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Two views of Tuber canaliculatum. Photos: John Plschke III. Truffles and False Truffles: A Primer by Britt A. Bunyard; photos by John Plischke III Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution. —Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900–1979) Truffles have been the stuff of legend and culinary delight for centuries, even millennia. Historically, all mushrooms have been regarded with mystery or suspicion due mostly to their habit of materializing overnight (completely unlike other "plants") and often in rings (which was clearly the work of dancing fairies). Truffles are curiouser still in that they develop entirely underground. Theophrastus (372–287 B.C.) is credited with the earliest authorship of the group; he considered them the strangest of all plants (you will recall that, until fairly recently, fungi were classified as plants) because they lack any plantlike features, including roots. When we think of truffles, we hardly get an image of the typical fungus fruitbody, much less that of a mushroom. Not classified with true mushrooms (the Basidiomycetes), the truffles possess sac-like spore producing structures (the ascus; plural asci) and thus are grouped with the morels and cup fungi in the class Ascomycetes. This begs the question of why any self-respecting fungus would want to produce a fruitbody as hideous-looking as that of a truffle. To most of us, elegance in the fungal world would look more like the Amanitas, Lepiotas, or chanterelles. Something with a stem and a cap, at the very least.Truffle-like fungi look and grow more akin to a potato tuber. (In fact, Tuber is the name of the genus of the most highly prized species of truffles.) As with everything in nature, though, there is a reason. Form follows function: the convoluted hymenium Although it may not be obvious upon first inspection, species of truffle are most closely related to members of the order Pezizales, which includes Peziza, the eyelash fungus (Scutellinia scutellata), and the beautiful scarlet cup (Sarcoscypha coccinea). But how did members of the genus Tuber and their relatives go from a flattened morphology and epigeous (above ground) growth habit to highly convoluted and hypogeous (subterranean)? In his terrific book The Fifth Kingdom, Bryce Kendrick illustrates the evolutionary sequence from a flattened, above-ground cup like Peziza that likely gave rise to fungi that were increasingly convoluted like Genea. Taking the reproductive surface layer, or hymenium, and convoluting it allows for more surface area (and more spore production) per unit area of mushroom. Spring mushroom hunters will recollect a similar morphological progression in morels (Morchella species), from their close relatives like Gyromitra, Helvella, and Verpa. Now take the loosely convoluted Genea and increase the infolding, compressing it, and even letting it develop entirely underground. You are beginning to see the intermediate species Volume 1: 3 Special Issue—Truffles 2008 13 Fungi Left: Tuber cf. gardneri; right: Tuber lyonii. Both found on NAMA Foray 2005. Photos: John Plischke III. en route to the genus Tuber. And in nature, a good idea like the truffle-like habit has evolved more than once! There are trufflelike members of the primitive fungal class Zygomycetes, and false-truffle species likely have evolved several different times within the Basidiomycetes. The class Basidiomycetes is without a doubt the group of fungi most familiar to everyone as it includes the true mushrooms, boletes, polypores, shelf fungi, bird's nests, stinkhorns, and puffballs. Despite the amazing diversity of fruitbodies, all share a common style of spore production: the club-shaped basidium. And with such a diverse array of fruitbody morphologies, it should come as no surprise that within many groups of Basidiomycetes, there are many sequestrate (those with closed or "hidden" hymenia) and hypogeous species. In fact, for just about any common genus of mushrooms, we could follow an evolutionary progression from "typical" mushroom morphology to more and more truffle-like. These are the so-called false truffles. Take Lactarius. We know it to be the ancestor of Arcangeliella and its most truffle-like kin, Zelleromyces. Within the family Boletaceae, Boletus, Suillus, and Leccinum have all given rise to epigeous sequestrate forms (Gastroboletus, Gastrosuillus, Gastroleccinum) as well as false truffles (Alpova,Truncocolumella, and Rhizopogon). Ditto Russula through Macowanites to Gymnomyces. In fact, no fewer than 14 families of mushrooms have separately given rise to sequestrate or false truffle forms. For an excellent review of the topic, try to find "Evolution in action: from mushrooms to truffles?" by Bryce Kendrick (McIlvainea 1994, 11[2]: 34–47). Form follows function: the subterranean hymenium So, we have discussed—and hopefully made some sense of— the convoluted morphology of truffle-like fruitbodies, but what about the habit of remaining underground? Wouldn't it make more sense to have the spore-producing surface above ground Fungi 14 where spores could be dispersed more easily by wind into the environment? For most fungi that we mycophiles encounter— the mushrooms—this is the method for dispersing offspring. Spores are released to the winds whereby chance may favor them with an opportunity to alight on a suitable substrate for growth. Or not. Which is probably why wind-dispersed species produce such vast numbers of spores. (Wind is the method that many species of plants use to disseminate pollen and fruits as well, of course.) But if wind dispersal is so successful (and it is the modus for the ancestors of many truffle and false truffle species), why go underground? No one is completely sure, but there are several possible reasons. Perhaps some groups of hypogeous fungi were driven underground by some biotic factor like mycophagy; maybe mushroom-grazing animals simply were consuming too many fruitbodies for that style of reproduction to be successful within that group. More likely it was because of environmental, or abiotic, factors. Most fungi are very sensitive to dry conditions, especially at the time of fruitbody formation. It is probable that as environmental conditions became more arid locally or globally— and it is well known that this has occurred repeatedly in the earth's history—fungi may have been faced with going underground or going extinct.You may be surprised to learn that many of the deserts of Africa and the Middle East abound with trufflelike fungi! (An in-depth discussion of desert truffles is beyond the scope of this primer, but papers by two of the world's experts on the subject can be found elsewhere in this issue of FUNGI.) Producing spores within a subterranean fruitbody presents new challenges: namely, how to get those spores dispersed into the environment. To ensure successful spore dispersal, all you have to do is entice a suitable vector. Offers