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Affidavit: Colorado rape suspect believed he was member of secret society, could have sex with anyone
Posted By Sara Burnett On July 12, 2011 @ 12:21 pm In Sex Crimes | 5 Comments
The suspect in a series of sexual assaults in the Denver area and Washington [2] state believes he is a member of a secret society in which the world is divided between "alphas" and "bravos," and that because he is an "alpha," he can have sex with anyone he wants, according to an arrest affidavit from Snohomish County [3], Wash.
Marc Patrick O'Leary, 33, has pleaded not guilty to 32 counts, including sex assault, kidnapping and burglary, for assaults on women in Golden and Westminster and an attempted assault in Lakewood [4]. As we reported yesterday, his public defender is in the midst of complex plea negotiation with prosecutors in Jefferson County's first judicial district [5]. A deal could be ready to present to Judge Philip McNulty [6] at O'Leary's next court date on Aug. 18.
O'Leary's defense attorney said the deal has been complicated because of charges filed in Washington in April. As we reported a few weeks ago [7], the victim in that case was charged with false reporting, in part because her attacker was so meticulous in cleaning up evidence. According to the affidavit for O'Leary's arrest there, the victim, who was 18 at the time, also recanted her story at one point.
The case was reopened and O'Leary charged after investigators from Golden [8], Westminster [9], Lakewood [10], Aurora and the FBI [11] combined efforts to identify the Lakewood [10] man as a suspect. When they searched his home, they found more than 400 photos of the Washington attack on a camera memory card belonging to O'Leary, according to the affidavit.
The document also states that someone close to O'Leary told authorities about the "secret society" of alphas — also called "wolves" — and bravos. Detectives testified during O'Leary's preliminary hearing that the attacker in the assaults they investigated here also referred to "alphas" and "bravos" during the attacks.
Authorities in Washington have apologized to the victim in the 2008 case, repaid her the $500 fine and have had her record expunged.
Deputy District Attorney Robert Weiner [12] also said during a hearing last month [13] that police believe DNA has linked O'Leary to another Washington attack. He has not been charged in that case.
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[4] assaults on women in Golden and Westminster and an attempted assault in Lakewood: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_17823156
[5] complex plea negotiation with prosecutors in Jefferson County's first judicial district: http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_18456524
[6] Philip McNulty: http://blogs.denverpost.com/crime/tag/philip-mcnulty/
[7] we reported a few weeks ago: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_17840529
[8] Golden: http://blogs.denverpost.com/crime/tag/golden/
[9] Westminster: http://blogs.denverpost.com/crime/tag/westminster/
[10] Lakewood: http://blogs.denverpost.com/crime/tag/lakewood/
[11] FBI: http://blogs.denverpost.com/crime/tag/fbi/
[12] Robert Weiner: http://blogs.denverpost.com/crime/tag/robert-weiner/
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UPDATE 30/01/2011: I've had to correct the maths a little. Fortunately, the numbers that come out are almost identical.
Ever since the invention of flat panel monitors and screens, it didn't matter what colour your pixels were, you'd still consume the same amount of power. That's because these screens have a big flat light at the back that's always on. If a pixel wants to show you white it lets all the light through. If it wants to show you black it blocks all the light. Either way, the light behind is still on and still consuming the same power.
On a mobile phone that means the colour of your wallpaper doesn't affect battery life. But all that changed with the introduction of OLED screens (or more commonly AMOLED and Super AMOLED) and a lot of new phones have these. If your phone has an OLED screen keep reading, you might be able to improve the life of you battery.
Why is OLED different?
OLED screens don't have a back light. Instead each pixel is an Organic Light Emitting Diode that makes its own light. That means reducing how many pixels you have on during regular use of your phone can have a big impact on battery life. That doesn't just mean changing your wallpaper. You could also look at alternative apps that have dark themes. For example, I spend a lot of time reading news on my phone and I've switched to an app call NewsRob that has the option of light text on a dark background. Here's NewsRob:
An unanswered question
There seems to be a lot of speculation about just how much battery you can save by changing things like your wallpaper but not much in the way of hard evidence. So I wanted to be a bit more systematic about it and come up with some robust answers. It's not quite scientifically rigorous but I'll tell you my methods and you can judge for yourself. In case you're not interested in the method, the conclusions come first...
Here are some caveats
- These tests were performed on a Nexus S. I can only assume other Super AMOLED phones will have similar results, but it is just that, an assumption.
- The figures for maximum brightness and minimum brightness are exact. For brightnesses in between I calculate power consumption by assuming that it varies linearly with brightness. This may very well not be true.
So how much more power does a white pixel at full brightness use than a black pixel? First of all, a black pixel does use some small amount of power. I'm not sure why. Perhaps it's to keep the pixel in a state of readiness or something like that.
A full brightness white pixel uses 5.8 times more juice than a black pixel:
That doesn't mean you could ever increase your battery life by 5.8 times. That's for 2 reasons. The first is that no one spends all day staring at a fully white screen and because no one would every want to switch to a fully black screen! The second is that the screen isn't the only thing using power.
But what we have got is the extremes and we can use those to calculate the in betweens. For example, if half of your battery was used up by the screen and you were able to, on average, reduce how "on" your pixels were from a half to a quarter you'd reduce battery consumption by:
That's quite a complicated looking equation but it's not really. If you're interested in where it came from you can have a look at what I'm glamorously referring to as Appendix A. But if you're just wondering where the 4.8 comes from, it's the 5.8 from earlier minus 1!
So this shows an 18% saving in this imagined scenario. Not bad! But is it realistic?
To answer that question we need to look at two things:
- How much of the battery is used by the screen.
- By how much you can realistically reduce how bright your pixels are.
The first question depends on how you use your phone. If you spend a lot of time on calls that's what will mostly be using your battery. But if it's email and Angry Birds it'll be your screen that tops the charts. The good news is, you can find out for yourself just how hungry your screen is. Or at least you can on Android. I don't know about iPhone but iPhone screens are backlit anyway. Same for Blackberry.
From the home screen, press menu button, then Settings, then Applications, then Battery use.
Here's mine:
So 41% of my battery was used by the screen in the hour and three quarters prior to this screenshot. This varies quite a bit so I kept track of it for a while and it averaged out at about 40%.
But by how much could I reasonably reduce the average pixel brightness on my phone? By analysing screenshots and monitoring brightness settings we should be able to work it out. Let's look first at changing wallpaper. I've got no idea what the brightness of the average wallpaper is so I'm just going to go with a 50% grey wallpaper for the purposes of this comparison. Here's a screenshot with the grey wallpaper next to another with black wallpaper:
When the grey wallpaper is used the average pixel brightness is 47%. For the black wallpaper it's just 15%.
