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It was barely light when the radio first crackled into life.
'Code red! Code red! Come in, Lawrence, come in. Over.'
'Standing by.'
'Bad morning.' The caller paused. 'We have a dead rhino at Hlaza Hill. A female. Over.'
Dread froze my blood. I looked up at the sky above the distant Hlaza Hill, the highest point on the new community game reserve that abuts Thula Thula, my own reserve and my home in Zululand, South Africa. There were no vultures and no gunshots had been reported, a sound that echoes like a thunderbolt across the African wilderness when the wind is right.
'Cause of death?' I asked, fearing the worst.
'Poachers. Both horns are gone. There's blood all over the place. Professional job. Looks like they used an AK-47, or maybe an old military-issue R1.'
I could feel my fists clenching. Rhino poachers - the disease of the wild that was now becoming a pandemic.
'How long has she been dead?' I asked.
'Can't be more than a few hours. They probably took it around midnight. There was plenty of moon to help them.'
'OK, I'll be there now. Out.'
I glanced at the pump-action shotgun leaning against the passenger seat of my Land Rover, reached for the ammunition box and stuffed my pockets with handfuls of SG cartridges. I hoped against hope that the poachers were still on the reserve.
The green-black flies were already gathering when I arrived at the hill. The air was metallic with the rank smell of blood. The rhino lay uncharacteristically on her side, legs splayed awkwardly at right angles to her stiff body.
I got out of the Land Rover and walked across to the three rangers standing nearby. Nobody said anything. The shock of the kill, the dominating presence of the huge dead creature, stifled our words.
Rhinos have an ancient, eternal beauty. With their massive bodies, clad in thick folds of prehistoric body armour topped by a magnificent scimitar horn, they fascinate like few other creatures. Weighing up to three and half tons and reaching six feet high, they are the largest land animal in the world after the elephant.
In death, there was no trace of that beauty. The regal horns, viciously hacked off with honed machetes - or pangas, as we call them in Africa - left the noble face crumpled and desecrated. The eyes gazed vacantly. Pools of blood had congealed around the grotesquely disfigured head. Without its horn, the imposing creature looked as vulnerable as a baby.
I could see my own turmoil mirrored in the rangers' faces. In Africa, the war against poachers is intensely personal. There are two types of poacher: the local tribesman looking for something small for the pot; and the heavyweights, the professional killers, who want rhino horn and elephant ivory, who will shoot a ranger then brag about it. Poaching any animal is a crime, but killing a rhino or elephant is not shooting to feed a hungry family. It's blood money. And it's an intimate, violent invasion of our lives.
'Who found the body?'
Bheki, my most trusted ranger, looked up and pointed at a young Zulu guard, Simelane, standing a little way off. I beckoned for him to come over.
'Sawubona, Simelane,' I greeted him. 'What happened here?'
'Sawubona, Mkhulu. I was on patrol when I saw the dead rhino,' he replied quietly, staring at the ground.
'Who was with you?'
'I was alone.'
'You were on patrol out here all alone?' I asked, surprised. Poaching patrols always consisted of two armed men.
'Yes, I was alone.' He was barely whispering.
I was about to press on with the questioning when a loud Zulu voice interrupted me.
'Mkhulu, there is too much blood.'
It was Bheki, down on one knee closely examining the rhino's head.
'There is too much blood,' he repeated. 'That means they were in a hurry. They took the horns while she was still alive. Maybe unconscious, but alive.'
For a moment we just stared at Bheki. Then it sank in. These monsters had hacked the horn off a living animal.
'Which way did they go?' I asked Bheki, who had been at my side in several firefights with poachers over the past decade.
He pointed east. 'Four, maybe five hours ago.'
That meant that unless they were in hiding, they would be almost out of the reserve and heading towards the townships, where we would never catch them. However, that didn't mean we wouldn't try. At the very least, it would give us something physical to do to vent our fury.
'OK, we all know the drill,' I said. 'These guys are probably carrying AKs and we all know what that means. If we make contact and they so much as think of lifting their rifles, shoot fast and shoot first, as we'll be up against automatic fire.'
I looked at the solemn faces. Armed only with shotguns and Second World War-era Lee-Enfield .303 bolt-action rifles, they were completely out-gunned, but that would not deter these hard, dedicated men for a moment. They would be facing automatic weapons, replying as fast as their wrists could work their rifle bolts. You cannot imagine the courage that takes. I had a pump-action shotgun that was fast and deadly and spread nine lead balls in a lethal cluster. Our weapons complemented each other well. The .303s had a longer range than an AK, and the shotguns at close quarters in thick bush didn't miss. Used in tandem they were a match for the illegal AK-47s so favoured by poachers. 'Bring your own water and keep your safety catches on. Let's go!' We would be moving as fast as we could in thick bush, and I didn't want anyone tripping and blasting the person ahead of them.
The going was tough and by mid-morning we were well off the beaten path, following barely discernible game trails used by the poachers. The sun burned relentlessly, a typical Zululand scorcher, and sweat poured from our bodies, stinging our eyes and drenching our shirts. But hyped up with adrenalin and anticipation, we never eased our blistering pace. If we faltered, any slim chance of catching them would be lost.
It's difficult to remain calm when you see a rhino brutally slaughtered for a horn that consists of little more than keratin, the same fibrous structural protein you find in hair and fingernails. In fact, it's impossible. You're more likely to be consumed by raging fury, but that won't do any good. Rhino horns are used for mythical medicinal purposes in countries across Asia, as part of their traditional healing systems. In traditional Chinese medicine it is believed to cure types of fever, for instance. And the increasing wealth of these economies has created an insatiable demand. Tens of thousands of rhino have been killed in Africa, with several subspecies hunted to extinction. The demand is reminiscent of a nineteenth-century gold rush, and with good reason. On the streets of China or Vietnam, ounce for ounce the horn is more valuable than gold. If you truly want to grasp the situation faced by conservationists, do what a poacher does and look at a rhino and see a three-foot-long horn made of pure gold. Game rangers are in the unenviable and extremely hazardous position of trying to protect solid gold. What should be locked securely in a vault instead walks around on four legs in the bush.
It is not an exaggeration to say that every rhino on the planet is now in mortal danger. Unless something fundamental changes, and quickly, every last one in the wild will eventually be killed.
