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Why can we find orchids of one and the same species with different flower colours? The answer depends on the genetic design of a given species.
1. Some orchids have a genetic blueprint which allows flowering in different colours. For example, Dactylorhiza sambucina mostly has yellow flowers, but there are also quite many plants with red flowers. Yellow-flowered plants produce yellow-flowered offsprings and vice versa. But cross-pollination has also produced intermediate colours (Svante Malmgren/Henric Nyström). This colour dimorphism seems to be a characteristic feature of Dactylorhiza sambucina.
2. Colour variation is one of several options how orchids of the same species vary. Species with a great morphological variety often show a broad divergence of flower colours as well - e.g. Anacamptis morio:
3. Beyond this broad spectrum of variations some orchids also show individual genetic characteristics which result in white flowers. These forms are often described as genetical disorders, as an absence of pigments which define the colour of a flower. Terms associated with this phenomenon are hypochromia (in contrast to hyperchromia which means excessive pigmentation, i.e. a very intense colouring) and albiflora. Alba or albiflora forms are devoid of any coloured pigmentation, and are pure white (Olaf Gruss: Albino Forms of the Slipper Orchids. In: Orchid Digest. Vol 69 (4), 2005. p.204). The formation of red flower pigments can be curbed or blocked with some individuals. Flowers with red pigments often have different colour hues - when these pigments are absents, these flowers are white (Wolfgang Wucherpfennig: Die Orchidee des Jahres 2007: das Schwarze Kohlröschen Nigritella nigra subsp. rhellicani, ein Kleinod der Berge. In: Berichte aus den Arbeitskreisen Heimische Orchideen Jg. 24 - Heft 1 - 2007. p.26). An example is the white variation of Anacamptis pyramidalis.
4. Some people describe this individual genetic specialty as albinism: Thus, a plant whose flowers are devoid of any red pigmentation is colloquially termed an albino - these flowers may be light green, yellowish, or white. But in a strict biological sense, an albino is a plant which lacks chlorophyll: Thus, albinism is the complete absence of green pigment that would normally be present. Since most of the orchids presented here have green foliage leaves, they are not albinos, but albiflora forms. Sometimes the white colour dominates just a part of the flower. In other cases the whole flower is pure white, even the pollinia have lost all colour.
Only a plant without any colour pigments, the foliage leaves included, should be named an albino as it has been described with Epipactis helleborine or with Malaxis bayardii in Massachusetts named as Malaxis bayardii forma kelloggiae (Paul Martin Brown: An Albino Adder's Mouth from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In: North American Native Orchid Journal, 11/2005. p. 4-5).
There is one common characteristics of albiflora forms and albinism: Both phenomena are genetically recessive - an offspring might retain the white flowers but can also develop flowers in the standard colour. But with some species the white flowered forms are quite common and develop stable populations. With tropical orchids somw white forms have got their own horticultural value and are being cultivated accordingly - with sometimes interesting results. It was, for example, possible to produce a coloured orchid by crossing two albiflora orchids.
Terms like disorder, anomaly or deficiency refer to a certain norm or standard and define the white flowered orchid just by the negative fact of not complying with this norm. This concept with its deprecative connotations shall not to be used here. Instead white flowered orchids of a otherwise coloured species are viewed as special individuals or as way of nature exploring a new path of evolution. The result will be known only in a few million years.
Nature as a lab: Orchis simia var. albiflora and Orchis purpurea x simia
Alteration of the genetic design resulting in white flowering is not a sufficient condition to determine a new species. Even a classification as a subspecies seems not to be appropriate. As early as 1905, an orchid guide printed in the U.S. stated: Nearly every plant has albino freaks, and that alone would not be sufficient to split those two closely resembling orchids into two species (Leeming Jelliffe, Helena Dewey/Gibson, William Hamilton: Our native orchids. New York; Doubleday, 1905, p.37).
Regarding taxonomy, i.e. the scientific classification of certain species, the colour of flowers is irrelevant. There are even historical reasons for this fact: The scientifically correct description of a species requires a herbarium record. But with pressed and dried plants the colour is no longer discernible. So the white-flowered plants of a given species with a different flower colour are quaracterised as a variety or a form indicated with the appendix var. or f., e.g. var. albiflora. The process of describing a variety or a form is the same as with a new species. Only the taxa described with all these requirements are scientifically valid. Among them there has to be a description in Latin. Here follows, as an example, the description of Orchis quadripunctata var. albiflora, registered by Chryssoula and Antoine Alibertis in L'Orchidophile 87/1989, p.112:
Since in many cases there are is no such descriptions, the white forms may be described with quotation marks: Anacamptis morio "albiflora".
Terms used for white-flowered or relative forms:
The first botanist who has crossed two species of plants was the British gardener Thomas Fairchild (1667-1729). He combined two species of carnations, putting the pollen of Dianthus barbatus on the pistil of Dianthus caryophyllus, to create a hybrid form of both. Fairchild was heavily criticised for manipulating God's creation, but the interest to get new kinds of flowers was greater.
A long time it was assumed that crossing of flowers with different colours is just like mixing paint on an artist's palette. Thus, a hybrid of a red and a white-flowered plant would have a pink colour. In 1866, the Augustinian monk Gregor Johann Mendel proved this theory false. Mendel (1822-1884) discovered the concept of recessive alleles, one of the insights which were later called the laws of Mendelian inheritance. A genetic allele (or DNA sequence) is recessive, when an individual of a certain species needs two copies of the relevant genes so that a certain genetic trait is expressed. If the individual has only one copy, by the male or the female side of inheritance, the trait is not expressed - in contrast to a dominant allele.
Mendel studied the flower colour of peas and found out that the dominant allele is purple and the recessive allele is white. Individuals with both alleles purple (BB) have a purple colour as well as individuals with one allele purple and one allele white (Bb). Only peas with both alleles white (bb) develop white flowers.
Following Mendel, Charles Chamberlain Hurst (1870-1947) was the first who studied albinism in orchids. He discovered that actually two genes are responsible for a certain flower colour: Factor C enabled the formation of colour, while the other factor, R, determined what particular colour would appear (Rohrl, Helmut: For Heaven's Sake, It's Xanthic! Albinism in Orchids. In: Orchid Digest. Vol 69 (4), 2005. p.241). Each of these genes also exist in an inactive form, c and r. Coloured plants have inherited one or two of the active alleles: CC and RR, Cc and RR, Cc and Rr or CC and Rr. White flowers have either cc or rr. C and R are understood as dominant alleles which determine certain enzymes required by the production of pigments - among them the anthocyanins, which are especially important for flower colour.
Since then, much more detailed reasearch into the genetic processes of determining flower colour has been done. At least 35 genes are known to affect flower colour in petunia (Timothy A. Holton/Edwina C. Cornish: Genetics and Biochemistry of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis. In: The Plant Cell, Vol. 7,1995, p. 1071). Among them are regulatory genes, which influence the timing, distribution, and amount of anthocyanin pigmentation.
The gene, a certain region of the chromosome, contains the coding for creating the enzymes which are necessary for the biosynthesis of pigments, for their "biochemical pathway". Thus, the genetic makeup, which is called the genotype, defines the phenotype of a flower, its visible character.
Scientists are producing transgenic plants in order to introduce pigment relevant genes which are not available naturally. Thus, there are transgenic petunia plants with foreign genes which allow the production of pelargonidin, an anthocyanin with a deeply red colouring. There are two different ways for such a genetic engineering in order to change flower colour:
(1) introduction of genes encoding novel enzyme activities, and
(2) inactivation of endogenous genes (Holton/Cornish 1995, p.1077). This can be done by the method of RNA interference (RNAi), when special genes are inactivated so they can no longer produce their specific amino messengers.
In the case of our albiflora orchids, nature is going the second way: the biosynthesis of flower colour pigments is blocked. Since there are so many different genes, regulatory genes and enzymes participating in this complex process, there are also different possibilities how this process is blocked or reduced.
There are four classes of pigments providing not only different colours but also fulfilling essential functions:
1) Chlorophyll: This green pigment is essential for the process of photosynthesis, which transforms light energy and carbon dioxide (CO2) to glucose and oxygen (O2). Chlorophyll makes good use of the blue and red portions of the wavelength of light, but is not good in using the green portions: Red und blue light is being absorbed, green light is reflected. Therefore, the parts of the plant which contain chlorophyll, have green colour. Chemically, the pigment molecule consists of a magnesium core with 4 surrounding parts of nitrogen as well as 5 or 6 parts of oxygen, 28 to 72 parts of hydrogen and 35 to 55 parts of carbon. They are not water, but lipid soluble and located in the chloroplasts of the cell. The name's roots are Greek: χλωρός (chloros is "green") and φύλλον (phyllon is "leaf").
2) Flavonoids: These water soluble pigments are based on the amino acid Phenylalanine, which is found in high levels in the breast milk of mammals. There are two different groups of flavonoids:
2 a) Anthocyanins: These pigments provide a broad range of colours from orange/red to violet/blue. The specific colour is determined by other pigments, metal ions and the pH value (they change from change from red in acids to blue in bases) (Yoshikazu Tanaka/Nobuhiro Sasaki/Akemi Ohmiya: Biosynthesis of plant pigments: anthocyanins, betalains and carotenoids. In: The Plant Journal, 54/2008 , p. 733-749). Anthocyanins are most prominent in the petals of flowers - all the albiflora varieties of orchids are missing them. The colour provided by anthocyanins has several biological functions. One of them is to reflect light waves to the chlorophyll regions of the plants to increase the production of glucose. Furthermore, anthocyanins protect sensible parts of the plant from possibly destructive light effects by absorbing blue-green and UV light.
Last but not least the colour of the flower is attracting pollinators. There are probably more than 550 different kinds of anthocyanins. Among them are the brick-red pelargonidin, the red cyanidin and the blue delphinidin pigments.
In a complex process of biosynthesis more than five enzymes are needed to produce the water soluble anthocyanins in the vacuoles of the cell. Any even minor disruption in any of the mechanism of these enzymes by either genetic or environmental factors would halt anthocyanin production (Wikipedia:Anthocyanins). The name is derived from the Greek ἀνθός (anthos is "flower") and κυανός (kyanos is "blue").
2 b) Flavones and Flavonols. These flavonoids are called co-pigments, because they are colourless for the human eye, but can influence the colour of anthocyanins. The difference between both is that Flavonols have an additional hydroxyl in their molecular structure. As they absorb UV, which insects recognize, they give colour and patterns to flowers to attract insects (Tanaka/Sasaki/Ohmiya 2008, p.737). Flavones and Flavonols can be found in most white petals. There are no white pigments with plants, but white flowers reflect all visible light and are therefore white. Noncoloured flavonoids provide 'depth' to many white or cream flowers (Erich Grotewold: The Genetics and Biochemistry of Floral Pigments. In: Annual Review of Plant Biology 2006, p.770).
Flavones: The molecular structure of the flavonoids is built by oxygen and hydroxyl. Depending on the R1 and r2 groups there are 3 major flavones: Apigenin (R1 and R2: H), Tricetin (R1 and R2: OH) and Luteolin (R1: OH, R2: H)
Flavonols: Equipped with an additional OH group. Depending on the R1 and r2 groups there are 3 major flavonols: Kaempferol (R1 and R2: H), Myricetin (R1 and R2: OH) and Quercetin (R1: OH, R2: H)
3) Carotenoids: Belonging to the group of terpenoids, these pigments cover colour wavelengths from yellow to red. Together with certain red or purple anthocyanins they enable brown or bronze hues (Grotewold 2006, p.766).
Carotenoids can be found in all parts of a plant - but they are often hidden by chlorophyll. As the chlorophylls they are lipid soluble, their containers are called chromoplasts. Similar to the anthocyanins, the carotenoids support the photosynthesis and they serve as a protection screen against destructive light. There are more than 600 carotenoids, their chemical structure being rather complex. The degradation of certain carotenoids have an importing role in producing the odours of flowers. The name comes from the Greek καρότον (karoton) and the Latin carota, both meaning carrot.
4) Betalains: There are two different groups, the betacyanins with pigment colours from red to violet and the betaxanthins which appear yellow to orange. These pigments are similar to the anthocyanins, as they are water soluble components of the vacuoles. But in contrast to them, they contain nitrogen. Betalains can only be found in a few plant families, orchids are not among them. Betalains and Anthocyanins are mutually excluded (Grotewold 2006, p.765). The name was derived from the beet (Beta vulgaris) with their deeply red coloured roots.
While the human eye has just one single lens, insects view their environment with an compound eye consisting of thousands of ommatidia. Each has its own set of photoreceptors to receive visual signals: Bees have six green receptor cells responsible for motion vision and small target detection as well as one or two UV and blue receptors (Lars Chittka/Nigel E. Raine: Recognition of Flowers by Pollinators. In: Current Opinion in Plant Biology 2006, p.429). Other insects like the swallowtail Papilio glaucus have also red receptors - as butterflies generally have a better ability to recognize colours than
bees (Adriana Briscoe: What colors do insects see? In: Orchid Digest 2005, p.265). The resolution of the compound eye is about 100 times worse than that of the human eye. Bees are near-sighted: A flower needs a giant size of 26 cm in diametre to be recognized in a distance of 1 meter; for viewing a 1 cm diameter flower a bee has to shorten its distance to 11.5 cm (Chittka/Raine 2006, p.428f.).
Much better than sight is the odor perception of insects with bees having at least 130 receptors in their antennae.
It would be a good evolutionary strategy to develop enormous flowers in order to attract pollinators. But larger flowers are more energetically costly to produce and flower size is
constrained by a complex series of interactions between the genes and processes governing organ development (Heather M. Whitney/Beverley J. Glover: Morphology and development of floral features recognised by pollinators. In: Anthropod-Plant Iteractions 2007, p.148). Flower shape is more variable, but not as variable as its colour which is regulated by genes, enzymes, metal ions and pH value. There have been experiments showing that both bumblebees and hummingbirds exhibit strong discrimination on the basis of petal colour. These results make it likely, although not certain, that colour is the only significant factor in the choices made by pollinators (Whitney/Glover 2007, p.153).
It seems that insects are learning the colours and shapes of flowers which have awarded them with nectar. Since many orchids don't produce nectar it may be vital for them to be mistaken for a plant rewarding its visitor with nectar.
But a successful pollination depends on multiple factors which are beyond the control of the individual plant or species (Chittka/Raine 2007, p.433).
One decisive factor is the vicinity of other flowers. Since white, UV-absorbing (typically bee bluegreen) flowers are the most common in practically all temperate European and Mediterranean habitats (Chittka/Raine 2007, p.433),
it might be a good strategy to develop white flowers: An orchid with a common color can be fairly sure to find itself in the vicinity of other flowers with similar color (Chittka/Raine 2007, p.434).
In addition to colour, the patterns of petals may as well influence the way how insects recognise flowers. The lines and blotches on petals and sepals generate a "flicker" effect due to their changing light intensity while an insect is flying over a flower with a marked pattern, and in experiments the bees preferred those (flowers) with the most flicker (Harold Koopowitz: More on Insect Vision in Flowers. In: Orchid Digest69/2005. p.267). In some albiflora varieties of orchids the colour of the petal pattern is preserved, while the surrounding area has lost all its pigments. But pure white flowers may have their own patterns as well, created by UV absorbing flavonols in the flower cells: Flowers that are visited by insects with eyes sensitive to ultraviolet light often have patterns or markings that the insects are sensitive to, but which humans cannot see (Koopowitz 2005, p.268).


