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The bathtub where the body of Drew Peterson's third wife was discovered became an essential piece of evidence in the former Bolingbrook police sergeant's murder trial.
What trial watchers and Will County taxpayers may not have known was that the county had been paying $75 a month to store the bathtub in a Channahon storage locker after it was removed from the former home of victim Kathleen Savio in 2009.
The tub was never brought into court, which was the original plan. But the bathtub's storage rental fee was one tiny piece of the county's bulging price tag to prosecute Peterson.
That case, combined with the successful prosecution of convicted family killer Christopher Vaughn, cost taxpayers nearly $600,000, according to a Herald-News analysis of the expenses paid out of the county's special prosecution fund. Vaughn, of Oswego, was ultimately convicted of killing his wife and three children in Channahon Township in 2007.
The trials nicked the budgets of other county agencies, too. The Will County Sheriff's Department paid its staff working on the Peterson trial $10,510 in overtime alone.
The Will County Jury Commission declined to release its trial-related expenses, such as how much was paid for juror lunches and other accommodations. Court Administrator Kurt Sangmeister denied the newspaper's requests for expense documents related to the trials, citing a provision in the state's open records law that exempts the courts and judiciary.
Nevertheless, the state's attorney's office has binders full of receipts showing how every dollar was spent, right down to the $10.71 for an almond Danish, doughnut fritter and a long john purchased in December 2009 from Fleckenstein's Bakery in Mokena for witness interviews.
The county bought laptops, printers, monitors, flash drives, air cards, software, frames, easels, postage, meals, hotels rooms, airfare and train tickets with the money.
Costs not surprising
Given that two high-profile murder cases were being investigated and tried at about the same time, the price tag seems about right, said Leonard Cavise, a law professor at the DePaul College of Law. The cost of criminal prosecutions is rising in general, Cavise said.
"Experts rates are going up incrementally. Salaries of people on the staff are going up. The cost of investigation and the cost of doing DNA searches, also the cost of going out in the community and trying to find information," he said.
The year 2007 was unprecedented in Will County history as far as mayhem and mystery goes.
In May, Plainfield mom Lisa Stebic disappeared, and an investigation ensued. In June, Christopher Vaughn's family was slaughtered. In October, Drew Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy, disappeared, which eventually led authorities to re-open Savio's death investigation.
In February 2008, five women were gunned down in a robbery at a Lane Bryant store in the Will County portion of Tinley Park.
Meanwhile, authorities were still investigating the murder of 3-year-old Riley Fox in Wilmington. That case has since been solved — convicted sex offender Scott Eby was charged with her murder and is serving a life sentence in prison after pleading guilty in 2010.
After Peterson's arrest in 2009, prosecutors took a good look at their budget and decided they were going to need more money to see that case and Vaughn's case through trials.
Paying the bill
Chief Deputy State's Attorney Ken Grey met with representatives of the county board and county executive's office, the units of government that control the cash, to work out a plan.
A special prosecution fund was created in December 2009, just in time to pay the first $20,000 bill from consulting firm TrialGraphix. A total of $94,100 was paid to TrialGraphix to modernize the state's attorney's office's ability to present evidence in court.
But the miniscule $173 spent on a last-minute expedited passport for Vaughn witness Steve Willott in Canada may have been just as important. Without the passport, which Willott had lost, he couldn't have come to the United States to testify.
The passport was obtained on Aug. 29. On Aug. 30, he was flying from Canada to Chicago for a cost of $2,663.
"We had to have him down here," Grey said, adding that Willott was a key witness.
And on Aug. 31, Willott, who Vaughn had befriended online, testified in a Will County courtroom that Vaughn seemed to be planning a permanent disappearance into the wilds of Canada — without his wife and children.
Big trial tab expected
Still, the more complex a case is, the more it will cost. The fact that a trial has a high media profile, like Peterson's and Vaughn's did, doesn't change the amount of money spent, Grey said.
The Peterson murder case was cold — Savio died in 2004. It required things such as an exhumation and second autopsy on Savio's body and a 2010 hearing into the use of hearsay evidence, which was like a second trial in itself.
Trials are also fluid, and the plan can change day to day. Many of the more than 60 witnesses for the Peterson trial had to be rescheduled and recalled on different days, which led to expensive last-minute travel and accommodations on the public's dime.
Numerous books were purchased for the trials, too.
One book, "From Crime Scene to Courtroom," was bought because its author Cyril Wecht, a defense expert in the Peterson case, included photos of the Savio murder crime scene. Prosecutors wanted to know if the photos were obtained in some way other than normal trial discovery methods.
The book cost only $27. But other expenditures were much higher. Microtrace LLC in Elgin charged $18,812 to search evidence and analyze fibers in the Peterson case.
The county also needed top-flight medical experts, who didn't come cheap, Grey said.
For instance, Paul Erwin Kish, an internationally known forensic consultant and bloodstain pattern expert based in Corning, N.Y., charged $250 an hour for his work; the county paid him a total of $27,326.
Other experts were easier on the budget. Andrea Zaferes, an aquatic death and accident investigator, charged the county only $75 an hour for reading case files on bathtub-related deaths. But she also threw in some work for free.
Hit or miss
Some of the money was spent in vain.
It cost the county $2,396 to fly Scott Rossetto to Chicago from Frankfurt, Germany in August. Rossetto, a friend of Peterson's missing fourth wife, Stacy, was to provide crucial testimony — that Stacy told him she was to provide Peterson an alibi for the night Savio died.