Screenshots don't take the brightness setting on your phone into account (a white pixel will come out as white in a screenshot even if your brightness is set low). So we need to factor that in as well. I have my brightness set to auto and this gives me on a typical day an average of about 50% full brightness. If you use your phone a lot outside, this value will be higher.
So plugging all this into our equation means that if I spent all day on the home screen I'd save:
The 0.4 comes from the 40% of battery used by the screen. The 0.5 comes from the brightness setting on my phone. The 0.47 and 0.15 come from the average pixel brightness of the screenshots.
Of course I don't spend all my phone time just looking at the home screen. I do spend a lot of time reading news. Here's a comparison between reading an article on Google's official Reader app for Android and reading an article on NewsRob set to night mode:
The average pixel brightness for Goolge's official app is 89%. For NewsRob it's 21%. So while I'm using NewsRob I'm saving:
That's quite a bit of battery!
Another app that could save your battery is Handcent, a replacement for the default SMS app. If you spend a lot of time sending text messages this might be a good idea. You'll need to customise it to get a dark theme but that's pretty easy. Here's Handcent:
Know of any other apps with dark themes? Let us know in the comments.
If you want to work out how much you could save, read though the Method section below where I talk about how I calculated the average brightness.
Calculating white pixel battery use vs. black
To compare white pixel battery use to black pixel use. I just filled the screen with white by looking at a full white image in the galley app full screen and left it like that for 2 hours. I did the same with a full black image.
Some extra steps and precautions:
- Put the phone in airplane mode
- Reboot phone before starting each test
- Prevent the screen from timing out
- Set screen to full brightness
The first two points just standardise the experiments by making sure that other things that might use the battery are minimal. Though this isn't so important because we account for other uses in a later step.
At the end of the two hours I measured the battery level and looked inside the battery app to see what percentage of the battery was used by the screen. Here are the results of that:
percentage drop | proportion of that due to screen | |
Black | 14 | 0.87 |
White | 74 | 0.96 |
It's a simple case of multiplying the columns together to get the actual percentage drop due to the screen. That comes out as:
White pixels: 71.0%
Black pixels: 12.2%
So we know that a full brightness white pixel uses:
times more battery than a black pixel.
Analysing average brightness
First of all you need to take screenshots of your Android. Here's how to do that. Second you need to work out average pixel brightness. To do that I opened the screenshots in PhotoShop, applied an Average Blur filter then used the eye dropper tool to get the colour. Look at the B value of that colour to find the percentage brightness.
Some final tips
All colours are not equal. I read that blue pixels consume more power. I've not tested this but I might for a future post. But if you do want a colourful wallpaper maybe go for a red and green theme.
When I switched from grey to black wallpaper I didn't change the icons at all. But if you install ADW Launcher as your home screen you can install icon themes. Other apps enable you to do this too. So you could save even more by switching to a dark theme with dark icons. Here's ADW Launcher:
There's a great app called Screen Filter that lets you dim the screen even further than Android allows in the settings. Here's Screen Filter:
Any more tips for saving battery? Let us know in the comments.
Appendix A - Formula derivation
Here's how I got to the formula I used to calculate battery saving.
So even when the screen is showing all black pixels some power is used. Lets call that power c. The value of c isn't important because it drops out later.
Max brightness full white screen uses 5.8 times this power or 5.8c.
Assuming power goes linearly with brightness then:
where P is power and L is brightness on a scale of 0 to 1 (substitute those values in to verify).
We can calculate L by multiplying the level of brightness derived from the screenshots, l, and the brightness setting of the phone,b:
So we can calculate the change in power consumption between to screenshot derived brightness levels like this:
Which means the fractional change in power consumption is:
To calculate by how much total battery use is affected just multiply this value by the fraction of the battery used by the screen. In my case that was 40% or 0.4 but lets call it for a giggle. Then the fractional decrease in battery drain would be:
which is the equation I've been using in the post.


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Kirby Lee/US PresswireHong-Chih Kuo (29)
The closeup: It was a bruising season for Kuo.
He lasted fewer than three weeks before he landed on the disabled list April 16 with a lower back strain, related to problems we would learn had been with him since the season began. That, at the time, seemed to explain why Kuo had walked four in 2 2/3 innings of a shaky start to 2011. Kuo returned to active duty May 1, only to be charged with four runs on a walk, a hit batter and two singles in one-third of an inning that night, though three of those runners scored with Mike MacDougal on the mound. Kuo's ERA soared to 15.00; it would never drop below 8.00 at any point in the remainder of the year.
Only 10 days later, on May 11, Kuo went back to the disabled list, but not for physical reasons. Officially sidelined by "anxiety disorder," Kuo was the subject of a piece by Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports in late June:
... Kuo, who turns 30 next month, is one of the game's top left-handed relievers when healthy. But he has undergone four elbow operations and battled the "yips" — an inability to throw the ball with accuracy — in 2009. In early May, during a series in Pittsburgh, he told Conte he no longer could pitch due to his anxiety.
Conte, after receiving permission from Kuo, spoke at length about the pitcher's condition.
"The analogy I use is if you're scared of small places, you're claustrophobic and you're scared of snakes. But you're really good at catching those snakes, and they ask you every day to walk into a small, closed window-less room to grab them," Conte said.
"They bite you. It hurts. But you're the best in the world at doing it and they pay you a lot of money to do it. And every day it becomes worse and worse. It makes you believe you can't do it, not for glory, not for fame, not for money.
"That's how he was in Pittsburgh. He was like a guy in water who couldn't float and begging to get out of the water. It was very emotional, the way he was begging us not to put him out there." ...
When Kuo came back on June 21, it still wasn't with any sort of consistency, allowing at least one run or one inherited run in 14 of 31 appearances through the end of the season. He could still strike batters out at an incredible rate – 36 in 27 innings – but he couldn't be relied upon to do so without putting a bunch on base.
In September, Kuo did have two games in which he pitched two shutout innings. The first, on September 2, earned him his only victory of the season. The second, on September 24, lowered his season ERA to exactly 9.00. Kuo, who had allowed 48 baserunners in 60 innings the year before, finished with 49 in 27 innings this time.