As we pushed on, we periodically picked up traces of the killers' trail, such as footprints, a small patch of flattened grass, a marked tree or flecks of blood, probably oozing from the horn that the killers would be carrying in a hessian sack. These signs that we were on the right track provided the edge we needed, with Bheki urging us to speed up the chase.
However, Simelane, the young Zulu ranger who had discovered the dead rhino, was starting to worry me. Twice he veered off into the bush alone, following false leads and losing us valuable time. Maybe his strange behaviour was due to the stress of tracking the killers, I thought, as well as the possibility of an ambush around the next corner.
An ambush was my biggest worry. The penalty in South Africa for rhino poaching is a fifteen-year jail sentence and there was no way these professional killers were going to risk being sent away for that long. They knew it and we knew it. If the killers sensed they were being followed and were waiting for us, there is no doubt we would be in a lethal firefight - at close quarters, in thick bush, with minimum visibility and maximum chaos.
Eventually the punishing pace took its toll. I called a halt for a brief rest and sent one of the rangers ahead to high ground to try and pick them out from above.
'Nothing,' came the reply on the radio from a nearby hill. 'I see nothing.'
I could tell by the frustrated look on Bheki's face as we waited that the spoor was now cold. We were too late; and, sure enough, a couple of hours later when we finally reached the boundary fence, all we found was a slash where they had snipped through the wire, carefully avoiding the electric strands. They were well and truly gone.
'Next time,' I heard Bheki whisper as he unloaded his .303. 'We will get them next time, Mkhulu.'
I nodded silently, also unloading my shotgun as we started the long trek back.
At home, I reported the incident, first to the police and then to our local Parks authority, KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife. The latter phone call was tough, as they had just donated the now dead animal to a project I was working on. I was joining my reserve, Thula Thula, with the huge Zulu tribal trust areas to form what we believed would be one of the finest game reserves in the country. It was to be called the Royal Zulu and would be a unique joint venture with local tribes. The project would provide meaningful benefits to poor rural communities through conservation and eco-tourism, giving them a stake in the future of the African wilderness. Thanks to years of apartheid when game reserves had been racially exclusive, many rural Zulus regarded conservation as a 'white man's' concept and had little regard for it. Now we aimed to rehabilitate their traditional spiritual and cultural links to the bush that once were so powerful. We would demonstrate that poaching animals provided food for a week, but protecting them provided jobs for ever. These animals are worth infinitely more alive than dead. We had to get locals to buy into that concept with total commitment, otherwise we as conservationists would start to run out of options - as the hornless mound of rotting flesh we had just seen confirmed.
KZN Wildlife had donated four white rhinos as part of the Royal Zulu venture to provide breeding stock, and the manager I had phoned to break the news to was understandably unhappy. I knew what was coming next.
'Lawrence,' he said, 'this is really bad. We're worried about the security, man. I mean, you've got three more rhino there and we don't want to lose those as well.'
'I know. I've activated impimpis,' I replied, referring to our informants in the local tribes who we paid to collect information about poaching or theft, 'and we're increasing patrols as from tomorrow. I'm going to catch those bastards if it's the last thing I do.'
'Well, good luck. But I think in the interim, we had better get the animals into a safer area until everything settles down. Rhinos are like a bloody magnet for poachers these days.'
'OK, I understand where you're coming from,' I replied. 'But they have just been delivered to us, so how did anyone even know they were here? There had to be a tip-off from your side. How do we know they will be safer with you?'
He sighed. 'That's my biggest nightmare.'
He was a decent man whom I knew well. I also understood what he was saying, but it really galled me to be told that we were going to have to return three rhinos. Our security was by necessity among the best in the area. After all, we had been protecting a herd of elephants for almost ten years. But these days nothing, including one's own life, is guaranteed in the bush when rhino poachers are about.
However, there was nothing I could do. If the Parks authority wanted to take their animals back, so be it. Unfortunately that meant there would now be only one rhino left on the reserve, a female. A German tourist had called her Heidi, and the name had stuck. An elephant had killed her mother some years ago in a tragically unequal battle over who had right of way. She had been crushed by a full-blown charge, and I still remember standing next to the corpse and seeing a movement in the bush some yards away. It was Heidi. Barely weaned, she had watched her mother's awful fight to the death. I approached to see if she was all right, but she ran off into the bush.
Then our other rhino drowned in a flash flood, an unavoidable tragedy, which left only Heidi.
Since then Heidi, who enjoyed grazing with a herd of wildebeest, had grown up with us and become a favourite with rangers and trackers. She had matured into a beautiful creature and loved approaching the game drive vehicles, captivating visitors to the reserve with her playful antics, approaching and retreating, peering myopically and running in the flamboyant, bouncing style of rhinos. We had to do all we could to protect her now.
Yet there was something funny about the Parks Board rhino's death; something I couldn't quite put my finger on. I summoned Simelane, the guard who had discovered its carcass, to my office.
'Mkhulu,' he said as he approached, and we shook hands. Mkhulu loosely means 'grandfather' in an avuncular sort of way, and it is my Zulu nickname. Rural Zulus give nicknames to most people and some can be bitingly accurate in depicting your shortcomings, either physical or social. I was lucky; at least mine was benign. I have a friend who sometimes taps his hand rapidly when sitting. He ended up with the epithet Thathazele, meaning 'the nervous one', and the name stuck. Yet he is one of the bravest men I know.
'I see you, Simelane. Well done on finding the dead rhino.'
'Yebo.' Yes.
'How did you find it?'
'I just knew it was there.'
'Did you hear the gunshot?'
He shook his head. 'Aibo.'
'Did you see any hyenas, or maybe vultures?'
He shook his head.
'But the rhino was a long way from where you patrol, more than a mile off the path. Why were you in that area?'
'I just knew something was wrong. So I went to have a look.'
'But you somehow found the exact place. How did you do that?'
'I just felt it. Things were not right that morning.'
'OK. Thank you,' I said, purposely bringing the conversation to an end.
He left. I was now extremely suspicious. Simelane could have been telling the truth - Zulus sometimes do have a sixth sense in the bush - and he may just have thought something was wrong. But something didn't gel. I knew my game guards well and they seldom left their patrol areas. And if they did, they never went alone.
I called Bheki on his cellphone. 'Stay close to Simelane,' I said. 'Try to get his confidence and see what you can find out about him and the rhino. I don't trust him any more.'
The next day the phone rang. It was the police.