But Judge Edward Burmila blocked his testimony after defense attorneys convinced him that discrepancies in the date and location of the U.S. Army captain's conversation with Stacy made his testimony unreliable.
Some behind-the-scenes people were paid for services, but they never appeared in court. Private investigator Stephanie Finn of New Lenox, for instance, was paid $86,974 for her work on the Peterson case.
After the Peterson and Vaughn trials ended with guilty verdicts, Grey said he has reviewed the expenses for both. Every penny spent was integral to the cases, he said.
Investigators are still pursuing leads in the Tinley Park Lane Bryant case, Stebic's disappearance, and the 1990 disappearance of former Will County Deputy Robin Abrams, among other cases.
There is now $25,000 in the special prosecution fund, Grey said. And while it may not be needed in the foreseeable future, one of the investigations may break open and lead to another costly trial.
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For this months interview I've spoken with well known blogger and SEO – Tad Chef. Tad has been around the blogging and SEO world for 10+ years. He is widely considered as an expert in the industry and often seen on marketing and SEO forums.
Loving the no BS responses here, Almost feel guilty about asking some generic questions! :)
1. Hi Tad thanks for doing this interview, what's your background and what are you currently working on?
"Well, thank you for the opportunity. I really like your blog, the whole design, choice of topics and holistic approach of it. So I feel delighted to be here. My background is that of a classic old school SEO I guess. I have been a front web developer until 2004. When the programming got more complex I wanted to make the transition to something less technical and more content oriented.
Currently I'm mostly blogging about SEO, content, branding, website optimization and the likes for a few blogs all over the world, blog.ahrefs.com and blog.serps.com among them. I still update my own blog, SEO 2.0 on a more or less weekly basis too. My latest SEO client project is about eco cool socks in funky colors."
2. What shade of "hat" are you and why?
"This is a somewhat funny question. You wouldn't ask a designer or car mechanic the hat question would you? Also in reality the world is not black and white. For the first several years I have been very keen on presenting myself as "the whitest hat alive". Then over the years I grew either more cynical or wiser, I hope the latter one, I can't judge it myself. I realized that everybody in the SEO industry is a panama hat SEO. I have written about that in 2010.
You can think you are purely white hat and do everything possible to help Google but the next minute Google is changing the rules out of a whim and you're among the worst spammers.
Since then I ignore the white hat vs black hat debate as irrelevant. Also I prefer to speak about being ethical rather than white hat. According to the white hat SEO definition you can promote websites of weapons manufacturers and be completely white hat while it's of course unethical to support killing people."
3. You recently decided to "no follow" everything to Google, what's the thinking behind this?
"The reasoning is pretty simple. I don't like to be pushed around. In case I'd be paranoid I could think that Google wants to kill me. I feel a bit like Yossarian from Catch 22. Google has literally killed off several of my clients. It's not that I or they spammed or something. I was in many cases just blogging for them until Google decided to trash them. Google has penalized my own blog too for no apparent reason. Lately Google even deactivated my Adsense account. So it's not me irrationally hating Google or something. It rather seems that Google runs a personal vendetta against me. That's of course not true."
I know that Google doesn't care and doesn't even notice.
"I'm just "collateral damage" like millions of other genuine webmasters. So I try to get up every time Google punches me and I strike back at least symbolically. When they stole my Adsense money I decided that I have to act again. I have been banning Google search on my blog for a year now but Google apparently didn't get the message. So this is just the next step in my righteous fight against the ruthless corporation. Did you know that they have been selling illegal drugs worth half a billion of dollars?
On a more down to earth level when it comes to SEO adding nofollow to Google links is just the most logical step to do. nofollow has been meant to be used on links to sites you don't trust and do not approve of. Also as of late Google wants you to curb all "unnatural links". Don't you think linking to Google in every single post is not unnatural? You don't do that? You have Google+ buttons and widgets on your site don't you? Of course they don't add nofollow to their own widgets…"
4. As a seasoned blogger, what are your thoughts of "Ghost"?
"I haven't been able to test Ghost yet so I can only say what I see on the outside. It looks good. It's based on simplicity. It seems to be a promising self-hosted Tumblr alternative (alas without the community aspect). I have a private blog on Tumblr I consider moving to Ghost.
WordPress has become bloated over the years so I welcome Ghost.
I won't quit WP despite this though. In any case it's great to see some healthy competition on the blogging CMS market. The biggest drawback of Ghost right now is that it doesn't have built in commenting. So technically it's not a blog software at all as commenting is a crucial part of most blogging definitions."
5. I've got to ask dude, what's with the sombrero and moustache?
"On the Internet nobody knows that you're a dog. So when Facebook and all that became inevitable I had to come up with a fake identity to hide my true one. No, just kidding. I'm an early adopter of the Web. I started in 1997 when you could be whoever you wanted on the Web. On the Internet nobody cared that I was a Pole, that I had severe acne at that time and so on. You know in Germany "polish jokes" are still very common. So each time someone new of lower intelligence meets me the person asks me why Poles are stealing cars etc.
Using a pseudonym and an avatar made only what I did and published matter. I still appreciate at least some level of anonymity.
The Mexican avatar looks very much like me so I chose it to be me and not me at the same time. Also it looks ridiculous so everybody remembers it with ease. It also perfectly reflect my "biggest white hat around" philosophy I have adapted around 2005 – 2006. I may change it though. Just taking a photo seems so boring to me though. Maybe I'll take one of my parkour images."
