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|Two groundhogs are caged waiting to be transported from a home where they were captured in Uniontown, Ohio. (Mary Beth Breckenridge/Akron Beacon Journal/MCT)
Briggs is a nuisance animal remover, the guy homeowners and landlords call when wild animals make their way into walls, attics, basements and other places where they're not welcome.
He and his two partners in Frontline Animal Removal specialize in trapping and removing animals from buildings and making sure others don't come in. Fall is a busy time of year for the crew, as varmints move in on humans in an effort to escape autumn's chill.
Usually Briggs handles the paperwork and administrative chores for the Lake Township, Ohio-based business, but this day he's making the rounds to check traps the crew has set and assess new customers' situations. All the while, he's fielding calls from homeowners with squirrels in their attics or groundhogs under their sheds.
It takes him just seconds to recognize the problem at a house in West Akron, Ohio, where the owner has heard noises above the ceiling.
"Brick. Squirrels can shimmy right up," Briggs says. He looks up to see a narrow opening along a soffit where a section of mesh vent had rotted away. Bingo.
The problem, Briggs explains, is that animals are relentless when they're seeking a place to stay warm in fall or to give birth in spring. They'll chew through wood. They'll push aluminum soffits out of the way. They'll squeeze through small openings — in some cases, just a fraction of an inch wide.
Sometimes sloppy construction is to blame, sometimes poor maintenance. Other times it's just a matter of a wily animal exploiting an opportunity.
In urban areas particularly, many animals are born in attics. So that's where they go to breed, Briggs says.
Briggs scales a ladder onto the lower roof of a split-level house in Lake Township and immediately starts noticing potential trouble spots.
He points to a gap where the siding doesn't quite meet the edge of the chimney. "That's prime space for bats," he says.
A little give in the aluminum soffit could be a problem, too. Unless it's reinforced with plywood, a raccoon can easily push it up to get access to the house.
And then there's the tree overhanging the roof, the perfect jumping-off point for a squirrel.
Vents without louvers or screens are often problems, he said. So are the places where pipes and wires enter a house. The complex roof angles from multiple dormers and gables that are common in home construction today can also spell trouble, because they can cause water to pool and promote moisture damage.
The problems aren't uncommon, and they're not limited to older houses, he says. But without a practiced eye like Briggs', most homeowners probably wouldn't even see them.
"Most people don't notice it until they hear the noise in the attic," he says.
Briggs is striding across a backyard in Lake Township toward a shed plagued by groundhogs when he hears a distinctive clang.
Success. The spring-loaded door has slammed on one of the two box traps his company set the day before.
Sure enough, he finds a toothy culprit trapped in one metal cage. Then he rounds a corner of the shed to find a surprise: a second groundhog in the other trap.
Double success.
The animals appear unharmed, but one chatters its teeth in what Briggs explains is a defense mechanism. He has no way to move them, so he leaves the animals in the traps until he can return in a couple of hours with a transport cage.
The Frontline crew almost always uses live traps to capture nuisance animals and then either releases them some distance away or euthanizes them. By state law, certain animals including raccoons, skunks and opossums must be destroyed because of their potential for spreading diseases. Others can be released, but only outside city or village limits and only on property where the owner has granted permission.
Briggs says homeowners occasionally will want the animals captured in their homes to be released on their own property, but he thinks that's a mistake. Once an animal has gotten into a home, it will do almost anything to get back in, he says. If you're not going to remove the animal from the property, you might as well not even bother catching it.
The bats are apparently gone, but their evidence remains on a near two-story home in Plain Township.
Bits of dried bat guano cling to the siding and chimney bricks. More droppings discolor the vents in the soffit where the bats have been living.
Often bats will also leave dark streaks where they enter and exit a house, caused by the oil on their bodies.
Briggs' colleague Ryan Kirk — one of three partners in the business, along with Dominic Morber — is just about ready to remove the bat cone he installed to rid the soffit of the winged intruders. The tube, which was inserted vertically into a portion of the soffit and has an open bottom, serves as a one-way exit. The bats can escape through it, but they can't get back in. That's because bats can only re-enter an opening by landing and crawling in, and the tube makes that impossible.
Bats can be expensive to eradicate. The law prohibits destroying bats, so "we can only kick 'em out," Kirk says. But the bats will do whatever they can to get back into a place they've inhabited, and they can squeeze into an opening just three-eighths inch wide. Keeping them out requires extensive sealing to close up all the little openings they might take advantage of.
Making repairs to prevent further wildlife infestations is part of Frontline's approach, Briggs explains. He has construction experience, but the company will call in a professional builder if the repairs are extensive enough to warrant it.
"We try real hard to make it look like we were never there," Kirk says.
Briggs walks the roof of an apartment house in Barberton, Ohio, checking trap after trap. Every one of the 15 is empty.
The building has been plagued by squirrels, but so far he and his colleagues have trapped only two.
"This place is giving us fits," he says.
Some nearby trees were recently trimmed, so Briggs figures that cut off the squirrels' path to the building. Still, he expected to find something. He and his crew have closed off all the access points save one, and that one leads to a trap. They even used traps that had been wrapped with duct tape to capture some of the urine and fur of squirrels that were caught in them earlier, in the hope the scent would attract others.
Probably, he says, he's going to have to go into the attic to look for spots of daylight that would indicate openings they've missed.
Tips for keeping wildlife out of your home:
-Clean your gutters. Clogged gutters can cause water to pool and create ice dams, rotting fascia boards and roof sheathing and making it easy for squirrels to gnaw through the softened wood.
-Repair moisture problems, such as leaking pipes and clogged drains.
-Seal holes, cracks and other small openings on the outside of the house and basement. Include the places where pipes and wires enter the house and spaces between the siding and the chimney.
-Replace loose mortar and weatherstripping.
-Install door sweeps, including under the garage door.
-Cap your chimney.
-Don't feed wild animals. It attracts them to your home.
-Bring pet food dishes indoors at night.
-Use garbage cans with tight-fitting lids, and avoid keeping them outside as much as possible.