'Ja, Lawrence, we may have something,' said the sergeant, whom we had dealt with before. 'The story is that a gang, we think from Johannesburg, came here, hired a professional gunman and gave him a drawing of a rhino's head and where to shoot. X marks the spot, as they say. We're told he was paid five thousand rand [$700 US]. But you can forget about the horn. A Taiwanese ship that has been docked in Richards Bay for the past week left last night - convenient, hey? It'll be on the high seas by now and you can bet your game reserve that the horn was on it.'
Five thousand rand? The horn would sell for a fortune in the East. The fact that the gang may have come from Johannesburg, 400 miles away, also spoke volumes. This meant we were dealing with the professionals, the big boys. These were no local poachers, who usually only hunted for the pot anyway. No, these were either the Boere Mafia - a name given to a predominantly Afrikaans-speaking organization that regarded the sometimes chaotic post-apartheid South Africa as an easy way to make big money in hunting and poaching - or a Far East syndicate, getting marksmen from outside our area to do their dirty work.
'We've done the post-mortem,' the sergeant continued. 'They used an R1, similar in calibre to an AK. One bullet straight into the brain from very close.'
That too was interesting. The R1, a locally manufactured semi-automatic combat rifle, was used extensively by the South African Army during the border wars before apartheid was abolished. This could indicate that someone with former army links had supplied the weapon to the gunman, which again could point to the Boere Mafia, who dealt in anything from canned lion hunting, in which caged animals were shot from vehicles, to ivory and rhino horn.
The next morning I called my section ranger, Vusi Gumede, and asked him to send Simelane to my office. Vusi came back ten minutes later.
'Simelane hasn't reported for work today.'
'OK, take some rangers with you and go to his house. Get him here by force, if you have to.'
An hour later, Vusi returned. Simelane had packed his bags and fled. Even his wife did not know where he was.
Simelane, who knew the reserve well, had possibly taken the killers right up to the animal. Maybe he was even the shooter. I passed the information on to the police.
That evening we went out on patrol. There were just four of us: myself, Bheki and two tough game guards, Thulani and Nkonka. All of us were hoping for a contact. We wanted those poachers badly.
We walked all night along the fences, or sat for hours at lookout points, watching silently, searching for the flicker of a giveaway torchlight, constantly updating each other, whispering on walkie-talkies. But we found nothing. I fell into bed, exhausted, as the sun rose. The next night we were out again.
And the next.
The waxing gibbous moon shimmered like a beacon - poachers love to operate on bright nights. We had been patrolling for five hours and it was now just before dawn, the time of night when spirits are at their lowest ebb. Bheki and Thulani were scouring the bush about a hundred yards away, when suddenly Nkonka grabbed my arm and pointed. I immediately crouched low. He pointed again, and then I saw it: the briefest, tiniest glint of light just down the hill. This is what we had been waiting for. Slowly I thumbed the safety catch off my pump-action shotgun as we moved down to intercept them.
We got into position, took cover behind two large marula trees on the banks of a small stream and waited patiently. The adrenalin was pumping hard when two figures emerged from the dark about thirty yards away, and then they saw us and ran straight towards Nkonka, firing wildly. In an act of incredible bravery, Nkonka left his cover behind the tree, stood up and charged straight back at them, firing from the hip with his bolt-action Lee-Enfield .303. All hell broke loose as the night erupted in a cacophony of blasts and shouts. It went on for what seemed like an age, but was probably little more than ten seconds. I was swinging my shotgun back and forth looking for a target, but from my vantage point it was just shadows, and I couldn't let off a shot in case I also hit Nkonka.
Then it was silent. They had gone, melted into the bush.
'Nkonka!' I whispered desperately. 'Are you all right?'
'Yebo, Mkhulu. I am fine.' It was a miracle - he had run into a hail of bullets, returning fire with a weapon that had to be manually cocked every time he fired. And he was unscathed.
'Thank God. Well done.'
Bheki and Thulani came running over. I could see by Bheki's face that he was bitterly disappointed to have missed the action.
'Look,' said Nkonka. He shone his torch at a dark pool. Blood. One of the poachers was wounded.
'Let's go,' Bheki responded. He flashed his torch and followed the spoor as best he could. Every now and again he would lose it and we would double back to pick it up again.
Even with the light of the moon the going was too tough, and the ground too hard to hold tracks, so reluctantly we decided to go home.
The next morning I sent Bheki out to see if he could pick up the spoor again, and he managed to follow it to a hole in the fence where the poachers had escaped. He reckoned there were three of them.
He then showed me something else - one of the footprints exactly matched the trail we had been following a few days before. It was the same gang that had killed our donated rhino. It was just as I had hoped, although I couldn't believe their audacity in coming back so soon to kill yet another animal. They were obviously after Heidi.
Thanks to Nkonka, we had won the firefight with at least one casualty on their side. Now the word was out: Thula Thula was ready for anyone coming after elephant or rhino.
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In addition, according to The U.S Department of Education's Official Cohort Default Rate Search for Postsecondary Schools, Mercy College's institutional default rate has improved from 4.2% in 2008 to 3.5% in 2009. The national default rate average is trending the other direction and went from 7% in 2008 to 8.8% in 2009.
Mercy College's Director of Student Services Karen Anderson, PhD, said "This is a result of College financial aid staff educating students of their financial responsibilities prior to graduation; as well as reaffirmation that Mercy College graduates are securing employment in their chosen field and in a position to repay their loans associated with their education."
According to Mercy College officials, 51% of the students are enrolled in the School of Nursing while programs in the School of Allied Health account for 17% of the enrollment and the remaining 32% enrolled in degree offerings in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences which also includes pre-professional students.
Mercy College offers Bachelor and Associate of Science degrees as well as certificates in diagnostic medical sonography, emergency medical services, health care administration, medical assisting, nursing, polysomnographic technology, clinical laboratory science, health science, physical therapist assistant, radiologic technology and surgical technology. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, demand for these professionals will continue to intensify over the next two decades.
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Starbucks Offers Free Coffee, Petition to End Government Shutdown
Starbucks offers free coffee, petition to jolt shutdown gridlock.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz wants America to wake up from partisan gridlock, so he's offering free coffee at the chain Friday for customers who buy coffee for each other, and he's gathering petition signatures demanding politicians to "come together" to resolve the government shutdown.
The petition announced Friday on the company's website said Starbucks wants to make its customers voices heard in Washington. Print versions of the petitions are also available in Friday editions of USA Today, The New York Times and The Washington Post. Users can also "like" the petition's Facebook post, which will count as a signature.
