.--exceptions: those braced" ("To Helen")
There are also other remarks. Additionally, words in "Annabel Lee" have been corrected, though as far as a couple of Google searches show, the book had them right. Oh, and another treasure appears below Poe's "Politian":
June 28, 1940 -- Almost like a crude attempt of a schoolboy to imitate the style of Keats, and to invent new deviations from all previous rules of dramatic art. Effete [?] and nauseous and watery. Puerile!
Yikes. I certainly hope the unknown critic Hobbins (or a descendant) never gets close to anything I've ever written or commented on. Googling "'Bernhart Hobbins' Edgar Allan Poe" didn't bring up some awesome anti-Hervey Poe scholar; it didn't bring up anything at all. Alas, Hobbins has probably by now joined Poe as well as his archnemesis Hervey Allen. Perhaps they can work out their differences wherever they are now.
6 Responses to "Hervey Allen, Edgar Allan Poe and the Creepy Scribblings of Bernhart Hobbins"
by Bill_Ectric on Thursday, March 10, 2011 09:51 am
Wow, this is pretty cool. Writing within writing about writing! Whoever the note writer is, you have done an amazing thing by launching their words into virtual immortality via the Internet, and could this person ever imagine such a thing would happen when they first placed pen to page? I love the "word virus" aspect of this. It's like a metafictional plot but it's real.
Here's a good plot for a story: A kid writes notes in a book, dreaming of becoming an author, but due to various circumstances involving the drudgery of life, the dream never happens. Years later, in a retirement home, the "kid" much older now, finds out that someone scanned their notes, posted them on the internet, and the post has become so popular it has "gone viral" as they say. The dream is fulfilled after all!
by Amy Bankhead on Thursday, March 10, 2011 02:09 pm
by Claudia on Saturday, March 12, 2011 08:55 am
Michelle, intriguing, and not very surprising, lit crit wars! If these guys had taught in the same department, they'd be fighting for the chair position and the biggest office. Better not put them on the same dissertation committee, even beyond the grave, or they'd make your life hell:).
by Undine on Saturday, March 12, 2011 12:20 pm
Yow. What a great find! I didn't think much of Hervey Allen's biography myself, but my dislike obviously pales next to the eloquent Mr. Hobbins.
I'd really, really, like to know who this guy was.
by Gary Sides on Sunday, March 13, 2011 11:29 am
Just for fun, Bernhart Robbins was born January 19, 1914. He entered in world War II on April 6, 1943. Bernhart lived in New Jersey all his life and passed away just after his 86th birthday on January 22, 2000 living at his home at 68 Braeton Way, just off Willow Brook Road in Freehold, New Jersey.
by MichelleGlauser on Thursday, March 17, 2011 10:23 pm
Wow, maybe it was Bernhart Robbins. I wonder what career field he was in . . .
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The trading instrument used wherein the objective is to guess whether the underlying asset will be able to attain a price that is inside or outside of a particular range at expiration.
Also known as Stop Loss, this feature allows traders to exit an option even before the expiry in exchange for a lower profit.
This is the price of the underlying asset upon expiration.
This is the time and date at which a binary option expires and the result of a trade is established.
The trading instrument used wherein the objective is to guess whether the underlying asset will be able to attain a price that is higher (Call) or lower (Put) than the strike price at expiration.
It is one of the terms that are used to define the status of an option's ability to make a profit and in this case the result is positive. The trade is in-the-money if price of an option is higher than the underlying asset when the Call was selected or if price of an option is lower than the underlying asset when the Put put was selected.
This is the value or amount that is invested in a binary option.
This is the current price or value of an underlying asset.
A One Touch instrument that usually pays a maximum of 70% with a condition that the underlying asset's price doesn't reach the target price until its expiration.
The trading instrument used wherein the objective is to guess whether the underlying asset will be able to attain touch or surpass a specific price before it reaches expiration.
It is one of the terms that are used to define the status of an option's ability to make a profit and in this case the result is negative. The trade is out-of-the-money if price of an option is lower than the underlying asset when the Call was selected or if price of an option is higher than the underlying asset when the Put was selected.
Also known as Return on Investment or ROI, this is the value or amount that is returned to the trader if the option has expired in-the-money. For example, if you invested $100 in an option that has an 80% return and it expires in-the-money then you will get a return of $180.
Also known as the Target Price, this is the price or value that much be attained by the underlying asset for the option to be considered as in-the-money.