-Trim tree branches to keep them away from the house. Squirrels can jump up to 8 feet laterally and as far as 10 feet from a high spot to a place below.
-Cover vents with grills or rust-resistant screening, if appropriate. Ohio law prohibits screening clothes dryer vents.
-Keep areas beneath wooden steps clean.
-Keep window screens in good repair.
-Store firewood at least 20 feet away from the house.
-Keep shrubbery well-trimmed.
- Soures: Brian Briggs of Frontline Animal Removal, National Pest Management Association and Woodstream Corp., which makes Victor rodent control products
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RED CLIFF - A cold winter with little snow has hit Red Cliff's water supply for the second time in as many years. This time, though, fewer people were affected for fewer days.
Last year, days stretched into weeks for town residents when a low snowpack led much of the town's water system to freeze up. This year, starting Jan. 18, a simple sensor froze to the town's water storage tank, resulting in a drop of pressure that kept water from flowing to the higher-elevation homes in town. Service was restored to those homes Jan. 20.
Mayor Scott Burgess said that with people running "bleeder" lines - running water at a trickle to keep lines clear - it became difficult to refill the town's storage tank.
The town of Minturn sent water tankers to help fill the tank, since it takes time to fill the tank when the creek that supplies the town is running at a trickle. In addition, town employees and town board members worked to re-start a heating system installed last year.
Eventually, water heated to 130 degrees was pumped into the town's water system, helping free up the lines.
Burgess said the heating system - essentially four large, tankless home water heaters - wasn't running for a couple of reasons.
First, the town needs permission from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to run the heaters as part of the town's municipal water system. That permission was quickly granted.
The second, and perhaps more important issue, is cost. The water heaters run on propane. Given that the price is nearly that of gasoline per gallon, running propane devices quickly gets expensive.
"Our wastewater system runs on propane, and we just paid $7,000 to run it last month," Burgess said.
To get the system running again took a lot of volunteer labor. Burgess said several town board members dedicated their weekend to the project. Burgess' wife was the incident commander, coordinating equipment and people.
"Board members and citizens learned a lot about running a water system," Burgess said.
Red Cliff resident Jim Lamont owns one of the homes that lost water last weekend. He knew what was coming, since he heard the tell-tale gurgle of his pipes.
Lamont said he'd noticed that the bleeder pipes attached to the town system hadn't been running in the days before his place lost service.
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When the gurgle started, Lamont dug snow out of his yard to put in the bathtub. From there, he heated the snow on the stovetop so he'd have water.
"That must have been the way it worked before Red Cliff had a water system," Lamont said. "But it's one thing if you know it's coming."
Keeping the town's water system running has been an education, Burgess said, and town officials are still looking for more cost-effective, and just plain old effective, ways to run it.
Old-timers used to know how the system worked, Lamont said, but those people have mostly moved on.
"They're still on a learning curve," Lamont said of the board. "Maybe next year when there's no snow and it gets cold, there'll be a checklist in the town hall."
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After readers rip open Steves' book, "Travel as a Political Act," it's as if Superman sheds his identity as a mild-mannered reporter. Steves relates how European social democracies have much to teach the United States. As kryptonite weakened Superman, condemning all aspects of socialism undercuts national fiscal policy, believes Steves. In leads to exorbitant health-care costs, which assist fewer people.
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"In American politics, 'socialism' is often perceived as an all-or-none bogeyman, evoking the stifling Soviet system of the Cold War," writes Steves. "This thinking, which fixates on a Soviet-style oppression that has nothing to do with today's European socialism, ignores the reality that socialism is a spectrum. Every society on Earth - including our own - includes some socialistic elements (such as our progressive taxation)."
Steves is right about the socialistic dynamics interwoven within the pattern of American capitalism. Whether wealthy or poor, American citizens benefit from handouts, even if we don't call them that.
Who wants to eliminate the 401k exemptions that make it possible to place tax-free dollars in a retirement account? Isn't this a way of redistributing wealth with socialistic features? We just don't like to speak of it this way.
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Do we regard the mortgage interest tax deduction we write off as a socialistic program? Real estate owners wrote off $104 billion last year. The poor who can't afford property get zero in tax advantages.
Last spring, we visited the Netherlands, a socialist democratic society. Our niece, her husband and their infant daughter are citizens there. She compared her marriage now with an upbringing in western Michigan in a town where most everyone is Republican and entrepreneurship is praised. My niece said she would never again live in the United States because the medical services in the Netherlands are superior. Socialism works.
Rick Steves in his book explains why most Americans recoil against socialism, even though it's embedded in our major social programs like Social Security and Medicare.
"Like us," he writes, "Europe is enthusiastically capitalistic. Europeans are just more comfortable with a higher degree of socialism. Most Europeans continue to favor their existing high tax rates because they believe that collectively creating the society of their dreams is more important than allowing individuals to create the personal empire of their dreams.
"While American culture tends to be individualistic-inspired by 'up by the bootstraps' and 'rags to riches' stories, Europe is more focused on community."
Isn't Mitt Romney disingenuous when he relies on the private sector for economic growth and constantly warns us against sliding toward European socialism with personal liberties curtailed?
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Here's what changed in welfare reform during the Obama presidency. State governors requested an elastic welfare policy so they could construct programs efficiently without federal cookie-cutter rules. Obama's team OK'd such a request, as long as the number of welfare recipients who worked stayed the same. The president sounds very Republican with this policy: Those receiving aid must work for it. Let states closest to their needs tailor-make aid.
Romney doesn't honor the biblical precept to "remove dishonesty from your mouth. Put deceptive speech far away from your lips" (Proverbs 4:24). He feeds a racial stereotype that minorities are lazy and dependent on Uncle Sam. Romney errs, condemning Obama for enlarging the pool of welfare clients who don't work.
President Obama hasn't gutted welfare's workfare requirement. He's made it more flexible. States now meet human need more efficiently. Romney regards welfare as a form of wealth distribution, a sign of creeping socialism.
Isn't it inconsistent that Americans, who like tax breaks which redistribute wealth their way, are offended by forms of socialism that help the poor?