6. What SEO tools do you regularly use and why?
"That's another typical SEO question. As I mostly blog my main SEO tool is WordPress. For the SEO jobs in between I use the tools that each task requires. So for example I had to deal with "unnatural links" on a client site and accordingly used tools like Ahrefs, Open Site Explorer or Majestic SEO.
There are no tools I use daily though beside of my analytics tools.
So I rather use blogging tools like Compfight to find Creative Commons images to illustrate my blog articles. I use Unroll.me to keep my inbox clean (and thus have time to do real work). I use Topsy to find out how my posts perform on Twitter. I use Google+ to waste my time and to try to engage with my alleged audience of 8k.
IMHO SEO is about creativity not tools. In case you rely mostly on tools you are doing only a small part of SEO."
7. Has Hummingbird or Penguin 2.1 affected you or any of your clients?
"I don't think so but as noted above I don't have that many SEO clients these days."
8. Where do you see social media's role in SEO over the next 6 months?
"You know, my approach since 2007 has always been that social media and blogging are an integral part of SEO, thus the SEO 2.0 moniker. So it's difficult to pinpoint what's exactly changing or will be different in the upcoming 6 months. On the other hand we witness a shift from search traffic to social media traffic recently. So we may see a change of mind from "I need social media shares to get higher on Google" to "I need to get people to see my content directly on social media".
9. Who do you look up to in the SEO world?
"Good question! You know I hate influencer ass kissing but on the other hand I still look up to the old school people who made much of what do we have today possible. When you look up the query [seo blog] on Google.com you will find some of them in the top 5, with one exception, a cat blogger who works for Google as Pandora's Box. I also still look up to some of the people who "invented" SEO 2.0 around 2005 – 2007. I have to mention one person by name though, Rhea Drysdale who saved SEO from getting trademarked by spending numerous hours and thousands of dollars on fighting it in court."
10. What are your plans for Onreact and do you have any ambitions for the future?
"I will build up a global empire. I started by buying domains like onreact.us, onreact.co.uk, onreact.info etc. I need to have some more time though to achieve that so it may take a decade or two."
Thanks mate!
"Thank you for inviting me!"
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Mesa is all a Twitter — and MySpace, as well as Facebook and other social media — about connecting city officials with residents.
Like most cities, Mesa has had its Web site, mesaaz.gov, for years. But a Web site is something residents have to visit. The social media push is an experimental approach to see whether residents will follow, "friend" or otherwise get connected with city officials for news and information.
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"We created a Web page linked to the city's home page that has links to Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, MySpace and other sites," said Jessie Brodersen, a Web specialist for the city. "It's just another way to get information out to the public."
Brodersen said a variety of Web and social media sites were already in use by the city, and others are being newly created.
A Twitter page, launched in late 2009, is aimed at informing residents about upcoming activities at Falcon Field Airport, Brodersen said.
"Just like all of our other social media accounts, we want to connect with the public to inform them about our big open house at the airport in March," she said.
Brodersen said residents interested in tracking information about the airport open house can visit Twitter.com/falconfieldaz.
The mayor, council members and city manager all have Facebook pages.
On Mayor Scott Smith's Facebook account, he has "230 supporters" to date. The mayor also has a Twitter account, which is accessible through his personal page on the city's Web site.
A comment made by the mayor in late December from his iPhone might be just one example of how city leaders, at least, are using social media to connect with residents: "Here's hoping that regardless of how messed up things seem to be, 2010 will be the best year yet this century," he wrote.
Councilwoman Dina Higgins said that, like many other city leaders, she's found that residents have contacted her through social media sites.
"I find it easier for some people to use Facebook than the city (Web) page," she said, adding that she's had a Facebook account since June.
Higgins said she's had a Twitter account since October, but for personal use.
"I use that for more personal stuff like football scores, new restaurants, sales, great photos," Higgins said. "I am still trying to use it more."
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I have a big dilemma!! I need to store a moderate amount of root vegs, onions, leeks this winter. I had intended to build a proper insulated root cellar room in the basement, but our brick walls are making ventilation impossible, and the basement itself is pretty warm from the furnace. Without being able to let in cold outside air, I dont think it'll be cold enough!
