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Posted 21 June 2011 - 10:55 AM
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Posted 21 June 2011 - 11:52 AM
I'd suspect if it is a TV problem, somehow the television got switched into the SAP (Separate Audio Programing) mode. Start hunting around for that in the TV's manual, remote or menus.
Posted 21 June 2011 - 11:53 AM
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Posted 21 June 2011 - 11:56 AM
I checked all of the tv settings and I don't think that is the case but I will check. I don't know all of the channels without sound because I created a custom list. But, for instance, QVC and AETV are two that are silent.
Posted 21 June 2011 - 11:58 AM
Posted 21 June 2011 - 12:16 PM
Not sure what you mean Mike. Check where? Sorry, told you I'm not very savvy on this stuff. :-(
Sorry - I meant if you have Dolby Digital on in audio settings then turn it off or if it is Off - turn it on just to see if it has something to do with Dolby Digital Channels...
Posted 21 June 2011 - 01:28 PM
I don't know about QVC but A&E certainly broadcasts in Dolby Digital. If you don't have your system hooked up to a stereo for sound, but instead are using the TV speakers, having your audio set to Dolby Digital could be the problem.
I checked all of the tv settings and I don't think that is the case but I will check. I don't know all of the channels without sound because I created a custom list. But, for instance, QVC and AETV are two that are silent.
Are you hooked up to your TV using a HDMI cable? If not, how is it hooked up?
And as for my original guess, if any of the channels have a Spanish audio track, then you are definitely in the SAP mode. You could still be in the SAP mode even if your aren't hearing Spanish.
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Posted 21 June 2011 - 02:06 PM
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Posted 21 June 2011 - 06:54 PM
I'm having the same type of problem. My HR24-500 is connected via HDMI to my Denon 3310. Some channels such as SunSports have no audio while others such as NBC drop audio during commercials or during some segments of news shows. Turning Dolby digital off gives me sound, but it kind of dumb watching an HD channel without digital sound. I have tried connecting hdmi to the Samsung lcd and optical to the Denon, still the same result. I am assuming it must be a handshake issue between the HR24 and the Denon. It's driving the wife crazy which of course means my life is affected:(
I'm no expert, but the same happens to me on an LG television, without an AVR connected. Yes, probably an HDMI handshake issue, but if I were to guess, it's the DTV equipment, not your AVR. Power down, power up usually resolves my problem, or RBR.
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Posted 22 June 2011 - 04:50 PM
Posted 27 July 2011 - 09:26 PM
A few days ago we noticed that our 3yr old RCA didnt have sound on all the channels. Most of the channels had sound, but not all the channels had sound. Some of the effected channels would have sound only during the commercials and others channels had no sound even during the commercials.
while some channels had no sound ....there was one channel that was in SPANISH... but only one channel!!!
I did a google search and found alot of comcast people saying that the " Lang " button on the comcast remote could accidentally get pushed. .... But I dont have comcast (i have charter cable) and my remote doesnt have a " lang " button!!! NO HELP!!!!
A little more research and I found one person saying that they had solved this problem by changing the SAP feature to off. I went to menu> audio> and found SAP under the MTS
Our MTS didnt have an off, but it did have the option to switch it from SAPto STR.
.... our MTS was on SAP and we switched it to STR and our Television now has sound on all the channels. PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!
We dont know how the setting got accidentally changed to SAP. It is just me and my husband, and we never fool with the settings. Anyway I wanted to put this on a forum because I didnt see a fix for this problem on many tv forums.
I later found a charter site that said the charter remote had a SAP button (Second Audio Programming) , but I have charter and my remote doesnt have a SAP button. Since I didnt have a Second Audio Programming (SAP) button on my remote I had to go to the onscreen (on screen menu) and change the (SAP) setting to STR.
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Edited by LollyOllie, 27 July 2011 - 09:33 PM.
Posted 28 July 2011 - 05:46 PM
Now that everything is digital (including OTA channels) is there even such a thing as SAP? SAP (secondary audio program) was a feature introduced into NTSC broadcasts when stereo was introduced. There was also a PRO (professional) audio channel used by broadcasters.
Many "cable" channels offered second language programming which could be selected by the cable/satellite box but it had nothing to do with NTSC SAP programming.
Is the problem that these TV's are somehow changing their (digital) configuration to pick up a secondary language program? If so, that is odd because when NTSC TV's were set to receive the SAP channel, if it didn't exist on certain broadcasts, the MAIN audio channel would automatically be selected.
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Posted 13 July 2012 - 12:40 PM
"The problem" is strictly audio - and noted only when the Dolby Digital (DD) audio format set to "on" in the DirecTv receiver. This problem is that "SOME" – (but not all) DirecTv channels have "faulty" D.D. audio. "Faulty" is defined as either a constant "skipping" in/out, (at about 1-2 second rate - blip, blip, blip, etc.) - or audio on a channel may be absent altogether.
I use a Denon AVR-1802 as my Home Theater (HT) surround amplifier. It drives a healthy JBL "Northbridge" 5.1 speaker system. (We don't use the TV's internal speakers and leave them switched "off").
The TV used in this setup employs a very nice 55" LED/LCD display, with a 480Hz video refresh rate. (I am purposely omitting the mfgr. to avoid focus on the video or considering the TV as a potential factor. It has proven to be irrelevant to this issue).
The Denon AVR unit has no HDMI input, so either the fiber optic or digital coax outputs are utilized to directly transport the DVR's audio to the AVR's input, when using DirecTv. It has discrete coaxial inputs for providing lossless audio from other capable (decoded) sources, but that is not relative to the issue at hand.
I have read forums where others also reported experiencing this problem, particularly those having older Denon AVRs, but it has never been explained how it can occur, nor has it been proven to be an actual problem with Denon's units.
I have provided EVERYTHING concerning the issue in writing, to both DirecTv AND Denon technical staff members, (yes - if you search long and hard enough, DirecTv DOES actually have some)!
De-selecting Dolby Digital in the DirecTv receiver and reverting back to only PCM audio output DOES cure the problem, (but then -you get no DD audio )
Configuration Note: The DirecTv Video is transferred directly to the TV over the HDMI cable. The Audio could obviously be transferred over this same cable as well, but then it must be again cabled from the TV "audio outputs" to the Denon AVR's audio inputs. This option for cabling the audio via the TV has been tried as an alternative for troubleshooting purposes, but the result was the same. The DD audio problem remained unchanged.