Coming attractions: Entering the offseason, Kuo figured to become a free agent based on the assumption that the Dodgers will not tender him a contract that would commit them to paying well over $2 million in 2012. Though Kuo himself speculated to Ken Gurnick of MLB.com that he might retire, he was planning to pitch in a series of exhibition games against major-leaguers in his native Taiwan – only to come down with left-elbow discomfort, as Tony Jackson of ESPNLosAngeles.com reports.
If and when he's ready to resume his major-league career, Kuo (like Hiroki Kuroda) might decide he's only comfortable doing so with the Dodgers, who could re-sign him for a lower base salary after non-tendering him. It is a very uncertain future for Kuo in baseball to say the least, but I'll always be struck by how Dodger fans, who can be a bitterly impatient lot when it comes to struggling players, always seemed to stand by Kuo no matter how bad it got. Signed by the organization in 1999 and a battler almost every day since, sidelined by the first of two Tommy John surgeries after his very first game in the minors in 2000, Kuo has earned tons of respect from this community.
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A Thorpe St Andrew is inviting people to join a carol singing world record attempt this weekend.
The Redeemed Christian Church of God, based at the Dussindale Centre, is teaming up with churches across the world in the bid to set a record for the most Christmas carol singers singing at once.
The record was set last year when 18,114 singers performed five classic carols.
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Does anyone have any info about these varieties: Garrafal Oro and Granny's Purple Pod? I couldn't find anything. (and thanks again tormato for the seeds!)
To find more info, try searching for the alternate spelling, "Garafal Oro". It is a pole Romano-type, with rampant vines & a high yield. It also appears to be rust resistant; during a very bad bean year (excessive rain) it was 1 of 2 varieties that survived without disease. For taste, I would rank it as one of the best, with a sweet bean/pea flavor.
I've just sent seed for "Garafal Oro" to several locations in the West, I'm curious to see how it performs out there... especially in hot-summer areas.
Sorry, can't help you with the "Granny's".
Like zeedman, I consider Garrafal Oro "one of the best" for taste. I rate Jeminez #1.
I can't help you with "Granny's", either. The seed is new to me this year, so we'll both have to find out. I am expecting purple pods, though. :)
Need any help with Emerite, Meraviglia de Venezia, or Rattlesnake?
Thanks for the info zeedman. Garafal Oro sounds very intersting to me. I am also in the West so we'll see how they do.
Gary, thanks for letting me know about the "Granny's". I tried to do some research on the different kinds you gave me and took some notes. Here's what I have:
Jeminez: Wonderful flavor. Snap bean. Green pods with red stripes. Heavy yield.
Marvel of Venice: From Italy. 9" by 3/4" flat yellow pods w/ black seeds. Heavy yield.
Garafal Oro: 8" green pods. Stringless flat beans. Climbs 10'-12' tall. Heavy yield. Wonderful sweet flavor. Rust resistant.
Emerite: Heavy yield. 8" green stringless round, very thin pods. From France. Cascading clusters of beans. Rose pink blossoms.
Rattlesnake: Snap or dry bean. Purple/pink blossoms. Prefers heat and humidity. Climbs 10' tall.
Granny's Purple Pod: Likely to have purple pods. :)
Is all of this correct? I'll take any other info you have to offer. How did these do for you? Are all of these from Europe? Also, since I'll mainly be growing these to save the seeds, how risky is cross-pollination? Should I only grow one kind this year? Thanks for your help.
Of the other beans listed, I have also grown "Jeminez", "Rattlesnake", and "Emerite".
"Rattlesnake" had a wonderful flavor raw, good fresh-cooked, and fair quality frozen. In the same bad bean year mentioned previously, it suffered during the rains... but rebounded well once they had ended. It is very popular with many Southern GW members, for its ability to tolerate heat.
"Emerite" has good cool-soil germination, so it is a good choice for early plantings, or short-season areas. It is a "filet" type bean, bred for harvest when very thin... but if allowed to get larger, it will still remain stringless for a long time. The beans are very straight & firm, and are, I believe, one of the best for overall quality. They have the best frozen quality of any bean I have grown. A good choice for dilly beans.
I grew "Jeminez" from seed sent to me by an SSE member. It was the most heavily-crossed bean seed I have ever grown, with so much variation in pod & seed that I could not identify what it was really supposed to look like! It is, in fact my "poster child" for bean crossing. This degree of crossing in beans is very unusual; the variety may be especially prone, perhaps due to flower structure. Several others have reported similar experiences, so if intending to save seed, you should place as much distance between it & other beans as possible.
I do intend to grow "Jeminez" again, from commercial seed. Maybe then I'll find out what it really looks like. ;-) Quite a few people have expressed favorable opinions of its performance.
My first "Granny's" seedling is up. It looks like the vine and leaf veins may be purple, also.
I'd describe Jeminez as having magenta streaks, rather than red. This color is a very vibrant dark pink.
As for crossing, a study that can be found at www.springerlink.com/content/g53lh5673n205852 suggests a rate of 0.74%. My own experience is about 0.50% (1 in 200 seeds).
Zeedman, do you still have some of that "poster child" seed? And, would you like me to send you some of my Jeminez seed?
Tormato, the contaminated seed could not be saved, so it went into the soup pot. ;-) Like the variations in pod, the seed was also variable... from white, to black, to gray, to several speckled combinations. Oddly enough, the gray turned out to be a very hard seed; it did not swell after soaking, or during cooking. They could not be chewed. I had to pick them out of the soup, it was very annoying. As I recall, the original seed was black over a lighter background.
I note that the study quoted above was done in Spain, so I question whether the statistics are relevant here. Nevertheless, my experience closely parallels yours - in most cases, the crossing I've observed has been less than 5%, and usually 1-2% or less. But the exceptions (such as "Jeminez", and an heirloom that was over 50% crossed) show that heavier crossing is possible.
As much as I appreciate the offer of "Jeminez" seed, Tormato, I must decline it. My focus in recent years has been less on varieties carried commercially, and more on varieties in need of preservation. "Jeminez" is on my long-term list for trial, so I will try it eventually... I've got to find out if it lives up to its reputation.
Gary, that is amazing that the vine and leaf veins on the "Granny's" might be purple! Where did you get these seeds? I am having a heck of a time deciding which kinds to plant. I wish I had a whole field of garden space to experiment with. :) My garden is about 30 x 60 feet at the moment but I'm going to have to make it bigger. I will probably wait to grow "Jeminez" next year, unless I can squeeze them in on the other side of the house.
Zeedman, is "Jeminez" carried commercially? I can't find it being sold anywhere. Google doesn't know what I'm talking about when I search for it. That is an interesting experience you had with them. How far apart do you plant your beans?