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Today, we get to meet a new character. Three, in fact, if you believe Harbor. If you don't consider eggnog to be sentient, make that two. Either way, there's a new face. Harbor is a loon (a diver if you're in the UK).
Today, we get to meet a new character. Three, in fact, if you believe Harbor. If you don't consider eggnog to be sentient, make that two. Either way, there's a new face. Harbor is a loon (a diver if you're in the UK).
Oh, he's a LOON alright. Heh heh heh…
My guess was right; he is a loon. Good job with the character design
A grumpy loon at that! Or is that just the belly talking?
I was going to say something along the lines of, "I don't care if I call him something different – he sure sounds like a loon!"
Then I noticed everyone had beaten me to it.
So instead – is the 'Kingsom' in the first panel deliberate, or have I pointed out a typo?
Egg Nog. how random lol
Ha-AR-bor. I do know that voice.
Darn, beaten to the point-out-the-typo punch.
I wouldn't have guessed loon, but then the only other "loon" with which I'm familiar is Shirley.
Darn, beaten to the point-out-the-typo punch… You too stuffgamer?
Well… loon would do but I prefer "loony".
Oh wait that's a type of bird sorry
My, that IS rather striking! Looks like silver or some kind of precious metal.
haha hey ian, do you know why he is/ seems grumpy? i know I sure don't….maybe trouble with his wife..
Is Loon a Canadian?
Cause the 'Loonies' that we have up here and everything seem to have him on one of the sides.
Wow, that was brilliantly random! You should do a FMAF where Flying Man and Mr.Stinky become paranormal investigators…
Para-normality in FMAF would probably be…
Oh, crunch. You got me there.
Colored words are new to this comic, right?
I'm heavily reminded of Animal Crossing. Due to the talking animals, catchphrases (Hmph!) and the occasional word emphasized. Coincidence?
He is a weird bird to have a verrrrrrrrrrrry large protruding posterior. Or is his belly some kind of unborn twin that loves eggnog?
I sometimes wish you update the comic at a fixed time, like at 12am CST or something.. then I may be the first to see the comic everytime but I realize, that'd take a bit of programming work to do.. maybe (does Wordpress have something built in?)
Hey Ian, you've never explained how flying man and mr stinky rescue Mr Robinsen. Did he die?
[...] first met Harbor and his eggnog back in strip 71. He and Robinson have been a team ever since the latter's daring [...]
[...] If you're wondering what the deal is with Harbor, look no further than his first appearance. [...]
I imagine that Harbour sounds like Jeremy Clarkson…


