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Congress should investigate NASA's failure to secure private information about its employees
By Dr. Robert M. Nelson 02/28/2013
During his presidential campaigns, President Obama, in criticizing his opposition, repeatedly noted that the definition of insanity is to repeat the same thing and expect a different outcome. These words are worth consideration by both sides in Congress. My former colleagues at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and I say this from personal experience.
In 2007 all employees at JPL were ordered, in the name of national security, to "voluntarily" agree to permit themselves to be subjected to unconstrained background investigations into the most intimate details of their private lives — including inquiries into unpaid library fines, jaywalking tickets and, if the unknown inquisitors should ask, private matters, such as past love affairs, gay or straight. Caltech, which administers JPL under contract with NASA, promised to dismiss any employee who refused to "volunteer" to be investigated.
Twenty-seven JPL employees and I filed suit in federal court against both Caltech and NASA to stop these inquisitions. We agreed that NASA should be able to investigate matters relevant to our employment as engineers and scientists, such as our academic background, our standing in our professional communities, and also legal matters, such as outstanding arrest warrants. However, we felt personal details, such as our medical and psychological records, or our personal love life, were our own business. At JPL, most of us do not have security clearances. We do no classified work. We simply design, build and fly spacecraft to peacefully explore the solar system and the universe beyond. We could not be blackmailed into turning over national secrets because we do not know of them. We were glad to give the government what it reasonably needed to know about us in order to carry out NASA's mission. Unfortunately, NASA wanted everything.
We asked the courts for an injunction stopping these investigations. Our suit was dismissed in US District Court, but we won an injunction from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Ultimately, the government appealed the case to the US Supreme Court, which overturned the injunction in 2011. Meanwhile, Caltech issued disciplinary citations to me, and later to other plaintiffs in the case, because we presented our views to colleagues using a JPL email system that is widely used for non-business matters, such as publicizing theater and sports events, or advertising sales in the Caltech bookstore.
At the Supreme Court, our legal advocates offered many excellent arguments supporting our position, including the point that the US government was not capable of keeping such personal information confidential. The government responded that the Privacy Act offered sufficient protection for the security of such items. The American Civil Liberties Union, arguing on our behalf in an amicus curiae brief to the High Court, stated, "Some information is so private and so personal that individuals should not be compelled to disclose it to anyone, including the government, absent an overriding governmental interest." The ACLU continued, "Increasingly, moreover, the government is unable to preserve the confidentiality even of information that it is statutorily obligated to keep private. In a world of computer hackers, the safeguards of the Privacy Act have become substantially less secure."
Let's remember that the government was unable to prevent the publishing of the Wikileaks documents in 2010, just as it was unable to prevent the leaking to the Pentagon Papers decades before during the Viet Nam War. Once in government hands, our personal information was just as insecure.
We asked Congress for help. Our local congressional representatives made public appeals to NASA to guarantee the privacy of our personal information, but our representatives never asked NASA why it needed to have this very private information in the first place!
Ultimately, Caltech mandated that all employees "voluntarily" submit themselves to these inquisitions. Most JPL employees did comply. Others and I elected to leave JPL rather than comply. The inquisitions continued.Incidentally, more than one woman colleague confided to me that the investigators asked her about her sex life! They were forced to answer or Caltech would fire them. The inquisitions were completed by July 1.
Last November, I was among 10,000 NASA employees to receive a communication from a NASA contractor, informing us that our personal information was on an un-encrypted NASA laptop computer that had been stolen from a parked car in Washington, DC, on Halloween night. NASA refuses to disclose exactly what information it lost, but admits that at least some of it was from the background inquisitions. More recently, NASA has revised its initial estimate and now admits that the personal information of 40,000 individuals was lost in the incident.
Once again, we asked Congress for help. Once again, our congressional representatives said that NASA needs to do a better job protecting the personal data that NASA inquisitors gather about NASA employees. They never questioned NASA as to why it needed this information in the first place. Have we heard this song before?
President Obama is right. The definition of insanity is to repeat the same thing over again and expect a different outcome. Hello Congress! Are you listening? If so, then please insist that NASA explain clearly why it needs to know these intimate details of our private lives in order for us to explore the universe.
Dr. Robert Nelson, a retired senior research scientist at JPL, was the lead respondent in the US Supreme Court case, NASA, et al. v. Nelson, et al., decided on Jan. 19, 2011.
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ZOSTAVAX® in Renal Transplant Patients
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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First received: June 3, 2010
Last updated: October 22, 2015
Last verified: October 2015
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The purpose of this study is to test the safety of a licensed zoster vaccine, ZOSTAVAX® (Zoster Vaccine Live) in 40 subjects, age 18 years or older, with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are scheduled to receive a living donor kidney transplant. ZOSTAVAX® is not licensed for use in immunosuppressed persons and in the United States for individuals less than 50 years of age. Subjects will receive either ZOSTAVAX® vaccine or placebo (inactive substance) no less than 4 weeks prior to their kidney transplant. Study procedures include: physical exam, blood samples and documentation of daily temperatures and/or side effects in a diary following vaccination. Participants may be involved in study related procedures for up to 18 months.
Herpes Zoster
Other: Placebo
Biological: Live attenuated herpes zoster vaccine
Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Phase I Trial of ZOSTAVAX® Prior to Renal Transplantation
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MedlinePlus related topics: Kidney Transplantation Shingles
Drug Information available for: Herpes zoster vaccine Chickenpox VaccineU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Safety: increase of panel reactive antibody (PRA) by greater than or equal to 10% (e.g., from 10% to 20%) or newly positive donor specific cross match (DXM) prior to transplantation in the absence of any other attributable cause. [ Time Frame: Study Day 0, through Study Day 35 post vaccination, or to the time of transplantation in those subjects who are transplanted. The ideal time for transplantation is 6 weeks post vaccination. ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Safety: increase of panel reactive antibody (PRA) by greater than or equal to 10% (e.g., from 10% to 20%) or newly positive donor specific cross match (DXM) after immunization in the absence of any other attributable cause. [ Time Frame: Prior to vaccination, to following vaccination while on the wait list (for up to 12 months) ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Biopsy proven graft rejection [ Time Frame: During 12 months post- vaccination or post- transplantation ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Safety: incidence of grade 3 or higher vaccine related adverse events (AEs) and vaccine related serious adverse events (SAEs). [ Time Frame: During the 4 weeks post-immunization. ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Safety: any occurrence of proven [polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed] vaccine strain varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection at any site not contiguous with the injection site. [ Time Frame: Entire post-immunization period up to 12 months following transplantation. ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Safety: incidence of vaccine related serious adverse events (SAEs). [ Time Frame: During 12 months post- vaccination or post-transplantation ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Immune response: changes from baseline number of VZV specific T cells by flow cytometry measuring intracellular interleukin-2 (IL-2), interferon (IFN)-gamma, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha after stimulation with VZV antigens. [ Time Frame: Approximately 5 weeks post-immunization, 6 months and 12 months post-immunization or post-transplantation. If transplantation occurs >12 weeks post-vaccination, a repeat pre-transplant baseline is optional. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Immune response: changes from baseline glycoprotein-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (gpELISA) varicella zoster virus (VZV) antibody titer. [ Time Frame: Approximately 5 weeks post immunization, 6 months and 12 months post-vaccination or 6 months and 12 months post-transplantation.If transplantation occurs >12 weeks post-vaccination, a repeat pre-transplant baseline is optional. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
10 subjects to receive placebo subcutaneously.