So I am desperately looking for alternatives. we have a brick garage, unheated and uninsulated. How cold do you think it would have to get outside before it's too cold in there for storage? I have a smallish harvest this year so am probably looking for only 2-3 months storage.... Any other ideas appreciated. I considered the garbage can-in-the-ground method but our soil is clay and ridiculously difficult to dig. But this might be the best option. Anyone know if it works in Maine winters (down to about zero degrees most winters, mostly like 15-30 degrees night temps though.) |
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Temperatures would just be a guess - you'd know better than we would what your average winter temperatures are. But in Maine I'd "guess" that it gets down to freezing inside your garage at times. If it's freezing in the garage for any length of time then the stored vegetables would freeze. Once they freeze, they rot. If you could store them in insulated containers like say ice chests or enclosed plastic tubs wrapped with bubble wrap it would give them more protection plus help keep mice and such out of them too. Dave |
I agree, I'm in Michigan and my uninsulated, unheated garage is fine right now, but in another month, it's going to freeze. It gets cold enough to freeze a pan of water solid, so the vegetables won't survive that. I noticed it was getting too cold when I cooked a batch of potatoes and they were sweet, and tasted odd. Sure enough, freezing will change the starches to sugars and the flavor of the potatoes changes. It was just not right... Annie |
- Posted by jane_in_il5 Central IL, z5 (My Page) on Thu, Oct 22, 09 at 12:01
Is this an attached or un-attached garage? I keep my winter squash in our attached garage, shelved in a corner that has two walls that are interior walls, not exterior. Enough heat seeps through the interior walls to keep them from freezing. I also have a small fan on a timer, which comes on briefly a few times a day, the circulating air provides ventilation to prevent spoiling, and I also think the circulating air doesn't freeze as quickly when it gets cold. If it's an un-attached garage, I'm not sure what you can do short of putting in a small heater with a thermostat timer, which you could set to keep the temp at 38-40 degrees. I'd also run a fan periodically. Good Luck, I'd hate to see you lose all that good healthy food! |
- Posted by vikingkirken 6b (My Page) on Fri, Oct 23, 09 at 19:46
I read a nifty idea for keeping root vegetables in basement window wells, insulated with straw... just enough heat seeps out to keep them from freezing without getting too hot. I don't have the vegetables to try it myself this year, but it sounds like it would work. |
- Posted by mabeldingeldine z5 ME mid-coast (My Page) on Sun, Oct 25, 09 at 21:13
As a Mainer who struggles with the same issue, I can tell you last year I tried the freezer chests in my insulated but unheated barn, and my veggies froze. Sorry for the bad news... |
We just made a root cellar in our window well, as viking suggests. We put a plywood lid over the top of the window well and added 4 inches of styrofoam insulation to the bottom of the plywood. We put it in place last weekend and the temp seems stable in there so far, so I moved the veggies in. Time will tell if this works through the winter. |
karin, if you think of it, come back and let us know how that window well worked, that's an interesting method if it works... Annie |
I store my onions, leeks, buttercup squash,and apples in my old "model T" type garage & hang a thermometer on a wire about 3 ft. off the floor. When temps get down to mid 30's at night I keep a close watch. As temps drop to the 20's & teens outside I bring the produce into my 'new' garage which is insulated & by the time the central Wisconsin winter sets in all produce has been moved into my house basement in the 'cool room'. Charlie |
Annie, Our weather just turned the corner to winter, so we were interested to see how the window well root cellar would work. The outdoor temps now are in the teens to 30s and the root cellar is 46. A couple of weeks ago the outdoor temps were in the 30s to 50s and the root cellar was 52. The root cellar temp is amazingly stable. It will get a good bit colder here so we will watch and see. But based on this trend I don't think it will go below freezing in there. I may try putting some pots of forced bulbs in there, as I don't have any other place to do that. I'll report back once the really cold weather arrives. So far we're pleased though and for sure we are enjoying our beautiful potatoes and onions (and soon, carrots which remain in the garden under 2 feet of new snow, but need to come out now!). |
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The name of News Corporation, Aussie Rupert Murdoch's dominating mega-firm, implies that the enterprise is at least somewhat concerned with, well, news — but its interest apparently tilts more toward covering outside events rather than self-revelation. Most financial observers believe Murdoch sold a gaggle of regional television affiliates — including KDVR-TV/Channel 31 and FSN Rocky Mountain, both in Denver — to help pay for his $5.2 billion purchase of the Dow Jones Company, which owns the Wall Street Journal. Nevertheless, Jack Horner, News Corp's nursery-rhyme-monikered director of communications, declines to entertain any questions on this subject, referring instead to a press release masterfully written to offer absolutely no useful information.
Whatever Murdoch's motivation, neither Channel 31 nor FSN Rocky Mountain appears to have been wounded by these separate transactions. (The former was one of eight Fox stations picked up by Oak Hill Capital Partners for $1.1 billion, while the latter became part of a new venture, Liberty Sports Group, following a complicated agreement involving News Corp, Colorado moneybags John Malone's Liberty Media Corporation, DirecTV and about $12 billion.) Indeed, Channel 31 approaches the May ratings period on a roll, with its prime-time lineup finishing in the number-one slot and its late newscast crushing the competition during February sweeps. Meanwhile, FSN Rocky Mountain is reaping the benefits of its association with the Colorado Rockies. In 2004, when the network inked a ten-year pact with the team valued at $200 million (it included a small ownership stake that stays with News Corp), even some fans of the then-woeful franchise were dumbfounded. Thanks to the crew's 2007 World Series appearance, however, the investment looks mighty wise these days.
Granted, Channel 31 isn't hitting on all cylinders. Despite the presence of longtime KOA morning personality Steve Kelley, Good Day Colorado, the outlet's morning info block, has made only a modest impact in a portion of the day ruled by Channel 9. Bill Schneider, Channel 31's general manager, notes that Good Day's audience share has inched a bit higher since last year, but in general, 9News "hasn't loosened their grip on the mornings one bit." Luckily, the forecast is brighter for the signal's 9 p.m. news digest. In February, the numbers generated by the Ron Zappolo/Libby Weaver-helmed program were higher than the combined digits earned by its two primary rivals, Channel 2 and Channel 20, a sister station of Channel 9 that employs 9News talent. Says Schneider: "One could make the case that we're far more dominant in our time period than Channel 9" — which still leads the 10 p.m. news race, but not by the percentage Channel 31 enjoys. No wonder the station inked Zappolo to a contract extension. "We'd like to have Ron here until he chooses to retire from broadcasting," Schneider says.