Cowabunga, Sand Hill Preservation carries "Jeminez". Johnny's once carried it, but has since dropped it. It is fairly popular in seed saving circles.
Glen at Sandhill says in his catalog: "Jeminez... Delicious, but hard to get seed from." This seems to imply a problem with self-fertilization; if true, this could account for its greater susceptibility to crossing. Again, I may end up growing this just to examine the flower structure.
When growing beans for seed, I plant them 30-50 feet away from other beans, with flowers or other flowering vegetables between. A few times, I planted them even closer... but with several tall trellises between, each with a different species of bean (limas, runners, and yardlongs). In recent years, through this combination of distance + barrier crops, I have observed no bean crosses from my own saved seed.
All of the bean crosses I experienced from my own saved seed happened many years ago, when I planted them more closely. I believed then - as many still do - that beans would not cross. Experience proved otherwise. I continue to find crosses in bean seed sent to me through swaps... the false sense of security promoted by the "no crosses" myth may be responsible for the pollution (and unwitting distribution) of many tainted heirloom lines.
I have 5 old seeds of "Jimenez" from Thompson & Morgan (seed origin - Holland). Their coloration is like "Tongues of Fire". They are a little shinier and significantly bigger. I grew some out once and the pods were striped like "Jeminez" is supposed to be. I gave most of my pack away, as they were not the best choice for my climate.
If you decide you want the last 5 seeds for comparison to "Jeminez", let me know.
I've never seen Jeminez with black markings, only brown. Sometimes the colors are reversed, where the markings are lighter and the background is darker. And, Rattlesnake will produce both black or brown markings, in my garden.
I'm wondering if you somehow received an F2 cross.
As for "hard to get seed from", Jeminez has a very high rate of germination in the pod, for me. This occurs before the pod dries. I have to shell them at this time, to make sure I have viable seed for the next year. The loss can be more than 25%. No other beans in my garden have ever germinated in the pod.
I planted my "Granny's Purple Pod" yesterday under a tepee. I've never used the tepee method for beans but I thought I'd give it a try to save space. (See the photo below) Will this work? I planted one bean on each side of the poles. Do I need to put string or wire laterally across the poles, or will the poles themselves be sufficient?
Gary, I planted about 5-6 beans of each of the other kinds you gave me in a 10 foot row so I can see which kind I'll like the best. I won't be saving any of those seeds this year except for the Granny's which I planted about 30 feet away. Where did the Granny's seeds come from?
Somehow I missed this post until now. Fascinating! Gary, I have the Jeminez bean seed, you sent me, in my desk drawer. I intend to grow it next year. But, in light of Zeedman's comments, I will definitely give it plenty of isolation space.
For over 9 years I've been growing a black seeded Greasy Bean, which I received from Mark Futterman, a wonderful, but sadly, now deceased SSE member. Most years I would squeeze it in, just for seed, and that... late in the season. Every year I found that seed was almost not ready by frost. I've finally concluded that this bean must have originated somewhere with a longer fall season, perhaps with a prolonged cool damp fall. It may set a few pods in June. But it mainly just sits there until fall and then starts setting pods. So, this year, I tried something. I planted this black greasy mixed in with a mess of white greasy beans which produce much more rapidly. I'm going to do this for a couple years, in hopes of coming up with a black greasy which will produce like the one I had back in 1985.
Well, it should be an enlightening year. I tried to grow several plants of "Jeminez" this year from some T & M seeds sent to me by Carolyn; but the darned rabbit killed off all but one, and stunted that one severely. I got a grand total of 4 dry seeds... since I started with 5, I basically broke even. Did get to taste a few of the snaps, though, toward the end of the season.
On another thread, someone had wondered how I rated the flavor of "Jeminez" so highly, when my previous effort had been so severely crossed... well, now you know. ;-)
I am also planning to grow "Jeminez" again, provided that Sand Hill offers it next year. The plan is to start with known good seed, and to save a seed crop. It will be grown in an isolated plot, at least 100 feet from other beans. This will (hopefully) provide enough seed to test it for crossing in the future.
"As for "hard to get seed from", Jimenez has a very high rate of germination in the pod, for me. This occurs before the pod dries."
Interesting. I have had only one bean display significant seed abnormality under good conditions, a pole Romano-type called "Champagne". Much of the seed was sprouted, or had defective seed coats. I could only keep about 1 seed out of 5, but the yield was so heavy that it still produced about 1.5 pounds of seed from a 10 foot row. I think the exceptionally heavy pod set may have been part of the problem, and the defective seeds were the plants' attempt to abort the excessive numbers.
What I noticed about "Jeminez" is that the pods took a very long time to mature. If Fall rains are frequent, this late maturity could cause heavy seed loss. This happens fairly often in my area. Because of this, I usually save early bean seed, and use seed that ripens under less than perfect conditions for cooking.
I've grown Jeminez for many years, originally from Johnny's. Jeminez is remarkable in being very big and succulent, no fiber at any stage, luscious taste. But not good frozen. One year I grew some green beans that were rather fibrous, and they seemed to have polluted the Jeminez with more fiber in the pods and less magenta. So I found a small company, Synergy Seeds, and bought new seeds to get back to a pure strain. I've been growing them ever since and try to separate them by distance or grow in alternate years. This year I only grew Jeminez and had a poor crop (some vines nipped off at the ground, some apparently not getting enough water or eaten before growing) compared to last year when they grew abundantly up over the top of my 50' of trellis. I used up all my recent seed this year and had to let most of the good beans go to seed to have any to save. I'm switching to other beans next year like Uncle Steve's and some new beans I'm going to trial.
Granny's Purple Pod I've grown for several years. The pods are the size and shape of Blue Lake, but red. They are the earliest of the pole beans I've grown and moderately productive. Since they start bearing sooner they set seed sooner too. They also get a second wind in fall and produce some late beans. They are tasty and low fiber but have strings.
Uncle Steve's was highly productive, good taste, slight fiber, medium lenght to harvest.
Photo of my Jeminez from this year, what little there were-
I have plenty of Jeminez in the freezer. From a personal perspective, I was not that impressed with Jeminez. Here in the southeast, it was a rather heavy podded bean with too strong flavor. Only Super Marzano had stronger flavor. For all around general use, a very pretty bean, that can be canned, or eaten fresh, I grow Blue Marbutt.