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Bowling News USA - July 11, 2011 Storm's Diandra Asbaty To Represent USA At World Cup
ARLINGTON, Texas - With the qualification process now complete, the Team USA roster for the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, this October has been finalized.
Representing the United States in the women's division will be Kelly Kulick of Union, N.J., and Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, N.Y. The men's team will be represented by Chris Barnes of Double Oak, Texas, and Bill O'Neill of Southampton, Pa.
The conclusion of the U.S. Women's Open last week finalized the women's standings in the qualification process that gave them points based on their finish in the Pan American Games Trials (60 percent), the United States Bowling Congress Queens (20 percent) and the U.S. Women's Open (20 percent).
Kulick, who earned maximum points in the Pan American Games Trials and U.S. Women's Open, led with 112 points, while Johnson finished second with 109 points.
The Team USA men's qualification process concluded in March with O'Neill earning 100 points and Barnes coming in second with 92 points.
The Pan American Games are an Americas version of the Olympic Games which includes the Olympic program sports and others that are not part of the Olympics. The United States Olympic Committee has specific requirements for selecting players to compete in the event.
The Team USA program also completed the rosters for the remaining events on the international schedule. Diandra Asbaty of Chicago will join Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, S.C., in competing at the QubicaAMF World Cup in Johannesburg, South Africa, from Nov. 30-Dec. 7.
The Lee Evans Tournament of the Americas roster was finalized with Brenda Padilla of Mansfield, Texas, and Tennelle Milligan of Arlington, Texas, being selected. The men will be represented by Jarret Mizo of Honolulu and Steven Smith of San Diego at the event, which will be held July 31-Aug. 6 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
The U.S. lineup for the 2011 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Women's Championships, which was previously announced, includes Kulick, Johnson, Carolyn Dorin-Ballard of Keller, Texas, Stefanie Nation of Grand Prairie, Texas, Shannon O'Keefe of Arlington, Texas, and Shannon Pluhowsky of Kettering, Ohio.
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I am glad the family is ok. But people need to remember the mountain is where the bear lives, and people are the visitor, unfortunately people seem to forget that fact. They have a great sense of smell and can smell food even in a trailer, so don't think you're immune from a wildlife encounter because you're not in a tent. As the ranger said secure your food, respect the home of the bear and keep it clean. For the bears sake I hope he stays away, so his "bucket" doesn't get kicked for doing what bears do naturally.
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"I always wanted to see a bear in the wild," Graham said. "It was on
my bucket list, but I didn't want to kick the bucket to have it off my
bucket list."
That is a classic quote.
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In years past we never had to worry about bears when we went camping and hiking.
Bears were rare in Utah. I felt it was unwise to reintroduce bears back into
the state of Utah when they did because we have so many youth groups and
families who go camping and hiking in the summer in Utah. Now we have bear
attacks and even death from this "reintroduction".
Now I've just read about an environmentalist group who are petitioning the U.S. Fish in Game to for grizzlies to be introduced into several western states including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado. This is way past ridiculous.
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Glad the family was prepared, first with a trailer instead of a tent, and then having a pistol along.
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"Now I've just read about an environmentalist group who are petitioning the U.S. Fish in Game to for grizzlies to be introduced into several western states including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado. This is way past ridiculous."
Let me get this straight:
1. Prior man arriving, bears are living in the woods in all these states and others.
2. Man moves into the bears' habitat and wipes out all the bears.
3. Man has change of heart, reintroduces bears into their own habitat.
4. Man continues to live in the bears' habitat.
5. Bears attack men who are living in bears' habitat.
....and you think that putting bears back into their own habitat because they might attack people who are intruding into bears' habitat is "way past ridiculous"? I don't know what to say.
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Reintroducing bears or other wildlife to where they presently are not located isn't exactly letting nature take its course. It's human manipulation for reasons that don't always make sense or take concerns into consideration. In parts of the West, wolves were reintroduced over the objections of ranchers who feared the havoc to livestock. That's exactly what's happened but a rancher who sets poison bait or traps to kill them can face stiff fines.
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It has been reported that ranchers in Wyoming and Montana have learned ways of co-existing with wolves, bears and bison. They are part of nature and as Brave Sir Robin pointed out, they were here first, so it's our obligation to work on ways to protect wildlife, humans and their animals, and the environment. There are many animal rights groups and environmental groups which have proven that this can happen, with the cooperation of states, ranchers and landowners - it takes effort but certainly can be done and is well worth the effort.
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Co-exist. I'm open explain how do you do that?
And explain to me why it was so bad that bear, wolves and all dangerous wildlife to man were so upset that they were moved to a place where they could roam free and live freely without the threat of being killed because they did what came naturally to them by pulling a child out of a tent and eating him. Do you think that was such a big issue to them to be moved. I personally believe they were perfectly happy and we shouldn't of brought them back into close areas with humans. It was for their protection and ours. Oh please! If you want to live amongst the bears I can suggest a few places for you.
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There are three ways of looking at whether Zimmerman should be prosecuted in federal court
In the aftermath of the recent acquittal of George Zimmerman in a Florida court, a question looms as to whether he'll now face federal charges of violating Trayvon Martin's civil rights. It seems to me that there are three views on that matter — and two of them are fundamentally wrong. The first is the purely vengeful view of people who simply want Zimmerman to be punished under law — any law — for having killed Martin. The problem with that attitude is that it presumes, perhaps rashly, that Zimmerman did, in...read more
Is this a provocative front page or what?
I could take issue with some of the elements of this front page of the New York Daily News, but I'll leave it to readers of this blog to have first dibbies.read more
Surprise! Despite the media focus, most Americans were not very interested in the Zimmerman trial!
The charts above are explained HERE: The final days of the trial of George Zimmerman, which concluded July 13 with a verdict of not guilty, attracted relatively modest public interest overall. In a weekend survey, 26% say they were following news about the trial very closely. This is lower than interest in the initial controversy over Trayvon Martin's shooting when it erupted last year. In March 2012, 35% said they followed news about Martin's shooting very closely. However, the story has consistently attracted far more interest among blacks...read more
Here's a big roundup of reactions to the Zimmerman verdict in the right-wing blogosphere
Nobody mocks the right-wing blogosphere with the same delicious snarkiness that the inimitable Roy Edroso brings to the task. Edroso's SURVEY of wingnut reactions to the jury verdict in the George Zimmerman case includes scores of links (the reading of which could take up much of your afternoon) and a few paragraphs of overview, such as these: There has been a slew of commentary on the verdict, some of it actually thoughtful and conciliatory. Needless to say, this does not apply to that of most of our rightblogger friends, who have from...read more
Before long, the Zimmerman case will be mostly forgotten
In the 36 hours or so since a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman of wrongdoing in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, I've read and heard hundreds of reactions to the verdict and speculations on how the aftermath of the case will play out. I've read that Zimmerman might well become an enduring hero to right-wing vigilante types — or, conversely, that the rest of his life will be that of a pariah. My own sense of the matter is that the case will quickly recede from public consciousness. We live in an age of media...read more