Other: Placebo
Placebo for Zoster Vaccine Live (ZOSTAVAX®) is sterile normal saline which will be obtained from the Fisher Repository in single-dose containers. 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection, USP is a sterile, nonpyrogenic, isotonic solution of sodium chloride and water for injection. The placebo will be administered subcutaneously in the deltoid region.
Experimental: ZOSTAVAX®
30 subjects to receive 0.65 mL ZOSTAVAX® subcutaneously.
Biological: Live attenuated herpes zoster vaccine
ZOSTAVAX® (Zoster Vaccine Live) is a live attenuated vaccine provided as a single-dose, sterile, lyophilized, preservative-free frozen formulation. The vaccine will be supplied in 3-mL glass vials. Sterile diluent will be used to reconstitute study vaccine. The reconstituted vial will be gently agitated to mix thoroughly. The entire contents of the reconstituted vaccine vial (approximately 0.65 mL) will be withdrawn into a syringe. The vaccine will be administered immediately subcutaneously in the deltoid region.
Detailed Description:
Infection with varicella-zoster virus (VZV) produces a life-long latent infection in sensory ganglia. Reactivation of viral replication from latency results in a number of clinical syndromes, most commonly herpes zoster, or shingles. Herpes zoster is typically a unilateral vesicular rash in a dermatomal distribution accompanied by radicular pain that may be severe. Immunocompromised persons are at higher risk for herpes zoster than immunocompetent adults. The markedly increased risk of herpes zoster in organ transplant recipients suggests that this population would benefit substantially if a similar strategy could be adopted. The currently licensed zoster vaccine, ZOSTAVAX® (Zoster Vaccine Live), is not licensed for use in immunosuppressed persons and in the United States for those less than 50 years of age. A small Phase I study is important to address immunogenicity in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) prior to transplantation as well as safety and persistence of immune responses following transplantation. This study is a multi-center, double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of ZOSTAVAX® immunization in subjects who will undergo renal transplantation from a living donor or are wait-listed for a deceased donor no less than 4 weeks prior to transplantation. The primary objective of this study is to assess the safety of ZOSTAVAX® when administered to subjects with CKD a minimum of 4 weeks prior to live donor renal transplantation. This will be accomplished by comparing the rates of specific local and systemic reactogenicity events and adverse events (AEs) between the vaccine and placebo groups. Subjects likely to be suitable for renal transplant and who have an identified living donor will be consented for screening serology for antibodies to VZV if such serology is not standard of care or serostatus is not known. Subjects with positive VZV serology, an identified living donor, and meeting inclusion and exclusion criteria will provide signed informed consent for study enrollment. Subjects will be randomized to receive either active vaccine (ZOSTAVAX®) [30 subjects] or placebo vaccine [10 subjects]. Blood will be drawn on day 0 (day of vaccine) prior to vaccine administration for assessment of baseline humoral and cellular immunity to VZV. Subjects will receive ZOSTAVAX® or placebo vaccination. At approximately 5 weeks post-vaccination, subjects will have blood drawn for measurement of humoral and cellular immune response. Subjects will undergo living donor renal transplant with immunosuppression according to standard of care at each institution. All transplanted subjects will receive anti-viral prophylaxis for 3 months post-transplant, consisting of either valganciclovir (or ganciclovir) or acyclovir (or valacyclovir or famciclovir) depending on risk of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease. Subjects will be followed and treated by the renal transplant team at each center according to local standard of care with concomitant monitoring by the vaccine study teams. Subjects will have blood drawn for humoral and cell-mediated immune assays at day 0, and week 5 post vaccination, and 6 months and 12 months post-transplantation if they undergo transplantation. Parent protocol to sub-study 09-0025.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 99 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects must be willing and able to provide informed consent prior to study procedures.
- Age 18 years or older at the time of vaccination.
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD) activated on the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) deceased donor waitlist or anticipating living donor renal transplant no sooner than 4 weeks following vaccination.
- Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) seropositive by local laboratory or Center for Disease Control (CDC) serologic testing
- Negative pregnancy test (women of childbearing age potential) performed at enrollment- or within 48 hours prior. The use of contraception for women of childbearing potential will be per renal transplant team's standard of care
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any pharmacologic immunosuppression at the time of enrollment, within one year prior to enrollment, or between enrollment and transplant (e.g., for underlying autoimmune disease or previous failed allograft). This includes prednisone at >/= 0.3 mg/kg/day or steroid equivalent for > 10 days, any use of anti-metabolites (azathioprine, mycophenolic acid, cytoxan), leflunomide, TNF-alpha inhibitors, calcineurin inhibitors, mTOR inhibitors, IL-6 or IL-6 receptor inhibitors.
- Any transplant other than solitary kidney (e.g., no kidney/pancreas, kidney/liver transplants). Second kidney transplants are permitted.
- Anticipated use of any post-transplant experimental immunosuppressive agent
- Prior ZOSTAVAX® or Varivax® vaccination
- Shingles or any other herpes zoster within 12 months of planned vaccination
- Receipt of any killed vaccines within 2 weeks prior and 4 weeks following study vaccination or receipt of any live vaccines within 4 weeks prior and 6 weeks following study vaccination
- Intercurrent illness at time of planned vaccination
- Inability to vaccinate in either arm (e.g. due to A-V fistula or graft)
- Known Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, or chronic hepatitis B determined from review of laboratory data obtained from pre-transplant evaluation by renal transplant team. Note positive IgG hepatitis B surface antibody alone (negative HBcAb and negative IgM) is indicative of vaccine induced immunity and is not grounds for exclusion
- History of anaphylactic/anaphylactoid reaction to gelatin, neomycin, or any other components of the vaccine
- Asthma requiring systemic or inhaled steroid treatment within 12 months prior to enrollment
- Allergy to ganciclovir, valgancyclovir, acyclovir, or famciclovir
- Panel Reactive Antibody (PRA) >/= 20 percent or donor-specific sensitization (by solid phase assay or flow cytometry) or treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) for desensitization prior to transplant
- History of primary or acquired immunodeficiency states.