This is the specific stock, commodity, index or currency.


Surgery is only an option when the stone is a size or shape that will prevent its passage and is blocking the flow of urine, or when it is causing damage to the kidney or another part of the urinary tract. Surgery may also be chosen if a kidney stone attack or serious kidney infection must be prevented (as in airline pilots or kidney transplant recipients). If the stone is very large, or in a spot that would be difficult to treat with ]]>extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)]]> , your doctor may elect surgical removal of your kidney stones.
The kidney stone is removed through a small incision in the back.
Your doctor makes a small (½ inch) incision in your back through to your kidney, inserts a tube called a nephroscope, and uses this tube to remove the stone. A device called a lithotripter may be used to break the stone into smaller pieces for easier removal. After the stone is removed, a small tube called a nephrostomy tube is placed in your kidney while it heals.
A flexible tube is snaked through the bladder into the ureter to retrieve the kidney stone.
Your urine will be tested for infection.
Arrange for a ride home after the procedure if a general or spinal anesthetic is planned.
Ask your doctor if he or she has any special instructions.
A small, flexible fiberoptic tube is threaded from the urethra, into the bladder, and up into the ureter. A device passed through the tube is used to retrieve the stone. Sometimes the stone is broken up with a laser before it can be removed. A small plastic tube called a stent may be left in place to hold the ureter open as it heals; this is similar to the type of device used to keep blood vessels open after angioplasty. Your doctor will instruct you on how to watch out for infection.
In very rare instances, open surgery is required to remove a very large or oddly shaped stone that is obstructing the flow of urine from a kidney.
An open incision several inches long is made, usually in your flank, to access the kidney and remove the stone. Recovery time is longest with open surgery.
Mariappan P, Tolley DA. Endoscopic stone surgery: minimizing the risk of post-operative sepsis. Curr Opin Urol. 2005;15:101-105.


It has been said, it does not matter how you begin the race as much as how you end the race. In the book of John, we are given a statement that shows John as one having an impeccable testimony. John was afforded the privilege by God to write several Books of the New Testament. It is his relationship with Christ and the Word of God that mad the change in John that allowed him to live with an impeccable testimony. We will examine, in this passage, the Word of God that "quick and powerful" and understand if we read and heed the Word of God, we also can maintain an impeccable testimony so that we may be used greatly of God. We must allow God to use His Word to change you, so you can live with an impeccable testimony.


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Judgment imminent in Matisse cut-out lawsuit
A court case for the recovery of two cut-outs by Henri Matisse "will be considered a test for all works of dubious origin", said the artist's great-grandson Georges.
According to the artist's heirs, 'White Palm on Red' and 'Green Snail on Blue', together valued at US$4.5 million, disappeared from a storage facility in Paris with several hundred other Matisse drawings, engravings, gouaches and sculptures. The artist's son, Pierre Matisse, is said to have put the works into storage at art-supply company Lefebvre-Foinet in 1972. When one of these works was offered for sale at a French auction house less than a year after Pierre's death in 1989, his family became suspicious.
Several of the lost works were recovered from family and friends of Lefebvre but the fate of the cut-outs was not known until 2008 when they were consigned for sale at Sotheby's New York. At that time, the auction house sought more detailed provenance information on the works from Matisse expert, Wanda de Guebriant, but she refused to issue a certificate of authenticity. This was because the Paris-based dealer, Jérôme Le Blay, from whom the current seller bought the works said they had been in Lefebvre's collection since the 1960s whereas De Guebriant believes they were still in Pierre Matisse's apartment in Nice at that time. Le Blay insists the cut-outs were bought in good faith from the widow of a local butcher who was friendly with Josette Lefebvre, heiress to the Lefebvre fortune.
When Sotheby's received a letter from Georges Matisse in March 2008 claiming ownership of the cut-outs they were withdrawn from sale. The Hong-Kong based company, Rozven, who represents the current seller, sued Georges over the cancellation of the auction sale but the case was dismissed by a court in Nanterre in 2010. The court held that Rozven's refusal to provide provenance for the works meant it was solely responsible for the cancellation of the sale. Appealing in July 2017, Rozven's lawyers stated that "no one denies the authenticity of the works".
The Versailles court of appeal's judgment is due to be handed down in October 2017.