I have a tentative bean growout planned for next year of Tobacco Worm, Grandma's Black Tricolor, Fortex, Emerite, Alabama #1, and maybe Neckargold. At a separate location, I may put in another 10 or so varieties. I am using basic separation of 50 ft between rows with intervening rows of competing flowering veggies to reduce crossing. As noted by others above, I get less than 1% crossing.
As an aside, the worst crossed variety I've dealt with was Alabama #1. The original seed given to me by a local seed saver had crossed with something similar to Rattlesnake sometime about 10 years ago. Even with the extreme levels of crossing, I was still able to isolate out about half of the plants that have all the traits of the original. It is a black seeded bean with dark green pods that have some purple on them. They are 5 to 7 inches long with medium pod strings on heavy producing pole bean plants. Flavor is exceptionally good. Nematode tolerance is the best I've yet seen, but heat tolerance is distinctly less than I would like. Given that I have re-selected back to the original beans, I am about to start a crossing program with hopes of crossing Alabama #1 with Emerite, Fortex, and Neckargold. These are three varieties that would benefit from incorporating the nematode tolerance genes.
Did anyone else notice Miracle of Venice with black beans posted above? I have a strong impression that it should be white.
My seed came from Italy, Meraviglia de Venezia Bobis Nero. I've heard the white seeded Marvel of Venice may be an imposter, possibly being Goldmarie.
Here in the northeast, Jeminez produces a mild flavor. The reason I like it so much. I can eat it 6 days a week without tiring of it. I can only stand a strong bean, like Emerite, a couple of times a week.
Only 4 dry seeds of Jeminez? Most years I get mostly 5 to 7 seeds per pod. This year it was an amazingly 7 to 9 seeds per pod, and a few 10's. The seed size is a bit smaller with the 9 and 10's.
Unfortunately, the frost killed the beans before any of the Jeminez were fully mature. It did pretty well though, and they tasted great as a stir fry. There was never any strings! I will probably be growing them again. The one that disappointed me was the Marvel of Venice. I didn't have a single bloom or bean on the 4 plants that I planted. I'm not sure why not.
Dean: The granny's purple pod and the garrafal Oro did wonderfully. I had enough beans to share with the neighbors. I saved most of the granny's as seed for next year. You can view pictures that I posted of them here and here if you are interested. :)
Jeminez produced very nice snaps even when swelling with seeds. I was not able to convince my kids to use the larger ones for their families as they look like they must be tough even though they are not. Here in the PNW this would be a good multi-purpose bean except that it takes a long season to mature to dry stage. I could probably have saved seed by drying out shellies. Next year I want to start some some in peat pots.
My favorite beans all grow to look as if they are tough, but remain tender. It took me years to finally realize that those ugly pods were actually among the best eating. But this is only true of "tender hull" varieties. Kentucky Wonder, for instance: when it looks tough... it is.
I really should stay away from this forum. Been going back into the archives and finding some excellent reading. So this thread got me fired up about Garafal Oro and I checked for it online. Found it in Canada (bonus) and ended up ordering 4 more pole varieties. Anyone heard of Cocco Bianco, Rosato Yard Long, Limka or Di Spagna Bianco?
Hair of the dog?
Here is a link that might be useful: Lots of Italian Varieties
I have grown Di Spagna Bianco alias Bianco di Spagna. It is a jumbo sized white runner with shellies up to 1 3/4 inches long. It could use a longer season than we have here south of Seattle. - Dick


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Ted Cook's 35-acre alfalfa field produced more hay in its final year than in any of the other eight. Although he didn't follow all the recommended procedures, he added two years to the life of the thinning stand by adding grasses.
In spring 2007, this Modesto, CA, grower interseeded 25 lbs/acre of a commercial mixture of annual and intermediate ryegrass, tall fescue and festulolium. Then his fertilizer supplier, Salida Ag, applied 293 lbs/acre of a liquid mixture containing nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, sulfur and zinc.
"We broadcast the seed, and everyone told us that it wouldn't grow in alfalfa, but it grew beautifully," says Cook.
He took six or seven cuttings per year from the flood-irrigated field and packaged the hay in 125- to 150-lb bales. He feeds it to his 400-head registered Angus herd, and isn't concerned about quality.
"It's not dairy grade, but the cattle seem to love it," he says of the alfalfa-grass mix.
He figures the stand would have remained productive two additional years, but recently plowed it down so he could relevel the field. He planted oats, which will be followed by sudangrass. Then he'll go back to alfalfa in two years. When that stand starts to thin, Cook won't hesitate to interseed grasses again.
"I think the seed mixture and the fertilizer use will vary throughout the country, but it sure works here," says Cook.
Interseeding can work, but "it's not necessarily something that I'd recommend all the time," says Paul McCormick of Stanislaus Farm Supply, Cook's seed supplier. "It really depends on the person's situation."
He sees it as an alternative "if folks have an old alfalfa stand that they want to stretch another year, the horse hay market will accept that kind of a product and they want to take the risk."
But he usually recommends planting a single grass species, such as tetraploid perennial ryegrass or festulolium, rather than a mixture. In northern California, interseeding should be done in fall to increase the odds of success, he adds.
"That way you have a winter for it to get established, and in our climate that's necessary to have good production the next summer," says McCormick.
Use a drill, if possible, or if you broadcast the seed, harrow the field afterward to cover it.
"Any step, in my opinion, short of a drill is a risk," he says.
Fertilization should be done according to soil test. Some nitrogen probably will be needed to supplement that provided by the alfalfa. The amount to apply will depend on how badly the alfalfa stand has deteriorated.
"If you've got a lot of open space, you're going to have to push it hard with nitrogen to make that grass keep up with the alfalfa," says McCormick.


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Snacking with Cat Cora
On Saturday, some of the Blog Pantry ladies + I were invited to Macy's to meet Cat Cora, who was in town promoting her new book, Cat Cora's Classics with a Twist. We watched her cook a flank steak, and then she whipped up a Grapefruit and Cherry Ambrosia with Honey Cream for dessert.
She spoke about her part in the Chefs Move to Schools campaign, designed to pair chefs with schools to help educate kids on nutrition. On how to cook.
We live in a culture of constant snacking: crackers and pretzels tucked beneath our strollers; juice boxes and goldfish distributed after sporting events; lollipops dished out at grocery stores for good behavior. But what we're not teaching our children is how to eat. A meal gives shape, like a story: it has a beginning, a middle, and an end. A bag of crackers? Its story ain't over until you eat the last one.