- Routine use of anti-viral prophylaxis for Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) at the time of vaccination or within 3 months prior
- Any other condition that in the opinion of the investigator might interfere with the subject's safety or ability to participate in the study
- Abnormal screening laboratory data resulting in a disqualification of transplant candidacy. Abnormalities due to underlying disease (e.g., renal failure, anemia, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease, diabetes) are not exclusionary except as denoted above for HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, autoimmune disease.
- The subject is currently participating in a study that involves an experimental agent (vaccine, drug, biologic, device, blood product, or medication) or has received an experimental agent within 1 month prior to enrollment in this study, or expects to receive another experimental agent during participation in this study.
- The subject has a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bi-polar disease, or other severe (disabling) psychiatric diagnosis identified at the pre-transplant evaluation.
- The subject has been hospitalized within the past 5 years prior to enrollment for psychiatric illness, history of suicide attempt or confinement for danger to self or others identified at the pre-transplant evaluation.
- Dual listing at more than one transplant center.
- Unwilling to be temporarily inactivated on UNOS wait list for 4 weeks post vaccination.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01137669
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01137669
|United States, Iowa
|University of Iowa - Vaccine Research and Education Unit
|Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242-2600
|United States, Maryland
|University of Maryland Baltimore - School of Medicine - Medicine
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201-1509
|United States, Tennessee
|Vanderbilt University - Medicine - Infectious Diseases
|Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232-2035
Sponsors and Collaborators
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on December 09, 2016
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01137669 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|June 3, 2010
|Last Updated:
|October 22, 2015
|Health Authority:
|United States: Food and Drug Administration
United States: Institutional Review Board
United States: Federal Government
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
varicella-zoster virus, shingles, immunocompromised, ZOSTAVAX®, parent protocol
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Herpes Zoster
Herpesviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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Skip to comments.Adventurer crosses sands that conquered a king
Posted on 01/27/2006 11:33:56 PM PST by Tyche
INSPIRED by the legend of a Persian king and his lost army, Stefano Miglietti, an Italian adventurer, completed a 340-mile hike through the most isolated and arid part of the western Sahara yesterday.
The route that Signor Miglietti followed through the so-called Great Sand Sea from the Farafra oasis in southern Egypt to the Siwa oasis in the north has always been considered impossible for a man carrying his own food and water.
According to legend, Cambyses II, the Persian king, foolishly tried to take the same route in 523 BC, setting off with a 50,000-strong army.
Herodotus, the Greek author, writes that Cambyses and his men were swallowed up in sandstorms and never seen again.
Signor Miglietti, 38, who runs an electrical components business, was so fascinated by the kings ill-fated journey that he decided to try it.
Before setting off a week ago, pulling a 200lb cart loaded with supplies, he was warned by Tuareg desert nomads that his plan was madness.
Five days, 23 hours later, with blistered feet and severe stomach cramps, he arrived at Siwa.
A man of few words, he said simply: Im satisfied. Im quite well and I went faster than I expected.
Needless to say, he found no trace of Cambysess army.
The legend, as well as inspiring archaeologists to mount many fruitless searches in the desert, has come to symbolise the perils of the Great Sand Sea.
The region in the western Sahara is a massive expanse of dunes, continually beaten by wind and sand storms.
Even the Tuaregs avoid it because of the lack of water and its utter isolation.
Temperatures at this time of year vary between 0C (32F) during the night and 35C (95F) in the day.
Signor Miglietti, who covered between 50 and 56 miles a day, kept up his energy with dates, condensed milk and Parmesan cheese.
Marco Rosa, the doctor who prepared him for the adventure, said that the Brescia-based adventurer was in good shape considering what he had just been through. Sure, hes a bit tired. Hes had serious problems with blisters on his feet and his abdomen is scarred by the belt he used to pull the cart, he said.
Signor Migliettis exploit was sponsored by Brescia businesses and had no goal other than to prove that it could be done.
The former skier and mountaineer is no stranger to adventures of this kind.
In 2003 he became the first man to cross the Murzuq desert in Libya alone and in 2005 he set a record for the Yukon Arctic Ultra, a 330-mile race across Canadian icefields.
Anyway, Who Dares Wins
Not to detract from his feat, which is remarkable, and well beyond anything I could do, but he had a GPS so he took the shortest & best route.
I bet those boys back in 523 B.C. wandered around for a while before they gave up & died.
No doubt. Walking in a mall sucks. Walking, lost in a desert as you slowly die, sucks too.
I shudder to think of the last moments those guys back in 523BC had before they succumbed to the desert.
intense condition = intense conditioning
intense condition = intense conditioning == air conditioning
agree with you, there is nothing anyone can say that can take anything away from this mans accomplishment. people familiar with a dessert environment know what i mean. this dude is tough.
Agree - this dude is definitely tough as an old boot. He is also as crazy as a s**thouse rat.
The power of high fat content and potassium and water wins the day, yet again.
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From the title, I thought this thread might have been about Alexander the Great.
Signor Miglietti, who covered between 50 and 56 miles a day, kept up his energy with dates, condensed milk and Parmesan cheese.
I'm just saying, put 2 and 2 together.
Except that Alexander the Great was never conquered by "sands."
But the Siwa reference is absolutely connected to Alexander's exploits. The oasis at Siwa was home to the world renowned Oracle of the god Amun (Ammon) described in Herodotus' Histories.
At the beginning of his campaigns Alexander took a side trip there and legend (Herodotus) says was saved by a rare thunderstorm.
Two years after the incident at Gordium, Alexander would head south into the Saharan desert in today's Egypt and Libya in search of the oracle of Zeus-Ammon at Siwah. Greeks and Egyptians both venerated the temple of Zeus-Ammon, and Siwah, an oasis surrounded by the Libyan Desert, was believed to be the abode of the Egyptian gods....
....it was an arduous, two-hundred-mile journey from the vast tract of sand where Alexander would soon found Alexandria-in-Egypt through the inhospitable desert. By day four of their eight-day journey they had run out of water, only to be saved by a sudden rainstorm. They lost their way, only to be saved by the flight of two crows that had been spotted. When they reached Siwah...Alexander...was taken directly to visit with the oracle. The high priest...is alleged to have greeted him as the "son of Zeus-Ammon." Historians have again debated whether the priest said "my son," or "son of Zeus-Ammon," or "son of God," or if it was just a slip in translation. We shall never know. Suffice it to say, Alexander used it to full effect, and from that day on Macedonian spinmeisters stressed his divine roots.
May I recommend to you "In the Footsteps of Alex. the Great" - an excellent visual journey in DVD format now. It traces his campaigns throughout Africa and Asia...includes the Siwah journey.
According to legend, wasn't Alexander's body supposed to have been buried in Siwa after his death in Persia?
I think some Italian archeologists are looking for his tomb somewhere out there in the desert.