Here are the strangest details that make no sense to me:
1. Since it happens ONLY on certain of the satellite receiver channels, (yet consistently occurs on 3 individually-tested DirecTv HD DVR/receivers) it would seem to be some sort of a DirecTv "design bug" (whether software, hardware, or formatting). I theorize this because the audio quality experienced on the other "working" channels, (whether "local broadcast" or DirecTv's lineup) is fine, and correctly-recognized Dolby Digital 5.1 - and it sounds excellent.
2. Playback of recorded programs by the DirecTv DVR makes no difference to the erroneous indications. By de-selecting DD in the settings, the recorded data always plays fine as PCM, (i.e. Pro-logic II, stereo, mono, etc.).
3. Using my Oppo disc player as the "source" for input to the Denon AVR, all media's audio sounds great. No problems have ever been encountered.
4. The killer: Changing the configuration and using the TV audio/speaker system alone, (without the HT AVR for audio processing) DOES NOT exhibit the audio problem!
Some may say that this one fact somehow indicts the Denon AVR Dolby Digital encoder. But how could the Denon AVR have such a problem, (i.e. decoding the DD audio incorrectly to cause error on only "some" satellite (DirecTv) channels)?
DirecTv says if others DO have this same problem, not enough have complained to warrant any efforts on their part to investigate the issue. Denon said that the symptoms themselves point ONLY to the satellite receiver system since the AVR receives only the audio stream and cares not about which channel the tuner has selected. They also point out that no other source/input, except the DirecTv satellite system has exhibited the problem.
A real mind-wrecker.
Posted 14 July 2012 - 07:57 PM
It's only dumb if you assume that:
...Turning Dolby digital off gives me sound, but it kind of dumb watching an HD channel without digital sound...
1) ...analog audio in your living room is inferior to digital audio. It's not. The advantages of digital audio are that it does not degrade in a hostile environment and that it can carry 6 or more discrete channels.
Your living room is not a hostile environment to audio (although you did allude to some sort of "wife" factor), and analog audio which starts out with the same exact fidelity as digital audio (from this sort of consumer source), will not degrade in your living room assuming you have everything connected properly and everything is working properly. Just because local audio in your living room might be analog does not imply it will not have quality matching digital audio. It usually will.
The hostile environment is the trip up to the satellite and back down to your dish. That is where the advantage of digital is, because 46,000 miles later, the audio quality will be exactly the same as when it left the uplink.
2) ...converting digital audio to analog somehow degrades the fidelity. Done right, it doesn't, and you have to do that eventually to hear it anyway. In fact, it may have gone through a number of conversions to and from digital or analog and back before it ever gets to you, none of which appreciably degrade it. It certainly is digital as it is delivered to your living room, and a conversion to analog is both absolutely necessary and typically not problematic.
There is a huge misconception that digital content has quality better than analog content. There is also a huge misconception that DD is a significant improvement over analog audio or analog surround.
Part of that is because any change from analog to digital is coincidental with a change to better equipment; that new AVR sounds better mostly because it is a new AVR, not because it just also happens to have 5.1. It is also because it is poorly understood that the improvements that come with digital are not because it is digital and no longer analog (with the improper conclusion that digital must then be better), but because the original quality is preserved by digital during transport, which is something analog is not very good at. The quality is the same, but digital can preserve that quality during transport while analog typically can't. But we typically only hear consumer audio after transport, so all analog usually sounds worse than all digital to consumers as it arrives.
Even so, that does not imply that analog is inferior, in many ways it is inherently superior to digital, which is really only tiny samples of the whole enchilada. The reason is the degradation in transport; not that digital is somehow magically better. It's neither magical nor better.
Edited by TomCat, 14 July 2012 - 08:04 PM.
Posted 14 July 2012 - 08:35 PM
Here is an example where analog is MUCH superior to digital. The two main factors are:
..."The problem" is strictly audio - and noted only when the Dolby Digital (DD) audio format set to "on" in the DirecTv receiver. This problem is that "SOME" – (but not all) DirecTv channels have "faulty" D.D. audio. "Faulty" is defined as either a constant "skipping" in/out, (at about 1-2 second rate - blip, blip, blip, etc.) - or audio on a channel may be absent altogether.
I use a Denon AVR-1802 as my Home Theater (HT) surround amplifier. It drives a healthy JBL "Northbridge" 5.1 speaker system. (We don't use the TV's internal speakers and leave them switched "off")...
...I have read forums where others also reported experiencing this problem, particularly those having older Denon AVRs, but it has never been explained how it can occur, nor has it been proven to be an actual problem with Denon's units.
...Some may say that this one fact somehow indicts the Denon AVR Dolby Digital encoder. But how could the Denon AVR have such a problem, (i.e. decoding the DD audio incorrectly to cause error on only "some" satellite (DirecTv) channels)?
DirecTv says if others DO have this same problem, not enough have complained to warrant any efforts on their part to investigate the issue. Denon said that the symptoms themselves point ONLY to the satellite receiver system since the AVR receives only the audio stream and cares not about which channel the tuner has selected. They also point out that no other source/input, except the DirecTv satellite system has exhibited the problem.
A real mind-wrecker.
1) digital technology is in its infancy, while analog is mature.
2) the nature of analog is that problems can be tracked through the system easily in comparison to digital. Digital allows any number of ways of doing things, many sophisticated and complex, while analog is constrained into a few methods, all of which are not all that sophisticated or complex.
We have had over a hundred years to perfect analog techniques for recording and reproducing sound and later video, and in transporting it to consumers. We are pretty good at understanding it and in implementing it.
Digital in audio and video only appeared 30 years ago, and the conversion to digital really only began less than 20 years ago, while many systems are still just beginning to transition to digital.
Things take time to settle. A long time. It took the TV industry two full decades after color was introduced before we could reliably expect that we would not have to constantly adjust it. Color was introduced in 1953 but in the early seventies it was still common that one show would be tinted too magenta while the next would be tinted too green. They put the knob right on the front of the set so we could have a handle on that, and it wasn't until they finally figured out themselves how to control it that that knob finally disappeared. Twenty years later.
Its going to take more years before consumer digital audio, closed captioning, even HD itself finally settles down and is no longer problematic.