As Jennifer Steinhauer wrote in The New York Times:
Apparently, we have collectively decided as a culture that it is impossible for children to take part in any activity without simultaneously shoving something into their pie holes.
To which cues are we teaching our children to listen? Should they eat when they feel hungry, or as an award for exercising? Or to stave off boredom, or tantrums? Today our kids consume 168 more calories per day, just during snack time, than we did in 1977.
But at least crackers aren't as messy as s'mores.
I got hungry as a child. My mom left a basket of fresh fruit out. Her rule was, "If you're hungry enough, you'll eat an apple." And she was right. The thing with apples is you eat just one. The fiber fills you up and naturally surpresses your appetite, whereas goldfish beget goldfish. At least for me.
How do you handle snack time in your home?
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Sounds like a fun event with Cat Cora! We try to do healthy snacks here, fruits or smoothies mostly.
I love your mom's rule! I think I should try it out!
Snack time at my house varies. I try to give my kids healthy snacks, but sometimes we don't snack at all. I leave the house all the time without snacks, and no one has starved yet!
I agree with you about keeping it simple when it comes to day to day food. I don't remember having too many snacks as a kid, we just ate three meals and we were all fine.
It's neat that you got to meet Cat Cora, she's totally fierce! -
I love your mom's rule! I think I should try it out!
Snack time at my house varies. I try to give my kids healthy snacks, but sometimes we don't snack at all. I leave the house all the time without snacks, and no one has starved yet!
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"It's not going to be totally smooth ... things will happen."
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The Tribune story quoted numerous figures from the NFL and the sports world on the impact of Sam's presence with the Rams. Many agreed with Dungy that incidents could arise in the locker room or elsewhere.
"Of course it's naive to think there won't be any problems surrounding Michael Sam," Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon told the newspaper. "People are going to carry their judgments wherever they go. Once his teammates get to know him, hopefully they'll understand his intentions are to win football games. But you're going to have to put up with a group of people who will try to place their mores on everybody else.
"Over time, that noise will go away. In the meantime, Michael Sam needs to be supported. It always takes a couple of years from that first moment, that seminal moment, for things to be more accepted in sports. I'm saying that five years from now, it'll become part of the fabric, a non-issue."


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BRENTWOOD, Mo. (KMOV) – A wildlife camera installed to take photos of animals scavenging through trash captured pictures of suspects hiding from police after a Brentwood robbery.
Police said Justin Rush, Ronald Forture and Trevon Adams were arrested about 8 a.m. Sunday after they and a fourth suspect broke into a home in the 9400 block of Parkside Drive.
All three men were charged with two counts of first-degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action and first-degree burglary.
Brentwood police said officers responded to the scene Sunday after a witness, KTRS-AM morning radio host McGraw Milhaven, saw the four men leave their car with the engine running and begin acting suspicious.
"We watched them walk down the street and they passed the house and then they went one more house and then they went up a walkway to the house," said Milhaven.
Police said they knocked on the door and when one of the victims answered, they rushed in at gunpoint, stealing money, a cell phone and a laptop.
According to police, the four suspects met two of the victims on Saturday at the Lumiere Place casino in downtown St. Louis.
Police believe the suspects followed the two men home after victims had won several hundred dollars at one of the casino's craps tables.
Police said the suspects left the house after the robbery.
Milhaven says he called 911. That's when he says two of the suspects took off running. The other two were crouching down behind some bushes.
"It's so bizarre to watch a crime in progress and there's no other way to describe it," said Milhaven. "It was like a movie."
A camouflaged wildlife camera installed to take photos of animals captured pictures of the suspects hiding from police. The man who installed the cameras, 30-year-old Jacob Schuh, said he saw the robbery suspects when he looked at his photos Sunday.
"They were right here by the gate. They're just kneeling down almost looking like they're hiding from something," said Schuh. "Being that close, we were not expecting to capture anything like that."
Two of the suspects were seen on camera being arrested. All three of the suspects were arrested near the house.
Police were looking for a gun they believe one of the suspects dropped while fleeing the scene.
Charges were expected to be filed Monday against the three suspects in custody.
Police said they continue to look for the he fourth suspect, identified as Ocie Lee Bates.


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After having his start pushed back a day because of right elbow stiffness, the Marlins' Henderson Alvarez will take the ball Tuesday as he looks to reverse his career misfortunes against the Rays.
Alvarez, 0-5 lifetime against Tampa Bay, didn't feel right in his last outing -- a five-inning start against Washington on Wednesday -- and he was taken out after 62 pitches. Randy Wolf started in his place on Monday, but manager Mike Redmond said there was no lingering concern with regard to Alvarez's health, and that he'll pitch at Marlins Park in the second game of a four-game home-and-home set.
"I don't know what it was," Redmond said. "Sometimes stuff creeps up on guys like that. Other times, they're fine. He knows himself and his body better than anybody else. If he says he's good to go, then I trust that he's good to go."
The Rays will look to Chris Archer to continue his string of solid outings, as the team attempts to bounce back from a cold streak that saw them lose their seventh straight on Monday. The Marlins edged the Rays, 3-1, in the opener.
Archer has turned in quality starts in his past two outings, but he didn't factor into the decision in either. The 25-year-old right-hander hopes his luck changes on Tuesday, when he makes his first career start against the Marlins.
Archer only has one win to show for his past three outings, despite registering a 1.02 ERA over his last 17 2/3 innings. He pitched six innings and allowed six hits and two earned runs while striking out seven against the high-flying Blue Jays on Wednesday, so Archer (3-2) feels he's ready to face the one of the National League's best offensive teams.
"We've faced a lot of strong teams," said Archer. "We're coming from the AL East, so we know how important it is to execute pitches. And right now [the Marlins] have the best run producer in the game on their team [in Giancarlo Stanton]. It's not foreign to us. It's something we're preparing for week in and week out coming from the American League East."
Archer said that the fact that he's going up against Stanton -- who ranks first in the National League and second in baseball with 51 RBIs -- will not affect his approach. For Archer, he's less concerned about who's at the plate and more concerned with executing his game plan.
"I try not to overwhelm myself with who's in the box, whether they're the best home run hitter in the game or whether they're just getting called up from Triple-A and making their Major League debut," he said. "I know that if I stay within myself, I'm going to be successful."
Rays: It can certainly happen
In the last five years, there have been 10 teams that were 10 or more games under .500 and bounced back to .500. That includes the 2011 Marlins.
Since 1900, the greatest number of games that a team has been under .500 and climbed back to the mark is 18, and it's happened twice: the 2004 Devil Rays and the 2006 Marlins.