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These six cats are all survivors of the Arkansas tornadoes that devastated Mayflower on April 27. They've been surrendered by their owner, and are now looking for a new home. This thread at Maumelle Friends of the Animals has more information about each of these cats.
It's a tragedy that this family of cats, who all come from the same home, must now be separated. Their owner may be under added stress at this time, but she believes the cats will be better off with a new forever home.
Right now the cats are afraid, and still quite traumatized from the tornado.They're currently located at Maumelle Animal Services 425 Hyman Drive in Maumelle. For more info, call them at 501-851-6219 or email email@example.com or fill out an online adoption applications available at www.maumellefoa.org.
Please share this article with friends, especially those who live in the Arkansas area. It would do the cats a world of good to get into the comfortable environment of a loving home.


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Published: September 18, 2011
Dominic L. Gatta III, a co-owner of the Federal Building, said downtown living is now catching on in Youngstown. His company invested $2.5 million in the building on West Federal Street. Above, he sits in the V2 Wine Bar Trattoria restaurant on the building's first floor. It is expected to open this month. Apartments occupy the upper floors.
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March 17, 2012
LOS ANGELES - Saturday's baseball game between No. 11 Arizona State and No. 9 UCLA has been postponed due to rain. Both teams will continue the weekend series with a doubleheader on Sunday at 1 p.m.
For updates on Sunday's game time, as it relates to overnight weather, fans are encouraged to follow the ASU baseball program's Twitter page at twitter.com/ASU_Baseball
ASU (11-6, 0-1) jumped out to a five-run lead in the third inning of its Pac-12 conference opener vs. UCLA Friday night, but lost, 6-5, on a walk-off home run at Jackie Robinson Stadium in Los Angeles.


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Jan. 12, 2012
College Sports Madness' 2012 Baseball Preseason All-American Teams
TEMPE, Ariz. - Three Arizona State University baseball players have been picked to College Sports Madness' Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference First-Team and head coach Tim Esmay has been selected Coach of the Year, according to the website.
Junior infielder Deven Marrero was named to the first team after earning Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year honors and First Team All-Pac-10 last season. He started 54 games at shortstop for the Sun Devils, hitting .315 (69-219) with two homers and 20 RBI. He was also named ABCA Second Team All-West Region, Second Team Academic All-Pac-10 and Second Team Academic All-District VIII.
Junior Joey DeMichele was also selected to the first team as an infielder. He won the Pac-10 batting crown with a .368 average last year as a sophomore and also led the conference in slugging percentage (.663), triples (7) and total bases (128). Appearing in 52 games, primarily as a designated hitter, he collected 51 RBIs and a team-leading nine home runs. He was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2011 Tempe Regional and was a First Team ABCA All-American, a Third Team Baseball America All-American, a First Team ABCA All-West Region choice and a First Team All-Pac-10 pick.
Brady Rodgers, a junior right-handed pitcher, earned a spot on the first team after going 9-4 last season with a 2.75 ERA. He struck out 87 batters while walking only nine, and allowed just one home run all season, tied for fewest in the Pac-10. He was a 2011 All-Conference honorable mention.
Esmay, who enters his third season as head coach, led the Sun Devils to a 43-18 record, including a 17-10 conference mark, last season as ASU advanced to the NCAA Super Regionals. He was named the 2010 Pac-10 Coach of the Year in his first season at ASU after guiding the Devils to a conference title and a berth in the College World Series.
College Sports Madness named Marrero a Second Team Preseason All-American, while DeMichele earned a spot on the fourth team.
The Sun Devils open the 2012 season by hosting a three-game series against Western Michigan from Feb. 17-19 at Packard Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.