And digital standards have an Achilles heel, which is that to keep them from becoming obsolete there is no strict instruction on how the standards are implemented. This has the positive effect of embracing new ways of doing things as they emerge, but it has the negative effect of those who implement these things still being in the wild, wild west era of implementation.
Denon is an example. While they make fine products, they are notorious for not handling digital audio sources smoothly. Often folks need a firmware upgrade to get them working and compatible with all of the many ways audio is implemented.
Another example is that in the analog era a TV or radio broadcaster could buy a TV or radio to monitor their own signal and use that as a reliable way to know that the audience could receive their signal. Today there are so many paths of delivery and so many different ways of designing a digital tuner that just being confident the signal receives properly on TV A has no bearing at all on whether it will receive on TV B.
There can be a tiny typo in a UI for setting up PSIP, for example, that can kill reception completely for just a single manufacturer, or a single model of TV. The station won't know there is a problem until you call them, and until the problem reaches critical mass (like Denon and DTV compatibility is just beginning to) not much can be done to fix it very quickly.
Pioneers get the arrows; settlers end up with the land. If you are on the cutting edge, and everyone who tries to use digital audio distribution in their home still kind of is, you will get with that a certain amount of aggravation that will not plague those who are using tried and true methods. That will always be the reality of immature technology.
Its getting better, but not quickly, and there is still a long way to go.
Edited by TomCat, 14 July 2012 - 08:42 PM.


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Perfect FLL Runs
Does anyone have a video of their perfect run taken at an FLL qualifying event that they would be willing to share?
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- Dec 8, 2008, 10:36:00 AM
Michigan has 2 State Finals, Novi and Flint. Novi State final was Saturday, best on board was 340. Flint is next weekend. I too would love to have seen a perfect run.
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At the Wisconsin State Competiton (yesterday) I believe that the highest was 265. I'm not surprised, these missions were hard.
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I agree. This is exactly why I'd like to see it.
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Our best score in Kongsberg, Norway, was 375 points. So far it is the highest score i ever seen on the whole Internet.
Our video of the 375p run:
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Hi BackaOne
Do you have any video, from a practice run, where we really can see what is going on?
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- BäckaOne said...
I'm sorry, but the video on YouTube is the only video we got at the moment.
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Even when both his parents are deployed, which happens occasionally, Sean can maintain some sense of regularity through his school and especially through the caregivers at the Learning Center's after-school program who have gotten to know him really well.
"They can tell me things about Sean that I haven't figured out yet," Stephen said.
For example, they discovered brushes that when used on Sean's arms help calm him down. They have special toys: picture boards he can use to communicate and textured pads he can stand on with bare feet — he's not fond of shoes these days.
At the Center, Sean can often be found in the gym, the quiet room with books and his earphones or playing video games. Stephen said Sean is more adept with their Ipad than he is.
When Stephen picked Sean up from the Youth Center one day earlier this week, Sean lay on his back and offered his feet to his father.
Then, at Stephen's direction, Sean got up and began putting away all his books, his earphones and other toys. He got his belongings from his locker, gave hugs all around, waved and said bye.
"He's not impossible," Stephen said. "But you definitely learn a lot of patience."
TO LEARN MORE: For more information about the Air Force's Exceptional Family Member Program, contact the Airman & Family Readiness Centers at Hurlburt Field at 884-5441 or at Eglin Air Force Base at 882-9060.


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On most days, The Rodale Institute displays a curious blend of working farm, soil research station, tourist destination, international agency, and outdoor classroom. That's not surprising when you consider that for decades the Institute has been a dynamic force in the progress of the organic agriculture movement. The knowledge gained from these fertile acres of Pennsylvania Dutch countryside has helped growers from the deserts of Africa to the rice fields of Japan to the backyard gardens of Iowa find success without chemicals.
Fifty-five years ago, J.I. Rodale, founder of Organic Gardening magazine, established an experimental organic farm in response to skeptics who said, "Prove it." His experiments and the research carried on by his son, Robert, produced much of the data and techniques that transformed organic farming from a fringe concept into a practical alternative to chemically based agriculture.
Today, the work of the Institute focuses less on providing proof, or validation, than on spreading the good news about organic agriculture, says Anthony Rodale, the Institute's chairman.
"Our mission now is global—to convince producers to grow food organically and to help people feed themselves," explains Rodale. "We have knowledge and expertise that can change the way people live."
A sincere and serious man, Rodale is the third generation to lead The Rodale Institute. He's determined to build upon his grandfather's and father's legacies and keep the farm a place where gardeners, farmers, and especially children can learn about the benefits of organic agriculture. "We want to be a place where people come not just for practical advice but inspiration, too," he says.
Regenerative Farming
The Institute originated in 1947, when J.I. Rodale bought a small farm in the rolling countryside outside Allentown, Pennsylvania. There he experimented with raised beds and compost and reported his findings to readers of his new magazine, Organic Gardening. Convinced that soil health was the key to growing wholesome food, he established the Soil and Health Foundation, the forerunner of The Rodale Institute.
Bob Rodale worked alongside his father at both the farm and Rodale Press, the family's publishing business. In 1971, after J.I.'s death, Bob bought a 333-acre farm—today's Rodale Institute—near Kutztown, Pennsylvania. On this new parcel of farmland, Bob brought together a team of scientists and technicians to raise crops on a large scale by using and documenting various organic methods. The team brought greater scientific credibility to the organic experiments begun by J.I. Rodale.
Bob's travels to impoverished Third World countries in the 1970s, and the Institute's investigations into soil enrichment, led him to adopt a philosophy of regenerative farming. The aim was not only to avoid agricultural chemicals but also to promote a holistic farming system that could heal depleted soils, stressed natural environments, and malnourished people, recalls John Haberern, the Institute's president, who worked closely with Bob.
"Regenerative food systems came out of Bob's research and his concern about preventing famine. It led to the Institute's motto, Healthy Soil = Healthy Food = Healthy People," Haberern says.
In 1990, Bob went to Russia to set up a magazine and teach the tenets of regenerative agriculture to farmers just coming off collective farms. While in Moscow, he was killed in an auto accident. The magazine, Novii Sadovod i Fermer(New Gardener and Farmer) went forward despite the tragedy and recently celebrated its 10th anniversary.
