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Jerald Alexander Hallman

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:03 AM PDT

Jerald Alexander Hallman, otherwise known as "Papoo" by his grandchildren, son of the late Hugh Harvey and Alma Duncan Hallman was born in Lincoln County on April 15, 1935. He is now at peace and dwells with God and many members of his family and friends. He was preceded in death not only by his parents but one brother, Hugh Harvey Hallman, Jr. and a sister, Linda Pearl Hallman.

Jerald is survived by his wife, Sarah; two sons, Jeff and wife Tammy, Brad and wife Jennifer; six grandchildren, Madison and Parker, Zach and Ethan Hallman, Elijah and Damion Fowler. One sister, Sandra Lennon and husband Tolman. Jerald is also survived by ten nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be held at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, October 12 at Bethphage Lutheran Church, Highway 182. Visitation will be from 6:00 until 8:00 pm on Tuesday at Warlick Funeral Home. The family requests memorials be made to Hospice of Lincoln County, 107 N. Cedar Street, Lincolnton, NC 28092, or to Bethphage Lutheran Church Building Fund, 3440 Highway 182, Lincolnton, NC 28092.


Tuxedo’s 125th

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 04:01 AM PDT

Profile AmericaProfile America — Wednesday, October 12th. One of the most enduring fashions in menswear appeared for the first time this week in 1886. The tuxedo was invented by a tobacco tycoon, Pierre Lorillard, as a rebellion against the ultraformal coat with tails popular in Europe. He designed the tuxedo coat for less formal social affairs, patterned after the jacket worn by fox hunters. His more daring son Griswold was the first to wear it in public. Named after the town of its debut, Tuxedo Park, New York, the design soon caught on and has remained popular through the decades. Renting tuxedos — mostly for weddings and proms — is a $1 billion a year business in the U.S. You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at <www.census.gov>.

Sources: Chase’s Calendar of Events 2011, p. 511
2007 Economic Census, NAICS 532220
http://www.census.gov/econ/industry/hierarchy/i532220.htm

 


US Issues Worldwide Travel Warning

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 01:43 AM PDT

The U.S. State Department has issued a worldwide alert for American citizens about possible "anti-U.S. actions" following charges against two Iranians accused of conspiring with Tehran to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States.

The State Department said late Tuesday that the alleged Iranian-backed assassination attempt may indicate the Iranian government could be taking a "more aggressive focus" on terrorist activity.

Earlier Tuesday, the U.S. Justice Department charged Manssor Arbabsiar, a naturalized U.S. citizen with an Iranian passport, and Gholam Shakuri, an Iran-based member of the Iranian Quds force, with conspiring to kill Saudi ambassador Adel al-Jubeir.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said the plot was "conceived, sponsored and directed" from Iran.  He promised Washington will hold the Iranian government accountable.

Shortly after the announcement was made, the U.S. Treasury Department announced economic sanctions against Arbabsiar and Shakuri, as well as three officers of Iran's Revolutionary Guard.

President Barack Obama called Ambassador al-Jubeir to express solidarity against the plot, calling it a "flagrant violation" of U.S. and international law. He assured al-Jubeir the U.S. is committed to protecting all diplomats serving in the United States.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday the U.S. will continue to work with its allies to "further isolate" Iran from the international community.

Iran strongly denies being involved in the assassination attempt. Iran's U.N. ambassador wrote a letter to the United Nations Tuesday expressing "outrage" over the U.S. allegations, calling them politically-motivated "warmongering and propaganda."

Officials say Arbabsiar unknowingly hired an informant of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to carry out the plot, believing the informant had ties to Mexican drug cartels capable of killing the Saudi ambassador.  They say Arabsiar confessed to making a $100,000 down payment on the scheme with a price tag of $1.5 million.

Officials arrested Arbabsiar at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on September 29, but Shakuri is still at large.


Australian brain damaged after drinking toxic cocktail at Indonesia resort island

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 09:29 PM PDT

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (BNO NEWS) -- An Australian nurse has fallen ill after drinking a toxic alcoholic beverage at an Indonesian resort island, local media reported on Wednesday. She is currently hospitalized after eventually suffering from brain damage and kidney failure.

Jamie Johnston, 25, of Newcastle in New South Wales, who was holidaying with her mother at Indonesia's popular resort island of Bali, drank a popular local rice wine known as arak when she fell ill about three weeks ago, the Newcastle Herald reported. The beverage was a mixture of arak and fruit juice and was consumed at the Happy Cafe restaurant on the neighboring island of Lombok.

However, after the severity of the incident, investigations were launched and test results revealed that the beverage contained methanol, which is commonly used as anti-freeze in paint. The traditional beverage of arak is made from fermented rice, palm sap, and other base ingredients.

