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Senior Natalie Minev's father was tortured and persecuted by the Bulgarian government during the late 1960s for being perceived as an anti-communist. He escaped the country along with his family in 1969 and moved to the United States. Minev's mother emigrated from the Philippines to Akron, Ohio, in 1970 in search of a better life and more opportunity. Her family's complex history gives her the motivation to study the effects of oppressive governments.
"Both of my parents' journeys stay in the back of my mind as I try to figure out my own identity," said Minev, an English and political science double major. "It forces me to ask questions like how far people will go to be free from persecution, and how governments institutionally oppress selective groups of people."
As the recipient of a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), Minev studied the effectiveness of the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in South Africa and Chile. She was introduced to the subject in a comparative politics course taught by Jodi Finkel, associate professor of political science.
"My research concluded that the commissions were effective in some sense and divisive in others. Human rights abuse still happens," Minev said. "It was promising to hear that the victims' stories were told and some perpetrators admitted to crimes. However, reparations were promised but the people are still waiting."
Minev said that she has seen similar forms of oppression locally through her community service activities in Watts, Inglewood and Tijuana, Mexico. Ultimately, she hopes to become a civil rights lawyer.
"Knowing my father's personal story interested me in furthering my education to better understand the mechanisms that oppress people. As a lawyer, I will work to help protect the rights of minorities," Minev said.
Liberal arts majors have the opportunity each year to conduct a study on the topic of their choice through the Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Students must present their topic proposal as well as enlist an adviser who will guide them through their studies.
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4.18.13 WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD: Beatty Sets School Record in Hammer
Women's Track & Field, 2013-04-18
Walsh competed in the Stark County Triangular hosted by Mt. Union that also involved Malone on Thursday. Although the Cavaliers placed third in the event, many athletes set personal records, but the highlight of the day went to Leah Beatty (Enon Valley, PA/Mohawk) who set a school record in the hammer throw.
Beatty was on the verge of breaking the record through the season, but finally reached the mark today with a distance of 46.17 meters, or 151'06". The previous record was 145'03". She finished first in the event by 3.5 meters. Beatty was just over a foot away from winning the shot put with a distance of 12.35 meters, but still finished in second.
Also finishing first in the Stark County Tri were Shannon Montgomery (Fr., Newton Falls, OH/HS) and Kayla Braun (Jr., Hudson, OH/HS). Montgomery won the discus with a throw of 39.2 meters, or 128'07", which beat her closest competitor by almost 10 feet. Braun won the javelin with a throw of 34.21 meters, or 112'03".
Walsh continues an eventful weekend and now travels to Columbus to participate in the Jesse Owens Classic at Ohio State. The event will take place on Friday and Saturday.
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Too many people mistakenly believe the goal of seo is solely to achieve high ranking for a few keyword phrases and this mistaken belief can cause their efforts to fail before they've even begin their search engine optimization campaign. So what is the true goal of seo and how can knowing it improve our optimization strategy and our overall success?
Aligning SEO Goals With Business Goals
To understand the goal of seo let's take a step back and think about more general business goals. Chances are the goals of your business are to make money. If not you probably won't be in business very long. And the way you'll make money is by selling something. Whether it's a product or service you sell you're selling something. It's not important at the moment what it is you're selling or how well you've planned out your time and expenses, or how much profit you make from each sale. The point is you're trying to sell something and that's why you're working on optimizing your website for search engines.
Given the object is to make a sale which would you rather have happen? Would you rather one visitor come to your site and buy something or 1000 visitors come and leave? I can't speak for you, but I'd rather have that one visitor with the cash stop by for a visit. When it comes to seo then, what you're looking for isn't just visitors, but visitors who are more likely to buy what you have to sell. You're looking for qualified traffic. The fact that not every visitor will buy something is pretty obvious and it should come as no surprise that your website will need need to work to convert some of those visitors into customers. What's less obvious is that with many visitors no matter what you do on your site you won't be making a sale.
All Search Traffic Is Not Equal
The reason everyone wants search traffic is because the right traffic from a search engine is already partly sold on your products and services. Just by typing a few words into a search engine searchers have indicated they're interested in something. That doesn't mean though that you want every searcher to land on your site. If you sell guitars it won't mean much if someone who's searching for the plays of Shakespeare finds your site through a search engine. They probably won't stay very long if they do click on your link. It's not every visitor you're looking for, but those that are more likely to make a purchase.
Let's say you have a site that sells softball equipment among other things. You sell softball bats and gloves. You sell a variety of each from companies like Wilson, Rawlings, Easton, and Louisville Slugger. You naturally think to target the keyword 'softball' on your site since it gets a good amount of searches and spend your time and efforts doing what you can to optimize your site for the single word. Truth is most people who type the single word softball aren't looking to buy anything. They might be looking for the rules of softball or to see if there are any leagues in their area or information on how to play better. They're probably looking for all sorts of things, but least among them is a bat or glove to purchase. However someone typing the less popular search 'Easton slow pitch softball bats' into a search engine is much more likely to be looking to make a purchase.
SEO Goals
Your goal then isn't to rank for what seems like a popular search term, but rather to find those search terms that will give you a better chance of making a sale. Your goal is to direct the people making those searches to the pages on your site which have what they most likely are looking to purchase. And your goal is to do what you can on your site to convince that person to purchase what they want from you.
Your seo goals should be to target a variety of search terms that have a better chance of resulting in a sale. It really shouldn't matter if you rank #1 or #20 for the terms as long as they are sending qualified traffic to your site and that traffic is resulting in sales. Once you find those terms that are leading to sales you can work to improve their rank, but to focus only on rank will lead to a lot of wasted time and effort.
Your goals should also be to drive qualified traffic your way even if it doesn't come from a search eninge. You sell bats and gloves so get some links on sites about softball. It's not important if those links will help your site with search engines. It doesn't matter if those softball sites have no page rank or will do much to increase your page rank. What is important is that the people visiting those sites are interested in softball and if your link indicates clicking on it will take someone to a page selling either softball bats or gloves or both then the people who click those link to your site are very qualified traffic and your job in making a sale is that much easier.
What you want to do when it comes to seo is find those phrases that lead to sales and look for more of them. Create pages on your site that you can direct that traffic. As long as you're getting traffic from those phrases the actual rank isn't important. Yes you should work to increase the traffic that's converting and if you're converting well for a phrase for which you rank on the second page in the results you should work to get a page one listing, but don't focus on the rank itself. You may do better to find a few more keyword phrases that also drive qualified traffic to your site. You may find that improving your meta descriptions produces more click throughs on your page two ranking which yields in more sales. You may even find that rewriting your title ends up getting more clicks and traffic even while it drops your page to the third page of the results. The end result though isn't where your pages rank, but getting that traffic to convert.
If you're only goal is to drive traffic to your site and you don't care what happens to that traffic once they get to your site then focus all you want on where your site and pages rank. But if you do have some real goals for those who visit your site, like getting them to make a purchase, then keep in mind it's not where you rank that will lead to success. It's getting traffic from phrases where the visitor is half way to that purchase before they ever get to your site and all you need to do is close the deal. A few visitors like that are worth much more than thousands of visitors who leave your site the moment they arrive.
Focus your efforts on getting qualified traffic and on converting that traffic and you'll be much more successful than if you focus your efforts on where your pages rank. The goal of seo is not where you rank. The goal of seo is getting qualified traffic and converting that traffic into paying customers.