of nutrition would likely work; many plants employ this technique (think nectar, here). All sorts of organisms are known to feed on truffles. Several mammals dig up and consume truffles, including deer and squirrels; some people believe the western red-backed vole feeds Volume 1: 3 Special Issue—Truffles 2008 exclusively on truffles. Many invertebrates are truffle feeders, including slugs and insects; many fly species probably are strict truffle feeders. (Easily the best source of information on the subject is the brand new book Trees,Truffles, and Beasts, reviewed in this issue.) The most advanced plants mimic an animal's own reproductive pheromones, all but guaranteeing pollination. Likewise, it is well supported that truffles attract mammalian vectors by producing odors that mimic reproductive pheromones. According to The Fifth Kingdom, species of Tuber produce a compound called alpha-androstenol. This chemical also is found in the saliva of rutting boars and acts as a pheromone to attract sows. Many other mammals probably also produce this pheromone, which explains the attraction numerous digging mammals have for these fungi. (Kendrick's book also contains interesting accounts of how pigs and dogs are used for truffle hunting in Italy and France, as well as haggling for the best price in the markets at harvest time.) west. In North America truffles and false truffles can be found in just about any woodland habitat (as well as some deserts). The brand-new Field Guide to North American Truffles by Trappe, Evans, and Trappe (reviewed in this issue of FUNGI) will be invaluable to those wishing to seek out truffles from the wilds. Those authors would be quick to note, however, that not all species found will be palatable. For example, species of the inedible Elaphomyces, including E. granulatus, are the most widespread of all truffles in North America. But some certainly are worth the effort. First discovered in Texas, Tuber lyonii (=T. texense) can be found wherever oak trees are growing from Mexico to Ontario and west to the Great Plains. In the Southeast it is commercially harvested from pecan groves (where it is called the "pecan truffle") for use in local restaurants. Coming soon to a backyard near you: Périgord truffles? Throughout the more temperate regions of North America it is possible to grow your own truffles at home—including the legendary "black diamond" of Périgord. In fact, someday in the near future domestically produced black diamonds may even be as common as several other types of commercially cultivated mushrooms. It was not that long ago when fresh shiitake and oyster mushrooms began to appear in the markets and grocery stores across North America. The company New World Truffieres sells seedlings of oak and hazelnut trees that have been inoculated with European species of truffle fungi. Don't have much of a backyard? Why not try growing your truffle trees in containers! See our own Home Cultivator in this issue for details. Note that while the truffle host tree may tolerate severe winter conditions, the fungus may not. If you experience temperatures near zero degrees (F), your region may be too cold. Check with New World Truffieres or other suppliers before making a large investment of time and money. North American truffles You certainly don't have to travel to Europe to find your own wild truffles. There are species of Tuber (as well as many kinds of false truffles) that are native to North America. Most noteworthy of the American species are Tuber gibbosum and T. oregonse, respectively, the spring and fall Oregon white truffles. Of American species, the Oregon white truffle is considered superior in flavor and aroma, even revered by some to be in the same league with the world-famous European truffles: the white Piedmont truffle of Italy (T. magnatum), the summer truffle (T. aesitivum), and the black Périgord truffle of France (T. melanosporum). Although expensive, the Oregon white truffle commands nowhere near the price of its three European cousins (for which you might easily pay $1,000 per pound but up to $3,000 for prized specimens). Historically, the lackluster quality of some of the Oregon truffles harvested, as well as a dearth of knowledge as to how best to store and prepare these species, has left consumers unimpressed and kept prices low, in turn resulting in still more harvesting of lower-quality specimens in order for the harvesters to make a living. But this negative feedback loop is beginning to change, thanks to the efforts of a few passionate advocates like Jim Wells of Oregon Wild Edibles and Charles Lefevre of New World Truffieres. The annual Oregon Truffle Festival showcases the potential of our native truffle species by world-class chefs in a black-tie setting. (See their ad, as well as the article by Charles Lefevre, in this issue for details.) Along with T. gibbosum, most species of American truffles are known from the Pacific Northwest where commercial collectors as well as members of truffle clubs ply the forests, churning up the leaf litter in search of these prized delicacies. Much less famous are the truffle species that occur outside the Pacific NorthVolume 1: 3 Special Issue—Truffles 2008 15 In the Next Issue Bolete phylogeny Commercial morel harvesting Morels & heavy metal poisoning How to photograph wild mushrooms like the pros Dont miss out! Subscribe today! See page 43 for subscription information. Fungi
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Jacoby Ellsbury will start Yankees' spring training finale
Mar 28, 2014, 11:00 PM EDT
Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that Yankees manager Joe Girardi plans to write Jacoby Ellsbury's name in the starting lineup when the Yankees wrap up spring training against the Marlins at George Steinbrenner Field in Tampa on Saturday afternoon. Ellsbury has been dealing with a tight right calf since the middle of March, but if everything goes well on Saturday, he should be ready for Opening Day.
The Yankees signed the 30-year-old Ellsbury to a seven-year, $153 million contract in December. He has had injury problems in the past, playing in more than 75 games in just two of his previous four seasons. When he is healthy, however, he can be quite productive. The outfielder has led the league in stolen bases three times and joined the 30-homer club in 2011, when he was a runner-up in the AL MVP race to Justin Verlander.
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- therooneyskilledwebster - Mar 28, 2014 at 11:02 PM
Better use a pencil…with an eraser.
- j0esixpack - Mar 28, 2014 at 11:12 PM
Ellsbury has injury issues? Who could have seen that coming?
As long as the Yankees weren't counting on him to steal a lot of bases this will all turn out fine.
- ltpm3 - Mar 29, 2014 at 4:18 AM
This is an even year, he seems to have the most problems during the even years. Notice that 2009, 2011 and 2013 were his biggest years and the next year he was injured most of the year.