Johnston, a nurse at the John Hunter Hospital, did not seek medical attention until she collapsed at the airport as she awaited her flight back home. Emergency teams transferred her to a local hospital in Bali and she was later flown back to Australia.

Johnston is currently at Darwin Hospital where she has been receiving treatment for brain damage and kidney failure, the report said. Efforts are ongoing to transfer her to the John Hunter Hospital.

New South Wales Health Minister Jillian Skinner said the incident was a tragic reminder of the care tourists need to take when traveling overseas. The minister described the situation as 'tragic,' noting that Australians love traveling to Bali.

"It is horrific to think that simply by enjoying a few cocktails on a family holiday this young nurse is now facing a very grim future," Skinner stated. "If you are visiting Bali, I urge you to take out medical insurance and seek help immediately from any one of the medical centers on Bali or Lombok if you start to feel ill."

In 2009, a batch of arak contaminated with methanol killed at least 25 people in Bali.

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Hurricane Jova weakens as it roars toward Mexico’s Pacific coast

Posted: 11 Oct 2011 09:22 PM PDT

MIAMI (BNO NEWS) -- Hurricane Jova weakened on Tuesday as its center approached the Pacific coast of Mexico, forecasters said, but hurricane conditions were already affecting parts of the coast on late Tuesday evening.

Forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) have been following the weather system since October 4 when it emerged as an area of disturbed weather several hundred miles (kilometers) south-southwest of Acapulco, a major sea port on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. It quickly became a tropical storm on Thursday, a hurricane on Saturday and a major hurricane on Monday.

As of 8 p.m. PDT (0300 GMT Wednesday), the center of Jova was located about 60 miles (95 kilometers) west of Manzanillo, a municipality in the Mexican state of Colima which is also home to the country's busiest port. It is moving toward the north-northeast at a speed near 8 miles (13 kilometers) per hour.

Maximum sustained winds of Jova have decreased to near 100 miles (160 kilometers) per hour, with higher gusts, making it a category two hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale of intensity. Little change in strength is expected before the hurricane makes landfall in Mexico.

"Water vapor imagery continues to depict a well-defined upper-tropospheric outflow pattern, and the hurricane is over very warm waters," said NHC senior hurricane specialist Richard Pasch. "No significant weakening is likely until the center of Jova crossed the coastline. Once inland, the tropical cyclone should weaken quite rapidly over the rugged terrain of western Mexico."

Tropical storm conditions were already affecting parts of the Mexican coastline on Tuesday evening, and hurricane conditions began to affect some areas. Weather conditions of areas further inland were expected to worsen overnight.

As of Tuesday evening, a hurricane warning was in effect for Punta San Telmo in southwestern Michoacán northward to Cabo Corrientes, a cape on the Pacific coast of the Mexican state of Jalisco. A tropical storm warning is also in effect for Lazaro Cardenas northward to south of Punta San Telmo. Additionally, a tropical storm warning is in effect from north of Cabo Corrientes to El Roblito.

"Jova is moving on the western side of a weak mid-tropospheric ridge over eastern Mexico," Pasch explained. "Global models show this ridge mostly dissipated in a day or so, as another ridge develops to the north of Jova. This steering pattern should cause the cyclone to slow its forward speed to a crawl within 24 to 36 hours."

He added: "Although wind and surge are obviously a significant hazard along the coast, inland flooding over Mexico is also a big concern. Heavy rains from Jova are likely across portions of western Mexico due to the relatively slow movement of the cyclone and upslope flow into the mountainous terrain. These rains will likely cause dangerous flash floods and mudslides."

The NHC said it expects Jova to produce total rainfall accumulations of 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 centimeters) over the states of Michoacan, Colima, Jalisco and Nayarit, with isolated maximum amounts of 20 inches (50 centimeters).

Thousands of people evacuated ahead of Jova's anticipated arrival, but many decided to ride out the storm. Some areas were already experiencing flooding on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties with the worst yet to come. More than 1,500 soldiers have been called in to assist with expected relief efforts.

Jova is the ninth named storm of the 2011 Eastern Pacific hurricane season. It was followed by Hurricane Irwin which remains active as a tropical storm, about 600 miles (970 kilometers) south-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California, and might affect the same area as Jova later this week.

According to figures released in May, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center is expecting a below normal hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific this year. The outlook calls for 9 to 15 named storms, with five to eight becoming hurricanes and one to three expected to become a major hurricane (category 3 or higher).

An average Eastern Pacific hurricane season produces 15 to 16 named storms, with eight to nine becoming hurricanes and four becoming major hurricanes. The Eastern Pacific hurricane season runs from May 15 through November 30, with peak activity from July through September.

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