I enjoyed the PBS series "In the Footsteps of Alexander" (when it was on TV) and the companion book. I'm off to check off the link you provided. Thanks for posting.
In response to your question about Alexander's burial site, there's a new book out concerning that issue. I saw it at Border's; the author takes you to various sites where it's alleged that Alexander's remains mny be hidden.
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Some Dogs Go to Heaven
Despite their usual relegation to fodder for debates on controversial testing and (disputed) lack of souls, animals have recently clawed themselves into the news for other reasons. For instance, you had to have been living under a rock to have missed the news about the new dog in the White House. Economic meltdown and Limbaugh inspired populism be damned! There's much more important news to be discussed.
But it seems that our quadrupedal mammalian friends take an interest in more than just politics. Various baseball curses have been blamed on various animals over the years and considering the superstitious lot that seems drawn to baseball, it should come as no surprise. And recently these curse carrying vehicles of diabolical providence have once again reared their frightening and yet oh so soft and fluffy heads.
On opening night at Citi Field, a cat stole the show as the Mets fell to defeat and fans wondered if perhaps this was a sign.
But even more disturbing for lovers of felines and haters of curses was the way a similar situation was handled at Wrigley Field this past week. Of course the video is no longer available as MLB, in its infinite wisdom, forced it off of YouTube but the controversy has continued as some objected to the handling of the animal by Wrigley Field security.
No matter what your thoughts might be on the rash of streaking cat incidents, it seems clear that these are not isolated events. Perhaps Douglas Adams had it wrong and it's not the mice who are in charge, but rather the cats and they are trying to give us a sign. Either way, we here at RSBS will keep you posted on all important cat-based developments in baseball over the course of the season.
Happy Friday!
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Are we now going to have the cat curse for the Cubs? They do nothing to help themselves, so it's hard to have any sympathy.
I hope it's not a bad sign. My neighbors have way too many cats… I'd say around eight. And they're always in our yard, destroying plants and what not. I think it's better than the roosters that my other neighbors would burn.
What I don't get about all of this is that it's not like it's a zombie cat, who rose from a sarcophagus buried deep inside some catacombs in an ancient cat burial ground on which CitiField was built, angering the spirits of the Great Cat Warriors™.
No, as great as that would be, that's not the case. Someone *brought* that cat in. That isn't bad luck – that's bad security. Had that cat had a dirty bomb implanted in its skull, there'd be a great big hole on the North Side of Chicago (a great, merciful hole, at that.)
It's not as though cats are known for their love of being forced into confined spaces, so the question remains: How, exactly, does a person smuggle a cat *anywhere*, much less into a stadium populated by tens of thousands of people? Or does the cat, in fact, materialize from thin air?
My cat ate my ethernet cable. OK, so it's not like he ran the bases at Fenway, but he kept me from blogging until I made it to Best Buy for a replacement.
Steve T.
I don't have a cat story. I'm allergic to them. And somehow they can sense it. No matter where I am, some cat insists on getting in my face!
They always say that a cat is the more intelligent of the two animals. I am not sure of that, but then I am a dog guy.
I do see the cat doing his manner of spying and thinking of ways to get the dog in trouble ala "Tom and Jerry" cartoons, but that just might be a drawn conclusion.
I always thought a cat, not black crossing your path was good luck?
As for the Cubbies mishandling of the feline situation, does that institute a new animal sensitivity training exercise for all stadium personnel? Could the human handling of rodents and flying insects be next? Soon we might have dogs and cats living together in co-habitation situations…………. the end of the reality as we know it………….Or we can hire someone from Wrigley to take one for the team.
Rays Renegade
There was actually a streaking cat at the Phillies-Marlins game last night too; during their "Bark in the Park" event which was said to have more than 1,400 dogs attend! That's a brave kitty.
I think RR is right. Hire someone to take one for the team… er, like, Derek Lee, who has proven himself invaluable to the team.
If it was a Cub, you'd first have to teach him what the word "Team" meant.


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Wennersten taught history at UMES from 1972 until his retirement in 1996. At a reception following his guest lectures, he said "who would have thought I'd go on to another life as a writer." He has authored six books, including the popular "25 Bicycle Tours on Delmarva: Cycling the Chesapeake Bay Country."
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Wennersten lives in Washington, but maintains emotional ties to Delmarva. The region, he says, faces uncertainty as growth and development threaten to transform "Chesapeake society as a settled community of farmers and watermen and quiet country towns out of existence."
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I simply don't get why it has such a place of honor on the table like here at Cafe de Flore?
It's ubiquitous - on cafe tables...
French Girl has mini cans in her fridge. Does it get any worse than this? I ask you. What can we do as Americans to stop this heresy? The French are NOT perfect!!
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This thread is dedicated towards some of the players that will fill small roles for us such as Kurt Thomas, Pablo, Chris Copeland, James White etc. I'd love for this to be stickied if possible. Basically we discuss what they have to offer in their limited minutes and continue to update the thread with news and information on them.
What do you think these players will bring to the team?
Kurt Thomas
Nostalgia is creeping back into The Garden with a former resident bad boy and member of the 99' Knicks coming back in his twilight years via trade. At this point in his career I think what he does still bring will be pretty important to us. Personally I think KT will fill in the back up PF role a lot of the time. I watched a bit of his game last year and he still provides tough defense and will be great at intimidating younger players and throwing people off their game.
He is the last kind of person you want to play against which is why I love him on our bench. The 5 fouls he has to offer will definitely come in handy and surprisingly, if open, he can still stroke the open J pretty well.
Pablo Prigioni
At first I honestly thought 'hey whatever' when we signed this guy as our 3rd string PG. I've taken the time to see him play a couple of games in the Olympics and he is one of the guys I think will pleasantly surprise Knicks fans this season. His passing is legitimate wizardry and he can still penetrate well for a 35 year old. His 3 point shooting was 39% last season (albeit a closer 3pt line) but he can knock down a shot when open. Haven't seen enough of his defense to make a comment on it but as our 3rd string PG and potentially a back up during injuries, we won't miss a beat with our offensive flow/ball movement.
Chris Copeland
This guy could be a complete bust or pretty useful, time will tell which. He is one of the only players on the squad that can play inside. He has a pretty decent offensive repertoire and attacks the glass ferociously. His defense isn't strong but he gives his all and will disrupt players and cause turnovers. Hopefully he provides a bit of scoring for our front court of the bench to go with his rebounding.
Didn't make an evaluation on James White because I honestly haven't seen enough of him. Feel free to add a player profile/information/expectations for him or any of the other's listed. Didn't add anything on Chris Smith because he is an ugly mofo who I very much hope is dropped before Nov. 1.
"The Knicks are back" - Amare
I have a feeling Copeland will be able to contribute more than we think.
thats alot of floor spacing, Copeland is not to shabby on defense either.