"To our leaders in Washington, D.C., now's the time to come together to:
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The company announced its free coffee promotion on Wednesday, which continues through Oct. 11, as an example of cooperation for Washington politicians, proving the uniting power of coffee.
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"A customer buys the next person in line their favorite beverage—not as an act of charity or thanks—but an acknowledgement of commonality and humanity," the company said. "We're hoping this small motivation will encourage you to be the spark of connection that helps bring us all a little closer at a time when showing our unity is so important."
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The trial for a man charged in the killing of his 12-year-old stepdaughter in her Gaithersburg home began Tuesday, according to a report by The Gazette.
, nearly five months after the girl was found stabbed to death in her basement.
Hang's Lawyer Brian D. Shefferman, a Montgomery County public defender, told the jury his client was nowhere near the home when Nguyen was killed on May 31, 2011. He called the incident an "unbelievable tragedy" and denied any accusation that Hang had anything to do with the crime, The Gazette reported.
, Montgomery County prosecutors said at his bond review. Family members found Nguyen in their home on Raven Avenue in Gaithersburg.
According to Assistant State's Attorney Stephen Chaikin, the stress of Hang's marriage to Jessica's mother, Khen Kim Vu— — led to the killing, The Gazette's report states.
Hang had lived with the Nguyen family in late 2005 and early 2006, . He and Jessica's mother were married in June 2006, but he moved out in February 2007. While there no reports of domestic violence, it "was certainly not a good relationship," Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger said.
Hang filed for an uncontested divorce from Nguyen's mother in October 2010. The divorce dragged out for months, culminating in court proceedings in the days before Nguyen's murder. A week after the girl's death, it was determined that the case could not be resolved because of "continuing involvement" with immigration officials, court records show.
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This could be Bona's opportunity to end a streak that can't sit particularly well with coach Mark Schmidt -- five straight games decided by five points or fewer. Bona (4-2) owns a 27-6 advantage in the series, which qualifies as the best winning percentage by a Siena opponent that has played the Saints more than 10 times.
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Being Human Episode 202
"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?"
Written By: Nancy Won
Directed By: Paolo Barzman
Original Airdate: 23 January 2012
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With semi-human Josh still suffering the shock of Hegemen's bullet, a silvery wolf (Nora) attacks and kills the vampire. Josh finishes his transformation. In the morning, he wakes with only minor injuries. Nora wakes, naked, under a pile of leaves. When Josh goes to the car looking for Nora, he finds it empty, but torn up as if a werewolf had been rolling around inside. Josh instead finds Nora sitting on his porch, traumatized. It isn't until he sees the scratches on Nora's arm that he realizes that she is now a wolf. Nora is, understandably, in a daze. She freaks out a little at work. That night, at a med school mixer, she gets rip-roaringly drunk and starts blabbing about "waking up naked with a dead squirrel in my mouth" and how she can drink as much as she wants because she's "not pregnant anymore." Josh feels horrible and intends to drop out of med school in order to devote himself to finding a cure for Nora. She doesn't want that, and seems to be somewhat sated by the fact that Josh wants to be with her because he is happy with her, not because they are the same monster.
Sally has been hanging out a lot with Stevie and a couple of Stevie's dead teen friends, Dylan and Boner. They want to go "raging" and Sally, up for a thrill, agrees - even against Stevie's fervent (and continued) objections. Turns out that "raging" means going to the cool-kids kegger and taking over a host body. Sally gives it a try and is out of her mind with pleasure when she realizes she can feel, eat, drink, and interact with other humans. Things get dark when Dylan - also inhabiting another body - tries to force himself on Sally ("What does it matter? They're not our bodies"). She is panicky and she can't get out of her borrowed body. Stevie reaches in and removes both Sally and Dylan. Dylan is furious and the two boys get into a fight - and destroy each other. Literally. They disappear in plumes of smoke and Sally later describes it as "energy being snuffed out." She is really, really disturbed by this.
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Dig It or Bury It?
Two episodes in, and this season is already leagues beyond the first season. First season wasn't bad, but I appreciate that the second season isn't following the BBC version scene for scene. Tonight's episode was a great combination of humor, emotion, drama, and just a touch of action. Yes, it could have used more, because action is awesome, but this was a perfect blend.
I find Aidan and Serene's story the least interesting of the three roommates'. Serene strikes me as a better-functioning Drusilla (from Buffy), and the whole "being in charge" thing really makes for a moody Aidan.
Brits vs. Yanks
Nora's British counterpart seemed to adjust to her newfound lycanthropy much better than the American Nora which, frankly, suits me just fine. It seems more realistic this way. BBC Nora is weirded out, but Syfy Nora is batshit over the news. I love that she worries if she can still eat chocolate because "chocolate is poison to dogs" (the answer is no, it can't: "we aren't 'dogs'; we are only not ourselves one day a month").
Jolly Good Fun
When Nora and Josh come home after Nora's first change, they find Sally entertaining three ghosts. "Were there always this many ghosts, and I just couldn't see them?"
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So...I take my children to school every morning. All 3 ride the school bus home. I am able to pick the youngest one up but the other two walk home a quarter mile from the school bus stop. The first few weeks of school I walked them home from the school bus just to be sure they felt safe. Eventually they wanted to buddy up with their friends so I stayed home more often when the two older ones walked home. (11 and 13).
Last Thursday a man went to the school bus stop where my kids get off the shool bus. However, he went there in the morning time and my kids do not ride the bus to school, they only ride it home. Anyway, the guy was dressed in all black and was wearing a ski mask. According to 15-20 students he produced a knife and a gun and started threatening the kids. He told them he would kill them if they screamed or ran. A parent driving by saw the kids all crying and huddling next to the fence so she stopped. She found out the gunman had already left but she called the cops anyway. The kids were released to go to school via the school bus when it arrived.
Now...since we do not have our kids ride the bus to school in the morning, my kids didn't witness this. And, it wasn't until the following day, after school when my son walked home that I started to find out what happened. Apparently two students in his classroom were part of the victims of this gunman. The day before they were asked to keep quiet until the gunman was caught or an investigation could be carried out. Many were taken home by their parents the day of the incident due to shock.
