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Published March 22nd, 2014
The search is on for a gunman after two inmates were shot this evening at the Columbia Correctional Institution, according to authorities.
The all-male prison of more than 1,400 was put on lockdown after the incident.
Columbia County deputies say a 911 call came in reporting that two inmates had been stabbed.
Reports came in later that confirmed the pair had been shot, not stabbed.
An investigation is underway.
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Celebs in Denim: Rihanna in Diesel Staffi Jeans
Singer Rihanna has been seen in Diesel Jeans before. This time she was snapped at Perth International airport wearing a pair of Diesel Staffi 8KL jeans.
I've never really liked this cut when I have seen it online but on Rihanna it actually looks good. I still prefer her in those her Diesel Pink Clush though.
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Celebs in Denim: Keeley Hazell in Diesel cutoff shorts
Keeley Hazell, a former Page 3 girl, was chosen by Sony Computer Entertainment as the face of MotorStorm Pacific Rift for the PS3. Keeley wore some extremely short Diesel cut-offs for this photoshot promoting the game. Does Keeley make you want to run out and pre-order MotorStorm?
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Celebs in Denim: Mila Kunis in Diesel Jeans Overalls
So if I have this straight…..we have the Diesel Overall Boyfriend Shorts? I love them!
Actress Mila Kunis poses in the pages of a Fall 2008 Nylon magazine issue in Diesel Jeans. I would have to say Diesel is first on this one. I haven't seen anything quite like these yet.
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Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens were snapped at LAX airport arriving home from Mexico for the High School Musical 3 premiere. Zac is wearing Diesel Thanaz jeans in 8DK and Vanessa is looking very stylish in her black skinnies, if only i knew what they were…perhaps J Brand? Zac seems to love his Thanaz 8DK, he has been spotted in them before. I wonder if he is into denim as much as some of us HonestForum members or if he has a stylist who dresses him in such cool jeans? I'm unsure on Vanessa's new hair though, maybe it will grow on me.
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It's the contextualization of the caveats in the complex, nuanced narrative, stupid.
For Democrats wondering how to defeat Gov. Scott Walker in the Wisconsin recall election, George Lakoff and Elisabeth Wehling have the answers. Lakoff, a "cognitive linguist" at the University of California who is known as the Founding Father of Framing, has been sighted in this column before. Wehling is one of his graduate students at the Berkeley campus.
"We have just published The Little Blue Book: The Essential Guide for Thinking and Talking Democratic," they write in a Puffington Host post this morning. "Here is how the book applies to the Wisconsin Recall":
Unions needed to be seen as serving The Public, because they promote better wages, working conditions, and pensions generally, not just for their members. The central role of teachers as working hard to maintain The Public, and hence The Private, also needed to be at the center of the debate. These can only be possible if the general basis of the need for The Public is focused on every day.
It's so simple! All the Dems need to get rid of Walker is a bunch of capital Ts and Ps. Oh, and a time machine. No doubt they're hard at work on that over in the physics department.
Meanwhile in Barack Obama's Chicago, the Associated Press reports that "teachers in the nation's third-largest school district voted overwhelmingly to authorize the first strike in 25 years if their union and the city cannot reach a deal on a contract this summer."
The teachers just left for a three-month vacation--our schoolteacher brother-in-law likes to call it the best part-time job in America--so the strike wouldn't actually begin until the fall, when school resumes. "The union wants a two-year deal that reduces class size and calls for teachers to receive a 24 percent pay raise in the first year and a 5 percent pay raise in the second year."
Yes, you read that right: an immediate 24% pay increase, and a cumulative increase of more than 30% by 2014. And who would pay if their lavish demands are met? The Public, of course. Lakoff, it turns out, didn't invent the idea of "framing," he just renamed it. The old name was Newspeak.
Meanwhile, President Obama has a problem, the Los Angeles Times reports:
As the president himself readily acknowledges, the simplicity of his Republican challenger's case lends itself to easy persuasion.
[Mitt] Romney, Obama told campaign donors last week in Beverly Hills, reminds voters constantly of their unhappiness with the stalled economy. "That's the essence of their campaign," he said. "It's very easy to put on a bumper sticker: 'It's Obama's Fault.' " . . .
Obama's counter-argument is layered with nuance and complexity.
It's layered with nuance and complexity. Watch:
"It starts with an attempt to undercut Romney." Nuance!
"Turning to his own record, Obama tells voters that he inherited an economy on the brink of collapse and averted a depression." Complexity!
"Obama also slams Republicans in Congress for blocking his plans to stimulate more jobs." Nuance!
"In the end, Obama says, he would keep the country moving forward while Romney would take it back." Complexity!
"All in all, it is more a narrative than a bumper sticker, and that's a potential problem for Obama." And if the layers upon layers of complex nuance and nuanced complexity weren't complex and nuanced enough, "complicating matters are caveats in the narrative."
"We will face an impossible headwind in November if we do not move to a new narrative, one that contextualizes the recovery but, more importantly, focuses on what we will do to make a better future for the middle class," advises James Carville's Democracy Corps in a new strategy memo. "Messages that connect on a pocketbook level and commit to the programs voters rely on most have the capacity to be very powerful, particularly when the offer on the other side is suspicious and weak."
If this seems a little abstract to you, let's look at a concrete example of Obama's complexity and nuance. The Weekly Standard's Daniel Halper helpfully transcribes this exchange with Matt Breen, a reporter for KTIV in Sioux City, Iowa:
Breen: One of those businesses that I mentioned said very specifically when they said they needed to close up shop and move their jobs back to Wisconsin was that it was a direct result of the health care reform that you initiated, that Congress passed. How do you react to that?
Obama: Yeah, that would be kind of hard to explain, because the only folks that have been impacted in terms of the health care bill are insurance companies who are required to make sure that they're providing preventive care, or they're not dropping your coverage when you get sick. And so, this particular company probably wouldn't have been impacted by that. I know that there's a perception sometimes that there's all kinds of regulations coming out of Washington, the truth is actually we've seen fewer regulations coming out of my administration than the previous administration. But obviously, you know it's tough running a small business no matter what. And we're going to make sure that we continue to provide whatever financing help that we can provide."
It's the contextualization of the caveats in the complex, nuanced narrative, stupid.
No doubt Lakoff and Wehling have plenty of wisdom to offer the president on how he can improve his framing even further, which they'll post sometime around Nov. 13.
The Sow's Ear Is Doing Fine
Don't worry, Obama supporters, New York magazine's Jonathan Chait says your candidate is doing fine. His post is titled "How Obama's 'Doing Fine' Gaffe May Help Him":
There are also ways in which the debate harms Romney. Seizing on Obama's gaffe, Romney committed a counter-gaffe, in which he declared of Obama, "He says we need more firemen, more policemen, more teachers." The flub here is one of excessive honesty. Americans may hate the idea of government in the abstract, but they like it in the specific. . . .
This debate fulfills a second goal of Obama's: to place himself in opposition to the economic status quo. The broader purpose of his Friday press conference was to remind America that he has an economic plan that Republicans won't enact. Romney's general strategy is to force Obama to own everything that has happened to the economy, even those things that have happened over his opposition. Now Romney is endorsing the status quo, and Obama is against it. That is surely the opposite of what Romney wants.
Chait has a point about Romney's rhetorical stumble, but Jay Cost argues that Obama's futile pitch for Stimulus Jr. is a show of weakness:
The president was out there, once again, promoting the American Jobs Act. This bill is basically a huge payoff to Democratic constituent groups--notably organized labor, which would benefit enormously from federal grants to states to keep government workers on the payroll, as well as construction projects to be completed by union job crews. . . .