- spudchukar - Mar 29, 2014 at 11:37 AM
Mostly this is BS. Jacoby Ellsbury has been injured twice in his 7 year career. 4 times he surpassed 600 PA, and once led the league with 732. That is not the resume of a guy who is fragile. Injuries occur, sometimes more severe than others, and in 5 of 7 years he has been the opposite of injured, logging huge innings played numbers.
My guess is he will most likely surpass 600 PAs again in 2014. The odds are that he will.
- bronxbomber213 - Mar 29, 2014 at 1:05 PM
Dude thank you I've been trying to tell people he's not made of glass but that doesn't fit the "everyone that was good that the Yankees sign now has massive flaws" narrative
- spudchukar - Mar 29, 2014 at 2:03 PM
I have and will be continue to point out the flaws in the Yankee roster, but this isn't an instance of one. And one of my pet peeves is the ease in which commenters denigrate the "toughness" of individual players if they are unfortunate to suffer an injury.
- conigliarofan - Mar 29, 2014 at 8:26 AM
Should Cashman (pun intended) be fired when Sizemore's stats are better than Ellsburys?
- bronxbomber213 - Mar 29, 2014 at 9:04 AM
yea cuz Sizemore def doesn't have any problems with being hurt over the course of his career………………………..
- conigliarofan - Mar 29, 2014 at 9:10 AM
$500K for one year versus $30M for several non-productive years.
- bronxbomber213 - Mar 29, 2014 at 11:51 AM
The money is a moot point ur acting like Sizemores been playing 150 games the last 10 years ….you really think he's gonna show up and just dominate for a full season? it's funny tho because if Ells still wore the Boston B you would be touting him as one of the best OF in the game…funny how the logo on the Jersey changes people's opinions about players
- spudchukar - Mar 29, 2014 at 12:26 PM
Hey Conigliaro Dude, can it be that you do not see the irony in your chosen moniker and your comment.
- gameover78 - Mar 29, 2014 at 10:35 AM
Always glad to see traitors suffer as they should
- 18thstreet - Mar 29, 2014 at 12:15 PM
Traitor? The was paid to play baseball by the Boston Red Sox. Then they didn't want him, not at the price he was asking for.
This is America. He is allowed to play for whomever he wants to.
- bronxbomber213 - Mar 29, 2014 at 12:51 PM
Thank you!!!! they didn't want him!!!!
- 18thstreet - Mar 29, 2014 at 5:45 PM
The offer was so paltry — 5 years, $80 million. (I mean, relatively speaking. Here on earth, that's a lot of money.) There was no way that was going to be enough to get him.
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Ok I love the idea of a having a phone where I can choose the bits that are important to me. I will buy one of these phones, assuming they can sort out the cost issues(and get it to work)
What I would be more interested in is parts being interchangeable with a chromebook, although I would want mine to be running debian(based!?) distribution. Hell I think a computer with parts that fit together like sticklebricks is my dream.


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Responding to U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV on health care
By P. K. Misra
After reading the Guest Commentary by U.S. Rep. Mack on the Health Care bill, I had to write this to you.
First, there has not been 'a' bill yet -- some bills has passed somewhere but none has cleared all the review and approval process yet! So, everything -- all these fear mongering talk -- is all SPECULATIONS and EXAGGERATIONS and partisan politics. None of these are really helpful to us the people that really need health care reform.
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· Americans are tired of spending! Why didn't he speak up when we were spending trillion dollars in Iraq war when we did not have the money to spend!
· United States has the best access to health care - but that is ONLY TRUE for those that have the money and/or insurance! What about the 45 million that are poor and/or don't have insurance like the 22-year old fresh college graduate that was shot in a recent crime spree!
· Doctors being in charge of our health care! Since when? It is the insurance companies that really control who we see, how much is paid, etc.
· Patients to be acting like consumers, making decisions in a free and competitive market. Tell me what city and town I can go where I can really compare costs - of lab tests, hospitals, doctors office procedures, and other medical surgery procedures etc - openly sitting at my home and or on the Web so that I can make this decision today! It is absolutely NOT the case - you just cannot compare because none is readily available in the public domain!
· To look to free market to improve affordability etc! Wow!!!! How quickly does he forget! What did competition and free market in financial/banking sector brought us --- bankruptcy, higher unemployment, loss of homes, loss of savings!!!! Is this what you want in Health Care sector!! Let me give you two specific examples:
1. I have a health insurance policy from BCBS-Florida. For the last three years, they have been raising the rates by 16-18% each year! To be able to afford any kind of coverage, I have had to continually increase our annual deductibility from $500 (when we started the policy 3 years back) to now $2000/ year!!
2. We have two Long Term Care policies with AIG. We started with the monthly cost of a little below $300, and now it is almost $600/ month!! AIG has been raising rates exactly 25% each year for last three years!!
And, he calls this the 'best' access to health care!!!
Let's not scare people by saying that the current reform effort is a "government takeover of our nation's entire health care system." That is absolutely false - it is his interpretation and a simple exaggeration of facts! Besides, he is the government! Why don't they all - all 435 of them -- just quit - we will save lots of money!
I just wish republicans and democrats stop hyper-ventilating about non-truths, falsifying each other's views, scaring seniors and sit down face-to-face and do something that the public needs -- just earn their salaries and office expenses - for a change!
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After a series of mechanical problems befell the Liberty Land Flyer during the past few weeks, the miniature antique train traversing Liberty Park is now back on track.
The Sunrise Optimist Club operates the train, pulled by a gas engine and a steam engine on weekends at Liberty Park. While the gas engine is still "in the roundhouse" so to speak, the steam engine is now operational and ran during the weekend.
"We just got it working after many, many series of not working," said Dennis Scholl, of the Sunrise Optimist Club.
The original steam engine was placed in the park around the 1950s. Originally run in a park in Benton Harbor, Mich., Sedalia was its second home and it made rounds of the park until the early 1960s when it was taken out of service and fell into disrepair. In the 1990s, the Sunrise Optimist Club began restoring the train.