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Nov 17, 2013, 10:02 PM #1
The feeling "fat" epidemic
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It's ok man, everyone gets a little fat in the winter.
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yup, i pick up about 10 pounds every winter and i can feel it coming on now. i keep up a daily workout all year long, but the difference is coming home from work now and it's dark. now, there's no evening surf session, no after-work beach time, no pool time etc. i probably lose 2 hours of daily physical activity after DST kicks in and it adds up quick. fortunately, i drop it quick as well - i usually get my girlish figure back by May.
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Every year when I put my wetsuit on the first cold front of the season it is so tight I have trouble breathing. After a few good swells I somehow seem to surf myself back into some semblance of shape to fit into the wetsuit and still be able to fully breathe. Maybe it's time to buy a new one. Or lose 5 pounds.
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Nov 18, 2013, 02:26 AM #7
Inhaling chips slathered with cheese & drinking beer with a funnel usually adds up to more lbs. Hit the gym, stay disciplined & you won't end up looking like The Maine Latex Rapist.
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Carver boards. I've been charging pavement with no relent daily and nightly. Straight pumping on any ramps, hills, and inclines/declines to be found in and around town. Has blown up my leg strength and mass big time but the upper body and back is only getting so much work compared to paddling and pop-ups on the water. The core is getting crushed proper on the Carver though so that is key. All is fine and good until that snow hits and they put down the sand and gravel then bye, bye Carver. Will hit indoor parks and pools/bowls/verts in the area at that point. Getting into the skate culture insofar as it can help my surf. Bert style all the way.
Will inevitably have to hit weight circuits in the winter but that's not a bad thing. Haven't lifted a weight in 7 months I think but haven't needed to with the surf/skate volume.
It's all diet braddahs. All diet. Little to no booze and only 1 sloppy day of eating a week and you're stoked.
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I am the king of feeling like a fat ass. At 5'6" and jacked, I usually weigh in at 170lbs ish. The past two weeks I have been in the 175 range. At my height, if I eat a burger I can literally see the bulge in my stomach. American portions are not meant for short people. Cutting off 1/3 of your burger is not meant for men. Aint getting any younger either. Metabolism is slowing down.
This presents another problem: volume. I need 30 liters underneath me. And I have to compromise between board length or style. I either have to get a board thats longer than I would like it to be and risk popping up too far forward, or I have to get a small wave monster thats an appropriate height. I can tell you off the top of my head some of the shapes that limits me too (Sharpeye Disco, CI Dumpster Diver, CI Weirdo Ripper, and a DHD shape at 5'8" that comes in just about 30L)...
The remedy: A gallon of water per day, and 2 weekly nightmare days at the gym that include an hour of cardio, followed by 600 rep supersets for my upper body that leave me nearly crippled afterwards, and diet. I try to eat less than 2000 calories each day. Yogurt or fruit in the morning, apples throughout the day every 2-3 hours, and then my beast meal for dinner. I also try to flush the pipes to avoid having a poop sit in my stomach. Start your day with two warm glasses of water and a mason jar of coffee and you can guarantee you'll spend an hour on the can with your laptop scouring swellinfo before work.
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What does it really mean to live a healthy life?
The community was given the opportunity to learn all about the importance of being healthy Tuesday when the Redwood Area Hospital, in conjunction with a variety of organizations, sponsored a health fair at the Redwood Area Community Center in Redwood Falls.
Dozens of attendees of all ages visited booths to learn about different hospital and community programs that are able to help them lead healthy lives. They were also able to hear from experts on a variety of health-related topics, including a presentation on colon health conducted adjacent to a giant inflatable colon.
Dr. Charles Ulrich, chief of the gastroenterology and hepatology department for ACMC, stressed the importance of getting a colon screening for those who are 50 and older, adding those with a history of colon cancer in their family getting tested even earlier.
He suggested those who have that family history should get their first colon screening done 10 years prior to the age when their family member was diagnosed. So, for example, if someone was diagnosed at the age of 35 he suggested screening at age 25.
Evidence has shown colon cancer is one of the most treatable and preventable types of cancer if people just get screened.
He said under the new national health care program known as Obamacare more emphasis is going to be placed on getting screenings for things such as colon cancer.
In addition to the colon health presentation, information was also offered about how one can remain at home longer as they age, vaccinations and the importance of maintaining good physical fitness.
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19.07.2012 - On the Iberian Peninsula opposition against the drastic budget cuts is forming. Big pharma is not immune from the cuts.
The Spanish R&D budget for 2012 has been slashed to 75% of last year's value. Although the Spanish secretary of state for research, Carmen Vela, defends the plan saying that the "system is oversized and Spanish science could do more with less", the affected sector howls in disagreement. "Excellence costs money and we will not reach it by shrinking investment", says Carlos Andradas. Andradas is the president of the Confederation of Spanish Scientific Societies (COSCE). Together with other reputable science organisations in the country, COSCE demands the European Parliament to take action. In a letter sent to European Parliamentarians at the beginning of June, the Spanish scientists draw a comparison to Europe's power in the economy: "The European Union is issuing recommendations on economic matters that governments take very seriously. We would like to hear recommendations on R&D spending as well", says Andrades. So far no reactions from Strasbourg have been noted.
Portuguese healthcare is contending with different weapons. Last week, doctors and nurses went on a two-day workout with only emergency services left unaffected. The government's actions to shrink its budget deficit threaten the quality of the healthcare system, say the unions. Reformers seem to get caught in crossfire as international pharma and chemistry businesses also raise the pressure. Merck KGAA from Darmstadt (Germany) warned the Portuguese government on 9 July that planned research projects worth €2m could be cancelled if the hospitals do not stick to the settlements regarding the liquidation of debts. According to information from the German newspaper FTD, the Portuguese hospitals alone owe the pharma industry about €1.5bn. Companies have to wait on average 550 days until their bills are cleared.http://www.european-biotechnology-news.com/news/news/2012-03/budget-cuts-fuel-protests.html


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There's a Southern expression that goes, "Says easy, does hard." In this case, it's easy to say that your company is focused on collaboration and ideas. But many executives conflate the terms "collaboration" and "consensus." Seeking consensus and creating a democracy of ideas is not what we at Red... Read more
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The open source community has a phrase for the principle of rapid prototyping: "Release early, release often." The theory is sound: Don't wait until a project is perfect to share it. Instead, keep producing work so more people can experience it, react to it, find bugs, and improve it. But does the... Read more
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Lately customers have been asking a lot about how to version ADF Task Forms in a BPM context.