So why, then, is the president still insisting on this package?
He has trouble with his base.
Just as with the flip-flop on gay marriage, Obama's press conference on Friday was supposed to be a symbolic gesture to remind the core constituencies of the Democratic party that he is their friend.
Cost doesn't think core Democrats are going to abandon Obama en masse, but he argues they don't have to. In the 2008 election, he notes, there was a seven-point gap between the proportion of voters who described themselves as Democratic (39%) and Republican (32%). Democrats had a 39% to 35% advantage in 1996 and 2000, and the parties were tied at 37% in 2004.
Obama is doing poorly among non-Democrats: "According to the Gallup poll, the president has pulled in just 43 percent support from independents over the last month. . . . If Democrats had managed just 43 percent of the independent vote in 1996 and 2008, their huge victories would have shrunk down to mere toss-ups." Unless Obama can improve his standing among independents--which seems awfully unlikely, as he hasn't been above 50% with that segment of the electorate in more than 2½ years--he will need a 2008-like party breakdown to win re-election.
Of course, that would require a depressed Republican turnout as well as an elevated Democratic one, and the Wisconsin recall is not promising. In 2008 the Badger State's party breakdown was the same as for the nation as a whole with Democrats outnumbering Republicans 39% to 32%. Last week: Republicans 35%, Democrats 34%. (Obama's margin in Wisconsin, however, was nearly 14 points, vs. 7 points nationwide, lending credence to the exit-poll results suggesting the president still leads there.)
Thus Obama's play to the base, which continues on his Twitter feed this week: "If a teacher, police officer, or first responder has made a difference in your life, share your story here: http://OFA.BO/PTuT2c."
Henry Louis Gates Jr. could not be reached for comment, but this kid could: " 'Mitt Romney may think we need less teachers, but it's teachers that said I could be anything I wanted.'-Zach."
"Less" instead of "fewer"; "that" instead of "who"? Is our children learning?
'I Have a Lot of Responsibilities'
In an interview with Green Bay's WBAY-TV, President Obama offered his first public reaction to the failed Wisconsin recall, ABC News reports:
The president backed Barrett from afar but did not campaign on the ground. Asked why he didn't visit the state Obama said "the truth of the matter is that as President of the United States, I have a lot of responsibilities."
Back on June 2, The Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes outlined the "responsibilities" to which the president was tending:
On Friday, he visited Minneapolis, Minnesota, for a midday speech and three fundraisers. He departed late afternoon for Chicago and three more fundraisers that evening. The president stayed overnight in his hometown and spent Saturday morning at his old home before flying back to Washington, D.C., for a brief stop before heading to Camp David for some downtime. . . .
As Wisconsin Democrats were busy getting voters to cast early ballots Friday and organizing for Tuesday, Air Force One flew overhead twice–from Washington to Minnesota and Minnesota to Chicago.
Meanwhile, we were intrigued by a headline on the San Francisco Chronicle website that began: "Obama Explains Why He Hasn't Been to Fresno." (Fresno is a California city between Tulare and Merced.) We watched the video, an interview with KFSN, but it turns out he actually just dodged the reporter's question by saying he's talked with Gov. Jerry Brown and is aware of Fresno's problems. At least California hasn't had a governor recalled in almost a decade.
Metaphor Alert
- "Combine the size of our debt with the scope of our problems and it's hard not to conclude that we've turned some corner or hit some inflection point or arrived at some crossroads: choose your phrase. It's definitely not morning in America. And no one should lie to us about that. We're in these dusky straits because we ignored hard truths."--Frank Bruni, New York Times, June 12
- "A one-vote margin does not need to be the result of crass partisanship to tell us all we need to know about the polarization that afflicts our political decision-making, but we should avoid the kind of vitriolic response that would tell us more than we should wish to see about the bitter partisanship that has infected our discourse."--David Gergen and Mark Zuckerman, CNN.com, June 12
- "I disagree w/ those who say Obama is not steering this ship of state--he is single-handedly driving it over the financial cliff."--tweet, @DavidLimbaugh, June 12
Homer Nods
The North Korean "newspaper" we quoted yesterday is the Rodong Sinmun, not "Shimbun" (since corrected). "Loose vowels" was the Norks' lagniappe.
We Blame George W. Bush
"GM CEO Blames Europe, Economy for Low Stock Price"--headline, Associated Press, June 12
One of Them Is Leaning Toward Obama, the Other Is for Romney
"Black Mormons Face a Political Choice Like No Other"--headline, Religion News Service, June 11
Maybe Obama Can Deliver Another One
"The Internet Is Out of Addresses"--headline, Business Lexington, June 12
By I.P. Freely
"What the Leakers Have Wrought"--headline, Richard Cohen syndicated column, June 12
He Seems Like an Elitist to Us
"John Bryson and Seizures While Driving: How Common Are They?"--headline, Los Angeles Times website, June 11
They're Really Serious About Reducing Government
"Indiana First State to Allow Citizens to Shoot Law Enforcement Officers"--headline, AllGov.com, June 11
Also Printed Predominantly on White Paper
"Books Reviewed in New York Times Are 'Predominantly by White Authors' "--headline, Guardian website (London), June 12
Timothy Leary Lives
"Zogby: Disillusioned Young Voters Dropping Out"--headline, Washington Examiner website, June 11
'As God Is My Witness, I Thought Turkeys Could Fly!'
"Turkey's Troubling Trajectory"--headline, Commentary website, June 11
'To the Moon, Alice!'
"China to Send Its First Woman Into Space"--headline, Guardian website (London), June 11
Cooler Heads Will Prevail
"Freezer Malfunction at Harvard Hospital Damages 150 Brains Used to Study Autism"--headline, New York Post, June 11
Questions Nobody Is Asking
- "Drunken Parenting . . . Yes or No?"--headline, Puffington Host, June 11
- "Student-Teacher Sex: Where Does It End?"--headline, Washington Times, June 12
Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking
"Why God Made Copy Editors"--headline, Patheos.com, June 11
It's Always in the Last Place You Look
- "Officials Investigating Possible Lungs found on South L.A. sidewalk"--headline, Los Angeles Times website, June 11
- "'Rock Snot' Found in Youghiogheny River"--headline, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 11
Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control
"Twitter Offers Advertisers More Than 140 Characters"--headline, WTTG-TV website (Washington), June 11
News You Can Use
"How to Advertise an S&M Site on a Limited Budget"--headline, BuzzFeed.com, June 11
Bottom Stories of the Day
- "Cher's Latest Twitter Attack: Romney Supporters Too White, Not Gay"--headline, Breitbart.com, June 11
- "Jeb Bush Comments Have Blogs in Uproar"--headline, Politico.com, June 12
If 'Cool' Is Racist, Is Racism Cool?
Another adjective has been added to the ever-growing list of Obama-era racial slurs. Angela Rye, executive director of the Congressional Black Caucus, identifies it in a C-Span interview:
I think that some of the language that's used; I'll give you an example. There's an ad talking about the President is too cool. Is he too cool? And it's this music that reminds me of you know some of the blacksploitation films from the '70s playing in the background; him with his sunglasses. And to me it was just very racially charged.
They weren't asking if Bush was too cool, but yet people say that that's the number one person they'd love to have a beer with. So if that's not cool, I don't know what is. But I just think even cool; the term cool could in some ways be deemed racial in a sense.