So...the day AFTER this happened, I find out from my 11 yr old son what happened. My daughter ended up being brought home by another parent who was scared for our kids to ride the bus home. When they arrived at my house I heard from the parent even more details. The cops had made a full sweep of the area and had issued a BOL for the guy. However, the cops never told any parents and the school never notified any parents. They didn't even write a letter home. This school has vowed that safety is number one...they dropped the ball on this one!
So...this incident happened. The school didn't notify anybody. About 2 hours after my son told me what happened and my daughter came home I met with fellow neighbors in my area. We agreed that we would all tackle this together. One called the elementary school, one called the junior high school (both pick up from the same bus stop) and one called the cops. About an hour after the schools were called about the incident, we all got phone calls telling us what happened. Of course, there was no mention of weapons and the whole incident was downplayed by the schools.
I agreed to be present at the bus stop from now on with a few other parents at different times in order to help keep a look out and protect the kids.
Not once since this happened have any police been present, have any school officials come to the bus stop when kids are loading/offloading. I am pissed. Oh...and as far as I know of...no news report has come from this yet either. This is bullshit.
We are from Modesto, California. This is the city where Laci Peterson and her unborn child Connor were murdered by Laci's husband Scott several years ago. It's also the location where James Ferrario Jr shot and killed a sheriff's deputy and a locksmith several months ago while they attempted to evict him from a home he hand't paid payments on for 8 months. That was the first of several iconic shootings throughout the country that don't add up. Other shootings include the batman shooter, James Holmes in Colorado and the Wisconsin shooter Wade Michael Page at the Sikh temple.
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In a stark contrast to the hours of debate that dominated the , the Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization approved $8,788,000 to extend the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail from its current terminus in Westford all the way to near the Acton/Concord border.
The decision came as part of a unanimous board approval on BMPO's Fiscal Year 2013-2016 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), which earmarked hundreds of millions of dollars in state and federal transportation money for improvements across Eastern Massachusetts.
Although originally money for the Phase 2A portion of the trail was expected to come from the sale of former rail lines along its projected path, the new funding will be coming as part of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's Green Dot program, more specifically, the Bay State Greenway Project, which aims to connect hundreds of miles of bike paths across the state.
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MOORE — A 13-year-old boy from Highland East Junior High School in Moore is in serious condition following a school bus-related head injury.
According to Moore Police Department spokesman Jeremy Lewis, the student sustained the injury after jumping onto the exterior of the school bus and hanging onto an open window at the encouragement of fellow students still on the bus.
"He exited the bus at his stop and then jumped on to the outside. The driver of the bus was unaware of what was going on and drove away with the student hanging on for approximately two blocks.
"The students on the bus began yelling to alert the driver to what was going on, and it's unclear as to whether the young man fell off as the bus was stopping or was thrown as a result of the bus's stop," Lewis said.
The student sustained the injury to his head when he fell and was transported to OU Medical Center in serious condition.
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I am preparing for the physical test offered by the California Highway Patrol. I am already doing an exercise program based on their training standards. I know that one area I have a lot of trouble in is going over a wall/fence. What suggestions do you offer to help me at least get one foot over this obstacle. Thanks!
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Practice and learn technique. Try to train with others that have no problem with the obstacle and watch and see how they do it.
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A while back Another member had the same problem. Here is a link for all the advice given to her. And YES she did pass!
Here is a video of one of the instructors performing the NYPD "Job Standard Test". The first obstacle is either a six foot chain-link fence or solid wooden wall. The video shows a chain-link fence, but unless you are climbing up the chains, the method you use is the same.
Depending upon your height you may want to try different techniques.
In the video the officer takes a running start and simultaneously kicks/steps up with his left foot on the wall and swings his right leg over. If you can get enough of a running start or are tall enough, once you get an arm or leg over the momentum and weight of your body will swing you over to the other side. Just make sure not to fall on your duff.
I've seen some shorter people take an entirely different approach. Reach up and grab onto the ledge. While holding on "walk" up the wall so your body is bent like >. Swing one leg over and then let your center of gravity swing you to the right side.
If you know that you'll be tested on a solid wall or any other specific event - start practicing now. There are probably schools or parks in your area with similar obstacles that you can practice on. Good luck."never bring paws to a gunfight" - Jenna
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tobes wrote:Nilasarasvati wrote:I'm gonna share my weird personal reflections to veer us (somewhat) back on:
Only a wingnut, eccentric, charming/dangerous, terrifying magician like him could magnetize the incredibly arrogant, nihilistic, traumatized and cynical intellectuals and deviants like me. In fact, part of why I got interested in Tibetan Buddhism is because of the writings of Alan Ginsburg, who in so many ways epitomizes radical embodiment and radical thought. Somebody who recognized how psychedelia was a crucial step for westerners to taste the nondual; perhaps to even "catch up" psychically when their Materialist Cartesian Nihilist, Judeo-Christian Theist world had so stunted them.
So...radicals, queers, hippies, those who still believe that counter-culture was the best thing that ever happened to American (and Western) culture--only Trungpa Rinpoche could have got through to us. To make us realize the oppressor wasn't outside but inside. To, most importantly, show that Buddhist teachers were something more than just obsolete Medieval sorcerers thrust into a world where they had nothing to offer but the desperate superstition and ritual we had so long ago rejected in the Catholic clergy.
For a degenerate nihilist perv like me or Alan Ginsburg, what other Guru could scrape us out of the gutter?
Great post. Nailed. Tells us something very profound, and also begs the question: what of Tibetan Buddhism in the west now? Radical or conservative? Disrupting the status quo or endorsing it?
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Given that Tantra was in its historical origins, transgressive (against a Brahmin/Sattvic/dualistic Vedic society) how does/doesn't contemporary Vajrayana in the West fit into notions and attempts to upset the dominant value system of our materialist/Capitalist/postmodern/dualistic society?
If it is (or isn't) doing these things, why? What do you wish was different?


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There will be plenty of opportunities across the area tonight, for anyone searching for tricks, treats or a good scare. A discounted admission is available tonight to one local "haunted" attraction, for those wanting to help out Hunt County Shared Ministries (FISH).
— Trick or Treat on the Square is scheduled in downtown Commerce between 5:30 and 7 p.m. tonight.
— Trunk or Treat Around the Square will be held in downtown Emory between 6 and 8 p.m.