In BPM 11g (from PS4 Feature Pack onwards) version handling is fairly
flexible and it is now possible to migrate in flight process instances
of the same version to the new version. My colleague Mark Foster has a
great blog article that walks through these concepts.
In addition to migrating the same version of processes we might in some
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Hi Newbies, I report this just so you know that folks with over 30 yrs of running and competing can have bad days. This was my third DNF in over 400 races. I knew at mile 2 of my 26 mile journey to run under a 3:58 was not in the cards. I would have dropped out sooner than 17 miles but the race (Rocket City Marathon) didn't have great suport for runners having a bad day.
Yesterday, I was bummed. I had trained great/had tapered and felt ready. Didn't happen. Today I am re-energized and plan on doing what I set out to do yesterday
in February at the Tallahassee Marathon.

Thanks for letting me share. I hope the lesson for you folks is that we can have bad run/race dayseven when we train and run on goal pace. Nick
Nick, you rock! DNF or not, still way better that DNStart! Thanks for all the help you've given us newbies, even hard stuff like this!
Any thoughts on what went wrong?
You're still my hero...
Double cross the vacant and the bored
They're not sure just what we have in store
Thanks for swallowing your pride to tell this story and help us keep things in perspective Nick. As a newbie, I tend to think of guys like you as invincible!
Thanks for posting, it's good to know that it can happen to anyone at any time.
Sorry about the DNF. Thanks so much for the post, though. It makes me feel better about my DNF in a 5K after only 3 months of running. What was I thinking, anyway?!?!
Ditto To what everyone else said....
You are still my Running Dad....., And my inspiration everytime I lace up....
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Any thoughts on what went wrong?
I wish I knew. I honnestly can't remember ever having a run
no less a race where it just was not fun/where I just struggled to maintain a pace I had trained at for 20 miles and felt fine.and I knew it wasn't my day at mile or 2 or so. I have felt better at the end of 50+ mile runs than I did early on in the marathon
Good news is I rested Sunday
including 6+ hours of driving. Went out this AM. Walked a very slow first milethen ran 4 minutes EZ and walked a minute for 3 more miles. Felt like me again. I am greatful I didn't injure myself and would have stopped way earlier had someone offered me a ride.

I so strongly recommend the run/walk method. I didn't do it for the marathon because I had done the training 50-60 mile weeks for 9 months: base/sharpening and some tune up races. All that went well.

February, 2008Tallahasse marathon I will toe the line for my 16 and 3/4 marathon. Nick
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The tuberculosis vaccine is often used as a treatment for bladder cancer, and adding vitamin D might improve the vaccine's effectiveness, according to new research from the University of Rochester Medical Center .
Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 15:54
Researchers have shown in mice how immune cells in the brain target and remove unused connections between brain cells during normal development. This research, supported by the National Institutes of Health, sheds light on how brain activity influences brain development, and highlights the newly found importance of the immune system in how the brain is wired, as well as how the brain forms new connections throughout life in response to change.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 15:51
Is it possible that liposuction or other fat removal procedures are beneficial for treating obesity and reducing the risk of cancer?
When it comes to humans, scientists can't answer that question. They know that obesity increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer. But there have not been clinical studies to determine if the surgical removal of fat tissue would decrease cancer risk in humans.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - 15:40
Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have shown that zebrafish could be used to study the underlying causes of psychiatric disorders.
Monday, May 21, 2012 - 16:27
A project that maps dopamine circuits in the prefrontal cortex through optogenetic manipulation was given top honors in this year's annual Addiction Science Awards at the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) — the world's largest science competition for high school students.
A project that maps dopamine circuits in the prefrontal cortex through optogenetic manipulation was given top honors in this year's annual Addiction Science Awards at the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) — the world's largest science competition for high school students.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 14:31
For decades, scientists have studied Caenorhabditis elegans – tiny, transparent worms – to glean clues about how neurons develop and function. A new Harvard study suggests that the worms' nervous system is much more capable and complex than previously thought, and has a way to monitor its own motion, a model one day could serve to develop treatments for disorders like schizophrenia.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 16:14
An experimental therapy that reprograms the immune system then spurs the growth of healthy insulin-producing cells reversed late-stage diabetes in mice and may lead to a cure for people, researchers said.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 14:27
According to a 2011 statement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one in 10 American children is diagnosed with ADHD. To better understand the cause of ADHD and to identify methods to prevent and treat it, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and OHSU's Oregon National Primate Research Center have developed a new form of specially bred mouse that mimics the condition.
Monday, May 14, 2012 - 15:53
U-M team shows cellsrole in inflaming airways in mice, and finds similar cells in the blood of humans with asthma, pointing to a possible target for treatment.
Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 14:31
Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have gained important new insights into how our sense of hearing works. Their findings promise new avenues for scientists to understand what goes wrong when people experience deafness.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 15:51
In the battle against obesity, brown fat appears to be our friend and white fat our foe. Now a team of researchers led by Jorge Plutzky, MD, director of The Vascular Disease Prevention Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Harvard Medical School has discovered a way to turn foe to friend.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 15:44
Awake mental replay of past experiences is essential for making informed choices, suggests a study in rats. Without it, the animals' memory-based decision-making faltered, say scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Awake mental replay of past experiences is essential for making informed choices, suggests a study in rats. Without it, the animals' memory-based decision-making faltered, say scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Monday, May 7, 2012 - 15:38
UC Davis Health System researchers are a step closer to launching human clinical trials involving the use of an innovative stem cell therapy to fight the virus that causes AIDS.