And if you think racism isn't a ubiquitous problem, get a load of this:
We have a annual reception in September where we recognize person who got the most votes online as the IMPACT leader of the year, which is always, I think a really cool award to win from your peers.
Who used that invidious slur? Angela Rye, in that same C-Span interview.
Wait, it gets worse. Look at these posts: "Minnie Says President Obama is Cool " and " 'Chat Online Obama Line' (COOL)." Those are from Obama's own campaign website. The president of the United States is racist against himself.
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I watched our opening day opponents lose to a spirited Atletico Madrid side today. Call it a scouting mission if you will.
My verdict...well, they looked sharp for the first 15 or so minutes...then you could see the tide of the game turning as Atletico settled in. Then Carragher got hurt, and while he was off for treatment they tore into the heart of the defense and scored. The other CB should definitely raise his hand in apology for that one. Carragher didn't return and his replacement was not much better than the CB who partnered him. If they're forced to go with those to anchoring their defense, then its time to throw Lennon at them as they were well susetible to speed...Defoe would turn them also. my bet is, Benitez is looking for CB cover as we speak (making it a good thing we got Bassong when we did).
The second half saw lots of substitutions and the game generally had stopped being a semi-serious affair.
Men to watch (as if you didn't know)...Gerrard...he didn't do much, but a lot of what happens goes through him. Torres, he didn't score, but he looked pretty sharp, battling for anything and really putting pressure on defenders (so our makeshift central defense better be on its collective toes). Other than that no one else really impressed me on the day. The one thing I will say is this...0-2 down they didn't drop their heads and kept on coming..so we better be ready for that type of thing next week and all season long...if we're up we've got to learn to kill a game off, or the likes of Liverpool will snatch anything looking like a victory to us, away.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
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That was our problem last season, we conceded a lot of last minute goals then so hopefully we'll have a lid on that now...
I think we might just be panicking a little bit about the defence next week: I'm expecting King to be back and according to the injury room (which I don't hugely trust) Dawson might be back, but I'm not 100% convinced. If he is and he's match fit I definitely (obviously) want to see him playing, if not I reckon it'll be BAE-Corluka-King-Hutton, which I'm really happy with.
Even if neither King or Daws are available, we can still have Corluka-Chimbonda/Huddlestone (who was MotM for me against Barce in both CB & AM), so actually we have plenty of good options... I'll whisper it for now but do we really need the back up of Bassong?


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Slit frankfurters in half lengthwise.
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Toast buns; spread with Thousand Island Dressing.
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Calories 2543 Calories from Fat 1289
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Total Fat 142 g218.3%
Saturated Fat 38.9 g194.3%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 292 mg97.3%
Sodium 8498.1 mg354.1%
Total Carbohydrates 216 g72%
Dietary Fiber 21.7 g86.6%
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Saving Animals in the Wild: The Zoo's Top Field Conservation Efforts of 2014
Happy New Year! As we look back on 2014, let's reflect on some of the Zoo's significant contributions to wildlife conservation in the field this past year:
Helping Lions Thrive in Kenya's South Rift Valley
Since 2011, the Zoo has partnered with the African Conservation Centre and the South Rift Association of Land Owners in Kenya on the Rebuilding the Pride program. This community-based conservation program combines Maasai tradition and modern technology to restore a healthy lion population while reducing the loss of livestock to lions in Kenya's South Rift Valley. Once down to a low of about 10 known lions in the area, the population has grown to more than 65 lions in 2014. This past April, a lioness named Nasha gave birth to another litter, this one containing three cubs. That the population is growing in the South Rift Valley at a time when lion populations are severely declining across the continent overall is significant and a testament to program's community-based approach.
A Giant Step Forward for Sumatran Rhinos in the Wild
The Zoo has been committed to saving the Sumatran rhino for 25 years. Despite the devastating blow of the loss of our female rhino, Suci, back in March, the Zoo continues to work to conserve and protect the species. In 2014, a Debt-for-Nature deal was struck between the United States and Indonesia. In return for lowering the debt Indonesia owes to the United States, it will commit nearly $12 million towards the conservation and protection of critically endangered species, including the Sumatran rhino, and their habitats over the next seven years. The debt swap was made possible by a contribution of about $11.2 million from the U.S. government under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (first introduced by Ohio Senator Rob Portman in 1998) and $560,000 from other organizations funneled through Conservation International. The Zoo was proud to help secure this funding by pledging a major gift.
Saving American Chestnut Trees with Cryopreserved Pollen
The magnificent American chestnut tree once ranged over the entire Eastern United States, but was almost entirely obliterated by blight by the mid-twentieth century. Over the years, breeders have been working to develop a resistant tree, and one of their key tools is pollen. American chestnut pollen rapidly declines in viability so maintaining important lines of pollen from year to year is difficult. In 1993, pollen was cryopreserved (frozen) in liquid nitrogen at the Zoo's Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW). Last spring, some of that pollen was removed and used to successfully pollinate trees at the American Chestnut Foundation's farm in Virginia. Paternity testing will be done at CREW this winter, but the indications are very good that cryopreservation can indeed maintain pollen viability for at least 20 years—a fact that should provide a new tool to those working to save this majestic American tree.
Committing to Kea Conservation in New Zealand
Over the past few years, the Zoo has supported the Kea Conservation Trust's (KCT) efforts to protect and study New Zealand's mountain parrot, the kea, in the wild. In 2014, the Zoo stepped up its efforts with a commitment to support the Kea-Community Conflict Response Plan, a multi-year proactive community-focused conflict response and resolution program. Funds from the Zoo support a key personnel position, the Community Volunteers Coordinator, who can respond to conflict situations that arise. Funds will also enable KCT staff to enhance their conflict resolution skills by participating in a Human-Wildlife Conflict Collaboration Workshop. Additionally, Zoo aviculturists will join the KCT team for kea nest monitoring and field work over the next couple of years.
Pledging Support for Panthera's Tigers Forever Initiative
The Zoo is committed to ensuring the survival of endangered tigers of which there are fewer than 3,200 remaining in the wild. In 2014, we have pledged multi-year support of the tiger conservation efforts of Panthera, the leading international wild cat conservation organization with a mission to ensure the future of wild cats through scientific leadership and global conservation action. To ensure the tiger's survival, Panthera works across Asia with numerous partners to end the poaching of tigers for the illegal wildlife trade, prevent tiger deaths due to conflict with humans and livestock, and protect tiger prey species and habitat. Through their program, Tigers Forever, Panthera works to protect and secure key tiger populations and ensure connectivity between sites so that tigers can live long into the future.
Restoring Native Wetlands and Wildlife in Mason, Ohio
In 1995, a 529-acre farm in Mason, Ohio, now called the EcOhio Farm, was willed to the Zoo with the guideline that it could never be developed unless it is to further the mission of the Zoo. Over the past few years, the Zoo has worked to restore 30 of the farm's acres to its original state of a wet sedge meadow, providing refuge for a diversity of native wildlife. Since restoration began in 2012, drainage tiles have been removed and more than 200 native plant species and thousands of trees have been planted on the site. The wetland is returning to its natural state very quickly. Already, it has attracted more than 135 native bird species, including bald eagles, bobolinks and killdeer, which would never have been there when it was a cornfield. Though not currently open to the public, walking trails and a small education center may be implemented in the future to provide opportunities to explore the wetland.