Today the Institute functions as a nonprofit agency, which is completely separate from Rodale Inc., the for-profit publishing company. The Institute runs hands-on training in Japan, Guatemala, and Senegal and provides technical advice in several other countries. It often works with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), such as the World Bank, to spread its message of regenerative agriculture to farmers and politicians.
"One of the big things we have going for us is that we've been doing this work for a long time," says Haberern. "When we walk into a room filled with scientists and decision makers, we have instant credibility."
The Farming Systems Trial
Much of that credibility stems from the Farming Systems Trial, an experiment that has been running at the farm since 1981. The trial directly compares organic farming practices with chemical ones and stands as the Institute's most significant scientific achievement.
On the surface, the trial's 12 acres of alternating strips of soybeans, corn, and wheat look rather unremarkable. The difference lies in the soil. One-third of the crops receives conventional chemical fertilizers and pesticides; another third receives a combination of cover crops and manure for fertility; and the remainder is nourished by cover crops only.
"We're simulating different types of farms raising the most commonly grown grain crops in America," explains Peggy Wagoner, a soil scientist. "The organic plots have shown comparable yields to the chemical plots, especially over time as the soil builds up with organic matter."
On this day, Wagoner gives her presentation—complete with detailed charts and graphs—to an accepting audience of tourists and backyard gardeners. But frequently, the visitors are groups of farmers, government officials, and extension agents, many of whom are skeptical about regenerative farming.
Some of the best evidence for organic practices emerged from the drought of 1999, the worst dry spell to hit the East Coast in a century. While the conventionally managed crops mostly withered in the fields, the organic plots performed surprisingly well. Organic soybeans yielded 30 bushels per acre while the Institute's chemically treated plots yielded 16 bushels per acre and neighboring farms using conventional methods produced 21 bushels. The organic matter held the moisture like a sponge, and the tilth allowed roots to reach deeper for water, says Wagoner. "The drought was tough on the organic crops, too. But we couldn't have asked for a better scenario to show the benefits of creating a healthier soil," she adds.
Talking to Farmers
This type of demonstration project helps win farmers over to organic methods, says Jeff Moyer, the Institute's farm manager. Farmers like to be shown, not preached at, he says.
"We can't talk to farmers from a basis of knowledge unless we're doing it, too," says Moyer, a stocky man who looks like the farmer he is, with sunburned skin, dusty jeans, and ball cap.
Consequently, the farm brims with experiments. In the apple orchard, workers spray fruit with kaolin clay to create a physical barrier between apples and hungry bugs. If the promise shown by this new natural product is borne out by the trials, the Institute will recommend it to orchardists. Along one field, piles of compost cook in the midday sun. The Institute sells the finished compost as fertilizer, a practice many farmers could adopt as an added source of income, says Moyer.
To survive in the future, American family farmers will have to run more diversified operations, grow specialty crops for niche markets, and when possible sell directly to consumers, says Moyer. Much of the Institute's emphasis is on helping farmers find these new revenue streams.
"We want to change this whole notion that farmers have to grow a single crop, let someone else set the price, and then be at the whim of worldwide markets," he says. "We're not saying that farmers just need to go organic. They need to rethink how they do business."
To demonstrate that, workers in an Institute greenhouse snip away at bedding trays of wheat grass bound for a health-drink manufacturer. Vegetables from the production garden sell at a local supermarket. And last year, Moyer rented 2 acres to a former Institute staffer who wanted to start a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) operation but had no land.
"Most farmers have some land to spare," says Moyer. "They'll earn more money by renting the land and putting it into food production than by growing another 2 acres of field corn. The other benefit is that it helps a younger person get started in farming."
Kids' Regeneration
Children receive special attention at the Institute. Florence Rodale, Anthony's wife, heads up the farm's creative department. In a small barn, she and two educators create learning materials and Web-site pages for children, featuring the adventures of Professor Redworm, the Institute's mascot. They've designed educational displays on regenerative farming for a traveling exhibit hosted at Capital Children's Museum in Washington, DC, Epcot center in Florida, and at the Institute itself. Last year, the Institute gave awards to Pennsylvania schools growing organic gardens.
"Anthony and I really care about kids. They will determine the future of regenerative farming," she explains.
Adult learning is equally important. Twice yearly, the farm hosts "Learning Capsules," daylong seminars and lectures on organic techniques. The demonstration garden, which has always drawn the most attention from visitors, will be renovated this year to make it friendlier for self-guided tours touring.
"We're looking at all our communications because we want to do a better job of explaining what goes on at the farm," Florence Rodale says. "People come here for information."
They also come because the Institute holds a special place in their hearts. On any given day, cars with out-of-state plates sit in the parking lot, driven here by backyard gardeners making their pilgrimage to the farm. To many of them, The Rodale Institute is hallowed ground. They quiz the garden staff, buy armloads of how-to texts in the bookstore, or sit meditatively under one of the big shade trees, admiring the farm's remarkable balance between cultivation and nature.
"My father and grandfather inspired them to grow their own food, and they learned their gardening techniques by reading OG," says Anthony Rodale. "This farm has a very special relationship with them."
Diversity in the Garden
When you stroll through the demonstration garden at The Rodale Institute, you are likely to be struck by two things: the wide diversity of plantings and the simplicity of the techniques used. The gardens demonstrate not only that organic methods work but also that they are not complicated.
In the early years, that wasn't always the case. The staff laboriously double-dug beds, added copious amounts of manure, and controlled pests and diseases with insecticidal soaps and hot pepper sprays, says Eileen Weinsteiger, the chief gardener since 1973.
"If we've learned anything over the years, it's that Organic Gardening can be very simple," she says. "Oh, you still have to weed and do some work, but we've abandoned many of the practices we once thought were necessary."
Many visitors express surprise at the light touch applied by the staffers. And they marvel at the integration of hundreds of food plants and ornamentals, the array of colors and aromas, and the rich bird and insect life within the dozens of raised beds.
"There's a lot of good news here for gardeners," she says. "Put in a lot of plants, mix up your flowers and vegetables, and enjoy."
Biological controls: Institute gardeners still use BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) against cabbage loopers and against Japanese beetles, but that's about it. The days of using rotenone, pyrethrins, and other botanical insecticides are long gone. There's simply no justification to use anything that kills good bugs along with bad bugs, says Weinsteiger.