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Nancy Grace Investigates: The Quinn Gray Tapes
Aired November 26, 2009 - 20:00:00 ET
NANCY GRACE, HOST: Tonight, exclusive enclave, Ponte Vedra coast, Florida. A high-powered money man comes home to find his young wife with cover girl good looks, the mother of his two little girls, gone, vanished. Left behind, a handwritten ransom note demanding $50,000 in exchange for the life of the wife and mother, Quinn Gray. She allegedly suffers a horrific ordeal of kidnap, abuse, sex attack. As $50,000 is paid in cold cash, cops close in. They nab the alleged kidnapper and accomplice. Kicker, it`s Mommy, Mommy herself, along with her brand-new boyfriend. That`s right, they faked it. Tonight, that frantic 911 call and many more as the fake kidnapping unfolds, and multiple police interrogations, all caught on tape. Bye-bye, good times. Hello, hard time, Mommy. (BEGIN AUDIO CLIP) 911 OPERATOR: Jacksonville 911 (INAUDIBLE) REID GRAY, HUSBAND: Hi. How are you. Police, please. 911 OPERATOR: All right. Yes, this is the sheriff`s office. REID GRAY: I have a situation I need to talk to you about. 911 OPERATOR: OK. REID GRAY: My wife made a phone call to me a minute ago. 911 OPERATOR: Your wife. She`s not with you, then? REID GRAY: No. 911 OPERATOR: OK. REID GRAY: This is the sheriff`s office I`m speaking to? 911 OPERATOR: Yes, sir. REID GRAY: She`s not with me. She`s not with me. She called me (INAUDIBLE) she was held by gunpoint by three men... 911 OPERATOR: Did she tell you where she was at? REID GRAY: No. She was in her car. She said -- our girls go to school at Jacksonville Country Day. They`re still there. I need to go pick them up, bring them home. There`s a note on the table with the gunmen`s demands. If I call the police, the will kill her. It sounds like a frickin` movie, but it`s not. 911 OPERATOR: OK. REID GRAY: I have to make a decision now as to whether I involve you guys or not on this. I`m not an expert at this, so -- but what she says is there`s GPS tracking of some sort -- I don`t know what`s going on -- on my car right now. There`s GPS tracking supposedly. And I head in any direction other than JCS and my house, they will shoot her and kill her. 911 OPERATOR: All right. Now, let me -- let me repeat this back to you so I know exactly what you`re saying to me. Your wife -- she text you or called you? REID GRAY: Called me right now. And she called me twice and she told me I need to hurry. 911 OPERATOR: And said that she was kidnapped. By how many guys? REID GRAY: Three. 911 OPERATOR: Three guys, and they`re in her car? REID GRAY: They`re in her white SUV Mercedes at this point. 911 OPERATOR: White SUV Mercedes. REID GRAY: Yes. 911 OPERATOR: How old are your children? REID GRAY: Eight and six. I`m going to go pick them up. They`re not in danger at this point... 911 OPERATOR: OK... REID GRAY: ... but they could be soon. 911 OPERATOR: Eight and six. And she says she left a note at the house for... REID GRAY: She says there is a note on -- there`s a note on the house, at the house that I`m going to back to... 911 OPERATOR: Right. REID GRAY: ... that will list their demands. It`s about money. 911 OPERATOR: And they told you if you involved the police department... REID GRAY: They will kill her. 911 OPERATOR: OK, so let me -- let me take a moment and see who you need to speak with on this because we want to handle the situation correctly, OK? REID GRAY: Absolutely. 911 OPERATOR: Just stay on the phone with me, Mr. Gray. REID GRAY: Sure thing. 911 OPERATOR: What`s your address in Ponte Vedra, though? REID GRAY: I`m not going to give you that until I know what`s going to happen. 911 OPERATOR: OK. OK. You don`t want to give... REID GRAY: You got to understand that, man! 911 OPERATOR: I understand. I understand. REID GRAY: I`m not going to just have you guys roll in there with your lights on or whatever you`re going to do... 911 OPERATOR: No, I... REID GRAY: ... and hurt -- if this is real. 911 OPERATOR: I got you. I got you. I got you. REID GRAY: It could be three (INAUDIBLE) punks, but a gun`s a gun, man! And if that`s really going down, then I need to know -- I need to talk to somebody who really knows what they`re talking about here. 911 OPERATOR: The note is in his home in Ponte Vedra. REID GRAY: In my home -- in our home in Ponte Vedra, on the counter. 911 OPERATOR: Where was she taken from? REID GRAY: We don`t know. She hasn`t told me. She was very -- was very brief on the two phone calls. 911 OPERATOR: So they`re riding around possibly in Duval County area? REID GRAY: Potentially, yes. 911 OPERATOR: Are you reluctant to give the information because you think that she`s going to be harmed? REID GRAY: She said she was. She said that they were going to shoot her the minute police were involved. (CROSSTALK) REID GRAY: Of course, that`s what they`re going to say, but if that`s even a reality, I want to make sure I handle it carefully. 911 OPERATOR: How exactly was it relayed that she would be harmed? Was talking... REID GRAY: She said, Reid, they`ve told me that if you call the police, they will shoot me dead. (END AUDIO CLIP) GRACE: The alleging kidnapping of a Florida wife and mother of two, Quinn Gray, miraculously comes to an end when her alleged abductors decide to release her. It`s all on the heels of phone calls instructing the husband where to make money drops in exchange of her life. Then, frantic 911 calls of her own telling 911 dispatch about the horrific alleged kidnapping ordeal. (BEGIN AUDIO CLIP) REID GRAY: Hello? QUINN GRAY: Why aren`t you answering your phone faster? What the (EXPLETIVE DELETED)? REID GRAY: What are you talking about? QUINN GRAY: Yes, I`ve been tied up all night long, Reid! What the (EXPLETIVE DELETED) is wrong with you? You need to get in the car with the money and go down Butler Boulevard and take a left on South Drive... REID GRAY: I`ve got to write this down. You can`t... QUINN GRAY: No, just do it now! Please, Reid! Go to Butler Boulevard, take a left -- he`s got the cops! You`re going to get me killed! REID GRAY: Butler what? Butler Boulevard. Hello? (END AUDIO CLIP) (BEGIN AUDIO CLIP) QUINN GRAY: They know. She got really upset. She started screaming, saying, I`m tied up. And she goes, You got the cops. They know. They`re going to kill me. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well (INAUDIBLE) still stay remaining calm. She`s probably going to call back again. Act like you don`t know what she`s talking... REID GRAY: She said, Get in the car with the money and start heading down Butler Boulevard. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You don`t have any money. REID GRAY: I know that. But she for the first time is screaming and crying, saying, They`ve got me tied up. Help. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She`s making this urgent, or they`re making this urgent. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Butler Boulevard? My God, Butler Boulevard is so -- so vague. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, I mean, Butler Boulevard is anywhere. You`re talking a whole... REID GRAY: Can you rewind it? Maybe you can hear what it says. She gave directions where I need to go. (END AUDIO CLIP) (BEGIN AUDIO CLIP) 911 OPERATOR: 911 OPERATOR: Sheriff`s office, 911. What`s your emergency? QUINN GRAY: My name is Quinn Gray, and I was kidnapped and I`m not sure where I am right now! 911 OPERATOR: What`s your name, honey? QUINN GRAY: I`m Quinn Gray! I was kidnapped on Friday! I don`t know who did it and... 911 OPERATOR: Quinn? QUINN GRAY: Yes! Gray! 911 OPERATOR: OK. QUINN GRAY: Gray! 911 OPERATOR: OK. Gray? OK. I need you to take a big breath, OK? OK? QUINN GRAY: (INAUDIBLE) 911 OPERATOR: I need you to tell me what`s going on. QUINN GRAY: QUINN GRAY: OK. I was kidnapped on Friday for money, for money that my husband owed. And he literally raped me! (INAUDIBLE) the police! I need the police to come pick me up, please! 911 OPERATOR: OK. QUINN GRAY: I was in a van. Can you please have them come and get me! 911 OPERATOR: OK. QUINN GRAY: Please! 911 OPERATOR: Where do you need to be dropped off? QUINN GRAY: What do you mean? Why are you asking me -- I was dropped out of a van! I have been strapped to a chair in the back of a van for three days! What day is it? 911 OPERATOR: OK... QUINN GRAY: I don`t even (EXPLETIVE DELETED) know! 911 OPERATOR: It`s Monday. QUINN GRAY: (INAUDIBLE) I just need someone to come (INAUDIBLE) 911 OPERATOR: OK, Quinn. You just need to take a deep breath, OK? We`ve got somebody on the way, OK? QUINN GRAY: OK. Thank you. I just want to see my kids! 911 OPERATOR: OK. OK, what are you wearing, Quinn? QUINN GRAY: I`m wearing a black top and white shorts. 911 OPERATOR: So I need a description of the van, honey. QUINN GRAY: (INAUDIBLE) 911 OPERATOR: What kind of van was it? QUINN GRAY: (INAUDIBLE) White! I don`t know! It was, like, a wagon (INAUDIBLE) 911 OPERATOR: Was it white? QUINN GRAY: White! Yes, white! I don`t know anything else. They had (INAUDIBLE) over my eyes (INAUDIBLE)! 911 OPERATOR: OK, Quinn, take a deep breath. QUINN GRAY: OK. OK. 911 OPERATOR: OK. It was a white van. Do you know which direction did they go? QUINN GRAY: I have no -- I don`t know. There was a parking lot. I don`t know! 911 OPERATOR: OK. OK. QUINN GRAY: I don`t know! I don`t know! 911 OPERATOR: OK. And so you`ve been missing for three days? QUINN GRAY: Yes! You guys don`t know that? 911 OPERATOR: Well, I didn`t know that, OK? Do you know what telephone you`re calling me from? QUINN GRAY: I`m calling from my phone. They always made me talk on this phone, and they gave it to me back because -- because -- I don`t know why they gave it (INAUDIBLE) 911 OPERATOR: Do you know where you were? QUINN GRAY: No. 911 OPERATOR: Could you see anything from where you were? QUINN GRAY: Where I was when? 911 OPERATOR: For the last three days. QUINN GRAY: No. Yes, I was in a room. I don`t know, like, a warehouse or something. I could hear the door going up and down, like a... 911 OPERATOR: Like an elevator? QUINN GRAY: No, like a (INAUDIBLE) garage door, like a storage garage door, you know? There was rooms. I was in a room and tied up to a chair with duct tape and these ties. There is nothing in there! It`s just duct tape and ties! 911 OPERATOR: Can you see the van now? You don`t see that van? QUINN GRAY: What van? 911 OPERATOR: The van that dropped you off. QUINN GRAY: No! 911 OPERATOR: How did they -- how did you get out of the van? QUINN GRAY: They let me out. 911 OPERATOR: They let her out of the van. QUINN GRAY: They let me out, and the rest of it I cannot speak to you about. I can tell you as much as I`ve told you, and that`s it or I`ll be dead. You need to understand that, OK? 911 OPERATOR: OK. I`m just trying to... QUINN GRAY: OK. All right. I just want you to know I`m not telling you anything else about anything because my life and my kids` lives and my husband`s life depends on it! You have no idea what I`ve just been through! 