Strengthening our Support for Gorillas in the Republic of Congo
Over the past 20 years, the Zoo has partnered with the Nouabale Ndoki Project (NNP) in the Republic of Congo, which includes the Mbeli Bai Study, the longest running study of the critically endangered western lowland gorilla. The Zoo also supports work in an area called Mondika where gorillas are habituated for up close research and ecotourism. Habituation is a process through which the wild gorillas become accustomed to and tolerate the presence of people that enables researchers and tourists to observe them up close. The Zoo recently helped facilitate the habituation of a second group of gorillas, and entered into an agreement in 2014 to support the habituation of a third group over the next three years. Special thanks goes to Gorilla Glue, our official gorilla conservation sponsor!
All of these projects and more couldn't happen without your support of the Zoo. Here's to you and the Zoo making more great strides for wildlife conservation in 2015!
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Meet Some New Faces at CREW
Welcoming Two New Post-Doctoral Fellows
Two new post-doctoral fellows, Dr. Lindsey Vansandt and Dr. Anne-Catherine Vanhove, were welcomed to CREW in the fall of 2014.
With funding support from the Joanie Bernard Foundation, Dr. Vansandt will be working with Dr. Bill Swanson, CREW's Director of Animal Research. Dr. Vansandt obtained her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Missouri and her Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Maryland (in collaboration with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute). Her Ph.D. studies focused on characterization and propagation of spermatogonial stem cells in domestic cats as a model for conserving endangered cat species. Dr. Vansandt also has experience working in veterinary emergency services. At CREW, she will be conducting studies to improve the health and welfare of feral and shelter cats as well as helping to apply oviductal AI for propagation of endangered felids.
With funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Dr. Vanhove will be evaluating survival of plant samples in CREW's Frozen Garden under the supervision of Dr. Valerie Pence, Director of Plant Research. Dr. Vanhove will complete the second phase of the IMLS project, focusing primarily on the survival of shoot tips and gametophytes after long-term storage in liquid nitrogen. She recently received her Ph.D. from the Division of Crop Biotechnics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, in Leuven, Belgium. Her thesis work with meristem culture, stress physiology, and cryopreservation makes her well suited for the IMLS project.
The University of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Zoo Connection
CREW has had a long-standing collaborative relationship with the University of Cincinnati's (UC) Department of Biological Sciences, but today it is strengthened by two promising young scientists who split their time between CREW and UC. Corrina DeLorenzo and Megan Philpott are both enrolled in UC's Ph.D. program under Drs. Ken Petren and Theresa Culley, respectively, but they are conducting much of their dissertation research at CREW.
Corrina earned her bachelor's degree at Miami University, with a double major in Zoology and Environmental Science. As an undergraduate, she became involved in research evaluating the population genetics of the Italian wall lizard or "Lazarus lizard" in the Cincinnati area. After graduating, Corrina was accepted to CREW's summer internship program, working with Dr. Erin Curry on the Polar Bear Signature Project. She was recruited into UC's graduate program in January 2014. Since starting her Ph.D. research, Corrina has identified multiple antibodies that detect specific proteins in polar bear feces in an effort to develop a polar bear pregnancy test.
Megan received her bachelor's degree from UC in Biology and was also an intern at the Cincinnati Museum Center, managing the Museum's Philippine Bird Genetics project. Her Ph.D. research is part of the Plant Lab's IMLS funded project to evaluate samples that have been stored for years in CREW's CryoBioBank for genetic changes that might have occurred over time. In April, Megan was awarded the Botanical Society of America's Public Policy award to attend Congressional Visits Day on Capitol Hill. There, she learned about communicating science to policy makers and met with the offices of Ohio Senators and Representatives to request their support for increased federal funding of scientific research, using CREW's research as an example of the importance of federal funding and support. (Students supported by the UC Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Museum and Library Services and CREW Eisenberg Fellowship.)
P&G Wildlife Conservation Scholars
In 2011, CREW established a partnership with the Ohio State University's College of Veterinary Medicine to train veterinary students in conservation sciences with funding support from Procter & Gamble Pet Care. This past summer, two OSU veterinary students, Kelly Vollman and JaCi Johnson, were selected as P&G Wildlife Conservation Scholars.
Kelly worked with Dr. Monica Stoops analyzing urinary testosterone and glucocorticoid concentrations to determine if the pattern of excretion could be used to predict gender, parturition date and assess fetal viability during Indian rhino gestation. Kelly analyzed urine samples collected throughout seven Indian rhino pregnancies that resulted in three male and four female calves. Six of the pregnancies ended with the birth of live calves, whereas one pregnancy ended in a stillbirth, a relatively common occurrence in this rhino species. By learning more about the endocrinology of pregnancy, results from Kelly's study will help establish physiological markers to improve pregnancy outcome in this species.
JaCi worked with Dr. Bill Swanson to investigate cat sperm vitrification as an alternative to standard slow freezing methods. Vitrification involves ultra-rapid cooling to avoid ice crystal formation and form a "glass" instead. For this study, JaCi collected semen from domestic cats (and one ocelot) and compared vitrification in a sucrose solution, with direct pelleting in liquid nitrogen, to slow freezing with glycerol in straws over liquid nitrogen vapor. Post-thaw sperm motility and acrosome status were similar between methods and 25% of domestic cat oocytes were fertilized following insemination with vitrified
sperm. This simplified approach to cat semen preservation may be particularly useful for field biologists working with felids in the wild.
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Come See the New Passenger Pigeon Memorial!
Numbering in the billions in 1800, the passenger pigeon was formerly one of the most abundant bird species on Earth. On September 1, 1914, Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, passed away at the Cincinnati Zoo after tireless efforts over several years to find her a mate.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Martha's passing in 2014, the Zoo renovated its Passenger Pigeon Memorial, transforming it from a single-species memorial to an educational exhibit with a positive and hopeful conservation message that segues from the story of the passenger pigeon to modern wildlife conservation efforts.
A small crowd of Zoo visitors and staff along with media representatives gathered at 11:00 AM on September 1, 2014, as Zoo Director Thane Maynard dedicated the Memorial and officially reopened its newly restored doors. Watch the dedication video here.
Visitors to the Memorial are greeted by a large reproduction of John Ruthven's 2013 painting of Martha, the Last Passenger Pigeon on the entry wall.
A display case on the back side of the entry wall contains a reprint of John J. Audubon's Passenger Pigeon hand-colored engraving from The Birds of America, along with an actual net used to catch passenger pigeons, a platform stool to which blinded pigeons were tied as decoys, a cast model of a passenger pigeon and an Aldo Leopold quote.
Interpretively, the exhibition flows from left to right along the interior walls, circulating around an octagonal case in the center of the building containing passenger pigeon sculptures carved by Gary Denzler.
Signage was designed based on elements from Ruthven's painting with pop-up panels featuring colorful images and text. The first wall tells the story of the passenger pigeon and its extinction, why it happened, and the scope of this loss.
Next, it describes how the passenger pigeon's extinction was a wake-up call that spurred the conservation movement in America, highlighting the stories of native species that were nearly lost, such as white-tailed deer.
The last wall introduces conservation champions of the Zoo and presents examples of how we are working to save species today, including the Sumatran rhino and the American burying beetle, from going the way of the passenger pigeon.
The rehabilitation of this historic building and exhibit was made possible through the generosity of the H.B., E.W. and F.R. Luther Charitable Trust Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, and Narley L. Haley, Co-Trustees.
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My April 2010 girl has been humping like crazy and I am starting to be concerned about it. She has always done it to some extent since she was a newborn as kind of a comfort thing I think but now that she is almost 2 1/2 it has really gotten out of control. She will lay and hump her blanket or her babies for an hour! She stays at home with my Mom so I know this isn't something learned. I have heard of mother's complaining about boys always touching themselves but not so much with girls. Is anyone else's liitle one doing this?