That is.. unless we decide to cut his non-guaranteed contract
He'll be put on the D-League, does that count as a roster spot?
Hoping Birdman ends up on our bench. Great rebounder, shot blocker & defender. At the moment a Copeland/Thomas duo backing up Amare will be sufficient but we could have a very imitidating front court if the Birdman is signed.
if we can get birdman.
this line up would make amare defense look good with attack the post type of offense.
We've got plenty of time to waive our non-guaranteed contracts. Our possible moves are very limited, but who knows? Didn't we claim Novakaine and Linsanity off waivers?
Thats a helluva decent bunch of bench-players to have in a rotation/substitution for our starting lineup:
The 12 players above (healthy) are the winners of the Atlantic Division.
Our coaching-staff will have to get on the same-page-plan for us to have a 60 win season.


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and he ain't signing with the knicks.. next years contract is for 8.5m... so he opts-out and signs with the knicks the mle of 6m???
u better go back to business school...
Hello fellow Knick fans! When I first got started here I contributed quite heavily.. as things picked up business wise here in the real world I kinda drifted off BUT now! since I only pop in to moderate, drop a few rumors and attempt to start bickering I am back to contribute a little more heading towards the February 21st deadline... hence the title of this thread. It's not as much as I used to do with articles, fantasy league, gamethreads (big props to MSGKnickz33 for that btw) but it's something so suck it haha.
So I'm going to give you every update for all teams as they come to me regarding trades, waivings, signings etc. HERE WE GO.
TOP 3 Predictions.
Jason Kidd: Jason Kidd wants out of NJ. NJ wants something out of Jason Kidd, simple as that. A deal will be done before deadline so the Nets can head into the offseason with a clear mind on the draft and free agency. Jason's first pick as a destination is..
Dallas Mavericks: A one on one trade would involve Devin Harris, Jerry Stackhouse (expiring), cash and maybe a draft pick. Brandon Bass could also be included. The only problem with this is the Nets dont get as much as they want. Hence a possible 3 way deal involving..
Portland Trailblazers: To me this makes no sense at all of why theyd want to mess up their chemistry BUT the deal would go as planned but have Harris/Bass go to the Blazers, Outlaw/Frye/Jack go to New Jersey alongside Jerry Stackhouse. I'm not in favor of the Blazers getting involved but I guess they figure with Oden being ready for next season these role players minutes will decrease regardless. On a side note Jarrett Jack has been shopped around for the past month or so on his own.
Cleveland Cavaliers: Kidd & LeBron are good friends thanks to team USA participation and look for both to keep each other in mind when talking to front office. The only problem with this is a third team would probably still be needed & the offer would center around Drew Gooden.. which I'm not too sure any package centered around Drew Gooden is something you trade an allstar for.
15's Destination Predictions: Dallas Mavericks
Damon Stoudamire: After having a mutual agreed buyout from the youth movement in Memphis Damon will clear waivers and become a free agent at the end of this week.
Boston Celtics: Despite making OBVIOUS sense to get a proven veteran point guard to mold Rondo and share minutes with the youngster Danny Ainge has decided NOT to look into signing Damon any time soon.
San Antonio Spurs: Who seem to be always looking to age are the frontrunners for his services. Needing a better option at backup PG after trading away Beno Udrih to the Kings this makes sense.. for the NOW. Not so much the future. Gives Damon a chance at a ring and gives someone minutes who is proven.
Toronto Raptors: His old.. young team could also have interest with TJ Fords status not too certain. But with Ford coming back to practice this week the Raptors will have more of a feel if his services are definitely needed.
15's Destination Prediction: San Antonio Spurs
Ron Artest: Ron-Ron on the move again.. and this team not by his own demand or crazy antics. Ron has done everything to be a team player. Came back from injury early. Shut his mouth in the media. Not jumping into stands. you know not the typical ronnie stuff. BUT the Kings are looking to overhaul sooo...
Playoff contenders: Its basically do or die with Ron. He will opt out after this season so the risk of giving up something valuable for him is HIGH. So the only way it will happen is if a playoff team on the verge of making some noise but not making it all the way decides to use him for exactly that. Instant dose of D&O. But who will attemt that? I dont know exactly... Mavs are always in the mix, San Antonio? Houston? Not sure.
New York Knicks: Ron's first choice. Knicks first choice. A package deal could take place in a bibby/artest/marburyetcetc ordeal but the more likely is Isiah finally making a good move. He's been holding out from using Robinson or Lee and I think he still will be. So look for Jeffries&Chandler with a second round pick to go to the Kings in exchange for Artest. Possibly with another small contract player involved. With deadline making the Kings desperate to get something back and seeing that no one in their right mind will trade something overly valuable for someone who can opt out and sign with NY next year ANYWAY
15's Destination Prediction: New York Knicks
Top 5 Notable on the moves:
1: Stromile Swift: NJ Nets for Jamaal Magloire? Possible.
2: JJ Reddick: Exploring possible trades. Not likely.
3: Charlie Villenueva: Possible suitors? "New York, Houston"
4: Delonte West: Not permanent in Seattle.
5: Vince Carter: who would take him?
welllll this brings me to my help the knicks rant of the day. I know we all would like to get under the cap. But in the reality of things, with our owner.. with our staff.. with out players! its not possible. Sure Curry for Kwame would help and Craw to the Magic for expiring players etc COULD work but lets face it. it wont. In the reality of things no one wants Jeromes James contract.. Jamal Crawfords contract.. Q's contract.. Stephs or Maliks we have to face it. Randolph and Curry still have value and GMs will still take that risk on 13 & 10 million dollar big men that actually produce.. if the offense is ran through them. we are stuck with what we have. BUT if Vince Carter is offered to us for Jamal Crawford and Jerome James (Which he was) and we can somehow swing Balkman in there (who NJ likes a lot) for Sean Williams TAKE IT. his contract has an option for 10/11 a team option that is. I say pull the trigger. then pull the trigger on a Artest deal. before you know it we have a roster of (if done right)
hell id even try to trade Randolph&Curry for Camby & Kmarts bad contract. thats pushin it but atleast that gives us a chance this season and then we reevaluate in the offseason. Rose will have on year left. Well still have a first round pick. And we have bright youngs in Williams, Lee, Robinson and to the extent of Randolph/Curry I guess haha. Just some food for thought.. not sayin itll save us. but hell... we cant get any worse.
#15...So good it had to be retired twice
and he ain't signing with the knicks.. next years contract is for 8.5m... so he opts-out and signs with the knicks the mle of 6m???
u better go back to business school...