911 OPERATOR: I can imagine, honey. I mean, I cannot even imagine what you`ve been through. I cannot imagine. And I`m so sorry for you. QUINN GRAY: (INAUDIBLE) 911 OPERATOR: Take a deep breath. You`re doing good. OK, they`re coming. Just calm down. Take a deep breath, OK? QUINN GRAY: (INAUDIBLE) 911 OPERATOR: I know. I just told them to tell him over the radio where you are, OK? She`s wearing a black top with white shorts. QUINN GRAY: I`m waving a Coke can. 911 OPERATOR: She`s waving. QUINN GRAY: A Coke can! (END AUDIO CLIP) GRACE: When we come back, Quinn Gray sits down with investigators to tell her story, claiming she`s been kidnapped for ransom. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) QUINN GRAY: It`s just been the most incredible ordeal to go through something like this, and then in a 24-hour period to be brainwashed so significantly that you actually believe that your husband is trying to kill you, or that he`s not trying to prohibit you from being killed, I should say. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Right. QUINN GRAY: You know? And I -- I don`t know. It was just -- it was just the craziest situation I`ve ever been in my life, and I just want -- I just want to get all the facts out there. (END VIDEO CLIP) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) GRACE: After she claims she`s set free by her alleged kidnappers, Florida wife and mother of two Quinn Gray tells police her story, how she was snatched at gunpoint from her $4 million home, the motive behind the kidnapping, the handwritten ransom note demanding $50,000 in exchange for her life. And it`s all caught on video. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) QUINN GRAY: I went up to my closet to change my clothes, and that`s when he came in from -- I`m was standing in the corner. There`s my dresser inside the closet. I don`t know if you`ve been in my house... UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, I have. QUINN GRAY: ... but he came in this way and said, Don`t do anything stupid. I`m not here for you. That`s what he was saying, I`m not here for you. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And he`s got a gun? QUINN GRAY: And he`s got a gun, and he`s got yellow rubber gloves on. And I was just completely horrified because it`s the same person that I had seen twice before when he was dropping off mail, and I thought something suspicious about it. I thought something unusual about it, but I kind of tried to blow it off. So he`s -- has a gun to my head. I mean, I`m screaming bloody murder, screaming. I`m -- I`m actually really surprised that someone didn`t hear me. But unfortunately, I don`t have neighbors on either side of me. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right. QUINN GRAY: You know? I got these people, live in Georgia, and the people on the other side that`s just rental on occasion. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right. QUINN GRAY: So... UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What kind of gun was it? QUINN GRAY: It was a sliver -- he said it was a .45. It was a large silver .45. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A handgun? QUINN GRAY: Yes, a handgun. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you remember if he was holding it with his left hand or his right hand? QUINN GRAY: He had it like this. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So straight out like this? OK. QUINN GRAY: He had it like this. Just the yellow gloves and the whole scene and the look on his face, and the evil in his yes, I was, like, I`m dead. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The gloves -- would you describe those as what, like dish-washing gloves? QUINN GRAY: Yes. They were yellow dish-washing gloves, which he took on and off several times during this whole period of time. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK. QUINN GRAY: Because I was, like -- every time he`d have -- every time the gun was pointed at me, I would start to break down. And so he was, like, Would you like me to put the gun aside? Would you like me to put the gun aside? Because he kept saying to me over and over, I`m just here for $50,000. Your husband owes $50,000. This isn`t about you. I don`t want you. I don`t want anything to do with you. This is just about the money. And this is when I`m, like, What money? What are you talking about? So this is the period of time where I`m trying to ascertain the truth. He kept telling me, Your husband borrowed money from a loan shark. You`ve never heard of a loan shark? He was very sarcastic. He was constantly saying sarcastic comments and -- about rich people and stuff like that, and, Oh, your husband, you know -- I was, like, I don`t understand why he would borrow $50,000 from a loan shark. He makes plenty of money. And at this point, we`re having this dialogue, and I was trying to figure out why my husband would borrow $50,000. He had three weeks` notice. That`s what he kept telling me. He had three weeks` notice to pay this money. You know, there`s just no way that in a three-week period of time, he wouldn`t have been able to come up with it. And I`m saying the same thing. I`m completely confused because I`m, like, No, he -- he has the money. There`s no way. I said, Did he know that there would be -- that there would be threats that something bad would happen? My rings were on my finger, and he`s, like, Well, how much is that set worth? And I`m, like, Well, it`s a really good set. It could be worth close to $20,000. And I just -- I think at that point, I was, like, tearing up and crying. And he`s, like, Well, it seems sentimental to you, so I`m not going to take that from you. He had told me that. And I was, like -- the whole thing is just wacky! UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bizarre, right. QUINN GRAY: It was bizarre. It was totally bizarre. He`s just kind of telling me how much he knows about my family and how we were -- he`s, like, I can`t believe watching you guys shower out by the beach on Sunday that your husband, when he knows that this is on your head, that he would be -- just be out there with a smile on his face, like (EXPLETIVE DELETED) you know? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Are you still zip-tied at this point? QUINN GRAY: I don`t think I was. I was cooperating fully, though. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK. QUINN GRAY: I had resigned in my mind that I`m going with this person and I`m going to get the money for him somehow, you know? And so I was pretty calm. He had put the gun on the side. He still had the gun, but he wasn`t pointing it at me. And he had me write the letter. He was telling me what to write, but I was writing some of my own, too. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right. QUINN GRAY: Because I knew what was happening and I knew what -- I mean, I`ve probably known this person for about a half hour now. I got the deal. There`s lots of dialogue going back and forth. So I`m writing, and you know, I`m saying some thoughts because -- you said not to say what the FBI investigation was. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It`s OK. We got you. QUINN GRAY: You know, what was my dialogue and what was his. And so, yes, I was writing some, too, but keep emphasizing the important stuff, like the no cops, because he would repeat it in my head -- in my, you know, ear. He`s, like, No cops, no cops, no cops. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you remember messing up in the beginning and crossing something out or whatever? QUINN GRAY: You know, they kept asking me about that, and I don`t know. 911 OPERATOR: You don`t remember that at all? QUINN GRAY: Uh-huh. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did he say to write something and then get made at you and tell you to cross it out? Do you remember any of that? QUINN GRAY: I think maybe I wrote it. I think maybe I wrote it. I mean, I don`t really -- I know just -- I know that -- that part of it is really cloudy. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So when you`re done writing on it, do you just leave it there by the microwave on that bar? The pad. QUINN GRAY: The pad? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. QUINN GRAY: That I don`t remember. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK. All right. But you don`t remember... QUINN GRAY: No, I thought I left it upstairs in the office. I`m not sure. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK. (INAUDIBLE) you tore a piece of paper off of it up here and brought it down... QUINN GRAY: Yes, I think I tore two pieces off. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Gotcha. OK. QUINN GRAY: I think. Sometimes he alluded to the fact that I was the one targeted, and sometimes he didn`t. You know, sometimes he said that we were all supposed to be dead, that this job was supposed to be done three weeks ago. And sometimes he`d just say, you know, I don`t kill women. I don`t -- I only kill the people -- he`s say this a lot, I only kill people who deserve it. That`s what he always said to me. He said that a lot, too. Other than that -- so there was a lot of conversation that night. He asked if I felt safe with him, and I said yes. He asked if I trusted him a lot, and I said yes. I asked if he trusted me, and he said yes. GRACE: Next, more from the alleged kidnapping victim, Quinn Gray`s police interrogation, the stunning video. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) QUINN GRAY: In hindsight, after all is said and done, I don`t know there is a boss. (END VIDEO CLIP) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) GRACE: The wife of a multi-millionaire Florida businessman, mother of two Quinn Gray, sits down with police investigators after her alleged kidnapping hoax, her story becoming more convoluted, telling cops she was in fear of her life, thinking she would be sold off into the sex trade and her husband was trying to have her killed. But then in a stunning twist, she admits failing a polygraph miserably. It`s all caught on tape. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) QUINN GRAY: I mean, I was 100 percent positive that this -- that it was all a lie about the money and that it was just about, like, a slave trade or something like that, like, a sex trade, something like that, you know? I figured we`re in Jacksonville. There`s a port. All they`d have to do is put me on a boat and I`m gone. I`m very, very anxious at this point. I`m actually -- I`m just really confused. At this point, there`s, like, these moments of clarity that I`m, like, I want to be home with my family, even my husband. You know, at this point, I`m, like, I just miss my family. I just miss my husband. And you know, I`m thinking -- but then I would snap back into the, OK, this -- you know, my husband is trying to have me killed, you know, this (EXPLETIVE DELETED). And we`re driving in the car far out of town, and I`m -- I just broke down. I was just a total lunatic. I was crying and screaming, and he kept begging me to calm down. Please calm down. You`ve got to get a grip. You were calm this morning. You were calm this morning, remember? It was working fine. Everything was fine. Just get back to that. And I couldn`t -- I couldn`t. I was just, like -- grabbed his gun, and I`m, like, I`m just going to (EXPLETIVE DELETED) shoot myself in the head. And at that moment, I knew I was going to blow my brains out because I really didn`t want to die. But that`s how (EXPLETIVE DELETED) up I was in the head. I don`t know if I did it as an act. I just did it. And he grabbed it out of my hand and said, What are you (EXPLETIVE DELETED) crazy? You really going to blow your head off? And I was crying and breaking down and saying, I don`t know what to believe. I don`t know if my husband really did this or if you`re just making this all up. I don`t know if -- if you`re right now -- I said, Right now, you could have the money, and you`re just bringing me out in the woods. You got your money now and you`re bringing me out in the woods and you`re just going to dump me. I know that it`s a crapshoot whether people believe me or not, at this point in the game. And that`s really hard to deal with because of what I`ve been through, you know what I mean? So that`s kind of where I`m at right now. I mean, I was feeling awesome about the whole thing yesterday because I got the whole story out, every -- well, not every detail, but as much as you can get in that period of time. And then the polygraph today just went bad, you know? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Why is that? QUINN GRAY: Because they said I felt it miserably. (END VIDEO CLIP) GRACE: When we come back, Quinn Gray`s story of kidnap, abuse, sex attack. Alleged abductor? Cops reveal it`s her secret boyfriend, age 26, the lovers planning her fake kidnap and demanding $50,000 from her husband in exchange for Gray`s life. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) QUINN GRAY, FAKED HER KIDNAPPING TO GET MONEY FROM HUSBAND: He started kissing on my ear and my neck. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: How did you react at that point? GRAY: I just -- I kind of reacted just still at first, you know, a little bit still, and then I started to act like I enjoyed it a little bit, and he started to kiss me, and. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Now what was your frame of mind at that point? What was going through your mind when this is happening? GRAY: My frame of mind was we`re going to have sex. And I`m going to have sex with him and that`s all. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: How does your clothes come off? GRAY: Um. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: And does all your clothes come off? I mean how does that transpire? GRAY: Yes, all my clothes come off. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: OK. GRAY: Yes, he helps me, but I`m helping, too. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: OK. GRAY: And he is taking off his clothes. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: OK. So that happens pretty much mutual -- the same time -- you guys are taking your clothes off? GRAY: Yes. I acted like I enjoyed it and I`m not going lie, sometimes I almost did. I knew I wasn`t going to fight. I knew I wasn`t going to resist him. So I tried to make it the best possible, you know, and he would just over and over and over and over and over again, and sometimes I would say what he wanted me to say, I did whatever he wanted me to do. And I just figured, the more he loves it, maybe I have a chance. (END VIDEO CLIP) NANCY GRACE, HOST: A Florida wife with Cover Girl good looks, mother of two, Quinn Gray accused of staging her own kidnap all to trick $50,000 from her husband, telling cops she suffers a horrific ordeal, kidnapped, abused, sex attacked, but plays along with the kidnapper to save her own life. More of Quinn Gray`s police interrogation caught on tape. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GRAY: That night we kind of were in bed a lot of the night, you know? UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Sleeping or more sex that night? GRAY: A lot more sex that night. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: OK. GRAY: A lot of talking. I couldn`t sleep anyway. A lot of talking. We watched two shows. I remember like movies, Van -- was it Van Wilder? And it was funny. I remember it was like the first time I felt like, you know? Oh my god, it felt a little normal to watch some TV. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Right. GRAY: And I was able to actually kind of watch it and just talking and having sex and watching TV mostly that night. I don`t remember if there was sex or not Sunday morning. Most likely yes. There wasn`t much sleeping. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: OK. GRAY: So I don`t know, there was probably sex if I`m guessing right. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Now what was your -- during that whole night into Sunday morning, what was your frame of mind during sex? What were you thinking during sex? GRAY: Sometimes I was grossed out, like completely horrified, you know what I mean? Like sometimes I was just like, what is going on, you know? And we`d have conversations like -- I was like this is totally crazy. Like if I wrote this down, no one would believe me if I said that this happened. That was the night he was telling me that he loved me. He`s telling me he loved me, and my eyes are what saved my life, and that he looked at my eyes in the closet and when I was sitting on the bed at the house initially. And that`s what saved my life, something about my eyes. It reminded me of something but he never told me what it was. He told me that it reminded him of his family when I went and greeted my kids outside. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Right. GRAY: He never said what my eyes reminded him of but he had said that that`s what saved my life. He had said that. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: And how did you respond to that when he told you that he loved you? GRAY: Well, one time I told him I love you, too. I didn`t mean it. I had -- and he knew it. He would ask me things like does Reid (EXPLETIVE DELETED) like this? You like it like this? Call me dad, call me -- you know, stuff like that. How many times a week do you have sex with Reid? Ask me lots of personal questions like that. He`s like well, I bet if we were together, you couldn`t -- we wouldn`t be having sex two times a week, I`ll tell you that, you know? And at this point in the game, mentally, I guess, I`m just I`m really like, I`m clinging on to him, you know? I didn`t like to look at him when he was having sex with me, but I did sometimes because I knew that he liked it. There was a lot of sex. There was a lot, a lot of sex. At this point, I was getting more grossed out, you know? Not that I wasn`t grossed out before but it was just like, it was more -- I was working real hard to act, you know what I mean? I wanted to go home so bad at this point. I was done with the sex, I was done -- you know what I mean? At first it felt like a survivor mechanism to do it. Then the second time it was just doing it. And then this time I was like, I want to go home so bad, I was exhausted. And I could see it getting further and further away. Later on, I don`t know. 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. I have no idea. I was just waiting for the morning to come because I knew at 8:00 that we were going to make contact with Reid and you know, schedule the drop. And he started kissing on my ear and my neck and. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: How did you react at that point? GRAY: I just -- I kind of reacted, just still at first, you know? A little bit still and then I started to act like I enjoyed it a little bit. And he started to kiss me and. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Now what was your frame of mind at that point? What was going through your mind when this is happening? GRAY: My frame of mind was we`re going to have sex. And I`m going to have sex with him and that`s all. You know? I still thought that the boss was going to kill my kids, you know what I mean? I mean, what -- I didn`t really feel like I had a choice in the matter. So we did. It`s really embarrassing. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: I know, and let me. GRAY: He taped everything. And I acted like I enjoyed it, and I`m not going to lie, sometimes I almost did. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Listen, it`s not -- it`s not unusual to have weird feeling and weird thoughts going through your head when you`re exposed to a massive amount of trauma. Especially mental trauma. GRAY: Thank you for understanding. I just felt like this sinister evil person, you know what I mean? And I knew I wasn`t going to fight. I know I wasn`t going to resist him. I tried to make it the best possible, you know, and he would just over and over and over and over and over again. And sometimes I would say what he wanted me to say, I did whatever he wanted me to do. And I just figured the more he loves it, maybe I have a chance. You know what I mean? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Right. Which makes sense. GRAY: I don`t know what was thinking but. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It makes sense. The train of thought makes sense. GRAY: Sometimes he was really kind and then other times he was like, bitch, you bitch, you little birth. You know? And making me do it (EXPLETIVE DELETED) style all the time. And I was saying ouch, he would do it harder, you know, he thought I liked it. I mean we just -- every position all night long, you know what I mean? But at least he let me sleep for a while without zip ties, you know? UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Right. GRAY: Like, I got an hour of rest without zip ties. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: So let`s make sure we follow the chain of events then. You guys come back to the room. He`s happy there`s a bed. You`re chilling out watching TV. Sex happens at some point again. Now how is that? Is it the same like marathon sex or like does it last a long time or. GRAY: Yes. Pretty much. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: And is there any conversation about that? Does it start the same way? Or does he -- is there any point, I guess, when you`re like distraught and he just violently takes it from you? Is there any point. GRAY: No. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: . where there`s a turn, I guess you could say, like that? GRAY: No. Do you understand that he`s the smartest person that I`ve ever run across in my entire life? UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: I understand. I understand. And. GRAY: And he has a way to get around anything. Anything. Anything. I spent four days with him. I know how -- you know what I mean? I know he`s the smartest man I`ve ever, he would take anything I would day and then later on he would in two hour increments build a story off of it to make me believe that my husband was cheating on me. He would constantly do things like, say, "I`m really sorry about that," you know, like if I was in the closet. At the time that I was in the closet, he would say stuff like, "You should have seen the look on your face." I mean multiple times he said that to me. He was like, "I have never had a bitch scream like that before." And then he`s say stuff like, I was positive you were one of those rich bitches that this was not going to be easy with." You know? Stuff like that. And then he would turn it around and say, "But you were cool. You actually were really, really cool." Like, " You were cool." Like, you know? Just complimenting my personality and saying that he loved being with me, and can I see you after this sometime and, you know? Even then and even in that frame of mine, I had to interest in ever seeing him again, but he -- I said yes, you know, I said, "Yes," you know? I said, "Yes, yes." (END VIDEO CLIP) GRACE: Tonight the NG Family Album. Here are photos of the twins, Lucy and John David. This is not long after their birth. And now photos from friends of the show, Arizona friends, Terry, Katherine and 5-year-old Dylan. They love the NG show especially our tributes to American heroes. And Ohio friends, Susan and son Matthew who were my mommy every night, (INAUDIBLE) Nancy Grace. Thank you. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GRAY: He was at that point saying, you know I can take care of him for you. You know what I mean? And I was like, are you kidding me? I was like I would never do that. I don`t care, you know, about any of that. I said my husband -- how could I let my children grow up without their father? Why would I ever put them through that? That`s horrible, you know? And he was like, well, if you change your mind, let me know. You know? That kind of thing. A hundred thousand dollars is a lot of money. JASMIN OSMANOVIC, ALLEGED KIDNAPPER: I know. GRAY: $50,000 is a lot of money, really. Now that I`m looking at it the way that -- what $50,000 is going to mean to me in the future, either that or you just blow his head off. OSMANOVIC: Say what? GRAY: Either that or you just blow his head off. (END VIDEO CLIP) GRACE: Florida police closed in to nab the alleged kidnapper of a beautiful young mom of two, wife to a multi-millionaire, they got the surprise of a lifetime. Alleged kidnapper and accomplice? Mommy herself and her brainy boyfriend she met at a gas station. That`s right. They faked it. But what mommy doesn`t know is while the lovers are planning the fake kidnap, her boyfriend is secretly recording the whole thing on tape. And when it`s his turn to sit down with investigators, he claimed he`s been set up from the get-go. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) OSMANOVIC: Why don`t you fill me in, so I can fill you in? Can we do that? UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: I`d rather just you fill me in before I fill you in on anything. OSMANOVIC: Sir, just tell me what -- what the scenario is and everything, and I`ll tell you what I know. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: OK. OSMANOVIC: How about that? UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: That sounds fair. OSMANOVIC: I mean, I just want this nightmare to be over. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: So you understand your Miranda rights, right? Anytime I talk. OSMANOVIC: Sir, like I said. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: You have nothing to hide you said. OSMANOVIC: I don`t have nothing to hide. I didn`t do anything. This affidavit is not going to do nothing because it`s basically saying the same -- it`s saying the opposite thing that she`s saying. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: It is. OSMANOVIC: So we`re not getting nowhere with that. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: So you don`t want to tell me exactly what happened? OSMANOVIC: Sir, we -- the same thing that she`s telling you, my story is the opposite. The only part that she`s not telling you is all the places that we`ve been and everything else. Is she? UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: You`re saying it`s the opposite. It`s actually the same. OSMANOVIC: Well. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Except for the fact that she`s against her will. OSMANOVIC: Yes. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: You follow what I`m saying? You admit that. OSMANOVIC: Well, I mean, against her will? You know, like I said, once you hear the whole thing, you know, right now you got two stories. And you don`t know which one is which. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: I don`t. OSMANOVIC: Because you`re just doing your job. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Absolutely. I`m glad you see that. OSMANOVIC: Both stories add up to something. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: They do. OSMANOVIC: OK? And both stories are basically -- she`s telling -- what did she tell you? I kill people? UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Yes. In the past, yes. OSMANOVIC: Really? Well, did you check my record? UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Yes. I didn`t see anything. OSMANOVIC: How did she spell my name? UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: She didn`t. She just said it, but she said that was your first name. OSMANOVIC: Can you ask her how she spelled it? UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: OK. OSMANOVIC: Because if you`re (EXPLETIVE DELETED) somebody for a month plus, you should by then know their (EXPLETIVE DELETED) name. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Spell the last name. O-S-M? OSMANOVIC: O-S-M-A-N-O-V-I-C. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: O-V-I-C. OK. OSMANOVIC: And you know what -- you know what makes zero sense whatsoever? If I took her, why would I be driving her in my own (EXPLETIVE DELETED) car? I mean I would be like the dumbest criminal ever. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Yes. OSMANOVIC: I mean, don`t you agree? UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Yes. OSMANOVIC: I still have those undies, I told you. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: OK. We`re going to get it. OSMANOVIC: She was at my shop and should be in my (EXPLETIVE DELETED) car. Not the undies are not in my car, I know that. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: OK. OSMANOVIC: But we had sex in my (EXPLETIVE DELETED) car on the passenger side. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: You got that in there. OSMANOVIC: No, no, I`m saying I still have that (EXPLETIVE DELETED) underwear. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Yes, yes. OSMANOVIC: When she was going through all this (EXPLETIVE DELETED) with Reid, god, what (EXPLETIVE DELETED) did I get myself into? UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: That`s what I`m saying, dawg. We got to get this (EXPLETIVE DELETED) straight. If I didn`t care about your side of the story we wouldn`t be talking. I`m telling you. OSMANOVIC: I understand. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: I`m begging for that piece. OSMANOVIC: I understand, but at the same time, just like I told you, I have my insurance policy. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: But when you want to put it out? Do you want wait until after you`ve already caught a charge or do you want to. OSMANOVIC: Sir, when my charges are off the table, I`m going to give you everything else, but the main evidence. I`m telling you that right now. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: So you`re not going to give me the. OSMANOVIC: The main part that is not anywhere in my property or possession, that at this side, you`re going to get when she drops the charges against me, and I want it written. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: OK. OSMANOVIC: And whenever she does that, I`m going to eat her alive. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: I got you. OSMANOVIC: You understand that? UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: So you`re keeping that? You`re going to just trust that you`re going to -- your information provided thus far is not going to. OSMANOVIC: Sir, I`m going to provide you with everything basically that I did not abduct her or none of that, OK? UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: OK. OSMANOVIC: So I think we should be good on that. And whenever we`re done with that, I guess you`re going to have your suspect which is your victim. (EXPLETIVE DELETED) bitch was setting me up from minute one. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Oh listen, from. OSMANOVIC: Before this even ever started, I was already set up. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Well, I can tell you from the minute she got released, she was crafting this. I can tell you that. OSMANOVIC: I didn`t extort nobody nor did I get anything out of it. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Right. But you don`t have to get anything out of it. OSMANOVIC: No, no, no. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: It`s endeavoring into, it`s assisting, facilitating. OSMANOVIC: That`s fine. Like I said, if that`s what they want to give me, a parole. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Don`t be upset with me, but. OSMANOVIC: I`m not upset. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: It`s not parole. It`s not parole. OSMANOVIC: if they want to give me time, whatever. I`m really, I`m not, I feel that I didn`t do. She made it look to me like she was in (EXPLETIVE DELETED) danger. She was in no (EXPLETIVE DELETED) danger. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: OK. OK. OSMANOVIC: And that`s how she got me (EXPLETIVE DELETED) wrapped into this (EXPLETIVE DELETED) Sunday bull (EXPLETIVE DELETED). My part was she said I was supposed to go pick up something from her mom. She didn`t want to -- she said she did not want to see Reid there, so she said just go over there. If she`s there by herself, she`s going to give you something and that`s it. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: So you didn`t know what it was going to be? OSMANOVIC: I should have (EXPLETIVE DELETED) thought it was (EXPLETIVE DELETED) money. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: So is it your position you didn`t know that you were going to get money? OSMANOVIC: I did not know it was a (EXPLETIVE DELETED) ransom. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: I`m not asking you that. OSMANOVIC: No, no, no, no, I`m saying. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: I`m with you. OSMANOVIC: I mean. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: It`s not a ransom because she wasn`t kidnapped. Do you follow what I`m saying? OSMANOVIC: I mean, I never. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: You know the money part is the one thing that you can get hammed up on and you know what? You`re right. OSMANOVIC: And you know what? I didn`t go after the money, I didn`t go after none of this. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: But you let her draw you into it, brother. OSMANOVIC: I didn`t. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Any way you want to put it. OSMANOVIC: I didn`t know about it until the last (EXPLETIVE DELETED) moment. OK? And that`s the bottom line. OK? UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: When -- and the last moment is what? Sunday? Monday? OSMANOVIC: Basically Sunday, yes. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Yes? You should have cut bait right there, brother. You should have been gone. You shouldn`t have done these two. I can tell you that right now. Because that took a bad situation and made it worse. OSMANOVIC: OK, well, like I said. If that`s what`s on the table, that`s fine. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: That`s it. That`s it. OSMANOVIC: I didn`t do anything to hurt anybody. (CROSSTALK) OSMANOVIC: I didn`t do anything to screw anybody over. If that`s what the state attorney wants me on, that`s fine. I`ll prove my way out of it. UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: OK. That`s what the court is for, brother. OSMANOVIC: And like I said, I did not -- all the stuff that she said I did, I didn`t do it. Wow, you know, what crafted it, you know, the more I think about, she crafted this (EXPLETIVE DELETED) before it ever even started. (END VIDEO CLIP) GRACE: Next, inside secret police files in the alleged fake kidnapping of a stunning Florida woman, wife and mother, Quinn Gray. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: when you look at this guy, what`s the one word that pops out at you? GRAY: Power? UNIDENTIFIED POLICE: Power. Is that because at the time he had power over you, is that what you felt like? GRAY: Yes. (END VIDEO CLIP) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) GRACE: Tonight the alleged fake kidnap plot between Florida wife and mother of two, Quinn Gray, and her secret boyfriend. Frantic 911 calls, police interrogation videos, sex audio tapes from inside the investigative files. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) OSMANOVIC: So are you comfortable with the plan? GRAY: I`m comfortable with the plan. I want to go over it a couple more times. OSMANOVIC: I know. UNIDENTIFIED 911 OPERATOR: Sheriff`s office, 911, what`s your emergency? GRAY: My name is Quinn Gray, and I was kidnapped and I`m not sure where I am right now. REID GRAY, QUINN GRAY`S HUSBAND: She called me and said (INAUDIBLE) that she was held by gunpoint by three men who -- there is a note on the table with the gunman`s demands. If I call the police, they will kill her. It sounds like a freaking move but it`s not. GRAY: There was a lot of sex. There was a lot, a lot of sex. At this point, I was getting more grossed out, you know? Not that I wasn`t grossed out before but it was just like, it was more -- I was working real hard to act, you know what I mean? I wanted to go home so bad at this point. I was done with the sex, I was done -- you know what I mean? At first it felt like a survivor mechanism to do it. Then the second time it was just doing it. And then this time I was like, I want to go home so bad, I was exhausted. And I could see it getting further and further away. I`m just going to lie and lie and lie and lie. How am I going to prove that I`m telling the truth? OSMANOVIC: What do you mean how are you going to prove? GRAY: Well, I guess people just believe me. Yes, they`ll believe me. OK. I was kidnapped on Friday for money, for money that my husband owed and (INAUDIBLE) I don`t (INAUDIBLE). I need the police to come pick me up. Please. UNIDENTIFIED 911 OPERATOR: OK. GRAY: I was in a van. Can you please have them come get me. UNIDENTIFIED 911 OPERATOR: OK. GRAY: Please. I was crazy then, I mean, I was completely -- I was just doing what I was told to do. You have to understand that. I was doing what I was told to do. I was following instructions about what to do because we practiced it over and over and over in the car, driving around and around and around, him telling me what to say, and I was rehearsing it. (END VIDEO CLIP) GRACE: On this Thanksgiving, let`s stop to remember, Army Private 1st Class Pablo Manzano, Jr. Just 19, Heber, California, killed Iraq. Lost his life just 30 minutes after his last call to his mother. A softball field back home named in his honor. Had a smile that lit up a room, loved basketball, guitar. Leaves behind parents Carmen and Pablo Sr., sister Carmen. Pablo Manzano, Jr., American hero. Thank you for being with us tonight with the special NANCY GRACE INVESTIGATES, and to everyone, we have so much to be thankful for. I`ll see you tomorrow night, 8:00 sharp Eastern. 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Annapolis, Md. (June 1, 2011) — The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has proposed new regulations to prohibit feeding deer in the area of Green Ridge State Forest, where DNR confirmed a positive case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in February. Regulations are also being proposed to restrict movement of hunter-harvested deer parts from the CWD Management Area.
"Our goal with these regulation proposals is to slow the spread of this disease to other areas in Maryland and nearby states," said DNR's Game Program Manager Pete Jayne. "We have focused these restrictions to be effective and enforceable while minimizing impacts to the strong deer hunting traditions found in Western Maryland."
A hunter in Allegany County reported taking the infected deer in November 2010 from Green Ridge State Forest. This is the first confirmed case of CWD in the State. Maryland is now one of 21 states and Canadian provinces with CWD documented in deer, elk or moose.
The regulation proposals are open for public comment via letter, fax, phone call or online forum. Citizens may see the proposals and submit their comments by visiting dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/CWD_Forum/index.asp.
Written comments should be sent to Paul A. Peditto, Director, DNR Wildlife and Heritage Service, Tawes State Office Building E-1, Annapolis, MD, 21401. Comments may be faxed to 410-260-8596 or submitted via the online comment process noted above. Citizens may also call 410-260-8540 or toll-free in Maryland at 877-620-8DNR, ext. 8540. The comment period will end at the close of business (5pm) on June 16.
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CWD Management Area – that portion of Allegany County noted as Private Land Code 233 in the annual Guide to Hunting and Trapping. This section includes Green Ridge State Forest east of Flintstone and Oldtown.
Feeding ban – prohibit the feeding of forest game birds and mammals in the CWD Management Area. The proposal would ban feeding on a year-round basis and includes feed placed for non-hunting purposes. The proposal would ban placing, exposing, depositing, distributing or scattering fruit, vegetables, nuts, hay, corn, wheat, other feed, salt or other mineral-based attractants.
- Urine and gland-based lures would still be permitted.
- Normal agricultural practices and operations would be exempt from this ban, including the planting and harvesting of crops and livestock care.
- Forest game birds and mammals are defined as wild turkeys, grouse, deer, bears and squirrels.
- The normal feeding of song birds would remain legal.
Carcass transport restrictions – the transportation of certain parts of deer carcasses out of the CWD Management Area is restricted unless the carcass is being transported directly to a deer processor within the county. The following parts of deer may be transported out of the CWD Management Area:
- Antlers with no meat or soft tissue attached;
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- Skull plates cleaned of all meat and brain tissue.
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wow divine.....love making pom poms, we learntat school when I was about 6 or 7, best lesson I never forgot!!ReplyDelete
I havn't made a pom pom since I was a child. Perhaps it's time to make one again! Great tutorial. Love the photos!...particularly the last one...and the sparkly rings...ReplyDelete
what a delight ! as a child we use to make pom poms for xmas - pure white we such a joy ! Must show my boys ... le xoxReplyDelete
Well done Eva, they look gorgeous, as do you :) xReplyDelete
Eva, you lazy minx. When we were little we did enough layers that you couldn't put your finger through the hole any more!!! Brigitte xxxReplyDelete
Pom poms . . . even the name is fun. I loved making them as a child, and Eva yours are very cool.ReplyDelete
Great job, Eva! I've never made a pom pom and I think I could do it now.ReplyDelete
Having 3 sons and no daughters, there've been no pom poms in my life for many years--I didn't know what I was missing until now. They are both sweet and whimsical.