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My son humps things and people he likes. I know it's normal for the humping even I can't help but giggle and be a little weirded out about it. I don't want him to be ashamed of his sexuality growing up so I only slightly reprimand him by saying things like "Let's try to do that in private" or "I don't think (so and so) wants to be humped right now." It's a fine line to tread...
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we don't hump but she does like to touch herself. We go with the 'in private, bathroom, bathtime' redirection because like she said, it's a fine line and I don't want to inhibit her later on in like.
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I'm with you both. I don't want her to feel ashamed but it is so constant I am just starting to worry. In her 2 1/2 years she has never had a babysitter or anyone that I don't trust completely so I know she hasn't seen something so that's reassuring but I just wonder where its coming from. She touches herself too and when I ask her what she's doing she says, "its ok Mommy, just toucing my pee pee". I try to ignore it but she gets really upset when I try to direct her to something else and that worries me too.
I guess I'm opposite- I dont let my DD touch herself. She doesnt try anymore but when she first explored that I would move her hand away and tell her that wasnt something to play with. never made a big deal about it- but never said Its OK in private- kids dont get that. If I dont want her doing it around people- she should just know not to do it.
I would try redirecting your DD. When she is humping stop her and tell her not to do that in a nice way and direct her to do something else to keep her attention.
I would never want my child to feel shameful about something like that, it is natural.
Anyways, I would just do what pps have said about explaining it is done privately in the bedroom or bathtime kind of thing.
We don't have these issues, at least not humping. He does touch himself in the bath tub sometimes, but no big deal around here.
SAH mommy to Big B (2010) and Little A (2015)
My two year old doesn't but my 4 year old DS touches himself a lot. He knows that it is a private thing but still annoys me. I just tell him that I know it feels good but he doesn't need to do constantly.
Sam March 17, 2008, Gabe April 4, 2010 and Piper February 24, 2012
Have you talked to your pediatrician about it? As parents we can be really passionate about these topics. Maybe the Dr. may have some thoughts.
I am in the thought with some others, "it is okay in private." My now 14 year old god daughter touched herself a lot when she was a little girl. Her mom a school psychologist directed her that it is okay but you do that in private and explained that, in your room etc.... Worked perfectly.
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This thread is 31 months old. It was dead and is now writhing in it's grave. Please, let it die in peace.
You pull up a 31 month old thread to say that?? You've got to be kidding me. :mad:
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BTW, what was your old username? I'm pretty sure I don't remember a Stephen Philbin. ;)
I believe it would be the second one, although browsers aren't normally so verbose. ;)
The accuracy of your statement is relative to what kind of project development that you are talking about. IMO, PHP, in general, is more popular, but it is for many reasons, none of which being that...
Backticks should be used around tables and cell names because otherwise it will be treated as a value instead of a reference in some cases. For example, the following two queries are identical in...
This should work for you:
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printf to print? Well, technically you should just use echo, since the difference is just that echo doesn't return a result, which makes it a little easier on the server. It doesn't make a huge...
Try this:
$Aprilquery = mysql_query("SELECT SUM (`amount`) FROM `tblmainorder` WHERE `orderdate` BETWEEN 20050401000000 and 20050430235959;");
Notice the backtics instead of the single quotes.
I believe you are looking for mysql_insert_id.
print is_dir("http://www.example.com/BI/"); fails because you cannot load a directory over http.
This will give you the document root:
echo $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
Well, it should look something like this:
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Did display='inline'; not work? I'm just curious as to why you would use display='';
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Well, if you're looking for a hierarchy array, you may want to try this:
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I just took a look at my code again and noticed that it wasn't nearly as efficient as it could be. Try this instead:
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Which ones don't they work in? Have you tested extensively? Obviously they do not work in a browser such as Netscape 4, but which current browsers do they not work in?
Sorry, it took me a bit to figure out what you wanted. I guess my brain was fried from work today. lol
Anyway, here's a word of advice: Don't use loops where recursive functions are needed. I...
You still didn't close the function. Add a closing bracket at the end of the script, just after this line:
I'm not sure I know exactly what your trying to do, but did you try floating two elements, one right and one left?
I think I'm missing the problem. I'm using IE6 and everything looks the same as in FF except for the text-size.
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First of all, what are these lines?
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If I'm not mistaken, the following code will work for you(and it won't use javascript, a definate plus):
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The link is still there, albeit invisible--which is fine for me but unacceptable to tell my client.
I don't have this issue with any other WordPress sites I logged into on this computer and browser, and I've already tried to troubleshoot it by disabling the plugins, reverting to Twentyeleven theme, and reinstalling the WordPress core. No luck.
I also noticed the "Preview changes" button on the edit page has been replaced by a link. Similar issue, I imagine. Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/CBC8kPo.png
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Turn 10 Studios has revealed the Forza Motorsport 4 August Playseat Car Pack, which brings ten new rides to the racer next week, including record setting race cars from Le Mans and WRC, alongside some slick and desirable such as a Lincoln Continental with suicide doors.
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When a bizarre houseboat explosion rocks the close-knit community of Baxter, firefighters, friends, and neighbors stand powerless as the McConnells' blazing hull sinks to the bottom of Heron Lake. Grief turns to outrage as new evidence proves there was one survivor -- and points to murder, something this sheltered community has never faced in its hundred-year history. In a race with the FBI, Jed sets out to track down the sole survivor, coping meanwhile with his own painful marital struggle. Baxter's mystery and Jed's dilemma are ones only God can solve in this suspenseful, surprising story of redemption amidst despair in small-town America.
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Tested by fireThe Baxter Series Book One
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Chapter OneAt 11:46, a brilliant flash ignited the midnight shroud, and a window-rattling explosion woke the sleeping town of Baxter with a jolt.
Rhonda and Jed Wilson sat straight up in bed.
"What in the world was that?" Rhonda threw the covers off and rushed to the window.
"It came from the direction of the lake," said Jed, sitting on the side of the bed, already pulling on his jeans. "I'll find out what it was. You stay here."
He ran down the porch steps and out to his red pickup, hopped in and backed down the long driveway. He sped off toward Heron Lake, leaving tire marks on the street in front of his house.
Within minutes he was driving along the eastern stretch of town only a stone's throw from the water's edge. He slowed when he saw people standing on the side of the road.
"Did you hear the explosion?" he asked.
"Yeah, look," said a teenager, pointing in the distance. "Must've happened on the lake."
Jed got out of his truck. Through a break in the trees, he spotted a number of fires burning on top of the water, none near the shoreline. He stood frozen, his eyes fixed on the location of the blazes.
"Sir, are you all right? Sir?"
He got back in his truck and pushed the accelerator to the floor. At CR 157 he made asharp right turn, his truck moving in a cloud of dust as he barreled down the gravel road that led to Mike McConnell's pier. He tasted smoke before he saw a conglomeration of vehicles and flashing lights.
When he spotted Mike's truck, Jed slammed on his brakes and jumped out, leaving the door to his pickup wide open.
"Let me through," he said, bulldozing through a wall of bodies. "I need to get through, let me through...."
He felt someone grab his arm. "Jed, wait!"
He broke free and fought his way until he was at the end of the pier looking toward the spot where Mike always anchored the houseboat. The explosion had spewed burning debris in all directions, giving the eerie illusion that Heron Lake was on fire. The largest fire appeared to have engulfed the entire hull.
Jed felt as if he were inside the head of someone else, watching the monstrous inferno, like some dragon from the deep, devour the McConnells' houseboat.