Most diseases and insects can be controlled with row covers, diverse plantings, borders that are attractive to beneficial insects, birdhouses that bring in insect-eating birds, and simple handpicking, she says.
Diversity: No single plant type dominates any of the raised beds. Such diversity limits the spread of diseases and bugs. And many of the flowers draw beneficial insects, such as lacewings and lady beetles, which protect the food crops.
Wildlife: Insects, toads, and birds thrive here. Lured in with birdhouses, a bog pond, and lots of plants that provide habitat and food, they're all part of the diversity and natural pest control, says Weinsteiger.
"The wrens, especially, are really effective in keeping down the cabbage loopers," she adds.
Fertility: Years of composting have created rich planting beds. Organic matter makes up 5 to 10 percent of a typical raised bed at the Institute.
When planting, staff members dig down 12 inches, turn over the earth, and simply rake it smooth. During the growing season, they apply 1 to 2 inches of compost. The garden also makes extended use of cover crops, such as red clover, oats, and buckwheat, which return fertility to the soil.
Compost: The Institute promotes the use of plant materials—grass clippings, leaves, and garden waste—to make compost. It no longer uses manure in the demonstration garden (though it does in the farming trials) because most home gardeners don't have access to it, and they don't really need it, says Weinsteiger.
"Just use what you have. Everybody has access to plant materials from the yard and garden, and vegetable matter from the kitchen," she says.
If You Visit
The Rodale Institute is located near Kutztown, Pennsylvania—2 hours east of New York City or 1 hour northwest of Philadelphia—near exit 13 of Interstate 78. It is open for self-guided tours Monday through Saturday from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. and Sunday from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. For more information on classes, events, and guided tours, call (610) 683-1400, write to firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit the Web site www.rodaleinstitute.org.


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A timely donation from BenPosted by on November 1, 2012 – 4:03 pm
Throughout the 2012 season The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation is giving grants to police and fire department K-9 units in the areas where the Steelers play.
This week his timing is perfect as the grant is going to the Jersey City Police Department, the city where the team was going to stay before power outages from Hurricane Sandy forced travel plans to change.
New Jersey has been devastated by the hurricane, and the grant will be an asset to the department.
"That is why we do it," said Roethlisberger. "We do it to help first responders, police and firefighters. It just so happens that we are doing it this week in a place that needs it more than most places need it.
"It's always important, but to be able to help out in an area that is so devastated right now, we are glad to be able to help them."
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By Anita Parisi on Nov 2, 2012 | Reply
People ask me why I am such a loyal Steeler fan being from Jersey? This is exactly why! THANK YOU BEN for being so giving and donating to the First responders who are in dire need! My son who passed 9 years ago was a fire fighter in our town and I know he would have appreciated it!!!!!
By Dan B on Nov 3, 2012 | Reply
Adda baby Ben. A very generous move by the pride of Pittsburg. The generous man won't show any sympathy or mercy between the white lines though. That's why I love him. Roethlisberger for MVP!
By adalberto garcia on Nov 4, 2012 | Reply
It's great to hear that my favorite team is helping out! Great to read that Big Ben and his foundation is their for the those in desparate need!!! Loyal true STEELER NATION to THE CORE FAN !!!!! Love You Guys!!!!
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Making Our Mark: New Visual Identity Connects Saybrook's Holistic Legacy With a Clear Path Forward06/30/2015
A new chapter awaits. Saybrook University is about to undergo a transformation that embraces our humanistic legacy with a bold vision for the future. Working with our Marketing Department at TCS Education System (TCS Ed System), we collaborated on a new visual identity that embraces our core mission, values, and personality. Starting this month, we will begin a gradual rollout of this new visual identity on our current website, Student Gateway, and other materials, culminating with the launch of a new website in Spring 2016.
Saybrook Announces Long-Term Contract with New Hotel for Residential Conferences05/27/2015
Robert Schley, Saybrook's Conference Director, confirms that contracts have now been signed with the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa in Monterey, California, for the residential conferences starting in January 2017 through August 2019. All of Saybrook's residential conferences, along with the annual graduation ceremony, will then take place at the Hyatt. The conferences will continue to be held at the beginning of the Fall and Spring semesters each year, in August and January, and will also include the Residential Orientations for new students.
Combatting Terrorism Starts in School: Saybrook Professor's research finds that devout and secular Muslim teanagers both want to live in a pluralistic world01/28/2015
After the tragic "Charlie Hebdo" shootings in France, people across the world are wondering whether societies can peacefully live with devoutly religious minorities in their midst.
Dr. Benina Gould has been studying just that question for the last several years, recently conducting studies of Internet use among teenagers at conservative Muslim schools in Indonesia, which has the largest Muslim population in the world. Also surveyed were the attitudes towards religious diversity among high schoolers in America, Pakistan, and Germany.
Despite tragic cases of terrorism, the good news is the studies showed that the majority of Muslim students, even the most devout ones, want a pluralistic society. And, although there is no easy answer to combat terrorism, Dr. Gould strongly believes that increased education and awareness, and spreading these encouraging findings can make a difference. While horrific acts of violence can easily command our attention, the data clearly shows that they are not representative of an entirely population. That's why her research, which examines the stereotype that 'madrassas' are the breeding grounds of fundamentalism, is of great significance.
Deadline for 2015 Rollo May Scholarship announced11/17/2014
Saybrook is proud to announce the application information for the upcomming 2015 Rollo May Scholarship award, a $5000 scholarship provided through the generosity of university donors.
The Rollo May scholarship is given to a Saybrook student whose graduate work explicitly applies and extends the existential-humanistic contributions of Rollo May. Such student work may include scholarship in the areas of personality theory, psychotherapy, art and literature, cultural criticism, existential encounters, or other topics which the student clearly connects to the Rollo May tradition.
All Saybrook students are encouraged to apply. The application deadline is January 31, 2015.
The modern world offers great challenges, and great opportunities, for Humanistic thought08/21/2014
Members of the Saybrook community:
There's no question that the period of my Saybrook presidency was marked by a number of changes. It was a period of transition.
There was a time when that was unusual. In the 21st century, that's business as usual. While many of the changes we made together were deliberate and, I believe, wise, there's no question that organizations like ours are now constantly changing because we live in a constantly changing world.
For this, my last missive to you as Saybrook's president, I would like to offer a few thoughts about what this means for our intellectual tradition and our mission as an educational institution.