Friday, May 4, 2012 - 15:08
Researchers studying multiple sclerosis (MS) have long been looking for the specific molecules in the body that cause lesions in myelin, the fatty, insulating cells that sheathe the nerves. Nearly a decade ago, a group at Mayo Clinic found a new enzyme, called Kallikrein 6, that is present in abundance in MS lesions and blood samples and is associated with inflammation and demyelination in other neurodegenerative diseases. In a study published in Brain Pathology, the same group found that an antibody that neutralizes Kallikrein 6 is capable of staving off MS in mice.
Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 15:18
Collaborative research by groups headed by scientists Joan J. Guinovart and Marco Milán at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) has revealed conclusive evidence about the harmful effects of the accumulation of glucose chains (glycogen) in fly and mouse neurons.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 16:01
Anxious mice get more serious cancer than their calmer counterparts, according to a new study that could have implications for human cancer treatments.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 13:48
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 12:34
Mice got new vision and revived heart muscles and monkeys were able to flex muscles in paralyzed hands in research reported today that has extended the boundaries of regenerative medicine beyond the test tube.
Friday, April 20, 2012 - 15:52
A Northwestern Medicine scientist has developed the first blood test to diagnose major depression in teens, a breakthrough approach that allows an objective diagnosis by measuring a specific set of genetic markers found in a patient's blood.
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NOPD: After being thanked with cash for walking women home, man robs them
Call Crimestoppers with information: 504-822-1111
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An expression of gratitude turned into an armed robbery.
The robbery happened in the 1900 block of St. Ann Street about 11:27 p.m. on Dec. 4 in Treme.
New Orleans police said two women were robbed by the man who escorted them home late Tuesday night.
According to the NOPD, the victim and a friend were walking home intoxicated.
An African-American man assisted the woman and her friend in walking home. When the woman offered to give the man money for his apparent kindness, the man pulled a gun and robbed her.
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Augusta mayor Deke Copenhaver says it's time for commissioners to follow rules that have been ignored for years.
But the mayor's plans to limit debate in the commission chamber may cause more of it.
At recent meetings there have been some heated exchanges between the mayor and mayor pro-tem over who can speak, when, and for how long.
Both men say the other isn't following the rules.
"That's wrong, the mayor has been doing that every time," says mayor pro-tem Marion Williams.
"I've just got to enforce these rules, I'm the chair in there, and that's just the way it's got to be," says mayor Copenhaver.
During the last two meetings, discussions have turned into debates about debates--mainly how long they can last.
That's why Mayor Copenhaver has written a letter to commissioners, saying he's putting his foot down.
Much of the conflict comes over the two minute speaking rule.
According to city policy, a commissioner can only speak on an issue if they are recognized by the mayor, and for two minutes only.
But Williams says the mayor is breaking the rules by cutting him off, not allowing him to know exactly what he's voting on.
"I asked the mayor specifically last week for a point of clarification, and he should have stopped and told the attorney to answer my question, but he didn't do that," Williams says.
"They apply to everybody, so I am not trying to do anything personally against a commissioner," Copenhaver says.
The mayor pro-tem feels it has become personal. Williams says when he asks tough questions about how money is being spent, he's silenced.
And he says the mayor can't enforce the rules until he learns them.
"If you are going to follow the rules, follow all the rules," he says. "You can't just pick out some you like and don't like."
"I am fully aware of the policies and procedures that govern us," says Mayor Copenhaver.
Commissioner Williams has added this issue to the next commission agenda.
This will be the second time this year city leaders have discussed rules and procedures.
They all voted to follow a code of conduct after their retreat in February.


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Join GNLIB: Graphic Novels in Libraries
Welcome to the edge.
In this case, the edge between teen and adult. This page, as a companion site to its inspiration no flying no tights, is here to help distinguish between those graphic novels and comics that walk the line between teen appeal and more adult content. So, here you will find an array of titles, all of which will certainly appeal to teen readers but are in fact aimed more at an adult audience. Thus, a bit more explicitness, a bit more language, and so on.
Those of you who've been through no flying, no tights may notice that there are some repeat titles here in the lair. No, I haven't been holding out on the naughty bits -- like all good literature for teens, these graphic novels are great for both teens and adults, so they're included in both places.
Teachers, librarians, and parents, please see my note concerning how best to use these reviews for your purposes.
After having said all that, dive on in! There be fantastic titles here.
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Thankful for PTSA grants
The Montevideo Parent- Teacher Student Association (PTSA) recently awarded grants to purchase items to be used for students' programs or for special projects, of which I am an appreciative recipient.
The organization awards these grants every quarter and it is just one of the many things they do to support our local school system.
As an ISD 129 employee who works at Ramsey (Elementary School), I see members of the organziation frequently as they come to Ramsey to volunteer their time to assist teachers with tasks such as copying materials, cutting out items, or whatever the teacher needs assistance with completing.
The PTSA is truly a wonderful organization that we should all be very proud, and thankful, of having in our community.
—Meg Paulson
What will the bill be for this?
Abraham Lincoln spoke of the Civil War at his second inaugural address in this fashion. "Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bondman's 250 years or unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said 3,000 years ago, so still it must be said the judgments of the Lord, are true and righteous altogether."
Lincoln realized that we live in a moral universe, that we are subjects of the author of a divine order whose throne is pillared by justice. Intrinsically we know this even after our rebellious fashion. The cry for justice is often heard in the streets and courtrooms of this land, even though we would be better served to cry for mercy.
Lincoln was also very aware that God is active in history and it is He who is the judge of a nation and the determiner of its fate.
In reading Lincoln's speech and ruminating on the power and truth of what he said, I cannot help but wonder what the bill will be for the murder of approximately 55 million babies in the womb? I am afraid that we are in the beginning phases of finding out what that might be.
Page 2 of 2 - The cry went up from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo demanding full-term, unrestricted abortion in his state. It rang forth like some pagan chant across the airwaves of this country.
He does not realize that we are but tenants and stewards and a tenant can be evicted and a steward is always at some point called to account.