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In a "law blog" posted on February 13th, the University of Arkansas School of Law has agreed that the Second Amendment lives in Arkansas again, allowing open carry without a permit.
Well, kind of.
In this decidedly anti-Second Amendment slanted article, the U of A Law department, (one of the premier law schools in the world) admits that citizens may now legally carry in the state.
It seems to us a court facing a defendant arrested with a gun would interpret the statute based upon its plain meaning. When all is said and done, how can the court punish a person for following the literal and unambiguous meaning of the statute? A person should not be expected to consult the history of the law's passage, or its political context, to understand what it proscribes. Courts should interpret statutes as written to encourage legislatures to draft their criminal laws more carefully, putting people on clear notice about what constitutes criminal activity.
This admission in the university's one-sided blog, as convoluted and confusing as it is, is a huge event in the history of Act 746 and for the right to bear arms in Arkansas. The epic revelation by this government agency flies in the face of Attorney General Dustin McDaniel's very flawed opinion in July, which stated:
I do not interpret Act 746 as authorizing so-called "open carry.
Since the Attorney General issued this opinion last summer and after Act 746 took effect in August 2013, there has not been one reported arrest in the state for the act of carrying a handgun in self-defense, even though open carry demonstrations and walks have taken place across the state. For instance, in just the last 60 days Arkansas Carry (a gun rights organization dedicated to bringing gun rights back to Arkansas) has hosted open carry walks in Maumelle, Conway, Pine Bluff, North Little Rock and even in the capitol city of Little Rock, where more than 100 participants attended. These celebrations of gun rights were done in full view and with the cooperation of the police departments of all of these Arkansas communities, proving that open carry is legal in Arkansas.
It is clear that the School of Law at the University of Arkansas does not believe the people of Arkansas can be trusted with their rights, but it is also certain that they can read the law. They title the blog article "Open Carry in Arkansas—An Ambiguous Statute", but buried in the article even they make this statement:
… how can the court punish a person for following the literal and unambiguous meaning of the statute?
The above proclamation by the School of Law shows that the law is clear in its literal meaning and words. The anti-rights professor that wrote this blog, however, is doing his best to make the public believe that Act 746 is confusing and ambiguous.
Certainly, this article is simply the first shot in the war between the government and people in Arkansas over the right to bear arms. However, the people now hold the big stick of law.


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It's safe to say that one of the most original screenplays to come along in the last ten years has been written by Spike Jonze. Though mainly known for his directing efforts, Mr. Jonze brings forth a world, not too far into the future, that raises existential questions in a romantic and charming atmosphere.
"Her," nominated for Best Picture, centers around Theodore, played by Joaquin Phoenix, an introvert who falls in love with his OS (Operating System). Facing hardship in the wake of his impending divorce, Theodore purchases a new OS with artificial intelligence named Samantha. The female computer is voiced by Scarlett Johansson with a childlike innocence of a woman discovering her own self for the first time.
The film itself is aesthetically beautiful, with sensational production design and breathtaking locations. Yet, you are able to just as easily close your eyes and listen to the voices of Theodore and Samantha and become instantly captivated.
Mr. Phoenix continues to prove that he is an actor people need to pay more attention to. In "Her," it's his heartbreaking facial expressions and punctual comedics that bring this film to another level. Amy Adams has a small supporting role, and if you disregard her hair, she continues to have the kind of chemistry with Mr. Phoenix that spills over from their previous collaboration in "The Master."
Mr. Jonze proves that a love story can be told in a variety of different ways. Though the film has moments of hilarity, it's never gut wrenching laughter. The same goes for its dramatic sequences; never too over the top. Everything is perfectly balanced and allows for a deeper inspection into the human condition.
As for the composition and the overall look of the film, I couldn't help but be reminded of "Lost In Translation." Shot with picturesque views of a future Los Angeles, the isolation and use of soft focus brings me back to Ms. Coppola's classic. It's ironic enough that Mr. Jonze and Ms. Coppola were married for a period of time.
"Her" is a statement of where our world is heading. Without pushing a message into our faces, the filmmakers guide us to see the lack of communication that has developed in our society. If you come away from "Her" with anything, it most likely will be the message that love can exist anywhere. It makes us ponder the big questions, but most importantly, makes us truly believe in old fashioned (ish) love.
"Her" is currently playing in theaters.


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Here, we offer a framework that can be used by everyone from the uninitiated to the expert to understand the components that need to be present in every self-defense situation. The 5 D's divides the entire spectrum of self-defense into five distinct stages. These stages are defined by the five steps of the strategy of DECIDE DETER DISRUPT DISENGAGE DEBRIEF.
DECIDE is the preparation step. It is the foundation of self-defense. It is made up of planning, education, acceptance, training, conditioning, avoidance, and strategy.
Decide not to be a victim. Use preparation and planning prior to an act of aggression. Learn about crime and criminal behavior. Train to respond to all forms of aggression. Practice avoidance and risk reduction. Acknowledge the existence of risk. Condition your body and mind for the realities of violence.
DETER is the prevention step. It begins when you leave an area of safety and continues until the moment of the actions of DISRUPT. It involves repelling all potential aggressors and building your readiness for a physical assault. It is characterized by awareness, intuition, attitude and appearance, assertiveness, body language, boundary setting, and deception.
Deter and prevent an act of aggression. Learn how to de-escalate a confrontation. Project confidence with body language. Be assertive. Practice situational awareness. Respond to the warnings of intuition. Create safety zones. Utilize boundary setting. Deceive when necessary. Build readiness. Determine Confirmation of Bad Intention.
DISRUPT is the violent and most physical step of self-defense. Its sole purpose is to create the opportunity to escape. It begins with the trigger to act and involves the concept of attacking the attacker to surprise, shock, or cause injury to your attacker.
Disrupt the aggressor. Respond to the Trigger to Act. Foil his plans. Apply verbal and/or physical techniques. Use tactics such as the employment of weapons of opportunity. Execute a decisive strategy. Attack the attacker. Utilize any means available. Create the Opportunity to Escape in order to disengage.
DISENGAGE is the immediate goal of self-defense. It involves your complete commitment to get away from your attacker. Alternatively, it is the result of your actions that has caused your aggressor to discontinue the attack. It is characterized by your flight to safety, or either the aggressor being unwilling or unable to continue his actions.
Disengage and get away from the aggressor. Respond the Opportunity to Escape. Create an ending. Carryout an exit strategy. Cause the aggressor to break off his actions. Evade and escape. Terminate the aggressor's ability to engage and cause harm. Flee to safety. Get out of there.
DEBRIEF is the long term goal of self-defense. It is the after effects of an assault. The ultimate purpose of self-defense is to minimize the long term consequences and the aftermath of aggression. This concept includes creating peace of mind.
Debrief and discuss the consequences of aggression. Reduce the after effects. Promote physical and emotional healing. Get legal advice. Seek support and assistance. Learn resilience.