"I moved to Sedalia in 1980 and the steam engine itself was sitting out underneath a shelter rusting away," Scholl said. "In the 1990s, they started working on it to repair it to get it back into shape. It had minimal success at that time. I don't know the exact reason why it was retired. It was coal-fired and had little problems that go along with that."
The gas engine was purchased after the steam engine was taken out of service in the 1960s and has offered rides until recently, when age began taking its toll. While one mechanical issue on the gas engine was fixed last week, now it has a transmission problem.
"As old as it is, in the last five years we've had several problems," Scholl said. "We've had broken axles and different things have gone bad on it. We've tried to keep it running, but there have been times when we couldn't run it very much. We just keep going back after it and trying to get things to work."
Another problem the Sunrise Optimists often encounter in making repairs is a lack of miniature antique train mechanics.
"With the transmission problem we just found out about, I know it had been repaired before. Right now, we are trying to figure about who can work on it again," Scholl said. "The true railroad people from way back are no longer around, so those of who are working on it now have to recreate all that information again. It's not like we have a great big log book of what happened."
When the engine is fixed, the Sunrise Optimists offer rides from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. However, until the gas engine is fixed, the steam engine may not be able to operate for the full four-hour schedule.
"We've just been working to recover it. If you're going to run it from 12 to 4 p.m., you have an hour start up before and an hour after that. It's too much for one person in my personal estimation, I ran the gas engine for a long time. So, I'm unsure how long he will run it at this point," Scholl said.
A train ride costs 50 cents, but the money collected is not for profit and goes back toward the operating costs of the train. While the train belongs to the Sedalia Department of Parks and Recreation, the Sunrise Optimists have used their own funds several times to repair the train.
"We are not making profit on it. It's really for the kids, that we do this," Scholl said. "We have paid for portions of repairs, always. We have had support from the Parks Department. In essence, this is theirs — we do not claim that we own it or anything. We are just interested in operating it, because we know how important it is,"


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I see Tito Walking throw Coleman…Coleman has no hands and no carriodo..Wrestling Tito will be better
According to Fighters Only, Tito Ortiz will face UFC hall of famer Mark "The Hammer" Coleman at UFC 106 on Nov. 21 from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV.
Tito haven't fought since losing a unanimous decision to current UFC light heavyweight champ Lyoto Michida at UFC 84 "Ill Will" back in May of 2008.
Team Hammer House fighter, Mark Coleman (16-9) is coming off a huge unanimous decision win over Stephan Bonnar at UFC 100 "Lesnar vs Mir 2″.
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I see Tito Walking throw Coleman…Coleman has no hands and no carriodo..Wrestling Tito will be better
"TUF 8" winner James Wilks vs. Matt Brown in the works for UFC 105 main card
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colemans a way better wrestler than tito do u even know what titos wrestling accomplishments were tom? this will be the first fight where tito has to rely on his other strengths. i think tito thought he could out wrestle couture, and lidell and that was his downfall. if tito is smart he will focus on trying to bang it out with coleman and using his cardio and pace to wear coleman out. colemans an old lion but he is not joke and every fighter should take him seriously and dont underestimate him.
IDC…If it was just a wrestling match Tito would smash him…Tito is going to keep it standing then when he see the opening for a Big slam , He will go for it and Slam Coleman on his back and Let the Elbows Rain from Tito..cOLE wIll Retire after this fight…
If Tito wins Jones Bones should fight Tito
you dont care because you dont know. coleman was an NCAA champion and a freestyle olympian. Tito got 4th in his highschool state championships and won two junior college championships. coleman is said to ahve beaten kurt angle in a wrestling match they had and when kurt angle wrestled brock in a wrestling match they ahd for fun it was almost even. Tito isnt on the level with any of those guys. I think tito will win this with heart, cardio, deathly pace, soild chin, and better standup/subs. but in a straight wrestling match coleman would crush tito.
look back a few videos on this site on one of titos video blogs and tito says himself that colemans wrestling is much better than his but that he thinks he's better in every other area.
Also Tom, u said Mark has no hands like Tito does! lol
True…But Tito Can out strike coleman..
i think tito will out strike coleman especially third round when coleman has his hands below his waist like he always does and tito always keeps his hands up and tight. tito has good defensive boxing he's real hard to knock out. machida couldnt even do it. plus titos training with freddy roach so i think his standup will be better than colemans.
Coleman to win.
I'd rather see Coleman take it, but I agree with Dane on this one.
i think this one goes all 3 rounds on the ground mostly ….. maybe coleman winning by decision…..i don't know why but i just see coleman winning?
This is nice. Two people disagreeing without throwing f-bombs, threatening to beat each other up, and making pointless insults. Maybe this site has some promise after all.
Can't believe that's what I'll look like in about 10 years! FML!
Tito is not really a world class wrestler. he has great take downs and awesome ground and pound. Coleman is a former NCAA collegiate and Olympian. Tom do you know what you are talking about? Tito has not fought in over 15 months and he is totally out of shape. nor is he their mentally. You gotta give credit to Coleman for fighting shogun and bonnar. coleman has still dedicated himself to the game and i believe Tito will have ring rust
does it really matter who wins when neither one of these guys has a shot of getting the title. hell neither will even get offered a shot at the title. what a joke of a fight, 2 has beens.
i cant even remember when these guys even won there last fight.
all i remember from there last fights is tito didnt land a punch on machida and coleman fell a sleep in the cage cause he was so tired 1 minute into the fight.
should be a great borefest!
good point Mike two has beens going at it … Tito prob thinks will cement his place in history . by beating Coleman just think of the things he can say about how great of a fighter he is . makes me wanna puke


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She stood at the podium with her daughter, shaking as she read from a prepared statement. Krissy McAfee was there to ask the Santa Clarita City Council to do what they could to stop the proliferation of drugs – especially the heroin that recently killed her son, Trey Daniel Allen – noting that programs like Just Say No To Drugs and red ribbons "just don't work."