—Doug Hodge
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We truly appreciate everything you did to make our season memorable.
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Just a heads up - I currently have 0 competition participants signed up for the June 23rd OTD.
We have a lot of interest in the novice groups. Both Yellow and white are full, and I will be placing additional driver requests on waitlists. Since this is a revenue generator for the track, I don't want to turn down new/paying drivers, so we will open up another novice group if we get the numbers. At this time it looks like we will get them.
We need 8 paid drivers to establish a group. This applies to all of the OTD groups, including the competition classes. If we don't get enough drivers to establish the group, you will still be able to run, but under passing restrictions of the next class down if they have room.


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Agua Dulce Wine 101
Wine 101 : Identity and Packaging Concept
Created at Chapman University Spring 2011
Food and wine, the perfect pair, but for the beginning wine drinker it can be hard to know what wines pair best with what foods. Wine101 provides a quirky and fun approach for the 21-35 year old just getting her feet wet in the world of wine, matching each varietal of wine with the food it pairs best with. The straightforward vernacular design provides an ease about the label without making the consumer feel patronized.
Food and wine, the perfect pair, but for the beginning wine drinker it can be hard to know what wines pair best with what foods. Wine101 provides a quirky and fun approach for the 21-35 year old just getting her feet wet in the world of wine, matching each varietal of wine with the food it pairs best with. The straightforward vernacular design provides an ease about the label without making the consumer feel patronized.
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Created at Chapman University Spring 2011
- Chris and Lee Foods To keep consistent with the charm and personal approach Chris & Lee bring to their customers at farmers markets the design for the labels was kept very humanistic with clean labels mimicking the hand-written chalk signs and labels found at farmers markets as well as Whole Foods Market. Created at Chapman University Spring 2011 Branding, Graphic Design, Packaging
Schindler at LACMA
Schindler spent much of his career never recognized for the quality and impact of his work being frequently overpowered by more publicized names including Frank Lloyd Wright and Richard Nuetra. As an Austrian emigre Schindler came to California hopeful and idealistic, which naturally carried over into his creation of spaces uniquely designed to fit their location and owners lifestyle. In a solo retrospective visitors can finally see the influences these greats drew from his inventive steadfast approach to modernist design.
The LACMA retrospective focuses on the power of his works providing the respect Schindler deserved without conceding to the inflated ego of his contemporaries. The design is quiet, while making an impact, through perfectly balanced intersecting planes and space. The colors are kept mute, as to almost blend into the surroundings. Illustration styles are borrowed from his many client presentations and architectural drawings most influenced by DeStijl, Internationalism, Art Deco, and Bauhaus. Created at Art Center at Night Spring 2013 Advertising, Print Design, Web Design
Hip Chip
In our initial research on the HipChip concept we analyzed the competitors as a niche food product including Starbucks, Yogurtland, and Popcornopolis. These brands are recognizable and loved across the US and serve as a proof of concept in the market. We found the roots of these unique offerings could be found in the turn of the century ice cream parlours. The ice cream parlor created a common meeting place in each community serving desserts and other popular snacks. As a beloved part of the American history we hope HipChip can create the same atmosphere found in these parlours and their current day counterparts of coffee and yogurt shops.
The design of HipChip borrows from the parlour aesthetic with a minimalist modern approach, specifically in the use of repeated patterns and a black and white color pallette. To create a pattern that would be uniquely HipChip we focused on the central feature of HipChip, the physical chip. After research of varying chip shapes and illustrations the HipChip icon was created to allude to the 3D shape with a solid figure and thin gesture line. This shape was created to become an easily recognizable extension of the HipChip brand and is used in combination with the logotype and as a tesselating pattern throughout the stationary system and packaging. The logotype again takes a modern approach to the classic script logo seen from classic brands of the period such as Coca-Cola. To support the logo all other text is set in Helvetica Neue attributes, an update of the classicly modern typeface. Created at Art Center at Night Fall 2011 Branding, Graphic Design, Packaging
31 Bits: The Haven Collection
As a growing socially minded jewelry company 31 Bits needed materials to promote events, upcoming lines, and special causes that could be
translated over a variety of mediums while keeping a consistent brand identity, tone, and aesthetic. Created at 31 Bits Spring 2011 Advertising, Graphic Design, Print Design
- Pringle Valentines Card Collaborated with the Pringle Family for their annual Valentines postcard sent to family and friends in lieu of the traditional Christmas card. Created 2013 Graphic Design, Print Design
Native Magazine
Native Magazine created by Los Angeles Natives by LA Natives. Your monthly insight on how to go Native in your town. See in magazine format at http://issuu.com/laura.brewer/docs/nativemagytg
Concept work only completed during Art Center at Night course in Spring 2013. Article Excerpts from OC Weekly July 19, 2012 cover story "Young the Giant Are OC's Next Great Band" by Nate Jackson. Images from various sources. Created at Art Center at Night Spring 2013 Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Print Design
- Nika Water Nika believes access to clean water has the power to reinvigorate communities and change lives of those most in need. When previously impoverished communities are given the opportunity to just add water health, education, and violence are washed away. Created at Art Center at Night Fall 2011 Advertising, Graphic Design, Print Design
- AIGA + Paul Rand After extensive research from 50 years of Paul Rand's body of work, certain characteristics such as color, layout, and overall sensibility began reoccurring. These reoccurring traits were then incorporated to create four serial posters inspired by Rand's work with the Dubonnet man, originally created in A.M. Cassandre's 1932 serial poster. Using a broken-word structure and all caps sans-serif font choice is representative of Rand's 1975 MINUTEMAN design for the US Department of the Interior. The colors are then updated in bright green, orange, purple, yellow, black, blue, red, and pink favorites during Rand's years designing for UCLA. The second "A" repeats the now famous alternating blue and white stripes of Rand's IBM logo. The final white space after the "d" is balanced with Rand's AIGA logo, which was commissioned but never used. A slanted black bar, inspired by Rand's unpublished cover for Trademark Design in 1951, grounds the design and provides necessary information on the exhibit at MOCA. Created at Chapman University Fall 2009 Advertising, Graphic Design, Print Design
31 Bits: Voyage Collection
As a growing socially minded jewelry company 31 Bits needed materials to promote events, upcoming lines, and special causes that could be
translated over a variety of mediums while keeping a consistent brand identity, tone, and aesthetic. Created at 31 Bits Spring 2012 Advertising, Graphic Design, Print Design
- On The Lamb: Identity Concept On the Lamb creates fine dining experiences for their guests while infusing each of the unique and edgy personalities of the hosts. This logo redesign was centered on bringing the personality of the On the Lamb ladies and tone of their special events. 2014 Branding, Graphic Design, Typography


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A local convenience store contacted Eagle Police recently when an employee discovered a home-made card number reader device attached to two gas pump credit card readers.