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The death of a 58-year-old woman in truck crash on Mary Valley Road at Amamoor highlights the crisis in trucking and shows the need for transport operators and wealthy retailers to ensure drivers are paid a safe, fair wage with well-maintained vehicles, the Transport Workers' Union has said.
Chronic underpayment of truck drivers by a Victorian transport operator shows the need for national auditing to ensure transport contracts by wealthy clients allow for fair and safe rates of pay, the Transport Workers' Union has said.
A cyclist in his 60s has died after a collision with a truck at West End. The incident highlights the crisis in trucking and shows the need for transport operators and wealthy retailers to ensure drivers are paid a safe, fair wage with well-maintained vehicles, the Transport Workers' Union has said.
One person is dead, one missing and one fighting for life after a horrific truck crash on a highway in western Victoria this morning. The incident highlights the crisis in trucking and shows the need for transport operators and wealthy retailers to ensure drivers are paid a safe, fair wage with well-maintained vehicles, the Transport Workers' Union has said.
A teenage boy has died following a horrific truck crash in Western Sydney yesterday afternoon. The incident highlights the crisis in trucking and shows the need for transport operators and wealthy retailers to ensure drivers are paid a safe, fair wage with well-maintained vehicles, the Transport Workers' Union has said.


Archer decides he should pilot a kamikaze shuttle to destroy the Xindi weapon. Temporal agent Daniels urges him to reconsider.
In the mirror universe, the crew of the ISS Enterprise is fighting rebels who oppose the Terran Empire when they discover the Tholians have captured a vessel from the future.
How many episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise have you seen?
The year is 2151. Earth has spent the last 88 years since learning how to travel faster than the speed of light studying under the wisdom of their alien ally called the 'Vulcans'. Now, the first crew of human explorers sets out into deep space on a ship called the 'Enterprise' to see what is beyond our solar system.
Commander Tucker: I'd rather realign every microcircuit on this shuttle than try to read through that baby.
Lt. Reed: British schools have a core curriculum. It serves to provide a well-rounded education. Sometimes I think you North Americans read nothing but comic books and those ridiculous science fiction novels.
Commander Tucker: I'll have you know that Superman was laced with metaphor. Subtext layered on subtext.
Q: If this series is set 100 years before The Original Series, why does the Enterprise look more advanced?
Q: Didn't the first contact with the Klingons occur on a much later stardate than seen in the Pilot? And wasn't it described as 'disastrous'?
Enterprise Renewed for 4th Season. 2004. SUPER!
In a TV world that is dominated by reality shows and people eating insects it is good to see that STAR TREK ENTERPRISE will be renewed for a 4th season.. This show is one of the best in the Trek family, and will be exciting in its 2004 4th season.
The Show is intelligent and exciting, has great characters, Scott Bakula has excelled as Captain and continues to improve. Fans have supported the show and have helped keep it on because of the quality of the show. The 3rd season involving the Xindi was incredible and the continuing story lines, was edge of your seat stuff, of TV years past..
Get on the Bandwagon and watch a great show, you may not see Jessica Simpson Burp or Paris Hilton Milk a cow but its the BEST Star Trek in MANY years since the TNG as its story lines blow away DSN or Voyager..
Truly where no star trek series has gone before and its worth a look.
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A big chunk of the U.S. is getting a blast of wintry weather. Some areas are experiencing frigid temperatures. Some are seeing snow and ice.
"It's almost like a Black Friday," Texas resident JamesMcGilberry told AP, "but I guess we'll call it an Ice Friday."
The conditions are making travel difficult and prompting the cancellation of flights, holiday festivities and football games. Even one outdoor ice rink in cold-accustomed South Dakota is shutting down.
A storm rolling in over the weekend will keep northern Arizona in the grips of freezing temperatures, bringing more snow and making travel a little tricky.
Phoenix residents could see a dusting of snow in the surrounding mountains. Several inches of snow could fall in the higher terrain.
The cold weather is normal for this time of year, but the duration of chilly temperatures that will dip below zero in some parts of northern Arizona is what makes the recent and upcoming days "on the cold end of normal," said David Blanchard, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Flagstaff.
Tucson street crews were busy Thursday preparing for the weather by coating about 70 bridge decks with magnesium chloride to keep ice from sticking to roadways.
Wintry weather prompted schools, businesses and government agencies to shutter their doors Friday as icy weather pelted the state ahead of a cold snap expected to last for days.