Asked if she felt her presentation at Council was worth the raw emotion, McAfee was forthright.
"Absolutely I do, because I just feel like I need to get it out there that this is what's happening, this is really, really bad in Santa Clarita right now as far as the heroin. We need to get that out there to people because they're just not seeing it."
She said that her frustration grew when she turned information about the young man who provided Trey with drugs in to authorities and didn't see any change. She said the boy's parents were aware of the situation and chose not to get involved.
Trey's addiction and subsequent jailing started to take a toll on McAfee and her husband, and they sought support from Al-Anon.
McAfee said that she is dealing with her own guilt because she didn't realize her son was into drugs until he had graduated from high school and was preparing to enter the U.S. Navy.
"He seemed so mean and aggressive," she recalled. "We figured we'd hang in there until he went into the Navy, but the night before he was supposed to go in, he up and left the recruiter. I said that's it, I've put up with your mouth and your meanness and started packing up his stuff. That's when I found he was doing drugs."
She said that every time Trey would get clean, he was completely different, but his circle of "bad friends" was the biggest problem. After his latest jail time, Trey made an attempt to straighten up by moving to Oklahoma to live with his father, but a quick trip back to make a court appearance – and revisit the circle of friends – proved fatal last month.
McAfee took the day off when Trey was to go to court so she could spend the day with him, recalling it as "the best day ever."
The next morning, when she went out to her car to go to work, she found him dead in the driveway.
"He was supposed to fly out that morning," she said. "The coroner told me the overdose went quicker because he had been clean."
One of the things McAfee said was that information on the person who was allegedly giving Trey his drugs was given to the sheriff's department, but no action was taken. Captain Paul Becker, who recently assumed command of the Santa Clarita Valley Station, took this claim very seriously.
"We are very receptive to people coming in and providing us information," he said, noting that he had spoken with detectives in the Narcotics Bureau, which works out of headquarters bureau in another part of the county.
"We routinely get information and leads, I get information from CrimeStoppers or e-mails that I follow up or my lieutenants or sergeants follow up."
During Tuesday night's Council meeting, Councilman Bob Kellar, a former LAPD sergeant, said he'd heard people accuse the Sheriff's Department of being nonresponsive before and asked Becker to provide a response to McAfee's claims at the Council meeting on May 11.
"If you go to any police department, you're going to hear the same sort of stuff," Becker said. "Sometimes we get leads that are very vague, but especially in narcotics cases, it does help to get information from citizens."
He said that budget constraints are affecting the fight against drugs as well.
"To make a case, there are an incredible number of man-hours involved in surveillance, teams watching locations and investigation. We have to be concerned about spending money."
Becker said that he remembers Allen's death and that enforcement efforts were stepped up after his demise.
"We stepped up our efforts," he said. "What's happening in suburban America is that there has been an influx of heroin. It's a new phenomenon, not unlike methamphetamine or cocaine. Heroin is a lot cheaper than Vicodin or Oxycontin."
"I feel for Ms. McAfee, she is going through a great deal of pain and I have no issue with her comments," he continued. "I raised two boys at Valencia High, and they told me that there was meth in the school and that scared me. If I had a kid in high school now, I'd be terrified."
Cary Quashen, the Executive Director of ACTION, a group that helps parents and teens deal with substance abuse and the problems of adolescence, said McAfee was certainly not alone in her frustration.
"Unfortunately, this is not going away, in fact, it's been getting worse and worse and the kinds of drugs kids are using are getting stronger and stronger," he said.
Quashen said that heroin is quickly becoming the drug of choice, especially since it doesn't have to be injected anymore. Smoking heroin has become a popular pastime that is impacting not only local law enforcement, but is posing a problem for surrounding cities, such as Glendale and Simi Valley.
"We really have to educate not just the kids, but families and the community on the drugs out there," he continued. "The kids are using them, we're losing them, they're dying. It's always a tragedy to lose anyone to substance abuse."
"As long as there's a need, there will always be someone dealing," Quashen said.
"One thing parents need to do is not put their heads in the sand," he said. "If we have a feeling that our kids are doing something wrong, go with your gut, your feelings are almost always right. There is no such thing as overreacting to any kind of behavior that's dangerous.
"I was talking with a father who had a 14-year old who was doing some serious drugs, but he didn't want to overreact and put the kid in treatment. How do you overreact when your kid is doing something that could take their life? You do whatever you can to get between your kid and that behavior."
"We've really gotta take a stand on this right now."
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Jul. 20–The flaglike lawn signs are all around, waving warnings to keep children and pets off the just-treated lawns of homes across metro Detroit.
It's enough to make one wonder: What's in that stuff anyway?
Grosse Pointe Park residents Mary Beth Palmer-Gierlinger and Christoph Heinen decided to find out and to come up with a chemical-free way of treating lawns. It's an approach they believe protects people, animals and the Earth while actually returning lawns to a healthier, natural state.
"We believe you can have a beautiful lawn without endangering yourself," said Palmer-Gierlinger, a mother of four. "There is no reason for us to compromise the health and future of our children."
She and Heinen say their company, Eco-Logic Lawn and Landscape based in Grosse Pointe Park, is a solution to chemical-dependent lawns. They believe those chemicals are responsible for high rates of cancer, including a higher incidence of breast cancer in the two zip codes that encompass the Grosse Pointes, water pollution, ground pollution and other illnesses.
What they wanted to do was run a company that would never have to stick dire warning signs in lawns after a treatment.
"Our little lawn signs say safe for children and pets," Palmer-Gierlinger said. "We just feel so good about it and as people are becoming more and more aware of the dangers of these chemicals, we're seeing a much greater interest in what we're doing."