Marlins: Moving forward after rough weekend
After being swept in three games by the Braves, the Marlins are looking to rebound in the Citrus Series,
"We know we can play with any of these teams," Redmond said. "But we have to play good baseball. We have to play our brand of baseball. We've got to pitch. We've got to play good defense. We've got to run the bases, and we've got to hit.
The Marlins have been struggling on the field. They made three errors on Saturday in a 9-5 loss to Atlanta. Sloppy defense in Sunday's loss cost Miami a run in the third inning. Derek Dietrich fielded a routine chopper and got an out at second, but his throw to first skipped up on Garrett Jones, allowing the tying run to score.
"This is no different than any other team. I think the key for us is to eliminate our mistakes," Redmond said. "We can't make defensive mistakes and give them extra outs, because that haunts us every time. Pitching is the same way. We know that. That goes in cycles sometimes. But we know what we're capable of. Like I've said all year, this is a resilient group."
Worth noting
• Seven different relievers won games for the Rays in May, including four different relievers in the team's last four wins of the month.
• In Monday's loss to the Marlins, the Rays allowed three runs in the first inning. That was the 34th time this season they have allowed three or more runs in an inning, tops in the Major Leagues.
• Marlins center fielder Marcell Ozuna is showing signs of heating up. He's hit .314 in his last 10 games, with three homers and seven RBIs. He's had at least one hit in eight of those 10 contests and has three two-hit games.
Jamie Ross is an associate reporter at MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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quote:Hey guys, just remember, if you don't like what these people are doing, simply vote them out of office after they've wasted a ton of money and killed all these people.
quote:Maybe we should be able to vote on whether we get involved a war.
quote:I'm not sure if that would be much better.
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quote:It probably wouldn't be any better . And that says a whole lot regarding whether the American people and their Constitution have much authority over their government.
quote:There's hidden taxes (debt and money creation) already paying for the war.
quote:direct kinetic strikes
quote:We couldn't go to war if we wanted to. Sequestration just gutted the Navy
quote: Oh, please. We still outspend something like the top 20 powers combined. Syria is not one of those 20.
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Was it Jessica Sanchez or Phillip Phillips?
Phillip Phillips, the soulful guitarist from Leesburg, Georgia, took home the American Idol 2012 title tonight after besting fellow finalist Jessica Sanchez.
Phillip, 21, won the 11th season of the competition show after a world-record number of votes. Phillip will now release his winning single, "Home," which he performed during the very emotional and tearful climax of the season finale.
"It's been such an honor to be up on this stage playing with everybody…all the fans out there, thank y'all for voting for us," Phillip said moments before the results were revealed. It's just been crazy."
Even though host Ryan Seacrest reminded viewers all season that this season was one of the tightest, Phillip was the clear front-runner all season, as he was the only one of the Top 12 to not end up in the Bottom 3. Jessica was nearly eliminated during Top 7 week until the judges use their one save on her, which sent her all the way to the finale.
Phillip is the fifth guy in a row to win the American Idol title.
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Also, this stroller has been recalled.
And, this baby feeding seat. The same one GP has, so we'll have to check it out and make sure it doesn't propel any of the children onto the floor.
Oh, and in case you're having trouble keeping up, 2 of the 3 mentioned on this page, along with the Thomas Trains, are all manufactured by RC2 Corp. Hmmm….I'm beginning to see a pattern here.
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I am excited to announce that my tween novel, IT AIN'T SO AWFUL, FALAFEL will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in Spring 2016. It's a story based on my experiences in middle and high school. The characters are based on real people, and none of them turn into vampires…at least not in the edits so far. Stay tuned!
Can we call it a miracle? Eleven years after its publication, FUNNY IN FARSI made the New York Times bestseller list. I have to go now…I have to go look at the list again.
Hello dear readers! I am still in Munich, adjusting to life in this culture that is so different from what I am used to. Possible title for next book: TRAPPED IN BAVARIA.
For those of you who have emailed me about my novel…I am still working on it and hope to have it published in late 2015. My book is a tween novel that takes place in the late seventies so I spend a lot of time remembering that time period. I'm so glad those years are over! I wouldn't go back to that time for all the tea in China, or all the beer in Bavaria. (I don't like beer anyways. That brings us back to TRAPPED IN BAVARIA. More on that later.)
And for my Twitter followers: I am sorry for being useless on Twitter. My resistance to Twitter stems from a deep psychological abyss…do we really need to know that much about anyone? Sure, I could update daily but it just feels like word pollution. Just wait for the book! It'll be worth it. Just think of it as a whole bunch of tweets in one place.
Keep reading and remember that kindness is never forgotten.
Yours truly,
As many of you know, I have been living in Munich, Germany since the end of June. The Frenchman is working here which is why we moved.
It's been a tough transition for me. Germany is not the easiest country for foreigners but I am slowly making progress. I have met some wonderful people and have joined a great yoga studio. The yoga community is always the same where ever you go, kind people with open minds and lots of tattoos.
There are some things I love about Germany. We just had snow this week and it is beautiful. The public transportation is perfect and their coffee is much less acidic than the US. I also love being able to walk everywhere. I am so much healthier here! No car for this Californian. And no, I definitely do not miss California traffic.
There are things I really miss about the US, the openness of Americans, Trader Joe's and customer service.
I wish you all a peaceful holiday season. If you don't know what to buy someone…buy books! They are the best gifts. I am biased but it's true.
Keep reading,
If you have been lucky enough to spend time in Sun Valley, Idaho, you know that it is one the most beautiful spots in the world. If you have been following the news lately, you have seen the devastating fires that have forced evacuations of homes. Needless to say, the Sun Valley Writers Conference was cancelled this year.
I have been following the news coverage closely and want to take this opportunity to say that Sun Valley is not home only to the very wealthy. Yes, there are some people who have built jaw dropping vacation homes (which they probably use two weeks out of the year) but the majority of Sun Valley consists of hard working residents who live there because they love nature.
As I write this, the fires have started to be contained and only one house was destroyed. (I feel really bad for that one home owner.) I know Sun Valley to be a generous town with an enormous heart and have no doubt it will come back better than ever. And can we just a moment to acknowledge that it takes a very special person to become a firefighter. Writing is easy; fighting fires and risking your life…now that's hard work.
As some of you know already, I moved to Munich, Germany this summer due to my husband's job. That's right, the Frenchman got a job in Germany. There is an obvious flaw here…Germany is not France. That about sums up how I feel so far.