Do you know anything about basketball? or the inner circle of the nba? I'm not coming at you like you do me BUT I'm saying look into stuff, get sources, use your brain before coming at me. When you are in a situation where you will get nothing for letting a superstar walk.. youll take the something. Sacramento wont be under the cap and no star will want to go there regardless so you take a deal where you get a big defensive minded SF on a three year contract that doesnt go higher than 6.8 million (which you says suck cause he doesnt put up stats) and young SF who has the potential to turn into a pretty good player in his own right. Along with a 2nd round pick? and you tell me they wont desperately take that? And if you dont think Ron will stick to his word and opt out then you are nuts. Ron is nuts and Ron has heart. His heart is in NY. hes been making money for the past 8 years on 3 teams he could careless about. and by the time endorsements come his way (a Knick from NY adv $$$, look at Steph for example) hell make way more than the MLE on top of Jersey sales which will be HIGH. im not gonna say YOU should go back to business school... but perhaps you should just think before you come at someone... just a thought my friend.
#15...So good it had to be retired twice
sorry that i came across as an a$$hole... not my intention...
my opinion is that excluding our young guys, we have no tradeable players.. if i did'nt mention it before, jefferies sux's big time... i watch the games, and he ain't no "D" specialist.. he blows on both ends of the court. burger-king james, untradeable. then we get to zach..no value,curry has value to the team that wants to play a plotting 1/2 court game, qrich is untradeable with his back. malik = no value... i guess crawford is worth something, but not a whole hell of a lot.. jones, makes no money to even count..
now the kings have a few nice young pieces. artest wants out, has his opt-out next year, but i don't care want opt's avail themselves to him in ny, he is not taking 2+ m less a year to come home... if he puts him self on the mkt, i bet he will get offers over 10m a year for a couple/few.
if i was the kings gm, i rather lose artest for nothing then have jefferies 20m on the books for the next 3 years... i can find someone at the local cyo center to play better then him.
the final nail is that the vast majority of gm's have a strong dislike for isiah (hate is such an ugly word)..
one man's opinion... and again i apologize.. peace
Great update by Knicks15. Would Cleveland be too soft down low without gooden or would Varajeo be able to fill in. Thats what im askin myself if Kidd was traded to Cleveland. Varajeo doesnt have the offense that Gooden does but hes more of a hustle player.
I pray everynite that Artest gets traded to the Knicks. We could really use someone with his heart, work ethic, and team play/leadership.
The Celtics are looking to acquire Sam Cassell but to me this is stupid. What if they cant work out a deal with the Clippers and Stoudamire signs somewhere else? Im hopin things happen like this obviously bein a Celtic hater. Thats one of their weaknesses.
Ron Artest
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Artest, who recently said he would opt out of his contract at the end of the season, is being actively shopped around the NBA, the Sacramento Bee reports
if we keep crawford, lee, marbury, randolph....id trade anyone else for artest....
For all you guys that want Artest, when we discussed this a couple of months ago I was strongly against it because IMO it was very likely he would be a disruptive force on the team and bad for chemistry. That has been his history (including fights, wanting to promote rap CDs instead of playing for the team, incoherent interviews etc...).
The response was that he had matured, was behaving well now, had a right to promote his other businesses etc..... You know, the typical excuses that are given for people that behave like self centered morons that shouldn't be on your team if you actually want to win. "the intangibles"
Well, true to form, he's at it again! Trading for this idiot would be the worst thing we could do, especially if we give up a prospect.
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"Artest has been on an erratic spell of late, with his public displays including the on-floor tirade at coach Reggie Theus while playing Detroit on Jan. 18 and his bizarre antics at Utah on Friday that led to his ejection after two technicals. Privately, sources close to the team said he has exploded at Theus numerous times in recent weeks while growing frustrated with the season and the first-year coach."
Artest should of been a Knick ever since he was drafted. I'm all for getting my favorite athlete in the world on my favorite team
Why do you say these things?
I know he's very talented, is exactly the kind of player the Knicks need (on paper), and he's a local guy, but I also know you are smart enough to understand we'd be begging for more trouble if we brought him here right at the exact time things have finally calmed down a bit after the problems between Isiah and Marbury.
i want Artest as well Metro. He will def be a Knick by next season at the latest. I will order my jersey 1st day its released.
I think I am the biggest Artest fan (no homo) on this whole forum.. Hustle, and pride.
wow...artest aint even that bad...i mean wasent Zach trouble as well...i mean c mon i doubt artest will be trouble here in the big apple man...2 much eyes 4 him 2 do anything stupid


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A Minnesota man claims he and his two sons were asked to leave a Southwest Airlines flight over a tweet he posted.
Duff Watson told Minneapolis TV station WCCO he had to delete his uncomplimentary tweet about a gate agent before airline officials would let him back on the plane at Denver International Airport.
He and his sons were flying home to Minneapolis from Denver on Sunday.
Watson said he got into an argument with the gate agent over whether his children should be allowed to board "priority" with him.
They weren't, forcing them all to wait.
"In leaving I said, you know, 'Real nice way to treat an A-list. I'll be sure to tweet about it,'" Watson told WCCO.
According to Watson, he tweeted "something to the effect of, 'Wow, rudest agent in Denver. Kimberly S, gate C39, not happy @SWA."
Shortly after boarding, he and his kids were asked to leave the plane. The gate agent said she felt "threatened" by the tweet, and told him he couldn't board the flight until he deleted it.
Southwest Airlines confirmed that a passenger had been removed from that flight, but said the incident was under review and could not elaborate on any disciplinary action.


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Safeguarding Kids
West Virginians have joined the nation's voices in demanding something be done about the safety of our children, in the wake of the Dec. 14 massacre of 20 of them, along with six adults, at a school in Connecticut.
Yet there has been no similar public outcry here in our state, where 16 children were murdered by abusers in 2011.
When a mass murder occurs, we tend to take notice and rightfully insist on action to prevent future massacres. But when the killing is done one by one, sometimes by the very parents who are supposed to cherish and protect children, the outcry is muted, if present at all.
That needs to change. We West Virginians should make it our top resolution this year to crack down on child abuse in our state.
Other states seem to have been able to do that. Child abuse and neglect reports have decreased nationwide during the past five years. The number of murders – the term we should be using – from child abuse was at a five-year low in 2011.
Here in West Virginia, 16 children died from abuse in 2011. That was the highest rate in the country, at 4.16 per 100,000 children.
Law enforcement agencies and the courts have made rescuing victims of child abuse a top priority. The number of child abuse and neglect cases that proceed to circuit courts has more than doubled during the past decade, to 3,354 in 2011. In some courts, child abuse and neglect cases approach half those with which judges deal, according to a published report.
It should come as no surprise that the drug abuse epidemic in our state plays a major role in the number of abused and neglected children. One circuit judge has said nearly 90 percent of the abuse and neglect cases in his court are linked to drug abuse.
Obviously, West Virginia needs to do more to curb use of illegal drugs and abuse of prescription medicines. The drug epidemic here has reached crisis proportions. The effects of drug abuse have been felt in all crime statistics.