Take Saybrook University courses - on Facebook08/21/2014
If you take a class in "Project X" here's what you won't have to do: buy textbooks, drive to class, or sit through a lecture.
Here's what you will have to do: conduct a conversation, over Facebook, with a leading scholar about a subject in his field that's keeping him up at night, and then work with your fellow students to advance our understanding of the issue.
It's a whole new approach to graduate education – and all you need to participate is an internet connection.
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His academic work has focused on the history and sociology of education, with a particular emphasis on peace and urban education. Prior to those studies, he was a music major and trained trombonist.
Dr. Long officially begins his tenure on Sept. 1. He sat down with The Saybrook Forum to discuss his passion for Saybrook, humanistic education, and his vision for our future. Follow him on Twitter @PresidentLong
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We've moved!08/20/2014
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While long headquartered in San Francisco, and identifying itself with the city's counter-culture, the tech boom of the last few years has significantly changed both San Francisco's economy and culture. Saybrook officials determined, during review of the University's lease, that significant funding could be saved by moving into what they saw as a superior space in Oakland – while Oakland's culture was in many ways more in tune with a university that believes that developing and investing in people is more vital than pursuing the next technology.
Keep up with Saybrook community's recent publications08/12/2014
Members of the Saybrook faculty have had an incredibly busy semester, making scholarly contributions around the world. Here's a partial list of their activities.
In a major publication, Saybrook psychology alumnus and faculty member Kirk Schneider co-edited The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology: Theory, research, and practice (Sage Publicasions). Even more impressive, over half the chapters are written by Saybrook faculty or alums. These include:
- Louis Hoffman et. all: Humanistic psychology and multiculturalism: History, current status, and advancements
- Louis Hoffman et. all: Toward a sustainable myth of self: An existential response to the postmodern condition.
- Amedeo Giorgi: The search for psyche: A human science perspective.
- Tom Greening: Becoming authentic: An existenital-‐humanistic approach to reading literature.
- Ed Mendelowitz: Imagology and the postmodern world.
- Scott Churchill: An introduction to phenomenological research in psychology: Historical, conceptual, and methodologcial foundations
… and more.
Schneider has additionally been named the President Elect of Division 32 of the American Psychological Association. Saybrook faculty member Nathaniel Granger was elected as the Division's secretary.
Welcome to the Global Workplace: Saybrook Offers New MA in Management03/10/2014
Every business in the 21st century is becoming a global business: customers, supply chains, raw materials, and marketing are all part of an emerging world market of unprecedented complexity.
Companies need managers who can work with teams and cultures from across the world. These managers must be able to organize people and processes with equal fluency and bring out the best in diverse teams of people who may never meet face-to-face
Saybrook's School of Organizational Leadership and Transformation is now offering an MA in Management, specializing in Global Workforce Collaboration (pending WASC approval). As both international businesses and non-profit organizations deal with rapid change in multiple countries and cultures at once, managers who understand how to integrate virtual teams with on-site offices across the world are highly prized.


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The world's best cyclists will climb Palomar Mountain, glide past the Safari Park and sprint through downtown Escondido during the Amgen Tour of California this May, race officials announced Tuesday morning.
Other highlights of the eight-day race's San Diego County stage include downtown Ramona, Valley Center, Lake Henshaw, the Old Escondido Historic District, Orfila winery and Mesa Grande Road near Julian. The local stage is scheduled for May 12, which is Mother's Day.
Officials from Escondido, which agreed last year to pay $475,000 to host the race, said during a Tuesday's news conference that they were pleased the route includes so many of the city's major attractions.
"They're taking them past the wineries, Safari Park and the arts center, so the televised coverage will be showcasing a lot of the amenities we have in town," said Joyce Masterson, the city official spearheading race preparations.
Cyclists and race officials said the 103-mile local route will be slightly less challenging than when the race last came to Escondido in 2009, but probably more interesting for fans.
Instead of climbing the extremely steep south side of Palomar Mountain as they did in 2009, the cyclists will climb the more gradual east side of the mountain.
The change results from Escondido switching from its role as final stage host in 2009 to starting line host in 2013, said Alfredo Velasco, an avid cyclist and chairman of the race's local fundraising committee.
"Ordinarily they start the tour with relatively flat stages," he said. "It's not as tough as the south side, but the east side of Palomar Mountain is a tough challenge. The local stage could play a pivotal role in who the top two teams are for the rest of the race."
Velasco said he was pleased to see that Ramona and Santa Ysabel were added to the route this time. They essentially replace Rancho Bernardo, where the local stage started in 2009, Bandy Canyon Road and Highland Valley Road.
Escondido police Lt. Tom Albergo said planning road closures will be somewhat easy because the route from Valley Center to the downtown Escondido finish line at Broadway and Grand Avenue will be the same as in 2009.
"We're fortunate to have the same route from 2009 coming back into the city, so a lot of the preplanning and mapping and determining the number of volunteers has already been completed," he said.
That leaves only the route away from the starting line, which will also be Broadway and Grand.
Albergo said residents in Old Escondido have been helpful with early preparations, agreeing to delay their annual Mother's Day tour of historical homes until after the cyclists pass by on Juniper Street about 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday's route announcement was welcome news to many restaurants and other businesses along the route, including the Lake Wohlford Café near Escondido's border with Valley Center.
"It's great news that we'll be on the route again," said Phyllis Kamps, owner of the cafe. "It brought a lot of new people into the restaurant. We'll have specials again, and we'll have the race on our TVs the whole day."


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Building a Respect Culture
So much is disturbing about the Steubenville video, released by Anonymous, in which Michael Nodianos makes horrifying jokes about the raped woman, that I can hardly begin. Here's one: the guy saying "that's not cool." Oh, I'm glad he's saying that rape, and joking about rape, aren't funny. But "that's not cool" isn't enough. If two football players took the body of a drunk and unconscious young woman and used it as a plaything all night, why didn't someone intervene? For god's sake, even if it was too hard to take her body away from them, why did no one call the police?