— The West Tawakoni Park Board will host 'Trunk or Treat in the Park from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at West Tawakoni City Park. A costume contest will be held with categories for adults, children and pets. Also planned are spooky hayrides, free hot dogs and "trunk or treat time for the kids." For more information call, West Tawakoni City Hall at 903-455-2285 or Park Board member Carol Solomon at 469-628-9238.
— The Great Green Pumpkin Patch will be open today from 10 a.m. until dark at the corner of U.S. Highway 69 North and FM 2194. The fundraising project is sponsored by the Parents of Girl Scout Troop 3271 of Celeste. The proceeds will be used to fund activities and help repair the Scout House.
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— Highland Terrace Baptist Church, 3939 Joe Ramsey Boulevard, is hosting a Fall Festival from 6 until 9 p.m., with food, jumphouses, slides, games and more.
— Trunk or Treat will be held at Cornerstone Community Church, 6606 Wesley, from 5:30 until 7 p.m. There will be cars with open trunks with treats and hot dogs and drinks will be served.
— Westview United Methodist Church, 6407 Sayle Street in Greenville, is hosting Trunk or Treat from 5:30 to 7 p.m., with free hot dogs while they last.
— Lone Oak United Methodist Church, 218 Main, is hosting a Halloween Trunk or Treat from 6 until 8 p.m., which will also include a bounce house.
— A Fall festival Extravaganza is scheduled at First Assembly Quinlan, 728 East Quinlan Parkway, between 5:30 and 8 p.m. The free event will feature live music, lots of candy, the Hoggie and Tick Animal Show, hayrides, a bounce house, games, and a bicycle raffle.
— New Life Church/Covenant Ranch, 3636 FM 36 South in Caddo Mills, is hosting a Hallelujah Night from 6 until 8 p.m., with treats, a bounce house and more. The event will be conducted in the arena.
— First Baptist Church in Commerce, 1401 Washington Street , will have a tent set up with activities and the Commerce PTO will have Trunk or Treat at the Chase Bank parking lot, 1305 Washington Street, both starting at 5:30 p.m.
— Vansickle Baptist Church, 2181 County Road 2246 in Greenville, will have activities scheduled from 6 until 8 p.m.
— Trunk or Treat is scheduled at the Cosmetology Career Institute, 5015 A Wesley Street, from 6 until 10 p.m.
— The Haunted Landmark, 2920 Lee Street in Greenville, presented by the Greenville Rotary Club and the Greenville Rotary Post Office Foundation will operate between 7 p.m. and midnight. Tickets for The Haunted Landmark are $12 per person. But anyone bringing in two more canned goods for FISH tonight will get $2 off of admission. Those wanting additional information can call Bob Arrington at 903-883-4206 or Gloria Jordan at 903-454-2345 during normal working hours.
— The W. H. Ford High School Blue Belles Haunted House will be open tonight, starting at 7:30 p.m. at the first house on the right after passing Ford High School on State Highway 34. Admission is $5.
— The "Haunt House" is open at 4935 Interstate 30 West in Caddo Mills, starting at 7 p.m. tonight, Friday and Saturday this week. The "Haunt House" is described as a walk-through attraction "filled with terrifying live actors, Hollywood style sets and incredible monsters." Admission is $17 per person, with VIP tickets available for $7 more and with free parking. More information can be found at www.thehaunthouse.com.
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City offices are closed for the federal holiday. Schools are closed.
Walnut Creek has a ceremony, titled "Sowing the Seeds of Peace," scheduled for noon Monday at Civic Park.
The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration will be held in the Assembly Hall at Civic Park, 1365 Civic Dr. The keynote speaker is the Rev. Donna Allen, founder and pastor of New Revelation Community Church in Oakland. Music is by the Shell Ridge Ramblers. The event is sponsored by the Mount Diablo Peace and Justice Center and the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County.
In Martinez, Contra Costa County honors King with at 651 Pine St. County supervisors will honor the Humanitarian of the Year and Student Humanitarian of the Year, and Contra Costa Community College District Chancellor Dr. Helen Benjamin will deliver the keynote speech.
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Monday is also President Obama's inauguration for his second term.
In the Bay Area, other communities are holding events this holiday weekend to honor the slain civil rights leader who, among other things, organized boycotts against racially segregated bus systems in the South and led the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.
King was president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and was Time magazine's Man of the Year in 1963. He was also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. From 1957 until his death in 1968, King traveled 6 million miles and delivered more than 2,500 speeches.
Here are some of the events being held in the East Bay on Monday in honor of Dr. King.
10 a.m. to Noon. Participants will walk from Jefferson Elementary School, 1400 Ada St., to King Middle School, 1781 Rose St. A celebration of King's life will be held inside the auditorium there.
8:30 a.m. to Noon. The East Bay Regional Park District will host a day of service in honor of Dr. King. Volunteers should meet at the Oak Port Athletic Field, 5734 Oakport St. Volunteers will help park district employees with invasive plant removal.
9 a.m. A volunteer event will feature bird walks led by Golden Gate Audubon docents. It'll be held at Martin Luther King Regional Shoreline Park.
10 a.m. to Noon. A multicultural peace celebration will be held ILWU Warehouse Hall No. 6, 99 Hegenberger Road. Speakers, including Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson and the Rev. Byron Williams, will highlight the event.
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: A shoreline cleanup will be held in honor of Dr. King. Participants should meet at Garretson Point parking lot at the end of Edgewater Drive. Volunteers will clean up and help restore Damon Marsh, Damon Slough, Arrowhead Marsh and Martin Luther King Jr. Grove.
10 a.m. to Noon. A "Make The Dream Real" celebration will be held at Taylor Memorial Church, 1188 12th St. Sacred drumming will be performed along with performances from young artists.
12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. A theater matinee will be held at the African American Museum and Library, 659 14th St. A collection of films will be shown commemorating the life of Dr. King.
7:30 p.m.: A preinaugural gospel concert will be held at Star Bethel Church, 5800 San Pablo Ave. It will feature gospel artist Jonathan Nelson and local artists.


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---- — Like many other dogs, my black Lab, HomeTown, has a bed in the back hallway. It used to be his preferred snoozing place. But no longer. Several weeks ago, he chewed a big hole in the bed cover, and we sewed a piece of heavy cloth over the hole.
HomeTown has yet to sleep on his newly recovered bed.
Change for humans is just as tough as for dogs.
I used to think schools were absolutely safe places for little children. I remember how I felt when I dropped my son, Nathan, off for his first kindergarten day at Logan School. I was plenty emotional, like most parents on that day. But I never imagined that Nathan's school — or any school, for that matter — could be a death trap.