Gov. Mike Beebe declared a statewide emergency, making it easier for crews to repair expected damage to trees and power lines. He also said only essential state personnel needed to report for duty in Little Rock, the state capital.
An ice storm warning issued by the National Weather Service in North Little Rock was to last until 6 p.m. Friday.
Cold air following the storm was forecast to drop temperatures below zero in parts of northern Arkansas as bitter cold stretches across the state into next week.
In northwestern Colorado, temperatures dropped to near 30 degrees below zero.
National Weather Service meteorologist Matthew Aleksa said the temperature in Meeker hit 29 below zero just before sunrise Thursday, and Craig was at minus 27 degrees.
"Those are the actual temperatures, not wind chill temperatures. It's going to stay cold," Aleksa said.
Some mountain areas reported up to a foot of snow. The Colorado Department of Transportation said U.S. Highway 550 was closed between Silverton and Ouray in western Colorado to prevent avalanches on Red Mountain Pass.
In Denver, homeless people lined up in 9-below-zero temperatures before dawn, waiting for the St. Francis Center day shelter to open so they could get off the streets.
The National Weather Service said Denver's airport tied a record low Thursday of minus 15 set in 1972, but the airport was also closer to Denver 41 years ago.
Some organizations in the Dakotas canceled holiday events, and one city decided it was even too cold for ice skating.
A "Christmas at the Zoo" fundraising event in the North Dakota city of Minot and "Parade of Lights" events in the South Dakota cities of Yankton and Sturgis were among those called off. Many schools announced late starts, and officials in Rapid City, S.D., shut down an outdoor ice rink.
The National Weather Service posted advisories for the two states saying wind chills could make the temperature feel as low as 40 degrees below zero into the weekend.
Icy, cold weather has caused numerous traffic accidents in southern Illinois, and dozens of schools and day care centers say they will be closed Friday.
More than a dozen counties south of Interstate 70 in southern Illinois were under winter storm warnings from the National Weather Service. Parts of Illinois could see up to 8 inches of snow.
The electric utility Ameren Illinois says it has trucks ready to respond to outages.
The Indiana Department of Transportation was preparing for freezing rain, sleet, ice and snow to hit parts of the state Thursday night and Friday.
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for much of southern and central Indiana.
Temperatures fell sharply across Michigan on Thursday. Readings reached a spring-like 63 degrees in parts of southern Michigan and the mid-40s in the Upper Peninsula early Thursday before the frigid air pushed into the state.
The National Weather Service said that by mid-afternoon, the day's lows stood at 10 degrees in Ironwood, 15 in Iron Mountain, 31 in Kalamazoo and 38 at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
A mix of snow and freezing rain was expected in places, making travel difficult, and gale warnings were in effect for Lake Superior and parts of northern Lake Michigan.
The storm dumped as much as 2 feet of snow in parts of Minnesota, forcing school closures and temporary power outages and delighting skiers who were hitting the slopes despite temperatures in the single digits Thursday.
The Spirit Mountain ski area in Duluth, Minn. welcomed the heavy snowfall, which helped turn the slopes into a party. Attendees included students from the University of Minnesota Duluth and other colleges who were given Wednesday off.
While college classes resumed Thursday, Duluth-area elementary and high schools remained closed. Temperatures were in the single digits above zero Thursday morning and were forecast to slowly fall all day on their way to subzero overnight lows for at least the next few days.
Most of southern Missouri was under winter weather warnings, with up to 8 inches of snow possible by Friday evening.
Even more problematic: Sleet and freezing rain accumulations of up to a quarter-inch were expected in areas south of Interstate 44 in addition to the snow, creating a strong potential for downed power lines and very slick driving conditions.
"Certainly power outages are going to be a real threat," said Scott Truett, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in St. Louis. As for driving, snow on top of ice "is a very bad combination," Truett said.
Adding to Missouri's woes was the frigid cold. Highs were mostly expected to reach only into the 20s or low 30s, a sharp decline from highs in the 60s in many places just 24 hours earlier. St. Louis reached 69 degrees on Wednesday; afternoon temperatures on Thursday were 40 degrees colder.
Temperatures plunged to minus 11 in Helena, where a frozen pipe burst and flooded part of the Montana State Capitol building Thursday morning.
There was minor flooding in the cafeteria, media rooms and some bathrooms, although most of the building remained open for business and public meetings as workers dried the soaked areas.