But there is no excuse – none at all – for abusing or neglecting children. Adults who do it should be punished severely. Their little victims should be gotten out of abusive or neglectful homes and placed with caring adults.
West Virginia faces tough decisions involving state spending, education and a variety of other issues this year. State officials will have their hands full dealing with all the priorities on their plates.
But safeguarding our children should be at the very top of the list.


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text: hey mamas, DS is a little over 11 months and this week I've started giving about 3 meals a day with protein, veg, and fruit, and then snacks of cheerios, fruit, cheese (Not necessarily all of these at once)..Is this too much? I'm not in any hurry to wean him, but he loves to eat! He's been really gripy and extra clingy the last couple weeks (another round of teeth i think) but feeding him more this week has seemed to settle him down. Maybe he's been hungrier? Anyways, like i said, i'm in no hurry to wean him so didnt wanna stuff him with solids. He still nurses when he wakes up, before his two naps, small drinks here and there, and 3-5 times a night...of course, i did just start the three times a day thing... my mother says to feed him as much as he wants, but I don't want him to not get enough breastmilk!


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For 25 years, McHenry County churches have opened their doors to the homeless. Members have changed, but the mission remains the same: Providing the homeless with emergency food and shelter. We are the emergency sites.
Our sites are open from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. seven days a week from October through April. We have 10 churches participating, located in Cary, Crystal Lake, Harvard, Richmond, Wonder Lake and Woodstock, with overflow sites needed for safety. We serve 25 to 70 guests nightly, depending upon weather and other variables.
People enter homelessness for myriad reasons. Recent stories include one man entering because his care facility closed, while two women entered when they were evicted from their residences – one because of debt from medical expenses, and the other because of her husband's financial abandonment. For these people and all guests, staying in an emergency site is stark reality. The following is a sample of a 12-hour stay:
First, you find out where that night's shelter is, get there, stand in line and wait for the doors to open at 7 p.m. You enter with an ID card from the PADS office. Otherwise, the police come and do a background check. No sex offenders, felons or people with existing warrants are allowed in. You and your bags are checked, and all contraband is confiscated.
Next, you pick a twin-size mattress on the floor. There is a fitted sheet, a regular sheet, pillow, pillowcase and blanket on your pad. You put your bag down and make up your pad before eating. After dinner, you see guests arriving late, with some coming from work or school.
At 10 p.m., lights go out, doors are locked and you are on your pad. The number of guests in the shelter determines the space between pads. Tonight, your neighbor is closer than expected. Noise from snoring and headphones is loud. You struggle to get a good night's sleep.
Around 5:30 a.m., breakfast begins and at 6 a.m., lights are on and everyone is up. After eating, you pack your bag, clean your area, gather all the linens and get a sack lunch. The site closes at 7 a.m. – no exceptions. Once you are out the door, you wonder how you will get to the site in the next town by 7 p.m., when your 12-hour stay begins again.
Without the amazing dedication of the volunteers who drive the program – literally hundreds serving throughout the entire season – this story could not be told. They set up and take down the space, cook meals, make bag lunches and do laundry, among many other tasks. A special thank-you to them and the service they provide. Additionally, the 10 churches make a tremendous investment to support the program. The members of these congregations deserve thanks as well.
After 25 years and providing over 4,500 nights of emergency shelter, we need an alternate model. It is time for McHenry County to establish a permanent shelter because we can do better. This shelter could be administered by its own nonprofit, partner with quality county agencies providing services – such as those in the Continuum of Care – and grow the existing volunteers corps to continue their remarkable service.
If your first reaction to this is disagreement, ask yourself this question: Could you do your job and live your life as it is now if you had to move seven days a week?
• Tom Rogers is pastor at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Woodstock, a member of the McHenry County Continuum of Care to End Homelessness and a 2005 graduate of Leadership Greater McHenry County. Redeemer hosts the Wednesday emergency site, as well as a Thursday Daytime Drop-in Center for the Homeless through Woodstock Area Community Ministries. Contact him at 815-338-9370 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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How much money did you get when you lost your first tooth?
A quarter … back in the 60's, to a 3 year old, that was some serious money.ReplyCancel
I got shitReplyCancel
Don't remember.. my sister tied one end of some dental floss to my tooth one time though and the other end to a bedroom door before slamming it shut to remove one one time. I give my daughter five "gold" coins from the bank. Apparently they have golden silver dollars now.ReplyCancel
About tree fidy.ReplyCancel
Nothing. My mom did not finish the self discovery process till very late. around menopause she gave me few dolls so I asked for money she owes me since I was six. I made like 500 pounds for emotional extorsion of the late FairyReplyCancel
25 cents!!ReplyCancel
Unlike Lilly and her $100 bill, I got$1. Must be awesome to have gay parents.
Kidding…it was dark and Cam gave her the wrong bill. Which (as a 4/5yo she immediately put in her clutch and refused to give back).
The next time I groggily caught Nana putting the money under my pillow (her lack of stealth money placement could have been do to too many screwdrivers). When I woke up the next morning I was all "I SAW UUUUUU…there is no tooth fairy!"
She didn't appreciate the mockful tone and I got NOTHING for any further teeth. Doesn't pay to b a smart ass.
A quarter.
There was a funny story on "This American Life" where this girl hears from her friend Kim that her dad put money under her pillow when she lost a tooth.
She tells her mom, "I know who the tooth fairy is". And her mom looks at her nervously and asks who. She answers, "Kim's Dad!"
As the parent of a child who is nearing the tooth-loss age, let me say that this shit is out of hand. Parents name their kid's individual tooth fairies, leave glitter-covered notes under the pillow and give too much cash per tooth. Personally, I think they're doing it as much for Facebook and Pinterest's sake as much as, or maybe more than, for their kids. It's out of control.ReplyCancel
Seeing as that was around 1970…I'd guess a quarter, which woulda been a STACK back in the day 🙂ReplyCancel
Haaaa, @ Ray Nicolet!
Love it: "tree Fidy."
Chef's parents went on and on about that dang tree fidy, didn't they?!ReplyCancel
I believe I got $5, and back then it was enough to go to the movies!!!ReplyCancel
Thank you!!! I was hoping someone would get that!
I blame Nessie 😉ReplyCancel
It was so long ago that I am just guessing it was a quarter.ReplyCancel
There was no tooth fairy (just like there was no Santa Claus); my parents made sure we were aware gifts and money came from them. Later in the day after I lost my tooth, I had to help my dad by shoveling the sidewalk while he did the driveway. As we finished, he gave me a "special" quarter for having lost my tooth. It was a brand new bicentennial quarter, and it was the prettiest quarter I had ever seen. Friends of mine bragged they got a dollar a tooth, and I was jealous, but that quarter was pretty cool. (I still get excited when I find a bicentennial quarter in my change.)ReplyCancel
Are you kidding? Who the hell can remember that long ago! However, i still have a baby tooth and am 44.