All he could do was stand there with friends, neighbors, and firefighters as the lake opened its mouth and swallowed everything that remained, pulling it down to the depths of an unholy grave.
Though the harvest moon shone bold and bright, midnight on Heron Lake never seemed darker.
As lights from emergency vehicles flashed all around him, John Washburn went through the motions of filling out preliminary paperwork.
As Norris County fire marshal, John had been exposed to many tragedies, but he couldn't remember a single time of standing there with all the water he could ever need, unable to do anything.
The moon shone like a searchlight on the water, and smoke hovered like the sinister fog of a horror movie. It seemed to him that even nature was determined to point out his failure.
"How could this happen?" mumbled a recognizable voice nearby with barely enough energy to be audible.
John sighed. He didn't look up. "Don't know yet, Jed. There wasn't anyone else around. Nobody saw anything. We figure they were asleep inside the cabin when the thing blew. Let's hope they never knew what hit them."
"This isn't real," said Jed. "I was with Mike at O'Brian's just hours ago. We had a few beers and some laughs, unwinding like we always do. I can't believe..." His voice broke.
John forced himself to look up. "I'm sorry, Jed. There wasn't anything we could do."
"Twenty years, John. We put in twenty...."
"At the highway department. I know."
"Mike always said we've gone a few miles together..."
John sighed. He pulled the paperwork from his clipboard and put it over the visor. "Listen, I'm finished here. Let me take you home. We can come back for your truck tomorrow."
Jed looked at the ground, his thumbs hung on his jeans pockets, his feet rocking from heel to toe. "That's okay, you go on."
John reached out the window and gripped Jed's arm. He looked him straight in the eye. "Give it time, man. Trust me, you'll get through this."
John Washburn looked in the rearview mirror as he pulled away. He couldn't remember the last time he had seen Jed Wilson without Mike McConnell.
The breakfast rush at Monty's Diner was noticeably subdued, especially for a Saturday morning. Folks who didn't frequent the place wandered in to see what everyone else knew about the McConnell explosion. The Baxter Daily News arrived a little late, but after that, the conversation all but died. All eyes were on the headline story.
Explosion Rattles Baxter Local Family Perishes in Fiery Inferno
Residents of Baxter were awakened at 11:46 on Friday night when an explosion on nearby Heron Lake blasted the sleepy silence with a powerful jolt. Michael S. McConnell (46), his wife Rose (45), and their three children-their daughter Erin (14) and twin boys Todd and Timothy (6)-are presumed to have perished in their flaming houseboat. Authorities believe the family's home was engulfed as a result of an explosion of undetermined origin. Officials in the sheriff's department and fire department have already formed a team of investigators to determine the cause of the explosion.
Heron Lake looked like a war zone when authorities and some Baxter residents arrived at the McConnell family's pier, less than a quarter mile northeast of town on CR 157. The houseboat had been anchored about one hundred yards from that pier, and flaming debris was scattered in a fifty-yard radius of the explosion. As far as could be determined, that was all that was left of the houseboat. Friends and neighbors watched in horror as the burning hull sank to the bottom of Heron Lake.
Divers will be working to recover everything they can find and to recover the bodies, but fire officials have cautioned that the intensity of the fire may make that effort extremely difficult or impossible. It is uncertain just how much was reduced to ashes. In addition, heavy rains are expected to drench Norris County over the weekend, making the search effort even more difficult.
Fire Marshal John Washburn said: "I have never felt this helpless in all my years of service. We weren't sure what blew, and by the time we realized where the fire was, we had no time to get a rescue team out on the water. It's ironic-all that water and we couldn't use a drop of it to save this family. It's going to take some time to get over this one."
Norris County Sheriff, Hal Barker, a long-time Baxter resident, said: "Every effort will be made to find out how this happened. Just give us a little breathing room to do our job. We've never had any real trouble on the lake before, and as far as I can tell, there's no reason to expect that this was anything other than an accident."
Another Baxter resident who stood by helplessly as this tragedy unfolded was Mayor Charlie Kirby. His comment to this reporter was: "We need to pull together as a community and comfort one another as we seek to find answers." Mayor Kirby asked that local residents cooperate with investigators by avoiding the area so that county officials needing to bring in equipment will have unobstructed access.
The investigation will be handled as a county matter since the explosion occurred outside the Baxter city limits, but the game warden and local police will be assisting the sheriff's department.
Though authorities could not say how long the investigation would take, the preliminary report could be filed as early as Tuesday.
Customers at Monty's Diner remained unusually subdued throughout the day. There were more questions than answers, certainly not the usual opinionated fare served up daily at this landmark gathering place on the town square. Hearts were heavy as friends and neighbors sought to make sense of this terrible tragedy.
Ellen Jones didn't like her job today. She sighed as she folded her personal hot-off-the-press copy of the Baxter Daily News. This much-better-than-average newspaper was a legacy passed down from the town's founder, Reginald T. Baxter, and had helped to foster the hometown spirit for a hundred years. For the last six of those years, she had been the editor and special feature writer, and her paper had met the challenges of reporting unpopular or upsetting news head-on. However, today's local headlines were the most tragic in her memory, and in such a close-knit community, no one was unaffected.
Ellen's phone rang. It was only 6:45 A.M., and she already guessed who it was.
"Good morning," she said.
"It's your husband, Guy Langford Jones. Remember me? Did you run away from home? Your side of the bed hasn't been slept in."
Ellen chuckled. "You don't have all the facts, counselor. I stayed here all night with the staff to get the McConnell story on the front page."
"Actually, I just read it. Good job."
"Good and bad, I guess. Good reporting. Bad news."
"Honey, you did what you had to do. Why do you sound disappointed?"
"Because this story really hurts, and reporting the straight scoop on tragedy is so ... cold. It needs to be softened with a human interest slant."
"Well, that's where you shine, Ellen. You'll work out something. You always do. But it's not going to happen today, so ... how about coming home? It's Saturday. I'm lonesome."
"Poor baby. Was it too hard to pour the cereal and milk by yourself? Or weren't you strong enough to push the `on' button on the coffeemaker?" She giggled, glad for a temporary break in the gloom.
"None of the above, thank you very much. I'm quite the little homemaker when I need to be. Right now I'm looking at your empty chair on the other side of the kitchen table and happen to miss my wife. Now, having studied law, I know that's not a crime."
"No, the crime is my having gotten so bogged down over here that I've abandoned you on your favorite day off. Let me clear my desk and get out of here. I need twenty minutes."
"Ah, just enough time for me to brew a fresh pot of coffee and bake these cinnamon rolls," he said. "Tell me again how the oven works."
"Guy, don't touch anything. You'll burn the house down! Wait for me."
"Better hurry then.... I'm putting an apron on."
"An apron? You can't be serious." She laughed. "All right, all right, I'm hurrying."
Ellen was still smiling when she hung up the phone. The two of them knew when to rescue one another from obsessing over troublesome cases-hers in the newspaper, his in the courtroom.
Ellen quickly answered two e-mails and straightened the stacks on her desk. She yawned and rubbed her eyes, then leaned back in her chair and stretched. She looked up at the oil painting of Reginald T. Baxter, which had been passed down from editor to editor for more years than she had been alive. His eyes seemed to look into her heart as if he shared her shock over the McConnell tragedy.
Jed Wilson hadn't slept all night. He was holed up in the den, slouched in his easy chair. Rhonda picked up the morning paper and three more empty beer cans. It was only noon, but she had already counted eleven.
"Jed, you should try to get some rest."