The devices were discovered when the store manager called in a technician to work on two non-functioning gas pump card readers. The technician found the devices when he opened the reader mechanisms. According to the police report the technician was able to remove the devices and he said the items were "homemade and not something that you would buy in stores."
The store manager reported three other recent occasions where the gas pump card readers were not functioning and provided police with the technicians' reports from those occasions. She told police that security cameras were placed in the area, but she did not have access to the footage. She said that corporate officers could review the security footage.
The Eagle officer asked the technician if he would check pumps at other gas stations in the community to see if he could find any more card skimmer devices. He did so and did not find any additional devices.
The case remains under investigation.
An Eagle woman contacted police Nov. 19 to report some jewelry had been stolen from her home.
The woman said a $1,000 morganite pendent and a $500 morganite ring had been taken. She told officers the theft likely occurred when she accidentally left her home unlocked and unattended one afternoon. She provided information about a suspect, a man she had seen looking inside her windows and who had attempted to open her front door on one occasion.
Eagle Police were called to a local restaurant recently when a customer reported someone had stolen a portable air compressor from the back of his pickup truck.
The man arrived at the eatery around 6:30 p.m. and noticed the theft around 9 p.m. He valued the compressor at around $6,500.
The following day, the man contacted the police to say that his employees had detached the compressor from his vehicle prior to his leaving work the day before. He didn't notice the item was missing until he returned to this truck later that night.


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Filed under: Adolescents
Previously HPRC reported on how much physical activity healthy adults need. This week, the spotlight's on children and teenagers—and whether they're getting the exercise they need.
According to the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, children and adolescents need at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day, including:
- Aerobic exercise for most of the 60 minutes. Most days can include either vigorous-intensity activities (such as running, swimming, and jumping rope) or moderate-intensity activities (such as walking or skateboarding), but at least three days a week it should include at least some vigorous-intensity exercise. Check out Let's Move! for ideas on how to get active as a family.
- Muscle-strengthening activities such as playing tug of war, exercising with resistance bands, or climbing on playground equipment. Strengthening exercises should be done at least three times a week. For safety guidelines on strength training for children and teens, check out this article from HPRC.
- Bone-strengthening (impact) activities such running, jumping rope, basketball, tennis, and hopscotch. Impact activities strengthen bones and promote healthy growth and also should be done at least three times a week.
For more ideas on moderate- and vigorous-intensity aerobic activities, as well as muscle-strengthening and bone-strengthening physical activities, check out the table in Chapter 3: Active Children and Adolescents of the Physical Activity Guidelines. For more ideas on getting fit as a family check out Let's Move, a comprehensive initiative by the First Lady. For military-specific resources, check out HPRC's Family & Relationships domain.


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Under threat of the impending fiscal cliff, President Obama held a town hall-style Q&A today on the official White House Twitter account. Currently lawmakers are stalled out on negotiations to prevent automatic tax hikes from taking effect January 1. The Q&A's stated mission was to inform the public about the impact of the fiscal cliff — which it did. But really it was PR. "Look, the President uses the internet and is cool and is friends with Jay-Z and Beyoncé. Does John Boehner do that?"
First the President told @dontbeaprat that he liked her purple hair. Hip.
Then he reminded us he loves sports, which is hip, by making a Saturday Night Live reference from 1991, which is both topical and hip.
In all, the President spent about 45 minutes on Twitter, answering eight questions. You can see a Storify of the full Q&A here.
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WASHINGTON (February 15, 2013)—The U.S. House voted Friday to extend the current pay freeze for the nation's 2 million civilian federal workers.
Supporters said that blocking a raise proposed by President Barack Obama for the last nine months of this year will save $11 billion and that well-compensated federal employees can afford it.
But Democrats, and a few Republicans, argued that federal workers have already done more than their fair share in helping reduce the federal deficit and they are being singled out for punishment by anti-government lawmakers.
The House vote would block the 0.5 percent pay increase scheduled to go into effect at the end of March.
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'The Good Wife,' Season 4, Episode 10, 'Battle of the Proxies': TV Recap
After last week's memorable episode, with the appearance of Stockard Channing as Alicia's sublimely inappropriate mother and the surprising, post-Turkey, Peter-Alicia bathroom quickie … well, what could beat it? Only "Battle of the Proxies," which tosses Eli to the judicial wolves, imparts some alarming news about Jackie, and may, finally, rid us of Kalinda's creepy ex.
Even the court case is intriguing, mainly because it's two cases, involving one crime. In Chicago, Lockhart, Gardner client Troy Malick is charged with the murder of a young woman following a rock festival. Simultaneously, her abusive ex-boyfriend, is on trial in another county. (I didn't even know you could do this.) For obvious reasons, the firm is eager to aid the prosecution in the second case. And in this latest battle between ASA Hellinger and Gardner, Judge Morris (Jane Alexander) gets off a great retort to Will's charge of a "gross miscarriage of justice": "Has there ever been 'a mere miscarriage of justice'—why is it always a 'gross miscarriage'? "
But the episode starts with Eli at a cafeteria counter, classical piano playing on his earphones, when he is interrupted by another diner. David LaGuardia (the accomplished actor Hamish Linklater—let's hope we see more of him) is from the Justice Department, and he's digging into Gold's crisis management of a former client.