With Zappolo locked up for the long term, a move to launch evening newscasts in the 4-6 p.m. range would seem like a natural next step, even in a market as soft as this one. (In late March, Channel 4 sent layoff notices to several employees, including weekend anchor Arturo Santiago — moves that echoed cuts at CBS stations across the country.) Schneider neither confirms nor denies such a strategy, but his open-ended comments hardly squelch speculation. "We certainly want to see this television station grow its local-news presence, and we discuss it on a near-daily basis," he says.
Over at FSN Rocky Mountain, expansion is the watchword, too. Mark Shuken, president and CEO of Liberty Sports Group, boasts about the financial health enjoyed by all three channels he'll oversee: the local branch plus FSN Pittsburgh and FSN Northwest, headquartered in Seattle, where Shuken will be based. "I've seen all the metrics for regional sports networks in the country, and these regions weren't underperforming," he emphasizes. "Liberty bought something that was worth what we were told they were worth. It wasn't that these were laggards." Moreover, he's open to the idea of adding more channels to the group. "We think we have a real opportunity to enhance and broaden the portfolio," he says. "We'll look at other regions of the country, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions."
As for changes at the area office, FSN Rocky Mountain senior vice president Tim Griggs avoids specifics. "We haven't really sat down and set out a strategic plan yet," he allows, "but I think there's going to be some interesting opportunities down the road." Still, he's clearly thrilled by the increased value of the channel's Rockies contract. The team's home opener against the St. Louis Cardinals drew the highest ratings for an April FSN game featuring the hometown boys in six years, and although the squad got off to a miserable start — one that's since improved — overall ratings for the first half-dozen contests were up 15 percent over last year.
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A classical dilemma: As Colorado Public Radio's news arm prepares to make a move to the FM band, other parts of the operation are consolidating. Classical Public Radio Network (CPRN), a joint project of CPR and Los Angeles's KUSC, will shut down early this summer, a decade after its founding.
CPRN launched in 1998 with assistance from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which ponied up a grant that Current, a publication specializing in public broadcasting, estimates at $850,000. But with two other classical networks available (Classical 24 and the Beethoven Satellite Network), the demand for a third fell far short of overwhelming. At the end, says Erica Stull, CPR's vice president of community outreach, only about twenty stations took the feed, including KUSC and its Denver partner station, KVOD.


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Archive for April, 2012
The Eyes Have It: Diagnosing Physical Ailments Through Iridology
When you stare into someone's eyes, what do you see?
Hope? Fear? Love? Arthritis? Stress? Poor kidney function?
If the last three examples seem a little strange, don't worry. You're probably just unfamiliar with iridology, a diagnostic/preventative technique practiced by some advocates of holistic medicine.
Trained practitioners of the method claim that they can examine an individual's irises (the colored part of the eye that surrounds the pupil) and identify potential health problems or weaknesses in the body's systems.
(And I've been relying all these years on x-rays, blood pressure cuffs, and getting poked with lots and lots of needles.)
The Eye Bone is Connected to The Leg Bone
Iridology is based on the idea that organs of the body are intricately connected and that a problem in one organ can be identified or treated via another organ. This notion is not uncommon in holistic health practice: Reflexology, for example, is based on "mapping" the feet, with each area of the foot corresponding to another body system. Using his or her understanding of foot-mapping, a reflexologist may treat a client's sinus problems by manipulating the fourth and pinkie toes of the client's right foot.
The (disputed) legend behind the introduction of "clinical iridology" into the Western world is that a boy named Ignaz von Peczely, accidentally broke an owl's leg while attempting to free him from a vine. Von Peczely noted that when the owl's leg broke, a streak appeared in the owl's iris. When von Peczely became an adult and started to practice medicine, he encountered a patient with a broken leg whose iris had the same streak in the same position, indicating a connection between the appearance of the iris and the condition of other parts of the body.
Eventually, other healthcare practitioners decided to run with the technique and develop their own spin on mapping the iris, offering health advice to clients who are willing to sit for a close-up and personal examination of their eyes.
What the Experts Say
Not surprisingly, many medical experts are quite skeptical of iridology as a diagnostic tool. In fact, mention iridology in a room full of medical doctors, particularly those with skeptical natures, and you are likely to endure sustained howls of indignation.
The scientific literature, these killjoys claim, doesn't support iridology as a valid diagnostic method. They also point out that the iris generally doesn't change much as people age, unless it undergoes some kind of trauma. If the iris accurately reflects a person's health, it would constantly change in response to chronic and acute health conditions.
(In other words, while an examination of the iris of your right eye can tell you something about the iris of your right eye, it won't tell you anything about dysfunctions in your big toe, left shoulder or even your left eye.)
Finding an Iridologist
This is where it gets tricky, at least in the United States. See, state government officials typically take the practice of medicine rather seriously. So seriously, that if you plan to diagnose someone's health problems, you need to earn a license in a recognized health care profession.
(While some iridologists claim to offer only an analysis of a person's health, not a diagnosis of disease, the definitions of "analysis" vs. "diagnosis" can get mighty murky.)
Now it is true that some licensed medical doctors/osteopathic physicians, naturopaths and chiropractors do practice iridology, although the practice is more common among chiropractors and naturopaths, themselves practitioners of alternative healthcare modalities. Check out alternative medical clinics in your area to find out if iridology is among its offerings.