I am sure my transition will be easier once I learn some German. So far, I only know how to say "without sauce, please." If you have ever had Bavarian cooking, you know that those are perhaps the three most important words to learn. (Please do not send me hate mail about putting down Bavarian cooking. Ketchup mixed with curry powder is not a legitimate sauce.)
There are many wonderful aspects to living in Munich and I will share them with you as soon as I find them. Okay here's one: the public transportation is a dream. Clean, efficient and plentiful. Los Angeles, take note.
I hope you are all having a wonderful summer and reading a great book. I just read A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES. Brilliant, hilarious and totally original book but the author's story is so tragic. I wish the author had lived to see that he won the Pulitzer. I like to think he knows anyways.
Who is James Bruce, you ask. I always meet interesting people on the lecture circuit and one of them is a high school English teacher named James Bruce. I met him when I spoke at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. I actually met him the night before my talk when he told me that he couldn't come to my talk because he had to find a substitute first. I bribed him. That's right. I told him that if comes to my talk, I would supply his classroom with copies of FUNNY IN FARSI. (Hey, how do you think I fill up those lectures?!?) He came, and yes, he got the books.
James is one of those teachers who tries to ignite the love of literature in his students. He is really, really dedicated and who doesn't love a dedicated teacher?
He just won the California Arts Council's first ever Hero Award. How cool is that?
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To all the dedicated teachers out there…you all deserve an award. At least James has his now.
I just returned from three wonderful days in Boise, Idaho. I was invited by The Cabin, a non-profit that provides all sorts of interesting programs having to do with reading and writing for the young and old, and in between. Here's their website: http://www.thecabinidaho.org/
The Cabin invited me as part of their speaker series, a popular program that brings four writers to Boise every year for a talk at the Egyptian Theatre. This fabulous theatre opened in 1927 and was almost demolished in the 70's. Fortunately, it was saved and restored to its current glorious state. Words can not do it justice. If you are ever near Boise, it's worth a visit. Yes, it's kitschy but it is also grand and breath taking. I don't know about its accuracy in portraying ancient Egypt; after all, I do not recall seeing so many busty, topless women in my Ancient Egypt history books but they are there, in full glory, in Boise.
I also visited Marian Pritchett School, a high school for teenaged mothers. I loved the young women I met there and yes, there is a nursery for the babies right on campus. I love America! Where else can young mothers have a chance to obtain a high school diploma after becoming pregnant at such a young age? Teen pregnancy happens everywhere. I'm just a fan of this solution. You can never go wrong with providing education possibilities for all. I'm rooting for every one of those young women!
I also had THE best breakfast. Visit Goldy's if you ever find yourself in Boise. It's packed but worth the wait.
Keep reading!
I just deactivated my Facebook account for the next few months so I can have more time to think and to write. Facebook swallows more and more of my time and I feel so relieved to be off of it for a while! Part of the problem is that I'm one of those people who feels the need to answer all emails. A lot of my fellow writers tell me that they don't answer emails, that no one really expects an answer when they email an author. I wish I believed it but I can tell you that every time I send an email or letter, I expect an answer! So this is why I answer all correspondence. Plus, I imagine the person who sent the email just waiting and waiting and waiting for a reply. This is more a reflection of how I am when I send correspondence but hey, I can't seem to change.
I have to go write now so until my next entry, I wish you all happy reading! And don't spend too much time on social media. Trust me, it's a time vacuum!


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POSTED: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 4:14pm
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 8:27am
EL PASO, TX (KTSM) — The name of the baby who died inside a car outside Riverside High school last week was confirmed Tuesday. Janay Aliah Ives, was born in November of 2012 in El Paso County.
The mother was identifed as Wakesha Ives, according to her lawyer. She is an economics teacher at Riverside High.
An autopsy request from NewsChannel 9 was pending. No word on how long the child was in the vehicle Friday.
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This has happened before. I know the mother and the family must be defastated , People are so busy in their lives that they forget their most precious things (baby). Too many things are cluttering their brain, that things like this happen. I hope the mother finds some solance in the fact that it can happen to anybody. Prayer is the only thing that will comfort her !!!


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Twelve Disciples and Apostles of Christ
Biblical answers to questions relating to the disciples of Jesus Christ.
- Thomas, one of Jesus' disciples, had the nickname Doubting Thomas, but I think that is a bit unfair.
- I find it interesting that when Peter encountered the risen Christ, Jesus asked him the same question three times. How many times did Peter deny the Lord? Three. And three times Jesus asked him, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me . . . ?" (John 21:15–17).
- Peter had a life-altering failure. Jesus warned that Satan had asked permission to "sift" the disciple like wheat—vigorous shaking is required to separate wheat kernels from debris.
- What are we to make of the man, Nicodemus, who visited Jesus in the middle of the night and whose conversation sparked John 3:16? What motive did he have in coming?
- You don't get a nickname like Sons of Thunder for no reason [Mark 3:16–17]. But that is how Jesus' disciples, James and John, were known.
- What did Jesus mean when He said that Peter was a rock upon which the church would be built?
- Most people could likely name at least a few of the Twelve Apostles. But what happened to cause Jesus to pick them out of the crowd?
- We don't know a lot about Philip. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke give us no details about him. All the vignettes of Philip appear in the Gospel of John.
- Simon called the Zealot has apparently two surnames in Scripture, but they mean the same thing.
- Not every good minister of Christ is going to be famous or celebrated.


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Name: Trell Windheart
Age: 16
Height: 5ft. 6in.
Weight: 125lbs.
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Hair Color: Green
Skin Color: Very light tan
Eye Color: Dark Blue
Vision: 20-20
Handedness: Right
Birthday: February 28, 1991
Likes: Manga books, anime, stuffed toys, animals, eating, talking, etc.
Dislikes: Killing (when it is unnecesary), when the fridge is out of food, and wearing fancy clothes.
He has cat like reflexes and skills.
He can use runes and draws runes in the air in order to use different elements.
Weapons: A pair of Japanese fans (like Tamari's fan) with blades at the end of the wooden spokes.
Occupation: Hunter for hire.
Appearance: Wears tight leather clothes with stitches running all over them, alot of leather belts, a pair of leather boots, a leg band on his right leg, and 3 rune engraved bands on his left arm.
Side: Good (Only Evil when The Voices take over his body).
Trell aproached the man at the slots and smiled warmly, "Konichiwa, I'm Trell Windheart. Who are you?" He inquired as he watched the man and his slot machine wich had spinning reels.