The cold snap Thursday set or matched record low temperatures in parts of Montana, including minus 26 in Great Falls. Denton also set a record at minus 23 Thursday morning and Havre's minus 27 reading matched a record that has stood since 1936.
The cold snap is expected to last through the weekend.
In northern Nevada, Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said extreme cold was likely what killed a 53-year-old transient who was found dead behind a convenience store Thursday.
Carson City's high temperature hasn't exceeded 25 for two days, according to the National Weather Service.
In northeast Nevada, the low Thursday reached a record 23 below zero in Ely, near the Utah line. A hard freeze warning remained in effect as far south as Las Vegas until 9 a.m. Friday.
A storm system that swept through parts of New Mexico on Thursday dumped up to 6 inches of snow across the state, closing some schools and causing dangerous driving conditions and traffic accidents, including one that critically injured a sheriff's sergeant.
New Mexico State Police say Sandoval County sheriff's Sgt. Robert Baron, 47, was transported to University of New Mexico Hospital after he was struck by a vehicle while directing traffic on Interstate 25 near the San Felipe Pueblo.
The weather forced school closures in Santa Fe and in Albuquerque's eastern mountains. Schools in other municipalities, like Las Vegas, N.M., opted for a two-hour delay.
Temperatures in parts of Ohio were expected to drop by 40 degrees or more as an icy blast of wintry weather bore down on the state Thursday. Temperatures could plunge into the teens by the weekend.
Forecasters predicted the cold front would bring a mix of freezing rain and sleet, as well 2 to 6 inches of snow along the Interstate 70 and 71 corridors from Cincinnati through Columbus.
Freezing precipitation fell in parts of southern Oklahoma on Thursday morning, prompting officials to postpone high school state football championship games and cities to cancel holiday festivities across the state.
The brunt of the wintry storm bringing snow and ice will be felt overnight and into Friday morning, National Weather Service forecaster Daryl Williams said.
The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association said the 6A state football title game between Jenks and Union has been rescheduled from Thursday in Stillwater to Dec. 12 in Tulsa. Other games would be rescheduled for next week.
Holiday events during the next few days were also canceled in several cities.
In Moore, officials canceled the Christmas in Old Town event featuring horse-drawn carriage rides and a tree-lighting ceremony, which was to take place Friday night. City spokesman Jayme Shelton said organizers feared putting residents in potentially unsafe situations.
The cold proved too much for a public outdoor pool in the Oregon city of Klamath Falls. Officials in the high-desert city known for heating businesses, homes and sidewalks with geothermal resources closed the pool at least until next week.
The pool that's heated with geothermal resources is normally around 80 degrees and sometimes closes in cold weather, but that's usually in January. The pool temperature had fallen to about 75, low enough to put users at risk, said John Bellon, superintendent of parks maintenance and operations.
It was cold in the area east of the Cascade Range on Wednesday, about 7 above in the city and setting a record low for the day at nearby Crater Lake: minus 2.
Statewide, the cold was expected to be followed by significant snow in much of southern and eastern Oregon.
A storm brought sleet and freezing rain to the West Texas region on Thursday, coating roads with a layer of thin ice and prompting the postponement of Saturday's Texarkana Bowl.
The freezing precipitation was expected to transition to snow later Thursday. Temperatures in West Texas were expected to stay in the 20s Thursday and Friday.
American Airlines and American Eagle canceled nearly 500 flights Thursday. Fort Worth-based American said the cancellations were a precaution in anticipation of deteriorating travel conditions.
The Texarkana Bowl between Harding University and Texas A&M Commerce was postponed because the area was under an ice storm warning. Bowl officials and representatives of both schools were working to reschedule the game, which was originally to be held Saturday.
With residents of northwestern Wisconsin digging out from as much as 17 inches of snow, forecasters warned that temperatures in the area could plunge as low as 25 degrees below zero.
Temperatures across north-central Wisconsin were forecast to fall into the single digits above and below zero on Thursday night. They were expected to drop into the minus 20s over the next few days into the middle of next week.
Residents in Laramie and the Shirley Basin endured temperatures of 31 degrees below zero Wednesday night, and high temperatures across the state were forecast to remain in the single digits through the weekend.
Other frigid readings across Wyoming overnight included minus 24 in Rawlins, minus 22 in Casper and Pinedale and minus 19 in Cheyenne.