Palmer-Gierlinger wrote the company's business plan, which she calls "as much a business model as it is a philosophical belief," last year.
Heinen, a longtime traditional landscaper and landscape designer, met Palmer-Gierlinger through the elementary school their children attend. He heard about Palmer-Gierlinger's all-organic lawn company idea and by January, they had started the business together.
Heinen has a background in horticulture and has worked on organic farms around the world, but Palmer-Gierlinger has a degree in political science with a minor in Arab-Israeli conflict. "I decided I could probably make a difference in the local population before I could solve an ancient political crisis," she said.
Heinen has worked in traditional landscaping for the last seven years and is relieved to be working with minerals and other natural resources.
"I just had this feeling I can't go on doing this anymore. I had to do something to make my life more worthwhile and make a difference," he said. "I don't mean to hurt anyone's feelings, but people doing these chemical applications, even if they do have degrees or certification, what they're doing is not good for anyone."
Palmer-Gierlinger was motivated by stories of local friends who had been diagnosed with or died from breast cancer, and the studies by the Michigan Department of Community Health and the Karmanos Cancer Institute that found a higher incidence of breast cancer in the Grosse Pointes, compared with the rest of the state.
She got together with Local Motion, a Grosse Pointe-based organization that raises awareness about the connections between environmental toxins and their negative health consequences. The organization was started by the sister of a woman who died from breast cancer. She looked at Karmanos Cancer Institute studies that showed places like the Grosse Pointes may have higher cancer rates "because of affluence, possibly because women stay home and have higher exposure to more household and lawn chemicals. Also more affluent families want more beautiful lawns … So, after learning all of this, I was driving my husband to work one morning and said you know this might sound crazy, but I'm thinking of starting a company to get these chemicals out of our community."
She said the company has about 50 customers now.
Palmer-Gierlinger said what's different about Eco-Logic is that the fertilizer used is not synthetic, "which comes from an unsustainable source and takes a lot of energy to make." Instead Eco-Logic's fertilizer has trace minerals, and organic, slow-releasing nitrogen and potassium.
"It's the slow releasing element that is really, really good. A synthetic fertilizer is really, really high, unnaturally high in these elements … What it does is make lawns dependent on chemicals so they always need a fix to survive."
Eco-Logic uses lawn clippings, compost juice, minerals and natural substances to feed and protect lawns from invaders rather than using herbicides.
"When the mower comes over and mows the lawn, those clippings are high in nitrogen," Heinen said. "Nitrogen is like the sugar, the life for the plant, and it's much cheaper and more sustainable. What makes us different is our use of microbiology and the breakdown of natural materials for food."
The Eco-Logic treatment process typically starts in the spring when a nutrient-rich topsoil "that's full of microbial life" is applied.
"Then we over-seed. That's the main thing people are curious about," Heinen said.
The idea is that the more grass that grows the less room there is for weeds to move in.
"Anything you squirt is going to kill the plants, and it's going to kill the good microbial life that's in the topsoil. And that leads to more problems."
Monthly, or depending on the customer's desire, a compost tea is applied to the lawn. The compost tea, or fermented tea, has kelp and loads of trace mineral elements, Heinen said. It also contains bacteria from decomposed organic matter that keeps plants healthy.
Customers are asked to keep grass heights to three inches or more.
"Keeping the grass that high creates the shade so weed seeds don't have a good place to grow," he said. "It also allows grass roots to go deeper down. If roots are deeper, the grass is stronger and you don't have to water as much."
The cost for Eco-Logic's services vary. A typical lawn with over-seeding and four fertilizer applications would cost $200 to $250 a season, Heinen said.
For now, Eco-Logic is focusing on getting customers in the Grosse Pointes "because we live here and our children live here," Palmer-Gierlinger said. "But this is a service we feel needs to be available to anyone. Eventually we want to go everywhere, to the west side, even national."
One of the next projects for the company is to approach local governments and school boards about doing away with their chemical treatments.
"But it's not enough to protect our individual, localized environments," Palmer-Gierlinger said. "It is really our mission to change the way everybody thinks about this."
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A robust bowling bunch from Natchez, Miss., and across the river in Louisiana, honored one of their own by spilling enthusiasm - and hundreds of pins - in doubles play on the first 10 lanes Saturday at the American Bank Center.
Cecil Nettles, 69, blew into the thumbhole of his glistening black ball and, after hurling a crawling curve and scattering 10 pins, tapped a photo pinned on his chest.
All of the bowlers on the four teams wore a picture of Cecil's daughter, Tammy Tynes, who died suddenly April 3, 2004, after having an aneurysm during the group's Friday night league. Her love for bowling led them all to the U.S. National Bowling Congress in 2002, and now they wear the pictures showing her broad smile and bright eyes to honor Tynes every time they compete.
"I was sitting at the table with Tammy that night she had the aneurysm," said Betty Wallingford, 65, of Gilbert, La., a children's caretaker who bowled on lane one with Tynes' mother, Pat Nettles, on the Southern Belles team. "I had surgery and couldn't bowl that night," Wallingford said. "But now when we go to tournaments, we carry Tammy's love of life over our hearts. She was a jewel."
Tynes took her turn that night then came back and sat down holding her head, said Pat Nettles, 66, a former Corpus Christi resident. "Tammy said she couldn't see, then her legs went numb. The ambulance took her to Jackson, Miss."
Pat Nettles is a 1958 graduate of Ray High School who went to live with her father in Slidell, La., married Cecil Nettles in 1960 and has lived in Natchez 46 years. They raised three children, but it was Tammy, born in 1964, who connected the family with bowling.
Tynes was so active in Natchez area bowling leagues that she inspired her family and all of their friends, said Southern Belles teammate Becky Henry, rapping knuckles with Pat Nettles after picking up a spare.