I know, that's easy for me to say. I wasn't there; I don't have to live in that town where football is the primary industry, where football is the central social currency, where standing up to football bullies could mean social death and physical danger, not just at the time but later as well. Those social norms were already in place—enforced, Jessica Valenti at The Nation contends, not just by the town's football culture, but also the nation at large. From the bystander effect to Zimbardo's Stanford prison experiment, we all know that situational norms have an incredibly powerful effect on our behavior: No matter what we imagine afterwards, or from the sidelines, few of us have the moral confidence or confrontational courage to stand up to everyone around us. I may be appalled and grieved, but I am not surprised at the observers' paralysis—or even their unwillingness to testify. Nobody likes a snitch.
But what if the town had had different norms? What if the norm was—instead of celebrating cruelty—to stand up for each other, to deflect violence, to protect the vulnerable? What if you got social cred not for putdowns and cruelty but for helping others out? As my friend and colleague Michele Weldon reports at Al Jazeera, some projects genuinely do help change social norms. With some effort we can shift from a rape culture to its opposite: a respect culture. And it can help not just women, not just the most socially vulnerable, but the entire social climate.
That can be done with one of the most basic of public health insights: by teaching young people what's really the social norm. a lot of research has shown that college students are more likely to binge-drink if they think everyone is doing it. Do a survey, get accurate stats, reveal that the heavy partiers are a serious minority, and you can change student behavior and campus norms. Similar projects can work the same way for such related phenomenons as bullying, slut-shaming, gaybashing, intimate partner violence, and sexual violence generally. Very few men are rapists. Serial rapists are a small group of predators who commit other acts of violence as well; stop them early and you protect more than just one individual woman. More important, establish among young men and women that exploiting a drunk girl by raping and humiliating her repeatedly is not the norm, and you can change a campus climate—improving the life not just of that one young woman, but of the others whose lives are slightly more dangerous and significantly coarser because that rape was a community event.
I know of several programs in which leaders teach either peers or younger men that rape isn't acceptable—and show them how they can intervene without confrontation: they include Men Can Stop Rape, Coaching Boys into Men, Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP), a number of offshoot programs on college campuses, and surely more than I don't know yet. Some of these programs are being evaluated by social science researchers; I'm told that preliminary results show that they work, and will report more when the research is published. (Full disclosure: my wife, Michelle King, was one of the founders of the MVP program; she helped develop it, and is doing some work with it now.) What they have in common: this bystander intervention approach teaches young men and women that they can look out for others in trouble, and show them how to intervene without confrontation or danger. I can't remember where I first saw this video, which is identified on YouTube as a UW Madison lesson in how to intervene, but I think it's just spectacular as a quick lesson that stopping an acquaintance rape before it happens doesn't have to take an enormous effort; it simply requires being awake, thoughtful, and willing to care about others actively. My wife tells me she uses this longer video from New Zealand in her train-the-trainers efforts; I found it a little harsher, but it shows many different moments that a variety of people—a friend, a bartender, a stranger, a roommate—could have prevented one predator from raping, without direct confrontation or danger.
The larger issue, of course, is how we go from specific, scattershot workshops and good parents to creating a broader culture of respect. How do we train people to step up for each other, rather than mocking one another's vulnerability as a way to increase their own social power, or ignoring one another as a selfish, self-succeeding strategy? It will take a lot of very particular, very local efforts. A high school will have to be determined to change the social climate from one of cruelty to one of connection, teaching its students that they can be involved with one another instead of dissing one another. A college president can decide that the entire campus is going to switch from one of hero-worship to one of mutual respect. We can do it if we decide to. There's less rape in the United States than in India. Some schools are more welcoming than others. People do help one another when it's seen as the norm.
Rape is just one of the many manifestations of a climate of cruelty and selfishness; it's related to the disconnected climate that encourages rampant bullying, as Emily Bazelon reports in her forthcoming book Sticks and Stones (my reviewed of which will appear in the next print issue of The American Prospect). Let me quote what she says about her insights in a post this week about John Cook's recent confession at Gawker about his youth as a bully:
The dynamics of bullying are not a complete mystery. At some schools, kids rise in the social ranks for attacking other kids' reputations. That sounds like what was happening at Cook's junior high. He was trying to impress the cool kids. He didn't think about the feelings of the girls he sacrificed to that aim. They were fodder, not people, somehow. He cut himself off from empathy for them. This is the thing about bullying that makes it so hard to stomach: In a particular ill-starred place and time, it turns kids utterly cold and heartless. For an up-to-date example, listen to this amazing story from WNYC's Radio Rookies about slut shaming. Sixteen-year-old Temitayo Fagbenle interviews a boy who expresses no remorse for ruining a girl's reputation by posting compromising photos of her online. Because he and Fagbenle are friends, we get the unvarnished version of his unfazed response. What he cares about are the coolness points he scored. He's still reveling in that.
Rape is not inevitable. What if we changed that culture of bullying—including gaybaiting, slut-shaming, conquistador masculinity, violence against women, and sexual assault, of which the Steubenville rape is an extreme example—into one of mutual respect?
Thu, 2013-01-10 17:56
My middle son played football all through high school and played Div. 1 ball in college. He was an extremely large kid and lifted weights, working on his strength. From the time he was a little guy, I told him that he had been blessed with a very large, strong body. Because of that, he owed it to the people that were smaller and weaker than him to protect them. I specified that included women, children, other guys, the elderly. I told him that if I even once ever heard of him using his size and strength against others that he would never walk onto the football field again. He ended up being the kindest, sweetest kid, always sticking up for the underdog. He was an O-line tackle and once he had mowed the opponent down, he would stand hulking over him and put out his hand to help them up.
Football is not the problem. Violent video games in and of themselves are not the problem. Kindness, respect, gentleness, they all must be taught and expected and that job belongs to the parents. Today he works with severely mentally and physically handicapped kids, the most vulnerable among us. The kids adore him and he creates all kinds of games the boys can play that accommodate their limitations but allow them to experience the joy of sports and teamwork.
Do not blame football, blame the parents who don't teach by example, who don't require high standards of behavior from their kids, and who teach win at any cost. I always taught my son that adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it.
Thu, 2013-01-10 21:18
Sure, football is not the problem, but it is the focus -- and the magnifier -- of a lot of problems. It is up to all inolved, especially those who make lots of money out of it at all levels, to take active steps to promote correct attitudes.
Instead of, as now, promoting bad attitudes by overlooking bad behaviour and indeed actively promoting a phoney glorification of players.
hkrafka apparently has an exemplary son; but somehow has failed to notice that this is not the norm, and to criticise where criticism is due
Sat, 2013-01-12 17:05
A few good football players, to my mind, proves the norm isn't well behaved football players.