Eli bolts, asks his assistant to get the client on the phone, then changes his mind and heads for Diane. After telling her about LaGuardia's query, he shows her the surveillance photo of a conversation he had with Kalinda in his office. He asks Diane not to involve Alicia or Will, since he wants to keep the Justice investigation from Peter.
In court, Lockhart's criminal defense may rest on soil analysis, and at home, Alicia looks up "What are types of clay loam?" on her computer. "What are types of condoms?" appears as the most recent similar search. When she goes to Zach to see if he was so searching, her son balks and denies it, then points out that Grace also uses the computer. Besides, he knows how to erase the evidence.
After some resistance, Alicia convinces the other county prosecutor to use the Chicago evidence, specifically the soil analysis. It's the same soil found on the other defendant's shoe.
Back at the firm, Nick's waiting for Alicia in the conference room. He tells her he doesn't want Cary on his case anymore, because "he accused me of running drugs." (This happened last week, when Cary—tougher than we would have suspected— visited Nick's tow truck site after he got beat up in the parking lot.) Alicia asks him to wait, goes into the hall and stands there for a while, then tells Nick that she talked to the partners and they don't want to represent him anymore.
"I know you're the wife of the State's Attorney," he tells her. "And you don't want to say anything to anybody about this drug charge ever. That's attorney-client privilege and all that."
"Here's the thing Mr. Savarese," she answers. "Attorney-client privilege is voided if I'm threatened. Are you threatening me?"
"You decide," he says.
Will gets a break in court when a security guard testifies he heard the victim screaming. But when, at Will's request, he puts in the plugs he routinely wears to protect his ears from loud music, he can't hear Kalinda screaming in the corridor. Realizing she might lose, Laura asks ASA Matan Brody for help and he heads to the other county's court room with notes from the Chicago detective on the case.
Alicia asks Kalinda, not for the first time, if she should be afraid of Nick. Kalinda says no. "Then I'm not in danger?" Alicia presses. "No, you won't be," Kalinda says.
Eli and Diane meet the Justice agent in a cafeteria and show him the surveillance photo. He claims he knows nothing about it and, "if what you show me is indeed DOJ work, whoever showed you broke the law."
"Good to know," says Diane. "Now what are you after?"
LaGuardia says he's investigating some kind of quid pro quo where Gold funneled money into his ex-wife's campaign (remember that?) by undercharging crisis management clients. That would be a campaign finance violation.
(Alicia, incidentally, flitters through this episode in the jewel tones that suit her best, gorgeous red and sapphire blue jackets, interspersed with gray satin and tweed.)
There's trace evidence in Troy's car connecting him to the murder; barred in Chicago, it's allowed in the other trial. (This is less confusing as it unfolds than in trying to recap it!)
Alicia relaxes at home by confronting Grace with the condom search.
"OMG Mom, you really think I'd use a computer to find out about condoms?"
In the Chicago courtroom, a witness testifies that he saw Troy carrying a lumpy blanket to his car. Will gets him to admit he had 7 or 8 beers that night, plus smoked pot. Gardner then tries to sneakily show the witness a photo of the other defendant (the jury is not supposed to know about the other trial), but Laura gets the judge to ban it.
Kalinda goes to visit Nick's junkyard in what would have been a more interesting scene if you could hear the dialogue. (Actress Archie Panjabi's voice is often difficult to hear, and it's not helped by the background noise in this scene.) But anyway, you get the idea when she rams her car into one he's fixing, then backs up and knocks him down, picks up his gun and opens the trunk to find drugs. Whatever she says (which to me sounds like "Tell me I'll be at work…stop out of this"), it's not good news for Nick.
Back at the Eli-Justice showdown, Gold says he's not going to turn on his ex-wife. No problem, says LaGuardia, it's Peter they're after: "We'd drop any charges against Mr. Gold in return for a proffer for Mr. Florrick."
"Go to hell," Eli tells him. And when LaGuardia suggests Diane would offer him different advice, she also tells him to go to hell.
At the dueling murder trials, the firm discovers that the witness describing a lumpy blanket did get a very big detail right: He had testified there was an M on it, but turned upside down, that's a W, which stands for Watercleanse, which was indeed on Troy's blanket.
"Our client is guilty," Kalinda says.
"I've been helping prosecute an innocent man," Alicia says.
So what, responds Will: "We have to zealously represent our client."
Cary points out that the dirt on the other defendant's shoes was probably from his work site. Alicia again worries that she's knowingly sending an innocent man to jail.
Eli's assistant breaks into the conference room, suggesting he better come outside. The Justice department is dismantling his office.
And speaking of evidence, computer-savvy Zach figures out that the condom search was conducted at 8:12 PM Thanksgiving night…by Jackie!
"Zach, we never speak of this again," Alicia says.
"I'm good with that," he agrees.
In Chicago, the jury finds the defendant guilty. In the other county, the jury finds its defendant guilty. (How is this legal?)
In a bar, Will finds Laura, buys her a drink and tells her she can use the firm's evidence to get the other guy off on appeal.
Kalinda is in the office late at night when Nick appears. She tells him she called the cops to tell them about his tow trucks smuggling drugs. "There's nothing here for you anymore," she adds. "So your best bet is to cross the border here." She shows him a map and gives him a key to a locker in a bus station. "I placed half my $20,000 there. I want you to take it and go. There's nothing left of us, Nick. Nothing."
Nick is unshaken. He doesn't believe she called the cops. "That's not your style. What's your Plan B?"
She stands up and gives him a menacing look.
Next thing we know, Kalinda's joining Alicia for tequila shots. She tells Alicia that they're both safe: "He's not coming back."
"You sure?" Alicia asks.
"Yeah," Kalinda says, eyes darting.
So what do you think? Did she kill him? I'd like that, because (1) we for sure wouldn't have to see him again and (2) eventually Kalinda will be charged with murder, and the firm will have to defend her. That's a season in itself!
Susan Toepfer is Entertainment/Features Editor of More magazine.
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