The other option is to work with an iridologist who doesn't have any medical qualifications. As one writer notes, these practitioners often give advice to their clients that resembles that given by any health care professional (eating a balanced diet, keeping hydrated, and getting regular exercise). Following this advice is generally wise, though be cautious if they prescribe herbs or nutritional supplements on the basis of an iridology examination, as both can have an adverse effect on your health if used improperly.
One More Word of Warning
Eye problems are no laughing matter: If you do begin to see changes in your eyes, contact your doctor immediately.
Monday, April, 30 2012 by Lainie Petersen
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Weekly Optical Illusion "The Rotating Snakes"
Akiyoshi Kitaoka's rotating snakes optical illusion is a sight to behold. According to this article on Sciencenews.org the trick that makes the snakes slither has more to do with the movement of your eyes than the swirling of the image. Blinks and tiny flits of the lens back and forth cause your brain to perceive movement in what is a perfectly still image "studies have suggested that the perception of motion is triggered by the eyes drifting slowly away from a central target when viewing the illusion" according to the article. Whatever the cause, it's always interesting when your eyes play tricks on you.
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Friday, April, 27 2012 by Zenni Optical
Sports Eye Injuries and the Importance of Protective Eyewear
Sports are a good way to maintain a healthy body, but they do pose a certain amount of physical risk, for novices and experts alike, regardless of age. If you're not worried about what could happen to your eyesight should you get hit by an errant sports ball, you might want to reconsider. April is Sports Eye Safety Month, so take the time to learn more about how to protect your eyes when you take part in any type of sports activity.
The Why
According to the National Eye Institute — part of the National Institutes of Health–, every 13 minutes an emergency room treats a sports related eye injury. The most eye injuries come from sports such as basketball, boxing, baseball, hockey, racquetball and lacrosse. However even sports such as biking and wrestling pose a risk, though it is lower.
Even if an eye injury doesn't seem serious, it still can be. The American Academy of Ophthalmology states that if an eye that was hit begins to hurt or develops a vision problem then medical attention is necessary. A black eye should also be taken to have medical attention.
The How
Plan ahead to protect your eyes when you participate in sports by investing in eye protection gear such as sports glasses or sports goggles. Not to be confused with regular eyewear, sports glasses and sports goggles are designed to provide greater impact resistance. Each kind can be worn with contact lenses or have prescription lenses. Also, some sports goggles fit over regular glasses.
When buying a pair of sports glasses, pick a pair that is meant for the sport you engage in. Also pick a pair that will be physically comfortable to wear while you play. Aesthetics, though secondary, are also important – should your picture end up in the sports section you will want to look good.
The NIH states that using protective eyewear may keep your eyes from being injured up to 90% percent of the time. This could mean staying in the game rather than sitting it out. Beyond general safety, wearing sports glasses can influence your insurance rates. Fewer trips to the hospital or doctor's office might mean smaller payments.
Sports Glasses and Children
Sports injuries are a common cause for blindness in children. The NIH along with other vision organizations recommend that coaches, teachers and parents make sure children wear protective eye gear during sports activities. It is also recommended that adults wear protective eye gear as an example to children, so that they will want to wear their eye gear as well.
Friday, April, 27 2012 by Zenni Optical
Who Invented Glasses, Anyway?
It's pretty easy to take normal, everyday things for granted. But have you ever wondered who invented glasses? It's generally believed that monks or craftsmen in Italy produced the first form of glasses between 1285-1289. However, the name of the actual person who invented them is unknown. In 1306, a monk in Pisa, Italy named Giordano da Rivalto remarked in a sermon that he knew the man who created glasses, ("one of the most useful arts on earth"), but he failed to give the person's name. It was Rivalto, however, who coined the term "occhiali" or "eyeglasses."
As the story also seems to go, the man who invented glasses attempted to keep the idea a secret to avoid economic competition. But a monk in Pisa, Italy named Friar Alessandro Spina knew of the design and decided to make pairs of glasses himself and then distribute them to everyone. If that's true, then we owe a big thank you to Friar Alessandro Spina for generously sharing them with the world.
Other interesting dates in the history of glasses:
1784: Benjamin Franklin invents bifocal lenses.
1799: John McAllister, Sr. opens America's first optical shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1800: The monocle is introduced in England.
1825: Sir George Airy designs the first lenses to correct astigmatism.
1826: John Hawkins introduces trifocal lenses.
1908: Dr. John Borsch, Jr. patents his fused bifocal lenses, which are thinner and more attractive than Franklin-style bifocals.
Glasses have come a long way – and taken some interesting turns – since the days of 13th century Italian monks. And while it would be great if the monocle suddenly came back into style, we don't see that happening anytime soon. Luckily though, Zenni carries all of the latest styles and all at affordable prices. So whatever your style and whatever color frame you're looking for, Zenni is here to help. Head on over to our website and check it out.
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John Denver peak-naming effort still alive, says fan leading the charge
Last year, Littleton resident J.P. McDaniel's push to name the east peak of Mount Sopris after singer John Denver made national headlines -- but a story last week implied that the campaign might have reached its expiration date. Not so, says McDaniel, who stresses that her slow and steady approach is intended to boost the odds that her efforts, and those of approximately 3,000 fans who've signed a petition supporting the designation, are successful.