"I don't want to rest."
"Well, at least let me fix you something to eat."
"I don't want to eat. Just leave me alone."
"I feel completely useless," she said.
"Duh. I wonder why."
"At least I care about how you feel." She positioned herself directly in front of Jed, trying to get him to look at her.
"You don't have a clue how I feel," he said.
"Maybe not, but I care."
"Yeah, well, I didn't ask you to care. What I asked you to do is leave me alone."
He got up from the chair. Rhonda went ahead of him and stood in the doorway.
"This isn't a good time for you to be by yourself," she said.
"I might as well get used to it."
"Jed, you don't have to go through this alone."
"That's right. I've got four six-packs to keep me company."
She glared at him. "This isn't the way to handle it!"
"Good grief, woman, will you back off?"
He pushed past her and staggered out to the kitchen.
"Jed, don't shut me out. You can't handle this by yourself-not this pain."
He turned around, his eyes unfocused and bloodshot. "Ever think maybe you're the pain?"
"I'm trying to help you. This is all so weird. There's no one to comfort, no one to make a casserole for, no place to send condolences-"
"So give it a rest!" He popped the top off another can of beer. "You're not needed."
Her green eyes brimmed with silent suffering.
"Don't start with the pitiful looks. And stop pushing. Just stay out of my way." Jed walked past her and stumbled toward the den.
Sheriff Hal Barker had been on the phone most of the day. Before he had one minute of quiet, the phone rang again.
"This is Hal."
"It's John Washburn. You sound hassled."
"Just tired. How's your part of the investigation going, John?"
"It's tedious, but the divers are pulling up all kinds of debris that should help us figure out what happened. How about you?"
"There's no indication of foul play," Hal said. "Just speculation that Mike's drinking may have been a factor. My deputies should wrap things up by Tuesday or Wednesday, especially with the police helping out."
"It'll probably take my team longer than that. Depends on what we fish out of the lake."
"What's morale like?"
"Everyone's bummed-it's a little close to home. But we're professionals. We'll get the job done."
"Okay, John, keep me updated."
"Yeah, I will. Get some rest."
Hal hung up and glanced over the top of his half glasses to a recent picture of his kids. He couldn't imagine losing Matt and Wendy, especially not in such a horrific tragedy.
His phone rang for the umpteenth time.
"This is Hal Barker," he said in a monotone.
"Hi, it's me. Do you realize what time it is?"
"Judging from the rumbling in my stomach, I'd say it's half past dinnertime," said Hal, suddenly realizing he was famished.
"I know what kind of a day you've had if you forgot to eat," Nancy Barker said. "We're having beef stew and cornbread. Dinner will keep until you're ready. Want me to feed the kids now so you and I can eat together later?"
Hal looked at his watch. It was twenty minutes until seven.
"No, I want to spend some time with Wendy and Matt before they go to bed. I'll be home in ten minutes."
"How are you doing?" she asked.
"I can't stop thinking about the McConnells, especially the kids.
I keep seeing their faces."
"I know. We're all taking it hard. Wendy and Matt have been talking about it off and on all day. I suppose that's what everyone in town has been doing. Did you find out when the service is being held?"
"Two o'clock Thursday afternoon at Saint Anthony's. They want to wait until my investigation has been completed."
"By they, do you mean the relatives?"
"Actually, no relatives are coming. As far as anyone can tell, there are only two-Rose McConnell's sister in California, who just had surgery and will be in rehab for weeks, and Mike's father in Atlanta, who lives in a nursing home and can't travel."
"How sad," said Nancy. "Can you imagine losing your whole family and not being able to go to the funeral?"
"Well, everyone in town will probably show up. I have no idea where Father Donaghan plans to put all the people."
"Hal, come home. You sound tired. There's nothing more you can do tonight," she said gently.
"Okay, honey, pour the iced tea. I'll be home in a few minutes."
Sheriff Barker hung up the phone and fumbled with the piles of papers on his desk. When he was sure his emotions were safely locked up, he turned out the lights and headed home.
By late Tuesday afternoon the sheriff's deputies had interviewed scores of friends and neighbors, had checked out every aspect of the McConnells' lifestyle and routine, and had found no suspicious materials among the recovered debris. Now satisfied that there was no reason to suspect foul play, the sheriff's department was wrapping up its part of the investigation. Hal was just about to fill out his final report when the phone rang.
"Hal Barker."
"It's John Washburn. I need to come over there and show you something. It won't take long, but you need to see this."
"Sure, come on over."
Excerpted from Tested by fire by Kathy Herman Copyright © 2001 by Kathy Herman
Excerpted by permission. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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Kathy Herman is a best-selling author and award-winning poet, who has contributed feature stories and articles to publications such as Bookstore Journal. A former staff member of the Christian Booksellers Association, she has also worked at Better Books Christian Center, specializing in children's products and conducting related seminars in the U.S. and Canada. She and her husband, Paul, have three grown children and five grandchildren and live in Tyler, Texas.
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I love the books by Kathy Herman. I read this whole series. Loved it and have started the Seaport Series. It's really hard to find books that have the type of stories I like without all the added filth and language. A good writer doesn't have to add sex and filthy language to their books to get people to buy them. That is one of the reasons I love reading Kathy Herman's books. They are great stories and good for anyone to read. I thank God that he has blessed Christian Authors with such talent so those of us that are avid readers can have good books to read that also can teach us how to handle trials in our lives.
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After almost three decades of marriage, Rhonda Wilson still loves her husband Jed, but is very lonely. Every day Jed works and every night he joins his friend Mike McConnell and the other good ole boys at O¿Brian¿s Bar. He always returns home drunk and goes immediately to sleep. Rhonda prays for a miracle in which her beloved Jed rediscovers his love for her, but she does not truly believe. An explosion on Heron Lake occurs. Jed drives over to see Mike¿s houseboat in flames. The townsfolk of Baxter are stunned as the five McConnells are presumed dead. Instead of bringing Jed and Rhonda closer together, he rejects her offers of comfort and buries himself deeper in self-pity with beer. However, one of the McConnells survived the fire and Jed races against the Feds to find the missing person with his need to know the truth. Will Rhonda, who has turned to God for solace, remain waiting for her husband as he searches for life¿s meaning on his quest? Although TESTED BY FIRE is overpopulated with too many secondary characters, readers will enjoy the basic story line because it is fascinating. The main theme centers on two people drifting apart so that even in a time of tragedy they cannot comfort one another. Kathy Herman provides a strong inspirational suspense novel that furnishes her audience with a clear message of hope if only couples will talk through their souls. Harriet Klausner


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It's about 50 degrees and sunny on a Saturday afternoon at about 2 p.m. — a beautiful spring day in Manhattan — but 15 men hustling up the sidewalks have one mission: get inside. Because in an hour, the Tout Wars Mixed League auction will kick off.
Each year, 40 of the nation's top experts gather to compose their teams in what is considered the most intense fantasy baseball competition in the world. Strategies are closely guarded, lists of sleepers tucked away beyond the gaze of the other experts. If the process of inception weren't wholly fictional, these fantasy experts would waste fortunes hiring dream-hijacking crews to go into the minds of their competitors and plant the idea that Luis Castillo is worth $11 in an auction.
Instead, for five hours, they pore over lists and hunch over laptops, trying to determine when to nominate Jarrod Saltalamacchia and if it's worth it to go an extra dollar on Adam Lind. Have you ever heard of Lonnie Chisenhall? Everyone is this room has, and they all have an opinion on exactly when Cleveland might call him up to the majors, how many at-bats he might get, and how many home runs he will contribute to this figurative team they are creating. Chisenhall is eventually selected in the reserve round of the Mixed League auction by MLB.com's Dave Feldman. By September, the move will either be hailed as predictive genius or it will be long forgotten.