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This morning, I went to the 7-11 near my house to grab a couple of drinks and a muffin -- the total came to $7.47. I proceeded to immediately have a J.D. from Scrubs moment, 100% zoning out and imagining that I was on a 747 headed anywhere 1,500 miles south of here. Just like that, I had pictured myself in shorts on aqua blue water, sailing in a warm breeze with some sort of tropical drink. Sometime around Megan Fox coming up from below deck with another drink, the 70-ish year old guy behind the counter told me I was "all set" in between drags on his cowboy killers, bringing me back to the land of blowing snow and stupid cold.
When I got to the office, I was greeted with an email from Rob that our Hot New Item this week was going to be SLAM's Hissar Shorts in a new Khaki color. While I never got a good look at the shorts I was wearing in my daydream, I figured it was some sort of sign that I should do a review of them on the blog this week. Or that I should give Megan a call, because I hear she's single now -- but I digress...
The Hissar isn't a new short really, only the Khaki color is. I guess it would have been too much trouble for Rob to find an item that was actually new... his days are so filled thanks to his constant bitching about the Volvo Ocean Race Game (the Magellan of Marketing is about 400 miles behind James and 600 behind me) and providing blog contributions like "James Isn't Here So I'll Call Him Waldo" or "My Poetry Sucks and I'm Utterly Incapable of Driving My Car in Snow". But I digress, again...
The Hissar has come along a bit if you hold it up against the first offering -- we've watched this product evolve a bit and, in general, there has been a little bump up in the quality. We're seeing a little more bar stitching for durability and improved sewing on the adjustable waist tabs for a better fit.
One of the first things you notice with these shorts it that they're light -- like a Size 34 is about 7oz. The material used is a pretty unique brushed Nylon; the exterior of the short has a really soft feel that my informal poll of four APS'ers either loved or hated. The interior of the short has a more traditional techy fabric feel, so even if you're not a huge fan of the exterior softness, it's not something that you'll feel all that often.
The seat is reinforced for non-skid protection with a more rugged layer that feels/looks a little like heavy spinnaker cloth, but stronger (see image below). It has two side pockets that are a full hand deep -- the right pocket has a smaller, velcro closing pocket for a knife or anything of similar size that you don't want falling out. There is a right leg cargo pocket that has a zipper for secure storage -- there are also drainage holes in the pocket if it's open and you catch a wave.
The fit is a little "Euro", which is American for saying clothing is cut narrower and we're not as skinny as our European counterparts. I'm normally on the edge of 32" in shorts and pants, but the 34" were much more comfortable for range of movement and fit (I should admit that I like clothing a little loose; not Dalai Lama flowing robes loose, but allowing for a little air movement). So, if you're like me, you might consider going up a size.
There are belt loops if you like; there are also side adjustment tabs on the waist, in case you forget the aforementioned belt. Our staff that have a pair all agree that they dry quickly, which is aided a bit by the DWR finish on the fabric. Light spray and wave action will initially bead off the material -- you'll probably need to reinvigorate the material at some point if you want that to continue.
Only concerns really are that you may not care for the feel of the material and since they're lighter, they are arguably at risk to rip easier. The last point is sort of a stretch though...
Overall, the SLAM Hissar Shorts are pretty nice; at a little over $50.00, they're well priced for a good pair of sailing shorts. Definitely worth a look.


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I know it's all business move after all and don't blame them for it entirely either. Still they shouldn't treat one of their top dogs like the way they have done to Nole, if they're smart enough. Probably Serbia isn't a desirable country though, Nole himself has the potential to become a world wide star and won't go away anytime soon, then it's their charge how utilize what they have.
To me, they seemed to want him to take the role of the villain which Nole refused to be, so just gave up trying in other ways. Let's see how they deal with the new situations from now on.
Great description of situation with Nole and (most of)media in Western countries.
And,I guess you could add a clown alongside villain.I mean,"Joker"and all that.
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"The state senate is pushing tougher penalties for others in the scams." Right. And that push will end as soon as the doctors lobbyists turn the cash contribution faucet on again. But I could be wrong. After all, we know how honest everyone in Albany is, don't we?
Best Buy will end up as a footnote in retail history, just as Circuit City, Comp USA and others have. I hate to see all those employees lose their livelyhood, but the business model no longer works.
Ah yes, someone else who has seen past the smoke and mirrors. Thank you for that post, Stingler
Good luck with that attitude, if you want to dethrone Queen Nikki. And, by the way, UNC- Ashville isn't even in the state. Time to re-align your priorities, don't you think? You might want to back up some SC schools to help your chances, before you start your campaign. Otherwise you are just another clueless politician. Oh, and by the way, SU is more than likely to tear up the ACC, believe it or not.
Looks like the long time Gravy Train is about to get de-railed. NYS cannot afford it anymore, and all the blathering over it is nothing but nonsense. Welcome to the 21st Century. Figure out your own financial future, as many of us have been doing for quite some time. No taxpayer money is paying towards my retirement, and I don't think I should pay for your retirement. Thank you for your service as a state employee, teacher, etc., but please now move on with your life.
Americans will never send the Rick and Sarah show to the White House.
The choices are very clear. We can vote for a liar with a D behind his name, or a liar with a R behind his name. What's the difference? Either way a slimeball wins, and the little people lose. Save your time and energy for things that can help your neighbor, and yourself.
I'd like to see Mr. Cole driving his Muffle-Bus to town hall, and paying off his tax bill in cash. If the Muffle-Bus is loud, then it probably has the same garbage quality exhaust parts he sold for years. After all the money he has absorbed from the B'ville area, and beyond, he should cower in shame. I'm guessing he won't. Good luck to all the workers, present and past, that have been surprised by this company. The customers were surprised also, but only once.
Speaking of Moonbats, you must have been in your glory last week during a Full Moon.
Our founding fathers had it right. Separation of church and state. If the two become mixed together, the USA will be no different than the countries that ram their dogma down the throats of their people. The Arab world is example #1. We are a free people. Deal with it.
And remember, Rick Santorum is a politician. Politicians LIE. All of them. Rick will be history soon because of his lies. What a hypocrite he is to jump on the Jesus bandwagon and think that would carry him. Nice try Rick, but save your delusional donors their hard-earned money, and crawl back under your rock.
Look again at some American brands next time. There are some surprising good cars out there. Some of the Asian and European names quality levels have faded to a degree.
You hold sway, I would have to look away from either, although I always thought in my younger years that Wilma was quite attractive (or hot if you will).
Happy New Year to all on this thread. We agree, and disagree, but we all celebrate our freedom to post here and speak our nonsense. I am glad we can. Let us continue to do so...
That's a vision I did not need. But shouldn't she be on a Pachyderm with snout high in the air, trumpeting her success? (The Pachyderm's, not her's). Covered up by a full length hoodie, of course.
I've always thought East Syracuse Chevy to be an upstanding place to do business. I wish Mr. Barbuto, and his employees great success in this new chapter for the company.
Some private companies are taking a different approach. They've scrapped the traditional vacation and sick time accruals, and replaced them with a simple PTO policy. Paid Time Off allows employees to bank hours away from work to be used anyway they need or want to. The hours banked are used by the end of the year, or are forfeited. No carry over, no payouts. Not all companies can stick to the calendar year, especially retailers who need beefed up staffing in November and December. Those firms can adopt a different 12 month span to fill their needs. It's a fair system, and the employee gets all of the same benefits of paid days off with less restrictions. This method could be used for any Public or Private employee, stopping the surprise payouts at retirement. When my company tells me they are GIVING me a benefit, but I must take advantage of it by a certain date, I'd be a fool not to do it. Very simple. Use it or lose it.
Food is served on the NYS Thruway? Amazing concept. Who knew?
Too stupid to stay sober when driving. That should be an additional charge.
I think you missed the point. Going to jail just for drug use is a waste of taxpayer money. Who cares if he was high when he committed a heinous crime? Murder is murder. That should award one with serious time.
And Merry Christmas to all posters on here.
I side with known medical facts, and a side dose of common sense.
Both parties lost their minds many years ago, but we as the electorate failed to notice. Term limits, lobby reform, and a concerned effort on our part would be the only way to rein in this mess. Will it happen, not a chance. I pity what my grandkids face. Not just the debt, but the never ending BS from Washington. Fools.


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"Quick and easy taco entree for a last minute meal. Top with chopped tomato, onion, and lettuce if desired."
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1 pound
ground beef
1 cup
1/2 cup
chopped onion
1/2 cup
2 tablespoons
chili powder
1 teaspoon
ground cumin
2 cups
crushed tortilla chips, divided
4 ounces
shredded Cheddar cheese, divided
4 ounces
shredded Monterey Jack cheese, divided
When I make this casserole, I use sour cream instead of mayonnaise and crushed Nacho Cheese Doritos. If you don't have the individual spices, taco seasoning works out great. I like to serve this with little bowls of chopped sides, like tomatoes, black olives, shredded lettuce, homemade salsa........