I grew up in a small town where men their forties, fifties and sixties and beyond squeeze into their old letter jackets for every home game and scream from the stands and practically worship the football coach and players, where football players are granted immunity from the rules the govern every one else. Football itself isn't the problem, the entire culture around it that valorizes football and its players is the problem. The idea that some people are exempt from the rules of behavior that govern the rest of us is a problem. I was lucky to attend a private high school that treated students as if we could make choices - and gave us comprehensive information about sexuality. To this day, I only know of a handful of persons in my high school graduating class who was sexually active while at that school.
The small liberal arts college I attended began every semester with a "safe sex study break" held in every dorm lounge. These study breaks focused on negotiating condom and contraceptive use and practicing safe sex in the broadest sense - looking out for one another, using good judgement, making certain both partners actually gave consent (and were capable of giving consent). The school made it widely known that contraceptives were available at the health center. The officialdom of the college campus was incredibly proactive about our college aged sexuality and treated us with respect (i.e. they assumed we were smart enough to make smart choices and gave us the information we needed). It made a huge difference. There was lots of sex and lots of drinking on campus, but very few incidents of acquaintance rape.
Two points then - first I agree we need to transform to a respect culture and part of that means treating people with respect to get it (starting young!) and second our efforts need to include effective education programs about human sexuality. The good news is such programs already exist - we don't have to invent them. The UUA and UCC denominations created one of the best, Our Whole Lives, that can be used in any setting. The resources are out there, we have to choose to use them.
Fri, 2013-02-08 16:25
My son played football, midget style, but opted out in high school not because of the culture but because he made a choice. I am very blessed to have raised two sons but I always tell the story of my son's last year in college. His senior year he rented an apartment with 5 women - yes women. The all to comment I get, particularly from groups of young men, are how much did he get, must have gotten lucky quite a bit -then all the rib poking - a sea of uniforms and wishing they all had 5 female roommates. My son never had relations, other than sharing the rent, utilities and a draw in the bathroom, with any of these talented and lovely young women. I am very proud of my son - his response when I asked him was that it wouldn't have been appropriate and would have ruined the boundaries they as a group set down prior to rooming together. Of course after saying that I always hear one or two side comments that oh He must be gay....
Our society, as a whole, needs to stop looking the other way, to stop turning away from what we see, hear and begin step up and say no more, enough is enough.
Just recently a fraternity @ Duke again showed its arrogance in hosting an event that told party goers to dress and talk like Asians. How senseless and arrogant - and yes white privilege males reared their ugly heads once again .....
The programs Men Can Stop Rape, MVP, 1 in Four and others are great organizations who work with men to become part of the solutions ; to stand in solidarity with women. And yes the resources are out there - University of New Hampshire, Arizona State...the list goes on but 90 minutes of training is not enough. It needs to be a continuous event other wise we check the box and move on.
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Attorney R. Scott Whitehead, the third and most important of Harvey Tipler's cellmates who say they plotted with him to kill Assistant State Attorney Russ Edgar, testified Thursday for the prosecution.
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Whitehead worked with criminal investigators to tape jailhouse conversations with Tipler. Those conversations will be played for the jury today as the prosecution wraps up its case.
On the witness stand Thursday, Whitehead confirmed that some of what he recorded Tipler saying involved the defendant's plan to pay a man named Dion Lowe to arrange for a hit man in Atlanta to stalk and kill Edgar.
And like Lowe and Wallace Morris, a third man Tipler is alleged to have discussed his plan with, Whitehead said he wanted nothing to do with the plot but played along in hopes of advancing his own interests.
"I hoped Mr. Edgar wouldn't get killed, number one," Whitehead said when asked about his motivation for going to authorities to sell out Tipler. "Also, leniency. I hoped I could get probation to give me an opportunity to reimburse the victims of my crimes."
Whitehead and Tipler knew one another as attorneys in Okaloosa County before their careers were derailed.
Disbarred for misconduct in 2008, Tipler originally was arrested on racketeering charges in 2009 and has been taken into custody twice since then on the same charge. Edgar has been prosecuting Tipler's cases from the start.
Whitehead had his license to practice law suspended in 2010 following several arrests on alcohol-related charges. Edgar's special prosecution unit charged him with racketeering and aggravated white collar crimes in 2011.
Whitehead pleaded no contest to the racketeering charge and will be sentenced May 17. It is likely he will be ordered to reimburse about $300,000 he has admitted stealing from clients.
Whitehead testified Thursday that it was abundantly clear when they were serving time together in August 2012 that Tipler despised Edgar. The first time Tipler told him he wanted Edgar dead was last Aug. 14, Whitehead said.
"He said, 'You know, I can have Russ Edgar killed for $10,000,' " Whitehead told the jury.
After that, all Tipler spoke about was the plot, which had been launched months earlier, Whitehead said.
Tipler knew Whitehead's mother was wealthy enough to cover her son's legal bills of about $200,000, Whitehead testified, and he wanted Whitehead to convince her to put up the cash needed to carry out the killing.
Tipler even had it worked out that Joseph Floyd, a former Crestview Police Department major who Edgar also had indicted on racketeering charges, would be blamed for the killing, Whitehead testified.
Whitehead, who evidence indicated already had tried a couple times to get investigators interested in Tipler's supposed illegal activities in jail, said he called his attorney immediately upon learning of the plot to kill Edgar.
Randy Crowder, an investigator with the state attorney's office, also was called to the stand Thursday to outline the investigation into Whitehead's allegation.
The state attorney's office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement were able to confiscate a letter from Tipler to Lowe — his liaison with the hit man in Atlanta — before it left the jail, Crowder testified.
The same letter, thoroughly analyzed, was confiscated again after it arrived at the home of Lowe's cousin.
Crowder told the court Thursday that Whitehead was given free rein with tape recorders given to him to capture conversations with Tipler.
Under cross-examination by Tipler's defense attorneys, Crowder said it would have been too dangerous and could have risked the investigation if authorities had exercised greater control over Whitehead's use of the recording devices.
The prosecution will put one more witness on the stand this morning before it plays Whitehead's tapes. The defense's case could last the rest of the day.
State Attorney Bill Eddins said closing arguments likely will end Saturday morning before the jury gets the case.
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