Several parents told me recently they breathe a sigh of relief when they pick up their kid at the end of the school day.
This is a big change, one that I do not like at all. Change is, of course, a necessary part of life. These days, I've devoted much of my life to the Center for Michigan, which is dedicated to bringing about needed changes in our state.
But not all change is good, and some of the changes in our lives these days make me feel too many things are out of control.
After last week's massacre in Connecticut, guess what's on the minds of countless parents dropping their children off at school this week? It isn't Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
This is especially so after legislative passage last week of the a bill sponsored by State Sen. Mike Green (R-Mayville) that likely will increase the chances of somebody walking into your child's school openly carrying a hand gun. Of course, Green didn't know what was coming in Newtown when he introduced his bill.
But there are a whole bunch of parents today in Michigan whose feelings about the safety of their children in school are very different than they were a week ago.
"Uncomfortable" is only the mildest way to put it.
Change is, indeed, tough.
For years, one of the eternal verities of Michigan politics was the power of unions in this incubator of the labor movement. That got changed last week when the governor signed the Right to Work bill. And as a result of this enormous change, emotions — both pro and con — are running high. Nobody quite knows how to adjust.
Change makes lots of people very uneasy.
Over the weekend, it rained and temperatures soared into the 50's. When I was a kid, we would have had snow on the ground by now — I remember we had nine inches on December 9th when I was 10 years old. Now we are in the grip of global climate change that makes Michigan feel a lot like Tennessee.
And I don't like this change, either.
We also used to wish each other "Merry Christmas" at this time of the years. Seeking not to offend, we now offer "Happy Holidays". I don't like that, either. Nor do I like that the malls now put up Christmas decorations in October, (not, clearly, for heaven's sake.) Meanwhile, all the news coverage of "Black Friday" shopping activity gives the impression that Christmas is a macroeconomic event instead of a secularized religious holiday.
So in this age of rapid change, I'm a lot like my dog, HomeTown. I don't want to snooze on my new bed.
I want the old one back.
Which is why we cling so tightly to the old ways. When I was growing up, my parents and their friends would get together three or four times a year at this season to sing Christmas carols together, followed by supper. When my parents died, the practice petered out. When I married Kathy, we decided to bring it back. So two Sundays ago, around 60 of our friends gathered at our house to sing together.
We ended the musical part of the evening by singing "Silent Night" in German.
And everybody had a seasonal snort and wished each other "Merry Christmas." It's a tradition that I hope will last unchanged a long, long time in our family. It makes me feel solid, secure and comfortable.
Maybe in this era of rapid change, hanging on to those few things that are lasting, and therefore powerful and emotional, is the best Christmas present of all.
Former newspaper publisher and University of Michigan Regent Phil Power is a longtime observer of Michigan politics and economics. He is also the founder and chairman of the Center for Michigan, a nonprofit, bipartisan centrist think—and—do tank, designed to cure Michigan's dysfunctional political culture; the Center also publishes Bridge Magazine. The opinions expressed here are Power's own and do not represent the official views of the Center. He welcomes your comments at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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11:20am Saturday 30th July 2011 in Helmshore Exclusive By Vanessa Cornall, Crime reporter
A ROSSENDALE primary school has become the subject of a public inquiry five years after blocking off its playing fields which were used as a village green.
Bosses at Helmshore Primary School erected a two-metre high fence around the perimeter of the school's playing fields after having problems with dog mess and broken glass.
The fence caused friction with local residents who argued villagers had had right of way on the site at Gregory Fold for more than 70 years.
Lancashire County Council which owns the land erected the fencing without permission but after a 900 signature petition was presented to the town hall, county council bosses were forced to apply for retrospective planning permission from their own committee.
Councillors refused the application after 100 residents turned up to show their disapproval.
A public Inquiry started this week to decide the fate of the fence.
Keith Pilkington, of Helmshore Action Group fighting against the fencing said: "The public have had right of way on this site for many years and it is very important that this right of way is not lost. Members of the action group have even dug into their own pockets to pay for a barrister."
The inquiry is expected to last four days, concluding in October at Ashday Lea, Rawtenstall.
County Councillor Susie Charles, Cabinet Member for Children and Schools, said: "The county council erects fences primarily because of children's safety and security.
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removalman1 says...
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Keep Darwen Green says...
I don't know you just can't let them be kids any more!
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mr compo says...
Keep Darwen Green wrote:class- made me giggle, nice one
Local residents have the right to let their children play with as much dog excrement as they like, they can even pretend they are long cargo trains, and link them together like they used to when they were young.
I don't know you just can't let them be kids any more!
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Rogi says...
Helmshore Action Group is not representative of Helmshore, merely the vociferous few, particularly those whose gardens back onto the playing fields, who don't like the look of the fence, and who have been offended by the headteacher's attitude.
I believe that Keith Pilkington is one of these people, Also is he not a solicitor or barrister or some kind of legal gent? Who paid for a barrister? Who was the barrister?
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SOUTH BEND -- The teen was struggling as two guards pulled her down the hallway of the Juvenile Justice Center last week, crying and cursing as she unsuccessfully demanded her release.Those sitting in the nearby offices of St. Joseph County Probate Judge Peter J. Nemeth -- the walls decked with various plaques from over the years and photos of a younger Nemeth with President Jimmy Carter and football star Joe Montana, among others -- watched calmly at the scene that unfolded after court.
Tears and anger are no strangers to the Juvenile Justice Center on South Michigan Street, which houses the county's probate and juvenile courts and the detention center for young offenders.
Nemeth has spent nearly 20 years as a probate judge, ever since Gov. Evan Bayh appointed him in 1993 to fill out his father's term in that seat. He had earlier been South Bend's mayor from 1976 to 1980, a member of the common council and a deputy prosecutor.
The judge has been outspoken on many issues over the years, taking on county officials' attempts to cut his budget, for example, and criticizing state officials for their running of juvenile facilities.
In the past year, he has openly lambasted Indiana's Department of Child Services over the agency's many changes under Gov. Mitch Daniels, and the effects of budget cuts, altered policies and less local control.
Earlier this year, the judge announced his decision to retire from the bench. Now 71, he'll join his son's firm, Nemeth, Sweeney and Masters, working on economic development issues and seeking certification as a mediator of civil cases.