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The Seahawks signed WR Antonio Bryant, the team announced Thursday.
Bryant, who tried out with the team at its June minicamp, has not played in an NFL game since 2009. That season, Bryant played in 13 games with 11 starts for the Buccaneers and had 39 catches for 600 yards and four touchdowns.
In his eight seasons, Bryant has 372 catches for 5,685 yards and 30 touchdown catches. The Bengals cut Bryant before the 2010 season after signing him to a four-year, $28 million contract with nearly $8 million guaranteed. Knee problems have kept Bryant, 31, off the field.
- Antonio Bryant


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A Touch of Lottery History
Lotteries have followed mankind throughout history. Several famous instances of lottery exist such as lotteries described in the Bible (these rarely had monetary prizes. Rather, they had varying degrees of religious significance and were supposed to determine the Divine Will). Other famous ancient lotteries include ancient keno games played in China (including those which helped finance the construction of the Great Wall of China) and lotteries held in ancient Rome (where everyone won something). Apparently, there is something mystical and uplifting in throwing the fate of a person to the whimsy of Lady Luck and the Fates.
Small Losses Big Wins at the Lottery
The enticement of the lottery is that even though the investment is generally quite small, the sum of the big jackpot is usually very large indeed. People feel that if they lose, they have lost nothing whereas if they win, they win everything. Usually, there are several smaller prizes that can be won as well as the big jackpot. In addition, it is theoretically possible for the jackpot to be won by two separate players (this I usually only possible when players are allowed to select the numbers for their lottery ticket by themselves). When available, lotteries are often regulated by the state and are sometimes even used as a method for the state to raise money. Lotteries are ideally suited for such money raising since the expected value of any given lottery ticket is usually quite low. In lotteries where the numbers to be drawn are not directly related to the numbers purchased (which is the case in most state lotteries as well as Mega Millions and similar big lotteries), it is possible for there to be no winning combination. The precise event in such an occurrence differs between different lotteries but the common rule is that the jackpot rolls over to the next lottery. This allows for the creation of bigger and bigger jackpots. Theoretically, a jackpot could become so big as to make it worthwhile to buy up all possible tickets in order to ensure a win. The problem with this strategy is that the big prize might end up being split with other winners in which case it might not cover the cost of the investment (such a strategy was employed by a Polish businessman by the name of Klincewitz in order to win at the Irish sweepstakes).
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Street Gangs Moving In on Sioux Falls, South Dakota
KSFY Staff
November 13th, 2009
The Sioux Falls Police Department Street Crime Task Force is constantly working to figure out what street gangs are trying to infiltrate our city, and to prevent the gangs already here from growing.
Sioux Falls Police Officer Cullen McClure says, "Recently we've seen a rise in their organization to robberies and home invasions and crimes that are a more violent nature."
He's assigned to the Street Crimes Task Force and says there are about 37 street gangs in the city, amounting to around 365 members.
"I'd say our most active is gangster disciples which here in Sioux Falls is primarily a Native American based gang."
Officer McClure says higher concentrations of gang activity occur in the Whittier Park neighborhood and the east side of Sioux Falls.
Members range in age from 11 up to around age 40.
"A lot of our gang members seem to come from a poor family structure and they're looking for comfort and safety and acceptance of the gang to provide the family structure for them."
Officer McClure says the biggest way to deter your kids from gangs is to know who their friends are, and what they're up to when you're not around.


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UCLA Swimming and Diving on Twitter | UCLA Swimming and Diving on Facebook
Spieker Aquatics Center will be a busy place this weekend, as UCLA hosts the Bruin Diving Invitational Friday through Sunday and a meet with Pac-12 foe Utah on Saturday, which will be televised live on the Pac-12 Networks. Admission for all events is free of charge.
A total of 45 female divers and 13 male divers from 10 schools will descend upon Spieker Aquatics Center starting on Friday. Along with the Bruins, Pac-12 rivals California, USC and Utah, as well as Boise State, Cal Poly, Fresno State, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara and Wisconsin will compete in the three-day event.
The Women's 1-Meter and Men's 3-Meter events kick off the competition on Friday at 11 a.m. Following the first six preliminary dives, the field will be cut to the Top 18 for the finals on the women's side, while the entire men's field will advance to the finals. The Invitational continues on Saturday with the Women's 3-Meter and Men's 1-Meter prelims starting at 11 a.m. and the finals right after that. On Sunday, the Women's and Men's Platform will begin at 9:30 a.m. The Top 12 after the preliminary five dives will advance to the finals.
Seniors Paulina Guzman and Haley McNamara, sophomore Montana Monahan and freshmen Annika Lenz and Danni Repper will compete in the 1- and 3-Meter events. Lenz, Monahan and Repper will also dive in the Platform on Sunday. The Bruin divers have not competed since the Wildcat Diving Invitational (Nov. 22-24) in Tucson.
Lenz was named the Pac-12 Diver of the Month for November, winning each of her first four collegiate events, the 1- (season-best 282.00) and 3-Meter events in a meet with UCSB and Florida Gulf Coast (Nov. 1) and a road contest at Arizona (Nov. 8). She added Top Three finishes two more times in November with a third-place finish in the 1-Meter at Arizona State and a third-place showing in the 3-Meter (season-best 298.60) at the Wildcat Invite. Guzman also reached a pair of finals at the Wildcat Invitational with a fourth-place showing in the 3-Meter and a sixth-place finish in the 1-Meter.
In addition to the Invitational diving on Saturday, the Bruins will host Utah in an 11 a.m. swimming and diving meet. The meet will be televised live on Pac-12 Networks with Rich Burk and six-time Olympic Gold medalist Amy Van Dyken-Rouen at the call.
The Bruins (5-1) were ranked 16th in the most recent CSCAA (College Swimming Coaches Association of America) poll on Dec. 10, while Utah (4-1, swims at USC on Friday) was ranked at 22nd.
Saturday's swimming portion of the meet will begin early at 10:40 a.m. with the 1000 Freestyle, which will be aired on television during one of the breaks of the meet. The 200 Medley Relay will begin the TV portion of the meet, followed by the 200 Free, 100 Backstroke, 100 Breaststroke, 200 Butterfly and 50 Free.
Following the first break, the swimming continues with the 100 Free, 200 Back, 200 Breast, 500 Free and 100 Fly. After the second break, the swimming concludes with the 400 Individual Medley and the 400 Free Relay. The preliminary scores from Friday's 1-Meter diving and Saturday's 3-Meter will also be included in the dual meet score.
The swimming squad has been off since traveling to the Texas Invitational (Dec. 5-7) in Austin. It was a record-breaking meet for the Bruins, which saw three school records fall, nine individual swims crack the UCLA Top 8 and 31 NCAA 'B' qualifying times.
The swimmer of the meet was freshman Linnea Mack, who set a school record in the 100 Back and was also a part of the UCLA records in the 200 Medley and 400 Free Relays. Mack also set four NCAA 'B' qualifying times and moved into third in UCLA history in the 50 Free (22.48), seventh in the 100 Free (49.59) and briefly eighth in the 100 Fly (53.31) until she was supplanted by junior teammate Noelle Tarazona.
Five other Bruins had at least three NCAA 'B' marks in Austin. Senior Ting Quah posted five in the 50, 100 and 200 Free and 100 and 200 Fly, Tarazona had four (100 and 200 Fly and 200 and 400 IM) and seniors Lauren Baker (500 and 1650 Free and 400 IM) and Kathryn Murphy (50, 100 and 200 Free) and sophomore Katie Kinnear (100 Back and 100 and 200 Fly) each had three 'B' times.
Other Bruins to reach the UCLA Top 8 at the Texas Invite were Kinnear (100 Fly, 5th, 53.02), Tarazona (100 Fly, 8th, 53.24), sophomore Katy Campbell (1650 Free, 4th, 16:19.17) and freshman Madison White (100 Back, 4th, 53.43 and 200 Back, 4th, 1:55.68).
The Bruins are 5-1 in dual meets this season, winning on the road in their most recent dual at then-#22 Arizona State (183-113) on Nov. 9 and at San Diego (184.5-101.5) on Oct. 19, as well as a home quad meet win with Oregon State (179-77), UCSB (198-99) and FGCU (201-98) on Nov. 1. UCLA's lone loss was at then-#11 Arizona (151-149) on Nov. 8.
Quah has won eight individual events this season in dual meets (three vs. OSU/UCSB/FGCU, two at USD, one at UA, two at ASU). Tarazona (two at USD, one at UA, two at ASU) and White (two vs. OSU/UCSB/FGCU, one at UA, two at ASU) each have five dual meet victories and Mack has three (two at USD, one at ASU).