Mary Mills, another teammate, finished bowling for Tynes the night the ambulance took her away. Now Mills is one of the organizers of an annual tournament in Tynes' name. This year it raised $4,000 for a women's shelter.
Steve Tynes, 43, Tammy's husband, has been comforted by the bowlers' support but admits moving forward without his wife is difficult. The couple first met as toddlers at daycare but attended different schools and churches. After he returned from military service overseas, the couple became reacquainted at the bowling alley, he said.
The family and league friends constructed a glass memorial case at their local bowling alley with Tammy's picture, bowling shoes, hand towel and awards, one of which is for her high game of 279.
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The national debt has grown significantly in recent years due to rising annual deficits. A deficit occurs in any year the government spends more money than it takes in. Borrowing to make up the difference is added to the national debt -- technically referred to as the gross federal debt.
The gross debt has two components: 1) Debt held by the public -- money the government borrows on the open market from domestic or foreign investors; and 2) Intra-governmental debt -- money the government owes itself, as in the Social Security trust fund.


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Active/active Fibre
Can you explain active/active Fibre? What kinds of Fibre controller do I need to connect various arrays to servers or is it only through the network switch?
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Active/active is normally used to refer to redundant connections where both paths have traffic and one handles all the traffic if the other one fails.
You don't have to have it to connect to a SAN. A single connection works just fine.
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Suppose I have two websites (site A and site B ). I have used theme A (purchased via themeforest, regular license) on my site A for 6 months. Now I have switched the theme of the site A to theme B (also purchased via themeforest, regular license). Now can I use theme A for my site B?
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As far as i am aware I think its not allowed, because its a 1 domain per license and none transferable so it doesn't matter if you have purchased 2 for 2 websites and then just swapped.
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I think you can, because you are using it at a single domain. You are not using it at two websites at the same time. It's like you have lost your domain and got a new one.
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Arizona Cardinals' Patrick Peterson on contract extension: 'I haven't had my reality check just yet'
Patrick Peterson says the only thing that has changed now that he has agreed to a contract extension with the Arizona Cardinals is the number.
"I'm getting a lot of money this year -- well, throughout the five-year extension, but I feel normal," he told Bickley and Marotta on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM Wednesday. "I guess it hasn't been, I haven't had my reality check just yet."
The deal, which will keep Peterson in Arizona through 2020, is worth $70 million, with $48 million guaranteed.
Those were the numbers Peterson announced on his Twitter page Tuesday night, and those are the numbers that had the sports world buzzing.
A three-time Pro Bowl selection who is in the conversation as the best cornerback in the NFL, Peterson has intercepted 12 passes in three seasons since being taken fifth overall in the 2011 NFL Draft. He's the first of that class' first-round picks to agree to a contract extension, and clearly one of the faces of the Cardinals franchise.
That's part of the reason why Peterson, while waiting for this deal to get done, had no intention of holding out or making this a big deal off the field.
"I am a leader, I am a captain of this Arizona Cardinals football team," he said. "I want to be recognized not only as a businessman -- obviously I am a businessman and it is all about getting the money when you can -- but I want to win, I want to win championships. I haven't been to the playoffs since I've been here, we haven't, as an organization, we haven't been to the playoffs in the last five years.
"So those are the goals that I'm setting not only for myself, but for my team. So I don't want to be the distraction for my team when we have something going great here, I don't want to be holding out or be unhappy because I didn't get paid."
Also, as Peterson mentioned, he still had two years left on his rookie contract, so at the end of the day he was going to be playing no matter what.
But no doubt he's pleased to be the latest defensive back to earn a big payday, after this offseason saw elite players like Richard Sherman, Joe Haden, Darrelle Revis and Aqib Talib earn new deals either with their teams or as free agents.
Peterson said his agents had been working on this deal since February, and he always felt it was a matter of when, not if, something would be agreed upon. He admitted it wasn't an easy process and everything had to be fine-tuned before he would sign on the dotted line, but he was never in a rush to get it done.
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Water storage via the water heater--Plumbers Out There?
This is a good question that calls for more expertise than I can offer. Any plumbers or engineers out there with a solution/ideas?
Diesel_Bomber's suggestions ...
Some good points here submitted by Diesel_Bomber:
I'm no expert, but I do know that the average 55 gallon drum won't handle city water pressure. It may be only 40-80psi, but there are a LOT of square inches on that barrel, and that adds up to several tons of force in short order. The pressure tank on my well is constructed a lot more like a propane tank than a 55 gallon drum Underneath the insulation, so is a water heater's tank.
Instead of a 55 gallon drum, I would look at a pressure tank similar to what is used for wells, or perhaps a second hand water heater that has a tank in good condition.
As an added bonus, the water-storage tank could be painted black and put outside in an enclosed box, with the side pointed towards the sun being glass. You'd get your water storage, and a bit of a head start for your water heater.
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Perhaps 2 or more hot water heaters "in line" as storage tanks. They would not necessarily be used to heat water, just to store it. They can obviously handle the pressure.
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Colorado Ballet to Present THE NUTCRACKER, 11/30-12/28
Colorado Ballet will light up the stage with The Nutcracker, November 30 through December 28, 2013 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. This holiday tradition features classic choreography after Marius Petipa paired with Tchaikovsky's score performed live by the Colorado Ballet Orchestra.
This year's production marks the 53rd year that Colorado Ballet's The Nutcracker has been a part of Colorado's holiday celebration. The Nutcracker features memorable characters including Clara, the Nutcracker Prince and the Sugarplum Fairy as well as dazzling costumes and scenery by José Varona.
"The holidays are not complete until you join us for The Nutcracker, it is a must-see for children and adults," said Colorado Ballet Artistic Director Gil Boggs. "The enchantment of our dancers and extraordinary live music will transport your entire family to the Land of Sweets."
More than 60 students from the Colorado Ballet Academy will join Colorado Ballet's professional company on stage as polichinelles, party children, soldiers, angels, and sugarplum attendants.