Nemeth sat down one morning last week for an interview with Tribune senior writer Virginia Black. It is edited only for length.
Have you been talking with the new judge about how things work?
Yes, Judge-elect Fox has been here at the court several times. He has sat in with me on a couple of delinquency sessions, and I know he's been meeting with various folks throughout the court, and I think he'll hit the ground running on Jan. 2.
In the days between now and then, what are you doing? What are you finishing -- some packing, huh?
(Laughs, looks over at half-emptied bookcase.) Cleaning out my shelves. I still have my pictures on the walls to take down, but basically court as usual, as you just heard (referring to the young woman screaming in the hallway). We've had a busier day today; unfortunately things seem to be spiking upward.
We've had about a three-, four-year run of things going down as far as kids in detention. All of a sudden, things have gone up.
More than what you'd normally see this time of year?
There's nothing normal. The only time of year that we can predict is that when it's a blizzard out there and 5 above 0 or lower, things are calm. But other than that, sometimes you think, "Well, when school lets out, things get worse" and then other times "When schools starts up, things get worse" -- but there's just no rhyme or reason.
Kids do things without a lot of logic, so it's pretty difficult to track it or predict it. As I said, the only thing that seems to be consistent is when the weather's really bad. In general, they tend to hunker down and not get into a lot of trouble.
We haven't had a lot of that, even last year, right?
We had a mild winter last year, the previous two were pretty bad, I thought. But so far this year it's been mild. I think the county's going to have to seriously consider starting to reopen some of the beds we closed down to budget cuts in past years. I think we were alerted to this a couple, three months ago. The incoming judge is aware of it. I think that may have to happen.


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STILLWATER – The last time Oklahoma State and rival Oklahoma faced off in the Bedlam Series in Norman, the Cowboys suffered their second of three road losses to open Big 12 Conference play.
That won't be the same team the Sooners will see today when OSU – which held a "Dedication Week" to refocus on the basics following the Bedlam loss – hosts the series at Gallagher-Iba Arena (12:30 p.m., KMYT).
"We're more disciplined and back on track to where we need to be defensively," OSU redshirt sophomore forward Michael Cobbins said. "Everybody's back to the level we know we can play at – just playing Cowboy basketball."
Since that loss in Norman, in which Oklahoma State was abysmal shooting from the field – including a 0-for-9 performance from 3-point range in the decisive second half – the Cowboys have won seven of their last eight, including six straight. Among the winning streak for OSU has been three road games – as many Big 12 road wins in the past three years combined and the most since the 2008-2009 season – with a marquee upset of then No. 1-ranked Kansas.
"I hope we've improved a lot," OSU coach Travis Ford said. "We didn't play well and a lot of that had to do with Oklahoma. But I'm hopeful and think we are a better team, and I think Oklahoma is a better team."
Cobbins has been one of those players who has been playing more consistently for the Cowboys. They have also been getting some big games from freshman point guard Marcus Smart and junior guard Markel Brown.
But possibly one of the biggest changes for OSU of late has been the return of defensive threat Brian Williams, who wasn't even expected to play this season after a wrist injury before the season. Williams has played in four games since the OU loss, and while he is averaging just 11 minutes, he is giving Ford another fresh player off the bench – especially on the defensive end.
"Brian clamps down and locks up on defense. He gives us more pressure in practice, which prepares us for the games," Cobbins said. "When he gets into the game, he brings energy off the bench and just locks people down on defense."
The sudden surge from Oklahoma State, coupled with struggles by KU following the loss to OSU, has the Pokes sitting atop the Big 12 standings along with Kansas and Kansas State.
"No matter who is where in the standings, it's always a tough game when we play OU. When the ball's tipped in the air, we've got to show which team is better," Brown said.
For the Sooners, they've managed to keep themselves in the Big 12 Conference race by winning five of nine since that 77-68 victory over the Cowboys on Jan. 12 at Lloyd Noble Center.
No. 17 OSU (18-5, 8-3 Big 12), well, it has won seven of its last eight since Bedlam's first act of 2013. The team that seemed to be teetering in mid January is now towering atop the Big 12 along with Kansas and Kansas State.
"They've won a lot of games and are playing very well," OU coach Lon Kruger said.
The courses both teams have been on have made today's 12:30 p.m. meeting at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater the mostly highly anticipated Bedlam game in several years.
OU (16-7, 7-4) hasn't faced a ranked OSU team since 2007. The Cowboys haven't faced an OU squad in the thick of the conference race since 2009.
In this case, change is very good for Bedlam. The modifications the Sooners have had to make since the first meeting, however, are the kind that are hard to predict.
Today will be OU's first game without freshman guard Buddy Hield. He suffered a broken bone in his right foot in Monday's win over TCU.
Hield's injury is the first serious hit of bad luck the Sooners have faced all season. The urge they have to fight is altering who they are because of Hield's absence.
There's no arguing that some things have to change. Hield had an immense impact on the Sooners' victory over the Cowboys. He scored 15 points and had five assists in the game.
Je'lon Hornbeak will get the start in his place. He wasn't an afterthought in the first Bedlam meeting either. Hornbeak was 3 for 3 from the field and finished with eight points in a game he started.
He'll be in the starting lineup again today. This time, he'll be on the wing instead of point guard. OU has moved freshman Isaiah Cousins into that spot and he's played well the last three games.
Hornbeak, however, can't be a Hield clone. OU wants him to be a more consistent version of what he has been in the last few games.
"I have to keep the same mindset," Hornbeak said. "I have to keep being aggressive offensively and defensively."
The same can be said for junior forward Cameron Clark, who is going to see his minutes increase today and the rest of the season. Clark had been earning more time before Hield's injury. He's scored 35 points in the last four games and has shot 16 for 25 from the field.
"We're a man short in the rotation and someone will have to step up and play those minutes really well," Kruger said. "That's the value of depth; those guys have played well all year."
The critical secret to Bedlam has never been getting certain players to produce epic performances. More often than not, winning comes down to which team can be the most consistent.
OU was that team back in January. It's still in the race for the Big 12 title because of it. The Cowboys are at the top of the standings for that very reason, too.
The Sooners know their roles for Bedlam's second act. To do what you've been doing a little better has been a winning formula for the Sooners.
"We're not going to ask those guys to do anything different from what they've already done," Kruger said. "Je'lon's played pretty well the last two ball games and Cam has been playing well for a while. They're just going to have more minutes to do the same things."


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