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The city officially launched its public education and outreach campaign to educate employers and employees about their rights and responsibilities under the paid sick leave law, the Mayor's Office announced on Tuesday.
Under the recently-passed Earned Sick Time Act, which went into effect today, some employers have to provide sick leave for their employees so that they can take care of themselves or their family members. The law secures the right to paid leave for 500,000 New Yorkers.
Spearheaded by the Department of Consumer Affairs, the campaign consists of advertisements, information online and events and partnerships to increase outreach efforts.
"Today marks a new beginning for many working New Yorkers who used to fear that asking for a sick day to take care of themselves or their family members would result in the loss of their income or even their jobs," New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a statement.
The first phase of advertisements tells New Yorkers that the law goes into effect today and promotes the campaign's tagline, "Feel 100%. Work 100%. Together We Can Keep Businesses Stronger and Keep New Yorkers Healthy." The ads, printed in both English and Spanish, are featured on 1,000 subway cards, 1,000 buses, bus shelters and phone kiosks.
The second phase of advertisements, scheduled to launch on June 2, will inform New Yorkers about the key date of July 30, when employees can use accrued sick leave. This phase will feature more subway, bus, print, television and radio ads.
On April 29, the Department of Consumer Affairs will be holding a public hearing on proposed rules to clarify provisions in the paid sick leave law.


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We break down the 49ers use of the full-house pistol, "bug eye" formation in their win over the Miami Dolphins.
While the 49ers offensive philosophy is built around power rushing, the team opens the door to a wide variety of schemes and game plans within that broader philosophy. The team mixes up their formations and personnel packages week in and week out, as they game plan against their opponents' weaknesses and for the 49ers own strengths.
Amidst all the discussion about the QB position, and the concerns some have about the team's opportunities in 2012, I continually drift back to the idea that the coaching staff is working to figure out exactly what they want to do with all these new pieces. The addition of Colin Kaepernick as starting quarterback and LaMIchael James as backup running back has put the staff in a position where they need to figure out how they can mix and match these parts.
This idea scares some people, which is quite understandable. The 49ers got to the NFC Championship Game with a specific philosophy, and had gotten off to a 6-2 start this season. Although there was clearly downside to this philosophy, the upside was the idea of there being a certain steadiness to it.