"I'm really sorry this story came out without people talking to me," says McDaniel about an Aspen Times article published Friday. The report noted that she had not yet submitted her petition and application to the U.S. Board of Geographic Names, the government body in charge of such matters, even though its executive secretary, Lou Yost, expected it last summer.
Her drive "is still going," she adds. "It's still underway."
From the beginning, McDaniel stressed that the naming of the peak after Denver was meant as a hat-tip to Denver's environmentalism. She notes that he wrote "Rocky Mountain High," one of Colorado's official state songs, at Williams Lake, near Mount Sopris. And not only is the peak she's targeting visible from the Windstar Land Conservancy, one of Denver's legacies, but it doesn't even have an official name. So why not his?Mount Sopris.
Her idea was immediately embraced by Denver fans, who quickly boosted the number of signatures affixed to an online petition to 2,680; McDaniel says additional physical signatures bring the total to around 3,000. However, there was also considerable backlash to the notion, as witnessed by comments like this one, posted in response to our original coverage:
John Denver was a cocaine addict who once told TV Guide that the highlight of his week was mowing his Starwood lawn in the nude. I hate this idea. Hate it. I'm a 4th generation native of Garfield County. Leave our mountain alone.
McDaniel acknowledges that some reactions to the naming concept were negative. "There's just something about things connected with John Denver," she says. "People either really support it and love it or they're just spitting nails. It's almost like there's not a gay area. They're either on one side of the fence or the other."
However, she goes on, "by far, far, far, the majority of people supported it, even though, unfortunately, some of the opposition took it to a level that was not very professional."
For one thing, McDaniel had to battle misconceptions. "This was never about renaming Mount Sopris," she stresses. "It's about assigning a name to an unnamed peak on Mount Sopris." Nevertheless, she goes on, "there was a group of people in Carbondale who were saying, 'Don't rename the mountain.' And even when things were presented to them, explained to them -- that this wasn't renaming Mount Sopris -- it didn't seem to fit in their program."
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Album review: Michael Jackson, "Michael"
If you've ever dreamed of Michael Jackson singing into your answering machine, then you have a reason to pick up "Michael," the first posthumous album from a singer who's sold more than 35 million albums worldwide since his sudden death in the summer of 2009.
On the album's fourth track, "(I Like) The Way You Love Me," that angelic voice comes trickling from the speakers, small and scratchy in what appears to be a voice-mail message to himself - a quick melodic sketch and some beat-boxing for Jackson to revisit once he gets home from a busy day of shopping, or roller-coaster riding, or whatever the lost pop genius was doing in his final days.
It's a rare glimpse into Jackson's working process, one of the countless facets of his life that he carefully hid from the public eye. But when the song blooms into a glossy, full-bodied studio track, the sputtery, beat-boxed rhythm is immediately ditched for a feeble drumbeat. Someone else is at the controls.
That moment captures the debate surrounding this 10-track batch of Jackson leftovers. The singer obviously had no hand in the final product here, but many of these tunes are bland enough to make you wonder if he had any hand in it at all. Longtime producer Quincy Jones and members of the Jackson family have questioned whether some of the voices on "Michael" are actually Michael's.
Either way, it doesn't matter. The real Michael Jackson was a perfectionist who loved to burnish every note that came out of his lungs. Just as last year's "This Is It" was a concert film culled from rehearsal footage Jackson would never want us to see, "Michael" is an album of unfinished songs that Jackson would never want us to hear.
And that's a drag because we're probably going to be hearing this stuff for the rest of the decade. The Jackson estate has reportedly signed a $250 million deal that should pump posthumous albums into the marketplace for the next seven Christmases, at least.
Only in Jackson's pop kingdom can such disgusting practices fly. No one writes the missing chapters of an unfinished novel and credits the author. Why let 50 Cent rap over a mere sketch of a tune and call it a new Michael Jackson song? (It happens here with "Monster.") For anyone who has adored Jackson's brilliance - i.e. all of us - this is sickening stuff.
So much so, we should probably conserve our keystrokes, but here's a second question that "Michael" forces us to ask: When did Jackson record his last great song?
Unless you count "Scream," a serrated 1995 duet with kid sister Janet that's aged far better than expected, you'll have to moonwalk back to 1988's "Bad" album, when "Man in the Mirror" topped the charts with some of the most euphoric na-na-na's since "Hey Jude."
Then, he fades. 1991's "Dangerous" only flirted with excellence, 1995's "HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I" was sloppy and strange, and 2001's "Invincible" remains largely forgotten. It's unrealistic to expect so much from him now.
Which is what makes "Behind the Mask" this album's only pleasant surprise. Allegedly written in the "Thriller" days, its synthesizers throb to a tightly coiled beat while Jackson's voice tiptoes between a whisper and an explosion.
It's a Jackson you'll recognize, but the excitement is fleeting. On the mid-tempo fluff of "Hold My Hand," the sentimental platitudes of "Keep Your Head Up" and the paranoid ire of "Breaking News," he offers mere appproximations of the precision, agility and grace that defined his heights.
In that sense, "Michael" only amplifies the tragedy of Jackson - an artist who rose too fast to ever gain control of his life and died too suddenly to steer the direction of his legacy.
Recommended track: "Behind the Mask"
Chris Richards
| December 14, 2010; 1:36 PM ET
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Your statement that Quincy Jones "has questioned whether some of the voices on "Michael" are actually Michael's" is inaccurate and unfair. This was his quote from US Weekly: "Somebody called me up and asked me if it was Michael, and I said it sounds like Michael. But it's backed up by so many voices where I can't really dig down deep enough or I haven't really had time to dig deep enough to identify it." There's a big difference between what he said and how you characterized it.