This isn't a fun little time with friends, where beer and pizza are passed around. This is pure business. Reputations and even livelihoods are made with title wins. Poor choices linger in conversations for years. This season, 15 baseball writers—myself included—are participating in the mixed league with one goal: bringing down last year's victor, Andy Behrens of Yahoo.
Tout Wars aims to gather the best of the best—from ESPN's Matthew Berry to Baseball HQ's Paul Petera—and have them battle it out in marathon auctions to fill a dual purpose: crown a champion, while providing a guide for other fantasy players to go by when doing their drafts. The competition is split up into three leagues: American League-only, National League-only and mixed. The amount of depth and knowledge needed to compete in any of these three leagues is intimidating. Andrew Brackman, for instance, is probably known by four groups right now: his family, New York Yankees officials, minor-league baseball superfans and Tout Warriors. In two minor-league seasons reaching as high as Double-A ball, he has compiled a 4.77 ERA. Three days before the auction, he was optioned to the minors. Yet Ron Shandler of Baseball HQ drafted him in the AL-only reserve round.
Every year following Tout Wars, the participants take part in the time-honored tradition of recapping their teams and analyzing why they did what they did. That's not going to happen here. My team is stellar, if I do say so myself, but no one wants to hear me drone on about it. Fantasy players are more likely to benefit from these guidelines gleaned from inside the auction (which was not open to the public this year), from chic picks to draft etiquette. Keep in mind that prices in single-league auctions will be higher than mixed because of relative player scarcity.
J.J. Hardy is not as deep a sleeper as you may think. The Baltimore Orioles re-loaded their offense over the winter, adding Vladimir Guerrero, Derrek Lee and Hardy. Hardy is a shortstop who in his two healthy seasons hit an average of 25 home runs, most recently in 2008. He's currently the 318th player being taken in mock drafts on MockDraftCentral.com. He's ranked 267th overall on Yahoo. But Ron Shandler bought him for $18 in the AL-only league, and KFFL.com's Nick Minnix paid $6 for him in mixed.
Alexi Ogando is a name you should probably get to know. From the same people who were hip to unlikely closers John Axford and Joakim Soria before they blew up, we now introduce Texas reliever Alexi Ogando, who was drafted in both mixed and AL-only. Even though Neftali Feliz was not moved to the rotation and will retain the closer role, it might be a good idea to keep a close eye on Ogando, who would be the favorite to take over as closer if Feliz is injured or stretched out mid-season to join the rotation. Ogando had 39 strikeouts in 41 2/3 innings pitched last year, along with a 4-1 record and 1.30 ERA.
If Edwin Encarnacion has a breakout year, MLB.com's Cory Schwartz is on record as having called it over five years ago. The co-host of MLB's "Fantasy 411" has been touting the Toronto third baseman for years, only to be rewarded with a series of sub-par seasons sprinkled with teases of greatness. Schwartz took part in Tout's NL-only competition, so he wasn't able to draft Encarnacion for his own team. But he was in the draft room for mixed as an official observer and cheered on Fanball's Seth Trachtman as he bought him for $6. Encarnacion hit 21 home runs in just 332 at-bats last season, so he could be an incredible bargain if he manages to pull off a Jose Bautista this year.
The Draft Etiquette Barometer (from least annoying to most annoying):
Calling out the name of a player who has already been drafted.
Doing it a second time.
Doing it a third time.
Flipping through sheets when it's your turn to draft and holding everything up.
The best draft guide most people have never heard of: Gene McCaffrey's Wise Guy Baseball. McCaffrey defines old school—he drafted with a suit jacket on and was one of the few owners not using a laptop as a draft aid. His guide, which looks like it was bound at his local copy shop and printed with no pictures or fancy graphics, is geared towards high-stakes and regular fantasy leagues alike, but the copy is concise, lucid and smart. His take on Carlos Beltran—laying out all the pros and cons and letting the reader decide what he wants to do with that information—is everything you want from a fantasy analyst on a tough call like the Mets outfielder.
Russell Martin went for a surprisingly low price. It's hard to believe that the Yankees' new catcher ($5 AL-only, $4 mixed) has fallen this far, this fast. He never had eye-popping power numbers—his career high in home runs was 19—but he has some speed for a catcher, will play his home games this year in an extremely power-friendly park and is only 28 years old.
Ranking the Lees:
Cliff Lee ($23 mixed; $26 NL-only)
Carlos Lee ($12 mixed; $21 NL-only)
Derrek Lee ($8 mixed; $14 NL-only)
…but remember: Carlos Lee will be eligible at first base and outfield this year, giving him a bit of a bump in value.
Chase Utley is to Tout Warriors as Jason Voorhees is to camp counselors. Utley and his mysterious knee ailment went to ESPN's Tristan Cockcroft for $13 in NL-only and to yours truly for $11 in mixed. A healthy Utley should be worth about $30, so his knee ailment is definitely scaring off the experts. A risk like this could probably mean the difference between a title and a third-place finish if Utley is healthy. If he misses the entire season, it hurts much less than if we had paid $20 to $25 for him, so the downside is somewhat mitigated. It's not exactly a no-lose situation, but it's close.
The White Sox 3B battle will be won by… Brent Morel, if the Tout Wars prices were any indication. Morel went for $10 to MLB's Mike Siano, while Dean Peterson of STATS, Inc. bought Mark Teahen for $5. As of press time, the job was still up for grabs.


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LOS ANGELES A 1,700-plant marijuana grow house in Southern California erupted in flames when a living room compost pile ignited.
Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators say the fire broke out about 11 a.m. Monday in a one-story home in the unincorporated north San Gabriel area.
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Robert Preston
Jun. 8, 1918
Middlesex County
Massachusetts, USA
Mar. 21, 1987
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara County
California, USA
Actor. He was best known for his Tony Award-winning role of 'Harold Hill' in the stage musical "The Music Man", and his reprising of the part for the motion picture adaptation in 1962 (which earned him a Golden Globe nomination). Born Robert Preston Meservey, the son of a Minor League baseball player, he was raised in Hollywood, California and dropped out of school at the age of sixteen to pursue a career in entertainment. He became a member of a small Shakespeare group and later joined the Pasadena Community Playhouse where he performed in several productions. He was signed to a contract with Paramount Studios and marked his film debut in the picture "King of Alcatraz" (1938) and played a wide range of roles in the numerous features including "Beau Geste" (1939, opposite
Gary Cooper
Ray Milland
) and "This Gun for Hire" (1942). It would be on the Broadway stage where Preston found his initial stardom, beginning with "The Male Animal" (1952 to 1953), and from the debut of "The Music Man" in 1957 until the play's closing in 1961, he performed the role of 'Harold Hill' more than 1,300 times. He earned a second Tony Award for the musical "I Do! I Do!" (1967) and received a Tony Award nomination with "Mack & Mabel" (1975). He became familiar to a new generation of movie audience for his parts in
Blake Edwards'
"S.O.B." (1981) and "Victor Victoria" (1982, which earned him both a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination).
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Frank W. Meservey (1889 - 1996)
Ruth Rea Meservey (1895 - 1973)
Cause of death: Lung cancer
Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea.
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Record added: Jul 27, 1999
Find A Grave Memorial# 6003
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A.J. Marik
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