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In two weeks we will know if the Arizona women's basketball team is truly a contender for the Pac-10 title in 2002-03. We will know because, in order to finish first, you have to win big games on the road, and that's where the Cats will spend the majority of their time in the next 10 days.
The grueling schedule begins at ASU on Thursday night. The team will travel to Phoenix on Wednesday to take part in an alumni function and then play the Sun Devils on Thursday night at 6 p.m. This game promises to be very physical. The Devils come at you hard, and they play what might be called "hack ball." So, the Cats will get a real test at Wells Fargo Arena this week.
Friday morning will bring an early wake-up call and a flight to the icy "tundra" of Madison, Wisconsin. The Wildcats will have one day's rest before taking on the Badgers on Sunday afternoon. Wisconsin is one of the top women's basketball draws in the country, and Arizona will be facing a crowd that will probably be at least 7,000 strong. After a slow start, the Badgers themselves have begun to wake up, getting a huge win over Illinois over the weekend. This will be a very tough game, but the kind of game that champions find a way to win. Immediately following this contest, the team will be back on a plane and will arrive back in Tucson in the early hours of Monday morning.
There will not be much time to rest. On Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 29), the team will board a flight for Oregon, where they will play in two of the toughest Pac-10 venues. On Thursday night, Jan. 30, the Cats will battle Oregon State, which is very good at home. Then, on Saturday (Feb. 1), it's on to Eugene to play a struggling Oregon squad that is capable of beating anyone at any time. In fact, this injury-plagued bunch took Stanford to the wire and lost by just one point. Again, these are the games that champions win.
The Wildcats finally return home on Thursday, Feb. 6, to play Washington. By then, we will know if Arizona is a serious contender.
On her coach's show Monday night, Coach Bonvicini made this comment, "We have shown that we can beat great teams at home, but to win a conference championship, you have to do that on the road. That is what we still have to prove."
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COLLEGIATE HIGHLIGHTS:A consensus four-star prospect by Rivals.com, Scout.com and 247sports.com ... a first-team National Junior College Athletics Association All-American as a sophomore at Eastern Arizona Community College in 2011 ... ranks as the nation's No. 3 JUCO prospect in the Rivals.com JUCO Top 50 and the No. 9 junior college player by 247sports.com ... SuperPrep lists him as the No. 3 player in its JUCO Top 100 ... recorded 39 tackles with four interceptions, four pass breakups and one fumble recovery in 2011 ... had 26 tackles and three picks as a freshman in 2010 when he earned first-team All-Region and All-WSFL recognition.
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A dog walker discovered the body of an unidentified man in a stream at the back of Valley Road at around 6.05pm on Monday (May 12.)
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There is a chocolate pudding hand print on the cabinet door. A trio of plastic cups--including the Flintstones Pebbles mug from my own childhood--filled with water and pretty weeds, drawing ants on the windowsill. Email messages. Laundry. Notes from preschool. A stained coffee carafe. The pool bag full of towels gone sour with wet. A ruined novel left on the front porch, soaked in the rain.
My children, pinballing off the furniture, unsure what to do with me now that I'm back. My husband, offering me Japanese take-out and vaguely apologizing for the mess. My teacher bag ready for tomorrow night's class. And the story, grown cold on my hard drive.
I attend to these tasks with my own slant on Maslow's hierarchy of needs. It's a return to balance, beginning at the bottom of the pyramid. First, basic physical needs: chicken teriyaki. Kiss husband, hug kids. Next, stability. I windex away the ants, throw out weeds when my daughter isn't looking. Post the preschool notice on the refrigerator door, teach my class, come home. Sleep. Finally, finally, wipe away the chocolate hand print.
Next, self-actualization: my story, my essay, this blog. I check email and facebook and zoetrope and weather.com. I stare down the file icon on my desktop. More coffee. I need some chapstick, a grocery list, an attagirl, a bit more caffeine, a surge of ballsy. A match, a dance, a jolt, perfect quiet.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Upon Returning
Posted by Susan Woodring at 9:00 AM
Labels: my kids, persistence, soulfully lost, the writing life
5 comments:
- Susannah said...
Ah, it's hardly worth going away for, sometimes...but necessary. Maslow would be proud!
btw, why is it that husbands never, ever rinse out the coffee pot?
- May 13, 2010 at 12:22 PM
- Kathy said...
Proper balance: hugs before handprints.
- May 13, 2010 at 8:10 PM
- Susan Woodring said...
What amazes me is just how much things slide when I'm not there...I mean, Danny does a great job with the kids, but he honestly doesn't see the stained coffee pot or the chocolate handprint.
Yes, hugs first. Always.
- May 13, 2010 at 9:09 PM
- Jessie Carty said...
I love that the teriyaki chicken was the highest priority :)
- May 14, 2010 at 3:29 PM
- Susan Woodring said...
Oh, yes, must eat before I can think.
- May 14, 2010 at 4:54 PM
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Gun shop owner kills suspected burglar, injures two others | The Augusta Chronicle
'Sounds like he really lit 'em up. 'Glad Steve's okay.
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'Sounds like he really lit 'em up. 'Glad Steve's okay.
'Clinging to my guns and religion
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local TV website says it was an AR used to shoot the suspects (last picture). One of them shouted out to his buds to shoot the owner and then he started firing.
UPDATE: Suspect identified after shooting during attempted burglary
May you be in Heaven before the Devil knows you're dead
AR vs 3 boys.
Turned out about like one would expect.
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. Albert Einstein
"People in Arizona carry guns," said a Chandler police spokesman. "You better be careful about who you are picking on."
I drove by there a little while ago. Everything appeared to be cleaned up, a new wall was in place, and the "Open" sign was lit out front.
'Clinging to my guns and religion
Maybe criminals will believe that 24-hour armed guard sign now. LOLAfter the last break-in in 2009, he added bars and a sign that says "24-Hour Armed Guard" to the front of his store.
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Too bad it will, potentially, slow his business down for a bit, but quite a good ending! One rehabilitated for sure, and potentially the other two also!
{edit} Glad it hasnt slowed em down!
"Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt" ~ Mark Twain
'Clinging to my guns and religion
I loves me a happy ending!
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.
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Just shoot the guy next to you in the knee and run like heck.
Let's hope not WHEC.
by the way..congrats on 4K
May you be in Heaven before the Devil knows you're dead
Toward the end of the video in the OP the reporter says that the store owner believes in gun control and never wanted to have to use a gun to shoot someone. I wonder what kind of gun control he's talking about?
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UPDATE: Suspect identified after shooting during attempted burglary
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Ludwig attends Delaware College of Art and Design in pursuit of a degree in illustration and publishing.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
My head is literally spinning
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Barb, I know. I have lost weight a sure sign and I text with him a million times a day. He is the best unavailable man I know.ReplyDelete
"I am coming off the clouds and landing back on terra firma."...and I would say all the wiser for it! Look what you have learned about yourself. The bonus is a wonderful journey, a friend, and wisdom. What a trip.ReplyDelete
Thanks Valerie and the saga continues :) I showed my friend the blog before and he liked it. He said it made him look more grounded than his really crazy self. He is so damn cute.ReplyDelete
This guy's name is not Jesus is it? sounds like a God. :)ReplyDelete
He is to me. But not Jesus as far as I know. But named after a saint.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 12, 2012 at 7:20 AM
Love comes in so many packages...to open your heart is a win win...even if you can't take the package home...ReplyDelete
So true Melody. I was caught totally surprised by this one. But we are totally in sync and have become close friends very quickly. Thanks for commenting.ReplyDelete
Keep your friend, start a vision board and open your heart!... You deserve it!ReplyDelete
Joey, since your vision board was so right on, you gave me the idea. Will do it sooner than later.ReplyDelete


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The original series ran from 2006 to 2010 and followed the lives of several individuals across the globe that discover they have extraordinary abilities. The series starred Hayden Panettiere, Milo Ventimiglia, Ali Larter, Masi Oka, and Greg Grunberg. Actor Zachary Quinto also starred as the villain Sylar.
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Director: Kaoru Adachi
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Let your fetishist clientele in on the secret.
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Key to its success is establishing an ambiance of the forbidden. Doctors are supposed to be friendly and helpful like Marcus Welby, not sicker than their patients ... but in Ran Takami's imagination, the house of healing is a perverse sanitarium - and she, the prey. The rooms, the storage closets and even the surgeries are places of unprofessionally perverse behavior.
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Hello everyone,
Just upon the arrival of the new year, the new issue of The Cenacle has arrived! This issue features many of our usual great poets, plus fixtion, graphic arts, & several fine essays. It completes the 2013 Scriptor Press publishing year. I am expecting we will have even more publications to announce over the course of 2014. For now, enjoy this number!
The new issue's contents include:
• New poetry by Raymond Soulard, Jr., Judih Haggai, Martina Newberry, Joe Coleman, & Tom Sheehan
• "Incarceration (The Last Belize Story)" [Journal] by Charlie Beyer
• "Jack Kerouac: A Psychonaut in Denial" [Essay] by Nick Meador
• "The Wildest Ones" [Travel Journal] by Nathan D. Horowitz
• Labyrinthine [new fixtion] by Raymond Soulard, Jr.
• Notes from New England [Commentary] by Raymond Soulard, Jr.
• Classic poetry by W.B. Yeats
• Graphic artwork by Joe Coleman
• Graphic artwork by Kassandra & Raymond Soulard, Jr.
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Our 22nd year. Our 472nd ish.
The January issue of The Last Word is now permeating the joint, and this edition discusses these things...
• A recent road trip down south.
• The right-wing bigotry and humiliation of past school villains.
• The politics of mapmaking.
• More hilarious hotel reviews.
• A stinky situation at a Georgia bar.
• The decline of a once-great radio.
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This issue is some of the best CHILDREN'S POEMS, I've written. For all those who are young or just think that way.
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So I wanted to play a prank on some friends and tried to install the Mac OSX Lion theme from NoobsLab Mac OSX Lion Theme. To this point, I've only dabbled a bit with linux, so I'm still a little shaky on configuring and installing just about anything.
Anyhow, I run the first command per the instructions, but when I run the second one:
sudo tar -xzvf Mac-Lion-Cursors.tar.gz -C /usr/share/icons
I recieve this error:
tar (child): Mac-Lion-Cursors.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
It seems to only occur with commands that begin with
Any ideas?