I wish it was worth $1500, because that is the cost of the i pal t i am going to need to replace it when. It finally comes out.
50 cents, eventually a dollar. My son gets a loonie, it will be a toonie eventually.
I know some people who give their kid $30-$40!! My jaw hit the floor when they told me that shit.
25 cents.ReplyCancel


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Disaster strikes again as fire damages Sharon home
SHARON The same home where a deck collapse injured a dozen family members and partygoers on the Fourth of July was heavily damaged by a fire less than a week later.
I cant believe it. I feel so sorry for those people, Sharon Fire Capt. Nathan Potter said after the fire Wednesday. Those poor folks have gone through so much this week.
Potter said when dispatchers alerted volunteer firefighters at 9 a.m. Wednesday he instantly recognized the address opposite the Sharon industrial park on River Road. It was the same residence where many rescue personnel and ambulances converged on the evening of July 4 for a report of mass injuries.
The fire at the home of Richard and Michelle Wilson began in the exhaust hose running from the back of the dryer in a second-floor laundry room, and quickly spread.
We had a good response and we were able to knock it down to just a hallway and a bedroom, Potter said.
But he said smoke damage throughout the house was extensive.
They had a bedroom door open on one end of it and a window open so the smoke was drawn right down through there just like chimney, Potter said.
Im guessing they are going to be out of the house for a while, he said, because the whole house smells of smoke bad and the upstairs is nothing but black.
There were no injuries from the fire. The story was different six days earlier when the homes deck collapsed: Five people were taken to the hospital with injuries ranging from sprains to broken bones, and seven other people suffered lesser injuries.
The Fourth of July gathering involved Wilson family members and people from the nearby Joseph Smith Memorial. Potter said 20 to 30 people, including young children, were on the deck when it snapped off and plunged a dozen feet to the ground.
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More than a dozen Portales police and Roosevelt County Sheriff's officers swooped down on a county residence — in a borrowed ambulance — Wednesday night to serve a search warrant. They came away with three arrests and $1,700 worth of suspected crystal methamphetamine.
Using information provided by an informant, police obtained the warrant for a residence at 452 S. Roosevelt Road T. Police reports show the informant gave detailed information on narcotics present in the household, in addition to weapons on the premises and security systems around the property.
Police said they had information that surveillance equipment was in use at the residence and the suspect closely monitored police activity on a scanner. That's why officers made the decision to use an ambulance unit borrowed from the Portales Fire Department to transport officers to the house.
Dispatchers put out a fake radio call for ambulance crews to respond to a neighboring residence in reference to an ill subject. That provided cover for the vehicle activity in the neighborhood, according to the police report. Police then loaded into the back of the ambulance and set out for the residence with lights and siren blaring.
"We knew from the informant's information that he had the surveillance equipment in the yard and we knew it was going to be hard to approach without the possibility of (the suspect) destroying evidence," said Portales Police Capt. Lonnie Berry, who coordinated the bust with the sheriff's office.
Berry said that information, along with the ability for a lot of officers to exit the vehicle quickly through its three doors, made the ambulance the best choice for transportation.
Arrested in the raid was Armando Ontiveros, 38, who listed his address as the home raided. He was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, a third-degree felony, and with possession of drug equipment.
Also arrested at the residence were Juan Tovar, 22, of Portales on possession of drug paraphernalia and Anastacio Saenz Jr., 31, of Portales on charges of concealing identification, and outstanding warrants for probation violation and failure to appear.
Ontiveros and Tovar had bonded out by Thursday afternoon. Saenz was still being held as of press time.
Attempts to reach Ontiveros, Tovar and Sanez Jr. on Thursday were unsuccessful.


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EnVISIONing Rutland's real storyMay 04,2014
Have you ever watched a group of young children play soccer? Just imagine a swarm of bees, and youll have the picture: No matter which way the ball goes, every player will run, en masse, in the same direction.
Lately the national press has been swarming like 6-year-old soccer players all running in the same direction to chase down the story of heroin in Vermont, specifically in the city of Rutland.
The queen bee of media, The New York Times, started it off, but in no time everyone from Al Jazeera to NBC News ran to chase the ball. This includes, of course, Rolling Stone magazine, whose ironic take on our iconic maple syrup industry seemed to hit a statewide nerve. Funny, since despite the outrage, Rolling Stone actually came closest to reporting on the actual story.
So what is the real story?
First, some full disclosure. I live in Rutland, in the very neighborhood the press has been painting as the apex of Americas heroin epidemic.
The NYT reporter requested an interview in her words, she wanted to see my house, as if she were looking for the quintessential den of iniquity with dirty needles strewn here and there.
Whats amazing is how quickly she withdrew her request the minute I spoke of the beauty of the neighborhood and our strong sense of community. Clearly that was not the story she was after. And before you could say buzz the rest of the media swarmed into the city to reiterate what the queen had already reported.
How could all of them have missed the real story? Considering the number of people who tried to show and tell the truth, it was not for lack of access. I guess a picture of a needle in an arm is more compelling than the complexity of a community coming together to identify and solve a problem and, in turn, improving the quality of life for everyone.
So without wasting precious column space restating the statistics of local heroin use, here is the story the media failed to report.
Rutland acknowledges that drug use is negatively impacting the entire community and recognizes that the solution does not rest solely or even predominantly in the hands of law enforcement. The people of Rutland proactively mobilize to develop a multi-tiered strategy involving everything from fixing up or tearing down blighted buildings, planting flowers and building community gardens, hosting block parties, developing community mediation outlets, adding solar panels to street lights, and increasing the number of recreation scholarships. Project VISION is born.
Mental health and domestic violence organizations develop strong partnerships with those who provide support and treatment for people struggling with substance abuse. The police department works closely with these partners to ensure that police calls can result in long-term help instead of only warnings or arrests.
A new chief of police is appointed, and the department dramatically changes the way it does business. Each sector of the city now has its own community police officer. Crime mapping pinpoints exact locations where drugs and crime are real problems.
Using a drug market intervention model, the police focus on arresting the dealers who are causing real harm to the community and with the help of family, community members and partner agencies, offer support and treatment to all others.
Theres the real story. When faced with a problem that virtually every other community in the country shares, Rutland moves forward with honesty, intelligence, collaboration and pride.
Will it work? I think it already has. For more than a year, a standing-room-only crowd of 100-plus people has been meeting monthly to develop and refine strategies for strengthening our community. The room is filled with a diverse group of people who all share one common trait pride in Rutland and one common goal to improve the quality of life for everyone in the community.
That is the story that should make headlines.
The farming season is now off and running, and I will take a break from writing my Weekly Planet column until the fall. Thank you for being such a generous and kind readership.
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