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BANGALORE: With monsoon becoming weak and drought looming large over Karnataka, the government has extended the weather-based crop insurance scheme to five more districts, covering 12 crops this kharif season.
Being implemented on a pilot basis for the second consecutive year, the scheme aims at providing insurance to the cultivator against adverse weather such as deficit and excessive rainfall, frost, heat (temperature) and relative humidity, which affect the crops. The scheme was implemented in 10 districts, covering eight crops last kharif season. Officials of the Directorate of Agriculture told The Hindu that the scheme covered drought-prone Bangalore Rural, Ramangaram, Chickballapur, Hassan, Bidar, Bijapur, Bellary, Chitradurga, Gadag, Gulbarga, Haveri, Shimoga, Kolar, Koppal, and Tumkur districts. Rainfall was scanty or deficient in 124 taluks and a majority of these taluks were in these districts. The percentage of area where sowing had been completed in most of these districts was less than 10.
July 15 is the last date for farmers who had borrowed crop loans to submit applications to avail themselves of the benefits of the scheme. About three lakh farmers will benefit from the scheme. It is being implemented at the hobli-level because of availability of weather data for 25 years.


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Congratulations to Troy High senior Kristin who will be heading to University of Michigan this year! We completed our outdoors shoot just before the clouds let loose.
Every once in a while something will show up in my spam folder that I can actually use! I was contacted by Thumbtack to showcase my business as a Michigan Wedding Photojournalist. The site appears to be an Angie's list for people who don't like to have to sign up in order to access their site. They also review my photo services and appear to be very user friendly (which Craigslist just isn't!). So if any of my former clients want to send in a review, I'd love it!
Isn't this neat?! I love that Ambassador Magazine included Katie and John's story as part of the article featuring my St. John's wedding photography. It's always nice to get some press for myself and for my clients… pretty fancy/schmancy wedding announcement, wouldn't you say?! Congrats to Katie and John!
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Athletics keep rolling, beat Pirates 2-1
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Kobe leads Lakers past Oklahoma City 105-96
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - After every plot twist and dramatic turn in the Los Angeles Lakers' soap opera of a season, perhaps their stars' latest identity switches shouldn't be all that shocking.
Kobe Bryant made all the big passes. Steve Nash scored important points down the stretch. Pau Gasol excelled off the bench as the new-look Lakers calmly maintained a fourth-quarter lead on the mighty Oklahoma City Thunder.
Bryant had 21 points, 14 assists and nine rebounds, Nash added seven of his 17 points in the final 5 1/2 minutes, and the Lakers held off the NBA-leading Thunder 105-96 Sunday.
Gasol scored 16 points in a reserve role as the Lakers picked up the most impressive victory of their thoroughly unimpressive season, coolly maintaining a small lead down the stretch of their second straight win after a four-game skid.
With Bryant taking on a playmaking role, Nash stepping up his offensive game and Dwight Howard preaching togetherness, the 19-25 Lakers are cautiously optimistic their latest reboot will work _ and even the Thunder were impressed.
"We're doing a good job right now of just being real with each other and holding each other accountable," said Bryant, who had 14 assists and fell one rebound shy of a triple-double in each of the past two games. "That makes a huge difference. I'm trying to evolve and find out what we need as a ballclub."
So is everybody else with the Lakers, who had lost nine of their last 11 against the defending Western Conference champion Thunder, including four of five in the clubs' second-round playoff series last spring and a blowout loss at Staples Center 16 days ago. The Lakers have strung together two solid games at home since a clear-the-air team meeting in Memphis last week.
"We've found something that works, that's for sure, and something we can feel good about," said Gasol, who played 36 minutes. "I think the way we are playing, we can be very successful."
Kevin Durant scored 35 points and Russell Westbrook had 17 points, 13 assists and nine rebounds for the road-weary Thunder, who finished their longest trip of the season at 3-3. Durant could sense the Lakers' desperation in their fourth-quarter effort.
"The whole arena felt that way," the three-time NBA scoring champion said. "They needed a win. It was a must-win for them, and they came out and performed well. They were hitting shots, and they were doing a good job of protecting the paint. We missed some good shots as well. As a group, we all have to do our roles better. Every individual has to play their role to a T for us to win games, but we'll be fine."
Bryant and Westbrook briefly tangled in the third quarter in an exchange that earned a technical foul for Kobe. Both All-Star guards entered the fourth quarter needing just one rebound for a triple-double, but neither got it.
Westbrook missed his first eight shots and 12 of his first 13 before finding a rhythm, but the Lakers didn't wilt down the stretch.
"The thought the execution at the end of the game by our team definitely could have been better," Oklahoma City coach Scott Brooks said. "It's something that we're pretty good at, but a lot of that had to do with their team. They're a physical team, and they were moving us around a little bit towards the end."
Los Angeles took the lead with 6:15 to play on a jumper by Metta World Peace, who had 15 points and 10 rebounds. The Lakers nursed a small advantage in the final minutes, going up 101-95 on Gasol's driving layup with 1:09 to play.
Bryant then hit a tough 19-foot jumper with 37 seconds left, and Westbrook couldn't answer. Durant didn't have a field goal in the final 6:39, scoring just seven points in the fourth quarter of Oklahoma City's third loss in 11 games.
Oklahoma City routed the Lakers earlier this month, with Durant scoring 42 points and Westbrook adding 27 while Los Angeles played without Howard and Gasol.
Howard had just eight points and 10 rebounds this time out while fighting foul trouble and missing eight of his 10 free throws. Bryant and Nash led a passionate effort by the Lakers, whose season-long missteps and embarrassments have left them well out of the playoff picture heading into the second half of the season.
"I'm very excited to see our progress," Howard said. "We're going to continue to work, continue to talk to each other. The biggest difference is we're holding each other accountable for everything. We had a great talk in Memphis, and it's carried over."


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