Posted by: SpiderMurphy | December 14, 2010 2:49 PM | Report abuse
Posted by: P2EACHY | December 14, 2010 3:38 PM | Report abuse
I think what's most wonderful about the album is that when Michael does sing, he *is* singing. Gone are the too frequent hiccups and gruff talking of Invincible; in this album Michael is really singing. Regardless of how raw the album, or how much it has been tinkered with, that fantastic, beautiful, angelic voice comes through. For instance, Michael plays with his vocal ranges in the gorgeous "Best of Joy" and you can hear his Thriller-era voice in "Behind the Mask." For those who love the voice, his vocal orchestrations, his creamy chorus lines, this is still an album worth buying. You have to know that this would not have been Michael's final product, but as it stands for his fans now, This is It.
Posted by: eilsel71 | December 14, 2010 4:05 PM | Report abuse
Dangerous was one of the best selling albums of all time. It was Jackson's second best selling album. "You Rock My World" off the Invincible album reached number 10 on US charts and number one in most other countries. I think Invincible ended up selling around 13 million copies; modest by Jackson's standards, but a smash for most other artists. It just amazes me that people write such things under the guise of "expert". You don't even know Jackson's HIStory. Six of his five adult studio albums are on the all time best selling list. How many of yours are? Jackson would not have released this if he was alive, but he isn't alive. Everyone knows he had no hand in the finished product. It will not hurt the legacy of someone of Jackson's stature. The album is not Jackson at his best, but it's very good and parts of it are great. Well music "critics" didn't like Thriller when it came out either so there you go.
My favs are "Hollywood Tonight", "Behind the Mask", "The Way You Love Me" and "I Can't Make it Another Day". If you're a Jackson fan get the album sip some wine and enjoy the music for heaven's sake.
Posted by: TomJoy | December 15, 2010 8:49 AM | Report abuse
I love "Scream" - that song's always been the jam.
In any case - this review is more than fair to the artist, despite the fact that the critic is not a multi-platinum, cultural leviathan.
Posted by: Mat_ | December 15, 2010 7:55 PM | Report abuse
Soory but what you write is just BULLSH*T! From begining to the end! I mean there are a lot of fancy words- to make the article sound "high-sounding and serious"- but it is just CR*P! OMG, did you never listen to Dangerous album? History? You skipped Blood on the Dance Floor altogether! Invincible is such a strong album- low sales doesn't detract from quality. Very few people buy Mozart CDs but that doesnt downgrade Mozart's genius! OMG how can people write such stuff!!! You pratically ended MJ's life-long career with Man in the Mirror in 1988! I am really angry with such irresponsible, ignorant attitude.. You should first go and buy all those albums that you denigrate, buy a pair of high quality earphones- and a working brain and nonjudgemental heart to go with these! and then you must start listening to Michael from scratch!!!! with an unbiased, pure spirit.. if you ever can..
Posted by: sezintekin | December 19, 2010 1:21 PM | Report abuse
Someone needs to fire this "critic" if all he can come up with is "I've never produced a single thing worth any acclaim whatsoever so I've got to diss those who do." If I didn't know Michael Jackson died over a year ago, I'd swear this is one of his best self-produced albums, albeit not fine-tuned to within a fare-thee-well. In other words, Jackson's discards are better than most other artists' finished product. I think he's sitting back from his view on high, saying to his collaborators, who lovingly produced this album, "Well done, good and loyal friends. Thank you."
Posted by: SoCalGal2 | December 20, 2010 12:48 PM | Report abuse
This review makes me shake my head. I've come to the realization that some people just won't get it the phenome that was and is Michael Jackson. And for those who don't get it...they probably won't because they aren't meant to. Suffice it to say that Michael has millions of fans that love this album like it was hanky he left behind. I carry it around with me in my pocket (thanks to my ipod nano). I smile when I hear his music and sometimes I want to cry. As a long time Michael Jackson fan, I think that this album was deserving of my praise. Had he been alive, he might not have released these songs, but then I wouldn't have them to enjoy.
Posted by: riciana | December 21, 2010 6:49 AM | Report abuse
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• All 33 families living at the illegal Ulpana settlement have been evacuated. The last family had to be forcibly removed. [Times of Israel]
• A leader of the Hungarian anti-Semitic Jobbik party has confessed to having Jewish origins. The end of this story has one of the best burns I've ever heard. [Forward/JTA]
• Charles Lane picks apart defenders (Andrew Sullivan) of the anti-circumcision court ruling in Germany. [WaPo]
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Please don't assume I'm seeking information for selfish reasons. I'm am grateful to be clean and sober since July 2012. These questions came up during a friendly debate with my brother. He's of... Read More
0Dec 9, '12 by KelRN215, BSN, RNI don't recall ever having to do a pre-employment drug screen. I may have done one when I worked as a CNA in the hospital in my town but I have most definitely not had to do one for any of my 3 nursing jobs. The only lab test I had to have done prior to working was titers for varicella.
1Dec 9, '12 by Ntheboat2Quote from That GuyI don't mind that some kid whose mom might smoke pot gets to benefit from food stamps or whatever the case may be. Besides, it would cost way more money to drug test and police the results which would include removing kids from their homes than it costs to feed a couple kids.I dont mind doing drug testing.
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