This was okay. It is better if you add sour cream at the table.
The texture was a bit thick and tacky.
I didn't like the flavour very much. But, to be fair, I don't like the flavour of taco meat (when I make tacos, I don't add seasoning to the meat), so I'm a bit biased.
The tortilla chips layered in were yummy.
78 Ratings
I replaced the mayo with 1/2 cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt; the chili power and cumin with canned taco seasoning, taco sauce for the salsa, 1/2 pound ground beef in place of a pound, and used a mix of shredded "Mexican" cheese. Slightly sauteed the onion when the beef was almost done, and added a can of nonfat refried beans to the sauce mixture. We ate with diced tomatoes, shredded lettuce and sliced jalapeños on top. It was yummy and pretty healthy (tortilla chips aside). Thanks for sharing!
Made this for dinner last night and it was quite yummy! Used sour cream instead of mayo, and cayenne pepper in place of the cumin and chili powder. Pretty spicy but yummy and quick to put together.
Easy Taco Casserole Haiku: "Totally easy. Swapped sour cream for mayo. Served with lots of 'stuff.'" I don't think I wouldn't liked this nearly as much w/ mayo, so I used sour cream, along w/ a Mexi-blend of cheese, rather than the 2 different types called for. One bite of it by itself was "mmm tasty", but eating w/ cilantro, tomatoes, lettuce, and extra hot sauce? Taco-transcendent!
I thought I would try this recipe since it seemed an easy weeknight dinner. I followed the original recipe only adding sour cream on the side when served. My husband LOVED it! I enjoyed it as well and our 20 month old son gobbled it up! Definitely going to save this one in my 'favorites' folder to make again. Thanks for the recipe!
Husband loved it! I USED mayo; thought it gave extra flavor. No cumin, just chili powder. 1 1/2 lbs ground beef, a 15 oz. jar of mild salsa, cup of diced onion, and BBQ corn chips. It was quick and wonderful!
I thought this recipe was great, I used hot Italian sausage meat rather than ground beef. I also used Light Miracle Whip. I have a very fussy bunch in my home, and they all loved it, and want it again. If they request it be repeated then it will never rate less than 5 stars!
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Easy Taco Casserole
Serving Size: 1/6 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 481
Calories from Fat: 342
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TCLC Social Committee Trip to Chemical Heritage Foundation Museum – May 31, 2015
The TCLC Educational Development Committee invites you to join us for the 2015 Spring Tour to the FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY in Washington, DC:
The Folger Shakespeare Library is a wonder, both inside and out. The white marble architecture is adorned with bas reliefs and inscriptions selected by its founder Henry Folger. Gardens and outdoor art surround this historic building which opened in 1932, located just a block from the US Capitol. The Folger Library is home to 82 of Shakespeare's 1623 First Folios, as well as beautiful works of art, early manuscripts and quartos of plays from Elizabethan times. It is the largest repository of Shakespeare's written works in the world. Rare publications from the early modern period (1500-1750) are also part of this unique collection and include books by John Donne, Mark Twain and Walt Whitman.
Our morning begins begin with a Collections Tour of special items chosen specifically for our group. Next will be a docent-led tour of the Exhibition Hall, the reading rooms and their Elizabethan Theater. A look at the current exhibit, The First Folio, a discussion of the collection, an overview of the history of the library and more promise to make this TCLC tour a memorable visit. Lunch is on your own at any of the nearby restaurants. Later, explore the Folger as your interests dictate until 3:45 p.m. when we will board the bus for the return trip to Rosemont. Snacks will be served on the bus.
Engaging Information Literacy Instruction: Applying Inquiry-Guided Learning Pedagogy to Information Literacy Teaching and Learning
Join forces with TCLC members Mary Beth Parkinson (MCCC) and Sara Hartman-Caverly (DCCC) as they facilitate an active learning session to explore the concept of Inquiry Guided Learning, a teaching philosophy which promotes student-centered learning through increasingly independent inquiry and investigation. The morning will be full of brainstorming to discover ways of bringing IGL principles and strategies to your information literacy instruction.
After lunch, participate in a facilitated discussion of the draft ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education. Explore how IGL concepts relate to the ACRL guidelines, and more importantly, how to use them to produce more effective information literacy instruction.
(Bring your lesson plans, student learning outcomes and classroom activities to the workshop for discussion.) For a preview of the ACRL framework, see http://acrl.ala.org/ilstandards/
Date: Friday, March 27, 2015
Download Documents from event:
ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
Composition 1 Assignment (sample) – Annotated Bibliography for Argumentative Research Paper
Engaging Information Literacy Instruction – Itinerary
Engaging Information Literacy Instruction – Parkinson and Hartman-Caverly
The Maker Movement & You: Creating, Collaborating, and Crafting in Your Library SugarLoaf Hill, Chestnut Hill College, April 24th, 9:30am to 3:30pm
TCLC invites all library staff to explore ways you can turn your library into a maker space, a place where library and user interest converge to create ideas, projects or objects – and all on a shoestring budget! See how academic and public libraries are collaborating within their communities. Come learn how to prime your physical space for innovation and creation.
I am delighted to introduce Michael G. Moskow, TCLC's new Coordinator.
He is now using these and other talents and skills as Coordinator of TCLC.
Michael's avocations are a reflection of his education and profession. They include recording the recollections of veterans of the Second World War; researching military history (textual and photographic) at the United States National Archives, governmental archival repositories of other nations, and major public libraries – such as the Public Libraries of Philadelphia and New York; and, statistically studying this information. Long an ardent reader, Michael's literary interests span science, history, theology, classical literature, science fiction, and general fiction. He's also an avid artistic photographer, and, he likes to ride his bike.
Please join me in welcoming Michael to TCLC.
Announcing the TCLC Unconference 2014, focusing on Marketing and Outreach.
Come and share your experiences, ask questions, learn from your TCLC colleagues.
Keep October 23, 2014 open for this event, to be held at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, PA (click here for directions ).
It's a bargain, too! One person from a TCLC library is $15, two from the same library is only $25.
See the attached flyer for the details.
Unconference 2014 flyer
TCLC is offering a grants writing workshop in August – just before the new semester begins. Learn the proper way to write successful grants, and get funding for a project for your library. Learn to write clear and concise plans, purposes, goals, and outcomes, and winning phrases for a successful grant.
Grants: The Write Stuff
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
9:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
10:00 AM – Noon – Program
Rosemont College Library
Cost: $30 TCLC members; $50 non-members
See the attached flyer for more details and registration information. Still have questions? Contact Ellen Gasiewski at the TCLC office : Phone: 610-525-0796 or Email: email@example.com
Grants: The Write Stuff flyer
Click on our Facebook link below to view photos of our recent bus trip to Mount Vernon on June 11, 2014.
Here is a link to the PowerPoint slides from Ben Levin's presentation on April 25th at the Spring Program.
Pervasive UX: 30 Amazing Weird Tricks for Understanding Your Customers
by Ben Levin
Founder, Principal
web: www.chamjari.com
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BISE Multan Board Inter Date Sheet 2015
In the beginning Quetta, Kallat, Bahawalpur and DG Khan Boards were included in it's jurisdiction, with the passage of time all these three educational bodies separated from it in 1968, 1978 and 1982 respectively. The official website to of Bise Multan Board is www.bisemultan.edu.pk. At present Multan, Khanewal, Vehari and Lodhran districts are included in the jurisdiction of this Board.
BISE Multan Inter Date Sheet 2015
Every year the intermediate exams are conducted in the months of May and June, it is comprises of two years of studies and are divided into several categories like, ICs, Icom, Fa, Fsc, so students have a wide range of options to choose any subjects that complies better with their interests. The date sheet of these higher secondary school level papers is issued by board atleast one month before the examination begin. Usually the complete schedule of papers, with guidelines and instructions is declared by authorities in the end of March or start of April.
Bise Multan Board Date Sheet 2015 www.bisemultan.edu.pk
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Multan Board Inter Date Sheet 2015
Bise Multan (Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education Multan) came into being on 30th March, 1968 and it is one of the oldest educational governmental body in the Punjab Province. Government of West Pakistan, passed an Ordinance on 24 May which was later on sanctioned by Assembly of Pakistan. In initial days it started it's official workings in a Camp Office in Government Central Training College Lahore. Later on it was moved to Multan Headquarters.
Inter Date Sheet 2015 BISE Multan Board
Stay in touch with us on this page to receive all the important news and updates, once the inter date sheet is issued by Multan board you will be able to download it from here without any delay. Our team is working diligently to deliver you all the schools, colleges and universities examination result information in time. You can also find more details about the paper schedule of other programs offered by different institutes in Pakistan in the date sheet section.